The Daily Targum 2010-09-15

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Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage took all the blame for his early season struggles, despite working with a young receiving corps that is still growing itself.

U. prevents on-campus bicycle theft

Congressional race heats up around state

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A series of 15 bicycle thefts in August prompted the Rutgers University Police Department and the Department of Transportation Services to develop a student bicycle registration system similar to that used for vehicles, University Police Lt. Richard Dinan said.

Bike owners can register their bicycles by picking up a paper registration form at their Community Police Office, located in each campus student center. Once the form is completely filled out, students should mail it to the Public Safety Building on Commercial Avenue or drop it off in person.

The University police are working to make it more convenient for students to

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going to a spa room,” said Anne Finetto, a Rutgers Recreation fitness coordinator. “I think you can kind of get the full experience here at Rutgers [Recreation], and it is affordable and much cheaper than you find in the real world.”

The spa services moved from Rockoff Hall to the Livingston Recreation Center when the lease ended after five years, Trukowski said.

The lease at the Tech Gym and Spa was not renewed, because the spa there was the least used recreational facility, making it financially unreasonable to stay at

With only 48 days left until Election Day, congressional candidates from all 13 N.J. districts are putting out their best for the final stretch of their campaigns.

This year’s campaign trail is particularly rocky for Democratic incumbents, who are at risk of losing their seats, considering their poll numbers are low across the country.

National studies show that Republicans will most likely be voted in on this election, said the Eagleton Institute of Politics Associate Director John Weingart in an April 16, 2010, The Daily Targum article.

Despite this pattern, University political science Professor Ross Baker believes with just five Republican incumbent candidates, New Jersey will stay a heavy blue state in Congress.

But he does not think victory will come easy for incumbents in the 3rd and 12th congressional districts.

“I think those are the two [districts] you would put any question mark on at all,” Baker said.

For the first time, Democratic incumbent John Adler is seeking re-election in the 3rd district two years after narrowly winning the seat.

“Adler’s only a ‘freshman’ so he doesn’t necessarily have any recognition,” Baker said.

“But then again, in a year in which incumbents are unpopular that might be an advantage that he hasn’t been around a long time.”

Since coming to Congress, Adler invited his constituents throughout the district to more than 130 non-partisan, non-scripted public events, said Carol Gaskill, an Adler campaign spokeswoman.

“South Jersey and Shore area families know they have an accessible congressman

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The University is implementing a bicycle registration program similar to the one for cars because of August’s high number of bicycle thefts. Registration is free and optional.

Livingston adds to changes with spa

BY REENA DIAMANTE CORRESPONDENT

JEFFERY LAZARO

The Spa, which was previously located in Rockoff Hall downtown, has been relocated to the Livingston Recreation Center.

The spa ser vices in the Livingston Recreation Center commenced with a grand opening yesterday, giving University students a new means of escape from the stresses of college life.

The new spas on Livingston campus came about after the June 30 closing of the Tech Gym and Spa at Rockoff Hall in downtown New Brunswick, Associate Director of Recreation Stacy Trukowski said.

“The rooms are nice and comfortable. We redid the whole thing to make it really look like you’re

Latino Council urges support of tuition bill

BY ARIEL NAGI NEWS EDITOR

The Latino Student Council did not give up when they learned the InState Tuition Act they have been advocating for more than a year did not even reach the governor’s desk.

Instead, they plan to bring the bill — which aims to allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition — before the University Board of Governor’s this semester, hoping the governing body could approve the bill University-wide, said Jorge Casalins, political chair of the Latino Student Council.

Because Gov. Chris Christie already said he would veto the bill, Casalins said the council will ask the University to allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition by simply providing proof that they have been living in New Jersey for one year, something he says has been done by Bergen County College’s board of governors.

The Rutgers University Student Assembly approved the resolution in April, said Casalins, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

“We believe that if you’re living instate you shouldn’t have to pay outof-state rates,” said RUSA President Yousef Saleh. “We want the administration to take a more vocal approach. We want them to have a more vocal endorsement of it.”

Undocumented students currently pay out-of-state tuition, priced at $21,682, while in-state tuition is priced at $9,926, according to the University Admissions’ website.

Both rates exclude fees and room and board rates.

Casalins said most undocumented students are not attending college because of these high rates, and they cannot receive any form of financial aid.

Allowing these students to attend the University at the in-state tuition rate would bring more money into the

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INDEX WORLD The French Senate passed a bill banning the burqa in public settings.

OPINIONS Sen. Harry Reid arrives at the green energy summit in a fleet of SUVs.

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American Humanist Association Director of Development Maggie Ardiente calls for unity among the demographic of atheists, agnostics and humanists yesterday in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. To read more, see PAGE 5

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Brower ups efficiency, expands takeout line

BY HENNA KATHIYA STAFF WRITER

With lines that often wound down the long hallway and up the stairs at the Knight Room, students used to spend a good amount of time waiting to get takeout food at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus.

But this year, the structure of the takeout line was redesigned in an effort to increase efficiency.

“The takeout line here at Brower has always been over-utilized,” said Flo Borsody, general manager of Brower Commons Dining Services. “We couldn’t accommodate all the students that wanted takeout, so we decided to change things around so we could better suit the needs of the students.”

Prior to the redesign, patrons at Brower Commons’ takeout area had to wait in a single line to get food and drink, and then to swipe their meal cards to pay, a process that created a slow-moving line. To eliminate crowding, this semester Brower added another line.

“There were some nights, like ‘Chicken Night’ for example, [when] we would serve more students than the main dining hall,” Borsody said. “The main dining hall has six serving lines and the takeout line only had

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Students looking for takeout at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus no longer wait in long lines for food. Expansion to the Knight Room makes service more efficient.

one, so you can see where the problem is.”

Takeout facilities at Brower now have a bigger space where the students file in, swipe their cards and are then directed to one of two lines, both of which serve the same special for the night.

Having just one fountain drink machine also slowed down the takeout line in the past, Borsody

said. There are now four machines, which prevents the lines from getting too congested.

Ted Flick, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said getting takeout is now a much more pleasant experience.

“Usually, the line is always backed up all the way on the stairs, especially on Tuesday nights when it’s ‘Chicken Night,’”

Flick said. “In the past, I would see the line and just get food somewhere else because I didn’t have the time or patience to wait.

But now there is never really a crowd like there used to be.”

In addition to another line and more drink machines to make the lines go faster, extended takeout hours are also expected to improve service.

The takeout line used to close between 4 and 5 p.m. to make the transition to dinner menus, but this year the dining hall staff will keep it open.

“Right now we’re on a trial basis,” Borsody said. “We are running continuously Monday through Thursday where we don’t actually close between 3:30 and 5 p.m. By keeping it open continuously we don’t have that huge line at 5 because people can start coming in beforehand.”

Dining Hall Super visor Cindy Braun has obser ved major differences.

“I have seen great improvements from past years,” she said.

“On our busiest nights, like ‘Sub Night’ or ‘Chicken Night,’ our line has been less than half than what it used to be before.”

The new system seems to be working out well, but one downside is that the new system and hours require more staff to work throughout the day.

Braun joked about how some students actually miss the long wait.

“As a matter of fact, some students complained to me that they missed the long line, because they weren’t able to talk to their friends or meet new people, but that’s not our goal,” she said.

“Our goal is to get the students in and out as efficiently as possible, and this new system allows us to do just that.”

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The new bicycle registration program will allow students to receive a personal serial number for their bike, which makes it easier for police to track the bicycles if stolen.

SECURITY: Police find five stolen bikes on campus continued from front register their bicycles through the Internet, Dinan said.

Bicycle registration is free of cost and, while it may not prevent bicycle theft, it will help owners recover their stolen property, he said.

Students who register will receive decal stickers in the mail to put on their bicycles, which will enable University police to track them using unique serial numbers.

School of Arts and Sciences junior Ian Gabriel said he finds his U-lock to be the most affordable and effective way to keep his bicycle safe.

Although Gabriel said the registration program might increase the chances of getting a stolen bicycle back, he was not so sure it would thwar t potential thieves.

“I think it’ll make it easier to retrieve stolen bikes but not prevent theft,” he said.

Diana Sobers, a School of Engineering junior, locks her bicycle outside of the Winkler Suites on Busch campus. She is not interested in the program.

“I think it wouldn’t matter,” Sobers said. “I probably wouldn’t register, because I don’t think it would prevent theft or help me to get my bike back.”

Out of the 15 bicycles stolen across the five campuses in August, five have been accounted for, Dinan said.

University police caught Richard Crumpler, 41, on surveillance stealing a bicycle, making him the prime suspect in the cases, Dinan said.

Fur ther evidence proved he stole five of the 15 bicycles, even though many were locked up near campus buildings.

“The majority of the bikes stolen had cable-style locks that

were cut or were left unsecured,” Dinan said.

While Crumpler’s motive for stealing the bicycles is unknown, he is now being held in the Middlesex County adult correctional facility on $7,500 bail, according to the facility’s records. A trial date has not been set, Dinan said.

Aside from registering their bikes, there are many safety guidelines students can follow to ensure their bicycles are where they left them when they return, he said.

“The best way to protect your bike is to have a functional U-lock securing your bike in a highly visible location,” Dinan said.

Students can also lock their tires using a cable as an additional precaution, he said.

Another safety tip is to check that the bike racks are firmly bolted to the ground before securing a bike, Dinan said.

is a clear choice, based on the issues between my opponent and me,” Holt said. community service projects As congressman, Holt has advocated for education, continued from front research, jobs and economy, which he noted were all related. who will listen to their views one“I’m interested in whatever on-one at a diner, at a ‘Congress any of 700,000 people are interon Your Corner’ meeting or in ested in,” he said. front of a crowd at a local town Prior to winning the seat in hall,” Gaskill said.

1998, Holt worked as an educator, During his time as congressscientist and arms control expert, man, Adler has aimed to create according to his campaign webjobs, cut wasteful government site. He focuses largely on the conspending and provide tax relief cept of the American dream. for middle-class families, accord“Does [the dream] belong to a ing to his campaign website. privileged few or does it belong to all Adler may have quite a bit to of us?” he said. “America has thrived tackle this election season, considover the centuries because we’ve ering former Philadelphia Eagle had this idea that the American Jon Runyan is also vying for the dream belongs to everyone.” seat as the Republican candidate.

The idea has started to slip in Although this is Runyan’s first the last decade, and Sipprelle shot at public office, he is no wants to continue policies that stranger to community service. result in the dream being conRunyan ser ves as a board centrated among the privileged member for the Alzheimer’s few, Holt said.

Association of the Delaware In response to this criticism, Valley and hosts his own golf Sipprelle believes it is actually Holt tournament that benefits who does not understand the prostate cancer research in the American dream, said Sipprelle’s state, according to his camspokesman Chris Russell. paign website. He also worked “The real world is where Scott with organizations like the New Sipprelle is in, making a success for Jersey Special Olympics and himself, and he the Leukemiawants to give L y m p h o m a “I’m interested Americans that Society. opportunity to do “Jon is a fiscal in whatever any that for themconservative who of 700,000 people selves,” Russell said. believes in lower Sipprelle is the taxes and less are interested in.” American dream, spending, and Russell said. that the answers RUSH HOLT Coming from midto our problems US Representative dle-class roots, don’t lie with the the Princeton federal governnative is the founder of Westland ment, but with the American peoVenture, lead investor in The ple,” according to the site.

Bank of Princeton.

But what distinguishes the “He hasn’t apologized for 3rd district election from other being successful,” he said. districts is tea party candidate One of the biggest reasons Peter DeStefano, who believes in why Sipprelle is running for embracing conservative princiCongress is to bring economic ples and upholding the U.S. prosperity to the country and creConstitution, according to his ate jobs, Russell said. campaign website.

“Blueprint Renewal” is his “As a conservative, I believe detailed plan on how he intends in the sanctity of human life and carry out his goals and is availthat each of us should have equal able on his campaign website. protection of such rights,” said Despite Holt’s accusations DeStefano on his website. “If you about his opponent, Sipprelle believe in America and the soverbegan campaigning against the eignty of its people, then we must congressman since last spring, unite as we have often done in challenging him to a debate our past history to overcome which Holt soon after declined. these current economic crises.”

Holt said he refused because Despite being what seems to he tries to put off campaigning as be the underdog, the small busilong as possible. ness owner believes his ability to “I have a job to do, actually relate to his potential constituents several jobs to do — legislative, is definitely his strength. constituent services, as well as Both DeStefano and Runyan public interaction. Mostly I have were unable to comment by been busy with those,” he said. press time.

But Holt said he certainly welA back-and-forth flurry characcomes the campaign now. terizes the election in the 12th dis“I actually think that voters, if trict between Democratic incumthey see the choice, they will bent Rush Holt and his Republican choose what I’ve been working on opponent Scott Sipprelle. and what I advocate, which I think “I do think that the public is more in concert with where the would be better served with campeople of New Jersey are than with paigns that dealt with the issues, my opponent,” he said. because in this case I think there

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Speakers advocate for humanist movement

BY NICHOLAS BORNER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Humanist Chaplaincy held their first meeting Monday night at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus, featuring speeches by two distinguished leaders of the American Humanist Association.

AHA Executive Director Roy Speckhardt and Director of Development Maggie Ardiente discussed future plans for the growing demographic of atheists, agnostics and humanists — who focus on human values and concerns — in the countr y in their presentation titled “2020 Humanism: Achieving a Vision that Matches Our Aspirations.”

The two presenters said this demographic calls for unity, community and increased assertion among its members in order to create a powerful and legitimate movement.

“Humanists and other free thinkers can learn a great deal from the successes of other movements,” Speckhardt said.

By referencing the gay rights movement of the 1970s, Speckhardt said he hopes one day there will be tolerance of their non-theistic perspective.

“We must all come out as humanists, saying ‘We do not

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American Humanist Association Executive Director Roy Speckhardt speaks Monday about the growing demographic of atheists, agnostics and humanists in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

need a higher power to govern our lives,’” he said.

Speckhardt and Ardiente discussed other issues the AHA hopes to tackle in the coming decade, including the advancement of gay rights, scientific research and community involvement outside the influence of the church.

The group, described by Ardiente as a “national freethought movement,” has been fairly active in the past.

He said the AHA most notably produced a holiday campaign contradictory to Christian-inspired advertisements at Christmas time,

which read “No God? No problem.

Be good for goodness sake,” beside a picture of Santa Claus.

Speckhardt defended his beliefs on public forums such as CNN and “The O’Reilly Factor,” meeting a mix of both tolerance and hostility.

But seeing the tension directed toward them from the religious right has not inhibited Speckhardt, Ardiente or other non-theistic thinkers from their cause.

“We’re one of the largest minorities in the United States, but you’d never know it,” Speckhardt said.

“We’re trying to reach out to

like-minded humanists, but of course the religious right sees us as a threat to Christianity,” Ardiente said. “We’re working so that every atheist and humanist can proclaim their non-belief.”

There were not only humanist groups from the University and national levels at the meeting, but also officers from the Red Bank Humanists — based in Monmouth County — and the Somerville-based New Jersey Humanist Network.

Speckhardt and Ardiente said the presence of such various secular humanist communities at the

meeting affirms the hopes they have for the future of the humanist movement.

Speckhardt and Ardiente said the AHA is already working with the gay and lesbian community, establishing a council for those humanists who belong to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

By doing so, they can organize the growing number of LGBT humanists within their cause and lend reciprocal support to the gay rights movement, whose support both say comes naturally in the AHA. Working at the university level, the University Chaplaincy hopes to address similar issues this year, which the AHA is working toward both nationally and internationally. “[Humanists] look at this lifetime and at this world as a source of information and an idea of who we are,” University Humanist Chaplain Barr y Klassel said.

In the future, the group hopes to provide outlets in which atheist, agnostic and humanist thinkers could assemble similarly to those of religious groups, such as Sunday schools.

“There is strength in numbers,” Ardiente said. “So with more people standing with us, we have a greater voice in Congress and the media.”

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BILL: Casalins hopes to raise more awareness on issue continued from front University because more people would be able to afford it, he said.

“At this moment, undocumented students are not attending the University at a high rate because they cannot afford it,” Casalins said. “This would open up [the University] to more students.”

But Shirley Weitz, the University’s associate general counsel, said the University does not have the right to approve the bill. It is a state policy for undocumented students to pay out-ofstate tuition, and the University is a state-run institution, she said.

New Jersey Administrative Code 9A:5, which requires that individuals be a resident of the state for 12 months before becoming eligible for in-state tuition, governs the University’s policy on legal residency, according to the University Admissions’ website.

“We are governed by the statue. The statute is what is actually passed by the legislature,” said Weitz. “The department of higher education promulgates regulations that essentially translate what the legislature says. There basically are two forms of tuition: In-state and out-of-state, and Rutgers does not have any power to change that.”

According to the policy, individuals who are domiciled in New Jersey for at least 12 months are

U NIVERSITY presumed to be legal residents of the state for tuition purposes. But Weitz said there is an important distinction between domicile and residency that people tend to overlook.

“Individuals who don’t have the permanent right to remain in the United States — and that includes legal aliens as well as undocumented aliens — cannot be domiciled in any state in the United States until they actually have the permanent right to remain in the United States,” she said.

Weitz said there have been bills submitted to the legislature to provide in-state tuition for any student regardless of documentation status who graduated from a New Jersey high school, but it excludes immigrants who are in the process of obtaining legal status.

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M “Ironically, the legislation that has been proposed would exclude legal aliens. So in other words, if an individual’s parents are waiting for a green card — at least in the bills I have seen — those individuals would be excluded,” she said.

Saleh, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said if a student has been a New Jersey resident and attended school in the state, the fact that they are still undocumented should not hinder their opportunity to achieve a higher education at a more affordable rate.

“If they’re making the necessar y ar rangements to become a U.S. citizen and they’ve attended school in New Jersey, then we feel they

should be given in-state tuition rates,” he said.

The council still hopes to raise more awareness about the resolution, which passed in 10 other states, including New York and California.

Casalins said the council just wants to speak up for those affected but are not completely aware of the issues with the out-of-state tuition policy.

“A lot of them don’t even know that they’re undocumented when they are brought here by their parents, and I’m not just talking about Latinos,” he said. “A lot of times they can’t speak up for themselves. It’s kind of our job to speak up for those who don’t have a voice.”

— Neil P. Kypers contributed to this article.

SPA: U. students receive discounted rates at facility continued from front the location, Trukowski said.

“It seemed [financially] irresponsible to continue it there,” she said. “It wasn’t as successful to students as we would have liked it to have been. The bus system wasn’t going as well. The location wasn’t perfect.”

The Rockoff Tech Gym and Spa only saw 70 people a day, which did not compare to the high numbers in the other campus facilities, Trukowski said.

In comparison, the Werblin Recreation Center sees 1,000 people a day and the College Avenue Gym sees 800 people, she said.

Various spa services are available at reduced rates for students, Trukowski said.

“It will help by giving [students] a much more affordable price than they would get from the public environment and hopefully help them with their stress,” she said.

Spa treatments can benefit the human body, Trukowski said. Massages are often used as a way to relieve stress and muscular aches and pain.

Beside the health benefits, most University students use the spa simply for relaxation, Finetto said.

“It’s kind of like spoiling yourself — you get to go and relax,” she said. “It brings warmth to the body.”

Rutgers Recreation discovered a private, quiet site for the spa, but finding the space was a challenge, Trukowski said.

“You look at the College Avenue Gym, [and] there wasn’t any office space we could convert,” Finetto said.

Limited parking was also an issue for the spa at Rockoff Hall, but now there is more parking available on Livingston campus, she said.

“We have easy access from Busch and Livingston campus now — hopefully that will increase the numbers,” Finetto said.

The spa services at Rockoff Hall — which often sold out appointments five days out of the week — were popular program on campus, Trukowski said.

Finetto is hopeful that spa services on Livingston will be an even greater success.

“I think that it should be used even more here. More people are coming to the facility daily,” she said. “It will be easier for students to get here, so I do think there will be a bigger turnout here.”

School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Yerin Song said she is interested in using the spa, especially because of its convenient location and costs.

“The prices are somewhere in the ballpark for a college student,” she said. “It would definitely be helpful when finals come around.”

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CALENDAR Website consults students’ attendance SEPTEMBER Delta Epsilon Psi Fraternity will be hosting a date auction to aid the victims from the massive flood in Pakistan. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center Multipurpose Room. In light of raising public awareness, a representative from the Islamic Relief Foundation will deliver a speech on the organization’s behalf.

Come bid on eligible singles for a good cause.

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Helyar House on Cook/Douglass campus is hosting an ice cream social as a fundraiser for Give Kids the World Village. Give Kids the World is a nonprofit resort in Central Florida that makes magical memories for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families by providing them a week-long, cost-free vacation. It is priced per serving just like any ice cream parlor and all the proceeds will be sent directly to the World Village. Thomas Sweet on Easton Avenue has kindly donated supplies for the event.

Ice cream will be served at 5 p.m. at the Nicholas Hall Coffeehouse on Cook campus.

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Recreation classes begin today.

There are more than 300 available classes, including aquatics, dance, fitness, body/mind/spirit, personal enrichment, sports, martial arts and outdoor recreation trips.

Register online now 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For complete details, visit: http://recreation.rutgers.edu/cla sses. Questions? Write to recclass@rci.rutgers.edu or call (732)-932-8204.

Rutgers Empowering Disabilities’ first general body meeting is from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Room 402 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. This is to give an opportunity to introduce the club, officers and other members together in a fun trivia game. Come and learn what they are about and many ways to get involved.

Refreshments will be served.

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The Clothesline Project is a visual display bearing witness to all forms of interpersonal violence. Join the Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to view more than 200 shirts made by University students. Survivors and loved ones are welcome to make a shirt to include on the line. For more information, contact lluciano@echo.rutgers.edu.

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The Rutgers Entrepreneurial Society will host “The Sexy Side of Entrepreneurship,” an exposition showcasing music, fashion, art and entertainment featuring a variety of industry experts at 7 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Hor d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.

To have your event featured on www.dailytargum.com, send University calendar items to university@dailytargum.com.

BY DENNIS COMELLA STAFF WRITER

Students wondering whether they should skip class may be forced to make a tough decision, but skipclasscalculator.com can help make dealing with the dilemma easier.

Jim Filbert created the website, which is an online tool that takes into consideration different factors to determine how safe it is to skip a class. The Bowling Green State University graduate came up with the idea after he was in such a predicament one February during his final semester in college.

“I woke up one cold morning and debated whether … I wanted to get out of bed to go to class,” Filbert said. “I ran the risk in my head. Then I pondered. I was wondering if there might already be a tool on the [internet] which would run that risk for me.”

After coming up empty-handed, he decided to build the site himself, he said.

Filbert asked some of his friends for input and soon came up with a formula that could pre-

dict whether it was safe for a student to skip class, creating the original site — which he intended to be a joke — within a few days, he said.

“When you run the formula, you get a variable between zero and 100,” Filbert said. “Most people now agree with the formula.”

The formula takes into account the student’s grade in the course, if attendance counts and how much exam material is taken from the lecture. It also considers other aspects, such as whether students can get the notes from a classmate. Each factor is weighted differently.

The site will recommend students attend if they have already cut too many classes.

Students at the University expressed their views about the website.

The website states in a disclaimer that the final choice must be left to the student, and Pooja Khandelwal said her choice would be to attend classes no matter what.

“I would take the quiz for fun, but I wouldn’t take it too seriously,” said Khandelwal, a School of Arts

and Sciences junior. “Regardless of what the website tells me to do, I would go to all my classes anyway.”

School of Arts and Sciences senior Brian Zach said he does not find the idea useful.

“I don’t need a computer program to tell me whether to skip class,” Zach said.

Filbert said he received only positive comments from students, most of whom, like Khandelwal, thought it was fun but would not necessarily take the outcome seriously.

“I’m in some interesting classes that I do want to attend,” Khandelwal said. “It would affect my grade if I just skipped class. I usually attend most of my classes anyway.”

School of Arts and Sciences senior Karol Soto expressed concern about not attending class.

“It’s never a good idea to skip class. You will always miss some information,” Soto said.

Professors are divided in their opinion about the website, Filbert said.

“I would want to have nothing to do with that if I were a student,” English Professor Richard Koszarski said. “It seems too underdeveloped.”

Filbert suggests professors lighten up about the matter.

“Get a sense of humor. It’s not meant to be taken seriously,” he said in response to professors who have sent him angry e-mail messages.

The site acknowledges that every student will have a unique situation in which class may — or may not — be safe to skip, since some classes may be unpredictable on a given day.

“There are some classes that are organized by a very conventionalized curriculum,” said Koszarski. “Sometimes I don’t even know what I will be teaching until the class starts.”

The calculator is a fun tool for students who might be considering skipping anyway, but Soto thinks there are better things to do with his time.

“I think you can tell [if it is safe to skip] just by looking at the syllabus,” he said.

The site is not something Filbert would recommend students use on a daily basis to decide whether to go to class.

“I think at the end of the day, use common sense,” he said. “Don’t let a website make [your] decisions.”

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Afghan workers of the Independent Election Commission load ballot boxes onto a truck to be distributed to polling stations yesterday in Herat, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's second parliamentary election is scheduled for Sept. 18, with about 2,500 candidates contesting the 249 seats in Afghanistan's lower house of parliament.

France bans burqa in public THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — The French Senate on Tuesday over whelmingly passed a bill banning the burqastyle Islamic veil on public streets and other places, a measure that affects fewer than 2,000 women but that has been widely seen as a symbolic defense of French values.

The Senate voted 246 to 1 in favor of the bill in a final step toward making the ban a law — though it now must pass muster with France’s constitutional watchdog. The bill was over whelmingly passed in July in the lower house, the National Assembly.

Many Muslims believe the legislation is one more blow to France’s No. 2 religion and risks raising the level of Islamophobia in a countr y where mosques, like synagogues, are sporadic targets of hate. However, the law’s many proponents say it will preser ve the nation’s values, including its secular foundations and a notion of fraternity that is contrar y to those who hide their faces.

In an attempt to head off any legal challenges over arguments it tramples on religious and other freedoms, the leaders of both parliamentary houses said they had asked a special body to ensure it passes constitutional muster. The Constitutional Council has one month to rule.

The bill is worded to trip safely through legal minefields.

For instance, the words “women,” “Muslim” and “veil” are not even mentioned in any of its seven articles.

“This law was the object of long and complex debates,” the Senate president, Gerard Larcher, and National Assembly head Bernard Accoyer said in a joint statement announcing their move. They said they want to be certain there is “no uncertainty” about its conforming to the constitution.

France would be the first European country to pass such a

law, though others, notably neighboring Belgium, are considering laws against face-covering veils, seen as conflicting with the local culture.

“Our duty concerning such fundamental principles of our society is to speak with one voice,” said Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, opening a less than five-hour-long debate ahead of the vote.

The measure, carried by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conser vative party, was passed by the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, on July 13.

It would outlaw face-covering veils, including those worn by tourists from the Middle East, on public streets and elsewhere.

The bill set fines of euro150 ($185) or citizenship classes for any woman caught covering her face, or both. It also carries stiff penalties for anyone, such as husbands or brothers, convicted of forcing the veil on a woman.

The euro 30,000 ($38,400) fine and year in prison are doubled if the victim is a minor.

The bill is aimed at ensuring gender equality, women’s dignity and security, as well as upholding France’s secular values — and its way of life.

Some women, like Kenza Drider, have vowed to wear a fullface veil despite a law. Drider says she prefers to flirt with arrest rather than bow to what she says is an injustice.

“It is a law that is unlawful,” said Drider, a mother of four from Avignon, in southern France. “It is ... against individual liberty, freedom of religion, liberty of conscience,” she said.

“I will continue to live my life as I always have with my full veil,” she told Associated Press Television News.

Drider was the only woman who wears a full-faced veil to be interviewed by a parliamentary panel that spent six months deciding whether to move ahead with legislation.

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to hide her face. However, they have voiced concerns that a law forbidding them to do so would stigmatize the French Muslim population, which at an estimated five million is the largest in western Europe. Numerous Muslim women who wear the face-covering veil have said they are being increasingly harassed in the streets.

However, the bill has its Muslim defenders, like a women’s rights group active in heavily immigrant neighborhoods.

“How can we allow the burqa here and at the same time fight the Taliban and all the fundamentalist groups across the world?” said the president of NPNS, Sihem Habchi. “I’m Muslim and I can’t accept that because I’m a woman I have to disappear,” she told APTN. Raphael Liogier, a sociology professor who heads the Obser vator y of the Religious in Aix-en-Provence, says that Muslims in France are already targeted by hate-mongers and the ban on face-covering veils “will officialize Islamophobia.”

“With the identity crisis that France has today, the scapegoat is the Muslim,” he told The Associated Press.

Indeed, the justice minister said that the French “ask about the future of their society, of their nation” as they “see the internationalization of our society.”

“The Senate must guarantee the permanence of our values ... which forge our identity,” she said.

Ironically, instead of helping some women integrate, the measure may keep them cloistered in their homes to avoid exposing their faces in public.

“I won’t go out. I’ll send people to shop for me. I’ll stay home, very simply,” said Oum Al Khyr, who wears a “niqab” that hides all but the eyes.

“I’ll spend my time praying,” said the single woman “over age 45” who lives in Montreuil on Paris’ eastern edge. “I’ll exclude myself from society when I wanted to live in it.”

disinformation. And so far, the official said, neither the special operations raids nor the missile ISLAMABAD — Drone airstrikes on the Pakistan side of the craft unleashed two missile border appear to have degraded attacks in a lawless tribal region the militants’ ability to fill the on the Afghan border Tuesday, ranks of the slain. making September the most But sometimes, the U.S. official intense period of U.S. strikes in said, the replacements are far less Pakistan since they began in competent than their predecessors.

2004, intelligence officials said.

The Pakistan army has The stepped-up campaign is launched several offensives in focused on a small area of farmthe tribal regions over the last 2½ ing villages and mountainous, years, but has not moved in force thickly forested terrain coninto North Waziristan. The U.S. trolled by the Haqqani network, is unable to send ground forces a ruthless American foe in into Pakistani territory, and must Afghanistan, U.S. officials say. rely on the drone strikes.

There is some evidence the netA major offensive in North work is being squeezed as a Waziristan became even less feasiresult, one official said. ble last month after massive floodAmerican officials said the ing forced tens of thousands of airstrikes were designed to Pakistani soldiers to focus excludegrade the Haqqanis’ operasively on rescuing stranded victions on the Pakistani side of the tims, redirecting flood waters and border, creating a “hammer-andrebuilding damaged infrastructure. anvil” effect as U.S. special operLast month also saw a lull in ations forces carr y out raids U.S. airstrikes, until an attack on against their fighters across the Sept. 2 began days of repetitive frontier in Afghanistan. The offimissile attacks. cials spoke on condition of U.S. officials did not discuss anonymity to discuss ongoing specific reasons for the surge of classified operations. airstrikes this month. A former The missiles have killed more American military official said than 50 people in 12 strikes since poor weather often hampers Sept. 2 in the Pakistani region of drone operations.

North Waziristan, according to Until now, the an Associated highest number of Press tally based airstrikes inside on Pakistani intel“We live in Pakistan in a sinligence officials’ gle month had reports.

Many constant fear. been the 11 struck around We have missile launched in Datta Khel, a town of about 40,000 strikes every day.” January 2010 after a suicide bomber people that sits on MUNAWAR KHAN killed a Jordanian a strategically vital Pakistani Citizen intelligence officer road to the and seven CIA Afghan border. employees at a The border base in Afghanistan. region has long been a refuge for “Usually when there’s this Islamist extremists from around type of intensity in strikes, the world. Osama Bin Laden and they’re going after something other al-Qaida leaders are specific,” Bill Roggio, of the Long believed to have fled there after War Journal, which tracks the the U.S.-led invasion of strikes, said of this month’s Afghanistan in 2001. attacks. “They hit it, watch what U.S. and Pakistani intelligence moves, then hit it again. It officials said most of this month’s becomes an intel feedback loop,” strikes have targeted the forces of that fuels further strikes, he said.

Jalaluddin and Sirajuddin U.S. officials do not publicly Haqqani, a former anti-Soviet acknowledge the missile strikes commander and his son who are but have said privately that they now battling American forces in have killed several senior eastern Afghanistan.

Taliban and al-Qaida militants The raids targeting the group and scores of foot soldiers in a in Afghanistan are led mainly by region largely out of the control the Joint Special Operations of the Pakistani state.

Command. Such raids across Critics say innocents are also Afghanistan are now more frekilled, fueling support for the quent than at any previous time insurgency. in the nearly nine-year war, with A Pakistani intelligence offisome 4,000 recorded between cial told the AP that “most of the May and August as special operfighters killed in recent weeks ations numbers were boosted by are from the Haqqani network,” troops arriving from Iraq. adding that Arab militants had The raids have focused on the also been killed. He spoke on Haqqanis for the last two years, condition of anonymity because officials said. of the sensitivity of the topic.

A senior American intelligence “We live in constant fear,” official in Afghanistan said the U.S. said Munawar Khan, 28, who had reports that Haqqani comlives in the nearby village of manders were under pressure Darpa Khel. “We have missile from the operations. strikes every day.”

“We’re seeing from some of the U.S. forces began targeting raids that some of the more senior Pakistan’s tribal regions with aerguys are trying to move back into ial drones in 2004 but the number Pakistan,” the official said, speakof strikes soared in 2008 and has ing on condition of anonymity to been steadily climbing since discuss matters of intelligence. then, with nearly 70 attacks this The official cautioned that the year, according to an AP tally.

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Hyprocrisy reigns at energy summit S

enate Majority Leader Harry Reid looks to expand his image of a green, ecologically concerned politician, but his recent visit to the clean energy summit in Las Vegas might hinder his goals.

Clean, green Reid showed up to the conference in a fleet of giant SUVs. It is as if the congressman was aiming for an ironic turn of events when he stepped out of a Chevrolet Suburban. And this happens time and time again when our nation’s leaders disregard their mission and act in a way that can only be defined as hypocritical.

Majority hypocrite Reid arrived in his fleet of large SUVs, and while he might not have thought about the consequences, the people saw it.

And while “he and other high-profile environmental activists blasted carbon-based fuels at the Reid-sponsored summit, Reid and other bigwigs were caught on film driving to and from the summit in several SUVs,” according to The Heartland Institute.

“I was absolutely astonished, not to mention appalled, that Reid would retain a fleet of gas-guzzling SUVs so that he and a few aides would not have to walk the mere 100 yards to address environmental activists,” said Heartland Institute Senior Fellow James M. Taylor. “If greenhouse gas emissions are such a problem, you would think Reid might have actually made the short stroll through the parking lot, or at least retain Priuses rather than large SUVs for the summit.”

Reid’s arrogance seems to be routine in Washington with Al Gore being an example of contradiction. The former vice president and Nobel Prize winner spent thousands of dollars on the promotion of his movie, “An Inconvenient Truth.” He flew with his private jet, all the while giving speeches on global warming and the effects that we have on the environment. Gore is a perfect example of a liberal who does not come close to following the lofty ideals that he demands of the rest of us. According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, the Gore campaign filed disbursement reports with the Federal Election Commission, as required law, that document his use of private jets belonging to various businesses and corporations.

It has been an arrogant routine that politicians employ nowadays.

They ride in Secret Service-provided GMC Yukons and Chevy Suburbans while speaking at summits that aim to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

Some of us may disagree on green issues and that is perfectly fine, but the contradiction of Reid’s visit is an all too common occurrence.

Maybe next time, to offset his previous trips to energy summits, Reid could take a hike.

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t is tricky tackling the question of Mexican sportscaster Ines Sainz’s run-in with players in the New York Jets’ locker room. Last weekend, the reporter for Mexico’s TV Azteca and Azteca America attended a Jets practice seeking to interview quarterback Mark Sanchez. Sainz, however, encountered much more while in the locker room. Players whistled and made comments about Sainz. And while there exists a certain problem in the catcalls that Sainz’s outfit prompted, the situation was ultimately taken too at heart.

Sainz was probably best known to NFL fans for wearing tight jeans and proposing to Tom Brady during Super Bowl week in 2008. New York Post reporter Bart Hubbuch described the atmosphere as “playful” and “not hostile at all” even though the Post said Sainz claimed head coach Rex Ryan and defensive backs coach Dennis Thurman overthrew passes with the sole purpose of landing by her. The Association for Women in Sports Media saw no humor in the incident and asked the NFL to investigate, according to USA Today. The news simply blew the situation out of proportion.

Sainz’s looks seem to be part of the story. The former Miss Spain is well-known in sports broadcasting circles for wearing what some might consider provocative outfits while covering major sporting events. And while it may not be appropriate for men to address women in the way the Jets players did, Sainz should have expected what happened in the locker room. It is a place where teammates — a group of guys — mentally prepare for the next game or just vent after a rough loss. The reporter was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The first news of the encounter came via Sainz’s Twitter. Why does she need to tweet this information if she didn’t want the news to spread? If the conflict with the football players was so offensive, is it necessary to personally send out the news? An apology may be warranted if Sainz feels traumatized, but she somehow seems fine. What happened in Florham Park, N.J., has been and will be debated, yet the news coverage is excessive. The NFL may continue to investigate the matter in the next few days, but what we really want is to watch the game without the interruption of petty conflicts.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Sometimes I don’t even know what I will be teaching until the class starts.”

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Even with this well-established technology, Society was quick to jump on the digital photogupdates are still constantly coming up in the marraphy bandwagon. We shelved our 35mm cameras ket. Newer cameras have improved sensors, without hesitation and ran to the nearest departgreater pixel density and capacity, better low-light ment store for one of these newfangled camera sensitivity and a greater dynamic range. Each devices. Ever since, the need to have a visual souupdate is the opportunity to own a product that venir of every event in one’s life has gone up on the can produce higher resolution pholist of priorities, regardless of age. tos. With a few hundred dollars, Our generation in particular “The photography anyone can take aesthetically was raised with digital cameras in pleasing photographs. hand. The device is a well-apprecifield is changing Unfortunately, this puts the presated shift from the draining dropjust as quickly sure on serious photographers and off and pick-up process at a 24those who consider themselves a lithour photo. It is an even more as many other tle more tech-savvy. The standards appreciated shift from dealing with have been raised because the public expensive chemicals and waits in fields are.” needs to be able to see the difference the dark room. Though there is a between someone who just picked significant amount of individuals up a camera and someone who knows what he’s who can’t just abandon their film cameras because doing. What separates the average guy and a good they love the feel and permanence of prints, most photographer lies in the more technical and creative have moved on and forgotten the slow, and someaspects of shooting. If you aren’t shooting just for the times, unreliable process. sake of documenting your events for your family or I cannot even give you an estimate of how many friends, there are different audiences to which a photimes I’ve been asked to please upload the photos tographer must cater. Critics are not easy to impress. from Event X to Facebook so that friends Y and Z Sorry, but your strawberry still life or heart-shaped can have a new default photo as soon as possible. bokeh might not cut it for publication.

Even as the person who is usually behind the The photography field is changing just as viewfinder, I’ve been on the other side of this quickly as many other fields are in our digital exchange more than I’d like to admit. Online platmedia age. Though the bar has been raised, aspirforms like Facebook and Flickr have not only ing photographers should not be discouraged. increased the audience of any individual’s personal The field might be changing, but it is, more photos, but also opened up our private lives to the importantly, growing. Whether you are an artist world and created a permanent entertainment or a photojournalist, there will always be room for aspect of online life. anyone to make their mark. It’s true that it is easy In the same way anyone can be a “journalist” as for one’s work to get buried underneath a pool of an online blog author, anyone can be a photograimages, but with the right stuff, photographs can pher because of the increasing accessibility to digistand out. tal camera technology. Digital single-lens reflex cameras, or DSLRs are becoming more affordable Jovelle Abbey Tamayo is a School of Arts and and user-friendly, so that the production of “profesSciences sophomore majoring in economics and sional quality” photographs is possible for anyone political science. She is the photo editor at The who can get his hands on one. Even the standard Daily Targum. point-and-shoot camera, the very affordable and

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Cut spending carefully Letter JOSEPH RADWANSKI

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nknown to many American citizens is the disastrous state of our country’s infrastructure.

Infrastructure consists of the structures, services and facilities a society and economy require to function.

In specific, the technical structures include roads, dams, power grids, sewage systems, water supplies, telecommunications, harbors and various other vital structures.

A column in The Daily Targum Tuesday titled, “Rein in state spending,” commented on the federal government’s proposed spending toward America’s infrastructure.

The author suggests investment into infrastructure is a superfluous waste of taxpayer’s money.

Responding to a proposal from President Barack Obama’s administration to invest $50 billion into America’s infrastructure, the author stipulates, “Support for this project is asinine, short-sighted and counterproductive. These projects are exactly the reason why the U.S. federal debt hovers over $13 trillion.”

The picture in regard to actual infrastructure spending is quite the opposite. The government and individual state governments do not spend nearly enough on the maintenance and upkeep of our nations’

infrastructure. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, America’s overall 2009 infrastructure grade point average is a D. In specific areas, America’s grades are as follows: aviation D, bridges C, dams D, drinking water D-, energy D+, hazardous waste D, inland waterways D-, levees D-, public parks and recreation C-, rails C-, roads D-, schools D, solid waste C+, transit D, and wastewater D-. The estimated required investment over a five-year period for repairs and updates is $2.2 trillion. The estimated five-year investment shortfall is $1.176 trillion. America’s estimated actual spending is only $903 billion.

The full report can be found at infrastructurereportcard.org/reportcards. While $903 billion certainly sounds like a lot of money being invested, it falls incredibly short of what is actually needed.

Infrastructure is absolutely vital to a healthy functioning society and economy. It is no coincidence that America’s rise to global power and wealth following World War II was accompanied by a massive infrastructure investment from former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration. His administration created the Interstate Highway System that is vital to our country’s transportation of goods and services today. Sadly, the American Society of Civil Engineers 2009 Report Cards state, “From 1980-2005, while auto-

mobile [vehicle miles traveled] increased 94 percent and truck VMT increased 105 percent, highway-lane miles grew by only 3.5 percent.” Our roadways are in serious disrepair and need investment today.

The ASCE also states poor roadways can, “Lead to excessive wear and tear on motor vehicles and can also lead to increased numbers of crashes and delays.” Thus, we end up paying not only in money but our lives and safety as a result of poor infrastructure. The longer we wait to invest in infrastructure the more expensive and even tragic it can become. The subsequent flooding and tragedy that faced New Orleans in 2005 was a direct result of the lack of investment into the levees that were supposed to protect the city.

While I can agree with the author of Tuesday’s column that needless government spending designed to fill the pockets of politicians, political parties and their affiliates could use a serious cutback — a complete cutback — I must firmly disagree that investment into America’s infrastructure is a mistake and waste of money.

We cannot cover our eyes and ears while our house falls down around us and claim we are saving money by cutting back needless spending.

Joseph Radwanski is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in psychology and criminal justice.

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Thanks to those who lead pens far too often that we fail to recognize those that are most essential to our success.

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Pearls Before Swine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

STEPHAN PASTIS

Today's birthday (9/15/10). Surrounded by love and a sense of security and protection, this year you can stretch your wings and fly. Career potential opens before you. Take a new path or sweep your current one clear of obstacles. Every day is filled with opportunity to grow and expand. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21--April 19) -Today is a 7 -- You feel like angels are standing by your shoulder, guiding your every decision and action. Protected and supported, you can do anything.

Taurus (April 20--May 20) -Today is an 8 -- Fly on angel wings to a passionate encounter. Say exactly how you feel and support your partner from behind the scenes.

Gemini (May 21--June 21) -Today is an 8 -- The countdown reaches zero today, and you take off to a unique destination. Your spirits are uplifted by the prospect. Enjoy the ride!

Cancer (June 22--July 22) -Today is a 5 -- You get into today's activities wholeheartedly. There's a lot of running around, but, in the end, you gather everything you need for a delightful party.

Leo (July 23--Aug. 22) -Today is a 6 -- Your boat is almost on an even keel. Careful communication throughout the day keeps you headed in your direction of choice.

Remain focused on work and family matters.

Virgo (Aug. 23--Sept. 22) -Today is a 7 -- Your words have tremendous impact on the feelings of others. Today you provide a protective shield that someone really appreciates.

Libra (Sept. 23--Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- The balancing act between personal desires and outside demands could get tricky.

Shift your own thinking away from emotion toward reason.

Scorpio (Oct. 23--Nov. 21) -Today is a 6 -- Wrap yourself in the comfort of self-confidence and mental precision. You have everything you need to bring about change as desired.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22--Dec. 21) -Today is a 9 -- Embrace the world! Wrap friends and family in a warm hug as if angel wings were guarding their security.

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the times, I didn’t have the trust and I didn’t do it, so I to be able to go out there blame for poor offensive start need and make the throws next time and lead them to the windows continued from back and stuf f.”

Though the running game is “We just went out there and in even more doubt with the we weren’t playing,” Savage injury to starting junior tailback said. “We weren’t playing well. I Joe Martinek, the passing game mean, FIU is behind us now, so likely gets a boost against North we have to worr y about the Carolina with the return of next game and you have to sophomore Quron Pratt and make the plays and that’s what potential entrance of freshman I didn’t do.”

J.T. Tartacoff.

No matter how many times Pratt, who injured his shoulSavage wants to say it, all of the der early in training camp, blame cannot be put on him when expects to be ready by looking at the statistics. the time North Against a FCS oppoCarolina rolls around nent, the offensive line and is a legitimate gave up three sacks in a weapon for Savage in half. And against a Sun the slot after a strong Belt opponent without a spring campaign. winning season in its Tartacoff, who was history, the running medically cleared but game managed 76 yards did not participate last on 36 attempts, good for two yards per carry.

TOM SAVAGE Saturday, might see the field against the Tar The receivers, themHeels, as well, if other receivers selves an inexperienced group, continue to remain covered and are responsible for 12 catches run poor routes. this season, and according to The only holdback on Schiano, failed to run routes corTartacoff is that he has yet to rectly and get open against FIU. play this season and Rutgers may But the ever-diplomatic not want to burn his redshirt Savage continues to make himyear as a true freshman. self a human dartboard, refus“The more the merrier helps,” ing to place the blame on anySavage said on the possible addione but himself. tion of receivers. “Quron is a “If, hypothetically, a receiver heck of a receiver so it’s exciting did not run a route, it’s just timto get him back and J.T. and all of ing,” Savage said. “College footthe guys, Jeremy Deering, ball is all about timing. they’re all tremendous receivers.

“You have to throw the ball You already know Mark where they’re supposed to be [Harrison] and Mohamed and not where they are. That’s [Sanu]. The talent’s there, I just what it is. I think our receivers have to put it on them.” ran routes well and some of

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INJURIES: Garces, Bull lead youth-laden RU squad continued from back

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Senior co-captain Heather Garces won a state championship at New Egypt High School, but injuries hampered her collegiate career until this season, returning at full strength.

RETURN: Woeller plays

Woeller’s stint with Team Canada. Sophomore Lindsey who saw action in six two full games after time away McNabb, games off the bench in 2009, also received playing time with continued from back the back four.

Woeller, by contrast, played right back in and I feel like we and started in all 22 games last grew a lot and made an identity season to go with her three starts as a backline.” in 2010 for the Knights. Of those A vaunted Pilots attack 22 starts, Woeller saw all 90 minruined Woeller’s homecoming utes in 19 of them. as Portland converted a late Playing a full 90 minutes preopportunity to take the match, 2sented issues for the Knights in 1, in front of a spirited home their second loss of the season crowd. After only one game Friday to Portland. back, Rutgers’ workhorse expeThe Pilots owned ball possesrienced her first taste of adversision in the latter stages of the ty in 2010, as the Knights needsecond half, leading to a Portland ed a victory Sunday to salvage goal in the 84th minute that the weekend. sealed the Knights’ fate.

The defense responded with a “In the last 10 minutes defi1-0 shutout over Washington — nitely [Portland was] coming at the team’s fourth of the season. us,” said redshirt freshman “It was huge, it was a really Jonelle Filigno who, like Woeller, important win for owns caps with our season,” the Canadian Woeller said. “We “We welcome National Team. “I feel like we can bounce back and Shannon [Woeller] think we were getting a little bit we can play back. She stepped tired, but I don’t Friday-Sunday know. I think they games. We can right in as if did surpass us in move on from a that aspect.” she hadn’t left.” tough loss and Despite the come back GLENN CROOKS loss, Woeller’s stronger.”

Head Coach return could not Wo e l l e r ’ s have come at a return solidifies a better time for back four that was Rutgers. After facing in-state patchwork during her absence. rival Seton Hall on Friday, Head coach Glenn Crooks used Rutgers takes on No. 5 Boston a variety of different methods, College on Sunday to close out including using sophomore midthe weekend. fielder Maura McLaughlin as a After their matchup with the defensive substitute, in order to Golden Eagles, the Knights play compensate for Woeller’s 10 consecutive Big East games to lengthy hiatus. close the regular season.

And in her first two games And with Sleiman dealing with back, Crooks did not think a lingering ankle injury, Crooks twice about easing Woeller looks for Woeller to log a lot of back into her normal responsiminutes to solidify the Rutgers’ bilities. Woeller’s final stat outside backs. sheet for the weekend read “Maura had to step in for two games star ted, 180 minRheanne a couple of times,” utes logged.

Crooks said of his weekend “We welcome Shannon substitutions. “Rheanne’s got back,” Crooks said. “She this ankle thing that bothers stepped right in as if she hadn’t her. We take her out and kind of left. Not just Shannon, but Julie fix her up and then she goes [Lancos], Allie [Hambleton], back in again.”

Rheanne [Sleiman], Maura The Knights are a third of the McLaughlin — those five way to last year’s production in together had a great weekend in terms of shutouts. Rest assured, the back.” if Rutgers is to come close to Woeller returned to her 2009’s productivity, Woeller will usual starting duties, replacing have something to say about it — freshman Tori Leigh, who 90 minutes worth. made four star ts during

everyday and not being able to play was definitely a challenge.”

But not only did Garces struggle with not being able to play, she was forced to sit out and watch her team struggle through a difficult 2009 campaign, in which the team only won three games.

Compared to the success and health that Garces enjoyed in high school, when she tallied 25 goals to go with 38 assists, suffering from injury and mustering three goals over the past three years is a far cry from what she was accustomed to.

It’s not all about stats, however, for the senior captain.

Tchou acknowledged Garces’ presence alone on the field changes the way her team performs due to the leadership and knowledge she brings to each game.

“Our team can kind of look at her and say, ‘This is the perfect example of somebody that has had the most adversity that any player can ever have,’” Tchou said. “To

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be able to come and play, whether she’s starting or not, her attitude shows that she’s a legitimate Division I athlete.”

Fellow senior co-captain Jenna Bull, one of Garces’ best friends, is also delighted to have her teammate back for this season.

The duo make up the team’s senior class, and for the 2010 youth-laden squad, senior leadership is vital.

“I love it,” Bull said of Garces’ return. “She’s been through a lot and she’s one of those players that deserves to be here. I’m really happy and fortunate to play my final year with her.”

For Garces, she’s happy just to be playing, even though being back on the field does carry a bittersweet meaning.

Forget the ups, downs and corkscrews Garces experienced during her career — this season gives her a chance to put all of it to rest and make new memories.

“Knowing I only have less than two months left is hard,” Garces said. “But you know, I’m spending it with my best friends and all the teammates I love, so I’m just making the best out of what I have now.”

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BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

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fter monster performances in Rutgers’ 19-14 win over FIU Saturday, sophomore Mohamed Sanu and senior Joe Lefeged stood out as two of nine honorees named to “Paul Hornung’s Most Versatile Performances of the Week.”

Lefeged recorded an interception, returned two kicks for 42 yards, as well as two punts for eight yards, registered six tackles, two blocked punts and also two forced fumbles against FIU, more than qualifying him for the distinction.

Sanu finished the game with nine carries for 44 yards and a touchdown.

The South Brunswick, N.J., native also completed one pass for 24 yards and made four receptions for 25 yards.

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Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano put a lot of trust in true freshman running back Jordan Thomas when he sent him in to close out the game on the ground in last weekend’s 1914 win over Florida International.

He might have to put even more faith in the speedster from Endicott, N.Y., in the upcoming week and a half, because junior Joe Martinek is injured and potentially out Sept.

25, when North Carolina comes to Piscataway.

“He’s played a lot already,” Schiano said of Thomas. “I don’t know how many total carries, but he’s been in there. I think he should be fine.”

After yesterday’s practice, Schiano said he’s not sure about the health of Martinek, whose

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injury in the FIU game led to Thomas’ increased playing time at the end of the game. Schiano described the situation as “wait and see.”

Through two games, Martinek led the charge with 34 rushes for 137 yards and a touchdown, but Thomas saw plenty of playing time with 21 rushes of his own to go along with two catches.

The last true freshman to see this type of playing time for the Scarlet Knights, Ray Rice, started for the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night, and with the struggles of the running game last week, the pressure is on Thomas to perform if Martinek can’t go.

“I’m very confident in Crazy Legs [Thomas],” said fifth-year senior center and team captain Howard Barbieri. “He’s got a lot of speed and he’s a good back.”

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receiver Chris Rainey left Alachua County Jail yesterday after police charged him with aggravated stalking, a thirddegree felony.

According to the victim, who dated Rainey on and off over the past three years, Rainey sent her a text message saying “time to die” shortly after leaving her home.

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Bowl got a lot tougher for NFC favorite Green Bay Packers, as starting running back Ryan Grant is out for the remainder of the season.

Grant tore a ligament in his ankle that requires seasonending surgery, leaving him on crutches for at least 10 to 12 weeks.

Before his injury in the team’s 27-20 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, Grant rushed for 45 yards on eight carries.

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information involving former Kentucky guard Eric Bledsoe’s transcripts leave questions as to whether the star was even eligible to play last season.

Bledsoe received an A in “Algebra 3,” according to his high school transcript, earning a 90 in each of the two sessions while attending senior night school.

But a night school grade report shows that Bledsoe earned a C and low C in each respective session, which should have made him ineligible to enroll at Kentucky.

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building on New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush, the former Southern California star decided yesterday to forfeit his 2005 Heisman Trophy.

The NCAA placed sanctions on USC after discovering that Bush and basketball player O.J. Mayo received improper benefits during their college careers.

The Heisman Trust committee must now decide whether to vacate the award completely or bestow it upon Vince Young, the 2005 runner-up.

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Sophomore running back De’Antwan Williams had six carries for 70 yards in late-game duty against Norfolk State.

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True freshman tailback Jordan Thomas has 21 carries for 71 yards in his first two games, including a long of 17.

Thomas was not made available to speak to the media after yesterday’s practice.

The other likely option with Martinek injured is an even greater increase in sophomore Mohamed Sanu’s role in the Wild Knight package.

Sanu threw and ran for a touchdown in 12 snaps out of the formation against FIU to go along with his team-high four catches.

“You get him going against one guy, he’s going to win more than 75 percent of the time,” Barbieri said.

“I’m very confident in Mohamed.”

Sophomore De’Antwan Williams has a chance to see the field as well if Martinek can’t go.

With Mason Robinson moving to receiver and handling punts and Kordell Young exclusively a third-down back, Williams is next on the pecking order with six rushes for 69 yards in mopup time against Norfolk State.

“He might [see the field],” Schiano said. “He’s gotten better.

There’s no doubt improved back.”

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Rutgers embarks on its first bye week in the aftermath of the Florida International game, allowing for the team to step back from game preparation for a few days and focus on fundamentals.

After two slow starts to begin the year, they will focus on the simplest of fundamentals to start, Schiano said.

“Offensively, the fundamentals would be blocking, throwing, catching, running, all that stuff,” Schiano said. “Not to be a wise guy, but that’s really where we are.”

The other advantage of a bye week is that the Knights get more time to analyze prior game tape without kickof f looming on Saturday.

“We just have to fix what we’ve been making mistakes on,” Barbieri said. “We’ve been making mistakes all over the place, but in the bye week, we’ll be able to fix that.”

Youth, experience carry Knights’ squads in opener

BY MIKE KUPERSHTEYN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at their first meet Saturday at CROSS COUNTRY the 2010 Fordham Fiasco at Van Cortlandt Park. Both squads met their coaches’ expectations and finished in the top five.

The Rutgers women had a particularly successful outing, finishing second at the 5K course.

Freshman Brianna Deming set the bar quite high, as she led the Scarlet Knights with a sixth-place finish and a time of 18:52.93.

“This was a very good season opener,” said head coach James

Robinson. “They really competed well as a whole, coming in a close second to a team that beat us handily last season. The team ran with control and was able to steadily ascend toward the lead pack as the race progressed. We’ll put in another good week of practice and look to further improve our performances at the Monmouth Invitational.”

Nine Knights finished in the top 25 on a day in which 165 runners participated.

Sophomore Victoria Pontecorvo finished in eighth place in 18:57.11, and Jennifer Spitzer, another sophomore, ended up on the cusp of the top 10 in 11th place at 19:12.66.

The men’s team also performed well at the meet, finishing

fourth out of 13 schools. Senior Kevin Cronin led the Knights in the 8K race, completing the course in 26:39.75 to finish in ninth place.

“I thought our first meet was OK,” said head coach Mike Mulqueen. “We’ve only been together since Sept. 1. Three guys have never been on the course before. I told them to go conservatively through the pack, which they did. The times we ran were better than last year. For the first meet, it was all right. The young guys competed very well. I thought overall it was a very good day.”

Senior Nick Miehe, Mulqueen’s other standout, finished 15th in 26:56.39.

The course served as the first test for the team, and they should be more prepared for the next competition.

“Same thing. The team has only been together for two weeks and the course is in Jersey, so they are more experienced with it,” Mulqueen said of his expectations for the next race.

“It sounds weird, but this early in the year, team scores aren’t that important. The freshmen are getting used to running five miles, whereas in high school they only ran three. So we’re just looking forward to another strong performance.”

Both teams hit the beaten path next at the Monmouth Invitational on Sept. 18, in West Long Branch, N.J.

Senior forces playoff, leads RU to third place

BY NICHOLAS ORLANDO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s golf team took third place this past weekend at the WOMEN’S GOLF B u c k n e l l Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa. — its first tournament of the season.

The Scarlet Knights shot a combined 929 (306-310-313) in the three rounds, putting them only seven shots behind second place William and Mary (922) and 26 shots behind first place Bucknell (903).

The tournament tested the Knights not only physically, but mentally, as well.

Along with dealing with some inclement weather, the 18-team, 93-player field had to play 36 holes on the first day.

“I am very excited to see the girls shooting such low numbers,” said head coach Maura WatersBallard. “The first day we played 36 holes. That is 10 hours on the golf course and for these girls to keep their focus and shoot great scores like that is awesome.”

Senior captain Jeanne Waters lead the Knights, who tied for first place after 36 holes.

“I am so happy with [Waters’] play and her positive leadership with this team,” Waters-Ballard said.

Waters shot 71, 78, and 72, respectively, in her three rounds, finishing with seven birdies and 33 pars.

Waters’ numbers put her at 221 for the tournament, good enough for a playoff to decide first place outright. She lost the playoff in four holes to Bucknell’s Katie Jurenovich and ultimately finished second.

“We have very talented girls, all of whom are capable of shooting low scores on any given day,” Waters said. “I’m very excited for us to build on this momentum as the season progresses.”

The rest of the Knights who played in the tournament were

junior Elizabeth Carl, sophomores Brittany Weddell and Karen Cash and senior Daley Owens, who finished 14th, 36th, 37th and 52nd respectively.

“Placing third and shooting the scores we did in our first event of the year tells me we are going to have a great year,” Waters-Ballard said. “I’m excited to keep working with our players and continue on this road of success.”

Rutgers tries to build on its strong start, in which it tied for the lead with 22 birdies for the tournament, as it prepares for this weekend’s Princeton Invitational, held a short trip south on Route 1.

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Sophomore quarterback struggles in Knights’ first two games with little support from ground game, group of inexperienced receivers

BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

The two days between the Florida International game and yesterday’s practice did a lot of good for FOOTBALL Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage, who was much more composed and back to his old self.

Savage handled the fiveminute blitz with the media with his usual diplomatic style instead of the more flustered Savage that spoke in the wake of a 7-for-15 per formance.

From head coach Greg Schiano’s standpoint, Savage practiced well and the Scarlet Knights still have all the trust in the world in their sophomore leader.

“Tom is Tom,” Schiano said after yesterday’s practice. “Tom’s a good quar terback. He’s not worried about the first two games. I think he doesn’t like what the results have been, but I think he hasn’t lost any faith in his abilities or what he’s going to do and lead this team. I thought he practiced well.”

But look at Savage’s first two games and there is no question about it, they weren’t pretty.

Savage completed exactly half of his passes in the first two weeks of the season for a pedestrian 220 yards. His only touchdown came late in a game against FCS foe Norfolk State and he threw an interception on a very ill-advised pass against Florida International.

The advantage is that the Knights won both games, so it’s more of a learning experience and less of a disappointment.

Going into the bye week, Savage just wants to forget it and move on.

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ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage completed 17 of 34 passes in the Knights’ first two games, throwing one touchdown and one interception.

Captain puts injuries in past for senior season

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ CORRESPONDENT

The roller coaster that is sports never stops running.

You get on, experience the highs of victory and lament over FIELD HOCKEY the anguishes of defeat until time flies by and suddenly, the ride is all over.

After all the twists and turns over the first three years of senior Heather Garces’ career, the Rutgers field hockey team’s co-captain is ready to make the most of her final games as an NCAA athlete.

Garces returned to the field for the Scarlet Knights this year, making only her 25th collegiate start against James Madison in the team’s season opening 6-0 loss.

Moving forward, the captain is ready to get on the field and do what she does best — play field hockey. “[Garces] has been through a lot,” said head coach Liz Tchou.

“Every year she’s had some kind of injury, so it’s been really difficult for her to be on the field. She deserves to be able to play, because she’s an excellent player.”

The New Egypt, N.J., native made her name while playing at New Egypt High School, where she took home a Group I state championship title in 2005 and earned the 2006 Star-Ledger Ocean County Player of the Year award.

But since arriving on the Banks, the senior encountered a few bumps in the road, struggling with shin problems and other injuries since her rookie year, including stress fractures and compartment syndrome.

Compartment syndrome is a condition that compresses blood vessels and nerves within an enclosed space, ultimately resulting in severe pain. Following surgery to repair her shins, the captain suffered a pulmonary embolism, further lengthening her time out and requiring her to miss the entire offseason.

The tough breaks just kept adding up for the co-captain.

“In high school, I never had an injur y,” said Garces. “Definitely being out with the surgery for six to seven months was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life. Just being with the team

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Sophomore’s return vital to shutout

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore defender Shannon Woeller returned to the Knights on Friday against Portland after a stint with the Canadian National Team.

Shannon Woeller traveled almost 6,000 miles to join the Rutgers women’s soccer team Friday in WOMEN’S SOCCER Por tland, Ore., for the Nike Invitational.

The sophomore back, whose last appearance for the No. 24 Scarlet Knights came Aug. 20, in a 3-0 blanking of Stony Brook, spent the past three weeks training with the Canadian National Team in Rome.

And despite all the frequent flyer miles, Woeller experienced no jetlag, coming back in sync with her defensive back four against No. 4 Portland.

“It felt really great to be back,” said Woeller, who resides approximately 300 miles north of Portland in Vancouver. “I think as a team, we sort of came together. I came

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