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Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage said yesterday that he feels better both mentally and physically after the beating he took against North Carolina.

City begins community clean sweep

U. hopes to raise $1B in fundraising

BY SACHET CHOUDHARY

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ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The New Brunswick Division of Housing Inspection commenced Community Clean Sweep yesterday in an effort to probe citywide property maintenance issues. City housing inspectors will examine city streets within the next two weeks to make sure that housing codes are being enforced. The city is divided up into grids, and housing inspectors will examine each part of the city separately, said Mike Mahoney, city chief housing inspector. “We want to remind everyone that we share this city and that we must keep it clean,”

Tough economic times have put a strain on colleges across the nation during the past few years, but the University has a plan it hopes will help it rebound. Through a new fundraising initiative entitled “Our Rutgers, Our Future,” the University is looking to raise $1 billion, 90 percent of which will be put toward academic initiatives and student ser vices, including scholarships and endowed chairs, said Brian O’Lear y, director of campaign communications at Rutgers University Foundation.

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University President Richard L. McCormick discusses a fundraising initiative on Friday at his annual address. Ninety percent of the money would go to academic and student services.

Fifth Ward resident gets approval for use variance BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The New Brunswick Zoning Board met last night with an almost empty agenda and few members of the public present. The board voted 7-0 on the only item on their agenda to allow Stanley Kubiak of the 5th Ward to apply a use variance in order to turn his proper ty on 10 Maple St. from a two-family to a threefamily residence. Tom Bogdan, the city planner and a witness for Kubiak, said the residence on 10 Maple St. is

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inefficient as a two-family household, seeing as the layout of the building is not made for such a structure, and it would also reduce the occupancy. “So it makes no sense the way that it was set up [for a two-family residence],” he said. “In my opinion, it makes sense as a [three-family residence] and it’s better for the city because you have less people and less of a parking demand.” Bogdan continued by recognizing the common reaction for a New Br unswick resident when

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Stylists at Indigo Hair Salon, located on George Street, style customers’ hair at the salon’s annual fundraiser. The event raised $3,355 and attracted 118 participants in total. To read the full story, see PAGE 8.

Obama: Improving economy will aid state colleges BY ARIEL NAGI

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A new mentorship program caters to students with Asperger’s syndrome.

METRO A GWU professor plans on living among students in the upcoming semester.

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President Barack Obama holds a teleconference with college journalists discussing plans for higher education, including improving the nation’s college graduation rates.

As higher education costs at public colleges and universities continue to rise, increasing grants and loans will not ultimately solve the issue. That is what President Barack Obama said in a teleconference yesterday, noting that in order to keep the nation’s public colleges affordable, the economy needs to be put back on track at the national level. “If I keep on increasing Pell Grants and increasing student loan programs and making it more affordable but higher education inflation keeps on going up at the pace that it’s going up right now, then we’re going to be right back where we started, putting more money in, but it’s all being absorbed by these higher costs,” Obama said. State budgets are continually decreasing, so public institutions have been forced to make severe cutbacks in public education, he said.

“So improving the economy overall is going to be critical. That will take some pressure off the states,” Obama said. “We also, though, need to work with the states and public universities and colleges to try to figure out what is driving all this huge inflation in the cost of higher education.” Higher education is the only place where inflation is higher than health care inflation, he said. Some of the issues, though, are out of the control of university administrators, health care being one example, Obama said. Personnel costs are a large part of university expenses, and if their health care costs are rising, then those costs would have to be absorbed, he said. “One of the things that I can do to help is to make sure that the economy is growing, states then are taking in more tax revenue, and if states are taking in more tax revenue, then they don’t have to try to pass on increased costs to students because they can maintain levels of support to institutions of higher learning,” Obama said.

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Students mentor peers with Asperger’s syndrome BY AMY ROWE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center has a new peer mentor program for University students with Asperger’s Syndrome. “One of the biggest challenges students with Asperger’s face while at the University is becoming connected with its social fabric,” said David Fischer, coordinator of the Asperger’s Disorder College Program as well as the peer mentor program. The goal of the program is to make students with a peer mentor feel as if they are integrated into the community at the University as well as any student, Fischer said. “The ability to make a connection with somebody else close to them in age can help them adjust socially,” he said. The program was developed to provide additional support to

students with Asperger’s syndrome through the Douglass Outreach College Program, said Rita Gordon, director of Outreach Services at the DDDC. “We felt that the extra support from similar-aged peers would be valued and accepted more readily by the students enrolled in the Asperger’s program,” Gordon said. “Conversely, the peers can learn more about the disability. We viewed it as a win-win for all.” Asperger’s syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder that is characterized by significant impairments in social interaction and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests, Fischer said. “There are a number of symptoms of Asperger’s,” he said. “A person diagnosed with Asperger’s might twirl their hair or walk on their tippy-toes — any sort of adherence to a non-functional routine.”

The peer mentor program is more substantial now than it was when it began during the spring 2010 semester, with seven University student mentors and three of those with an Asperger’s student peer match, Fischer said. Peer mentors accompany their Asperger’s-diagnosed student to campus activities to make them feel more comfortable in a social setting, he said. “Student mentors are nonjudgmental people that a peer with Asperger’s can feel comfortable being with and, say, grabbing lunch or dinner with,” Fischer said. “Having that outlet can be something very valuable to the students who might feel tremendously isolated.” The peer mentor program is a volunteer activity any student could take part in, but many of the current peer mentors are psychology and education majors, she said.

“The program is just starting out,” said Kristin Fayad, one of the peer mentors. “The way that it works isn’t concrete or set in stone. With time hopefully we’ll have a more established program that more people are aware of.” Fayad, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, became a student mentor at the beginning of the fall 2010 semester. “Last year I did a lot of field work at the DDDC,” she said. “I became very interested in Autism afterwards and after a summer of volunteering at a school in North Jersey for Autism I joined the student mentor program.” Fayad has met with her firstyear student mentee with Asperger’s twice during the semester so far. “We just hang out together,” Fayad said. “Spending time together is important because people with Asperger’s don’t have the

same social ability. Without someone to talk with, my mentee might bury herself in schoolwork. I try to break up her busy week by doing something fun with her.” Peer mentors meet with Fischer throughout the semester, where he trains them and teaches them about the disorder and how to be an effective social support for the student. Their meetings typically occur once a week so the mentors can share their encounters with their mentees and Fischer can provide feedback for subsequent encounters, Fayad said. “Student mentors also have the opportunity to meet with each other and share their experiences,” Fischer said. Fischer said he will know the program is effective when his students with Asperger’s feel comfortable in their social environments and that they belong.

SHELLFISH RESEARCH EARNS THREE-YEAR GRANT National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant Program awarded funding to a University department to support an aquaculture extension agent with shellfish expertise. The New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium/New Jersey Sea Grant and Rutgers University’s Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory received the three-year grant of $300,000, according to a University Media Relations press release.

It will be used toward studying oyster aquaculture at the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory. Peter Rowe, director of extension and research for NJMSC/NJSG, and John Kraeuter, associate director at HSRL, collaborated on a proposal for the 2010 Sea Grant Extension Technology Transfer Competition to secure the new position’s funding. “We look forward to transferring research results and products to the oystermen in order to revitalize a

historically important industry on the Delaware Bay,” Rowe said in the release. The new aquaculture agent, to be hired this fall, will be a program coordinator in the University’s Cooperative Extension. The NJMSC/NJSG is a partnership of universities and other groups who research New Jersey’s marine and coastal environment. — Mary Diduch

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FUNDRAISING: U. acknowledges goal is ambitious continued from front President Richard L. McCormick spoke of the campaign, for which the University will launch a public phase Oct. 13, Friday during his eighth annual address to the University. “Some say we should not be star ting a campaign in such bleak economic times,” he said. “I say we must. We need to give our students more scholarship support.” The University hopes to create a total of 850 new undergraduate scholarships with $85 million of the campaign’s funds, O’Leary said. The campaign, which has been in a four-year private phase thus far, is critical to the future of the University, he said. “We’re focusing on faculty and research, students and learning, campuses and facilities and University and community programs,” O’Leary said. “It’s a full, comprehensive campaign that really is going to affect all areas of the University.” While he acknowledged that it would not be easy to reach the $1-billion mark, O’Leary said the University has made progress. “Our goal for $1 billion is really very ambitious, but despite the

challenging economic times, we’ve done very well,” he said. “And we’re very optimistic.” Drawing in top students, faculty and researchers to the University is a major goal, said Courtney McAnuff, vice president for Enrollment Management. “This campaign will allow us, if successful, to fund the best and brightest students in the state, from partial to full tuition and housing,” he said. Having more out-of-state and international students can help increase the University’s income, McAnuff said.

“We have to come up with some creative ways to raise money without increasing tuition.” COURTNEY MCANUFF Vice President of Enrollment Management

“The goal is not necessarily to increase [enrollment] significantly, but to change the mix a little so that we would generate more revenue,” he said. A boost in available funds would make the University better able to handle demand of

increased enrollment and provide adequate ser vices, McAnuff said. “Undoubtedly, the economy’s going to be bad for a while,” he said. “We have to come up with some creative ways to raise money without increasing tuition.” The University hopes to bring in top instructors as well, McAnuff said. “[Another goal is to] bring in more instructors, to actually endow seats for outstanding, world-class professors,” he said. “The endowed seats [will] attract the very best and brightest from around the world to come here to Rutgers and teach.” During the private phase of the campaign, the University reached out to its top donors, but during the public phase, it will seek funds from all levels of giving, O’Leary said. Alumni, friends of the University and citizens of New Jersey will be encouraged to contribute to the initiative. “Obviously, Rutgers is a powerhouse in the research realm, so our work and the interest in supporting Rutgers goes far even beyond our alumni base,” O’Leary said. The Rutgers University Foundation will also target private foundations and corporations, he said. “Ever y gift counts,” O’Lear y said.

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HOUSE PARTY LEADS TO ONE DEAD, FOUR INJURED A Seton Hall University student was fatally shot and four other people were injured early Saturday when a gunman opened fire at a house party in East Orange, N.J. The violence began at about 12:20 a.m. in a house about one mile from the university, where approximately 50 students were gathered, said Sgt. Andrew Di Elmo, spokesman for the East Orange Police Department. When the gunfire ceased, three 19-year-old women, all Seton Hall students, were hit, Di Elmo said. The gunman shot one of the victims, identified as sophomore Jessica Moore, in the head, and she died Saturday afternoon. Another woman was hit in the arm and grazed in the face, and the third woman was struck in the foot, he said. The fourth victim, a 25-year-old man who attended the New Jersey Institute of Technology, was hit in the left thigh, according to an article in The New York Times. A 20-year-old New York man was also struck in the back. All of the victims were taken to University Hospital in Newark, according to the article. The gunman was physically removed from the house after trying to enter the party earlier in the night. He returned soon after with a handgun, Di Elmo said. “He came back into the party brandishing a weapon, so he was able to make his way through,” he said. The gunman fled on foot after the shooting, Di Elmo said. No arrests have been made. “We’re working on some very strong leads as we speak now,” he said. — Jeff Prentky

VARIANCE: Some city residents disagree with approval continued from front they see a two-family residence being converted into a threefamily residence. “They automatically think about overcrowding and too many people in there,” he said. “But what is actually happening is we are converting a two-family that is good for 11 people into a three-family residence that is good for seven people.” Bogdan said it makes sense to reduce the legal occupancy for the residency because if it were a single household, it could only mean trouble for the city of New Brunswick. “Everybody on this board and ever ybody in those neighborhoods know that the more people that you have in one house as one group tends to cause some problems and is difficult to manage,” he said. “You get police problems and sometimes you get fraternities or sometimes you get sororities, which is something nobody wants to see.” Although Bogdan assured the board it would be beneficial to execute a use variance on Kubiak’s household, one member of the public showed she was in clear opposition. Michelle Drulis, a resident of the 5th Ward, said the idea of changing a two-family residence to a three-family residence is a dangerous precedence with many negative consequences. “I’ve heard what [Bogdan] had to say and it all sounded wonderful, but in our neighborhood, we live in reality,” she said. “If you have a three-family household, you’re going to get three families. It’s not going to be two people in one unit, it is going to be a family.” Drulis said on Somerset Street, they have 50 children and not enough space to hold them. But they still live there, she said. “So we are asking that you please consider that when you vote on this,” she said. She also said parking is a hassle and dangerous on that

particular street. “We already feel that we are so cramped, there is no parking. You have to worry about a taxi coming 50 mph down the street just when you leave your spot,” she said. “We are not happy about this variance application at all, and we hope you consider our remarks.” Although the use variance on the property of 10 Maple St. was the only issue discussed, the zoning board continued to delay a public hearing on the plan to create an apar tment complex on the corner of Sicard and Senior Streets. According to development plans, the proposed three-story apartment complex would provide housing for 82 University students, with an underground garage with 29 parking spots. The applicant had to postpone the hearing because they had an issue with notifications, Director of Planning and Development Glenn Patterson said. But Charlie Kratovil, a resident of the 5th Ward, said this has been a continuing issue, which has delayed a public hearing affecting both the New Brunswick and University community. “It was first heard and it actually passed, but with not enough votes, in March,” he said. “So they pretty much pushed it back five or six times or ever y month since.” The applicant must get the notice for the public hearing out two weeks before the zoning board meets, notifying residents within 200 feet of the proposed building, Kratovil said. “If they are unable to notify the residents, they cannot have the hearing,” he said. “They just legally can’t.” Although a public hearing has not yet approved the plans for the building, Kratovil said if the apartment complex were constructed, it would create parking difficulties in a city already plagued with this problem. “It would exacerbate a really bad block for parking,” he said. “The tenants are likely to have a car, and if you have 82 people legally occupying the building ... you are going to have way more than 29 cars in this

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School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Hyungjoo Muhn observes the Will You B Here art exhibit yesterday in the Rutgers Student Center. The event, which raised hepatitis B awareness, gave students tickets to the campaign’s dance performance today on Douglass campus.

CALENDAR SEPTEMBER The Daily Targum will be holding a writer’s meeting at 9:30 p.m. on the fourth floor lounge of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Assignments will be given out and other business will be discussed during the meeting. All those interested are welcome. There is no experience necessary. Rutgers Recreation will be hosting a dodgeball tournament from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center. Interested teams should register as soon as possible with Sue Beaudrow at (732)-932-9178 because space is limited. Canned goods will be collected from all teams and proceeds will benefit Rutgers Against Hunger.

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“Responsible Drinking Happy Hour” event will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Cook Café in the Cook Campus Center. “Responsible Drinking Happy Hour” was established to unite the community in a social, relaxing and familiar atmosphere while emphasizing the importance of responsible drinking. They are held on the first Friday of every month during the semester. Come meet old friends, colleagues, staff or make new friends. Free food, music and sodas will be served.

A 5K run will be held at 9 a.m. in the Heylar Woods adjacent to Rutgers Gardens on the Cook/Douglass campus. The race will benefit the Frank G. Helyar Woods and the Rutgers University Ecology and Evolution Graduate Student Association. To register and for more information, please visit www.active.com/running/new-brunswick-nj/run-forthe-woods-2010.

The annual Fall Research Mixer will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Cook Campus Center. This event will give students the opportunity to meet with faculty and discuss possible research projects. Whether looking for paid research assistant positions, research projects or senior honors research opportunities next semester or in the summer, this event can help students of multiple needs. Attendees will have an opportunity to hear faculty describe their projects and meet individually with them. Light refreshments will be provided. Those who plan on attending, please reply to Joan Jones by Oct. 7 at joanba@echo.rutgers.edu.

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The University’s chapter of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars was awarded silver STAR status this summer at the NSCS 2010 National Leadership Summit. Janine Deegan, manager of Branding and Campus Communications of the national chapter, said the award is a huge honor for the University because few schools obtain award status. “Rutgers should be incredibly proud of themselves that they reached this goal because it’s a goal that all of the chapters have at the beginning of the year,” Deegan said. “The chapter at Rutgers has worked ver y hard and diligently to obtain this award.” Of the 270 chapters across the nation, only 40 received the same silver status, she said. STAR award status is determined by several factors including chapter program success, community ser vice, member engagement and oncampus involvement. Chapters can attain one of four status levels — bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Each level is determined based on the quantity and quality of events a chapter held the previous year, according to an NSCS press release. “In order to satisfy the award requirements, NSCS had to host a number of events

that developed our members professionally and academically,” said Christine Cher venack, president of the University’s NSCS chapter. The chapter worked with other organizations and programs to run the events, Chervenack said. “We par tnered with the International Friendship Program to initiate a mentorship with international

“The NSCS chapter at Rutgers really strives to prepare students for the real world out there.” KAREN DENTLER NSCS Chapter Adviser

students,” she said. “We also held a résumé workshop and a Kaplan Test information session, not to mention our annual Rutgers Club dinner and ‘Murder Myster y’ event.” Other requirements for the silver award include holding an induction ceremony for new members, creating an on-campus membership recruitment campaign and sending at least one member to last year’s NSCS Convention, according to the release. NSCS is an invitation-only organization for first-year students and sophomores based on grade point average and

class standing, according to the organization’s website. Members of the organization gain many opportunities such as NSCS-only scholarships, leadership training, internships and careers, job leads and resources and travel opportunities. In addition to the silver STAR award status, officers also received a $100 chapter scholarship toward funding for the chapter and its different events during the 2010-2011 school year, according to their website. Aside from the award’s requirements, the University chapter has done several philanthropic acts around campus. “They do a bunch of things with career services to provide opportunities for the students to learn how to give an effective job inter view as well as résumébuilding tips,” said Karen Dentler, adviser for the University’s NSCS chapter. The members also perform a lot of community service, such as information sessions at Kaplan that prepare students for graduate school, Dentler said. “The NSCS chapter at Rutgers really strives to prepare students for the real world out there,” Dentler said. The induction ceremony for the new members is on Sunday Oct. 3, with keynote speaker Arthur Casciato, director of the Office for External Fellowships and Postgraduate Guidance, Dentler said. “We are really excited and motivated to have another successful year,” Chervenack said.

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NEW BRUNSWICK TEEN DIES FROM FATAL STAB WOUNDS New Brunswick High School students arrived to school yesterday morning greeted by a team of counselors to help them deal with a classmate who was killed over the weekend. The 14-year-old student, who was not identified, was fatally stabbed on a city street early Saturday morning, according to an article on nj.com. Richard Kaplan, New Brunswick Public Schools superintendent, held a meeting early yesterday morning to discuss how to help students cope with the loss, according to the article.

OBAMA: College dropout rates reaches about one-third continued from front John Weingart, associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, agreed. “I think the president is right that as the economy gets better, there will be more tax revenue being raised and more money available to state governments, especially in New Jersey … and [more money] available to higher education,” Weingart said. Parents and students should look into where their money is going, especially in relation to certain luxuries like extra food

“When we were notified of the incident, we got our crisis intervention team together,” Kaplan said in the article. “We also called a staff meeting and more than three quarters were able to attend.” Some students who knew the victim signed up for counseling, he said in the article. Authorities said the 14-year-old and a 17year-old boy, who is not being identified, had a confrontation at about 3:50 a.m. at the intersection of Jersey Avenue and Delavan Street, according to the article.

cour ts and athletic facilities that might not be necessar y, Obama said. “Are we designing our universities in a way that focuses on the primary thing, which is education?” he said. “You’re not going to a university to join a spa, you’re going there to learn so that you can have a fulfilling career. And if all the amenities of a public university start jacking up the cost of tuition significantly, that’s a problem.” Obama also discussed the need to bring college graduation rates in the country — which fell from first to 12th — back up. According to the National Center for Policy Analysis, more than one third of U.S. college students drop out.

Police received a call at 3:52 a.m. and found the two teenagers suffering from stab wounds, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said in the article. The victims were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick where the 14-year-old died Saturday afternoon, and the second victim was treated for serious injuries and released from the hospital Sunday, he said in the article. — Ariel Nagi

“If we’re serious about building a stronger economy and making sure we succeed in the 21st century, then the single most important step we can take is to make sure that every young person gets the best education possible — because countries that out-educate us today are going to out-compete us tomorrow,” Obama said. He hopes that by 2020, the United States will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. Obama also stressed the need for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act to be passed, which gives undocumented students a chance to obtain legal status either by attending college or serving in the U.S. military.

“This is important legislation that will stop punishing young people who their parents brought them here. They may not have been documented, but they’ve for all intents and purposes grown up as American young people,” he said. He also encouraged young people to vote in the upcoming Congressional elections. “Even though this may not be as exciting as a presidential election, it’s going to make a huge difference in terms of whether we’re going to be able to move our agenda forward over the next couple of years,” Obama said. “The energy that [young people] were able to bring to our politics in 2008, that’s needed not less now, it’s needed more now.”

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result in warning then fines continued from front said city spokesman Bill Bray. “Cleanliness corresponds to safety.” The Community Clean Sweep program raises awareness about New Brunswick’s maintenance codes while ser ving as a reminder to keep the streets clean, Bray said. “We do our best to publicize the Clean Sweep beforehand,” Mahoney said. “We put up posters around the city informing residents.” The city takes great pride in its cleanliness, and the program’s purpose is to maintain and improve the exterior quality of life, Bray said. Violations of city regulations include litter, trash, graffiti, debris such as furniture and other signs of exterior deterioration, he said. Initial violations result in a warning. Any violations that follow result in a fine, Bray said. Depending on the severity of the violation, fines can be very expensive. University students living off campus are also subject to inspection during this two-week period. “Many students move into apartments and houses off campus and don’t realize that the city ordinances apply to them,” Bray said. “Although they are used to [residence halls] and not having to worry about keeping the exterior clean, they have to understand that they have to take a part in keeping the city orderly.” Maintaining the city streets is a big issue with college parties, Mahoney said. “We often find red cups strewn along the sidewalks,” he said. “The Clean Sweep serves as a reminder that students can be fined for such behavior. They must clean up after themselves.” One of the major issues is furniture that is left outside, either on the sidewalk or patios. No furniture is allowed outside, and if it is, it must be approved by the city. More often than not, people bring out chairs to sit on the patio and forget to bring them inside, Bray said. Students must be aware of the city’s codes and must take part in enforcing them, said Nels Lauritzen, a New Brunswick tenant attorney. Off-campus tenants often do not realize their leases contain a joint and several liability provision, said Lauritzen, also a University alumnus. “This provision effectively allows landlords to deduct housing code violation fines and other costs that individual tenants within a tenancy incur upon the security deposits of all of the members of that tenancy,” he said. If a student finds an infraction on the property that seems finable and his co-tenant is responsible for that property, Lauritzen advised that the student fix it on his own. “[It’s better than] having your landlord receive a fine for it and than having that amount deducted from your tenancy’s security deposit or having the cost of the fine passed onto you directly,” he said. The issue of maintaining applies to New Brunswick residents as a whole, Mahoney said. “This isn’t just about students — this concerns everyone. We are a city and we must all do our part,” he said. Property maintenance codes can be found on the city’s website for residents to review.

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Research reveals HIV resistance to treatment drug BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

In a time when scientists strive to conquer HIV, two University professors may have paved a way to defeating the complex virus with their research. Depar tment of Chemistr y and Chemical Biology Professors Edward Arnold and Roger Jones released their study on how HIV resists the common treatment drug zidovudine, or AZT, Sept. 19 in the publication “Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.” It is not the ineffectiveness of AZT but the complexity of HIV and its ability to use ATP, a common cellular molecule, to actually remove AZT, Arnold said. “The problem is that the kind of changes HIV can make render it kind of a moving target,” said Arnold, also a University Board of Governors member. “So this business of trying to treat HIV is complicated by this resistance, because variations in the virus can make it difficult for the drugs to work.” The development of resistance is normal for any virus, but HIV is particularly good at doing so, Jones said via e-mail. Arnold said the goal of using AZT is to target and block reverse

transcriptase so the virus is unable to copy itself, which is helpful in stopping the spread of the virus in the human body. “The virus really has to make copies of itself to replicate, and if you block it from being able to make the copies it can replicate, it just doesn’t work,” he said. “So what AZT does is block basically the building of copies of the viral genetic material.” AZT was the first drug used to treat HIV, and for some time was the only drug available, Arnold said. “It’s even still widely used at this point [and] probably over time, it’s been the most widely used drug and it is still important in some settings,” he said. Although the HIV is able to resist AZT, Arnold said the drug is quite good at creating problems for the complex virus. “Sometimes, with some drugs, you can get virus resistance essentially the next day,” he said. “This at least takes months, and when the AZT is used in combinations with other drugs, the resistance might not come up at all.” It is especially important to use a combination of drugs along with AZT, because it is more effective in blocking the virus’ ability to replicate, Arnold said.

“This is one reason that they are always used in combinations now because a single drug is not good enough,” he said. “If you have three or more drugs as good as AZT, then you can really keep the virus from multiplying.” The major focus of both Arnold and Jones’ work is to understand not only how HIV resists AZT but how it resists other treatment drugs as well.

“The problem is that the kind of changes HIV can make render it kind of a moving target. EDWARD ARNOLD Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Professor

“This business of variation and resistance is central to what we want to understand about a disease such as HIV,” he said. “A basic understanding of these mechanisms of how the drugs can fail and knowing how they can fail has given us insight into how to actually build drugs with very good properties against resistance.”

Jones agreed with Arnold, noting that understanding the mechanism by which a virus develops resistance can lead to the design of new therapeutic agents. Arnold said the release of their study has already helped in this development of new drugs. “We are making progress,” he said. “Part of what is gratifying is that the basic understanding of [AZT] that we just published has led, in at least in other cases, to the development of drugs that are extremely good against resistance.” The progress in finding out new ways to treat HIV is important in New Jersey, especially for the African-American community and for women. New Jersey ranked fifth in the nation in 2001 with the number of African Americans living with HIV, according to statistics from the state Department of Health and Senior Ser vices. Women accounted for one third of adults or adolescents in 2006 found carrying the HIV. Arnold said he came to the University in 1987, which was a time when HIV was a nationwide problem. “So we decided to build our lab in part to take advantage of new technology for attacking HIV,” he said. “We’ve actually

been working on this particular problem for 23 years and incidentally, 1987 was the date that AZT was approved as the first and only drug at that time for treating HIV infection.” From the start, Arnold’s lab looked into the use of AZT as a treatment for HIV but did not know about the resistant problem for some time. “We didn’t even know the situation with AZT resistance until it was actually in patients for some amount of time,” he said. “Later, we sort of were faced with the resistance problem, and we’ve been working on it steadily since that time.” Jones came to the University in 1977 and focused his work in the area of nucleic acid chemistr y. “Eddy and I were part of a program project grant from the National Institutes of Health for five years, which resulted in this work,” Jones said. Arnold said Jones is a terrific chemist, and the work of his group in inventing chemical compounds to understand the resistance made the study possible. “Roger and I have been colleagues in the same department for a long time, so it’s especially nice to be able to join forces like that,” he said.

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Salon donates cut-a-thon proceeds to diabetes research BY CLIFF WANG CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Indigo Hair Salon stylists cut for a cause on Monday, when they held their annual “Cut-A-Thon,” a benefit for a charitable foundation. The salon, located on the second floor of 354 George St., decided this year to donate 100 percent of its proceeds to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, said salon manager Robyn Vitelli. The event raised $3,355, serving 118 customers total, said coowner Olivia Fenrow. The JDRF is the premier advocate and research institute of type 1 diabetes worldwide, according to its website. “Every year we pick a different cause to support,” Vitelli said. “This year, we chose to support diabetes research, because both a former receptionist here and my husband are type 1 diabetics.” The number of people with type 1 diabetes is increasing faster than ever, with reports that new diagnoses are up 3 to 4 percent, according to the website. During the cut-a-thon, held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., the salon offered discounts on services like haircuts and bikini and eyebrow waxes. Appointments were on a firstcome, first-serve basis, and all stylists donated the money they earned, including tips, Vitelli said.

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Employees of Indigo Hair Salon, located on George Street, donate their time and services at the annual fundraiser. The benefits this year went to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. “I think it’s awesome we have this event ever y year,” stylist Lisa Scarpa said. “It’s great knowing that you’re helping someone out and helping out the community in general.” Stylist Lauren Marano commended the united efforts of the entire staff and said the event is about helping the community while having fun at the same time. Many students from the University attended the event. Kaylee Rotella, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said it

is always good to help support a cause. “I saw a sign promoting the events and I decided to come in and make a donation, since it’s going toward a cause. Plus, you get a haircut out of it,” Rotella said. School of Arts and Sciences senior Georgia Cruz, a regular visitor, had a personal connection to the fundraiser. “I’ve always been a longtime customer at the salon, and when I heard that they were having this event to raise money for

diabetes, I had to come out and support them since I have family members who have the disease,” Cruz said. For Kylie Coghlan, a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior, this marks her second year attending the salon’s fundraiser. “I came to the cut-a-thon last year and I decided to come again since it’s for such a wor thy cause. It’s always good to help,” Coghlan said. The salon last year raised more than $4,000 for the Jimmy

D. Foundation, which benefits burn St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, N.J., Vitelli said. The salon had raised more than $800 less than an hour into the event, including money collected through donation cans at local businesses. “The cut-a-thon was first started in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and that year proceeds were donated to The [American] Red Cross,” Fenrow said. The salon has also helped out families during Christmas time by working with social workers in the New Brunswick school system, she said. “We’ve gotten kids coats and jackets for the holidays, and the social workers always send us a list of needs and wants for the families we decide to adopt for Christmas,” Fenrow said. The salon over the years also donated money to help kids buy school supplies and backpacks before school starts. “We always receive thank you letters back from the people we help,” said Fawn Kritzler, co-owner. “The letters are always so touching, and we always cr y, knowing that we’ve made a difference.” Since its founding, the JDRF has awarded more than $1.4 billion to type 1 diabetes research, according to the organization’s website.

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Limit for-profit student scams

his university is a well-regarded institution of higher learning, and as the eighth oldest college in the United States, it warrants the respect of many other institutions. But there are those colleges whose aim is to profit from their students’ inexperience in choosing a successful career path. These for-profit schools — such as DeVry University and the University of Phoenix — put enormous amounts of debt onto their students and hardly give them the education for which they paid. The U.S. Department of Education was to rule on regulations for these institutions by Nov. 1, but this past Friday, the department announced an early 2011 deadline. We need action though, and we need it now. For-profit colleges often have no admission process and admit anyone who is willing to sign for loans that will put them back thousands of dollars. Financial aid is tough to get for students who choose these colleges, because the education barely warrants recognition. That is a tough pill to swallow. Graduates of these “colleges” finish school with substantial debt, yet when they try to pay it off, employers will most likely choose a four-year — albeit public university — graduate. It is just tougher for for-profit college students to land a job immediately after graduation. And with this difficulty comes the unfortunate inability to pay off the massive loans. The Department of Education must act to limit these scams of sorts. According to The Associated Press, “In recent months, for-profit colleges have been subjected to tough questioning from Democratic lawmakers in Congressional hearings, an undercover government investigation that alleged misleading and fraudulent tactics in recruiting and admissions, and new data that showed their students are more likely to default on their loans.” Questioning is only step one. With the deadline’s move from Nov. 1 to early 2011, we are left doubtful as to what will happen to these forprofit scams. Consumers are complaining, and officials must listen. The government has made it their responsibility to ensure the quality education of its citizens, and while plans are valuable, they must actually be enacted. A far off timestamp of 2011 is just one deadline though, and one that doesn’t really instill confidence.

Keep professors out of residence halls

iving on a floor with a group of strangers is hard enough, and the addition of a 55-year-old professor hardly makes our lives easier. This is the case of Jeffrey Sich, an associate professor at George Washington University, who in the spring will be living in a sophomore dorm. The place is the first floor of Dakota Hall, and this surreal prospect was, at first, met with shock — and rightly so. Dozens of colleges across the nation have the intention of creating a “small-campus feel” at large urban universities. The problem, though, is for both parties — students and professors. While Sich’s case might be plausible with the professor calling the living situation “very casual,” many students will find this inappropriate. Living in the same quarters as a middle-aged professor, using the same lavatories and seeing them every morning creates an awkward atmosphere. The prospect of seeing a professor in his bathrobe, going to the bathroom seems unsettling to some students. This is all due to the fact that the relationships between students and professors are different than residence-hall friends. There is a certain decorum that has to be maintained. We, as students, talk to our instructors differently as we try to maintain a sense of formality. Even in those once-in-a-while times when we need recommendations, we treat — or should treat — our professors with the respect they deserve. On the other side of the question, these professors will receive free housing if they put up with the constant noise and common irresponsibility that students exhibit. Do they need free rent? Professors might want to consider a higher level of living, and not one that will expose them to the activities in which students like to dabble on weekends. It’s true. Students drink and they don’t want to be seen by their professors — unless of course, the professor is the one illegally providing the alcohol. But in most cases, we don’t want to be constantly monitored by those who have the possibility of deciding on our grade point averages and, sometimes, our futures. Sometimes we skip class because a given professor is unpleasant. We skip because we don’t like them. We skip because accidentally we oversleep. So it is fine for GWU to revive old traditions that spill into boarding schools’ customs, but we want to skip this awkward semester at the University. Sure, there are those professors with whom we want to be best friends and grab a beer, but the risk is too high, and we don’t want to take the chance of living next to the curmudgeonly history professor who knocks on our walls every five minutes.

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Democratic Party or furore often than ther left on the political not, Liberals compass. Yet Republicans more aptly of the Bush Era should be named “Progressives” want held accountable as well. to control your life. The Their overwhelming spendaccusation is harsh but honing and oversight has createst. Their method is brilliant ed a despotic government and so spineless that those AARON MARCUS from the type of car we seeking liberty-based initiadrive to the type of soft drink we drink. Big tives can never mimic it. Progressives have created Brother is everywhere, and for the time being he an environment where all of their actions are viewed isn’t going anywhere. as philanthropic initiatives to save mankind and the Here’s how it works: Governments at local, world. If I told you that poverty could end, prosperistate or federal level pass a law that requires overty could boom, the world could be saved and everysight of some sort. This can range from car speed one will be treated as equals with no one bearing the to carbon emissions. In order to carry out this burdens of this cost, I would probably have your vote oversight, the government needs regulators or as well. However, if I went into the methods of bureaucrats; after all once the government says achieving these goals, your position would probably something is bad it becomes illegal. These bureauchange. crats are assigned to a specific department that As the 19th century philosopher Frederic Bastiat monitors the activity and it does not come free of wrote in The Law, “It is not considered sufficient cost. At the state and federal level appropriation that the law should be just; it must be philanthropbills are passed to compensate these workers. This ic.” Bastiat elaborates that the only way for governcompensation is then levied onto the taxpayer and ment to perform such noble and charitable work is is paid for by the general public. to tax the people, leading the govHowever, in an effort to be “fair” ernment to prosper only at the expense of others. In short, “I should note that some people don’t need to pay as much in taxes, which exponentially Progressives — or as Bastiat calls Progressives do not affects the affluent and both small them, Socialists — must concoct a and large businesses. Progressives sense of false philanthropy and conhold allegiance will tell you that those being taxed duct legal plunder. to a specific party.” make too much money, and thereAs opposed to those who believe fore equally contribute to the tax in free markets, individual responpool. When faced with meeting new sibility and self-regulation, fees private citizens and businesses will distribute Progressives have ravaged the average American the costs to the consumer or cut back spending on of both their social and economic liberties with of the open market. When these businesses and course the mantra of saving the world. Not only do “wealthy” citizens stop spending, private-sector jobs Progressives fight for humanity but they use conare killed and the government doesn’t meet tax roll servative and liberty-based rhetoric to champion predictions, creating large debts and greater deficit their flawed sense of reality. spending. For instance, Progressives deride the idea of When a supermarket company is taxed, the corsupply-side economics and across-the-board tax poration will not be paying those additional taxes cuts, claiming the system only allows for the middle with company capital, rather they will raise the and lower class to procure wealth after the prospercost of goods they provide and cut the wages of ous elite’s funds trickle down. Meanwhile, these workers in order to meet government’s new neo-authoritarians laud a system of trickle-down demands. When products become more expengovernment subtly coercing the general public to sive, less people can afford them or can rationalize rely on government with the hope of spreading purchasing them, which leads to less of a need and wealth to the ultimate level of equal pay regardless ultimately less jobs. of profession, education or self-determination. This is when government traditionally tries to I should note that Progressives do not hold allework for “the people.” They do so by setting up reggiance to a specific party. Former President ulations forbidding corporations from pay reducGeorge W. Bush spent more money than any prestions and hiring capabilities, which sooner or later ident before him, and President Barack Obama has lead to large debts that a private company cannot done the same. Even former President Ronald sustain. When the private sector is no longer able to Reagan spent exponentially large sums of money perform a duty due to a gap in both the cost and on defense, although his thorough tax cuts created additional revenue for the federal government. SEE MARCUS ON PAGE 11 Today, most American progressives reside in the

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GOP pledges partisanship make up for this burden. Given that Republicans advocate for tax cuts very often, while EHUD COHEN few Americans are aware that taxes his past week saw the were cut for 95 percent of working start to one part of families under Obama, it is then President Barack worthy to note how Republicans Obama’s health care bill, in which have blocked or slowed down varikids up to age 19 can no longer be ous bills from passing on the basis denied coverage due to pre-existof taxes when the benefits of those ing conditions. Not many are bills outweighed the cost. aware of this because this past For example, in March Sen. Jim week also saw Republicans Bunning, R-KY, objected to a 30unveiling their “Pledge to day extension of unemployment America,” a 21-page document benefits for more than one million detailing policies that the GOP people during one of the worst would like to enforce should they recessions in history, wanting the win back the House in the budget to be balanced first and jokNovember elections — policies ing that he was missing a college that include repealing the health basketball game to filibuster. care bill in its entirety. Then there are Republicans Most agreed during the bill’s who objected to the Sept. 11 health debate that the status quo was unacresponders’ bill because of the ceptable. Republicans pointed to accompanying tax increase needthe cost of the bill and how much it ed to pay for the bill, a raise that may add to the deficit. And while I would have, according to agree the bill is costly, it’s interestBusinessWeek, closed a loophole ing to point out that this seems to be to prevent “foreign multinational a congressional GOP base point, corporations incorporated in tax ignoring other issues so long as it haven countries from avoiding tax fits their ideal on income earned budget. The in the US.” Rep. Republicans have Kevin Brady, R“Republicans have said they want to Texas, was among expressed a desire cut government those who objectspending but have ed, adding, “they to extend the not said where went there to save Bush tax cuts ...” they would make survivors not to those cuts. Instead raise taxes.” the GOP has laid Right, because out a plan to bring America back to when first responders went into the George W. Bush era of economthe burning towers, their thoughts ic failure, all while placating their were not only of trying to save lives tea party supporters who want to but also the cost of their health bill. “Take America Back” to the days of Granted Democrats pushed to letting corporate special interest have this bill passed by the twodetermine policy, mocking scientifthirds vote process, rather than easic research and evolution — see ily passing it by a majority, but that conservative candidate Christine was to block Republicans who wantO’Donnell — blocking abortion and ed to ensure that illegal immigrants gay rights and preventing immiwho risked their lives to save others grants from obtaining citizenship. in the ash and rubble would get no Firstly, Republicans have part of the health insurance, expressed a desire to extend the because while they risked their lives Bush tax cuts, not just for the midand health, some Congressmen felt dle class, as Democrats have sugwe shouldn’t pay their bill. gested, but for the wealthiest This attitude toward immigrants Americans too. According to U.S came to light again recently when a News & World Report, extending measure that would allow immitax cuts to the rich would add to grants to gain citizenship through the current deficit. Republicans armed service was shot down are hoping that should they win alongside a bill that would repeal the House back in November, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” I don’t supthey won’t have to offset the cuts port just having illegal immigrants that led to such a large deficit, and in the U.S., but I can’t see how helpin fact, will continue to add to it. ing grant citizenship to those who Consider that the top-25 hedge serve our nation can be a bad thing. fund managers earn at least $1 bilSo the GOP has made a lion a year and are taxed at 15 perpledge to America to keep particent, while small businessmen are sanship alive rather than work taxed around 30 percent. across the aisle. Rolling back government spending to pre-deficit, preEhud Cohen is a School of bailout levels would in no way Engineering junior majoring in elec-

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MARCUS continued from page 10 benefit of the service the government swoops in and makes it public. The goal is to have each job dependant on the government, which in return makes someone more loyal, less critical and more obedient. According to the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, since Obama passed his stimulus bill there have been 2.5 million private jobs lost and 416,000 public jobs created. According to USA Today, the average federal worker receives double the

amount of the average private worker. Remarkably, Progressives retort that it is “right-wing” capitalists creating class warfare — well, what do the numbers tell you? Modern-day Progressives like Obama tell the electorate that public-job growth is just as good if not better than private. But rarely do they tell you the severe cost. More likely than not, the current administration knows these policies are not sustainable. More likely than not, they don’t care — they just want to control your life. Aaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science and history.

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Louisville and Cincinnati swept the Rutgers volleyball team this weekend without senior outside hitter Emma Chrystal.

SIDE: After shutouts RU readies to host Pitt at Barn continued from back confirmed is a lower-back problem, but there is no set timetable for when she will return. But now that Regmund is temporarily out of the equation with an unspecified injur y, things are getting sticky.

Rutgers now has four days to figure something out before it retur ns to the College Avenue Gym for a date with Pittsburgh on Friday night to attempt an even .500 record again — now without Chr ystal or Regmund. “It comes down to ser ving and passing,” Werneke said. “I thought we played great defense this week against two of the better offensive teams in the Big East.”

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Sophomore defensive tackle Scott Vallone finished Saturday’s loss to UNC with 7.5 tackles, including 2.5 for a loss and 1.5 sacks.

TULANE: Vallone makes Big East weekly honor roll list continued from back part of the game. You just have to go out there and play and just be tough and play for your team.” Mentally, Savage is in the biggest slump of his young college career. Through three games, he has just 370 passing yards, one touchdown pass, a 52.4 percent passing clip and three picks. “It definitely affects your performance,” Savage said. “Once you get in a slump, you have to go back to the basics. You just have to go out there and just do what you do. I’ve been throwing a football since I was six years old. It’s easy for me. You just have to go out there and do it. I’m just making it a little … harder than it has to be.”

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17-13 loss against North Carolina on Saturday, The Daily Targum spotted Rutgers Stadium personnel attending to a situation in the team’s family section. According to athletic director Tim Pernetti, the incident involved Savage’s father. “There was a misunderstanding just after kickoff of our game

last Saturday with Mr. Tom Savage, the father of quarterback Tom Savage and a patron,” Pernetti said. “I have spoken to both parties and the misunderstanding has been resolved.”

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tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks, sophomore defensive tackle Scott Vallone made the Big East weekly honor roll. “A lot of people came up to me — my girlfriend, mom, dad — and they’re like, ‘Oh, you guys lost the game, but you played really well. You played awesome,”’ Vallone said. “I tell them every time, I’m here to play well and do my job, but if we get a loss, I’m not happy about it. I was just as mad as maybe somebody that didn’t play as well.”

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guard last week, redshirt freshman Antwan Lowery was the only change to the depth chart, not including injuries. Lowery said he knew during the bye week that he would start and felt prepared to do so. “[Playing against North Carolina] felt like carryover from FIU,” Lowery said. “When I came in, I knew what I was doing and it felt just like the FIU game. Being a starter didn’t make it any different. I just had to do my job.”

RAMON DOMPOR / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Redshirt freshman Antwan Lowery made his first career start against UNC at right guard in place of junior Caleb Ruch.

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True freshman goalkeeper Samantha Perretty earned her first career shutout Friday against the No. 19 Hoyas in her first appearance for the Rutgers women’s soccer team.

rode a 28-1-1 record to a 2009 Florida state champigoal does in Perretty, Knights onship. A two-time All-Florida nominee, Perretty shut out 15 oppocontinued from back nents her senior season, Lindsey McNabb, who came excluding four in the postseainto the 2010 season with just son that propelled the six appearances in her career. Parkland, Fla., native’s school “When [good play] isn’t on to the state finals. your back line, that can be Despite her experience and tragic to the outcome of the accolades, however, Perretty still game, and with a brand new did not know what to expect in keeper in,” Crooks said. the Knights’ second Big East “We’ve got players playing game of the year. without discipline and energy “Ever ything you do preon the back line when we’ve pares you for college, but once got a brand new keeper in — a you get to college it’s the next freshman in her first match. If step,” she said. “I was so amped I’m back there, I’m going to do up and ready to come play that ever ything in my power so that I can’t really compare it to high it doesn’t even get close school because it’s not high to her.” school anymore. It was just a Despite the turlot of fun.” moil, Perretty still Per retty, answered the call. whose American “I was so amped Crooks trotted Heritage squad up and ready Perretty out reached the state between the finals from 2006to come play that pipes at Villanova 2009 with her in on Sunday, when net, prepares for I can’t really team personnel ever y game with compare it d e e m e d a star ter’s menSimpkins again tality, she said. to high school.” unfit for play. She doesn’t let Although she that attitude SAMANTHA PERRETTY recorded four af fect her relaFreshman Goalkeeper saves on the day, tionship with a through-ball for Simpkins and the ’Nova’s Katie R yan proved Knights’ other pair of netmincostly for Per retty and the ders, however. Knights defense, as Ryan fin“I’ve been working with the ished the play for the match’s starters all week at practice, but lone goal. even at practice all of us just “Villanova took advantage work together,” Perretty said. of an oppor tunity. They didn’t “We don’t ever really feel real have many, but they had two anxious when we go into ver y good ones early in the a game.” game,” Crook said. “Samantha As Simpkins continues to made a fantastic save on a recover from the concussion point blank shot early in the she suffered against then-No. 5 match and just a little later Boston College, Crooks has an on … there were a impor tant decision on few breakdowns.” his hands. Forgive Perretty if she is not He can choose to go with the used to losing. incumbent Simpkins, who Sunday’s defeat at Villanova worked all offseason to earn marked only the second loss for starter’s duties, or opt for the a team for which Perretty Big East’s Freshman of the played in the last two seasons. Week for Sept. 27. Perretty’s American Heritage If Crooks goes with the latter, High School, ranked No. 7 Perretty will be there to answer nationally by the N.S.C.A.A., the call.

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eton Hall athletic director Joseph Quinlan Jr. announced his resignation last week after five years in the position. Quinlan is expected to step down on Oct. 8. Much of his tenure was highlighted by problems that arose from former head men’s basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez, whom Seton Hall fired after last season ended with off-court issues for many Pirates players. Gonzalez, however, found his own controversy after his dismissal, as he was arrested in early July for shoplifting a satchel.

HEISMAN

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quarterback Denard Robinson is expected to start when Michigan takes on Indiana on Saturday, despite bruising his left knee early in the Wolverines’ 65-21 win over Bowling Green. Although the sophomore didn’t play past the first quar ter, he still ran for 129 yards and two touchdowns on just five carries, and also went 4-for-4 through the air for 60 yards.

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grew tired of waiting for quarterback Trent Edwards to emerge as the team’s starter, and yesterday the team released him after the Bills opened 0-2 with Edwards as the signal caller. The Stanford product compiled a 14-18 record as a starter in three seasons with the Bills and was benched after his second start to give backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick a shot. Fitzpatrick, a Harvard grad, went 20-for-28 and threw for 247 yards and two touchdowns in the Bills’ 38-30 loss Sunday to the New England Patriots.

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ranking 20th in the NFL in total offense, something needed to change for the San Francisco 49ers. The team made that change yesterday when it fired offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye. The decision comes just one day after head coach Mike Singletary claimed that Raye would remain at the position for the rest of the season. Through the first three games of this season, the ’Niners averaged just 12.7 points per game, raning 31st in the NFL.

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Rough weekend drops Big East from Top 25 BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

With West Virginia’s loss to LSU and a poor showing by Rutgers FOOTBALL against Nor th Carolina, MIDWEEK REPORT Big East football took another big hit in its reputation. For the first time this season, no Big East team is in The Associated Press Top 25 and only the Mountaineers received votes. The Big East has one more week until the star t of conference play. With just five teams in action this week, no team has a major enough test to gain real ground on the national scale. “I think it’s way too early to judge anything,” said Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano. “I do know that leagues go through ebbs and flows — who knows what this one will be when you look back at it at the end of 2010? “Right now, I’m just concerned about our football team

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getting ready and ever y other coach in this league is the same way.” 1.) West Virginia (3-1) — No. 15 LSU beat up the Mountaineers on Saturday, but WVU still managed to keep the game within one score by the end, losing, 20-14. Quar terback Geno Smith played relatively well for the Mountaineers against a tough Tigers defense. Smith did not complete even half of his passes, but threw two balls for touchdowns. As a whole the offense was ineffective with running back Noel Devine making little to no impact. Receivers Jock Sanders and Tavon Austin combined for just 80 receiving yards. The Mountaineers fell out of the top 25 and do not have a game on schedule this week to jump back on the wagon. 2.) Connecticut (2-2) — The Huskies rebounded from a brutal per formance against Temple with a win over Buf falo. Though the two were

tied at halftime, UConn scored 31 second-half points to win, 45-21. Linebacker Sio Moore earned Defensive Player of the Week after a career-high 16 tackles and his first career interception. The Huskies host Vanderbilt this weekend before traveling to Piscataway to take on Rutgers for the start of Big East play. 3.) Syracuse (3-1) — Don’t worr y, this isn’t permanent. Syracuse has not beaten any team that will sniff a .500 record this season, but the fact remains that the Orange have three wins and all were convincing ones. Beating Colgate, 42-7, last week was expected of secondyear coach Doug Marrone, but unlike other Big East teams, at least Syracuse beats the teams it’s supposed to. Running back Delone Car ter earned Of fensive Player of the Week for his per formance, r unning for 172 yards and three touchdowns. The Orange are of f this week before opening up Big East play against South Florida.

4.) Pittsburgh (1-2) — The Panthers laid an egg on Thursday night against Miami, but they still have the talent to run the table in conference play. 5.) Rutgers (2-1) — The Scarlet Knights could have topped the list with a strong performance against a much depleted UNC roster, but they failed to reach the end zone on two straight drives in Tar Heel territory and came away with a loss. 6.) South Florida (2-1) — The Bulls did not overpower Western Kentucky, but came away with a victory despite just 87 total yards for quarterback B.J. Daniels. 7.) Cincinnati (1-3) — The Bearcats showed heart in a near four th-quar ter comeback against Oklahoma, but without Brian Kelly, Tony Pike or Mardy Gilyard, they’re not the same team. 8.) Louisville (1-2) — The Cardinals were off last week and will be favorites for the final time this season when Arkansas State comes to town this weekend.

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Jeff Demps could start Saturday when the No. 7 Gators pay a visit to No. 1 Alabama in a highly anticipated conference showdown. Demps leads the team with 367 rushing yards and two touchdowns but currently nurses a bruised foot. Alabama dominated Florida in last season’s SEC Championship game, beating the Gators, 32-13, while holding former Heisman winner Tim Tebow to just 247 passing yards.

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Syracuse running back Delone Carter (3) earned Big East Offensive Player of the Week honors after his three-touchdown performance, while West Virginia wide receivers Jock Sanders (9) and Tavon Austin combined for only 80 receiving yards in their 20-14 loss to Louisiana State.

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Junior Maryana Milchutsky was one of three Knights to contribute a pair of singles victories to Rutgers 14 total wins.

The Rutgers tennis team put together a strong showing over t h e TENNIS weekend at the prestigious Brown Invitational Tournament in Providence, R.I. The Scarlet Knights racked up a total of 14 wins in three days against the likes of Auburn, Boston College, Boston University and host Brown. “I think we did great playing against top teams who were all ranked either nationally or regionally last year,” said head coach Ben Bucca. “We’re ver y pleased and energized by our performance and hope it can carr y over into next week.” Standout per formances included the top doubles tandem of junior Amy Zhang and sophomore Jennifer Holzberg, which won two of its three matches. The per formance included a

resounding victor y over host school Brown’s doubles team by a score of 8-4. “This tournament was our first real competition so it was great practice for us,” Zhang said. “I had a lot of close matches which showed I’m right in there. Everyone played really smart out there.” Rutgers single players also had a productive weekend. Junior Maryana Milchutsky, sophomore Michelle Green and freshman Vanessa Petrini all captured two victories apiece. The Knights return to action Oct. 9-11 against 15 other teams at the National Tennis Center in New York City — the site of the US Open. “We’re ver y excited for the opportunity to play in one of the best outdoor venues in the world in one of the greatest cities in the world,” Bucca said. — Vinnie Mancuso

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With sophomore goaltender Vickie Lavell, left, in the cage, the Rutgers field hockey team swept its weekend matchups against Villanova and West Chester, putting together its first winning streak since 2008. The Rutgers football team started the season with a two-game winning streak but fell to North Carolina on Saturday, 17-13.

Rutgers hardly ‘quacktastic’ after slew of tough losses A.J. JANKOWSKI’S T HE GOOD, T HE B AD Well, another weekend came and went in the world of Rutgers athletics and once again we are left to ponder its perplexing results. Could the football team avenge an embarrassing loss two seasons ago on national television? Could the women’s soccer team — out of the national rankings for the first time this season — take down a ranked Big East opponent? And what about the field hockey team? Stuck in the doldr ums of mediocrity in recent histor y, could the Scarlet Knights put together their first win streak since former President George W. Bush’s administration ran our countr y? For the answers, we turn to a man whose comedic nature ushered in a new generation of comedians and redefined the word “laugh.” A man whose voice, demeanor and comic genius hit the mainstream on “Saturday Night Live” and transitioned superbly onto the big screen. A man who made it cool to be Jewish just by striking a chord on his acoustic guitar. I am talking, of course, about Adam Sandler as he headlines today’s “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.”

THE GOOD The Waterboy — “Mama says that, happiness is from magic rays of sunshine that come down when you’re feeling blue.” If there is any team basking in sunshine at the moment, it is the Rutgers field hockey team. Going without back-to-back wins since Oct. 15, 2008, this weekend the Knights reeled of f wins over Villanova and West Chester. Rutgers compiled a record of 5-26 since its last win streak. While that may hold tr ue again, take this time to soak in

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the glor y of being the only Rutgers team to go undefeated this weekend. Remember girls, Captain Insano shows no mercy and neither should you.

THE BAD Billy Madison — “Don’t put it out with your boots, Ted.” Bottom line: The Rutgers football team could have put its second half performance in a bag, put it on someone’s doorstep and lit it on fire. Head coach Greg Schiano and Co. held a 10-0 lead early over a team that demolished them two years ago, but saw that advantage fall by the wayside in a 17-13 loss to North Carolina. With 12 star ters getting sent back to repeat grades K12, the Tar Heels still managed to stifle the Knights’ of fense. The Wildcat looked more like “The Puppy Who Lost His Way,” with wide receiver Mohamed Sanu mustering only 41 yards on the ground. Mr. Deeds — “It’s hard to soar with the eagles when you’re surrounded by turkeys.” The women’s soccer team sure soared with the eagles on Friday night after upsetting No. 19 Georgetown, 1-0. Unfor tunately, the Knights played more like turkeys on Sunday, dropping a goose egg at lowly Villanova to the tune of a 1-0 defeat. Rutgers failed to score first for the fourth time in six games in the loss. On the men’s side of the game, Rutgers inherited a substantial injur y to junior midfielder Yannick Salmon en route to a 1-0 loss at the hands of Marquette to open Big East play.

ERIC SCHKRUTZ

Senior forward Ashley Jones only has one goal and one assist coming off the bench this season. Jones broke her leg in an October matchup last season at Yurcak Field against DePaul.

THE UGLY Big Daddy — “What’s your name, he’ll write it on the wall ... mind your business!” The writing was on the wall for the volleyball team as they hit the road this weekend to take on 2009 Big East champion Louisville and No. 25 Cincinnati. While two losses don’t come as much of a surprise, two shutout losses are tough to stomach. The Knights are hurting on the injury front, but these are not injuries that can just be covered up with newspaper.

With senior Emma Chrystal and freshman Tiffany Regmund set to miss substantial time, the team’s five-year plan might hit a bit of a snag. Happy Gilmore — “Hey, if I saw myself in clothes like that, I’d have to kick my own ass.” Minutes before kickoff between Rutgers and North Carolina, all 52,038 spectators were in a frenzy. And then, everything came to a halt. Why? Because in a span of five minutes, the crew in charge of

the pregame festivities decided it would be a good idea to trot a man on a horse wearing a Party City “300” costume out to midfield, awkwardly pace around for three seconds and then trot back. To make matters worse, they gave a microphone to a male cheerleader who proceeded to ask the fans if they were “Ready to rock and roll.” Huh? I don’t know about you, but I was ready to take of f my skate and tr y to stab somebody.

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Rookie keeper capitalizes on starting nod

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Savage insists mind, body set for Tulane

BY TYLER BARTO

BY SAM HELLMAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

CORRESPONDENT

Less than 24 hours before the Rutgers women’s soccer team’s match last Friday No. 19 WOMEN’S SOCCER against Georgetown, Samantha Perretty got the call. Perretty, a true freshman goalkeeper for the Scarlet Knights (6-5,1-2), knew regular starter Emmy Simpkins battled with concussion-like symptoms the entire week. Still, Perretty’s status for Friday’s match with the Hoyas was not official until she got the call. “It had been on and off the whole week because we didn’t know how Emmy was, but coach [Glenn Crooks] actually gave me the call [Friday] morning and told me I was going in,” said Perretty, the Knights’ sole freshman recruit to sign a National Letter of Intent from the Class of 2010. Less than 10 minutes into her first collegiate appearance in a Rutgers uniform, Perretty already experienced a baptism by fire against a Hoya team ranked in the top 25. Crooks was so discouraged by the play of his back defensive line that he substituted two star ters within as many minutes during the first half of Friday’s 1-0 Rutgers victor y. “I’m confident with any of my teammates back there, so we really didn’t miss a beat,” said senior Allie Hambleton, the sole member of the back four that played a full 90 minutes against Georgetown. “I missed playing with Julie [Lancos], but I’m confident with whoever’s back with me.” Inser ted for the experienced Lancos and senior Rheanne Sleiman were true freshman Tori Leigh and sophomore

Quarterback Tom Savage took a beating against North Carolina — mentally and physically. The mental pain came in the game’s final minutes, when the Rutgers sophomore threw an interKNIGHT ception and three NOTEBOOK incompletions on the final two drives to lose the game. The physical pain came on a bone-crushing hit at the end of the first half — significantly damaging his ribs. Going into Tulane, Savage said that the mental and physical traumas are both correctible. “I’m feeling good,” Savage said yesterday on his ailing midsection. “I just got some tests done. I don’t know the results, but I’m feeling good. Every day, I’m feeling better and better. After the game, you’re a little sore but it just comes with the game.” Head coach Greg Schiano was noncommittal on yesterday’s Big East coach’s conference call about Savage’s status for Tulane. “He’s getting a test today so we’ll know something probably by tomorrow,” Schiano said. The main concern for Savage is if an unhealthy quarterback will hinder the already struggling offense. But Savage said while he feels better, he will not jeopardize the team. “I’m not going to do anything to hurt the team and go out there and play when I’m not healthy,” Savage said. “That’s just selfish of me. Like I said, I felt like I could go out there and play and I did. That’s the way I was raised. You’re going to get hurt and stuff, that’s just

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Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage is 33-of-63 through the air on the season for 370 yards and three interceptions to just one touchdown — good for a 97.4 rating.

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Big East road trip ends on losing side of two shutouts BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

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Sophomore setter Stephanie Zielinski recorded 30 of the Scarlet Knights’ 32 assists in a shutout loss against Louisville and earned her sixth double-double against Cincinnati.

The Rutgers volleyball team expected a harsh weekend. After traveling halfway across the country to visit the 25th-ranked team in the nation and last year’s conVOLLEYBALL ference championship with a key RUTGERS 0 member of the CINCINNATI 3 Scarlet Knights sidelined with a lower back injury, asking for anything like September’s preseason tournaments would just be silly. But this was a little too much. Two games. Two losses. Two sweeps. Now two injured players in senior outside hitter Emma Chrystal and freshman outside hitter Tiffany Regmund. Two times as many questions. Head coach CJ Werneke cites a lot of the recent struggle to one broad categor y — inconsistency. “Inconsistency in some areas kind of hurt us, but I wouldn’t say we didn’t compete with [Louisville],” he said. “In each game it broke down a little differently. In Game 1, I thought our serve-receive wasn’t at the level it needed to be. Game 2 — serving broke down a little bit and attacking errors came into play.” Louisville used dominant play on offense and defense to take two games with scores of 25-17 and 25-16. The Knights began figuring things out in the third game and came within two points of a win for the match, but the Cardinals took set three with a 25-23 win.

Sophomore setter Stephanie Zielinski paced the Knights with 30 of the team’s 32 assists and sophomore Alex Jones led the team with 10 kills in the game. A boisterous Cardinal following did not help the Knights’ cause either. “[Louisville] has tremendous support for their team with an established program like that,” Werneke said. Things did not get much better Sunday, when Rutgers took on No. 25 Cincinnati. The ranked Bearcats simply did work when the Knights stepped onto Fifth Third Arena’s floor. In three consecutive sets of 25-14, 25-20, and 25-16, Cincinnati swept Rutgers to drop the team to its first losing record in three weeks. “We play good teams,” Werneke said. “They find out your weaknesses and tr y to exploit them and that’s the chess game. They’re senior-laden and experienced and have been in those situations.” And despite another 30 assists from Zielinski and 10 digs for her sixth doubledouble of the season, combined with10 kills from senior outside hitter Caitlin Saxton, it was obvious something was missing. “Without a doubt [Chr ystal was missed.] We have a player of her caliber really coming in her own, really flourishing early on in the season,” Werneke said. “She had a little setback at least we’ve identified what the problem was now we can treat it and see where she is from here on out.” The Kalamazoo, Mich., native already began rehab from what Wer neke

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