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Student runs to raise awareness of rare disease

JOKING FOR A SPOT

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spondylitis, an autoimmune disease of the spine and the sacroiliac joints, which conA summer backpacking nect the hips to the spine. trip before his senior year of When Quinn was first high school was a common diagnosed with this chronic activity for Timothy Quinn. disease in his senior year of But a couple of weeks high school, he was upset, after the trip, Quinn felt a said Susan Jones, director of pain in his back and feet as development and corporate TIMOTHY he walked. relations at the Spondylitis QUINN After going through Association of America. physical therapy, his pain did not go “Once the initial shock was over, he away and weeks soon turned into decided he would not let the disease months, Quinn said. control him but rather be proactive in “One morning I woke up at four managing it,” Jones said. o’clock, my knees were swollen, my Now through his own blog and legs were swollen, I couldn’t move active participation in adventure racthem — it hurt like nothing I’ve ever ing, he hopes to heighten awareness of felt before,” he said. the disease. After six months of doctor visits The disease affects about 2.4 million and tests, his doctor recommended he people in the United States and genersee a rheumatologist, he said. Ten ally strikes young people between the blood tests later, Quinn, a School of ages of 15 and 35, Jones said. Engineering junior, was diagnosed in SEE STUDENT ON PAGE 4 Februar y 2008 with ankylosing CORRESPONDENT

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Host and comedian TJ Delrino tells jokes in Trayes Hall of the Douglass Campus Center last night where comedians competed for a spot in January’s New Jersey Comedy Festival.

Institute awards U. millions BY ANDREW SMITH STAFF WRITER

With $47.5 million in grants from the National Institute of Health under their collective belts, two University programs will be able to conduct progressive research on 3-D protein structures. The Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium and the Structural Biology Knowledgebase will receive $35 million and $12.5 million in grant awards from the Protein Structure Initiative, respectively, over the next five years, said Ward Smith, director of the PSI: Biology program. Outside sources fund both the SBKB and NESG, but the groups have been in contact with the NIH previously, Smith said. The NESG, which includes a consortium of universities including the University of North Carolina and the University of Chicago, received close to $100 million from NIH alone over the past 10 years. Despite these contributions, the $35 million grant to the NESG coupled with other funding represents a 40 percent decrease in their budget, said Gaetano Montelione, a University professor of molecular biology and biochemistry. But both organizations are enthusiastic participants in this year’s PSI program. The program, entitled PSI: Biology, follows the general guidelines of previous programs, which include determining and distributing protein structures while focusing on biologically and medically useful structures. “The overarching goal for the centers, for all of them, in fact, is to determine structures that might elucidate the function of these biomolecules,” Smith said.

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PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE SUBPOENAS UNIVERSITY E-MAILS The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office has subpoenaed the University for e-mails regarding University firstyear student Tyler Clementi’s complaint that his roommate, School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Dharun Ravi, used a webcam to spy on him and his sexual encounter with another male, according to The Star-Ledger. Investigators believed the University was not fully cooperating with the investigation of 18-year-old Clementi — who committed suicide by jumping off the

George Washington Bridge shortly after Ravi’s alleged actions — two officials unauthorized to speak because of the case’s ongoing nature told the Ledger. “The investigation is continuing and we can’t comment further,” the prosecutor’s spokesman James O’Neill told the Ledger. University spokesman E.J. Miranda said the Rutgers University Police Depar tment and the University is working with the prosecutor’s office in the investigation.

A subpoena is required in some instances before the University can release certain confidential student records federally protected by FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, he said. “Confidential student records covered under FERPA include student grades, student conduct records, and electronic communication between the student and University administrators,” Miranda said. — Mary Diduch

Residents explore future waste removal BY COLLEEN ROACHE

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The future of waste removal at New Brunswick’s Buccleuch Park was one of many subjects of discussions at Wednesday evening’s city council meeting. The council is considering how it will go about repairing a sewage pumping facility already at the park, located between the Raritan River and Easton Avenue. New Brunswick City Administrator Thomas Loughlin explained the city’s motive for the project. “We are undertaking this work simply because of mechanical elements inside the pump station are falling apart. They aren’t working,” Loughlin said. Sewage is typically gravity-fed, but in some parts of New Brunswick, it is not possible for sewage to flow toward the city’s treatment plant, located in Sayreville, on its own, city spokesman Bill Bray said. Therefore, an ejector station, where sewage is pumped into a sewer main, is necessary.

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INDEX A new first-year seminar explores conventional notions of the nuclear family.

OPINIONS New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans on limiting the use of food stamps for buying soda. See if we gave him a laurel or dart.

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First-year seminar challenges concept of family BY MICHELE MAZZOCCHI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A new Byrne Family First-Year Seminar at the University will allow students to reassess the conventional definitions of the nuclear family. “What Did You Say? Communication Dynamics of the Modern Family,” explores the different types of families, such as the “traditional” twoparent family, a stepfamily or immigrant family, and the challenges they face. Jennifer Theiss and Vikki Katz, faculty members in the School of Communication and Information, designed the class to paint a complete picture of marriage and family, and respond to the changing nature of the American family. Family is a salient concept to first-year students as they leave their childhood home and start establishing themselves as independent adults, Theiss said.

“The students are at a pivotal transition in life where they can benefit from thinking about what they gained from their primary family and what they want in the family that they will build in the future,” she said. Byrne seminars are onecredit courses offered to firstyear students that allow them to explore the social sciences, humanities or sciences. The class teaches students how to understand their own families from a different perspective by allowing them to talk about unique family experiences, highlighting the differences between various family systems, Theiss said. “Family is the central organizer in our lives,” Katz said. “The presence or absence of family really affects us.” Class discussions and selfassessments help the students to learn about their own attitudes and behaviors in their families and relationships, Theiss said.

“There is no such thing as a ‘normal’ family. Ever y family is unique and how people experience family is dif ferent,” Katz said. Throughout the semester, the students are also required to conduct a series of interviews with dif ferent people about major events and transitions in their relationships, Theiss said. “Ever yone has existing notions about family based on their own family backgrounds and experiences, but they rarely think about families from a critical and systematic perspective,” she said. The students were assigned to read a chapter in the book “Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage” by Elizabeth Gilbert, Theiss said. The book discusses Gilbert’s trip to Vietnam, where she inter viewed a group of Hmong women about their marriages.

The class challenges the Western notion that marriage is an idealistic union filled with romance and passion, she said. Students started to think about the practical functions marriage ser ves. “We talked about the many different ways that people experience love and emphasized that all types of love can be satisfying in their own way,” Theiss said. Theiss and Katz hope the students leave the class with a broader conceptualization of what constitutes a “family” and an understanding of some of the struggles that characterize a “modern family.” They also hope to give the students the communication skills necessar y to maintain satisfying relationships throughout their lives. “Communication is the reaction between two people, therefore a relationship cannot exist without it,” Katz said.

The two professors volunteered to teach the seminar because of their overlapping interests with regard to marriage and the family, Theiss said. Theiss’ program of research focuses on the ways interpersonal communication shapes and reflects characteristics of romantic and marital relationships. Katz’s research focuses on immigrant families and the role of children as translators between their parents and the rest of their social world. “I love bringing my research into the classroom,” Katz said. “I learn a lot from the students and their experiences.” Nadia Kardan, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, was a Byrne seminar student. “I wish they offered this seminar when I was a first-year student,” Kardan said. “It’s important for students to understand their families and to know how to communicate with them.”

CAMDEN PROFESSOR RESEARCHES REFUGEE CHILDREN A University professor is focusing his studies on migrant children displaced by poverty and war, chronicling their journey in order to find a better way for accommodating such children. Charles Watters, a professor of childhood studies at Rutgers-Camden, said there is an increase in the number of refugee children fleeing their countries, calling it a global issue, according to a University Media Relations press release. “The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated that around 36.5 million people are of concern to them and about half of them are

kids,” he said in the release. “We’re looking at millions of children around the world who are displaced.” Parents force many children to leave their country because of poor conditions or violent wars, in hope these children will find better lives elsewhere, Watters said. “They think the kindest thing they can do is send them away from countries such as Afghanistan or Iraq or Somalia,” he said in the release. “The parents think they are doing the best they can for these kids, giving them a future when they otherwise wouldn’t have one.”

Watters’ research said the stories of progress he heard in countries such as Spain, South Africa and Brazil are positive, but the phenomenon of kids on the move has not subsided, according to the press release. Watters is the author of “Refugee Children: Towards the Next Horizon” and is the founding editor of the International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care.

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STUDENT: Quinn to be spokesman of support group continued from front Usually people who have the disease see inflammation in their lower back, knees, elbow joints and feet, as well as susceptibility to other autoimmune diseases, Quinn said. There were times when Quinn needed to explain the disease to doctors. His experience with doctors who were not familiar with the disease inspired him to become an advocate for awareness. “I felt like even if doctors don’t know a lot about this, and if as many people have this as they say have this, people need to learn about this,” he said. Quinn believed he could be the individual to push for that change. “If people heard about an organization lobbying or the legislature, that doesn’t hit home with a lot of people,” he said. “But if they see someone like me, a young face associated with a disease like this doing the things that I’m doing, I feel like that’s what’ll hit home more than anything else.” Once he decided to become proactive in managing his disease, Quinn connected with the Spondylitis Association of America. The SAA is the first and largest awareness and advocacy nonprofit organization that dedicates 100 percent of its resources to improve the lives of the spondylitis community, Jones said. He and his family attended a seminar in Philadelphia to learn more about the disease and

admire their work. He then connected with key individuals of the organization, including Jones, he said. “Our biggest challenge is to create awareness of the disease, so people who have persistent back pain can seek an accurate diagnosis, especially young people,” said Laurie Savage, executive director of the SAA. “Because most of the damage caused by spondylitis occurs in the first 10 years, early diagnosis means early treatment to improve quality of life.”

“If people heard about an organization lobbying ... that doesn’t hit home with a lot of people.” TIMOTHY QUINN School of Engineering Junior

Quinn started his blog, shouldabeenhereyesterday.org, at the end of May to spread knowledge of ankylosing spondylitis and raise funds for the SAA. He writes about his day-to-day trials and issues of what it’s like living with the disease. Quinn adopted the name of his blog from the phrase he often hears when he goes out surfing and is a day late from an amazing swell. He correlates the phrase to his way of dealing with the disease. “I almost had an attitude to say to people, you should’ve

seen me before I had this,” he said. “There are a lot of things I’ve done before I had so much more to worry about. But I’m finding a way around that and combat that.” Quinn’s blog became an inspirational tool to help other people, not only those who have the disease, but others who have similar illnesses. A woman who had lupus read his blog on a day she wasn’t feeling so well, Quinn said. “Reading my story of saying that ‘This a lifestyle I want to have, I’m going to do everything possible to make sure I have it,’ made her feel better,” he said. One of the major lifestyle changes Quinn made since his diagnosis was starting his own adventure racing team this summer called Rigid Racing. Adventure racing is a triathlon in the woods. It consists of trail running, mountain biking and paddling, either canoeing or kayaking, Quinn said. He saw training and participating in adventure races as a way to show others that those who do have a disease can fight against it, he said. He also discusses his races in his blog. The results of the race surprised his family and even surprised him. “I think when you stand up and say to yourself you’re not going to let a chronic illness like this hold you back, that’s when you have the mental toughness to do adventure races and to do triathlons,” Quinn said. Quinn will also act as a spokesman to talk about ankylosing spondylitis with the New Jersey Spondylitis Support Group.

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NATIONAL LGBT GROUP CALLS FOR EXPULSION OF RAVI, WEI Campus Pride, a national nonprofit organization advocating for safer college campus environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, called for the University yesterday to expel School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Dharun Ravi and Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy firstyear student Molly Wei. Ravi and Wei are accused of using a webcam to secretly record Tyler Clementi’s encounter with another man. Shortly after Clementi, a University first-year student and musician, committed suicide. “Now is the time to act decisively and send a clear message at Rutgers and at colleges across the country that LGBT harassment and hate will not be tolerated any longer,” Campus Pride leaders said in a statement. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said Monday that no final decision has been made on additional charges against the defendants, and said the investigation is ongoing, according to an article on nj.com. According to the University Code of Student Conduct, it is prohibited to make or attempt to make an audio or video recording of any person on University premises in bathrooms, showers, bedrooms or other places where there is an expectation of privacy with respect to nudity and sexual activity, without the knowledge and consent of individuals being recorded. “Rutgers University has an obligation to the family of Tyler Clementi and to parents who have gay kids across the nation to enforce the student code of conduct,” said Shane Windmeyer, executive director and founder of Campus Pride, in the statement. While no University officials have confirmed a definite expulsion of the students, Vice President for Student Affairs Gregory S. Blimling said last week that any student who committed such an act would either be reprimanded or expelled. — Ariel Nagi

RESIDENTS: Many

Chamber of Commerce, then fine,” he said. Newling also suggested the raise no complaints about issue city of New Brunswick attend to Buccleuch Mansion — formerly continued from front owned by Anthony Dey, grandThe ejector station in son of 1800s army Col. Joseph Buccleuch Park was built in Warren Scott — the site of which the 1930s as part of a Public Newling said has deteriorated. Works Administration project, City Attorney William Bray said. The city is working Hamilton said Newling’s words on plans for a project to repair mangled the intent of the council the plant. and its commitment to improve The city installed some temthe city. porary conditions in that pump “Don’t misconstrue the feelstation, but if they fail there ings and the dedication and the could be negative consequences commitment to the park,” for the park and the city as a Hamilton said. whole, he said. Loughlin also contested If the pump fails, any disNewling’s views. charge would end up in the “We’re not trying to be cavacity’s water drinking supply, lier with the deed,” he said. “I Loughlin said. think ever yone Most memunderstands the “Installing sanitary intent of the deed, bers of the public present were not we have an sewers is a healthy but vocal about the obligation to do issue, but two public safety issue, something with New Brunswick pump station.” and it needs to be thisStill, residents — Renda Bruce Newling said taking action in this location.” and Charles is not in the city’s BILL BRAY Renda — were best interest. New Brunswick City Spokesman especially con“I think there’s cerned about the such a great risk park’s future. here,” he said. “If Huntington Street resident I were an heir of Anthony Dey Bruce Newling expressed his and [there was a possibility I displeasure with the council’s could sue the city], I might do it decision regarding work in just so I could see if I could Buccleuch Park so far, work he negotiate a settlement. said the city does not have the If the property were held priauthority to conduct, according vately and not deeded over to the to landowner Anthony Dey’s city, the city would have con1911 deed of gift. demned it in the 1930s, Bray said. “It seems to me extraordinary “I have personally looked at that legal counsel to this council the records pertaining to the conhas advised that the deed is of no struction of the sewer project in significance in this regard,” the 1930s, and there was Newling said. “I’ll say that a genabsolutely no objection raised by eral utility, such as a water pumpanyone at all,” he said. ing station … and the expansion It is necessary for the city to of a sewage pumping facility — conduct work at the site of the which never should have been pump, Bray said. put in the first place — these are “There are some needs to bona fide intrusions.” repair and replace and upgrade Newling said he intends to put the equipment at that pump staa copy of the deed for the propertion,” he said. “That’s what this ty online so that others may see it project is about … Installing sanand advocate for his cause. itary sewers is a health and pub“If the city feels it can go up lic safety issue, and it needs to be against major players like the in this location.”

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demonstrate how 3-D protein structures can enable biological research is looking for us to make a hopes for groundbreaking work and strong scientific impact,” he said. Although the structure detercontinued from front mination will be done at the “And along the way, we’ll need to NESG, the SBKB plays an intecontinue to develop methods to gral role in the PSI: Biology promake this possible.” gram as well. Montelione said this organizaHelen Berman, director of the tion would likely be making the SBKB and the Protein Data strides PSI is looking for. Bank, understands the important Montelione is in good standfunction the SBKB plays in coling with the program, having lected experiment results for the applied for and received two prePSI: Biology. vious PSI awards. By receiving “The SBKB then integrates the previous grants, he said it these results with biological data helped in acquiring the new from over 150 resources to presgrant from PSI. ent the protein in biological con“We were text. We work with impressed with the Nature his productivity in Publishing Group “We want to ... the past five bring news and answer important to years,” Smith editorials to the said. “He’s develsite,” said Berman, questions about oped technologies a University proliving systems that facilitate fessor of chemstructure determiistry and chemical and disease.” nation and he’s biology. made a particularHELEN BERMAN No other sciStructural Biology ly strong impact in entific resource Knowledgebase Director the use of nuclear currently promagnetic resovides so many difnance methods in ferent types of the determination of the strucdata using a single search term, ture of molecules.” she said. Under Montelione’s guidWith their newfound funds, ance, the NESG developed the Berman holds high expectations method of nuclear magnetic resof what will be accomplished with onance to a point where a proSBKB in terms of connecting tein’s structures can be deduced separate fields of research. in a number of days, a vast “Our goal is for the SBKB to improvement from the months it serve as the bridge between the had taken prior. structural biology and greater In regard to the grant money biological communities,” she and the goals the NESG will said. “We want to foster collabomeet with it, Montelione rations between these two fields expressed confidence the organin order to answer important ization will be conducting questions about living systems groundbreaking work. and disease, and giving all of the “In PSI: Biology, the focus is known information about a proon enabling biological research. tein target in one place can The program wants us to enable such research.”

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BODY EXPANDS IN NUMBERS

RAMON DOMPOR / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

The Rutgers University Student Assembly swears in a number of new members at its meeting last night in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

HEALTH OFFICER FINDS RABID RACCOON ON COOK CAMPUS A raccoon found on campus was tested positive for rabies, according to an article on nj.com. The raccoon was found near College Farm Road and Poultry Lane on Cook campus, said David Papi, Middlesex County health officer and director of the county’s Public Health Department. The animal — found Monday with a wobbly gait and drooling saliva — appeared to be unafraid of humans, Papi said in the article. A University veterinarian euthanized it then sent it for testing at the state Department of Health and Senior Services’ laboratory. There have been no reported human or animal exposure to the raccoon, but the health depar tment is distributing rabies advisor y fliers and fact sheets in the area, according to the article. This is the 15th rabid animal reported within Middlesex County this year and the first

rabid animal found in New Brunswick, Papi said in the article. In New Jersey, the rabies virus is usually found in raccoons and bats, he said in the article. Nationwide, 95 percent of animals diagnosed with rabies are bats, raccoons, skunks, groundhogs, foxes, cats and dogs, according to the article. The county health department is advising residents to prevent rabies from being transmitted to themselves or their pets by having the pets vaccinated against rabies, according to the article. Residents should also immediately report a bite from a wild or domestic animal to the local health department, wash bite wounds thoroughly with soap and water as soon as possible after the bite and see a physician as soon as possible, according to the article. — Ariel Nagi

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EDITORIALS

Week in review: laurels and darts

t is official. Gov. Chris Christie said on Thursday he will terminate the construction of the commuter train tunnel that would have connected northern New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan. The sad truth is that about $600 million has already been spent on the project and the federal government would have provided an additional $3 billion. Christie claimed the state could not afford the construction at all. The project for the tunnel would have relieved congestion that will double in the next couple of years and it would have benefited New Jersey by providing jobs at the site and surrounding the tunnel. We give Christie a dart for his inability to see the benefits for the state now and for the future. We were set to receive at least $3 billion from the federal government that will now go to other projects outside New York/New Jersey. *

New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg took the right step toward addressing the issue of food stamps. With the encouragement of city and state health commissioners, he is seeking to bar the use of food stamps for buying soda and other sweetened drinks. There are 1.7 million city residents who are part of the program that had so far failed to address the issue. This would not in any way reduce food stamp eligibility — it would simply decrease their misuse. We give a laurel to Bloomberg for resorting to this necessar y limitation to an addiction that has so far gone unnoticed. *

While the federal government’s budget continues to whither, an estimated $12 million of supposed stimulus money is sitting in the bank accounts of dead people, unused and untouchable. According to the inspector general, the Social Security Administration sent 89,000 stimulus payments — totaling $22.3 million — to dead people and prisoners in May 2009. Only 41,000 of these accidental payments were returned. The problem is that the terms of the stimulus package do not allow the SSA to tr y to recover the money that was mistakenly sent out. That leaves the aforementioned $12 million going to complete and total waste. The SSA gets a dart for having such a flawed system and for essentially throwing $12 million away when our countr y needs it more than ever. The SSA’s conduct doesn’t exactly make anyone want to put their faith in the government’s abilities. *

When lawyer Danny Lampley refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in court, he believed he was well within his First Amendment rights in doing so. Unfortunately for him, Chancellor Talmadge Littlejohn disagreed. Littlejohn had Lampley sent to jail for criminal contempt of court, stating Lampley “shall purge himself of said criminal contempt … by standing and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in court.” Littlejohn had no right to jail Lampley. The lawyer was completely correct in assuming that he was allowed to abstain from the pledge under the First Amendment. A judge of all people should realize this. Littlejohn’s actions speak volumes about what kind of person he is: one who is willing to disregard basic American freedoms in order to punish actions he disagrees with on a purely personal level. For abusing his status as a judge and using his personal moral compass as law instead of the actual law itself, Littlejohn receives a dart. *

There still are organizations today that are dedicated to the right cause — in this case, eco-friendly developments. MY ECO, a company specializing in environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional plastic grocer y bags, works toward phasing out the use of plastic bags. They teamed up with Kings Super Markets, more than 43 schools and 20,000 New Jersey students in the operation. The School Reuse Challenge began Monday and gives students and their parents who purchase the MY ECO Shopping Bag an opportunity to receive monetar y reward points for their schools. This will not only benefit the environment, but it will aid students and their schools. Kings will donate money to students’ schools, and ever y time a bag is used at the store, the barcode will be used to award points to the school — later redeemable for school supplies. Overall, this gives kids the opportunity to help the environmental cause while also aiding their schools. We give a laurel to MY ECO for contributing to a cause that all world leaders and larger organizations should fully address.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “There is no such thing as a ‘normal’ family. Every family is unique and how people experience family is different.” Vikki Katz, a faculty member in the School of Communication and Information, on a new Byrne Family First-Year Seminar STORY IN UNIVERSITY

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So, while ultimately and arlier this week, profoundly disagreeing The Daily Targum with the editorial, I applaud published an editothe Targum staff for this — rial, “Media exploits making it known that the University tragedy,” condeath of Clementi should cerning the suicide of be discussed not only as an University first-year stuissue of homophobia but dent Tyler Clementi and PATRICK DANNER also an issue of privacy. It the media outbreak surshould be seen not only as rounding it. While I do not an issue of sexuality but also of technology and entirely agree with the content of the editorial, I the implications of media coverage in the wake of still feel the need to defend the paper’s right to tragedy. We at the University are a center of highprint the stories they choose and the writer’s liber learning, why does it seem we can’t handle at erty to express them. least that much? The backlash from the editorial has been For those of you who took a level stance for or incredible, and I speak specifically of the slew of against the editorial without resorting to attacks online comments posted at dailytargum.com. In no against the writer or the publication and without uncertain terms I will stand by my view that the dismissing the entire University as such, I backlash against the article was more disgusting applaud you as well. than the crime it discussed. Several posts have Unfortunately, I don’t think my 750 words or called for the resignation of the entire Targum anyone else’s will change this. People will always board and one anonymous post went as far as to resort to attacks when angered or threatened. say of one board member, “send this russian peasEvolution sort of makes us. But as ant back to russia where he can educated students I at least hope write communistic editorials like “Those at fault are that the small percentage of us the Kremlin likes.” A few alumni have even reported shame of being the ones who, upon who reached the Opinions section of the Targum today will recognize associated with the University and disagreeing with that this is where our opinions are one called for the editors of the this is where we will paper to leap off the George the editorial as I did, threatened, be angered. The Opinions are for Washington Bridge themselves. people to express their opinions. If Again, to me, that’s more disfailed to note the you are at all uncertain of this, see gusting than the crime committed. larger implications.” the top of the page. I feel for the Clementi family and The printing of the editorial, to my heart goes out to them — I have my knowledge, was done so by no idea what it is like to be in their Targum guidelines and, in my eyes, expressed situation, nor in their son’s. But if we are to resort nothing inflammatory. Simply controversial. But to the type of name-calling, threats and insults, all of for people to have responded as they did — by verwhich can be found in full on the Targum website, bally attacking the writer, the Targum and the then are we not resorting to a breach of rights ourUniversity — was disappointing for me to see. selves? If we are to demonize anyone, let alone an Disagree with the writer. I certainly do. But do so entire University, for the expression of their opinrespectfully and intelligently if you want to make it ion, then that to me is evidence that we are doing public. The calls to send the writer to Russia, for exactly what the editorial has accused us of, which the board to resign and for the University to be is failing to see and failing to listen. ashamed of itself seem to me absolutely absurd. In The editorial was controversial. There is no fact, one comment went as far as to insist that the doubting that. And in its efforts to expand a deep editorial “must be satire.” To this I say the only and meaningful discussion of Clementi’s death, thing satirical about the entire situation was the all it has produced is an outpouring of hateful response it garnered. Because if they’re not with attacks and comments from disappointed mothus, they should resign, right? Truly satirical to ers and alumni. For this neither the writer, nor Orwellian proportions. the Targum, is at fault. Those at fault are the ones who, upon disagreeing with the editorial as Patrick Danner is a School of Arts and Sciences I did, failed to note the larger implications and senior majoring in English and minoring in engage in a widespread discussion of the events Italian. His column, “Stoop Musings,” runs on — not one restrained to one cause. Not one with alternate Fridays. a single scapegoat.

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True progress must come from open minds Letter CHASE BRUSH

his letter is, in principle, a response to the recent dialogue spurred by the column, “Tea party hides behind patriotism,” in Tuesday’s issue of The Daily Targum. More broadly though, it is a commentary on politics and opinions in general. At present, ours is a society where the presiding political structure is semi-erratically built around two separate schools of thought: the conservative school and the liberal. For the greater part of our nation’s political history, these two parties have prided themselves on the blows they inflict upon one another in order to gain public support, thus gaining and/or maintaining office. Often times these blows come unwarranted without reason or logic to reinforce them and to the average layman seem to stem, like in any hot-blooded punch-up between two individuals, from an emotional and fundamentally impulsive source. Needless to

say, the general conduct of Tuesday’s column followed suite. I find myself offended by this article, not because I consider myself a “teabagger” nor find personal solace in such a group’s political slant, but because of the outright illogical construction of the author’s line of thought. To say that any party is an “undeserving lot,” or that they represent “the neutering of political inquiry,” without facts or argument to support it and, in this case, simply because one disagrees with their values, does not make for much of statement. The superficiality of the argument is a flagrant defamation to the general integrity of sensible reason and sound logic. Furthermore, to tie the party’s values somehow to slavery is a narrow-minded and shallow attempt to appeal to emotion — a typical political stratagem used by both conservative and democratic parties nowadays. To say that those who find themselves in concord with the ideals represented by the Constitution racist, sexist and supporters of human

oppression is absurd and offensive. Shall we cast out the entire document simply because at one time a small section made reference to slavery and disregard the proposal of personal liberty, freedom and all else that it stands for? Shall we consider those opinions with which we disagree as wholly irrelevant and not partially irrelevant and partially correct?

“By this method we will be able to arrive at a more accurate conclusion.” Truly, the problem resides not so much in the article itself, but in the nature of politics today. Political “science” as we call it, is no more a science than thumbtwiddling a sport. Its very nature is ambiguous. One may argue that it is a creator or enforcer of laws, but it itself is not based on any natural, concrete law such as is the case with physics or

biology — and to be sure we may ask ourselves, “When is the last time one had to enforce gravity?” Politics, or a person’s political preference, is solely based on personal values, opinions, emotions and experience. Therefore, it is impossible to have an unbiased knowledge or to know the one right way to govern, and any arguing over the subject is ultimately for naught. At best, one may suggest a way to govern which is most practical, but that too is subjective to time period, location and the opinion and predisposition of its adherents. One has only to look at the current conduct of politics in the United States to see this inconsistency reflected. Instead of collaboratively working to construct a most practical system of governing — taking elements from all margins of the spectrum — our politicians prefer to take part in a never-ending merry-goround of finger pointing, nay-saying, foolhardy defiance to anything outside party line, etc. Herber t Spencer, a great champion of 18th centur y

science and philosophy, once warned us against making these mistakes. By exhibiting the more general truth between the most opposite beliefs he says, “We will be ever ready to suspect that the convictions we entertain are not wholly right, and that the adverse convictions are not wholly wrong.” In other words, Spencer advises us to take heed when considering views dif ferent than our own. We are wont to confuse our opinions with ultimate truths, our aversions with ultimate fallacies and, in our super ficial deliberation, tend to cast the latter out as valueless all together. Tr ue progress must come from an open mind. By this method we will be able to arrive at a more accurate conclusion, and thus “shall be saved from that error of entire and contemptuous negation which is fallen into by most who take up an attitude of independent criticism.” Chase Brush is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student.

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Today's birthday (10/8/10). Working from a solid base of research and logic, you combine good judgment with hard work to accomplish many of your goals more quickly than you thought possible. You have abundant energy for work and for romance. You'll overcome a huge challenge this year. 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 9 — Today feels like magic, with just the right atmosphere for romantic activities, social successes and personal growth. Relax and enjoy. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 5 — All systems are go at work and in social venues. Your partner sees the way to transform a space into a party atmosphere. Get set to play. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 9 — You achieve your goals today, almost regardless of what you do. Everything falls into place as if by incredible coincidence. You get fantastic results. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 5 — Everyone uses their talents in optimum ways today. Plenty of good ideas surface, and each person runs with one of them. Expect great results. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Everyone appears to be on the same page now. Take advantage of this agreement to move any important project forward. A little magic doesn't hurt. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Make the most of today in every area of your life. Questions give way to logical answers, so you have time for a joyous celebration with friends.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Take charge from the moment you get out of bed. Dress appropriately for climbing the next rung of the success ladder. Others help along the way. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Obstacles dissolve as you get into action, diving in with your natural talents. Everyone agrees that you're on the right track. This one's easy. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Keep lines of communication open, and listen for nuances in each person's statements. Multiple ideas gain impressive results simultaneously. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — The ball is definitely in your court, and you score big. You haven't been on your game like this for a long time. Bask in the success. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — A lucky catch keeps you from spilling the beans. The secret will come out when it's supposed to, so smile and hold it until then. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Get everyone on the same page by breakfast, if possible. There's a lot to get done today, but it's all possible with cooperative effort.

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VICTORY: Knights open homestand with ’Nova at Barn continued from back errors — aspects of the game that ser ve as nightmares for Werneke and his coaching staff and kept Rutgers from attaining a lead or any momentum. It is something that Werneke made sure to check up on in practice this week. “We worked on dif ferent technical things and gave them more reps,” he said. “We’re not going to reinvent anything or change a whole lot. We’re just asking them to change some of the physicalness of what they’re doing and tr y something dif ferent.” Something different may be needed this weekend, when Villanova enters the College Avenue Gym. While Rutgers had trouble beating opponents it was able to take down last year, Villanova still shut down a blossoming Knights squad last year with three-straight scores of 2519, 25-16 and 25-21.

LINKS: Pirates matchup starts two-week homestand

“We take things one game at a time,” Werneke said. “There’s nothing we can do about [the past] now except learn from it. We’re focusing on Villanova this week.” While reception was a key point at practice this week, Werneke also emphasized a plan of attack that would “take advantage of some defensive schemes.”

“We’re going to make some changes. We just can’t keep making the same mistakes over and over again.” CJ WERNEKE Head Coach

Rutgers’ own defense already has its hands full with the return of junior Maggie Mergen. She dished out a Wildcat-leading 10 kills and a ser vice ace last year to the Knights’ defense.

The Knights are looking for more consistency out of their lineup and hope it comes in the return to Piscataway.

continued from back confidence is hurting a little right now. Hopefully this match will boost our confidence.” The Rutgers Invitational follows today’s match against Seton Hall, marking two consecutive weeks that Rutgers plays on its home course. “I think it’s nice to be playing at home,” said WatersBallard. “This week will give us a chance to prepare for next week at home as well.”

MAURA WATERS-BALLARD “I think my top two have been playing well,” said

She comes into the matchup with a 15-kill per formance and a .334 hitting percentage in the Wildcats’ 3-1 win Sunday over Syracuse. Junior Kim Maroon, who had 22 digs against the Knights last year, comes of f a 16-dig per formance on Sunday to go along with seven ser vice aces. But when it comes to deciding what lineup to choose, Werneke said the decision has not been made and will remain that way until gameday. “We’re not going to panic,” he said. “We won’t know our starters until that day, but I don’t think we’re going to change a whole lot in our lineup.” Villanova is the Knights’ only opponent this weekend. The match begins at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Barn. “We’re sticking to the gameplan,” Werneke said. “We’re going to make some changes in different aspects of our game skill-wise. We just can’t keep making the same mistakes over and over again. We continue to find ways to make mistakes in crucial situations.”

Waters-Ballard. “The other three will find comfort playing at home and they will have had time to prepare and will be ready to compete.” The Knights and Seton Hall both par ticipated in the Bucknell Invitational and Princeton Invitational earlier this season. The Pirates finished 10th and 12th, respectively. “[Our girls have] come together and have shown great chemistr y,” said WatersBallard. “They’ve pulled together ever y weekend and are getting better and better.”

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he highest paid player on the San Francisco Giants will not be on the field for the team’s best-offive NLDS series against the Atlanta Braves. Manager Bruce Bochy decided to leave starting pitcher Barry Zito off the postseason roster after the $18.5 million man posted a 9-14 regular season record, failing to reach 10 wins for the first time since his rookie season. In his last 11 outings for the Giants, Zito compiled a 6.66 ERA to go along with a 18 record.

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was taken to a new level yesterday when Major Hester, a Michigan State football fan, decided to defer surger y to install a pacemaker until after the No. 17 Spartans take on No. 18 Michigan. Hester is 69 years old and suffers from cardiomyopathy, a condition that weakens his heart. While he is aware he’s risking his own life to watch football, Hester casually stated, “Whatever happens, I want to see the game.”

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ruled starting quarterback Jay Cutler out of the team’s Sunday matchup with the winless Carolina Panthers. Cutler suffered a concussion in the team’s last game against the New York Giants, when he was sacked nine times in the first half. Veteran Todd Collins is likely to get the nod and has filled in successfully before, when he went 3-0 for the Washington Redskins in 2007 after starter Jason Campbell went down due to injur y.

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to voice their discontent with the New Jersey Nets organization for planning to depart from Newark to Brooklyn after the 2012 season. Among the list of those people is Boston Celtics center Shaquille O’Neal, who grew up and lived in Newark for 14 years. Though many Jersey natives continue voicing their disapproval with the move, owner Mikhail Prokhorov said that the move was “predicated” when he bought the team last September.

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days ago from the New England Patriots, wide receiver Randy Moss practiced with the Minnesota Vikings yesterday, his new yet familiar team. Moss played with the Vikings from 1998-2004, catching 574 passes for 9,142 yards and 90 touchdowns in that span. The Vikings take on the New York Jets on this week on Monday night, looking to improve their 1-2 record.

CAMERON STROUD

Senior midfielder Gina DeMaio tallied her first four assists of the season last weekend against Connecticut and Providence. The Parsippany Hills product took over sole possession of the Rutgers all-time assists record with her 28th helper.

MATCHUP: Knights set to open four game road swing continued from back me. I’m just going into it as just another game in the season. What happened last year happened and I’m doing so much better. I’m almost 100 percent.” The Feasterville, Pa., native scored the final goal in Rutgers’ 4-1 win over Providence last Sunday — her first tally at home since Sept. 18, 2009. The goal from Jones could not have come at a better time for the Knights, who travel to the Midwest to take on DePaul to kick-start a four-game road swing. “It’s very important to have that momentum going into a road trip,” said senior Gina DeMaio, who set the school record for

assists with 28 against Providence. “We ended [last weekend] on a really good note and we’re just going to take that into training this week and eventually to the road this weekend.” The Blue Demons come into tonight’s Big East showdown on a three-game winning streak against conference opponents, with all three victories coming during extra time. Senior Callie Hemming paces the DePaul attack with 11 points, followed by classmates Lauren Pagone (10) and Tara Strickland (10). The Big East named Pagone to the conference’s weekly Honor Roll last Monday after the senior midfielder scored the game-tying goal last Friday against St. John’s and assisted on the game-winner. “DePaul’s good. We were fortunate to beat DePaul last year [at Yurcak Field] on Lancos’ game-

winner,” Crooks said. “They outplayed us at times in that match last year. “[DePaul has] a tough facility. It’s an interesting environment and for those who haven’t been there, it’s rather challenging.” Rutgers travels 90 miles east to South Bend to do battle with the Irish after facing DePaul. Last year’s matchup at Yurcak Field ended in heartbreak for the Knights, who surrendered the decisive goal in the match’s 84th minute in a 1-0 loss. The Big East penciled in Notre Dame (11-1, 5-0) as the National Division’s preseason favorite, while the conference also pegged Irish junior forward Melissa Henderson as the Big East Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. Henderson leads the Irish with 10 goals and 26 points, while

senior Rose Augustin and freshman Elizabeth Tucker are tied for second on the team with six goals apiece. The Irish’s sole loss came in a 2-1 road decision to No. 14 UCLA. The Knights’ lack of success against Notre Dame in the past decade doesn’t seem to faze Jones, who after rehabilitating her broken leg sees each year in a new light. “Every season is a new season and we’re a brand new team,” Jones said. “We have a bunch of new girls that came in and stepped up for us, so I think it is a new season. We can’t harp on the past. It’s all about this year. What are we going to do to beat Notre Dame?” The answer to Rutgers’ question may rest on the feet of a senior who knows a thing or two about a comeback.

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Trap game awaits Knights before matchup with No. 5 BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Senior forward Ashley Jones scored her first Big East goal of the season last Sunday in a 4-1 win over Providence. The Feasterville, Pa., native broke her leg last season in a 2-1 overtime victory against DePaul, which the Knights face tonight in Chicago.

The marquee matchup for the Rutgers women’s soccer team has always rested with Notre Dame. The WOMEN’S SOCCER Scarlet Knights finished second last seaRUTGERS AT son in the Big East’s DEPAUL, National Division to TONIGHT, 4 P.M. the Fighting Irish and haven’t beaten the team from South Bend, Ind., since 2001. No. 5 Notre Dame attracts so much attention that the Knights’ Sunday matchup with the Irish at Alumni Stadium on the campus of Notre Dame will be televised on ESPNU. But before head coach Glenn Crooks’ team can do battle with its conference rivals, it will first have to settle for a match tonight in Chicago against the division’s second-place team. “That [DePaul] game is really critical for us to do well,” said senior forward Ashley Jones, who owns two goals and an assist this season. “We’re not even focused on Notre Dame yet. All of our preparation has been for DePaul. We have to get over that hump with DePaul first before we can even think about going into the game against Notre Dame. We need two wins this weekend.” Jones has extra incentive for a victory over the Blue Demons. The Knights’ leading scorer in 2009 went down with a season-ending leg injury against DePaul last year at Yurcak Field. Rutgers needed a goal from defender Julie Lancos in overtime to seal a victory against a pesky Blue Demon team. The Knights (8-5, 3-2) scored only seven goals in as many games to close out the season without Jones, falling to South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Still, Jones dismissed the reunion with DePaul (8-4-2, 3-2) as simply another Big East game in which Rutgers needs to capitalize. “I haven’t really thought about it,” Jones said. “A couple of the girls brought it up to

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The Rutgers volleyball team has one crucial challenge this weekend that, in terms of its goal of making the Big East Tournament, might be more impor tant than anything else VOLLEYBALL right now — win at least one set VILLANOVA AT against a RUTGERS, conference opponent. SATURDAY, 2 P.M. The Scarlet Knights played four games in the Big East thus far and all of them were sweeps, two of which happened in front of Rutgers audiences. “We’re looking to go out there and compete on a higher level than we did this previous weekend,” said head coach CJ Werneke. “We had a couple practices this week, and we’re looking to play some more consistent volleyball at the level we’re capable of.” Capabilities looked good at the start of the season when the Knights sported their first winning record in years and kept games close — let alone win them — against national tournament-caliber opponents, but something went wrong. Among the team’s issues are hitting errors, ser ving errors and reception

The Rutgers women’s golf team faces of f against Seton Hall today at the Rutgers Golf Course in its first non-tournament competition WOMEN’S GOLF of the season. The Scarlet SETON HALL AT Knights had some RUTGERS, trouble as of late with TODAY, 10 A.M. injuries and other distractions, but a strong showing at home this week can certainly turn the tides. The lineup changed in last week’s Penn State Invitational and it will stay the same this week, with the star ting five comprised of senior Jeanne Waters, juniors Lizzy Carl and Elisa Mateer, as well as sophomores Karen Cash and Brittany Weddell. “We’re going with the same top five as last week,” said head coach Maura Waters-Ballard. “They are playing the best right now.” The recent struggles have affected the team’s play as well as its morale. After a fast start, the past few tournaments have not been up to par. “This match with Seton Hall is good preparation for our home tournament next weekend,” Carl said. “I feel that our team

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Head coach CJ Werneke pulled senior outside hitter Emma Chrystal last weekend in one of his changes to ignite a struggling squad that has yet to win a set in Big East play.

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