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Fifth-year senior Karla Schacher will undergo surgery on her torn ACL today, then step into her role as a student coach on the Rutgers women’s soccer team.

GOVERNOR SHOWS APPROVAL FOR UNIVERSITY, UMDNJ MERGER

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Douglass Governing Council President Kyrie Graziosi outlines three goals for the council this year last night in Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center.

Douglass Governing Council plans for mentoring program

BY CHASE BRUSH STAFF WRITER

Representatives of the Douglass Gover ning Council (DGC) unanimously passed a resolution last night to suppor t a program initiative that would pair first-year students and sophomores with upper-class mentors. They also discussed agenda objectives for the semester.

The Douglass Big/Little Pilot Program (DBLP), a transitional program aimed at connecting first-year and transfer students with upper-class women, is expected to see its first participants within the coming months, said Pamela Chin, DBLP public relations and recruitment chairwoman.

“This program will be less structured than other Douglass mentor programs,” said Chin, a School of

Gov. Chris Christie preliminarily approved yesterday a merger between the University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the University of Medicine and Dentistr y of New Jersey’s (UMDNJ) School of Public Health and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

The idea was first mentioned in a task force report headed by former Gov. Tom Kean that outlined recommendations for institutions of higher education in state.

A UMDNJ advisor y committee in charge of overseeing the negotiations of the merger called for incorporating the medical schools with the University in a proposal sent to Christie.

“Gov. Christie and Gov. Kean have made it clear that our great state needs a great university,” said Ralph Izzo, Board of Governors chair, in a University media relations press release. “This merger, along with hard work and a clear focus, will help propel Rutgers into the very top tier of global research universities.”

University President Richard L. McCormick echoed the importance of the merger to better the school, highlighting it as a priority in his last term as president last Friday in his annual address.

“The merger is right for New Jersey,” he said in a statement. “With

this reorganization, New Jersey can increase its success in securing federal research dollars, re-engage the state’s core industries with its research university spurring local investment, retain more healthcare dollars within the state and greatly improve health care for citizens.”

UMDNJ’s Board of Trustees noted that the recommendations are not final.

“We all need to carefully examine and understand the implications of the findings and recommendations for the entire UMDNJ community and its mission, as well as the broader medical and health care education and delivery system in New Jersey,” the board said in a statement.

The board also said they would reflect on the recommendations and develop a response for the advisor y committee.

Christie said in a statement that he is looking forward to seeing the committee’s ideas for the merger process.

“I look for ward to the Committee’s … specific steps to begin achieving these critical and necessar y goals and ensuring that this system is structured to make ever y dollar count and able to continue delivering a world-class medical education to students,” he said.

— Amy Rowe

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New Brunswick mayor chows down with students

BY ANDREW EKLUND CONTRIBUTING WRITER

New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill visited the University yesterday to have lunch with about a dozen students in an informal setting at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

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Cahill began his new “Lunch with the Mayor” initiative this semester to hear about students’ lives at the University and their opinions on a variety of issues.

“Every year I always meet with different student leaders from different groups and campuses, but I’ve always wanted to reach out to a broader audience,” said Cahill, who

has been mayor for 20 years. “Specifically [I want to reach out to] students who didn’t have access to those meetings.”

The mayor also said the program is tailored to his preferences because he feels more comfortable in informal discussion settings.

Christopher Pflaum, a University graduate student, asked the mayor about the task of

working with a new University president next year and building a relationship.

In response, Cahill said he hopes the search committee will keep in mind the challenges a new University president could encounter.

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Douglass founder leaves legacy of women’s education

BY TABISH TALIB CORRESPONDENT

Mabel Smith Douglass, whose tragic and mysterious death is marked 48 years ago today, helped to establish the University as a progressive institution by founding the state’s first all-women college on University grounds.

With her independent spirit and tenacious nature, Douglass founded the New Jersey College for Women in 1918 and served as its first dean for 25 years. The institution’s name changed to Douglass College to honor her in 1955, said Fernanda Perrone, archivist and exhibitions coordinator for University Special Collections.

“Her story is pretty influential on the experience of Douglass residential students,” said Kyrie Graziosi, president of the Douglass Governing Council.

The story of the founding of the New Jersey College for Women — now seen in its current form as Douglass Residential College — began in 1911, according to Douglass’s chronicles of its creation, “The Early History of New Jersey College for Women: Personal Recollections by Dean Douglass.”

Douglass at the time was president of the women’s College Club of Jersey City. The club attempted to start a college in New Jersey modeled after the seven sister universities — seven women’s liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern

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Founder of Douglass College, Mabel Smith Douglass, left, attends a graduation ceremony with Rev. William Demarest, the University’s 11th president.

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Exchange students describe foreign experiences Students from countries abroad face language barriers, take unfamiliar classes, develop friendships while studying at U.

BY MELISSA RIVERA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Fifty-nine international students are visiting the University this semester through exchanges with partner institutions, said Gregory Spear, program coordinator at the Study Abroad program.

The students, from a variety of universities around the world, can take most of the University’s course of ferings and must take at least 12 credits per semester, according to the Study Abroad website.

Alice Flamand, a third-year exchange student from Sciences Po in Paris, said she is happy to take courses at the University that are unavailable at her school, like “Introduction to Religion and Social Patterns”

and “Current Moral and Social Issues in Philosophy.”

“This is all new to me, experiencing an American way of life,” she said. “I am growing up and learning independence far from my home. I am taking courses that I couldn’t take at home like gender studies and different levels of philosophy classes, which is great.”

One concern that came up among exchange students was about classes being taught in English.

Vicente Ruiz, who exchanged from the University of Valencia in Spain, said the level of teaching is almost identical but the daily workload was more intense here than in his home countr y.

“I have, of course, some problems with English, especially non-

academic English as it is not my mother tongue,” he said.

As for class lectures, Edouard Bellin, a third-year stu-

“This is all new to me ... experiencing an American way of life.”

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dent from Université Paris-Sud 11, said it is intimidating for him to understand lectures in the Rutgers Business School without the use of his laptop, which is not permitted.

Since he is not fluent in English, he sometimes misses notes in class because it takes him longer to understand lesson material.

Other than school-related concerns, the transition for some students from their home institutions to the University has been smooth and so far problem-free.

The Study Abroad program arranges for most exchange students to live in apartment-style housing in Rockoff Hall in downtown New Brunswick or the University Center at Easton Avenue, where they meet new students every day and bond with their fellow exchange students, according to the program’s website.

“It’s a lot easier to make friends here because they are more open to talk. For instance, you can walk in an elevator and exchange numbers within 10 minutes,” Bellin said.

Other students like Salih Kardan of Bilkent University in Turkey live off campus with other students who have studied at the University before.

But Ruiz said this does not outweigh the positives he has experienced thus far at the University.

“It’s a huge [school], but the bus system makes it easier to get to anywhere rapidly,” he said. “I think the University is awesome, it has everything you could think of for a University.”

The University currently partners with 35 institutions around the world, hosting students from schools like Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, Technical University of Munich in Germany and Ritsumeikan University in Japan, according to the program’s website.

CAMDEN HISTORY PROFESSOR WINS ‘GENIUS GRANT’ FOR PROMISING CAREER A Rutgers-Camden History professor is one of 22 individuals who were announced as 2011 MacArthur Fellows yesterday, marking him the first person to win the $500,000 five-year grant on the campus.

Jacob Soll, 42, has an international reputation for his thoughts on the birth of information culture in the European tradition and mixes the histories of science, finance, libraries and politics, according to a University media relations press release.

He is researching the role of accounting in the rise and crises of the modern state, from Renaissance Italy to modern day Wall Street.

Also known as the “genius grant,” the competitive

MacArthur Fellowship is awarded to those who show a high standard of creativity in their work and who show potential for more in the future, according to the release. It is also given on a basis of a clear record of significant achievement.

Academic leaders anonymously nominate awardees in their particular field and recipients are never notified of their candidacy. Recipients must also be United States citizens or residents and cannot hold a governmental position.

The fellowship provides winners with funds to pursue their intellectual, artistic and social endeavors without specific obligations or reporting require-

ments, according to the release.

Wendell Pritchett, chancellor of the Rutgers–Camden campus, said the fellowship represents the natural trajectory of Stoll’s academic career as well as his contributions to the study of history.

“Rutgers applauds Dr. Soll for this landmark accomplishment. Every Rutgers student, professor, and graduate, and every New Jersey citizen, should be justifiably proud of the high caliber of faculty that attract students from across the nation to [the University],” Pritchett said in a statement.

— Kristine Rosette Enerio

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COUNCIL: Board aims to foster sense of community continued from front Arts and Sciences senior. “It specifically focuses on the informal aspects of Douglass residential life, with a heavy emphasis on the social elements of college life.”

As a way for upperclassmen to give back to the residential community, mentors can reciprocate their own experiences, and incoming students will have the opportunity to be guided outside an academic setting, said Louisa Mazza-Hilway, DGC internal vice president.

The program will also continue to foster a robust sense of community within the residential college, said Mazza-Hilway, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

“An upperclassman will take a

LEGACY: Male teachers instruct first incoming students continued from front United States, which include Wellesley College and Vassar College, because many women began graduating high school.

There was not any real opposition in the 1910s to establishing a college for women and W.H. Faunce, then president of Brown University, agreed with the efforts of building a women’s college in Douglass’s memoir.

“Any state that has no college for women is sadly behind the age in which we live,” he said in the book.

Douglass said in her chronicles that the only difficulty was obtaining funds. She reached out to former President Woodrow Wilson, and the college received a land grant on behalf of both the state and federal governments. A few years later the institution received funds for maintenance and buildings.

Douglass also mentioned how excited the incoming first-year students were for the opportunities they could create for themselves at a new college.

“Here was something where nothing was crystallized. There were no traditions, no customs, no college songs,” she wrote. “What a magnificent opportunity.”

Male professors and department heads at the all-male Rutgers College taught the

[first-year student] and interact with them in a casual manner — hang out per se,” Chin said.

A speed-dating night, a movie night and a potluck are among the ideas proposed as bonding events to connect “big sisters” and their “littles,” she said. They will also be encouraged to meet on their own time, emphasizing the social component of the program.

Valerie Weiss, DGC external vice president, thinks the program would be beneficial for all participants.

“I think it’s a wonderful idea,” said Weiss, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “It’s a great way to get to know people … and first-year students have already expressed an interest.”

The DBLP committee is in the process of selecting upper-class women who hold leadership positions within the college to act as “bigs” in the program, Chin said. incoming class, trekking a mile and a half to teach the female students until other professors were hired, according to the memoir.

But Douglass’s tenure as the dean was not without tension, and she had frequent conflicts with the staff, Perrone said.

“She and Emily Hickman, for whom Hickman Hall is named, didn’t get along,” she said.

“Hickman was very independent, she was part of the peace movement. She was very active and their ideas conflicted.”

Historian George Schmidt said in his book, “Douglass College: A History,” that Hickman’s rise in the administration was halted by differences in opinion between her and Douglass. Hickman, who taught history, used unorthodox teaching methods, which stalled her career.

There were also incidents involving Lenore Loree and Douglass, where Loree apparently donated equipment and uniforms one year for a drum and bugle group. Douglass allowed the equipment and uniforms to be used for one ceremony but then had them hung up in the library.

Perrone said Douglass’ strong attitude developed because of her role as a founder and dean of a women’s college.

“She was dictatorial, but in her position she had to be,” she said.

Tom Frusciano, University archivist, said Douglass’s responsibility also influenced her personality.

“She had a lot of power. The college at the time was very inde-

U NIVERSITY In addition to the program, the Douglass Residential College (DRC) has also seen some restructuring of its administrative offices under its new dean, Jacquelyn Litt, and the council plans to be a part of its future, she said.

The college is searching for an assistant dean for juniors and seniors, Chin said. A new committee dedicated to the search will consider potential candidates from both inside and outside the University.

The assistant dean would oversee juniors and seniors, catering to their specific needs and helping them reconnect with the residential community, she said.

“The [administration] is restructured in a sense that offices are now assigned by year,” said Chin, who also serves on the assistant dean search committee.

Other agenda points addressed during the meeting focused on

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M upcoming events within the residential college, including a DRC student leadership dinner and the Douglass campus picnic.

Kyrie Graziosi, DGC president, said the council is also committed to long-term goals, which will be pursued throughout the semester.

Three objectives the council plans to pursue include working more closely with faculty, staff and administration, fostering better relationships and working collaboratively with other organizations on campus, and recognizing that Douglass organizations are part of a broader University community, she said.

“We have a number of Douglass-specific organizations that we want to build better working relationships with,” said Graziosi, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “We want to foster a sense of cooperation.”

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Mabel Smith Douglass worked to obtain funds for the New Jersey College for Women, which was later renamed after her.

pendent,” he said. “She even had her own budget which was separate from Rutgers.”

Douglass died in the summer of 1933 when she took a boat out into the middle of Lake Placid in northern New York and was not seen again. The boat was found undamaged.

Her body was found 30 years later and buried in a family plot in Brooklyn, N.Y. The coroner ruled her death accidental but many, including Perrone and Frusiciano, believe Douglass committed suicide.

Frusciano said although people knew Douglass was ill, they did not understand the impact it had on her life.

“People just didn’t know about mental illnesses back then,” he said.

Graziosi, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said though her death was tragic, Douglass remains an inspiration for students.

“She is a source of pride,” Graziosi said. “And her life stor y conjures up a sense of responsibility.”

MAYOR: Cahill sees U. transform during time in office continued from front “[I hope] the new president recognizes the need to keep the best interest of the city when making decisions about the University, just like there’s a responsibility for the mayor to think in terms of what’s in the best interest for the University when making decisions for New Brunswick,” he said.

Cahill said a large part of his job requires cooperation from University officials because many of the issues that affect New Brunswick also affect students who live on campus.

The mayor also spoke about his experience as mayor and his cooperation with past University presidents. Since his first year as mayor in 1991, Cahill said he has seen a lot of change, especially in the University’s outlook toward New Brunswick.

“When I started as mayor, I worked alongside Francis Lawrence [the University’s eighteenth president].

The University was much more isolated and more campus-oriented.

When McCormick came on, he realized that the University should play a large part in their hometown,” he said. “If nothing else, communication is the key to collaboration.”

Cahill expressed a strong vow of support for the undertakings McCormick completed during his tenure and described how his personality set the tone for this past decade of collaboration between the University and New Brunswick.

“When I first met McCormick, I instantly realized he was a visionary. Our meetings covered ways that we could look for new opportunities for the University to engage the community,” he said.

Pflaum steered the conversation toward the city and asked if New Brunswick residents have the best access to knowledge and supply of healthy foods.

Cahill replied that New Brunswick residents var y in many ways, with those who know a great deal about nutrition to those who know next to nothing and need further guidance.

Also in attendance was city spokesman Bill Bray, who further expanded on the city’s need to provide healthier sources of food. He explained how the city started a local farmer’s market.

“We’ve partnered with Rutgers Gardens to provide a farmer’s stand on Georges Road and [we] also started two community gardens in local parks,” he said.

Cahill said he is proud of what New Brunswick has accomplished so far and hopes more people view it as a role model for other cities across the state, especially when it comes to infrastructure.

In terms of the city’s rising buildings, Cahill thinks collaboration has been the key. “[We have to be grateful for] the ability for people to work together and put their egos outside the door when it’s time to get the job done and to measure the positive impact,” he said.

The mayor is scheduled to visit the University two more times this semester for his “Lunch with the Mayor” initiative. He will be available to chat with students from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 at the Douglass Campus Center and on Nov. 16 at the Cook Campus Center.

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NEWARK CENTER OPENS TO WATCH STAFF, STUDENTS’ CHILDREN Rutgers-Newark campus officials opened a statelicensed Child Care Center on Sept. 6 to offer full-time care for children of RutgersNewark staff, students and faculty members.

The center, located at 75 Halsey St., will open on mornings and evenings to accommodate children of those professors or students who have class at night, according to a RutgersNewark press release.

In order to answer Rutgers-Newark Chancellor Steven Diner’s demands to make the Rutgers-Newark campus more family-friendly, the Campus Child Care committee spent the past seven years planning and anticipating the opening of this facility.

Before the center opened, parents had a tough time finding places to babysit their children, often relying on off-campus centers that offered benefits to Rutgers-Newark faculty and students, according to the press release.

Rutgers-Newark selected the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese, a nonsectarian nonprofit, through a selective bidding to operate the center.

The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark will work alongside the R u t g e r s - N e w a r k Department of Psychology and the College of Nursing to incorporate a researchbased curriculum, according to the press release.

— Ankita Panda

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Peace activist Cora Weiss (left) and movie producer Abigal Disney address plans to motivate women’s participation in all levels of government and the protection of women in violent war areas Monday night at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Cook/Douglass campus.

Two women share stories of triumph Movie producer, peace activist discuss today’s women challenging convential standards in society

BY MATTHEW MATILSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Institute for Women’s Leadership invited movie producer Abigail Disney and peace activist Cora Weiss onto campus Monday to talk about the way women are por trayed in media and society.

Both Disney and Weiss discussed their careers as prominent women in their respective industries at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Cook/Douglass campus.

Disney, who is most known for producing the film “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” spoke about her recent movie “Women, War & Peace” which will air next month on PBS. Weiss serves as president of the Hague Appeal for Peace and talked about the role of women in today’s world.

“Victimization of women has become pervasive,” Weiss said.

Disney, who agreed with Weiss, said more often than not she sees war coverage focusing on men doing the fighting and women

taking the beating in one way “There’s not a battlefield or or another. home front. War is happening in But “Women, War & Peace” the cities where whole families steers away from this view and live, and they have to conduct challenges conventional war their daily lives around coverage about rape victims gunfire and grenades and and helpless women, which the street violence.” media is Weiss said that obsessed with, she was fed Disney said. up with this type “Women in power The film focuses of por trayal of today have climbed women in society. on women who are tired of being treat“[They are the testosterone ed as second-class not] showing the citizens and want ladder of success.” women in Nepal, to make a the Philippines, CORA WEISS difference, both in Columbia, in Peace Activist socially and politiBur undi, who cally, said Dena have gotten their Seidel, the director governments to at Rutgers Center for make a national action plan,” Digital Filmmaking, she said.

“This series is about women A national action plan is a restr ying to get involved in the olution that addresses the participolitical process,” she said. pation of women in all levels of Seidel said she believes all government, the prevention of students, regardless of gender, violent conflict and the protection should watch Disney’s movie, of women and girls during because war has taken on a new conflicts, Weiss said. form in the 21st centur y.

Nadia Khan, a School “Ever y person who watches of Ar ts and Sciences junior, this movie will change the way said Weiss and Disney’s they think about war,” she said. opinions and experiences

regarding gender inequality moved her.

“It was powerful to see the images and the kind of perspective she was tr ying to promote,” she said. “What [Disney] showed us was phenomenal.”

Khan said she does not feel as though women’s issues are taken seriously in most fields of study.

Weiss said women today have already proven themselves more than they should have to, but have yet to see the rewards of their hard work.

“Women in power today have climbed the testosterone ladder of success,” she said.

In response to Disney and Weiss’s comments, many members of the audience were motivated to stand up and speak out.

“She talked about Libya, and I thought about kids my age,” said Eric Antisell, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “They’re in the air force, and they’re the ones who do the bombing.”

Seidel also said that women often take no par t in the planning of war but still endure the same hardships.

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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 “Lollanobozza,” 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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There will be a screening and a discussion of the film “1984” in the fourth floor, Scholarly Communication Center of the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. Kevin Mulcahy, humanities librarian of Rutgers University Libraries, will facilitate the discussion.

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CHRISTIE LOOKS TO VETO ‘JERSEY SHORE’ TAX CREDIT Gov. Chris Christie is considering whether to stand in the way of a $420,000 tax credit for MTV’s “Jersey Shore.”

The state Economic Development Authority approved the film credit last week. It covers production costs for the hit reality series’ inaugural 2009 season.

Christie suspended the film tax credit program in 2010 to close a budget deficit. But the 2009 season still qualified.

The governor’s spokesman suggested last week that Christie couldn’t stop the tax credit. But Christie now says a veto is possible and that he’s reviewing it.

The show centers on the cast living and partying along the beach and boardwalk in Seaside Heights.

— The Associated Press

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Clinton pushes for renewable energy financing THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that the success of the alternative energy movement is hampered by a lack of financing. His comments came as world leaders attending his annual philanthropic conference expressed fears about rising seas.

The ex-president’s threeday Clinton Global Initiative for VIPs with deep pockets began Tuesday with a frank discussion about addressing global climate challenges, co-hosted by Mexican President Felipe Calderon and South African President Jacob Zuma.

There was a sense of frustration among the world leaders over the failure to create a legally binding world agreement on carbon emissions.

“We have seen much less progress than we hoped for,” said Nor wegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

Pointing to Germany’s successful creation of solar energy jobs as a model for other nations to emulate, Clinton said the main issue with green energy is a lack of proper funding.

“This has to work economically,” Clinton said. “You have

to come up with the money on the front end.”

Clinton’s talk of renewable energy financing comes as Republicans are criticizing the Obama administration for awarding billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for such projects, including a $528 million loan to a now-bankr upt California solar panel maker.

Fremont, Calif.-based Solyndra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month and laid off its 1,100 employees. The Silicon Valley company was the first renewable-energy company to receive a loan guarantee under a stimulus-law program to encourage green energy and was frequently touted by the Obama administration as a model.

Rising seas are a matter of life and death for small island nations, Zuma said.

“Not theoretical, not in the future, now,” he said. “And they can’t understand why we’re failing to realize that.”

Noting that the Kyoto Protocol on climate change is set to expire next year, Calderon said progress must be made toward establishing new r ules at the United Nations convention on climate change in Durban, South Africa, in November.

Calderon said he is concerned that the world’s economic problems are overshadowing the need for action on climate change.

“Last year we had the worst rains ever in Mexico, and this year we are living with the worst drought ever in Mexico,” he said.

“I know that the world has a lot of troubles, but we are still facing the most challenging problem for human kind in the future, and that is climate change.”

Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh, said rising seas would submerge onefifth of her country, displacing more than 30 million people.

Clinton said the next countries most likely to be affected by climate change are places that are inland and hot — such as Mali, a landlocked nation in western Africa.

“A few years ago, after the south Asian tsunami, I spent a lot of time in the Maldives,” Clinton said. “I think it’s quite possible that the Maldives won’t be here in 30 or 40 years.”

Clinton said Caribbean nations are microcosms of the problems associated with combating climate change. Ever y Caribbean nation should be energy-independent, he said, by generating solar, wind and geothermal energy.

“But only Trinidad has natural gas,” Clinton said.

“Ever ybody else impor ts heavy oil to burn old-fashioned generators at high cost.”

Other leaders who participated in Tuesday’s panel included European Commission President Jose Barroso, Slovenian President Danilo Turk, Tillman Thomas, the prime minister of Grenada and Cisse Mariam Kaidama Sidibe, the prime minister of Mali.

Last year’s GCI conference generated nearly 300 new commitments valued at $6 billion to tackle major global issues from poverty and disease to climate change.

This year, the conference is happening during an especially rancorous debate in Washington over government spending.

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama scrubbed a clean-air regulation that aimed to reduce health-threatening smog, yielding to bitterly protesting businesses and congressional Republicans who complained the rule would kill jobs in America’s ailing economy.

“We’ve got to somehow involve the imagination of ordinar y people,” Clinton said.

“They have to understand that this is not a burden, it’s an oppor tunity.”

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

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How have the recent changes to Financial Aid, grants and loans affected you?

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JASON POLLACK SEBS JUNIOR “Well they helped me because I wouldn’t be able to pay the tuition without the aid.

I wouldn’t have enough cash to pay the bill without these grants.”

“I took summer courses and they didn’t give me the Pell Grant so it sucks. I went to the Financial Aid Office to ask them and they didn’t specify or give me a reason.”

ALEX PRASAD EDWARD J. BLOUSTEIN SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND PUBLIC POLICY SENIOR “They haven’t affected me at all.

I’m not eligible for financial aid.

Basically my parents make a decent earning.”

YLEANA DE LOS ANGELES — SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES JUNIOR RINU MATHEW

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SAS SENIOR “Not too much. Maybe I’m getting a little less. It’s not too big of a difference so I’m not like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ It was really more like, ‘Oh, well, all right.’”

Source: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/fpg/index.html

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SAS JUNIOR “Yeah they’ve affected me.

Nothing major though.

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It kind of makes me feel like, ‘Where’s my money going?’”

RACHEL ROMAN SAS SENIOR “The changes haven’t affected me. I know people who have been affected and I think it’s a really tough situation.”

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EDITORIALS

Partisanship may lead to progress P

resident Barack Obama has spent the better part of his first term in office flying the banner of bipartisanship and acting in accordance with this ideal of collaboration and compromise.

However, this bipartisanship, while a good gesture on Obama’s part, has often made it difficult for him to get anything done. While he was looking to compromise, most of his enemies — especially in the GOP — were refusing to go anywhere near the president’s hallowed middle ground. That’s why it comes as no surprise that Obama and his administration seem to be quickly shedding the bipartisan personas they have adopted in recent times. Last week, Obama pushed for his proposed American Jobs Act with a ferocity rarely seen in the usually calm and collected president. The march away from bipartisanship continued on Monday with White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer’s statement to the New York Times that the administration has “entered a new phase … We were in a position of legislative compromise by necessity. That phase is behind us.”

There’s a myriad of plausible reasons why Obama and his camp have decided to ditch the bipartisanship project. Perhaps they grew tired of always caving to the steadfast to the point of stubbornness Republicans. Maybe they realized that playing nice was making them hemorrhage supporters. Whatever the case, anyone who has been watching the progress of Obama’s presidency since his inauguration should not be shocked in the least bit by this decision to throw the gloves off and get tough.

We’re eager to see what will come of this supposed new phase of Obama’s presidency. Will we see a new side of Obama, one who is a little quicker to anger and let his passion shine through? To many, it seemed as if the message of compromise which Obama spread, prevented him from bringing the change he promised back in 2008. This new phase, then, may be the phase in which this change really occurs.

If that’s the case, then the bipartisan mantle could not have been shed soon enough. If Obama and his administration are serious about entering a new phase, then we’d like to see a serious commitment from them in the months that follow.

‘Kindness pledge’ produces no change I

n an effort to foster good behavior on campus, Harvard is asking its first-year students to make what is termed by some the “Kindness Pledge.” To quote the brief pledge in full: “As we begin at Harvard, we commit to upholding the values of the College and to make the entryway and Yard a place where all can thrive and where the exercise of kindness holds a place on par with intellectual attainment.” It is a nice enough sentiment, but that is all it seems to be: A nice sentiment, not a comprehensive program that seeks to bring about any real positive social change. But the pledge was criticized on harsher grounds than mere ineffectuality. Former Harvard Dean Harry Lewis went as far as to say the pledge “is a promise to control one’s thoughts.”

On the subject of the pledge’s inefficacy, we must admit we cannot say with any certainty the pledge will not inspire anyone to act more kindly in their daily lives. We can, however, say this pledge seems to be a rather weak step toward a more respectful campus environment.

Compare this pledge to the University’s own Project Civility, which was a massive initiative toward creating and maintaining an open, kind, civil atmosphere on campus and elsewhere. By contrast, Harvard’s pledge is a brief paragraph students are asked to acknowledge. Will such a paragraph really push students toward the same level of active community participation Project Civility did? That seems highly unlikely at best and utterly impossible at worst.

We also agree with Lewis’ statements regarding the pledge as a “promise to control one’s thoughts.” The pledge does not ask students to engage with their environments. It does not ask students to engage in serious discourse on issues of kindness. It does not even suggest any actual methods of action for students to take. Instead, it merely tells students to be kind, thereby implicitly asking them to act in accordance to certain established ideas of kindness. But something like “kindness” is not subject to hard and fast regulations. It is often addressed case by case. If Harvard wants its students to be kind, it should perhaps elevate kindness from the status of a vague generalization and add some concrete weight to it.

This is not meant to be a condemnation of Harvard. If anything, we’re glad to see any educational institution adopt an ethos of kindness. We just hope that Harvard considers the pledge a first step and not an ultimate solution.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s a lot easier to make friends here, because they are more open to talk. For instance, you can walk in an elevator and exchange numbers within 10 minutes.”

Edouard Bellin, a third-year student from Université Paris-Sud 11, on making friends at the University STORY IN UNIVERSITY

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Racial diversity benefits schools

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commentar y entiIgnoring the documenttled “Move toward ed positives of sporting a colorblind society,” diverse campus, affirmative published in The Daily action is not an action carTargum on Monday made ried out solely on basis of the bizarre claim that affirrace. According to the letter mative action has a negative of the law, affirmative action effect on the American eduis there to prevent discrimiCODY GORMAN cational policy and that nation on bases of race, racial affiliation — i.e. identicolor, religion, sex or nationfying yourself at least partially by your race — preal origin. In 1978, the Supreme Court determined in vents national harmony or at least creates some Regents of the University of California v Bakke that form of social discord. The idea of “[regarding] race there could also be no quota set in place in public as a superficial characteristic akin to hair color or universities for monitoring diversity. This includes height” is a noble goal in theory, but it undeniably attempting to maintain a certain percentage of any bears the stamp of the “white man’s burden.” It is race, religion, sex, etc. To assert that schools take easy for those in the normative white race to disracial quantity into consideration when going miss race as an arbitrary, differentiating characterthrough the application process is folly and borderistic in society. However, the assertion that the line yellow journalism. author makes directly contradicts the right that all Beyond the faults in this logic, and even if — have to identify with a people, a shared history and hypothetically — there were quotas in place, affirmaan ongoing fight against social, legtive action would be a net positive for islative and systemic discrimination.

American society. Every time a stu“We can all stand This assertion that a society dent from an otherwise disenfranshould exist where race is an unimto learn something chised group is offered an opportuportant characteristic is foolish and nity to study at a university, the posifrom peoples assumptive on multiple accounts. tives are immeasurable. Not only do Most importantly, it negates a sense graduates serve as positive role of different cultures.” the of identity accomplished by years of models within their respective fields civil discourse, non-violent activism of study for children from similar and discrimination by a seemingly uncaring governbackgrounds, but affirmative action is essentially an ment. For many in dire situations, the sense of investment in the future of racial equality. Make no belonging to a continued struggle in a fight for equalmistake, there are probably still flaws with the genity is all they have. Skirting the issues of plausibility eral way it is applied and interpreted by public uniand identity, avoiding the question of race, would versities and employers. May it possibly exclude make it impossible for a level playing field to exist. some otherwise acceptable students? Yes, but this Only in a society where racial issues can be matureimmediately raises an issue of student entitlement. ly talked about can race become less of an issue.

While a student may be eligible for entry into a uniTo start, affirmative action is undoubtedly a posversity, it does not necessarily guarantee them entry. itive aspect of the college selection process, Despite its flaws, affirmative action still has an although the effects are not precise when tangibly undoubtedly positive impact on the way Americans measured. The legislation to pass what we now call study and work. It encourages racial equality in the affirmative action took place 50 years ago, and only long run and is assuredly an investment into a after a 10-year experiment by California’s school future where Americans of all races, religions, system affirmed that the effects of desegregation in sexes and colors can interact on a level playing field. academic settings had a positive influence on stuWhile it is ideal for a raceless society to exist, it is dents, staff and overall atmosphere. In 1961, when unlikely to happen so long as differing races, nationPresident John F. Kennedy signed the bill into effect alities, religions and sexes exist. We can all stand to at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, it was learn something from peoples of different cultures uncommon for schools to encourage desegregation, and experiences while we’re here, and there’s nothlet alone much tolerance for difference. Although ing wrong with laws ensuring that we all get that students were a large part of the movement, the experience. After all, what kind of good ice cream administrators of most schools were against desegshop would only have vanilla? regating and were thus biased against people of Cody Gorman is a School of Arts and Sciences sencolor. While the University was, for some time, a ior majoring in political science and Middle Eastern school populated only by white men, it is now a studies with a minor in history. His column, “The thriving melting pot for people of all creeds, races, Tuning Fork,” runs on alternate Wednesdays. colors and other “differentiating” factors.

The Tuning Fork

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Give staff, U. needs guidance of new president faculty Letter fair dues M Letter

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he recent announcement of an anonymous $27 million gift for endowed chairs at the University is truly stunning news. The University community is incredibly fortunate to have such dedicated supporters.

The University press release, however, contains a revealing omission.

In 2009, the faculty and staff unions — the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers the Union of Rutgers Administrators-American Federation of Teachers, the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees 1761 and AFSCME 888 — at the University voluntarily gave back $40 million in salary money. The gift makes the University employees the largest donor to the University.

In 2009, the faculty and staff supported a new mid-contract agreement with the central administration known as the Memorandum of Agreement. Our generosity also allowed the University to receive another $15 million in federal stimulus funds. We leveraged $55 million dollars for the University.

No building was named after the faculty and staff and there was little public notice or praise.

We do not need recognition in this way. We seek only fairness.

Instead, our generosity in coming to the aid of the University was repaid by violation of the very agreements the unions entered into to help the University. Today, our salaries remain frozen.

Adrienne Eaton, President, Rutgers AAUP-AFT Charlesetta Bynes, President, COLT Local 1761 AFSCME Mike Holland, President, Local 888 AFSCME Lucye Millerand, President, URA-AFT

y fellow Connecticut resident, Richard Kent, Rutgers College Class of ’72, deserves recognition for all his work in trying to sell the University to our state’s graduating high school seniors.

His ardor for the University wasn’t helped, he points out, by the yearly declines the University has seen in the U.S. News and World Report rankings, which he wrote about in a Sept. 15 letter to The Daily Targum.

His curious solution to the University’s downward spiral is to enlist Athletic Director Tim Pernetti as the public relations

wizard to set straight the folks Pernetti or some other P.R. spinat U.S. News and World Report meister will also have to deal with on what the real University is the methodology U.S. News and like. Pernetti will have a big World Report uses to rank colleges spin job on his hands. Within and universities. The magazine isn’t recent memor y, the media have perfect, but nobody has come up repor ted on the with more University’s consistently reliable “The University’s record-breaking measurements. football deficit, The magazine best hope ... may be Nicole “Snooki” relies on peer in the hands Polizzi’s runway assessment surwalk at the high school of the Presidential veys, University, star counselor ratUniversity Search Committee.” ings, acceptance philosophers rate, high school leaving for standing in top 10 Michigan, stalled faculty percent and 25 percent, SAT salaries and paying an honorari- and ACT scores, faculty comum to a commencement speak- pensation, percent of the faculer. That’s the short list. ty with terminal degrees in

their field, class size, graduation rate and first-year student retention rate, to name the major criteria.

The University’s best hope to regain what it once stood for academically may be in the hands of the Presidential Search Committee, whose challenging job is to find a new president for the University, one who will retrack the University on its way to becoming “the Berkeley of the East,” a goal envisioned but never realized by the retiring president, Richard L. McCormick.

That’s the fix Rutgers needs, not a P.R. flack.

Richard Seclow is a Rutgers College Class of ’51.

Passion sometimes trumps ‘respect’ Letter

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have always believed that one should be polite and professional when dealing with people, for that is how you will make the biggest strides.

The more respectful you are, the more that whomever you are dealing with will respect you. However, that doesn’t always work. Sometimes, depending on the issue on hand or the people you are dealing with, playing nice won’t cut it. The other par ty will take advantage of you, and the whole notion of “giving respect to get respect” flies out the window.

That is what happened at University President Richard L. McCormick’s address on Friday afternoon. Students, faculty and staff banded together in disbelief and anger over the University’s treatment of them.

Three years ago, faculty and staf f unions signed a Memorandum of Agreement deferring pay raises by one year as a sign of goodwill and solidarity with the University.

Come time to pay the workers

their next raise, McCormick those who think that escalating and his administration decided the tone of speech and actions not to. Professors and staff have will not be beneficial, take a look not received a pay raise since at past events on our campus.

2008. While McCormick contin- Last year, the Latino Student ues to make half a million dol- Council staged a walk out at the lars a year and have his house, annual address and had a meetcar and personal driver provid- ing with McCormick days later, ed to him by the University, after more than a year of peacethere are scores of workers ful, by-the-book proceedings making significantly less at this that resulted in nothing. And University, with no end in sight just last semester, 600 students because the staged a walk out administration and another 11 “I’d rather refuses to pay spent 38 hours what they owe. locked in Old be known as Yes, workers Queens.

The the ... angry girl who attended the result? A 1.8 permeeting to cent increase in who fought protest interrupttuition and fees, ed McCormick. the lowest in for the people.”

Yes, there were almost 25 years, heated and pasand less than half sionate comments made. One of what we’re used to. even told McCormick it was I had another comment on “hard to believe you after you’ve Friday that was drowned out been screwing over your amid the others. I pointed out employees for so long.” Was all that without our faculty and of this inappropriate, and as The staff, the University would be Daily Targum pointed out, nothing and achieve none of the rude? Probably. But it needed to greatness McCormick spoke of. be done. In my opinion, the time They are the people who actualfor calm, intellectual talks are ly r un this University and over. They have gotten the fac- ensure its success. What I and ulty and staff nowhere. And for others said on Friday was on

COMMENT OF THE DAY “As long as people like Buffet can take advantage of tax loopholes, they will never pay their fair share no matter how high you raise the tax rate. That is why he is willing to say raise my rate, because he knows he will never acutally pay that rate after his accountant gets done.”

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behalf of the around 14,000 employees here. That favorite professor you had? A part-time lecturer who made less teaching that class than you paid for the three credits you earned.

The woman who has been swiping you into Brower Commons ever y morning for three years?

She’ll be here another 30, because she can’t af ford to retire before then. The man who does maintenance on your residence hall? He does it because it’s the only way that his child will be able to afford to live in one.

Keep this in mind the next time you condemn us for speaking out or being “rude” to McCormick. We wouldn’t be in this situation if the University Board of Governors and administration were paying their workers what they are due. I’d rather be known as the passionate, angr y girl who fought for the people who work here than the calm and collected professional who let them suffer in silence.

Kristen Clarke is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science and economics.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

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Today's Birthday (09/21/11). You've got everything you need.

Encourage creativity in others, and yours grows proportionally. Stick to a winning formula, and prosperity increases this year. Your savings grows, bit by bit. Presumptions get challenged, so loosen your grip.

Share your love. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Slow and steady does it. is a 6 — There's so much to learn No need for hurry. Go over your today, in all areas. Don't be afraid lists again and postpone travel. Do to make mistakes, even as you take simple work, and keep your money care (especially with equipment). in your pocket. Read a good book.

Keep to your highest standards.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Sometimes saying Today is a 6 — Stay close to "no" is an act of courage. Do so home and finish something lovingly, when appropriate. Fruthat's due. It may seem like gality is a virtue ... share moneyyou're moving slowly; use that saving tricks with a friend. A new slow motion in contemplation. It opportunity develops. will be useful later.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Stick to the Today is a 5 — A mess could arise. plan this morning. No need to Accept constructive criticism that finance the whims of another. reveals the barrier, and clean it Hear their rationale, and advise up. Ignore your inner critic. Get a patient action. Save spending for mentor, and choose leadership. home and career basics.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — As the leaves turn a Today is an 8 — Hold off on passionate red, let romance rustle expensive dates. Arguments through your hair. Your relationabout money dampen romance ships feed you like the rain. A partlike a wet towel. Use new skills ner helps you to the next level. and optimism to solve a problem. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Expand your options by learning. Today is an 8 — No time for Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today procrastination or upsets now. is a 5 — Spend a bit extra for Batten down the hatches, and quality that lasts longer. Commu- get through a work-related nicate over a long distance. A storm. Stay home, if possible. female brings great news.

Quiet chugging away leads to Express your gratitude. maximum productivity.

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CAPTAIN: Freshman pair benfits from senior’s expertise continued from back Tricia DiPaolo, who continues to recover from an ACL injury herself, admitted there are positives to take into consideration while off the pitch.

“It’s difficult because we don’t necessarily get to see what’s going on on the field,” DiPaolo said. “When you’re playing, you have a different view of the game rather than sitting and watching.

But I also think it has its benefits because you can see things from the outside that you may not be able to see from the inside.”

Freshmen forwards Stefanie Scholz and Amy Pietrangelo could be the benefactors of Schacher’s new view of the pitch.

Both own a goal this season, while Pietrangelo bests Scholz in assists thus far, 2-1.

“She requested us if she can be in a role where she’s a studentassistant coach, and I think that’s

ROOKIE: Maxoutopoulis

fantastic,” Crooks said. “Karla sees the game so well, and she’s done a lot of coaching. She really has a good feel for it, so I think that’s a benefit to the team for certain.”

But more than anything else, Schacher wants to see her team succeed this season.

The coaching intangibles are there, according to Crooks, and Schacher’s on-field experience is evident in the statistics she compiled throughout her career.

The next step for Schacher is to channel those coaching attributes toward helping her young teammates off the pitch.

Because like any coach would want, Schacher yearns to see her team win.

“The biggest thing is I want my team to win,” Schacher said.

“Whether I’m on the field or not, I want them to win. I want them to make the Big East Tournament. I want them to make the NCAA’s. I want to go far, no matter whether I could play or not. Team is what matters most, and if we make it, it’s all that counts.”

For Maxoutopoulis, the change is more than welcome.

“There’s just something visits more than 30 programs about it here, especially with coach [Maura Waters-Ballard], continued from back academic support, the athletic Once she started focusing on support. I just felt that it was a golf, Maxoutopoulis began to see great fit for me,” she said. a lot of improvement.

“When I came here I was just By the time she got to high beyond happy with how great school, she was already a very everything has been.” talented player.

The satisfaction with her “I played on my high school new school carried over into team, and we really had proher collegiate career, achievgressive seasons,” she said. ing something few freshmen “When I was a senior, we have: She won her ver y first ended up winning the league college tournament. and sectionals.”

“I didn’t really know what to Then, as she neared the end expect,” Maxoutopoulis said. “I just of her high school career, took at as a normal tournament.”

Maxoutopoulis began to look at The only distraction she had schools, and did not leave any of was a result of Mother Nature. them out.

“The only thing that kind of “I first looked in California frazzled me was the thunder. and the West Coast, That at least cost and then I decided that me three shots,” she there’s so much more said. “I heard it, didto the world than just n’t know what to California, so I started expect, then I hit a looking outside, out of ball in the water.” state,” she said. “I visitIn the end, the mised over 30 schools.” cue meant nothing as The search brought Maxoutopoulis took her to the Banks, home the gold, capturwhich impressed her ing her first title in her KORTNIE from the start.

MAXOUTOPOULIS first try.

On only her second Once she did so, visit to the East Coast, she fell in the floodgates opened with flatlove with Rutgers. tering messages.

“It just offered me so much, “People were like, ‘Oh my with a great support system — god, I saw you on the website,’ everything about the school, like and I’m just like, ‘Thank you,’” the look, the people,” she said. she said. “And I’ve been She enjoyed it so much she getting a lot of emails like, decided she wanted to come back ‘Great star t to your college again, but at a time that introcareer,’ and, ‘Good luck with duced her to something new. ever ything.’ People have been “I decided I wanted to come really congratulator y.” out during the cold part of the Probably the happiest of all season, so I came in Januar y, were her family and friends and it happened to be in back home. between the two blizzards, so “They were pretty excited,” that was a lot of fun,” she said.

Maxoutopoulis said. “My dad “But I have yet to see snow fall sent out to ever yone, put it in from the sky.” our countr y club forecaster and Upon her arrival as a freshever ything, and people were man, Maxoutopoulis had to go just like, ‘Pleasanton is so through the learning curve any proud of you.’”

California native would: She had Looking ahead to her next to adjust to the East Coast. tournament, she is confident that Immediately, she realized she will keep her nerves in check New Jersey was completely difand keep the solid play going. ferent than what she was used to.

After finding a new home on “I’m getting acquainted to the Banks and teammates she the culture here, just like terloves, Maxoutopoulis cannot minology and stuf f that I’m not help but get excited about used to, like how dif ferent peothe future. ple act,” she said. “It’s not any“I’m just really looking forthing bad. I’m just taking ward to ever ything with the ever ything in, and people team,” she said. “I think we along the way are helping me really have some amazing stuf f with dif ferent things.” ahead of us.”

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END: Sophomore learns to deflect blocks as d-lineman continued from back “I think that’s why you saw him moving so much because they weren’t really sure where they wanted to put all his talent,” Vallone said. “Once he gets it down mentally, I think the sky’s the limit for him.”

Vallone referred to Thompson as “a freakazoid” physically, and junior defensive end Ka’Lial Glaud said he is one of the fastest players on the team.

Thompson’s role as a defensive lineman now places a premium on shedding blocks instead of delivering them when he was at fullback.

By all accounts, the Oakland Park, Fla., native does not lack the necessary confidence in doing so.

“I like it now,” Thompson said.

“I love taking on fullbacks, especially when I don’t have to spell a play. I love doing that because they can’t really stop me.”

Thompson registered half a sack in the Scarlet Knights’ season-opening victory against North Carolina Central as part of a fiveman rotation at defensive end.

But with junior Marvin Booker nursing a leg injury, Thompson saw an increase in repetitions against North Carolina and will likely face the same assignment Saturday against Ohio.

“It feels real good. I feel comfortable out there,” he said. “I love going out there and hitting something. No matter if I make the play or not, I just love going out there and hitting. Even if I have to turn the play back to my fellow d-linemen or linebackers to make the play, I’m a team player.”

Thompson played mostly running back in high school because of his athleticism, he said, and earned the No. 82 rating nationally by Rivals.com at the position.

He ranked No. 77 at linebacker.

While he looks the part of an imposing defensive end, Thompson had to re-learn the Knights’ defensive schemes after moving back from the offensive side of the ball.

“The hardest part was learning the techniques,” he said. “I’m still learning and adjusting to dend because I really wasn’t used to it. But I’m getting more used to it and techniques. It wasn’t as hard, but it’s different.”

Thompson routinely turns to senior Justin Francis, who made the move to defensive tackle during training camp after spending the previous three years at defensive end.

Francis, from Opa-Locka, Fla., played high school football only a half hour away from Thompson’s Boyd Anderson High School.

He and Francis usually “see eyeto-eye” as the defensive line’s resident Floridians, Thompson said.

“I turn to Justin Francis, [senior defensive end] Manny Abreu, Vallone,” Thompson said. “They’re the older guys, so I look up to them, especially Justin Francis. He teaches me a lot and shows me tips. He’s really been helpful to me, and I really look up to him.”

With an improved knowledge of defensive line coach Phil Galiano’s fronts, Thompson said the coaches’ encouragement in practice sold him that his latest move to defensive end was a permanent one.

“He keeps making improvements,” Schiano said. “The only way I know to get better is keep playing, so we’ll keep playing him.”

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Sophomore defensive end Marcus Thompson earned half a sack in the Scarlet Knights’ victory against North Carolina Central in their season opener at HIgh Point Solutions Stadium.

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Werneke, Rutgers embrace family-first mentality PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER

An Alaskan, Texan, and Serbian walk into a New Jersey gymnasium. If you expect a witty oneVOLLEYBALL l i n e r about a culture-shocked trio in a bizarre environment, check out MTV on a Thursday night, but not this stor y.

As geographically diverse as the Rutgers volleyball team is, there is one selling point for head coach CJ Werneke’s program: the team.

Avoiding traditional recruiting pipelines in the Nor theast

and New Jersey, the four thyear coach benefits from Rutgers’ unique pull and a close-knit team that preaches the “family” motto.

“Our team is a legitimate family,” said sophomore Brittany Bozzini. “The football team’s logo, F.A.M.I.L.Y., really represents the volleyball team in my opinion because we are each other’s best friends. It’s our joke between us that we’re actually obsessed with each other.”

With a roster comprised of four Californians, two Texans, two Virginians, an Alaskan, a Floridian, a Buckeye and a Hoosier, it becomes critical to

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Sophomore Brittany Bozzini and the Scarlet Knights warm up to music before matches from Bozzini’s native Bay Area.

establish a home away from home in New Brunswick.

“We need to have a different kind of relationship,” said senior captain Hannah Curtis. “I think a lot of teams say that they are families, but Rutgers volleyball is definitely a family. We’re all sisters because we don’t see our families, and Jersey is completely different from where we’re from, so we have to be close-knit.”

With such a cohesive squad, it is no surprise the team brings an unselfish, well-balanced attack that often features four or five players with double-digit kills.

From their rookie two-win campaign to an 11-win team as juniors, seniors Curtis and Kallie Pence witnessed the development of the team.

Pence, a libero from College Station, Texas, is a vocal floor general, leading the defensive backcourt.

Recording a season-high 30 digs in a win against Hartford, Pence led the team defensively in arguably its best weekend of the season, notching two wins at the Sacred Heart Tournament.

Curtis has been a staple in the Rutgers offense from Day 1.

At middle blocker, the Wasilla, Alaska, native played in all 24 matches as a true freshman, finishing second in kills and leading the Scarlet Knights in blocks.

When healthy, junior Allie Jones becomes Curtis’ accomplice in the middle.

Named to the Big East Honor Roll for her performance at the Sacred Hear t Tournament, Jones showed signs of being one of the best players this season in the conference.

And while the trio of upperclassmen brings experience, sophomores Sheridan Taylor and Tiffany Regmund, along with

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Senior Hannah Curtis, from Wasilla, Alaska, played in all the Scarlet Knights’ 24 matches in 2008 as a freshman.

Bozzini, stepped in and and Seattle Seahawks running impressed Werneke. back Marshawn L ynch, give Named to all-tournament Bozzini the final spark before teams the past two weekends, taking the floor.

Bozzini and Taylor enjoyed the “The thizzle dance by Mac accolades but understand the Dre is what we dance to as a team team mentality is clearly a prior- before the game,” Bozzini said. ity for the program.

The Knights take their dance Bringing quirky passions and to Morgantown, W.Va., Friday interesting tales, each member of as they start their Big East slate the team adds a unique story to against the Mountaineers. the Banks.

Whether it is the draw of the Bozzini, a Bay Area native, metropolitan area or the uppergoes back to the streets of classmen on the team, the Oakland and San Francisco for Knights traveled across the her pregame playlist. Rappers countr y to play volleyball, like E-40 and Mac Dre, com- and in the process became monly praised by Oakland native one unit.

Defense aims for improvement

BY JOSH BAKAN CORRESPONDENT

People do not usually consider games “must-wins” after only one game FIELD HOCKEY of conference play.

With a six-game losing streak, the idea of a must-win takes on a whole new meaning for the Rutgers field hockey team. The Scarlet Knights will attempt to lean on their defense to win that one game and lift them out of their slide.

Whether a loss was lopsided or down to the wire, each game has been similar for the Knights during their slump.

The Rutgers offense has not scored more than a goal in a game since its first loss of the season Aug. 29 against Delaware.

Five losses later, Rutgers (1-6, 0-1) sees its lack of scoring as more reason to step it up on the defensive end.

“It’s sor t of a domino ef fect,” said head coach Liz Tchou. “When the attack gets so many oppor tunities in a game, it’s frustrating for the defense to see so many opportunities to be able to score. On the flipside, we [allowed] a couple goals that maybe could have been prevented.”

The defense put up some solid efforts. In three of the Knights’ losses, it gave up only two goals.

But two goals are too much when the team has not scored more than one goal in a game since the

semester began, so Rutgers continues to try to refine its defense.

“For the most part, we’ve been playing solid defense,” Tchou said. “We have some pockets of times where, honestly, we’re just not as organized as we need to be. That’s kind of where teams have gotten opportunities on us.”

Rutgers did not allow Monmouth many opportunities Sunday in its 2-1 loss to the Hawks. The Knights only allowed

CHRISTIE MORAD seven shots, compared to 18 of their own.

But in contesting the Hawks’ shots, Tchou said Rutgers needs to do a better job of physically competing with teams.

“The defense, right after the Monmouth game, said, ‘We have to be more physical with you guys,’” she said. “There was a real camaraderie to say we really need to compete against each other in practice and make each other physical.”

Most of the time the defense clicks, Tchou said, but all it takes for the opposing team to score a couple goals are a few breakdowns.

“When [senior backs] Mackenzie [Noda] and Christie [Morad] are communicating to the defense and their confidence level is set that they have this aggressive level of communication, then we’re fine,” Tchou said. “It’s just pockets of time where we get a little overzealous at times, and we overcommit to the ball to tr y to get pressure on the ball.”

Morad and Noda lead an experienced defense after both started all 20 games last year.

The veteran backfield looks to prevent some of the mistakes that put it on the losing end.

“Our backfield is looking to improve on the amount of unforced errors in our defensive end,” Morad said. “I think if our defense does this and our attack finishes on oppor tunities in the circle, then we will win this weekend.”

The experience figures to help Rutgers accomplish its central goal of improving inside the 25yard lines.

“The game is won and lost inside the 25-yard lines,” Tchou said. “Outside of the 25s, we’re better, but that’s not good enough.”

The Rutgers defense continues to slowly improve throughout the season, with the decreased number of shots allowed to Monmouth as an example.

But at Villanova on Saturday, the Rutgers defense might have to do even more.

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t. Anthony’s product Kyle Anderson committed to UCLA on Monday over Seton Hall.

Anderson is the No. 2 college basketball prospect for the class of 2012 and is considered one of the most versatile prospects in the nation.

The 6-foot-8 St. Anthony’s star joins four-star forward Jordan Adams and point guard Dominic Arits in the Bruins’ haul.

UCLA is also one of the frontrunners to land No. 1 prospect Shabazz Muhammad.

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AND

Texas, along with Oklahoma State and Texas Tech being the latest teams to potentially switch conferences, the Big East and Big 12 began discussing a possible merger.

Syracuse and Pittsburgh already announced plans to leave the Big East for the ACC, leaving both conferences short on teams, and making a merger a very real possibility.

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football coach Bob Stoops received a contract extension on Monday, only two days after defeating Florida State.

The new contract keeps Stoops at Oklahoma through 2018, and is worth $34.5 million over the next seven years.

With the new deal, Stoops earns a pay increase of $75,000 per year plus bonuses.

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Garrett Gilbert is out for the season after having surgery on his right shoulder.

Gilbert started against BYU, but head coach Mack Brown benched him in the second quarter.

His throwing shoulder got progressively worse since then, said Texas trainer Kenny Boyd.

Left to handle the quarterback role is sophomore Case McCoy, who will start in Gilbert’s stead, and freshman David Ash.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS shooting guard Kobe Bryant received an offer from Italian team Virtus Bologna that would earn him $600,000 per game.

Br yant’s earnings-pergame average for playing with the Lakers this upcoming season is half that figure.

The NBA superstar already lived in Italy for several years and his father speaks fluent Italian.

THE

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Sophomore running back Jeremy Deering caught two passes for 23 yards in the Scarlet Knights’ loss to North Carolina, but figures to take on a more significant role in special teams as a kick returner for head coach Greg Schiano.

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Chiefs lost yet another starter for the season with a knee injur y.

Pro Bowl running back Jamaal Charles joined safety Eric Berry and tight end Tony Moeaki when he injured his ACL on Sunday against the Detroit Lions. Veteran Thomas Jones will take most of Charles’ carries, with Dexter McCluster and Le’Ron McClain also seeing more time.

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers football team’s depth chart still lists junior Brandon Jones as a kick returner along with sophomore Jordan Thomas, but that could change.

Head coach Greg Schiano consistently said he wants sophomore Jeremy Deering to return kicks once Deering is fully involved after a summer concussion. After a bye week to rest, that could come against Ohio.

“We’re going to make that decision later in the week,” Schiano said. “[Deering] looks good, though, so I hope so.”

After carrying the ball twice for nine yards in the season opener, Deering’s role expanded against North Carolina.

The Leto, Fla., native had three carries in Chapel Hill, N.C., and caught two passes for 23 yards, but he only appeared on offense, as Jones handled return duties.

He wore a non-contact jersey throughout training camp while dealing with concussion symptoms but said he does not think about it or allow himself to be hesitant or avoid contact on the field.

“I really just focused on my assignments and what I needed to do so it wouldn’t slow me up on the field,” Deering said. “I feel like I’m 100 percent ready to go.”

PREPARES FOR ROLE AS KICK RETURNER

That involves Deering’s role in the offense, where he complements freshman Savon Huggins and redshirt freshman Jawan Jamison out of the backfield.

Learning to take handoffs was the biggest part of Deering’s transition from wide receiver, but running comes naturally after quarterbacking the Wildcat last season.

Deering has limited experience on special teams.

He did not return kickoffs last season, and barely did so in high school, he said. But there are similarities to running the Wildcat, he said.

“It’s similar because you have to find where to go and hit the open hole,” Deering said. “If the ball’s in my hands, let’s see what I can do with it.”

IF

A stable of more experienced wideouts block Shuler from seeing the field on of fense, but Schiano said the 5-foot-10, 170-pounder continues to improve as a punt returner.

Junior wideout Mohamed Sanu handled the responsibilities against UNC after Mason Robinson tore his ACL, but Shuler brings game-breaking speed to the position.

Shuler’s biggest challenge now is learning the details, according to Sanu.

“He asks questions and I try to make sure I can help him with those,” Sanu said.

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end Ka’Lial Glaud returned to practice yesterday after suffering a head injur y during the bye week.

“He is definitely back, and we’re counting on him doing some things for us,” Schiano said. “This is a big game for a guy like Glaud. He’s an athletic guy, and they’re a spread team and an option team. A guy who has been a linebacker and can run decently — you have to have speed on the field, no doubt.”

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Rowe got hit hard in practice, but Schiano said he is fine.

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receiver Miles Shuler increases his role after seeing limited action against only North Carolina Central, it will likely occur as a punt returner.

The U.S. Army AllAmerican is developing as a wide receiver, Schiano said, but is new to the position after playing quarterback at Long Branch High School.

“He was a jack of all trades,” Schiano said. “Now he’s exclusively learning wideout, and he’s getting better every day, but he’s playing with some really good players.”

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Senior safety David Rowe took a hard hit in practice yesterday with the first-team defense, but later returned.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Injured captain assumes coaching role in final season

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

THE DAILY TARGUM

Senior midfielder Karla Schacher, who tore her ACL against UCLA earlier this season, will operate as a student-assistant for the Scarlet Knights in her final season on the Banks. The Alberta, Canada native is 9th all-time in Rutgers history with 18 goals.

Rookie adjusts to new school, earns first title

Few athletes look for ward to playing on Senior Day, as it usually represents the WOMEN’S SOCCER last game they play in front of a home crowd before moving on to endeavors outside of sports.

But Rutgers women’s soccer senior midfielder Karla Schacher would likely give anything for the oppor tunity to suit up against Seton Hall on Oct. 26 to close her career in Piscataway.

The Alberta, Canada, native tore her ACL on Sept. 4 against UCLA, cutting short her senior season and also the Scarlet Knights’ depth on their attack.

With the clock finally stopped on her days playing on the pitch, Schacher now focuses on the next step in her soccer career.

“It’s my senior year, and I’m not really going to step on the field again, so the next step in my career is coaching,” said Schacher, who will ser ve as a studentassistant coach for the remainder of the season. “I’ve been doing that for a while, so I look at myself as kind of coaching the team and helping them get better at their positions.”

Schacher, who under went surger y today to repair her ACL, has had plenty of time to build her soccer résumé, with experience ranging from the Canadian U-20 team to a solid career in a Knights uniform.

The fifth-year senior finished her career ninth all time on the Rutgers scoring list with 18 career goals, and exuded consistency over the past two seasons for head coach Glenn Crooks with five goals each season.

Schacher hopes to relay some of her soccer knowledge to the young group of Knights forwards, many of whom continue to earn their stripes early in their careers.

But the time may be sooner than later for the team’s youthful roster to blossom.

Sophomore forward Jonelle Filigno, the team’s leading scorer with six goals, is questionable for Friday’s match at Pittsburgh, while junior forward Stefanee Pace is second on the team in scoring with only two goals.

Although it is no easy task to watch the team play from the sidelines, junior forward

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Thompson settles in at defensive end

BY JOEY GREGORY

BY TYLER BARTO

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Kor tnie Maxoutopoulis, the newest face on the Rutgers women’s golf WOMEN’S GOLF team, got her star t in golf just like any other kid.

But that start took her to a place few freshmen can say they have ever been.

Maxoutopoulis’ family introduced her to the game of golf.

“I star ted golf when I was about nine or 10, and I was introduced to it by my grandpa and my dad,” she said. “My whole dad’s side of the family plays golf, so we had family golf tournaments and stuf f like that.”

But golf was not her only sport growing up in Pleasanton, Calif.

“I played almost every sport, and finally when I was about 11, I got really into golf and started playing tournaments all the time, like all summer long,” she said.

Marcus Thompson was quite the nomad for the Rutgers football team in less than two seasons in Piscataway.

FOOTBALL After playing at two Florida high schools, the sophomore arrived at Rutgers as a linebacker, played some defensive end, and then switched to fullback during spring practices.

Now exclusively at defensive end, head coach Greg Schiano finally senses some security for Thompson.

“I think what he did is he found a position he’s comfortable at,” Schiano said.

“All we had to do was find him a place where he could let his abilities take over. I think we found it.”

At 6-foot-2, 255 pounds, Thompson always had the physical gifts to excel at the college level. It was just a matter of finding a spot for him, said junior defensive tackle Scott Vallone.

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Sophomore defensive end Marcus Thompson moved to the position in training camp after playing fullback during spring practices for the Scarlet Knights.

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