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The Rutgers women’s soccer team went 1-1 this weekend, defeating Loyola-Marymount but falling, 1-0, to No. 6 UCLA. Junior goalkeeper Emmy Simpkins made 12 saves in the loss.

NJPIRG tour raises awareness on cheaper textbook options

BY CLIFF WANG STAFF WRITER

New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) shared money-saving tips with students and collected signatures on Friday for a petition in support of low-cost textbook solutions.

The event, called the “Textbook Rebellion” and held on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus, was part of a national tour of 40 campuses that aims to bring awareness about the high costs of textbooks to college students.

“We really want to go to these campuses and raise awareness on textbook prices and

advocate for solutions and alternatives,” said Nicole Allen, a state NJPIRG representative.

The Textbook Rebellion promoted open textbooks — books published online under a license that allows everyone free access to download and print the text, she said.

“Students can choose to use them free online or buy them in print for $20 to $40, which would save them about 80 percent on average compared to buying traditional textbooks,” Allen said.

Open textbooks are already available for dozens of courses like Economics 101, Calculus and Chemistry, she said. Since

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Coalition leader John Aspray, Darlene Smith of the Union of Rutgers Administrators and BJ Walker of the AAUP-AFT petition on the College Avenue campus Thursday for student support.

Rutgers One Coalition fights for improved tuition, wages

BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

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Students wait to give their signatures on the College Avenue campus with one of the “Textbook Rebellion” mascots in support of using low-cost textbook alternatives for class.

Connecting student, faculty, staff and alumni, the Rutgers One Coalition, formed last spring semester, continues its mission this year, focusing on tuition and faculty and staff wages.

“The Rutgers One Coalition is a collaboration of students, faculty, alumni and staff

working toward access to affordable tuition, respect, fair treatment of both students, alumni, faculty and staff by administration,” said John Aspray, University alumnus and Rutgers One Coalition leader.

Members of the group spread across campus last Thursday to give out the message of their most recent campaign, “Tell Rutgers

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Paralyzed student stays hopeful during recovery PERSON OF THE WEEK

BY MORGAN MURRELL STAFF WRITER

Guided by faith and support, Jesse Picard, who is paralyzed from the neck down, is determined to overcome his current life-altering obstacle and carry out his dream.

The Unionville, Pa., native was involved in a motorcycle accident on May 13, resulting in a C2 spinal cord injur y — complete paralysis of body aside from limited neck and head movement.

“It’s kind of a bump in the road. It sucks for the time being, but I know I will get better,” Picard said.

A senior majoring in biology and religion at the University, Picard is just three credits away from receiving his degree.

“How do I stay so positive? I would have to say my religion, Christianity.

It’s really helped me throughout this whole thing,” he said.

Although he attended church reg- I know in the end it’s all going to be ularly with his mother since he was worth it,” Picard said. young, Picard’s connection with reliHe also attributes his ability to gion started in high school after join- remain calm and upbeat to his large ing Young Life, a program support system of family dedicated to introducing and friends. adolescents to Jesus Christ “It’s been fabulous, the and helping them grow in love and the prayer. Knowing their faith. that so many care and feel With the University’s that his life is so valuable just Young Life chapter, Picard makes all the difference in was able to continue his the world,” said Jane Picard, spiritual journey during his Jesse’s mother. “It means time here. something to them to have Picard is currently stay- JESSE PICARD his friendship.” ing at the Kessler Institute Jane Picard underfor Rehabilitation Center in West stands her son’s positive attitude in Orange, N.J., one of the nation’s the face of the accident as an aspect largest acclaimed rehabilitation hospi- of his personality. tals specializing in spinal injuries.

“Jesse has always had a very positive His rehabilitation process involves personality. He hasn’t complained once a lot of stretching and exercising his since the accident happened,” she said. legs on a restorative therapy bicycle.

Jesse Picard, who was always inter“It’s a lot of the same stuff over ested in medicine and science, still and over again. It can get tiring, but dreams of finishing college and

becoming a physician. He interned with doctors in Ghana and assisted with surgeries, sparking his interest in medicine further.

The former varsity wrestler at Unionville-Chadds Ford High School also believes his strength comes from the training he learned in his sport “He was a star wrestler and very competitive person. Wresting takes a mental toughness, and I think that’s given him a strength that the rest of us might not have,” said Nick O’Neill Sr., father of one of Jesse Picard’s closest friends, Nick O’Neill Jr. Family and friends also held fundraisers on Jesse Picard’s behalf to help pay for medical expenses.

“He’s in the position where he’ll need 24-hour care. Health insurance doesn’t cover much. It’s really had an impact on his family, so I want to help as much as I can,” Nick O’Neill Sr. said.

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Magazine places U. among top colleges for women

BY MARY DIDUCH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Her Campus, an online magazine written by college students for college students, recently ranked the University among the top 10 colleges for women in the nation.

The top spot went to Wellesley College — alma mater to Secretar y of State Hillar y Clinton — while the University placed seventh.

The University won this place for its Department of Women’s and Gender Studies and large offerings of women centers, institutes, programs and organizations, according to the magazine.

Jacquelyn Litt, dean of the women’s-only undergraduate Douglass Residential College (DRC), said this ranking does not surprise her.

“I think they’re completely right and I was just thrilled that whoever did the research was so thorough. … It certainly continues to be true that we’re a leader in women’s education and scholarship in the nation,” said Litt, who became dean last year.

Yana Rodgers, director of the Master’s program for the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, said the department is successful in the nation because of its history. The program started about 40 years ago but became a department in 2001

and acquired a Ph.D program as well, Rodgers said.

“It’s always dynamic, which is exciting about women’s studies at Rutgers University,” Rodgers said.

Both the department and the DRC are under an umbrella organization called the Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL), which has eight units of centers and programs to help the advancement of women in society and work.

“There’s no other university that I’m aware of that has this number and this breadth of units associated with women’s studies,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers said since women are still discriminated against in society, the IWL and her department works to understand these issues from political, academic and theoretical points of view.

Some of the global problems that females face are domestic violence and inequalities in health care and education, she said.

“Studying those and informing policy is something that we do here at Rutgers University,” Rodgers said.

The DRC, which any undergraduate female student in any college can be a member of, provides support, education and career advice and opportunities.

Litt believes that women-centered education provides University students with an intentional

community that focuses completely on what women need.

“It gives women sort of a competitive edge in terms of opportunities for internships, scholarships and education,” she said. “It gives them tools to reflect and understand how their lives are situated in this larger world, and it provides a community.”

The DRC this year has a record enrollment of first-year students, following a similar trend of growth over the years. Through the college, women can also elect to reside in all-female residence halls.

“There sometimes are situations where it’s nice to be in an all-women space, and it’s often true where it’s great to be in a space where you know that concerns around gender and concerns around race are going to be raised and that they will be a part of the conversation,” Litt said. “A lot of women like that.”

But Litt said participation in programming and events — which are open to men — is what the women make of it.

Eliza Simpson, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior, joined DRC her first year to live in the French special interest housing, which was women only. Her sophomore year, she lived in the allfemale Jameson residence hall on Douglass campus.

“I had a solid base. I had a group of women, even if we

weren’t best friends we all really got together,” Simpson said.

She also took the Women Empowerment seminar her sophomore year.

“I really liked the class because I feel like it gave a lot of information about the women’s movement that every girl should know,” Simpson said.

The college also has a strong alumni base, which helps form community, offer scholarships and gives externship opportunities, she said. Simpson spent her required DRC externship in Cairo, shadowing a theater professor.

Simpson even brought her Cairo professor to the University to perform Thursday — all through the support of the Douglass deans.

“The Douglass faculty really got behind the idea and made it happen,” she said.

Another unit in the IWL is the Center for Women and Work, led by interim director Terri Boyer.

“The Center for Women and Work basically works to do innovative research and programs to increase women’s economic sustainability,” Boyer said.

The center focuses on women from middle school to in the work place, helping them become more successful, she said.

Boyer said women have seen progress in the workforce.

During the recession, the number

of women in the workplace rose dramatically, more than men. But now, men are back above women, she said.

“Still it does demonstrate that women are contributing much more in the labor force in the United States,” Boyer said.

But there is a pay gap. Men earn 77 to 81 cents more than women, Boyer said.

Though President Barack Obama’s passing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act addressed this difference, there is still a big push for more legislation to equalize those numbers, she said.

One program the Center for Women and Work runs is Women Investing in and Guiding Students, Boyer said.

“It is a college-to-career mentoring program that matches students at Rutgers with women corporate partners in the state,” she said, adding that these include Johnson and Johnson, Wells Fargo and Deloitte.

The students then have the opportunity to speak with successful professional women about what it is like in the work place and how to get a job, Boyer said.

Rodgers said one area the women’s programs can improve is through increased collaboration.

“I think what we’re looking to do is getting the leaders meeting more frequently and having ways to have increased collaboration,” she said.

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CLIMATOLOGIST ANTICIPATES LEE TO BRING INCHES OF RAINFALL New Brunswick is still dr ying out and cleaning up from Hurricane Irene, but remnants of Tropical Storm Lee are expected to affect the area this week with a few inches of rain before traveling north.

A cold front traveling south from the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic and moisture from Tropical Storm Lee are anticipated to bring two to four inches of rainfall through Wednesday, said David Robinson, state climatologist at the University, in a NorthJersey.com article.

NJPIRG: Farino believes petition shows student support continued from front many of the authors just want more exposure for their work, the books are priced much cheaper.

The petitions at the event had an action box that students were encouraged to sign, which would allow NJPIRG to send emails to professors and faculty providing them with information about the benefits of using open textbooks.

“We will be able to use the students’ signatures to send an email to up to 10 professors on campus with info about low-cost textbooks in their course,” Allen said. “It will show that there is support among the student body for cheaper options.”

Stefany Farino, state board representative for NJPIRG, believes the petitions will show student support for lower-cost textbooks and convince professors to rethink their course materials.

“Publishing companies are really raking in the profits by creating bundles, discs and making it harder to resell the books and earn back some of the money,” she said.

“We want students to sign these

“That front basically will stall in this area, and act as a pipeline or alleyway for moisture to come from the South, and that moisture is associated with Lee,’’ Robinson said in the article. “If Lee were not there we would be getting some rain, but with Lee there is an abundance of moisture.”

The storm, which was downgraded to a tropical depression, left serious flooding in Louisiana and Mississippi and is expected to create flooding throughout the tri-state, according to the article.

petitions and show there is support for open textbooks and other cheaper options in general.”

NJPIRG representatives said publishing companies make too many unnecessary new editions to textbooks, causing students to buy new textbooks too often.

“Calculus hasn’t changed in 100 years, yet every single year the publishing companies are

coming up with new editions because they want to make more money,” Farino said.

Students passing by the event said they were drawn to the large mascots, one dressed as an expensive textbook and the other as an open book.

Many students who passed the event expressed concern about the money they had to spend on

“That’s not great news after just going through the wettest month on record for New Jersey,’’ he said in the article. “But we are fortunate that it hasn’t rained since last Sunday, so that’s been eight days without rain, so that’s helped … but we are still wet.”

Hurricane Katia is no longer expected to be a threat to New Jersey, rather it is expected to swerve right further into the Atlantic Ocean, creating a strong surf.

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textbooks for their courses and thought student life would be easier if prices were lower.

“The exorbitant prices of our textbooks really decrease the student life on campus, and having less costly books would really make student life easier and more affordable,” said Upamanyu Mukhopadmyay, a computer science graduate student.

School of Arts and Sciences senior Nikhil Divakar wants professors to learn about the advantages of open textbooks.

“Bringing the solutions to our professors is a good idea and after hearing about the positives of open textbooks, I really want more professors to learn about them and show support to using more of them,” he said.

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Seema Devnani, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, talks to Annabel Pollioni, the University’s NJPIRG chair, on Friday about the benefits of open textbooks, books published online that allow everyone to freely access, download and print the text.

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Newark greets new LGBTQ director

BY JESSICA URIE STAFF WRITER

Maren Greathouse assumed the position of director of the LGBT and Diversity Resource Center this semester with the ambition to strengthen the lesbian, gay and transgender (LGBT) programs on the Newark campus.

Greathouse, former director of LGBT Student Development at Towson University, said she could not refuse the offer to work at Rutgers-Newark in par t because of the color ful student population.

“There are some really incredible things about being immersed in a community that is so culturally diverse,” she said. “You really find that the conversation is richer, that the perspectives are richer and that the quality of the programming is more critical in its analysis.”

The desire to work with a burgeoning program in an institution already in the process of establishing resources also drew Greathouse to the position.

“I really felt [the new center] was a place where my strengths and my commitment to these issues could be best served,” she said. “I really wanted to be a part of that forward movement to really creating resources for the student population.”

The LGBT and Diversity Resource Center is new to the Newark campus, and it will build on the existing Safe Zone program and the LGBT Climate Report, said Marcia Brown, vice chancellor for Student and Community Affairs at Rutgers-Newark, via email correspondence.

Brown said Greathouse has extraordinar y experience in not only LGBTQ programming, but also with starting up new campus centers.

“Her role will be to give the center a ‘living’ mission, one which makes LGBTQ and supporters feel welcome and which fully integrates the work of the

center into the life of the campus,” she said.

During her time at Towson, Greathouse oversaw LGBT student outreach, educational competency training around gender identity and sexual orientation, and institutional advocacy around those issues.

One component of her program was special-event planning, which included programming for National Coming Out Week, Transgender Awareness Week and the Towson University Pride Month in April.

“I also coordinated a mentoring program for LGBT students,” she said. “We paired freshmen and [other] students during the coming out process with our LGBT student leaders, who were there to mentor them and help them find a place in the community.”

“Her role will be to give the center a ‘living’ mission, one which makes LGBTQ and supporters feel welcome.”

MARCIA BROWN Student and Community Affairs Vice Chancellor at Rutgers-Newark

Gerald Massenburg, associate chancellor for Student Life at Rutgers-Newark, said the LGBT and Diversity Resource Center would now be a physical presence on the Newark campus.

Students will have access to both campus community programs and a physical location where they can spend time, he said.

Although the LGBT and Diversity Resource Center is a place where students on the Newark campus can access information, Greathouse said she hopes to collaborate with the other University campuses.

“I will be working in tandem with [Director of Diverse Community Affairs] Jenny Kurtz over at the New Brunswick campus,” Greathouse said. “We hope to do some institutional programming that crosses campuses.”

One element of the Newark and New Brunswick collaboration is possibly with Project Civility, a campaign offered through the Dean of Students Office in New Brunswick, she said.

Collaboration will include a debate in the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus about the power of words and cultural sensitivities, said Mark Schuster, senior dean of students at the University.

Another will be a project in November for LGBT athletes with a goal to include both a Newark and a Camden presence, he said.

“We’re looking to have a ceremony at the end of this presentation on Nov. 9,” Schuster said. “There is going to be a pledge signing to keep all LGBT athletes safe.”

The LGBT and Diversity Resource Center is a project that is going to be built slowly over a period of several years, Greathouse said.

“In this initial year, … the programs are going to be really establishing a foundation,” she said. “But I know that it’s going to become a much more complex organization as the time goes on.”

Greathouse said while the center will continue to build upon the resources on campus, she trusts students, understanding they are an essential component of an extensive process.

“We hope that students will really stay with us through the process,” she said. “Because while we’re establishing LGBT resources this year, we’re going to be expanding this to include all groups in the multicultural sphere of what our student population looks like.”

ONLINE COURSE TO TAKE NEW PLATFORM “Virtual Self and Society,” a hybrid course in the School of Communication and Information (SCI), will take students out of the classroom and into a 3-D virtual environment.

In the course, led by Joe Sanchez, assistant professor of library and information science, students will develop avatars and live in a virtual town on Second Life, an online virtual world, according to the SCI website.

As their virtual avatar, students can create structures allowing them to understand the different aspects of identity, including how to manage their digital footprint and privacy.

“For this course, the students’ final project will be to either create a museum-like exhibit exploring representations of their digital selves or they will participate as ethnographers in

virtual-world role-play groups,” Sanchez said in a statement.

Sanchez, a virtual reality consultant, used Second Life in 2003 while working at the University of Texas-Austin, according to the site.

There, he had students working together to create the ideal college campus.

“They went way beyond what either one of us had ever seen, and it was a transformative experience for them, something they’d never done before,” he said in a statement. “That was the first time I saw Second Life’s great potential as a learning tool.”

Sanchez designed the undergraduate course for the minor in digital communication, information and media in the SCI. —Reena Diamante

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STUDENT: Picard looks into stem cell therapy in China continued from front Nick O’Neill Sr., along with his son and Jesse Picard’s brother, C.J., organized a phone-athon, earning $50,000. Close

WAGES: U. puts priority on revenue-gaining athletics continued from front Administration: Pay what you owe. Freeze tuition, not wages.”

“We’re here for two things: One, to keep tuition affordable, and two, put an end to the salary freeze for faculty and staff at the University, which is a violation of their contracts,” Aspray said.

The coalition collected 2,500 signatures on Thursday alone, both written and virtual signatures through text message, from students, staff and faculty, he said.

“We are going to present the petition to the University leadership and continue with the larger Rutgers One campaign,” Aspray said.

University unions signed a Memorandum of Agreement, which placed a moratorium on faculty and staff raises for one year. But in 2010 and 2011, faculty did not receive their contractual raises despite the financial adequacy, said Darlene

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friends, family and organizations in which Picard was involved have also made donations.

The cost for the first year of physical therapy and equipment is estimated to be about $300,000, he said.

“I feel that support from family and friends is very important, not only in Jesse’s situation but in

anyone’s everyday life,” said Matt Rosenblatt, a friend and University alumnus.

Some of Jesse Picard’s friends at the University hoped to help raise money for him.

“I think that Rutgers could contribute to his cause by developing or improving upon ways that students like Jesse can still

attend school and learn,” Rosenblatt said. “The implementation of a campus-wide video camera system would make it easier for people who may be disabled and cannot attend class.”

Jesse Picard continues to look toward the future for a way to overcome this battle, like considering stem cell therapy in China.

“I’ve been doing a lot of research on my own. I’ve also been following the work of Wise Young, a [biology] professor at Rutgers, and all the work he’s been doing with stem-cell research,” he said. “I don’t have too much to lose from it. It would definitely be a good thing to tr y.”

Smith, vice president at Union of Rutgers Administrators.

“We gave the University $40 million when we postponed our raise increase in 2009, and the University received more money through stimulus funding. Two years later and still no raise yet,” she said.

Smith said she believes there is a misappropriation of funding from academics to athletics.

The athletics depar tment has been subsidized by $115 million from the University since 2006, according to a June USA Today article.

“The University is an institution for higher learning,” she said.

“Faculty, staff, students, classes and buses — these are the primary priorities, not football.”

The University’s direct support to athletics represents about 1 percent of the Rutgers budget, according to a statement released by the University.

“While athletics opens a door to the University, it is our outstanding academic programs, world-class faculty and unique campus community that make Rutgers a

premier institution of higher learning,” according to the statement.

Still, Smith said the salar y freeze not only affected their paychecks but also their morale.

“Would you take a vacation to Cancun, Mexico after you lost your job and home? No,” Hughes said. “You would have to be somewhat affluent to go.

You need a budget.”

Hughes said the recent budget decisions, especially toward the athletics department, could be allocated toward academics.

“We’re paying for a team to throw a football around on television. Shouldn’t N.J. tax payers and students feel gypped?”

Hughes said. “Let’s have a surplus before you fly these kids down to Nor th Carolina to throw a football around on TV.” The University has set a revenue-generating athletics program as a priority, and Athletic Director Tim Pernetti continues to take significant steps toward that goal, according to the statement.

But some academic departments are without phones, and some salaries are less than what they were two years ago, Smith said.

“Leaving administrators are being given bonuses and sports

coaches are still being given bonuses on top of their salaries,” she said. “There is an issue with priorities.”

The University hopes to deal with the unions to resolve any outstanding labor issues and not respond to ad hoc protests, demonstrations or press releases.

“Rutgers and institutions across the nation continue to grapple with serious fiscal challenges, but we remain committed to our core mission of teaching, research and ser vice and our budget decisions reflect those priorities,” according to the statement.

The Rutgers One Coalition made its impact during the July 14 Board of Governors meeting, where the proposed 3.6 percent tuition raise was slashed to 1.9 percent, the lowest tuition increase in the past 20 years, Aspray said.

“It shows that the administration was listening,” he said.

“Rutgers One, through the sitin, also won students eight free transcripts, yet nothing about the current freeze on salaries.”

“Sports coaches are still being given bonuses on top of their salaries.”

DARLENE SMITH Union of Rutgers Administrators Vice President

“A lot of faculty have left and others feel the level of angst,” she said. “The salar y freeze has caused serious levels of demoralization, and there is an apparent level of tension between faculty and administration.”

David Hughes, director of the undergraduate Department of Anthropology, compared the University’s spending to vacationing while broke.

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CALENDAR SEPTEMBER

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Sign up today for intramural sports. Choose from more than 30 leagues including soccer, flag football, volleyball and basketball.

Register online at recreation.rutgers.edu/intramurals. For more information contact Paul Fischbach at (732) 445-0462.

Kol Halayla, the only Jewish a capella group at the University, is holding auditions from 6 to 8 p.m. at the third floor of Rutgers Hillel on 93 College Ave. in New Brunswick.

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The Daily Targum is always accepting new writers. There will be a writer’s meeting at 9:30 p.m. in The Daily Targum Business Office, Suite 431 in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. All majors are welcome and no experience is necessary! For more information, contact Reena Diamante at university@dailytargum.com or Ankita Panda at metro@dailytargum.com.

“Art After Hours” returns tonight from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus, to celebrate the opening of “Two Venetian Masters: Canaletto and Domenico Tiepolo Etchings from the Arthur Ross Foundation” and offer a broader view of Venice, Italy. “Art After Hours” is the popular evening social series held on first Wednesdays from September through July, inviting visitors to explore the galleries, as well as enjoy a variety of related entertainment. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for adults over 65 and free for museum members, University students, faculty and staff with identification and children under 18. For more information, call (732) 9327237 ext. 610 or visit the museum’s website www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu.

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There will be a change in destination class day. Students should attend Monday classes.

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Come to the Involvement Fair to sign up for a variety of student organizations from 3 to 7 p.m. on Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus.

Today is the last day to drop a class without a “W” grade via WebReg or in person at the Undergraduate Registrars Office at the ASB Building Room 200B on Busch campus.

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Today is the last day to add a class.

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King Of The Couch Tournaments will host “LeGrand Bowl 2011,” a video game tournament for Eric LeGrand at 11 a.m. at the Busch Student Center. The tournament will have participants play Madden 12 and NCAA 12 on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Students can join the tournament for $10 with their student identification while non-students will pay $20. For more information visit legrandbowl.com or call (201) 981-3537.

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Do you have what it takes to be the next Rutgers Homecoming Idol? Upload your two-minute video to YouTube and then email your video link to homecoming@winants.rutgers.edu and let the battle begin. Videos are due by 11:59 p.m. Contestants must be 18 or older to enter this contest. A group of semifinalists will be entered in Homecoming Idol’s online voting, scheduled from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3. The top contestants will be selected from that group and will compete at the Homecoming Festival on Oct. 15 on Busch campus before the football game.

OCTOBER

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The Fourth Annual Skin Workshop, titled, “Skin Reconstruction for Wounds, Burns and Deep Skin Trauma” will take place at 1 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building on 145 Bevier Road in Piscataway. The Rutgers Cleveland Clinic Consortium of Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine (RCCC-AFIRM) will endorse the event, which draws more than 100 of the leading experts in skin healing and transdermal drug deliver y. Register online at www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=9891 80. For more information contact Christine Otto @ cbmfrontdesk@dls.rutgers.edu or (732) 445-0488 ext. 40001.

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FORMER POLICE DIRECTOR RETURNS TO PUBLIC SPHERE Former New Brunswick Police Director Peter Mangarella will return to the city’s corporate realm as director of security for New Brunswick public schools.

Mangarella retired from his position as New Brunswick police director on June 16 after 26 years of service in the city police department and began collecting his annual pension of $116,405 on Aug. 1 and will be paid $90,000 for his school job in addition to his pension, according to a New Brunswick Patch article.

“It has been my honor to serve the people of the city where I was born and raised,” Mangarella said in the article. “As a patrolman, a detective in both narcotics and major crimes, to serving as a Commander of Detectives, and ultimately the position of police director, I have lead a very fulfilling career.’’

Mangarella is expected to begin his new job on Sept. 15 when the school year begins.

— Anastasia Millicker

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Tablets, apps modernize Edison schools

BY CLIFF WANG STAFF WRITER

Edison Township schools plan to break technological boundaries by becoming the first K-12 district in the nation to incorporate a custom-designed mobile application and the first district in the state to incorporate iPads into their curriculum for the upcoming school year.

Richard O’Malley, superintendent of schools for Edison, said the Edison school district partnered with Blackboard Inc. to launch the Blackboard Mobile Central platform, which plans to better communications in the district.

“I really want to bring as much technology into the curriculum as possible; that’s one of my goals for the district,” he said. “I really believe this type of technology integration is the future of teaching and learning.”

The new mobile app will allow students, parents and the Edison community the chance to access school news, district events, maps and contact directories, as well as give parents access to Edison’s Web-based Parent Portal, which displays their child’s schedule, grades and attendance, O’Malley said.

“Reaching parents on platforms they are already comfortable and familiar with lead to increased interaction and

engagement, which will ultimately lead to increased student achievement,” he said.

The mobile app could serve a useful purpose for the diverse demographic of students in the Edison school district, which currently comprises of more than 15,000 students across the township’s 17 schools.

“As more and more children and parents access and interact with information on mobile devices outside of the classroom, there is a great opportunity for K12 schools and districts to leverage mobile technology within the educational experience,” O’Malley said.

O’Malley hopes the district can use the Blackboard Mobile Software Development Kit and develop features for the Edison community as a whole including a real estate module which will include specific addresses on the market.

The app will be available as a free download application for Android, BlackBerr y, Palm, webOS and Apple iOS devices for the iPhone and iPod touch, as well as a mobile Web version to support all other Web-enabled devices, he said.

The district will also offer a yearlong pilot program for its digital math program “HMH Fuse: Algebra 1 App” through Houghton Mif flin Harcour t

making Edison the first district to incorporate a curriculum fully on tablet devices, O’Malley said.

“As the first school in New Jersey to introduce ‘HMH Fuse,’ we are bringing cutting-edge technology into our classrooms, and then back home with the students to create an ongoing digital learning environment that fosters individualized education,” he said.

The one-year pilot program, funded by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in conjunction with the state No Child Left Behind grants, will be implemented in ninth grade “Algebra 1” classes at both Edison High School and John P. Stevens High School, with 30 students from each high school participating.

The school district also plans to participate in “Journeys,” a core reading program by that will also utilize leading technology through student e-books, leveled readers online and write-in reader online.

District grant funding was used to purchase 60 iPad 2 devices and the school district is also working with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in hopes of adding 60 iPads for use by students in the pilot program, O’Malley said.

“This cutting-edge technology combines direct instruction, ongoing support, assessment and intervention, enabling a teacher

to truly personalize learning,” he said. “As the digital age reaches our classrooms, it will transform education, allowing for teaching our students in ways not before imagined and Edison Public Schools is poised to lead the way.”

Henrik Chen, a John P. Stevens High School senior, said he believes the new iPads and mobile applications will enhance the Edison education system.

“I hope the district will continue to enhance the learning experience in the classrooms with technological improvements,” he said.

Alex Jiang, a John P. Stevens High School sophomore, said he was excited to use the iPads in an educational setting.

“I’m really interested to see what sort of roles the iPads will play in the classroom, and I can’t wait for the many more advances that are sure to be implemented in the future,” Jiang said.

School of Business sophomore Kelley Shih, who graduated from John P. Stevens High, said she wishes the Edison school system implemented the technology while she attended high school in Edison.

“I can’t believe the district is making such great steps toward modernizing the school system and classroom environment,” Shih said. “I wish we had such great apps and tools when I was still in school there.”

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EDITORIALS

Buffet must practice what he preaches T

axes are evil — or so the loud, ubiquitous cries of the tea party and various mainstream Republican politicians told us in no uncertain terms. That being said, not everyone agrees with this rhetoric, which frames the government as a band of common thieves and taxes as the wallets, which they’ve picked out of our pockets. Take, for instance, Warren Buffet, who has been a proponent of high taxes for the rich for a long time now. Most recently, Buffet penned an op-ed for The New York Times titled “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich,” in which he states that he and his “mega-rich friends” have been “coddled long enough by the billionaire-friendly Congress.

It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.”

Because of comments like this, Buffet is somewhat of an icon for those of us in the middle and lower tax brackets: A billionaire who wants to share the burden and give all he can in order to help America get back on its feet.

Unfortunately, Buffet’s semi-heroic status was marred by reports that Buffet’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, owes the Internal Revenue Service roughly $1 billion in back taxes. To put it simply, the man who has been agitating for higher taxes on the rich has himself been involved in avoiding paying taxes. It’s thoroughly disheartening to say it, but it seems to be that Buffet is a bit of a hypocrite, according to these reports.

We here at The Daily Targum agree with Buffet’s call for higher taxes on the rich. These are people who can afford to give more than most, and they should want to help support the country that gave them the chance and the resources to succeed. Taxes are not robbery.

Rather, they are the way we make our government work to its fullest potential. However, Buffet’s actions effectively discredited him as a champion of the higher-taxes-for-the-rich movement.

We sincerely hope the prolonged legal battle between Berkshire Hathaway and the IRS is resolved as soon as possible, in the IRS’s favor. Now more than ever, our country needs that money. We also hope that Buffet speaks honestly about this issue and takes the necessary efforts to properly resolve it. Only then can he reclaim his iconic position. The American people need a leader like Buffet right now.

Let’s hope he gets his act together and comes out on top.

College admissions need SATs, ACTs T

he SATs — and, occasionally, the ACTs — rear their heads in the lives of every college-bound high school student. It’s a challenge each of us must overcome in order to get into a good school, graduate and go out into a successful life in the workforce. Because the SATs, ACTs and college careers seem to many of us inextricably intertwined, it is somewhat shocking when a school decides these standardized tests are no longer required. DePaul University is the latest in a lengthening line of colleges who decided to make ACT and SAT scores optional for applicants. While these tests do have flaws, we do not think making them optional is the best way to get around that.

The major problem with tests like the SATs and ACTs is they are biased toward students from high-income families. It is these people who can afford the expensive prep classes and specialized tutors necessary for conquering the formidable tests. Students with less disposable income do not have access to these resources, and their scores often suffer for it. What this means, however, is not that colleges should abandon standardized tests as measures of academic achievement. Rather, it means the tests themselves must be overhauled, and high school teachers need to work more actively with their students so the tutors and prep classes become extraneous.

For students who apply to DePaul and opt out of reporting their scores, the application asks them to answer a few supplemental questions about things like goals and community. It is true that leadership roles and community involvement are important aspects of college life, but one cannot allow these facets to completely supplant the academic aspect. College is first and foremost a level of schooling.

Extracurricular activities should enrich students’ academic experiences, not replace them as the main focus.

There is a dangerous trend these days in college applications, which tends toward an over-emphasis on community involvement and a deemphasis on academic achievement. Make no mistake: We here at The Daily Targum encourage all students to be engaged in their communities, and we recognize the value of such engagement. However, we think that when it comes to college, academic achievement and community involvement must be considered together. One cannot be allowed to entirely usurp the other’s spot. If that occurs, the students lose out.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “If you make two of four, that’s not a very good night.

In baseball, you’d be an all-star. At corner, you’re not going to play very long.”

Rutgers football Head Coach Greg Schiano, on making plays at the cornerback position STORY IN SPORTS

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rotecting freedom of gay, black or a woman, the speech is perhaps University would surely and the most essential rightfully take swift action undertaking of any demoagainst that perpetrator. How cratic government. For the could any of these students University’s sake, protecting feel accepted into a communifreedom of speech on camty that actively seeks their pus is essential to open and AARON MARCUS destruction based on politics, honest dialogue between religion, gender or race? students, faculty and advisThat’s not protecting freedom ers. The University is so diligent in their protection of speech, but annihilating any opportunity to thrive in of free speech that they will defend brazen threats this University for students with differing beliefs. of violence, a school employee posting religious epiThe example that President Richard L. taphs about students on Facebook and the encourMcCormick and his administration is setting is that agement by said school employee for other students freedom of speech is essential as long as we agree to post hate messages about this student online. with your conviction. If the University were so conYes, you read that correctly. cerned about freedom of speech, they wouldn’t allow During a heated school-wide debate in for student groups on campus to ban the recording of December 2009 over whether the University’s meal events that take place under the auspices of our stuswipe program for charity should be given to the dent fees and tax dollars. Most importantly, if the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, University valued freedom of speech, Shehnaz Abdeljaber, the outreach they wouldn’t allow for University “All I ask is coordinator for the Department of employees to effectively end any Middle Eastern Studies, found it fitchance a paying student has to thrive that the University ting to call me a “racist Zionist pig” in any department. hold true on the Facebook wall of a former McCormick and his administration student. She then encouraged othare not concerned with freedom of to its values.” ers to post in a Facebook hate page speech — they are concerned with about me, telling students that their watching their own backs and legacies “voices are being heard.” This issue was highlightafter a year of bad press. The problem with not taking ed over the summer as the Zionist Organization of action against violators of school conduct is that it sets America, along with the Anti-Defamation League of an ugly precedent for future and current students. If New Jersey, filed complaints with the University you question the validity or honesty of professors, over its handling of these comments and other agendas and student groups, you could be met with threats and decisions made against Jewish students hate mail and violent threats not only from students but and supporters of Israel on campus.

University employees, as well. The deaf ears and the Two of those threats were Facebook comments inaction make one thing crystal clear — the University about the delight one University student would have takes action against threats only after it’s too late. seeing me beat with a crowbar and another skinning I have been called names, forced to leave events me alive were met with silence from the University and threatened physically all because of my right to administration. After I filed a bias incident report, I freedom of speech. This goes beyond the waited for more than a month to hear back from University’s ignorance to its student code of conUniversity officials. That may not seem too long, but duct. It tramples the statement of principles in the University policy states that the person who files the University’s Policy Against Verbal Assault, complaint should be notified within 24 hours. Also, Defamation and Harassment, which states “each the threat of bodily harm is in direct violation of the member of this community is expected to be suffischool’s code of student conduct but, hey, why ciently tolerant of others so that all students are free should the University listen to its own rules? to pursue their goals in an open environment.”

I’m not bringing up these threats and bullying tacI urge all new and returning students to never tics in a ploy to play the “victim.” I don’t want or need back down to bigotry and threats. If students try to pity or sympathy. I understand that when someone disregard rhetoric, overcome bigotry and hatred and tries to expose the truth, those who are hiding it may actively seek the truth, then perhaps the University take drastic and sometimes violent measures to keep will not only hear, but listen to the voices of its stuit hidden. All I ask is that the University hold true to its dents. Remember to always seek the truth because in values. How is a university supposed to foster dialogue the end it will be the only thing that can set you free. and a free exchange of ideas if those who are tasked with outreach are posting vile comments about stuAaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Science sendents on the Facebook pages of other students? I ior majoring in political science with a minor in hisknow that if a University official encouraged other stutory. His column, “Marcus My Words,” runs on alterdents to post in a hate group about a student for being nate Tuesdays.

Marcus My Words

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Today's Birthday (09/06/11). There's a change for the better on the horizon. Let it occur naturally, and be patient. Abundance can be yours today, and you receive more than you give. Smile and say "thank you!" You feel balanced and assured. Find an answer in a dream. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today Today is a 9 — You could be tested is a 7 — Confusion's running today. Think actions over before rampant around your home, leaping into them. A distant develcausing havoc. Make household opment smiles upon your enterchanges, and you could discover prise, and money comes in. Invest treasure and hidden resources in a powerful tool. (at least coins in the sofa).

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today Today is an 8 — Accept invitations is a 7 — Family keeps you on track to visit. Doors open in unexpected today and tomorrow. Reassure places, revealing hidden resources. someone close to you. Discover a For the next two days, a quest for bonus or windfall. Practice somepractical solutions beckons. thing you're passionate about.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Business travel Today is a 9 — You have access could be ahead. Handle the to new information to better financial plan, and work out your finances now. Apply it. details. Verify intuition with Make room for other people's facts. Indulge your literary side. generosity. Teach others what Your home life benefits. you've learned.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Share a dream Today is a 9 — Not everything with someone. Embellish and you try today will work, but add details in writing, crafting a nonetheless, it's your day in the fine plan. Determine accountsun. Go out, play and share the abilities and expenses. Travel bright light with others. Bring a later. Surprises unfold. hat or sunscreen.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — is an 8 — You hit the ground Today is a 6 — Contemplate running. Hopefully your batteryour next move. Taking time to ies are recharged, as you have formulate a strategy saves energy two days of full action ahead. later. Avoid risk and expense for But there's still time for love. It's the time being. Adapt to change important to show you care. and fresh ideas.

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SPLIT: Simpkins records career game with 12-save effort continued from back Bruins kept on the offensive, peppering junior goalkeeper

Emmy Simpkins with shots until the final horn sounded.

UCLA (4-0-1) notched 20 shots in the contest — 13 of them on goal — and capitalized on a corner kick in the game’s 33rd minute that drifted just above Simpkins in net.

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utgers women’s soccer forward Jonelle Filigno earned Big East Weekly Honor Roll recognition.

The junior tallied seven points this week, including her firstcareer multi-goal game, which came in the form of a hat trick on Monday against Fordham.

Filigno also assisted freshman Amy Pietrangelo on her first career goal en route to a double-overtime win against Loyola Marymount.

Filigno already matched her goal total from last season (4), and leads the team with nine points.

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Colts hired former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel as a replay-game consultant.

Tressel will not begin his position until the seventh game of the NFL season.

Tressel requested the delayed start upon his hiring on Friday, according to Colts vice chairman Bill Polian, and will help determine when the Colts should challenge plays as a gameday consultant.

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of the Big 12 conference’s future, the Oklahoma Sooners are keeping the conference together.

Big 12 powerhouses Oklahoma and Texas saved the conference last season by agreeing to stay in the conference for one more year.

But head football coach Bob Stoops announced yesterday that Oklahoma will stay out of the decision process for the NCAA’s future conference realignment.

Meanwhile, the Big 12 already changed in the past season, with Colorado and Nebraska leaving for the new Pac-12 and Big Ten, respectively.

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Saints announced an extension though 2015 yesterday for head coach Sean Payton.

The deal carries Payton through what will be his 10th season with the Saints.

When Payton joined New Orleans in 2006, he brought them to the NFC Championship Game after a 3-13 season the year prior.

Since his hiring, Payton led the Saints to the postseason three times in five seasons.

Payton’s greatest highlight was in 2010, when he guided New Orleans to its first Super Bowl Championship.

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ace Josh Beckett left yesterday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays with a sprained right ankle.

There is no word on the severity of the injury, but it does not involve Beckett’s left knee problem that derailed the pitcher’s appearance in the All-Star Game, according to the organization.

Beckett left in the bottom of the fourth after 3 2/3 scoreless innings.

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Junior forward Stefanee Pace tallied the game-winning score in the second overtime of Rutgers’ 2-1 win at Loyola Marymount.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 The Concord, N.C., native made a career-high 12 saves in the contest, but tipped her cap to the Bruins’ Megan Oyster for her game-winning header.

“They got a corner kick and [Oyster] was open on the back post,” Simpkins said. “She came out on time and just headed it right over me. It was a good goal.

I had to applaud them on it.”

Although UCLA’s 20 shots certainly garner attention on the stat sheet, Crooks acknowledged that many occurred as a result of counterattacks late in the contest, when the Knights tried rallying for the game-tying score.

It may appear that Rutgers was outmatched on paper, but Crooks knows the Knights continually make strides for Big East play by simply experiencing tight games so early in the season.

For freshmen like forwards Cassie Inacio, Stefanie Scholz and Amy Pietrangelo, and defender Logan White — all of whom logged at least 50 minutes against UCLA — gaining biggame experience is crucial early on in their careers.

“We have a lot of young players on the field on occasions who haven’t experienced this level of the game before,” Crooks said.

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“This stretch has been very good for the whole team and especially for the youngsters. They’ll be battle-tested heading into Big East play, that’s for sure.”

Luckily for Crooks, those same youngsters will not soon forget the Knights’ double-overtime thriller on Friday against Loyola Marymount.

Rutgers got on top 17 minutes into the contest courtesy of a rebound score from Pietrangelo, the first goal of her career.

LMU (3-1-1) responded later in the contest, as the team’s leading point scorer, Tawni Martino, sent a cross into the box, connecting with the foot of Etajah Gilmer for the equalizer.

By the time both teams entered the second overtime, it was someone’s turn to be the hero, and junior forward Stefanee Pace wasted no time.

The Kearny, N.J., native got her shot 49 seconds in the period, and buried it into the back of the net to give Rutgers a 2-1 victory and set the Knights up for a successful California getaway.

“It felt really good. Everyone else knew it went in before I did,” Pace said. “I was kind of far outside and just threw my body at it, but it ended up going in so everything worked out well.”

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Sophomore cornerback Logan Ryan saw extensive time in the nickel defense last season, but must now make more plays.

COACH: Rowe settles in deep as Knights free safety continued from back Junior Khaseem Greene picked of f three passes a year ago, but in the spring Schiano moved the Elizabeth High School product from safety to weakside linebacker, prompting Rowe’s transition.

Rowe star ted earning significant reps at corner in 2009, when he returned an interception for a touchdown against Texas Souther n. But he will now line up in the defense’s center field.

The result is a unit, especially at corner, tr ying to forge its own identity despite a lack of experience as star ters.

Brandon Jones earned his first nod at corner on Thursday, and last season Ryan primarily played in Schiano’s nickel coverage.

Senior Mason Robinson was a former running back, and Cooper played wide receiver before moving to corner during 2010 spring practices.

The Tar Heels are unlikely to be as forgiving of the Knights’ adjustment period as NC Central’s spread attack. “[UNC’s] John Shoop is a tremendous [of fensive]

coordinator,” Schiano said.

“He’s been there for several years, [former UNC head coach] Butch [Davis’] whole time there, and he knows exactly what he wants to do.

There is no question. When you watch the tape, you can see how he systematically picks apar t defenses. So these receivers understand that.”

While the corners have limited game experience together, they are all veterans of Schiano’s defensive philosophy.

Robinson is a fifth-year senior who lined up against it on of fense, and Jones and Cooper each have more than three years in Piscataway under their belts.

Now-New England Patriot cornerback Devin McCour ty mentored R yan during the Berlin, N.J., native’s redshir t season.

And they can all run, evidenced by the blur Rowe witnessed on consecutive defensive scores at High Point Solutions Stadium.

“I think we’re really, really better equipped to the spread because of our speed,” Harmon said. “Not only just our speed — we’re all smar t football players. When you get fast, smar t football players, it makes one heck of a defense.”

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OFFENSE: Junior scores first-half goal in Rutgers victory continued from back things up, sophomore transfer Kene Eze notched the game-winner with his first goal in a Rutgers uniform.

“I think the offense managed the game better and played with a lot more composure and a lot more passion [against Charleston],” Donigan said. “They sensed the crucial moments, and they stepped up and performed.

It’s a great road win for us against a really talented team, so obviously we’re excited for our guys.”

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Sophomore Kene Eze, who transferred from William Paterson, scored the game-winning goal against the College of Charleston.

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The Knights held a 6-5 advantage in shot opportunities and an 8-3 advantage in corner kicks, while forcing Furman goalkeeper Alec Kann into four first-half saves.

Senior Bryant Knibbs scored the Knights’ lone goal of the game, which pulled Rutgers to within 1 late in the contest.

But a third goal by the Paladins put the game and victory out of reach.

The Rutgers defense struggled throughout the game, due in part to a first-half concussion suffered by starting goalkeeper Adam Klink.

“Furman was just a really unfortunate game,” Klink said.

“We kind of dominated them, but they proved to be the better team that finished their chances.”

Despite the disappointing start to the tournament, the Knights’ redemption in the second match has Donigan optimistic about where his team stands.

“The game against Furman really did not work out for us, but you pretty much have to define yourself by how you respond,” he said. “I think they came out and did a great job.

The offense created some great chances, and defensively, we did a good enough job to hold off Charleston. They sensed the crucial moments and stepped up and performed.”

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The Targum sports editor Steven Miller chats with the 15-year MLB veteran, former RU twosport athlete and Diamondbacks first-base coach about fat sandwiches, beating Penn State and his tenure as president of Souvenir City ...

Steven Miller: When did baseball take precedence over football?

Eric Young: It never did when I was in school because football paid for my education. When I played my last game of football, I pretty much knew I was going the baseball route. I was crying tears of joy because I was so happy it was over. My obligation to football was over and I knew it was time to pursue my baseball career.

SM: Were fat sandwiches big when you were at Rutgers?

EY: No, our thing was Greasy Tony’s. It was at the corner of Somerset and Easton. That was the spot late at night. What’s a fat sandwich?

SM: You can get cheesesteak, chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, French fries and all that on one roll.

EY: Oh no, people actually get that? We had Greasy Tony’s and Stuff Yer Face! That was big.

Those two spots were real good. That was a good time at Rutgers, especially when we had the bell rung because we beat Penn State in ’88. It was like the first win in 77 years and they rang this bell as soon as we got back on campus. We hadn’t beat Penn State, so that was a big thrill for us.

SM: Do you credit your time on ‘Baseball Tonight’ to your Rutgers education?

EY: I was business management major, so that didn’t have anything to do with it. That was my gift of gab that got me there.

SM: Where did ‘Souvenir City’ come from? You’re the president, right?

EY: Yeah, I’m the president. My wife said I needed a catch phrase and I said, ‘I don’t know, baby, I don’t know.’ She said, ‘But everybody comes up with a catch phrase,’ and I’m like, ‘OK, well what do you think?’ ‘How about Souvenir City? The balls go there and it’s a souvenir for the people, so out there, that’s a whole city. Call it Souvenir City.’ I liked it, and when I did it I got some very positive responses. I knew it was a hit at the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium. If something picks up in New York City, you know it’s a hit because they blow it up. There were some kids sitting in the outfield with signs that said ‘Souvenir City.’ People were yelling it and I knew it was a hit. If New York likes it, it’s a hit. If they don’t like it, you might want a new catch phrase. Now a couple constituents like [Steve] Berthiaume keep it going. If I’m watching, I’ll text him and say, ‘It’s about time for somebody to go to Souvenir City,’ and he’ll do it for me.

SM: Do you like to represent Rutgers as one of the few guys in the game?

EY: I always gave Rutgers a plug — always, always. If they were talking about where a guy was from, I’d always say, ‘Well, what about Rutgers?’ If [David] DeJesus ever came up, ‘Hey, that guy’s from Rutgers.’

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Season-opening homestand yields pair of losses

BY JOSH BAKAN CORRESPONDENT

Ever since posting a five-point scoring output in the season opener against James Madison, the Rutgers FIELD HOCKEY f i e l d hockey 3 MIAMI (OHIO) 0 tc oenat i nmRUTGERS ues to face a similar problem: Capitalizing on offensive opportunities.

That remained tr ue this weekend, as the Scarlet Knights dropped both of their weekend contests to William & Mar y and Miami (Ohio) to round out their homestand at the Bauer Track and Field Complex.

“We’ll have to do more shooting drills, finishing drills — put them under that pressure in practices,” said head coach Liz Tchou after her team scored just one goal in two games.

Rutgers showed promise on the offensive end in a 3-0 loss to Miami by generating a 10-7 shot advantage.

“We controlled the whole tempo of this game. We just didn’t finish,” said sophomore forward Gia Nappi. “We had a lot of circle penetrations and shot options — we just didn’t finish.”

The Knights also improved in generating penalty corners, where they amassed an 11-2 advantage over the Redhawks.

“We were able to draw corners, but we weren’t able to get shots off, and that’s something that’s really unacceptable,” Tchou said. “When you have so many opportunities to score — all I can say is this was unacceptable.”

Miami (1-3) got its first win of the season par tly by

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Sophomore forward Gia Nappi’s three shots led Rutgers to tie a season-high 10 shots against Miami (Ohio) on Sunday at the Bauer Track and Field Complex, but the Redhawks won, 3-0. capitalizing off its opportunities to overcome the Knights’ consistent defensive effort.

The evidence lies with senior forward Jackie Nguyen’s goal in the 69th minute to widen the gap to 3 — a score that came off a

rebound from a saved shot by sophomore goalie Sarah Stuby.

Such is the stor y for the Knights defense this season: a consistent effort with only a couple breakdowns each game, according to Tchou.

“The defense played a lot better. They were much more organized. We were picking up players earlier,” Tchou said. “We had just a couple of breakdowns where they were able to get numbers up on us.”

The same was true against William & Mary.

The Tribe had many opportunities to increase their lead, and it looked all but certain that they would do so.

Redshir t freshman Jesse Ebner tallied two goals in the contest of f penalty corners in the 45th minute and 47th minute.

William & Mar y received many oppor tunities on penalty corners, totaling nine in the game.

With unrelenting pressure, Rutgers had to refocus its defense, specifically through Stuby.

“At first I was furious,” Stuby said of the two goals she allowed. “Then I just tried to channel that into energy for my communication to the defense. I did ever ything I could to stop the corners, so I wasn’t too upset about the goals. I just wanted to turn the game around.”

After that, Rutgers did not allow a Tribe goal for the rest of the game. Outside of the two-minute span in which the penalty shots went in, Stuby did not allow a single goal for the rest of the game.

“Sarah Stuby had a great game,” Tchou said. “She made many key saves, and there could have been at least a couple more goals up.”

The Knights do not play again until Saturday at New Hampshire.

In their opening homestand, the Knights showed control defensively and flashes of of fensive possession.

But once the Knights capitalize on more of those opportunities, they’ll “be a great team from star t to finish,” Tchou said.

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Safety Joe Lefeged made the Indianapolis Colts’ 53-man roster after signing with the team as an undrafted free agent. Lefeged was a Jim Thorpe Award finalist as a senior at Rutgers.

LEFEGED JOINS PAIR OF KNIGHTS ON COLTS’ ROSTER Former Rutgers football captain Joe Lefeged sur vived the final FOOTBALL round of cuts to make the Indianapolis Colts’ 53-man roster as an undrafted free agent.

The safety joins former Scarlet Knights Eric Foster and Gar y Brackett in

Indianapolis, and all three made the team as undrafted free agents.

Defensive end George Johnson also went that route to earn a roster spot with the Tampa Bay Bucaneers this season after playing for the practice squad last year.

Johnson tied for the team lead with 10 sacks, four tackles

for a loss and had three preseason sacks.

Johnson recorded 13 sacks in his Rutgers career, while Lefeged was a do-it-all playmaker on defense and special teams, where he blocked six kicks as a Knight.

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Junior setter Stephanie Zielinski surpassed 2,000 career assists after combining for 52 assists this weekend for the Knights.

Marathon match drains RU for tourney finale

BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers volleyball team traveled to the Sacred Hear t Tournament this past weekVOLLEYBALL end in RUTGERS 0 search of a .500 SACRED HEART 3 r e c o r d , but garnered more than just the two wins in the process.

Career achievements, growth and resiliency symbolized the trip to Fair field, Conn., as the Scarlet Knights defeated Har tford and Brown before falling to host Sacred Hear t in the final match of the weekend.

Junior setter Stephanie Zielinksi eclipsed the 2,000career assists mark in a five-set match to lead the Knights of fense against Har tford.

Zielinski’s season-high 52 assists made her the sixth Knight to crack the 2,000assist barrier.

“You put in enough time and work like Stephanie has over the last two-plus years, to hit that milestone early in her junior year is a great accomplishment,” said head coach CJ Werneke. “It’s something our program should be proud of.”

Following the Brown match, the Knights returned just a few hours later for their Sunday afternoon match against host Sacred Heart.

With all the energy spent in the Brown match, the Knights came out flat against the Pioneers and dropped the match, 3-0. Rutgers landed only a third of its total attacks and committed nine errors.

“We ran out of gas,” Werneke said. “I think we were just mentally and physically drained.”

Junior middle blocker Allie Jones and senior defensive specialist Kallie Pence added career highs in kills and digs to drive the Knights past Hartford.

Jones’ 27 kills were the most this season of any Big East player.

A sign of her development, Jones had career-high performances in three of her previous four games

before recording 27 kills against the Hawks.

“Allie is capable of having 20plus kills ever y night out. She has that ability,” Werneke said.

“She has the power, size and speed to continue to dominate.”

Pence also added a significant stat to her résumé by tallying 30 digs, the most since 2005 by any Knight. Solely focusing on the libero position this season, Pence made strides and impressed Werneke.

“As she gets more experience at libero, we can have plenty more games like that,” he said.

With as many career achievements and significant per formances as there were, Werneke was also impressed by the team’s execution and focus down the line.

“We’re doing a better job of living in the moment,” Werneke said. “We’re focusing on the task at hand, and we’re in a better position to make the plays and execute when we need to do it.”

While living in the moment, focusing and attaining their fourth win in a row, the Knights battled Brown and again took a marathon match all the way to the wire. A two-and-a-half-hour match proved to be as much as Werneke and the Knights could handle.

In the Knights’ 15-7 win in the fifth set with Brown, the team recorded nine kills and zero errors, finishing the job when it mattered most.

With the Bears seeming to get the best of the Knights, senior middle blocker Hannah Curtis delivered a timely kill to keep Rutgers alive in the fourth set.

Jones finished the Bears later in the set with a service ace to force a fifth frame.

After relinquishing an 11-6 lead, the Knights faced match point again, but with another timely Curtis kill, the Knights soared to their fifth win in a row.

“I thought the captains [Pence, Cur tis and Jones] did a really great job of bringing the team together and focusing on the next point,” Werneke said.

“There was no uncer tainty and good direction on the cour t.”

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BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers football team’s of fensive line, which did not allow a sack for the first time in 23 games in Thursday’s opener, will likely have a dif ferent look Saturday at Nor th Carolina.

Senior left guard Desmond Wynn left the Scarlet Knights’ 48-0 win against North Carolina Central with an apparent knee injur y. Head coach Greg Schiano said nothing is broken or torn, but is preparing as if Wynn is unavailable.

“Hopefully he’ll surprise us,” Schiano said.

Redshirt freshman Betim Bujari would likely step in for Wynn at left guard, but Schiano hinted at the potential for more changes along the line.

The new-look unit did not allow a sack for the first time since a Sept. 12, 2009 game against Howard. Both Howard and Nor th Carolina Central were weaker Football Championship Subdivision opponents, but so were Texas Southern and Nor folk State, which got to Rutgers quar terbacks five times in the past two years.

Freshman running back Savon Huggins had two rushing touchdowns, but the ground game averaged only 3.3 yards per carry in the opener.

“I know a few times we missed some line calls,” said sophomore quarterback Chas Dodd. “Once we critique that and fix it, the running game can be a lot more productive.”

True freshman Kaleb Johnson and senior Caleb Ruch are also candidates for time.

Johnson did not play in the opener, but was expected to play in his first season and is still an option, while Ruch has experience at both guard and center.

But Bujari is most likely to see his most significant playing time after debuting in last season’s opener before taking a medical redshirt.

“He made some mistakes, as you would anticipate, [against North Carolina Central],” Schiano said. “But overall I think he did pretty well. He plays physical, which is something that’s going to be critical this week.”

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UNC

r unning backs will get the bulk of the carries, but will tr y to work it out during the week.

Sophomore Jeremy Deering will see an increased workload after coming out of the Nor th Carolina Central game healthy.

He was limited to two carries for nine yards and dropped a sure touchdown pass after wearing a non-contact jersey for most of training camp due to concussion symptoms.

“Jeremy is one of those guys that’s a hold-your-breath guy,” Schiano said. “When he touches it … he can go the distance.

Hopefully we’ll try to get him a few more touches.”

WHEN NORTH CAROLINA fired head coach Butch Davis days before training camp, Schiano lost the opportunity to coach against one of his mentors.

The pair met twice before — UNC victories in 2008 and 2010 — and Schiano ser ved as Davis’ defensive coordinator at Miami, where the pair became close friends.

“I know Butch and the way he runs a program, and I feel so bad that he’s not doing it,” Schiano said.

The Tar Heels beat Rutgers, 17-13, last season, when they had as many as 11 players suspended due to NCAA violations that ultimately led to Davis’ dismissal.

Former defensive coordinator Everett Withers is now the interim head coach and John Shoop remains the offensive coordinator, so the philosophy is largely unchanged.

“I know there was some issues down there, but that can happen anywhere. I feel really bad that he’s not coaching,” Schiano said. “Butch is a man of integrity … I just feel like the record needs to be straight on that. As far as Butch Davis as a man and as a coach, I’d let him coach my kids.”

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Sophomore quarterback Chas Dodd (19) was not sacked in the Knights’ season opener, when sophomore running back Jeremy Deering saw limited time because of injury precautions.

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Mar vin Booker suf fered an undisclosed injur y against North Carolina Central and “is a little banged up,” according to Schiano.

“I don’t know what he’s going to be able to do,” Schiano said. “A lot of this will unfold during the week.”

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Youthful offense spurs Rutgers win

RU earns split while out West

BY VINNIE MANCUSO

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ

CORRESPONDENT

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

After the sun set on the first day the Nike/Aaron Olitsky Memorial MEN’S SOCCER Classic RUTGERS 2 last weekCHARLESTON 1 end, the Rutgers men’s soccer team found itself with its back against the wall.

But the Scarlet Knights also proved for the first time this season that they are more than capable of responding to a loss, defeating the College of Charleston, 2-1, to earn a weekend split.

The Knights heavily outshot and outplayed Furman, but still exited with their first loss of the season.

“The game against Furman did not work out for us, but you pretty much have to define yourself by how you respond,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “I think this weekend we lost a game we think we should have done better in, and I sort of set a challenge to the guys.

I said, ‘You have to respond to that.

You lost a game, and you’re not going to get it back, but you can get a result today and make up for it.’”

The game against Charleston was the polar opposite of the Furman matchup, as the Cougars held a 12-9 shot advantage over the Knights to go with a 5-2 edge in corner kicks. But the Knights defense held on through Charleston’s barrage, aided by three saves from junior goalkeeper Kevin McMullen in his first start of the season.

A pair of newcomers supplied the Knights’ only two goals of the game, a recent theme of the Rutgers offense. Junior transfer Joe Setchell gave the Knights an early lead with his goal in the 27th minute, and after the Cougars tied

The Rutgers women’s soccer team departed from New Jersey on Thursday WOMEN’S SOCCER war y of RUTGERS 0 the opportunities UCLA 1 presented by its pair of weekend matchups.

And the Scarlet Knights did not disappoint, winning in the second overtime Friday and coming just short in Sunday’s action in a 1-0 loss to No. 6 UCLA. “Great team ef for t,” said head coach Glenn Crooks. “This is a team that fights for each other, they play hard for each other and overall it was a good weekend. The victor y on Friday was a character builder, to win in overtime against a ver y good Loyola Mar ymount team.”

After a leg injur y forced sophomore for ward Jonelle Filigno out of the squad’s first match of the weekend, the coaching staf f sat the Mississauga, Canada native as a precaution against the Bruins.

UCLA bore down on the Knights’ (3-2) front lines, which were without their top offensive threat on the pitch, allowing just four Rutgers shots and one corner kick for the duration of play.

All four of the Knights’ shots were on goal and all occurred in the first half.

“We weren’t able to get behind them too often,” Crooks said.

“Their backs were ver y smart and ver y good. I think one thing we did a ver y good job of for a majority of the game was we kept our backs on the attack.”

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Despite allowing two goals in as many games this weekend, junior goalkeeper Emmy Simpkins played strong for head coach Glenn Crooks in net, posting a career-high 12 saves in a 1-0 loss to No. 6 UCLA.

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Head coach calls for defensive playmakers

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

David Rowe saw the difference on the Rutgers football team’s backto-back defensive touchdowns Thursday in FOOTBALL the Scarlet Knights’ 48-0 win over North Carolina Central.

From his spot deep in the defensive backfield, the senior safety had the perfect vantage point.

“All I saw was a bunch of red swarming real fast,” he said. “It was exciting to see that. I haven’t seen that in a while here, but this year I think we have it.”

A former cornerback, Rowe did not get many opportunities to swarm the ball against NC Central, said head coach Greg Schiano, but that will likely change when the Knights travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., on Saturday to take on North Carolina.

While junior Duron Harmon, Rowe’s par tner at safety, inter-

cepted a pair of passes, the rest of the secondar y went largely unnoticed.

Sophomore cor nerback Logan Ryan broke up a pass and junior Marcus Cooper recovered a fumble along the sideline, but only Harmon exited with a takeaway through the air against the visiting Eagles.

Schiano, who coached the Chicago Bears’ secondary in 1998, called the cornerback play “steady but not spectacular.”

“We need to make plays at the cornerback position,” Schiano said.

“And although we did make a couple, we didn’t make as much. You can do your job all night — that’s expected of you. But you only get three, four or five opportunities. If you make two of four, that’s not a very good night. In baseball, you’d be an all-star. At corner, you’re not going to play very long.”

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Safeties Duron Harmon and David Rowe form part of a developing defensive backfield, one that drew the attention of head coach Greg Schiano, who wants to see more activity out of the unit.