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The Rutgers men’s soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to four games after a pair of victories this weekend at Yurcak Field over Hartford and Long Island.

Fire officials encourage U. to know protocols BY REENA DIAMANTE CORRESPONDENT

Fire safety is a critical issue and one that Chief of Emergency Services William Scott is hoping to prevent. A Seton Hall University residence hall suffered a tragedy when three students were killed 10 years ago because of a fire, said Scott, and he is hoping to prevent any such incident from happening at the University. “When students finish their education, we want them to go home,” Scott said. “It’s for them — it’s not something we decide all of a sudden. It’s based on incidents that occurred in the country. We want to prevent them from

occurring here. We need the student’s help to make sure it doesn’t happen here.” An e-mail was sent out last week encouraging students to review the fire safety procedures for their residence building, Scott said. Students must acknowledge they went through it by clicking a link and checking a box saying they reviewed their residence hall’s floor plan. The Department of Emergency Services worked to go out and create specific emergency action plans in each residence hall, he said. Part of the work was to provide the plans to the students so they are aware of

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Some users think the recent upgrade to Windows 7 at the campus labs is not as efficient because it takes too long to log on to Windows computers. The University is working to shorten log-on times.

Slow computers frustrate students BY DENNIS COMELLA STAFF WRITER

The University upgraded all of its Windows computers to Windows 7 this semester, advancing from Windows XP and improving overall speed and functionality of the systems — except for log-on time. “It was just time to upgrade them,” said Winnie Ling, manager of Busch campus computer labs who said the computers are typically upgraded every four years. Brian Luper, project manager of the Of fice of Information Technology Central Systems and Ser vices, said Microsoft provided

the software through a campuswide license negotiation with the University. The University also purchased 140 new all-in-one personal computers and 102 Macs for the computer labs around campus, he said. These new computers can be found around the University, including the Allison Road Classroom Building on Busch campus, Records Hall on the College Avenue campus, the Livingston Learning Center and the Loree Building on Cook/Douglass campus, Luper said. The all-in-one PCs offer more desktop real estate for students,

which is similar to the Macs already in service, he said. “You can open up a book and study while at the computer,” Luper said. But although the University feels the PC upgrades provide more for students, they are receiving mixed feelings from students. School of Arts and Sciences junior Sagara Wijeratne said he feels Windows 7 is better than Windows XP. But even with the upgrade to the brand new PCs in the Busch Campus Computing Center in ARC,

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Attendees watch as local group Deuce1’s performs its song “Rutgers State of Mind,” Friday at the ResFest Carnival, hosted by Residence Life, at Deiner Park on the College Avenue campus.

Sorority remembers sister through cancer awareness BY MICHELE MAZZOCCHI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Alpha Chi Omega members Amanda Holway and Mehreen Ismail tie teal ribbons around campus in memory of Meghan McGrady, who died of ovarian cancer.

Teal ribbons decorated the trees of Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus this weekend to raise awareness for ovarian cancer. The Alpha Chi Omega sorority hung the ribbons this past Saturday also in memor y of an alumni member, Meghan McGrady, who in 2007 died of ovarian cancer. “Hanging up the ribbons is ver y therapeutic because it makes us feel as if Meghan is still here,” said Ali Patel, an Alpha Chi Omega alumni member. “It helps us grieve her loss and honor her at the same time.” During her years at the University, Meghan McGrady appeared on the Dean’s List several times, served on the executive board for the Residence Hall Association for three years and did volunteer work for children with cancer and blood disorders, said Cheryl McGrady, her mother. In her junior year, she joined Alpha Chi Omega, where she became very close with all her sisters. She then became the vice president of risk management as a senior.

“She was ver y humble and spunky,” Patel said. “She had a great heart, and the sorority really brought her out of her shell.” The March before graduation, a growth was found on Meghan McGrady’s ovar y. Since she was only 21 years old, the doctors thought it was unlikely for it to be cancer, Cher yl McGrady said. Her plan was to take her finals and graduate before her operation was scheduled for the following month, Cher yl McGrady said. But she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer a few days before the surger y. Meghan McGrady graduated in May 2007 with a 3.7 grade point average and the hopes of attending the Rutgers Graduate School of Education the following September. After Meghan McGrady passed away five months later, Cher yl McGrady spread the word by organizing and participating in many different events for ovarian cancer awareness, one being RU Aware: Tealing Rutgers. Since September is “Turn the

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Digital bus bridges politics, technology BY AMY ROWE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The C-SPAN digital bus stopped by the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Douglass campus Friday, engaging students and staff in its various technological and political resources. The brand-new interactive bus of the public access political channel featured four TouchSmart computer kiosks where students could access a video library, featured political websites, C-SPAN classroom and a trivia corner. “It’s like a party bus for politics,” said Zaid Abuhouran, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. Based in Washington, D.C., the bus travels around the continental United States and stops at schools and other places where politics matter, said C-SPAN marketing representative Rachel Katz. The 13-foot-5-inch bus stopped at New Brunswick High School before coming to the University, where the marketing representatives gave a more formal presentation for various history classes, Katz said. The new model of the C-SPAN bus is different from the two previously retired buses because it deals more with media outreach, she said. The bus featured MacBook Pro laptops with C-SPAN’s Twitter, Facebook and Youtube channel to showcase C-SPAN’s involvement with social media and its accessibility from home. “C-SPAN is really on top of bridging the gap between politics and technology,” said Bobby Ir ven, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and student coordinator for RU Voting, whose members set up voter registration tables outside the bus. The bus also featured CSPAN’s HD programming and a portable XM Radio with C-SPAN radio and C-SPAN 2. An iPhone and iPad on display demonstrated the free C-SPAN

applications available for download, as well as two books on Kindle including “Who’s Buried in Grant’s Tomb” by Brian Lamb and the C-SPAN staff. The program originated in 1993 as an educational tool and has since taken a more technological approach with the new bus starting in June, Katz said. “We’re passionate about starting discussion about politics with our bus that is constantly evolving with technology,” she said. “CSPAN hopes to engage viewers through our social media, so we’re here to spread the word about our presence on various websites.” The digital bus has a rotating crew of three people, a bus driver and two marketing representatives. Aside from its abundance of technology, the interior of the bus had a very modern design. Near the entrance was a cylindrical chrome display with tiny screens showing photo stills of the countr y, with words like “Politics” and “C-SPAN” printed on it. Some crewmembers stayed in a small office in the very back of the bus to leave more room for people to walk around. Sarah Kozak, senior administrative assistant at the Eagleton Institute tried her hand at the executive branch quiz on one of the TouchSmart computers. “I’m doing all right. I should probably be doing better,” Kozak said. The bus program contacted Kozak and Elizabeth Matto, an assistant research professor at the Eagleton Institute, about coming to the University. “I thought it was a great idea to have [the bus] come to Eagleton because of its high visibility within the campus,” Kozak said. The bus only parked at the University for an hour and a half, but students who missed out can utilize C-SPAN’s resources beyond the bus through their social networking sites.

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The Center for Latino Arts and Culture serves latino food and play live music Friday afternoon in front of their building on the College Avenue campus as part of their yearly “Casa Abierta,” or open house.

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Ben Bator and Lauren Leto, creators of textsfromlastnight.com, share some behind-the-scenes information on their website with students Friday night in the Livingston Student Center.

Texts from Last Night visits U. BY MIKE DAVIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“I just want you to know we’re having pizza delivered to the emergency room.” This is just one of the thousands of text messages published on textsfromlastnight.com, a website displaying texts sent between friends during or after long nights of partying, barhopping and “general debauchery,” according to the website. The website, launched in February 2009, allows users to anonymously submit texts, with only the area code to identify where the message came from. “You can text a close friend, and we make it really public without incriminating you,” said Ben Bator, one of the website’s creators. “We’re doing the public a service.” Bator and textsfromlastnight.com co-creator Lauren Leto told the stor y of the process behind starting and running the website to a crowd of about 100 people on Friday night at the Livingston Student Center. The Rutgers University Programming Association sponsored the event and raffled off autographed copies of the book adaptation of textsfromlastnight.com. “They showed how a simple idea could really turn into a business,” said Roxanne Belloni, a School of Arts and Sciences senior who frequently visits the website. Bator and Leto developed the website as an inside joke — a way to live vicariously through their friends’ experiences — and less than a week later, they said it became extremely popular. The Michigan State University alumnae decided to leave law school — or, in Bator’s case, forget about applying — when they saw the opportunities pile up. “We basically left law school to go to accidental business school,”

Bator said. “Two years later, we’ve made a company.” Since it’s opening, textsfromlastnight.com spawned into an iPhone application with almost one million downloads, a book collection of favorite published and unpublished text messages and a television deal with MTV, the creators said. “We look for texts that are original, funny and somewhat believable,” Leto said. They especially focus on taking text messages out of context and the parameters they are from — making them more relatable, Bator said.

“We look for texts that are original, funny and somewhat believable.” LAUREN LETO textsfromlastnight.com Co-creator

RUPA Ar ts and Culture Committee Vice President Sarah Shaw thinks the website has become a widespread phenomenon because college students can relate to many of the text messages. “They’re college kids,” said Shaw, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. “They’re going through the same antics, even if they don’t want to admit it.” Bator and Leto said since only a fraction of the texts submitted are published each day, most messages sent to textsfromlastnight.com are rejected. Bator estimated between 5,000 and 7,500 text messages are submitted to the website ever y day. The statistics peak

on holidays — in 2009, more than 27,000 texts were submitted on Halloween and nearly 20,000 were sent in on New Year’s, he said. Bator said he doesn’t find it too difficult to select which texts are put on the website. “You read it, and it either makes you laugh or it makes you think,” he said. “If it doesn’t really evoke anything, then we get rid of it.” They opened the screening process up to attendees at Friday’s event, displaying a few dozen possibilities for the next day’s edition and using the crowd’s reaction as a factor in whether they would make the cut. “It was pretty cool getting to see a couple of previews,” said Christopher Amat, a Rutgers Business School first-year student. “We got to decide the fate of the texts.” One of the text messages that got the best reaction — “He kept yelling ‘osteoporosis’ and threw milk at her because she broke her arm” — was posted to the site Saturday morning. Nearly two years after spending $200 to open textsfromlastnight.com, Bator and Leto are just starting to fathom the overnight success they have become. “We realize now how blessed we’ve been,” Leto said. “At first, it was so overwhelming and scary while we were trying to stay on top of the site. Now, we’re just lucky we’re here.” Unlike his counterpart, Bator still hasn’t fully accepted it. “To look at it now, and to look at where we were, is amazing. We never would have dreamed about this,” he said. “This was just a joke among friends that turned into a company that turned into a string of great opportunities.”

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COMPUTERS: Users say Macs work faster than PCs continued from front the log-on time is slower than the old ones, he said. “It took a long time [to start up],” Wijeratne said. “If you want to print something and your class is in five minutes, anything seems like a long time.” Other students have had similar experiences while logging in. “I’m glad that they got the new technology for us, but I’d rather them do something about the slowness,” said Carina Cruz, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. The slow log-on time is due to the system dynamically setting up user profiles, which are written on the fly, Luper said. It would not be feasible to do it ahead of time for every student at the University. “It’s really just a factor of Windows 7,” he said. “It takes some time to build your user environment the first time you log in.” The University computing ser vices is working on optimizing log-on times, which has already been reduced from four minutes to as little as 30 seconds, Luper said. But it could still take up to two minutes to fully boot. Although the PC upgrades received some bad reviews by

students, the Macs in the computer labs take a much shorter amount of time to log-on. “I logged in [to a Mac] and it was immediate,” said Larr y Vaynerchuk, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. By the time he was able to check e-mail, Facebook and myRutgers on a Mac, a friend was still on the welcome screen of their PC, he said. “There’s no reason for it to be that long,” Vaynerchuk said. “If a Mac can do it, why can’t a PC?” Luper said the difference between Macs and PCs is the cause of the vastly different logon times. “The way Macs handle building the user environment is a bit different,” he said. “It’s difficult to do [for a PC].” The variety of software installed on the computers is also a factor, but uninstalling programs is not necessarily an option, Luper said. “We have to support all of the class software,” he said. Besides the log-on times, Wijeratne is satisfied with the speed of the computers and was able to download and open several large files in a matter of seconds. “These computers are really fast,” he said. Vaynerchuk suggested for students who are in a hurry to use a Mac to avoid a long log-on time, though that is sometimes not an option.

U NIVERSITY SORORITY: Members urge girls to detect cancer early continued from front Town Teal” month, the McGrady family and the sorority members get together ever y year and hang teal ribbons on the trees of the Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus. “We put the teal ribbons up because it’s a great way to spread the word of ovarian cancer to Rutgers students,” said Mehreen Ismail, an Alpha Chi Omega member and a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Just before she passed, McGrady made it her mission

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M to spread the word of ovarian cancer by informing her sorority sisters and by going to different colleges and speaking at sororities. “She wanted to make ovarian cancer known, so tealing Rutgers is definitely something she would have wanted to do,” said Kate Britton, an Alpha Chi Omega alumni member. Along with teal ribbons, Cheryl McGrady made T-shirts, beads, bumper stickers and ovarian cancer cards to help spread the awareness. She also created the website, meghansmessage.org. Cher yl McGrady helped organize the One Force to Make a Difference Symposium and ever y May participates in

the Revlon Walk/Run. She is also tr ying to start Meghan’s Message Foundation, because she believes that is what her daughter would have wanted. Cheryl McGrady also wanted girls to know that ovarian cancer is easier to detect during its later stages. But if it is detected earlier, the chances of sur viving are much greater. The McGrady family and the Alpha Chi Omega sorority wants to educate girls and women about this disease in hopes of saving many lives. “Girls should know that you’re never too young to have it,” Cher yl McGrady said. “If they find anything abnormal, they need to get it checked out before it’s too late.”

FIRE: U. says campus fire regulations are up to date continued from front what to do when emergencies occur. Action plans are available online so they are easily accessible, and students can refer to them as often as possible, Scott said. The floor plan of each residence hall lists the locations of exits and fire extinguishers in the event a fire does actually occur. “The idea is to get students to look at the plans to know the separate ways out of the building,” he said. “The plan also talks about what type of fire alarms are in the building, so they know what to expect, whether it’s a bell, a horn or a voice alarm in a high-rise system.” The University’s fire safety regulations and procedures are in compliance with the revised N.J. Uniform Fire Code of 2009 and the N.J. Edition of the International Fire Code, Scott said. The N.J. Uniform Fire Code is the minimum regulations all state municipalities must follow, he said. There is a state committee of fire safety professionals who evaluate the main chapters of the International Fire Code dealing with the basic fire safety requirements, said Scott, who is a member of the committee. The committee recommends the N.J. edition of the code, which then goes through the state legislation for approval, he said. Scott said the code is not just University-specific — it is uniform throughout the entire state. “Any municipality that has a fire safety office, this is code they enforce,” he said. “Somebody in New Brunswick would be held throughout the same status as anyone in the state.” Some parts of the fire code requirement include maintenance of fire alarms and extinguishers, making sure certain fire doors are not blocked, which allow smoke and fire to spread, Scott said. “We, for many years, have taken the basic requirements of the Uniform Fire Code and taken lessons learned that occurred here,” he said. “We’ve enhanced the minimum code through University regulation, which even exceeds the fire code to ensure the safety of the students.” Before the revision of the fire code last year, Emergency Services had a mandate stating candles were not permitted in the University residence halls, Scott said.

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The University sent an e-mail urging students to review the campus fire safety procedures. Students must acknowledge they read it.

Candles were one of the leading causes of fire, he said. The depar tment also limited the types of cooking appliances permitted in living quarters prior to the revision. The revised Uniform Fire Code affected the number of practice fire drills for the University, Scott said. Before the revisions, only one fire drill was deemed necessary for each residence hall, but the number increased to two per semester. The University already conducted its first round of drills, which needed to be done within the first 10 days of classes, he said. The second round of drills will take place in October. The system Emergency Services created can generate a report if students log in and acknowledge if they reviewed it, Scott said. If they do not go through the fire safety plan, Residence Life will work with the students to make sure it gets done, he said. Scott believes if the fire safety regulations and action plans are followed and taken to hear t by students, they can be successful. “Those who disregard the rules and regulations put themselves and their neighbors at risk,” he said. “They’re ver y effective. They have reduced the incidents of fires and smoke conditions in residence halls.” The department reviews and ensures the emergency action plan is up to date, Scott said. “We’re definitely on top of the fire safety for every residence,” he said. Under the minimum of the fire code, the department performs a fire inspection ever y year, Scott said. The fire inspection entails inspectors going through the building, making sure exit signs are working, fire extinguishers are in place, doors are not

propped, nothing is hanging from sprinkler heads, and smoke detectors are not covered, he said. Emergency lights and smoke detectors are tested once a month, Scott said. The sprinkler systems are tested ever y quarter. “We enter every room, every closet. Every space within a residence hall, we inspect,” he said. Similar to the Clery Act — where the police department reports crimes and incidences on campus — Emergency Services meets the terms of the Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act, Scott said. According to the Fire Safety Right-to-Know for the University, there was only one reportable fire incident in 2009, he said. Some University students feel the emergency action plans are something everyone should take seriously. “These action plans don’t seem that important at first, but no one ever really plans when something terrible happens,” said Young-Jin Park, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Park, who lives in the University Center at Easton Avenue, noted that students have access to stoves in the kitchen and that mistakes can happen out of nowhere. “We need to know where extinguishers and exits are before it’s too late,” Park said. Other students think more should be done to heighten awareness that the action plans are available online. Kristin Kasubinski, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, admitted she completely looked over the e-mail at first. “It is a really important issue, but I can see people disregarding it,” Kasubinski said. “There needs to be more advertising about what the rules and plans are. Maybe there should be an incentive program to get students to actually go through it.”

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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Rutgers Empowering Disabilities holds its first general body meeting 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 the many ways to get involved. Refreshments will be served.

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. 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.

Rutgers Study Abroad will be hosting its second annual study abroad fair from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. It will be an excellent opportunity to find out more about our 65 programs in 30 different countries. Program representatives, University faculty, alumni and international students will be on hand to answer all of your questions and tell you ever ything you need to know about living and studying overseas.

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Panel discusses future of NJN BY MICHAEL CARROLL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Traditional news media — like radio, newspapers and television — have lost some of their young adult audiences to online news sources and social networks, and the change could mean the end for New Jersey Network. “Public Media, NJN and the Future of Journalism in New Jersey,” an Eagleton Institute of Politics-sponsored event on Thursday on Douglass campus, focused on how public broadcasting — namely NJN — can sur vive while more people across all age groups look to the Internet for news. New Jersey’s budget includes funding for NJN only through Dec. 30, said moderator and Eagleton Associate Director John Weingart. Gov. Chris Christie and the N.J. state legislature plan to eliminate the state’s financial holding in NJN — about $4 million to $5 million of the network’s total budget of about $18.5 million, said NJN Acting Executive Director Janice Selinger. Selinger believes NJN will find ways to cover the monetary losses, possibly through a grassroots approach. “We’re doing a lot more than people know we’re doing,” she said. Spreading the word about the network and providing content that interests young adults on all its media platforms — television, radio and the Internet — could increase donations

from ever yday consumers, Selinger said. Technological developments have given people easier access to content that matters to them, said panelist Ellen Goodman, a professor at the Rutgers-Camden School of Law and co-director of the University’s Institute for Information Policy and Law. Through these developments, people do not need to listen to or watch whatever comes on the radio or television alone, she said.

“We’re doing a lot more than people know we’re doing.” JANICE SELINGER NJN Acting Executive Director

But Goodman said simply broadening the network’s range and bolstering Internet content would not necessarily attract more viewers and listeners. “It’s much harder to say there’s value in stuff that you never touch and never see,” she said. To reach the modern media consumer, public broadcasting networks must attach themselves to social networks, Goodman said. Most people under 25 years of age receive a majority of their news from Facebook, mainly through what friends have suggested to them, she said. The site presents users with news from across the globe, not just

local news that networks like NJN provide. Public broadcasting networks across the countr y have failed to attract consumers within the six-to-55 age group, Goodman said. If networks like PBS and NJN would bring their content into new, popular platforms like social networks, they could reach people in that age group, who then could raise the money needed to keep public broadcasting alive, she said. Both NJN and PBS have tried to draw the six-to-55 age group, but these efforts have not worked, Selinger said. NJN relies on the state budget for sur vival, and the network will need to completely change its ownership if it plans to broadcast past 2010, said Paul Starr, a Princeton University professor of communications and public affairs. “There are proposals on the table to transfer control of NJN to a nonprofit community foundation,” Starr said. He said radio carries greater potential today than television and suggested NJN sell some television licenses and purchase Class B radio stations. “There are lots of college stations that could be potentially brought into this network to enable it to reach more of the state,” Starr said. The School of Communication and Information and RutgersNewark’s Institute for Information Policy and Law cosponsored the discussion.

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Somerset church gives school supplies at block party BY SEHAR MUGHAL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

More than 300 children received free backpacks filled with school supplies Saturday when the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Garden in Somerset held its third annual “Back in Action: Back 2 School Block Party.” The party, which more than 500 people attended, was meant to encourage children, especially in lower-income communities, to go to and stay in school. “In lower-income communities, education is not pushed or stressed that much, but we need to stress how important it is,” said Khristi Adams, FBCLG youth minister and the event’s coordinator. The University is an important part of the FBCLG community, and it has a role in spreading the message of education to the children who attended the block party, Adams said. Being exposed to the University and its students show them that their education can go beyond just high school, she said. Through the block party, the church encourages students to stay in school, and different groups have the opportunity to reach people they would not have access to otherwise, Adams said. Groups like University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Horizon Healthcare and Project Single Moms — an association to support single mothers — set up booths at the event. Indira Amato, associate program director of the Department of Pediatrics at UMDNJ, meas-

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Children enjoy activities like basketball at the third annual “Back in Action: Back 2 School Block Party” held Saturday in Somerset. The event was meant to encourage children to attend and stay in school.

ured the height and weight of children at the block party in order to promote a healthy lifestyle from the start. “We take these measurements and speak with the parents about them, because it really is very important to prevent obesity and

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Glen Burtnik, former member of STYX, performs recreations of classic songs by The Beatles alongside friends at the State Theater in downtown New Brunswick Saturday night as part of the fourth annual “Jersey Beatles Bash.”

the diseases that are caused by it from the very beginning,” she said. Amato also emphasized the importance of University students in helping to promote such a cause. She encouraged students to volunteer with UMDNJ to help the movement.

Amanda Edwards, local cocoordinator of Project Single Mothers, said last year the block par ty helped to reach more than 100 single mothers and bring them benefits they did not know were available to them.

Beth Phelan, director of youth services at Franklin Township Library, also worked at a stall during the event. “When people stop by at our stall at an event like this, it really encourages them to come into libraries and read,” she said. For some, the block par ty was an oppor tunity to share their talents with the rest of the community. South Brunswick resident Chental-Song Bembry, 13, sat at a stall selling her book, “The Honey Bunch Kids,” which she wrote and illustrated. “I’ve been working on the book since I was nine years old,” she said. Through book sales, she was able to donate 24 of the book bags for children at the event. Many who attended also said the party was a good opportunity to meet with their friends and have fun. The block party also included attractions such as face painting, clowns, a Fun Bus, Brooklyn-based gospel group Judacamp and step teams from New Brunswick. The Zakee Bowser Enrichment Foundation organized a back to school supply drive, through which the free book bags and school supplies were given away. Executive Director of the foundation Gina Bowser — which was named for her son who lost his life to gang violence — summed up the motive for her work. “It takes a village to raise a child,” she said.

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ormer NBA player Charles Barkley publicly admitted recently — without remorse — that he borrowed money from agents while playing college basketball. Not only does Barkley think this apparently widespread practice is completely OK, but he also believes that college athletes should be paid a stipend by the university they play for. Barkley justified his beliefs by stating, “The colleges don’t give us anything. If they give us a pair of sneakers, they get in trouble. Why can’t an agent lend me some money and I’ll pay him back when I graduate?” Barkley’s justification is missing a crucial point: The colleges do give athletes compensation for their talents in the form of scholarships, and those scholarships can be quite hefty, depending on a player’s talent. It is possible that Barkley wasn’t ignoring this fact. Maybe he just feels that academic recompense isn’t good enough. It’s obvious he believes that college athletes deserve cold, hard cash for their abilities. This is dangerous territory. Once money enters the equation, college athletes can no longer be considered amateur athletes. By paying their players stipends, universities would be turning college athletics into a downright profession. Such a move could have some disastrous side effects, despite the undoubtedly good intentions behind it. Incredible disparities already exist between the levels of funding for different sports inside of universities. That disparity would only increase if college athletes started getting paid. For example, a basketball star would certainly be paid more than a tennis star. That is, if the tennis star gets paid at all. Plus, the money to pay the athletes would have to be rerouted from other funds. It is very likely that those other funds would be the money set aside for the smaller sports. And let’s not forget that college athletes are, in fact, students. They are supposed to be going to classes and earning decent grades. They are, after all, attending an academic institution. There is already a vicious tug-of-war between a college athlete’s dedication to sports and his dedication to class work. If they start receiving money for playing sports, they could very well lose all motivation to attend classes at all. As far as they are concerned, they have got a job now. But what happens if that athlete doesn’t make it to the major leagues, as most of them won’t? They have no backup plan because they didn’t earn the degree they were supposed to be going to college for in the first place.

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e have all gotten parking tickets — New Brunswick or University-issued — and perhaps it has been our fault most of the time. But there are those of us who pay about $160 for a commuter-parking permit and still get hit with a $75 parking citation. The reason is the University Department of Transportation oversold its Zone B parking on Busch campus for the 2010-2011 year, which includes Stadium West Lot and Lots 62, Lots 67 and Lot 65 D. Students are displeased and rightly so. The fact that there are too many cars and not enough spots forces student commuters to park in satellite lots for which they do not have permits. They circle the lot for which they have tags, but after 20 or 30 minutes of pointless idling, students are forced to take the first spot available — permitted or not. University officials have simply miscalculated its parking permits or have taken yet another step toward trying to shake us for as much money as they can. The question is, what was the University thinking? It isn’t as if parking officials have no information on how many spots have been taken up by student commuters. It seems like they expect commuters to drive to the University, go to one or two classes and then leave just for another commuter to take his or her parking spot. The truth is far from that. These students are just as involved in campus life as many student-residents of New Brunswick. This inadequacy on part of the University is causing students to arrive late to class and is forcing them to park in lots for which they do not have permits. In this panic to get to class on time, commuters find the first available spot and in many cases, end up with parking tickets — which now cost $75, and can be up to three times more expensive than New Brunswick parking citations. And these are the people who have already paid for a parking space, only to find themselves in the same place as students who have no permits at all. Perhaps in the end, it is more “convenient” to park on the streets of New Brunswick and hope to avoid the less potent New Brunswick Parking Authority tickets, or maybe some day, we could expect the University to treat its students with the respect they pay for. There are those of us who can just get up 20 minutes before class and take the bus to get there on time. But there are also those students who have paid the astronomical prices for parking, which the University has yet to adequately provide them.

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dented national debt, indicahe American econotors suggest that the economy is stale. The my has bottomed out and unemployment rate could begin growing, howevhas landed indefinitely on a er lethargic that growth may plateau at 9.5 percent. be. Banks will start lending, Housing prices are still staghouseholds will consume, nant. Credit is only starting to loosen in the aftermath of JAMES WINTERS companies will hire and invest. Now that we are not in the Lehman Brothers free fall, the president should keep his hands off, with Holding Inc. catastrophe. Perhaps the most concernone exception, and let the private sector right itself. ing aspect, though, is that the short-term outlook is One of the more practical, albeit obvious, suggesbleak. Consumer spending, the largest part of GDP, tions by Obama and other leadership — and my one is dreadfully slow. Companies are reluctant to hire. exception — is the renewal of the Bush-era tax cuts. The national trade balance is almost irreversibly negAlthough many more tax reductions, coupled with the ative. Because of the frozen credit market and lack of strangulation of federal spending, are needed to confidence in the economic future, capital investing prompt short- and long-term growth without adding to is not expanding either. What went wrong? the enormous debt obligation, the tax break extensions In six words — the American Recovery and are crucial. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, Reinvestment Act. Although Keynesian policies are R-Ky., has announced that he and all Republican senanot without faults (i.e. crowding out private investtors will block an extension of the tax breaks if they ment), they are the best available resource to dampen exclude extensions for the people Obama labels “the economic downturns (Ben Bernanke’s loose monewealthiest of Americans.” tary policy hasn’t helped) — especialMcConnell seems to have a surly when low consumer confidence “It started with the prising amount of bipartisan support chokes spending. President Barack against the president’s tax plan, and it Obama’s administration was right in Federal Reserve is possible that he can introduce and its intent, but dead wrong in execupass a bill that extends the Bush tax tion. The majority of almost $1 trilSystem, which left cuts for all levels of income. It is lion, deficit-printed, went to repairing interest rates far unlike Democrats to argue for tax infrastructure. The first problem with reductions on the wealthy, especially this choice is that the funding needed below average.” when it conflicts with the president’s to scrape its way through agencies, desires. The most likely reason for commissions, nepotism and, finally, this about-face is election season worries; the majorilabor unions’ prevailing wage. The second, more ty party is going to suffer a beating in November lethal, problem is that it did nothing to create sustainthanks to the passage of a very unpopular health care able jobs or growth. The cash infusion, primarily into restructuring bill, negligent deficit-spending and the the labor market, was merely a superficial adrenaline continued presence of American troops in the Middle boost that would not — and does not — leave the East for far too long. Yet instead of staying in economy significantly better off. Washington would Washington to do their jobs and be productive, have been wise to direct the financial capital toward Congress is back on the campaign trail, spending taxthe development of intellectual capital and new techpayer money on security and transportation to connologies in the medical, information and energy vince their constituents that they are still competent. fields. Instead of spending cash that taxpayers will Although a conservative landslide this November have to repay, U.S. Congress should have invested in is almost a foregone conclusion, the public has to growth markets that would yield tangible returns. ask itself if a takeover by hardcore Republicans is Teach a man to fish, as the proverb goes. really desirable. What we need and what America It is easy for a third party to groan about what bad wants, if Delaware’s primary is any indication, are decisions were made, and hindsight grants us the new representatives who will stand up against costly advantage of judging those decisions based on the social programs and imprudent expenditures by the outcome. Thinking back to before the crisis, one federal government — people who have no obligathing is clear. The Obama administration is not to be tions to political parties or special interests, people blamed for the state of our economy. It started with who have careers and have no interest in being lifethe Federal Reserve System, which left interest rates time politicians. America needs leaders who will far below average during expansion and then caused bring Washington back to its Constitutional roots. the huge housing bubble. Wall Street investment bankers then, by underwriting an irresponsible volJames Winters is a School of Engineering junior ume of subprime mortgages, provided the pin. majoring in biomedical engineering. His column, On the brighter side, despite a collapsed financial “From the Desk of ...,” runs on alternate Mondays. system, a failed stimulus package and an unpreceDue to space limitations, submissions cannot exceed 750 words. If a commentary exceeds 750 words, it will not be considered for publication. All authors must include name, phone number, class year and college affiliation or department to be considered for publication. Anonymous letters will not be considered. All submissions are subject to editing for length and clarity. A submission does not guarantee publication. Please submit via e-mail to oped@dailytargum.com by 4 p.m. to be considered for the following day’s publication. The editorials written above represent the majority opinion of The Daily Targum Editorial Board. 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Internal reflection inspires change Letter BRANDON MCINERNEY

here are two types of people at the University: The first will be offended at the masses that placate themselves through debauchery and inebriation on the weekends, the other will get over it and get on with their life. One could consider those who debauch themselves to be a third category, but I am not too concerned with them; they usually don’t read the opinions page, let alone read. I returned to my alma mater this past weekend to meet some friends and take a brief break from the land of the lost and unemployed. As a former Daily Targum employee I picked up the most recent copy to admire some of the work done by its fine writers and photographers. However,

Speak English in US Letter DONALD MOSKOWITZ

he United States is an English-speaking country, not a bilingual or multilingual speaking country. Our government conducts all business in English. Our military communicates only in English. Can you envision military commanders giving commands to attack in numerous languages? US businesses typically communicate in English. One of the many strengths of this country is its outstanding communications system. All roadside signs, instructions, business correspondence, school classes and general communications should be in English, with no references to any foreign languages. Immigrants have to learn English and our children have to be proficient in English. It can be beneficial for people to be fluent in a second language such as Spanish, Chinese or Arabic. Our countr y needs expertise in foreign languages, but this should be subservient to fluency in English. US citizens who cannot speak and write English as a primary language are probably placing themselves at a disadvantage on the ladder to success in this country. We should not promote language diversity, because it will lead to divisiveness, the same type of divisiveness we see in numerous foreign countries. Donald A. Moskowitz is a resident of Londonderry, N.H.

I had the misfortune of coming across the whiny, self-proclaimed rant produced by the columnist of “Live with higher standards.” “The majority of college and university students in this nation sold out to MTV and other mainstream media titans’ sexploitation long ago.” Thank you for that insight. It is easy to criticize what goes on at the University, just as it is easy to criticize the majority of things that go on between young people in the United States. Those who recognize what is going on do not need to read an article to find this out. Those who partake in this culture are not going to change because someone is complaining about them (let me once again note that the majority of these people do not read). Simply criticizing people is not going to change anything. If you truly want to see a change in the

way things happen suggest one. Follow the example of the late Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero who said, “I criticize by creation — not by finding fault.” It is easy to become mired in the stupid things that people do. “Jersey Shore” is a good exam-

“Simply criticizing people is not going to change anything.” ple, but we need not look any further than television that claims to depict “real life.” MSNBC and FOX are excellent examples of this, as are talk shows like “Dr. Phil” and “The Tyra Banks Show.” Believe me when I tell you that I could speak at length about the detriments brought upon our society by “The Tyra

Banks Show,” but where would that get us? I submit that, rather than dwelling on the idiocies of the masses, we attempt to better the world by bettering ourselves. If you find the unspeakable acts that the perennial citizens of New Brunswick commit against themselves and others on the weekend to be so unspeakable, you should make an attempt to understand them and, subsequently, remedy them. Who is to say that the Ke$has and The Situations of the world don’t have the right idea? Perhaps it is us who should be following them. I recently spoke to a friend of mine taking “Communication and Human Values,” a class at the University taught by Professor Richard Heffner. For the class he is reading “Public Opinion” written by Walter Lippmann. The book discusses the massive amounts of information that we

receive about the world and our own inabilities to truly understand and interpret this information. I believe this inability is responsible for many of the problems that we experience with our existence. I will not attempt to explain it any further as I have not yet read the work, but I do recommend that you read it. Consider it the first step in your work toward a better society. Perhaps the best thing to do is ignore our world completely and just “tie a load on” at the end of the week. Whatever the remedy is, it certainly does not consist of merely pointing out the shortcomings of others. Brendan McInerney is a University alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies and Spanish. He is the former photography editor at The Daily Targum.

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Today's birthday (9/20/10). Vary your routines this year. A new outlook makes relationships feel fresh and delightful. You get on the same wavelength with others when you allow family, children and partners to share in fulfilling your dreams. 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 6 -- Use your willpower to create an umbrella protecting everyone in your circle. Rely on logic to resolve emotional distress. Move forward with creative projects. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is a 7 -- If everyone works in teams of two, a lot more gets accomplished. One pair may go off in some wild, imaginative direction, but that's all right. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 7 -- Activities move forward like a well-oiled machine. Maintain control over the wheel, and you stay on track and get plenty accomplished. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -Today is a 7 -- Yesterday's accomplishments put you and a close person in a really good mood. You jump into the week's activities with great ideas and strong emotional support. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -Today is a 7 -- Someone needs to take the lead. It doesn't have to be you. Balance between criticism and optimism may not be as simple as you'd think. Consider all possibilities. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Today is a 7 -- To take in all the action today would require a very wide-angle lens. Ask someone to record part of it for review, to savor it later.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is an 8 -- Choose a direction early and follow it. You get a lot more done if you don't switch gears every time someone opens their mouth. Keep your eyes on the prize. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is an 8 -- Inject a note of optimism into every activity today. A lot needs to get done, but nobody appreciates a grumpy attitude. Do it with a smile. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 7 -- Best results come from concentrated, logical thought. Plan each detail to allow for flexibility along the way. Each person contributes to success. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 6 -- As long as you remain in charge, you meet all your goals (and more). To create a livelier mood for others, tell stupid jokes and laugh at theirs. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 9 -- You have all your ducks in a row regarding your personal task. You discover that others have also done their work to move a joint project forward. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 6 -- You'd like to stay on the intellectual side of any argument. Let others wax emotional while you keep your head. Group consensus evolves late today.

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The Rutgers men’s and women’s soccer teams each played a pair of games this weekend, including a doubleheader Sunday at Yurcak Field. The Rutgers field hockey team also played twice, and the teams combined to go 2-4, as only the men’s soccer team took its games. ENRICO CABREDO

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COMMITS: Stephenson plays workhorse in weekend win continued from back looking on Saturday night, Stephenson led his squad to a 16-0 victor y over Toms River East. Playing right tackle, defensive tackle and handling kickoffs, Stephenson played all but two snaps and finished the game with 5.5 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble. “All of the [Rutgers] coaches have been telling me to just keep doing what I’m doing and make sure I get things done in the classroom,” Stephenson said. “Right now, school comes first and football comes second.”

Things were not as smooth for Gause on the gridiron Saturday with his high school, Bishop Kearney (N.Y.), losing, 44-0. Gause ran for 44 yards. Gause, who committed May 22, will likely play linebacker for the Scarlet Knights. He is the third best player in New York on Rivals and the No. 13 outside linebacker on Scout. Like Stephenson, Gause admits that focusing on his senior year can be challenging knowing that he’ll be on a Bowl Championship Series program’s practice field in less than a year. “It’s hard because you’re really excited about college football, but you have to stay focused on the now,” Gause said. “We have a game [next Saturday], so I’m

S P O RT S working my tail off for that game to get ready.” Gause, also a track star in New York, is good friends with true freshman running back Jordan Thomas, who has a chance to start against North Carolina in six days. Seeing Thomas get a chance to play immediately is an inspiration to Gause, he said. “Jordan is a hard worker — harder than a lot of people I know,” Gause said. “It shows that you can come in and work hard, and you can get a position even if you aren’t tops at the beginning. I know he’s out there having fun, and I hope I can do the same when I get there and work my tail off.” Seeing under-the-radar guys like Thomas get immediate playing time drew praise for the coaching staff from Gause.

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M “It proves that they keep their word,” Gause said. “I know some coaches at other schools will tell you, maybe not as a promise, but tell you that you can play and it doesn’t work out. But the Rutgers coaches say that if you do this and do that you can prove that you are better than everybody and Jordan was an example of that.” Knight Note: After Friday’s practice, Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano said he had yet to make a decision on who will start at right guard between junior Caleb Ruch and redshirt freshman Antwan Lowery. “We’re just moving people around right now,” Schiano said Friday. “There’s nothing permanent. We’ll see, maybe by the end of the weekend. I don’t know.”

he Rutgers football team’s Saturday game against North Carolina kicks off at 3:30 p.m. at Rutgers Stadium. ESPN did not initially announce the game time, as it had to be determined whether it would air on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. After the Tar Heels fell, 30-24, to Georgia Tech this weekend and dropped to 0-2 on the year, ESPNU picked up the game.

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football teams remained unchanged in the latest AP Top 25 poll. No. 1 Alabama took down Duke to set the pace for the other top teams — Ohio State, Boise State, Texas Christian and Oregon — which averaged 46.6 point margin of victories on the weekend. West Virginia remains the Big East’s lone ranked representative at No. 22, although Pittsburgh received votes. No. 25 Michigan State replaced Houston in the rankings after taking down Notre Dame, 34-31, in overtime. After the game, Michigan State head coach Mike Dantonio had a mild heart attack. Offensive coordinator Don Treadwell will take over head coaching duties while the 54-year-old Dantonio recovers.

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Tyler Colvin is in stable condition at Miami hospital after being punctured by a broken bat while running the bases in Sunday’s game against the Marlins. Colvin is said to be in stable condition with external bleeding, but the depth of the wound is unknown.

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forward Lionel Messi injured his ankle and was stretchered off the field in tears at the end of his team’s 2-1 victory over Atletico Madrid. On the play that injured Messi, Tomas Ujfalusi received a straight red card for his challenge on the Golden Boot winner. Messi scored Barcelona’s first goal of the game.

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Case Keenum will miss the rest of the season after tearing his ACL in a losing effort against UCLA. To make matters worse, Houston’s backup quarterback Cotton Turner will also be forced to miss the remainder of the season with a broken collarbone that was suffered in the same game. Keenum threw for 636 yards with five touchdowns this season and will likely be replaced by freshman Terrance Broadway.

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quarterback Dennis Dixon left early in the team’s 19-14 win against the Tennessee Titans after suffering an injury to his left knee. With quarterback Ben Roethlisberger out for two more games due to suspension, it is unclear who will take over the starting quarterback role for the squad.

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Injuries trip up Rutgers in disappointing tourney BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers volleyball team learned this weekend that it can’t take everything from last year a n d VOLLEYBALL improve RUTGERS 3 on it. This NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 w e e k e n d seemed like the perfect opportunity for the Scarlet Knights to take a preseason tournament for the second year in a row. Dartmouth lost to Rutgers last year, while Sacred Heart fell to the Knights earlier this season. It looked like the Pioneers and the Big Green treated this weekend’s contests like grudge matches more than anything, as each bested the Knights, 3-1 and 3-0, respectively. Head coach CJ Werneke hinted that the team is struggling with some injuries right now but did not comment on the nature or extent of any. “We’re dealing with a couple of injuries right now,” he said. “That’s no excuse, we just played like six individuals on the court and not as a team. When we did that, it took us a couple of matches to figure that out. Fighting our way through those moments, and that was the difference.” And eventually, the Knights did figure things out.

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Junior middle blocker Hannah Curtis led the team with 36 kills and took home all-tournament honors.

The lone bright spot this weekend for a now struggling volleyball squad came when the team pulled together to dismantle host New Hampshire to the tune of three-straight victories.

“In the end, we didn’t play our type of volleyball,” Werneke said. “In the end, it didn’t matter who we had out there as long as we played as a team. We were fortunate enough to figure

that out by the time we played New Hampshire.” Junior middle blocker Hannah Curtis garnered all-tournament honors at the weekend’s conclusion after a strong showing.

WINNER: Archer stays

junior goalkeeper Adam Klink since taking over the starting role three games ago. The Knights pulled even in the 50th minute, when junior Ibrahim Kamara broke free on goal and Hartford goalkeeper Jordan Bar came out to challenge Kamara. Bar successfully kicked the ball away from Kamara, but to his horror, it wound up on the foot of fellow junior forward Sam Archer. With nothing but 40 yards separating him and a wide-open net, the Queens native stayed calm, cool and collected, and deposited the ball into the goal to pull Rutgers even. “In my head I was like, ‘Just keep it on target,’” Archer said. “I didn’t want to go for power or anything. I just wanted to keep it on target and place it.” Against a team whose defense played in a trap, attempting to catch the Knights offsides, Rutgers frontrunners had little space to work with and attack.

“It is pretty frustrating,” said Archer, whose team was called offsides seven times. The goal was Archer’s second in as many games, with his 17th minute strike Friday against Long Island serving as the game winner in a 2-0 victory. The win over the Blackbirds (2-3) gave the Knights’ their second-straight shutout victor y. Klink made four saves in net, with the Rutgers’ defenders limiting LIU to only one corner kick. “I feel like we have some great chemistry and we really are playing like a team this year,” said senior defender Chris Edwards, who injured his hamstring against the Blackbirds and sat out against Hartford. “[Klink] has stepped up big time for us. He’s been playing really well. We are very happy with Adam.” No matter how poorly the team may have played against Hartford, the fact remains unchanged: The Knights are riding a three-game win streak into Big East play. Rutgers concludes its five-game homestand Friday night in the Big East opener against Marquette.

very good team, so it was a good challenge for us today. I think we got some good things out of it. Playing any top-10 team is a good opportunity and good challenge.” The Knights’ rare two-loss weekend began Friday with a 1-0 blanking at Seton Hall. Pirates forward Kaitlyn Ritter, the Big East’s Freshman of the Week, tallied the only score in the 27th minute. The loss in Rutgers’ Big East opener moved Crooks’ squad to 12 against New Jersey opponents this season. “We just look at games — I don’t care if they’re from New Jersey or Mars — that might hurt our NCAA tournament chances,” Crooks said. “We care about the NCAA’s and Big East tourna-

ment. Any loss along the way, especially to a team that’s lower in the RPI than you, is damaging to that.” Rutgers returns to Yurcak Field Friday for another Big East contest against No. 15 Georgetown (7-0-1, 1-0). The Hoyas defeated Villanova, 3-1, in an early-season conference matchup on Sept. 1. The Knights travel to face ’Nova on Sunday for an afternoon showdown. “Big East is Big East. You’re going to get up for every game,” Lancos said. “We might have had two losses this weekend, but by the time Friday comes around those aren’t going to be in our head at all. It’s going to be a new game, a new weekend.”

calm for equalizer vs. Hartford continued from back

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Junior forward Sam Archer this weekend scored twice in as many games to help Rutgers go 2-0. The Queens native tied Sunday’s game against Hartford and scored the game-winner Friday against LIU.

LOSSES: Second-half surge propels BC past Knights continued from back ior Stephanie Wirth in the sixyard box for the tally. Despite being outshot, 13-1, in the first half, the Knights entered the locker room with only a onegoal deficit. Boston College exploded out of the break, when senior Brooke Knowlton found the back of the net only four minutes into the second half. The ACC foe continued to dominate possession until a foul outside the left side of the 18 box gave Rutgers a free kick. Junior Julie Lancos sent a shot on net that Golden Eagles goal-

keeper Jill Mastroianni deflected. The ball proceeded to hit the crossbar before being cleared by the Boston College defense. “Maybe if some of the chances that were close did go in, it could’ve maybe influenced the game,” said Lancos, whose defense allowed three goals for the first time this season. “If it doesn’t go in, it doesn’t go in. When opportunities come, you just have to finish them.” The Golden Eagles capped their scoring when defender Amy Caldwell put in a rebound in the 86th minute off of a shot that hit the crossbar. Substitute midfielder Kelsey Dumont responded four minutes later with her first goal of the season, but it was a case of too little, too late for the Knights.

“We put some things together and really had some good opportunities on goal at the end,” Crooks said. “Nice play by Kelsey — she missed one earlier. Jonelle [Filigno] missed one. Julie [Lancos] hit the crossbar. But our defending on their goals was shoddy. [Boston College] hits the crossbar, they’re there for the rebound. We didn’t have defenders checking their players.” Crooks opted to use 10 substitutes, including two freshman, on a day in which there wasn’t enough offensive continuity. Only half of Rutgers’ eight shots went on goal. “It was a good game. It was definitely a harder game than we’ve played,” Lancos said. “We respect them a lot and they are a

The Wasilla, Ala., native led the team in kills in each of this weekend’s three games with 36. “We had a lot of great experiences out of this weekend,” Werneke said. “We hit the adversity and found out what it takes to compete at this level as a team.” In the grand scheme of things, a preseason tournament loss is not cause for much concern. But a breakdown in quality of play is something the team will keep in the back of its mind, especially with Big East opponents Cincinnati and Louisville waiting for its first weekend conference games. “We’re excited about that to really see how we really stack up against the two best teams in our conference,” Werneke said. However, with injuries that sat players out this weekend and watch their team drop two games against beatable opponents, there are still many questions. “We don’t know [the extent of the injuries],” Werneke said. “We’re just taking it one practice at a time.” And until everything becomes clearer, Werneke is pleased to get some necessary experience to the freshmen, who have gradually been adapting into the program thus far. “We’re getting some of our younger players some experience,” Werneke said. “They’re still trying to figure out what it takes to compete on a daily basis at this level.”

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Overtime winner keeps Knights unbeaten at Yurcak BY A.J. JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Junior Bryant Knibbs, jumping left, celebrates with teammates after running onto a long pass and depositing the ball into the back of the net Sunday for the game-winner in a 2-1 comeback victory over Hartford at Yurcak Field.

Moving up from his central defending role to the midfield for the first time this season, Bryant Knibbs just MEN’S SOCCER needed one chance. And in the secHARTFORD 1 ond overtime, his RUTGERS 2 chance came. The junior from Pine Bush, N.Y., corralled a long pass from defender Dragan Naumoski and sent a howitzer into the back of the net. The strike propelled the Rutgers men’s soccer team to a 21 overtime victory over Hartford on Sunday and added another victory to the team’s now four-game unbeaten streak. “Somebody had to step up, so I figured I’d just try my luck and put it on goal,” said Knibbs, whose first goal of his collegiate career sent all of the 843 Scarlet supporters at Yurcak Field into a frenzy. “Overtime is kind of our game. I feel like we can beat anybody in overtime when we get there.” The win was anything but pretty for the Scarlet Knights (3-1-1), who fell behind, 1-0, in the first half and had a tough time penetrating the Hawks’ (2-4) defense. Head coach Dan Donigan made numerous changes during the intermission, including moving Knibbs to the midfield and freshman Bonny Londono to the back line. “To be honest with you, I think we were god awful in the first half. I think it was 45 minutes of the worst soccer we have played,” said Donigan. “We made a whole bunch of adjustments that I don’t remember them all. “Knibbsie is a gamer. That kid can be a special player. He showed it at the end with a great finish. We were trying to get our frontrunners to do that all game and it took our center back.” The first goal of the game came on a Hartford corner in the 11th minute, when Jorge Rodriguez’s cross found the head of Sean McKinney and soared into the back of the net. The tally is the first goal conceded by

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Pair of losses leaves Rutgers seeking answers

2011 commits bide time in senior seasons

BY TYLER BARTO

BY SAM HELLMAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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During the Rutgers women’s soccer team’s matchup yesterday with No. 5 Boston College, one aspect of the teams’ matchup WOMEN’S SOCCER was constantly reinforced: The Golden BOSTON COLLEGE 3 Eagles had a plan. Boston College RUTGERS 1 bested the No. 24 Scarlet Knights, 3-1, to close out a weekend in which Rutgers (54, 0-1) went 0-2, with the latter coming at Yurcak Field. Golden Eagles sophomores Victoria DiMartino and Kristie Mewis meticulously carved through the Knights’ defense to the tune of 13 combined shots and two assists. Boston College (7-0-1) outshot Rutgers head coach Glenn Crooks’ squad, 26-8, on the afternoon. “I’m going to go in there and tell them, ‘Rutgers women’s soccer doesn’t lose weekends,’” said Crooks, whose team is 3-3 since his return from suspension. “It’s unacceptable. Boston College is very good, but as you can see, we didn’t compete very well in the first half. The statistics bear that out. We did not compete in the second half.” The Golden Eagles kicked off the scoring in the 30th minute, when DiMartino — scorer of eight goals on the season — found jun-

PARLIN, N.J. — In the recruiting game, sometimes the hardest part is waiting. For Dar yl Stephenson and Quentin Gause, two of the Rutgers football team’s 16 verbal commitments FOOTBALL for the Class of 2011, the waiting game is just as demanding as each game on the schedule for their senior seasons in high school. Both Stephenson and Gause committed to Rutgers before their senior years even began. With the high school season getting under way, sometimes it’s hard to not look ahead to National Signing Day, Stephenson said. “I’m just so excited and I can’t wait for Rutgers,” said Stephenson, who verbally committed to the Scarlet Knights on June 18. “It’s sometimes hard to focus on what’s now, because I want to get [to Rutgers] so badly.” Stephenson, from Sayreville War Memorial High School, is a three-star defensive tackle on Rivals.com and a two-star on Scout.com. Rivals ranks him as the 21st best prospect in the Garden State. Standing at 6-foot-3, 270 pounds, Stephenson emerged as one of the dominant forces on defense in the Greater Middlesex Conference. With Sayreville graduate and Rutgers freshman linebacker David Milewski

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Junior defender Julie Lancos forced a save from Boston College keeper Jill Mastroianni that deflected off the crossbar Sunday in the Knights’ 3-1 loss.

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