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The Rutgers men’s soccer team heads to Philadelphia this afternoon to do battle with Temple. The Owls beat the Scarlet Knights 1-0 the last time the teams met.

New program aims to bring U. more revenue

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BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

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The Rutgers University Programming Association hosts a zumba workshop, which promotes exercise through various forms of dance, yesterday in the Douglass Campus Center.

Health centers to offer flu shots BY REENA DIAMANTE CORRESPONDENT

Summer is officially over, but the cold and flu season is just beginning. Flu vaccines will be available through Health Services at clinics in University student centers Monday Oct. 4 through Nov. 18, according to the Health Services website. The new influenza vaccinations, which the University received from the Centers for Disease Control last month, will be available for $15, said Dorothy Kozlowski, assistant director of Health Ser vices. The vaccine prevents both sea-

sonal influenza A and H1N1, she said. “I feel so strongly about it because we know the flu spreads quickly and easily in aggregated areas, [like] a college campus,” Kozlowski said. “One of the things I say to students is the easiest thing I can do for you is to advise you to take that flu shot because it can make a difference with your health.” Students may also make an appointment to receive the vaccination at any of the health centers, she said. “What you try to do is get people to get the vaccine as early as possible before the weather gets worse,” said

Francesca Maresca, a coordinator for Health Outreach, Promotion and Education. “Each year we see flu peak at different times. For instance, this year we don’t know when we’ll see a peak of actual flu.” While many students feel the onset of a cold, there are different circumstances for getting the flu, she said. “Getting the flu is like getting hit by a truck,” Maresca said. One of the biggest differences between the flu and the cold are symptoms such as a fever over 101 degrees, body aches and exhaustion, she said.

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As New Jersey prepares for another set of budget cuts, the School of Arts and Sciences is taking an initiative to generate more revenue. Robin Davis, executive vice dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, created a new revenuegenerating program that looks to bring in a different strata of students into the School of Arts and Sciences, like graduate students, which would in turn create new revenue for the University. “Essentially, you would have students coming in [to the School of Ar ts and Sciences] that you wouldn’t normally be educating, and those students would bring in tuition for the program that they’d be par ticipating in,” she said.

Davis said the idea for the revenue-generating program came soon after she entered the dean’s office and was confronted with the unique and intelligent ideas of the faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences. “It is a good idea to see if we can encourage the faculty to pursue some of their creative talents beyond the undergraduate classroom and put together some entrepreneurial efforts that bring in additional revenue streams to the University,” she said. “So that’s what the program is about.” University President Richard L. McCormick agreed with Davis’ idea for the program, saying it is good to look at revenue-generating enterprises with the huge budget cuts the University is expecting in the future, she said.

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POLICE ARREST ANOTHER SUSPECT IN CITY DRIVE-BY SHOOTING Police arrested 18-year-old Darren Fordham as one of two suspects responsible for a drive-by shooting Saturday morning that left two teenage girls wounded in New Brunswick. Authorities charged the South Brunswick resident with attempted murder and possession of a handgun, police said in an article on mycentraljersey.com. William Brandon, 18, of Franklin is already in custody on these counts. Police arrived at a Wright Place residence 1 a.m. on Saturday to find two female Franklin residents, ages 17 and 19, shot while sitting on the stoop, New Brunswick Police Department Lt. J.T. Miller said in the article.

The shots were fired from a car, striking one victim in the torso and the other on the shoulder. Both girls were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and were treated for life-threatening injuries, according to the article. Police said the drive-by was not related to the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old New Brunswick high school student, which happened at 3 a.m. the same day. Brandon was held yesterday at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in Nor th Brunswick in lieu of $250,000 bail with no 10-percent cash option. — Kristine Rosette Enerio

Alumnus takes look back at state’s Prohibition era

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Writer and bookstore owner Steven Hart visited the University earlier this week to discuss two of New Jersey’s most infamous crime bosses — former Atlantic City Treasurer Enoch Lewis “Nucky” Johnson and former Mayor of Jersey City Frank Hague. The Graduate Students Association invited Hart, a University alumnus, to speak at the Graduate Student Lounge on the College Avenue campus. While the era of Prohibition was perhaps one of New Jersey’s most socially and culturally colorful time periods, it was also recorded as one of the state’s most corrupt, Hart said. “New Jersey played a role in undermining prohibition in every possible way,” he said. “Prohibition is just a fascinating period to me.” Throughout his presentation, Hart made comments about the weak political infrastructure of New Jersey during this time, drawing a parallel between the political officials and police officers during the Prohibition era to common criminals. “In the early part of the 20th century, police were even scarier than criminals in Jersey City,” Hart said. “Prohibition led to unprecedented levels of corruption in just about every level of law enforcement.” Because of this mentality, criminals were portrayed as heroes as opposed to murderous bootleggers, gangsters, and thugs, he said.

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The University will hold a conference to help children’s writers break into the business.

OPINIONS Iranian blogger gets thrown in prison for speaking against the government.

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Writer and bookstore owner Steve Hart discusses the effect of the Prohibition era in New Jersey, specifically Atlantic City, Monday at the Graduate Student Lounge on the College Avenue campus.

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University to host children’s writers conference BY ANKITA PANDA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Aspiring children’s book writers and illustrators next month may be in luck. The Rutgers University Council on Children’s Literature is holding its annual One-onOne Plus Conference for authors and illustrators who want to get into the children’s book writing business. The conference, which will be held in Busch Campus Center on Oct. 16, allows writers to talk in person with established editors and agents in the field. “We pioneered the concept of one-on-one, which means that a mentee is paired with a recognized professional in the field,” said Vivian Grey, council chair. Grey, who founded the conference in 1969 with the help of former University President Mason W. Gross, said she always

dreamt of a conference that would reach out to children’s book writers everywhere. “At that time, there wasn’t really anything in the U.S. like this, so I brought this up,” said Grey, who is also a writer and teacher. Entry into the conference is competitive, Grey said. Writers have to submit a manuscript of their work to the RUCCL, which judges the work based on its publishable quality. “We’re looking for the crème de-la-crème,” said Brian Schatell, former co-chair of the conference. More than 250 people submit their finest work for the council to judge, but only 70 are selected, said Schatell, who writes and illustrates children’s books. “We want three pages of the best stuff you’ve got,” Schatell said. “Illustrators can send in art samples.” Writers from all age groups submit their work to the council,

from college students to 70-yearold grandmothers, Schatell said. Anyone with a creative mind is welcome to participate. “What we hope to achieve is … an environment where good writing will be recognized,” Grey said. The conference is organized into three main sections — the one-on-one session, panel discussions and the five-on-five session, where five mentors and five writers spend an hour discussing publication and submission, said Eric Luper, a University alumnus and former participant. During the one-on-one session, a participant and editor spend 45 minutes to an hour discussing the participant’s writing samples. The editor provides the participant literary feedback and illustrators are paired with art directors, Luper said. Luper, who is also a young adult writer, said the conference

helped him grow in more ways than he imagined. “I had been writing for four years before this conference, but I don’t think I was ready before this conference,” Luper said. The people Luper met at the conference provided him with valuable advice that he would otherwise have not heard, he said. Luper said his favorite part of the conference was the individualized attention. “I liked hearing from editors and agents … who [discussed] what they liked and what [I] should improve on,” Luper said. Pam Swallow, a council member, said in her 20-plus years with the council, she has seen the conference grow, change and become more exciting than it used to be. “It [has] gotten such a reputation across the nation that editors and agents are very eager to attend now because they feel that

there’s quite a bit of rich talent there,” said Swallow, who was a former mentee and mentor. Swallow said an essential part of the conference is networking. “[We] take our mentees around and introduce them to the appropriate editors and agents that would be best for them,” Swallow said. Writers and illustrators whose works are publishable by the end of the conference may find that an agent is willing to represent them, said Swallow, who was represented by the same agency as Kurt Vonnegut and Paula Danziger. Grey, Schatell, Luper and Swallow all agreed that one benefit of the conference is the long-term relationships it provides for writers. Writers have the opportunity to meet other writers to connect with and who may ultimately help them hone their skills.

MIDDLE-AGED GWU PROFESSOR TO LIVE IN RESIDENCE HALL In exchange for free rent, 55-year-old Jeffrey Sich, a George Washington University associate professor, will live on the first floor of a sophomore residence hall come spring. The living arrangement is a practice borrowed from early academia that has recently grown in popularity, particularly at large urban universities striving toward a more personal, small-campus environment, according to an article in The Washington Post.

“It was met with shock: ‘You are going to do what?’” Sich said in the article. “But it’s a great conversation starter. … And it’s been done before — Rodney Dangerfield.” Professors who agree to live in residence halls must attend floor meetings, answer questions, put up with strange noises and host small gatherings in their room, which is typically larger than students’ quarters, according to the article.

GWU opened a hall this fall that houses about 290 undergraduate students as well as two professors and their two young children. “It’s very casual. There’s no class attached to it. You solely talk about your interests,” said Patrick Eronini, a Georgetown University junior, which has six faculty members living on campus. “At the very least, students are going for the free food.” — Kristine Rosette Enerio

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REVENUE: Faculty can receive $75K grant for ideas continued from front “We were awarded from the president’s office $750,000 over a period of three years to put together a mechanism of seed grants for faculty who apply for them,” she said. “What they will do is put together an application process to the deans office and they’ll spell out the kinds of programs, projects or courses [they wish to pursue].” Davis said her office e-mailed the faculty within the School of Arts and Sciences to notify them the program was now available, telling the faculty they could receive a $75,000 grant over two years to pursue their idea. “We’ll review the program and if that faculty member is awarded the grant, we’ll review it again in a couple of years,” she said. “[It is] just to make sure that it is something that is actually revenue generating and in the long run, self supporting.” Although the program is aimed at bringing in graduate students and people from the New Brunswick community into

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the School of Arts and Sciences, Mathematical Finance, which the new initiative would also ben- proved successful, Davis said. efit undergraduate students as This degree program intewell, Davis said. grates theoretical foundations with “It really showcases the practical applications for quantitaresearch activities of the faculty,” tive finance and aims to prepare she said. “There also may be new graduate students for rewarding opportunities for them to, for careers in investment banks, example, get some way of hedge funds and more, according enrolling in these to its website. courses as well.” “So you can The School of graduate with your “There is Arts and undergraduate Sciences dean’s a number of concepts degree and say, office would not ‘Gee, I’m really in which we have tell their faculty good at math, but I members what to don’t know exactly very strong faculty. ” do but rather how I want to ROBIN DAVIS have their ideas apply it. But what if School of Arts and Sciences flourish into I took this math Executive Vice Dean potentially sucfinance course and cessful courses, that was my entree Davis said. ticket to a job in “The dean’s office is saying, Wall Street?’” she said. ‘We have this opportunity for you A number of graduate stuthat we can fund for two years … dents are already taking that you would not only be bringing course, Davis said. revenue into the University durDavis also referenced the graduing a very difficult budgetary ate program Cultural Heritage and time, [but it] will also give new Preservation studies as another opportunities for students for good example of the types of coursadvanced degrees,’” she said. es that would be offered in the new A good example of the types of revenue-generating program. courses this new program would CHAPS is a program that prooffer is the Master of Science in vides an opportunity to study herMathematics Degree for itage preservation issues within

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M local, national and global contexts and is designed for students who wish to study cultural heritage issues as an academic subject, according to their website. “So these could be people who go into museums and become heads of museums. They are people who are interested in preserving houses and structures in cities,” Davis said. “So there are a number of concepts in which we have very strong faculty.” The new program would be implemented in January, adding her office hopes to have five courses in the program offered by the upcoming spring semester, Davis said. “I think it’s a win-win-win,” she said. “It would be for the University, it would be for the faculty, and it would be for the students who would have the opportunity to enroll in newly developed programs.” Davis, in an effort to explain her reasoning for the program, said there are two options when facing a budgetary crisis like the current and future situation New Jersey is dealing with. “What you can do is just feel as though you don’t have any control,” she said. “On the other hand, you can take the reigns and really step up to the plate and work harder to try to make our University even better.”

ALUMNUS: Hart has worked on book since 2004 continued from front The popular mentality that government workers and politicians were no better than crooks was not particularly beneficial to the development of a healthy public relationship between the people and these government sects, Hart said. But it did serve the interest of crime bosses and corrupt politicians throughout the state. “The contempt for law that prohibition created turned gangsters into stars,” he said. Although he made no effort to make Hague and Nucky look like saints, Hart pointed out that these two men, for one reason or another, were ambiguously moral. Aside from being uncharacteristically moral and socially upright, he also noted these men were all about money and were viable money making machines. “One of the fascinating things about these political bosses was that they were very moral figures,” Hart said. “If you were an Irish-American family just off the boat, somebody from the [political] machine would be right there to see if there was anything you needed.” One of the other major topics discussed during the presentation was the process by which New Jersey became such a large haven for alcohol d u r i n g Prohibition. In the “The contempt first three or for law that four years of Prohibition Prohibition in New created Jersey, law turned gangsters enforcement on the state’s into stars.” shores was virtually nonSTEVEN HART -existent, University Alumnus Hart said. But Hart also explained that this lapse in law enforcement was brief. “New Jersey’s coastline was ideal for rum-running,” he said. “[But] by the mid 1920’s, the coast guard’s defense was beefed up. They got faster ships and started shooting.” Jacob Kafka, University alumnus and life-long Jersey City resident, enjoyed the presentation. “I found it interesting,” Kafka said. “I’ve read a little bit about Hague, and it was good to hear someone who’s obviously well informed and well read on the subject.” David De Bevoise, a University professor in the Italian Department, shared similar sentiments and found the presentation fascinating. “I just came in here to prepare my class and started listening to him,” Bevoise said. “It was very interesting.” Alice Terry, vice president of the GSA, was enthusiastic about Hart’s presentation. “I read his book, ‘The Last Three Miles: Politics, Murder, and the Construction of America’s First Superhighway.’ I thought he was a great writer,” Terry said. “He’s tremendously talented. I’m ver y impressed with [Hart] so I decided to ask him to talk.” Aside from his first book, Har t has been researching for and writing his next book since 2004, documenting New Jersey histor y during the era of Prohibition.

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CALENDAR Molenaar talks transportation with council 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.

OCTOBER A “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 soda 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/r unning/newbr unswick-nj/r un-for-thewoods-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 oppor tunity 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.

The Cook Leadership Breakfast meeting will start at 7:30 a.m. in Multipurpose Room C at the Cook Campus Center. The theme for this meeting will be “Come Meet your Advisor.” Those with any questions regarding courses are free to attend. Friends are welcome.

To have your event featured, send University calendar items to university@dailytargum.com.

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With many University students still frustrated with the cancellation of the L bus route, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences council met last night to address issues with campus transportation at the University. The SEBS council met with Director of Transpor tation Services Jack Molenaar in the Cook Campus Center to voice its concern over the elimination of bus routes, ticket changes, new construction and parking lot control. “The EE bus is crowded and often times piggybacks behind each other,” said Zaid Abuhouranm, SEBS council president. Council Vice President Nate Girer said because of higher enrollment, he finds it impossible to get on the A-bus. Molenaar listened to the concerns of the council and said his priority is to have efficient inter-campus transportation for students, but there are

still many obstacles the “Both weekend buses University is facing. makes it so that you don’t have A major setback the to transfer buses,” he said. University faced was the half-mil- “Weekend 1 travels to all camlion dollar budget cut, which can- puses in a clockwise position not be made up in a bus contract as opposed to Weekend 2’s of 10 years, he said. counterclockwise route.” This is the reason the L route Commuters at the meeting was eliminated also expressed because the cost concern with the “If you come in of $600,000 to amount of comkeep the route in with the same excuse muter permits use proved too given out. five times in a row, Molenaar said a much, Molenaar said. is used to we’ll know because ratio “The L is really sell the commore of a historic the computer record muter permits remnant from the to avoid such will pull it up.” ’80s. It came to a thing. fruition when “All comJACK MOLENAAR there was no muters are never Director of Transportation Services Route 18,” he said. here at the same “If I started from time, so more perscratch, I would not go through mits can be sold,” he said. Highland Park.” The concern came after a Another solution to solve mass e-mail was sent out to all transportation problems was to 1,700 commuters notifying limit the amount of bus use after additional lots were added on classes ended and during the Sept. 7, 14 and 18. Within in an weekend, Molenaar said. This led hour after the message was disto the creation of the Weekend 1 persed via Twitter and and 2 buses. Facebook, the lots were filled

SEBS/ COOK Council up and created a hectic parking situation, Molenaar said. Keeping to the subject of tickets, Molenaar said there was a new appeals system, which is now completely managed online. Through this eco-friendly approach, ticket appeals are now only accepted online. As a result, an influx of requests was filed since the change, he said. While this method makes the staff grow weary of the new change, it is also useful because students cannot give the same excuse over again, Molenaar said. “If you come in with the same excuse five times in a row, we’ll know because the computer record will pull it up immediately,” he said. Despite the alterations, Molenaar said there have only been three weeks in the school year so far, and there is still much to be worked on.

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REPORT SHOWS WOMEN STILL LAG BEHIND MEN IN MANAGEMENT The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report yesterday showing that despite rising wages for women, they are not achieving positions of management as often as men are. Women held 49 percent of jobs outside of management in the years 2000 and 2007, according to an article in The New York Times. But the number of women that held managerial positions in that seven-year span only increased by 1 percent, from 39 to 40. In addition, full-time women workers only made 80.2 cents for every dollar a man earned. The disparity in pay has affected how women in managerial positions make decisions regarding their family lives, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., said in the article.

“When working women have kids, they know it will change their lives, but they are stunned at how much it changes their paycheck,” Maloney said. “In this economy, it is adding insult to injury, especially as families are increasingly relying on the wages of working moms.” More women were childless than men, with 63 percent not having children, compared to 57 percent of men, according to the article. Women were also more likely to be single. About 60 percent of women in managerial positions were married, compared to almost three quarters of men. — Andrew Howard

The new flu vaccine is an inactivated or a killed vaccine, H1N1, regular seasonal flu virus Kozlowski said. She said people sometimes have concerns about having a live virus in their system. continued from front There are no major side effects The flu is relatively more con- to the flu vaccine, but with the intramuscular vaccine, some may feel tagious, Maresca said. “Think about how many slight irritation and soreness at or things you touch during the day near the injection site, Maresca said. Students who have allergies to and how many people are here at Rutgers,” she said. “An eggs or chicken cannot take the important thing to remember is new flu vaccine, nor can those that germs live in what we call who are already ill, she said. There is a rare chance stu‘hard nonporous’ surfaces — doorknobs, banisters, desks. dents may be allergic to the vacPeople touch them and then cination, but overall, the risk is low, Kozlowski said. they touch their faces.” “It’s wonderfully safe,” she The germs on these surfaces can spread to the face easily, said. “We’ve not had any problems. We’ve had multiple students Maresca said. “Our face is full of mucus mem- who feel it has really given them brane. We have it in our eyes an opportunity to feel better.” The CDC is mouth and nose,” working on next she said. “I always “This is something year’s flu vaccine, say think of mucus as the influenza membrane as the people will be virus mutates doorway to germs. encouraged to do slightly each year, So if we wash our said. hands and avoid on a seasonal basis.” Maresca “Last year’s vactouching our face, cine would not we’re taking good FRANCESCA MARESCA work on this year’s Health, Outreach, Promotion and steps.” [virus,]” she said. Education Coordinator In the United “It’s always someStates, there is an thing that’s evolvextensive vaccination system, Maresca said. ing and changing so the vaccine Before students attend the evolves and changes as well and it University they must be vaccinat- has to in order for it to be effective.” Individuals still need to vaccied to slow the spread of preventanate yearly, Maresca said. ble illnesses. “It’s not like getting your Still, hand washing is one of the best ways to prevent the measles, mumps and rubella vactransmission of the flu, cold and cine. Rarely do people ever need to take it again,” she said. “This is other germs, she said. Health Services targets a specif- something people will be encouric group of individuals with compro- aged to do on a seasonal basis. mised immune systems, Maresca Pretty much at the beginning of said. People who have chronic ill- every flu season.” Liza Patel, an Ernest Mario nesses such as diabetes and asthma are encouraged to get vaccinated School of Pharmacy junior, first, followed by those who work in received a flu vaccination last year health care and are constantly sur- and plans to do so again. Patel rounded by ill people, and then the said she didn’t get sick last season and realized getting ill is somegeneral population. The combination vaccine, thing unplanned. “Preventative medicine avoids which is injected in the upper arm, was not ready in time for last costs later,” she said. “If I did get sick year’s flu season, Maresca said. I would’ve had to miss school. I The seasonal flu vaccine and the would’ve had to have doctor visits. H1N1 virus vaccine last year This way, I could avoid all that. I definitely think it helps in the long run.” were distributed separately.

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Shooting breaks out at University of Texas THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas — A student wearing a dark suit and a ski mask opened fire yesterday with an assault rifle on the University of Texas campus before fleeing into a library and fatally shooting himself. No one else was hurt. The shooting began near a fountain in front of the UT Tower — the site of one of the nation’s deadliest shooting rampages more than four decades ago, when a gunman ascended the clock tower and fired down on dozens of people. Within hours of Tuesday‘s gunfire, the school issued an allclear notice, but the university remained closed, and the area around the library still was considered a crime scene. “Our campus is safe,” school President Bill Powers said. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo expected the school to be “completely open and back to normal” by Wednesday morning. Authorities identified the gunman as 19-year-old Colton Tooley, a sophomore math major. Police declined to speculate on his motive. Tooley’s parents did not immediately respond to a message left by The Associated Press. Tooley’s high school principal in Austin described him as an excellent student who excelled in every subject. “All of us in the Crockett High School community are shocked and saddened by today’s tragedy at the University of Texas,” said principal Craig Shapiro. Shapiro’s prepared statement said Tooley, a 2009 graduate, was remembered by teachers as being “brilliant,” ‘‘meticulous,” and “respectful.” Police investigators went in and out of his family‘s home in a middle-class Austin neighborhood Tuesday afternoon carrying bags and boxes. There was no immediate word on what was in the containers. A neighbor said police arrived at the home about three hours after the campus shooting. The 50,000-student university had been on lockdown while of ficers with bomb-snif fing dogs carried out a building-bybuilding manhunt. After the gunfire, authorities searched the campus for a possible second shooter, but eventually concluded Tooley acted alone. Confusion about the number of suspects arose because shots were fired in multiple locations, and officers received var ying descriptions from witnesses, campus police Chief Robert Dahlstrom said. Before reaching the librar y, Tooley apparently walked for several blocks wearing a mask and dark clothing and carr ying an automatic weapon, witnesses said. Construction worker Ruben Cordoba said he was installing a fence on the roof of a three-story building near the library when he looked down and made eye contact with the suspect. “I saw in his eyes he didn’t care,” Cordoba said.

The gunman continued down the street, firing three shots toward a campus church, then changed direction and fired three more times into the air, Cordoba said. A garbage truck driver leaped out of his vehicle and ran away, as did a woman carr ying two babies, Cordoba. “I‘m not scared, but I was scared for the people around me,” he said. Randall Wilhite, an adjunct law professor, said he was driving to class when he saw “students start scrambling behind wastebaskets, trees and monuments,” and then a young man carrying an assault rifle sprinting along the street. “He was running right in front of me ... and he shot what I thought were three more shots ... not at me. In my direction, but not at me,” Wilhite said. The professor said the gunman had the opportunity to shoot several people, but did not. Police said it was unclear whether Tooley was targeting anyone with the AK-47. Oscar Trevino, whose daughter works on campus, said she told him she was walking to work near the library when she heard two shots behind her. She started to run and fell down. She said she later heard another shot. “She’s freaking out. I’m trying to calm her down. I’ve just been telling her I love her and relax, everything’s fine,” Trevino said. Acevedo said officers were able to track the gunman‘s movements with the help of students who “kept pointing in the right direction.” The police chief said he believes Tooley ran into the library as officers closed in on him, then shot himself in the head on the sixth floor. Police did not fire any shots, Acevedo said. Powers credited the school’s crisis-management plan and social networking for quickly warning students, faculty and staff. The university’s text messaging system reaches more than 43,000 people, he said. Laura Leskoven, a graduate student from Waco, said she was in a media management class when she received a text message from the university saying there was an armed person near the library. For the next 3 and a half hours, Leskoven and about 30 of her classmates sat in a locked conference room trying to keep tab on events through Twitter, blogs and text messages. “We were kind of shocked,” Leskoven said. “Our professor said, ‘Well, we need to get upstairs’ because we were on the first floor of the building.” Student Joshua Barajas said he usually is in the library in the mornings but was delayed Tuesday when he made a rare stop for coffee. “These little mundane decisions could save your life. If I hadn’t stopped for coffee — and I never stop for coffee because it’s $4 — I could have been in that building,“ Barajas said. “It‘s creepy. I don’t even want to think about it.”

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Elijah’s Promise wins award for substance abuse recovery program BY COLLEEN ROACHE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence of Middlesex County granted its 2010 Tree of Hope award, which recognizes an organization working to promote substance abuse recovery, to local soup kitchen Elijah’s Promise. Lisanne Finston, executive director of Elijah’s Promise, was pleased to have the organization receive the award last week at a ceremony outside its Livingston Avenue administrative building. “We’re honored to be recognized for the work that we do and are grateful to be in partnership with wonderful organizations like NCADD in the community,” Finston said. After soliciting nominations from the local community, the NCADD chose Elijah’s Promise as this year’s winner, NCADD

Chief Executive Officer Steven Liga said. “In looking around the community, we realized they support recovery in a very meaningful way,” he said. “It’s a very valuable resource, and we wanted to highlight them.” The main criterion for selection was an emphasis on addiction recovery, Liga said. “What we look for is an organization that is doing something to support recovery in pretty much any way,” he said. “We’re looking for a [group] that’s doing something special, something that the community should recognize as really important.” Even though Elijah’s Promise is not a substance abuse prevention agency, nor is it a treatment agency, their work on substance abuse complements working with the hungry, he said. “Many of those people also may have a substance abuse

problem, so they have people on site to talk to them about a treatment program — a supportive program, an educational program,” he said. Job training at Elijah’s Promise’s culinary school helps keep former addicts on a path to a better life, Liga said. “They take folks who started out going to the soup kitchen because they needed something to eat, hook them up with recover y ser vices and when they come back, they are put into a true job training program,” he said. “Somebody who has a career is much more likely to stay sober than somebody who’s homeless.” Now director of the soup kitchen, Pam Johnson expressed appreciation for all Elijah’s Promise has done for her. “I had nothing when I got here,” she told The Home News Tribune. “It changed my life tremendously.”

The organization’s offer to provide transportation to the nearest substance detoxification facility for those without health insurance — located in Bergen County — was also key in its being selected, Liga said. “For a lot of folks, that’s the only way they’ll ever get there,” he said. The ultimate goal of the award is to bring awareness of available resources to the community, he said. “For most people, all they know about drug addiction is the people they see on TV who relapse all the time,” he said. “But they don’t realize they probably work with somebody or have a next-door neighbor who’s probably in recover y and doing really well.” Although an evergreen tree is typically planted at the award ceremony, an apple tree is now in the administrative of fice’s

lawn, which Finston said fit better with the goals of Elijah’s Promise. “[It was] a symbol of hope for the community and a way to also symbolize the work of our organization, Elijah’s Promise, in the hope that we will continue to bear fruit,” she said. While many people know Elijah’s Promise as a soup kitchen, not as many understand that the organization actively works with patrons at the kitchen to provide them with access to treatment programs and support their recover y, Finston said. For the organization, its culinar y school is the next stage, as many students there are often people in recover y. “The focus of our work as an organization is using food as a tool to feed people and to equip them with the tools to be successful in life,” Finston said.

GOV. CHRISTIE AIMS TO REFORM EDUCATORS’ RAISES At an Old Bridge, N.J., town hall event, Gov. Chris Christie said yesterday that he wanted to change the system of how teachers get pay raises. He proposed teachers’ salaries should be cohesive to their student’s achievement, instead of the experience on their résumés, according to an article on nj.com. Teachers currently receive salary raises by pay grids that derive the number of years they worked and

their education degrees, according to the article. But Christie wants to prohibit seniority completely for consideration of pay increases. He also wants to reward individuals who earn “master” teacher or principle titles with the chance to mentor students or establish a charter school, according to the article. To keep parents informed, Christie plans to place teacher evaluations online.

Christie said he was disappointed with school districts that spend thousands per student every year but still have low graduation rates. “Don’t let anyone tell you that in New Jersey money is the issue behind a failure to achieve what we need to achieve,” Christie said in the article. “Money is the issue, not because of a failure to achieve, but because it’s bankrupting our state.” — Reena Diamante

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What level of civility do you see on a day-to-day basis?

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COURTNEY AFRIYIE SAS JUNIOR “To an extent, obviously it’s the context you’re under in which people change. People can be so nice on the street but when someone’s vying for that last seat on the bus, it all changes.”

“People seem pretty friendly as long as you put in the effort to be friendly to them first.”

NICK KADISH SAS SOPHOMORE “The people around here are normally very helpful. There are some problems with busing, but I feel like that’s more of a system issue than it is the actual people.”

RAYMOND DINOVI — SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SOPHOMORE

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EMILY POLLINGER SAS FIRST-YEAR STUDENT “Usually people on campus are really nice. I have a tendency to just walk around campus buildings and introduce myself to people. No one ever turns me away.”

Reports of burglary at the University in 2009

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Reports of simple assault based on race or ethnicity at the University in 2009

Total of aggravated assault reports at the University in 2009 (includes on-campus property, non-campus property and public property)

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Source: publicsafety.rutgers.edu

JENNIFER GIRALDO SAS SOPHOMORE “In class or on the streets, I feel like civility is a lot more common [during the day] than at night. Whenever you go out, you see a lot less.”

DANIT WEINER MASON GROSS SOPHOMORE “I find that the level of civility is quite high on campus, especially in the residence halls. The community is really wonderful and the kids treat each other with a lot of respect.”

ONLINE RESPONSE People go out of their way — 16%

People are inconsiderate — 34%

People are moderately civil. — 46%

People are moderately civil.

46%

A total lack; people are inconsiderate.

34%

A good amount of people go out of their way to be considerate.

16%

I’m not sure what civility is.

I’m not sure what civility is. — 4%

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Iran blogger places self in danger

fter years of positioning himself as an outspoken enemy of the Iranian government, Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan made a bold move in 2008: He went back to Iran. Unsurprisingly, the authorities quickly apprehended him and charged him with an array of crimes, including spreading propaganda against the ruling establishment and insulting Islamic thought and religious figures. They sentenced him yesterday to 19 and a half years in jail for these supposed crimes. We find this to be a downright disheartening turn of events. Derakhshan is a hero, not a criminal. He should be lauded for his willingness to stand up for what he believes in, not sentenced to jail. In the face of a government as abusive of human rights as Iran’s, Derakhshan called for justice. It seems rather unfair that he himself is now being denied the justice he so fiercely fought for. That being said, we also can’t help but feel like Derakhshan should have been smarter about this whole situation. The man spent years of his life criticizing the Iranian government. He knew how it worked, and he knew what kinds of injustices it was capable of. Regardless of this knowledge, he waltzed right back into the country as if he were bulletproof. Is it any kind of surprise then that he was quickly arrested? Or that he was held in jail for two years and allowed very limited contact with the outside world? Or that he is now going to spend another 19 and a half years in Iranian jail? It isn’t a surprise to us, and it certainly should not be a surprise to Derakhshan. It is not that we agree at all with the way the Iranian government has been treating Derakhshan. On the contrary: We find charges like “promotion of counterrevolutionary groups” and “insulting Islamic thought” absolutely absurd. We believe Derakhshan has the inalienable human right to voice his opinion, and we believe his opinions were morally justified opinions. But for a supposedly smart guy, Derakhshan made a pretty stupid mistake in returning to Iran. Ironically, Derakhshan even expressed support for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his tendency to stand up against the West months before he went to visit Iran and wound up in a jail cell. It just goes to show — never trust an unjust government, especially one that has marked you as an enemy.

Congressman moves toward partisanship

ust prior to the November elections, there is the occurrence of those congressmen who choose to proliferate partisanship with the sole purpose of securing their agendas. They choose to reject a bill simply due to its label as “by the opposing party.” According to The Huffington Post, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., e-mailed on Monday “GOP aides to let them know that he would block all legislation that he and his staff have not personally cleared until the November elections.” Our problem with this tactic — albeit its use by both parties — is the fact that our representatives are too busy holding inter-party grudges than doing their jobs. DeMint’s threat to grind the consideration of bills to a halt is nothing new, as one Democratic senator said. It has in fact been a policy of DeMint’s since Obama’s election as president. And that is the recurring problem on Capitol Hill. We, as voters, are inconvenienced by this refusal to even look at certain bills if a member of the opposing political party drafted it. DeMint is just one example of this fallacy in Washington. This constant of partisan politics on part of politicians like DeMint prevents congressmen from doing their jobs. Their responsibilities as senators are to take the voice of the people and at least read the bill — as vile as it could be. And even in those cases of congressmen reaching across the aisle, DeMint and similar politicians choose to act with the sole preservation of party politics, albeit under the pretense of acting for the citizens of a given state. “It is my understanding Jim DeMint has had a standing hold on everything throughout this two-year process,” Sen. Jeff Merkley, DOre., told The Huffington Post on Tuesday. “When I have had amendments on a couple of occasions, I have been told: ‘Absolutely, we in the Republican leadership are fine but you are going to have to clear it with Jim DeMint because he has a standing hold on everything.’” Before the upcoming elections, we are likely to see more cases than before, which advocate for the delay of legislation at least until the necessary seats have been won in Congress. This only benefits those with the prospect of keeping their spot in legislature, while it leaves us, the voters, with a severe bruise from the fist of party politics. With congressmen not doing their jobs until after elections, we are the only ones to suffer.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “For most people, all they know about drug addiction is the people they see on TV who relapse all the time.” Steven Liga, National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence CEO, on drug awareness STORY IN METRO

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The Jay-Z Effect seems to on’t be surprised if be targeting the urban demothe next crime graphics and rap audiences. alert you receive But this theory does not take from the Rutgers University AMIT JANI into account the dozens of Police Department other Yankee-cap wearing describes the suspect as criminals that are not from urban regions or don’t lissporting a crisp New York Yankees cap. The New ten to rap music. Consider for example, Edward York Times reported earlier this month that a sigDodson, who was born in Shelby, N.C.; he robbed 64 nificant number of criminals in the New York region banks wearing sunglasses and an old Yankees cap. have worn Yankees caps or some form of Yankee Dodson robbed more banks than any single person paraphernalia while committing crimes ranging and was dubbed as the “Yankee Bandit.” from locker room thefts to violent crimes such as The obvious assumption might be that criminals armed bank robberies and deadly shootings. As an in the New York area are wearing Yankees caps not avid New York Yankee fan, this news is appalling: due to the influence of the baseball team but to repAre we as Yankee fans simply brutal, violence-loving resent where they come from. After all, it’s fair to maniacs who loiter the streets waiting for the right say that most students attending our University target? Of course not, this would be a silly accusawould wear Rutgers’ apparel rather than that of tion to make considering that most Yankee fans are another school. This is not the case. There are not criminals and sport their team’s apparel to assomany people in other states throughout the United ciate with their love of the game. States that are committing crimes while wearing One theory of why so many people are wearing New York Yankees paraphernalia, as mentioned in Yankee caps while committing crimes is that these the Times article. Earlier this year, a man who criminals are identifying with the team’s aura of money, robbed a Chase bank outside of a power and success. This I will not deny Chicago suburb was wearing a — the Yankees have had a long-stand“The Yankees sell Yankees hat. So was a young man ing record of winning and have won more merchandise who assaulted an 81-year-old woman more championships than any major in her home in Seattle, Wash. sports team in American history. than any other Perhaps these were creative ploys to Another theory proposed has been associated to gangster-rappers wearbaseball team, with tarnish the powerful Yankees brand (probably not)! The fact that these ing specific team caps. about a 25 percent criminals were wearing Yankee A criminologist currently writing hats, rather than caps representing a book about the role of clothing in market share.” their home teams such as the criminal cases has dubbed this theSeattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs or or y the “Jay-Z Effect.” Rapper White Sox, exemplifies that these criminals identify Shawn Carter (aka Jay-Z) has been wearing a with the team rather than the city. Yankee cap in many of his videos, album covers and It comes as no surprise that many people — guest appearances on television for many years. In criminals and non-criminals alike — enjoy being a his popular single “Empire State of Mind,” he raps, part of the winning team. With 27 Major League “I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee Baseball championship wins, the New York can.” This can prove to be a legitimate theory, seemYankees are one of the most associated teams ingly due to rappers’ influence on urban populaaround. Since they are so popular, we buy more of tions. The article states that rappers have given the their apparel to associate ourselves with winners. Yankees a form of street rep and an impression of The article states that the Yankees sell more mercoolness. Not surprisingly, many gang members chandise than any other baseball team, with about have worn specific team hats that match with their a 25 percent market share of nationwide sales of gang colors. The two most gang-affiliated hats this merchandise licensed by the MLB. The most year have been those of the Cincinnati Reds and the straightforward explanation to why so many crimiLos Angeles Dodgers. Best-selling rapper Lil Wayne nals are wearing Yankees hats might be due to the wears the hats of all three of the aforementioned fact that the team is so popular. sports teams — the Yankees, Reds and Dodgers — Regardless, the biggest criminal in the news while 50 Cent primarily wears the Yankees and right now wears a New York Mets (the losing New Chicago White Sox caps. It would be ridiculous to York baseball team) cap; he was the Mets’ closer, presume that all rappers that wear particular sports Francisco Rodriguez. In my opinion, you should be hats are affiliated with gangs, rather; they are most good as long as you don’t don a Boston Red Sox or likely representing their hometown. This seems to New York Mets cap — you don’t want to be associbe the case with rappers such as Jay-Z, who is from ated with losers. Better yet, represent your Scarlet Brooklyn and Atlanta-born rapper T.I. who wears Knight pride and Hoo-Rah all the way! the Atlanta Braves hat.

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Keep Ensure education, benefit US economy Letter politics out of A school ED POTOSNAK

Letter JAKE JANOFSKY

veryone who thinks that the scope of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million donation to the Newark public schools is limited to him trying to make up for a bad depiction in “The Social Network” is not paying attention. Well, they are to the entertainment world but not to the educational system in our state. On “Oprah,” and during an educational summit in New York City, Gov. Chris Christie and upstart Newark mayor Cory Booker interviewed with Zuckerberg to accept the donation. Christie is playing the part of the Republican willing to “reach across the aisle” and in so doing he will be supposedly granting control of the donation to Booker exclusively. This political and public relations gold mine for both politicians will have huge implications come the midterm elections in just five weeks. Since all representatives are up for re-election this makes things dicey, especially in a state that just confirmed via Quinnipiac poll in August that more New Jerseyans approve of our governor than the Obama administration. In response, President Barack Obama was interviewed on the “Today Show” by Matt Lauer, and the entirety of it played for the nation yesterday morning. He did not reference the donation made national news, however he did make some bold statements on the subject of education reform, the heart of the issue. He declared that money alone would be insufficient in solving education reform, and that we need to “clear away the bureaucratic underbrush preventing kids from learning.” And when the issues of poverty and underprivileged children should be the focus, it is instead turned to the self-serving administrators of local school districts, and maybe rightly so. The superintendent from my high school has been making close to $200,000 annually since 2008, when she signed a contract for renewal in 2012 to work 240 out of 365 days a year. While Emily Capella and similar administrators around the country are becoming millionaires, our country’s public educational system is being ignored. Politicians claim that these issues should be centered around the student, while they work on weeding out long-tenured and ineffective educators, than sitting down for negotiations with powerful teachers unions. Meanwhile, children are failing out of school and not being taught to read properly or given basic math and science knowledge. The public educational system needs to be completely overhauled, and this should not be a political issue. We will have to wait and see how this plays out in the long term, but for now we have to hope that bureaucracy will not once again reign supreme and that the children of our nation will actually be the focus of this effort. Jake Janofsky is a Rutgers Business School first-year student.

s we approach homecoming this weekend, I’ve been reflecting about my time spent on the Banks. Like many, I put myself through school working — always making time for football games, of course. The University put me on the path to success. During my time here, I earned an undergraduate degree in chemistr y, a graduate degree in education and even taught as an adjunct professor. Now, I’m r unning for U.S. Congress and making your concerns — jobs and education — a centerpiece of my campaign. In a highly technical, globalized world, it is becoming difficult to attain a good job without graduating college. Two recent studies proved what we have long known: Higher education leads to better employment opportunities and more prosperity. A McKinsey study found

that if we catch up to Finland out of reach for any capable stuand South Korea in the percent- dents. Until recently, student age of adults who have loans were administered by the advanced degrees, we would financial industr y, which add at least $1.3 trillion to our skimmed billions ever y year in economy. A Lumina Foundation fees from the money loaned to study reinforced those find- college students. Congress ings, illustrating that improving passed student loan reform in rates of college graduation for March, allowing the governadults will drament to loan matically lower directly to stu“I’m running for unemployment. dents and use Lumina found $80 billion Congress to ensure the that we will need saved to help 60 percent of more students that every college adults in this afford to go to student graduates countr y to hold college by issucollege degrees ing more stuand can get by 2025 in order dent loans and a good job.” to fill the availPell Grants. able positions in After receiving growing fields more than and industries. Here in New $300,000 from finance and Jersey, we will need 200,000 insurance companies for his more people to attain degrees campaign, my opponent Rep. in order to meet the goal for Leonard Lance, R-7, opposed our state. the legislation. His support of As we all know, we are still the financial industr y at the facing incredibly difficult eco- expense of students is untennomic times. As we struggle to able: We must reduce the barrirecover, we need to make sure ers to higher education for all that college is not financially students in order to help our

countr y get its edge back. In these tough economic times, we must continue to make quality higher education accessible so that students have the knowledge and tools that they need to contribute to our economy. I’m running for Congress to ensure that ever y college student graduates and can get a good job. I will fight to make sure America’s schools, from kindergarten through college, can continue to provide a world class education to all of our students. I’m looking for ward to engaging fur ther with the University community on jobs and education in the coming weeks of the campaign and seeing you at homecoming! I hope you’ll stop by the Democrats’ tailgate on Saturday before the game. Let’s go RU! Ed Potosnak is a University alumnus of the Rutgers College Class of 1996 and the Graduate School of Education Class of 1999. He is currently running for a congressional seat in the New Jersey 7th district.

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Today's birthday (9/29/10). Track your dreams this year. Filled with symbolic messages, dreams provide you with multiple perspectives on life, love, family and career. Will dream staging and plot come true in your daily life? Only if you take action to make it happen. 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 5 — Tensions between you and associates muddle a dynamic where awareness can be achieved. State your positions clearly using basic facts. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — If you depend on luck, you actually get great results in the romance department. Take it all in stride. You've earned the good fortune. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Stress in the workplace is compounded by differences in opinion between males and females. Diffuse the situation by listening for what's missing. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 5 — At least you're aware today of what others believe they want. You may not agree, but try to fulfill their desires anyway. You learn something by day's end. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — Don't plan to conquer the world today. If you can manage your own mind, you've made progress. Cleaning up your household environment also helps. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — People pair up to accomplish diverse tasks. The cleanup crew needs extra help in the form of supplies and manpower. Make order a priority.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5 — Who's that masked man who just walked in? You need to know in order to make a quick decision. Ask pointed questions before taking action. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — One group member is firing on all cylinders. Keeping up may require more effort than you're willing to expend. Speak up if you get tired. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Whatever happens in a social setting returns home with you. Then you see the good fortune attached to what seemed quite unpleasant. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Something you already knew deep inside gets confirmed now with documented fact. Try not to lord it over skeptics. You know who they are. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — There's trouble with a public appearance when the star fails to arrive on time. There's not much you can do about that. Start without them. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — You feel especially lucky when your partner falls in step with longtime friends and their plans. Personal conversation inspires a new start.

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Junior forward Sam Archer has two goals on the season. and helping the team win.” Archer goals Now rejuvenated, Archer twice thus far in 2010. thrives under Donigan’s style scored His first goal of the season served as the game winner against continued from back Long Island and his second goal in we’ve been best friends on and off as many games tied the match against Hartford at one goal apiece. the field.” Rutgers went on to win the The two combined for three goals and two assists as freshmen, game in overtime. Through six games, Donigan when the Scarlet Knights went 6-9-3. In their sophomore seasons, likes the speed and scoring abiliwhen the two were expected to ty that Archer showed. “Sammy is a guy that’s got make big strides and become large contributors, only one hit tremendous pace, tremendous one v. one ability and he’s got finthe ground running. Kamara took the reigns of the ishing ability,” he said. Archer and Kamara combined Knights’ offense in his second season, leading the squad with for three goals and 22 shots in the seven goals en route to a Third- season’s early going. On the pitch, the two work flawlessly in team All Big East selection. While Kamara took off, sync, working give-and-go comArcher sputtered out of the gates. bos and spreading the field for The quick-footed for ward other Knights pushing forward. “Me and Ib at practice — we’re tripped over obstacles such as injuries and academic ineligibili- always together,” Archer said. ties, allowing him to only start “We’re always looking for each other and we have good combinations.” three games. The talented pair and the rest “Man, you’re bringing up bad memories,” said Archer of his soph- of the Rutgers (3-2-1) offense hit omore slump. “I guess you can say a snag last time on Yurcak Field, I was in a little bit of a depression as Marquette shut out the last year. I mean, soccer is my life Knights for just the second time — it’s what I love. So not being on this season in a 1-0 loss. The defeat came at the tail end the field really killed me last year. of a five-game homestand and the That’s all my drive for this year.” The resignation of former head Knights’ next shot at redemption this afternoon in coach Bob Reasso, along with the comes hiring of an offensive-minded Philadelphia with a matinee coach in Dan Donigan, resurrect- against Temple. The Owls (1-4-2) come into the ed Archer’s once stagnant career. “As soon as the new coaching match off a loss of their own — a 2staf f came in, I was back,” 1 defeat at the hands of Siena. For the Knights to leap this hurArcher said. “I was back to being me. I was back to playing dle, the offense needs to get back to creating chances and holding how I love to play. “It was definitely a struggle last possession. It’s a job with two peryear. That’s always in the back of fect candidates, two friends with my head this year. I want to prove one love for soccer and two friends that I am good enough to play. I who know exactly what it means to need to be doing what I do, scoring overcome obstacles.

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JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Rutgers head coach Liz Tchou was tough on Nicole Gentile, but the junior forward responded with a four-goal weekend.

SPARK: Gentile scores

If Gentile lacked consistency through the squad’s first eight the last two games four goals in past two games matchups, give no indication. Eight of her team-leading 16 continued from back shots came over the weekend, as the junior came just three shots Not only did the performshort of matching the total ance indicate to Tchou what her amount taken by the Wildcats squad is capable of, but it also and Golden Rams combined. boosted the morale of Gentile Not only is Gentile more aggresand her teammates. sive, she’s also more efficient. “It’s been a confidence The Jamison, Pa., native booster for me and for the forboasts a .812 shot on goal perwards,” Gentile said. “How centage so far this season, and much we scored this weekend with the help of the past two shows that we’re getting points games, she and the rest of the on the board.” team are confident heading Even more impressive is into the meat of the Big the fact that Gentile’s two-goal East schedule. per formance against West “This weekend really Chester Sunday marked the helped our confithird straight dence a lot, not game in which only for winning the for ward tal“How much a Big East game lied a score, stirwe scored this but also because ring wonder we had back-toabout how many weekend shows back wins, which more victories that we’re getting we haven’t had the Knights yet this season,” might have if the points on Gentile said. team’s for wards “We’re just hopdelivered their the board.” ing to have really weekend perNICOLE GENTILE strong practices formances earliJunior Forward this week and er in the year. then build up for The early-seaour next Big son struggles do East game Friday not matter now. All that counts is against Georgetown.” that Tchou’s squad is clicking at The question now is the perfect time. whether the Knights’ revital“Nicole has been awesome, ized of fensive attack can but [it’s] not only Nicole. The maintain its momentum movother forwards that have gone in ing for ward. have really worked together Like Tchou often notes, it all much more cohesively on the starts on the practice field. field,” Tchou said. “I think just sticking togethSenior co-captain Jenna Bull er and just really going hard at also sees promise in the practice,” Gentile said of keys amended for ward line, hinting to staying successful. “We’re that the communication just going to keep it going and between the midfielders congo hard all week.” tinues to improve. The Knights get back into “I think our for wards are conference action Friday, doing an excellent job. They when the team treks to the are connecting really well nation’s capital to take on Big between them and with the East-foe Georgetown. The [midfielders],” Bull said. Hoyas enter the matchup with “Nicole has had a spark and a 5-5 record. she has been great getting set As for Gentile, expect her to early and reading the be ready to make another defense, making the best decigood impression. sion possible.”

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FOCUS: Bimonte shines in rout over Middletown North continued from back can’t wait I want to be there even sooner.” Not even 24 hours before kickoff at North Carolina, Bimonte led a throttling of Middletown North High School in a 35-0 victory. Bimonte had three touchdown passes before halftime and wrapped up the game with eight completions on 16 attempts and 128 passing yards. “I think we played ver y well,” Bimonte said. “We got up early and often and it got up to

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the point where we’re up 35- Rivals.com and a two-star ranknothing, so let’s control the ing on Scout.com. football. Coming into the game, Bimonte said at the game that our gameplan was to throw the sophomore wide receiver ball. They’re a manMohamed Sanu caught coverage team and we his eye on the field wanted to take advanmore than anyone else. tage of that. “That’s really “I played pretty something I’m excited well, but there are about,” Bimonte said. some things you have “Sanu and guys like to fix. You have to look that just look like at the film and keep great receivers and I getting better.” can’t wait to get a Bimonte earned his chance to play MIKE scholarship offer after with them.” BIMONTE an impressive camp In terms of contact performance at Rutgers with Rutgers since over the summer. his commitment, Bimonte said He committed within a week. that he hears frequently from The 6-foot-3 quarterback has co-of fensive coordinator Kirk a three-star ranking on Ciarrocca and defensive backs

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M coach Robb Smith. “They tell me you have to stay on top of everything in the classroom and don’t do anything stupid,” he said. “Act like a model citizen and just play football.”

KNIGHT NOTE: While facing Middletown Nor th, Bimonte faced of f with Rutgers of feree Shilique Calhoun. Calhoun, a defensive end and wide receiver, had two catches for seven yards and one tackle for a loss. The 6-foot-5 end is listed as a three-star recruit on Rivals.com and received of fers from other schools such as Cincinnati, Michigan State and Virginia Tech.

ichigan State head football coach Mark Dantonio suffered a heart attack two weeks ago after his team pulled off a thrilling overtime victory over Notre Dame on a fake field goal. Dantonio’s team takes on No. 11 Wisconsin on Saturday and the head coach plans on putting his health aside and directing his No. 24 Spartans from the press box. Both Big Ten teams enter the game at 4-0, and the game marks the first conference matchup for Michigan State.

CONFRONTATION

between Green Bay Packers safety Nick Collins and a fan after their 24-21 loss to the Chicago Bears is currently under review by the NFL. Milwaukee WITI-TV showed a video of the Packers safety screaming at the fan, which then escalated when Collins threw his mouthpiece into the stands. Collins stated his apologies after the game for “losing his cool.”

NFL

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victims of a number of hazing rituals upon entering the league, and often times the tasks consist of much more than simply carrying another’s pads. However, Dallas Cowboys rookie wideout Dez Br yant wanted no part of it and declined to carry teammate Roy Williams’ pads earlier in training camp. The former Oklahoma State receiver settled for taking Williams to dinner, but had no way of predicting the final bill. Williams invited offensive and defensive players alike, who racked up a final bill of $54,896. Luckily for Bryant, he has $8.3 million of guaranteed money coming his way.

AFTER

MEAGER

12,446 fans showed up to watch the Tampa Bay Rays play the Baltimore Orioles Monday, Rays third baseman Evan Longoria felt enough was enough. Longoria called out the team’s fans following the 4-0 loss, calling the low attendance “embarrassing.” Teammate David Price echoed similar emotions, tweeting after the game, “Had a chance to clinch a post season spot tonight with about 10,000 fans in the stands ... embarrassing.”

JUST TWO DAYS AFTER the Buffalo Bills released quarterback Trent Edwards, the Jacksonville Jaguars claimed the Stanford product off waivers. David Garrard, the Jaguars’ current starter, struggled thus far this season and has thrown one touchdown and five interceptions after tossing three touchdowns in the season opener. Edwards is likely to assume a backup or third-string quarterback role.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

PRACTICE NOTEBOOK

S TROUD

WORK S WAY INTO PASSING GAME

BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

Sophomore Mohamed Sanu is quarterback Tom Savage’s goto guy. He has 60 percent of the wide receivers’ catches through three games to go along with 59 percent of the receiving yards and the only receiving touchdown. But look back at the North Carolina game and Sanu made neither of the two most impor-

tant catches for the Rutgers football team. On fourth-and-4 in the second quarter, Rutgers needed a first down to move into field goal range and Savage turned to third-year sophomore Keith Stroud, who snatched a high pass out of the air for 15 yards. “We just come out every week just working hard in practice and just trying to show that we’re all ready and when opportunities come we’ll just make the best of them,” Stroud said.

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Sophomore wideout Keith Stroud’s lone reception against UNC was a big one, as he leapt for a 15-yard catch on fourth down.

The other catch came late on the second last drive of the game, when freshman J.T. Tartacoff reached out and snared a reception to convert on a third-and-long. Stroud, in his third season with the Scarlet Knights after one season at Fork Union Military Academy and high school ball at Fort Hamilton (N.Y.), played in eight games in 2009, but made just one catch the entire season. When Stroud came in for a play last season, it was almost an assurance that a run play was on its way. Stroud, however, embraced his run-blocking role, saying it didn’t bother him if he gained a reputation as a blocker and not a receiver. “I would like to be noticed for all aspects of my game, not just being able to catch the football,” he said. “It’s just patience. You have to be patient. When the time comes, you have to step into the window. If you practice hard each week, opportunities are going to just [come]. You have to take advantage of it.” Through three games, Stroud is tied for second among wide receivers with three catches and third with 43 yards. “Stroud has been a great story,” said head coach Greg Schiano. “Here is a guy that is very much what we represent here at Rutgers. A guy comes in — he is a talented guy but needs a lot of work. He just keeps pounding away, chopping away and doing his job and you know what? He gets a little bit better and a little bit better. “I think his progress has really sped up with coach [P.J.] Fleck. I think P.J. has done a great job of bringing him along. Keith Stroud is really maturing

RAMON DOMPOR / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Junior left guard Desmond Wynn (70) and the Knights offensive line allowed quarterback Tom Savage to be sacked five times. too. He is only a redshirt sophomore. I think Keith is a strong guy and a big guy. I think he can really do things.”

AFTER

GIVING

FIVE

sacks against North Carolina, the offensive line does not face any immediate personnel changes, Schiano said. “We are going to keep tinkering with it,” Schiano said. “I think [Devon] Watkis is playing at a high level so does he deser ve to play? … Probably. How are we going to work that in … I don’t know. I am not sure how that is going to work in.”

As it stands, the lineup from left to right is: Desmond Stapleton, Desmond Wynn, Howard Barbieri, Antwan Lowery and Art Forst. “We made the change [with Antwan Lower y], but Caleb [Ruch] is by no means of f the radar,” Schiano said. “We just felt that Antwan gave us a better chance right now and that is what we are going to do.”

T HERE REMAINS NO REAL update on the status of quar terback Tom Savage (ribs) or running back Joe Martinek (lower extremity).

Sophomores prove vital to RU despite inexperience BY NICHOLAS ORLANDO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s golf team has only two sophomores this year WOMEN’S GOLF and they are the team’s youngest players. Karen Cash and Brittany Weddell are two up-and-coming golfers who have extremely bright futures ahead of them. Their freshman years showed just what they are capable of and what can continue in the future. Cash, an Allendale, N.J., native, transferred from East Stroudsburg University at the beginning of the semester, while Weddell enjoyed a fruitful freshman campaign for the Scarlet Knights. Cash won the first flight of the 2009 New Jersey State Women’s Amateur Championship last season. She posted a 79.7 stroke average for 2009 while competing in 11 rounds for East Stroudsburg. “She had a successful freshmen year [at ESU] last year,” said head coach Maura WatersBallard. “She wanted to play Division I golf and I must say she has done a great job for us so far. She is ver y focused and working hard on her game.” Weddell also competed last season as a freshman and posted a 79.5 stroke average to lead the Knights. She also won the Har tford Invitational with a score of 150 to top the 64-player field.

“Brittany Weddell had an extensive and successful junior career playing out of Sandwich Hollows Golf Club in Buzzards Bay, Mass.,” Waters-Ballard said. “Because of that, she has very good mental game. She is very mature on the course and never allows herself to get too high or too low. She is level-headed.” Cash and Weddell also have great influence on their teammates. Their hard work and will to become better shows they are at Rutgers to stay and perform at a high level for a long time. With each having a full year under their belts, it is hard to believe their success cannot continue. “Brittany and Karen are both very dedicated to improving their games,” said senior captain Jeanne Waters. “Brittany has been a very important part of our program over the past year and a half, having played in every event for us since her freshman year. The program is in great shape for the coming years.” It is important for the Knights to have the young talent to complement their veteran leadership on this year’s squad. Cash and Weddell plan to improve this season upon their already strong starts. Thus far at the Bucknell and Princeton Invitationals, Weddell finished 36th and 40th, respectively. Cash has also played well, finishing 37th and 52nd, respectively.

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Sophomore Brittany Weddell led the Rutgers women’s golf team with a stroke average of 79.5 last year in her first season on the Banks, when she took first place in the Hartford Invitational.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Archer, Kamara forge friendship despite obstacles BY A.J. JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

CAMERON STROUD

Juniors Sam Archer (11) and Ibrahim Kamara (9) came to the Banks in 2008 and made immediate impacts, combining for three goals and two assists. Because of their offensive-minded play, the two struck up a friendship that translates to success on the pitch.

Two student-athletes came to the Banks in the summer of 2008 sharing a common interest: a love for MEN’S SOCCER the game of soccer. Both were talRUTGERS AT ented forwards — TEMPLE, two of the highest TODAY, 3:30 P.M. sought-after talents in the Northeast. Although they come from vastly different walks of life, the friendship between Sam Archer and Ibrahim Kamara may have been forged due to the love of a game, but now transcends far greater. “I think of him as my little son,” Kamara said of Archer. “During a game, we have great combinations. We know when one of us is going forward so the other one can stay back. He’s been my best friend on and off the field since I came here as a freshman.” Kamara came to the United States when he was 13 years old after spending his early years in his native Sierra Leone. As a teenager, Kamara and his mother left the war-torn country and settled in North Brunswick to start a new life. Once he came stateside, Kamara thrived at soccer and became just the fifth player in New Jersey history to be named to the All-State team three years in a row. Archer’s journey to the Banks stayed on the East coast, but was still a tumultuous one with stops in Long Island, Massachusetts and his hometown of Queens. But it is the duo’s electric style on the field — not their pasts — producing chemistr y on the pitch that sparks the Rutgers men’s soccer team’s of fensive firepower. “We both came in as freshmen and I guess we just took a liking to each other,” Archer said. “How we play on the field is similar and we just have that understanding. So with that understanding and our type of play,

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BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ

CORRESPONDENT

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — After firmly committing to the Rutgers football team on Aug. 1 as a member FOOTBALL of the 2011 recruiting class, quar terback Mike Bimonte focused his efforts elsewhere. Going into his senior season at Manalapan High School, Bimonte wants to improve as much as possible before arriving on the Banks, but his other goal is to become a recruiter. Bimonte visited during the Scarlet Knights’ 17-13 loss to North Carolina Saturday to try his hand. “I tried to talk to as many kids as I could while I was there,” Bimonte said. “Basically, now that I’m committed, I’m tr ying to be a recruiter too. I tr y to reach out here and there, but I don’t want to bug anybody to the point where I’m annoying.” At the game, Bimonte sat directly behind the team’s bench in the stands, enjoying what will be his new home. “It was just an awesome experience,” Bimonte said. “I mean I know they lost, but the whole experience was incredible. Being there for a live game just made me 100 percent hungrier to be there. I really

There is no question that through her first eight games this year, junior forward Nicole Gentile did not play her best field hockey. The loss column FIELD HOCKEY for the Scarlet Knights began to mirror the painful three-win season from last year due in large part to an inept offensive attack. Even after Gentile registered her first goal of the season in a 4-3 loss against Monmouth, head coach Liz Tchou remained unimpressed. But Gentile made sure she made the best impression possible in her next two games. “We’ve been pretty hard on her and she’s been hard on herself,” Tchou said. “She had a couple of opportunities against Monmouth and wasn’t able to capitalize, so I really think she got her focus together. She’s a great player — it’s just a matter of being able to finish — and she’s finally getting rewarded for it.” Her reward came in the form of the Big East Offensive Player of the Week award after a four-goal effort over the weekend propelled the Knights to victories over Villanova and West Chester. The award was Gentile’s first of her Rutgers career.

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ERIC SCHKRUTZ

Junior forward Nicole Gentile earned the Big East Offensive Player of the Week award after scoring four goals in Rutgers’ 2-0 weekend against Villanova and West Chester.

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