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Students express mixed views on tragedy coverage BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
With the nation captured by the recent death of University first-year student Tyler Clementi, students here voiced their opinions on the intense media coverage on campus. While some said the media coverage was necessary, others believe the media sensationalized the story. School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Chelsea Stahl said the media needed to cover Clementi’s death extensively because there is a problem with homophobia in the nation. “A lot of people all over the country are killing themselves for being gay because they are being tormented,” she said. “I think by the media shedding light on it, it will show the problem and hopefully people will be less inclined to do so.” Lindsey Waxman, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, agreed with Stahl, saying the national media did a good job of covering the tragic event. But she did not feel the same about the reaction within the University. “I think they should probably put more of a focus within Rutgers that we’re not seeing just because it is a big thing,” she said. “I don’t think any of the activities they are doing is really helpful as much as making sure everybody knows what happened and how it could have been prevented.” School of Arts and Sciences senior Jake Witkowski said although the media did cover the death too much at first, they redeemed themselves by providing proof that there was a problem across the country by covering other similar situations. “They quickly found a greater number of the same incidents of which they were able to buttress it with and make it a legitimate national story,” he said. “They jumped the shark but then they got back.”
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Health Services offers annual exams and different forms of contraception, factors the Trojan 2010 Sexual Health Report Card took into consideration when ranking 141 colleges across the nation. Last year, the University ranked No. 52.
U. sex health resources ranks high in US BY REENA DIAMANTE CORRESPONDENT
The University ranked ninth out of 141 universities across the country in terms of available sexual health resources, according to Trojan’s 2010 Sexual Health Report Card, putting it among the “Top 10 Sexually Healthy Schools.” The goal of the annual study was to compare the different schools, which represent 30 percent of all four-year undergraduate students, said Bert Sperling, president of Sperling’s BestPlaces, which conducted research for the report. “We had the report measure which schools are doing the best jobs of communi-
cating information and providing resources and services for the students,” Sperling said. The University jumped more than 40 places from its former standing at No. 52, according to last year’s sexual health report card. University Health Services is doing a better job of getting the word out about sexual health resources, which may help explain the higher ranking, said Francesca Maresca, a senior health education specialist for Health Services. “We never [say], ‘Since it worked last year, let’s just do the same thing this year,’” Maresca said. “We’re always trying to make our services more accessible to our student population.”
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Health Services enhanced its website and updated its content, Maresca said. Students can now make appointments online for services at any of the University’s health centers. The peer sexual health advocacy program at the University, Sexual Health Advocates, is also a probable cause for the high ranking, she said. “These students are trained in an academic course that takes a whole semester on how to be effective sexual peer advocates, and they provide workshops that facilitate discussions in residence halls, student organizations, greek letter
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Rutgers Business School first-year student Pavel Sokolov, left, helps School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Renee Rosiecki, right, to register during NJPIRG’s “Rock the Vote.”
With less than a month left before Election Day, The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group hosted its second annual “Rock the Vote” concert at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus Monday afternoon to encourage students to register to vote. In conjunction with the Rutgers Voting Coalition, the concert was the final push to register students, as yesterday was the last day to register and be able to vote in the upcoming election. “We are really proud of ourselves, and we have worked hard all semester long to get students to register,” said Sophia Fishbane, state board chair woman for the University’s NJPIRG chapter.
“As a local constituency of Rutgers, we really want to provide a platform for the students. This concert was a great success and it allowed us to draw in more students.” The organization worked hard on all five campuses to make sure they were out everyday getting people registered, Fishbane said. Although there was a concert on the College Avenue campus, tables were also set up at Hickman Hall on the Cook/Douglass campus, the Douglass Student Center and the Busch Campus Center, Fishbane said. On the Livingston campus, they were present at the student center and Tillett Hall. NJPIRG registered more than 1,400 student voters over the course of the semester,
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Club cricket earns top spot at regional championship BY MICHAEL CARROLL CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers Cricket Club last weekend defeated four other schools to win the inaugural American College Cricket Northeast Regional Championship, held at the University of Delaware. The club claimed victories over teams from the City College of New York, Boston University and New York University on its way to winning the tournament. Through this victory, only the second competition in the club’s history, they earned the title of the best team in the Northeast. “It goes down in history as the first university to win the first Northeastern regional college championship ever in USA college cricket,” said Nisarg Chokshi, the team captain. The win over Boston University was particularly gratifying, as the team beat the RCC in the American College Cricket Spring Break Championship,
which took place this past March in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Chokshi said. The match was intense, considering Boston University stood in the way of the team’s ticket to finals, said team member Divyesh Ghandi. “With our strength in bowling and fielding, we were able to eliminate the opposing team with a low scoring target,” said Ghandi, a University alumnus. “It was a great team performance on a whole.” In the finals, the team faced the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, a team on which many members of the United States international team play. “The main bowler for NYUPoly, Adrian Gordon, plays for the United States international team, so it was truly a great experience playing against such an athlete,” said Hardik Jogani, the club’s president. The bowler compares most with a pitcher in baseball, Jogani said.
Despite this obstacle, the team managed to earn the victory with Ghandi and fellow team member Par th Patel batting middle order. “We had set our mind that we have to finish this game for Rutgers and for the team,” Ghandi said. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, where we get to finish this type of thrilling game and get the recognition out not only for us but for the team and especially for Rutgers University.” Ultimately, Ghandi scored the last shot, bringing the trophy home to the University — an experience he said he would never forget. Even as underdogs, the team’s huge improvement over last March led Chokshi, a School of Engineering sophomore, to believe the club would win. “I could sense the victory the night before since I was confi-
dent of my team and my players,” he said. “We went into the [final] game as underdogs but I was confident we would clinch the trophy no matter what.” Although the players were tired and exhausted from playing two games the day before, the team showed their unity and strength to win finals, Ghandi said. But on Oct. 16 the team will hold its own tournament. Cricket, a sport similar to baseball, is played all around the world but most commonly in the United Kingdom and in former British Colonies, said Jogani, a School of Engineering junior. Despite its relatively low popularity in North America, people have played cricket on this continent since Revolutionary times. “The first international game was played between the U.S. and Canada and George Washington played cricket with his troops at Valley Forge,” Jogani said. The club, founded in 2006, waited nearly four years to
compete against teams from other schools. Chokshi said the Nor theast Regional Championship is the first major achievement in the club’s histor y. Their next goal is the American College Cricket Championship Trophy in Florida during the upcoming Spring Break, Ghandi said. The team will also host its own tournament on Oct. 16 in Johnson Park, Jogani said. The series of games will serve as a warm-up before this year’s national championship, which also takes place in Ft. Lauderdale. The club practices on most weekends at Johnson Park and also trains at DreamCricket Indoor Facilities in Hillsborough, N.J., in times of inclement weather, Chokshi said. Currently, no one officially coaches the club, Jogani said. “We don’t have a coach, but we get help from alumni and current players who teach the game,” Jogani said.
UNIVERSITY GAINS ACCESS TO HOLOCAUST TESTIMONIES The University will have access to thousands of stories of Holocaust survivors because of a gift from the Righteous Persons Foundation. According to a Rutgers Today article, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, founded by Steven Spielberg in 1994, is providing the University community with 52,000 accounts from a diverse group of survivors. Anyone connected to the University computer system will have access to this service.
A seminar will be held in the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus on Oct. 15 to introduce the new service to the community and inform faculty and graduate students on ways to incorporate the material into their lessons, according to the article. “Eventually, no survivors will be alive — no one who even knew a survivor will be alive,” said Douglas Greenberg, executive dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, in the article.
Greenberg, who served as the executive director of the institute, will participate in the seminar, which is sponsored by School of Arts and Sciences, the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life and the Rutgers University Libraries. “We’re hoping this is a resource that becomes very broadly used,” Greenberg said. — Neil P. Kypers
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REPORT SHOWS NJ ALLOTS FUNDS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN The Education Law Center yesterday released its first national analysis of school funding, which showed that New Jersey distributes a great share of funding for education to schools with students from lower-income backgrounds, relative to other states, according to an article on nj.com. “This is a report that should make New Jersey taxpayers, legislators, parents and citizens proud,” said Education Law Center Executive Director David Sciarra in the article. “We are one of a few states in the nation that provide sufficient funding for all of our students by allocating additional resources for students with the greatest need.” About 80 percent of states received a grade of “C” or lower in the evaluation of their funding for poorer districts, according to the article. Factors The Education Law Center considered in determining fairness include: state spending per pupil, state spending adjusted for poverty concentration, state spending as a ratio of per-capita gross domestic product and the propor tion of school-age children attending public schools, according to the article. But the data does not reflect the $820 million cut to education Gov. Chris Christie enacted earlier this year, and there are questions as to whether this will impact funding fairness in the future, according to the ar ticle. — Colleen Roache
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Carnival to unite U., local community BY RYAN FLOOD CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rutgers CARE will host its CARE Carnival Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House. CARE aims to extend the availability of quality health care ser vices to those at and around the University. The goal of the event is to include local health care facilities in a community-wide event. “CARE’s efforts are to help both internationally and locally while bringing the community together,” said Lessley Chiriboga, community outreach officer for Rutgers CARE. The event itself is free of charge, but patrons will have oppor tunities to donate. There will be donation jars throughout the carnival, raf fle games at $1 per ticket and a dunk tank for $2 per tur n, said Dhruv Vasant, co-president of Rutgers CARE. The Carnival will also feature music and disc jockeys, free henna tattoos, an inflatable slide, moon bounce and unlimited cotton candy. CARE hopes the event will attract both University students and the surrounding community. “The carnival is not so much a fundraiser but a community event,” said Vasant, a School of
Engineering senior. “We want it to be an option to donate.” CARE intends to include St. Peter’s University Hospital, Johnson & Johnson, daycare centers throughout the New Brunswick and Piscataway area, the Rutgers Future Scholars program, Rober t Wood Johnson University Hospital and the Eric B. Chandler Health Center. Other University organizations, like
“There is no limit to the level of involvement you can reach.” LESSLEY CHIRIBOGA Rutgers CARE Community Outreach Officer
the Rutgers Juggling Club, will also participate. “We put up both Spanish and English flyers in an effort to include the whole community,” said Chiriboga, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “To be able to bring both Rutgers students and the surrounding community together is special.” Rutgers CARE Co-President Krupesh Patel said he is glad the event will give students a chance to give back. “It helps you appreciate life. We’re better off than most peo-
ple are,” said Patel, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “Students have so much in their lives that others do not. It’s good to help out.” Rutgers CARE expects between 150 and 200 people to attend and free parking will be available, Vasant said. “CARE was voted the best new student organization last year at the rOSCARs, and we would like to step the game up even more this year,” Patel said. The goal for Rutgers CARE is to have ever yone involved, and therefore executives have the same level of input as the club members. Anyone can step in and be involved, Patel said. There is no limit to the level of involvement that people can have. “We don’t want our members to just be a part of CARE. We want them to be a working part of CARE,” Krupesh said. The club is always looking for new members and people to help out. General body meetings are held every two weeks. Those interested can contact the club by joining the Facebook group or attending a meeting. “There is no limit to the level of involvement you can reach,” Chiriboga said. “There is no difference between a board member and a club member. Anyone can make a difference.”
VIEWS: Some students think media interrupt studies continued from front But some students did not agree with the media coverage of Clementi’s death at all. Katelynn Maier, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the media covered the death so extensively that her grandfather in Eastern Pennsylvania knew the stor y. She believes the media sensationalized Clementi’s suicide but ignores other such deaths on a regular basis. “I don’t want to sound rude but these things happen. There are teenagers committing suicide ever y single day,” she said. “Ever y 18 minutes, someone commits suicide in the United States and I just think that sometimes, the media just completely overdoes it.” Maier said she was affected personally by a suicide in her family and is aware of the impact it can have. “When I was 11, my cousin committed suicide and for instance with him, nothing, no media coverage,” she said. “I think it is just the fact that he is a college student and that happened.” School of Arts and Sciences senior Rob Cavella said the media combined the death of Clementi with the alleged actions of School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Dharun Ravi and Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy first-year student Molly Wei, who allegedly set a webcam on Clementi without his knowledge. He believes they should be examined separately. “People think the events should be held in two different lights instead of being one big thing. People I know think that what [Ravi and Wei] did isn’t as awful as what happened after-
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News vans park next to Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus days after the death of University first-year student Tyler Clementi.
ward, which turned into something more awful,” he said. Maria Allen, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said the media sometimes takes advantage of anything — even a young man’s death. “[The media] almost always have an agenda. So I doubt that they actually cared that this boy died and that these two [students] are suf fering the consequences for it,” she said. “It was more politicized and they used it for their own purposes.”
She added that the University is a diverse and accepting community, but the media shaped an image of the student population33 as homophobic. Some students also think the media emphasized the wrong part of the story, focusing on Clementi’s sexuality rather than his right to privacy. “They didn’t address the actual issue of privacy enough because that’s the main thing that has people outraged,” Philip Ankrah, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy first-year student, said. “That’s
what I was mad about because his privacy wasn’t safe on campus. What is Rutgers going to do about my personal space?” Likewise, School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore William Enloe said the media turned the situation into a stor y about gay abuse instead of invasion of privacy. “When I read it in an article, they said something about gay abuse. If you are being abused, it happens over a period of time,” he said. “What happened here was invasion of privacy and invasion
of an individual’s privacy is a very strong thing.” Other students said they are tired of the constant media coverage, which is interfering with their studies. Eric Idelson, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said the media coverage is too much. “I don’t like it because three weeks later, we are still reading about it. Yeah, it sucks but it’s done and over with,” he said. “[Let’s] move on with our lives and find something else to talk about, but it’s still in the media.”
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The Daily Targum will be holding a writers meeting at 9:30 p.m. in Suite 431 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Assignments will be given out and other business will be discussed during the meeting. All those interested are welcome. There is no experience necessary. Rutgers Recreation will host its Annual Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament from 9 to 11:30 p.m. at the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center. Interested participants should register with Sue Beaudrow at (732)-932-9178 as space is limited. Event is free and prizes will be awarded. The documentary “The Desert of Forbidden Art,” by Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev will be shown at 6 p.m. in Voorhees Hall on the College Avenue campus. The documentary discusses how art survives during a time of oppression. Russian painter, archeologist and collector Igor Savitsky rescued 40,000 fellow artists’ works and created a museum in Uzbekistan’s desert, far from the eyes of the KGB. The Nukus Museum of Art is described as “one of the most remarkable collections of 20th-century Russian art.” After the film the audience will have an opportunity to discuss the documentar y with Marinika Babanazarova, Savitsky’s successor and the museum’s current director. The screening is open to the general public and cost is general Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum admission.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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SEX: Researchers look at 12 VOTER: Coalition first factors while evaluating colleges continued from front organizations — pretty much anybody who asks,” Maresca said. The clinical medical health ser vices of fer sexual health ser vices, like annual exams and hormonal contraception, she said. Health Ser vices also of fers emergency contraception over the counter at reduced rates. Clinicians at the University also have experience working with college-aged students and can answer questions, Maresca said. Maresca filled out the required questionnaire herself this year, which researchers submitted for the report card. The University’s jump in ranking could possibly be attributed to this step, considering unof ficial personnel, such as students, evaluated the campus’ resources in the past, she said. The researchers looked at 12 different criteria for evaluating student health centers, Sperling said. Some f a c t o r s include hours “It allows them of operation to initiate at the health a dialogue.” centers, encourageBERT SPERLING ment of dropPresident of Sperling’s ins, contraBestPlaces ceptive availability and p r i c e s , HIV/STD testing on campus, outreach programs, sexual assault programs and functionality of the website. What was most important was the existence of an advice column or some method of providing anonymous advice regarding sexual health issues, Sperling said. “What we do look at are the resources and the services and the information that’s available to students so they can make their own best decisions regarding sexual health and activity,” Sperling said. The Trojan Sexual Health Report Card is the only independent kind of analysis comparing the student health centers and the resources they have, Sperling said. “It’s great for their students,” he said. “It allows them to initiate a dialogue with the administration, saying we would like information [and] more ser vices available.” Although the study is useful, there are some flaws with the sexual health report card, Sperling said. For example, the researchers do not evaluate the amount of sexual activity on campus or numbers of students with sexually transmitted diseases. School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Brianna Sanchez was proud that the health services on campus are ranked high. “It’s nice knowing that people outside of Rutgers can see that Health Services is paying attention to the sexual health of its students,” Sanchez said. “I definitely feel like I can stay healthy through all of the different resources that are available on campus.” Health Ser vices is working on the National College Health Assessment, Maresca said. Personnel are collecting health-related data from firstyear students, sophomores and juniors, including that on sexual health, and will evaluate areas of need.
aimed for 3,000 new voters continued from front Fishbane said. During the concert alone, the organization registered about 200 new voters. “This is our last day to get ever yone’s attention and get everyone to register to vote,” she said. “We want to get involved because people in power listen to our needs. As students, it’s important to get our voice out there but the first step is to actually register to vote.” NJPIRG banned together with Rutgers University Student Assembly, the Eagleton Institute of Politics and other University organizations to form the Rutgers University Voting Coalition, a project aimed at encouraging students to vote, Fishbane said. Although RUSA Vice President Matthew Cordeiro did not help plan the event, he did show up for support. “By not voting you’re voting for the status quo,” said Cordeiro, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “Student needs to go vote because they need to
have their interests represented in government. It’s what the country is founded on.” Although the final numbers from all coalition partners have not been totaled yet, Cordeiro said he is confident they met their original goal of 3,000 newly registered voters on campus. The “Rock the Vote” concert featured different bands playing live music from 2 to 8 p.m. Many volunteers were also scattered around all campuses to recruit more potential student voters. Jadah Riley, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, recently registered to vote. “I think it’s really important for students to vote,” Riley said. “There are a lot of issues that affect us as students, and if we don’t bother to vote, none of our issues will be heard. We need to be able to get our voice to the people and one of the best ways to do that is to partake in voting.” The goal of NJPIRG is to raise awareness and engage students in what is going on around them, said Heather Plante, campus organizer for NJPIRG. “What we want to do is to create a voice for the students,” Plante said. “Especially in a school as big as Rutgers, it is
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School of Arts and Sciences junior Diana Devito registers to vote for the upcoming elections. Voter registration ended yesterday.
impor tant to have a strong voice in the government. As students, it is vital that student issues be addressed.” Some students wonder what the $11.75 fee for NJPIRG on their tuition bill goes toward. Plante said this fee funds a number of things, including professional staff and student advocates in Washington D.C.
“We actually have advocates that actually work in D.C. to represent the students,” Plante said. “We have people fighting to lower tuition hikes and the rising cost of textbooks so this is why it is impor tant to get student voters. There are issues we have to care about and student voices need to be heard.”
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Rescue team to resurface Chilean miners THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Rescuers prepared to lower two paramedics almost a half-mile into a collapsed mine Tuesday, the precursor to fresh air and freedom for 33 men trapped for 69 days. No one in history has been trapped underground so long and survived. “We made a promise to never surrender, and we kept it,” President Sebastian Pinera said as he waited to greet the miners, whose endurance and unity captivated the world as the Chilean government meticulously prepared their rescue. Pinera said the rescue would begin just before 8 p.m. local time (7 p.m. EDT). Before the first miner is brought up in a custom-made capsule, two rescuers — a mine rescue expert and a Navy special forces paramedic — will be lowered to the men to prepare them for the trip. Another two-man team will go down as well, working in shifts until they’re all out, a process expected take as much as 36 hours. Chile has taken extensive precautions to ensure the miners’ health and privacy, using a screen to block the top of the shaft from more than 1,000 journalists at the scene. The miners will be ushered through an inflatable tunnel, like those used in sports stadiums, to an ambulance for a trip of several hundred yards (meters) to a triage station for an immediate medical check. They will gather with a few family members, in an area also closed to the media,
before being transported by helicopter to a hospital. Each ride up the shaft is expected to take about 20 minutes, and authorities expect they will be able to haul up roughly one miner per hour. When the last man surfaces, it promises to end a national crisis that began when 700,000 tons of rock collapsed on Aug. 5, sealing the miners into the lower reaches of the gold and copper mine. The only media allowed to record them coming out of the shaft will be a government photographer and Chile’s state television channel, whose live broadcast will be delayed by 30 seconds or more to prevent the release of anything unexpected. The worst technical problem that could happen, rescue coordinator Andre Sougarett told The Associated Press, is that “a rock could fall,” potentially jamming the capsule partway up the shaft. But test rides suggest the ride up will be smooth. Panic attacks are the rescuers’ biggest concern. The miners will not be sedated — they need to be alert in case something goes wrong. If a miner must get out more quickly, rescuers will accelerate the capsule to a maximum 3 meters per second, Health Minister Jaime Manalich said. The rescue attempt is risky simply because no one else has ever tried to extract miners from such depths, said Davitt McAteer, who directed the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration during the Clinton administration. A miner could get claustrophobic and do something that
damages the capsule. Or a rock could fall and wedge it in the shaft. Or the cable could get hung up. Or the rig that pulls the cable could overheat. “You can be good and you can be lucky. And they’ve been good and lucky,” McAteer told the AP. “Knock on wood that this luck holds out for the next 33 hours.” Mining Minister Laurence Golborne, whose management of the crisis has made him a media star in Chile, said authorities had
“We made a promise to never surrender, and we kept it.” SEBASTIAN PINERA President of Chile
already thought of everything. “There is no need to try to start guessing what could go wrong. We have done that job,” Golborne said. “We have hundreds of different contingencies.” As for the miners, “It remains a paradox — they’re actually much more relaxed than we are,” Manalich said. Rescuers finished reinforcing the top of the 2,041-foot (622meter) escape shaft early Monday, and the 13-foot (fourmeter) tall capsule descended flawlessly in test runs. The white, blue and red capsule — the biggest of three built by Chilean navy engineers — was named Phoenix I for the mythical bird that rises from ashes.
The miners were to be closely monitored from the moment they’re strapped into the claustrophobic steel tube to be hauled up the smooth-walled tunnel. They were given a special high-calorie liquid diet prepared and donated by NASA, designed to keep them from vomiting as the rescue capsule rotates 10 to 12 times through curves in the 28-inchdiameter escape hole. Engineers inserted steel piping at the top of the shaft. They stopped short of initial plans for the sleeve after it became jammed during a probe of the curved top of the hole, which is angled 11 degrees off vertical at its top before plunging like a waterfall. Drillers had to curve the shaft so that it would pass through “virgin” rock, narrowly avoiding collapsed areas and underground open spaces in the overexploited mine, which had operated since 1885. A small video camera is in the escape capsule, trained on each miner’s face for panic attacks. The miners will wear oxygen masks and have two-way voice communication. Their pulse, skin temperature and respiration rate will be constantly measured through a biomonitor around their abdomens. To prevent blood clotting from the quick ascent, they took aspirin and will wear compression socks. The miners will also wear sweaters because they’ll experience a shift in climate from about 90 degrees Fahrenheit underground to temperatures hovering near freezing after night falls.
Those coming out during daylight hours will wear sunglasses. Seconds before each miner surfaces, an ambulance-like siren will sound and a light will flash for a full minute. Officials are calling this the Genesis alarm, meant simply to alert doctors that a miner is arriving. Many steps have been taken to protect the emerging miners from the media. Photographers and camera operators will be able to see light but little more from a platform set up more than 300 feet (90 meters) away. After initial medical checks and visits with family members selected by the miners, the men will be airlifted to the regional hospital in Copiapo, roughly a 10-minute ride away. Two floors have been prepared where the miners will receive physical and psychological exams and be kept under obser vation in a ward as dark as a movie theater. Chilean air force Lt. Col. Aldo Carbone, the choppers’ squadron commander, said the pilots have night-vision goggles but will not fly unless it is clear of the notoriously thick Pacific Ocean fog that rolls in at night. Night traffic on the mine road was banned as a precaution to keep headlights from interfering with the night-vision goggles, and to keep the road clear for ambulances should they be necessary. Families were urged to wait and prepare to greet the miners at home after a 48-hour hospital stay. Manalich also said that no cameras or inter views will be allowed until the miners are released, unless the miners expressly desire it.
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Clinton urges peace talks between Serbia, Kosovo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BELGRADE, Serbia — U.S. Secretar y of State Hillar y Rodham Clinton yesterday urged Serbia and its former province of Kosovo to settle their differences, more than a decade after NATO launched airstrikes on Serbia to halt violence against Kosovo’s ethnic Albanians. Clinton made the call in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, the second stop on a three-nation tour of the Balkans aimed at pressing for reconciliation and reform in the region still politically splintered following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s and the bloody civil wars that followed. Clinton said rapprochement between Serbia and Kosovo, combined with Serbian political reform, would put Serbia on the path to European Union membership, a role that it could use to anchor stability in southeastern Europe. “That dialogue can and will benefit people in Kosovo and Serbia by addressing practical, day-to-day issues and the longterm relationship between you,” she said after meeting with Serbian President Boris Tadic. “It will also have a positive impact on the relationship between Serbia, your neighbors, Europe and the United States.” Tadic said he is ready for talks, called for last month by the U.N. Security Council. But leaders in Kosovo, where Clinton will visit on Wednesday, have sought a delay, saying
negotiations would be more productive after elections expected early next year. Although Tadic stressed he wants the talks to begin “as soon as possible,” he also insisted that Serbia would never accept Kosovo’s 2008 secession, which has been recognized by most of the countries of the European Union and ruled legal by the International Court of Justice in July. “Serbia is not going to recognize the independence of Kosovo,” Tadic said, standing beside Clinton, whose husband’s administration was the driving force behind the NATO bombings of Belgrade and other Serb cities in 1999. “However, we respect the rights of the Albanian people and, by respecting Albanian rights, we defend our own rights in Kosovo.” Clinton praised Tadic for his commitment to reform and human rights, his promise to work toward European integration and his support for the international court that is prosecuting former officials for war crimes committed in the 1990s. But Clinton said Serbia needed to go fur ther, and candidly allowed that Washington and Belgrade would likely never see eye-to-eye on Kosovo. “There are areas, as the president said, where we will not agree and foremost among them is Kosovo,” she said. Clinton noted that resolving the Kosovo dispute would aid Serbia’s EU aspirations and that, in turn, would help the entire Balkans.
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ship and make constitutional reforms that the continental bloc has set as conditions for entry. In particular, the U.S. is urging the government to drop a provision in the constitution that prohibits anyone other than Bosniaks, Serbs or Croats from being president, a limitation that excludes Jews, Roma and other minorities from elected leadership positions. “These reforms are needed for their own sake,” Clinton said.
“But they are also needed if your country is to fulfill the goal of becoming part of the European Union and NATO.” In an address to students from Sarajevo, the epicenter of the countr y’s bloody 1992-95 civil war, Clinton said, “Now is the time to strengthen democratic institutions, deepen peace between neighbors, and create the conditions for longterm political, economic, and social progress.”
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Energy investment works for Google
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oogle Inc. once again proved its dominance in almost every sector of our lives by investing in a $5 billion underwater transmission network. This will directly affect 1.9 million homes across Virginia, New York and New Jersey by harvesting electricity from wind farms off the Mid-Atlantic coast. The California-based company will buy a 37.5 percent stake in the Atlantic Wind Connection project, said Rick Needham, director of Green Business Operations. Perhaps enticed by profit, Google will once again take a step in the right direction while also providing job opportunities and adding electrical capacity to the grid. We need more large-scale companies investing in such developments. These rich corporations provide the real stimulus for the people, along with improvements to the power grid and its greening. As a result of this project, the new transmission line would form the “backbone” of the East Coast offshore wind industry by adding 6,000 megawatts of capacity to the grid. This improvement is needed to lower the cost of sending electricity from offshore wind turbines to the mainland power distributors, Bob Mitchell, chief executive officer of Trans-Elect, told reporters. “There will be no offshore wind industry in this country if we as a team are not successful,” Mitchell said. The line will extend from New Jersey to Virginia and may create as many as 212,000 jobs, the project’s developers said. This is exactly what we need — and so close to home. The first project will aim to finish by early 2016 and will cost between $1.7 and $1.8 billion, Mitchell said. The second phase will be completed by 2020. This means Google, Trans-Elect Development Co., Good Energies and Marubeni Corp., will provide people on the East Coast with employment for longer than President Barack Obama’s 2011 $3.8 trillion job creation plan. Like Google, Good Energies will also have a 37.5 percent stake in the project while Japan’s Marubeni will buy a 15 percent equity. This will share the responsibility among the three companies, assuring the proper maintenance of the transmission network. Google itself though is so far only committing “to provide equity for the critical early development stage of the project,” Jamie Yood, a spokesman for Google said in an e-mail. We believe this project will be a vital part of the U.S. green power grid — all while providing hundreds of thousands of jobs for the currently unemployed. This is another necessary efficient source of energy, which will bring in more investments, therefore further aiding the ailing economy.
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he Obama administration lifted the moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling yesterday. All we can say is — finally. Following the British Petroleum rig failure in the Gulf of Mexico, coastal drilling was halted due to the fear of similar accidents. After imposing new rules on Tuesday though, the White House made the decision to allow drilling once again off the coasts of the United States. This has been a necessary step toward overcoming precautions, which only seemed to try to prevent accidents such as the one in the Gulf. The reality of the matter is we cannot prevent every single accident, and banning drilling altogether, only damages the economy in the affected regions. According to The New York Times, because of the ban, some 30 drilling rigs have been affected in the region of the largest offshore oil spill in American history. “We are open for business,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said. And that is exactly what we need. “The truth is, there will always be risks associated with deepwater drilling,” Salazar said, “But we have now reached the point where, in my view, we have reduced those risks.” The new regulations would ensure greater prevention of repeated accidents, while allowing businesses to return to work. According to the Times article, the Interior Department’s new regulations are meant to improve safety, oversight and environmental safety. It covers specific areas of drilling such as well casing and cementing, blowout preventers and worker training. Operators must now provide plans for preventing and dealing with a blowout to obtain a permit. They must also pass an independent inspection, and the company’s chief executive must certify the rig’s compliance with all new and existing rules. Chris John, a former Democratic member of Congress who is now president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, welcomed the announcement. “We can’t get to the permitting process if the moratorium is still there, so we’re very happy that they’ve taken this step,” he said in an interview. Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu called the decision to lift the ban “a step in the right direction.” She also advocates for the acceleration of granting the permits and clearer guides to the new rules. This decision has both supporters and opponents, yet the necessary has been done. However major the Gulf accident might have been should not be the reason for the freeze of all other operations in the region. With tighter measures and control, the government can prevent another environmental disaster.
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in The Daily Targum’s ediessica likes it on the torial Oct. 6 that, “[These velvety red sofa, Pooja statuses] … instead of maklikes it on her marble ing us aware of breast cankitchen table and Cristina cer and ways to prevent it, likes it under the bed. hints at sexual innuendos. Excellent choice of soft texUnder these innuendos and tured fabric Jessica, good false meanings, breast candecision on choosing a surAMIT JANI cer awareness gets lost.” face that leaves no scratches Come on guys, how Pooja, and gosh Cristina, could we have missed this — obviously where you dirty, dirty girl! Of course, I’m referring to the women place their purse relates to breast cancer, dozens of status updates that my female friends doesn’t it? At least posting the color of bras is tanposted on Facebook last week, referring to where gentially related to breast cancer, even if it wasn’t they like to keep their purse. Since October is completely cohesive with the cause. Even the “Save Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the “I like it the Ta-Tas” campaign, featuring fit, young and most on…” trend is a way for women to unite to support likely cancer-free women in tight T-shirts, raises the cause in a top-secret manner, leaving us men in money to fight cancer, according to the Expressthe dark. This method of gaining support for breast Times. I feel that last week’s updates did a great job cancer awareness isn’t anything new. In January, by including women in a vital cause, however some women posted the color of their bra as their status news organizations feel these status campaigns updates. Although these messages have gone viral cheapen real cancer fights. Instead of a flirty friend through Facebook, how effective are they in proposting the message, what if your moting awareness for each woman mother or aunt wrote a status that dies every 13 minutes due to “Perhaps this update stating that they like it on the breast cancer? The idea behind these cammessage has failed, wall, would you still be interested? I also have a question for the women paigns is to have men asking quesleading people who posted a variation of this mestions. This gives the women the as your status update: Would opportunity to discuss the importo poke fun at a very sage you have posted a message that tance of awareness and for society wrote, “October is Breast Cancer as a whole to become more educatserious disease.” Awareness Month: about 191,410 ed on the topic of breast cancer. I women are being diagnosed each must admit, I was left in the dark year—please help?” Really, do you actually keep guessing at what this status could mean. Was I the your purse between your legs or upside down from only person who didn’t understand these updates the rooftop? Probably not, but I don’t blame you for and why weren’t guys posting them—these were writing it. The Facebook generation has the option the questions running through my mind. The first of games like these that serve a dual-purpose: status update I read came from a shy, timid girl that advertising the need for action supporting a particI viewed as being soft-spoken. Her status read, “I ular cause, while also having fun and competing for like it on the floor,” my mouth dropped and I the most creative innuendo among friends. thought to myself, “Wow, she really grew some balls One of my favorite writers, best-selling author (figuratively speaking).” After a few days of being and staff writer for The New Yorker, Malcolm bombarded with similar status updates, I decided to Gladwell believes that viral messages, along with Google the message and learned from The social media activism, are hollow and meaningless. Huffington Post that it was meant to raise awareIn his essay, “Small Change,” he writes that popular ness for breast cancer. Unfortunately, my search belief holds that social networks such as Facebook ended there and I learned nothing more about and Twitter are effective at increasing motivation. breast cancer other than October is Breast Cancer However, Gladwell believes that social networks are Awareness Month. Apparently, some of my male effective at increasing participation, by reducing Facebook friends didn’t even research the message the level of motivation that participation involves. In as intended. One friend wrote, “Since everyone is terms of breast cancer awareness, he may say that doing it, I like it in the shower.” Facebook will help increase the number of people For every person that researched or asked what who say they are supporting the cause, but don’t this sexual innuendo meant, how many more have actually add more energy to the movement. It’s easy taken it literally and viewed it as the “new thing” to to “like” a breast cancer awareness page or post a do? Perhaps this message has failed, leading people to poke fun at a very serious disease that kills more SEE JANI ON PAGE 11 than 40,000 women annually. One individual wrote
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resident Barack Obama implemented an economic stimulus package of $787 billion in February 2009, which was supposed to create five million new jobs by the end of 2010. This estimate was subsequently lowered to three million new jobs. The Obama administration then said they would create and save jobs. They said unemployment would peak at 8.0 percent by the end of 2010 and then recede. Some officials estimate the stimulus might create and save two million jobs, and the current unemployment rate of 9.6 percent could go to 10 percent by the year’s end and stay near 10 percent for 2011. The real unemployment rate is over 15 percent and includes people whose unemployment benefits have expired and stopped looking for work. The economic stimulus money was wasted on programs that did not create the new jobs promised by Obama. Since the beginning of the Obama economic debacle in January 2009 the national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product has gone from 40 percent to approximately 60 percent, and the national deficit in 2010 is projected to reach about $1.5 trillion. Obama’s economy is in shambles because consumers, who account for 65 percent of our economy, are cutting back on expenditures due to a lack of trust and confidence in the current administration. Obama’s policies and programs have created a lethargy in this country, which is due to the uncertainty fomented by the Obama administration. We need a fresh approach to our economy, and the discontent of the American public should be heard in the upcoming elections in November. Donald Moskowitz is Londonderry, NH resident.
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JANI continued from page 10 creative status update to get attention and make yourself seem like you’re fighting for a noble cause, although you’re actually not doing much else. It’s as if some people are participating in the breast cancer awareness movement on Facebook for all of the wrong reasons. The issue of breast cancer is truly a significant one. It can affect any person in your life ranging from your mother to your best friend to your professor. Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in women— about 191,410 women are diagnosed with breast cancer annually and about 40,000 die from it. If you would like to help, you can go to organizations such as “Susan Komen for the Cure” at komen.org.
Amit Jani is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies. His column, “The Fourth Estate,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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Today's birthday (10/13/10). Mental activity this year incorporates undeniable insight and logic. Merge the two and shape your will to achieve practical success. You may take a very different direction from what you first planned. That's all right. Different may be just what you need. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Combine creative effort with your favorite person. Two heads are better than one when solving today's tasks. Don't spin your wheels alone. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Get your associates to focus on work early in the day. If you wait until later, you lose valuable rhythm. Listen to ideas from the oldest team member. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — Co-workers must act as a unit to achieve best results today. Blend your talents into your projects. You achieve almost seamless results. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Someone grabs the leadership position and causes some stress. To maintain creative output, remind them of their core commitments. Acknowledge the team. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Focus intensely on the creative aspects of your work at home today. Don't worry about practical outcomes just now. There's time enough for that tomorrow. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — If you want to climb a mountain today, make sure to bring all necessary equipment. Fresh air and good company make the day sweet.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Take extra time with your appearance today. A difficult task seems easier when you know you look your best. Relax at home in private celebration. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Today you see the value of recent efforts. Stress eases when you see the light at the end of the tunnel. Take care with written communications. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Passionate dreams come true today, by combining efforts with a trusted group. If everyone works together, you get the desired results. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Group members see the value of major changes to a project already in motion. Stick to practical procedures to get your part done. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Hopefully, you have the supplies to utilize your talents. The results are so great that they move others to tears. This is a good thing. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — A group member decides to grab the chief's role. Go along with this for today in order to get anything done. Make logical changes for best effect.
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he Rutgers wrestling team launches its 201011 campaign on Nov. 7, in Piscataway, but the team announced its plans of playing host on a larger stage. The tri-meet, featuring Sacred Heat and East Stroudsburg, was moved from the College Avenue Gym to the Louis Brown Athletic Center and marks the opener for the Scarlet Knights, who finished last season at No. 22 in the final NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll. Head coach Scott Goodale also announced that his squad will hold an open practice this Sunday in the College Avenue Gym. The practice kicks off at 9 a.m. and aims to give fans a preview of the team before the season starts. The Knights return nine of 10 starters from last season’s nationally ranked team and also boast nine wrestlers with NCAA Championships experience.
THE SCARLET KNIGHTS Fall Basketball camp kicks off Nov. 4 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Both the Rutgers men’s and women’s basketball programs will host the event. The camp offers training for boys from grades two through six and girls from grades two through eight, with the staff consisting of Knights players and coaches. Head coaches Mike Rice and C. Vivian Stringer will lead the clinic, which costs $95 per player for the two-day camp.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS defenseman James Wisniewski received a two-game suspension from the league’s front office yesterday, after Wisniewski made an inappropriate gesture to New York Rangers forward Sean Avery. The two got into an exchange in front of the Islanders’ net, where the gesture occurred. The defenseman will sit out today’s game against the Washington Capitals and Friday’s matchup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, marking the second time so far this season a player received a suspension for making an inappropriate gesture.
A BOSTON UNIVERSITY medial school program dedicated to the research of long-term affects of concussions currently has a list of 300 athletes that plan to donate their brains to science after the deaths. The NFL gave $1 million to the school’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy to support the initiative, as the league continues to make more and more of a push toward concussion research. The list of athletes is comprised of pro wrestlers, hockey and football players and is highlighted by former NHL player Keith Primeau, Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Matt Birk and former Philadelphia Eagles safety Andre Waters.
“I’ve been working really hard at my ser ve, because that’s been something that’s been really inconsistent for me personally, so it’s a skill I take really seriously,” she said. “So I just wanted to go out there, ser ve tough and get some momentum going.” Rider (1-17) didn’t record any of fensive production in the 25-12 second-set loss until Rutgers was already up, 12-2, with the first two Broncs points awarded because of Rutgers errors.
And around 18-5, the Rider take advantage of our depth. coaches weren’t even bother- We’re seeing some things in ing to call a timeout and mere- practice — it’s a rollercoaster,” ly watched their playWerneke said. ers tr y and salvage a “Anytime we can get third set. them game experiOverall, seven of ence, it’s a plus.” the Broncs’ 12 points At the game’s end, were ear ned, the the Knights pulled other five given together for 11 ser vice through Rutgers misaces on the night with fires. seven different players Most interesting was — a new season-high the Knights’ rotation. for the team. STEPHANIE Rutgers worked “I think the game ZIELINSKI almost ever y member went really well. It’s good of its team into the to get a win,” said sophorotation and even subbed a cap- more setter Stephanie Zielinski, tain at one point to give the who contributed an ace as well as freshmen a turn. 23 assists and 11 digs for her eighth “One of the things we talked double-double of the season and about as a staff is we have to 14th of her career. “I think I’m
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doing better than last year, but I still have a lot further to go.” Rutgers returns to Big East play to face Seton Hall Friday at 7 p.m. in what Werneke describes as one of the biggest games of the year. “It’s the only match we talked about really winning, as a group,” he said. “Hey, it’s our in-state rival. We’re 3-0 against New Jersey Division I teams. Hopefully we have an opportunity to go 4-0 and be pseudo-state champions beating everybody in the state.” Werneke’s team closes out the 2010 campaign with eight consecutive Big East games after taking on Seton Hall — four of which come at the College Ave. Gym.
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S P O RT S BEST: Knights stop every fourth-down conversion effort continued from back
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Sophomore linebacker Steve Beauharnais (42) is third on the team with 31 tackles, including two for a loss and one sack.
sophomore wideout Mark Harrison for a 52-yard gametying touchdown. After the Knights scored with less than four minutes to play, the defense gave the offense the ball back two more times. One drive ended with a punt, the other with junior kicker San San Te’s game-winning field goal. “Our job is to get the ball back to the offense,” said sophomore middle linebacker Steve Beauharnais. “The more times Mohamed [Sanu] or Jordan [Thomas] or any of our playmakers can have the ball, the better our chance of winning. They’re spectacular athletes and our job is to get the ball back in their hands.”
T H E DA I LY TA R G U M In addition to their thirddown success, the Knights are also tops in the nation in fourthdown defense. They are one of two teams not to allow a fourthdown conversion this season after facing four attempts. With an aggressive defense,
“Third down — the money down — we have to stop the ball and do whatever we have to do.” ANTONIO LOWERY Senior Linebacker
sophomore tackle Scott Vallone believes experience is the key to Rutgers’ success. “Guys understand the defense, you know — we’re real-
ly experienced out there,” Vallone said. “Guys know what they’re doing. We’re a fast defense and with the blitzing, the moving, a lot of times that confuses people. Either we’re getting hits on the quarterback or getting sacks and they have to get rid of the ball pretty fast.” While the Knights downplay the statistics, instead insisting they are only focused on their jobs, there is no question the numbers are impressive. But of all statistical categories, third-down defense is one that generally translates to success, and if the Knights are at the top, they’ll take it. “We want to be the best, ever ybody wants to be the best,” Lower y said. “It just depends how you go at it. We have our own secret to success here and that’s our job. Third down — the money down — we have to stop the ball and do whatever we have to do.”
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Senior captain Yannick Salmon (8), the Knights’ leading scorer, will face off against best friend and Villanova captain Kevin Garcia.
EMOTIONS: Louisville game encourages Donigan, RU continued from back believes that the strong showing against the Cards goes a long way heading into six Big East games to close out the season. “I’ve got to believe Louisville is looking at our record and possibly thinking, ‘OK, maybe this is not as talented of a team,’ but quite honestly I think they left this place grateful that they came away with a positive result,” Donigan said. The Knights battled Louisville in a relatively even game. The shot mark favored the Cards by a 13-8 margin, but both squads managed only two shots on net, with Rutgers earning one more corner kick (6) and committing one more foul (14). “I’d like to think that we are going to be a team that nobody really wants to play come tournament time,” Donigan said. “For me, the reward now is getting into this postseason tournament. I’m not saying
we are going to run the table, but we are going to be a tough team.” Although it lost, Rutgers took a top-10 team to the wire for 90 minutes — a step up from other performances last week, when the team fell to squads like NJIT and Temple. “When we show up and we are committed … we’re pretty all right. We are OK,” Donigan said. “It’s the games where we don’t make good decisions and we don’t commit ourselves for 90 minutes — that’s when I don’t think we are a very good team.” Working hard and imposing their will for a full 90 minutes is a necessity echoed by Donigan’s players. When the Knights put together a fullgame performance, look out. “From the beginning of the season, we knew we could play with any team,” Salmon said. “It was just a matter of how hard we worked. [Against Louisville] we worked pretty hard. I’d say ever yone on the field worked hard. If we work that hard in ever y game from now on, yeah, I think we’ll be fine.”
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Top-five finishes mark progress for men, women BY MIKE KUPERSHTEYN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s and women’s cross countr y teams competed at the Metropolitan Championships on Friday in Riverdale, N.Y., and both met t h e i r CROSS COUNTRY coache s ’ WOMEN - 2ND expectaMEN - 4TH tions and finished in the top five. The women’s squad had a particularly successful outing, finishing second on the 5K course at Van Cortlandt Park. Junior Kelly Flannigan performed well, finishing the best among the Scarlet Knights in second place with a time of 18:16. She was a split second away from winning the race,
BUS PASSES, TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE Students interested in purchasing a ticket for Saturday’s Rutgers football game
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against Army at the New Meadowlands Stadium can do so at scarletknights.com. Student tickets are $15 and at 4 p.m. on Friday sales will close. Tickets for the game are general admission for sections 149, 101, 103 and 104. Interested parties can also purchase a bus pass for $10 for transportation from Rutgers to the stadium and back to campus. Buses will depart from the following locations: Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus Busch Student Center Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus College Hall bus stop on Douglass campus Biel Road bus stop on Cook campus The buses, labeled “Rutgers-Army Student Bus,” will begin arriving at the aforementioned stops at 11 a.m. and the last ones will depar t for East Ruther ford, N.J., at 1:30 p.m. Students are encouraged to get to the buses early to allot enough time to reach the stadium prior to kickoff. Students must present a ticket and bus pass in order to board the buses. Buses will return to Rutgers immediately following the game, and after stopping at the campus stops, they will return to College Avenue. The last bus will return to Rutgers an hour after the game’s completion. Rutgers defeated Army, 27-10, last season in West Point, N.Y. — Tyler Barto
but was bested by NYU runner Maeve Evans. “The race was ver y good,” said head coach James Robinson, “I think we competed ver y well. Unfortunately we didn’t have our No. 3 r unner, Victoria Pontecor vo. We would have won if she was in the race and healthy. This is the closest we’ve ever been to Columbia in 13 years since they’ve won 13 years in a row. We’re ver y happy with the way we competed and we have to move forward to the Big East Championships now.” Pontecor vo missed the race with a calf strain. Robinson hopes she can return fully healthy for the Oct. 30 Big East Championships. Freshman Brianna Deming finished third for the Knights with a time of 18:30, and sopho-
more Jennifer Spitzer rounded out the top three for Rutgers, completing the course in 18:44 to ear n a fifthplace finish.
JAMES ROBINSON The Knights plan to take the momentum from the meet into the Big East Championships. “We’re tr ying to be top nine in the Big East,” Robinson said. “The top five teams in the Big
East rank in the top 30 in the countr y, so we’re tr ying to fight for the sixth-ninth spot in the Big East. “Our team is improving ver y much, and they’ve delivered ever ywhere that was asked of them. We’re not in contention to win it right now. That’s what we’re building toward, but that’s not where we’re at right now. Within the next few years, hopefully we can win the championship. It’s going as planned and we’ll continue improving the kids and bringing new ones in.” The men’s cross country team also performed well at the meet, finishing fourth out of 14 schools. Senior Nick Miehe has high hopes for the rest of the fall season, but was targeting a second consecutive win at the Metropolitan Championships.
“This year I’d like to run a smart race and really pick up the pace the second half of the race,” Miehe said. “A Rutgers runner has never won two Metropolitan Championships, so it’d be a nice accomplishment.” Miehe — last year’s winner in the event — set the pace for Rutgers by leading the Knights en route to a sixth-place finish. The senior completed the 8K course in 26:05. Senior Kevin Cronin, the Knights’ other standout, finished 17th with a time of 26:39. The third-best finisher was freshman Chris Banafato, who finished in 27:05 en route to a 25th-place finish. Both teams enter their toughest tests of the season on Oct. 30, when they compete at the Big East Championships in Syracuse, N.Y.
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JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage, above, practiced with an injured hand that held him out against UConn. Junior tailback Joe Martinek has an injured ankle that has not held him out but limits him.
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Deposed Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage returned to the practice field for the Scarlet Knights yesterday in an increased role after suffering a hand injury against Tulane. Savage, who will back up starter Chas Dodd in an emergency role against Army this weekend at New Meadowlands Stadium, met with the media for the first time since the aftermath of the Tulane loss two weeks ago. “My confidence level is fine,” the sophomore said regarding the loss of his starting spot and emergence of Dodd against Connecticut. “I’m just happy we got a ‘W.’ I’m happy our team got the win. Our offense looked really good out there and I’m just happy to see that.” Savage said his injured ribs, a casualty of the loss to North Carolina, are no longer an issue, just his throwing hand, which he injured by falling awkwardly in the first half of the Tulane game. “I’m feeling all right,” Savage said. “I’m feeling good. I made some throws [yesterday] so I felt pretty good. … I feel like I will be available [for Army]. That’s why I’m out there practicing and I’m taped up and everything, so I’m good to go.” Savage will likely only play as an emergency backup to Dodd, but said that the injury is unlikely to be aggravated by playing time. “I don’t think it can get any worse, but it’s just painful when you throw a little bit,” Savage said. “As of right now, I’m feeling all right. I’m not 100 percent yet, but I’m feeling good and I’m going out there and making some throws, trying to get better at making the reads.” And whenever he is fully healed, Savage and Dodd can expect a full-on competition for the starting spot for the remainder of the season. “Every position in our program is an open competition every week and that’s been proven,” Schiano said. “That’s not just me saying it — you look at my tenure as coach, that’s been proven.
“I think Tom has been great. I think Tom is a good teammate. Tom is a guy that wants us to be the best we can be and I know it’s not easy, it certainly wouldn’t be easy for any of us, but I think Tom’s handled it well. Not only on game night helping, but just being a good teammate and a good fellow quarterback during meetings and that sort of thing.”
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the offensive line rotated reps at right guard and right tackle between Caleb Ruch, Antwan Lowery, Art Forst and Devon Watkis. The rotation has not yielded better results with Rutgers giving up nine sacks in those two games. “We have to play better as a group, much better, but are we getting better? Yes,” Schiano said. “We’re not where we were, but we’re not where we’re going to be — we’re somewhere in between. Rotation, does that help? Maybe it gives a guy a chance to take a breath, I don’t know.” True freshman Betim Bujari and redshirt freshman Andre Civil have both received commendation from Schiano in recent weeks and could add to the offensive line equation if things don’t improve. “If there are guys that show in practice they deserve the opportunity to do it in a game situation, I’d like to give it to them,” Schiano said. “Right now we’re working seven guys, maybe eight that have the opportunity to get in the game without injury being the cause. I think it gets those eight guys working pretty hard and the competition’s pretty good.”
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at Florida International, junior tailback Joe Martinek has just 89 yards on 19 touches as he tries to heal up. “He had a tough week in practice,” Schiano said. “He’s looked better this week. Those ankles are funny things. They can start to feel better and then all you do is tweak it a little bit and it sets you back. He’s as tough as they come.”
Doubles finalists leave Bucca, Knights encouraged BY VINNIE MANCUSO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers tennis team wondered exactly where it s t o o d TENNIS competition-wise within its district going into last weekend. The Scarlet Knights got the chance to find out when they competed in the USTA Women’s College Invitational. The tournament took place at the National Tennis Center in New York and consisted of 22 teams and 168 players, many of which are regional opponents for the Knights. The Knights’ strong showing has ever yone, including head coach Ben Bucca, confident about the rest of the season. “We looked at this tournament as a way to measure exactly where we are in regard to our region, and we just played great,” Bucca said. Rutgers had two doubles teams make it to the finals of two different flights in the four-flight tournament. The Knights were one of only two teams, along with Cornell,
to have more than one pair make it to the finals in doubles play. Sophomore Michelle Green and junior Leonora Slatnick paired up and defeated the Army (8-3) duo of Annie Hang and Jurelle Mendoza in the semifinals. Elizabeth Kaufman and Geraldine Leong of Cornell (86) bested the Rutgers’ pair in the finals. Lenka Hojckova and Tana Illova of North Carolina State (9-7) took down Rutgers’ top doubles team of senior Amy Zhang and junior Jennifer Holzberg in Flight A. The loss came after a resounding defeat of Bianca Aboubakare and Maxine Thomas of Brown (8-1) in the semis. Both Zhang and Holzberg were disappointed they couldn’t bring home a win in the finals, but still felt they showed a lot of promise in the tournament. “It was stressful. I knew the match was going to be hard,” Holzberg said. “We had to beat three really good teams just to make it to the finals, so that by
itself is impressive. I think I played really well, and Amy and I together have a lot of positive attitude and that helped.” Zhang shared her partner’s views, stating her dissatisfaction with the loss, yet looked at the positive side. “We were really hoping to win,” Zhang said. “It was a ver y disappointing loss, but it wasn’t because we did not play well.” Rutgers also had a strong showing on the singles side of the tournament. Zhang, Green, Holzberg and junior Mar yana Milchutskey all won two out of their three matches. Zhang reached the quar ter finals, where she defeated Christina Ordaway of Cornell (6-7, 6-4, 10-8). “We left this tournament ver y tired, but I think I can speak for ever yone when I say we’re ver y pleased,” Bucca said. “I think it showed we are exactly where we need to be.” The Knights retur n to action Oct. 20 in a match against Columbia.
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Junior Jen Holzberg paired with senior Amy Zhang to reach the Flight A doubles finals and also won two singles matches.
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Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano once again led his squad to a narrow victory over Connecticut, as wins each of the past three seasons were decided by a total of nine points. But before the Rutgers victory, an anonymous man on a horse trotted to midfield before returning to his hiding spot beneath the student section.
Midseason’s business-like demeanor parallels NBC’s Office A.J. JANKOWSKI’S
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omecoming weekend has come and gone, but Rutgers athletics endures. Luckily for the football team, it had a shor t week of practice before getting the chance to redeem itself on national television for the loss against Tulane. The Knights responded admirably against Connecticut, a team they have owned in the past. Headlining the win was the play of freshman quarterback Chas Dodd in his first collegiate start. Unfortunately, the rest of the fall semester sports did not follow suit and could not outshine the football team’s win. As the season winds down and teams look to lock up postseason berths, it’s business as usual on the Banks. In honor of the businesslike manner that the midseason brings, NBC’s “The Of fice” ser ves as a per fect parallel for Rutgers spor ts in today’s “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.”
THE GOOD “First rule in roadside beet sales: Put the most attractive beets on top. The ones that make you pull the car over and go, ‘Wow. I need this beet right now.’ Those are the money beets.” — Dwight Schrute If anybody was a money beet this weekend, it was quarterback Chas Dodd, earning a victor y in his first career start over Connecticut. The true freshman showed poise and confidence well beyond his years in leading the Scarlet Knights to a come-frombehind victor y to go 1-0 in Big East play. Any more per formances like this and Dodd might get
promoted to assistant to the regional manager or volunteer sherif f’s deputy on the weekends. The next test: to vanquish fear, wrestle Mose and beat Army at New Meadowlands Stadium. “Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy — both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.” — Michael Scott Rutgers fans love how much Connecticut fans fear seeing the Knights on the schedule. For the past three years, the Huskies snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as Rutgers stole close games in all three seasons. Missed field goals plagued UConn in Piscataway two years ago. Former Knight Tim Brown stole the show in Storrs, Conn., in 2009 with a last-minute touchdown. In front of a Blacked Out Rutgers fanbase Saturday, the Huskies squandered a 24-17 halftime lead en route to zero second-half points. Like Michael Scott, head coach Greg Schiano might have his flaws, but against UConn he always comes out on top. That’s what she said.
THE BAD “The only difference between me and a homeless man is this job. I will do whatever it takes to survive, like I did when I was a homeless man.” — Creed Bratton Survival was all that was expected from the men’s soccer team when it hosted No. 6 Louisville on Saturday night at Yurcak Field. Yes, the Knights dropped a 2-1 decision and fell to 3-6-1 overall, but Rutgers gave the Cardinals all they could handle for a full 90 minutes. The loss is still a confidence boost going forward.
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Next on the team’s plate is Villanova — a team that embarrassed Rutgers on its home tur f last season by a 3-0 score. If the Knights continue their tenacious play and pull out a victor y, it might be good enough to make it to www.creedthoughts.gov.www\c reedthoughts. “I actually look forward to per formance reviews. I did the youth beauty pageant circuit and I enjoyed that quite a bit. I really enjoy being judged. I believe I hold up to even severe scrutiny.” — Angela Mar tin It is hard to scrutinize the field hockey team this season, seeing that the squad already owns three more victories than it earned all of last year. But when No. 8 Louisville came to town Saturday symbolizing a legitimate chance to take major strides in the Big East, the Knights stumbled and dropped the game, 2-0. All hope is not lost though, as the team rebounded and took down visiting La Salle the next day by the same score. For ward Nicole Gentile passes her performance review with flying colors so far, scoring her team-leading eighth goal of the year in the win over the Explorers.
THE UGLY “You know, Michael, sometimes my daughter’s stomach hurts when there’s a mean girl at school.” — Toby Flenderson Whenever the women’s soccer team starts to show promise, the girls fail to remain in the spotlight. After going 2-0 last weekend, the Knights dropped both matches this weekend to fall to 3-4 in conference play. A 3-2
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With sophomore goalkeeper Emmy Simpkins in net, the Knights allowed three goals in a game for the second time this season. loss Sunday at No. 5 Notre Dame is nothing to be ashamed of, but coupled with a shutout defeat at the hands of DePaul on Friday, it has scarlet suppor ters scratching their heads. With only four games remaining on the schedule, the Knights have little time to turn it around before casting calls for the Big East Tournament begin. If the team can’t put it together, it may not get an invite for the first time during head coach Glenn Crooks’ tenure. “I had Martin explain to me three times what he got arrested
for because it sounds an awful lot like what I do here everyday.” — Kevin Malone Arresting him might be the only solution. The crime: pregame buzzkill. Another home football game and another appearance for the meaningless feathered man on the horse. Once again he trotted out to midfield before the start of the game against Connecticut, waved to the audience and rode back. Until it is explained to 50,000 onlookers who either ignore this horseman or do not understand his purpose, he will find himself as the lowly caboose in “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.”
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Emotions high entering road match at ’Nova BY A.J. JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
of their three previous possessions went three-and-out. “That’s what you came here to do. That’s what you signed up for. It’s fun,” Lower y said. “I don’t even know how to describe the feeling of going out there, getting a three-and-out and giving the ball back to our offense.” In the four th quar ter, the Knights’ of fense attempted a 95-yard scoring drive, but that ended with a failed fourthdown conversion. Three plays and a punt later, the offense had the ball again and Dodd found
When the Rutgers men’s soccer team takes the field today in Philadelphia against Villanova, there will be no love lost between the two squads. MEN’S SOCCER It was only one year ago when the RUTGERS AT Wildcats traveled to VILLANOVA, Piscataway and TODAY, 4 P.M. reeled off a 3-0 romp over the Scarlet Knights. And it will be a lifetime before anybody forgets. “We owe them a beating because they beat us, 3-0, on our home field last year, so it’s time to get them back,” said junior captain Andrew Cuevas. “We are confident. I think we are going to come out strong against Villanova because it’s kind of a rivalr y. We went to school with a lot of those guys, so it’s going to be a war.” Although both sides took 12 shots in the Oct. 28 meeting last year, the Wildcats made the most of their chances, bur ying three shots, including a penalty kick in the 83rd minute that ser ved as the nail in the cof fin. The histor y between players on both sides only makes the rivalr y’s roots grow deeper. Add last year’s game to the mix with the fact the Knights are still searching for their first Big East victor y and the Villanova Soccer Complex just might break out into an all-out battlefield. “Oh, I can’t wait,” said senior captain Yannick Salmon. “My best friend, Kevin Garcia, is the captain of Villanova, so I can’t wait to play him. It’s going to be good.” Garcia and Dylan Renna pace the Wildcats (6-4-2, 2-0-1) with three goals apiece, but Salmon is no slouch either. The Westbury, N.Y., native leads the Knights (3-6-1, 0-3) with four goals, the most recent of which came Saturday in a 2-1 loss to No. 6 Louisville. Rutgers gave the ranked Cardinals all they could handle but came up short, suffering its fifth straight loss. Head coach Dan Donigan
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Senior linebacker Antonio Lowery (50) leads the Rutgers football team with 46 tackles this season, including two tackles for losses and half a sack. Lowery also forced a fumble and recovered two, returning them for 21 yards.
Third-down ‘D’ ranks among nation’s best BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR
For anyone who missed Antonio Lower y leading the Rutgers football team out of the tunnel with the axe before the Scarlet Knights’ FOOTBALL home opener, the senior linebacker considers himself a natural showman. But third down is the Rutgers defense’s biggest stage. “We get hungr y. That’s the money down for us. Once those bells start ringing here and the fans get loud, it’s showtime — get off the field,” Lower y said. “If you don’t
stop them on third down, then that’s when bad things happen. The offense can extend plays and you don’t need that. So when that third down comes up, that’s when the dogs come out.” The Knights allowed 15 third-down conversions in 65 opportunities — the least number of conversions in the nation and the second-best statistic percentage-wise behind No. 4 Texas Christian. Chas Dodd and Co. stole the show in Friday’s 27-24 win over Connecticut, but lost in the fanfare around the true freshman quarterback were the key defensive stops. The Huskies’ last drive attempt ended with an interception as time expired, but each
Big East break affords RU dominant win over Rider BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT
A break from Big East play was just what the Rutgers volleyball team needed. The Scarlet Knights tamed the Rider Broncs last night at home in a style that hasn’t been seen VOLLEYBALL since their 3-0 of RIDER 0 sweep Princeton, taking RUTGERS 3 three consecutive sets with scores of 25-21, 25-12 and 25-21. “It’s really challenging anytime you play a team you know you’re better than and still play your game,” said head coach CJ Werneke. “And that’s one of the things we’re talking about, but when it mattered in tight games, our kids played the game we wanted to play.” It was the kind of win where Werneke could nitpick and complain about the finer aspects of the team’s play, talking about the necessity of picking up the pace in time for the next conference game against
Seton Hall, despite the fact that Rider was last night’s opponent. “It’s a great learning experience and it’s a good teachable moment,” Werneke said. “We wanted to take advantage of that because we can’t recreate that at practice.” While the final set might not have been the cleanest set for Rutgers (8-11), the team had a refreshing “bend, but don’t break” mentality when it got down early. The Knights made an 11-2 run to gain the lead and never looked back to take the third and final set, 25-21. Rutgers took the final set primarily because of large contributions from senior outside hitter Caitlin Saxton, who registered nine kills and two ser vice aces. “I focus on what I can do as best as I can and ever ything else will take care of itself,” she said. “It’s nice to win again. It’s nice to get over that seven-game hump.” The second set was perhaps the most convincing win of all. The Knights jumped out to a 7-0 lead behind a strong serving game by Saxton.
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Senior outside hitter Caitlin Saxton finished the Scarlet Knights’ 3-0 sweep over Rider with nine kills and two service aces, displaying an improved part of her game.