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Rally calls for changes at U., fair treatment
Vague crime alerts enable stereotyping
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Queering the Air, a queer-centric social justice organization mostly comprised of University students and staff, held a march and rally yesterday called “Justice Not Vengeance” that started at the intersection of George Street and Albany Street and culminated on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. The participants marched up to Brower with chants such as “Not in our names! Justice not vengeance! Stop playing games!” and holding signs with the words “justice not vengeance.” The rally called not only for changes such as safer housing and gender-neutral spaces on campus but also focused on the racially controversial reactions to University firstyear student Tyler Clementi’s death.
“I knew it was an award that was open to so many people and I know that there are a lot of great and smart people, but I kind of took a shot at it to see what I could do,” Fabian said. Likewise, Drobnick said she did not know who was applying or how many people were vying for the award, but she knew she wanted the title. “I was really nervous for my interview, especially when I realized it was students who
Students who pay attention to University crime alerts may notice a pattern — most of the time, the description of the suspect includes two certain words: “black” and “male.” The Clery Act, a federal law, requires all institutions of higher education that receive federal student aid funding to disclose information about crime on their campuses that poses a continuing threat to students or employees. The University falls into this category, but some question whether crime alerts act as a deterrent to crime or an aid to police. “Logically speaking, I can’t see how telling everyone, essentially, to be on the lookout for young black men, early 20s, between 5 feet 8 [inches tall] and 6 feet is going to have any practical value,” said Paul Hirschfield, a professor of sociology at the University. In fact, Hirschfield said such generic information could cultivate a culture of anxiety among students. Information like that included in crime alerts may lead people to think of crime in racial terms. “Such information may even lead students to be unnecessarily fearful and cautious when encountering people who fit these generic descriptions,” he said. “On the other hand, if information on fairly unique characteristics like scars or tattoos is also provided, I would expect it to be of greater practical value.” But Rutgers University Police Depar tment Chief Rhonda Harris said, while victims are never to blame, their circumstances may make it hard to come up with a thorough description. “I don’t want to imply that a poor description or the circumstance of any crime is the fault of the victim,” she said. “I think they’re doing the best job they can with giving us the information they recall about the situation.”
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Members of Queering the Air and the LGBTQ community chant for “justice not vengeance” at a rally last night on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus.
RUPA selects students for annual award BY POOJA CHAUDHARY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In recognition of their hard work, the Rutgers University Programming Association bestowed upon School of Arts and Sciences seniors Peter Fabian and Selena Drobnick the title of Distinguished Man and Woman of the Year. The award, announced annually at the Homecoming football game, acknowledges the overall student achievement one male and one female candidate reached throughout his or her
career at t h e University. “It shows and highlights how outstanding some of our students at t h e SELENA University DROBNICK can be,” said Matthew Johnson, vice president of Public Relations and Marketing for RUPA. To be considered for the award, Fabian and Drobnick
Study reveals facts on minority drug use BY RASHMEE KUMAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Hispanic middle school students are more likely to use cigarettes, alcohol or marijuana than adolescents of other ethnicities, according to a study published in the University’s Center of Alcohol Studies’ September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. A team from the Research and Development Corporation found that, among 5,500 seventh and eighth graders from 16 middle schools in Southern California, Hispanic students reported higher rates of substance use while Asian students reported the lowest rates of substance use. “This age group is really important to understand, because this is a really important developmental time when we know that teens tend to
initiate use, so trying to understand what might contribute to that is important for prevention,” said Elizabeth D’Amico, principal investigator of the study. Of the students surveyed, about 22 percent reported drinking at least once in their lifetime, 10 percent said they had smoked cigarettes and 7 percent had used marijuana, according to the study. In comparison, Hispanic students’ self-reported substance use was greater than the total percentages while white, black and Asian students were much less, said Regina Shih, author of the study and RAND Corporation associate behavioral and social scientist. In addition to sur veying par ticipants about their levels of substance use, researchers attempted to explain the responses
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under went an application process consisting of submitting a résumé and an essay and interviewing PETER with the FABIAN R U P A board, Johnson said. The other requirement was to be a junior or senior with 65 credits earned from the University and 84 credits overall.
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Uruguayan-born vocalist Sabrina Lastman performs poems from writer Idea Vilarino at “Dialogues of Silence” yesterday at the Loree Dance Theatre on Douglass campus. The event featured work that expressed poetic experiences of sound, image and dance.
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University, Camden consider moving city library on campus BY AMY ROWE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
University officials and Camden leaders are discussing plans to house a public library branch on the Rutgers-Camden campus. If implemented, this change would help integrate the city’s libraries into the Camden County Library System. “Culturally there’s a world of difference between Camden and the suburbs,” said Frank Fulbrook, a member of the city library board, in an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer. “I think the libraries within [Camden] should be appropriate for city residents to use.” The proposed plan would replace the existing downtown city library on Federal Street with a facility on the campus, said Joyce Gabriel, Camden County spokeswoman. The new library branch on Perry Avenue in the Centerville neighborhood is expected to remain open.
The facility would be a county librar y annex housed within the University, said Mike Sepanic, director of communications for Rutgers-Camden. “Should a concept be developed that makes sense for Rutgers, the county librar y’s system and the city’s librar y patrons, our first and strongest consideration will be to make certain that the research and study endeavors of our students and faculty will be in no way disrupted,” Sepanic said. The 105-year-old Camden Free Public Librar y system was on the verge of insolvency after state and city funding cuts were enacted this year, according to the article. Camden’s Fair view public librar y branch was closed last month as a result. The city funded the librar y system with $389,000 this year, a drastic decrease from last year’s funding of $908,000. The cuts are part of an effort to close a $28 million budget gap.
Camden Mayor Dana Redd first announced discussions in August to merge the city’s libraries into the county system, according to the article. Library officials met on Oct. 15 to discuss the idea of a county
“Everyone is looking for a way to continue library services to the people of the city.” MARTIN MCKERNAN Camden Library Board President
library on the Rutgers-Camden campus, Gabriel said. Camden city librarians and CCLS Director Linda Devlin are exchanging data about needs for the move.
“There is nothing concrete about the possibility of a Camden County librar y on the Rutgers-Camden campus,” Sepanic said. The librarians have an ongoing dialogue with University officials, and together they are looking at various capacities within existing University buildings for a possible fit, Gabriel said. “Given the limited financial resources, everyone is looking for a way to continue librar y services to the people of the city, and this is a way,” said Martin McKernan, president of the Camden library board. The plans are nowhere near finalization, as a specific location has not been chosen, Sepanic and Gabriel said. “We’re still wrapping our heads around it,” Sepanic said. “Rutgers is in the most preliminary stages of discussion with the county on this possibility of a Camden County Library on campus.”
The county and city hope for the University’s involvement in this plan, Gabriel said. “They’re still in the process of assessing needs such as usage, cost, upkeep and employee contracts,” Gabriel said. “Rutgers has been really cooperative toward nailing down a workable plan.” Both city libraries employ a combined 21 people, some of whom may not have jobs in the county librar y system, Gabriel said. The county has yet to determine how many people it will hire when it takes over. “When and if Camden City joins the Camden County Library System, people will be needed to staff these facilities,” Gabriel said. “People who are currently employed by the Camden City library system could very well be among those hired by the county.” The downtown Federal Street library building would revert to the city if the county takeover gets finalized, McKernan said.
PROFESSOR HEADS REGIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER Rutgers-Camden recently chose Charlene Mires, an associate professor of histor y, as the new director of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities in an effort to promote humanities throughout the region. MARCH, founded in 2001, has a mission to suppor t humanities research, programming, training and communication throughout New Jersey and other mid-Atlantic states, according to a University Media Relations press release. “This center has always been involved in public humanities — and public histor y in particular — by supporting people who work in museums, on historic sites and in cultural
organizations by calling attention to best practices in those areas,” Mires said in the release. Mires, who came to Rutgers-Camden from Villanova University in September, plans to work on a digital encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia through the center. She will work with co-editor of the project Howard Gillette, professor emeritus of histor y at Rutgers–Camden, and associate editor Philip Scranton, Board of Governors professor of histor y. “It’s a major initiative for this center,” Mires said in the release. “The last full-scale histor y of Philadelphia was published in 1982. This will be
the first project to look at Philadelphia’s impact regionally, nationally and globally.” The center was not developed as a strictly academic enterprise but should also aim to engage the public, Mires said in the release. “Our work begins in Camden,” Mires said in the release. “Whatever we do on our own campus and in our own community is a way of demonstrating the potential of humanities work. Our campus initiatives will be geared toward how we can link the assets and activities of this campus with the broader public humanities community.” — Andrew Howard
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ALERT: University police plan greater security presence continued from front The goal of crime alerts is to create awareness among the student body using the most information that may be released without causing additional harm, Harris said. Therefore, in some situations, such as a sexual assault that took place on College Avenue earlier this month, details about a suspect may not be revealed at all in an effort to protect a victim. “When we put out something with minimum information, we try to balance [whether it] is … helpful — is this going to be something that helps somebody out there to avoid getting themselves in the same circumstance?” Harris said. “The information regarding suspect description is important, even if it’s limited.” That particular case, which took place on a weekend when a male student invaded a female student’s room in a residence hall, presented an opportunity to shed light on issues of security on campus, she said. “The purpose of that crime alert was to notify members of the community that are in residence halls that this can happen inside residence halls, too,” Harris said. “For somebody to be victimized inside their room is terrible.” The notifications are intended to be a prompt for alertness, she said. “It reminds the community of safety precautions they need to be taking … and people actually respond to the crime alerts,” Harris said. Hirschfield was a bit skeptical about how helpful the alerts truly are. “I would be pleasantly surprised if the generic information on robbery suspects that is typically provided in these e-mails, such as race, sex, height, clothes and approximate age, has ever empowered Rutgers students and staff to help stop or capture robbers,” he said.
While Harris did not have statistical information about how many people respond to crime alerts the department issues, she said they have led to police solving crimes. “Do we get [a response] for every one? No.” she said. “Do we get them ever y once in awhile and they have some value? Yes.” Still, Hirschfield said although including the race of suspects in crime alerts does not create stereotypes about certain groups, studies show they do affirm beliefs about them. “Because of ubiquitous racialized images of crime in the American media, the association between race and crime is firmly and inevitably embedded in the
“Everybody needs to monitor themselves for their own biases.” RHONDA HARRIS Rutgers University Police Department Chief
conscious and unconscious minds of white Americans,” Hirschfield said. “You can’t escape it. As long as you’re immersed in American culture, you harbor this association.” No matter what, Harris said it is impor tant that people remember that 99 percent of people on campus and in the New Brunswick area are not criminals. Alerts that contain similar descriptions most likely look the same because the same people are involved in the incidents, she said. “I’d like to remind people not to stereotype people,” she said. “These crime alerts are not intended to contribute to people’s stereotypical beliefs. It’s about being safe and making smar t decisions about being safe. Ever ybody needs to monitor themselves for their own biases.” Quadeer Porter, president of Black Men’s Collective, an organization on campus that works to
increase the dialogue about issues that affect black males on campus, said guidelines that help students know to look out for more specific features before a crime takes place can improve crime alerts. “It just says it’s somebody black. Well, they are different variances of black — lightskinned, dark-skinned,” he said. “I understand their hands are tied … but I would like to see more refined guidelines [about] describing the person.” But Porter also suggested other ideas to reduce crime itself without having a focus on race, such as creating a map showing the areas where most crimes take place on and around campus and having better lighting and more cameras in certain areas. The str ucture of crime aler ts currently issued by RUPD makes it less likely that people will use them efficiently, Porter said. “For my group of friends, it’s more of a joke, actually,” he said. “I think that’s even worse than a fear. You’re even less inclined to be conscious of your surroundings. They’re making a joke out of a serious situation — people getting attacked.” Instead of issuing such crime alerts after victims have already been attacked, people in the city of New Brunswick and the University must work to combat the prevalence of crime overall, Porter said. “Most of these problems [are caused by] people around our age. These are our peers out there doing crimes,” he said. “We’re here in college to progress a social agenda where we live. I would like to see the leaders come together and really say ‘What are we going to do, and how are we going to collaborate to solve these problems?’” RUPD is working to prevent future crime with more foot patrols, both uniformed and plainclothes, and is cooperating with the New Brunswick Police Depar tment to pool resources, especially in its ef for t to prevent of f-campus crimes, Harris said.
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Costumed students enjoy snacks and entertainment yesterday at the annual “Halloween Party” in the Douglass Campus Center. The Off-Campus Student Association hosted the event.
AWARD: Winners received Homecoming game box seats continued from front would be inter viewing me rather than administrators,” Drobnick said. “The interview was kind of intimidating, and I walked out of there not really sure if it went well.” Applicants were graded on a point scale, with 150 points marking the highest possible score they could earn, Fabian said. After contestants submitted applications, they were ranked along with their fellow contestants based on their academic achievement as well as their involvement throughout the University, Johnson said. Despite their insecurities, there were many accomplishments that made them stand out from their fellow candidates, said Johnson, a School of Arts Sciences senior. “The thing about Selena that really got to us was how one of her close friends passed away while she was in high school and she made a memorial fund in [her friend’s] name,” Johnson said. Once every year during one of her high school’s basketball games, Drobnick and her friends give a student a scholarship to a college of their choice, Johnson said. Drobnick also is the artistic director of the Livingston Theatre Company and a part of the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. She also serves as a First-Year Interest Group Seminar peer instructor and was a New Student Orientation Team leader for the past three years. Many of Fabian’s achievements impressed the committee as well. “We were blown away by how he is graduating in only three years — he’s graduating after this year,” Johnson.
The RUPA board was also intrigued by his summer trip to Per u where he collected information on a few rare languages for the University, Johnson said. In addition to his work in South America, Fabian ser ves as the business manager of the Rutgers Glee Club and is also a member of both the Rutgers Wrestling Club and Rutgers Undergraduate Linguistics Club. Both Fabian and Drobnick said they did not expect to win and were surprised when they received the phone call telling them of their victor y. As a part of their prize, the two winners each received their own box seats for the Homecoming game, where they were allowed to invite a guest, Drobnick said. They also each won a $500 gift certificate. But aside from the material perks, Drobnick said she enjoyed the recognition she received for all her hard work the most. “I get to put this on my résumé. I’ve worked pretty hard and been involved in a lot of things, and it’s a really nice way to say, ‘You did a good job Selena,’” Drobnick said. Like Drobnick, Fabian also valued the acknowledgement of his endeavors. “I don’t really like to flaunt the things that I’ve done and the things that I like to accomplish for people, but it was a nice recognition of that,” Fabian said. The Distinguished Man and Woman of the Year represent not only their personal achievements but also the achievements of the University as a whole, Johnson said. “For Rutgers students, it’s about who they look up to, the leaders of tomorrow,” Johnson said. “They should take pride in the fact that Rutgers can produce these kinds of people, and these kinds of people can be them.”
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Students bid for dates to raise literacy awareness BY NINA MACAPINLAC CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University’s chapter of Reach Out and Read raised $670 to support literacy Tuesday night when it hosted “After Hours,” a date auction and talent show. The event, which attracted about 80 people to the Busch Campus Center, was a collaborative effort between ROAR, a nonprofit pro-literacy organization, and other campus organizations to raise money for new children’s books and awareness of issues concerning literacy. Members of ROAR, which is based in the Eric B. Chandler Health Center on George Street, read books to young patients in the health center’s waiting room. “We’re actually an extension of what the school system does, but we do it in a different setting,” said Viraj Bhatt, vice president of Technical Affairs. “It’s important for doctors and all health care professionals to acknowledge the fact that education is a ver y influential part in living a healthy lifestyle.” Throughout the night, each of the participating organizations put on an act, followed by someone being auctioned off on stage. Bhatt, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, acted
RAH TO START HOLIDAY DONATION CAMPAIGN Rutgers Against Hunger, the Universitywide food collection initiative, is calling on student clubs, organizations and academic and administrative units to participate in the second holiday Adopta-Family Campaign. More than 200 N.J. families last year received boxes filled with non-perishable foods, personal care items and other gifts, according to a University Media Relations press release. “Hunger and poverty continue to cause great suf fering in our state, particularly for families with children and people on fixed incomes,” University President Richard L. McCormick said in a letter to the University community. RAH provides participating groups with family profiles to help them personalize their donations, which can include nonperishable foods, toiletries, baby supplies and clothing, according to the release. Interested groups should register on the RAH website, rah.r utgers.edu, by Friday, Nov. 5. University Facilities will provide donation boxes and will collect them for donation in early December. For more information, send an e-mail to rah@rutgers.edu. — Mary Diduch
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School of Arts and Sciences junior Steve Murray performs at the “After Hours” talent show Tuesday in the Busch Campus Center. Reach Out and Read, along with other campus organizations, sponsored the event.
as auctioneer, reading a description of each person and mediating the bidding. “A lot of time was put into contacting people and seeing who would want to participate,” said ROAR President Apoorva
Halikere, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “We asked different organizations on campus to participate and have one of their members auctioned off so that the money used to buy the auctions will go to Reach Out and Read.”
People in the audience raised numbered paddles to place bids and the highest bidder won a date with the person on stage. School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Shaheen Indawala was
auctioned off to one of her Delta Phi Omega sorority members. “Our philanthropy is children’s education. Reach Out and Read is fighting for children’s literacy so we had to come out and help,” she said. “I liked the auction a lot … and I had so much fun here.” Brandyn Lichtenstein, a visiting junior from Mercer County Community College, also enjoyed the event. “I liked seeing one of my best friends auctioned off for $10,” Lichtenstein said. “That was amusing.” The variety acts consisted of a performance by the Rutgers Juggling Club and a belly dancing demonstration by the Rutgers University Bellydance Troupe. Bands such as 100% Cotton and individuals — School of Ar ts and Sciences juniors Sigma Kappa member Kieu-Nhi Le and Rutgers University Collegiate 4-H member Harini Kidambi — performed musical acts. “We’ve done a few shows with [ROAR] a while before,” said Juggling Club President Victor Lin, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “It’s always fun doing events for people because we’re just a club that hangs out most of the time. It’s nice doing something for the community.”
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ences for substance use but instead examine the underlying factors that cause differences factors that cause the differences. “It’s not that they’re Hispanic — it’s just that they continued from front happen to believe that it’s not as through questions regarding negative to smoke, drink and various individual, family and use marijuana. So we were tr yschool factors, Shih said. ing to dispel those racial stereo“Family factors and school types by saying there’s these factors didn’t really explain underlying factors that explain why Hispanics had higher why these racial dif ferences use,” she said. “It was really exist,” she said. individual factors like not The study is part of Project being able to ‘say no’ to drugs Choice, a program that aims to and having less negative educate elementary and middle expectancies [of how dr ugs school students before they will ef fect them]. But, for begin experimenting with drugs Asians, if their family members and alcohol and provide intervenused, it was more influential.” tions for students who already The study results showed use, Shih said. that there were no statistical “All youth need to be provided differences with the skills to be between the subable to resist peer stance use of “Your race does not pressure,” said whites and that of D’Amico, RAND necessarily dictate Corporation senior blacks, Shih said. “In this sambehavioral scientist. your actions ...” ple, the AfricanShe said in Americans were middle school, HAJAR HASANI in the smallest the cognitive conSchool of Arts and Sciences propor tion, so trol system is not First-year Student there might not as developed as have been the socio-emoenough power to detect differtional system. ences,” Shih said. “African“So when they’re in emotionAmericans tend to initiate in ally-charged situations, which substance use later in life, so usually involve peers, it’s harder perhaps in this sample — which for them to make good decihas never been studied before sions,” D’Amico said. — they are equivalent.” The research team will continThe strong emphasis on the ue to follow the longitudinal correlation between race and trends of drug use in this sample, drug use prompted criticism Shih said. from University students. “We’re collecting data in real“I feel like [the study] is very time,” Shih said. “We’ll be able to stereotypical and can be misleadget two things — initiation, or ing to many people,” said Hajar whether kids who didn’t use Hasani, a School of Arts and before are starting to use and Sciences first-year student. “Your why, and escalation in use race does not necessarily dictate among kids that did use, and your actions, but rather your what factors contribute to that environment has a strong influincrease or decrease.” ence on your actions.” The National Institute on Shih defended the study, Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism explaining that the results are not awarded research funds for meant to highlight racial differthe study.
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Members at the event took turns handing out flyers explaining the rally’s cause, making speeches and addressing injustices relating to a range of different groups that face discrimination.
RALLY: Participants ask for more gender-neutral spaces continued from front “The mainstream [lesbian and gay] groups have sacrificed these two freshmen for issues of society at large,” said Robert O’Brien, cofounder of QTA. “We have a political stance that homophobia, transgenderphobia and sexism are part of a larger system of oppression that includes racism, classism and ageism among others.” The event continued with members taking turns making speeches that addressed not only injustices relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community but for a wide range of social injustices and groups who have faced oppression. “We must stand up against all forms of discrimination, this includes questioning the way in which [Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy first-year student] Molly Wei and [School of Arts and Sciences first-year] Dharun Ravi have been targeted with xenophobic and racist remarks and sediments throughout the whole incident,” said Annalee Switek, who
spoke on the behalf of Manavi, a New Jersey-based, south-Asian women’s rights organization. QTA handed out flyers throughout the event with background information on why the rally was being held and information on how to help the cause. Rallygoers’ suggestions ranged from contacting University administrators, urging them to create gender-neutral and LGBTQ-friendly residences halls, to contacting local newspapers and decrying the racist and xenophobic comments made against Ravi and Wei, pointing out that discrimination is a deeply embedded problems in U.S. society. QTA would also like to get past the negativity the group has faced as a result of its reaction to the Clementi tragedy. Alison Gibbons, QTA member and School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she thinks the University at-large has had negative reactions to the things her organization tried to do in the past, but they are trying to change that. Gibbons said the reaction to the die-in in front of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus was that it was insensitive and too soon, but she believes that her group had to speak out. She said
people felt they were making it their own agenda, but they felt a connection to the situation. QTA wanted to get involved, not let things go to the wayside and step up and make a difference, Gibbons said. The evening took a controversial turn when two men waving Bibles began to chant anti-gay statements and quotes from the Bible. The more than 15 participants in the rally were not fazed by the opposition and took the opportunity to intensify their chanting, eventually succeeding in drowning out the preachers’ words. They continued to preach during O’Brien’s speech, which prompted him to address them directly. The event ended with thanks from O’Brien and a round of cheers from an enthusiastic group of participants and onlookers. “We are against the demonizing of these two individuals when it is a much larger cultural problem,” said Gibbons of Wei and Ravi. “We live in a very intolerant culture where people rarely contest insensitive attitudes and actions.” QTA does not have any planned events but is working on its other campaign focusing on the development of safer housing, Gibbons said.
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This year’s annual Isadore Candeub Memorial Lecture in Planning will be given by Harris Steinberg, the founding executive director of PennPraxis, the applied research arm of the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an adjunct assistant professor of city and regional planning at Penn where he currently leads a second-year graduate planning studio on ecological infrastructure. His lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Special Events Forum of the Civic Square Building.
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The Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Exhibition Tournament, part of the 2010 New Jersey Open Xiangqi Tournament, will occur in Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tournament, which is open to the public and offers free on-campus parking in Lot 8, will have some of the top players in North America playing, and representatives from the NJXA will be available to teach you how to play Xiangqi during this event. The New Jersey Xiangqi Association is sponsoring the event with the help of the University’s Confucius Institute. Chinese Chess, played by more than 100 million players around the world, General Han Xin is believed to have invented by in about 210 B.C. during the war between two historical powers, Chu and Han. For more information, please contact Guangua Li, njcchess@yahoo.com
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Stewart, Colbert provide forum for all
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on Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s joint “Rally to Restore Sanity” may be the best chance for people who fear that only the loudest voices have been heard. The rally, which will take place on Oct. 30 at the National Mall in Washington D.C., will give tens of thousands of people the opportunity to take part in politics, if only to attend one big party. We support this massive mobilization of political voices. The entire event itself has been impressive. It has come together in about a month and around 60,000 people are expected to attend. The core of the rally is to give a political voice to people who have felt unheard. This chance for political involvement is coming true not only because of the planned rally but through media outlets as well. Both Colbert and Stewart’s popularity on TV help this fact, but also, social media itself has become a venue for debate. The rally has taken the most traditional form of discussion — allowing a large group of people to get involved and speak. The event’s website, for example, is a tasteful example of comedy and politics apart from the heated debates between Republicans and Democrats, which so often take up airtime. The argument against this rally is that it supports a Democratic agenda. And perhaps it does, but it also allows for the middle ground, the moderate views. After all, the event itself is promoted on the website as such: “Ours is a rally for the people who’ve been too busy to go to rallies, who actually have lives and families and jobs (or are looking for jobs) — not so much the Silent Majority as the Busy Majority.” The idea came into being by mimicking conservative pundit Glenn Beck’s “Rally to Restore Honor” in August, which widely bashed the current Democrat-occupied government through angry rhetoric. This “Rally to Restore Sanity” is simply the antithesis to Beck’s exuberant shouting as well as the many public appearances of angry politicians. The rally will jump start the hesitant-to-vote American public through media and social networking. Its ideology is not filled with polarized, angry views toward the “other” party; rather, it presents an open forum for people who could not get off work to attend any other rally. It promotes the idea that the loudest voices should not be the only ones heard — as they have been until now. And despite the claims and perhaps transparent Democratic inclinations of this rally, political activism is always good, as it gives the people a place to share their views and participate in politics.
Senate candidate must present views
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epublican Senate candidate Sharron Angle’s campaign has been a peculiar one. With her unwillingness to speak with political press, she has remained only a face backed by a relatively quiet campaign. With her running against Senate majority leader Harry Reid in the Nevada race, this may not be a good idea. The tea party-backed candidate told a conservative radio host that she would lift her moratorium on speaking with the political press when she is elected to office. Her complaints on the Heidi Harris Show — one forum attended by Angle — were that reporters do not “promote” her. Her ways are unreasonable. With most candidates and especially Reid spending massive amounts of money on promoting themselves and appearing on every single political program, Angle will fall behind. It may seem as if the midterm elections have engulfed mass media, but that is because each candidate attempts to make available his or her stands on political matters — and that is what the public wants to see. If Angle were to continue her policy in the little time before elections, she would lose a portion of moderates who were on the fence. We need to know what the politician has to offer. Despite our previous editorial on the loudest politicians, we do not think Angle should keep quiet. In this case, Angle, who has a good chance of being one of many Republicans taking down their Democrat counterparts, must stand up for what she believes in. Her move is daring. She is bold in her attempts to avoid the media, but with this method, she can only lose her followers. The Nov. 2 midterm elections have become Internet sensations with social networks and TV hosts backing one party or the other. This fact is irrefutable. So why then is Angle attempting to get by simply by laying low? Angle seems to be saying, “vote for me and see what I say.” This is hardly what the public wants in such a tight race between her and Harry Reid. She seems to be following in the steps of successfully elected Sen. Al Franken, who also tended to keep his head down. There is of course the chance that she does win, which will indeed make us sound foolish. But that is to be decided Nov. 2.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “All youth need to be provided with the skills to be able to resist peer pressure.” Elizabeth D’Amico, RAND Corporation senior behavioral scientist, on educating kids on peer pressure STORY ON FRONT
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study and earn a degree, alloween begins but some people need a lestonight at colleges son in how to relax and across the country. enjoy themselves. This weekend, Thursday, We should take into conFriday, Saturday and — if sideration the reasons why you are in the spirit enough people dress they way they — Sunday nights are the inevitably will. For one, time for everyone to show NANCY SANTUCCI feeling good about yourself off their creative sides. — whether it’s for your creEveryone is hyped up about what they are doing this weekend, and while I am ativity or how ridiculously good-looking you are not the biggest fan of Halloween, I must admit I am — is a valid reason. Also, this is the one time a year when we can pretend to be someone else. anticipating an entertaining weekend. Tonight, I am not Nancy Santucci, I am the “teal This type of Halloween as a college student is a lot different than the ones we had when we temptress” crayon. For one weekend, we can lose ourselves in another character — or multiple, difwere little kids going around our neighborhoods in our Little Mermaid or Power Rangers cos- ferent ones if you are ambitious. Think about it: What other day can you wear a tumes. Halloween was a different experience when I could eat a whole bunch of candy and have leotard and heels and get away with it? (Assuming your name isn’t Lady Gaga.) And guys, what other a stash for weeks, too. And while I no longer have to worr y about my big brother eating my Baby day in the crisp fall season can you wear a Speedo Ruths, I do look back on the Halloweens of yes- — if you so desire — call yourself Michael Phelps and have other, very heterosexual ter year as a time of innocent fun. men high-fiving you? This is a time Those times are gone, and tr y“Though Halloween to embrace our playful sides and ing to get the best candy bar has go for it — full out. Instead of interquickly turned into finding the is your chance nally judging that girl for her best drink special. This year is the first Halloween when most of to copy your favorite mouse (duh) costume, move on and let her be. my friends and I can legally celebrities, wearing In the same vein, if you have to drink. So instead of going around diet for your costume, maybe you to neighbors’ houses with our felmeat is probably shouldn’t be wearing it. If you low Disney princesses, we are a bad idea.” can’t breathe in the corset you barhopping. And while I myself bought for your super-awesome am not wearing a par ticularly gypsy costume, how are you supprovocative costume — my housemates and I are being Crayola crayons — I posed to enjoy the party? No one wants to hear do plan on partying with the best of them. Most you complain about how tight your clothes are or of our midterms are over, so let’s use this week- how much your feet hurt. So spare your friends the grief and dress for comfort. Also, though end to celebrate. But with fun comes judgment. Admit it: You Halloween is your chance to copy your favorite celebrities, wearing meat is probably a bad idea. judge people by their costumes. It’s OK — we all do it. If they are creative, you probably have a lot Stick to fabric, not beef. Though Halloween does not necessarily bring more respect for the person. I am much more impressed by people who make their costumes on up the same feelings of childhood, there are their own than people who buy their costumes many opportunities in our neighborhood of New from Victoria’s Secret. And while so-called “slutty” Brunswick to enjoy the holiday. I’m looking forcostumes are many times not creative, they have ward to seeing the creativity that comes from the their own purpose as well. If it makes a woman minds of students at our University. This is my and many others’ last Halloween at the feel empowered by dressing sexy, who are we to deny her that right? So what if someone wants to University. Let’s make it a fun, safe one. be a sexy cop for a night? I say, go girl. We are all Nancy Santucci is a School of Arts and Sciences here on this planet, at this institution for a short senior majoring in journalism and media studies and period of time. Sometimes we all need to simply women’s and gender studies. She is the copy editor of loosen up and realize that everyone is just trying to have a good time. College is of course a place to The Daily Targum.
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ou’ve seen them out on campus registering students to vote. You’ve heard their class announcements about internship and volunteer oppor tunities. Maybe you’ve volunteered with a river clean up, helped to weatherize a house or participated in one of their ser vice projects to address hunger. New Jersey Public Interest Research Group is one of the major components of student involvement at the University, and right now it needs you all to stop at a referendum polling stations and vote “yes” so that it can continue doing good for the University community. Currently I am serving on the Rutgers University Student Assembly as the Legislative Affairs chair, and before I was an NJPIRG intern for two years on the Hunger and Homelessness Campaign and the New Voters Project. Working on the campaigns, I saw concrete results such as the Hunger Cleanup ser ve-a-thon with 150 par ticipants and a huge voter registration drive where we worked with the RU Voting Coalition to register students to vote. Without NJPIRG, I would have never learned the necessary leadership skills to fulfill my role in RUSA. Contrary to the statements made in Monday’s The Daily Targum column, “Vote ‘no’ in NJPIRG referendum,” it is incredibly important for students to be able to vote to fund NJPIRG with a waivable fee on the term bill. Students have one of the most disenfranchised voices in the political arena. We “A huge number have very litof students ... tle decision making pow- come together ers due to to make many factors, and our voica community es are rarely decision.” heard. If we want to make sure our voices are heard, students need to be able to organize themselves. Through the NJPIRG referendum, a huge number of students — a minimum of 25 percent of every division — come together to make a community decision that we want to pool our resources to support the NJPIRG chapter, to help us make a difference on issues like college affordability, environmental protection and hunger and homelessness. Anyone who wants students to continue to have the power to make a real difference on issues that affect them and for NJPIRG to continue to provide valuable leadership and community service opportunities to students should make sure they stop by an NJPIRG polling station this week and vote “yes.” Donggu Yoon is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science and minoring in philosophy. He is the legislative affairs chair for RUSA.
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Today's birthday (10/28/10). Broaden your personal mission in life this year. To achieve this, deepen your spiritual connections. First develop a contemplative practice that relaxes your mind. Then acknowledge insights that come to you in that peaceful state. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is a 7 -- While sitting in a meeting, your mind's ponders the dinner menu. Ask someone to pick up key ingredients on the way home, and get back to the issue at hand. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is a 7 -- Your partner brings a fresh sense of purpose to a difficult situation. Listen to the logic. It overcomes any fears concerning the future. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 7 -- To maintain emotional flow, first you have to get practical projects moving. Adjust your direction after that. Use the strengths of co-workers. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -Today is a 6 -- You prefer a smooth course over high drama today. Others challenge your emotional base. Remove feelings from your argument by taking time to breathe. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Take time for yourself first thing in the morning. A good breakfast is key. Then go meditate, exercise or get out in nature. Tackle today's business. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Today is a 9 -- Take the group to a restaurant that serves a variety of cuisines. Be sure to satisfy the youngest person's palate. Then everyone's happy.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is a 5 -- You feel like you've been put on the spot by a sibling or friend. Work it out by using your imagination and intelligence. Humor helps. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 5 -- Your mind may be on food all day. You want to sample several cuisines. This may make dinner preparations complex. You could always eat out. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 7 -- Your recipe for today includes extra rations of compassion. Others feel the bittersweet taste of the moment as you celebrate the past. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 6 -- Devote maximum attention to your favorite person's desire-of-themoment. It could be great fun to discover how to accomplish the improbable. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 6 -- Spend time today providing for the needs of others. Nurturing includes food and emotional support. One person goes home early. It's okay. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 6 -- If you split your attention now, you seem to get a lot more done. However, part of what you do will need to be redone. Do one thing at a time.
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The 6-foot-8 wing player originally committed to locked in battle for post play Rutgers under former head coach Fred Hill Jr.’s regime and considered rescinding his continued from back commitment during the Knights’ hiring process. it’s who wants it more. Who’s Biruta maintained his word to going to go out there get that Rutgers and five months later extra rebound? Who’s going to finds himself with an opportuniget that loose ball that’s going ty to earn significant playing to help you get that win?” time as a rookie. “It was the things that I heard JOHNSON AND FRESHMAN forabout [Rice] — how good of a ward Gilvydas Biruta find themcoach he is, the intensity, the enerselves in an old-fashioned position gy,” said Biruta of Rice’s impact on battle during the his decision. “I first two weeks of that he can practice. “It was the things believe rebuild the proJ o h n s o n played sparingly that I heard about gram and make it a winning program.” last season [Mike Rice] — how behind Mitchell RICE HIGHand 2009-10 Big good of a coach LIGHTED recruitEast Defensive he is, the intensity, ing as one of the top Player of the Year reasons Rutgers Hamady N’Diaye, the energy.” struggled over the who has since past decade to graduated. GILVYDAS BIRUTA make its first NCAA The Blair Freshman Forward Tournament Academy product since 1991. added more than “The best players usually win 20 pounds of mass to his frame in the Big East,” Rice said. in the offseason and shows deft “There’s not a percentage, but I post moves. would think it would be a very “We’ve just been in the weight high percentage of the best room a lot this offseason — someplayers that are the ones who times five, sometimes six days a win ball games. For me, my week,” Johnson said. “It’s actually biggest [goal] when I first got been quite beneficial for me. here was changing the culture Practices are a lot more physical of our recruiting.” and the demands that [Rice] has Former shooting guard for us are already set high. If our Mike Rosario was Rutgers’ bodies are in shape, then those first McDonald’s All-American demands are easier to achieve.” to sign a letter of intent, but Biruta comes to the Banks the Jersey City native transafter an of fseason of uncer tainferred to Florida following the ty for the St. Benedict’s 2009-10 campaign. (N.J.) product.
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Freshman quarterback Chas Dodd struggled in his third career start, going 8-for-19 through the air for 62 yards with an interception, as the Scarlet Knights lost, 41-21, at Heinz Field.
man apparently destined to back up last year’s Freshman learn from each other in battle All-American. But the Byrnes High School product took the mentality that continued from back he would start — something that proved useful when he did to ever ything that comes along get the call. with the job,” Dodd said. “I see Although next week’s [improvement] as far as knowstarter remains uncertain, the ing the speed of my receivers preparation remains the same and getting used to that, but for Dodd. not only the speed of them, but “It’s the same thing ever y the defensive backs and the week,” he said. “Like I said, game in general. I’m able to go when I first got here, I was out there and lead [my preparing as if I was going to receivers] better than I did in have the starting job. Just workmy first game and first couple ing like that — of throws.” both of us do that Through his “[Chas Dodd] just and it makes both first two starts, us better. when Dodd threw goes out there and of That’s just how I for 573 yards, he take it: week by has fun — it’s a hung in the pocket to make countless game for him. It’s week.” While Savage plays downfield, made a splash in moving the a game he loves his first season, offense better than and so do I.” setting Big East it did through the freshman records first four games of TOM SAVAGE for passing yards the season. Sophomore Quarterback and touchdowns, Suddenly a he finds himself known commodiin a week-by-week ty on campus, Dodd said he situation because of his sophoturned to Savage to help adjust more struggles. to being a starting freshman He is 37-for-71 on the season quarterback. with two touchdowns to three But while watching from the interceptions, but with a healthy sideline, Savage learned from hand he is ready to enter a true Dodd, as well. quarterback competition. “He just goes out there and “I performed pretty well last makes plays and it’s fun for year, but it doesn’t matter if him,” said the 6-foot-5 Savage. you’re a fifth-year senior. If a guy “He just goes out there and has is going to push you, he’s going fun — it’s a game for him. It’s a to push you,” Savage said. “You game he loves and so do I, and have to compete and that’s all it I learned a lot from him.” is. Coach obviously knows Dodd learned from Savage, what’s best for the team and he’ll too, when he joined Rutgers make the right decision.” over the summer as a fresh-
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he NCAA explored possible suspensions for NFL rookies who accepted extra benefits while in college earlier this week, but yesterday announced that no such rule will be established. Many advocates for the rule were college coaches, but the NFL Players Association wanted no part in the regulations, saying yesterday that, “The NFLPA is opposed to any penalty being imposed upon a player in the NFL for conduct relating to the receipt of benefits in violation of NCAA rules while the player was in college.”
WHILE MADISON SQUARE Garden undergoes renovations, the 2011 NBA Draft will be housed in the Prudential Center, announced yesterday by commissioner David Stern. New York City has been the home of the draft since 2001, but for one year Newark will take its place. The Prudential Center is the home of the New Jersey Devils and is where the Seton Hall basketball plays its home games.
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with general manager Omar Minaya almost immediately after the season ended, the New York Mets signed Sandy Alderson to be the team’s next GM. Alderson, 62, ser ved as the GM for the Oakland Athletics from 198397 and led the team to three straight World Series appearances. A Dartmouth alumnus, Alderson also ser ved as the CEO of the San Diego Padres last March. A few hopefuls that were on the list of candidates were Boston Red Sox assistant GM Allard Baird and Chicago White Sox assistant GM Rick Hahn.
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CC Sabathia will undergo arthroscopic knee surger y Friday at New York Presbyterian Hospital. The lefty has a small meniscus tear in his right knee, but does not expect to be sidelined for very long by the procedure. Sabathia, who posted a 21-7 record with a 3.18 ERA in his second season with the Yankees, will miss three to six weeks before beginning his offseason training regiment.
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quarterback Brett Favre has two fractures in his left ankle that was surgically repaired before the year, but is not yet ruled out for the team’s Sunday night game against the New England Patriots. After taking a few tough hits his last time out, the gunslinger now wears a walking air boot to secure his ankle. The Vikings currently sit two games below .500 and face a must-win situation when they travel Foxboro, Mass. Favre expects to be ready to at least start the game, saying, “I’m willing to give it a try.”
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At the ITA Regional Championships over the weekend, the Rutgers tennis team overcame TENNIS initial disappointments in singles competition to reach new heights in doubles. Of the Scarlet Knights’ three regional representatives, only junior Jennifer Holzberg managed to make it past her first singles match. The other two players, junior Mar yana Milchutskey and senior Amy Zhang, suffered defeat in their first matches. Milchutskey lost to Tiana Takenaga of Columbia, while her teammate Bianca Sanon downed Zhang after a first-round bye. “Jen won her first match, but then was just outmatched in her second by the better player. Amy played in the first round, but just did not have a good match,” said head coach Ben Bucca. “I think I speak for ever yone when I say they were disappointed.” Milchutskey showed disappointment in her loss, but remained positive about the future. “I tried my hardest and did what I could,” Milchutskey said. “I was nervous because regionals are obviously a big deal. Hopefully I can qualify again next year.” The Knights rebounded from their lackluster singles competition and made a significant impact in the doubles competition. Zhang and Holzberg teamed up to make it all the way to the quarterfinals of the tournament before finally falling to the team of Alexa Ely and Connie Hsu from Pennsylvania. “I think I played equally well in singles and doubles, but I was definitely more aggressive during doubles,” Holzberg said. “This was the fur thest I’ve ever gone in regionals — I think it was the furthest any player from Rutgers has gone in regionals.” Holzberg’s par tner had high hopes for the team heading into the tournament, knowing that they were one of the top teams in the championships. “Even before the tournament I knew I wanted to do well in doubles,” Zhang said. “I was motivated from the start because we were the four th seeded team. It was really good that we got so far.” With the postseason tournament out of the way, Rutgers looks forward to offseason training and its spring season. The Knights, including Bucca, are expecting big things from the team season. “We know we have a lot of talent and we are really looking for ward to the spring team season,” Bucca said. “The key will be the willingness of the team to work hard and to stay together to create a good team dynamic. If we can do that we are ver y optimistic about our spring season.”
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Fifth-year senior captain Charlie Noonan (96) made four tackles in the Scarlet Knights loss last weekend against Pittsburgh and intercepted a screen pass on the Panthers’ first drive of the game.
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With the emotional strain of f the field and coming out on the shor t end of a slugfest in Pittsburgh last week, the Rutgers football team took a few much-needed days of f. The Scarlet Knights returned to practice yesterday after resting Monday and Tuesday and the time away greatly benefited the team’s psyche in the eyes of the student-athletes. “It was good to get away, it really was,” said fifth-year senior defensive tackle Charlie Noonan. “Our team is pretty beat up physically, but mentally it was good, too. We had a long stretch there and ever ything with Eric [LeGrand] — it was good to talk Sunday night. We all had a good talk, and I feel like we’re getting closer as a team.” The time of f was also crucial for the defense to regroup after its worst statistical performance since last season’s loss to Cincinnati. In the defeat at Pittsburgh, the defense surrendered 41 points and 513 total yards. Rutgers allowed the Panthers to have an individual 100-yard
rusher and 300-yard passer in the same game for the first time since 2004. “We just didn’t tackle, period,” Noonan said. “Those guys were good, but we just didn’t tackle. I couldn’t really tell you. We just didn’t tackle well. We have cer tain techniques we do in practice, and we just have to step it up this week.”
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Glaud made his first career star t against Pittsburgh with the knee injur y suf fered by junior Manny Abreu. Glaud spent most of the season jumping between weak-side and middle linebacker but took over on the strong-side for Abreu. “Some really good stuf f and some first-time star ter stuf f,” Schiano said on Glaud’s performance. “Just as we believed, he’s got ability. The more he plays, the more comfor table he’ll get.” Glaud, from Winslow Township High School, made seven tackles, including five solo tackles against Pittsburgh and will likely star t his second straight game next week in Tampa, Fla.
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Jef ferson (ankle) and Fabian Ruiz (ankle) are banged up this week in practice but should be healed up in time for Wednesday night against South Florida, Schiano said. Behind the pair, Schiano named redshir t freshmen Paul Carrezola and Malcolm Bush as the guys that would step up on the depth char t.
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receiver Mohamed Sanu (leg), who was limited last week in practice and did not play out of the Wild Knight formation against Pittsburgh, improved during the time of f on the health front, Schiano said. “Better than he was,” Schiano said on Sanu. “He’s better today than he was yesterday than he was last week at this time. We’re resting him. I think he’ll be hopefully full-go.”
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communications announced yesterday that the South Florida watch par ty, to be held the night of the game at the Rutgers club level of the stadium, will donate all of its profits to assisting Eric LeGrand with his medical bills and other expenses.
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COLLEGE AVENUE GYM TO HOST RALLY FOR LEGRAND A rally for paralyzed Rutgers junior defensive tackle Eric LeGrand begins tonight at 10 p.m. in the College Avenue Gym. Doors open at 9:30 p.m. Wristbands are also on sale today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. outside Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus, with all proceeds benefiting LeGrand and his family. More dates when the wristbands will be for ERIC sale will be LEGRAND announced in the future. The LeGrand family will receive the proceeds through the “Eric LeGrand Believe Fund,” which is accepting donations. Contributions can be made by sending a check payable to the “Eric LeGrand Believe Fund” to: 1 Palmer Square Suite 201 Princeton, N.J., 08542 PNC Wealth Management sponsored the “Believe Fund,” which was established Oct. 22, announced Athletic Director Tim Pernetti. — Tyler Barto
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Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage completed two of his three pass attempts for 62 yards and a touchdown on the two drives he played against Pittsburgh, which marked his first game back since injuring his hand Oct. 2 in a loss against Tulane.
Healthy Savage starts QB competition in earnest BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR
For the first time this season, the Rutgers football team has a true quarterback competition. With sophomore Tom Savage more than two weeks removed from injuring his hand and still another week remaining until the Scarlet Knights retake FOOTBALL the field against South Florida, freshman Chas Dodd will not keep his starting job by default. He has to earn it, but both Dodd and Savage believe competition is for the best.
“We just have to go out there and compete,” Savage said. “We’re going to make each other the best quar terbacks we can be. Coach [Greg Schiano] obviously knows who will give the team the best oppor tunity to win and they’ll play.” Schiano would not announce a starter, maintaining his week-by-week mentality that whichever signal caller gives the Knights the best chance to win will get the nod, and he was hesitant when asked if he could envision a situation where both played.
Dodd took over the starting job against Connecticut and kept the job each of the next two weeks before Savage played the final two drives last week against Pittsburgh. The 6-foot Dodd, who attempted one pass late in the season opener against Norfolk State, played a handful of snaps against North Carolina and saw his first significant action against Tulane. When Schiano called on Dodd, he won each of his first two starts. “I think I’m adapting and getting used
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RU faces challenges with team full of out-of-position players BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
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Senior guard James Beatty is set to handle the point guard duties for the Knights but will need to take on more of a scoring role in the RU backcourt with classmate Mike Coburn.
Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice knows the 2010-11 campaign for his Scarlet Knights will be a different one. KNIGHT With sophomore for ward Austin NOTEBOOK Johnson as the Knights’ tallest player at 6-foot-8, Rutgers will have many players competing outside their normal positions. Still, Rice expects the same traits that characterized his Robert Morris teams over the past three seasons: high intensity and high effort. “If we’re going to win basketball games, guys have to do things that they probably never thought possible — individually and as a team,” Rice said. “Whether it’s staying locked in, whether it’s boxing out a 6-foot-10 guy with [senior guard] Mike Coburn — a 5-foot-11 point guard. Whatever it may be, [we have to] rise to those challenges ever y day.” Rice’s projected starting backcourt features seniors Coburn and James Beatty, who average out to 6-foot-1 between the pair. Both are used to playing the point, but Beatty
figures to carr y ball-handling duties under Rice. “The intensity of practice has really picked up,” said Beatty, who ranked 10th among Big East players in assists in conference play last season. “The competitiveness and hard work from drill to drill — there’s no letdowns in any drills. Intensity has definitely picked up.” Senior for ward Jonathan Mitchell figures to transition to power for ward after beginning last season at the three position. The former Florida transfer adjusted to a bigger role early in 2009-10 after former center Gregor y Echenique opted to transfer to Creighton. Mitchell will be responsible for going toeto-toe with some of the Big East’s premiere bangers, including Syracuse’s Rick Jackson and Cincinnati’s Yancy Gates. The runner-up mentality is nothing new for Mitchell and Beatty, who came to Rutgers a season ago with two years of eligibility left. And Rice is the perfect teacher. “[Rice’s] style, the way he’s going to coach us is going to prepare us,” Beatty said. “We’re going to be able to hang with the best of the best. At the end of the day,
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