The Daily Targum 2010-11-18

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McCormick to draft letter supporting DREAM Act NEIL P. KYPERS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Undocumented students may not have access to the in-state tuition rates, but now they will find support for their cause through the University administration’s political clout.

In a meeting with University President Richard L. McCormick and other administrators Tuesday in Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus, the Latino Student Council and supporters presented research and made arguments to garner support from the University for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act.

McCormick said he is drafting a letter to Sen.’s Frank Lautenberg, DN.J., and Bob Menendez, D-N.J., compelling them to support the DREAM Act. “Rutgers is the first institution to be put on a list for New Jersey as a national supporter of the DREAM Act,” Latino Student Council Political Chair Jorge Casalins said.

Casalins said while initially the desire was to build support for the In-State Tuition Act, the focus changed to supporting the DREAM Act over the course of the meeting.

The In-State Tuition Act — if passed — would allow undocumented students who graduated high

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Gov. Chris Christie said he would look into reforming New Jersey’s liquor license laws, which have not been examined for almost 50 years. Christie said reform could possibly expand the state’s economy.

State considers liquor license reform

BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

With many New Jersey residents seeking a cure for the ill condition of the state’s budget, some say reforming the current liquor license system is a good place to start.

On the 101.5 FM radio program “Ask the Governor,” Gov. Chris Christie said he is in discussions regarding reform for liquor license regulations, responding to a caller who said the “archaic” system is holding chain restaurants from investing in the state.

“It’s certainly something that I’m willing to consider as we look for ways to expand our economy in the state,” he said.

“We need to do it in a fair way so that we don’t diminish the investment others have already made in the liquor licenses.”

Kevin Roberts, a spokesman for Christie, said the governor has yet to put anything forth.

“The governor expressed to take a look at it, and that’s where we stand,” Roberts said.

Although the governor has yet to draft legislation, Sen. Jim

Beach, D-Camden, was quick to create a five-bill legislative package to reform the state’s liquor license regulations, which he said is long overdue.

“We haven’t looked at our liquor laws in New Jersey in 50 years,” he said. “So maybe it is time to take a look at them and see if we can update them.”

Of the five bills the package contains, two allow for supermarkets to sell religious wines and for liquor licenses to be sold across

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Paul Gutierrez performs with musical group “One Day Band” last night at the Busch Campus Center as part of the fifth-annual “Multicultural Festival,” hosted by the University’s Society of Hispanic Engineers.

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Residents probe city’s stance on sewage pump repairs

BY COLLEEN ROACHE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Talk of repairs to a sewage pump in Buccleuch Park dominated last night’s New Brunswick City Council meeting.

Mechanical elements of the pump, which have been a point of discussion among those in the city for several weeks, are in need of repair and pose a threat to the city’s water supply, said City Administrator Thomas Loughlin at an Oct. 6 meeting.

More than 30 minutes of the hour-long meeting were devoted to the topic.

But Huntington Street resident Bruce Newling is not satisfied that the council is taking the proper course of action regarding the matter, a sentiment he expressed last night.

“I’m not seeking to filibuster.

I’m seeking to inform,” Newling said. “And I think that in light of the fact that the FBI raided the election of fices on Tuesday

morning … it would be prudent for the council to be as wellinformed as possible.”

Newling said common sense would lead any reasonable person to question the council’s move.

“I’m a professional geographer. I have a Ph.D. … [But] anybody in this room … who has any familiarity with the law of gravity and the way water flows would see that it’s impossible for sewage to get into the water supply,” he said.

Newling accused the council of using a “scare tactic” as a means of convincing the people of New Brunswick that its manner of executing the repairs is necessar y and said he believes only a “tsunami” of sewage would threaten the city.

“The city of New Brunswick is either willfully misrepresenting facts in the presentation of its application to the Green Acres program, or it has not

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INDEX UNIVERSITY A former Colombo crime family mobster discusses the effects of bullying and how to prevent it.

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The New Brunswick City Council responds to residents’ questions last night in City Hall about sewage pump repairs in Buccleuch Park, which may prevent damage to the city’s water supply.

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Former mob member encourages tolerance

LOST IN FALL

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Rutgers University Programming Association holds its first-ever Scarlet Harvest where participants wandered through a giant corn maze and took part in making fall crafts like ceramic pumpkin paintings.

Professor analyzes election results

BY ANKITA PANDA STAFF WRITER

In response to the dramatic shift in political party of this year’s midterm elections, Professor Emeritus of political science at the Eagleton Institute of Politics Gerald Pomper delivered a presentation Tuesday morning at the Rutgers Club on the College Avenue campus.

Pomper, who specializes in analyzing congressional elections, said he looked at exit polls, election results and the information he had collected over the years in his book series, “The Election of …”

He also discussed American students’ lack of enthusiasm in voting during non-presidential elections, noting that the decrease in young voter turnout might have been a deciding factor in this year’s congressional election results.

“Only 11 percent of people under 30 turned out to vote this election, as opposed to the 18 percent in the 2008 [presidential election],” Pomper said.

University Professor Emeritus of political science Gordon Schochet said he also saw more student activity in the 2008 presidential elections than he did this year.

“The enthusiasm that I saw here on campus and in other people reported across the country worked very hard for Obama,” Schochet said.

He said President Barack Obama and his policy advisors are to blame for not informing their student supporters about what they are up to these days, isolating their biggest voter base.

“I think Obama was kind of seen as a superhero … and the

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superhero has become a very important figure in the lives of the young people,” Schochet said.

“And part of what has happened is that the superhero turned into a Barbie doll.”

University Professor Emeritus of economics Shanti Tangri said students should be more encouraged to engage in intellectual activities like voting.

“There is a lot of activity going on campus, which is very wonderful,” Tangri said. “But still, you take any student organization and I don’t think they participate in these intellectual activities as much as the University encourages.”

The outcome of this year’s election shows that Americans are ideologically conservative but liberal in spending, Pomper said.

“Most elections are retrospective,” he said. “Voters vote on how good conditions are now … they do not vote on policy, but they vote on the past.”

People are currently not satisfied with Obama’s government, which shows people vote depending on how they feel at election time, Pomper said.

“The economy was crappy in 2000 and voters were angry at the people in power,” he said. “The economy’s crappy in 2010 and the voters are still angry with the people in power [but] now the people in charge are Democrats.”

Americans are going to be in a policy deadlock in the future because Congress will not agree on any decisions, Pomper said.

“The president is of one party, two-thirds of the Congress is of another … they don’t like each other,” he said. “The Republicans are divided, the Senate is a mess

divided into a billion parts.”

The future of American politics will involve a lot of shift in political parties, he said.

Pomper’s presentation was met with positive response.

“He’s very analytical, very thorough. I’d like to see more Gerry Pompers on the television,” said Raymond Bodnar, president of the Retired Faculty Association and a University alumnus.

Schochet agreed that Pomper’s presentation was well done but disagreed with Pomper’s strictly technical approach toward the last two elections.

“I think he tends too much to look at the last two elections in a larger American context. I think there was something unique about the 2008 elections,” Schochet said.

“He acknowledges, but I don’t think sufficiently emphasizes the fact that we elected a black president.”

Tangri, who agreed with Pomper, said he wishes Pomper delved more into the nature of the American political system.

“I would have liked to have had the opportunity to discuss some issues further, including the nature of our system,” Tangri said.

“He tends to be a very realistic guy and tends to be much more focused on actual experience of the system. My interests tend to hold from policy to theory.”

Both Tangri and Schochet mirrored Bodnar’s high praise of Pomper.

“I think Pomper is one of the greatest teachers who was at Rutgers. He’s one of the smartest, most intelligent, most insightful students of American politics that I’ve ever known,” Schochet said. “I think [his presentation] was terrific.”

Salvatore Polisi robbed banks, broke his enemies’ bones and even dug a grave for a would-be corpse during his time as a New York City mobster.

But a reformed Polisi spoke on Tuesday night to University students about bullying, suicide and social change at an event sponsored by 17 Minutes, a University suicide prevention group.

“We need to be more tolerant and more empathetic,” Polisi said. “We can’t intrude on others.”

Between talk of bullets and big money, he said deep change must occur in University students’ minds to overcome intolerance.

“My histor y lends the fact that anybody can change,” Polisi said. “This is about making changes, standing up and being accountable.”

University students hold the key to open new doors, and a small group of students can set an example for many, he said.

“There may be a Rosa Parks in the audience tonight,” Polisi said. “Someone that has the guts to stand up and say that we can’t torment people, and we don’t have the right to discriminate or judge someone because of their skin color or sexual preference.”

The United States has a long histor y of racism and discrimination, which began with the persecution of Native Americans and never ended, he said. Italian criminal organizations in the 1960s and 1970s kept this tradition.

As a Colombo crime family associate, Polisi followed a lesson learned during his childhood that there are two types of people — Italians and those who wish they were Italian.

When Polisi’s son invited his black friend to dinner in 1982, the ex-mobster’s chains of bigotr y shattered.

“He was a black kid who loved Italian food,” Polisi said.

“He was a really nice kid. That’s when I grew away from being a

prejudiced bigot.”

Polisi told University students to speak out against racist jokes and anti-gay remarks because firm stances can educate others.

“What’s terrorism about?

It’s about hatred and discrimination,” he said.

Technology breeds disaster for victims of bullying, Polisi said. Blackberries and social networking sites are useful, but once an insult is broadcasted to the world, it cannot be erased.

“A gun can fire a bullet, while a phone can hurt feelings,” he said. “This device is worse than a gun. We’ve seen the movie ‘Mean Girls.’”

But when used properly, School of Arts and Sciences junior William Lopez said technology is a tool to help friends.

“We’re college students. We can’t be there for our friends constantly,” Lopez said. “But we can send a friendly text. It’s the little things that count.”

University students must also look for signs of depression in their peers, Polisi said.

“If you see somebody who is struggling, look for signals,” he said. “Some people who are tormented just want to check out of life.”

Lopez said Polisi’s past served a greater purpose and that he is a living inspiration for students heading down the wrong path.

“The students involved with the Tyler Clementi incident are in a tight spot right now,” Lopez said. “But Polisi proved they can come back from that.”

Polisi’s perspective is a valuable commodity, said Sahil Chugh, a Rutgers Business School sophomore. It is important to hear about what Polisi went through before he dedicated his life to his family.

Polisi is now a screenwriter, after years spent in the Federal Witness Protection Program. His film, “The Sinatra Club,” is scheduled for a January release.

“All of the guys I knew in the mob died miserable deaths because they killed people,” he said. “I was left here to share these stories to cause change because I was involved with the ultimate bullies — the mob.”

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REPAIRS: Newling asks

MORE NJ UNIVERSITIES BAN FOUR LOKO Drew, Rider and Farleigh Dickinson universities are joining Ramapo College in banning Four Loko, as the Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters yesterday to the makers of the drink and other alcohol energy drinks.

The University also called on the federal government to step in and ban alcohol-caffeine drinks nationwide, according to an article on nj.com, The plans are to either ban the drinks from the campuses or severely punish students caught with cans on school property, according to the article.

ACT: U. to develop support for undocumented students continued from front school in the state to attend the University at the in-state rate.

“We don’t — in any way — want to jeopardize Rutgers,” said Casalins, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “It doesn’t seem we will be [passing the InState Tuition Act] any time soon here in New Jersey.”

The heart of the discussion focused on students who went to high school in the state but do not have documentation and as a result, do not qualify for in-state tuition rates, he said.

“New Jersey law currently requires that they be charged out-of-state tuition and there is nothing Rutgers can do single handedly about that,” McCormick said. “The state could change the law but I don’t regard that as likely in the near future.”

“It really is a toxic beverage,” Ramapo President Peter Mercer said in the article.

“I’ve had no significant opposition to the ban.”

The manufacturer of Four Loko — a combination of alcohol and caffeine sold in colorful 23.5-ounce cans — announced Tuesday it is removing the caffeine from its drinks after public and legal pressure, according to the article.

“We are taking this step after trying — unsuccessfully — to navigate a difficult and politically charged regulatory environment at both the state and federal levels,” Phusion Projects, the Chicago-based manufacturer, said in a statement.

But the issue is larger than the state, Casalins said. The DREAM Act will help undocumented students receive recognition as citizens and qualify for the in-state tuition rate — through means like militar y service — and the University is leading the way in advocacy.

A number of agreements were made regarding what can be done both in Congress and the University, one of which was McCormick’s letter to Menendez and Lautenberg.

Casalins said there would be a push by his organization to provide personalized letters in support of the DREAM Act in addition to McCormick’s letter, instead of using a form letter.

Vice President for Student Affairs Gregory S. Blimling was also instructed to develop support services consistent with the needs of undocumented students attending the University, McCormick said.

“They thought that there were some students in the Latino

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The dangers of Four Loko began making headlines early this semester when students started showing up in emergency rooms nationwide drinking the beverage, according to the article.

Each $2.50 can contains the equivalent of several beers and multiple cups of coffee.

Several states, including Washington and Michigan, have already banned Four Loko, according to the ar ticle. Similar legislation has been introduced in New Jersey.

community that needed additional support and help going through the University,” Blimling said. “The president committed to helping those students find the emotional — and other support — they need to remain at the University.”

Casalins said students who are undocumented but attending the University have had cases of clinical depression, and it is necessar y to identify and meet the needs of this special population.

“Even if you are paying out-ofstate tuition you are still a Scarlet Knight, and as such you deserve the administration to identify and meet your needs,” he said.

The Latino Student Council will be meeting with Blimling after Thanksgiving break to discuss the implementation of the new student ser vices, Casalins said.

While support ser vices are being developed, undocumented students who do not qualify for Federal or State financial

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aid have access to financial suppor t from the University, McCormick said, although it is limited.

“As Rutgers continues with its fundraising for [“Our Rutgers, Our Future”], one of the key areas for fundraising is … need-based support,” he said.

“Some of which will go to undocumented students.”

The Latino Student Council hopes to inform potential undocumented students about the opportunity available for need-based scholarships, which can help alleviate paying out-of-state rates, Casalins said.

Casalins will be introducing a bill Thursday during the meeting of the Rutgers University Student Assembly asking the body to support the DREAM Act at the federal level.

“It’s a grand fight because it is national now,” he said. “We are passionate and ardent believers that this is the right thing to do and we are not going to let up.”

continued from front exercised due diligence in the gathering of information,” he said.

The council must provide concrete evidence that the pump must be repaired, he said.

“Unless you can demonstrate that there is … a clear and present danger, you have absolutely no business to authorize the start of work,” Newling said.

After hearing Newling’s objections, City Council President Elizabeth Sheehan Garlatti continued to stress the need for the repair.

“I appreciate the fact that Mr. Newling is concer ned about the entire process and has given us more detail about this project than we ever could hope, need or want,” Garlatti said. “But it doesn’t necessarily mean that we don’t need to do this.”

Like Newling, Charles Renda, also a resident of New Brunswick, said he would agree with the council’s considerations only if convincing evidence were available.

“I’ve been ver y impressed with the amount of knowledge we’ve brought out,” Renda said. “But I still have yet to hear anyone say to me that if we don’t repair this, and as engineer, as a professional, ‘I certify that the water system is in imminent danger of being polluted.’”

Garlatti likened the city’s situation to one a homeowner faces when a house needs repair.

“I’m not an engineer, and I don’t play one on TV,” Garlatti said. “But I own a house. In that house, there is a furnace, [which] was installed in that house in the 1930s. [When the furnace] broke, emergency repair wasn’t an option. ...

We’re kind of at this point with the sewer station.”

Still, Renda said the two situations are not comparable.

“Your furnace going out … was not going to freeze your neighbors. It was not going to paralyze the city with cold through the winter heating season,” he said. “That was your proper ty and your proper ty only.”

Newling suggested the city move the site of the facility to either the property of the University or that of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

But Garlatti said it is unlikely that would occur.

“Rutgers, as generous as it’s been to the city of New Brunswick over the years, isn’t inclined to give us stuff and the state Department of Transportation hasn’t been very receptive to requests,” Garlatti said. “They’re not free.”

Hamilton said the city is required to hold a public hearing prior to beginning work on the project, and New Brunswick residents will then have the oppor tunity to fur ther voice their opinions.

“I certainly think it would be inappropriate to go through a cross-examination at this time, in advance of that hearing,” he said.

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Exhibit promotes world peace through Buddhism

BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Images for the possibility of hope and peace filled the Busch Campus Center Tuesday during the Nichiren Buddhist Association’s “Building a Culture of Peace for the Children of the World” exhibit.

The exhibit covered a range of topics such as environmental irresponsibility, nuclear negativity, poverty, greed and prejudice.

“This event was meant to bring awareness to the University of what was going on in the outside world and make a move toward peace through the Buddhist principles,” said Heidi Hsu, a member of the Nichiren Buddhist Association, which is dedicated to creating self-empowerment.

The exhibit featured images of children with quotes representing peace and iconic activists like Ghandi, Mar tin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali. Through the Buddhist principles of self-respect, people have to educate themselves first and then educate others in order to change society, said Hsu, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior.

“In order to create change we need a revolution. Not a political one but an inner revolution so we can change ourselves then change the rest of the world,” she said.

The key purpose of the event was to raise awareness, said Erica Restrepo, a member of the Nicherin Buddhist Association.

“Once we understand the principles of self-respect, then we can accomplish respect for others,” said Restrepo, a School of Environmental and Biological sophomore. “We

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The “Building a Culture of Peace for the Children of the World” exhibit displays images in the Busch Campus Center of peace activists like Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. The Nichiren Buddhist Association hosted the event to raise awareness about self-respect. don’t directly imply change on anyone. Rather, we expect others to follow from our example.”

Restrepo par ticularly liked the idea of moving toward peace and of “finding your inner child” to achieve peace. “[Children’s] innocent minds can understand peace. They have not been exposed to the negativity as we have. Their minds are pure and not corrupted,” she said. “We all need to find our inner child in order to comprehend peace and revert back to then.”

Achieving peace does not have to take a long time and is

not limited to future generations — it is a possibility now, Restrepo said.

“Peace begins within each and ever y one of us,” she said.

“First we need to change our ways of thinking. We need to break free from ill and negative attitudes and embrace the new peaceful way of thinking.”

Rachel McGovern, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year student, said some of the information and stories por trayed through the images shocked her, particularly how many injustices of the past are still prevalent today.

“Although we do not always see the direct ef fects of our actions, we should make an ef for t to become more aware of our surroundings,” McGovern said.

While many seemed to respond well to the exhibit, a few students were frustrated that it did not por tray a wider range of political ideologies, Hsu said.

“One girl was particularly upset because the exhibit failed to talk about economic imperialism, but I had no control of what was in the exhibit,” she said. “I didn’t design the exhibit. The Nichiren

Buddhist Association designed it.”

Despite the weak turnout of 34 visitors, Hsu was not discouraged.

“My original expectation was 200, then it dropped to 20 people, but we exceeded that,” she said.

Hsu said one reason for the small turnout could be the religious aspect of the exhibit, to which some students might not have been able to relate.

“Because we are such a small organization, we only could do so much,” she said. “We put ads in the newspaper and created fliers, but with only two people working on publicity, we did the best we could.”

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The Center for Race and Ethnicity is co-sponsoring a screening of the film “My Name is Alber t Ayler” by Kasper Collin. The documentar y features the stor y of Alber t Ayler, a famous jazz saxophonist and will begin playing at 6 p.m. in Room 105 of Voorhees Hall on the College Avenue campus. A question-and-answer por tion with the director will follow the film.

The University organization Helping Others Prepare for Eternity will be hosting an event called “The Jewishness of Jesus.” The event will run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Room 411 ABC of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

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“The Dangers of Beauty” event will begin at 8 p.m. in the main lounge of Bunting-Cobb Residence Hall on Douglass campus.

During the event there will be information about the dangerous effects of chemicals and aluminum as well as a fiveminute clip of a video from “The Story of Stuff Project” regarding the cosmetics industry. At the end attendees will receive care packages, including a box of chlorine-free tampons, aluminum-free deodorant and organic lip balm.

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Written by Mason Gross School of the Arts graduate student Lisa Huber, the Mason Gross production “Egyptology” tells the story of a gay parent who tries to reclaim her child when her partner leaves her for a man.

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REFORM: Santelle says liquor license benefits business continued from front or adjacent to city lines, which Beach said is beneficial for the dwindling state economy.

“It all started when I was speaking with some mayors in the 6th District and looked at what would help balance their budget with the severe cuts,” he said. “If a town would be able to sell a liquor license that they acquired, both towns could benefit.”

Liquor licenses can be sold for anywhere from $400,000 to $1.5 million, with the most recent sale of liquor licenses in Cherry Hill, N.J., Beach said, adding that this value is a catalyst to improve the economy.

Some small business owners are critical of the bills, saying the legislative package will only hurt rather than help. This is the last thing the package is supposed to do, Beach said.

“You don’t want to take some of these small mom and pops out of business. That is not the intent of the legislation,” he said. “[So] in certain conversations that I’ve had, you get to learn about the pros and cons.”

Richard Levesque, executive director for New Jersey Retailers for Responsible Liquor Licensing, said the

legislation is not tr ying to create more liquor licenses but is expanding the ability to obtain more, which he said is necessar y for the economy.

“When a supermarket opens, it generates between roughly 200 and 600 jobs … and generates about $25 million in economic growth for the community and the surrounding area,” he said. “It will spark economic growth and development and create much-needed jobs in the state.”

The ability to distribute liquor, beer and wine in a supermarket also provides consumers with the convenience of “one-stop shopping,” which Levesque said is an element missing from many grocery stores in New Jersey.

“Currently, Acme has two liquor licenses down in Cape May Court House. When you walk into the store, you are able to shop for milk and eggs as well as beer and wine,” he said. “It is a natural benefit for the consumer.”

With revenue numbers steadily decreasing with every passing quarter, Beach’s legislative package is a necessary step in promoting economic development while actually increasing the value of existing licenses, Levesque said.

“When you have more people willing to purchase liquor licenses, and especially in attractive areas that don’t have licenses available, the individual that does own a license has a very valuable asset,” he said. “Competition and

capitalism is what this country was built on.”

But Paul Santelle, president of the New Jersey Liquor Store Alliance, said this is not the case and allowing grocery chains like Wegmans to purchase liquor licenses from small businesses will actually decrease the value of others.

“The problem is once they bought that license, the value of ever yone elses actually goes down,” said Santelle, part of the state’s alcohol industr y for more

“Wegmans comes to town and builds a store saying ‘one size fits all.’”

PAUL SANTELLE New Jersey Liquor Store Alliance President

than 30 years. “Now there is a dif ferent type of competition that has come in, and if it is a grocer y store, it isn’t on a level playing field.”

When referring to the factor of convenience, Santelle said the addition of a liquor store at the end of a grocer y store like ShopRite is actually great for business. But he added this changed when Wegmans entered the scene and wanted all of this under one roof.

NOVEMBER 18, 2010 “Wegmans comes to town and builds a store saying ‘one size fits all.’ They say there is a problem with the policies in the state,” he said. “They are taking things to a whole other level, and they want to go back to where we were in the 1960s.”

New Jersey set a two liquor license limitation in 1962 because the grocery chains were illegally acquiring a great majority of licenses and created a monopoly, Santelle said. This is considered to be the “dark ages” of the alcohol industry in New Jersey.

“There was collusion, price-fixing and manipulation of licenses that were being hoarded by grocery chains. Certain entities had up to 100 licenses,” he said. “[The state] found the grocery stores went too far with their power. In the end, they had to clean it up.”

Santelle added that problems did not truly start for small business owners until Wegmans began building in New Jersey, saying in-state chains like ShopRite and A&P never pushed for liquor license reform.

“They are all out-of-state chains that have national policies on how they want to do things, including the sale of alcohol,” he said. “They look at how healthy the New Jersey alcohol industry is in terms of broad sales, [and] they want a piece of the pie.”

New Jersey is ranked fifth in the nation for alcohol sales and is successful in keeping DWI’s and underage purchasing of alcohol at

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a low rate, Santelle said. This would all change because supermarkets like Wegmans would increase the accessibility of alcohol to underage teenagers.

“Half of the employees that work in supermarkets are teenagers, and they are the ones working the night shifts and the weekends shifts,” he said. “It is basically opening Pandora’s box, where you have to be careful and look at the unintended consequences.”

With the Alcohol Industry of New Jersey — a coalition representing alcohol retailers, wholesalers and small business owners — Santelle met with Beach to discuss these concerns.

“Within minutes of sitting down there, [Beach] realized he had jumped into something he didn’t know anything about and knew nothing about the alcohol industry,” he said.

Although the legislation is still in the works, Beach said he is focused on pushing the bill to allow the sale of religious wine while he talks further with other alcohol-industr y veterans like Santelle to work out the kinks.

“I’ve had the opportunity to investigate more.

The Restaurant Owner’s Association is doing research for me, and they are going to [tell] me what the impact would be by Thanksgiving,” he said. “Until I get their report, I told them I wouldn’t do anything.”

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iTunes, Beatles come together

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pple’s iTunes franchise is now selling The Beatles’ albums.

Finally, after years of lawsuits regarding the Apple trademark and the rights of the songs, the decision was made to allow Steve Jobs’ Apple to reap even more of a profit. Agreeing to this digital contract was not easy. It took years of negotiations between Apple officials and Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison, along with their label, EMI. We are glad this has finally come to an end, and even though true Beatles fans would have already bought or downloaded their music outside of iTunes, this is a step toward making the gang from Liverpool’s albums even more accessible.

The deal means more profit for both sides. With more accessibility to The Beatles’ music, the band — or whoever is left of it — will certainly make more revenue out of the deal. This agreement though is much more valuable to Jobs’ Apple. For years, iTunes had one big hole where The Beatles’ albums now stand. Too many people attempted to buy their favorite band’s music only to find one of the most popular groups in the world’s albums missing. Adding McCartney, Lennon, Starr and Harrison’s genius fills this void, allowing for even the most undedicated of fans to legally purchase their music. This imposes culture and tradition on iTunes — one factor missing from Apple’s collection for years.

It is usually Apple that sets the bar for new technologies, and it is Apple that turns fads into long-lasting pieces of history. IPods and iPhones have certainly created a movement, but without one major piece of music or culture, there was always something missing. The iPod has dominated the market of MP3s since 2001, but without The Beatles, there was a hole. This was the case until Tuesday.

The Beatles, after being chased by Apple for years, now grace the opening page of the iTunes website, and this will probably stay for a while. It is for profit, but it is also about substantiation. We like to think that Apple employees are at least somewhat overjoyed with the adolescent fulfillment in selling the music of a band from back in the day.

We want to think that even Jobs had something more than a financial reason to push for this agreement.

British wrongly admit fault in war

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he British government blindly admitted fault this week when it decided to pay about a dozen former terror-suspect detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, tens of millions of pounds in compensation for their suffering. This could not have been a riskier decision — one that affects the United States’ role in Guantanamo as well.

The British are making this rushed move in order to avoid a lawsuit that could reveal national secrets. This is not out of sympathy for those tortured at the prison.

Among the former detainees is Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopianborn British resident, who said he was tortured at Guantanamo Bay. The details, though, are shady. His explanation for being in Afghanistan was nothing more than to visit the world center for opium production to get over a drug habit. The man stands to receive the largest sum, and yet, there is no reason for his release and the following compensation.

Why not wait until the lawsuit exposes the truth behind the tactics used inside Guantanamo Bay? The men were never cleared of the suspicions and charges brought against them when the British government jailed them.

And while the media portrays the situation at Guantanamo as a constant torture behind the prison’s walls, there is no clear description of the situation. What constitutes capture?

It is an undoubtedly unpleasant situation for those guilty or not, but there seems to be no way right now to discern the difference. And if these people were actually innocent, then there should be no reason for them to be paid sums of money so large that there could have been no other way to earn that money other than be held in Guantanamo.

Why pay all of the men millions of dollars only to shut them up prior to a case against government agencies?

The truth is that the British government is essentially admitting guilt both on their part and ours. The United States has neither compensated the victims, nor has it underscored its role in the prison. It has not admitted fault and rightly so.

It will do no good for Great Britain or the United States to pay off these men to shut them up prior to their civil lawsuit. By allegedly clearing the ground prior to any inquiry, the British government is admitting fault before even being found guilty in violating human rights of innocent detainees. The truth must come out in the lawsuit if there is a chance for fairness. Admitting fault before this is simply foolish, even if the men were innocent.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “He was a black kid who loved Italian food. He was a really nice kid.

That’s when I grew away from being a prejudiced bigot.”

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Turkey: America’s national hero

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f there is anyone I bald eagle — being cool. trust, it is Benjamin Still No. 2.

Franklin. He was a But Thanksgiving has man of all seasons, a foundgiven the turkey a real presing father and an 18th-cenence in American life, a trait tur y badass. He wrote a the bald eagle cannot boast. treatise on chess, for Pete’s sake. Also, actor Tom JOE HERNANDEZ The bald eagle is a symbol and only that. We never see Wilkinson makes him look the guy. He is a fair-weather friend, showing up on really cool in the HBO series “John Adams.” coins and presidential seals when he pleases. How As the leaves turn yellow and fall into heaps in the backyard, it’s time we reflect on a centuries- many of his countrymen have met their maker on old American mistake. From coast to coast we the fender of a Ford F-150? I dare say fewer than regard the founding of our countr y — the signing the gallant turkey.

The turkey is a true American. Franklin notes of documents, the carousing with Native that “the Turkey is in Comparison a much more Americans, the bugle playing — with high respectable Bird [than the bald eagle], and withesteem. It is our national histor y and, rightly, we are proud of it. But a grave blunder, or perhaps a al a true original Native of America.” The crass clerical oversight, has tarred and feathered our bald eagle does not hold a candle to the refined gobbler. Turkey also had his start in the land of national image so subtly and per vasively that we the free. I will admit, though, that the turkey’s hardly realize it is there. name is misleading. According to NPR, the title The bald eagle should not be our national emblem.

And now a word from my mentor: The bald turkey can be traced to the Middle Eastern couneagle “is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not tr y bearing the same name. Imports from the get his Living honestly” (hat tip: Librar y of region often wielded the title Turkish in Great Britain, regardless of the exact Congress). Franklin wrote those countr y of origin. If anything, this words in a letter to his daughter “In a week we are demonstrates America’s reach relating his anger with some of the other legislators who wanted to going to eat en masse in the world, naming domestic objects after foreign things about appoint the bird as America’s what should have which we claim to have some idea. national emblem. His shrewd analyA common misconception sis is telling. The bald eagle perchbeen our national about the turkey is that she is not es, waits for its opportunity and then pounces from a privileged emblem: the turkey.” fierce. Erroneous. Like Franklin, the turkey wears many hats. high-vantage point. Unlike us According to Benji, the turkey is, decent folk, he cares little for virtue “though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, but pillages the animal kingdom with wanton and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of aggression. He is not even really bald. the British Guards who should presume to The bald eagle represents the mean and hairless side of America. I cringe every time I see that terri- invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on.” Yes, fying wingspan. And everybody knows that any self- the turkey flaunts her tail like a pair of booty shorts. Yes, she shakes that moneymaker of a respecting national symbol wants to be hugged, not gobble. But beneath her showy veneer the feared. That is why this time of year always gets be down. Annum in, annum out, I am struck with the turkey is a valiant fighter, an ornithological embodiment of the American spirit. The turkey, same sad revelation come mid-November. not the bald eagle, is our national hero.

In a week we are going to eat en masse what America needs a new face, and I nominate the should have been our national emblem: the turkey. turkey. She maintains our national carnivorous It is only fair that the annual turkey-cide perappetite, is unique to the Americas and fights petrated for our gastronomical enjoyment be repaid in kind. If for nothing else, the turkey like nobody’s business. Ever brawl with a should get the privileged honor of becoming the turkey? It is true that the cost would be high to American national emblem because we eat him implement such a change. But how high a price so regularly. To appropriate a phrase, America have turkeys paid in making their sacrifices for this countr y? If you disagree with me, you disruns on turkey. He feeds families. When is the agree with Ben Franklin. last time you picked up some bald eagle cold cuts at your local deli? In popularizing the eating of Joe Hernandez is a School of Arts and Sciences the turkey, Thanksgiving has delivered the jilted fowl from national disrepute, but made his pur- senior majoring in English and Spanish. His column, pose — consumption — secondar y to that of the “The Soapbox,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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Paul Robeson remains one of U.’s most respected alumni Letter LAURA WEITZMAN

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aul Robeson was a man of incredible talent. To name just a few of his many accomplishments, Robeson was valedictorian of his class, received a law degree from Columbia University’s Law School, participated in the longest-running Shakespearean play in Broadway history, became fluent in more than 20 languages and performed internationally as a renowned opera singer. A more comprehensive list of his accomplishments can

be found on the Paul Robeson Foundation’s website. As the foundation points out, Robeson is “a powerful symbol of uncompromising, dignified Black manhood.”

Notwithstanding his superhuman accomplishments, the recognition that Robeson deserved during his lifetime was essentially robbed from him when his commitment to human rights left him falsely accused of being antiAmerican or a Communist.

My family is quite familiar with how freely the term “communist” was used to blacklist supporters of human rights during the Cold War era. My grandparents, Mar y and J. Daniel

Weitzman, were investigated and accused of being Communists by the House Un-American Activities Committee and the FBI because of their human rights work, including the fact

“I cannot imagine a more honorable University alumnus.” that they started the first nonsegregated movie theater in Washington, D.C. It was also through their human rights work that my grandparents met

Robeson and later opened their home to him so he would have a place to stay when hotels refused to serve him under the existing system of racial segregation.

To accuse a black man of being unpatriotic during a time when he was not even allowed to stay in a hotel is shameful at best.

As a University alumna, I am embarrassed by the recent criticism of having Robeson’s name on the Rutgers-Camden library building. Honoring Robeson by including his name on the walls and buildings of Rutgers-Camden is the least we can do.

Robeson’s legacy is one of unshakeable faith and love for

his countr y and, more importantly, the human race. I cannot imagine a more honorable University alumnus, nor can I imagine a more heroic citizen of the United States. We all have the power to honor Robeson by sharing his stor y with our family and friends and by doing whatever we can to keep his spirit alive. Let’s continue to name buildings after Robeson, and let’s not stop there. Let’s do our par t to improve our democracy as a whole in our ever yday lives.

Laura Weitzman is a Rutgers Class of 2005 alumna.

Arizona’s SB 1070 law dehumanizes state’s population Letter JOEL SALVINO

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s a former resident of Arizona, I have witnessed the border war first-hand. Border patrol helicopters have woken me up. I have friends who continue to put water in the deser t for immigrants. But I am not writing this to summarize my position on the fallacy of borders. I am criticizing The Daily Targum’s Tuesday editorial “Arizona law needs careful consideration.” The ductile language used to take a position of not taking a position sickens me. The press needs to

take a stand against this moronic, archaic and altogether offensive bill.

I have read this law — yes, all of it — and it is soft-core apartheid. One line from the bill allows law enforcement agents to arrest and detain any person they deem reasonably suspicious for being an “alien.” This law does not clarify what that reasonable suspicion is; this judgment is left up to the man with the gun.

Police and agents are not judges — they are supposed to follow the laws, not interpret them. All this bill allows for is the targeting of dark-skinned people within Arizona.

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What this bill does is exactly that, and it is racist. Another section of

“An entire race of people is turned into caricatures of humans.” the bill gives compensation to any lawsuits or penalties officials incur when carrying out the law.

This allows for incredible amounts of abuse toward innocent people who “look” illegal

because the officers have no need to worry about legal incursions. Lacking even the threat of legal recourse, law enforcement will be able to run wild in Arizona, arresting anyone they personally deem as potentially being here illegally.

These people already have the authority from the state, and now they have immunity from the law.

This bill allows officers to hunt immigrants down mercilessly.

Any collateral damage, any civil liberties violations are practically sanctioned by SB 1070.

This law also punishes those who help aliens. Anyone harboring or shielding people from this law are breaking the law. How is this part going to be enforced? By

raiding peoples’ homes looking for hidden people? Will police need warrants if they have reasonable cause to enter a private residence? Even leaving water in the desert for migrants crossing is illegal. What SB 1070 does is worse than encouraging an attitude of apathy. The law calls for an active dehumanization of a large portion of the population.

An entire race of people is turned into caricatures of humans. As American citizens, we must fight against such blatant hatred in our legal system.

Joel Salvino is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and University student senator. Visit his blog at salvinounderground.blogspot.com.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is a 6 -- Yesterday's efforts pay off now in the form of curious opportunities to work with others. Check into the details carefully, before moving forward.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Take time for meditation early on. This aligns your thinking with coworkers. What seemed an obstacle yesterday becomes today's glorious opportunity.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 5 -- You have a sense of your own creative potential, and want to get into action.

Associates with demands present a challenge. Buy them off with chocolates.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -Today is a 7 -- Focus on food today. How delicious! Use all your talents and imagination for a menu to please all. It doesn't need to take all day to taste good.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Possibilities and difficulties appear, as you plan travel with associates. Take advantage of the opportunities as they arise, yet maintain a flexible schedule.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Today is a 7 -- Your energy shifts toward scheduling a social event. It's possible that some won't be able to attend, regardless of when. Plan something for them later.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is a 7 -- Share an "Aha!" moment with a trusted companion. You really understand now about beauty and harmony. You both carry that feeling throughout the day.

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Keep an appropriate distance as you congratulate them both.

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competition from Mountaineers continued from back The Mountaineers (2-1) present a stout challenge and make for tough back-to-back competition with Penn State following shortly after.

The Knights could not rebound from an earlier day loss in Lewisburg, Pa., last November, to then-No. 1 Iowa and fell later that day to Bucknell.

Goodale and Co. learned their lesson from that experience and will be ready for Penn State, regardless of the outcome against WVU. “It’s our philosophy that we took from that Bucknell match a year ago that if you want to be ‘that guy’ then you have to be ready to wres-

tle back-to-back matches,” Goodale said. “If you are coming off a win, you have to be able to be ready to go for your next dual. If you are coming off a loss, you have to be able to bounce back and focus on your next dual. The guys that are the best in the country and there at the end are able to do that.”

Following a dominant performance in the team’s first two duals of the season, the Knights believe they have what it takes to knock off West Virginia and keep the energy going to possibly upset a premier program and its iconic head coach.

“I would be shocked if we lost to West Virginia,” Russo said.

“We’re not really looking past West Virginia, but Penn State is the big matchup. I think we are training too well to fall to West Virginia — and I think we are going to beat Penn State, too.”

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Sophomore guard Erica Wheeler scored 16 points in both of the Knights’ losses last weekend against Cal and No. 3 Stanford.

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Team returns home after Cali trip continued from back “They’re a tough team,” Stringer said. “They execute very well, they attack, they’ve got a legitimate post that’s bigger than our post, and they dribble drive.

When you have those elements there, that can be trouble.”

To get back on track, the Knights may also need to address the turnover issue, as the team coughed the ball up 31 times last weekend.

In the histor y of the program, the Knights never started a season 0-3, and with a schedule loaded with dif ficult Big East competition, wins won’t come easily this season for Stringer and Co. For Rutgers and junior guard Khadijah Rushdan, getting wins in Piscataway are key.

“I think it’s very important,” Rushdan said. “It’s especially important to protect your home court because you know it’s very hard to play on the road. You’ve got to deal with other people’s fans and being away and not knowing your own court.

“But we know these balls, and know these rims and we have our fans, so it’s very important to do

everything we can do to get as many wins as possible.”

Rushdan, the most experienced player on the roster, scored just 15 points last weekend, while shooting only 6-for-20 from the field.

While the Wilmington, Del., native had her struggles offensively, sophomore guard Erica Wheeler rose to the occasion, averaging 16 points in both losses.

Her showing came as no surprise to junior forward Chelsey Lee though, Wheeler’s former teammate at Parkway Academy (Fla.).

“To be completely honest, in practice when we scrimmaged a lot, her shots were off,” Lee said. “We’ve got to hit outside shots. When she was hitting shots in the game it wasn’t like a shock. I was happy that she was hitting shots.”

Juniors April Sykes and Nikki Speed scored 20 and 10 points, respectively, last weekend for the Knights and will need to improve for Stringer’s of fense to have any shot at scoring more points.

But more than anything else, tonight’s 7:30 tip off on a newlyrenovated RAC floor comes down to pride.

“It feels great to have a new floor that no one’s played on,” Lee said. “We can make it our floor and start a new tradition.”

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Redshirt freshman Kyle Sullivan expanded his role to include punting last weekend, when senior Teddy Dellaganna nursed an injury.

Walk-on specialist displays versatility

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Fifth-year senior punter Teddy Dellaganna’s health kept him out of FOOTBALL action last week and prevented him from per forming his best through most of the season as he battles a quad injur y.

Though Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano said Dellaganna is on an upswing this week health-wise, the Scarlet Knights feel confident in Plan B — Kyle Sullivan.

Sullivan, a redshir t freshman, walked onto the Rutgers program from St. Mark’s High School in Delaware as a placekicker but saw his duties expand into multiple roles on special teams this season, including backup punter.

“You try to be a jack of all trades,” Sullivan said in the locker room after Rutgers fell, 13-10, to Syracuse. “The more things I can do well, the more I can help the team.”

Against Syracuse, Sullivan stepped in for Dellaganna as the starting punter and put up a solid statistical performance. He punted the ball six times for an average of 39.3 yards and trapped the Orange within the 20-yard line five times.

“It’s a cool feeling to be able to get into a game, not at the expense of Teddy of course,” Sullivan said. “Coach Schiano does a great job of creating adversity during practice so you definitely feel like its practice when you’re coming into a game.”

If Dellaganna is not healthy enough to kick at Nippert Stadium on Saturday, where he had his best career game two years ago with 10 punts for a 46.6 average and a long of 61 yards, Sullivan is up for the second straight game.

“I thought Kyle stepped up and did a very good job,” Schiano said. “He had a big punt laying it down inside the 20. He did some good things. For a guy who, quite frankly, wasn’t even a punter in high school, to be able to come

here and do what he has done — he is an extremely good athlete.

He can do a lot of things.”

Along with being the backup punter to Dellaganna and place kicker to junior San San Te, Sullivan is the holder on field goal attempts, replacing a combination of Andrew DePaola and Dellaganna last season.

“I like holding,” Sullivan said.

“I feel like as long as San San’s confident in me back there, I’m doing a good job. I mean, I’m a kicker too, so I know what he likes. As long as he’s confident, then I’m doing my job.”

Sullivan played wide receiver in high school and had the opportunity to do so on a failed trick play against Connecticut this year.

On a fake field goal, Sullivan pitched the snap to former quarterback D.C. Jefferson but got tangled up with a defender, and it threw off the timing of a sure touchdown pass.

“It’s fun, especially with kicking all of the time, to go out for a pass like receivers do,” Sullivan said. “It’s fun to do that, it’s just too bad the timing of that one didn’t work out.”

But Sullivan’s most important moment as a Knight came later in the Connecticut game, holding a game-winning field goal booted by Te. “I feel really comfor table with both Kyle and [long-snapper Rob Jones],” Te said in the locker room after his game-winning kick. “We’re around each other in practice and things always go smoothly. We’re good friends.”

Schiano often describes the importance of a strong bond between specialists in the kicking game. Because their tasks in practice are so different from the rest of the team, it is important that they spend as much time together as possible to develop a rhythm.

“We’re together a lot in practice and we’re all really good friends off the field,” Sullivan said.

“That really does help when it comes to chemistry. We all know what each other are thinking.”

Brandon Bing wanted to make one thing clear when he spoke about Cincinnati.

For all the changes the Bearcats underwent since last year’s Big East Championship season — losing quarterback Tony Pike and wideout Mardy Gilyard to the NFL and head coach Brian Kelly to Notre Dame — the Rutgers football team changed, too.

“They are a different team, but so are we,” the senior cornerback said.

The Scarlet Knights hope so, because their season began last year with a 47-15 rout at the hands of Cincinnati.

Quarterback Zach Collaros threw two passes for 34 yards, but Pike, now with the Carolina Panthers, led the assault with 362 yards and three scores.

The game marked Bing’s first start, and he made one more before he was bounced from the starting lineup. But the Wyncote,

Pa., native returned to the starting lineup this year and remained there for every game, making 51 tackles and an interception.

It has been a consistent season for the former track star, who struggled with that aspect of his game since joining the Knights as a walk-on who few believed could play football.

“He just loves football and worked his way into it,” said head coach Greg Schiano.

“Literally I wish we had him for two more years. He’s played behind some good guys — Jason McCourty and Devin McCourty — so it was hard to break into the lineup. As much practice experience as you get, there’s no substitute to playing in a game.”

He has much more of that playing time this year than the last time he faced the Bearcats, and although firstyear head coach Butch Jones’ Cincinnati is a different team, it still presents challenges to the Rutgers secondar y.

The trio of receivers Armon Binns, D.J. Woods and Marcus

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Barnett combine for 1,893 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns.

“That’s a good threesome right there,” Schiano said. “It may be as good a group of three as there is in our league.

There are challenges. They have a quarterback who can get the ball to them, so coverage will be huge and applying pressure to him.”

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freshman Michael Larrow found himself with significant playing time last week at defensive tackle, classmate Isaac Holmes is making improvements to find himself in a similar role.

“Right now, if he goes in there, it’s because of necessity.

It’s not because he’s ready, but he will be,” Schiano said. “I think he’s a lot closer now than he was three weeks ago. And again, he was forced into action, so he’s practicing with the second unit and whenever you’re with that level of competitors, your level rises. But Isaac will be a good player here.”

The Hoboken High School product committed to Rutgers as the No. 3 recruit in New Jersey, according to Rivals.com, but is playing through pain this season with an injury that could require offseason attention.

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Joe Martinek could return Saturday against Cincinnati after missing last weekend’s game with a lingering ankle injury.

“If you asked me yesterday, I’d say no. But today I think yeah [he could play], which is going to be a shot in the arm for us,” Schiano said.

Cornerback Marcus Cooper could also return but in a limited capacity, as the coaching staff attempts to avoid fatigue with the sophomore who injured his leg in practice.

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Knights’ practice into the bubble as a precautionary measure, after a Notre Dame team manager died when a scissor lift fell due to windy conditions.

“The thing that got me was not the wind — I check the weather every morning and it was like 21 mph,” Schiano said.

“But there were gusts up to 48 [mph] I think it said. It’s a shame it takes a tragedy like that to make us all think more.”

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Another recruiting class and another high profile recruit landed for the Rutgers women’s basketball team.

Briyona Canty, a 5-foot-9 guard, signed on to play for head coach C. Vivian Stringer yesWOMEN’S BASKETBALL terday, bolstering a backcourt currently made up of two juniors and two sophomores.

But the No. 6 overall recruit in the country, according to ESPN HoopGurlz, heads to the Banks with modest expectations.

“I’m just going to work as hard as I can,” the Willingboro, N.J, native said. “I’m just excited. It’s a great experience.”

The Trenton Catholic Academy product was the highest ranked unsigned recruit yesterday and now joins a guard-heavy class that includes Neptune, N.J., natives Syessence Davis and Shakena Richardson.

While at Trenton Catholic, Canty took home two NJSIAA Non-Public B South titles, earning a First Team All-State spot after the 2010 season.

She also played for the U.S. National Under-17 team and commits to Piscataway as the top-ranked guard in the nation.

Canty received offers from top-tier programs such as Kentucky, South Carolina, Penn State and Miami but in the end decided to stay close to home and play in her home state.

All four recruits in Stringer’s 2010 recruiting class hail from New Jersey, and three of the four are ranked in the Top 100 by ESPN HoopGurlz — Canty, Davis and Richardson.

Though height may still be a problem for Stringer’s team, the addition of Canty to complement the rest of the recruiting class may be the missing piece for the Knights.

And even for the No. 6 recruit in the nation, there is still room to improve.

“I think it can improve a lot,” Canty said of her skill set. “[Stringer] is a great coach and she knows a lot, so I think I’m going to be a great player for Rutgers.”

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Junior forward Chelsey Lee leads the Knights in rebounding, averaging 9.5 boards per game. The Miami native returns as the team’s leading rebounder from last season.

History often repeats itself, evident in the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s two losses last weekend to California and No. 3 Stanford.

The weekend WOMEN’S BASKETBALL marked the second time in three years PRINCETON AT the Scarlet Knights RUTGERS, returned winless TONIGHT, 7:30 P.M. from a trip West, but none of that matters for tonight’s home opener against Princeton.

With the Tigers coming to town, head coach C. Vivian Stringer’s team will turn the page and keep a winning home tradition in its mind, one that includes dominance over their in-state rivals.

“We have to get every game and any game every time that we can,” Stringer said. “We just want to continue to keep our fans as a sixth player and treat this floor like it is your home floor.”

The Knights (0-2) own their intrastate foe, beating the Tigers (1-0) in 14 out of 15 contests all-time. Even more impressive is the dominance the team displayed at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, as the squad is a perfect 9-0 against its Ivy League opponent.

But the Tigers ride up Route 1 after crushing Farleigh Dickinson, 78-37, in their season opener and seek long awaited revenge from Rutgers.

In that game, center Devona Allgood paced last year’s Ivy League Champion down low, as she scored 20 points and recorded three blocks in the victory.

With a height disadvantage –– apparent in the Knights’ rebounding woes as they were bested by 25 on the boards thus far –– stopping second-chance opportunities against the Tigers could be the difference between winning and losing.

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Wrestling icon coaches Nittany Lions against RU

BY A.J. JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

When you talk about one of the No. 24 Rutgers wrestling team’s opponents this weekend at the Sprawl & WRESTLING Brawl Duals — No. 6 Penn State — the disRUTGERS AT cussion begins and SPRAWL & BRAWL, ends with head coach Cael Sanderson.

SUNDAY The former Iowa State Cyclone, who went 159-0 in his college career with four national championships, enters his second season with the Nittany Lions and has pulled in many of the country’s top recruits.

“He’s the biggest name in our sport,” said Scarlet Knights head coach Scott Goodale.

“Guys just want to go wrestle for him. So they are getting the best kids in the country.

There’s so much interest there not just in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio, but around the whole country.”

To say that Sanderson’s arrival jumpstar ted the Penn State program is still an understatement.

The entire Nittany Lion starting lineup that took down EIWA powerhouse Lehigh this past weekend contained four sophomores, three redshirt freshmen and two true freshmen — meaning none of them came to Happy Valley until Sanderson signed on.

“He’s been there now for two years, and the kids that he’s recruited are young, but

they are good,” Goodale said. “They are fun to watch. It’s a whole other level of wrestling.”

The Knights will certainly be tested, but that is not to say that Rutgers will not challenge the Nittany Lions.

Many of Penn State’s ranked wrestlers will go head-to-head with those Knights in the national rankings, including a heavyweight showdown between No. 9 Cameron Wade and No. 6 DJ Russo.

“Without a doubt they are one of the best teams in the country,” said the senior Russo.

“They are pretty young, but they have a lot of talent. Most of our talent is matched up against their big talent.”

To spice up the Sunday matinee even more, add in the fact that Penn State took down Rutgers by an 18-17 score at last year’s Sprawl & Brawl in Binghamton, N.Y. The one-point loss is hardly leaving Goodale’s memor y anytime soon, and he knows his squad will be amped for the shot at redemption.

“Last year we were a point away at 18-17.

Believe me, we are on their minds and obviously they are on our minds,” Goodale said.

“It’s an opportunity for us. It’s still early. It’s still November. But heck, this is a dual meet we want to win.”

But before Rutgers (2-0) can bank too much energy on Penn State (2-0), the Knights must concentrate on their first matchup Sunday against a more than potent West Virginia squad.

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Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson, middle, capped off his wrestling career with a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics after going 159-0 in four years at Iowa State.