The Daily Tarum 2010-10-15

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The Rutgers football team heads to New Meadowlands Stadium tomorrow to take on Army in what is technically one of the Scarlet Knights’ seven home games.

DEVCO asks U. to lease part of Gateway space

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Performance launches $1B fundraiser

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BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO

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The University’s Board of Governors passed a resolution last Thursday that alters the legal and finance structure of its agreement with the New Brunswick Development Corporation regarding the Gateway Project.

DEVCO, which is responsible for the development and reconstruction of downtown New Brunswick, requested that the University lease, rather than own, its component of the building for a seven-year period, according to the resolution.

“It’s a relatively innocuous change to the structure,” DEVCO President Chris Paladino said. “It’s really only a technical amendment to the structure, and in turn, Rutgers is able to share in the benefit of the new tax credit program.”

The University’s assistance to DEVCO outlined in the amendment to the agreement passed at the Board of Governors’ meeting would allow the corporation to receive federal and state tax credit subsidies valued at $46.1 million, according to the resolution.

DEVCO will be eligible for, in addition to the $27.1 million in New Jersey Urban Transit Hub Tax Credits it has already secured, $19 million in federal New Market Tax Credits under the agreement, according to the resolution.

DEVCO will cover about $1 million of the University’s total contribution to the project in exchange, Paladino said. The University’s share of the $150 million project is about $19 million, University spokesman E.J. Miranda said.

“About $1 million that Rutgers would have spent on the interior fit out of the building is being absorbed by the tax credit program,” Paladino said.

DEVCO will also reimburse the University for legal fees as it evaluates the agreement, according to the resolution.

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INDEX SCIENCE A University professor researches the causes and effects of alcoholfetus related disorders.

OPINIONS New Jersey residents demonstrate ignorance when it comes to President Barack Obama’s religion.

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Mason Gross School of the Arts performers kick off the University’s $1 billion fundraising campaign, “Our Rutgers, Our Future: A Campaign for Excellence,” Wednesday at NJPAC.

An evening of musical entertainment at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark Wednesday brought the University’s large-scale fundraiser into public light.

“Our Rutgers, Our Future: A Campaign for Excellence” is a $1 billion campaign focused on meeting the University’s most pressing academic and financial needs, said Greg Trevor, senior director of University Media Relations.

More than 300 Mason Gross School of the Arts performers entertained top donors to the University throughout the night. “[The students] did such an incredible job … and it was just a ver y special evening,” said Bryan O’Leary, director of Campaign Communications and Creative

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Philosophy doctoral program ranks No. 1

BY PAIGE TATULLI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In a recent National Research Council report on graduate education, the Department of Philosophy took the top spot among philosophy doctoral programs in the United States.

The acknowledgement is a great accomplishment for the University, Department of Philosophy Chairman Barry Loewer said.

“It is very unusual for a state university to have a top-ranked department,” Loewer said. “No other department in [the School of Arts and Sciences] at Rutgers has cracked the top 10.”

As the “Philosophical Gourmet Report” — a guide to graduate school pro-

grams in philosophy — ranked the philosophy department among the top three programs for the past eight years, the new ranking is not as much of a surprise as it is an honor, he said.

The NRC report ratings are based on the judgment of philosophers and administrations around the world that are asked to judge the strength of each department, Loewer said.

“Basically they are judging the faculty, the importance of their research and the success of the students who graduate from the program,” he said.

The department released a statement expressing its gratitude regarding the recognition.

“We are very pleased with the ranking of our philosophy department and to be part of

the group of such highly rated humanities and sciences departments in New Brunswick,” according to the statement.

Despite the rating, the department heads remain humble.

“These rankings have to be taken with a grain — perhaps a bucket — of salt because of the way in which some of the data was collected and the way in which some of it was analyzed,” according to the statement.

In its statement, the department said the NRC report did not account for interdisciplinar y strengths. The statement also said one of the most distinguished faculty members, whose arrival at the University signaled the aspirations of the

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Art Library offers laptop lending to students

BY JENNIFER RUBINOVITZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Students who feel restricted by desktop computers at the labs and libraries may find a new laptop loaning ser vice at the Art Librar y on the College Avenue campus to be of assistance.

The Ar t Librar y now of fers the use of five available Dell Netbook laptops to students, faculty and staf f who present a University identification card at the circulation desk. The borrower may use the laptop within the librar y for four hours but is not permitted to leave the facility.

“We’ve initiated this pilot project to assess student interest in laptop loans and to evaluate the feasibility of making them more broadly available throughout the librar y system,” University Libraries spokesman Harr y Glazer said.

The pilot costs less than $1,000 per netbook, which includes the cost of hardware, software and technological support. The University Libraries will review the program at a later date and determine its future at the Art Librar y and in other University libraries.

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School of Arts and Sciences senior Michelle Blatt and other students can now take advantage of the Art Library’s laptop-lending program, where students can borrow a Dell Netbook laptop for a few hours.

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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 Adviser.” 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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The Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Exhibition Tournament, part of the 2010 New Jersey Open Xiangqi Tournament, will occur in Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tournament, which is open to the public and offers free on-campus parking in Lot 8, will have some of the top players in North America playing, and representatives from the NJXA will be available to teach you how to play Xiangqi during this event. The New Jersey Xiangqi Association is sponsoring the event with the help of the University’s Confucius Institute. Chinese Chess, played by more than 100 million players around the world, is believed to have been invented by General Han Xin in about 210 B.C. during the war between two historical powers, Chu and Han. For more information, please contact Guanghua Li, njcchess@yahoo.com.

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Today marks the first day of program submission for the University’s annual spring celebration, Rutgers Day. University organizations wishing to participate may visit http://rutgersday.rutgers.edu to sign up. The Office of Community Affairs is sponsoring the event, and for more information, contact Terre Martin at tmartin@ur.rutgers.edu or (732)-932-7823 ext. 672.

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Bhatki-The Higher Taste will host an event called “Sacred Sounds” at 8:30 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. The event features yogi and spiritual leader Radhanath Swami and kirtan bands Gaura and the Mayapuris. For more information visit bhakticlub.org/sacredsounds.

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Members of the “No Fighting, No Bullying, No Stalking ... Not On Our Watch” panel discuss the challenges of overcoming prejudices and hate Wednesday in the Livingston Student Center.

Panel discusses civility in education

BY ANDREA GOYMA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Faculty, professors and students came together Wednesday in the Livingston Student Center for an interactive dialogue about civility and how it relates to the human experience, as par t of the University-wide initiative Project Civility.

The “No Fighting, No Bullying, No Hazing, No Stalking … Not On Our Watch” panel, which featured six campus and non-campus leaders, discussed the challenges of overcoming hate, prejudices and interpersonal violence not only on college campuses but on the local level.

Members of the panel brought their own expertise into the discussion with recurring themes of human rights, values and education.

Lawrence Farmer, associate professor of social work at Fordham University, emphasized that in order to heighten people’s awareness of interpersonal violence, it must be elevated to an issue concerning human rights.

“The interaction with others in a respectful manner relates to human rights,” Farmer said.

“There are people who lack interpersonal and social skills, but there’s a larger issue of values. It is how you navigate those differences in values that is the key component.”

The solution to interpersonal violence also relies on people allowing themselves to reflect on their behaviors and beliefs, he said.

“It’s hard when you say to yourself, ‘I assume that I don’t have any prejudice because I’m a nice person and I grew up in a nice community but in fact you do have prejudice,’” Farmer said.

More than 90 percent of elementary students go to schools where the majority of kids are the same race and economic status, he said. Thus, people are still isolated in their social connections.

JoAnn Ar nholt, dean of Fraternity and Sorority Af fairs, emphasized the impor tance of

self-education and awareness of self wor th because the prevalence of media and its por trayal of student college life can give potential students negative expectations.

Members of the greek community are intended to be lifelong members who value ser vice, leadership and academic success, Arnholt said.

“That’s what a greek experience is supposed to be,” she said.

“It’s not these exaggerated, ridiculous activities or events that you see in the media. It’s meant to enrich and uplift a new and lifelong member, not to degrade them or devalue them.”

Bringing up the issue of intent, Arnholt said hazing often begins as harmless fun that does not make anyone feel degraded or disgraced.

“What we see … is those small behaviors in one semester that incrementally grow into something more taxing and degrading in the following semesters,” she said. “They still never intended to hurt anyone, but because of those incremental changes you could really do a lot of damage to a student physically and mentally.”

For Lisa Smith, domestic violence coordinator for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance, her emphasis was respect.

“Respect the fact that I have the right to my individuality in a relationship,” Smith said. “In terms of stalking, you have your own physical right to be able to move around the campus and not have somebody following me around.”

With the rise in popularity of social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, there is a new arena where people must be aware of the choice to act positively and negatively in relation to each other, Farmer said. “[Social-networking sites] also increase anonymity in those connections sometimes, which can lead to more conflict,” he said. “That’s the downside of technology in that it creates this larger distance where I’m even more likely to behave inappropriately because of the distance between us.”

Tamiyah Yancey, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she enjoyed the availability of the panelists.

“I liked that the speakers remained so that we could ask more questions that are a little more personal, so I got a lot out of it,” Yancey said.

In agreement with Farmer, Smith said civility is something all people deserve.

“It all relates to human rights,” Smith said. “It’s not something you have to earn.”

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Faculty, professors and students participate in an interactive dialogue about civility and how it relates to the human experience.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

US still advises caution to travels for Europe THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — A European terrorist plot is still enough of a threat for the United States to keep its current travel advisory, the U.S. State Department’s counterterrorism coordinator said yesterday.

The State Department advised American citizens living or traveling in Europe earlier this month to take more precautions following reports that terrorists may be plotting attacks on a European city, possibly a shooting spree or other type of attack similar to the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks in India.

The U.S. travel advisory is one step below a formal travel warning advising Americans not to visit Europe. It drew some skepticism among U.S. allies, most notably Germany, who questioned whether the United States was overreacting.

“We don’t view the current circumstances warrant rescinding the alert,” said Daniel Benjamin, the U.S. counterterrorism coordinator. “We think the situation is pretty much the same.”

Benjamin insisted the information was credible and had been gathered over several months from multiple sources.

Some of the plot details came from Ahmed Siddiqui, a German citizen of Afghan descent captured by US troops in Afghanistan in July.

“That said, some of the specifics were absent, and we would have liked to have been more able to say what we were seeing,” he said. “Because that wasn’t there, we went out with the alert that we did. We tried to couch it as carefully as we could ... but we felt we had an obligation — both an ethical one but also a legal one — to warn American tourists that this was a concern.”

Germany insisted when the alert was issued that it was based on old information and said there was no indication of an imminent terror warning within its territory. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the nation faced a “high level of abstract threat ... there is at present not need for alarm.”

German opposition lawmakers, meanwhile, speculated that

the real reason behind issuing the advisory was the upcoming U.S. elections.

“Different countries handle these things in different ways,” Benjamin said. “The Germans neither have the legislation we do in terms of having to issue alerts, nor do they have the tradition of handling these things perhaps as publicly as we do.”

France’s terrorism threat is the highest it has been in years.

Security has also been boosted at busy tourist sites like Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. French authorities have recorded nine bomb alerts in the capital last month — a threefold increase from a year earlier. No explosives have been found.

Britain’s Foreign Of fice has also war ned travelers to France and Germany of a high terror threat.

Benjamin said informing the public could ultimately keep people safer.

“We didn’t tell anyone not to travel here (Europe),” he said.

“But we really do believe that if you give people some ideas on how to behave — what to do in their traveling — they will be more aware of their surroundings and take precautions, and will therefore be more secure.”

He said misinformation and leaks surrounding the plot had complicated the government’s efforts, including reports that some tourist attractions had been targeted.

“We didn’t talk about specific targets,” such as Berlin’s Alexanderplatz, which “was a complete invention of one particular broadcaster,” he said, declining to go into specifics. “We didn’t get into a lot of the nitty gritty particulars because of intelligence concerns.”

Europe has been a target of numerous Islamic terror plots — the deadliest being the 2004 Madrid train bombings, when shrapnel-filled bombs exploded, killing 191 people and wounding about 1,800.

A year later, suicide bombers killed 52 rush-hour commuters in London aboard three subway cars and a bus.

U NIVERSITY SPACE: Project scheduled to open for students fall 2012 continued from front Although the change is simple and there are benefits for each party, risks do exist, said Rob Roesener, associate general counsel to the University.

“A tenant always has more risks in respect to the property that it occupies than an owner,” he said. “The general risks that a tenant faces are the new risks that Rutgers will face.”

For example, if a landlord, such as DEVCO, faces bankruptcy, the tenant — the University — could be evicted from the space, he said.

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M But Roesener said the University took the necessar y precautions to protect against these risks.

“We’ve countered those risks with legal instruments that we feel are going to protect Rutgers’ interests,” he said.

After examining the possible consequences, administrators at the University came to the conclusion that the deal with DEVCO was a good one.

“The Board of Governors felt comfortable that, as one partner to another in a joint real estate project, we were able to help them,” Roesener said.

“Rutgers did not feel the risks were so great, and the benefits to Rutgers and the city and DEVCO overall are great. It made sense to do it.”

The University can take ownership of its portion of the project eventually, according to the resolution. “[After the seven years,] the University will have the opportunity to own the property [for no additional cost],” Miranda said.

The Gateway Project, located at the corner of Somerset Street and Easton Avenue, will include residential units, including affordable housing, a University bookstore, the University press, retail space and a parking deck with more than 600 hourly spaces.

The project is on schedule and will be open for students’ return to campus in the fall of 2012, Paladino said. The parking garage is scheduled to be open for use next year.

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Robert Roesener, associate general counsel to the University, said there are more risks with leasing rather than owning the Gateway space, because the University could be evicted if DEVCO faces bankruptcy.

FUNDRAISER: U. raises total of $472M so far continued from front Ser vices for the Rutgers University Foundation. “It really framed for all the University community, as well as the greater public, the importance of this campaign and why it’s important for us.”

Guests were treated to a concert where members of the Kirkpatrick Choir, University Choir, Voorhees Choir and the University’s Glee Club sang songs from Carmina Burana as well as the Alma Mater, arranged

by Mason Gross graduate student Michael Lucas Strother.

The Rutgers University Orchestra, conducted by Associate Professor Kynan Johns, accompanied the joint choir.

Nicole Renna, vice president of Kirkpatrick Choir, said the event did not seem like much of a big deal until the choir sang the Alma Mater.

“We started seeing all the donors slowly stand up to sing the song with us, and I think that was a really power ful moment,” said Renna, a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior.

“That made me realize just how important it was that we were there singing.”

Renna said she felt as though she was taking part in something bigger than herself.

“It’s easy to get caught up in your studies and school, but then you realize that we’re all in this together and we’re all Rutgers University,” she said.

Likewise, President of Kirkpatrick choir Colleen

Martin said it felt gratifying that the choirs were chosen to represent the University and what it has to offer.

“It puts the feeling of family that these people are maybe well into their 50s and 60s, and they still feel a connection when hearing our Alma Mater,” said Martin, a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior.

University President Richard L. McCormick, who was present that evening, said the launch of the campaign comes at an important moment for the University.

“We are laying the foundation for a bold future for this University,” McCormick said.

“[The campaign is] very focused on taking control of our future.”

BRYAN O’LEARY Rutgers University Foundation Campaign Communications and Creative Services Director

“In an environment of declining public support for higher education, private giving makes this future possible.”

Gov. Chris Christie also attended the event.

The Rutgers University Foundation initiated the quiet phase of the fundraiser in the summer of 2007, Trevor said.

“Over the past three years, the foundation set a new record for fundraising at Rutgers — despite the worldwide economic downturn,” he said.

A total of $472 million has been raised so far, which

accounts for nearly half of the University’s goal, Trevor said.

The foundation received gifts from more than 76,000 donors. Of that amount, 25,000 donated to the University for the first time.

Funds from the campaign have already created 382 new scholarships, providing support to hundred of undergraduates, Trevor said. Twelve new endowed chairs in 10 fields of study were established. “[The campaign is] ver y focused on taking control of our future,” O’Lear y said.

“Fundraising is going to be a very important part of that, for scholarships for students, to get endowments for our faculty.”

Of the University’s 244-year history, this initiative marks the most ambitious and comprehensive fundraising campaign, Trevor said. Ninety percent of funding will go to supporting academics and student services.

The campaign aims to distribute 40 percent of that amount to faculty and research while 25 percent will go to students and learning, Trevor said.

Campuses and facilities as well as University and community programs will each receive 15 percent respectively.

Five percent will be designated for other University initiatives.

Specific projects the University will strive toward include redeveloping the Livingston campus and doubling the amount of endowed chairs to attract and retain a world-class faculty, Trevor said.

Based on the current success of the fundraiser, O’Leary feels all is going well so far.

“This [fundraiser] is a very crucial thing for us and we’ve got great momentum,” O’Leary said.

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Theater Arts program honors former chairman

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

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BY JAKE JANOFSKY

Hicks became an integral part of his plays and worked closely with his selected staff, Israel Hicks, the forsaid George Stauffer, mer chairman and artisdean of Mason Gross. tic director of the “[He] was a tireless Theater Arts program at advocate for high artisMason Gross School of tic standards … like a the Arts, was honored good director, he on Monday in a Mason remained much in the Gross memorial. background, assemHicks, who passed bling a distinguished away in July, was team of professionals ISRAEL responsible for creatand fine-tuning their HICKS ing a year-long resideninstructional work from cy program for fine arts majors to off stage,” Stauffer said. study at the Globe Theatre in Wren Brown, founder and England, the site where William producer of the Ebony Repertory Shakespeare staged his works.

Theatre, admired Hicks. Brown Hicks was honored with the called him a masterful, collaboraUniversity’s Board of Trustees tive maker of theater and a gifted Award for Excellence in man of grace, generosity, gravity, Research/Creative Activity earlier vision and profound artistry. this year, according to the Mason He said Hicks is remembered Gross Web site. While serving as as being a humble and private artistic director at Ebony man, but he is highly regarded in Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles the theater community for the Hicks received a National brilliance and honesty reflected Association for the Advancement in the plays he directed. of Colored People Theatre Award “He was an artist whose work for Best Director for his 2008 prowill live on through the many duction of “Two Trains Running.” actors, students and designers He also arranged for the University with whom he worked and to be part of the prestigious taught,” Brown said. “The Theater Consortium where prestihumanity in his artistry and comgious acting programs in America mitment to his profession has left collaborate for national auditions. an indelible impression on the Along with his work in acadeartistic and educational landmia, Hicks was a director who scape of America and beyond.” made theatrical history by staging Hicks taught at several acting a cycle of 10 plays conser vatories

by August Wilson i n c l u d i n g “He was an artist all with the same Carnegie Mellon acting company whose work will live University. Before in Denver. coming to the on through the many University, Hicks Wilson’s series of plays worked at The actors, students depicted how Conservatory of slavery impacted Theatre Arts at and designers ... ” 10 generations of Purchase College WREN BROWN blacks situated in in New York. He Ebony Repertory Theatre Pittsburgh’s runearned his bachedown Hill lor’s degree at District.

To Boston University express the kinship that he felt and his Master of Fine Arts degree with the plays, Hicks often wore at New York University. a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap.

The Denver Post once asked “We’ve lost a giant. I think he Hicks how his work had affectwas the greatest director in the ed him. world, and I’ll preach that to any“[There is] a sense of pride one I have the chance to preach knowing that you can put out a it to,” said Charles Weldon, an body of work that doesn’t have to actor who appeared in eight of be trivial or anti-anything. It can those 10 plays. simply be truthful … and speak for John Keller, a recent Mason itself, ” he said in The Denver Post.

Gross graduate, helped to put He also said the Wilson plays together a project called the New were a history of a culture and Brunswick Theater Festival with they answered the question of the help of Hicks. He said Hicks, whether black communities his mentor, invested part of himself would get bogged down by their in his students’ successes and painful past or move forward, failures, and that the power of his according to The Denver Post. encouragement could Hicks is survived by his secmove mountains. ond wife Renee Harriston-Hicks.

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The Rutgers’ United Students Against Sweatshops delivers a letter yesterday asking the University to cut ties with the Fair Labor Association to University President Richard L. McCormick at Old Queens College.

ATTORNEY CLAIMS MARCUS BASCUS’ INNOCENCE IN SETON HALL SHOOTING Clifford Lazzaro — the attorney representing Marcus Bascus, the East Orange man who prosecutors say supplied the gun used to fatally shoot a Seton Hall University sophomore last month — said Bascus has no role or involvement in the killing.

Lazaro said Wednesday that Bascus was on vacation when authorities arrested him in Pennsylvania days later, according to an article on nj.com.

Bascus, 19, made his first appearance in Superior Court in Newark Wednesday, where he pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and weapons offenses in connection with the Sept.

25 killing of 19-year-old Jessica Moore at an offcampus house party, according to the article.

Prosecutors say Bascus handed the gun to another man, Nicholas Welch, who had been thrown out of the party earlier that night, according to the article. Welch, who lived down the block on South Clinton Street, then went back to the

house after midnight and opened fire, authorities said in the article.

Moore, an honors student, was shot in the head and killed, and four other students were also injured.

Police arrested Welch, 25, two days later in his home, and charged him with murder, attempted murder, weapons offenses and burglar y, and for breaking down the front door, according to the article.

U.S. Marshals captured Bascus after four days in an apartment in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. When asked why Bascus had gone there, Lazzaro said he had a previously planned vacation.

The two defendants remain in jail in lieu of $2 million bail each, according to the article. Lazzaro said he would seek a bail reduction for Bascus and would oppose the state’s request that he submit to a DNA swab. A hearing on that matter is scheduled for Nov. 4.

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LAPTOP: Some students think program is unnecessary continued from front Rather than sit at designated areas where desktops are located within the librar y, students may bring the computers to different locations and more people can access computers throughout the facility. “[Program coordinators] chose the Ar t Librar y because [it is] in the classroom par t of campus,” said University Librarian Sara Har rington.

“When all of the computers are filled we wanted to give students the oppor tunity to use a netbook.”

During peak class hours, patrons must wait sometimes to use the Art Librar y’s 16 desktop computers. With exams and term papers approaching, the librar y can expect an increase in demand.

School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Allie Tabakin said the program could help those who must travel to the University daily.

“I think it’s a good idea, especially for commuters,” Tabakin said. “It gives them the option of not lugging their laptop to school.”

The program has thus far been a success, Harrington said.

“So far, so good. Some students borrow [the laptops] and more students will use them as they begin to write papers,” she said.

Each laptop is equipped with Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat and other commonly used programs. Borrowers may use their NetIDs to access RU Wireless on the laptops and print documents for a small fee in the print release station at the Art Librar y.

But not all students believe the program is essential to the University community.

“It’s kind of unnecessar y. If you need a computer, you have the computer lab,” Rutgers Business School sophomore Pranav Naik said. “I don’t see a big difference between a desktop and a laptop. If you’re not going to take it anywhere, then there’s no point.”

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School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Richard Sese, above, studies in the Art Library which started the laptop-lending program so more computers are available if needed.

PROGRAM: Graduates prepared for most careers continued from front department, was not included in the faculty list.

Nevertheless, Loewer credits the department’s success to its philosophers.

“We have some of the most accomplished and well-known philosophers in the world in our department: Jerr y Fodor, Alvin Goldman, Ernie Sosa, Steve Stich, Tim Maudlin, Ernie LePore, Larr y Temkin, Jeff McMahan. I could go on,” he said.

The job market for academic philosophy is ver y competitive, said Loewer, adding that he and the other professors work hard to help students get positions as professors.

“So far, we have had almost 100 percent success,” he said.

The department’s undergraduate majors who have gone on to graduate school have obtained positions at universities like Columbia, Princeton, Rice and Maryland, Loewer said.

“Philosophy is really good preparation for any career that involves thinking — especially thinking creatively — and the ability to write clearly,” he said.

Students agreed that the University’s ranking is of significance.

“I think other departments should strive to be nationally recognized like the philosophy depar tments,” School of Engineering junior Edoardo Conti said. “Being No.1 in the entire countr y is a benchmark all other programs should tr y to attain.”

Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy junior Nilam Shah was glad the University is being lauded for its work in philosophy.

“A lot of people don’t know that the philosophy program is so great and they should advertise it more,” she said. “Most of the time Rutgers is recognized for something like sports or social life, no one really talks about the academic point of view. It’s great that Rutgers is finally getting recognized for something academic, which is a good turn on things.”

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Research explores effects of alcohol on fetuses

BY MITAL GAJJAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

University animal science Professor Dipak Sarkar received a $3.5 million Method to Extend Research in Time award from the National Institutes of Health to expand suppor t and funding for his studies on fetal alcohol syndrome for another decade.

The research focuses on two major disorders. Fetal alcohol syndrome is a pattern of physical and mental abnormalities that develop in unborn babies whose mothers excessively consume alcohol during pregnancy, said Sarkar, director of the Endocrine Research Program.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a broader term for a wide variety of health problems, includes fetal alcohol syndrome.

It affects 2 percent of the population, he said.

“Those affected with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder face more stress problems than normal people,” Sarkar said. “These people show signs of aggression, poor coping abilities, sleep disorder, infections and diseases, higher incidence of HIV and drug use.”

The research suggests that drinking during pregnancy is more frequent among teenagers than older women, Sarkar said.

“Young people when pregnant often are not really taking care of their body, which is why they would drink. They are not exposed to the knowledge of drinking,” he said.

For pregnant young women, the ignorance of even being with child often has tragic ef fects for their babies. For example, if the mother does not know that she is pregnant right away there may be a higher chance for bir th defects.

“Many teens don’t even know that they are pregnant until they find out three or four months later, so by then, if they have been drinking, taking drugs or involved in other risky behaviors, their baby is at risk,” said Francesca Maresca, a coordinator for Health Outreach, Promotion and Education.

Maresca said it is important to keep in mind that babies develop fetal alcohol syndrome through repeated long-term chronic exposure to alcohol while developing.

Many new studies show that fetal alcohol toxicity causes a range of damages to the developing brain.

“Much of fetal alcohol toxicity to the [central ner vous system] may occur in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy,” said Nadka Boyadjieva,

assistant research professor at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.

“Those are ver y impor tant periods when most other organs have already passed the stage of active organogenesis [organ development].”

Researchers found that exposure to ethanol may also lead to

“Those affected with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder face more stress problems than normal people.

DIPAK SARKAR Endocrine Research Program Director

the early death of a fetus and affect the development of endocrine functions, such as those of the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, hypothalamus and pancreas.

“Offspring of mothers using ethanol during pregnancy are known to suffer from developmental delays and/or a variety of behavioral changes,” Boyadjieva said. “Ethanol may affect the developing fetus in a dose-

dependent manner and in different stages of development.”

The researchers discovered many causes of fetal alcohol syndrome. One of the most important is that there are specific parts of the brain, mainly the hypothalamus, where abnormalities take place.

Beta-endorphin neurons in the brain are part of opioid, chemical transmitters found in the central ner vous system, where they send signals throughout the body and control the immune system, Sarkar said.

“There are interactions between brain and immune system, and we have been studying the fetal alcohol effects on them,” Boyadijieva said. “This area formed fetal alcohol disorders related to changes in both brain and immune system.”

Endorphins are responsible for creating good moods and strengthening the immune system, but those with fetal alcohol syndrome have a deficiency in these biological painkillers, Sarkar said.

“For example, when you feel good after eating chocolate, your brain creates endorphins. These patients [affected by fetal alcohol syndrome] lack endorphins, leading to more hostile behaviors because they don’t feel good,” he said. “They have weaker immune functions, promoting a propensity to develop cancer, such as breast and prostate.”

Research has shown that by artificially making new cells to produce endorphins, scientists can find a way to reduce symptoms and stress while improving health.

“Our idea of technology is taking stem cells to make them into endorphin neurons and inser t them into the brain,” Sarkar said. “We have tested this in animals and found out that it reduces stress, less drinking under stress and lower cases of cancer.”

The research is 30 years in the making and researchers are at the preliminary stage, which entails giving alcohol to laboratory mice and rats, he said. They will need to conduct testing on larger animals and primates before they can test on humans.

Sarkar uses this research and stress biology in pursuit of a cure for fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. He is focusing on new manners of controlling bodily diseases and functions by manipulating the brain rather than the body itself.

“Information can be applied to those with depression and cancer who also have greater stress, less amount of endorphins and circadian rhythm sleep disorder even though they are not influenced by alcohol,” Sarkar said.

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EDITORIALS

Week in review: laurels and darts

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he Chevy Volt rolls out this week for public consumption, and some figures are not as the company had announced.

General Motors’ electric savior might as well have been a concept car with vast differences between announced miles per gallon and the actual numbers. Initially the car was supposed to achieve 230-mpg fuel consumption and its sole method of operation was to be an electric drivetrain. Neither statistic is correct. GM practically lied about the vehicle. Popular Mechanics magazine found the consumption to be just 37.5 mpg in city driving. This is a mere 10 percent of the fuel economy the company claimed when the concept for the car came out. The bigger problem is that GM lied about the powertrain. Since its inception, the Volt was unveiled as a vehicle in which internal combustion does not motivate the wheels. The car might have been superb had it not been preceded by its reputation, but with fuel economy not much better than a Honda Civic. GM then gets a dart. *

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The United States is once again tr ying its hand at peace talks in the Middle East — or at least, their facilitation. According to The New York Times, the United States is helping senior Taliban leaders with initial peace talks with the Afghan government in Kabul.

Despite American officials cautioning that they are not yet ready to formally join the emergent peace efforts with the Taliban factions, they acknowledged that reconciliation is a priority in the Americanled war in Afghanistan. “Whenever opportunity arise that are worth exploring, we ought to take advantage of that,” Defense Secretar y Robert Gates said. United States and NATO officials confirmed that they have been helping former fighters and insurgents to travel to peace talks. Although still resultless, for their efforts to re-establish peace, U.S. policymakers get a laurel. *

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Apple is coming to Verizon. According to The Associated Press, Verizon Wireless will begin selling the iPad at the end of this month. The iPhone will also come to the wireless provider early next year. This will give customers who have so far had only the option to switch to AT&T the access to purchasing the arguably most popular smartphone in the past few years. Currently, AT&T is Apple’s sole U.S. carrier for the iPhone. It is also the only carrier that provides the 3G option for the iPad, which allows for cellular data access where the carrier permits. The options will be different. Verizon will not sell the 3G version and will instead offer the Wi-Fi version with the option of bundling it with a MiFi gadget for $130. The MiFi gadget is a Post-It-pad sized batter y-powered device. It uses Verizon’s 3G connection and relays the data to the iPad via Wi-Fi. According to sources, data plans will start at $20 per month for 1 gigabyte. We laurel this move by Apple for making its products available to more consumers while letting Verizon compete with its main rival in the wireless market. *

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Despite President Barack Obama’s recent outright affirmation that he is in fact a Christian, a recent Eagleton Institute of Politics sur vey shows that 12 percent of New Jerseyans still believe the president is a Muslim. On a national level, 43 percent of people do not know what his religion is. These people deser ve a dart for their blatant ignorance. Whether they decided to disregard the proof that Obama is a Christian or have somehow missed ever y piece of reporting done on the strangely controversial issue, their lack of knowledge on a matter as simple as the president’s religion reflects poorly on our countr y. Obama attempted to set the record straight countless times. People should start listening. *

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The stor y of the trapped Chilean miners has been all over the news since August and now the ordeal is finally over. All 33 miners have been rescued successfully. There are a lot of laurels to hand out here. Obviously, the rescue operation and ever yone involved deser ves a laurel for bringing these men back to the world. The Chilean government also deser ves a laurel for all of the time and effort they devoted to planning the operation and to keeping the miners as safe and comfortable as possible while they were trapped. Finally, the miners themselves deser ve the biggest laurel. Despite spending 70 days underground, they managed to stay sane. They are the perfect examples of grace under pressure.

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America — we should start he Nobel Committee. looking at them.

Prestigious?

Yes. If we look at history, we Politically and cultursee that China has never ally sensitive? Not so much. been a democratic nation.

Liu Xiaobo’s receiving of the The dynastic emperors ruled Nobel Peace Prize this past with iron fists and the transiweek was a blatant smack in tions between dynasties were the Chinese government’s SEAN CURTIS defined by bloody civil wars face, and they obviously and rebellions. And it was the weren’t too happy about it. peasants, of course, who conducted these rebellions.

Hey, that’s alright by me. The policies of the Chinese It is the ancient tradition of China: If the government Communist Party are far from fitting with my — and fails the people, then destroy the government and put many other American’s — political and social stana new one in its place. They called it the Mandate of dards. But, then again, I’m not a Chinese citizen. Nor Heaven and China has survived more than 2,000 years are the countless Americans and Europeans who have under this tradition, without the advice of self-rightbeen so eager to voice their opinion about how “terrieous westerners. And here is America, which hasn’t ble” the Chinese government is and how “ashamed” even hit 300 years of age, telling China what to do. It’s they should be for not supporting Liu. I’m sure the CCP like an infant trying to teach a grown man to walk. really cares about what we have to say about the matter.

In fact, when China did openly welcome western CNN and Fox News show us a story about how the influence, we got the country doped up on opium just Chinese government imprisoned a man for advocating so we could tear it apart and divvy it up among the democracy. Suddenly, everyone hates China. “Where western powers. No wonder today’s Chinese governare their civil rights? Where is their freedom?” I must ment is so suspicious. When the Chinese people have have missed something. Is America so perfect all of a had enough of their leaders’ oppression, they will sudden that we feel we have the right to crusade for make a change, and they will do it without our help. people on the other side of the world? American There is no need to undermine their homosexuals still can’t marry the pride and independence by assuming people they love, we’re crushing the we know what’s best for them. In the freedom to build mosques, we’re still “The majority America, stop jabbering on in the middle of a war that not a single of Americans really meantime about the rights of people in foreign “Demoblican” or “Republicrat” can nations and start worrying about the truly justify, we have the highest don’t care about rights of your own neighbors. prison population in the world and the fate of Tibet.”

When Liu won the Nobel Prize, we’re in a panic because we have European Commission President doubts as to which god our president Jose Manuel Barroso said, “The valprays to. America, are you kidding ues that Liu pursued are at the core of the European me? We still haven’t even gotten our own act together, Union.” Well Mr. President, China is not part of the and we expect the Chinese to take us seriously when European Union, and they probably don’t want to be. we tell them to start treating their people better? Hell, This statement is a telltale sign that we westerners we even hunt down and deport immigrants who are really still do believe our cultures and values are supesimply looking for the same rights and freedoms we’re rior to those of the Chinese, and America has lately telling the Chinese to adopt. been the main culprit of spreading these delusions.

The United States public pulled a similar stunt We’d like to believe that America is the savior of the back in 2008 during the Beijing Olympics, when world, the perfect example for all others. The truth is, everyone was calling for the Chinese government to we’re really not. Rudyard Kipling called this delusion “Free Tibet!” Whatever happened to that slogan? It the “White Man’s Burden,” and its ghost is obviously died, just like many fads do here in America. As soon still haunting us today. Congratulations to Liu for as the Olympics were over, Americans reverted fighting the good fight. I have faith that he and his felback to not caring about Tibetan freedom. We go low progressives will bring a change to China for the through human rights campaigns like fashion in this better, and I have faith that he can do it without the country, and it’s indicative of the fact that the majornosy and fickle American hypocrisy. As Confucius ity of Americans really don’t care about the fate of once said, “When we see men of a contrary character, Tibet, Taiwan, Internet freedom or Liu Xiaobo. we should turn inward and examine ourselves.”

Saying we do for a little while just makes us all feel noble and fuzzy inside, and then we forget about it in Sean Curtis is a School of Arts and Sciences a month or so. And when’s the last time you heard of sophomore majoring in East Asian studies. His China scolding us for still being in Okinawa when column, “The Friday Rants,” runs on alternate Fridays.

World War II has been over since 1945? Mirrors,

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You might indulge a hidden desire to break loose.

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Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 9 — As you put the pieces of a project together, your imagination transforms the goal as well as the results.

Take the path less traveled.

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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Someone wants to run away and join the circus. Encourage them to think it through carefully: It may not be as much fun as it seems. Create something exciting at home instead.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — What seemed impossible last month suddenly comes together with ease. Your hard work pays off. You sought independence, and now have it.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Your individual interest and family demands require careful planning, if everyone is to get what they want. No detail's too small to consider.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — You get more done today working from home. Use the travel time you save to create harmony and to complete artistic family projects.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Send flowers. Be sure to include everyone's name on the gift card.

Bigger is better, to make a powerful impression. It pays off later.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Positive feedback makes you feel better about a project that's just started. Associates volunteer to help get things rolling. Accept their aid.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — A dream gets confirmed by a long-distance call. Because the answer is yes, you're able to move forward confidently. All systems go.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — A male wants to take the show on the road before the rest of you are ready. To slow down the process, ask for an extended break in the action.

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T H E DA I LY TA R G U M

OCTOBER 15, 2010

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Knights target bragging rights against in-state rival

BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

Talk to anyone on the Rutgers volleyball team and t h e y VOLLEYBALL will tell you the SETON HALL AT s a m e RUTGERS, thing.

TONIGHT, 7 P.M. “ We really want to beat Seton Hall this weekend,” said Caitlin Saxton.

The senior outside hitter comes off a dominant performance with the Scarlet Knights against a Rider team that just looked sloppy.

Now the focus is on Seton Hall, the last in-state rival left for Rutgers. The Pirates won the last five meetings between the two, depriving the Knights of a win since 2004.

Onlookers could even hear head coach CJ Werneke talking about improving technique during Tuesday night’s match against Rider to start tuning the team up for the Hall.

“We handled the toughest part of our Big East schedule,” he said. “Our focus right now is on Seton Hall. It’s one match we talked about all year long. It’s the only match we talked about really winning as a group.”

Werneke’s current mentality is completely different than his usual focus on Rutgers’ side of

GROUND: Beauharnais prepares to face Army at Mike continued from back Lower y can speak to that progress because he went through the same progression.

While many Rutgers starters play special teams, there are still younger players that can use it as a proving ground. For his first two seasons, Lowery was one of them.

Before his blocked punt and score against Army, Beauharnais was too.

“I was doing whatever they put me at. They moved me around a couple of times,” Beauharnais said. “Whatever my role is, I just have the mindset that I need to help the team.”

Beauharnais first displayed that last season with his special teams play and continued it in the offseason, when he began the transition to middle linebacker, a position he never played before.

the net all season long. It is obvious this Friday’s matchup has a lot more on the line.

Rutgers, 0-5 in the conference, also desperately searches for its first Big East win.

The Big East Tournament at the end of the season only takes the top eight in the conference.

Still winless, the Knights have a lot of work to do.

CJ WERNEKE Part of the grand scheme has already taken effect. Most of the team is out on the court at some point now. Freshmen are taking on larger roles so that the workload for the more-versed players on the team is now smaller.

“We’re going to need all 14 of our players to go to where we want to go and to keep improving like we want to improve,” Werneke said.

With all players present at Wednesday’s practice, ever yone was ready to step up. “[Wednesday’s practice was] just the beginning of preparing for a big game,” said The results have been positive, as Rutgers ranks 11th in the nation in total defense. And Beauharnais is third on the squad with 31 tackles — including a sack — to go along with two fumble recoveries.

While Beauharnais is willing to do whatever the team needs, head coach Greg

“Everybody wants to be the guy to get to that block or pick up the fumble and get in the end zone to score for our team.”

STEVE BEAUHARNAIS Sophomore Linebacker

Schiano notices he is starting to enjoy the role for himself, as well.

“Production and r unning the defense: Those are things you can’t take for granted,” Schiano said. “That Mike

sophomore setter Stephanie Zielinski. “Hopefully we can carr y [Tuesday’s game] onto Seton Hall. That’s going to be a really big game for us.”

Keeping on pace with previous performances, consistency shouldn’t be too hard for Zielinski, either. The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., native tries for her ninth double-double of the season this Friday and the 14th of her early career.

With only last year’s away loss against the Pirates to gauge, Zielinski would like to see the game from a different side.

“We wanted to beat them for so long,” she said. “Last year we really should have beaten them.

Now we have them in our gym, we’re all rallied up and we’re excited for them right now.”

Rutgers’ receiving game will be challenged by the Hall’s Sarah Osmun, who leads the team with 272 kills on the season and Alyssa Warren, who leads the team on digs with 366.

Saxton, who leads the Knights in kills, digs and service aces with 204, 174 and 20, respectively, will have her hands full.

“I think Seton Hall is one of those teams that in our past we haven’t played as well as we thought we should have against them,” she said. “We kind of feel like enough is enough and that we’re ready to just come out and beat them.” linebacker is ever y bit the quarterback of the front seven and he has to get them in and out of stuff. Initially it wasn’t easy for him, but I think in the last three games, he’s really taken the bull by the horns and enjoys it.

“To be a Mike linebacker, you have to want to be in charge. If you don’t want it, it’s not a good position for you, because you’re constantly having to direct people and tell them what to do.”

Entering the Knights’ sixth game of the season, Beauharnais enjoys being the guy in the middle of the defense.

But that does not mean he did not enjoy when he was “the guy” last season against Army on special teams — where he got his start.

“Special teams are big around here,” Beauharnais said.

“We’re a punt block team and everybody knows it. Everybody wants to be the guy to get to that block or pick up the fumble and get in the end zone to score for our team.”

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Senior outside hitter Caitlin Saxton leads the Rutgers volleyball team in three major statistical categories: kills, digs and service aces.

ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore Steve Beauharnais is third on the team with 31 tackles in his first season as Rutgers’ starting middle linebacker.

DODD CONTINUES TEAR AGAINST ARMY There will be no hangover between true freshman quarterback Chas Dodd’s first and seco n d NCAA ‘11 SIM career starts, according to The Daily Targum’s weekly “NCAA Football 2011” simulation.

The Scarlet Knights easily controlled Army’s triple option and continued to put up points offensively, beating the Black Knights, 35-7.

Dodd did all of the work offensively, playing a role in all five of Rutgers touchdowns and completing 60 percent of his passes for 297 yards.

Dodd threw for four touchdowns — two to Mohamed Sanu from 55 and 26 yards out, one on a 52-yard screen

pass to Jordan Thomas and one to Jeremy Deering from 11 yards out.

He also ran one in from two yards out.

On the defensive side of the ball, linebackers Manny Abreu and Steve Beauharnais easily handled the Army triple option.

Abreu had 10 tackles and 2.5 for a loss and Beauharnais had 13 tackles and a sack.

The lone Army touchdown came on a 20-yard pass by sophomore quar terback Trent Steelman late in the fourth quarter.

The Daily Targum’s weekly simulation is 4-1 this season and finished last season 10-2.

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T H E DA I LY TA R G U M

Away games present problems for young team

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

When the Rutgers women’s soccer team faces off against Syracuse and St. John’s this weekend, it takes on a far tougher WOMEN’S SOCCER obstacle than the RUTGERS AT Orange SYRACUSE, or Red TONIGHT, 7 P.M. Storm.

The road has been a difficult host for the Scarlet Knights (8-7, 3-4) during the 2010 season, in which five of the team’s seven losses came away from the confines of Yurcak Field in Piscataway.

“We haven’t played well on the road. We’re not a good road team,” said head coach Glenn Crooks, whose Knights dropped their last four away contests. “We better turn that around ver y quickly. This year we’re not getting results on the road. I just know how recent trips have gone. For the most part, road trips have not brought us many points in the [Big East].”

The Knights’ last road victory in the Big East came on Oct. 23, 2009, in a 1-0 overtime thriller against Cincinnati.

Scarlet enthusiasts have to go back over a month ago for the team’s most recent road win over a non-conference opponent: a 1-0 upending of Washington on Sept. 12 at the Nike Invitational.

“We went into last weekend [against Connecticut and Providence] and had a lot of confidence that we were going to win at home and get the job done,” said junior Karla Schacher, who leads the team with five goals on the season. “Traveling, we were a little apprehensive and our confidence [against DePaul and Notre Dame] wasn’t quite as good as last weekend.”

CATHERINE DEPALMA

Junior defender Julie Lancos logged 83 minutes last weekend in losses to DePaul and No. 5 Notre Dame. The Belford, N.J., native played sparingly in the Knights’ previous two victories.

Crooks tinkered with his lineup again in the team’s two most recent road losses to the Blue Demons and the No. 5 Fighting Irish, inserting former starter Julie Lancos for major minutes to solidify the back four.

“Any eight or 10 of us can go in and still try to raise the level [of play],” Lancos said. “Whoever goes in goes in. We all know how to play. It was definitely nice to get some minutes again [last] weekend. Unfortunately we didn’t get the results that we wanted.

The next two weekends are going to be really big weekends.”

Lancos played a combined 83 minutes on the weekend, in which the Knights gave up a combined five goals — the most the team conceded in a two-game weekend stretch this season.

By comparison, the Belford, N.J., native earned just 15 minutes total in the Knights’ two wins against UConn and Providence the previous weekend.

The Knights’ road woes helped demote the team into a fourthplace tie with Louisville in the Big East’s National Division with just four games left on the schedule — half of which come on the road.

“Road games are always hard, especially when you’re traveling the whole day before and there’s a time change,” Lancos said.

“Obviously it’s going to affect the team a little bit. You have to go in with a, ‘We’re not going to lose,’ mentality and whether you’re home or away, it really shouldn’t matter.”

This weekend’s road swing kicks off tonight with a date with Syracuse (5-7-4, 2-4-1), who comes into the Big East matchup having lost four of five conference affairs.

The Orange’s lack of scoring shows most transparently on the

stat sheet, where only seven players have registered goals on the season.

Sophomore for ward Brielle Heitman — a Mahwah, N.J., native — catapults the Orange attack with four goals, followed by teammates Megan Bellingham and Tina Romagnuolo with three apiece.

The Orange sport a freshman in net in Brittany Anghel, who boasts a .772 save percentage in her first season in blue and orange.

“I know Syracuse is better,” Crooks said. “I know Syracuse has given several teams a tussle. I’m not going to comment on their level [of play]. Do I think we were a better team than some of the teams in our league against which results have gone the wrong way?

Maybe on that day they were the better team. We can’t assume anything.”

St. John’s (5-8-1, 2-5) also comes into Sunday’s matchup with the Knights having lost four of five matches, including a 1-0 hear tbreaking defeat in over time at the hands of West Virginia.

The Johnnies and the Orange make up two-thirds of the Big East American Division’s bottom three clubs.

Red Storm freshman Amy Marron paces a St. John’s offensive assault that managed just nine goals this season from only five different team members.

Junior netminder Kristin Russell notched five shutouts to date, while the Red Storm defense surrendered 16 goals on the year.

“Playing [at St. John’s] is hard, it’s a challenge,” Lancos said. “Any road game is a little bit harder. There is really no easy game and that’s why the next four games are all going to be very big games for us.”

Tourney berth on line in trip to Rhode Island

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ CORRESPONDENT

When the Rutgers field hockey team takes the field Saturday to face Providence, there is no question its postseason chances will be on the FIELD HOCKEY line.

T h e RUTGERS AT Scarlet PROVIDENCE, Knights SATURDAY, 11 A.M. (5-9, 1-3) and the Friars (3-10, 0-3) round out the bottom of the Big East standings and each team desperately needs a win to enter the conference tournament discussion.

But for head coach Liz Tchou’s squad, this weekend’s conference matchup marks the second-to-last Big East game this season, making it do-or-die time for the Knights.

“I know we have the talent,” Tchou said. “We have a very talented team and I think that every player is going to have to bring a lot of energy to Saturday. I can’t tell you how much it would mean for us to win this game. It’s going to be 70 minutes of us trying to control the tempo of the game and I think we have the ability to do that.”

In its last game, the team showed that ability to control a game from start to finish.

The Knights cranked 12 shots in both halves while

racking up 12 penalty corners in a 2-0 shutout victor y against La Salle.

The Explorers managed just six shots in the contest and struggled to retain possession, as freshman goalkeeper Sarah Stuby shut down four of the team’s six shots.

In the end, though, the team missed a number of opportunities in front of the cage and entered this week of practice seeking improvement on the offensive side of the field.

A lot of those kinks got worked out on the practice field, said junior for ward Nicole Gentile.

“We did a lot that we didn’t do well in the game,” Gentile said. “[We’re] tr ying to score more and work through ever ything that wasn’t to our best ability last weekend.”

Gentile, the team-leader in goals (8) and points (16) this season, added yet another goal in the shutout victory off a deflection in front of the net during a penalty corner.

The forward continues to be a catalyst for the Knights’ offense down the stretch this year, and a goal against Providence on Saturday would mark the seventh time in eight games the junior scored.

But the Jamison, Pa., native isn’t affected by her scoring role.

“I think every forward has the pressure of scoring,” Gentile said. “I feel comfortable with everybody in the forward line that comes in … there’s really not any pressure.”

It all star ts with getting ahead early — something the Knights have struggled to do this season.

Tchou and Co. surrendered the first goal 11 different times this season and came out of those games victorious just twice.

Coming out of the gates attacking is a must for Rutgers, as its Big East conference bid may ride on the stat.

“A big thing for us is really going to be pushing to score first,” Tchou said. “I know they [Providence] see us and see that other teams have scored first on us and we’re always having to come from behind. That’s been a huge emphasis for us this week: push the issue, really go after the team, press as hard as we can and get that first goal.”

The Knights continue their Rhode Island excursion on Sunday, when they battle yet another ranked opponent in No. 20 Stanford at a neutral site.

The Cardinal (8-3) are the sixth ranked opponent for Rutgers this season and put their three-game winning streak on the line today when they take on No. 8 Syracuse.

CAMERON STROUD

Junior forward Nicole Gentile (right) scored a goal in six of the past seven games for the Knights, increasing her team-high tally to eight.

Stanford is outscoring opponents by almost two goals a game this season and look to defeat their second top-10 opponent in its past four games.

This weekend, however, comes down to the Knights’

contest with the Friars, and a win won’t come without a collective team effort, according to senior co-captain Jenna Bull.

“We have to play together, because when we play together, we’re a pretty unstoppable team,” Bull said.

G A M E DAY

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M

OCTOBER 15, 2010

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KnightsGameday RUTGERS VS ARMY

GAME 6: New Meadowlands Stadium, 2 p.m. TV: ESPN3.com RADIO: 1450 AM FAVORITE: Rutgers by 7

RU ready for home away from home

BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers football team has very mixed emotions about playing one of its seven home games at New Meadowlands Stadium.

The Scarlet Knights, who host Army 35 miles Northeast of their usual Piscataway home, sacrificed a lot of what it means to have a true home game, but received approximately $2.7 million to do so.

“That’s the only reason I’m doing it to be frank,” said head coach Greg Schiano on the change of location. “That’s a lot of money.

Again, if the money is right and the situation is right, we’ll do it.”

The deal allows for the biggest revenue in-take from a single game in school history because bowl game payouts are shared among the Big East.

“It’s so hard to run an athletic program,” Schiano said. “It’s 24 teams. Football is the only mechanism to generate large amounts of money. I thought this was a great opportunity.”

Playing a game at New Meadowlands Stadium also represents a unique opportunity for the student-athletes, who begin a three-game stretch of games on NFL gridirons. After playing Army, the Knights head to Pittsburgh to play Pitt on the Steelers’ home field — Heinz Field — and head to Tampa to play USF on the Buccaneers’ home field — Raymond James Stadium.

“A bunch of my friends have been at Giant and Jet games and said that the stadium is pretty incredible,” said junior running back Joe Martinek. “It’s a new experience that I’m definitely looking forward to. I actually grew up a Vikings fan, but I got the chance to talk to [Giants running back] Brandon Jacobs last year. It’s pretty incredible that I’ll be playing on the same field that he’ll play on the next day. It’s something that will last with me forever.”

On the negative side of the spectrum, Rutgers faces a major change in routine for home games, a diminished student section and recruiting setbacks by moving the location.

The Knights will not have a walk-through at the stadium before the game and will treat it as a road game by busing up to the

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INSIDE the NUMBERS

SCARLET KNIGHTS (3-2)

ARMY (4-2)

PASSING CMP YDS TD INT. AVG. 1 126.0 C. Dodd 52.5% 509 3 3 99.8 T. Savage 51.5% 399 1

CMP YDS TD INT. AVG. PASSING T. Steelman 55.8% 388 4 0 64.7

RUSHING NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. 23 272 4 91 M. Sanu 5.6 J. Martinek 51 212 1 35 3.9 RECEIVING NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. 23 245 2 29 10.7 M. Sanu M. Harrison 10 182 1 52 18.2 9 134 0 43 14.9 J. Thomas TKL SCK 46 0.5 0 33 1 31

DEFENSE

A. Lowery J. Lefeged S. Beauharnais

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stadium two hours before kickoff.

Because of the cost and distance for travel, Rutgers also expects a smaller student section than the norm of nearly 10,000 for regular home games.

Schiano also loses out on the recruiting end where he cannot speak directly to recruits visiting the game.

“I’d much rather have them [at Rutgers Stadium] because I’m not even allowed to talk to the prospects when they’re there,” Schiano said. “How about that? I’m not even allowed to talk to them, even though it’s our home game.

But that’s the NCAA rule because it’s not our home stadium.”

Rutgers (3-2, 1-0) faces the triple option for the first time since its clash with Army (4-2) last season.

“It’s the same preparation,” said senior defensive tackle and team captain Charlie Noonan.

“It’s the same attention of detail that you need on ever y single play. You have to execute your role and if you don’t, they’ll make

you play. That’s really what they rely on: us making the mistake because they definitely won’t make many. It makes sense though. They’re the most disciplined people in this countr y.”

The Knights took down Army, 2710, in West Point, N.Y., last season behind a 139-yard, two-touchdown performance by Martinek. In the game, then-freshman quarterback Trent Steelman totaled 43 rushing yards and completed just two of six passes on the game for army.

Now a sophomore, Steelman is a much more established passer, completing 29 of 52 passes for 388 yards and four touchdowns to go along with 355 rushing yards and seven touchdowns.

“They don’t throw it a lot but one of the mistakes people make is they rely on big plays in the passing game,” Schiano said. “They rely on a corner being bored, ‘Run, run, run, oops, he looked like he was going to block me but he just took off running for a touchdown.’

So we have to play disciplined in the secondary.”

SCHEDULE Sept. 2 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 8 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Nov. 3 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 26 Dec. 4

Norfolk State FIU N. Carolina Tulane Connecticut Army Pittsburgh South Florida Syracuse Cincinnati Louisville West Virginia

RUSHING J. Hassin T. Steelman

NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. 4.9 80 394 6 16 3.8 93 405 7 22

RECEIVING A. Barr D. Brooks G. Jordan J. Hassin

NO. YDS TD 9 137 2 5 69 1 5 54 0 4 43 0

DEFENSE

LNG AVG. 31 15.2 20 11.5 9.0 16 7.2 23

TKL SCK 44 0 31 7.0 30 0

S. Anderson J. McNary S. Ezringer

INT 1 0 0

INJURIES Out — LB A. Rodriguez Questionable — LB N. Combs, QB C. Bowden

INJURIES Probable — QB T. Savage

Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano will lead his team out of a New Meadowlands Stadium tunnel in one of RU’s seven home games.

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North Texas Duke Temple Tulane Rutgers VMI Air Force Kent State Notre Dame Navy

Key Matchup Rutgers offensive line vs. DE Josh McNary Army defensive end Josh McNary proved he knows how to get after the quarterback, as a two-sack performance last week increased his season total to seven, and he will pose a challenge to the Knights’ shaky offensive line.

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP: OFFENSE

MOHAMED SANU Wide Receiver

DESMOND STAPLETON Tackle

DESMOND WYNN Guard

HOWARD BARBIERI Center

CALEB RUCH Guard

ART FORST Tackle

D.C. JEFFERSON Tight End

MARK HARRISON Wide Receiver

CHAS DODD Quarterback

COLIN MCEVOY Fullback

JOE MARTINEK Running Back

Sophomore 6’-2”, 218 lbs.

Junior 6’-5”, 285 lbs.

Junior 6’-6”, 290 lbs.

Senior 6’-5”, 304 lbs.

Junior 6’-4”, 290 lbs.

Junior 6’-8”, 311 lbs.

Sophomore 6’-6”, 258 lbs

Sophomore 6’-3”, 230 lbs

Freshman 6’-0”, 197 lbs

Senior 6’-1”, 215 lbs

Junior 6’-0”, 215 lbs

DAVID ROWE Cornerback

JOE LEFEGED Strong Safety

KHASEEM GREENE Free Safety

BRANDON BING Cornerback

Junior 6’-0”, 196 lbs

Senior 6’-1”, 205 lbs

Sophomore 6’-1”, 215 lbs

Senior 5’-11”, 180 lbs

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP: DEFENSE

JONATHAN FREENY Right end

CHARLIE NOONAN Tackle

SCOTT VALLONE Tackle

ALEX SILVESTRO Left end

MANNY ABREU Linebacker

STEVE BEAUHARNAIS

Linebacker

ANTONIO LOWERY Linebacker

Senior 6’-3”, 250 lbs

Senior 6’-2”, 274 lbs

Sophomore 6’-3”, 270 lbs

Senior 6’-4”, 260 lbs

Junior 6’-3”, 245 lbs

Sophomore 6’-2”, 230 lbs

Senior 6’-2”, 225 lbs

T H E D A I LY TA R G U M

SPORTS

PA G E 1 6

OCTOBER 15, 2009

THE DAILY TARGUM

PROVING

GROUND

Beauharnais established himself last year against Army, scoring on special teams before earning starting role on Rutgers’ defense

Coach Greg Schiano was not shy in admitting the reason Rutgers will play one of its seven home games away from Piscataway: The payout will be massive. pg. 15

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

The last time the Rutgers football team took on Army, Steve Beauharnais spent the week preparing to face the triple option as a backup strongside FOOTBALL linebacker in addition to his role on the punt-block team.

When the Scarlet and Black Knights meet tomorrow at New Meadowlands Stadium, Beauharnais will hope he can replicate the success he had last season.

As an unknown freshman in a rain-soaked Michie Stadium, Beauharnais blocked a punt and returned it 11 yards for a touchdown — his breakout moment for Rutgers.

“I remember it was really cold. The guy dropped the punt, I saw an opportunity and capitalized on it — that was it,” the 6-foot-2, 230-pounder said.

Beauharnais capitalized on his opportunity with the play, but also the opportunity his special teams role afforded him.

Through the Knights’ first six games last season, Beauharnais made nine tackles as a special teamer and in mop-up duty on defense against Texas Southern.

KNIGHTS GAMEDAY

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore linebacker Steve Beauharnais played special teams against Army last season, when he blocked a punt and returned it 11 yards for a touchdown.

In the six games after Army, Beauharnais made 24 stops — mostly on defense — and many as a starting linebacker.

“Steve blocked a punt and started playing [defense] right after,” said senior linebacker Antonio Lower y, whose

injury-plagued second half of the season gave Beauharnais a chance to play. “You always find yourself moving up if you do your job and can be trusted.”

SEE GROUND ON PAGE 13

The Rutgers women’s soccer team pays a visit to the Empire State this weekend to take on Syracuse and St. John’s — a pair of Big East bottom feeders. pg. 14