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Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano compared senior fullback Joe Martinek to former back Brian Leonard in his transition to the position.

NJPC works to pass facilities bond

BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

New Jersey Presidents’ Council’s (NJPC) executive board met yesterday morning in Winants Hall to discuss continuing plans to push for a bond to appear on the November 2012 election ballot along with other initiatives.

“The most important subject which I have to report on based on the Board of Governors’ meeting in the summer is our high hopes for higher education facilities

bond,” said Richard L. McCormick, University president and NJPC chair.

In order for the state to issue the bond, Gov. Chris Christie must first sign it so that it appears on the ballot. Then, N.J. voters decide whether to approve it or not.

If passed, the bond will fund building projects and facility repairs on college campuses throughout New Jersey, McCormick said.

There has not been a higher education facility bond since 1988, but he hopes to have the bond issue approved

during the “lame duck session” by the governor so it could appear on the ballot for the following November.

The NJPC has been working with the governor along with staff and state legislators to place the issue on the ballot next November, McCormick said.

“Please understand that we are appropriately conducting these conversations quietly, but there is a lot of work for us to do and we are compiling

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The Golden Rail Irish Pub on Easton Avenue was to serve as the venue for an event featuring “Girls Gone Wild.”

Negative attention, city regulations end promotional event

BY TABISH TALIB CORRESPONDENT

Organizers canceled a “Girls Gone Wild” event scheduled for today at the Golden Rail Irish Pub after public backlash and fear of losing the establishment’s liquor license.

Anik Chadha, a University student and co-owner of an online clothing store sponsored “Girls Gone Wild” — the video production company that shows nudity — to come to the bar located on 66 Easton Ave., but was surprised by the reaction.

“The event was not supposed to contain any nudity.‘Girls Gone Wild’ was just filming for their contest, ‘Search for the hottest girl in America,’” he said. “We didn’t expect it to be such a big deal.”

Chadha, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said he received phone calls from people who did not wish for “Girls Gone Wild” to come to New Brunswick, so he discussed canceling the event with his business partner and the manager of the Golden Rail Irish Pub. “We called off [the event] ourselves,” he said. “After the reaction, I talked with my partner Romit Patel, and we thought we should cancel it. We talked to the manager of the Golden Rail and he agreed.”

The City of New Brunswick stated last week that if there was any nudity in the bar, the establishment could lose its liquor license due to state zoning regulations stating nudity and alcohol cannot exist in the same establishment, City Spokesman Bill Bray said. But he said the controversy is a moot point now.

“There was going to be an event, but now there isn’t,” he said.

“Basically we have no comment.”

Bray said the city never opposed the event, but referred to state and local zoning laws.

“We stated what the laws are and that if there was any nudity, it would be a violation of the zoning regulations,” he said.

“If that happened, the [liquor] licensee would potentially lose their license.”

Ed Ellsworth, manager of the Golden Rail Irish Pub, was not available to comment at press time.

Chadha said he knew of the Platinum bar losing its license five years ago because of a similar situation, but remained

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Members of the New Jersey Presidents’ Council executive board meet yesterday in Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus to talk about the higher education facilities bond, for which they are still collecting data.

MAYOR TO VISIT RUTGERS STUDENT CENTER New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill will be available to chat with students today in the atrium of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus from noon to 1:30 p.m.

“We wanted to create an event where anybody can feel comfortable reaching out to the mayor,” said Bill Bray, city spokesman.

Bray said though it is not uncommon for Cahill to meet with residents in a one-on-one setting, he does not speak often with students informally.

Cahill, who has been mayor for more than two

decades, can answer students’ questions about the city or what it is like to work with various municipal departments, from education to public planning, Bray said.

“We’re coming to them in the most informal way possible,” he said.

The mayor will return to the school two more times this semester to speak one-on-one with students: on Oct. 19 at the Douglass Campus Center and Nov. 16 at the Cook Campus Center. Both sessions are also from noon to 1:30 p.m.

— Mary Diduch

INDEX UNIVERSITY University Housing and Residence Life consider revising the lottery system.

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School of Arts and Sciences senior David Reiss argues for federally funded education last night during a debate hosted by the Rutgers University Debate Union in the Busch Campus Center.

Students debate over right to free higher education

BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

In honor of the anniversary of the ratification of the United States Constitution, the Rutgers University Debate Union (RUDU) considered whether the Constitution should be amended to include the right to free higher education last night at the Busch Campus Center.

The parliamentary-style debate featured a government team and an opposition team, with the government team winning the debate with their argument that access to free education would better our society.

“The role of the government is to create a better society for all of us, and college education

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U. looks to reform housing lottery system

BY ALEKSI TZATZEV CORRESPONDENT

University students may have to follow a different procedure when choosing their housing beginning in the fall 2012 semester.

University Housing and Residence Life is considering a revision to the housing lottery process for the assignment of rooms and apartments for the 2012-2013 school year due to changes in oncampus housing availability.

“We are beginning the process of talking to students to decide if and how we will change the housing lotter y process,” said Joan Carbone, executive director for Residence Life.

One reason for the possible change to the lottery system is the construction of the Livingston Housing Project, which will open 1,500 vacancies by the next academic year.

“With the opening of the new Livingston housing, we believe we will be very close to having enough housing for all students who would like to live on campus,” she said. “We do not expect to need hotels again in the foreseeable future.”

The lottery process was last changed two years ago in an attempt to create a fairer process while the University experienced a housing shortage. For a period of time, students were housed in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Somerset.

If sufficient rooms were made available to students, Carbone said the University might offer priorities that students have requested, such as seniority.

“We need to know first what students want and decide if what one group requests negatively impacts another group of students,” she said. “We want a process that is fair for all students.”

Grant Whelply, Rutgers Housing Association president, said the discussion was still in its early stages and students would play a big role in shaping the process.

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The future Livingston residence halls will provide as many as 1,500 beds, allowing for Residence Life to discuss changing the housing lottery system. Students can share their thoughts at a town hall meeting on Oct. 10 in the main lounge of McCormick Hall on Busch campus.

“I can’t confirm anything regarding seniority,” he said.

“Nothing has been completely decided yet, so any specifics are still uncertain.”

A town hall meeting will be held on Oct. 10 in the main lounge of McCormick Hall on Busch campus, allowing students to voice their opinions on the matter.

“The town hall meeting will actually be held in a discussionbased format, so some of the students’ ideas may be taken into account,” Whelply said.

Carbone said the meeting would help to collect students’ preferences and opinions so Residence Life could make a decision as to how to alter the current lottery system.

“Any changes will be widely advertised and communicated to students,” she said.

University students reacted differently to the possibility of changes in the housing lottery.

Sharlynn Garcia, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she decided against living on campus after an unsuitable roommate and a high lottery number.

“I think upperclassmen should get top priority,” she said. “So far, lottery numbers have been just luck — I got stuck with a crappy roommate last semester and I was forced to commute this semester.”

Garcia said the town hall meeting was a good idea, because students will have the opportunity to contribute to creating the rules that directly affect them.

“I would go [to the meeting] if I could,” she said. “If I could change something, then definitely it is a good idea going to the meeting.”

ANDERSON COOPER TO HOST TOWN HALL SPECIAL ON CAMPUS The University will serve as the venue for an “Anderson Cooper 360” town hall special on bullying, in collaboration with Time Inc., Facebook and Cartoon Network.

Producers of the show approached the University about hosting the program, which will air on CNN on Oct. 9 at 8 p.m., in honor of Bullying Prevention Month as well as the first anniversary of Tyler Clementi’s death, according to a University Media Relations press release.

University President Richard L. McCormick said the school has rich diversity within the campus community and that the University works to promote civil and free exchange of ideas.

“We strive to promote the free exchange of ideas in an atmosphere of civility, inclusion and mutual respect,” he said in the release. “The University is gratified that CNN recognized this and invited us to host this important event that is part of a wide-ranging national campaign to combat bullying.”

Members of the University community are invited to participate at the town hall, where host Anderson Cooper will provide insights on why young people bully each other, according to the release.

Cooper will also talk to students, families, experts and other special guests to see if education, legislation and recent media attention have helped bullying prevention efforts in various areas.

The University has a number of related events planned for the next coming weeks including: “Resilience & Strength: A Conversation about Suicide, Healing and Beyond,” on Sept. 22, “‘Coming ‘Out’ as an Ally: Standing with the LGBTQ Community,” on Sept. 29, and “OUTwardly Fabulous: A One Woman Show About Bullying and Homophobia,” on Oct. 25.

There will also be a symposium on campus that takes a scholarly look at the use and misuse of social media and their implications, according to the release.

— Kristine Rosette Enerio

Ramon Morris, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said he believes in a merit-based system of choosing housing.

“Students who per form well academically should have first choice over students who don’t,” he said. “A combination of seniority and academic per formance should dictate which students choose their housing first.”

Despite hoping to stay in University housing because of its proximity to classrooms, professors and dining halls, Morris also chose to live off-campus for his sophomore year due to a high lottery number.

“It was unfor tunate that I got such a bad number,” he said. “I would have definitely preferred to stay on-campus if I had the option.”

Morris was happy about the housing developments on Livingston campus.

“I understand at the time there wasn’t a choice for me, because [the University] had only so many dorms,” he said.

“I’m glad they are adding dorms and more living spaces.”

All University students will be able to voice their opinions and concerns at the town hall meeting as Housing and Residence Life will attempt to garner support for the housing lottery reform.

Carbone said in the end the process should be fair to all groups of students and not negatively impact one group or another.

“Our goal is to find a housing selection process that is clear, uncomplicated and meets the need of the most students possible,” she said.

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RIGHT: Faculty suggests debaters to use real examples continued from front is something most would want,” said David Reiss, a School of Arts and Sciences senior on the government team.

Reiss said it would be absurd if the government stopped paying for a person’s education up until high school and forced everyone to pay for private school — therefore not paying for students’ higher education is also absurd because it ultimately prevents them from reaching their full potential.

Ashley Novak, treasurer of the debate team and member of the opposition, said the government already struggles to pay for the high school education system, and putting the financial burden of higher education on taxpayers would make matters worse.

“The education system gets worse when you spread the already thin [funds] even thinner,” said Novak, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

She also argued that granting free access to higher education for all would drive the value of a college degree down and force people to pay for graduate school to earn degrees to set them apart from their competitors.

“Having a college education is not the only thing that can bring good,” Novak said. “[If we] provide that free right, the value of a degree goes down because others who wouldn’t normally go to college have access.”

But Reiss pointed out that the value of a degree would not change with the amendment, as colleges would not let more people in.

“Unless colleges are admitting more people, more aren’t getting in, and it changes who gets those degrees,” he said. “[Colleges would be] admitting better people who worked hard to get in.”

Co-Tournament Director Bhargavi Sriram, Reiss’ partner on the government side, said it is unfair that people born into a poor family have less access to education because of a lack funds.

“Many don’t get the opportunity for education and others who do can’t af ford it and have to juggle jobs during their studies,” said Sriram, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior.

“We think the government has the obligation to pay for it.”

“[If we] provide that free right, the value of a degree goes down.”

ASHLEY NOVAK Rutgers University Debate Union Treasurer

Reiss said students who accept loans are often influenced into earning a degree that has higher earning potential.

“We think loans are predator y and destroy peoples’ lives,” he said. “I want people to go into unviable careers because they don’t need the money.”

But Novak countered with the notion that a federally regulated higher education system would put emphasis on engineering, business and medicine over the liberal ar ts.

“If you’re afraid of a world of engineers, lawyers and doctors, you

should oppose this resolution,” she said. “[The government] would cut liberal arts first, which diversifies our lives and views.”

After the debate, a panel of faculty members shared their thoughts on the debate and offered points they had not heard mentioned.

Rudolph Bell, a history professor at the University, said the debaters should have considered other nations who do have the right to higher educations for citizens.

“There’s a whole world of nations, and the more civilized ones have free higher education,” he said. “There should have been a national university [in the United States]. There is one for the militar y, West Point, where education is free if you ser ve the nation.”

Susan Lawrence, a School of Ar ts and Sciences dean for Educational Initiatives and the Core Cur riculum, said the framers of the U.S. Constitution had little concern for higher education.

“The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a right to education in any form or on any level,” she said. “The framers were self-educated men.

The Constitution is an incredibly boring document, mostly about protocols and procedures. It’s like reading the r ules of baseball without watching a game.”

But from her perspective as a dean and a political science professor at the University, Lawrence agrees with the government team.

“In my utopian world, everyone would have the right to pursue advanced study of liberal arts and sciences unfettered by financial concern,” she said.

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RESEARCHERS EARN GRANT TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AIR POLLUTION The University and the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) received a joint grant of nearly $2 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a navigation system that reduces traffic congestion and air pollution.

The navigation system aims to redirect the flow of traffic by balancing both pollution hotspots and heavy traffic areas, according to a University press release.

Multiple departments in both universities such as the computer science, urban planning, atmospheric sciences and environmental health sciences will work together to create the system, according to the release.

Liviu Iftode, a University professor in the Department of Computer Science, said the project was a challenge because of the difficulty in collecting data and creating an optimized algorithm.

“Existing solutions for traffic management are largely disconnected,” she said in the release. “We not only have to make smarter systems … [but] we also need to make it possible for them to share information directly so they can immediately react to changing conditions.”

Mario Gerla, a UCLA computer science professor, said the research would be par ticularly useful in heavy metropolitan areas.

“We expect our work to be particularly relevant to New York City and Los Angeles, where traffic congestion is the major pollution factor and increasing walkability is desired,” he said in the release. “This is our chance to bring congestion and pollution under control and make our cities livable again.”

Both Iftode and Gerla, who are principal investigators of the $1.94 million grant, worked together previously on a traffic management research project that proposed the construction of a highway lane guaranteed to flow without congestion in which drivers could reserve a time slot for a fee.

Iftode said in order for the system to function well, it would have to be unobtrusive. “[In the system] drivers should be allowed to set upper bounds for the congestion/pollution fees they are willing to pay in advance, then on-board navigators can offer shortest-time routes that fit their budget,” she said in the release.

— Tabish Talib

EVENT: Zoning rules ban nudity, alcohol in same venue continued from front adamant this was not the case for the now-canceled event.

“There was to be no nudity at all, there were no legal issues,” he said.

While the city did not oppose the event, it stated that the presence of alcohol could cause problems in this situation, Bray said.

“We advised people that alcohol causes a lower capacity of judgment,” he said.

Chadha said the event was in no way af filiated with the University and was only created to promote his online clothing store GetYourGreek.com, which launched in January and provides clothing for fraternities and sororities.

“I came into contact with the people behind ‘Girls Gone Wild,’ and they said that they travel to different schools around the country, and we thought it was a good way to promote the business,” he said. “But Rutgers was not associated with the event.”

Donnie Richards, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said that these types of events were not needed around the University.

“The University already has a bad image,” he said. “If we stand for ‘Jersey Roots, Global Reach,’ this isn’t the way to go.”

Allison Kriston, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said the event did not really matter to her, but agreed that it reflected poorly on the University.

“Events like this soil our reputation even further,” she said.

Kriston said “Girls Gone Wild” was tasteless and if the event had not been canceled, it would reinforce the idea of the University being seen as a party school.

“It would just affect other people’s negative opinion of the school even more,” she said.

Other students found the cancellation of the event disappointing, stating that it would not change the reputation of the school.

Phillip Sgobba, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said the event would not have made a difference to the University’s image.

“Rutgers already gets a bad reputation because of sexually transmitted diseases,” he said.

“Besides, many colleges have a party school image.”

While being under 21 years old, Sgobba said he would have tried to get into the event.

“I feel like it would have been cool, not because it’s ‘Girls Gone Wild’ specifically, but because it’s a big name,” he said. “I would have liked to gone just to say I was there.”

School of Arts and Sciences senior Tim O’Connor said if the event were still being held, he would have attended.

“I don’t think [‘Girls Gone Wild’] is necessarily bad. We have such a diverse community it shouldn’t be a problem,” he said.

He found the opposition to the event conflicted with the range of students at the University.

“If there are people by the bus stops talking about heaven and giving out free [New] Testaments then why can’t we have [‘Girls Gone Wild’]?” he said. “Let people choose.”

Jane Vokunova, a Rutgers Business School senior, said the event did not matter to her, but the cancelation was for the best.

“Ever ything with the University gets blown out of proportion, and the event sends the wrong message,” she said. “After everything, President [Richard L. McCormick might] have had to give a speech about it.”

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continued from front a comprehensive list of the facilities,” he said.

There is a list of facilities, buildings and infrastructure that need to be repaired or built, which needs to be narrowed down, McCormick said.

Susan Cole, NJPC vice chair, has been responsible for compiling the list and collecting data on behalf of the council.

“I will get back to a number of you [members of the council],” said Cole, Montclair Sate University president. “Some projects didn’t seem to meet guidelines or information is missing.”

McCormick said the project is not a done deal and he is maintaining all communications to advance the possibility of seeing the bonds on the ballot.

“Every conversation has been positive,” he said.

Rochelle Hendricks, the state’s acting secretary of higher education, said that although she has occupied the position for only two months, she is enthusiastic to continue working with the NJPC. “The governor’s team will be working on what is being done and what can be done better during the new budget cycle,” she said.

The Commission on Higher Education has been working with the governor’s office to restructure the state office of academic affairs, Hendricks said.

“We want New Jersey not to be missing in action on a national scene,” she said. “We want to have a voice — not only in Trenton, but in the general public. We want people to know what is public education and what does it do.”

Hendricks said she has also addressed some procedural actions brought up by the board that have been constituted and corrected.

“We plan to revolutionize all that we do [and all] we need to do to better the N.J. education system,” she said. “I am passionate about this … and we have a governor who is with this and bipartisan support to do this.”

Casey Crabill, president of Raritan Valley Community College and board member of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, addressed the committee on the updates for the search for an assessment college readiness examination.

“The key of the project is to develop a comprehensive tool to measure college readiness to be administered sometime throughout the student’s career,” she said.

The exam would test the student’s math and language preparedness and assess when it would be appropriate for a student to begin English and mathematics at a college level, Crabill said.

Crabill said she would keep working with the board to continue its progress.

The 53 institutions of the NJPC consist of 99 percent of college presidents in New Jersey including public, private and community colleges and universities, said Allison Samay, NJPC director.

“The board consists of presidents of the state’s public and independent institutions of higher education that receive state aid,” she said. “Presidents of three proprietary schools and the presidents of the two largest religious institutions also serve to represent the interest of all such schools.”

The next meeting scheduled for Oct. 11 at 9:30 a.m. in Winants Hall is anticipated to address the updates with student health insurance, McCormick said.

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Filmmaker Abigail Disney, left, sits next to activist Cora Weiss as they talk to an audience yesterday in the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Cook/Douglass campus about women’s roles in achieving peace. The Institute for Women’s Leadership and the Center for Women’s Global Leadership collaborated to sponsor the discussion.

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Does your health add up? Find out key health indicators such as blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) at NUMB3RS. Health Outreach, Promotion and Education (HOPE) is hosting the event from noon to 3 p.m at Morrell Street on the College Avenue campus. Take a fitness challenge and learn more about portion control and calories.

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Lambda Kappa Sigma will be hosting a professional event called, “Rx Success 101,” at 8 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center Room 120 BC. This fun, interactive event will provide pre-professional students with tools and resources to help them not only survive pharmacy school but to succeed in it. There will be guest speakers such as one of the deans from the pharmacy school as well as representatives from the Learning Center and Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program & Psychiatric Services (CAPS). Free refreshments will be provided.

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The Third Annual National Postdoc Appreciation Day Symposium, presented by the UMDNJ/Rutgers Postdoctoral Association, will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the West Lecture Hall of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The symposium is an opportunity for graduate students and postdocs to present their work, attend career development panels and network with other researchers in the area. Registration for the event is free, and lunch is included for registrants. Postdocs, faculty, students and administrators are all welcome. For more information e-mail pda@umdnj.edu. Register online at http://pda-nj.appspot.com/symposium.html.

The event, “Resilience and Strength: A conversation about suicide and thriving,” will take place at 8:30 p.m. in The Cove of the Busch Campus Center. Join students and professionals for a panel discussion about suicide, thriving, community, caring and resources. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Health Outreach, Promotion and Education at (732) 932-1965.

The Daily Targum is always looking for 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.

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Health Outreach, Promotion & Education is hosting “Lollanobooza,” a karaoke and dance party featuring DJ Wallah, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Livingston Student Center. There will be free food and free games. Two iPad 2’s will be awarded. The event is Hollywood-themed and there will be prizes for best costume. All University students are welcome. For more information contact HOPE by calling (732) 932-1965 or visit rhsope.rutgers.edu.

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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.

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Health Outreach, Promotion and Education (HOPE) is offering free HIV Testing from 3 to 7 p.m. at its office on 8 Lafayette St. in New Brunswick. The tests are finger-prick testing and results arrive in 15 minutes. For more call (732) 932-1965 or visit rhshope.rutgers.edu.

While Americans celebrate the free flow of news and information over Facebook, Twitter, Google, news websites and all sorts of blogs in the United States, countries like China, Syria, Korea and others continue to block their citizens from using the Internet freely. A panel discussion, “Global Censorship: Medium and Message Disconnected” will take place at 2 p.m. in the Remegio U. Pane Room of the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. This event is the first in a three-part series, sponsored by the Rutgers University Libraries, within the University-wide initiative “Technologies Without Borders: Technologies Across Borders.”

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Protestors in Tokyo, Japan don signs with slogans like “No Nukes” yesterday in an attempt to push the government toward abandoning nuclear power in response to the March 11 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Japanese citizens protest nuclear power THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO — Chanting “Sayonara nuclear power” and waving banners, tens of thousands of people marched in central Tokyo yesterday to call on Japan’s government to abandon atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident.

The demonstration underscores how deeply a Japanese public long accustomed to nuclear power has been affected by the March 11 crisis, when a tsunami caused core meltdowns at three reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex.

The disaster — the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl — saw radiation spewed across a wide part of northeastern Japan, forcing the evacuation of some 100,000 people who lived near the plant and raising fears of contamination in everything from fruit and vegetables to fish and water.

“Radiation is scar y,” said Nami Noji, a 43-year-old mother who came to the protest on this national holiday with her four children, ages 8-14. “There’s a lot of uncertainty about the safety of food, and I want the future to be safe for my kids.”

Police estimated the crowd at 20,000 people, while organizers said there were three times that many people.

In addition to fears of radiation, the Japanese public and corporate world had to put up with electricity shor tages amid the sweltering summer heat after more than 30 of Japan’s 54 nuclear reactors were idled over the summer to undergo inspections.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who took of fice earlier this month, said Japan will restar t reactors that clear safety checks. But he also said the countr y should reduce its reliance on atomic energy over the long-term and explore alternative sources of energy.

He has not spelled out any specific goals.

Before the disaster, this ear thquake-prone countr y derived 30 percent of its electricity from nuclear power. Yet Japan is also a resource-poor nation, making it a dif ficult, time-consuming process for it to come up with viable alternative forms of energy.

Mari Joh, a 64-year-old woman who traveled from Hitachi city to collect signatures for a petition to shut down the Tokai Dai-ni nuclear plant not far from her home, acknowledged that shifting the countr y’s energy sources could take 20 years.

“But if the government doesn’t act decisively now to set a new course, we’ll just continue with

the status quo,” she said Monday.

“I want to use natural energy, like solar, wind and biomass.”

Before the march, the protesters gathered in Meiji Park to hear speakers address the crowd, including one woman from Fukushima prefecture, Reiko Muto, who described herself as a “hibakusha,” an emotionally laden term for survivors of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Those evacuated from around the plant remain uncertain about when, if ever, they will be able to return to their homes.

An AP-GfK poll showed that 55 percent of Japanese want to reduce the number of nuclear reactors in the countr y, while 35 percent would like to leave the number about the same.

Four percent want an increase while 3 percent want to eliminate them entirely.

The poll, which sur veyed 1,000 adults between July 29 and Aug. 10, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

Author Kenzaburo Oe, who won the Nobel literature prize in 1994 and campaigned for pacifist and anti-nuclear causes, also addressed the crowd.

He and musician R yuichi Sakamoto, who composed the score to the movie “The Last Emperor,” were among the event’s suppor ters.

EGYPT DENIES EXPORT OF PRAYER FRONDS TO ISRAEL JERUSALEM — A major Jewish holiday appears to have become the latest victim of strained Israel-Egyptian ties.

Israel’s Agriculture Ministr y says Egypt banned the expor t of palm fronds to Israel and Jewish communities abroad. The fronds are used in prayer ser vices during the upcoming Succoth festival.

The ministry says it was notified by Egypt this week. Egypt supplies about 700,000 of the fronds to Israel each year. It says no reason was given.

There was no immediate comment from Egypt.

The ministr y says more expensive Israeli fronds are expected to fill the void.

Israel’s relations with Egypt deteriorated since a popular uprising ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Februar y.

Earlier this month, an Egyptian mob stormed the Israeli Embassy in Cairo and forced Israeli diplomats to be evacuated.

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UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinians said they will submit an application for full U.N. membership on Friday, the first step in a process to a declaration of statehood that has already sparked a frenzy of diplomatic activity and vows of a U.S. veto in the Security Council.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas informed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon of his plans on Monday, as behind the scenes efforts by key Mideast mediators intensified to try to bring the Israelis and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table.

Any candidate for U.N. membership must submit a letter to the secretar y-general stating it is a “peace-loving” state and accepts the U.N. Char ter. Ban is expected to examine the letter and then send it to the U.N. Security Council, which must give its approval before an assembly vote. That approval will not be for thcoming because of U.S. opposition.

Abbas said earlier Monday that he would not be deterred from seeking U.N. recognition for Palestine despite what he described as “tremendous pressure.”

His meeting with Ban and the reaf firmation that he would submit the application for “Palestine” to join the United Nations reflected his determination to move for ward with setting up an independent nation in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.

The new state would be in lands captured by Israel during the 1967 Mideast war.

The United States and Israel oppose the Palestinians’ bid, arguing that a state can be established only through negotiations. Washington has vowed to block the move in the Security Council, where it is one of the five veto power-wielding permanent members.

Given that, the most the Palestinians could come away with is a symbolic victory if they then go to the 193-member General Assembly where there are no vetoes and they would easily win approval for a resolution raising their status from a permanent observer to a nonmember observer state.

While it wouldn’t mean U.N. membership, recognition as a state would likely open doors for the Palestinians to join U.N. agencies and become a party to international treaties.

Ban, during his meeting with Abbas, “reiterated his suppor t for the two-state solution and stressed his desire to ensure that the international community and the two par ties can find a way for ward for resuming negotiations within a legitimate and balanced framework,” said U.N. spokesman Mar tin Nesirky.

The secretary-general and the Palestinian leader also discussed the ongoing efforts by the socalled Quartet of Mideast mediators — the United States, United

Nations, European Union and Russia — to restart negotiations, he said.

Abbas stressed his commitment to “a negotiated solution,” said Nesirky.

The mediators have been meeting over the past few days to try to persuade the Palestinians to drop their U.N. membership bid and return to the negotiating table. Another Quartet meeting was slated for later Monday, officials said, and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton might present more ideas to Abbas later in the day.

The Palestinians argue that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vision of peace is starkly different than theirs, and that a two-state option which he would support fails to reflect their key demands including halts to settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as the capital of the new state. Netanyahu, for his part, has said the Palestinians are the ones who are unwilling to seriously enter negotiations.

Full U.N. membership can only be bestowed by the U.N. Security Council, where the recognition bid could be derailed if fewer than nine of the 15 members vote in favor or if the U.S. uses its veto.

U.S. of ficials believe six other members may vote against or abstain, meaning the Palestinians would fall short.

That tally could not be immediately confirmed. An Israeli official said it’s too early to say how the votes would go, while a senior member of Abbas’ delegation said he believes 11 Security Council members will back the Palestinians.

In Warsaw, Poland, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, said it was seeking member consensus on the Palestinian bid for independence. Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said the EU’s position would depend on the wording of the Palestinian request, which is not yet known. Neither Britain nor France, both permanent members of the Security Council, have said how they will vote.

While the United States can derail the Palestinian bid at the Security Council in any scenario, the breakdown of the votes is key to both sides. Nine or more votes for the Palestinians would signal broad support for their statehood quest, while the U.S. image in the Arab world would suffer another blow if it uses its veto in this case.

While Abbas appears set to go the Security Council, he has suggested he might change tactics at the last minute and go for the lesser option of General Assembly approval of Palestine as a nonmember observer state.

Chances for success are much higher in the General Assembly, which Abbas is to address Friday.

“From now until delivering the speech at the General Assembly, we have no thought except going to the Security Council,” he said. “Then, whatever the decision is, we will sit with the leadership and decide.”

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Solutions require rational approaches T

he past few months have been tumultuous at best for University President Richard L. McCormick. Last spring, angry students occupied his office, demanding affordable education. Shortly thereafter, he announced he would be stepping down from his position at the end of this academic year. McCormick delivered his annual address to the University last Friday and the turmoil continued. In the midst of his speech, he was interrupted multiple times by dissatisfied faculty and staff members. Even students added to the agitation with heated language and blunt callouts of the president. These faculty, staff and students have the right to raise their concerns and protest policies they disagree with, but they should be doing so in a civilized, respectful and intellectual manner.

As the president of the University, McCormick should be aware of the University community’s varied reactions to his policies, decisions and actions. Both support and discontent need to be brought to McCormick’s attention. Otherwise, the issues of students, faculty and staff will never be redressed. Still, interrupting the president mid-speech is, at best, counterintuitive to these aims and, at worse, just plain rude. It is counterintuitive in the sense that, in order to solve problems at the University, the community must work with McCormick. Addressing him and treating him as if he is the enemy makes such collaboration very difficult if not impossible, depending on how vitriolic these addresses are. As far as it being rude, that is rather self-explanatory.

Following McCormick’s address, there was a question and answer period. This period is a far more appropriate time to raise concerns. Not only is it respectful to allow a person to finish their speech before taking the floor, but a question and answer period is a far more constructive atmosphere within which collaborative solutions for problems can be formulated. Even during the question and answer period, some people resorted to passionate anger instead of calm discussion. In situations such as this, passion usually does nothing more than cloud minds and distort judgments. It does not do much toward resolution.

This is not a condemnation of those who would criticize McCormick. Rather, it is a call for the sort of calm, collected, intellectual approach that is necessary for effective problem solving. It is not necessary to agree with everything McCormick does. But, if one wants to fix what they see as a problem in the University, it is necessary to let reason, not passion, dictate their words and actions.

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ov. Chris Christie’s statewide town hall meetings paint him as a man of the people, but according to The Star-Ledger, he’s a man of a very specific subset of people. The newspaper conducted an analysis of the 46 towns Christie visited on his town hall tours and found that the vast majority of them are largely white, wealthy and GOP-leaning.

A few brief statistics will help prove the point: 32 of the towns Christie held meetings in have higher average incomes than the entire state’s average income; 32 of the towns also voted for Christie in the 2009 election; the 46 towns considered together represent 21 percent of New Jersey’s white population and only 9.3 percent of the black population. Craig Varoga, a Democratic political strategist, said it best when he told NJ.com that “the most generous interpretation is that [Christie is] preaching to the choir.”

New Jersey is home to an ethnically, economically and politically diverse population. According to the 2010 U.S. census, our state’s population is 59.3 percent white, 13.7 percent black, 8.3 percent Asian and 17.7 percent Hispanic or Latino, among other divisions. The average per capita income in 2005-2009 was $34,566 and the median household income in 2009 was $68,444. Despite the obvious diversity of New Jersey’s people, Christie’s town hall route has ignored large swaths of this population in favor of focusing on areas that represent very small pieces of the whole. Politically and cynically speaking, this makes sense: Of course Christie’s itinerary limits itself to towns where he will find overwhelming support and large groups of allies. It makes Christie look better and probably boosts his ego at least a little bit.

Even if we understand why Christie chooses to hold his town hall meetings in these areas, that doesn’t make it right. Christie is the governor of New Jersey, not just the rich, white, Republican subset of the state.

As such, he is responsible for leading all of us, regardless of our races, economic classes or political affiliations. If he wants to hold these town hall meetings to engage with the people in intimate settings, he should be sure to engage with people who come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Even if someone did not vote for Christie or does not support his views, their status as a citizen of New Jersey means they have just as much a right to engage with Christie personally as his supporters do.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “If there are people by the bus stops talking about heaven and giving out free [New] Testaments, then why can’t we have [‘Girls Gone Wild’]?”

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hat does it mean the openly gay ser vice to be in support members who serve in the of a Palestinian Israel Defense Forces and state? This is a question that the annual gay pride parade should arise frequently over in Tel Aviv that this past the course of the next few year drew more than days and coming weeks as 100,000 spectators. the Palestinian Authority While Areikat claims AARON MARCUS seeks a Unilateral that a Palestine state would Declaration of remain secular, his confesIndependence (UDI) at the United Nations. As colsion that Jews and gays will not be welcome in this lege students who lean toward predominately propotential countr y makes it cr ystal clear that gressive causes, it is vital to understand the imporHamas will have a strong hand in the formation of tance of what this declaration indicates. Now, let us a unilaterally declared Palestinian state. Aside for a moment put aside the legal questions of the from the obvious questions one should have with a Palestinian UDI and the United Nations’ role in a terrorist organization running a countr y, the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state. Let’s PLO’s conformity to such a group of people calls first get down to the basics of what it would mean to into question their legitimacy as well. Hamas calls support this type of Palestinian state. for not only the destruction of all Israeli Jews in As many of your parents and professors will tell their charter, but Jews around the world as well. In you, growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s granted addition, they lump “western capitalists,” i.e., the them the opportunity to witness hisUnited States, into the realm of tory. The United States saw racial those they seek to destroy.

“Israel is a nation boundaries broken down and the Now, if the PLO has already end of Jim Crowe. This high point in caved on issues pertaining to those that for decades American history re-established the eligible to live in a Palestinian counhas obliged motto immortalized in the try, at what point do they cave on Declaration of Independence that all Hamas principles like the outto international law.” other men are created equal. right killing of Jews and Western Why, after preceding genera“infidels?” At what point do they tions demanded these rights, should their kin stand adopt the Hamas slogan, “Allah is its target, the for the opposite? Today, that same motto, which Prophet is its model, the Koran its constitution: most believe to be universally true is being threatJihad is its path and death for the sake of Allah is the ened under the guise of Palestinian Liberation. This loftiest of its wishes.” Think about whether this polisn’t solely my belief, but the direct policy of a potenicy will help bring peace to the ongoing conflict, or tial Palestinian state as well. Maen Areikat, the more hatred and greater animosity? Think about Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) ambassawhether you will support the first nation since Nazi dor to the United Nations, indicated two social poliGermany to officially prohibit the presence of Jews? cy platforms of a future Palestinian state at a breakIsrael is a nation that for decades has obliged to fast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. international law, withdrawn from disputed territoAreikat stated that Jews would “absolutely” be ries and plans to withdraw from more all in a desbanned for a Palestinian state and has also been perate cry for peace. Both Egypt and Jordan came silent about gay rights. to peace agreements with Israel through direct Think about that for a moment: A state that is negotiations, and in the 1990’s Israel and the seeking international recognition will from its Palestinian Authority signed the Oslo Accords, inception ban certain individuals based on their which explicitly forbids either entity from taking religion and potentially their sexual orientation. unilateral steps to determine final status of disputed Compare that to Israel, a nation whose Muslim territory. Further, PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas community represents 20 percent of its populastated in late August that even if the Palestinian UDI tion, a nation that sees Muslims represented in were successful, they would not recognize a Jewish the nation’s government and with permanent posiSEE MARCUS ON PAGE 9 tions on the Israeli Supreme Court. Compare it to

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MARCUS continued from page 8 state in Israel or relinquish their claim to the established and internationally recognized country of Israel.

Perhaps you don’t know much about the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, or perhaps you do. Here lies a rare opportunity for you to stand for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on everlasting peace, or heightened tension in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the subversion of international law and a growing call for the destruction of an entire group of people. Israel is not perfect. No nation run by man ever can be. But there are few points in time where good and evil are so apparent. If you choose to accept this unilaterally declared Palestinian state run in conjunction with Hamas, get ready to align yourselves with the only nation since Nazi Germany to officially ban people from entering a countr y based on their religion. Histor y is doomed to repeat itself unless we mend our mistakes. This is one mistake humanity cannot afford to make again.

Aaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Science senior majoring in political science with a minor in history. His column, “Marcus My Words,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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have not cheated on an exam since taking elementary school spelling tests. To be fair, I was young and foolish, and those didn’t count for anything. However, I witnessed cheating throughout my years in high school and even at the University to some extent.

Though we can all agree that cheating and other kinds of academic dishonesty are fraud and certainly unethical, interesting moral quandaries come into play when considering how we, as non-cheaters, should deal with our peers who do cheat. Is it ethical to report them? Is it ethical not to report them? The answers to those questions, of course, depend on context.

In order to define the relevant contexts, we must start out broad. Almost all academic courses have one of two grading structures. There is the cur ved structure, where higher-per forming students put lower-performing students at a disadvantage and vice versa, and then there is the objective structure, where each student’s achievement is independent.

The correct decision that one should make if he discovers cheating is different not only between, but also within, each type of course.

When the grading is curved, one has the right to report cheating only if the student engaging in it scores high enough to affect the curve. When the curve is based off the highest score, report the cheater only if he receives the highest score.

When the curve is based off the average, report the cheater only if he scores significantly above average. In such contexts, the student is wrongly benefiting himself at the expense of his innocent peers, and his peers can elect to stop him, even if doing so may damage the student’s academic career. It is important to note that no student is under any obligation to report a cheater as a mere customer at a school.

When the student cheats and directly harms no other student’s grades, either by virtue of being in an objective course or not doing well in a cur ved course, I oppose reporting the student. Though he has wrongly defrauded the school, he is not disadvantaging any of his peers, and therefore, it is not the right of his peers to stifle him and inflict damage upon his academic career. They are not the victims, the school is, and it is only professors or administrators who should do their jobs, and take it upon themselves to apprehend the cheater. When stopping wrongdoing has the

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potential to hur t people, it should only be stopped by those affected by it. Third parties cannot go around deciding who comes out on top.

Some may argue that it is also OK to report cheaters, even in non-curved contexts, when the cheater is studying in a competitive field and their cheating increased their grade-point average ranking at the expense of someone else’s. There is validity to that claim, but at a school as big as the University, it would be almost impossible to determine whether a single instance of cheating in a class was able to meaningfully affect someone’s GPA, especially considering that one three-credit class usually accounts for just 1/40 of the final total. In theory, if you know for a fact that you are one spot away from meeting some important GPA ranking threshold and that someone ranked above you cheated to put themselves in that position instead of yours, then it would be acceptable to report them.

Cheating is a problem at any academic institution, and administrators and professors should take it seriously. I propose, however, that the best way to stop cheating is not by having draconian penalties for it, but rather by making the penalties for it less severe. Many people at the University, including faculty and

students, do not want to report cheating because they often view the penalties received by the cheater as worse than the harm done by cheating. People who report cheaters, anonymously or other wise, would be able to sleep better at night knowing that they have not put a major roadblock in someone’s life over something petty.

We must also recognize that many people who cheat don’t even do so effectively, so these people truly are harmless.

Cheating also cheats students out of an education, which is the theoretical reason to attend academic institutions. When you cheat, you’re showing that you haven’t adequately learned the material. Anyone with the ingenuity to devise an elaborate cheating scheme probably also has the intelligence to do well just by studying.

Let me end by mentioning that there is also a whole other set of moral quandaries relating to best courses of action when your friends or family are wrongdoers.

The ethical considerations there can change some of the conclusions above. That’s for another day, though.

Edward Reep is a Rutgers Business School junior majoring in supply chain and marketing science with minors in business and technical writing and economics.

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SHOTS: Knights outshoot Monmouth by seven in defeat continued from back Monmouth only got seven shots off, Firmstone’s goal was enough to give Rutgers another tally in the loss column.

“We need to be able to create oppor tunities for ourselves,” said head coach Liz Tchou. “We hit, at times, at the keeper, and the keeper made some nice saves. We needed to be able to tip some of those balls in. They put bodies up on us in the circle, and I think the kids are shocked that we didn’t put more in.”

Rutgers’ loss to No. 5 Syracuse on Friday in Syracuse, N.Y., produced the same outcome, but a different process.

The Knights not only had trouble getting shots off, but also struggled to get inside the Orange 25 to get those opportunities.

“In the Syracuse game, they kind of stopped us right after we got past the 50 into the 25,” Tchou said. “We needed to be more poised and pass the ball around within the 25.”

Unlike the Monmouth game, Rutgers was on the losing end when it came to shots, where Syracuse generated a 16-2 advantage. And unlike Rutgers in the Monmouth game, Syracuse took advantage of its offensive opportunities.

Sophomore goalie Sarah Stuby saved five Syracuse shots, but the Orange capitalized on a lead that was too much for the Knights.

Rutgers headed into the match with a 1-4 non-conference record, but had yet to open Big East Conference play. As the Knights progress through more league play, they expect to search for different results than they received against Syracuse.

With Sunday’s shot output against Monmouth, Rutgers showed promise to do that.

The next effort starts Friday, when Rutgers travels to Villanova for its second Big East matchup.

“Our outlets are improving.

The way we’re moving the ball from the midfield to the forward line is a lot better,” Tchou said.

“Our [midfielders] were distributing the ball well and our forwards were taking on when they needed to.”

KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior fullback Joe Martinek caught two passes for 17 yards against North Carolina and picked up a first down rushing.

BACK: Martinek observes former Pitt FB’s role in offense continued from back “Brian [Leonard] was the same way,” Schiano said. “When Brian made the move initially, he was on the right guy, but didn’t explode.

But then as he got more experience, he got more sure of himself and it was bombs away. I anticipate that happening with Joe.” During Cignetti’s two seasons at Pittsburgh, he utilized fullback Henry Hynoski as a pass-catching threat to complement receiver Jonathan Baldwin and the Panthers’ two-headed backfield.

Now with the New York Giants, Hynoski caught 25 passes for 175 yards and a touchdown as a senior.

Martinek watched tape of the Panthers offense once Cignetti took over as Rutgers’ offensive coordinator, specifically the fullback position, he said.

“Coming from his system, [Hynoski] being in the NFL and me being in the same system as him, it is encouraging,” Martinek said. “But I still need to do what I need to do.”

Hynoski, too, spent most of his time in a pass protection

capacity while Cignetti utilized running backs Dion Lewis and Ray Graham as receivers on third downs.

Martinek impressed Schiano with his ability as a redshirt freshman to protect the quarterback, earning the former defensive back playing time on offense.

He finished the 2008 campaign with nearly 1,000 yards rushing.

“It’s huge. I can even say personally, Joe bailed me out once or twice [against UNC],” said sophomore center David Osei.

“Especially in the pass game, he’s been there. It’s good having someone back there that will pick up everything.”

The week of rest paid dividends for Martinek.

He needs to be at 100 percent for Rutgers’ pro-style attack to live up to its name, especially if he plans to try another leap or two, which Martinek last attempted in high school, he said.

“My body’s getting hit ever y game and ever y play,” Martinek said. “You see a little fatigue, but my body’s feeling a lot better than it used to, especially now at this point in the year than it has in the past couple years. I feel really good right now.”

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Fifth-ranked Syracuse challenged Rutgers sophomore goalie Sarah Stuby in a 5-1 win this weekend, when Stuby saved five of the Orange’s 10 shots on goal in Syracuse, N.Y.

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RU falls short of expectations at home Invite Sophomore co-captain Doug Walters paced the Knights with a total of 223, good enough to Against a solid 16-team field, the tie for 17th place in the 83-playRutgers men’s golf team finished in er field. a spot that, in comparison with “It’s respectable,” Walters n u m said.

“I wasn’t trying to focus on MEN’S GOLF b e r s being the top 20 or top 10. I simRUTGERS 901 over the ply just played my game.” past few Junior co-captain John SIXTH PLACE years, Fagan finished second on the would Knights, placing tied for 30th be considered very good. with a 226.

But by their own standards, Kim, who finished tied for the Scarlet Knights did not finish 41st with a 230, and Jonathan where they hoped.

Renza, who finished tied for The Knights finished sixth 44th with a 231, rounded out place in the Rutgers the scores. Stockl Invitational this weekshot a 233 and finend with a 54-hole ished 47th. total of 901.

“Not our full poten“A sixth-place fintial,” Walters said. ish is not our best,” “During practice we said head coach Chris come out here and Mazzuchetti.

“We shoot par. It’s differknow we can do ent, though. Practice better, and that’s is practice, but in what we’re working a tournament there’s JOHN at ever yday, so pressure. We just FAGAN we’re not discourhave to learn.” aged by that and Much like his we’re working to get better.” head coach, Waters believes There were several bright the scores will improve once spots in a weekend that fell short the team gets some more expeof the team’s expectations on a rience and consistency. par-71 course.

“Myself and the upperclass“We had a bit of a rough men have to move upon first round, but I have to say this. We have to take the I’m ver y proud of the way the good with the bad,” Walters guys bounced back for Round said. “We had some good 2,” Mazzuchetti said. “In a 36rounds — we had a 69 and a 70 hole day, usually the higher from players — but we have to scores come in the second have that consistency, which round, but the guys really we didn’t have.” fought through it.”

Parts of the problem were For freshmen Jacob Stockl the growing pains and inexperiand Hyung Mo Kim, their first ence along with other worries collegiate tournament is that come with a new semester, now out of the way and Walters said.

Mazzuchetti gave them his The Knights’ next chance to stamp of approval. improve upon their results is “They went out, they Sept. 26 in Kentucky for the didn’t play their best golf, but Louisville Invitational. they conducted themselves “I think we will definitely like gentlemen,” he said. “They improve,” Walters said. “I think really fought hard and never expectations are high for the gave up.” rest of the season.”

BY JOEY GREGORY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

COURTESY OF RUTGERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Sophomore captain Doug Walters led the Scarlet Knights this weekend in the Rutgers Invitational with a 223 in the three-round event, which was good for 17th place in the 83-player field.

RESPECT: Setchell aims

captain status during a preseason vote by his teammates, arrivto turn around Rutgers program ing on the Banks shortly before.

Now as a team leader, Setchell hopes to guide the Knights to the continued from back success he had in the past.

“When [Rutgers] spoke to “It is always dangerous with me, that’s what they wanted to international, and especially junbring me in to do, be a leader,” ior college transfers, that usualSetchell said. “They had a vote at ly there is definitely a transition the start of the season time,” Donigan said. on who should be cap“But it seems like he tain and thankfully has just come right in from preseason and and taken the team. stuff, I must have made It’s his team, and he is a good impression on their leader. He obvithe boys. I’m happy to ously is a significant lead this team, but we player for us and just need to learn to come his attitude, his together and win demeanor, his professionalism — it’s all JOE SETCHELL more games that we should win.” first class. I feel very With Setchell at the helm, it fortunate to have a kid of his calmay only be a matter of time iber on this team.” before the Knights take over Donigan is obviously not the their season as quickly as the only member of the Knights to transfer from overseas took take an immediate liking to the over the team.

Englishman. Setchell earned

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yracuse head men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim said he expects Rutgers and Connecticut to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Knights and Huskies’ arrivals would give the ACC 16 schools, likely resulting in two eight-school divisions.

Syracuse and Pittsburgh announced their intentions to join the ACC this weekend, although they have to wait two years to do so.

Rutgers and UConn would also join Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech, which left the Big East in 2004 and 2005.

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closer Mariano Rivera converted his 602nd career save yesterday against the Minnesota Twins.

In so doing, Rivera became Major League Baseball’s alltime leader in the category, passing former San Diego Padre and Milwaukee Brewer Trevor Hoffman.

The Bronx Bombers won, 6-4, and Rivera was “more than proud, I’m thankful,” he said.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES trainer Rick Burkholder said yesterday he would not give a timetable for quarterback Michael Vick’s return to action.

Vick suffered a slight concussion Sunday night against the Atlanta Falcons when an Atlanta defender slammed Vick into Eagles right guard Todd Herremans.

Philadelphia faces the New York Giants on Sunday in their home opener and first NFC East game of the season.

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first step toward conference realignment yesterday, when its board of regents gave its president the right to choose a new league.

Okalahoma reportedly had conversations with the Pac-12 about joining the league, potentially making the former 10-school conference into a superconference.

Former Big 12 school Colorado joined the Pac-12 this year, and Texas A&M continues to try to join the Southeastern Conference, which voted in favor of the Aggies.

NEW YORK JETS

CENTER

Nick Mangold suffered a high ankle sprain Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, leaving his presence in doubt for the team’s next game.

Jets head coach Rex Ryan said Mangold was “very iffy” for the team’s matchup with the Miami Dolphins this week after the Jets upended the Jags, 32-3.

Mangold started ever y game of his career through Sunday, when he suffered the injury in the first quarter at MetLife Stadium.

KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Redshirt freshman lineman Betim Bujari (55) played meaningful snaps in Rutgers’ 24-22 loss to North Carolina, earned more practice repetitions last week during the bye and could potentially start this weekend against Ohio.

PRACTICE NOTEBOOK

S CHIANO REMAINS

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano began his gameweek press conference yesterday by addressing the issue ever yone, including his wife, wanted to ask about: Rutgers’ future in the quickly collapsing Big East.

“I have been in touch with [Athletic Director Tim Pernetti], and we’ve been in constant contact with what’s going on,” Schiano said. “My main focus, my only focus other than brief conversations with Tim, is Ohio. I trust Tim and our administration to do what’s best for Rutgers, and that’s what they’re doing right now.”

Pernetti spoke to the media Sunday, of fering little other than the fact that he is in constant communication with various conference par ties and expressing confidence that Rutgers will end up in a good place.

After declining to comment on conference realignment three times and shifting the

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focus back to Ohio, Schiano echoed that same confidence.

“Let me say Rutgers is going to be fine,” Schiano said.

“Believe me, it’s tempting for me to look on ESPN.com and find out what’s going on. What does it matter? I’m not the one handling that. I trust the guy that is [Pernetti]. I’m letting him handle it.”

SCHIANO

LISTED REDSHIRT

freshman Betim Bujari and sophomore Antwan Lowery with an ‘or’ on the depth chart to start at right guard and did the same with freshman Kaleb Johnson and senior Desmond Stapleton at right tackle.

Lower y and Stapleton started the first two games, but Bujari and Johnson received plenty of repetitions during the bye week and will see an increased role.

“They’ll play. I don’t know if they’ll star t,” Schiano said.

“We’ll see how that goes this week. They’re definitely going to play. I’ll see what my feeling is come game time and what [of fensive line coach Kyle Flood] and [offensive coordi-

nator Frank Cignetti] are feeling. We’ll make a decision and go with it.”

Bujari played a handful of drives against North Carolina after preparing as a potential starter at left guard with Desmond Wynn injured.

Schiano repeatedly said Johnson would play once he was up to speed, and that occurred during the bye week.

“Both of them need to play in the game, and we’ll go from there,” Schiano said.

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running back De’Antwan Williams, who left the program last week, before the junior returned to Woodbridge, Va., for the bye weekend.

Although Schiano of fered Williams an open door to return, he does not expect that to be the case.

“I think he’s going to find another place,” Schiano said.

“I’m not 100 percent sure, but I think that’s where it’s headed.

We’ve kind of moved on.”

Freshman running back Savon Huggins, who is listed as an ‘or’ on the depth chart with

redshirt freshman Jawan Jamison and sophomore Jeremy Deering, will see the biggest workload of his young career against Ohio.

JUNIOR

CORNERBACK

Brandon Jones will return to practice this week after nursing a painful leg injury during the bye, but there are still questions in the secondary.

Junior Marcus Cooper stepped into the nickel role behind Jones and sophomore Logan Ryan when senior Mason Robinson tore his ACL in practice, but there are concerns with the depth behind him.

Redshirt freshman Gareef Glashen and sophomore Jordan Thomas, who started at running back last year, are next in line, but Schiano said he is unsure of their roles.

“It still is to be determined,” he said. “They’re still making young-guy mistakes. You can make a young-guy mistake at linebacker and maybe they get a big seven- or eightyard r un. You make a young-guy mistake at corner and it’s a touchdown.”

Knights conquer course at Holmdel

BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Rutgers head women’s crosscountry coach James Robinson knew what challenges Holmdel P a r k WOMEN’S XC presentRUTGERS 71 PTS ed this year to SECOND PLACE h i s team.

“Holmdel Park is like the measuring stick for every crosscountry team,” Robinson said.

“It’s a very challenging course.”

The Scarlet Knights responded to the challenge by finishing second overall in this weekend’s Monmouth Invitational. With a final score of 71 points, the Knights placed six runners in the top 25 of competitors and eight overall.

Sophomore Brianna Deming and junior Anjelica Brinkofski,

who placed eighth and year,” Brinkofski said. “I felt 11th respectively, led the really well about it.” way. Brinkofski’s finishing Juniors Victoria Pontecor vo time of 18:51.0 impressed and Lindsay Ber tulis, sophoRobinson, who said six of mores Rashmi Singh, Ashley the eight girls who placed fin- Deckert and Darina Dinov, and ished with personal bests for freshmen Allison Payneski and the course.

Felicia O’Donnell also placed “[Brinkofski] put in for Rutgers. a good summer’s Quinnipiac took the wor th of training,” women’s team title in Robinson said. “She the 5K race with a score looks really good of 43 points. Host team in the early stages, Monmouth finished thus far. We hope with 93 points, one spot that she can continue behind Rutgers. this success as the Sacred Heart folseason progresses.” lowed in fourth, with BRIANNA Her feat was even East Stroudsburg finishmore impressive given ing fifth. Robert Morris, DEMING the fact that Brinkofski Wagner, Mount St. did not feel 100 percent during Mary’s, Central Connecticut State the course of the race. and Bryant rounded out the top 10.

“I was feeling a little bit under East Stroudsburg’s Rosie the weather, but I still had a 40- Mascoli won the women’s indisecond improvement from last vidual 5K race with a time of

18:45.1, with Brittany Heninger placing second with a time of 18:21.6. Monmouth’s Jennifer Nelson finished third with a final time of 18:23.9.

Robinson was most impressed with how his runners approached the course after Rutgers’ strong finish in just its second race of the season.

The Knights now have off from competition until Oct. 7, when they travel to the Bronx for the Metropolitan Championships.

“They did a great job of controlling their pace. Between the first and second mile they ran faster, and as the race went on, they continued to pace themselves,” Robinson said. “We were looking for them to be more aggressive this race, so it was good to see that. We hope they will continue to improve on their race tactics as the season goes on.”

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Schiano sees former back in Martinek

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

For one brief moment in the Rutgers football team’s matchup with North Carolina, Joe Martinek provided a flashback to the offense of Scarlet FOOTBALL Knights teams’ past.

The senior fullback hauled in a pass from sophomore quarterback Chas Dodd along the sideline and hurdled a defender near the first-down marker, reminiscent of former fullback Brian Leonard.

While Martinek still has a long way to go to make fans yearn for the “Leonard Leap,” he provided a tangible glimpse of the fullback’s role in the Knights’ revamped pro-style offense.

“With [offensive coordinator Frank] Cignetti’s system, I can do anything,” Martinek said. “I can line up anywhere and do anything.

That’s what I like about the system. Whatever they have in the gameplan for me, it’s fun to do.”

Martinek caught two passes for 17 yards against the Tar Heels and showed enough elusiveness as a check-down option to evade a defender for a first down.

But the Hopatcong, N.J., native sat out of contact drills in practice last week with an undisclosed injury.

He returned to practice in some capacity yesterday, he said, and head coach Greg Schiano is eager to have the veteran Martinek back.

“Joe is good. Joe can be really good if he would let it fly,” Schiano said. “One of the things is experience. Joe’s smart. He gets on the right guy. Joe is tough. He’s going to fight you until the end.”

While Martinek spent plenty of time in Piscataway as a pass protector, he needed to work on becoming a run blocker when he transitioned to fullback after last season.

Offseason surgery hampered his progress, and Martinek continues to adjust to the constant physicality demanded at the position.

Even Leonard, once Rutgers’ bell cow, converted to fullback once Ray Rice became the Knights’ primary back.

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Junior forward Carlie Rouh scored the Scarlet Knights’ only goal in Sunday’s 2-1 loss at home to Monmouth. Rouh, a product of Eastern High School, leads Rutgers in points through seven contests, in which it is 1-6 overall.

RU earns more shots, but falls to Hawks

BY JOSH BAKAN CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers field hockey team headed into the weekend with two opportunities to end its recent losFIELD HOCKEY ing ways.

But the Scarlet MONMOUTH 2 Knights extended RUTGERS 1 their losing streak to six games after losses against No. 5 Syracuse and Monmouth.

The Knights (1-6, 0-1) had constant problems in the midst of their streak, mostly through a failure to capitalize on offense. But

they showed signs of improvement in their 21 loss Sunday against Monmouth.

Rutgers entered the Bauer Track and Field Complex coming of f a 5-1 loss against Syracuse.

The Knights managed only two shots against the Orange, but the Knights were not on the short end of the stick when it came to shooting against Monmouth.

Rutgers got two shots off within the first five minutes against Monmouth, and ended the day with 18 shots overall — eight more than its season-high 10, which occurred against James Madison and Miami (Ohio).

“[Saturday] we all met and talked about our goals. We made goals that were dif ficult,” said junior for ward Carlie Rouh.

“We wanted to get eight shots and four corners per half. We got some goals, but not enough.”

Rutgers did not convert enough of those shots, with the only goal coming from Rouh in the 40th minute on one of her seven shots on the day.

The Hawks regained the lead shortly after with a goal in the 47th minute from back Morganne Firmstone. Even though

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England native earns respect of teammates in short time

BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

Junior defender Joe Setchell is undoubtedly a leader not only by example, but by status, as his teammates MEN’S SOCCER voted him captain of the Rutgers men’s soccer team.

But before this year, Setchell did not wear a Scarlet Knights jersey. In fact, his long journey to the top of the Rutgers ranks started thousands of miles from New Jersey in England.

Setchell, a native of Kings Lynn, England, departed for the United States before college because his hometown did not offer him many options.

He could either get a quality education or be an athlete.

His decision to leave home and don the scarlet-and-white Rutgers uniform afforded him the chance to do both.

“It’s nice because at [Division I] schools over here you can play a competitive sport and have a good education,” Setchell said.

“That’s the main reason I chose to come over here. Because back home, you either go to school and don’t really play sports

anymore, or you play sports professionally and don’t do your school. This way is a nice way to do both.”

But Setchell’s first stop on American soil was not Rutgers. The 6-foot-2 defender first played two seasons at Tyler Junior College in Texas.

Setchell, along with a host of other international players, including fellow transfer Robin Brown of Scotland, played in 40 career games at Tyler and won back-to-back NJCAA Division-I Championship titles.

“At the junior college in Tyler, Texas, we had a very successful team with a lot of international players who have gone on to play D-I who I’ve been playing against this year,” Setchell said. “It’s a nice transition to D-I soccer, a very nice stepping stone, but I want to turn this team into a winning team similar to Tyler.”

It was Setchell’s performance in Texas that caught the eye of second-year Rutgers head coach Dan Donigan. Donigan’s worries about bringing in not only a junior college transfer, but also an international one, immediately vanished after seeing Setchell work with the team.

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Junior defender Joe Setchell earned the title of team captain despite playing his first season with the Scarlet Knights after transferring from Tyler Texas Junior College.