The Daily Targum 2010-10-27

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The Rutgers women’s soccer team and its five seniors prepare for a quarterfinal matchup with No. 24 West Virginia on Halloween in Morgantown, W.Va.

EOF students face challenges after financial aid cuts

BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Many students in the Educational Opportunity Fund are finding it difficult to meet their financial needs this fall semester, following a 4 percent increase in tuition at the University and a decrease in state funding for the program.

Executive Director of EOF Eddie Manning said he is set to meet with several directors in the program this week to address the financial situation his students are struggling with.

“A number of students are having problems because with the increase in tuition and the decrease in aid, it meant that coming up with the differences was somewhat difficult for them and more so in the past,” he said.

The decrease in the amount of state aid given to EOF forced many students to take out loans to pay their term bill, which Manning said could sometimes be problematic.

“Then students are borrowing more than they had to in the past. But [sometimes] they can’t borrow because they can’t find a cosigner or don’t have a cosigner or their parents or guardians are not creditworthy,” he said. “Those students have a problem.”

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Some students who are part of the Educational Opportunity Fund program are negatively affected by the cuts to financial aid and a 4 percent tuition increase at the University. EOF deans will meet with directors this week to discuss ways to address the issue.

U. places 10th for Fulbright grant

BY REENA DIAMANTE CORRESPONDENT

The University ranked 10th in the 2010-2011 Chronicle of Higher Education’s Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Students for a Research Institution.

With 10 undergraduate seniors or alumni and five graduate students chosen to study abroad, the University last year produced a record-high number of students selected as Fulbright grantees.

“Setting a University record for Fulbright recipients is a point of immense pride for Rutgers,” said University President Richard L. McCormick via email. “It shows how talented our

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students are, and it is a testament to the hard work of our faculty and of [Director of External Fellowships and Postgraduate Guidance Arthur] Casciato’s and [Graduate School Assistant Dean] David Pickens’ office in preparing strong candidates for this prestigious award.”

This year, there was an upsurge in the number of applicants for the Fulbright program, Casciato said.

Undergraduate seniors and University graduates sent out more than 80 applications.

Through the Fulbright program, there are two opportunities available for Fulbright scholars to study abroad for

about a year, either as English teaching assistants in one of about 55 countries or independent researchers at one of about 155 universities worldwide, Casciato said.

“Fulbright grants are one of the most visible benchmarks by which to measure the value of the education available to students at any major research institution,” he said. “Fulbright gives our undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to realize the full meaning of ‘local roots, global reach.’”

Applicants for next year applied to study in 33

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Students cast their votes for NJPIRG’s referendum, where students vote on whether to include a fee on the term bill supporting the organization.

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NJPIRG adopts themes to inspire more voters

BY JACQUELYN ALVAREZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When people think of voting, the thought of people decked out in ’80s gear, neon colors and sweatbands does not typically come to mind.

But the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group New Brunswick student chapter donned this garb as part of their “Theme Week” to encourage students to vote in their referendum.

“Theme week is to make every day of campaigning more fun so that we stand out more not just in our turquoise ‘Vote Yes’ T-shirts [and] so that more people want to stop and talk to us,” said Kelly Nishikawa, the vice-chair of NJPIRG New Brunswick chapter.

Monday was “80s Day,” followed by “Future Day” featuring a “vote-

bot.” The rest of the week entails a prom-themed “Formal Day,” “Jersey Shore Day” — complete with beach balls and sunglasses — and will end with “Halloween Day” with pumpkins painted with “Vote Yes.” Dave Byrnes, coordinator for Water Watch, an NJPIRG project, said he really liked the chance to be able to engage in conversation with the students and answer any questions they might have about NJPIRG. “We don’t really want people just to vote because of the ‘vote-bot,’ but it is a good way to get people to stop and talk,” he said.

Voting for the referendum began last Wednesday and can last up to five weeks, said Nishikawa, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

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The Engineering Governing Council invites an RUPD officer to talk on campus security.

OPINIONS Voting booths show signs of unreliability as they check off the wrong candidates.

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CORRECTIONS In yesterday’s sports story “Consecutive losses leave Rutgers looking for answers,” CJ Werneke was misquoted.

The complete quote is “It’s not like [UConn] dramatically outplayed us.”

In Monday’s article “Alumni celebrate excellence at award ceremony,” Mukund Karwe’s name was misspelled.

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Officer encourages U. safety awareness

BY ANKITA PANDA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Engineering Governing Council

As a response to campus safety concerns students previously expressed, the University’s Engineering Governing Council invited Lt. usually have an officer go in Leonard Safko of the Rutgers and check to see for any suspiUniversity Police Department cious behavior that has been to speak Monday at the Busch reported,” Safko said.

Campus Center.

Oza said the increase in Par th Oza, the University some crime rates around the Af fairs Committee chairman, University could be attributed said he organized for Safko to to the unsafe nature of surspeak at the meeting in order rounding neighborhoods comto address many students’ conbined with students’ consumpcerns brought to light tion of alcohol. when Jack Molenaar, the “Downtown New Brunswick University’s Depar tment of is ver y close, [so] criminals Transportation Ser vices directake advantage of students tor, was at the council’s when they are intoxicated last meeting. because it decreases their men“Students definitely need to tal ability to think and know be more aware of the dangers where they are,” he said. “This surrounding the Rutgers [commakes the criminals’ jobs easimunity] and the ser vices that er when tr ying to mug or RUPD of fers,” said Oza, a assault someone.”

School of Engineering junior.

While he believes the “A lot of students venture off at University is doing a good job of night into neighborhoods or promoting awareness, Oza sugstreets that they have never gests the University hold a safebeen on, and this ty workshop. causes trouFor example, ble.” he said not The meeting many people are “Students definitely addressed aware of RUPD’s need to be more many aspects of escort ser vices on-campus safeand the emeraware of the dangers ty. During the gency blue surrounding the first half of the phone boxes. council meet“Not many ing, students Rutgers [community].” people know had the chance that they PARTH OZA to ask Safko should walk in University Affairs how to improve groups when Committee Chairman safety on camwalking at pus and avoid night,” he said. danger at night in a question“Lt. Safko informed all of the and-answer session. leaders in the School of “We provide police escorts Engineering about such ser v24 hours and seven days a ices, but there are so many week to escort you to places more students out there who that you don’t feel comfortable have no idea what to do in case in,” he said. of an emergency or what to do Students without cell phones to prevent an emergency.” or who need immediate police Ross Kleiman, a Rutgers assistance may also use a callbox University Student Assembly to contact the police if they are representative for the School of ever in danger, Safko said.

Engineering, said he believes “We have emergency callboxRUPD is doing an efficient job es all over campus. If you don’t of protecting students. have a cell phone on you, you can “I think there are a lot of servjust use the callbox,” he said. ices around campus,” said “We’ll help you right away.”

Kleiman, a School of Engineering Campus safety not only junior. “I think RUPD is doing a involves students personally takgood job staying alert with their ing the proper precautions but crime alert services.” also being able to differentiate Part of being safe is making between those who belong on smar t decisions when going campus and those who do not, out alone at night, he said he said.

“Even if you want to go out “You can call us, and we can and have your fun, if you see find out if you’re ever unsure of risky behavior, call the RUPD,” someone,” Safko said. “If we can’t Kleiman said. find them on our police databasIf a student feels they are in es, then they are trespassing.” danger or have any concern, The department has different RUPD can be reached at ways of investigating suspicious (732)932-7211. behavior, he said.

The Engineering Governing “We have about 2,000 secuCouncil meets ever y other rity cameras all over campus to Monday in the Busch Campus provide a great resource tool, Center. Its next meeting is Nov. and, in addition to that, we also 8 and is open to the public.

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Students and professors learn how art and science work together to improve the environment Monday at a panel discussion hosted by the Institute for Women and Art.

Panel combines art, science for activism

BY MAXWELL BARNA STAFF WRITER

To spotlight environmental concerns about the local quality of water and its relationship to science, art and activism, the Institute for Women and Ar t held a discussion Monday night entitled, “Water Work: Women in Science & Ar t discussing Water Issues and Activism,” featuring panelists from both outside and within the University.

Throughout her life as an artist, panelist Betsy Damon, founder and director of Keepers of the Waters, was fascinated with water and the environment, and she wanted to find a medium through which art and science could have open and honest dialogue with one another.

“Collaboration and cooperation is the only way toward a sustainable future,” Damon said. “We have to have an attitude of one for all and all for one.”

Although the two subjects are interpreted dif ferently, founded within different areas of study and around different fundamental principles, artists and scientists are actually very similar, said fellow panelist Lisa Rodenburg, associate professor at the Depar tment of Environmental Sciences.

“One area we have in common is that as a scientist or an artist we are always trying to push the envelope,” Rodenburg said. “Scientists do this just as artists do.”

The collective discussion of major issues across disciplines is one of the first steps to solving today’s environmental problems, she said.

“The beginning of it is [about] bringing people together,” she said. “If we have a place where we can eat together, drink together and talk

together, that’s … a place where we can start.”

“Water is life” — the overall theme of the evening — was repeated numerous times throughout the meeting, and panelists discussed the current issues in regard to water.

Damon said people must stop believing that water is running out and that it should not be a commodity bought and sold on the open market. She accused big business as one of the main culprits behind the spread of this mentality.

Meanwhile, Rodenburg also protested the idea that people can live in a carbon footprint-free world, and said it is impossible to not affect the environment in some way, shape or form.

“The fact of the matter is that even when we were hunter-gatherers, humans still had an effect on their environment,” she said.

Regardless, Rodenburg still advocated a greener, more environmentally conscious world.

“I want to see us [become] a place that’s more sustainable, more green,” she said. “But I don’t think we’ll be able to get back to this Garden of Eden, this forest of green.”

To achieve the cooperation between ar t and science, Damon proposed a type of class that would be taught by professors of both disciplines in order to educate students about the social and physical hazards in the environment.

Through the class, students would also cultivate a plan of action to help alleviate the issues, she said.

But in order to implement such a class, Damon said the student body would have to rid themselves of a fear to change.

“Whatever you think has been tried and true here [at the University] has only been here

for a small amount of time.

Change it,” she said.

After their discussion, the audience posed several questions to the panel concerning the environment and how to bring about change.

Christina Doonan, coordinator and instructor for the Human Rights House of Douglass Residential College, brought up the possible solution of campuswide refill stations to help decrease the amount of plastic bottles students use on campus.

As a member of Take Back The Tap, an effort by the nonprofit organization Food & Water Watch to reduce the bottled water use, Doonan is concerned about the quality of water on campus.

“I hope that one outcome of this panel will be a student-lead effort to undermine privatized water on campus, for example by refusing to purchase bottled water,” she said.

Overall, Doonan said the meeting did more than just highlight issues, but rather demonstrated that despite one’s own personal interest — be it social, political or economic — change is a universal ideal.

“It shows students in a variety of disciplines that as long as they have the passion to make change they can do so and it does not require a degree in environmental science, which would be the … stereotype,” he said. “I think it was empowering.”

Damon, who has devoted her artistic life to water and the development of water restoration programs, highlighted just how severe of an impact water has on the daily lives of all humans.

“Water is the foundation of life,” she said. “There are so many things we could take care of if we just took care of our water systems. There’s just so much that could be done.”

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CUTS: Budget issues lead

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Kelsey Flanigan, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and member of Deep Treble, an a capella group on campus, performs last night at the Rutgers Zone on Livingston campus.

O’KEEFE’S SPOKESMAN SAYS CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO COMPILATION IS AUTHENTIC The spokesman for James O’Keefe, a University alumnus and politically conservative activist known for placing hidden camera videos on the Internet, confirmed that O’Keefe’s production of a controversial video series of members of the New Jersey Education Association is authentic.

In some of the videos, members are seen saying racial slurs and chanting about kicking Gov. Chris Christine “in the toolbox,” according to an nj.com article.

“There was no acting going on,” Shane Cory, spokesman for O’Keefe’s organization, The Project Veritas, said in the article. “Individuals, just common citizens, went in and were able to capture this audio and video by just striking up conversations with folks.”

Citizens shot the footage at the NJEA’s Summer Leadership Conference in the East Brunswick Hilton.

The footage showed teachers discussing the difficulties of firing a tenured teacher and laughing about playing arcade games “on their dime.”

The NJEA rejected the videos produced by O’Keefe, calling him “completely and utterly discredited,” according to the article.

“It’s impossible to know where he got this, where he twisted it from,” NJEA spokesman Steve Baker said in an app.com ar ticle. “There’s a lot of audio, no video and you don’t know where the audio is from. The whole thing is a complete fabrication, built on lies.”

But Cor y denies any acting taking place and any additional voices or words applied to the footage, according to the ar ticle.

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times, but he doesn’t want the students in EOF to be affected some to cancel campus housing by the cuts.

“I have respect [for] the fact that he has to make tough decicontinued from front sions, but I wish it wasn’t EOF But Manning added the situathat he was taking away from, tion could be even worse. In Gov. [which] are the most disadvanChris Christie’s proposed budget taged people in society,” he in April, the EOF program was said. “I wish he would ask for facing a cut of $9.6 million. other people to give a little Manning said after the governor more back.” realized the importance of the Saleh is not the only student program, 50 percent of the cut leader in EOF who is dealing was restored. with a poor financial situation “It’s just a very tough time in from the increase in tuition New Jersey right now. Many coupled with the decrease in people have been laid off and state funding. many programs have been cut Jorge Casalins, political chair altogether,” he said. “So when for the Latino Student Council you compare that to EOF not and parliamentarian for RUSA, being eliminated and part of the said he is also feeling the effects cut that it got, given that perof the state funding cuts. spective, the governor has “The way I got involved in shown his interest in supporting ever ything I am doing is the program.” because … I lived on campus, Manning said even though which was the gateway for me the cut was not as severe as to get involved and get to where Christie’s proposed cut, this does I am now,” said Casalins, a not mean no harm was done.

School of Ar ts and Sciences “The reality is there still was a sophomore. “[But] this year, I cut and there are students who actually had to go off campus don’t have enough financial aid just to save money.” to cover their needs,” he said.

In past semesters, Casalins “And that’s just the reality that said he was able to pay off his not just EOF students but a lot of tuition and still received a students are confronted with refund, which helped in paying right now.” for his books.

School of Arts and Sciences “But this year, instead of getsenior Giselle Pisani said ting money back I actually had to although she needed to acquire pay money, and it wasn’t an loans for the first time this amount of money I would be able semester, she still received a to come up with over the sumgood amount of state aid. But she mer,” he said. “So I had to cancel said other students were affected my housing to get the money much more. back and had to “I know a lot of decrease my meal people that are “It’s tough. If that plan so that way actually having to … I could pay for cut were to happen, books so it really get jobs or they have to find other my future at Rutgers hit me hard.” ways to pay for Casalins also wouldn’t be assured said by living off their books especially,” she said. campus and workat all.”

One of these ing a job, he is students is unable to study as JORGE CASALINS R u t g e r s much as in past School of Arts and Sciences University semesters, leavSophomore Student Assembly ing his house at 8 President Yousef a.m. and not Saleh, who said the decrease in returning until midnight. state funding had a major effect “I just don’t have time to go on his financial situation. home anymore. As a student “I work between 20 to 40 leader and being involved in so hours a week and that’s just many organizations, you need to working, not RUSA or academhave some down time,” he said. ics — just to live, eat and sur“And being forced to live off camvive,” said Saleh, a School of pus because of my financial situaAr ts and Sciences senior. “I tion is really draining me to the work the graveyard shift after point where I don’t want to be as RUSA meetings. I go to work active as I was last year.” from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. doing Casalins added if Christie security at Rockoff Hall.” did not restore 50 percent of the Saleh said many EOF stuproposed cut to EOF, he would dents need some student loans not have been able to return to to pay their term bill, but this the University. semester is different because “[EOF] students are coming of the financial situation in from a ver y disadvantaged New Jersey. background. My parents have “In the past, I was able to no way in for my tuition and pay off the tuition with relative ever ything falls upon me,” he ease, but the increases in said. “So if that [cut] were to tuition and the cost of living happen, one of two things pushed me of f campus,” he would happen. I’d have to drop said. “I can’t afford to live on ever ything just so I could work campus anymore.” full-time and study part-time or Although Saleh only has one I would have to go back to a job to meet his financial needs, community college.” he said many EOF students have Many students who have the two or three jobs, which puts potential to be at academic their education in jeopardy. institutions like the University “Some people might not be are unable to meet the financial able to finish in time. Just from requirements, and the proworking, you put education on posed cut would not have the backburner,” he said. “They improved their situation, are putting their education at Casalins said. risk when they take two or “Sometimes there are a lot three jobs just to make ends of people back home who have meet. Academically, it puts the potential to be at a good them at a disadvantage comuniversity, but they can only pared to other students who afford to be at a community aren’t as financially unstable.” college,” he said. “It’s tough. If Saleh said he understands that cut were to happen, my Christie is dealing with a state future at Rutgers wouldn’t be coping with dire economic assured at all.”

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Class to advise students on money, health habits

BY GLEN GABRIEL

Some advice in the book that will be given in the class is to save a small bit of money Thirty-three states have an after a set amount of time, obesity population above 25 per- Ensle said. cent, according to the Centers for “By taking one or two leftDisease Control and Prevention. over dollars ever y day along Meanwhile, in spending with some change, you’re going habits, the total mortgage debt to save about $100 ever y has nearly tripled in the past month,” she said. “Over the eight years, according to a 2008 course of a year, that’s over U.S. Census Bureau statistic. $1,000 you’ve saved and can While the two figures may seem now invest.” unrelated, the two separate areas Ensle focused on getting the of physical health and financial book out to the community and stability of one’s life intersect at trying to get as many people as many points. possible to improve their lives Maintaining a healthy lifestyle through smarter financial and can keep an individual from incur- health choices. ring expensive medical bills, said “We’ve sent copies of the book Karen Ensle, the University’s to the [the first family] as well as Family and Community Health to Oprah [Winfrey] in an effort to Services educator. get the information out there to “If you do practhe people,” she tice good health said. “As far as we habits, you are “Any kind of tips for know, there is no likely to live book that gaining some kind other longer and you’re combines these going to need of financial stability two ver y impormore money as tant issues.” is a positive thing.” your retirement is In association going to be longer with the book CASSANDRA MELANDER as well,” Ensle, and classes, an School of Arts the department online challenge and Sciences Sophomore head of the is posted on the University’s book’s website Cooperative Extension of Union for those working to improve County, said. their financial and physical To address this growing health, Ensle said. The chalproblem in the countr y, Barbara lenge includes setting ever yday O’Neill, a professor at the goals the participant can meet School of Environmental and in both aspects.

Biological Sciences, will conBy participating in the chalduct a class on Nov. 16 entitled lenge, people slowly changed the “25 Ways to Better Health and routines in their life and ultimateMore Wealth” at the Extension ly changed their lives as a whole, Offices in Union County. she said.

The book “Small Steps to “We offer 25 different behavHealth and Wealth,” which Ensle ior change strategies within the and O’Neill co-authored, inspired program. We always said that the idea for the class. it’s like when you’re at a diner “The target age group of the with this big menu in front of book is for those between the you,” O’Neill said. “If people just ages of 25 and 65, or even 23 to pick a few of our strategies out 65, as the steps I talk about relate of the 25, then their lives will to properly managing your per- benefit from it.” sonal finances,” O’ Neill said.

Although the class is open to O’Neill employs lessons from all, some University students can the book into the courses she understand its significance in teaches. The material within the relation to their own lives. book quickly becomes relevant “Knowing how much college for those about to enter the work costs today and the amount of world, she said. debt people are going to be in, Both the class and the book any kind of tips for gaining some emphasize simple changes in the kind of financial stability is a posaverage person’s lifestyle, Ensle itive thing,” said Cassandra said. Changing the little things Melander, a School of Arts and people do can make a big impact. Sciences sophomore.

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NEWARK CAMPUS KICKS OFF NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION Rutgers-Newark School of Law students are taking part in events for “Pro Bono Week,” a nationwide celebration created by the American Bar Association to recognize legal work done on behalf of those in poverty and the underserved.

Organized by the school’s Eric R. Neisser Public Interest Program, the event kicked off yesterday with a month-long food, clothing and toy drive, according to a University Media Relations press release.

“Many students come to Rutgers specifically because of our strong reputation for promoting a culture of public service,” Clinical Professor and Neisser Co-director Laura Cohen said in the release. “For ‘Pro Bono Week,’ students have organized opportunities for providing service in the Newark community as well as for learning about public interest careers and issues.”

The program will continue today through Saturday with several community engagement events in high schools in the Newark area, including an event to help build a playground at the Boys and Girls Club, according to the release.

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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 discover y@aesop.rutgers.edu.

Matthew Jelacic, assistant professor of Architecture at the University of Colorado, will be presenting a lecture, “Traumatic Urbanization and Its Consequences,” at 4:30 p.m. on the fourth floor lecture hall in Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. Jelacic is working with communities to create affordable shelter for the Crow Nation in Montana and assisting in the reconstruction of schools in Haiti. He is also involved with projects using sustainable materials for sheltering displaced people. He was a partner in the firm Gans & Jelacic from 1996 to 2003 whose work included emergency relief shelters and school furniture for the New York City School Construction Authority. In his talk, he will explore the issues surrounding social and environmental justice in developing communities.

The Daily Targum will be holding a writer’s meeting at 9:30 p.m. in Suite 431 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Wait outside the door until Kristine arrives. Assignments will be given out and other business will be discussed during the meeting. All those interested are welcome. There is no experience necessar y.

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The Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Exhibition Tournament, part of the 2010 New Jersey Open Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) 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 (Chinese Chess) Association is sponsoring the event with the help of the University’s Confucius Institute. Chinese Chess is played by more than 100 million players around the world. General Han Xin is believed to have invented by in about 210 B.B. during the war between two historical powers, Chu and Han. For more information, please contact Guangua Li, njcchess@yahoo.com

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GRANT: Seven out of 10 scholars are teaching English continued from front dif ferent countries up from last year’s 21 desired sites, Casciatio said.

One of the 86 applicants for this year was Lee DiPrinzio, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior.

DiPrinzio saw the Fulbright grant as an ideal opportunity to utilize his minor in Spanish before going to medical school.

He applied to become an English teaching assistant in Spain, after spending a fiveweek study abroad program there over the summer.

“There’s just too much to see in five weeks, and I really wanted to go back at some point in my life,” he said. “Learning Spanish has been a passion of mine for a while now, and I would like to help create a passion for learning English for the students in Spain.”

Diana Won, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior, is also another Fulbright hopeful and applied to teach English in Colombia to fur ther develop her interest in urbanization and development.

“I hope to work with internally displaced persons who are living in many of Colombia’s cities,” Won said.

“In doing so I will be continuing my understanding of how people react and conceptualize government policies and the effect it has on them.”

Of the 10 undergraduate Fulbright grantees from the University last year, seven are

teaching English, he said.

There are now three in Germany, one in Colombia, one in Egypt, one in Spain and one in Bulgaria.

The remaining three undergraduate scholars — two in Peru and one in Armenia — are doing independent research, Casciato said. All five of the graduate students are doing research.

A Fulbright U.S. Student Program National Screening Committee begins reviewing applications at the beginning of November to select potential candidates, and at the end of Januar y, it sends out a list of

“I’m very proud that ... the number of applicants ... has grown from eight in my first year to an all-time high of 86.”

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recommended recipients, Casciato said.

The committee decides which applicants are for warded to their desired host countries, where another Fulbright Committee on-site finally selects the Fulbright grantees, he said. The Fulbright National Screening Committee last year received a total of 8,527 applications nationally, of which 1,639 scholars were selected.

Among the undergraduates or recent graduates selected, there

was a wide variety of majors represented, including French, German, Spanish, English, Latino and Caribbean studies, economics, history, anthropology, genetics and women’s and gender studies, Casciato said.

The state of the economy and the Of fice of Distinguished Fellowships’ work over the summer are reasons for the increase in the number of students applying for the Fulbright program, he said.

Casciato said he spoke to more students than ever before last year and tried to convince them to apply.

“I’m ver y proud that in the four fellowship seasons I’ve worked at Rutgers the number of Fulbright applicants among graduating seniors and graduates of Rutgers has grown from eight in my first year to an all-time high of 86 this year,” he said.

In the past, all of the selected students had either a demonstrable record of being involved in research outside the classroom or experience as teachers or mentors or both, he said.

“I want to thank the students themselves for trying,” Casciato said. “Rutgers has produced more Fulbright grantees than ever before, [which] is largely the product of the students’ hard work and willingness to make themselves vulnerable to a very demanding selection process.”

The Fulbright Grant was created in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries, according to the program’s website.

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VOTERS: NJPIRG needs 15,000 votes to move ahead continued from front Students must vote ever y three years to keep NJPIRG funded through a waivable $11.20 fee each semester on their term bills, said Sarah Clader, a campus organizer for NJPIRG. “NJPIRG has been at Rutgers for 30 years, I think it is something that students still see the value in,” Clader said.

There were a little more than 5,000 votes as of Monday night registered in favor of NJPIRG, Nishikawa said.

A high voter turnout is required, with NJPIRG needing more than 12,000 votes cast to keep the fee on the term bill, Clader said.

NJPIRG must aim for about 12,500 votes due to the fact that many seniors vote not knowing that they are actually invalid voters, said Byrnes, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior.

On the state level, NJPIRG needs about 15,000 votes to cover all three of the University’s campuses, he said.

“There are multiple polling stations on all campuses,” Nishikawa said. “Anyone who is a registered student who isn’t going to graduate this year can vote.”

NJPIRG hopes to get all of the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students to vote because the two schools are the biggest, Nishikawa said.

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After those votes are obtained, NJPIRG plans to cater the campaigning to the smaller schools on campus, she said.

“Hopefully we can get this done quickly so we can get back to campaigning for the other good work that we do,” Nishikawa said.

The NJPIRG presence is noticeable the most in the middle of the afternoon, she said.

“I think it’s really great the amount of volunteers who come out and encourage voters,” Byrnes said.

The biggest challenge NJPIRG faces are people who are in a rush and do not have time to stop and vote, he said.

“This fee helps hire professional staff, including organizers and directors,” Byrnes said. “It also helps fund advocates who lobby for issues we decide upon.”

Special interest groups have millions of dollars to spend on lobbying and the money is needed to get our issues heard, he said.

NJPIRG wants people to vote as soon as possible so that the vote does not have to go until the end of the semester, Clader said.

Some University students believe NJPIRG poll workers stand out against the other individuals asking for donations or selling items.

“I did not know anything about NJPIRG or even that there was a fee supporting it on my term bill,” said Sean Peterson, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “I got to stop and ask a few questions which ultimately led me to vote yes for the referendum.”

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Natural disasters strike Indonesian islands ASSOCIATED PRESS MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia — A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia — spasms from the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth.

The eruption of Mount Merapi yesterday killed at least 18 people, forced thousands to flee down its slopes and spewed burning ash and smoke high into the air on the island of Java.

Meanwhile, off the coast of Sumatra, about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) west of the volcano, rescuers battled rough seas to reach Indonesia’s Mentawai islands, where a 10-foot tsunami triggered by an earthquake Monday night swept away hundreds of homes, killing at least 113 villagers, said Mujiharto of the Health Ministry’s crisis center. Up to 500 others are missing.

The twin disasters happened hours apart in one of the most seismically active regions on the planet.

Scientists have warned that pressure building beneath Merapi’s lava dome could trigger its most powerful explosion in years.

But Gede Swantika, a government volcanologist, expressed hope the 9,737-foot (2,968-meter) mountain, which sent rocks and debris cascading down its southern slope, could be releasing steam slowly.

“It’s too early to know for sure,” he said, adding that a big blast could still be coming. “But if it continues like this for a while, we are looking at a slow, long eruption.”

A 2006 eruption at Merapi killed two people, one in 1994 killed 60 people, and a 1930 blast killed 1,300.

After refusing to budge from the volcano’s fertile slopes, saying they wanted to tend to their crops and protect their homes,

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Thousands run for safety after yesterday’s eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia, where at least 18 people were killed. More than 100 people also died Monday when a 10-foot tsunami hit the Mentawai islands.

villagers started streaming by the thousands late yesterday into makeshift emergency shelters. Many carried sleeping mats, bags of clothes and food as they settled in.

Officials said earlier that by closely monitoring the volcano 310 miles (500 kilometers) southeast of the capital of Jakarta, they thought they could avoid casualties. But the death toll rose quickly.

Police and volunteers were shown on Metro TV pulling at least 14 ash-covered bodies and carrying them to waiting vehicles.

Among the dead was a 2month-old baby, said Mareta, a hospital worker who goes by only

one name. The infant’s tiny body was draped in a sheet as his mother cried.

Three people at Panti Nugroho hospital died of burns after being hit by a searing cloud of ash, said Agustinus Parjo, a spokesman.

Even as they contended with the volcano — one of 129 to watch in the world’s largest archipelago — officials were trying to assess the impact of Monday night’s 7.7-magnitude ear thquake of f Sumatra that triggered the killer tsunami.

The quake, just 13 miles (20 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor, was followed by at least 14

aftershocks, the largest measuring 6.2, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The fault also caused the 2004 quake and monster Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries.

After Monday’s quake and tsunami, many panicked residents fled to high ground and were too afraid to return home.

That could account in part for the more than 500 people still missing, said Hendri Dori, a local parliamentarian, adding: “We’re trying to stay hopeful.”

Hundreds of wooden and bamboo homes were washed away on the island of Pagai, with water

flooding crops and roads up to 600 yards (meters) inland. In Muntei Baru, a village on Silabu island, 80 percent of the houses were badly damaged.

With few relief workers able to get to the hardest-hit islands — reachable only by a 12-hour boat ride — fishermen searched for the living and dead. Corpses lay unburied because there was not enough outside help to dig graves, according to the Mentawai district chief, Edison Salelo Baja.

The island chain, 175 miles (280 kilometers) from Sumatra, has long been popular with surfers.

A group of Australians said they were on the back deck of their chartered boat, anchored in a bay, when the quake hit just before 10 p.m. Monday. It generated a wave that pushed their boat into a neighboring vessel. A fire soon ripped through their cabin.

“We threw whatever we could that floated — surfboards, fenders — then we jumped into the water,” Rick Hallet told Australia’s Nine Network.

“Fortunately, most of us had something to hold on to ... and we just washed in the wetlands, and scrambled up the highest trees that we could possibly find and sat up there for an hour and a half.”

Ade Edward, a disaster management agency of ficial, said crews from several ships were still unaccounted for in the Indian Ocean.

The quake also jolted towns along Sumatra’s western coast — including Padang, which last year was hit by a deadly 7.6magnitude quake that killed more than 700. Mosques blared tsunami warnings over their loudspeakers.

“Everyone was running out of their houses,” said Sofyan Alawi, adding that the roads leading to surrounding hills were quickly jammed with thousands of cars and motorcycles.

Latin American leaders comment on Proposition 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS CARTAGENA, Colombia — The leaders of several Latin American nations on the front lines of the battle against drugs said Tuesday that a California ballot measure to legalize marijuana would send a contradictory message from the United States.

The election in California Nov. 2 was a key topic as Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hosted the presidents of Mexico and three other countries at a one-day summit.

Santos said that if Californians approve Proposition 19, it would require reviewing the principles that have long underpinned efforts to combat drugs in Latin America with support from Washington.

“How can I tell a farmer in my country that if he grows marijuana, I’ll put him in jail, when in the richest state of the United States it’s legal to produce, traffic and consume the same product?”

Santos said in an interview broadcast Sunday by the Colombian radio station Caracol.

Officials in President Barack Obama’s administration have said the federal government will continue to pursue its counter-drug policies and that they are looking at options for responding to the measure, which would conflict with federal laws classifying marijuana as an illegal drug.

Santos discussed the issue during a meeting on Monday with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, who confirmed Washington’s opposition to legalizing marijuana and pledged to keep up counter-drug cooperation with Colombia.

“It’s confusing for our people to see that, while we lose lives and invest resources in the fight against drug trafficking, in consuming countries initiatives like California’s referendum are being promoted,” Santos said Tuesday during a speech.

“If we don’t act consistently in this matter, if all we’re doing is sending our citizens to prison while in other latitudes the market is legalized, then we should ask ourselves: Isn’t it time to revise the global strategy toward drugs?”

Santos’s position was echoed

by Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who didn’t directly mention the California vote but said: “It’s not possible to face [drug trafficking] effectively from our national borders in an isolated manner.”

“If we think that each country on its own is going to successfully face this problem, we’re very wrong.”

LAURA CHINCHILLA President of Costa Rica

In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Calderon said the California ballot initiative reflects a “terrible inconsistency” in U.S. drug policy.

“They have exerted pressure and demanded for decades that Mexico and other countries control, reduce and fight drug traf-

ficking, and there is no discernible effort to reduce the consumption of drugs in the United States,” Calderon told the AP. In Washington, State Depar tment spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters that U.S. of ficials “understand it’s an issue of concern. We understand obviously that what is being proposed for California may be in conflict with federal statute, and we’ll work through those issues depending on what happens next week.”

Other presidents attending Tuesday’s summit of the Tuxtla Group included Porfirio Lobo of Honduras, Alvaro Colom of Guatemala and Laura Chinchilla of Costa Rica.

Chinchilla also described the California measure as “a contradictor y message in the anti-drug fight” in an inter view with Caracol.

She said it “would put at risk, sincerely, the consistency of the anti-drug fight,” and noted that Central America is confronting a wave of violence unleashed by drug traffickers.

“If we think that each country on its own is going to successfully face this problem, we’re very wrong,” she said.

California’s Proposition 19 would legalize recreational marijuana use and allow adults 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of marijuana.

Residents could cultivate marijuana gardens up to 25 square feet (2.3 square meters) on private proper ty. City and county gover nments would decide whether to allow and tax sales of the drug.

Recent polls have shown support for Proposition 19 sagging among voters. A sur vey by the Public Policy Institute of California found that the proposition was backed by 44 percent of likely voters while almost half said they would vote against it. The telephone poll conducted from Oct. 10 to 17 had a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

How the measure fares may hinge on turnout among younger voters, who heavily favor the proposition in polls.

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Afghanistan receives cash funds from US, Iran ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran — Iran acknowledged yesterday it has been sending funds to neighboring Afghanistan for years, but said the money was intended to aid reconstruction, not to buy influence in the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Karzai said Monday he receives millions of dollars in cash from Iran, adding that Washington gives him “bags of money” too because his office lacks funds.

In Washington, President Barack Obama’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs, denied that.

“We’re not in the big bags of cash business,” he said Tuesday.

Earlier, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said some of the U.S. aid to Afghanistan is in cash.

U.S. officials asserted the money flowing from Tehran was proof that Iran is playing a double game in Afghanistan — wooing the government while helping Taliban insurgents fighting U.S. and NATO forces. Iran denies that.

“Iran has provided the country with plenty of help,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said yesterday in his weekly news briefing in Tehran.

“Iran has helped construction of Afghanistan and the preparation of its economic infrastructure and it will pursue it in the future, too.”

Mehmanparast said Iran’s help began years ago. He said peace and stability in Afghanistan is important for Iran.

The acknowledgment prompted a challenge from seven Iranian lawmakers who demanded that Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki appear before parliament to clarify the payments, according to the news website Khabaronline.ir.

The call indicated that lawmakers — who have the power to impeach ministers — were unaware of the payments. Under Iran’s constitution, government funds sent abroad, including aid donations and loans, must get parliamentary approval.

In a letter, the lawmakers demanded to know the amount of money sent over the past five years, where it came from, the way it was transferred and the legal basis for the payments.

On Saturday, The New York Times reported that Iran was giving bags of cash to Karzai’s chief of staff, Umar Daudzai, to buy his loyalty and promote Iranian interests in Afghanistan. The Times quoted unidentified sources as saying the cash amounted to a slush fund that Karzai and Daudzai used to pay lawmakers, tribal elders — and even Taliban commanders — to secure their loyalty.

Karzai told reporters Monday that he had instructed Daudzai, a former ambassador to Iran, to accept the money from Tehran.

Before Karzai spoke, the Iranian Embassy in Afghanistan dismissed the allegations that the Iranian government was making cash payments to Daudzai, calling them “ridiculous and insulting.”

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ov. Chris Christie’s reforms are on the right track once again with various cuts within New Jersey’s Turnpike Authority.

The NJTA approved four decisions yesterday to cut employee pay and benefits. This comes after a series of reforms that took place last week when the NJTA Chairman James Simpson and Executive Director Ronnie Hakim announced the end to fiscally outdated compensation practices, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. This is a much-needed reform coming at the right time and, along with Christie’s wide array of state cuts, makes complete sense.

These cutbacks are necessary to close down on the massive $10.5 billion budget deficit going into next year. The NJTA’s measures include cuts to the toll-free passage for employees who commute to work, according to the department’s press release. They also address the annual cash-in option of the non-union employees to take unused sick and vacation days.

Public agencies such as this one should have probably been the first step toward addressing the deficit. Therefore, this step has been long coming. The NJTA also hired an outside firm to review the company’s health benefits in a need for informed decisions as to which is the most cost-effective way of providing these benefits. This is the right step in foregoing pointless spending on services, which in the past have proved to siphon money out of the state.

“We promised real reform, and we are delivering,” Simpson said.

“Gov. Christie’s charge has been clear from the day he took office — root out and eliminate wasteful and abusive spending practices.”

It seems then the state is headed in the right direction. State employees’ wages are funded by taxpayers’ money and therefore should be tightly controlled by the state’s authorities. The NJTA is simply aligning with Christie’s progressive reforms. Cutbacks are needed and the state should look at its employees first. With unneeded and over-inflated benefits and wages, their employment takes a toll on the state’s budget. This reform then has the capability to avert this toll and ask the questions, which need to be asked.

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n order for the democratic process to work properly, people need to be able to cast their votes with ease, and they need to be able to vote for their desired candidate with no complications. Unfortunately, the move from paper ballots to electronic voting machines has caused some problems with the voting system. Recently, a man in New Bern, N.C., was startled to find that every time he tried to cast his vote for the entire Republican ticket, the ballot machine instead checked the boxes for the Democratic candidates. In Las Vegas, several voters complained of a similar problem: When they entered the voting booths, they found Sen. Harry Reid’s name already checked on the ballot. Everything is becoming digital these days and when you embrace technology, you have to expect some glitches.

There is no room for glitches like this when it comes to something as important as the election process. Voting officials made claims that the mistakes may be due to the sensitivity of the touch screens, but that’s no excuse for these errors — nor, on second thought, does that explanation even seem to make sense. The sensitivity of the touch screen shouldn’t result in Harry Reid’s name being checked off prior to anyone entering the voting booth.

People could jump to the conclusion that these cases are nothing short of voter fraud, but that seems admittedly hasty. Whatever the reason for these systemic errors, it needs to be discovered and fixed.

Voters in this country are disillusioned as it is. Voter turnout numbers are usually dismally low, despite the efforts of people like P. Diddy and threats like “Vote or die.” When people hear about defective electronic voting machines, they will only become more disillusioned. Most of the public already has a hard enough time motivating itself to believe in the power of the vote. When we hear the machines can’t seem to get those votes right, we take it as proof that — no matter what we tell ourselves — our votes really don’t matter in the end. After all, the electronic voting booth isn’t going to let us vote the way we want to vote.

Whatever the problem is with these electronic voting machines, it needs to be addressed. Blaming the sensitivity of the touch screen is just an excuse, and excuses will not cut it. If the errors are the fault of the machines themselves, then maybe it’s time to invest in better machinery. Reports of voting errors are in the news year after year. Obviously, the machines we are using now aren’t good enough. If the errors are the fault of people engaging in voter fraud, then individual states have to put into practice some methods, which will make it easier to monitor voting officials and detect any possibility of tampering. Voting machine errors are not to be taken lightly. The election process is the lifeblood of democracy. If the voting booth is out of order, we cannot have a healthy government.

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me to enjoy life to its fullest. id my “Elementary Professors often seem to Algebra” professor overlook the tremendous just threaten to influence they have on their slap one of the only two students, especially in the black students in the class? larger introductory courses.

The student asked a quesOn the same hand, students tion about factoring polynomials and suggested an AMIT JANI should realize the heavy workload professors are impossible answer, to subjected to — teaching, which Professor Robert grading, conducting research and mentoring Urbanski replied, “Stick out your hand, please.” organizations. Professors must find the right balWhen the student asked why, Urbanski said, ance with students. Like baseball manager Tommy “Because I want to slap you” — assumingly for statLasorda once said, “Managing is like holding a ing such an asinine remark. I found this to be a hysdove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly, you kill terical chain of events, but none of my 15 or so it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.” This classmates laughed or said a word. This is because applies to teaching as well. Although bad profesUrbanski didn’t care about the color of a person’s sors can be given low ratings on ratemyprofesskin, but the quality and depth of the student’s sor.com and won’t be taken again, inspirational intellect. This was one of my first experiences the ones can influence students for a lifetime. fall semester of my first year.

Consider Warren Buffett, the world’s third richProfessors have the ability to inspire creativity est man whose fortune is listed or diminish optimism, the insightclose to $47 billion — yes, nine fulness to guide a student toward a “Professors often zeros. Buffet described his profesrewarding career path or let him sor at Columbia Business School, run askew. They retain the talent to seem to overlook Benjamin Graham, as being the allow a semester to be a blissful the tremendous second most influential person in learning experience or make 12 life after his father. He credits weeks seem like a torturous detaininfluence they have his Graham with instilling in him a ment. Urbanski was the quintessensound intellectual investment tial example of what a professor on their students.” framework and had such a signifishould be and possessed a seemcant impact on his life that he ingly sixth sense of when to teach, named his son after him — Howard Graham when to lighten the class’s mood and when to call Buffett. Students may have much trouble finding on a student to answer a question. He would talk inspirational professors such as these, and some about his wacky experiences trying mushrooms or might think of it as a rarity, but most professors how he turned on his charm when a cop pulled him seem to try to be exceptional mentors. However, over for going 60 miles over the speed limit. When not all have the talent or knack to accomplish this he did not like an answer, he would say, “That distinction. So where are all the Grahams of the answer was dirty like mud on a duck” and persistUniversity hiding and how can we find you? ed until the concept was drilled into a fragile mind.

I discovered my Graham in my “Computer I formed a special bond with Urbanski — so much Applications for Business” class. A computer sciso that he would call me his shadow. I would sit at ences professor, he sported a vintage gray-colored his office hours while he ate a roast beef sandwich suit, had a balding head and hearty beard that comand munched on red peppers. I took him for three peted well with that of Moses’s — his name was consecutive math courses, which was odd to me Kristian Stout. Upon the urging of my First-year since math was my archenemy, but somehow Interest Group instructor, I decided to visit his Urbanski made math enjoyable for me to do in my office hours to discuss my frustration with a comspare time. puter programming language. Since then, I attendRobert Urbanski — a fisherman, Korean-war ed most of his office hours and he gradually veteran, mathematics professor and my friend — became my mentor and coach. We spoke about fedpassed away on Jan. 11, 2010. Although he is gone, eralism, philosophical theories and religion; he his legacy lives on — he gave me the confidence to reach for the highest opportunities, to not give up SEE JANI ON PAGE 11 and believe in myself. Most importantly, he taught

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enure reform is an absolute necessity. But tenure removal would turn educational careers into a temporary stint. Teaching would become a two-year phase, especially in high-need areas like the Bronx. I would not be teaching today without the promise of tenure. Allow me to clarify a few things that have been said about tenure this week.

Tenure is not automated.

Administrators have the responsibility to evaluate teachers prior to awarding them tenure after three years. Administrators are either overwhelmed by their workloads or are too lazy to thoroughly evaluate their teachers. So many still manage to earn tenure that normally would be weeded out if properly evaluated.

This can be remedied by lengthening probation prior to awarding tenure or by having tenure reviews regularly, just like

JANI continued from page 10 taught me how to pick up girls and how to succeed in life. From time to time I enjoyed dinner with him, not just because he pays each time but also because I receive infinite wisdom from him that I’d never be able to repay. I cannot put into words how much I admire Stout, but I do wish that

doctors who regularly get recertified in their practices.

So the real practical approach does not involve removing tenure altogether, but rewarding tenure to promising educators who earn it through a fair and in-depth evaluation process. Only non-educators propose the complete and total destruction of the profession by advocating the removal of tenure.

Teacher evaluation is a trendy yet dangerous game of schoolground politics. If this process of evaluating educators is not objective, fair and focused on professional development, then we are looking for scapegoats for student failure, not quality in the classroom.

Current reform efforts must address these issues of objectivity and fairness, not tenure removal.

The problem with Oct. 21’s column, “Tenure damages education,” is that it ignores too much. The author ignores that fully eradicating tenure opens teachers to a form of abuse known as ageism. When veteran teachers are less likely to find jobs because there is a younger and cheaper job pool, then

you transform the profession into a temporary occupation rather than a life-long commitment to teaching and learning.

Another aspect of educational reform that is ignored is that there are several ways to evaluate teachers that do not rely on test scores.

You would not have to settle for “an imperfect method of evaluation is better than none at all.” Perhaps shadowing a high school classroom and seeing how students grow and develop academically would enlighten legislators about the alternative ways to measure progress, but alas I ask for too much.

A common reform idea is the push for performance incentives for teachers. This is by far one of the most irresponsible uses of tax dollars for a number of reasons.

For one, there are so many different factors that affect a student’s progress from year to year that to attribute a single teacher’s work to that progress would be unreliable.

The use of metrics to “measure” a teacher’s impact on an ever-changing and variable student population is about as accurate as

looking at somebody’s SAT scores and inferring what type of personality they have.

The application of business models in a classroom is far from reliable. They have also proven ineffective as motivation to maintain quality as educators. Providing bonuses to teachers for their student performance is analogous to the attitude of awarding bonuses to AIG executives, where they make millions while their company requires a federal bailout.

Incentive programs would also shift the direction of teacher recruitment toward student populations that are actually at or near grade level, which means that few teachers would voluntarily work in the South Bronx to teach an 11th grade student who reads at a fourth-grade level. What would you pay somebody to bring up a student from grade four to grade 11 in a year?

Tax dollars for incentives are better spent maintaining worthwhile programs like after-school sports or to update obsolete classroom resources, textbooks, computers or software.

Another ignored aspect is the common fallacy of testing versus assessment. Many non-educators consider these synonymous. But the reality is there are different ways to assess a student’s ability to think analytically or to comprehend language than to force them to take a multiple-choice literacy test.

The same way that college students run independent investigations into their own areas of interest — oftentimes called a thesis — students in high school can be assessed for skills and analytical ability without the mess of a standardized test.

Testing should not be the end-all and be-all of measuring the efficacy of educational institutions, nor should they be high-stakes in the sense that a bad test score should not be punitive. Honestly, when was the last time you asked your doctor what they scored on their MCATs and decided their score wasn’t high enough to warrant a physical?

each and every one of you could experience a relationship with one of your professors like the one I have with him. Go to professors’ office hours, ask questions and you never know — you might just make a new friend that changes your life.

The author of “The Last Lecture,” Randy Pausch, had an undergraduate advisor — Andy Van Dam, who helped him lead such a happy life that Pausch constantly mentioned him in a

speech shortly before Pausch died from pancreatic cancer. Our minds are very malleable due to our young age. Sometimes we need professors like Van Dam to tell us that we’re being arrogant and a jerk, like he told Pausch in college. When Pausch told his professor that he was getting a job after graduation, Van Dam knew better and told him no and got him into Carnegie Mellon’s graduate program. Professors like this are the true leaders of

our nation, not presidents or CEOs. Please, professors, we students need you more than ever to be our guiding light, our mentors, friends and Grahams. We need more professors like Neil Sheflin in the economics department, who not only brings cookies to class, but works hard to teach us how to go further in life, gives career advising sessions, inspiring us to ask questions and going the extra mile, because he knows students today are going

to shape the world tomorrow. We students owe a big thank you to the professors that made a difference in our lives, and for those of you who have not found your Urbanskis or Stouts yet, they’re out there waiting for you!

Stephen Lee is a high school science teacher in the South Bronx and a University Class of 2007 alumnus.

Amit Jani is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies. His column, “The Fourth Estate,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is an 8 -- Once you resolve a misunderstanding early in the day, your mind turns to more romantic possibilities. Someone invites you on an adventure.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- More than one close friend or associate gathers together to make changes you require.

New opportunities emerge as you handle old business.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 7 -- You feel driven today to accomplish major changes in the shortest possible time. At least one associate agrees completely. Go for it.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -Today is a 6 -- Seek emotional balance by first demonstrating your own feelings, and then allowing others to do the same. You create a safe space for expression that way.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- A day at home does you a lot of good, so take one if you can. Your work will still be there tomorrow. And you'll have better ideas for how to get it done.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Combine resources with one or more females. The changes you want to make respond to gentle but persistent effort. Resist empty chatter.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is a 6 -- You want everything perfect when you make your big announcement. Write your speech, and prepare to revise right before the microphone. Then just express.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 7 -- Your personal energy is on track at the desired pace to achieve a major goal. Give yourself time in the morning to get rolling, then don't stop.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 7 -- Share sorrow with others in private. Others appreciate your restraint, and you're grateful for the intimacy. The mood passes.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 7 -- Complete understanding of a partner's issue is just around the corner. Meanwhile, gather information. It's all grist for the mill.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 7 -- Get design ideas on the table. This isn't the time for finished work. Everyone needs to remain flexible as changes develop. Thought now goes a long way.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 7 -- Finish your housework before you take on a creative project. One mess at a time is more than enough.

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FORM: Stuby posts fourth shutout in freshman season continued from back Stuby’s blanking of Bucknell on Sunday gave the walk-on her fourth shutout this year, improving her record to 5-4 in the cage.

The Roxbury, N.J., native settled into the position after splitting time with sophomore Vickie Lavell early on in the season and now has her teammates’ confidence, specifically her backs’.

“At this point in the season, that’s something that we’re really confident in,” Noda said. “I had a conversation with our assistant coaches yesterday, and Christie [Morad] too, on just how confident we are with defensive corners. Normally, it’s like a negative to get a defensive corner, but with our defensive unit we actually don’t get worried because of how confident we are.”

Opponents bested the Knights, 11-10, in penalty corners this weekend, but that statistic did not phase the defense. The ball was cleared with no harm despite countless opportunities and that is something that must continue for the Knights this Saturday, when they battle No. 4 Connecticut to earn a Big East berth.

It takes an entire team effort to snag Big East wins and if the Knights come out of Saturday with a win against the Huskies, it could be that the defense stole the show again.

Either way, the team will be ready.

“We have nothing to lose, and I think coming off a two-win weekend is a really positive thing,” Noda said. “We’re just going to rest ourselves and concentrate on winning.”

CAMERON STROUD

Freshman walk-on Sarah Stuby posted two shutouts in the Knights’ homestand this weekend to raise her season total to four. The Roxbury, N.J., native earned Big East honors for her two-game performance in which she made eight saves.

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Fifth-year senior midfielder Gina DeMaio moved within one point Sunday of eighth place for career points at Rutgers with an assist.

BYE: Decorated senior class ends final weekend with two wins continued from back end,” Jones said. “Anything really can happen as long as you play your hardest and work really hard. Ever yone played so well.”

Despite a positive ef for t rehabilitating in the offseason, Jones did not begin earning star ter’s duties until midOctober matches at Syracuse and St. John’s.

Jones’ insertion into the lineup, along with a flurr y of other moves by head coach Glenn Crooks, helped give the Knights a week to prepare for its Oct. 31 matchup at No. 2seed West Virginia.

“Our expectation every year is to make the [Big East] Tournament,” Crooks said. “To be honest with you, if we don’t finish in the top five in the division, then that’s been a very poor year for us. You have to make things happen to get there, and that’s no disrespect to anybody in our division. We just think we’re better than that. Now what we’re doing is fighting for our NCAA [Tournament] lives.”

Making the NCAA Tournament is nothing new for the quintet of Rutgers seniors, who own 62 victories during their career on the Banks and two trips to the Sweet 16.

Despite the impressive résumé, one member of the group’s final season was in question before it even began.

Fifth-year senior Gina DeMaio is the most decorated member of the class, having set the Rutgers all-time assists record against Providence on Oct. 3 and being named a threeyear team captain.

However, DeMaio didn’t receive a medical redshirt until before the 2010 campaign and needed half a season to regain her old form after suffering an ACL tear on Sept. 13, 2009 — none of which is lost on the Parsippany Hills product.

“It feels really good,” said DeMaio of the team’s conference tournament ber th. “We struggled a bit this season and that was in question a lot of times, but I’m glad we were able to come out here [last Friday] and get the win.”

Despite the fanfare revolving around the team’s ascent in the Big East on Senior Day on Sunday, Crooks maintained a tunnel vision requisite for the bigger picture.

“It’s nice. I don’t think of it as [the seniors’] last game because we’ve got another game,” the 11th-year head coach said. “I don’t have too much. We’ve still got more to play so I’ll think about it more when the season’s over.”

Next up for the Knights is an intriguing Halloween matchup with No. 24 West Virginia (13-41, 9-1-1), which bested Rutgers in last year’s quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament at Yurcak Field.

The Mountaineers come into the conference showdown in Morgantown, W. Va., on the heels of a 10-game unbeaten streak and are one of three Big East teams ranked in the NSCAA Top 25.

Junior for ward Blake Miller leads three West Virginia players in double figures in points with 22, including nine goals.

Senior goalkeeper Kerri Butler has allowed only 15 goals in 18 games en route to an .810 save percentage.

The Mountaineers sport a 71-1 record at home this season and are 5-0-1 in Morgantown in Big East play.

For the Knights to play spoiler Sunday in the conference quarterfinals, their own version of the “Fab Five” must gear up for one final run.

And they will have a full week to prepare.

“It’s really impor tant because a lot of us are nicked up,” Jones said. “We need that extra couple days. It really helps when ever ybody does get that extra couple days’ rest … because then ever ybody comes out fresh.”

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Junior midfielder Nate Bourdeau assisted on two of the Scarlet Knights’ three goals Saturday in a shutout win over Syracuse on the Orange’s campus, which is just a short drive from Bourdeau’s hometown of Baldwinsville, N.Y. The C.W. Baker High School product had friends and family in attendance for the game.

OFFENSE: Bourdeau plays attacking role in midfield continued from back wide and he gave us another dimension,” Salmon said.

“Whether it was r unning at players or beating players down the line, it was something that the coaches have been asking from us all season. Nate did that.

“It was great to see him finally do what I know he can, especially in his homecoming. I’ve

RU ANNOUNCES SPRING SOFTBALL SCHEDULE Rutgers head softball coach Jay Nelson yesterday released the team’s 2011 schedule.

The Scarlet Knights compete in five regular season tournaments all SOFTBALL around the country, beginning Feb. 18 in Riverside, Calif. The Knights then travel to Texas on Feb. 26, Virginia the first weekend of March and Florida on March 11.

Nelson and Co. return to the Banks on March 26 to square off with Syracuse in a threegame series. The Knights end their season with a series against Villanova on April 27 and another against Pittsburgh three days later.

Rutgers takes on six teams that made the NCAA Tournament last season, but with the help of some experience the squad looks for success in the 2011 campaign.

Nelson returns nine starters from last season with a total of 15 returning letterwinners.

The Knights made the Big East Championship last season for the first time since 1998 and with a similar mesh of players, they plan to repeat that feat this season.

— Anthony Hernandez

known him for a while and I know how good he is, so it was just good for him to finally be able to show what he can do.”

Bourdeau also pleased head coach Dan Donigan with his performance, a tribute to how hard he has worked since beginning the year as a substitute.

“He played a great first 15 minutes and helped us get on the board right away,” Donigan said. “I think he was a little more motivated to go back home and play in front of his home crowd. We even joked with him that he should have

played at Syracuse, seeing as he played so well there.”

After spending his freshman season at Boston College, Bourdeau transferred to the Banks and chipped in two goals last season but did not earn any starts this year until injuries plagued the Knights.

“Earlier in the year, I felt like I was in a slump,” said Bourdeau, who admitted that he is also not 100 percent healthy with a nagging leg problem. “It was more of a mental thing, I think. It’s harder to prepare for a game when

coming off the bench. When you are starting, it gives you more confidence. “[Saturday] was the first time that I really felt my explosion come back. It was my best game of the year all around, and that’s how I want to continue to play for the rest of the year.”

Bourdeau and the rest of the Rutgers squad (4-9-1, 1-6) travel to South Florida today to take on the Bulls (8-3-4, 3-2-2), who sit two spots ahead of the Knights in the Red Division and have already clinched a Big East Tournament berth.

Although there are no Tampa natives on the Rutgers roster, the team now has the confidence to take on a Big East team on the road and come away with a positive result.

“We just need to come out with the same attitude,” Salmon said. “We’re not thinking that USF is a game that we can afford to lose. We came out [against Syracuse] with the attitude that this was a must-win game, and we played like it. If we go down to USF with that attitude, then we have a really good chance of beating them.”

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Freshmen Mariah Horvath and Brittany Bozzini are two of four first-year Scarlet Knights to which head volleyball coach CJ Werneke is beginning to give more playing time at the midpoint of the season. The pair earned the coach’s trust and their roles are expanding for the Knights.

Do-it-all freshmen make quick impacts

BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

Well into the second half of its regular season schedule, the Rutgers VOLLEYBALL volleyball team already started looking to the future.

A couple of weeks ago head coach CJ Werneke opted to implement a more balanced system of substitutions, giving almost ever y player on the team an opportunity to play in ever y game.

This part of the season is the freshmen’s time to shine and to prove what they can do with an entire season under their belts.

“We wanted to bring in four volleyball players — kids who knew the game and could play multiple roles for us and plug them in where we felt we would need them,” Werneke said.

“We didn’t know when we

would need them, but we knew they had the ability, background and experience to come in there and do some nice things for us.”

And so far, Werneke’s statement holds some weight. The freshman class of four proves to be versatile at the midpoint of the season.

Freshman Mariah Hor vath got the go-ahead to play libero for a set with good results, according to Werneke.

Horvath, who came into the season with a shoulder injury, was limited to back-row duties for most of the season, but Werneke is optimistic about her progress.

“As [Horvath] gets more reps in those areas, she gets more comfortable, we get more comfortable, she starts being a little more successful, and that creates opportunities for her to play,” he said.

Classmate Brittany Bozzini has had similar success in the

backcourt, often a first choice for a serving substitution.

“I’m just happy I can come into the game and contribute off the bench,” Bozzini said. “Anything to make this team better — I appreciate how I have opportunity to really go out there and make a difference in the game.”

Perhaps most important to Werneke is that Bozzini keeps making strides, including noticeable offensive production last weekend at UConn.

“Bozzini took some pretty good swings for us,” Werneke said. “She got to play the front row against UConn and had some pretty good swings.”

Right alongside Bozzini is Sheridan Taylor, the middle blocker who has a good amount of ser ving experience by now, as well. “[Sheridan] has been one of the kids that we’ve used off the bench all year in [the serving] role,” Werneke said. “She even

came off the bench before against Cincinnati and played a defensive role for us.”

Overall, the girls’ prior knowledge of volleyball was a tremendous asset in their acclimation to the college pace but continued game experience can only make them better, Werneke said.

“So far, they’ve been able to [do whatever we ask],” Werneke said. “Coaches love options. When you bring in some players who can do multiple skills at a relatively high level, that just means you’re playing with a full deck. As they gain collegiate experience, those options increase.”

As for Bozzini, she is just happy to play the game with the girls she came to know as close friends.

“I love my team — they’re awesome,” she said. “They’re literally like my family. They’re the funniest people to be around.

They always have your back.”

elligan Spor ts Marketing reached a long-term agreement with Audi of America and New Jersey Audi Dealers on behalf of Rutgers University yesterday for the naming of the premium club seating at Rutgers Stadium.

The seating is now officially named the “Audi Rutgers Club” and according to T.J. Nelligan, chairman and CEO of Nelligan Sports Marketing, the deal is an “ideal marriage of location, institution, and brand.”

WITH

BASKETBALL

season right around the corner, the Big East Conference and Volvo Cars of North America came to an agreement Monday allowing Volvo to be identified as “The Official Vehicle of the Big East Conference & Championships.”

With the title comes a season-long promotion by Volvo through a contest to find “The Biggest Fan of the Big East.”

The winner receives an allexpense paid trip to Madison Square Garden for the Big East Championships.

MAJOR

LEAGUE

Baseball may look to add wild card teams to the postseason sometime between now and the 2012 season.

The new head of the players’ union, Michael Weiner, suggested the possible changes yesterday, noting that he is also in favor of extending the division series to a best-ofseven format.

Changes have not been made to postseason formatting since 1994, which added wild card teams to each league, resulting in the format used today.

DESPITE

NEW

YORK

Yankee fans harassing pitcher Cliff Lee’s wife to no end in the Bronx, the “Bombers” may still have a shot at acquiring the lefty ace at the end of this season. Lee’s agent said yesterday that the incident with Lee’s wife “is not an issue to us.”

Many expect the Yankees to go after Lee in the offseason and make a contract offer in the area of seven years and $100 to 150 million.

IT

IS A SAD DAY IN THE

world of spor ts. After an astounding r un in picking winners in this year’s World Cup, Paul the Octopus is dead.

The inver tebrate picked eight out of eight games correctly, including the winner of the finals matchup between Spain and the Netherlands. Paul was found dead in his tank yesterday morning and was just twoand-a-half years old. The German aquarium where Paul lived is expected to build a shrine in the octopus’s honor.

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Head women’s soccer coach Glenn Crooks, left, is no stranger to the Big East Tournament, and this season his team clinched a No. 3 seed. First-year head men’s soccer coach Dan Donigan earned his first conference win Saturday, when the Scarlet Knights took down Syracuse, 3-0, putting a postseason berth in their own hands.

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T HE GOOD, T HE B AD

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ust when the Rutgers football team pulled ever yone in with two straight comeback wins over Connecticut and Army, the Scarlet Knights traveled to Pittsburgh and got shellacked.

That’s right, shellacked.

The Panthers poured 27 second-half points on the Knights as the team from the Banks could only muster one score after the break. Pitt just outmuscled Rutgers in ever y aspect of the game, be it the team’s beast wideout in Jonathan Baldwin or the defensive line that disrupted the Knights all game long …

Woah, Pittsburgh, I’m really happy for you and I’ll let you finish, but the rest of Rutgers Athletics had one of the best weekends of all time.

It’s true.

Led by the two soccer programs and an upstar t field hockey team, Rutgers blew its opponents out of the water this weekend as the fall slate begins to wind down. Could the men’s soccer team get a Big East win, let alone score on the road? Could the power of pink unis be enough to propel the women’s soccer team to a top seed in the Big East Tournament? And is the field hockey team honestly going to have a shot at finishing the year just one win below .500?

Seeing that all of these answers are yes, Rutgers’ fall spor ts — minus football, of course — earned a swagger this weekend often reser ved for those who only want engage in worthless publicity stunts. Like making Taylor Swift almost die of fright on national television

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THE GOOD Through The Wire — Due to an abundance of injuries, the men’s soccer team had to practically spit through the wire with minimal substitutes and most of the team playing hurt in Saturday’s game at Syracuse.

But the Knights rose to the challenge and, in crushing the Orange 3-0, earned their first Big East win to keep postseason hopes alive. The victor y sets the tone for an Oct. 30 showdown with DePaul to ultimately decide the final spot in the Big East Tournament. It is hard to imagine that a team who just snapped an eightgame losing streak controls its own destiny, but since when has the Big East made much sense? Carpe Diem, fellas.

Can’t Tell Me Nothing — “Excuse me? Was you saying something?”

Yes, I am saying that the women’s soccer team is back.

The ladies took down Cincinnati at home Friday night and then mopped the floor Sunday with visiting Louisville.

The momentum could not have come at a better time either, as the Knights locked up the No. 3 seed in the Big East Tournament. Head coach Glenn Crooks’ strategy of using both goalkeepers — one in each half — seems to be paying off, as Rutgers shut out the Cardinals, 3-0. If neither Emmy Simpkins nor Samantha Perretty are not broken, don’t fix them.

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Former Rutgers receiver Kenny Britt had a career game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, scoring three touchdowns.

Touch The Sky — The almost-magical season for the field hockey team continued this weekend as the squad blanked Columbia and

Bucknell by scores of 2-0 and 3-0, respectively.

Junior for ward Nicole Gentile shared the spotlight as a pair of freshmen — goalkeeper Sarah Stuby and for ward Gia Nappi — stole the show for the Knights. Stuby posted two shutouts and Nappi contributed four points in two games as Rutgers bumped its ever-astounding win total to eight. Eight!

Compared to a forgettable 2009 season, two wins over the weekend helped improve the Knights record fourfold. Cue the Willenium music.

THE BAD All Falls Down — After earning its first conference win a weekend ago in dramatic fashion, the volleyball team felt the sting of a season full of ebbs and flows by falling to St. John’s and Connecticut.

It is tough to talk about, but UConn had only two victories on the entire season heading into Sunday’s matchup and Rutgers head coach CJ Werneke admitted his team was outplayed in every facet.

If that is true, then the team had better regroup for a tough road battle at Georgetown on Friday against a Hoyas team that has considerably more than just three wins.

Heard ‘Em Say — Former Rutgers wideout Kenny Britt made the majority of America either extremely happy or dismally depressed this past weekend with his 225-yard, threetouchdown performance for the Tennessee Titans. You were either thrilled you gave him the start in your fantasy league or you left him on your bench knowing that Britt would sit out the first quarter.

Performance aside, it is the matter of his benching that lands the star from the Banks in today’s “Bad” section. Britt rode the pine pony for 15 minutes for his involvement in a bar fight

and had off-field issues prior to this incident.

Mr. Britt, you have been blessed with a talent that ever ybody at this University loves you for, but if these past few weeks taught us anything, it is that you should not take it for granted.

THE UGLY Coldest Winter — Speaking of fantasy football, I’m with Rutgers cornerback David Rowe on this one: Jonathan Baldwin is going to be a stud at the next level. The Pittsburgh wideout torched the Knights in Saturday’s melee as head coach Greg Schiano saw a halftime tie turn into a total knockout.

And while Baldwin and offensive counterpart Dion Lewis stayed red hot through all four quarters, the Rutgers’ offense looked as cold as ice to say the least. Once again, the offensive line served as revolving doors, turning to see Pitt pass rushers blow by and beat down on both quarterbacks Chas Dodd and Tom Savage.

Whichever quarterback gets the nod next Wednesday against South Florida gets a few more days than usual to rest up, and with the way the o-line has been playing, they should cherish every second.

Keep The Receipt — It’s going to be an awkward week or so on the campus of a school located smack dab between Philadelphia and New York City. Finally, Yankees and Phillies fans alike can agree on some conspiracy theor y as to why their teams are not meeting in the Fall Classic.

So the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants square off in this year’s World Series and Rutgers can go back to a learning institution instead of battleground for debates such as whether Jayson Werth’s beard is better than Mariano Rivera’s XXL Chalupa commercial.

It’s a Jersey thing.

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SPORTS

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Junior drives Knights offense near NY home

Opening bye highlights RU turnaround

BY A.J. JANKOWSKI

BY TYLER BARTO

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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The Rutgers men’s soccer team’s 3-0 win at Syracuse on Saturday was a huge step forMEN’S SOCCER ward for a squad struggling to make the Big East Tournament.

But for Nate Bourdeau, the win at SU Soccer Stadium was much more than that — it was an opportunity to show his growth as a collegiate soccer player in front of those who saw those skills flourish for the first time.

“I had a lot of family members there and a lot of support,” said Bourdeau, who grew up right outside the campus of Syracuse in Baldwinsville, N.Y. “It was great to be able to go home and play in front of friends and family and people I grew up with.”

And with family, friends and former coaches looking on, the junior midfielder did not disappoint.

Bourdeau notched two assists, including a pass to Yannick Salmon for what proved to be the game-winning goal in the 12th minute.

The C.W. Baker High School product also found forward Ibrahim Kamara in the 52nd minute to end the Scarlet Knights’ eightgame losing streak.

“I thought I’d be more nervous because playing in front of fans there is a lot of added pressure, but once we got out there it got my adrenaline going and got me more excited,” said Bourdeau, the 2007 Central New York Player of the Year. “I was playing in front of people who knew me personally, and it just made for a better atmosphere.”

Salmon, a senior captain, liked what he saw out of Bourdeau in a more outside role.

“We usually play him in an attacking midfield, but this game we started him out

Five seniors from the Rutgers women’s soccer team celebrated their final regular season game Sunday WOMEN’S SOCCER for the Scarlet Knights at midfield prior to kickoff.

Unfor tunately for visiting Louisville, the par ty did not end during pregame activities.

The Knights romped the Cardinals with three second-half goals, earning the No. 3 seed in the Big East Tournament and a first-round bye in the process.

“The seniors are the girls I came in with,” said redshirt junior Tricia DiPaolo, whom the Big East named to its Weekly Honor Roll after a five-point performance last weekend. “They’re my really close friends and I just want to make sure that their day is the best it can be. We sent them out with a win — what other way?”

However, the 2010 season has been far from a cakewalk for several Knights.

Senior forward Ashley Jones assisted on the final Rutgers (10-8-1, 5-5-1) goal Sunday, giving her six points to finish out the regular season — a far cry from her team-leading 19 a year ago.

The Feaster ville, Pa., native spent a majority of the regular season overcoming a leg injur y she suf fered in an October 2009 match against DePaul at Yurcak Field.

The Knights’ weekend accomplishments — to be fair — were not the only feats on Jones’ mind.

“It’s really special, considering we didn’t do too hot at the beginning of the season and then we picked it up in the

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Senior forward Ashley Jones recorded an assist on Rutgers’ second goal Sunday in a 3-0 victory over visiting Louisville. Jones earned six points in 2010 after rehabbing a leg injury.

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Team effort contributes to defense’s dominant form

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ CORRESPONDENT

CAMERON STROUD

Junior back Mackenzie Noda and the Scarlet Knights’ defense held opponents scoreless in four of their past five games to propel the team to a 4-1 record during that stretch.

Taking a look at the Rutgers field hockey team’s shutout victories over the weekend, one would be quick to say that the backs and keeper dominated.

But a closer glance at the home wins offers a different vantage point — one not the FIELD HOCKEY diminishing defensive performances in Scarlet Knights’ territory, but rather giving the rest of the team credit, as well.

For junior back Mackenzie Noda, the defense’s success starts at the other end of the field.

“I think defense is a whole team effort, so I think the reason we’ve been so successful in the past couple days is just that the communication with the whole team has been really on,” the co-captain said. “In order for us to have shutouts and stuff, obviously the communication has to come from the forwards all the way back to the goalie, so I think that’s something that helped us out.”

The Knights held opponents in check in four out of their past five contests, with the only exception coming in the form of a 3-1 loss against No. 19 Stanford. Even with the three goals allowed against the Cardinal, shutouts in each of the team’s four other games during that span averages to .6 goals allowed a game.

Simply put, the defense is dominating.

But many of the backs shy away from the credit and never hesitate to note that shutouts reflect a team effort.

Freshman goalkeeper Sarah Stuby highlighted a few key factors that enable the team to put up goose eggs.

“The organization has improved so much and everyone’s become more accountable for themselves,” said Stuby, who earned Big East honors for her shutouts this week.

“We’ve been able to support each other that way and the communication has improved so much and our marking also.”

In the team’s first eight games of the season, it is safe to say the Knights struggled a bit with team defense.

Rutgers recorded just one shutout in that stretch, allowing three goals or more in six of the seven defeats suffered.

The scores do not tell the entire stor y, though.

Half of the teams the Knights played in that timeframe were nationally ranked, as compared to the past 10 games in which they only faced two ranked foes. Now, take the past 10 games and you get a 7-3 record with two extremely important Big East wins, the latter being a shutout at Providence. The play continues to carry over game-by-game, leading head coach Liz Tchou’s squad to yet another shutout last Friday against Columbia.

“The entire team bought into this idea that ever y player needs to play better defense, individual defense and team defense,” Tchou said.

Still, the Knights backfield is deserving of some credit.

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