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Rutgers’ 5-foot-8 redshirt freshman running back, Jawan Jamison, carried the ball 29 times Saturday — nearly three times greater than his high school workload.

Women running for office reach record numbers BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

feel justice is served. The next protest is scheduled for today at 4 p.m. at Handy Street, and will continue at the same time and place ever y day. On Saturdays, protests begin at 8 p.m. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan launched an extensive investigation to determine what exactly happened last Thursday when 47-year-old Deloatch was shot during a foot chase with two New Brunswick police officers. Deloatch died at 12:37 a.m. at Rober t Wood Johnson University Hospital. According to the prosecutor’s office most recent release, the investigation showed so far that the two officers, who

A record number of women are running for state legislature in New Jersey this November, with 20 seeking state Senate seats and 45 running for state Assembly. While more women are running for legislative office, the increase has been gradual, said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women in Politics (CAWP), part of the University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics. “What you’re seeing this year is a record number, but we’re just a couple more than we were last time,” Walsh said. “The last record for women running overall was back in 2007, that was 62 women. It’s a very slow but upward trajectory.” Although more women are running than ever, there may not be a record number elected, she said. “While we have a record number of women running, we are also losing six women who are incumbents, [who are] not running because of redistricting or just retiring,” she said. “We have to elect six women just to keep it up.” Men hold 76 percent of state legislative seats and 83 percent of these seats are in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, said Sue Nemeth, a developer for the 2012 Project, an initiative to have more women occupy legislative seats in the United States, via email correspondence. “Women are largely absent from the halls of power in nearly every state when priorities are set and vast resources are allocated,” she said. Sen. Shirley Turner, D-Mercer, who is running for re-election Nov. 8, said having women in office is important in terms of policies passed that benefit all women in New Jersey. “Since I’ve been in the Senate, I’ve seen a lot happen. It’s always been a good old boys’ club,” she said. “If not for the women, we could not have the kind of health care that women have come to enjoy.” Turner said without women in office, new mothers would have to leave the hospital 24 hours after giving birth.

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About 50 people came together on the corner of Throop Avenue and Handy Street yesterday to hold up signs and protest on behalf of Barry Deloatch, who died after he was shot by officers from the New Brunswick Police Department.

Crowd blocks traffic for day five of protest BY JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO AND MARY DIDUCH STAFF WRITERS

Protests continued yesterday evening for Barr y Deloatch, a New Br unswick man who last week was shot during an altercation with the New Br unswick Police Depar tment (NBPD) — and they do not look to end soon. Family and friends of Deloatch as well as community members began the fifth day of their march, which lasted for several hours and blocked traffic along their route, which began and ended at the intersection of Handy Street and Throop Avenue.

“We’re out here for a bigger purpose. This purpose is to make sure that this never happens again,” said rally coordinator and family friend Tormel Pittman through a megaphone. “Put your signs up, because this cannot happen ever again.” Pittman said throughout the peaceful protesting, which began Thursday at City Hall on Bayard Street, he has not heard one complaint. “The city of New Brunswick [has] never seen anything like this. The city of New Brunswick’s never seen action like this,” he said to the crowd of about 50 people. Pittman and other members of the protest said they would continue until they

Residence Life seeks council input on housing BY TABISH TALIB

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Residence Life officials met with the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) Gover ning Council last EBS night to discuss the future of housing for their constituents on Cook campus. Executive Director for Residence Life Joan Carbone discussed the possibility of reinstating priority housing for School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students, which was removed in 2007 after the consolidation of undergrduate colleges and the creation of the School of Arts and Sciences. “We can’t go back to what we were before,” she said. “But we also want to consider the needs of [School of Environmental and Biological Sciences] students.” Angelica Otiepka, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior majoring in animal sciences, said many labs for her major are held after class hours. Some run from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. or from 2 to 7 a.m. — times when buses are unavailable. “The hours are ridiculous,” she said. “Plus, the areas are not well-lit, and I don’t feel safe walking there at night.”

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Members of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council meet Residence Life administrators last night in the Cook Campus Center about possibly bringing back priority housing.

Residence Life is considering priority housing for certain apartments, Carbone said. “There isn’t the outcry there used to be, and 41 percent of SEBS students chose last year not to live on Cook campus,” she said. Carbone said there is a cultural shift happening at the University. “This year was the first year no one complained about not being on College Avenue, and people have complained about not getting housing on Livingston,” she said.

Council President Zaid Abuhouran said many School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students chose to live off campus last year because they were unsure whether they would get housing on Cook campus. Carbone said another reason not to implement widespread priority housing for School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students is that the University wants students to be able to live on any of the four campuses.

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Group plans to unite Mason Gross departments BY RAYMOND WANG CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Through a multitude of artistic events with social underscores, such as art shows and dance formals, the Mason Gross Student Government Association (MGSGA) hopes to achieve unity within the Mason Gross School of the Arts by uniting the four art departments this year. “Our goal for the year is interconnection between all of the departments — music, dance, theater and visual arts,” said Elizabeth Zwierzynski, MGSGA president. “We want ever yone to understand what everyone else does.” Zwierzynski, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior, said the board is planning a bi-monthly art series called “Artist Talks.” “It’s a new event that involves all of the depar tments,” she said. “We’re inviting many dif ferent per formers

to give a show, each followed by a moderated discussion in which the audience can ask about the production of each work.” The first talk is scheduled to take place by the end of October, Zwierzynski said. “Essentially, we’re tr ying to increase understanding of creative processes, and we’re hoping these student representatives can bring ever yone together,” she said. Katie Hector, MGSGA treasurer, said more intermingling and participation are the key to achieving a unified Mason Gross School of the Arts. “We want them to be involved in the process,” said Hector, a Mason Gross School of the Arts sophomore. “It’s really cool to be behind the scenes and to be involved in the decision-making process, and to realize you have influence.” An ar t show is also slated to begin in the spring, which

will feature students’ works from multiple depar tments, Zwierzynski said. “We’re encouraging the four departments to create shows together and come up with one

“Each department has its own agenda to fill. We try to cater to all of these.” LATIANA GOURZONG Mason Gross Student Government Association Vice President

big Mason Gross production,” said Latiana Gourzong, MGSGA vice president. The “Interdisciplinary Show” is another event with the same goal planned for the coming year, Hector said. The show aims to

bring together all of the Mason Gross School of the Arts students by having various groups within each department perform. “Since everyone’s working so hard to improve their own craft, no one has time to really get together,” she said. “We haven’t had [an ‘Interdisciplinary Show’] in two years, so we’re really trying to get it to work and become a big hurrah.” Besides the numerous shows and performances, the MGSGA is having a dance formal to foster community, Zwierzynski said. “We’re hoping to have [the first formal] more toward winter, optimally around Halloween,” Hector said. “We want students to take a break from classes and just let loose.” Gourzoug, a Mason Gross School of Ar ts junior, said the board’s goal is to have a formal each semester for each depar tment. Finding a day when no one has rehearsals is dif ficult,

but she said the board will tr y to accomodate all depar tments. “Each depar tment has its own agenda to fill,” she said. “We tr y to cater to all of these, in order to enhance students’ college experiences.” Another responsibility of MGSGA is overseeing and funding the other departments, Zwierzynski said. “An appointed adviser from each department tells us what they need and we try to help them,” Hector said. “For example, if the music department wants to buy new stands, they run it by us and we could approve of the funding.” The MGSGA plans on improving its four departments in any way it can to improve life for its students, she said. “Both the school and the dean provide us with a good vehicle that has everything we need, and we’re just trying our best to take advantage of that,” Hector said.

NEWARK STUDENTS PLEDGE TO STOP TEXTING WHILE DRIVING Rutgers-Newark students joined communications company AT&T to educate the campus community about staying safe on the road and the dangers of texting behind the wheel. AT&T’s presentation yesterday began a week of scheduled campus events as a par t of their national campaign, “Txtng & Drivng … It Can Wait,” according to a prnewsire.com ar ticle. Charlene Brown, AT&T regional vice president of external af fairs in New Jersey, said the company is working to give wireless customers, especially

younger users, the knowledge and tools concerning driving safety. “We’re hoping to reach new and experienced drivers alike to generate a change in behavior and underscore our message about using wireless devices safely while driving,” she said in the ar ticle. University students watched a 10-minute documentary last night, called “The Last Test,” that includes real-life accounts of the tragedies that can arise of driving while texting.

The film, which has generated about 2.5 million views on YouTube, has been used in various educational institutions and drivers’ education classes around the nation to showcase the risks, according to the article. Students, faculty and attended guests will end the series at Newark with a candlelight vigil for the individuals who died as a result of texting while driving. — Reena Diamante

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CROWD: Ralliers include residents, workers, students continued from front were on routine patrol and are now on administrative leave pending the investigation’s outcome, questioned three men, including Deloatch who fled. They followed him into an alley, where a struggle led to the shooting. In the initial investigation, Deloatch was found without a firearm. But the investigation is tr ying to determine if he was in possession of another weapon

and whether he used it against the officers. Bennie Deloatch, one of the victim’s brothers, said he wants the world to know what happened, so it will not happen again in the future. “If the whole world sees this and it doesn’t get taken care of, what’s going on with America now? Where’s our justice? There is none. This will be proof whether there is justice or not,” he said. “This city is going to be turned upside down with peaceful protesting.” Pittman said their cause is asking the investigators to look into

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the complaints on the record of every officer in the NBPD. “Once we look into each individual officer and find out what their police record is, what type of conduct they have, then we won’t have this incident again,” he said. Pittman said the protestors have been everyone from local residents to college students to city employees, and their numbers are growing. He said University students have helped the cause, uniting “townies,” city employees and students. “I don’t know what field [the students are] going into, but just

to have this experience of taking control, they will have that with them for the rest of their lives,” Pittman said. School of Arts and Sciences senior Corey Paige has lived in the area for six years and protested all this week. He said he thinks this situation shows that people need to be held accountable to the law. “Love, truth, peace, freedom and justice — those are the five principles that I run by,” Paige said. “So I’m all about peace, but I’m also about justice, more importantly. So I want justice to be ser ved.”

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Bennie Deloatch, brother of Barry Deloatch, leads the crowd in a closing prayer yesterday on the corner of Throop Avenue and Handy Street. The protest lasted several hours and blocked traffic along the Handy Street, George Street and Suydam Street loop.

NUMBERS: Females represent 50 percent of N.J. continued from front “We changed that law so that women would be able to stay in the hospital for as long as they need,” she said. “We’ve seen more policies that benefit women and families as a result of their increased numbers in legislature.” But women may face some challenges in November’s election, Walsh said. “This is a year where there may not be an enormous amount of [voter] turnout,” she said. “There is not a gubernatorial race at the top of the ticket.” Walsh said women in politics struggle to get on the ballot in the first place, as New Jersey ranks 12th in the nation for highest percentage

of women in legislature at they are not viewed as serious 25.3 percent. candidates.” “We’ve got quite a few ways to To improve upon this issue, go before we achieve political Turner said more women could parity, with 50 or 51 percent suppor t women r unning for of the state legislature. legislature being “We have to female,” she said. have more women “There’s more “But clearly New united behind Jersey elects women, not just opportunities women, we’ve had endorse their canavailable to women, didacy but cona woman governor. The chaland mainly because tribute money,” lenge is going she said. “Many we have more to be hanging women still feel onto the gains it’s better to conelected to office. ” they’ve made.” tribute to a male’s Turner said campaign, as SHIRLEY TURNER raising awareness women are not State Senator of the women viewed as being running for legisable to win, and lature is also a challenge. everyone wants to contribute to “Making voters aware of a winner.” your positions requires She also said that although money,” she said. “Women have women vote in higher percenta more dif ficult time raising ages than men, they do not money than men do, so often always vote for women.

“A lot of women, some of those born in a different era, think they should vote the way their husbands vote,” she said. Turner feels those who hold office in state legislature should be more representative of New Jersey’s population. “Women represent at least 50 percent of population. We should have representation in at least 50 percent of those elected to office,” she said. “We’ve come a long way, but we have a long way to go.” But she also said it is a good time for women in politics in New Jersey. “We see a lot of glass ceilings being shattered,” she said. “There’s a woman lieutenant governor and the speaker of the assembly is an African-American woman, which is a first. There’s more opportunities available to women, and mainly because we have more elected to office.”

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HOUSING: U. has 14K beds for undgraduate students continued from front “There are two types of students we would want to save space for,” she said. “School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students who want to live with School of Arts and Sciences students, and also for students from Mason Gross and other schools.” Bill O’Brien, associate director of Administration and Graduate Students, said the University currently has 14,000 beds for undergraduate students and 1,000 beds for graduate students. They are also adding 1,500 undergraduates on Livingston campus next year. Carbone hopes that the new Livingston housing and the Busch Engineering Science and Technology Hall will drive more School of Ar ts and Sciences students to choose to live on campuses other than Cook campus. Jennifer Komaiko, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, thought it would be better if Residence Life set aside a cer tain percentage of housing rather than specific residence buildings. “I think there are students who would rather have a choice of multiple buildings,” she said. “I also think that 60 percent is a good number [to set aside for priority housing].” Carbone and O’Brien said they did not know how priority housing will be implemented, but aim to set aside 50 percent of Cook campus residences for School of Environmental and Biological Sciences priority housing. John Lee, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, asked if School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students could have a separate housing lotter y process, but Carbone said this would be unfair to students in other schools. But Residence Life is considering slight changes in the housing lottery process. “One thing we are considering is to let a group of two apply for apartments, because there are people who want an apartment but don’t have a four-person group,” Carbone said. O’Brien said Residence Life is also considering allowing of f-campus students directly back into the lotter y processes next year. “Before off-campus students who wanted on-campus housing were considered in the waiting list period, but we are looking to change that,” he said. Carbone said the reduction of next year’s class of first-year students and the addition of housing will not necessarily reduce oncampus housing demand. “Although President [Richard L.] McCormick spoke about reducing the number of incoming class, we might be accepting more transfer students,” she said. Lee said he was glad Carbone and O’Brien came to speak at the council meeting. “I’m happy they were open to come and listen to our suggestions,” he said. “I also think [Carbone] explained well why things are the way they are, and what ideas would work and would not work.”

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License plate scans foster police activity COUNTY OPENS PARK IN HONOR OF FORMER FREEHOLDER Middlesex County opened Crabiel Park, located at the border of Milltown and North Brunswick last Thursday in honor of David Crabiel, a former Middlesex County freeholder director who passed away three years ago. There were about 150 people in attendance, including children from Nor th Brunswick and the Milltown spor ts team, as well as residents of both towns, according to a mycentraljersey.com article. The park consists of a Little League field, a multi-purpose field, a playground and hiking trails. The park includes a plaque to honor Crabiel, who also served as Milltown mayor at one point in his career. “I wish to recognize the late, great Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel, who, in so many ways, propelled Middlesex County above the rest,” said Christopher Rafano, Middlesex County Freeholder director in the article. Originally, the county officials considered using the park’s land to create a shopping mall, according to the article. But officials decided to design a park with the latest technology regarding field materials and lighting instead. Additionally, the park will have a comfort station with 850 square feet of solar panels on its roof, Rafano said in the article. “We included the panels in this project as a ‘demonstration project’ to encourage others to follow our lead,” he said in the article. Other people who attended the event were Mayor Gloria Bradford of Milltown, Mayor Francis Womack of North Brunswick and Paulette Crabiel Wahler, Crabiel’s daughter. — Ankita Panda

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Select police vehicles in Middlesex County, since last month, have units mounted on the trunks of patrol cars that collectively scanned more than 370,000 license plates in sight, said Ronald Rios, freeholder deputy director in Middlesex County. More than 4,000 of these led to police action including a narcotics ar rest, recover y of a stolen car and confiscation of two false identification cards, he said. “This sophisticated technology will boost safety and security of all our residents and businesses,” he said. “They’re consistent with our best efforts to use federal grant dollars to supply and suppor t our law enforcement personnel with the most up-to-date tools.” Police depar tments in towns considered at the highest risk for ter rorist activity were awarded these units, Rios said. Among them are Edison, New Br unswick and University police. The license plate readers are installed on the trunk of the police car and ever y car within range is scanned, he said. When an of ficer pulls somebody over, ever y car driving past will have his or her information sent to the database. The New Jersey Department of Homeland Security paid for the license plate scanners with federal grant funds in an ef for t mainly to help the war on terror, Rios said. “It’s really a great tool,” he said. “It’s utilized in various com-

munities with an infrastructure that’s a target to protect, near towns with railroads, like New Brunswick.” Rios said he is not concerned with cost of the scanners. “The price was right, these were homeland security grants,” he said. “It’s making our law enforcement personnel very happy.”

“The whole concept is to target the sites where the critical areas are located, to protect those sites...” ROBERT MERKLER Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Administrator

The price of the license plate readers was not specified, said Robert Merkler, office administrator at the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s office. “There are mobile units and portable units, [prices] vary” he said. “On average they’re about $1,900 to $2,100 a unit.” Merkler said officers have been active regardless of the seriousness of crimes. “Whatever comes up, the officer is going to react,” he said. “But the whole concept is to target the sites where the critical areas are located, to protect those sites from people who are intent on doing damage to those sites, driving around the area looking for vulnerabilities.” Despite the spike in overall police activity, the license

plate readers have not uncovered terrorist activity so far, Merkler said. There are measures made to secure privacy, he said. The attorney general gave the local police specific directions on how to handle the information from the license plate scanners that protect the citizens. “[Handling information is] not subjective,” Merkler said. But some residents do not share the county of ficial’s enthusiasm. Wayde Tomnan, a 34-year-old Highland Park resident, thinks the scan is inappropriate. “I think [the government is] beginning to invade people’s privacy in a way that is unconstitutional and probably a waste of funds,” he said. “Telephone taps and all these things lead to a reduction of privacy.” Some University students also see the implementation of a license plate scanner as a violation as well as a misuse of federal money. Mike Simone, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said it is the police’s duty to protect its citizens, not monitor them. “They fund [the county] the wrong way,” he said. “[Police] can’t handle the stabbings or the shootings, but they take the time to bust some kids for par ties and small amounts of pot.” Other county of ficials are excited about the license plate readers, despite some critical residents. “My thought is that it’s another tool,” said Mildred Scott, Middlesex County sherif f. “I think it’s ver y good. It’s a positive.”

Players lift Hacky Sack handling to competitive heights BY GIANCARLO CHAUX CONTRIBUTING WRITER

New Br unswick residents and University students passing by the football game last weekend might have noticed another spor t taking place at the Buccleuch Park — footbag or, as it is also called, Hacky Sack. Professional and amateur footbag players across the nation gathered at the New Br unswick park near the College Avenue campus to par ticipate in the two-day long East Coast Footbag Championship. Three par ticipants were crowned winners in four categories. For the singles net division, Dan Greer of Erie, Pa., took first. He also placed in the top spot with Greg Neumann of Clinton, N.J., for the doubles net competition. Meanwhile, Mark Monistare of New Orleans, La., won both the Freestyle-Solo Performance and Freestyle Head-to-Head Shred categories. The sport required players to play “keep-it-up” with a bean bag, with the main objective of the game to not only balance

the bean bag in the air but to also play tricks, like creating spins, with the object using only one’s feet. Jon Schneider, assistant director of the tournament, said that the championship is a renowned tournament in the sport’s histor y. “This marks the 29th year in a row of the East Coast championship,” he said. “It’s one of the world’s longest running tournaments in this sport.” Competitors flocked from all over the country to participate in the tournament, said Schneider, who called this year’s turnout especially successful. “We’ve got one competitor in from New Orleans, one from Boston, as well as a team from Erie, Pa. which is about eight hours west,” Schneider said. But Schneider believes more participants could have competed had it not been for the inclement weather issues that plagued the East Coast this summer. “The forecast has not been good, and so we have had some cancellations,” he said, “There was a team of pretty good competitors that were going to drive down from

Montreal, but given that the last few days have been rainy, they canceled.” Despite the weather, the tournament still boasted a healthy number of participants, with about 30 players coming out to compete for the top prizes, he said. Buccleuch Park was full on Saturday with people who

“This sport seems to be so underground. ... People see these guys do tricks, and it just blows them away.” JON SCHNEIDER East Coast Footbag Championship Assistant Director

were preparing for the University football game, but Schneider was hopeful this could of fer the footbag tournament more exposure. “They’re here preparing for the game and that gives us a little bit more audience,” he said. “This

sport seems to be so underground in a way that people see these guys do tricks, and it just blows them away.” And as both Schneider and Greer hoped, the event attracted first-time spectators of the sport, such as Eitan Sufian, who came to New Brunswick to watch the football game. Sufian admitted that before the tournament, he did not know much about footbag. “I was walking by and thought it was interesting, so I stayed. I thought it was a hobby, I didn’t even know it was an actual spor t,” he said. “It’s the coolest thing ever. I really don’t know how they do some of this — it’s like miniature soccer.” Greer, who has been competing in tournaments for the past eight years, said the general public still misconceives par ts of the spor t, such as the of ficial use of the title footbag instead of Hacky Sack. “Footbag is the name of the spor t, and Hacky Sack is just a brand name of one of the foot bags,” he said. “It’s like calling a tissue a Kleenex. Kleenex is a brand name of cer tain tissues,

but it is often used to refer to all tissues.” Schneider believes the fact that the East Coast Footbag Championship is being hosted in New Jersey this year brings along a special significance. “The East Coast Footbag Championship was originally founded in New Jersey, but this is the first time in a long time that it’s been brought back here,” he said. Schneider hopes to expand the audience even fur ther and said that he wishes the tournament could attract overseas competitors from countries like England, Germany and France, where footbag is popular. But for now, Schneider said he was content that passers-by like Sufian and others stopped by after the football game. Sufian said he enjoyed events such as the tournament because they are unique and promote a diverse range of spor ts. “I like small sporting events like this because it gets people involved,” he said. “It’s not always just basketball or football, it’s all different things.

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New Jersey State Theater will be hosting a screening of “Idiots and Angels,” a fair ytale comedy directed by Bill Plympton about a boozy business man who suddenly sprouts angel wings. Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are $20 with discount tickets available for students. The screening will be followed by an onstage conversation and question and answer session with Plympton. The Level 1 Trauma Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will host a seminar on distracted driving in the Arline and Henry Schwartzman Courtyard at hospital. Edward O’Connor, regional supervisor for the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, and Pam Fischer, consultant and coordinator of the NJ Teen Safe Driving Coalition will speak at the event from 7 to 9 p.m. at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The event is free but registration is requested by Sept. 26 by calling 1-888-MD-RWJUH. Light refreshments will be served.

Comedian Jim Breur, featured in Special Attraction, Comedy Central, O&A, Stern, Sirius, Half Baked will be performing at the Stress Factory Comedy Club on Church Street. The show begins at 8 p.m. and will feature his “More Than Me” routine. Tickets cost $16 and may be purchased at the box office or online at stressfactory.com. The New Brunswick Jazz Projects Camille Thurman 4Tet will perform at the Hyatt Regency on Albany Street from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. with free admission. The 4Tet features Camille Thurman singing and playing saxophone and flute, Enoch Smith Jr. on keyboard, Nimrod Speaks on bass and Corey Rawls on drums. For more information, visit nbjp.org.

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Garth Fagan Dance will perform its critically acclaimed show, which blends the Afro-Carribean, classical ballet and experimental post-modern styles of dance, tonight at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre, on 15 Livingston Ave. The company, led by Tony Award-winning choreographer Garth Fagan, was reviewed by The New York Times as “unfailingly original” and received the New York Governor’s Arts Award. Tickets for the performance range from $27 to $47 and may be purchased online or at the box office. For more information, visit statetheatrenj.org Catober fest at the Cat Sanctuar y in Ringoes will be hosting a festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday that will benefit Tabby’s Place to rescue cats from hopeless situations. The free event takes place at 1100 Us Highway 202, Ringoes, N.J. Events include a silent auction, an open house and tours of Tabby’s Place, free classes on cat and dog behavior with Nancy Meyer and Pia Silvani and low-cost microchipping for cats and dogs. The first 500 guests will receive free goodie bags and mini catnip plants. The silent auction will include more than 100 items including getaways to Sedona, Ariz., and Cape Cod, as well as, Broadway tickets, spor ts memorabilia and fine ar ts. People who cannot attend the event can bid on items online at biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?auct ionId=134647215 star ting Sept. 12 and ending before the star t of Catober fest. Maddalenas Cheesecake and Catering will provide refreshments, and WCTC The Voice of Central NJ will be broadcasting live. For more information visit tabbysplace.org, or contact info@tabbysplace.org or (908)-237-5300.

The acclaimed Russian Mariinsky Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky-composed symphony at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre, on 15 Livingston Ave. The orchestra’s artistic director Valery Gergiev is one the most sought after conductors in the world. Celebrating its 228th anniversary, the orchestra is one of the oldest musical institutions in Russia. According to the London Times, “The orchestra moves as if with a single mind and always with purposeful passion.” Tickets range from $31 to $51 and may be purchased online. For more information, visit statetheatrenj.org.

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How do you think the current housing lottery process should change?

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“There’s so many people. I just couldn’t think of how else they would do it. You get a number — at Rutgers, you are a number.”

“I mean from the University standpoint, yes [the lottery system is effective]. From my standpoint, because I would personally like a priority, no. I mean it is what it is.”

RICARDO COUSO SAS SOPHOMORE “I don’t really know much about the lottery system. All of the sudden you get an email that’s like, I got this number, now what do I do with it? Maybe one step would be to explain it more to people so that they’d be more okay with [it].”

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“It would be worse for an underclassman to be screwed with a bad lottery number if they needed housing whereas upperclassmen have the opportunity to live off campus.”

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MICHAEL SCHWAB SAS SENIORR “I feel like you know what you’re getting into when you hear the word ‘lottery.’ Lottery is random and unfair, but you still got to pick the number. So I don’t think it’s worth spending a lot of time trying to fix it.”

KELLY KANE SAS JUNIOR “Older students should have more choice in where they get to live than the younger students.”

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Scientific research deserves federal funds

upporters of Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J., often sport bumper stickers on their cars that boisterously proclaim, “My Congressman IS a rocket scientist.” Perhaps Holt’s status as a well-educated man of science is why he tends to perk up whenever he speaks — especially when he laments the current state of funding for scientific research in the United States. According to a recent opinion piece of his published on NewJerseyNewsroom.com, “As a share of the U.S. economy, the government’s support for research and development (R&D) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s.” It’s scary to think that could be true in the first place, but it’s even more distressing that it turns out Holt is not blowing smoke. In 1964, as a percentage of GDP, federal funding for scientific R&D was 1.92 percent. By 2008, that number had dropped dramatically to .73 percent. The problem is not just that this incredible decline occurred, but that funding may very well be slashed even further as the federal government seeks to cut everything in sight in order to reign-in errant spending. This stands in stark contrast to the vision of America President Barack Obama is fond of positing: An America where progress is made and the future is born. How can such a vision ever be realized if we slash research and development funds even more than they have already been slashed? Some argue that, even though the government is giving less to R&D, the public sector is stepping in to fill the funding void with its own money. They point to the fact that overall spending on research and development, which includes not just federal money, but also money from private industries and universities, has only dropped 3 percent in the same time span, from 2.88 percent of GDP in 1964 to 2.79 percent in 2008. However, as Patrick Clemins, the director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s R&D Budget and Policy Program, pointed out to PolitiFact.com, “industry invests in late stage research, things that they can turn a profit on in a relatively short time frame.” This means that private funding does not encourage the sort of risky projects that lead to massive breakthroughs and position America as a world leader. In order for that to happen, the federal government needs to get back in the funding game, and quickly.

Tackle specific issues to repair government

t seems these days that the federal government is fighting a losing battle against its own people. The highly vocal tea party movement has been railing against a central government which it sees as bloated, wasteful and ineffectual for a couple of years now, and that heated rhetoric has been slowly worming its way out into more mainstream parties and people. Many non-tea party members of the GOP have taken up that narrative, too. According to a Gallup poll, even the everyday American is jumping on the bandwagon. A record 81 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the United States government, and a staggering 49 percent of those polled “believe the federal government has become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,” according to the poll. The results of this poll raise an interesting question — just what do these respondents mean in saying that the federal government is threatening their rights and freedoms as everyday citizens? What rights and freedoms, specifically, are being threatened, to what degree are they being threatened, and in what ways are they being threatened? Without furnishing such examples, it is hard to view this response as anything more than yet another instance of the irrational yelling and screaming that has plagued American politics recently. Sure, the federal government is not perfect. As an institution run by human beings, it will never be perfect — that’s one of the sad facts of life. We readily admit that there are glaring weaknesses that need to be addressed in order for the country to right itself. But, unfortunately, such specific instances of federal weakness are rarely brought to light. Instead, there’s a lot of vague generalizing by politicians and the people alike. The tea party makes hazy references to the Constitution without ever citing the parts it claims to hold dear. The GOP seems to think that everything is wasteful, suggesting that the only solution to our nations woes is, dramatically enough, to scrap the government and start again. The Democrats are rather fond of catchphrases and buzz words, but little in the way of substance. Perhaps this is why everyone is so discontent — rather than naming issues, positing solutions and putting plans into practice, we’ve spent nearly the entirety of President Barack Obama’s first term in office saying absolutely nothing, albeit very loudly. So, how about we stop castigating the federal government for negatively impinging upon our rights — whatever we mean by those — and start addressing specific, substantive issues?

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Society fosters childish behavior

n many ways, I am Invariably, the people who proud to be part of this make these kinds of argugeneration. We are genments call upon government erally a good group of peoto give more, to do more. The ple. We are entrepreneurial, irony, of course, is that the yet devoted to public and U.S. and British governcommunity service. We genments played a major part in NOAH GLYN erally strike a healthy balcausing the social unrest. ance between narcissism In both countries, it’s pos(see Facebook and Twitter) and altruism (see sible for a citizen to have a government health care Teach for America and AmeriCorps). plan, government subsidized housing, free education Sometimes, though, I am ashamed of us. up through college, free breakfast and lunches up No actions embarrassed our generation more through high school and food stamps to provide free than the wanton displays of violence that occurred food thereafter. in the United States and Great Britain this past sumOur social policy has turned otherwise functionmer. I am referring specifically to the so-called ing adults into children who expect the government “flash mobs” in the United States and the riots in to play the role of a parent their entire lives. Instead London. In the United States, specifically of paying for their own health insurance or working Philadelphia, flash mobs have been erupting in at a job that provides one, people expect the govwhich gangs, mostly teenagers, begin to riot for no ernment to pay for it — like a child who expects his apparent motive. Organizing on social media sites, parents to take him to the doctor. Instead of saving they set specific times and locations to attack pedestheir own money to pay for groceries, the governtrians and loot stores. In London, hordes of young ment offers food stamps and free school meals — people literally shut the city down by beating pedeslike a child who waits for his parents to cook his trians, plundering stores and setting food. Instead of paying for college or fire to large swaths of the city. In taking out loans, people have come “Why would both cities, members of our generato expect the government to subsition were the culprits. dize their education — like a child young people There are some who argue that whose parents read to him before behave like adults this violence happened because the bedtime. These policies, when conpolitical class ignored young peosidered individually, may have laudwhen adults don’t ple’s economic, educational and perable goals, but together, they create sonal needs. Young people, they behave like adults?” a society where citizens expect to be argue, have been left behind during provided with everything they need the economic downturn, and this to reach and sustain adulthood. As a violence is a natural outcome. result, they have turned us into children. In the Huffington Post, Boyce Watkins of And what do children do? Well, sometimes they Syracuse University justifies the flash mobs in have temper tantrums. Often, it’s because they didPhiladelphia by arguing: “when you combine a hot n’t get something they wanted, but other times, it’s summer with [high black teenage unemployment for no reason other than a lot of children are brats. rates], teenagers are going to find their own ways to Which brings me back to the flash mobs and use that free time.” riots. Whether those specific criminals received In other words: Since I couldn’t find a job this said welfare benefits is not particularly germane. summer, I decided to become a hoodlum. The young people who were running wild this past In a televised debate between two British parsummer in the streets of Philadelphia and London liamentarians, Harriet Harman, a Labour Party have grown up in a society that expects little of member of Parliament, claimed that the underlythem. There was once a time when youths were ing reason for the riots was the budget cuts of the expected to contribute to the world, whether it was conservative government. She said, “[t]here is a as an apprentice, a paperboy or whatever else it was. sense that young people feel they are not being lisNowadays, why would young people behave like tened to. That is not to justify violence. But when adults when adults don’t behave like adults? you’ve got the trebling of tuition fees, they should To be sure, the vast majority of young people in think again about that. When you’ve got the the United States and Great Britain are good people [Education Maintenance Allowance] being taken who didn’t participate in these collective temper away, when you’ve got jobs being cut and youth tantrums. But I think pointing that out misses the unemployment rising and they are shutting the job point — when you treat people like children, you centre in Camberwell — well you should think should expect them to act like children. again about that.” Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences senior In other words: I’m not normally one to set a car majoring in economics and history. His column, on fire, but my Education Maintenance Allowance “Irreconcilable Differences,” runs on alternate Tuesdays. was cut.

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US persecutes pro-Palestinian sentiments I

f you’re not a minority, you don’t have these awesome minority 3-D glasses which allow you to see really cool and interesting things that otherwise go unnoticed by the majority of our fist-pumping, Jersey Shore-watching society. Unless you really look for them, you get to miss the hilarious invisible punch lines at the end of our country’s finest statements. For example, Uncle Sam wants you to be in the U.S. Army … unless you’re a woman. America is the world’s melting pot … unless you’re a Mexican. The Constitution grants citizens freedom of speech, of press, of religion, and the right to assemble and petition … unless you’re a Muslim and especially if you’re calling out our B.F.F. Israel’s policies. It is no secret that the definition of freedom of speech has become different for Muslims. I’m not talking about the less-formal, self-imposed restrictions over freedom of speech that Muslims and Arab Americans have been pressured into since Sept. 11, such as when headscarfwearing Muslim girls like myself are shopping and see a really cute dress and have to stop ourselves from screaming, “That’s the bomb!” lest we ignite the whole mall into hysteria. I’m talking about the official, legal condemnation of the exercise of free speech last Friday for young Muslim Americans. The Irvine 11, a group of University of California (UC), Irvine and

UC Riverside stuand impoverished dents, were found brown people in guilty of disruptGaza. Big deal. ing Israeli ambasUncle Sam AMANI AL-KHATAHTBEH sador Michael wagged his huge, Oren’s speech at obnoxious white their university. Throughout Oren’s finger at us on Friday and said, “If you’re speech, each student individually stood Muslim and you open your mouth about up and interrupted the speaker by shout- my homie Israel, who, you know, is killing ing lines such as “You, sir, are an accom- your Muslim brothers in Gaza, I’m taking plice to genocide!” and “Murder is not away your right to free speech!” Neither free speech!” — you know, things that are the UC Ir vine administration nor the true — and each time, as countless Orange County prosecutor cared to wag YouTube videos can attest, the student that same finger at the group of willfully, cooperatively and sometimes Republican students that rampaged even eagerly complied with the police Muslim speaker Amir Abdel Malik Ali at officers that escorted them the same university in out of the room and arrest2001, who, unlike Oren, “Once one of us ed them. Oren was able to was forced to completely complete his speech, but stop his speech due to the is silenced, — hold your tears — had disruptive protesters. we are all silenced.” to cut out a planned quesThe picture is starting tion-and-answer session. to look scarier and scarier By why would they want for us American citizens. to protest the respectable and highly Is it just me, or is America pretty much upstanding Michael Oren anyway? Sure, selling its soul for Israel? I understand he’s representing a country that has been having a strategic ally in the Middle East, condemned by the United Nations for but the United States is supporting and more human rights and international law facilitating Israel’s genocide of a civilian violations than any other country in the population, using our tax money to supworld, but so what? He simply wanted to por t foreign policies that we do not push the pro-Israel agenda in Orange approve of and is discrediting itself in County, and what’s so bad about support- front of the global community by shameing Israel? All it did last year was launch a lessly defending Israel’s near universally military siege on a bunch of defenseless illegal actions. And with all that, it is now

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Daily review: laurels and darts

he NFL is pretty much the epitome of the term “boys’ club” — a bunch of muscular guys roughhousing and showing off their impressive athletic talents. But that does not have to mean it’s a discriminatory organization, as NFL officials demonstrated in the new 2011 Collective Bargaining agreement. This agreement is the first time discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is explicitly banned in the NFL. This obviously won’t stop any such discrimination from ever occurring, but it does set up an institutional framework within which any discriminated parties can find avenues for redress. For that, the league receives a laurel. *

If you’ve been on Facebook recently — and, since you’re most likely a University student, you most definitely have — you may have noticed that amid all the complaining about the new layout, another issue has arisen. Namely, the chain statuses about Facebook’s supposed decision to start charging users for its service. It is a pretty obvious lie, as founder Mark Zuckerberg would have to be the world’s worst businessman if he were to actually do such a thing. Still, the spam message is spreading like wildfire. When are we going to stop believing everything we hear from our friends on the Internet? It’s about time people start using the same common sense they employ in real life while they surf the Web. Both the originators and perpetuators of this fake message receive darts.

robbing its citizens of the right to run their mouths about it. As Defense Attorney Lisa Holder said, what was disruptive about the Irvine 11’s actions was their message. Their only crime was being a voice for the millions of Palestinians whose voices aren’t heard. Through their conviction, our government has officially criminalized criticizing Israeli policies. Our government is now trying to dictate the way we think and tampering with our society’s moral balance. Regardless of how far left or right you are on the pro-Israel spectrum, what ever happened to “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it?” One thing has become clear: the proPalestinian voices are at a social, societal and now institutional disadvantage. Our energy must now not only be exerted to fight against Israeli policies, but also to retain our right to fight them in the first place. Like it or not, we are all the Ir vine 11. Once one of us is silenced, we are all silenced. But our voices will not be quieted. Instead, the Ir vine 11 case has ser ved to unite us all into one loud, concerted call that will refuse to be ignored any longer. Amani Al-Khatahtbeh is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in Middle Eastern studies and political science with a minor in French.

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ennessee Titan and former Rutgers football player Kenny Britt will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. The wide receiver suffered the injury Sunday in the Titans’ 17-14 win against the Denver Broncos. Britt left the game with three catches for 18 yards. The Bayonne, N.J., native ranks fifth in the NFL this season with 289 yards on 17 catches. His three touchdowns are tied for fourth by any wide receiver.

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Mid-American Conference said there’s no way to take away Syracuse’s overtime victory against Toledo despite a blown call on the extra point. MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said yesterday there’s no route to reverse the outcome once the game is declared over. Toledo athletic director Mike O’Brien asked the MAC to call the Big East Conference to give Toledo the victory after a Big East official admitted that replay officials made a mistake on Saturday in the Orange’s 33-30 victory. Video shows that Syracuse missed a late extra point, but officials ruled it good. Replay officials allowed it to stand.

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Chris Canty did not know about the controversy he caused until he saw his hit on Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick yesterday on SportsCenter. The defensive lineman saw he bruised Vick’s hand on what Vick said was an illegal hit. He also learned that Vick was angry at officials for not protecting him from that hit and others. Canty sees no reason why they should have, according to the The Star-Ledger. Teammate Mathias Kiwanuka said if Vick has an issue, it should be with his blockers.

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quarterback Mark Sanchez suffered a minor break in his nose in Sunday’s 34-24 loss to the Oakland Raiders. Sanchez will have no limitations and was cleared to play, according to the team. The Southern California product will wear a clear shield on his helmet for a few weeks, as he did late in Sunday’s game.

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manager Jack McKeon said he will retire at the end of the season at age 80. McKeon made the announcement yesterday before the team’s final series of the year. He is the second-oldest manager in Major League histor y, behind Connie Mack, who managed the Philadelphia Athletics until age 87.

After his three first-quarter attempts, Jamison had an underwhelming minus-8 yards rushing. The Ohio defense bottled him up for a five-yard loss on a second-andgoal play from the two-yard line. But it did not take long for Jamison’s patience to pay dividends. The 5-foot-8, 198-pounder took a handof f from sophomore quar terback Chas Dodd late in the first quar ter and scooted through the middle of the field, making a defender miss with a spin move and finally going down after a 30yard gain. “Vision and feet [make Jamison successful],” Schiano said. “You can teach them paths, courses and keys, but you teach ever y back that. Then it’s a matter of how they see it, how quickly can their eyes tell their brain, tell their feet to do something.” Jamison admitted his 22-yard reception on a first quarter swing pass from Dodd contributed to his rhythm, as well.

“That was a big thing for me,” Jamison said. “To finally get the ball in my hands and be in a game, it felt real good.” More impressive was the job of a pair of young linemen in their starting debut, paving the way for Jamison’s career day. Redshirt freshman Betim Bujari and freshman Kaleb Johnson made their first starts at right guard and tackle, respectively, and were effective in creating lanes off the right side, Jamison said. The rookie duo played physically upfront, evident in the Knights’ 43 rushes for 159 yards. Sophomore center David Osei still refused to accept recognition for Jamison’s breakout day. “We just try to do our best, but with a running back like [Jamison] it’s hard to take too much credit,” Osei said. “A lot of times he can make what looks like a collapsed play, and he’ll just burst out and that’s all him. He’s one of those players where vision is also his quickness. When things go wrong, he can just burst out.” On a day supposed to belong to Huggins, Jamison did more than emerge. His 29 rushing attempts were the most since last season, when

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Redshirt freshman Jawan Jamison remains a co-starter on the depth chart with Savon Huggins and Jeremy Deering. sophomore running back Jeremy The Knights offense, with Deering carried the ball the same Cignetti at its stead, long since amount of times out of the passed the days of being a Wildcat against Syracuse. Wildcat-driven offense. The most carries Jamison And although he was not on recalled getting in high the field a year ago, Jamison school was nearly half of his remained there every step of the Saturday workload. way, and showed Saturday he fin“Normally, I’d be taken out ished waiting. in the second quar ter,” said “To finally get it going, to finally Jamison, who won consecutive get everything going,” Jamison said, state championships in Florida. “that’s why I came here — to restore “Probably 15 times in one this running game to this team.” game [is the most I carried in Apparently, Schiano’s patience high school].” also paid dividends.

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Rookie earns fourth at Princeton Invite BY JOEY GREGORY

they could score with more ease, she said. “The first and second round The Ivy League schools lived we could have played a little bit up to the compliments Rutgers better,” she said. women’s golf coach Maura Although ninth place was Watersnot where Waters-Ballard wantWOMEN’S GOLF Ballar d ed her team to finish, she was RUTGERS 940 g a v e still proud that the players them. showed consistent improveNINTH PLACE S h e ment and progression toward said the the season’s goals. Princeton Invitational field would “We had some good scores. be strong and the Ivy League We shot about our average,” she schools would be tough, and she said. “If we shoot [a total round was right. score of] 315 or under, Ivy League teams I’m satisfied.” took five of the topThe team averaged six spots this weekslightly more than 313 end at the Princeton per round. Invitational. The next action for “The field was pretthe Knights is on Oct. ty tough,” Waters14, when they host the Ballard said. “The Ivy Rutgers Invitational. League is really good Waters-Ballard and KORTNIE at recruiting.” her team will use the The Scarlet Knights MAXOUTOPOULIS long layoff to address took ninth place with a any problems the play54-hole score of 940. ers encountered during the Leading the way for the Princeton Invitational. Knights was freshman Kortnie Most of all, the team needs to Maxoutopoulis, who notched work on the mental aspects of the her second consecutive top-five game, Waters-Ballard said. finish, placing four th with a “[They need to work on] score of 221. Junior Brittany focusing on one shot at a Weddell also had a strong tour- time,” she said. “It’s such a nament, carding a 232, good mental game.” enough for a tie for 20th. Waters-Ballard does not Junior Karen Cash, who expect scores to drop dramaticalplaced 38th with a 242, and senior ly in the next tournament, but captain Lizzy Carl, who finished rather steadily improve throughtied for 44th with a 247, followed out the season. the pair. Senior Elisa Mateer, who “We’re just trying to chip away finished 61st, shooting a 274, every tournament,” she said. rounded out Rutgers’ card. Her goal is to use the consisNot only did the Knights have tent improvement, combined with to battle solid competition, but the comfort of playing a familiar they also had to navigate a course course, to put up a solid effort at softened by rain. the Rutgers Invitational. “The bunkers were really tough,” With more than two weeks Waters-Ballard said. “The sand was a to prepare, the Knights have problem because of the rain.” plenty of time to put up their If the Knights hit a few more best ef for t and continue to greens rather than sand traps, sharpen their games. CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Senior Kat Rodziewicz’s injury forced classmate Mackenzie Noda to step into a larger role within the Scarlet Knights’ defense. Rodziewicz last played Sept. 18 against Monmouth.

ROLE: Noda’s leadership helps end six-game losing skid continued from back that role, as well, scoring her first goal of the season Saturday against Villanova. The team works harder to get the ball in the net, said the William Allen High School (Pa.) product. “Even in the Villanova game, when we’re in the circle, we take a lot more pride in getting outcomes,” Noda said. “If we don’t score, we’re at least looking for a shot or another rebound. This weekend that was our focus, and we definitely improved on it.”

When it comes to Noda, Tchou focused on what was most important in helping the team halt its six-game losing streak Sunday — Noda’s leadership. “She’ll show by example on the field,” Tchou said. “She’ll come up with an interception. She’s one of the fastest players on the team. We see her gun down 50/50 balls from 60 yards away. She inspires players by making plays.” But with Rodziewicz’s injury, Noda’s versatility is a huge help for Tchou, as well. “It’s funny how she’s not always back playing defense, but she’s in the circle trying to score,” Tchou said. “She has two extremes, and she does both very well.”

The Knights focus on improving their penalty corners. The problem has not been getting them — they earned 32 in their last three games — but conver ting. “Our corner sets are something we need to work on because we’ve had so many corner oppor tunities,” Tchou said. “But it’s not just her. It’s the for wards and mids that are rushing in there, not to be overzealous and just be poised in there, and the ball will come.” But when it comes to creating corner shots or being the first line of defense against opposing corner shots, Noda has Tchou’s trust.

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opportunity to see what areas the Knights still need to develop in participate in USTA Invitational their game. “We saw some ver y hard-hitting aggressive style of play this continued from back weekend.” Bucca said. “We met competitors who integrated With the season still young, more variety into their the Knights have plengame, so that’s what ty that they can we’re going to do this improve on over the week in practice, intenext several weeks. grate the similar styles “It’s ver y clear that we saw.” we’ll have to get The biggest key to better,” Bucca said. the team’s success, “Ever yone agreed according to Bucca, will that the best way to be their ability to play promote our improveRutgers’ style of tennis ment is to be indentiBEN BUCCA — the same philosophy fied as a hard-workthat Bucca preached to ing team. We left his team all year. Providence ver y motivated.” “They compete very hard in The Knights have plenty of the court.” Bucca said. “When it time to make those improvecomes to match time, we are ments, with their next challenge focused and very serious. That is coming Oct. 8-10 in the USTA really the features that is typical Invitational. And the stiff compefor Rutgers tennis.” tition in Providence presented an

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Days after becoming the first Big East wide receiver to haul in 16 catches in a game, Mohamed Sanu became the first member of the Rutgers football team this season honored by the conference. The Big East named the junior wide receiver its Offensive Player of the Week yesterday after Sanu’s 16-catch, 176-yard, two-touchdown performance against Ohio. “It’s a great thing, but I wasn’t really worried about it,” Sanu said. “I was more worried about getting the ‘W,’ and now I’m focused on Syracuse.” The South Brunswick High School product leads the nation in receptions per game with 12, and ranks eighth in yards per game with 121. Both stats are enough to lead the Big East and the Scarlet Knights, who have yet to see another wideout emerge. Junior Mark Harrison had a quiet star t to the season full of drops after breaking out last year. Redshir t freshman Brandon Coleman averages 24.0 yards per catch, but only has three catches. “Obviously Mo has a little more catches than the other guys, but I feel comfor table with how we’re getting the ball around,” said sophomore quarterback Chas Dodd. “I know we have so many playmakers that whoever is in at the time and has their number called will catch the ball and make something happen.” Dodd, Sanu and head coach Greg Schiano insist it is simply

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a matter of Sanu getting open through a play’s progressions, but Dodd repeatedly threw to Sanu on third downs. “We’re going to use what is our most experienced and, right now, our best receiver,” Schiano said. “We’re going to make him Choice 1. If they take away Choice 1, you better be able to go to Choice 2. If they take away Choice 2, you go to Choice 3. If they take away Choice 3, you better duck.”

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commit to star ting redshir t freshman Betim Bujari and freshman Kaleb Johnson on the right side of the of fensive line last week, but not this time. Each will make their second career start Saturday at the Carrier Dome. “I’ve never played in a dome,” said Johnson, a Jacksonville, Fla., native. “The bubble is the biggest thing I’ve ever played in.” Schiano hinted Sunday fifthyear senior Desmond Stapleton and sophomore Antwan Lowery, who Johnson and Bujari replaced as starters, could play. Neither saw the field Saturday, and Schiano said that was because Bujari and Johnson never tired. “When I see our opponent’s jerseys moving in and out really fast, let’s go, let’s speed it up, let’s run it down their throats,” Schiano said. “When I see ours, you want to rest somebody. I didn’t see that.”

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Merrell and tr ue freshman

Kevin Snyder will continue to split time at strongside linebacker, although Schiano said Merrell played his best game against Ohio. The Bear, Del., native redshir ted his first season in Piscataway, and then did not play last season as a redshir t freshman due to injur y. Schiano said Rutgers will apply for a sixth year of eligibility for Merrell when the time comes. “I look at him as a true freshman,” Schiano said. “That’s pretty nice.”

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come close to blocking a punt this season, but has yet to do it. Merrell narrowly missed one in the opener against North Carolina Central, and junior Wayne Warren came close against Ohio. “That’s our calling card and we haven’t done it,” Schiano said. “Maybe we’ll become a return team. Maybe we have to back off the gas. Maybe we’re trying to make something happen that’s not there.” The sure-handed Sanu returns punts now, but should Rutgers actually shift its philosophy, true freshman wideout Miles Shuler is an option to return punts. The 5-foot-10 speedster played in the opener, is healthy and will not redshir t, Schiano said.

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Junior wide receiver Mohamed Sanu, above, earned Big East honors in freshman Kaleb Johnson’s first career game.

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announced Rutgers’ Oct. 8 matchup with Pittsburgh will kick off at 3:30 p.m. at High Point Solutions Stadium.

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Junior setter Stephanie Zielinski, left, tallied 14 assists and 12 digs against Pittsburgh on Sunday for her eighth double-double of the season, while libero Kallie Pence recorded double-digit digs against West Virginia. The Scarlet Knights fell to six matches below .500 with their consecutive road defeats.

Knights suffer back-to-back losses to Big East foes BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER

Rutgers head volleyball coach CJ Werneke did not waste any words. “We lost two matches on the road in VOLLEYBALL the Big RUTGERS 0 East,” PITTSBURGH 3 he said. I t was as clear-cut as he wanted to be. Shut out, 3-0, to Pittsburgh (11-5, 1-1) Sunday and West Virginia (3-10, 1-1) Friday, the

Scarlet Knights dropped their first two Big East matches, falling to 6-12 on the season and 0-2 in Big East play. Pittsburgh and its Big East-best non-conference record offered a tall task for a Rutgers squad on a fourgame losing skid. Outmatched with size, the Knights were not ready. “They just beat us,” Werneke said. “We weren’t ready for their size and their ability to ser ve off the court. That was really the difference.” Hindered by 10 ser vice aces from the Panthers, the Knights struggled defensively.

Setter Stephanie Zielinski recorded her eighth doubledouble this season, notching 14 assists and 12 digs. But the 12 digs were not enough to stop the Panthers’ 12 aces and .268 hitting percentage. The Knights threatened with a comeback push midway through the second set against West Virginia and closed the gap, but could not finish the Mountaineers. “We had some opportunities in the second game,” Werneke said. “We had the momentum for most of the game, but we

didn’t find a way to finish it. We turned it over to Game 3, and we couldn’t quite get the momentum back.” Again letting up double-digit service aces, the Knights struggled to dig the ball. Libero Kallie Pence helped, recording 10 digs, but the senior captain could not lead her team past a str uggling Mountaineer squad. “It’s very hard to compete in the Big East when that happens,” Werneke said. “So we’ll have to adjust our ser ve-receive game this week.”

The Knights struggled on the road this season, losing their last seven matches — a stat that must improve for a team that lost only twice on its home court. The Knights look to rebound against South Florida Saturday in Tampa, Fla. After a comeback win against the Bulls a year ago, it would be a significant win for the Knights. “It would give our kids a bunch of confidence,” Werneke said. “We know we’re capable of playing better and winning. We just have to sustain some quality play.”

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RU opens season with strong play BY T.J. NAGY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

It was a weekend of ups and downs for the Rutgers women’s tennis team at the annual Brown Invitational, TENNIS which hosted six teams ranked regionally, including Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights won 10 of their 15 singles matches and nine of 12 in doubles competition. The team’s triumph in their doubles play, which head coach Ben Bucca said earlier in the year was an area that needed improvement, was a ver y nice surprise for the entire team. Sophomore Stefania Balasa and freshman Noor Judah had the most success in Providence, R.I. Both ended their weekend dominating the cour t and winning all three of their doubles matches. “We definitely had great success with doubles,” Bucca said. “We played some of the top teams in the east and hung with them all weekend. Three of our players won two out of their three doubles matches, which was great considering two of them were freshmen.” Freshmen Lindsay Balsamo and Satreethai Sasinin each notched two wins in their first collegiate doubles competitions. Along with Judah’s perfect 3-0 record, the three new Knights provided a huge boost to the team’s overall morale and confidence. “It lays the foundation for us to have a very, very bright future.” Bucca said. Seeing the freshmen step up their level of play is going to be a huge key to the Knights’ success. And with their first tour nament out of the way, any ner ves the team worried about subsided.

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Redshirt freshman running back Jawan Jamison shouldered the load for the Knights running game on Saturday, amassing a career-high 97 yards on 29 carries in only his second career game. The Stark, Fla., native averaged 10 carries per game in high school.

Redshirt shoulders load of ground game BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Redshir t freshman running back Jawan Jamison has long been patient for the Rutgers football team. FOOTBALL So when head coach Greg Schiano named true freshman running back

Savon Huggins the starter before kickof f against Ohio, Jamison stood by on the sideline, waiting to hear his name. And when Huggins coughed the ball up twice on the Scarlet Knights’ opening drive, the Stark, Fla., native continued to obser ve, ready for the coaching staff to call his number.

Eventually, his patience paid off. “It felt so good to finally go out there and actually get a chance,” Jamison said after his career-high 97-yard performance. “My o-line came through, my blockers downfield came through and I just followed them.” After arriving in Piscataway out of shape for consecutive training camps,

Jamison proved he could be a workhorse for Schiano in the backfield. The Bolles School (Fla.) product carried the ball on 29 of the team’s 43 attempts after Huggins struggled early, but was not effective from the outset for offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti.

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Senior accepts larger role with teammate out of action BY JOSH BAKAN CORRESPONDENT

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Senior back Mackenzie Noda scored her first goal of the season for the Scarlet Knights Saturday against Villanova. Noda regularly passes in the team’s penalty corners, as well.

Penalty cor ners for the Rutgers field hockey team a l w a y s FIELD HOCKEY star t at the same place: The end of one of its defensive player’s sticks. But Mackenzie Noda does not have to hustle from the defensive end of the field to the other side. She is already there on of fense. Head coach Liz Tchou trusts Noda to play many roles on the team. The senior back already ser ves a role on defense, passing in penalty corners, distributing the ball and leading as a captain. Classmate Kat Rodziewicz went down with an injur y after last week’s Monmouth game, and Noda found herself in a rare instance of taking on an unfamiliar role. Noda took over Rodziewicz’s role as a flyer for

the Scarlet Knights, making her the first line of defense on opponents’ penalty corners. “Kat is one of the hardest workers on the team. She’s really good at flying on defensive corners,” Noda said. “Especially for the flying par t, that’s really ner ve-wracking because it’s initially dangerous. You’re running at full-speed at someone who’s hitting a ball at you. At first I was a little bit ner vous, but we’re just figuring out how to get it done until she gets back.” But the Knights had to make up for more than only playing the fly without Rodziewicz. As a midfielder, versatility is a big par t of the Ocean, N.J., native’s game. Luckily for the Knights, that is also the case for Noda. Rodziewicz registered three goals this season in seven games. Noda showed signs of stepping into

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