The Daily Targum 2010-10-21

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Public questions city police salary increase

BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The New Brunswick City Council met last night to discuss a number of issues, providing both serious discussion and laughter among the public in attendance.

Charles Renda, a resident of the 5th Ward, showed concern over an ordinance to fix the salaries of New Brunswick police for three years starting in 2011, which called for a 2.67 percent increase each year.

“I believe this calls for a two-and-two-thirds increase in police salaries for the next four years,” he said. “How does that fit in with the now mandated cap of 2 percent per year?”

City Administrator Thomas Loughlin assured Renda the increase in salar y would not be in effect until 2011 and is confident it will not cause conflict with budget restrictions.

“We believe that the 2.67 percent that they will get in 2011 will still be accommodated within all the budget regulations or requirements that we will have, such as the 2 percent tax levy restriction as well as the cap on the spending side of the budget,” he said.

Renda followed up Loughlin’s response by inquiring about the budgets for 2012 and 2013, asking whether the increase in salary would cause a deficit in the city’s budget.

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RU UNICEF volunteers Kristi Mriss and Leticia Antunes collect change from passersby and lay the coins on duct tape yesterday in front of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus, hoping to collect a mile of change.

Group hopes to collect mile of change

BY JACK MURTHA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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The New Brunswick City Council discusses an increase in city police salaries last night at its meeting in City Hall.

The University’s UNICEF chapter is fundraising this week outside of Brower Commons on the College Avenue Campus, with hopes of collecting a mile of pocket change from passersby.

A mile of quar ters adds up to approximately $17,000, said Mer yl William, president of RU UNICEF. The organization’s earnings from the event, “Mile of Change,” will directly benefit impoverished children across the world.

“Donations usually help with water and sanitation projects,” said William, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “It helps kids build lives in which they don’t have to leave school to walk five miles to get water.”

Coins that RU UNICEF collects during the event, which started on Monday and ends Friday, are posted on strips of duct tape, which lay on a tarp in front of the group’s table, William said. As of Wednesday morning, the strips of change measure up to almost a quarter of a mile.

“We’re willing to go through more than a mile of duct tape, but we hope to get at least a mile,” she said.

“We already went through three rolls of duct tape.”

The chapter’s angle of raising money with a visible measure of progress is new for them, William said.

Another university’s UNICEF chapter that assembled a ball of tape and collected donated change provided inspiration for this fundraiser.

William does not know how much actual change the organization has yet to gather. But she said they have about $300 in bills in addition to the coins they have collected.

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Campaign aims for citizen voice in government

BY SACHET CHOUDHARY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

New Brunswick’s first Call to Service was held Tuesday to teach citizens how they can get involved in their communities.

The Citizens’ Campaign, a statewide initiative that recruits, educates and mentors new leaders, housed the event in the Middlesex County Administration Building.

“Some people are highly engaged within their community,” New Brunswick city spokesman Bill Bray said. “However, for the most part, a lot don’t have a clue about what is going on. The Call to Service is held to raise awareness in the community.”

The Call to Service does more than just inform the public about service within their community, said Heather Taylor, communications director for the Citizens’ Campaign.

“We want to give citizens the power to address everyday problems. We want citizens to be able to present solutions to local governments,” she said.

Call to Service promotes a more goal-oriented society often absent because of bickering in politics, Taylor said.

“Citizens should be focused on solutions as opposed to the politics of blame,” she said.

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INDEX UNIVERSITY The Arab Cultural Club hosts a fundraiser for a nonprofit children’s hospital.

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Harry Pozycki, chairman of the Citizens’ Campaign, hosts the city’s first Call to Service Tuesday night in the Middlesex County Administration Building. The campaign encourages more citizen participation in government.

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Fundraiser benefits Middle Eastern children’s hospital

BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Arab Cultural Club of Rutgers University exceeded its original goal of earning $10,000 Tuesday night during its annual fundraiser at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

Instead, the event “Turn Tears Into Cheers” raked in $15,700, which will be donated to the Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357, a children’s hospital that serves as the hub of pediatric oncology in the Middle East.

This event has never been done before, said Omar Mahmoud and Dana Khaddash, former members of the club.

“We [were] expecting a turnout of 250 students, with 100 percent of proceeds going toward the [hospital],” said club Secretar y Rania Abdelnaby, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior.

More than 200 people, including students, alumni and families, attended the event.

The night began with a short introduction to the hospital through videos and a speech by Robert Heist, a key player in the Egypt Cancer Network in the United States.

Patricia Purden, head of Public Relations for the hospital, and Dr. Sherif Abou El-Naga, associate professor of Pediatric Oncology at the Association of Friends of the National Cancer Institute, also spoke at the event.

“You’re not only helping the children in Egypt, but the entire world,” Prudent said. “This hos-

pital has become a model for the entire world.”

With 170 beds open and operational, the Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt in Cairo is the largest hospital in the world for children and the second largest charity hospital in the world, ElNaga said.

Patients do not pay for their ser vices, and doctors are fulltime doctors who are given a competitive compensation for their work at the hospital, ElNaga said.

When the hospital first opened in 1980, there were 16 patients and two children per bed.

There was little to no funding, and as a result, the patients suffered, El-Naga said.

“I used to stick one child with a syringe, then dip it in saline and stick the next patient,” ElNaga said. “I used one syringe per day and threw it away at the end of the day.”

Upset by these conditions, ElNaga sought both monetary support and food for the hospital and in 2000, the hospital received a donation of land.

The modern hospital that is known today opened in July 2007.

With plans of more expansion, the hospital is in urgent

need of support and donations, El-Naga said.

“The facilities are up-to-date, and they try their best to keep up with the most modern medications,” Shazly said. “They try to make the kids feel at home. Soccer players, musicians and celebrities come to visit.”

Enter tainment included musical performances by students and different members of the community.

Guests also took part in a raffle and auction that sold items like an Egypt National Soccer Team jersey and soccer ball autographed by head coach Hassan

Shehata, which both raised more than $700 for the hospital.

The Egypt National Soccer Team visits the children’s hospital regularly and is a strong supporter of the hospital, El-Naga said.

The event was co-sponsored by the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children at Rutgers University, em[POWER], the University’s chapter of Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, BAKAStudents United For Middle Eastern Justice, Project Nur, the University’s Center for Middle Eastern Study, Rutgers University United Nations Children’s Fund, and Rutgers Shalom/Salaam.

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Dr. Sherif Abou El-Naga, associate professor of Pediatric Oncology at the Association of Friends of the National Cancer Institute, is the key speaker for “Turn Tears Into Cheers,” an event that earned $15,700 of funding for the Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357.

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CHANGE: Nearly 50 will collect change during last day continued from front “We’re not sure of the exact amount of cash we have yet, but we have at least a couple hundred of dollars,” she said.

Despite the hundreds of dollars in collections, student response to the event has not been encouraging, said Natalia

Baranowski, an RU UNICEF volunteer and a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

“It doesn’t seem to bring the campus together,” Baranowski said. “A lot of people just say they don’t have change and walk away.”

To attract students who might otherwise walk past RU UNICEF’s table, the group has been offering snacks to those who donate.

“Some students don’t care,” RU UNICEF volunteer Erika Velez, a School of Arts and Sciences junior,

U NIVERSITY said. “But many students really react well to free food.”

RU UNICEF relies on University students to not only offer spare change but also to open their minds to volunteer work and larger social issues, William said.

The University’s large number of volunteer groups may cause some students to feel they do not need to volunteer because others will anyway, she said.

“We want people to know more about what we do and the

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M projects we do,” William said.

“Volunteering doesn’t just mean going to a food kitchen. You can use skills you already have to help somebody else.”

With an electronic mailing list of about 200 University students, only 50 to 60 members make the chapter’s efforts possible, she said.

William does not want “Mile of Change” to just be a way to raise money, but a way to inspire students.

Kujtim Bido, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she

noticed more students have volunteered in several organizations throughout campus.

“From what I’ve noticed, there’s been an increase in volunteer service on campus,” Bido said. “I think people generally want to increase standards of living in societies around the world.”

Nearly 50 RU UNICEF volunteers will be out to collect donations during the final hours of “Mile of Change” to show the power of giving, William said.

VOICE: Call has four-part

ior citizen board, he said.

The second part requires ordinary citizens to become citizen legislators.

“Citizens should look at a problem and devise a policy or ordinance to solve it,” Bray said.

“It doesn’t have to be anything big. [They may find] a simple solution to a simple problem.”

The third part of the Path to Service involves residents serving as a neighborhood-level political party.

“There are a multitude of local level political committees that citizens can partake in,” Skowronski added.

The final step involves citizen journalism, through which local residents may spread the word about government news. Bray said this brings more issues to the general public’s attention.

“No matter how many times you write about a certain issue, some people are bound to never hear about it,” he said. “People are more inclined to read something written by a neighbor than they are by a journalist in a newspaper.

They can relate to their neighbor.”

Taylor said the Call to Service is a grassroots movement that gives non-politicians the chance to make a difference.

“Coupled with a desire to bring about change and the Path of Service, the Call to Service aims to convince citizens within New Brunswick to become more involved within city affairs,” she said.

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The Path to Service four-part plan ask citizens to serve on an appointed board or commision, become legislators, serve at the neighborhood level and get involved in citizen journalism.

“We want to stray away from negativity. Change is the focus, and we must divert our attention to bringing about change, rather than pointing fingers.”

At last night’s New Brunswick City Council meeting, President Elizabeth Garlatti suggested that those in attendance consider the Call to Service summit as a way to increase participation.

“I thought it was a very informative session, and I would encourage all of you, since you are demonstrating your interest in government by coming to these meetings, … pursue that as an additional avenue of participation,” Garlatti said.

Lauren Skowronski, state campaign director for Citizens’ Campaign, said educating people about the government is crucial in raising involvement within the community.

“People think the only way to get involved is to run for a major public office, but there are so many other opportunities,” she said.

The Call to Service promotes the Path to Service, a four-part plan designed to raise involvement and awareness, Bray said.

The first part of the Path to Service asks citizens to serve on an appointed board or commission — such as a library or sen-

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PROFESSOR TO STUDY PROGRAM TO EXPAND INTERNET SERVICE School of Communication and Information Assistant Professor Todd Wolfson will study programs designed to train Philadelphians in the use of laptops with high-speed Internet, which is part of the government’s goal of expanding Internet service across the nation as outlined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to the school’s website.

“Part of the goal is to figure out what the best policy is around broadband expansion in lowincome communities,” Wolfson said. “It’s also about how we can move for ward thinking about the digital divide and how people become adopters.”

Wolfson is using $170,000 in funds from a $18.3 million federal grant to the city of Philadelphia to assess levels of participation and participants’ experiences with the programs, according to the website.

The study aims to determine how people learn to use technology and the effect it has on graduation rates, employment, civil engagement and other aspects of ever yday life.

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Panel discusses policies for working mothers

BY RASHMEE KUMAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Working mothers and scholars joined together at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development on the College Avenue campus Tuesday to discuss how young mothers struggle to balance work and family.

“What Mothers Want: Innovative Policies for the 21st Centur y Workplace,” which received registrations from more than 100 people, featured two panel discussions approaching the topic from an academic and first-hand perspective.

“Mothers are harried, overworked and not assisted as much as they could be by the institutions around them in moving their lives for ward,” said Jocelyn Elise Crowley, a professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.

Three professors sat on the academic panel, which focused on current research on motherhood and workplace flexibility.

Societal changes such as non-traditional families, economic instability and blurring of gender roles create new challenges for the modern family lifestyle, said Kathleen Gerson, professor of sociology at New York University.

“You no longer enter adulthood and expect your life to unfold — for better or for worse — in a certain orderly way,” said Gerson, author of “The Unfinished Revolution:

How a New Generation is Middle-class women are putReshaping Family, Work and ting off motherhood, while workGender in America.” ing-class women are more likely Mothers in particular strug- to enter it early, she said. gle to balance children and a “In either case, they see career because the inflexible good mothering as breadwinstructure of the workplace leaves ning, and, in fact, the young little time or energy for good women who had working mothcaretaking, said Melissa Milkie, ers that I talked to [during my professor of sociology at the research] felt that it was even University of Maryland. more important to be successful “Children have been relatively in the workforce in order to help ignored in work-family balance their children,” Gerson said. research,” she said.

After a brief “Understanding intermission, four the experiences of “Our organization presidents that parents have motherhood and supports mothers work-family organwith children is really important for izations presented in whatever understanding their approaches transition they’re mothers’ work life.” to everyday issues The inability mothers face in going through.” of mothers to the workplace. maintain workIn the event a TARA BRETTHOLTZ family balance mother must take Mothers & More caused the “optleave or work Board of Directors President out revolution” in fewer hours, 2003, when many employers must women left the workforce to be accommodating, said Ellen become stay-at-home moms — a Galinsky, president and comyth that was later debunked, founder of Families and Work said Pamela Stone, professor of Institute, which awards the sociology at Hunter College.

Alfred P. Sloan Award for “The media reported that Business Excellence in women were returning home to Workplace Flexibility. become super-mothers when pri“The good thing about our vately, that’s not what you hear,” award is that it’s based on Stone said. “In fact, the story is employee feedback,” Galinsky that women were being pushed said. “The employer has to be in out once they became mothers.” the top 20 percent of employers Gerson encouraged women nationally, but two-thirds of the to redefine motherhood in score comes from employees. We order to confront workplace have unearthed some of the most discrimination against mothers. incredible examples of flexibility.”

Tara Brettholtz, president of the Board of Directors for Mothers & More, said her organization focuses more on the well being of the mother. She founded the “Power of a Purse” program in 2009 to donate purses to abused or impoverished mothers while raising awareness of their condition.

“Motherhood is not a static set of definitions,” Brettholtz said. “We are constantly evolving and managing the collisions with society. Our organization supports mothers in whatever transition they’re going through.”

Other panel speakers included Dina Bakst, co-president and co-founder of A Better Balance: The Work & Family Legal Center, and Cheli English-Figaro, president emeritus and cofounder of Mocha Moms, Inc. Through breastfeeding laws and the push for paid sick days, legislation is beginning to address issues of mothers in the workplace, said Valerie Young, advocacy coordinator of the National Association of Mothers’ Centers.

Brettholtz, who negotiated a four-day workweek with her employer, urged the mothers in the audience to fight for mothers’ rights in the workplace.

“While policy changes are the foundation, it’s really up to every single individual to challenge the norm,” she said. “We all know that when there’s competition between our children and our work life, our children are going to win, and our employers are going to lose.”

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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.

James Shapiro, a Larry Miller Professor of English at Columbia University, will give a lecture called, “Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?” He will explain when and why many people began to question the author of Shakespeare’s plays, posing fundamental questions about the relationship of life and art. The event will take place in the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus at 4:30 p.m.

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars is sponsoring a blood drive in Trayes Hall A of the Douglass Campus Center. Each donor will receive a free T-shirt and snacks.

Save a life, donate blood. For more info, please e-mail Jared at JTamasco@nybloodcenter.org.

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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.

Rutgers Liberty in North Korea will be holding a special presentation of “Hiding,” a documentar y exposing the life of North Korean refugees hiding in China. Doors open at 7:45 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Busch Campus Center.

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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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SALARY: Renda shows

Renda was not the only member of the public last night to concern over cleaning ordinance address the city council.

Bruce Newling, a resident of 6th Ward, discussed issues continued from front dealing with objects in Buccleuch Park.

“We can’t predict that at this Newling said as he was point. There are many factors in walking in the park over the putting a budget together. I weekend, he noticed somedon’t know what the revenue thing unusual in a garden on stream will look like outside of the south side of the the tax levy in 2011 or 2012,” Buccleuch Mansion.

Loughlin said. “But we feel com“I noticed from a distance fortable that [with a] 2.67 perwhat appeared to be two crucicent [increase] for 145 of our form features in a rose bush. employees, we will still be able When I was closer to inspect it, to meet all the obligations.”

I saw that they were grave Another item in the agenda markers for a couple of cats: Renda showed concern over Jessie and Hannah,” he said. was an ordinance to spend “How could it be that we estabmore than $54,000 for the lished a pet cemeter y in cleaning, excavation and gradBuccleuch Park, at least with ing of water utility proper ty. two deceased cats in it?”

“I’m just curious on why we Newling’s issue drew laughhave to spend almost $55,000 ter from those in attendance to clean, excavate and grade and sparked a witty remark water utility property,” he said. from City Council “What do we P r e s i d e n t have to clean?”

Elizabeth Garlatti Loughlin “There are many on his findings. explained the site factors in putting “I believe, but Renda was referI could be corring to was a 3.5a budget together. rected by my colacre lot behind a water treatment I don’t know what leagues, that it was a non-permitplant where the revenue stream ted event. I was decades worth of not invited to the road debris was will look like.” ser vices, and I dumped.

THOMAS LOUGHLIN am a little upset “We cleared it City Administrator because I am a for the purpose of cat lover,” she preparing the said. “But I am property for the sure that Mr. Loughlin will solar panels that we have send the appropriate city offiengaged in at that location. The cial down there to inspect entire lot now has been leveled and/or remove the said cruciand all chunks of concrete and form objects. But I am quite leftover storm-water pipe and sure the remains fer tilize asphalt that built up there many the roses.” years has been tr ucked of fIn his travels through site,” he said. “Now, we are in Buccleuch Park, Newling also the process of installing all the noticed a tablet memorializing framing for the solar panels.”

Daughters of the American Renda questioned Loughlin Revolution, which he also on whether it was the policy of brought to the attention of New Brunswick to dump conthe council. crete debris on city proper ty “The park, as you know, is a and allow it to sit untouched memorial to Joseph War ren for decades.

Scott, and I don’t think it is “I can’t speak to the actions intended to be a memorial to of people before me, but that is anybody else,” he said. “I think not my policy to do that,” … it should be respectfully Loughlin said. “I was left with a required to be removed pretty dirty site to clean up and and memorialize the had to truck off 35 different daughters elsewhere.” loads of concrete to a The council told Newling crushing and recycling center. they would take the Unfor tunately, that drove necessar y steps in addressing the cost of the whole the issue. project up.”

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France needs change

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rance has been rocked by protests and marches in the past week over President Nicolas Sarkozy’s push to change the legal retirement age to 62 from 60. The reason perhaps is Sarkozy’s unpopular image, while the opposing Socialist Party has been pretending for weeks that the retirement age could stay unchanged. Despite these protests though, raising France’s retirement age is a necessar y step toward battling a deficit and future economic problems.

France’s retirement age is currently at 60 years and is among the lowest in the world. This is more than four years below the average for the European Union and six years younger than in the United State, according to The New York Times. In addition to these numbers, the national pension fund in France has been running a deficit of $15 billion per year.

According to the Times, the deficit would increase tenfold by 2050 if the retirement age doesn’t change. And even with the required age at 62, the country will have to enforce painful adjustments to the pension system.

The opposing Socialist Party has been pretending for weeks that the required age can stay unchanged. And at the same time, Sarkozy has been leading an unpopular campaign of selling the reform. The real challenge though is the unions in the nation. The strikes have paralyzed the countr y, as some have called it unionbacked economic terrorism.

The problem is that Sarkozy has built a reputation of helping the wealthy rather than ordinary people. Protests are also deeply ingrained in the French republic. Public opinion has therefore remained sympathetic to the terror-centered unions.

The change must become reality unless people want to feel harsher reform later on. Tradition cannot prevail over economic reality as unions back that which only benefits them. France’s Parliament must make the change by the end of the week. Sarkozy should meet with union leaders and protest heads in order to create a smooth transition to the new pension system. Further changes will be needed, but at the moment, only the age has to change. A difference of two years will not affect the people as much as unions lead them into thinking, and the payoff will be much larger than the immediate disagreements with Sarkozy’s reform.

It is the choice between bankruptcy and a mere two years. Political views must be forgone as France aims to fix a system that has long failed to improve.

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hey are nowhere near as disturbing as the photo shoot of the “True Blood” stars’ nude and bloody Rolling Stone cover. So why did the Parents Television Council get upset over a racy shoot for GQ in which the stars from Fox’s “Glee” pose in the halls of a high school? The pictures were called “near-pornographic” and “border[ing] on pedophilia.” Lea Michele and Dianna Agron, two of the female stars of “Glee,” are both 24 and quite capable of making their own decisions. The PTC has no reason in this case to slam “Glee” producers for this photo shoot.

PTC said, “It is disturbing that GQ, which is explicitly written for adult men, is sexualizing the actresses who play high school-aged characters on ‘Glee’ in this way. It borders on pedophilia. By authorizing this kind of near-pornographic display, the creators of the program have established their intentions on the show’s direction. And it isn’t good for families.”

Parents are once again attempting to censor an outlet that is mostly read by adult men, as the PTC itself said. Men will flip through the pages, take a glance and be done with it. The PTC is simply making a bigger deal out of it. As far as their accusations of pedophilia, both women are 24 years old, therefore fully responsible for their actions. If men want to look at them, and the girls are fine with that, then both the magazine and the stars of “Glee” have every right to publish the racy photo shoot.

The council obviously has a problem differentiating between reality and television. The photographs appeared in a magazine geared toward men, not on the show itself. The PTC is nitpicking at a publication not supposed to be seen by their children.

This is not “High School Musical” or any other show on Disney Channel starring high schoolers. “Glee” is not recommended for children. The show has had a series of episodes that display issues like teen pregnancy and sexual encounters, and parents who allow their children to watch the show are simply making the choice of introducing them to adolescent matters earlier on.

This parents’ group is just another policing organization. The best thing to do would be to ignore them much like they ignore their children sitting in front of the TV watching “Glee.” It is completely up to the individual parent to decide what is appropriate and what is not. The problem is not the photo shoot, it is the group overstepping its boundaries.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “We’re willing to go through more than a mile of duct tape, but we hope to get at least a mile. We already went through three rolls of duct tape.”

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Tenure damages education G The Soapbox

ov. Chris Christie bases teacher quality and job has been ruffling the security on students’ perfeathers of the formances (read: test scores) New Jersey Education — is a proven failure, and Association lately. The govthey’ll present some studies ernor’s push for education that corroborate their opinreform, namely the eliminaion. In a statement on the tion of tenure as it stands union’s website regarding JOE HERNANDEZ and the implementation of a Christie’s proposed reforms, merit-based pay system in its Barbara Keshishian, presiplace, is considered too strong and too wrong by its dent of the NJEA, is quoted as having said, “New opponents. Calling tenure the “the sclerosis that Jersey has tremendously successful public schools — coats the veins of our school system,” Christie’s the best in the nation.” The NJEA website expands flare for the dramatic may have overshadowed what on “best in the nation,” citing five instances in which he was truly saying and muddled the debate around New Jersey public school students outranked their this issue. But he has a point: Tenure is outdated peers based on — ironically enough — test scores. and it needs to hit the road.

The group argues against Christie’s reliance on test Geoffrey Canada, the founder, president and scores to evaluate teachers, but cites test scores as CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, said, proof that teachers are doing a fine job as it stands.

“Education is the only place you have the option to The NJEA cannot have it both ways. And although fail.” For reasons that I don’t know — or don’t exist the group has argued fiercely against the merit-pay — tenure is a distinctly educational concept. Why system, the NJEA has failed to propose an alternative don’t salespeople have tenure? If their numbers method to evaluate teachers and make them accountwere to fall, they’d lose the company money and get able for their students’ progress. I’ll admit that evaluthe boot. Why don’t doctors have ating a teacher by means of their stutenure? Well, nobody wants a halfdents’ test scores won’t always proassed check up. My point is that “Only under extreme vide an accurate picture of that tenure eliminates the incentive to teacher’s quality, but an imperfect circumstances will perform well. Businesses undermethod of evaluation is better than stand this and don’t offer anything none at all. tenured teachers like tenure because they expect When teachers know they’ll be be let go.” their employees to work at their evaluated based on the standardized best all the time. A school is a busitest scores of the students, they ness too — its product is a good “teach to the test.” By this method, education. If teachers, their jobs guaranteed, slack teachers present and emphasize only the material off then the quality of the education wilts and stuthat will appear on the standardized test. Critics say dents suffer. There are great teachers and there are this stifles creativity, that rote memorization of test lousy teachers. Eliminate tenure and you get rid of material isn’t real learning. But as Jay Mathews deftthe lousy ones. Great teachers have nothing to ly notes in a column in The Washington Post, “We worry about. never say a teacher is ‘teaching to the test’ if she’s Tenured teachers are officially evaluated by using a test she wrote herself.” All teachers teach to administrators but tacitly secure in their jobs. New a test, whether it’s a standardized test or one written teachers can be awarded tenure after only a few specifically for that class. Mathews adds, “The thinkyears at the same school. If later they are found to ing goes [that] she must be forced to adhere to be ineffective in the classroom, they’re saved from someone else’s views on teaching and thus is likely being fired by tenure’s all but binding promise of a to present the material too quickly, too thinly, too position. Even if they try less, they’re safe. That’s prescriptively, too joylessly — add your own favorite not to say that tenured teachers aren’t checked up unattractive adverb.” on, but the specter of tenure permits all but the Maybe the beef teachers have with standardized worst teachers to pass under the radar of the admintests is that they prevent teachers from dictating the istration come time for in-class evaluations. goings-on in their classrooms. These critics also Administrators can jump through all the requisite perpetuate the myth that there is nothing to be hoops to fire an ineffective teacher, but whether learned from a standardized test, but the notion that they will succeed is doubtful. Maybe it isn’t even a standardized test inherently lacks the capability to worth it to try. Only under extreme circumstances evaluate a student holds no water. Just as there are will tenured teachers be let go. good teachers and there are bad ones, there are Christie has proposed a merit-based system instead. The NJEA argues that such a system — that SEE HERNANDEZ ON PAGE 9 Due to space limitations, submissions cannot exceed 750 words. If a commentary exceeds 750 words, it will not be considered for publication. All authors must include name, phone number, class year and college affiliation or department to be considered for publication. Anonymous letters will not be considered. All submissions are subject to editing for length and clarity.

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ver y three years University students participate in a referendum to decide whether to fund New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Student Chapters Student Chapters through a voluntary fee on their term bill. This triennial vote will occur at polling places across all campuses beginning this week.

NJPIRG has worked with and organized University students for three decades, advocating for and providing leadership opportunities on issues that deeply affect their lives and futures: environmental degradation and climate change; consumer protection and health care; hunger and homelessness. Over the past year students working with NJPIRG have made a significant impact by registering thousands of new voters across New Jersey, helping to pass legislation to dramatically increase federal student aid, weatherizing nearly 100 off-campus houses, increasing the environmental awareness of thousands of elementary students and mobilizing hundreds of volunteers to clean up our local waterways.

All of these ef for ts, and many more, depend upon the continued financial suppor t of University students. I encourage all to vote in the ongoing referendum to ensure that NJPIRG can continue working for the University community.

Richard Ludescher is the Cook campus dean.

HERNANDEZ continued from page 8 ized tests evaluate a student’s knowledge of a concept as well as her ability to apply that concept abstractly in a certain situation.

New Jersey is set to overhaul its standardized tests in a few years.

Maybe then students will be more clearly evaluated on their knowledge and the ability to apply it. But in the meantime, while we evaluate students based on their scores, we ought to evaluate the teachers who helped the students achieve — or barely reach — them in the same way.

Tenure is not working for the kids. Bad teachers can keep their jobs, and this will invariably lead to a decline in the quality of education our public schools can offer.

Supplementing subjective in-person evaluations with a consideration of test scores will better ensure the quality of teachers. If students have the wrong answer, they fail. Teachers should be able to fail too.

Joe Hernandez is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in English and Spanish. His column, “The Soapbox,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is an 8 -- An older individual, possibly a grandparent, makes you aware of circumstances from the past that answer a lot of questions. This gives new perspective.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is a 5 -- Wherever you find yourself today, accept a service role. Others depend on your logical recommendations.

You serve yourself this way, too.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 6 -- Unless plans arise to spend time with someone special, stick close to home and get to bed early.

Still, a magical night is worth yawns the next day.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -Today is a 9 -- This is no time to keep secrets. Share information as well as logic. Then others understand your motives and will support what you're up to.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- One-sided thinking creates extra stress for you and your favorite people. Review the facts to discover a previously unexplored option. Try it out.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Today is a 7 -- Balance your checkbook before spending any money. This is no time to be frivolous. Your energy's better spent considering your next step.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is a 7 -- Your favorite person wants to take an entirely new direction. You'd prefer sticking to the familiar path.

Either way, a map is helpful.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 7 -- Apply your best effort to get more work accomplished now. An older person has a definite idea of what's needed. It's up to you to make it happen.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 6 -- From your perspective, an older group member causes extra trouble. If you need results now, discuss it in person for best resolution.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is an 8 -- Repairs create a drain on your bank account. Resist the desire to redesign things and just fix what's necessary. You'll be glad you did.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 6 -- Spend part of the day on a creative writing project. Do some Internet research to gather information to flesh out a plot or character.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 6 -- An older person makes you aware of your own creative potential. Consider their suggestions in private. Adjust the idea to fit your personality.

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First-year head coach Mike Rice addresses the media at Big East media day, where Rutgers was picked to finish 15th in the league.

POLL: Trio of seniors help Rice instill intensity in Knights continued from back “I want our guys to understand the moment you blink, the moment you don’t want to be pushed, they were right. Go ahead.

Hug the damn punching bag.”

Instead of hugs, the Knights punch the bag every time they walk past it.

They did not want the No. 16 ranking because they believe it is where they belong — they wanted it because they know that the cellar is where everyone else thinks they belong, and that fits into this season’s mentality.

“We just want to go out there and have an underdog mentality,” Mitchell said. “We don’t think we’re the 15th-best team. Who is going to pencil themselves in at the bottom?

We definitely want to come out here and prove a lot of people wrong.”

Mitchell is one of three senior captains, along with James Beatty and Mike Coburn, whom Rice is leaning on in his early tenure as head coach.

He preaches intensity, urgency and comfort in chaos.

There is no more urgent situation than a senior who has yet to have a winning season, so it is up to Mitchell, Beatty and Coburn to ensure there is an intensity and willingness from their underclassmen teammates to buy into Rice’s system.

DUO: Bull, Garces target Tourney berth in final season continued from back and vicissitudes, the team still finds itself in the hunt for a Big East Tournament berth.

In the four seasons Garces and Bull played on the Banks, the team never came close to snagging a postseason spot.

Now in their final attempt at the conference and with a key game against Connecticut a week and a half away, the opportunity rests right in front of the Knights.

“That would be a huge accomplishment for both of

Rice’s up-tempo, all-out style impressed Beatty from Day 1 — May 6, when athletic director Tim Pernetti announced the coach’s hiring.

But Mitchell knew of Rice before that, when he watched Rice lead Robert Morris to a nearupset over NCAA Tournament No. 2 seed Villanova.

The meeting also impressed ’Nova head coach Jay Wright. “[Robert Morris] didn’t play like underdogs against us,” Wright said. “I looked at it the other way. They played against us like they belonged. They played against us like, ‘We’re good, they’re good, let’s go play.’

They didn’t back down to us at all. They didn’t act like they were uber-excited about anything they did. They looked like they belonged.”

Rice convinced his Northeast Conference squad it belonged on the court with the Wildcats, but now Rutgers’ No. 15 ranking tells the Knights they do not belong anywhere but the basement of the Big East.

It may not be the spot they wanted, but it is still punching-bag material.

“Every single day I tell our guys, ‘OK, not only now is it just the media, now your opposing coaches and opposing players don’t think much of you,’” Rice said. “I don’t know if it’s the most imaginative motivation in the world, but it is what we are right now and I’m using it.” us,” Garces said. “We would obviously be really excited knowing that we left getting into the Big East for the first time. We’re really excited and we’re just tr ying to focus on not fate but winning against UConn next weekend.”

Before a trip to UConn, however, the Rutgers faithful bid farewell to a pair of seniors attempting to end their careers on the best note possible.

“We’ve never been as close as we have been and I think this team is awesome and ever ybody really wants to make it there,” Bull said on making the conference tournament. “I think this group of girls is going to do it.”

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WVU leads conference charge with season in full swing If Rutgers can focus its energies on Pittsburgh this weekend, the Knights could jump into sole possession of second place in the conference going into a bye week.

Rutgers, which has two straight fourth-quarter comebacks, will need to get on the board earlier against an offense like Pittsburgh, which is unlikely to let up late in the game.

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As conference play truly kicked off last weekend, Pittsburgh made the biggest splash FOOTBALL with its m o s t convincMID-WEEK REPORT ing performance of the season to jump to 1-0 in the Big East.

Two weeks since Rutgers and Connecticut opened Big East play, all eight teams have either a conference win or loss under their belts, with South Florida holding two losses in conference.

All eight teams have at least a .500 record on the season and West Virginia is just one win away from bowl eligibility.

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1.) West Virginia (5-1, 1-0) — After beating down South Florida, 20-6, Thursday night, the Mountaineers are primed to reach bowl eligibility and grab their second Big East win when Syracuse comes to Morgantown this weekend.

Against the Bulls, quarterback Geno Smith did the majority of the work, completing 24 of 31 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns. Receiver Brad Starks pulled in the team’s first touchdown and running back Noel Devine, who ran 13 times for just 29 yards, caught the other.

Cornerback Keith Tandy earned Big East Defensive Player of the Week honors with 10 tackles, a forced fumble and an interception as WVU limited USF to 209 yards of total offense.

The Mountaineers rank fourth nationally in rushing defense (83.2 yards per game)

5.) Syracuse (4-2, 1-1) — The Orange are on their way back to reality after an ugly showing against Pittsburgh. After starting off 4-1 with a big win against USF, Syracuse put up little fight against Pitt.

The Orange now take an eightgame losing streak against West Virginia to Morgantown where they may drop within a game of .500 and enter the bottom segment of the conference standings.

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Cincinnati senior wide receiver Armon Binns pulled in eight catches for 175 yards and three touchdowns in the Bearcats’ 35-27 win over Louisville last weekend, earning Big East Offensive Player of the Week.

and fifth in total defense (245.8 yards per game).

2.) Pittsburgh (3-3, 1-0) — The Panthers’ offense finally came alive. It turns out all they needed was a trip to the Carrier Dome to grease the wheels.

Pitt roughed up Syracuse, 4514, with first-year quarterback Tino Sunseri breaking out.

Sunseri threw for 266 yards and four touchdowns on the day, putting up 28 points in the first half alone.

Receiver Jonathan Baldwin had just one catch, but running backs Dion Lewis and Ray Graham ran for a combined 133 yards on 26 attempts.

To cement its place as a top team in the Big East, however, Pittsburgh needs a convincing win over Rutgers at Heinz Field this weekend, where Rutgers won, 54-34, last time.

Prior to last season’s 24-17 win over Rutgers, Pitt had four straight losses to the Scarlet Knights.

3.) Cincinnati (3-3, 1-0) — The Bearcats, who lost a step with the departure of coach Brian Kelly to Notre Dame, got their offense back on stride in a 35-27 win over Louisville.

Senior wide receiver Armon Binns earned Big East Offensive Player of the Week honors with eight catches, 175

receiving yards and three touchdowns.

Quar terback Zach Collaros threw for five touchdowns and 275 yards and running back Isaiah Pead went for 145 yards.

Collaros’ five touchdowns marked a career-high and he ranks 10th nationally in passer rating.

The Bearcats have a premiere chance to jump above .500 and go to 2-0 in the conference tomorrow night on ESPN when they host South Florida at Nippert Stadium.

4.) Rutgers (4-2, 1-0) — The Scarlet Knights have a major demerit in the Tulane loss, but have yet to lose in conference play.

GOAL: RU hits crossbar, can’t find net in another loss continued from back In total, nine players stayed on the field the entire 90 minutes, and in the end they could not muster enough for an equalizer.

“The guys that are on the field just need to step it up,” said senior captain Yannick Salmon. “We are obviously fatigued, but we just got to fight through it.”

Junior Nye Winslow was available, but Donigan wanted to limit the minutes that the Piscataway native saw.

However, when junior captain Andrew Cuevas suf fered a bloody nose with time waning in the first half and needed to head off the field, Donigan’s hand was forced.

Winslow came on for five minutes and saw several touches on the ball while trainers attended to Cuevas’ injury and got him a clean jersey.

“It’s us always trying to have at least one guy on the side to go in, in case somebody goes down,” said Donigan of Winslow’s playing time. “[Without Winslow], if somebody goes down, then you don’t have anyone to throw in.”

Goals were at a premium for both squads heading into Wednesday’s match, with the Red Storm scoreless in their past four games and the Knights only putting one ball into the back of the net in their previous seven contests.

Rutgers now only owns nine goals in 13 games and has not scored in three matches.

6.) Connecticut (3-3, 0-1) — The Huskies had a bye week after a loss to Rutgers and have yet another Big East road game this week at Louisville.

Running back Jordan Todman, who has at least 100 yards in each of the five games he’s played, faces off against a poor rush defense.

7.) Louisville (3-3, 0-1) — The Cardinals’ offense might be able to contend with Connecticut’s defense, but it will be a tall task for a Louisville defense that ranks sixth in the conference.

8.) South Florida (3-3, 0-2) — The Bulls need B.J. Daniels to rebound from two terrible games. In his last two outings, the quarterback is 29-for-59 for 233 yards with zero touchdowns and five interceptions.

But whether the team has nine goals or 90, the only number that matters is the glaring zero, as in the number of conference wins this year.

“I don’t think anybody expected it to be this tough,” Salmon said about the team’s search for a Big East win. “We knew there was going to be an adjusting period with the new coaching staff, but I think we all came into this season expecting a lot more wins.”

The best chance for the Knights all game long came just two minutes into the contest when junior Br yant Knibbs’ turnaround shot from 25 yards out beat St. John’s goalkeeper Rafael Diaz.

But the shot could not beat the crossbar as it rattled off the woodwork and out of harm’s way.

“We are just struggling to find the back of the net,” Knibbs said.

“Hitting the crossbar even makes it that much worse because it’s so close.”

The two teams combined for just two shots on net in the first stanza, with both goalkeepers recording one save apiece.

Knibbs found the post again in the second half, when McNicoll worked space inside the 18-yard box and found the Pine Bush, N.Y., native open. Knibbs let off a rocket, but once again it glanced off the crossbar and out of play.

In the end it was the same old story for Rutgers — hard work yielding no results.

“We knew it was going to be tough. We just didn’t think we’d struggle this bad,” Knibbs said.

“We’re putting up good efforts.

We just have to find results now.”

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The absence of junior Eric LeGrand due to a spinal cord injur y not only affects the Rutgers football team’s mentality as it copes with his condition, but it also creates a void on the defensive line.

LeGrand rotated at the Scarlet Knights’ defensive tackle spots with starters Scott Vallone and Charlie Noonan, but in his stead redshirt freshman Michael Larrow should see an increased role.

“He’s been working with the twos all year, he just hasn’t really gotten into the rotation,” said fifth-year senior captain Noonan. “He’s going to be ready. Me and Scott stay pretty close to him and keep him in check assignment-wise to make sure he knows the defense.”

Larrow joined the Knights as a defensive end, but transitioned inside to tackle, where he made a tackle in his only appearance against Norfolk State.

At 6-foot-4 and 252 pounds, Larrow does not have the prototypical build of a defensive tackle, but Noonan does not believe Larrow’s size is an issue.

“Mike’s very gifted genetically,” Noonan said. “Anytime you have long arms like that, it’s an advantage. The length of his arms is very long and he’s a strong player. When he gets his technique down, he’s hard to block.”

The Union High School product will be thrown right

into the fire against one of the Big East’s most explosive offenses, featuring a big offensive line and a pair of strong tailbacks in Ray Graham and Dion Lewis.

“They have two good backs,” Noonan said. “They come in at 100 percent when they come in and they’re different backs too. They can do it all too — they can catch the ball out of the backfield.”

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Sophomore wideout Mohamed Sanu had seven carries for 33 yards and six catches for 50 yards last weekend against Army.

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“We’re going to see,” Schiano said. “Hopefully he’ll be able to go. He’s got a foot.”

Freshman wideout Jeremy Deering could run the Wildcat package in place of Sanu — a role he had in a limited capacity against Tulane.

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stickers on their helmets in honor of LeGrand.

“We have a sticker across the front of our helmets. It says, ‘Believe,’” said head coach Greg Schiano. “When they look at each other, they’ll see it.”

Schiano offered no updates on the status of LeGrand, who remains at Hackensack Medical Center.

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without defensive end Greg Romeus, who led the team with

eight sacks last season, the Panthers still pose a passrushing threat.

Jabaal Sheard, Brandon Lindsey and Chas Alecxih combine for 14 sacks, and the Knights’ of fensive line allowed 26 through its first six games.

Schiano said tinkering will continue along the line.

“We’re moving pieces around that are there, tr ying to do some dif ferent things to help them schematically,” Schiano said. “That will play out that way.”

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weekend’s game was away from Rutgers Stadium, this weekend’s matchup will mark freshman quarterback Chas Dodd’s first road start.

Schiano does not expect the new setting to af fect his signal caller.

“I just think of him as a guy who loves playing,” Schiano said. “I think he’ll look at a road game as a fun opportunity to have everybody against you.”

— Sam Hellman contributed to this report

Tourney regulars make up Big East’s top four

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

NEW YORK — The Big East held its annual media day yesterday at BASKETBALL Madison Square PRESEASON REPORT G a r d e n a n d announced its preseason awards.

Coaches tabbed Pittsburgh as the preseason favorite to win the league outright. Panther guard Ashton Gibbs also earned preseason All-Big East first team honors.

Guards Kemba Walker of Connecticut, Jeremy Hazell of Seton Hall and Corey Fisher of Villanova, as well as for ward Kevin Jones of West Virginia round out the conference’s preseason first-team honorees.

Georgetown guard Austin Freeman, who averaged 16.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game during the 2009-10 season, earned preseason Player of the Year honors.

The Daily Targum provides a preview of the Big East’s top four teams, according to the coaches’ poll:

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1.) Pittsburgh (12 first-place votes) — Head coach Jamie Dixon’s Panthers were a nearly unanimous selection to win the league. Pitt features Seton Hall Prep product and leading scorer Gibbs, versatile guard Brad Wanamaker and big man Gary McGhee, to go with an already loaded roster.

“Having a target on our back — I think it’s going to make us even better, make us work harder,” McGhee said. “We’re going to get ever ybody’s best shot ever y night. Expectations are

higher. Everybody’s looking forward to finishing No. 1.”

The real issue for Dixon will be translating success in the NCAA Tournament.

The Panthers lost to No. 6-seed Xavier in the second round of the tournament last season.

2.) Villanova (1) — Despite the loss of senior All-American Scottie Reynolds, head coach Jay Wright’s Wildcats still own one of the Big East’s most versatile rosters.

Fisher, a St. Patrick’s (N.J.) product, headlines ’Nova’s returnees, which include classmates Corey Stokes and Antonio Pena.

“Just having freshmen become sophomores and juniors become seniors — it helps a lot,” Pena said. “Just going against other people in this conference is a great experience.”

The Wildcats also boast one of the strongest sophomore classes in the country, highlighted by big man Mouphtaou Yarou and guard Maalik Wayns.

3.) Syracuse (2) — Another year, another season of high expectations for 34-year head coach Jim Boeheim.

Despite losing the talented trio of Wesley Johnson, Arinze Onuaku and Andy Rautins to the NBA Draft, the cupboard is far from bare for the Orange.

For ward Kris Joseph was a fashionable pick for the conference’s preseason second team and point guards Scoop Jardine and Brandon Triche give the Orange a dynamic of fensive attack.

“We don’t have a record of losing,” said senior forward Rick Jackson, a Philadelphia native.

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Villanova head coach Jay Wright’s squad earned the Big East’s No. 2 preseason ranking with seniors Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes.

“We have a chance of winning [the NCAA Tournament] every year. We’re definitely trying to get there, but we have to take it one step — one game at a time.

We’ve got to be consistent in the Big East — the hardest league in the nation.”

4.) Georgetown — Head coach John Thompson III returns his most experienced team since 2006-07, which featured future NBA pros Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert.

Thompson’s Princeton offense revolves around the play of Freeman and senior point guard Chris Wright. The play of the talented backcourt duo will largely determine the fate of the Hoyas,

who lost all-purpose center Greg Monroe to the NBA Draft.

Replacing Monroe’s presence in the post falls on experienced senior forward Julian Vaughn.

“Julian had a ver y good summer and you can see his confidence is really growing,” Wright said. “He’s making ver y good decisions when he gets the ball, so that’s something we’re really going to need. It’s going to be an important part of our offense.”

The Hoyas have made early exits in back-to-back NCAA Tournaments, falling in the first round last year to No. 14-seed Ohio and succumbing to a Stephen Curry-led Davidson in the second round in 2008.

As its fall season play comes to an end, the Rutgers tennis t e a m TENNIS n o w ITA REGIONAL looks for ward CHAMPIONSHIPS t o TODAY today’s ITA Regional Championships.

The Scarlet Knights have three players in juniors Jennifer Holzberg and Mar yana Milchutskey, as well as senior Amy Zhang, who qualified for the prestigious tournament.

With the major event come new challenges — most significantly the indoor format that Rutgers rarely saw throughout the season.

To prepare for this new obstacle, the Knights made a stop before regionals at their first indoor scrimmage of the season at Columbia.

Although Rutgers won only two out of the five matches played, head coach Ben Bucca saw the tournament as an important stepping stone on the way to regionals.

“The Columbia match was ver y informal. It was more to get us into hard, competitive play than anything else,” Bucca said. “It did two things: It prepared us for the strong indoor play we are going to see in regionals, as well as the ver y challenging match against Columbia we will have during the team portion of our season.”

As for the actual tournament, Bucca is completely confident in his players’ abilities both to play the game and overcome the change in surroundings.

“We are going in with high expectations and a clear vision on winning the tournament,” Bucca said. “We have already competed against the best teams in our region and done exceptionally well, and we know we are more than capable in both singles and doubles.”

The three girls who qualified for postseason play share their coach’s enthusiasm and confidence in their ability to take the tour nament home.

No stranger to playing in the postseason, Zhang is confident in both her own and her teammates’ capability to win a championship.

“This will be my four th year and I’m happy to be going in with Jen and Mar yana — we play well together,” Zhang said. “The biggest pressure is being indoors, which will make it a lot faster, but tennis-wise I am prepared.”

Zhang and Holzberg par tner to form one of the topranked doubles teams in the tour nament. Holzberg has high hopes with her par tner and in the singles competition.

“I really want to play well. I want to beat good teams in doubles and good players in singles,” Holzberg said. “It’s tough to make it into regionals and just to qualify is good, and now I’m ready to play.”

Starting today, Holzberg and her teammates get the chance to show just how ready they are.

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Coaches’ poll adds fuel to underdogs’ fire

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

NEW YORK — The Rutgers men’s basketball team is disappointed with its ranking in the Big East preseason coaches’ poll.

The Scarlet Knights were picked to finish MEN’S BASKETBALL 15th out of 16 teams in the country’s most demanding conference — one spot above where they wanted to be placed.

“It’s just more locker room material for us,” said senior captain Jonathan Mitchell.

“We wanted to be picked 16th today. It’s just more fuel, more motivation.”

The Knights heard criticism long before the Big East released its annual rankings.

After a 15-17 campaign with five conference wins, the Knights had an offseason full of turmoil that saw the team’s leading scorer Mike Rosario transfer.

Rutgers was already written of f countless times.

Mitchell, the team’s leading returning scorer, averaged 11.8 points per game last season.

Austin Johnson is a 6-foot-8 forward that will start at center.

Head coach Mike Rice’s 2011 recruiting class is already ranked No. 6 in the nation by Rivals.com, so why play this year?

Chances are the Knights already saw each of these statements somewhere.

And chances are Rice already read these stories to his team before sticking them to a punching bag the team passes as it makes its way from the locker room to the court.

“The quotes are just nasty, mean things from you and your colleagues in the media,” Rice said. “It’s something that I want our guys to prove wrong. I want them to have chips on their shoulders. They hear it, whether it’s a lack of talent or a lack of depth.

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Junior midfielder Bryant Knibbs had the Scarlet Knights’ best scoring chance of the game just two minutes into the contest, when he rattled the crossbar from 25 yards out. He also hit the post in the second half, but Rutgers could not find the net in its 1-0 loss to St. John’s.

Free kick goal keeps RU winless in Big East

BY A.J. JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

In a game between two struggling offenses, the Rutgers men’s soccer team knew its Big East MEN’S SOCCER game yesterday against St. John’s ST. JOHN’S 1 could come down RUTGERS 0 to just one play.

Unfor tunately for the Scarlet Knights, the Red Storm made the most of a singular play — a free kick in the 67th minute on a questionable call — to send Rutgers to its eighth-straight loss in a 1-0 decision.

“I’m very upset with the call. I know I’m going to sound like a poor loser, but I’m very upset,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “[St. John’s] gave us everything we could handle tonight, but to lose it in that fashion is very difficult to swallow.”

The Red Storm (7-5-2, 1-3-2) tallied the only goal of the game when Pablo Battuto Punyed nailed the free kick from 22 yards out. The junior from Miami struck the ball with his left foot and sent it far post, bending past the outstretched hand of junior goalkeeper Adam Klink.

“Punyed is a great player,” Donigan said.

“It was a great restart and a great goal — take nothing away from that. I wish we had an

opportunity like that that would have gone for us.”

The last time the Knights (3-9-1, 0-6-0) lost eight in a row was in 1972, when the team opened the season with nine straight losses under then-coach J. William Maytas.

The Knights’ starting lineup — including freshman midfielder Brennan McNicoll, who played with a cast on his right wrist — knew it had a long night forthcoming with injuries depleting the roster. Freshman Todd Webb ser ved as the only player at 100 percent on the Rutgers bench.

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Senior duo propels Knights past preseason expectations

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ CORRESPONDENT

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Senior co-captain Jenna Bull tallied a goal and two assists this season for the Knights, as the team seeks its first Big East tournament berth since 2003.

Replacing players within a program from season to season is difficult enough, but attempting to comFIELD HOCKEY pensate for a team’s heart and soul is nearly impossible.

After Sunday’s game against Bucknell, the reality will begin to set in for the Rutgers field hockey team.

The Scarlet Knights take the field this weekend for their final two home games of the 2010 season, and playing for the last time in front of their home crowd are senior cocaptains Jenna Bull and Heather Garces.

“They’ve been fantastic,” said head coach Liz Tchou. “I’m going to miss them so much, but they’ve put themselves in a position to make the Big East tournament, so we’ve just got to win these two games this weekend, really look to do well, then go after [UConn].”

Both Garces and Bull entered the season on two different paths.

Bull returned looking to build on her previous season’s second-team All-Big East selection, while Garces was content with simply being on the field after an injur y-marred offseason.

Both returned this year for the Knights and both continue to provide the steadying force the team lacked at the beginning of the season. While continuing to recover from offseason shin surgery, Garces came into the

year not knowing what to expect and contributed in a mainly limited role throughout this season.

Still, the weekend bears an immensely significant meaning for the midfielder.

“I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs here and [Sunday against Bucknell] is going to be my last game with my best friend,” Garces said of Bull. “I’m just going to enjoy it and work my hardest and try to get two wins into the weekend to end off on a good note.”

Prior to the season, if someone predicted Tchou’s team would be in the position it is in now, they might have turned heads.

The team kicked off the 2010 campaign with 12 freshmen and sophomores, all of which have seen the field in some capacity this season for the Knights.

Add that inexperience with a two-win season a year earlier and suddenly expectations begin to diminish and that showed in the preseason rankings. The conference’s preseason coaches’ poll selected the Knights to finish second to last in the Big East without accounting for the leadership provided by the pair of senior captains.

The team found its way during the latter half of the season, boasting a 5-3 record over its past eight contests after a forgettable 1-7 star t.

With all the odds continually piled against the Knights, and in the midst of all the chaos

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