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The Rutgers volleyball team struggled against Fordham in the past, but won, 3-1, last night at the College Avenue Gym to snap its losing streak.

Chris Christie to stay home for 2012 election

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New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill answers protester and city resident concerns about the case involving Barry Deloatch last night in the Ebenezer Baptist Church on Lee Avenue.

Gov. Chris Christie announced yesterday he would not run for president in 2012, ending months of speculation and uncertainty in the ranks of the Republican Party.

The governor stated his duty to New Jersey as a mayor was the reason for his decision, pledging to finish what he started some 20 months ago.

“New Jersey, whether you like it or not, you’re stuck with me,” Christie said in a nearly hour-long press conference at the New Jersey State House in Trenton.

Christie repeatedly stated he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination,

but admitted yesterday that he had been quietly reconsidering his decision. He said support from Republican Party members and private citizens had made him think twice.

But he decided now is not the time for him to run.

“I have a commitment to New Jersey that I simply will not abandon … That was the promise I made to the people of this state when I took office 20 months ago,” said the governor, who defeated incumbent Democrat Gov. Jon S. Corzine in a heated 2009 election.

Christie said the state has had many accomplishments so far into his tenure, but there is much to be done. If he were to leave,

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Mayor, protesters clash over Deloatch case at open forum

BY ANKITA PANDA METRO EDITOR

Tensions arose last night at the Ebenezer Baptist Church where Mayor Jim Cahill met with city residents and protesters to respond to Barry Deloatch’s death.

While the event was designed to ser ve as a question and answer session, it quickly turned into a heated debate in which both sides — Cahill and New Brunswick residents, many of whom personally knew Deloatch — engaged in a battle of words centered mostly on the role of the New Br unswick Police Department.

The 46-year-old New Brunswick man was shot and killed after an altercation with two NBPD of ficers on Sept. 22, and Cahill said the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Of fice is investigating the matter.

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The mayor urged all residents to stay calm regarding the situation and to continue to voice their opinions.

“We have a right to question, a right to demand answers, a right and must demand that justice is served,” he said. “Justice is not served if everyone rushes to judgment.”

Members of the audience rose in protest as Cahill touched upon a sensitive area regarding white police officers who have used force while on duty against another individual, generally black or Hispanic.

“We have been confronted by an AfricanAmerican being shot by a white police officer.

I will not pretend to understand how an African-American may perceive the police,” he said. “But we need to ask ourselves, ‘What more can be done?’”

Cahill urged all residents to rise above the incident and cooperate with the police to find

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Gov. Chris Christie considered running for the Republican presidential candidate nomination after receiving encouragement from party members and private citizens.

Association aims to attract alumni for homecoming week

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UNIVERSITY The Rutgers Touchdown Club gives football tickets to recovering substance abusers who cannot afford them.

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Andrew Agranovich, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, dishes out a stand-up comedy performance last night as part of the NJ Comedy Festival hosted by the Rutgers University Programming Association in the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room.

The Rutgers University Alumni Association is joining the effort to plan this year’s homecoming week, which will feature a slew of alumni events in addition to a variety of student events.

In conjunction with Student Life, the Rutgers University Programming Association and the University athletics department, the association lined up its activities to run from Oct. 1016 and culminate with the homecoming Rutgers vs. Navy football game.

Before the game, sponsors will team up to host a pre-game tailgate festival outside of Highpoint Solutions Stadium on Busch Campus, with prizes, free giveaways, an alumni appreciation tent, contests and a D.J., said Alyse Albaum, marketing assistant for the Alumni Relations at the University.

“It will have a street-fair vibe to it and offer the chance for more fans attending the football game to stop by to enjoy the music, free carnival-style games, prizes, thousands of giveaways, Kids’ Zone inflatable amusements, contests and tailgate food,” said Donna Thornton, vice president for Alumni Relations.

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Ticket donations help former drug abusers overcome their past

BY JESSICA PAO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In an effort to help residents of Integrity House overcome drug and alcohol abuse, members of the Rutgers Touchdown Club donated football tickets to those willing to pass time in a different way.

Integrity House is a substanceabuse treatment center serving clients at their campuses based in Newark and Secaucus with over 1,400 individuals treated annually, according to their website.

Katie Sharpe, a University graduate student and longtime Scarlet Knights season-ticket holder, has been working at Integrity House for the past two years. She contacted the Rutgers Touchdown Club last year with a donation request of football tickets on behalf of the residents.

“My dad has taken me to Rutgers football games since I was five years old,” she said. “I thought this might be a good way to help the residents.”

She said attending the football games made a positive impact for residents of the substance-abuse treatment center who otherwise would not have been able to afford the tickets.

“The majority of them are lowincome so they don’t really have the means to go to an event like this on their own,” she said. “Also, because they are in drug treatment, they are learning how to do things without drugs and alcohol.”

Sharpe said she appreciates the Rutgers Touchdown Club’s generosity.

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By donating University football tickets, the Rutgers Touchdown Club aims to help residents of the Integrity House, a substance abuse treatment center in Newark and Secaucus, find positive activities without drugs. The club has been donating tickets since last October.

Joe Lemkin, then-president of the Rutgers Touchdown Club, responded to Sharpe’s request in October with a donation of over 30 tickets.

Since then, the Rutgers Touchdown Club continued to donate tickets to Integrity House, he said.

“We did it for three games last year and did it for the first two home games this year,” he said.

Lemkin agreed to donate tickets to the residents of Integrity House because the purpose of the Rutgers Touchdown Club is

U. PROFESSOR, RESEARCH TEAM WINS NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS Saurabh Jah, an assistant professor in the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, was recognized yesterday as a Nobel Prize winner in physics for being part of a research team of the three scientists who discovered that the universe continues to expand, speeding up more and more while doing so.

Early in his doctoral program at Har vard University, Jah contributed to one of the independent studies that led to the 1998 findings about the everexpanding universe, according to a University media relations press release.

“In modern astronomy, a lot of work is done by big teams,” Jah said, recalling 20 people who worked with winners Brian Schmidt and Adam Reiss.

“Getting on this team as a graduate student was an exciting opportunity. I’m glad to have played a small part in the discovery.”

Jah joined the team in 1997, where he observed bright exploding stars at the edges the universe and gauged their distance and their rate of recession.

“Exploding stars sounded really cool, and that’s why I wanted to study them,” he said in the release.

But he said he did not realize how tedious the work could be.

“The bulk of the work was sitting in front of a computer analyzing data,” Jah said.

He once had to send a laptop computer with essential programs on a ferry from an observatory in Hawaii to one in Chile, he said in the release.

“At the time, we thought we knew the answer — the universe was slowing down,” he said. “We were not expecting it to turn out the way it did. …

In the end, we had to go where the data took us and see what the rest of the astronomical community thought.”

Jah is still studying exploding stars, called “type 1a supernovae,” measuring their distance and speed with increasingly higher precision.

to support the football team in any way.

“Not only money-wise, but in any way that will bring positive goodwill to the football program,” he said.

Lemkin was enthusiastic about teaming up with Integrity House to aid its residents because of the idea of helping them overcome their drug and/or alcohol addiction.

“I just thought it would be a good thing to help these people who had troubles in their lives,” he said. “These people are having

a tough time in a hard situation trying to rehabilitate themselves.

We wanted to give them an opportunity to get out and do something positive.”

The Rutgers Touchdown Club serves as the booster club for the University football team, according to the club website.

The club was founded by a group of downtown New Brunswick businessmen, including then-mayor Chet Paulus, said Dr. Paul Jennings, a club member since 1955 on the website. Members would directly

donate money to football players to provide for their tuition, room and board.

Members used to hold meetings every Friday during the eight-game season, Jennings said on the website. One of the noteworthy guests who attended these meetings was former University president Mason Gross, who sat alongside a referee and was remembered to have participated actively in discussions.

Since it opened in 1938, the club has more than 1,100 members, according to the website.

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ALUMNI: Kevin Hart to perform at RUPA comedy show continued from front A contest at the festival, “Homecoming Idol 2011,” will let University students and alumni put their vocal chords to the test, said Lori Riley, acting director of Alumni Communications.

“We’re excited to have six great singers from the Rutgers community perform in the pre-game festival,” Riley said. “There [are] a lot of other great performances [being planned], including student musical groups at Rutgers. It’s a great way for people to directly participate in activities.”

Contest finalists will receive two tickets to the Broadway musical Wicked, Albaum said.

The Alumni Association will also sponsor the “Run for RAH: 5k Charity Race and Mile Fun Walk” on Oct. 16. Presented by Liberty Mutual, “Run for RAH” will benefit Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services, a charitable organization.

“This is a great event for students to become involved with during homecoming weekend to give back to the community,” Albaum said.

Pre-registration costs $20 for

CHRISTIE: Poll reports 17 percent support NJ governor continued from front he believes the consequences for the state would be too great.

“I’m doing a job that I love in the state I grew up in,” he said.

“In the end, what I always felt was the right decision remains the right decision today — now is not my time.”

The 49-year-old governor made clear the decision was ultimately his and that his wife Mary Pat Christie and two children would have supported whatever path he chose.

“The deciding factor was that it did not feel right to me, in my gut, to leave now when the job isn’t finished,” he said.

Christie said he does want the countr y to succeed, but he thinks that could happen as long as President Barack Obama is not re-elected. The governor does not regret his choice to not run next year and may reconsider his candidacy in the future.

Enthusiasm among Republicans at the prospect of Christie’s candidacy showed the split in conser vative voters with Mitt Romney, Herman Cain and Rick Perr y having 17 percent, 12 percent and 10 percent voter support, respectively, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.

Christie was tied with Romney at 17 percent.

John Weingar t, associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, said Christie’s decision not to run would leave Romney as the standout candidate, giving him an advantage over Perr y or tea par ty favorite Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn.

“I think Mitt Romney would be the main beneficiary of this,” he said. “As a Republican frontrunner, he would get more of Christie’s [potential] votes.”

His decision not to run removes one of the big uncertainties in the Republican race.

The only outstanding conser vative candidates now are former

the 5k and $15 for the walk, although participants can register the day of the event for $5 more. Participants are also asked to bring a non-perishable food item as well, she said.

Christine Tiritilli, chair of the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors, thinks the run will come close to the homecoming game in terms of attendance.

This is the first year the Rutgers Excellence in Alumni Leadership Awards will be a part of homecoming, which should result in more alumni attending, Thornton said.

“The Rutgers University Alumni Association’s goal is to bring more alumni, family members and friends back to campus to enjoy all that the great Rutgers University has to offer,” Thornton said. “We are proud to connect current Rutgers students with alumni in the homecoming celebrations — because after all, students are future alumni.”

RUPA is sponsoring other homecoming events, including the annual Charity Bed Races on Oct. 13 at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus, which benefits New Brunswick public schools.

The bed races is a popular homecoming tradition at the University, with more than 50 teams of four students decorating beds and racing them down College Avenue, said Senior Student Programming

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, but the chances of their entering the race are low.

Another advantage Christie had was his ability to quickly garner support, Weingart said.

“It certainly wouldn’t have been too late for him to join the race,” he said.

He said Christie’s chances were always good with a relatively big number of Republican voters calling for his candidacy and enough time to raise funds and organize a campaign.

“He did have a chance to make a good candidate, who had a good chance of winning,” he said. “Christie will certainly make a good candidate in the future if he decides to announce his candidacy.”

Christie’s popularity among Republican voters is also reflected in his role as governor, Weingart said.

He received a significant amount of media coverage in the days before he made his decision, even after repeated statements that he would not run.

“I think the governor is probably strengthened by this,” Weingart said. “He was in a pretty good position in the state before this, a month ago, and this national attention has been a good thing for him.”

He said the N.J. governor still holds a ver y powerful position, and his chances of becoming president in the future were not unsubstantiated.

“He may or may not have enjoyed it, but he’s received compliments from a wide variety of people,” Weingart said.

Christie was viewed as a blunt speaker who challenged teachers unions in New Jersey and brought a handful of financial cuts. His backers found his composed but aggressive attitude a positive in contrast to Perr y’s or others’ dispositions.

“He not only is a powerful governor, but he’s a powerful governor who, even more than before, looks like he has a reasonable chance at being president,” Weingart said. “Just not this year.”

Coordinator Carey Loch via email correspondence.

Students can enter the races by donating hats and gloves for children in New Brunswick, with most participants representing fraternities, residence halls or theatre groups, Loch said.

“It’s a great night for everyone involved. Bed Races is always one of the most popular events each year,” she said.

Additionally, RUPA is sponsoring an outdoor screening of “Cars 2” at High Point Solutions Stadium along with the athletics department on Oct. 14 and a sold-out Homecoming Comedy Show featuring Kevin Hart on Oct. 15, Loch said.

“The Homecoming Comedy Show this year sold out in less than a day so RUPA definitely chose a popular comedian and promoted it well,” she said. “The outdoor movie appeals to students, alumni and families with children … it [has] the feel of a giant drive-in movie.”

Thornton said this year’s homecoming week was designed to cater to anyone who might attend.

“Whether you’re a current student, an alumnus who graduated 50 years ago or somewhere in between, homecoming is a fantastic oppor tunity to celebrate your scarlet spirit on campus,” she said.

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FORUM: Cahill urges all to be patient with investigation continued from front answers that might help prevent future crimes.

But Conneil Gavin, whose sister is the mother of Deloatch’s children, said he wants more concrete answers from the legal authority.

Gavin, who considered Deloatch a brother-in-law, demanded that the mayor apologize.

“Start by saying, ‘I’m sorry,’” Gavin said to Cahill, “[Don’t say] ‘I don’t have the answer.’ That damages your reputation. And to be honest, we are the people who had you here, the people who hold you up.”

Cahill said experts are examining 38 items of evidence and until the results are out, there is little he can do.

But David Harris, a member of the church who sat in on the meeting, criticized the mayor for not taking more action.

Residents arrived at the meeting expecting answers, and because their requests have not yet been met they continue to raise protests and hold rallies, Harris said.

“We came here to say you cannot treat us like this and expect us to be quiet,” he said. “It’s a political issue because we’re powerless to do anything but this. What do we

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have to do? We have to come here like this to be heard. We have to expose ourselves to the police.”

When Cahill discussed the topic of race, Harris believes the mayor turned the issue from a solely political matter to something triggered by racial inequalities.

“It’s not about you, Jim,” he said.

“This is not a personal matter.”

Although Cahill insisted his doors are open to all races and urges all New Brunswick residents to come forward and talk to him, he said to be careful when expecting definitive answers.

“There is no weekly CSI [Crime Scene Investigation] show where cases get wrapped up in 60 minutes,” he said.

As Cahill continued to urge all residents to be patient with law enforcement, a group of attendees abruptly stood up and left the meeting. In response, he argued that residents are not listening.

“Folks walked out while I was willing to talk to them,” he said.

“The community at large was expressing some outrage.”

Sam Phillips, a Somerset resident and member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, said he was not sure what to expect of the event.

“I wanted to hear what the mayor said about the incident,” he said. “As of now, I don’t know what happened. I think we’re all still here to find out.”

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The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum will host its monthly “Art After Hours” event from 5 to 9 p.m. with a screening of the 2009 film “Perestroika” along with a meet-and-greet with the director. Students will be reading poetry selections and tours of the exhibition “Cast Me Not Away: Soviet Photography in the 1980s.” Complimentary refreshments will be served. The Museum Store will offer a 20 percent discount on all purchases. Student, faculty and Zimmerli members are free to attend while nonUniversity members are $6 to attend. For more information, visit zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu.

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“Freaky Firsts” will take place from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at RutgersZone on Livingston campus. It will be a first to remember. There will be free food, games and prizes. All University students are welcome. For more information call Health Outreach, Promotion and Education at (732) 932-1965.

Health, Outreach, Promotion and Education will host ‘Beautiful You-Accepting the Warrior Within” at 9 p.m. in Room 201B of Livingston Campus Center. Come hear author Rosie Molinar y, author of “Beautiful You” and “Hijas Americanas” speak about self-acceptance. Books will be available for purchase and for the author to sign. For more information visit rhshope.rutgers.edu.

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

Rutgers Business School will host a social in Livingston Hall from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Students, faculty and deans can network over food, raffles and music on a more intimate level than a classroom. For more information visit the Rutgers Business School website.

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Rutgers Homecoming 2011 takes place this weekend.

Highlights include the Rutgers University vs. Navy football game, pregame tailgate, wings bowl, Rutgers Excellence in Alumni Leadership Awards, Young Alumni Celebration, Alumni Leaders Conference and a historical walking tour.

For more information and the Homecoming schedule, visit ralumni.com/homecoming.

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The “Run for Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) 5K Charity Race and 1 Mile Fun Walk” will take place from 8 a.m. to noon at the North Gate of Rutgers Stadium on Busch campus. Rutgers University Alumni Association will host the event. RAH is working to make a difference in the lives of those suffering from hunger. The proceeds from this event will help RAH fill food pantries, sponsor programs and increase hunger awareness. Pre-registration price of $20 for the 5K race and $15 for the one mile walk is available through Oct. 10 and registration on race day is $25 for the 5K race and $20 for the one mile walk. Run for RAH 2011 Tshirts are given out to all participants registered by Oct. 10.

For more information and online registration, visit alumni.rutgers.edu, call (848) 932-2299 or email RunforRah@winants.rutgers.edu.

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FORMER HOUSE INSPECTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION NEWARK, N.J. — A former Jersey City housing inspector pleaded guilty to tax evasion for not reporting cash payments from a federal informant who posed as a real estate developer.

John Guarini entered his plea yesterday in Newark federal court.

The 62-year-old was among 44 people arrested in July 2009 in New Jersey’s largest corruption case.

Guarini admitted he accepted $20,000 cash from Solomon Dwek, who posed as a crooked developer looking to have permits expedited.

The count of filing a false federal income tax return can result in up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Guarini is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 4 by the court.

ATLANTIC CITY CASINOS TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH POLICE, SECURITY ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City’s 11 casinos will share critical information during emergencies with State Police and Homeland Security officials under a new arrangement.

The state attorney general’s office says the Mutualink system will let authorities and the casino quickly and securely share voice, video and text files.

The system is designed to link the casinos with dispatchers, police, fire and EMS and other public safety agencies.

One particular feature of the system will allow law enforcement to tap into the closed-circuit television systems of each casino.

FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO SERVE TIME FOR SOLICITING ‘MINOR’ ROCKVILLE, Md. — The former chief of staff for a New Jersey congressman will serve jail time after pleading guilty to soliciting sex from a minor, in reality an undercover police officer.

Robert Decheine pleaded guilty yesterday in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Maryland and was sentenced to 18 months in jail with all but four months suspended.

Decheine ran the Washington and New Jersey offices of Rep. Steve Rothman, a Democrat from northern New Jersey, beginning in May 2003. The 49-year-old was fired in 2010 after being arrested in an undercover police sting.

Decheine’s attorney, Stanley Reed, said his client has taken responsibility for his behavior and is in therapy to address his issues. With credit for good behavior, Decheine will likely serve two to three months of his sentence.

— all from The Associated Press

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Demonstrators plan to gather tomorrow in Jersey City’s financial district to stage protests like the “Occupy Wall Street” movement in New York.

Wall Street protesers to hit Jersey City streets THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The “Occupy Wall Street” movement is coming to Wall Street West.

Demonstrators are planning to gather tomorrow afternoon in front of the Goldman Sachs offices in Jersey City, in the heart of the city’s financial district.

The area earned the nickname ‘Wall Street West’ after many global financial firms relocated to Jersey City in the wake of 9/11. The section of the city’s downtown has many high rises, and is directly across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan.

The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations began Sept. 17 with a handful of protesters outside the New York Stock

Exchange and have since spread to cities across the countr y. In addition to the Jersey City event at 2 p.m. tomorrow, protesters plan to gather at the same time in front of the Statehouse in Trenton.

Like many participating in the protests, 22-year-old Eric Sundman of Chatham said he was motivated to join the growing movement after watching 700 protesters get arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge during the weekend. Sundman had been using social media to help organize the New Jersey protests, which he said are aimed at lawmakers and big corporations that Sundman says have helped cause the financial crisis, but have done little to stop it.

“I want the people of Goldman Sachs to realize that’s our tax dollars we gave you during the crisis to bail you out,” Sundman said.

“But we’re not seeing any of the thanks. We’re not getting jobs, or help paying down our debts, like student loans or car payments.”

A spokeswoman for Goldman Sachs declined to comment on the planned protest.

Jersey City Police Lt. Edgar Martinez said the city is prepared for the protests and is planning accordingly. He said as of yesterday no one had applied for a permit to march, but the protesters would be allowed to gather as long as they didn’t impede pedestrians or traffic.

“We don’t anticipate any problems,” Martinez said, “because we anticipate everything being

orderly, and individuals adhering to the law while they’re exercising their fundamental right to freedom of speech.”

Participants range from college students worried about job prospects to middle-age workers who have been recently laid off.

The protests have been loosely organized around the concept, as Sundman says, that “money shouldn’t influence politics, people should influence politics.”

“I’m glad that everyone is getting active, and the fact that this is not partisan,” said Sundman, who graduated recently with a culinary arts degree and has been unable to find steady work. “It’s not left, it’s not right; we’re all in this together. That’s what democracy is, and that’s what we’re trying to spread.”

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et again, members of the GOP are on the offensive against government-sponsored family planning programs. The latest threat comes from Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., whose proposed budget bill for 2012 aims to ax 79 programs he considers “wasteful.”

Unsurprisingly, this includes Title X, which funds family planning services for low-income citizens. There is, however, a fatal flaw in the GOP’s attacks against Title X. Though they consider it wasteful, it’s actually a tremendous money-saver for the taxpayers.

The total Medicaid cost of a birth came out to roughly $12,613 in 2008. One has to admit that is a pretty huge amount to ask the taxpayers to shoulder. However, Title X is a way to prevent such major drains on taxpayer money from occurring. In opposition to the relatively high costs of birth, consider that it only costs taxpayers a relatively small figure to fund Title X’s distribution of contraceptives — namely, $257 per person receiving said contraceptives. If we eliminate Title X, we eliminate the distribution of these contraceptives and other family planning services. If we do that, we likely increase the amount of low-income births, which leads to more $12,613 bills for citizens to foot. Take a step backward and look at the bigger picture, and Title X starts to look even more valuable. The government only spends $300 million a year to fund Title X, and that ends up saving taxpayers a total of $3.4 billion.

Sounds like a pretty good investment, not the wasteful extravagance that the GOP makes it out to be.

This is clearly a situation where the GOP is letting their ideals override their pragmatic decisions. While they should be working to balance the budget and help America reign in its costs to cut debt, what they are instead doing is attacking a program that would end up causing more financial woes for the country if it were eliminated. We’re not surprised, of course. Family planning programs have always been favorite targets of Republican politicians. But now is especially not the time for such destructive decisions. The U.S. needs to be saving money, not throwing it away in fits of idealistic ecstasy.

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tarbucks already has a reputation as a company committed to social change — see, for example, the line of Ethos Water that they carry — so it comes as no surprise that the company is throwing its hat into the philanthropic ring yet again. This time, Starbucks is focusing on stimulating the economy. By pairing up with the Opportunity Finance Network, a nonprofit organization that aims to give loans to small businesses, Starbucks hopes to help spur economic growth, something that our country dearly needs these days. Their method of fundraising, however, is what’s interesting. The company will be asking its patrons for donations of $5 or more starting Nov. 1, compared to other companies, which usually ask for much smaller donations when they engage in this sort of charity work. The relatively hefty $5 minimum donation may seem like a hurdle at first, but given Starbucks’s clientele, we can easily foresee this being a success.

It is not uncommon for a place like Starbucks to ask its patrons for donations to go toward charitable causes. Usually, though, companies only ask for much smaller donations at the register, perhaps a dollar or two. That’ s why Starbucks’s $5 minimum comes as a bit of a surprise.

Given that the economy is in such poor form so as to require aid in the first place, it’s odd that Starbucks would ask its patrons to reach so deeply into their pockets to give. But one must remember that Starbucks is a pretty upscale coffee shop. Its regular patrons tend to be of the higher tax brackets, making it more likely that they’ll be willing to give. Plus, Starbucks is in and of itself a status symbol already.

There’s a chance that its patrons will give solely as a means of demonstrating their class status even more. Even if the donations come from a place of self-congratulations, they’re still going to a good cause. We’re willing to overlook it for the sake of economic stimulus.

Also, the $5 minimum has the added bonus of making it more likely that Starbucks will collect a good amount of money with these efforts.

Even if fewer people give because of the steep price tag, the gifts the company does receive will be high enough that they should easily make up for any lost donors. On the flip side, the high minimum may even end up attracting more donors than usual. The prospect of being asked to give so much may make people feel like they’ re really making a difference by donating, prompting them to say yes at the register.

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he occupation of Wall billionaire is completely lost Street is going subon them. Frankly, it’s hard stantially uncovered to take it seriously. by major media outlets, causLook at old pictures from ing some understandable the marches and sit-ins of the outrage in protestors. More Civil Rights Movement. than 700 arrests were made When people took to the on Sunday, as the protest streets to demand civil rights, CODY GORMAN made its way to the Brooklyn they didn’t just go out in whatBridge, and activists were ever they were wearing — arrested for blocking streets and disorderly conduct. they got dressed up in their Sunday best. It seems like The protest has only become larger as the days wear a silly distinction, to assert that the level of dress was on and gained celebrity support from liberal voices any indicator of the seriousness and impact of the like Roseanne Barr, Michael Moore and Lupe event, but it’s true. A Wall Street CEO or hedge fund Fiasco. However, outlets like Yahoo News and The manager in a $5,000 suit is likely to ignore thousands of New York Times remain cautious to report on it, and people in civilian clothes on the way to their office, it has drawn the literary ire of more conservative much like they’d normally do on a normal work day. news sources like Fox News and the Wall Street This is especially true when that person is walking past Journal. There are a few reasons why the protest has people he sees as liberals, hippies or college students received harsh criticisms and limitwith finely tuned senses of entitleed media coverage, and frankly, ment. When that same millionaire or “I know that there is billionaire is exposed to thousands of most of them are justified.

To start, the movement has little with a unified message and a daunting inequality people unity, political affiliation or specified level of seriousness about their movegoals. This is not seen as a problem ment, which they demonstrate by in this country.” by the protestors, though. To the wearing business attire, the message protestors, the movement’s lack of becomes sharper and more lasting. specificity is a plus. The plurality of goals and gripes What pains me the most is that in abstract, I supwith big banking and the federal government’s legport the movement. I do believe that CEOs of banks islation and lack of punishment for corporate frauds and large corporations have gotten off too easily is seen as a collection of American views that repreunder President Barack Obama’s administration, sents the “99 percent” of Americans who have a varibut I also understand that part of the blame for the ety of problems with the “1 percent.” While it is an economic crisis also lies on the shoulders of people innovative take on conventional protesting, it preswho took out mortgages they couldn’t rightfully pay. ents a few problems regarding its public relations.

I too, believe that income inequality in the United Sure, the amount of opinions and voices expressed States is horrifying, and that the upper 1 percent has on Wall Street represent a multitude of takes on done little by way of creating jobs to justify the tax what should be done to correct our income inequalbreaks and incentives that legislation has provided ity and distribution of wealth, but the fact remains them. I, too, know that corporate personhood and that there is no unifying cause behind the protests intense corporate lobbying are harmful for the beyond the idea that something is wrong with the country. This protest is just a poorly executed way money is spread out across income levels. expression of those ideas. Disregarding the fact that Ignoring the mass disharmony rampant in the all Americans are “the 1 percent” to the citizens of trenches of the Wall Street occupation, there is a impoverished third-world countries ravaged by war, fundamental problem in public relations regarding tyranny and famine, I know that there is daunting physical appearance. While some professionals like inequality in this country. Spending days in front of airline pilots and some members of the armed Wall Street with no sense of direction or purpose forces showed up in uniform representing a crisp, will not remedy those ailments — it will only anger professional contingent, the masses in New York and draw ridicule from those with the power to City are dressed in what has come to be the tradimake changes. Learn from the successes of the tional garb of today’s activists — ill-fitting T-shirts, Civil Rights Movement — have a unified front, an jeans, cargo shorts and the like, either bought from expressed goal, dress well and demand equality thrift stores for trendiness or from stores like from your fellow Americans.

American Apparel and Urban Outfitters. For some Cody Gorman is a School of Arts and Sciences senreason, I feel that the irony of both supporting large ior majoring in political science and Middle Eastern corporations by wearing this clothing to a protest on studies with a minor in history. His column, “The Wall Street, and supporting a company — Urban Tuning Fork,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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‘Occupy Wall Street’ matures, strives forward Letter JOSHUA PAUL

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e began singing, “The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round all the way to jail.” Here we were again.

Detained, zip-cuffed, but energized as ever. The only difference? There were 700 of us loaded on three Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) buses idling on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Three hours earlier, 3,000 to 4,000 people were at Zuccotti Park conversing and eating, preparing for the day’s march.

New faces, new signs, new strength. Mini MicChecks began describing what “Occupy Wall Street” represents, “This is a non-violent, peaceful demonstration.” Moments later, the march was underway.

I made my way across the street and walked parallel with “Occupy Wall Street.” Police presence was heavy as usual.

After a few photos, I crossed the street in between slow traffic and awestruck pedestrians. I was now in front of the march with other photographers and journalists. If police instigated anything, we were there with our cameras ready.

After a few photos, I joined the march and chanted, “All day, all week. ‘Occupy Wall Street!’”

It was amazing. Hundreds of kids, adolescents, young and middle-aged adults, as well as senior citizens marched in solidarity against something they — even if they couldn’t formulate it with Ph.D. precision — knew was fundamentally wrong with our current financial, legal and political systems.

I continued walking with the crowd until we approached an opening near the Brooklyn Bridge. I ran ahead and climbed onto a structure to get a better view. It was beautiful, breathtaking and bold. We were composed of multiple, unique social identities. Socio-economic status was irrelevant, and race, religion and sexual preference were unifying, not divisive, characteristics. I turned my head to the left and saw the march progressing toward the Brooklyn Bridge’s pedestrian walkway. I jumped down, mumbled a curse from the pain that shot up my foot and rejoined the march as the chant, “Whose streets? Our streets!” continued.

I ran between people and made my way to the front once again. The crowd was ecstatic, as marching into Brooklyn was something we had not yet done. I climbed onto the divider separating traffic from us. The march extended all the way back, spanning blocks beyond my view. I stepped down and continued forward. Several minutes later, people yelled, “We’re taking the bridge!” I stepped onto the divider again and saw that the crowds who were blocking the street near the bridge’s entrance were being led by the New York City Police Department. As the march’s tail end caught up, people began hopping the divider.

After a few photos, I jumped the divider and joined those walking side by side with traffic. “Whose bridge? Our bridge!” was the new chant that echoed. Brooklyn was only a few hundred yards away — until the NYPD met us halfway and formed a human barricade.

Moments later, demonstrators were turned around and zipped one by one.

Daily review: laurels and darts

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acebook is for more than just fun and games now. According to a study done by researchers at the University of WisconsinMadison and the University of Washington, Seattle, Facebook is also useful as a tool for screening people for drinking problems. In the study, researchers divided 300 undergraduate Facebook profiles into three groups — those whose profiles contained no references to alcohol, those whose profiles reference alcohol, but not drunkenness and those whose profiles referenced phrases like “being drunk” and “getting wasted.” Then, the owners of the profiles completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. According to the results, the group of profiles with references to drunkenness had an average score of 9.5, which suggests people in this group were at risk for a drinking problem. We give the researchers a laurel for shining a new light on the uses of social media. *

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As more were arrested, the police advanced forward, creating a pit where we could barely move or breathe. A young girl next to me began screaming, “I can’t breathe!” and pushed people to reach and climb the bridge’s fence. She removed the stockings under her jeans, followed by her T-shirt. She was calm now, but the situation was worsening.

After a half hour, the police reached the line I found myself in.

The guy smoking a cigarette next to me offered a drag and said, “It’s gonna be a while.” I took a pull, reversed my bookbag onto my chest, and then I was cuffed.

“As more and more people become aware of this movement ... more join. ” The police were assigned their four prisoners and loaded us on the MTA bus. We began introducing ourselves, asking where we were from. Texas, Manhattan, Nebraska. Wherever we traveled from, our spirits remained high and the energy was even higher. The singing started and the bus made its way.

Two hours and three precincts later, we finally arrived at Midtown North Precinct.

After seeing a couple seated in front of me using their phones, I decided to go for mine.

The zip-ties were tight, but I didn’t care. I twisted my right hand around, stood up and tried to reach it but couldn’t. I asked the guy in front to give me a hand.

He reached into my pocket and handed me my Android.

Achievement unlocked. I powered it on, photographed the scene and updated my Twitter before being led inside.

Midtown North was different than last week’s 1 Police Plaza — yes, I was arrested last week as well. It was smaller and much colder. Our arresting of ficer counted our money, searched us and had us remove our shoelaces and belts. Then three of us we were led into our tiny 4by-8-foot cell.

“Officer, I need my SPF-40!

My lips is chapped!” set the tone for the night. Endless jokes were made from all eight cells.

“Officer, please tell the front desk I’ll take my wake-up call around 8 a.m. No earlier, no later.”

But then we returned to our “Occupy Wall Street” roots and held a General Assembly.

A facilitator was chosen, and each cell was given 10 minutes to create and discuss an agenda. Topics included Cell 14’s faulty flushing, prison exercises, toiletr y sharing, legal advice, solidarity actions while in prison and post-meal food and drinks. The discussion was fluid, and people asked to be on stack before speaking.

Preser ving the democratic ideals that have been at the heart of ever y “Occupy Wall Street” General Assembly was remarkable. Jail had not and would not deter the spirit of “Occupy Wall Street.”

Hours after being falsely promised food and threatened with additional charges if we did not keep our voices down, we were released three to four at a time. I re-laced my shoes, put on my belt, took a couple photos and received three summonses.

We walked outside and were greeted with cheers from the

National Lawyers Guild and other “Occupy Wall Street” members. We were given water, food and anti-Obama T-shirts. I booted up my phone and began updating as more and more people were released.

I thanked the greeters for everything and made my way back to Zuccotti Park. As I walked, I reflected on the past two weeks. Sept. 17, our first day.

Sept. 18, snobby jabs from professors and industry professionals.

Mid-week, a lack of mainstream media coverage. Sept. 24, my first arrest. Sept. 25, slanted reporting from the mainstream media. But, despite it all, “Occupy Wall Street” is growing.

As more and more people become aware of this movement, which is independent of rightand left-wing political rhetoric and socioeconomic status, more join. Labor unions are joining “Occupy Wall Street” in New York City, and other U.S. cities are beginning their own “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations. The occupiers have also asked university students to join the largest student walkout this Wednesday, Oct. 5 at noon.

From what I’ve seen, “Occupy Wall Street” is a movement that continues to mature with more organization, funding and public support. Whether the Arab Spring has arrived here in the fall is uncertain. What is certain, however, is that the solidarity, love and message will continue inspiring the world as the demonstrations enter their third week.

Joshua Paul is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in information technology & informatics with a minor in digital communication, information and media.

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your height I’d have a bunch,’” Crooks said. “But at the same use of Medcalf’s offensive game time she’s been very close. Over the last few years she’s been a lot more accurate with her headers.” continued from back It will be a valuable tool for Julie Lancos. “She wins pretty Crooks to have at his expense much every ball in the air, so it over the weekend, when DePaul makes it a lot easier.” and perennial conferBut her height is ence powerhouse also something Crooks Notre Dame pay a visit hopes can become to Yurcak Field. The more of a weapon for Knights take a threethe Knights as they game losing streak into head into a pivotal Big their first match Friday, East weekend at home. and for Medcalf, the While Medcalf team’s performance in scored the Knights’ the midfield is crucial only goal in a 2-1 loss to for snapping the skid.

ASHLEY Syracuse Sunday, it Based on how she occurred on a set piece. fared throughout her MEDCALF Medcalf knocked it into career at Rutgers, conthe bottom right of the net with sistency in the midfield is the her foot. least of Crooks’ worries.

“She’s never scored off her “That’s a critical part of the head since she’s been here. I field to win, and she’s done always tell her things like, ‘I’m 5such an excellent job of it,” foot-4 so that’s ridiculous. If I had Crooks said.

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Junior setter Stephani Zielinski, a St. Thomas Aquinas product, amassed 52 assists last night against Fordham in a 3-1 win.

DEMONS: Rutgers bests Fordham in Game 4 for victory continued from back “That momentum that Fordham got [in Game 2] continued in Game 3 and hitting really plagued us,” Werneke said. “In Game 4 we let it go and star ted out strong and finished strong.”

With the Rams pressing forward after their win in the third game, the Knights came out strong in the four th, not wasting any time to get ahead and maintain their lead.

Senior Hannah Cur tis, who tied her season high with 17 kills, spearheaded the attack.

The performance was what Curtis needed to get out of a slump, she said.

“I think I’ve had a couple slow games and rough games for me, so I think I came out strong,” Cur tis said. “I haven’t been playing as well as I think I should, so I guess this game was really good for me, just for a little boost in confidence.”

Curtis racked up 11 of her 17 kills in the first two games, but Fordham began to catch on, she said.

“The coach told us that they were pinching on me when I was hitting, and so with that when I was hitting slides and going behind the setter. Then Steph [Zielinski] would dish the ball to Tif fany [Regmund] or Sofi [Cucuz],” she said.

Regmund and Cucuz took full advantage, with Regmund totaling 11 kills and Cucuz notching a career-high 17 kills.

Zielinski also got in on the action.

The junior setter racked up 52 assists last night against the Rams.

“Steph did a good job contributing and dishing out the ball to other people,” Cur tis said. “She played awesome, so when she plays so good, it’s easy for anyone to get kills.”

The key to the Knights’ success was their execution of the game plan with only one day to prepare, Werneke said.

“We only had one day to practice for Fordham coming of f the weekend,” he said. “For our players to be able to retain and execute on such shor t notice is a good indication that hopefully we can do that with longer preparation.”

The win was what the team needed in order to prepare for its upcoming matches.

“It’s great any time you win,” Werneke said. “It gets us some momentum going into our next few matches at home and Big East play.”

If the Knights want to pick up Big East wins, they have to finish as strong as they did last night instead of star ting out behind, the team’s trend lately, Werneke said.

“It’s so impor tant for this team to star t out strong. For whatever reason the last couple matches we’ve been down consistently,” he said. “[Last night] was really good to see us come out in Games 1 and 4 and really star t out strong and then finish.”

They need to do the same as they enter a string of 11 straight Big East games, star ting Friday against Cincinnati With the Fordham win, the team knows the difference between a non-conference game and a Big East game.

“Whenever we play a conference game, there’s a little more pressure on us,” Curtis said. “We’re just going out to really win.”

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ndianapolis Colts defensive tackle and former Scarlet Knight Eric Foster underwent surgery on his ankle yesterday after suffering a gruesome fracture in the Colts’ Monday Night Football matchup with the Tampa Bay Bucaneers.

Foster, who is in his fourth NFL season and started the game, will remain in a Florida hospital for three to four days.

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John Brantley is out for at least this week’s game against topranked Louisiana State, and possibly more.

Head coach Will Muschamp named true freshman Jeff Driskel the starter for the next game. Redshirt freshmen Tyler Murphy and Jacoby Brissett will take reps in practice this week and could see the field, as well.

Brantley has a lower leg injury with no set timetable for a return, but doctors ruled out season-ending surger y, Muschamp said.

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approved the equal sharing of revenue from the conference’s biggest television deals.

While the future of the Big 12 is not secure, conference executives believe it is a step in the right direction.

Interim Big 12 Commissioner Chuck Neinas’s attention now turns to convincing Missouri to remain in the conference rather than leaving for the Southeastern Conference.

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Steelers are without Pro Bowl outside linebacker James Harrison for multiple games, head coach Mike Tomlin said.

Har rison will undergo surger y today to repair his fractured right orbital bone, which he injured in a helmet-to-helmet hit against the Texans.

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receiver Andre Johnson is out for about three weeks, according to reports.

Johnson hurt his hamstring in Sunday’s game against the Steelers in the second quarter, when he went down untouched.

The team does not know for sure the full extent of Johnson’s injur y, but he will be reevaluated soon, said head coach Gar y Kubiak.

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Baseball fined St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa after he commented on umpires in a post-game press conference.

La Russa said home-plate umpire Jer r y Meals had “two dif ferent strike zones” in Sunday’s 5-4 win. He then admitted he would most likely get in trouble for the comment.

La Russa planned to apologize to Meals before last night’s game, saying he greatly respects him.

Antwan Lowery referred to his benching as a wakeup call, and when he returned to his spot at right guard during Saturday’s win against Syracuse, he was fully awake.

“It felt easy. It felt like I was just playing football again,” said the sophomore, who started the Rutgers football team’s first three games of the season.

“Anything that came my way, I hit it. I was aggressive. I played smart and it allowed me to be efficient. I felt rejuvenated, to tell you the truth.”

Head coach Greg Schiano continues to tinker with his offensive line this week after it allowed five sacks and led the way to only 62 rushing yards on 31 designed runs.

Schiano declined to get into specifics yesterday, but Lowery could return to the starting lineup. He split drives with redshirt freshman starter Betim Bujari early at Syracuse, but played the final two offensive series and each offensive possession.

“We’re trying guys at different positions,” Schiano said.

“We’re just trying some different things and trying to get the best combination. That sounds like a broken record, but until we get it, we’re going to keep trying.”

Lowery spoke with family members and his coach from Christopher Columbus High School (Fla.) while he took second-team repetitions for two weeks, and credited them with helping him handle the demotion.

Most of all, he credited his grandmother.

“She just gave me real tough love,” the Miami native said. “’Get your behind out there and do what they tell you to do,’ [she told me].”

Lowery said he knew he could lose his job any day, depending on his practice and performance, but still took the process as a learning experience.

Other offensive linemen could go through the same thing this week, when Schiano said “it’s possible” the five starters are completely different from

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quarterback remains a mystery, but Schiano insisted both sophomore Gary Nova and freshman Chas Dodd will be ready for whatever decision he makes.

Schiano declined to reveal how the pair split repetitions in practice.

“We’re getting them both ready,” Schiano said. “We’ll make a decision come the end of the week. They’re getting reps.

They’re both preparing.”

It would mark the first career start for Nova should he get the nod, and it would occur against the school he once committed to while at Don Bosco Prep.

Nova committed to Pittsburgh as a junior, but decommitted and signed his National Letter of Intent with Rutgers when Schiano hired KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti from Pittsburgh’s disQuarterback Gary Nova, above, could make his first career start mantled coaching staff. and right guard Antwan Lowery could reclaim his starting spot.

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Mark Harrison expected to play a large role in Rutgers’ offense, and when he dropped passes early in the season, it was a concern.

Redshirt freshman Brandon Coleman had a spring that could fill a highlight reel, and Schiano is surprised he has only three catches through five games.

In a unit dominated by physically-imposing wide receivers that are 6-foot-2 or taller, it is easy for 6-foot slot wideout Quron Pratt to get lost in the crowd.

“He wasn’t lost in our shuffle,” Schiano said of the wideout, who had six catches for 56 yards against Syracuse. “He’s not the biggest of the crew and he’s not the fastest of the crew. He can run, I don’t want to sell him down. He may not be the 4.3 [speed] guy, but he does all the little things right and he catches the football.”

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Oct. 15 matchup against Navy will kick off at 2 p.m. at High Point Solutions Stadium.

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Sophomore credits increased role to comfort

BY T.J. NAGY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After a full year on the Rutgers tennis team, sophomore Stefania Balasa is ready to TENNIS become an impact player for the Scarlet Knights.

“I feel like there’s a little less pressure than last year because I’m a little more used to it,” Balasa said. “Last year, I really didn’t know what to expect what was coming. Even at Brown last week, I definitely wasn’t as ner vous as I was my freshmen year.”

With her confidence on the cour t is as strong as ever, Balasa’s season started off on the right foot.

Balasa was a standout at the Knights’ last tournament and went 3-0 in doubles matches two weeks ago at the Brown Invitational. But she knows there is still plenty of room for improvement.

“My mental game still needs plenty of knowledge to pass some work, especially because down to her new freshmen I get frustrated really easily teammates. She also continues when I miss,” Balasa said. to grow in her own game by lisWith the USTA Invitational tening to upperclassmen. on the horizon, Balasa expects “I tell the freshmen that durthe same results as her last ing the Fall it’s all about getmatch, and hopes this week’s ting used to playing in a college practice will improve upon her atmosphere, and get used to early season success. playing with a team “This weekend I’m again,” Balasa said. going to have a differ“They’ve been really ent par tner than the good at that this year. one I had at Brown, so As for the seniors, it’ll be dif ferent they’ve always been a because we’ve been really good source of practicing more and knowledge for me, getting used to each though, especially other’s play,” Balasa this year. They’re just said. “But we’re pretty ver y suppor tive, STEFANIA excited about this which is really imporBALASA weekend because we tant for us.” weren’t really expecting the Support is a key component results that we had last week- to the team’s success, and end. So we understand that Balasa knows how important it maybe we need to work harder, will be as the season progresses. and that’s what we’ve been doing “It’s definitely ver y imporover the past week and a half.” tant that we all get along,” Now an experienced mem- Balasa said. “It’s just about ber of the team, Balasa has staying honest with each other,

and we’ve been ver y good at that this year. But we can always get along better, so we’re working on that and seeing how our chemistr y will work out during match play. So we’ll see how it goes this weekend at the tournament.”

The Knights always had strong team chemistr y and competitive spirit they need in order to succeed.

Now that her role on the team grew, Balasa started to become the leader she always knew she could be, while at the same time continuing to improve her game every day.

“Coming in last year, I got along with the team and that’s carr ying into this year, which is nice,” Balasa said. “It’s great to just always have people around that I can talk to. As a team, we have to continue to show that kind of suppor t for each other and remain confident in ourselves that we belong here and that we can do well.”

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Senior Hannah Curtis tied her season-high last night with 17 kills in the Scarlet Knights’ 3-1 win at the College Ave. Gym against Fordham. Curtis registered 11 of the 17 kills in the match’s first two sets, both Rutgers wins.

Knights down Fordham, erase demons

BY JOEY GREGORY CONTRIBUTINGWRITER

Rutgers head volleyball coach C.J. Werneke jokingly said the team fell under “the curse of Fordham.”

“We just VOLLEYBALL haven’t played our matches for FORDHAM 1 best whatever reason, RUTGERS 3 either there or here,” Wer neke

said. “They’ve kind of blown us out, 3-0, the last couple times.”

Whatever curse tor tured the Scarlet Knights is gone now, as they disposed of the Rams, 3-1, last night at the College Avenue Gym. The Knights played strong out of the gate and showed the stamina and resolve in the final set to finish of f Fordham.

After quickly taking a 1-0 lead, Rutgers had to grind to win the second set, 32-30.

Four Fordham errors contributed to the

Knights’ last nine points.

The team’s wins in the first two sets shows its character, Werneke said.

“We can win when things are going our way, and we can find a way to win when it’s not,” he said.

Fordham came out swinging in Game 3 and commanded momentum, taking the set, 25-16. But that was as close as Fordham came to a match victor y.

The Rutgers men’s soccer team forced overtime in College Park, Md., last night against No. 3 Maryland, but a goal seven minutes into extra time ended the MEN’S SOCCER S c a r l e t RUTGERS 1 Knights’ nonconference MARYLAND OT 2 schedule with a 2-1 loss.

The Terrapins tested junior goalkeeper Kevin McMullen all night, and he stopped every shot except for a pair of John Stertzer headers.

The junior midfielder gave Maryland a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute off a corner kick, then the Oakton, Va., native repeated the act in the 97th minute to send Rutgers home with a loss.

The Terrapins took seven corner kicks, compared to Rutgers’ four, and outshot the Knights, 18-10.

SAM ARCHER Rutgers did not take a shot in overtime.

The Knights quickly responded to Stertzer’s first goal by finding the net two minutes later.

Senior forward Sam Archer made Maryland goalkeeper Will Swaim pay for a rebound by putting it in the back of the net from 6 yards out.

It was one of six shots on goal for the Knights, but Swaim was up to task on the other five. McMullen made four saves for Rutgers.

Rutgers played without star ting central defender and captain Joe Setchell, who is out with an undisclosed injur y, and second-leading scorer JP Correa, who was suspended because of penalties.

The loss makes Rutgers winless in each of its past three games and caps its nonconference season. The Knights return home to face Cincinnati Sunday at Yurcak Field for the first of seven remaining Big East contests.

— Staff Report

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Crooks finds stability in unlikely Hawaiian recruit

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The first time senior midfielder Ashley Medcalf spoke to Rutgers head women’s soccer coach Glenn Crooks, she had no idea what — let alone where — Rutgers was.

“He walked up to WOMEN’S SOCCER me and said, ‘Oh hi, I’m Coach Crooks from Rutgers,’ and I’m thinking to myself, ‘Rutgers? It’s probably some small, crappy school,’” Medcalf said. “But then I ended up coming on a visit and I’m here.”

A native of Waipahu, Hawaii, Medcalf always planned on playing collegiate soccer, but she never predicted her aspirations would take her 5,600-plus miles away from home to Piscataway.

And Crooks never thought his second consecutive trip to Hawaii to help coach the Olympic Development Program would lead to him landing an immediate recruit, especially so late in the process.

“The 14’s or 15’s that I was coaching during the week, I thought there I’d maybe see some players that I’d want to start contact with and then go from there,” Crooks said.

“These were senior games, and we were just fortunate that we were able to figure out a way to do it within the program.”

Medcalf did not commit to Rutgers until May of her senior year of high school and

arrived on the Banks as a center back for Crooks and his staff.

But it was not long until Crooks bumped the 6-foot freshman to the midfield, where Medcalf since grew into a model of consistency for the Scarlet Knights.

Her commitment to Rutgers was the second through the ODP program in two years for Crooks, who assisted the same program in 2006, when he landed for ward Caycie Gusman.

Gusman thrived as a goal-scorer during her time in a Knights uniform, notching 14 career goals, including eight in 2008 to lead the team.

While Medcalf’s career has not yielded the same output –– she owns four career goals –– her consistency for the Knights is invaluable, Crooks said.

“Over her time here she’s probably been our most consistent midfielder,” Crooks said. “You just know what you’re going to get from Ashley.”

Her consistency is vital for the Knights’ backfield as well, as Mecalf’s height allows her to win a number of head balls and keep the ball out of Rutgers territory.

“She’s really solid and it’s really good to have her right in front of me and [junior back] Shannon [Woeller],” said senior back

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NELSON MORALES / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior midfielder Ashley Medcalf scored her first goal of the season last weekend in the Knights’ 2-1 loss to Syracuse. The Waipahu, Hawaii native has four career goals.