The Daily Targum 2010-11-03

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Campus brings in new scholarships

BY AMBIKA SUBRAMANYAM STAFF WRITER

The Office of Distinguished Fellowships and Postgraduate Guidance has brought a record number of scholarship awards this year to the University.

The number of University students applying for scholarship awards increased to 123 in 2010 from 16 in 2007. The number of scholarship opportunities also rose.

The most recent opportunity is the Beinecke Scholarship, exclusively awarded to thirdyear students.

Ar thur Casciato, director of Distinguished Fellowships and Postgraduate Guidance,

said the Beinecke is an incredible opportunity.

Those who are awarded the scholarship receive $4,000 at the beginning of their senior year to be used for graduate school applications, Casciato said. The winners will then receive $30,000 over their years spent in graduate school.

The scholarship is being offered to University students for the first time this year and is only offered to 100 universities, he said. Only one candidate may be nominated from each university for the scholarship, and approximately 20 students receive the scholarship every year.

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RUPD INVESTIGATES BURGLARIES ON DOUGLASS CAMPUS The Rutgers University Police Department is investigating a series of burglaries that took place in two residence halls last weekend on Douglass campus, according to a crime alert from the department.

Between the hours of 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 and 9 a.m. on Oct. 31, the suspects removed cash, jewelr y and electronics from eight separate apartments, according to the alert.

The door to the residence hall was left unsecured in each case, and in some, the residents were sleeping inside the apartment during the burglar y, according to the alert.

None of the residents suffered injuries during these incidents, according to the alert.

Anyone with information or who may have been in the area at the time should contact Detective Sean Skala of RUPD at (732)-932-8025 or (732)-932-7211.

To be less susceptible to becoming a victim of crime, RUPD suggests controlling access to residence halls, locking doors at night and staying alert and aware of surrounding people and circumstances.

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Demarest Hall on the College Avenue campus has been known to be accepting of LGBT students, but some transgender students say it is still difficult to feel accepted and are advocating for gender-neutral housing.

Transgenders seek more housing options

BY MARY DIDUCH MANAGING EDITOR

Despite the University’s mantra of diversity, some transgender students are finding it difficult to feel comfortable in traditional on-campus housing.

Transgender students do not identify with their biological gender, or sometimes any gender, which could be problematic for some in on-campus housing, which assigns rooms based on legal and not self-identified gender.

Aaron Lee, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, started transitioning from female to male before college, making him one of a handful of other transgenders on campus.

Before entering the University, which Lee was excited to attend for

its size and diversity, Lee felt concerned he would have difficulty living with a female roommate, since he does not identify as a female despite what his records indicated.

His mother had him contact several administrators, including Residence Life, to notify them of his situation. Lee was placed in a double converted into a single in Demarest Hall on the College Avenue campus.

Lee said he spent most of his first year alone.

“When you’re gender non-conforming, it’s very easy to keep the door shut,” he said.

Executive Director of Residence Life Joan Carbone said the University sees one or two such cases a year — though there could be more.

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“Assigning a transgender student, who is transitioning during their first year of living on campus, is a complex issue which is best addressed on a case-by-case basis,” Carbone said. “We try to provide for the needs of all students and work individually with those with special needs.”

Acting Director of the Center for Social Justice and LGBT Communities Jenny Kurtz said Demarest Hall has a history of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer affirming.

“Demarest has a sex, sexuality and gender discussion and special interest group, and people then sort of see it as the dorm that’s most accepting,” Kurtz said.

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Musical comedian Evan Wecksell performs yesterday during “Laugh the Vote,” sponsored by the Rutgers University Programming Association in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

Instead of ending up in landfills, the empty milk and juice bottles that are thrown out every day can now be used to construct components of infrastructure.

Recycled Structural Composite, a building material made from 100 percent recycled plastic, was recently included on Newsweek’s list of “10 Big Green Ideas.”

“We’re basically taking one of the negatives about plastic, which is that it doesn’t degrade, and we’ve turned it around and made it a real positive,” said Jim Kerstein, CEO of Axion International.

As the producer of the world’s strongest recycled composite plastic industrial building materials, Axion International works to provide alternative, yet cost-effective, infrastructure and building products.

The Department of Defense built a bridge for tanks in 2009

using the material, Kerstein said. The composite is strong enough to compete with traditional building materials such as wood and steel.

“Steel rusts and needs to be treated and tinted. Wood rots and needs to be stained or treated with chemicals to extend its useful life,” he said. “The Recycled Structural Composite materials go in as they are.”

The material is also impervious to warping over time, will not release toxic fumes and is resistant to insect infestations, according to a press release from Market Watch.

“Normally a wooden bridge or concrete and steel bridge requires a significant percentage of what the bridge cost every year to maintain it,” said Thomas Nosker, assistant research professor in the

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Foreign professor discusses role in Swedish teacher education reform

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After taking part in Sweden’s teacher education reform for the past few months, Gunnar Gjone, a University of Oslo mathematics professor in Norway, came to visit the University Monday to share his experiences with faculty and graduate students.

Sweden is in the process of refashioning the way universities educate future teachers, requiring them to meet certain standards in areas such as study abroad, technology, literature and research, Gjone said.

As part of the reform, every college and university must start from zero, said Gjone, also a professor at Karlstad University in Sweden.

Teacher education programs’ institutions must now include a technological element visible in all courses in order to have a teacher education program, Gjone said. He suggested that math classes could implement computer programs such as GeoGebra, a free software.

“Information and computer technology should be visible in all courses for students,” Gjone said. “Technology is important in this modern age, so potential teachers should have some confidence in technology.”

A study abroad program that works in conjunction with other schools around the world is also essential, he said. Programs must also establish research requirements and study of educational literature.

“Having the teacher education [program] research-based [indicates] there should be faculty with doctorates,” Gjone said. “Without this element, a program will be considered not satisfactory.”

Gjone was one of the evaluators who assessed applications this summer from 25 different Swedish universities that wanted to take part in the reform.

Some institutions offered too little and inadequate information on their applications, he said.

But some schools were so large and well known that they may still be accepted as one of the

universities to be granted a teacher education program.

Gjone said rumors are circulating that the evaluation is really a means to reduce the number of institutions offering teacher training, but he is unsure if this is true and said the government has denied the allegations.

“I think, in general, that most universities were thinking that this [reform process] is a good thing,” he said. “There was a process in May or June where everyone worked very hard for weeks to send in a good application, and most of them appreciated that they had to do it.”

Applicants were forced to think about what teacher education should be, Gjone said. They were also forced to consider structure and to hire more staff.

As of now, all the universities taking part have been interviewed, he said. The evaluation process took place during the months of September and October.

Gjone also discussed the Bologna Process, an effort to make academic degree standards and

quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, and its influence over Sweden’s reform.

Gjone and other evaluators were highly interested in faculty with doctorate degrees in the subjects they taught.

Sweden does not currently have doctorate programs, only four-year teacher education programs, Gjone said. So applicants from America and other countries are greatly sought after.

Swedish recruiters came to the United States this past summer in search of students with doctorate degrees who showed interest in teaching in Sweden.

Although Michael Giangreco, a Graduate School of Education student, is unsure if he would want to teach in Sweden, he said he was interested in the reform.

“It’s certainly a goal,” Giangreco said. “I was impressed by a lot of the ideas, the incorporation of technology and global outreach.”

Comparing Sweden to his home country of Saudi Arabia, Muteb Alqahtani, a Graduate

School of Education student, is skeptical of how effective the reform will be.

“The reform is impressive, but they will probably not find results,” Alqahtani said. “They will have to reform the reform.”

Saudi Arabia has implemented many alterations to programs, spending a lot of money along the way, Alqahtani said. Reforms in his country did not work until the third effort. Therefore, he believes Sweden does not have enough experience just yet.

Like Alqahtani, fellow graduate student Dhun Doongaji also has doubts about the reform’s success and thinks the process is going too fast.

“I don’t know if they’ve considered everything,” Doongaji said.

“It’s going to take them a while to grow and figure things out, but the lecture was very interesting.”

The ministry is expected to finish its evaluations in the middle of December, and by fall of 2001, continuing into 2012, the aspects of the reform should be fully implemented.

SCIENCE MAGAZINE SELECTS UNIVERSITY WEBSITE FOR AWARD The Rutgers Physics Teaching Technology Resource website has been selected to receive the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education, according to a eurekalert.org press release.

Graduate School of Education Professor Eugenia Etkina, one of the creators of the University website, said in the release that she is committed to “increasing the excitement of learning physics.” The website’s approach involves the use of slow-motio-video of everyday occurrences to help students grasp physics concepts.

“The website not only helps students understand

physics as it appears in real life, but it also gives students the opportunity to flex their muscles as scientists,” said Melissa McCartney, Science magazine editorial fellow, in the release.

The Science Prize for Online Resources in Education was developed to spotlight the best online materials in science education, according to the release. Science published an article Friday explaining the winning project and how it may be a sign significant progress in science education, according to the release.

“This competition will promote those websites with the

most potential to benefit science students and teachers,” Editor-in-Chief of Science Bruce Alberts said in the release.

Etkina’s main collaborator on the website is Florida International University Assistant Professor of physics David Brookes, a former graduate student of Etkina’s.

Brookes is responsible for digitizing videos to fit on the site, along with developing the software so the website can be constantly updated and edited.

“It’s like a living organism,” Etkina said.

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GROUP AIMS TO BUILD NETWORK FOR TRANSGENDERS Transgender student Aaron Lee said there is no on-campus group only for gender nonconforming students, or those who do not identify with their biological or sometimes any gender.

Through word of mouth and his membership in the queer radical group Queering the Air, Lee is trying to build a network.

“We’ve been trying to create a community, but Rutgers is so big it’s hard to do that when there’s no place to do so,” he said.

Lee said the Center for Social Justice and LGBT Communities, opened last year and run by Acting Director Jenny Kurtz, is a great start.

“I wish Rutgers had made it a priority to do it sooner,” Lee said.

“Questioning for anyone is a nerve-racking experience, but that’s one of the few places that if you go there, you’ll be respected.”

Kurtz said her office provides training and programs across campus — on transgender issues, homophobia and other social justice issues. The center also serves as a common area for allies, straight supporters of the LGBTQ community.

She is also part of the Gender Identity Taskforce, which is comprised of faculty and staff liaisons LGBTQ students could go to for advice.

Rutgers College senior Ethan Lu, who while seeking University resources to transition from a female to a male worked with many administrators, said there are University officials working to help the gender-queer population.

“There are people trying, but they’re a small group and they meet infrequently,” Lu said.

Lu added it is important for transgender students in particular to have a positive, supportive community to help them feel comfortable transitioning.

“It doesn’t just get better,” Lu said. “You have to make yourself get better.”

Kurtz advises any student struggling with coming out to talk to someone, anyone. The center has anonymous phone conversations, resources on its website and liaisons who can help.

The University ranks among the top in the nation for similar institutions for its LGBTQ resources, which include having an LGBTQ scholarship, resource center, minor and task force, Kurtz said.

“We have a lot of resources on campus because Rutgers is very large, [and] my ongoing challenge is how do we get all these resources out,” she said.

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OPTIONS: Some want housing to mark safe spaces continued from front But despite this, Lee said when some in his building found out about his gender identity, they reacted negatively.

“Even there, people made nasty comments … Even in one of the more safer places on campus,” he said.

School of Arts and Sciences senior Lauren Selton was outreach coordinator for Demarest last year and lived in the hall for two years before moving off campus.

“I know a number of gender nonconforming students in Demarest, and it’s one of the safest dorms on campus you can have, but it’s definitely not a perfect place,” Selton said.

Another potential area of concern for transgender students in residence halls are gender-segregated bathrooms — specifically which one to use. “[Transgenders] have always been able to use the bathroom they identify with,” Carbone said.

Kurtz said gender-neutral restrooms, those not designated as male or female, are becoming more popular across college campuses.

“A lot of traditionally gendered bathrooms tend to make life very difficult for transgender folks and for people who are gender nonconforming,” she said.

Demarest Hall introduced the University’s first gender-neutral restrooms this year, when Residence Life designated two out of its six as gender-neutral.

Selton worked with Carbone to formally make the restrooms gender-neutral, as that is how they had been used informally in the past.

Selton said the gender-neutral bathrooms, while a welcome addition, still present some concerns.

They require resident-only swipe access for entrance, given to the residents of the hall, and the showers have doors not curtains.

“If I was on the second floor and I lost my swipe and didn’t have access, I couldn’t use that bathroom, which is a problem in emergencies or if someone gets sick,” Selton said.

Carbone said they require swipe access to provide safety to the students using the bathrooms. A transgender student specifically told her he felt insecure in the shower, prompting the restricted access.

“The swipe prevents any entry from anyone except residents or their escorted guests and therefore provides those using the bathrooms with safety from violence,” she said.

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Two of the six bathrooms in Demarest Hall on the College Avenue campus, above, are officially designated gender-neutral, meaning both men and women can share those facilities.

Lee, who was a resident assistant in Demarest Hall last year, advocates creating more safe spaces for LGBTQ students in residence halls and on campus.

“I was asked to identify Demarest as an LGBTQ safe space, but I want all my halls to be safe for LGBTQ students,” Carbone said. “I need to work with the students toward this goal. One hall is not enough.”

Lee said as an RA, it is important to know how to work with LGBTQ students, but there is no specific training.

“Mainly the training was about women and race and a little bit of religion, but we didn’t really touch on sexuality or gender,” Lee said.

Carbone said Residence Life strives to hire staff members who are aware of all student issues.

Professional staff members receive more than 80 hours of training a year, including a fourhour session last year about transgender students, she said.

Residence Life has long been passionate about supporting diversity, Carbone said. Their diversity statement celebrates different gender identities and sexual orientations, but Carbone said there is no written, specific policy for LGBTQ students.

“Yes, it falls under diversity, but that doesn’t mean we talk about it,” Lee said.

Under the queer radical group Queering the Air, which formed last spring, Lee now advocates for gender-neutral housing, where men and women can reside together if they so choose.

They said this would allow students who do not identify with a gender feel more comfortable

living in a room where gender is not used to assign its occupants.

At least 54 universities, such as New York University, Carnegie Mellon University and Harvard University, have gender-neutral residence hall options.

“I think gender-neutral housing can be very helpful to students if they need it,” Carbone said.

But Carbone said the possibility could not be considered until 2012, when the new Busch and Livingston campus residence halls, to house 500 and 1,500 students, respectively, finish construction.

“Right now, while we have a housing crunch, it will be impossible to do such a thing,” she said.

With tight housing, if a person drops from a room, they need to fill it as soon as possible. Since Residence Life is unsure whether some students will want to live in gender-neutral housing, she cannot accommodate this request as every space needs to be filled, Carbone said.

For the present, Lee said housing could do a better job pairing roommates to make LGBTQ students feel more at ease when coming to the University with an unknown roommate for the first time.

On the housing sign-up survey, there could be a check box or ranking system to designate whether a student is LGBTQidentified and whether students would feel comfortable living with an LGBTQ student, Lee said.

“The beauty of diversity is you meet some really interesting people, but there’s another side,” Lee said.

While the University is safer than most places, Lee said it could improve so LGBTQ

students who might not feel secure reaching out may do so more easily.

Lee, who was abused physically before attending the University, said it is often difficult for transgender students to feel accepted. On campus, he has experienced verbal abuse.

“It’s kind of a daily fear that you live with,” he said.

Robert O’Brien, an anthropology associate instructor who does not identify with any gender, said LGBTQ harassment happens in some form everyday, specifically centered on those who do not identify with their biological gender.

“When students living in dorms come home, they go to a world that is 24/7 not accepting of gender non-conforming [lifestyles],” O’Brien said.

People may not speak up about harassment because when they have, they might not have seen any real action taken, O’Brien said.

“It’s about finding a community that tells you you’re not crazy,” O’Brien said. “That’s ideally what Rutgers could support.”

If an LGBTQ student does have a negative experience, it could be for a number of reasons: they are living in the wrong environment, studying the wrong major or missing home, Kurtz said.

“It’s really hard to know,” she said.

Lee said there should be a committee to go through the policies to see if they include LGBT students.

“Saying civility, saying diversity is one thing,” O’Brien said.

“Doing civility, doing diversity requires work.”

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Several fraternities and sororities take part in Sigma Chi’s annual Derby Days’ Brotherhood Auction held in Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus. A week-long philanthropic event, Sigma Chi will donate all proceeds to the Children’s Miracle Network.

SCHOLARSHIPS: U. brings in two more awards continued from front Applications for the Beinecke will be accepted until Feb. 15, Casciato said. Students with a good academic background and a strong commitment to academic study are generally the best applicants.

Beinecke scholarship applicant Margaret Blaha hopes that by winning the scholarship, she will be able to pursue her goals of attaining a master’s degree.

“If I win the scholarship, I will not be limited because of my lack of financial resources,” said Blaha, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “I will be able to look at schools in states and countries that I would otherwise have to look over.”

Since joining the University in 2007, Casciato noticed four awards being offered to students at the University of Pennsylvania, where he previously worked, that were not being offered at the University.

So far, Casciato has succeeded in bringing two of the awards, the Beinecke Scholarship and the Luce Scholarship, to the University.

The Luce Scholarship is an opportunity for students to work in an internship in their fields for one year in Asia, he said.

Luce Scholarship applicant Janina Pescinski said the scholarship can offer an experience that will help students grow both personally and professionally.

“To be able to live in an Asian country for a year, studying the language and working somewhere related to my field of interest would be an incredible way to discover a new culture,” said

Pescinski, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

Jim Kline, a University alumnus, has been working for the Teach for America program in New Orleans and applied for the Luce Scholarship as well.

“Professionally, this fellowship would give me an incredibly unique opportunity to see how Asian nations are educating their children,” he said. “Countries like South Korea, Singapore, Japan and other Asian nations are consistently ranked at the top for their public education systems.”

“It just takes some serious digging, researching and networking.”

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Kline said University students have always been intelligent and successful, and Casciato’s support has led to this tremendous increase in the number of students applying for and receiving scholarships and awards.

“We have one of the nation’s top fellowship advisers and an incredible of fice of suppor t staff,” he said. “It should come as no surprise that we have been more successful in the past few years.”

The Office of Distinguished Fellowships and Postgraduate Guidance aids students with finding the right scholarship to fit their future goals and their past accomplishments and ensures that they complete the application process with ease, Casciato said.

The help of professors and deans aid in finding the most

qualified and promising candidates, he said.

In Casciato’s first year at the University, he brought four Gates Cambridge Scholarships, the highest number of the prestigious scholarship awarded to any university that year, along with Harvard University.

Beth Breslaw, a Beinecke applicant, finds the number of students winning awards to be inspirational.

“Being a state-school student, especially as a student receiving federal and state financial aid, it is really encouraging to hear that we have a place among Ivy-League students in graduate school programs,” said Breslaw, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

The increase in the number of scholarships granted to University students demonstrates that one does not need to go to extraordinary measures in order to win, Blaha said.

“The fact that so many Rutgers students have won so many awards made me think that I am eligible and can win one of these awards if I just apply,” she said.

University students still have one hurdle to overcome, said Matthew Cortland, a Luce Scholarship applicant.

Because of the size of the University, opportunities are harder to come by, said Cortland, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

“It is not to say that opportunities are not available here,” he said. “It just takes some serious digging, researching and networking.”

Cortland recalls he and his friends were motivated to apply for Fulbright grants as well, after hearing about last year’s number of Fulbright winners at the University.

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LIST: Composite is used in 250,000 railroad ties continued from front Department of Materials Science and Engineering and an inventor of the material.

Recycled Structural Composite is also used as a material for railroad ties, Nosker said.

Currently there are 250,000 plastic railroad ties all made from the composite.

“You have plastic recyclable railroad ties that last longer and you cut down the cost of replacing them,” said Justin Hendrix, graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. “If you use them all up or break them, you can chop them up and then reproduce them again.”

In addition to being recyclable and cost-effective, Recycled Structural Composite proves to be safer than wood.

“What they use to pressure treat the wood is basically toxic material,” Hendrix said. “You can’t recycle them because they’re toxic.”

Nosker said people who work in industries constantly surrounded by treated wood die every year as a result of the toxins that are a byproduct of the process. Some of these toxins include creosote and chromated copper arsenate.

“The core materials that we’re using are things like milk and juice containers, things you drink from,” Kerstein said. “The materials are primarily hydrocarbons and don’t have any real toxicity to them.”

The market for the material is expanding.

“I’m very excited about the work we’re starting to do in the marine industry because I think the longevity of the product, the fact that it is not porous and it won’t rot in salt water, things like

that really lends itself to tremendous opportunities,” Kerstein said.

Axion plans to bring the composite to home piers and docks.

“You go along the waterway down Florida and down the east coast,” Kerstein said. “People spend a fortune just plain maintaining docks. I think we help avoid all those issues.”

The wooden docks are essential to shipping, especially in ports found in New York.

“There are massive structures in the salt water. They get destroyed on a regular basis,” Nosker said. “Furthermore, the poisons leach out and eventually there are marine borers that bore through the wood so that wood pilings are eaten away.”

Nosker said there are types of wood, such as Brazilian wood Ipe, that do not degrade as easily as others. The problem with using this wood is that obtaining it requires rainforest destruction.

Instead of destroying rainforests, using plastic as a building material is an alternative.

Nosker said in concentrated places like New Jersey, there is a lot of plastic waste, and there are also a lot of people who could work in factories to make building products out of the plastic wastes.

“And those kind of jobs are not going to go overseas,” he said. “You’re not going to ship the plastic wastes overseas, make something and ship it back.”

Recycled Str uctural Composite can be used for a virtually unlimited number of commodities such as telephone poles and guardrails. This opens up a whole new industr y and with it a job market, Hendrix said.

“You’re producing these materials that can revitalize the ideas of infrastructure that can bring jobs into the state of New Jersey,” he said. “They are more costeffective and more environmentally conscious.”

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Clinton does well in foreign policy

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hile most politicians in the United States have almost entirely concentrated on the midterm elections in the past few weeks, one stateswoman has actually been doing her job.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was thousands of miles away from American shores and its issues on Election Day, somewhat prompting critics to switch their attention to international matters. We support her decision to stay away from domestic campaigns at a time when everyone else seems to have forgotten their dedication to the voters.

When Clinton could have been campaigning for her fellow Democrats, she decided to focus on her job as secretary of state. In contrast with her husband and former president, who traveled to more than 100 election events, the secretary of state has been focusing on foreign policy. According to the Telegraph, Clinton met with 50 victims of human trafficking on Saturday in Siem Reap, Cambodia. She promised American support to the women who were aged between 17 and 23. Clinton received an emotional response from one woman who had been held as a prostitute for more than two years. “You motivate me,” she said.

Clinton also addressed the S-21 prison, where around 16,000 prisoners were held and tortured under the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s.

“Countries that are held prisoner to their pasts can never break those chains and build the kind of future that their children deserve,” Clinton said. “Although I am well aware the work of the tribunal is painful, it is necessary to ensure a lasting peace.”

The secretary of state is simply doing her job. The majority of other U.S. politicians have so far only concentrated on the election. Securing seats in Congress has more than overshadowed the need to act as a coherent political player in the international system. President Barack Obama, for example, has made his rounds all across the nation. In the final 72 hours, his precisely calculated route included Philadelphia, Bridgeport, Conn., Chicago and Cleveland — cities part of the larger swing states.

The secretary of state’s two-week tour of Asia and the Pacific Rim includes visits to Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia.

The midterm elections are thankfully over, and citizens can return to viewing the real issues rather than political campaigns backed by empty promises and insults. Clinton understood this issue and stayed away from U.S. shores. She did and is doing her job while many others have simply stood by their colleagues, attempting to secure their seats for a few more years.

Keep celebrities out of campaigns

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sing a celebrity as a mascot or at least an underlying actor in a political campaign seems to be the way most campaigners go. Political campaigns, however, must be more than the enigmatic face of a celebrity in an advertisement. In the case of B.J. Lawson, the Republican challenger running against Democratic incumbent David Price in the district around Chapel Hill, N.C., claimed to have used actor Morgan Freeman’s voice in a campaign ad. It wasn’t his voice. The GOP candidate’s campaign acted unethically as it used an impersonator’s voice to gain some sort of recognition during the days before the midterm election. We disagree with this senseless move and believe that famous figures must not be involved in political matters to begin with.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Freeman was not happy to find out that the North Carolina candidate lied to voters.

“These people are lying. I have never recorded any campaign ads for B.J. Lawson and I do not support his candidacy. And no one who represents me has ever authorized the use of my name, voice or any other likeness,” Freeman commented.

Despite the lies being transparent, the mission was clear. The GOP’s candidate’s hopes were to sway voters by simply associating the actor’s enigmatic voice with his campaign. No matter the relation between the celebrity and the politician, voters tend to vote for the candidate who is — even indirectly — associated with a figure larger than him or her.

What is even worse than the fact that Lawson’s campaign reached this low was their response to the scandal. Instead of apologizing, the campaign manager claimed that Freeman signed a contract with them.

Only after the scandal went public was the ad pulled and the campaign admitted its lies. Freeman is a longtime supporter of Democratic runners, and to assume that his voice actually sounded in Lawson’s ads seems ridiculous in itself.

Lawson’s campaign went about it the wrong way and it was expectedly caught. The underlying issue though, is an ever-increasing tendency of politicians to seek the backing of entertainment and corporate figures, rather than arguing for their causes and campaigning for themselves.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Anybody can throw mud on the wall, but it has to stick for it to have merit.”

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n approximately two only pay property tax and weeks, University sales tax, but they also supPresident Richard L. port Social Security and McCormick will be meeting Medicare through the paywith students from the roll taxes they receive whenLatino Student Council to ever they use an invalid discuss extending in-state Social Security number. tuition to undocumented “We can’t do it unilateralGORDON MORRISETTE New Jersey immigrants. ly.” — Two weeks ago, when Costly out-of-state tuition Rutgers University Student denies many of New Jersey’s high school students, Assembly presented the student body’s concerns to who were brought here illegally by their parents, the administration, McCormick brushed off calls for the opportunity to reach their full intellectual potenin-state tuition for undocumented students by argutial. It is unjust to punish undocumented students ing the University can’t unilaterally implement the for the actions of their parents by denying them inchange. If a New Jersey university or college is state tuition, yet the administration has repeatedly unable to grant in-state tuition, how then have four dragged its feet in response to calls for reform. public or state colleges and two community colleges A recent report from the New Jersey Department already done so? According to a recent survey by of the Public Advocate told the story of Marcos, a The Record, Ramapo College and Passaic County high school student from New Brunswick, who Community College both allow in-state tuition rates hopes to study architecture in college. Ever since his for illegal students based on where they graduated parents brought him to New Jersey when he was 12, from high school. The College of New Jersey, Rowan Marcos has worked hard in school and planned on University and Hudson County Community College going to college. As his graduation approaches, howdetermine whether an undocumented immigrant ever, Marcos realizes the cost of out-of-state tuition at qualifies for in-state tuition based on home address. a public institution like the University would be “In-state tuition for undocumented immigrants financially crippling for his family, and he doubts will hurt the University financially.” — I haven’t he’ll be able to afford college. heard this one from any of my classIf the University granted in-state mates yet, but I expect it’s the main “They also support argument McCormick has sitting tuition to New Jersey residents regardless of legal status, it would his desk. According to the N.J. Social Security and on give many immigrant students new Department of the Public Advocate, hope for achieving their full academthe University estimated in 2007 Medicare through ic potential. Over the past month, that if the 180 students enrolled the payroll taxes.” however, McCormick and his with no visas could have paid inadministration have been dragging state tuition it would have resulted their feet at any possibility for in a $1.63 million loss in tuition. reform. Many students have joined in by perpetratThis estimate fails to take into account the ing common misconceptions. It would be easy to increased revenue that will result from expanding the take the administration at its word when it asserts it total pool of applicants. The New Jersey Immigration doesn’t have the ability to fix this problem, but that Policy Network estimates that approximately 1,200 would be much too simple. Let’s look at the comundocumented students could be expected to qualify mon arguments and misconceptions put forward for in-state tuition. The revision of in-state tuition poliagainst in-state tuition for undocumented students cies would actually lead to an increase in tuition revin order of increasing plausibility: enue by allowing many students to attend who could “Illegals do not pay taxes and do not deserve not have otherwise afforded to. tuition.” — This particular quote is from an anonyWe do not punish children for the sins of their mous comment to one of The Daily Targum’s previparents and we should not deny undocumented stuous editorials, “Unwarranted protests work for no dents the opportunity to attend college because one.” While the individual behind it may not be their parents brought them to America when they brave enough to attach his or her name, some stuwere young. As a senator for the School of Arts and dents on campus do agree with his or her assertion.

Sciences, I call on the administration to stop its perThis argument totally ignores reality. petration of misconceptions. And I ask them to work The president’s Council of Economic Advisers closely with the Latino Student Council at their comacknowledged in a 2007 report that the “impact of ing meeting in order to establish an in-state tuition undocumented immigration on public budgets is system that will provide all of the students such as likely to be very positive,” since, although immiMarcos with the ability to realize their full potential. grants pay taxes, they receive few social benefits in return. The report cites the Texas Comptroller, Gordon Morrisette is a School of Arts and which reported in 2006 that taxes paid by undocuSciences sophomore majoring in political science mented immigrants resulted in an approximate $425 and history. His column, “Progressive Offensive,” million net gain for the state. Illegal immigrants not runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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Drug illegality causes violent subculture Letter MATTHEW SIMCHA

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n Monday’s column titled “Buy locally grown marijuana,” the author contends that marijuana use is immoral because it supports the violent Mexican drug cartels that result in thousands of deaths ever y year. More specifically, the author writes: “Proponents of the legalization of marijuana often refer to smoking weed as a ‘victimless crime.’ This is a glaring oversimplification of the act,

one that ignores where the marijuana you are currently smoking may have come from, and what kind of tragic violence was left in its wake.” While it is true marijuana, and illegal drugs as a whole, carry with them a violent subculture, the author fails to consider the true cause of this violence, the fact that the drugs are illegal.

When the government bans a good or ser vice that there is demand for, it does not prevent that thing from being provided; it merely changes who provides it. Legal drugs, such as alcohol

and tobacco, are produced and sold by legitimate businesses that are subject to contract enforcement. Thus, there is no violence in the production and

“This is a glaring oversimplification of the act.” distribution of alcohol and tobacco. Illegal drugs like marijuana, on the other hand, cannot be provided by legitimate means.

Instead, gangs and street thugs that are not subject to contract enforcement provide them. What does this mean? If one party violates an agreement in a marijuana deal, the other party obviously cannot ask the government for help in setting things straight. These disputes must be dealt with by other methods — shootings, stabbings, you name it. The tragic violence and death that is so widespread in the drug trade would be all but eradicated if drugs were legalized.

Admittedly, it is not entirely clear that the column’s author

was actually arguing against marijuana legalization. In fact, it is possible that the only goal of his column was to urge marijuana smokers to make sure that they buy locally grown stuff. Nonetheless, it is worth pointing out that while the author appears to debunk the point of view of marijuana-legalization proponents, he actually lays the foundation for the most convincing argument in their favor.

Matthew Simcha is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in economics and statistics.

Leave Bible out of political matters, social issues Letter EDWARD REEP

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n Friday’s column “Keep God, politics separate,” the author discusses the separation of church and state and in taking a swipe at presumably Christian politicians said this, “But if conser vative politicians are going to use the Bible to fight gay marriage, than they should really have the guts to suggest the punishment for homosexuality as prescribed in Leviticus: the death

penalty.” There is a key problem with this statement that is a key problem with many criticisms leveled at Christianity and the Bible. That is that it brings up Leviticus in an irrelevant context.

Leviticus is one of the five books of Moses and contains the law God gave to the Israelites for them to follow. It was meant only for the Jews and for no one else.

That is why the Jews did not prosthelytize and try to make other people follow the law. In addition, Christians, including those formerly Jewish as many

of the originals were, do not have to follow the law. That is because the whole crux of Christianity is that Jesus came to fulfill the law and make it no longer necessary.

“Politicians or otherwise, do not bring up Leviticus.”

See the eighth verse of the fifth chapter of Galatians, a New Testament epistle directed at

Christians, “But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.” The sixth verse of the seventh chapter of Romans, another epistle, says it better, “But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.”

There is a very good reason why Christians do not bring up Leviticus when discussing things like homosexuality, which is separately discussed in other por tions of the New Testament. Jesus Christ came to

release people from the grasp of the law, which includes the idea that all gays should be put to death. All I want to say is that when criticizing the actions of Christians, politicians or otherwise, do not bring up Leviticus.

If there is someone who claims to be a Jewish fundamentalist and is acting hypocritically, then it is a very legitimate point to mention Leviticus.

Edward Reep is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. He is also the culture editor for The Rutgers Review.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is a 7 -- A partner or friend shows you how to research a topic quickly and easily. You gather facts and at the same time understand the theory. Get practical later.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is a 6 -- Connect with an older coworker, as you gather necessary information. You need a strong visual message to convince distant people.

Challenge yourself.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 6 -- Your internal sense of balance indicates the need for change today. You don't have to revolutionize the universe. A shift in direction pleases two people.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- An older family member feels out of balance today.

Your energy shifts everything in a positive direction. Make time to take care of this person today.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Challenge yourself to use materials already at hand, instead of buying new. This has many advantages: it cleans the workspace, stimulates imagination and recycles.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Prepare yourself to spend money on creative projects for home. You may be surprised at how little you spend, especially if you do some of the work.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- You may want to be nice today, but you need to take a stand, even if not everyone likes it. Speak from the heart, and keep one eye on personal values.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 5 -- You'll want to look your best for a public appearance. Listen to a partner concerning what to wear.

Boost your confidence by repeating, "I can do this."

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 6 -- An older person challenges your concept of personal power. You discover that age doesn't necessarily diminish intellectual strength.

Learn from a master.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 7 -- Your desire to be in the spotlight bumps up against practical problems. Prepare your acts carefully, as well as your costume. Practice makes perfect.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 7 -- Energy shifts from dramatic to more harmonious interaction. As the balance shifts, take charge and persuade others to move forward.

More possibilities emerge.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 6 -- What seems like a challenge today is actually a golden opportunity. Your work with a female develops into a potential long-term partnership.

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SPN announced yesterday that the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team will battle conference rival Syracuse on Saturday, April 23 in Game No. 2 of the second annual ESPNU Warrior Classic.

The game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. in East Hartford, Conn., following a matchup between Massachusetts and Hofstra at 4 p.m. at Rentschler Field.

The Orange holds a 37-9 alltime advantage over Rutgers, including an 11-5 victory last season on the Banks.

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Shanahan said that he warned the star ter that he could get benched if he struggled, but McNabb claimed yesterday that, “I didn’t hear that part.”

To make matters more interesting, the team brought in former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell for a workout during yesterday’s practice.

Russell was one of 20 players working out to earn a spot on the team.

NFL V ICE P RESIDENT of International Business Chris Parsons announced yesterday that he is optimistic the league will play multiple regular season games in Britain in years to come.

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to carr y the Texas Rangers to their first World Series appearance in franchise histor y, star ting pitcher Clif f Lee is now a free agent.

But yesterday, Lee didn’t rule out a possible return to the squad, saying he would “love” to be a par t of the team next season. The New York Yankees are expected to place a high bid to acquire the lefty ace after tr ying to make a deal for him midseason, as the Rangers will also tr y to resign the star.

Lee is tied for second in MLB history this postseason after recording 47 total strikeouts.

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Junior tailback Joe Martinek ran for 98 yards on 21 carries and two scores in the Knights’ 49-16 win in 2008 at Raymond James Stadium, where Rutgers returns tonight for a nationally-televised contest.

ZONE: Martinek earns job after breakout game in Tampa continued from back Bulls on the other side of the field.

In two career games against USF, Martinek has 226 yards and three rushing touchdowns.

“I think it’s just every year we came ready to play,” Martinek said.

“It’s always a tough game, especially when we go on the road down there in an NFL Stadium. It’s a big environment. It’s a great home field advantage for them. It’s always a tough game.”

Martinek had his breakout game against the Bulls last time

the two faced off at Raymond James Stadium.

With Ray Rice gone at running back in 2008, Rutgers was lost with four players fighting for playing time at the position. Martinek had a huge run against Syracuse, but sealed the deal as an impact running back the next week with two touchdowns and 98 rushing yards against USF in his first real playing time.

“I didn’t think I was going to play that much two years ago in South Florida, but the coaches gave me a shot, and I did the best I could with it,” Martinek said.

“That’s really where I think I earned my spot at Rutgers.”

After the USF win two years ago made it four straight victo-

ries, Martinek took over as the primar y back for the Scarlet Knights and did not look back.

He started all three games to end the season, compiling 168 yards on 36 attempts in the final three games. As a sophomore, Martinek started 10 games, running for a team-high 967 yards and nine touchdowns.

“He’s a beast,” said senior safety and team captain Joe Lefeged.

“He’s hard to bring down. He’s low to the ground, and then he just pops out. What’s surprising is his speed. When he gets into the open field, he can take it the distance, and he’s a powerful running back.

He’s also a great leader on the football team.”

LEFEGED NAMED ONE OF 10 SEMIFINALISTS FOR THORPE AWARD Rutgers senior safety Joe Lefeged was selected yesterday as one of 10 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, which honors the nation’s top college defensive back.

Lefeged ranks second on the Scarlet Knights in tackles with 51 and also has one interception, a sack and three forced fumbles on his résumé this season.

The Germantown, Md., native also averages 27.9 yards

per return on kickoffs, placing him 15th in the nation.

Lefeged earned both Big East Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his performance against Florida International, the first time in conference history that a player won both awards in one week.

The three-year star ter forced two fumbles, blocked two punts, intercepted a pass and had six tackles in the Sept.

11 Rutgers victor y.

The strong safety is up against staunch competition for the Thorpe Award, which includes LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson and Nebraska corner Prince Amukamara.

Former Tennessee safety Eric Berr y won the award following the 2009-10 season.

The award will be officially presented at a banquet on Feb. 7, 2011 in Oklahoma City.

— Tyler Barto

Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano made the right decision in starting Chas Dodd o v e r NCAA ‘11 SIM T o m Savage, according to The Daily Targum’s weekly “NCAA Football ’11” simulation.

The Scarlet Knights dismantled South Florida, 21-3, on the road behind a strong defensive ef for t and some big plays from junior tailback Joe Martinek.

For the third straight year, Mar tinek beat up the Bulls, r unning for two touchdowns and 68 yards on 16 attempts.

Dodd played serviceably, not making any mistakes, but not maki n g m a n y b i g plays, e i t h e r.

He completed 19 of 28 passes CHAS DODD for 190 yards, but did not throw a touchdown for the second straight game.

Mohamed Sanu led all receivers with three catches for 64 yards.

The Rutgers defense, led by sophomore middle linebacker Steve Beauharnais, held USF quarterback B.J. Daniels to 29 rushing yards on 18 attempts and just 73 passing yards.

Beauharnais made a team-high nine tackles along with a sack and an interception and junior cornerback David Rowe added a second and third interception for a stingy defense.

The Daily Targum’s weekly simulation is 6-1 this season, having picked a win against Tulane.

— Sam Hellman

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S PORTS

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M

Question-filled season culminates with strong play

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

For the Rutgers women’s soccer team, 2010 was the year of questions and answers, or lack thereof.

The Scarlet Knights entered the season with major question marks resulting from the graduaWOMEN’S SOCCER tions of E r i n Guthrie, the 2009 Big East Goalkeeper of the Year and defender Jen Anzivino, who earned first-team All-NSCAA Northeast honors.

Sophomore netminder Emmy Simpkins was supposed to be the heir between the pipes, but split time with true freshman Samantha Perretty during the year.

Similarly, junior defender Julie Lancos came into the 2010 campaign starting all but one match the previous season. But the Belford, N.J., native relinquished her hold on central defending duties to sophomore Shannon Woeller, who had a stint with the Canadian National Team.

“It took us awhile to find our consistency,” said junior captain Tricia DiPaolo. “We finally found it, but it didn’t go our way [to end the season]. We’ve been a little bit unlucky all season.”

From the onset it was clear the Knights would have some growing pains, evidenced by an Aug. 29 loss to Monmouth — the team’s first defeat to an unranked non-conference opponent in 22 matches.

The Knights managed only one three-game unbeaten streak the whole year.

“It just seemed like a lot of times we had possession and we were kind of beating these teams, but we couldn’t actually finish them off,” said senior midfielder Gina DeMaio. “It’s something we struggled with throughout the season.”

Rutgers reached the 2009 season’s loss total of four by Sept. 19,

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Senior midfielder Gina DeMaio saw her Rutgers career end Sunday in a conference quarterfinal loss to West Virginia. DeMaio earlier in the year set the school’s all-time assists record. after a 3-1 rout at the hands of started all 15 games at right back scrimmage against Montreal, then-No. 5 Boston College. despite a lingering ankle injury.

Filigno came back and scored her DeMaio, a preseason “I’m really, really disappointed first career goal in a Rutgers uniHermann Trophy candidate for we don’t have any more games to form in the Knights’ first game of 2010, and senior Ashley Jones, play because all of [the seniors],” the season against Stony Brook. the team’s leading scorer the pre- said head coach Glenn Crooks.

Sophomore April Price tied for vious season, both entered the “For Allie, her game has been the team lead in goals with five campaign after an offseason consistent all year, especially after only seeing playing time spent rehabilitating season-end- here towards the end. [Sleiman] because of injuries to other playing injuries has been playing at a high level, ers in 2009.

Eight other Knights dealt with so when she comes out of games, But no one stood more resthe effects of lingering injuries as she just can’t do it anymore.” olutely in 2010 than DeMaio, who the 2008 and 2009 seasons came Many Knights answered the regained her old form halfway to a close. call in 2010, highlighted by red- through the season en route to Of that eight, seven players shirt freshman Jonelle Filigno’s becoming Rutgers’ all-time went on to earn significant roles rookie campaign, in which she assists leader. for the Knights in 2010, including tallied four goals and led the team The Parsippany Hills product senior Allie Hambleton, a staple with 12 points. ended her career with the Knights in Rutgers’ back four, and After a knee injury that came with quite the résumé, ranking Rheanne Sleiman, who quietly just seven minutes into a 2009 first all-time in appearances (87),

second in shots (258) and ninth in points (52).

“I’ve learned a lot this year,” DeMaio said. “Having a fifth year really gave me a chance to grow up as a field player and as a leader. I’m really thankful I got this last year.”

DeMaio spearheaded Rutgers’ conference turnaround from Oct. 1-3 against Connecticut and Providence, in which she tallied her first four assists of the season.

Led by DeMaio and fellow captains DiPaolo and Karla Schacher, Rutgers saved its best soccer of 2010 for the last weekend of the regular season.

With a berth in the Big East Tournament in doubt after their first nine conference games, the Knights promptly defeated Cincinnati and Louisville by a combined 5-1 score en route to earning a No. 3 seed.

Ultimately, Rutgers fell just one game short of returning home to Yurcak Field — which plays host to the semifinals and finals of the Big East Tournament — with a 1-0 loss to West Virginia in Morgantown, W. Va. “You can’t compare [the past three games] to the inconsistencies of midseason,” Crooks said. “You can’t compare it to Monmouth. You can’t compare it to Villanova. You can’t compare it to DePaul. We played very, very well, so there’s really no comparison other than we didn’t get the result.”

The loss was the culminating effect of a season that was anything but ordinary for the Knights.

Looking for ward to the 2011 campaign results in yet more questions: Who among the Knights’ double-digit freshman commits will stand out the most?

Will either Simpkins or Perretty emerge as Crooks’s reliable starter in net?

Will Crooks and Co. regain their old form atop the Big East?

The last one was rhetorical.

Intrasquad match draws big crowd before season opener

BY A.J. JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

In front of a near-capacity crowd at the College Avenue Gymnasium, the Rutgers wrestling t e a m WRESTLING kicked off its 2010-11 season last night with its annual Wrestle-Offs.

The intrasquad match to determine the starting lineup for Sunday’s season-opening dual against Sacred Heart garnered more attention than usual, given the potential of this year’s squad.

“It was a great atmosphere.

The only bad part is that you can’t cheer for anyone,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “It’s really hard to get into it. Man, I would love to have that crowd in a dual meet setting and I think we will.”

The team wearing the black singlets took the scrimmage, highlighted by sophomore Scott Winston’s return from a redshirt season to the tune of a 25-7 technical fall over sophomore Evan Brewer.

The crowded atmosphere gave the Scarlet Knights a chance to get into the right mindset although they faced wrestlers they see every day in practice.

“What was good was that we got to wrestle where we wrestle most of our home matches,” said junior transfer Dan Hopkins.

“Coming in here and seeing everybody up in the stands gets us used to it.”

In his final year wearing a Rutgers singlet, senior DJ Russo took down classmate Sean DeDeyn by a 7-0 score. The Netcong, N.J., native battled an illness early on in the preseason, but will be good to go at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Sunday against Sacred Hear t and East Stroudsburg.

“Physically, I’m probably not back to 100 percent,” Russo said.

“I just got to be able to fight through it.”

In what was perhaps the biggest upset of the night, sophomore Matt Fusco defeated the incumbent starter at 125-pounds — sophomore Joe Langel — 5-2.

Fusco, a Queen of Peace High School product, has impressed the coaching staff thus far and his win last night comes as no surprise to Goodale.

“He’s very focused and has just trained very, very hard,” said Goodale of Fusco. “It doesn’t surprise us. I’ve always said that we have three ver y good 125pounders that can beat anyone on any given night.”

The bout that brought the most out of the impartial crowd came in the 197-pound matchup between Hopkins and tr ue freshman Michael Wagner.

Wagner took the decision, 7-5, in the only weight class where the Knights lost their starter from last season in Lamar Brown, who graduated.

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Senior heavyweight DJ Russo, top, took down fellow senior Sean DeDeyn, 7-0, in the Knights’ annual Wrestle-Offs, which kicks off a campaign in which Russo will look to reach All-American status.

“He performed in front of a foot, besting fellow senior Mike ranked transfer from pretty big stage in his first time in Cucinotta by a 12-5 score. The Minnesota, took the match, 7-4, a Rutgers singlet and he beat two Greenbrook, N.J., native comes and capped off a successful progood kids,” Goodale said of to the Banks after spending four gram at the Barn.

Wagner. “He’s done a good job years at Lehigh.

“First time with a Rutgers preparing and we think Hopkins The night ended with a 149- singlet on it felt good,” Caruso can be very good too.” pound match between sopho- said. “I feel really good right Senior Alex Caruso got his mores Mario Mason and Joe now and come Sunday it will Rutgers campaign off on the right Mcauley. Mason, a nationally just be like repetition.”

G A M E DAY

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

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KnightsGameday RUTGERS VS SOUTH FLORIDA

GAME 7: Raymond James Stadium, 7 p.m. TV: ESPN2 RADIO: 1450 AM FAVORITE: South Florida by 10.5

Dual-threat Daniels shows progress

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

When Greg Schiano turned on the tape to watch South Florida quar terback B.J. Daniels, the Rutgers head football coach was not happy with what he saw.

As the tape rolled through the course of the Bulls’ season, Daniels showed the same explosion as the quarterback that drew Schiano’s comparisons to Michael Vick last season, but also began to make smarter decisions and understand the offense.

“You can see when a guy stops thinking and just star ts playing and that’s what he looked like [last game] against Cincinnati,” Schiano said. “He looked like the guy that I saw when we were getting ready last year. I think he has a comfor t level in the system now. We have our hands full.”

Of course, Schiano thought the same thing last season when the freshman traveled to Piscataway, but the only time the Scarlet Knights’ defense had its hands full with Daniels was on any one of the six occasions when it sacked him.

Rutgers intercepted the signal caller twice and held him to 11 yards rushing behind a defensive scheme that handed now-starting middle linebacker Steve Beauharnais the biggest role of his young career at the time.

“It was one of our top defensive performances,” Beauharnais said. “I liked the way we played [this season] against UConn — except for one play we really held Todman down. I guess overall you could say South Florida was one of the best.”

But the defensive performance in the Knights’ last game against Pittsburgh was far from their best, as they allowed 41 points and 513 total yards. Daniels delivered one of his best performances for USF the same weekend, going 13-for-16 through the air for 286 yards and two touchdowns while adding two scores on the ground.

“With that type of athlete who is so good, you have to contain him in both areas,” Beauharnais said.

“You can’t say, ‘OK, let’s let him throw it,’ or he’ll light you up all day. It’s a fine line.”

The Knights managed that line last season, while also receiving

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INSIDE the NUMBERS

SCARLET KNIGHTS (4-3)

SOUTH FLORIDA (4-3)

PASSING CMP YDS TD INT. AVG. 3 136.2 C. Dodd 52.7% 817 5 3 89.0 T. Savage 52.1% 445 2

CMP YDS TD INT. AVG. PASSING B. Daniels 58.9% 1089 6 10 155.6

RUSHING NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. 53 307 4 91 M. Sanu 5.4 J. Martinek 74 301 3 35 3.8 RECEIVING NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. 33 341 2 29 10.3 M. Sanu M. Harrison 16 285 3 52 17.8 12 251 1 46 20.9 J. Deering TKL SCK 69 0.5 1 51 1 48

DEFENSE

A. Lowery J. Lefeged S. Beauharnais

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Linebacker Steve Beauharnais is third on the team with 48 tackles and made four tackles, including 1.5 sacks, last year against USF. 31 points from their of fense behind a big rushing and receiving day from Joe Martinek and Mohamed Sanu, respectively.

The sophomore wideout is hampered by an ankle injur y this year, but pulled in 105 receiving yards and a touchdown from quar terback Tom Savage in Rutgers’ 31-0 win last season and ran the Wildcat.

Both facets of the offense could look different tonight, when freshman Chas Dodd will make his fourth consecutive start under center and freshman wideout Jeremy Deering could relieve Sanu of his Wildcat duties once again.

The Tampa, Fla., native assumed the role last week and his nine plays led to 65 yards.

“Initially, I think he was a little ner vous. [Against Tulane] he was tripping a little bit because he was just a little bit anxious,” Schiano said. “Now he feels more comfor table playing

college football. You can see he is ver y explosive.”

When Deering or Sanu take Wildcat snaps, they will attempt to provide the same threat to the Bulls’ defense that Daniels poses for Rutgers.

Although first-year South Florida head coach Skip Holtz has a new system, Rutgers can look to last season — when they shut out Daniels and the Bulls’ offense — or practice, in which redshirt freshman wideout Aaron Hayward impersonated Daniels for the scout team and provided a good look.

But Hayward is not Daniels, and neither are the Wildcat quarterbacks.

“It is hard to get a guy to simulate what he does because you need a guy who can run like him and a guy that can throw like him,” Schiano said. “We don’t have any of those guys. They would probably be playing quarterback for us.”

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INT 0 1 0

NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. 4.5 80 363 4 13 3.0 75 225 4 16

RUSHING M. Plancher B. Daniels

RECEIVING NO. YDS TD D. Bogan 27 414 2 E. Landi 15 251 1 L. Lamar 13 92 0 S. Bravo-Brown 7 85 0 DEFENSE

S. Barrington M. Raymond C. Marshall

LNG 64 51 14 21

AVG. 15.3 16.7 7.1 12.1

TKL SCK 42 0 32 0 28 4

INT 0 1 1

INJURIES Out — LB M. Abreu, CB M. Cooper

INJURIES Questionable — OL J. McGhin Out — WR A. Love, WR S. Griffin

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

SCHEDULE Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 14 Oct. 22 Nov. 3 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Dec. 4

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

W, 31-0 W, 19-14 L, 17-13 L, 17-14 W, 27-24 W, 23-20 L, 41-21 7 p.m.

TBA TBA TBA TBA

Stony Brook Florida

W. Kentucky FAU Syracuse West Virginia Cincinnati Rutgers Louisville Pittsburgh Miami Connecticut

W, 59-14 L, 38-14 W, 24-12 W, 31-3 L, 13-9 L, 20-6 W, 38-30 7 p.m.

12 p.m.

TBA TBA TBA

Key Matchup Rutgers running game vs. USF’s front seven Junior tailback Joe Martinek ran all over South Florida in each of the past two meetings but is not at 100 percent this season, and Rutgers’ ball carriers will have to find their way past 6-foot-3, 310-pound defensive tackle Terrell McClain.

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP: OFFENSE

MOHAMED SANU Wide Receiver

DESMOND STAPLETON Tackle

DESMOND WYNN Guard

HOWARD BARBIERI Center

CALEB RUCH Guard

ART FORST Tackle

D.C. JEFFERSON Tight End

MARK HARRISON Wide Receiver

CHAS DODD Quarterback

COLIN MCEVOY Fullback

JOE MARTINEK Running Back

Sophomore 6’-2”, 218 lbs.

Junior 6’-5”, 285 lbs.

Junior 6’-6”, 290 lbs.

Senior 6’-5”, 304 lbs.

Junior 6’-4”, 290 lbs.

Junior 6’-8”, 311 lbs.

Sophomore 6’-6”, 258 lbs

Sophomore 6’-3”, 230 lbs

Freshman 6’-0”, 197 lbs

Senior 6’-1”, 215 lbs

Junior 6’-0”, 215 lbs

DAVID ROWE Cornerback

JOE LEFEGED Strong Safety

KHASEEM GREENE Free Safety

BRANDON BING Cornerback

Junior 6’-0”, 196 lbs

Senior 6’-1”, 205 lbs

Sophomore 6’-1”, 215 lbs

Senior 5’-11”, 180 lbs

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP: DEFENSE

JONATHAN FREENY Right end

CHARLIE NOONAN Tackle

SCOTT VALLONE Tackle

ALEX SILVESTRO Left end

KA’LIAL GLAUD Linebacker

STEVE BEAUHARNAIS

Linebacker

ANTONIO LOWERY Linebacker

Senior 6’-3”, 250 lbs

Senior 6’-2”, 274 lbs

Sophomore 6’-3”, 270 lbs

Senior 6’-4”, 260 lbs

Sophomore 6’-2”, 223 lbs

Sophomore 6’-2”, 230 lbs

Senior 6’-2”, 225 lbs

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

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RAMON DOMPOR / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

COMFORT

ZONE

Despite injury-riddled season, Martinek returns to Raymond James Stadium where he broke out for RU

BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

Bruised and battered since the start of training camp, Joe Martinek’s junior year has not gone as planned.

The starting tailback missed his first ever set of practices during this training camp and suffered an ankle injury in FOOTBALL the second game of the season against Florida International.

Mar tinek has not been close to 100 percent since.

“It’s really frustrating knowing that maybe if I decided to take a couple of weeks off, I could be 100 percent by now, but that’s just not me,” Martinek said. “I hate missing practice. I hate missing games. It’s really frustrating, but I can’t do anything about it except stick to the gameplan.”

Since the injury, Martinek has not run for more than 52 yards in a game or attempted more than 13 rushes. Since his 109-yard performance in the season opener against Norfolk State, Martinek has just 174 yards on 54 attempts and two touchdowns.

“Especially with these couple of days off, we’re being smart,” Martinek said. “I’m getting a lot of treatment. We had [Friday] off, but I was in the training room for most of it.

I’m feeling good and hopefully I keep getting better.”

In light of Martinek’s injury, true freshman Jordan Thomas stepped into a co-starter role

KNIGHTS GAMEDAY Rutgers shut down USF quarterback B.J. Daniels last season, but he is an improved player in a new system that poses as great a threat as ever to the defense. pg. 15

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An ankle injury limited junior tailback Joe Martinek all season, as he has not rushed for more than 52 yards in a game or had more than 13 carries since a Sept. 11 injury. and Mohamed Sanu’s rushing role in the Wildcat increased.

But with South Florida on tap tonight in Tampa, Martinek is as close to healthy as he can hope for.

“Joe is actually doing better,” said head coach Greg Schiano. “I was excited to watch his

[practice] tape. He looked like he had it. With an ankle, you tweak it the wrong way, but I’m hopeful that he can do that.”

Of the players not from the Sunshine State, Martinek may be the most excited to have the

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