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True freshmen Chas Dodd and Jeremy Deering saw substantial playing time last weekend in the 17-14 loss to Tulane. The duo drew valuable lessons from the experience.

Competition honors county’s fallen students BY JAMIE BRADLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Everyone in the stands watched as Highland Park High School and Middlesex High School played football Friday night surrounded by decorative red streamers and red heart balloons. As the audience cheered, it might have never crossed their minds that these high school players who appeared physically fit could have a devastating handicap. This was one of the reasons two high school athletes died while playing their sports in Middlesex County. Kittim Sherrod and Brandon James were high school athletes from Edison High School and South Brunswick High School, who died last year less than eight months apart from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or HCM. HCM is an excessive thickening of the heart muscle, which occurs without an obvious cause. It is the most common of all genetic heart conditions and affects an estimate of up to 600,000 Americans. Their conditions were discovered after Sherrod collapsed during a track and field practice and James died at a recreation league basketball game. To honor the memories of the two students, Saint Peter’s Healthcare System held the “Helmets for Hearts” in coordination with The Home News Tribune of East Brunswick and the Greater Middlesex Conference Football Coaches Association. “Helmets for Hearts” was a series of 12 games played Friday Oct. 1 and Saturday Oct. 2, between high school football teams in Middlesex County. During these games, players wore heartshaped emblems on their helmets, while the coaches and referees wore red baseball caps and red wristbands to show their support. Public ser vice announcements regarding HCM awareness and cardiovascular health were broadcasted before each kickoff during

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Gay author and activist Marc Adams discusses his experiences coming out last night at an event by the Humanist Chaplaincy and the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

Gay author, activist discusses challenges BY DENNIS COMELLA STAFF WRITER

It is harder to come out of the closet when condemnation lurks on the other side of the door — or at least that is what Marc Adams grew up believing. Adams, founder of the nonprofit organization HeartStrong, which helps lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in religious schools deal with the struggles they face in strict surroundings, spoke about the challenges of growing up as a gay man in a fundamentalist Baptist family last night in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

His organization has helped more than 1,000 students since 1998 to come out to their families and accept themselves. “Coming out always star ts with accepting yourself,” Adams said. “I think you should do ever ything you can to love and accept yourself.” Adams was taught as a child that being gay would lead to a bleak future, according to the teachings of the church, which he accepted as truth. He faced challenges as a child when he began experiencing homosexual feelings, but he had nowhere to turn for help and was forced to suppress his feelings from his religious family.

A University professor collaborates on a study showing the increase in suicides among Baby Boomers.

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When he left home at 16 to attend a religious college, Adams began to seek a remedy for his sexual orientation, hoping to be able to change his inner feelings in order to be accepted into heaven. “It was either end my life or change my life, and I just kept pushing to change my life,” he said. After more than two years of treatment, Adams realized his inner feelings had not changed, and only then did he begin to see hope. “I didn’t feel like I was changing how I felt on the inside,” he said. “Maybe I

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Pastor DeForest B. Soaries Jr. joins N.J. Attorney General Paula T. Dow, law enforcement and faith-based partners to announce Fugitive Safe Surrender, a public safety initiative that will take place Nov. 3 to 6 via a partnership of several counties.

MY ECO, a company specializing in environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional plastic grocery bags, teamed up with Kings Super Markets, more than 43 schools and 20,000 N.J. students in a campaign to clamp down on the use of plastic bags. The School Reuse Challenge, which began yesterday, gives students and their families who purchase the MY ECO Shopping Bag System and use it at Kings’ grocery stores a chance to receive rewards points for their schools. The system is made up of four bags, each with its own function, said Marc Ozburn, director of Development and Strategic Planning for the company. One bag is dedicated to glass products, another to chilled and frozen groceries and another to bulky items such as heavy coffee containers.

The fourth bag was designed for produce and has an all-natural anti-bacterial liner making it easy to clean, Ozburn said. All bags are made from recycled materials and are significantly sturdier than the standard plastic bags. For each system sold, Kings will donate $5 to the student’s school, and every time a bag is used the cashier will scan a barcode on the bag that will give their school points which can be redeemed for school supplies. Points are worth about 25 cents per purchase. The bar codes also allow students to see how many disposable bags they have diverted from landfills by using the ECO bags. “It’s hard to break habits, and MY ECO is trying to create consciousness and change through education and incentive,” Ozburn said. “The challenge allows students to put newfound lessons

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Researcher finds middle-aged adults prone to suicide BY SACHET CHOUDHARY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

University Depar tment of Sociology Professor Julie Phillips and Emory University Professor Ellen Idler conducted a study that sheds light on the growing rate of suicide among middle-aged people from 1979 to 2005. The study, “Understanding Recent Changes in Suicide Rates Among the Middle-aged: Period or Cohor t Ef fects,” sought to find why Baby Boomers, or those in the 45 to 64 age group, are more likely to commit suicide. “Our attention shifted to the middle-aged demographic from the elderly when we found out that they were in fact most prone to suicides,” Phillips said. According to data from the Center for Disease Control and

Prevention, in the period between 1999 and 2004, Baby Boomer suicides increased by about 20 percent. The cohort effect — the particular impact of a group, in this case bonded by age — may be one reason this age group is susceptible to suicide, she said. “We [found] evidence in favor of the cohort effect, in that patterns of middle-aged suicide changed somewhat as boomers moved into these age ranges,” Phillips said. But the researchers said the cohor t ef fect was not the only contributor to the rise in suicides. “We also [saw] a marked change in rates of suicide after 1999, some 13 years after boomers started to occupy the middle age ranges, suggesting that a new set of conditions emerged during this recent time period,” Phillips said.

The common principle in statistics that correlation does not imply causation was put to the test with the study, and researchers made a star tling discover y.

“Many times ... the middle aged are neglected. Our work is bringing attention to this growing problem.” ELLEN IDLER Emory University Professor

“We have seen impor tant adverse changes in both economic and health conditions among the middle-aged at the same time that suicide rates have risen,” Phillips said. “We

might expect these pressures to negatively impact the less educated more. It’s possible that boomers may be par ticularly susceptible to these negative conditions, given their heretofore high expectations about their future.” Another speculation as to what changed after 1999 relates to the explosion of new technologies, like the Internet and social media, which have changed the way people interact, she said. Some among this age group may feel excluded and more socially isolated as a result. Clinical studies show that knowing someone who committed suicide is a risk factor for later doing the same, Phillips said. “The high rates in adolescence could actually be contributing to the high rates in middle age,” she said. “Boomers may be less wellequipped to handle the onset of

chronic health conditions in middle age, given their high life expectancy and good health relative to older generations, due to availability of antibiotics and vaccines.” Boomers have higher rates of substance abuse, which is also a risk factor for suicide, Phillips said. The National Center for Health Statistics and the population data from the U.S. Census Bureau collected the information regarding suicide deaths, according to the study. Idler, a former University Professor, said the issue was one that needs to be observed. “The study has identified an emergent problem. Many times, suicide prevention is focused on adolescents and the elderly, but the middle aged are neglected,” Idler said. “Our work is bringing attention to this growing problem.”

PROFESSOR RECEIVES POLITICAL SCIENCE AWARD FOR INDEXING WEBSITE The American Political Science Association awarded University Assistant Professor Chirag Shah its “Best Political Science Software Award” late last month for his online data-collecting tool ContextMiner, which the School of Communication and Information hosts. Shah’s free, online program monitors and archives Web content based on keywords, according to the SCI website. Similar to an online library, the website indexes YouTube videos, tweets and other content, providing users with data, including information about the content creators as well as other websites that link to the items.

Researchers at universities across the nation and abroad as well as organizations like the U.S. Navy, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the FBI have used the program, according to the SCI website. Search engine Google has also used the tool. The Library of Congress originally funded ContextMiner as a way to document the 2008 presidential election, the first year new social media, like YouTube, played a significant role. The National Science Foundation also provides funding for the project. “They weren’t interested in just the videos,” Shah said. “They were interested in the context

around those videos — what are people talking about, rating, watching.” Although he may be able to profit from the tool, Shah said he would rather keep ContextMiner free of charge so that students may use it for their own information science research, according to the website. “If possible, I would like to get funding for students,” Shah said. Shah earned his Ph.D. at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. — Colleen Roache

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Jenny Kurtz, acting director of the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities, speaks at Marc Adam’s presentation.

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But regardless of how much he accepts himself now, Adams helps students come out as gay recalled being a victim of bullying throughout his life — even as an adult. continued from front “People who are bullies are needed to learn to accept myself looking for a reaction from you, instead of reject myself.” and if they don’t get it, they are Adams explained his life going to keep pushing you furgrowing up and how he ther and further until they get it finally came to accept his orifrom you,” he said. entation despite his early He suggested that LGBT stureligious teachings. dents who are picked on should One day while watching a confront their abusers and they minister on television, he gained will usually stop. hope for the first time. Adams now provides young “He said that even though people with a setting where they [homosexuality] was a sin, it was can talk about their feelings withsomething God can change,” out fear of prejudice. Adams said. “All of a sudden I felt University students found my life was worth Adams’ words living because I inspirational. could change it.” “I really “Bullies are looking He soon began enjoyed this for a reaction questioning some event,” said Aaron values he had Lee, a School of from you, and been taught as a Arts and Sciences if they don’t get it, senior. “I thought child, many of which he began to that his message they are going to see as empty relithat you really gious tenets, and keep pushing you.” have to be loud started accepting about who you are MARC ADAMS himself for who was empowering.” Gay Author and Activist he was. School of Arts “This is probaand Sciences firstbly why I’ve year student never found personal peace,” Leona Ramos saw the talk as a Adams said. “It wasn’t just call to action. accepting myself as a gay per“The way he spoke about the son. It was accepting myself as way he felt … made me want to a human being.” get involved,” Ramos said. When he graduated college, Adams wrote nine books Adams moved from his homeabout his struggles, including town in rural Pennsylvania to a book of poetr y and an autobiLos Angeles where he began a ography geared toward the life that was not surrounded by LGBT community. religious doctrines. The Humanist Chaplaincy “My surroundings affected at Rutgers University and the my own self-acceptance,” he said. Center for Social Justice Adams’ goal is to promote Education and LGBT acceptance — not simply tolerCommunities co-sponsored ance — among the community. the event.

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into action. They become advocates for sustainability.” Supermarket chains often try to change from the top down, and it is a slow process, he said. “MY ECO is attempting to create change with a grassroots effort, which will start with changes at the bottom and work up,” Ozburn said. “People won’t change behavior unless you make the experience more pleasurable.” The company is focused on looping out the use of plastic bags completely, helping to reduce plastics put into landfills, according to the company’s website. Kristen Brown, an environmental consultant for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and daughter of Gordan Dancy, the inventor of the plastic bag, founded the company. MY ECO began in Januar y and initial recruitment was slow, Ozburn said. It was not easy contacting participants for the challenge. But thanks to the popularity and support for the School Reuse Challenge, hits on the website as “They know well as sales both in stores [recycling] will and on amaaffect their zon.com have generation skyrocketed, he said. The the most.” company MARC OZBURN quickly built MY ECO up a reputation, mostly Director of Operations through word of mouth. The “Today Show” named the system one of the top “Green Picks” of the year, Ozburn said. Kings Super Markets of Parsippany, N.J., has a long history of being environmentally conscious, said Cheryl Good, manager of Consumer Affairs for Kings Super Markets. The chain became the first to utilize reusable bags as an option to disposable plastic 25 years ago and works to improve its environmental efficiency. “Kings has always been environmentally concerned, and this was one more opportunity to get involved,” Good said. The Early Childhood Learning Center of New Jersey, a private non-profit school system for special needs students, eagerly got involved in the reuse challenge, said Amalia Duar te, an ECLC spokeswoman. Both students and the instructors have gotten behind the program. “The students were ver y excited when they got the forms. They already know about the issues with plastic bags,” said Patricia Lenzo, a teacher and Go Green coordinator with the ECLC. Lenzo set up a Go Green club within her school and has already seen interest from students and families alike. MY ECO plans to continue with the Reuse challenge into the spring of the school year and hopes to have more than 60,000 students participating in the challenge, Ozburn said. The ECLC would also like to continue with the program as well as long as students remain interested. “The students are really excited. They already know about the recycling and reusing, even from a young age,” he said. “They know it will affect their generation the most.”

the games, and each contest was preceded by a moment of silence for Sherrod and James. The program asked for no financial support from the crowd, but sought to bring more awareness of HCM in their community, said Dave DeNapoli, athletic director and head football coach at Dunellen High School. DeNapoli was one of the coaches who attended the GMC conference and Highland High School game. As a coach, DeNapoli said he knows from personal experience how dangerous it is to overlook unusual symptoms of athletes. “When I first started coaching, we actually had a kid who wasn’t making his conditioning. At the time, we were riding him a little hard and he just couldn’t get the conditioning done,” he said. “When his mother took him to the hospital, they find out the kid had a hole in his heart. It could have been a bad situation.” DeNapoli appreciates

“Helmets for Hearts” for trying to prevent young athletes from more tragic and unnecessary deaths. “If you can discover something like that ahead of time, without putting a kid in a position like that, it’s definitely worth it,” he said. Veronica Harris, Edison High School’s head track coach and physical education teacher, said the death of Sherrod during one of her track and field practices changed Harris forever. Harris was Sherrod’s coach and knew the student since his first year in high school, which made his death a shocking and tragic blow, she said. Harris worked with his family members to raise awareness and help set up “Helmets for Hear ts.” “It’s a really good program,” she said. “No one had any knowledge Kittim had this disease.” Her athletes and their health became even more of a priority for Harris as a coach. She makes her athletes run in pairs and to always carry cell phones in case anything happens. Changes might be made in the physical health questionnaire given to athletes to gain

OCTOBER 5, 2010 more useful information, but Harris said the school could only do so much. “Ultimately, it’s up to the parents to get them tested,” she said. Lisa Salberg, founder and CEO of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association, suffers from HCM and lost family members to the disease. She is determined to spread awareness of the condition, which she said one in 500 people have. Salberg appreciates the ef for ts of “Helmets for Hear ts” to raise awareness of HCM in student athletes but also acknowledged that four times as many non-athletes die from HCM. The content of questionnaires for high school athletes is not the problem — rather the problem lies in the way they are answered, Salberg said. Questions about family histor y may seem unimpor tant, but with a genetic condition such as HCM, it is vital to know if anyone in the family suf fers from it, she said. “People don’t understand why the questions are important,” Salberg said. “We must

get people to understand them and report them, and that will be the trigger for any additional screening needed.” Salberg urges college students in par ticular to at least learn compression-only CPR to be able to help those with HCM. She urges college organizations like fraternities, residence halls and clubs to look at the CPR anytime kit, available on 4HCM.org, and teach it to members. Salberg said she wants people to know what the right steps are to take if someone should suddenly collapse, in order to help save their life. “If your roommate collapsed, what would you do?” she said. A special ceremony was held at midfield prior to the EdisonSouth Brunswick game where State Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan, D-Middlesex, the author of legislation designed to heighten HCM awareness and help prevent sudden cardiac death in student-athletes, joined the families for a coin toss, according to a St. Peter’s press release.

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The Trust Jesus Church Campus Ministr y will hold a bible study of John 15:18-27 from 7 to 9 p.m. in room 411B of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. All are welcome to attend. For more information, e-mail tjc.campusministr y@gmail.com.

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. Rutgers Students for Environmental Awareness aims to raise awareness about environmental issues in a way that is enjoyable and fun for our members and the students we reach out to. We are committed to creating environmental change in both the University and New Jersey communities by developing awareness campaigns and going above and beyond for the sake of the public and the environment. Interested in joining? Come to our weekly meetings, every Monday at 9 p.m. in the Merle V. Adams Room in the Cook Campus Center, or e-mail us at Rutgers.SEA@gmail.com.

Jeffrey D. Sachs, special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will be presenting a lecture “Is There a Path to Sustainable Development — And Can the World Get on It?” Sachs is the Director of the Earth Institute and a Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Colombia University. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center. Following the event will be a reception and book signing. For more information, contact global@rutgers.edu.

Elinor Ostrom, joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009, will come to speak at 2:30 p.m. in Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center. Philip J. Furmanski, executive vice president for Academic Affairs, will introduce her and a reception will follow the talk, titled. “Institutional Robustness: How Institutional Arrangements Facilitate or Detract from Efforts to Sustain Ecological Systems.” Ostrom is Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science and Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She has developed a framework for understanding complex socio-ecological systems in the context of major environmental and political challenges.

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.

The Office of Community Engagement, Rutgers Against Hunger and Farmers Against Hunger is sponsoring “Gleaning” at the Giamarese Farm from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in East Brunswick. Harvested crops will be donated to Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchen and the Franklin Food Bank to help provide fresh produce to the hungry, who often have a limited availability of fresh foods. Faculty, staff, alumni and students are welcome to bring their boots and gloves and lend a helping hand. The event is free but registration is required and limited to 30 spaces. Please complete and return the registration form by Oct. 13. Contact the Office of Community Engagement at (732)-932-2000, ext. 4211 for any questions, or e-mail discovery@aesop.rutgers.edu.

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THREE WOMEN SERVE SUPREME COURT FOR FIRST TIME WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court began a new era yesterday with three women serving together for the first time, Elena Kagan taking her place at the end of the bench and quickly joining in the give-and-take. In a scene that will repeat itself over the next few months, Kagan left the courtroom while the other justices remained to hear a case in which she will take no part. She has taken herself out of 24 pending cases, including the second of the two argued yesterday, because of her work as the Obama administration’s solicitor general prior to joining the court in August. Opening its new term on the traditional first Monday in October, the court turned down hundreds of appeals, including one from the relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. They are seeking a proper burial for material taken from the World Trade Center site because it could contain the ashes of victims. The justices also refused to hear several criminal appeals, including one by John and Timothy Rigas, founders of former telecommunications giant Adelphia Communications. They wanted the court to overturn their fraud convictions in connection with Adelphia’s 2002 collapse. The court also rejected an appeal by reputed Ku Klux Klansman James Ford Seale of his conviction for killing two black men in rural Mississippi in 1964 and another appeal by Georgia death row inmate Jamie Ryan Weis, who said he had no lawyer for two years. At the court, moments after Marshal Pamela Talkin banged her gavel and commanded the audience’s attention, Chief Justice John Roberts announced the start of the new term with little fanfare. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, beginning her second year on the court, sat at the opposite end of the bench from Kagan, while Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who joined in 1993, sat midway between Kagan and Roberts, who occupies the center chair. John Paul Stevens’ retirement after 34 years led to Kagan’s appointment. — The Associated Press

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he death of University student Tyler Clementi might have been properly mourned if it were not for the massive rallies and aggressive news coverage that altered the nature of the situation. The truth is that an 18-year-old boy killed himself — he was a student just like the rest of us, someone just trying to receive an education. Yet people’s relentless agendas took his death and turned it into a cause based on false pretenses. A crowd of more than 20 people ended up lying outside the entrance of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus the first night of the news breaking. The chants were, “We’re here. We’re queer. We want safety in our homes.” The mistake was that Clementi’s death should not have been turned into a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender protest for gay rights and safe spaces at the University. Robert O’Brien, Department of Anthropology assistant instructor, led the rally as he chanted, “Not safe in dorms, not safe at Rutgers.” Essentially, an angry mob fending for their rights turned the death of a young boy into a cause for “safe spaces” for gays across the University — all the while, these spaces already existed. We have groups across campus that deal with students’ psychological difficulties — 17 Seconds is one that deals with suicides — as well as groups that address their sexual orientation. We have these spaces, and the University community is diverse enough to provide students with whatever it is they need. The focal point of Clementi’s tragic death should have been a boy’s inability to deal with the hardships of life. And yet the news and certain organizations picked this up and carried it into the ranks of general causes for major social groups — for their profit. Did Tyler really feel unsafe after all? Do we know the reason behind his suicide? Do we know if he, himself, would take part in the movement behind his death — the push for safe spaces? It is disappointing that everyone from news to celebrities picked up the story. Actress Brittany Snow and actor Neil Patrick-Harris are just two of the many celebrities belittling Clementi’s death — forcing his remembrance into a cause rather than a proper mourning. We did not know Tyler. It was barely three weeks into his first year at the University and most of his neighbors in his residence hall barely knew him. Turning his death into a push for gay rights is a fallacy. Homosexuality is not the only reason for which people kill themselves. In this case, it might have pushed Clementi over the edge, but the fact that he was gay should by no means turn his death into a march for safe spaces. These groups want to be heard. They want the attention. They want their agendas to shine in the limelight. Instead, we should address that the signs of a suicidal 18-year-old kid were unseen and went unnoticed, not “We want safety in our homes.” We have the safety, or as much of it as we, together as a University community, can in today’s world. What we need is to notice those of us who need help and help them. Entertainers stay away. O’Brien leave the issue alone. Let us — family, friends and the University together — mourn for Clementi, and just for him, rather than using him as a martyr for a cause that has yet to be proven.

Drink safely at bars, leave guns at home

t is as if someone walked into a bar and asked, “What can make this drunken experience better?” Another fellow at the end of the bar then answered — “We should bring our guns.” Tennessee is the latest state in which the 300,000 handgun permit holders saw their rights greatly expanded by a new law — one that allows them to bring loaded firearms into restaurants and bars. Why? It’s hardly a secret that the Northeast doesn’t have the same affinity for guns like the South, but it seems like a bad idea. It is a bad idea allowing loaded weapons in the place where those who dabble in the art of drinking go and pick up women, get into fights or sit in their own tearful misery. The argument is that we need guns for our own personal protection — and that is fine. It is a constitutional right. But like most other things, there should be limits to this rule. A show or two of whiskey along with a group of rowdy friends can easily heighten the sense of endangerment. Pulling out a loaded handgun then would hardly be the smartest idea, especially considering a lot of the other bar-folk could have other weapons. It seems like we are all trying to protect ourselves from one another without any really danger. These are bars. People go there to relax, see friends and get drunk — that is no secret. If we gather a group of strangers, get them drunk and allow them to bring whatever weapon they have, the smallest of bar scuffles could turn into something more. If this doesn’t happen, the least bar-goers would do is feel threatened by the number of concealed guns around them. All in all, it is an unpleasant experience. Perhaps restaurants and bars should put up signs stating, “Dollar shots, bring your guns, leave your common sense at home.”

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politicians and pundits back he resurgence of it. The most noteworthy of political conserthese is Glenn Beck. In the vatism is no surpast two years, Glenn Beck prise in America. Since the has gone from part-time CNN dawn of the two-party syscorrespondent to a host of an tem in America, the promieponymous show on Fox nence of political parties News that ranks as one of the have ebbed and flowed as CODY GORMAN most-watched news pronational demands have. grams on all of television. Shifts of power in Congress Despite consistently denying any ties to the tea party and the White House happen regularly, normally in movement, Beck embodies the principles and personshifts of two to three congressional terms or up to ality its constituents strive for. Beck has touted himself two presidential terms. It is then expected for a as a “rodeo clown” — an attention-grabbing media perrepublican/conservative influx in the next few years sonality who has no political aims, a “constitutional to take place. watchdog,” if you will. Common people relate to his However, the tea party movement in America is whistle-blowing and simple man’s vernacular, as was taking political action to a different level. shown by the outpouring of support at his “Restoring The tea party movement started small-scale as a Honor” rally in August at the Lincoln Memorial. series of protests to health care reform, government The hypocrisy involved in Beck’s rhetoric is bailout spending and general political inertia. In the astounding. Beck made more than $32 million last year past year, it has nearly grown to a level of political according to Forbes Magazine and is tracked to make representation. Most of these self-called “teabagmore in the upcoming year as his show’s popularity gers,” whether the name was pegged with knowland book sales increase. The appeal edge of the obscene pre-existing he has as a simple man like most name is unknown, protest what they “The real danger lies Americans should be non-existent. see as government corruption and However, this doesn’t stop him from over-spending, and values mostly in the fact that describing himself as such, nor does it aligned with the Democratic Party. this party is gaining stop his followers in the tea party from The party itself seeks fiscal responhim. This also is from a selfsibility, a strictly textual reading of substantial support believing described man of values — the same the Constitution and limited government size. throughout America.” man who, after a rival radio talk show host’s wife had a miscarriage in the Make no mistake, the three 1990s, called her in the hospital, while principles they stand for are deeply on air, to proclaim how her husband couldn’t do anyrooted in the principles of the founders of the thing right. United States; however, the tea party movement is The problems from the tea party extend far anachronistic — that is, the principles it adheres beyond the idiocy of Glenn Beck. Sensible peoto are no longer relevant to a country the size of ple are aware he is nothing more than a rhetoricthe one we live in. Most teabaggers probably filled talking head for a largely conser vative netcouldn’t even tell you what the Constitution says. work. The problem lies in the fact that these Or how, for example, in Article I, Section 2, it is people listen to him. Beck and his supporters explicitly stated that any non-white person counts have shown that common folks can be elected to as three fifths of a person. public office. Sadly, it also represents that peoThe danger behind the tea party is not that a ple with only a commoner’s knowledge of govstrict, literal adherence to the Constitution — a ernment can hold of fice. Look at Christine dated document written when slavery and sexism O’Donnell: The Republican Congressional candiwere socially accepted — caused many political pardate for Delaware has shown throughout her ties to be inane in stances and downright wrong on campaign that she is an idiot, a “populist cover certain topics. The real danger lies in the fact that to a movement funded by billionaires and corpothis party is gaining substantial support throughout rate interests.” America. The bluegrass, low-key protests and advoThe tea party movement represents so much cacy of town hall meeting style government draws more than a simple protest of big government and comparisons to the revolutionary times and attracts mass spending. It shows that the power of voting those that consider themselves patriotic proponents can easily be transferred to an undeserving lot. It of American principles. In doing so, the protestors shows that ignorance can be politically rewarded also implicitly or explicitly support the sexism and under the guise of patriotism. Most importantly, the racism rampant in 18th century America. tea party represents the neutering of political The worst part of this political movement — if it inquiry in favor of popular appeal. can be called that — is that ignorant, yet charismatic

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Palestine PM not ready to hold peace talks Letter NOAH GLYN

n interesting scene unfolded in New York a few days ago. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon were in a United Nations AdHoc Liaison Committee meeting when Fayyad unexpectedly stormed out. Fayyad is highly intelligent — he earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Texas at Austin — so his actions were not simply spur of the moment, they were calculated. What caused him to leave the meeting and cancel a subsequent press conference? Fayyad left because Ayalon supported two states for two peoples — one Jewish state, one Palestinian state. The policy of two states for two peoples is the pre-

Pray for family of Tyler Clementi Letter REV. GREGG A. MAST

he faculty, students, staff and administration of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary join the University community in prayer in light of the terrible tragedy announced on Wednesday. As a community of faith we strive to express and model the love of God, especially during this time of profound loss and pain in our community. The Seminary highly values the grand diversity of “We look, long humanity in and work for terms of trathe day when dition, race, e t h n i c i t y , all people will gender, sexudwell in safty al identity and joy .” and life experience, as well as the insights and wisdom brought by them to the seminary communities. As a community, we believe that all are created in the image of God and we are committed to uphold the dignity of every person and their right to live in peace. We pray for the friends and family of University student Tyler Clementi and for all who grieve his senseless death. We look, long and work for the day when all people will dwell in safety and joy. Rev. Gregg A. Mast is president of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary.

ferred policy of the United States, the European Union and the majority of the world. Fayyad’s actions were noteworthy because they implicitly showed that Fayyad has no interest in recognizing Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish country. Ayalon, in an interview with the Jerusalem Post, said, “What I say is that if the Palestinians are not willing to talk about two states for two peoples, let alone a Jewish state for Israel, then there’s nothing to talk about. And also, I said if the Palestinians mean, at the end of the process, to have one Palestinian state and one bi-national state, this will not happen.” The disagreement is more than semantics — it is a defining issue in any peace talks. Will Israel remain a Jewish state, or will it absorb the Palestinian population and succumb to the math-

ematical certainty of a Palestinian majority? The latter undermines Israel’s core as a Jewish state. The obvious question is, of course, whether Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish state. The answer, of course, is yes.

“Israel will always be a Jewish state, and no Israeli government will concede that.” The affirmative response does not imply that everything Israel has done or will do is correct. It means that the state of Israel has a basic right to exist as it currently does. Politicians are to resolve questions regarding territorial disputes, but Israel’s right to exist is

fundamental and should be defended by everyone. Jews have always felt religious, cultural and historic attachment to the land of Israel. Jewish political attachment to the land of Israel was re-established in the late 19th century, after Jews had been exiled for approximately 2,000 years. Those early Zionists were not, contrary to Palestinian rhetoric, imperialist forces. They were beleaguered idealists who came to the land of their ancestors. They sought safe-haven from pogroms, not new land to colonize. The vast majority of 19th and 20th century Zionists settlers had no desire for armed conflict with the Arabs, let alone the weapons necessary to fight. Zionists formed their own governments, established playhouses and resurrected the Hebrew language from the musty tombs of antiquity. The United Nations voted in

favor of Resolution 181 on Nov. 29, 1947, which ended the British Mandate in Palestine and created an independent Jewish state. The United States, Great Britain, Egypt, Jordan, India and many other nations and governments, including the Palestinian Authority, have since recognized Israel. Israel is willing to make concessions, as it has done in the past. Israel will always be a Jewish state, and no Israeli government will concede that. It is most curious that Fayyad seems to be rejecting a policy that Yasser Arafat affirmed. If Fayyad cannot bring himself to support two states for two peoples, then it is clear that he is not truly ready to negotiate. Noah Glyn, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, is a fellow with the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.

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Consistency absent in tough finish on course BY NICHOLAS ORLANDO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s golf team placed 16th overall in a 17team field at the Penn State Invitational this past weekend. But there are some positives to take WOMEN’S GOLF away, RUTGERS 961 according to 16TH PLACE h e a d coach Maura Waters-Ballard. “Our key players are playing well, specifically Lizzy Carl, Jeanne Waters and Brittany Weddell,” said Waters-Ballard. The Scarlet Knights faced difficulties as of late, including a wrist injur y to a starter and one player being cut last week. “We’re short some players due to injur y,” Waters-Ballard said. “So I’ve put some people in that don’t have as much experience, but I am happy with the experience they are gaining.” Junior Lizzy Carl led the Knights yet again this week, shooting a 235 (78-81-76) to finish tied for 37th place. The per formance marked the second consecutive week that Carl posted a respectable score. “Lizzy has played fabulously,” Waters-Ballard said. “I’m ver y excited about the progress that she is making. [Waters] is also ver y steady and we can depend on her too.” A 10 on a par three in her first round offset sophomore Brittany Weddell. She finished in a tie for 79th with a 247 (90-77-80). “Brittany really only had three bad holes,” WatersBallard said. “Other than that she played a decent round and came back with a 77 in the next round. She continues to play well and I like how she rebounded. I thought it was great for her.” Senior Jeanne Waters, sophomore Karen Cash and junior Elisa Mateer comprised the rest of the Rutgers’ lineup. Waters shot a combined 236 (81-77-78) and tied for 41st place. Cash posted a 251 (8180-90) and finished 86th and Mateer shot a 263 (87-91-85) to finish 94th. “We need to stay focused in the moment and not let other things get to us,” WatersBallard said. There was an extremely tough field at the invitational, perhaps the reason the Knights placed so low. “We have to get more consistent,” said Waters-Ballard. “We’re not playing that poorly, however the competition is stronger.” The Knights now get set to face Seton Hall Friday at the Rutgers University golf course. The familiar scener y should help Rutgers get back on track and return to the form they showed in the beginning of the season.

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Combined with his appearances in the Wild Knight, Deering had noticeably his most productive game for the Knights in his young career. “With both quar terbacks, we have connections,” Deering said. “They just throw the ball to whoever’s open. [Dodd] performed pretty good. He looked comfortable in there and didn’t really think about making mistakes. He just played.” As is the case in a 17-14 loss to a Conference USA opponent, Dodd looked at times ever y bit like a true freshman, completing less than half of his 29 pass attempts. Dodd opted to go 30 yards deep to Sanu on a cr ucial four th-and-6 in the four th quarter, resulting in a batted ball that just eluded an outstretched attempt from sophomore Keith Stroud. The Knights turned the ball over on downs, and Tulane forced Schiano to drain all three of the team’s timeouts to regain possession for one more drive. “[Sanu] wasn’t [the first option],” Dodd said. “I was

As a former two-time AllSouth Jersey Midfielder of the winning work ethic to program Year, Patrone enjoyed her own success at Washington Township High School, but continued from back admitted that the play between team that’s not used to winning is the two levels is a bit different very refreshing. despite the preparedness she “They’re going to be incredigained from her high ble players for our program and school days. they’ve already started to really “It’s completely dif ferent contribute, which is great.” than high school,” Patrone The two stand deadlocked at said. “I don’t play the same a tie for second on the team’s position I did in high school, so points list with eight apiece, it’s a little bit dif ferent, but after each tallied scores in the playing where I did play in high Scarlet Knights’ recent weekschool definitely helped me end split. conditioning wise and fitness Patrone and Nappi share the wise and just the overall toughsame stat line on the season — ness of it.” three goals and two assists. While the two continue to Nappi is no stranger to finding make strides in their first seathe back of the cage, as she accusons, adjusting to the Big East is mulated 65 goals during her high something that comes with school career while experience. The also making 67 assists. Knights struggled durThe Fairfield, N.J., ing a two-win 2009 native is also familiar to campaign, and though winning, as she shined the team already douat West Essex High bled that win total School, leading her halfway through this team to four consecuseason, adjusting takes tive Essex County time. Championships. “It’s a progression “I came from a winfor ever yone,” Tchou GIA NAPPI ning program, so I said. “We want to win knew what it felt like to win all now, but it is a progression and the time,” Nappi said. “I wantwe have to understand that ed to bring that here. I was each player, especially the taught how to use my competifreshmen, need to learn how to tive nature, so I wanted to be more composed and poised bring that over to college with out there on the field.” me as well.” Established leaders, like coThe freshman also boasts a captains Jenna Bull, Heather .727 shot on goal percentage Garces and Mackenzie Noda, for the Knights this year, good have done their parts in orienting for third on the team. the pair the right way, according Patrone’s .667 shooting clip to Patrone. ties her for four th. Though there still may be Patrone’s two goals and one much to learn for the freshman, assist this weekend against the the aforementioned trio made likes of Georgetown and acclimating to college much easier. Lafayette earned her Big East “I think the older girls helped conference honors for the first us in adapting,” Patrone said. time in her career. “Because we have a really big But when it comes to freshman class, it made it a whole Tchou’s squad, individual stalot easier to adapt.” tistics appear in the rear view Both freshmen carried mirror and that is something expectations with them into Patrone learned through her Piscataway before even playing shor t time so far with a single game. the team. In the weeks and seasons to “I think it has a lot to say come for Nappi and Patrone, about our team and how we the expectations are likely to work well together,” said climb, but if halfway through Patrone on her performance so this season is any indication, far this season. “We don’t realmeeting those rising expectaly care who does it as long it tions should be no problem for gets done.” the freshmen for wards.

actually looking for the cross there, but I just overthrew him on that one.” Like the loss to Nor th Carolina, the Knights had the ball with two minutes remaining in the contest but were unable to come away with points on the team’s 13th drive of the afternoon. Dodd threw downfield on another third-and-long but found the waiting arms of a Tulane defender for his first career interception to seal the game for the Green Wave. With Savage’s status uncertain for Friday’s Big East opener against Connecticut, Dodd may get another chance to build on his growing list of firsts. Learning experiences are nothing new to Schiano, whose young team continues to struggle with consistency. “I will get to the bottom of it. I’m going to find out,” Schiano said. “I thought we learned our lesson in previous experiences, but we didn’t. And I didn’t, because again, I didn’t get it done. So we’ll go on and grow from it, but we’ll be back.”

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Freshman Jeremy Deering gained 66 yards Saturday on four catches and gained five yards on four carries out of the Wildcat.

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SLUMP: Werneke opts for freshman at libero position continued from back immediately. It was not until Rutgers took a commanding 14-7 lead that the Mountaineers called for a timeout. The duo combined for seven kills in the third set and Voss tied for a team-leading four digs in the match. “They came in and did a great job,” Werneke said. “Katie Groff has been working hard in practice and we wanted to reward that. Katie came in and she did a great job.” Rutgers also revamped its defensive side in the third set, giving freshman Mariah Horvath a chance at the libero position. The Poway, Ca., native also tied for the team lead in digs with four. “We were really happy with Mariah,” Werneke said. “We had recruited her as an outside hitter, and she came off shoulder surgery in senior year. We have been training her with passing and defense and as we’ve seen the progression, she became more comfortable in that role and we have too as a staff. End result — We needed to make some kind of a change [in the third set] and we did and she did a great job.” Despite the improvement, the change was not enough to steal a set from the West Virgninia, which cruised to a 3-0 sweep of the Knights. But it is not so much of a skill problem as it is an experience problem, according to Werneke. Real game situations are hard to

come by and the players who got a shot in the third set Sunday simply need a little more experience. “As much as we want to prepare, there’s nothing we can do to create what it’s going to be like on gameday against a team we haven’t seen,” he said. “I think they did a good job for that situation, but they haven’t been in those pressure-filled situations in a match where it counts as often as they probably needed to be in that moment. “Take nothing away from their performance. They just made some mistakes when it mattered, and that’s because of experience.” So while it’s clear something needs to give before the team can experience success similar to a couple of weeks ago at the Rutgers Invitational, the change needs to come on the court. “At some point our kids need to make some changes,” Werneke said. “We need to ask them to make a different approach mentally and physically change some things and it can’t hurt because we know we can get better.” Still, that metamorphosis needs to come soon. Already 0-4 in the Big East, the team’s hopes for making the Big East Tournament at the end of the season are in jeopardy. The first step in turning things around is taking advantage of the next three home games. “We’re not going to panic as a coaching staff,” Werneke said. “We realize we had a bad setback last weekend and didn’t get the results we wanted, but we’re still going to stick to the plan and practice at the level we feel we need to.”

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Lehigh Invite yields second RU win BY MICHAEL KUPERSHTEYN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s cross country team started the season riding a WOMEN’S XC t a l l RUTGERS 118 wave of success FIRST PLACE t h a t doesn’t look to break along the shore anytime soon. The Scarlet Knights already won an event at the Monmouth Invitational on Sept. 18 in Holmdel, N.J. They added another trophy this weekend to their mantle by taking the team title at the Paul Shor t Invitational at Lehigh. The team amassed 118 points to beat out the field of 41 other schools and take its second consecutive team title in the 6K race. “We go back to Lehigh every year and this was absolutely the best team performance winning our division that we have ever had,” said distance coach Jan Merrill-Morin. “[Head coach] James [Robinson] and I have worked very hard to bring in some good runners and it’s working out. We’re really happy.” Rutgers saw three runners finish in the top 20 out of a total of 287 runners. Junior Kelly Flannigan led the Knights with a time of 22:01 to end the race in sixth place. Sophomores Jennifer Spitzer and Victoria Pontecor vo

finished the race with times of 22:17 and 22:35 to finish 12th and 20th, respectively. The course provided a challenge for the Knights, as rain from the day prior made the course very muddy and difficult to traverse. The team paced themselves well and ran reasonably close to one another en route to victory. “The course was super muddy, so we had to work harder naturally. Everyone had the same conditions

KELLY FLANNIGAN though so it didn’t affect the outcome,” Spitzer said. “Basically we ran strong the whole race, ran as a pack for the first mile or so and then sprung out a little bit, but our top five were within a minute of each other so we were pretty close together.” The race marks a significant improvement for the program, as it is the second team title won under the current coaching staff. The Knights are well on their way to meeting the goals that Robinson set for the team prior to the star t of the season,

which were to place within the top 10 of the Big East rankings and to win the Metropolitan Championships. Snagging a win at the Paul Short Invitational provides the Knights with the drive to succeed further and see more success down the road, according to Spitzer. “[Winning has] not really increased our expectations, more so it just gave us more confidence that we will be able to achieve our goals,” Spitzer said. The next test for the Knights comes on Oct. 8 at the Metropolitan Championships in the Bronx, the first step in accomplishing the head coach’s preseason goals. For a team historically unfamiliar to success, Robinson notes the chemistry on the team this year is unlike any other Rutgers squad of years past. “We have a stronger group of runners [and] although they’re young they’re coming together, training hard, and coach Jan is doing a fantastic job with training them and making sure they’re prepared to compete each weekend,” Robinson said of his team. “They’re more confident in their training … we’ve got a good core and foundation for the future and they really enjoy training and improving together.” — Anthony Hernandez contributed to this report

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he United States needed only a half a point to retain the Ryder Cup heading into the final singles matchup. The final round started with Europe holding an advantage in eight of the final nine matches, but the team quickly saw the Americans ease their way back into it as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker each won their respective matches. But on the 16th hole between Europe’s Graeme McDowell and USA’s Hunter Mahan, McDowell sank a 15foot birdie shot to put his team ahead. From there, the U.S. Open Champion beat out Mahan, returning the Ryder Cup to European soil.

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announced yesterday that first baseman Justin Morneau will not return for the 2010 postseason, after the organization initially aimed at an ALCS return. Morneau sustained a concussion on July 7 while sliding into second base to break up a double play and has not seen the field since. The Twins begin their postseason run on Oct. 6 against the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the ALDS.

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do not always equal championships, and the New York Mets proved that again this year after a 79-83 season kept them out of the postseason. The Mets hold the fifth highest payroll in the MLB at $136 million, and after another disappointing season they decided to relieve manager Jerry Manuel and general manager Omar Minaya of their respective duties. Manuel compiled a 204-213 record in two and a half seasons at the helm, while the team only made the playoffs once in seven seasons under Minaya.

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NFL’s personal conduct policy, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger received his reinstatement into the league yesterday and rejoined his teammates. The Steelers went 3-1 in “Big Ben’s” absence despite averaging 136 passing yards per game –– the second worst mark in the NFL through the first four games. The squad enjoys a bye this week and next takes on divisional foe Cleveland Browns on Oct. 17 in Pittsburgh.

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quarterback Michael Vick is day-to-day after injuring his rib cartilage in a 17-12 loss to the Washington Redskins. Vick left the game late in the first quarter after a crushing blow from Redskins Kareem Moore and DeAngelo Hall left him on the field grimacing in pain. The organization will once again turn to quarterback Kevin Kolb, who managed to lead the team to a meager 15 points in five quarters under center this season.

Jordan Thomas knows exactly what Chas Dodd and Jeremy Deering are going through. The true freshman running back went through it less than a month ago. If quarterback Tom Savage isn’t healthy by Friday, which is a ver y possible reality after injuring his throwing hand against Tulane, then tr ue freshman Dodd is the guy. Thomas, a true freshman running back, has plenty of perspective on the issue after an increase in reps with the injur y to star ter Joe Martinek. “Chas is just so calm for his age,” Thomas said. “He’s so cool and collected. It’s unbelievable how he is when he gets back there. He looks up to Tom the same way I do to Joe.” No fur ther news on Savage’s injur y was available after yesterday’s practice, meaning Dodd has a chance to start against the Connecticut Huskies in the Big East opener. “He was at practice today and he took part in certain things, that’s what he did,” said head coach Greg Schiano of Savage. Any decision on Savage may take until gametime, Schiano said. For Deering, his eight touches for 71 yards may be a sign of things to come in an effort to reduce the workload of sophomore Mohamed Sanu. “Jeremy is ver y intelligent,” Thomas said. “I think he was meant for this role. … Both of those guys [should] ball out. … Use your God-given tools and just let ever ybody see it.” Neither Dodd nor Deering will be made available to the media this week.

“He got through the game because he didn’t play as much,” Schiano said. “He didn’t re-tweak [his ankle] at all, which I think will go a long way if he can get through this week without it. It can go a long way in him getting closer to normal. It’s going to be an ongoing process. You saw there was a couple plays that a healthy Joe Martinek probably doesn’t get caught, he probably pops them.” Alongside Mar tinek, Thomas continues to carr y an increased workload, touching the ball seven times for 18 yards including his signature swing pass that lost two yards against the Green Wave. “Joe is unbelievable,” Thomas said. “He’s an unbelievable role model and an unbelievable leader. I look to him ever y game. He’s irreplaceable.”

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rushing attack against Tulane, when Rutgers ran the ball for just 57 yards after the opening touchdown by Sanu, Schiano addressed Martinek’s status in the running game.

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yesterday’s practice that there may be even more tinkering on the of fensive line, tr ying to limit the sacks and quarterback pressure. Against Tulane, the offensive line showed a dif ferent look, switching between junior Ar t Forst and sophomore Devon Watkis at right tackle and between Forst and redshir t freshman Antwan Lower y at right guard. In the next few weeks, Schiano said that he wants to tr y even more people on the offensive line. “There are some themes, but it’s not one thing nor is it one person,” Schiano said on the sacks. “We have some technique er rors, we have some assignment errors and we also have some pocket presence errors so the three of those combined add up to a number of sacks I’m not happy with.” O

NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Tailback Jordan Thomas (29) has experience seeing the field as a true freshman, gaining playing time because of junior Joe Martinek’s ankle injury. Martinek was limited in the past two games.

quar terback Steve Shimko opted to undergo a season-ending shoulder surger y. Shimko had yet to throw a pass since the beginning of training camp due to the injur y.

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Dodd, Deering get valuable snaps in Tulane loss BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Four members of the Rutgers football team lined up under center Saturday during the Scarlet Knights’ 17-14 Homecoming loss to Tulane and perhaps the most unexpected signal caller saw the majority of snaps. Freshman quarterFOOTBALL back Chas Dodd entered the game for an injured Tom Savage more than halfway into the second quarter and still managed to throw 29 passes on the afternoon. “I thought he did a good job,” said head coach Greg Schiano. “Certainly there’s balls I’m sure he’d like to have back, but he threw a lot of nice balls, as well. I thought he showed good composure. He stayed in the pocket, gave routes a chance to develop. As I’ve said all along, I have confidence in Chas and I think he went out there and he played with confidence.” The Lyman, S.C., native saw mop-up duty in the Knights’ season-opener against Norfolk State and even threw two passes in the loss to North Carolina. But nothing prepared Dodd for a third-and-11 in the second quarter, when Rutgers trailed the Green Wave, 10-7. “It was great,” Dodd said. “I had been out there for a few plays earlier in the season, but just to get out there and throw it around a little bit, it was a good opportunity.” Dodd completed the throw on third and long to sophomore Mark Harrison for 16 yards and ended the first half with 45 yards on a 3-for-7 throwing clip. The Byrnes High School product regrouped and came out of the locker room in the second half, only to be stymied by another third and long situation on the Knights’ opening drive. As was the case with an ailing Savage, Dodd competed for snaps with fellow freshman Jeremy Deering and wideout Mohamed Sanu in the Wild Knight formation. “Whatever is working for the team at the time, that’s what you have to do,” Dodd said. “The Wildcat worked, so we just have to keep doing that.” The team’s ninth drive of the game for the Rutgers of fense almost ended as inconspicuously as it began — with yet another three-and-out. A pass interference

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JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Freshman quarterback Chas Dodd completed 13 of 29 passes in Rutgers’ 17-14 loss to Tulane last weekend. Despite engineering his first career touchdown drive, Dodd threw an interception in the game’s final minute to seal the Homecoming defeat.

Pair of rookies make seamless switch to RU

Team searches for answers to recent slump

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ

BY BILL DOMKE

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Most of the time, freshmen enter field hockey programs and spend much of their seasons FIELD HOCKEY inaugural adjusting to the game’s change of pace. For freshman forwards Lisa Patrone and Gia Nappi, their first looks at Division I field hockey came on Aug. 27 in a 6-0 loss to James Madison, but that only marked the beginning. Since then, the duo learned on the fly and in just 12 games managed to make contributions uncharacteristic of most rookie players. The pair’s play so far this season brought no surprises, according to head coach Liz Tchou. “They’re both incredibly competitive, which makes for a great addition for our team,” Tchou said. “All they care about is winning — there’s nothing else that matters to them than to win each moment and to be able to win the game. To bring that into a

Head coach CJ Werneke knows the Rutgers volleyball team needs to turn things around — it is not the VOLLEYBALL method of play and it is not a change in caliber of opponents. But it was obvious when he subbed out team captain Caitlin Saxton and senior outside hitter Emma Chrystal in a loss to West Virginia that Werneke was not afraid of shaking things up. “Obviously we’re trying to figure out what’s going on and some of the frustration is with [Saxton and Chrystal’s] own play,” Werneke said. “I think in the moment they weren’t playing well. We’re fortunately in the position now that … we don’t have to rely on them that much when they are struggling. When they do we have the option to go somewhere else.” The move paid dividends quickly. When Werneke subbed in senior outside hitters Lauren Voss and Katie Groff, the Scarlet Knights picked up steam almost

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Freshman forward Lisa Patrone (back) scored two goals last weekend and added an assist. The Washington Twp., N.J., native earned Big East honors for her performance.

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