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The state lost more than $170 million in revenue as of 2009 to online, out-of-state retailers that do not collect a 7 percent sales tax from New Jersey consumers. The finding, which comes from a recent study conducted by the University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, will support New Jersey Retail Merchants Association’s efforts to change this loophole. John Holub, president of the NJRMA, said owners of businesses with a physical presence in state complain about online businesses that do not collect sales tax because they are required to charge 7 percent more for goods.

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Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-37, speaks yesterday at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus about ending domestic violence.

Fifty-three decorated shoes topped six purple tables situated on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus yesterday to symbolize victims of domestic abuse as par t of the “Baring Our Soles” campaign. “[These shoes are] a way to listen to a victim’s stor y in a confidential way and walk in the shoes of a domestic violence victim,” said Samantha Muccini, a social worker with Amanda’s Easel Ar t Therapy. The project began in 2009 and offers abuse victims an opportunity to bring forward the abuse through art, she said.

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Costumed students from Alpha Zeta, left, and Alpha Kappa Alpha race down College Avenue on decorated beds last night during “The Fourth Annual Homecoming Charity Bed Races,” held by the Rutgers University Programming Association. Prizes were awarded to the winner of the race, the best decorations and most donations.

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Cartoonist shares tales of graduate experience BY ALEKSI TZATZEV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Few expected a man with a Ph.D in engineering to make a crowd laugh. But in front of a packed audience last night, Jorge Cham did just that. Cham, creator of Piled Higher and Deeper — also known as PhD, the cartoon chronicling the realities of graduate work — visited the Busch Campus Center for an event organized by the Graduate Student Association to talk about procrastination and his comic strip. “How’s research going?” he asked several times — the question no graduate student wants to answer. Cham, who said the PhD comic strip overshadowed his research in robotics, played up the role of procrastination in the creation of the comic. He also showed a movie version of the comic strip sharing the same title. “I know what you’re thinking — that it’s a bad thing, sex, drugs, procrastination,” he said. “But people often confuse it with its close cousin, which is laziness.”

Laziness is when you don’t want to do anything, but procrastination is when you just don’t want to do it now, he said. Cham jokingly attributed some of today’s most popular innovations to graduate students. “Google [was] started by grad students,” he said. “There were two grad students and the professor just happened to go on ‘sabbatical,’ so one of them said to the other, ‘Hey, why not try to categorize the entire Internet.’” The audience, which consisted mainly of graduate students asked Cham what motivated him to create the comic strip. “I’ve been drawing these comics for a long time, and what inspired me to draw the comics initially was there have always been a lot of grad student stories that you don’t really hear anywhere else,” he said. On TV, it is always about the lawyers, doctors and their dramas, but there is no story about the graduate students, he said. “What I was trying to show was that

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Jorge Cham speaks last night about his comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper and the realities of graduate school in the Busch Campus Center.

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U. strives to maintain retention rates BY CLIFF WANG STAFF WRITER

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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. The Rutgers University Alumni Association is hosting the 2011 Rutgers in Excellence Alumni Leadership Awards tonight starting at 5 p.m. at the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus. The event, which has a $35 registration fee, includes a reception, awards ceremony, food, drinks and live entertainment. Contact Kara McGann at outreachprograms@winants.rutgers.edu for more information.

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.

Learn various and effective job search strategies at the Career Services’ Job Search Strategies workshop at the Busch Campus Center. Special emphasis will be put on innovative strategies, in addition to traditional job search techniques. As space is limited, pre-registration is required. Register online through CareerKnight, by calling (732)-4456127 or by email at careerservices@echo.rutgers.edu with the workshop name and your RUID number.

Rutgers Hillel is offering free, with University identification, Rosh Hashanah services and meals. There will be a service at 6:30 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center Graduate Student Lounge, followed by free dinner at Rutgers Hillel at 93 College Ave. RSVP is encouraged, please contact Rabbi Esther Reed by emailing RabbiReed@RutgersHillel.org. For more info, visit RutgersHillel.org.

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The University is actively combating the “sophomore slump” through programs to improve retention rates for returning students. “Rutgers has invested more in academic support programs, and we are enrolling stronger academic students who historically tend to return at a much higher rate,” said Paul Johnson, assistant vice president of Enrollment Management. Researchers say the slump is a letdown that may follow a first year filled with fanfare and new experiences, according to Inside Higher Ed, an online publication focused on colleges and universities. A second-year slump affects about a quarter of all college undergraduates, according to the publication, which cited research by Azusa Pacific University Professor Laurie Schreiner. The main reasons students stop attending are major personal and financial dilemmas, Johnson said. “Some $4 million of University funds was added this year to assist more students to remain in school,” he said. Courtney McAnuff, vice president of Enrollment Management, chairs a committee to increase retention rates at the University. “The University does have a Student Success [committee, which] is charged with retention and recommendations to improve retention on all three Rutgers campuses,” he said. Assuring that University resources are allocated to support student financial aid is also a

priority of the administration, McAnuff said. “One of our recommendations, for example, was implemented for next fall, which was to reduce the size of the incoming class by 4 percent to make sure that we have adequate ser vices and resources to ser ve all the new students who enroll,” he said. The University’s first-year retention rate was 91.9 percent last year, which is significantly above the Public Research University average of 80.6 percent, McAnuff said. The Association of American Universities, an organization of top research universities, reported the average retention rate at AAU schools is 90.6 percent. First-year retention rates at other AAU schools vary. The University of Arizona and the University of Kansas have 79 percent and 81 percent retention rates, respectively, according to the AAU. Meanwhile, The University of Michigan has a 96 percent retention rate and the University of Virginia has a 97 percent retention rate. Some Universities are holding second-year convocations dedicated to re-energizing and welcoming back their secondyear students. The University of South Carolina Research Center conducted a national survey of sophomore initiatives in 2008, concluding that two-thirds of the four-year colleges have secondyear convocations focused on retention, according to the research center’s website. Some colleges that have instituted such second-year kick-offs

include Emory University, Pace University, Stanford University, Trinity University, the University of Denver and Yale University, according to a New York Times blog. Stephen Nowicki, dean of undergraduate education at Duke University, said in an Inside Higher Ed article that the slump occurs because students have not built identities for themselves. “The sophomore year is a time of transition, where students sometimes do feel like they’re in a slump,” she said in the article. “They’re not yet necessarily deeply on their track toward whatever their path is, but they’re no longer in that special moment of being the first-year class whom everybody dotes on.” Justin Mui, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the second-year kick-off ceremonies would be helpful for students. “I think that the decision to come back to Rutgers was an easy one based on things like affordability and convenience, but I would like to see them hold a sophomore-year kick-off to reenergize us and get us motivated again,” he said. Students are returning to the University in increasing numbers and the school is taking a more aggressive role in keeping them enrolled, Johnson said. Archana Babu, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the retention rates help the University stand out. “I’m glad that the University is taking initiatives to try and retain all their students, and it’s good to know that our retention rate is so much higher than the average rate at those other competing schools,” she said.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS HIRES PAINTER AS FIRST ENDOWED CHAIR OF MASON GROSS The University’s Board of Governors approved the nomination of Catherine Murphy as the first endowed faculty chair of the Mason Gross School of the Arts. Murphy is a renowned painter and her works appeared in many public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, according to a University press release. A $3.4 million endowment from Marlene and David Tepper resulted in the creation of the faculty chair position.

Diane Neumaier, chair of the Mason Gross School’s visual arts department, said Murphy would be an asset to all of the department’s programs in the press release. “From painting and graphic arts, to media arts and sculpture, Catherine’s knowledge of contemporary art will benefit each discipline of our program,” she said in the press release. “In addition to being a highly regarded painter, Catherine is well known for her dynamic and energetic studio engagement with undergraduate and graduate students in all mediums.”

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ABUSE: Weinberg urges action to reduce violent cases continued from front Although the majority of shoes are from females, Muccini said there is a rise in domestic abuse repor ted by males. Janet Lee, super visor of Domestic Violence Suppor t Groups at 180 Tur ning Lives Around, said not many victims know of the help available — not just on the personal level but with the cour ts and rebuilding processes as well. “Statewide, our sisters in breast cancer awareness are well known, which is great, but not ever yone knows about help of fered for domestic violence,” she said. Lee said many people suffering with domestic violence do not go for help before the battering begins. “The most violent time of the relationship is when the abused tries to get out,” she said. “It has the highest risk.” Vicky, a domestic violence victim and mother of five, of fered words of encouragement for others who have experienced abuse. “Don’t give up, don’t give in,” she said. “It’s what the abuser is counting on.” Vicky said her husband lifted her off her feet by her hair, put

REVENUE: Research projects loss of $310 M by 2015 continued from front “We want a level playing field, we obviously represent the bricks-and-mortar retailers, [because] those invested in New Jersey are at a competitive disadvantage,” he said. The study projects the lost revenue will climb to $310 million by 2015 if these retailers do not begin collecting state sales tax, Holub said. “It’s such a competitive industr y, no one segment should have an unfair advantage over the other,” he said. “It’s a loophole that needs to be closed, and we’re hopeful that that’s going to happen.” Joseph Seneca, a professor at the Bloustein School, said this is an especially large issue for New Jersey because it is a high-income, high-consuming state with online purchases growing at a faster rate than any other state.

her head through a wall, and hit, kicked, beat and spit on her. “When ever yone seems against you … for those who feed of f your abuse, remember the whole system is run by people,” she said. “Ever y person has their good days and bad. You just need to persevere through them.” Lee said an impor tant par t of recover y is for the victim to gain a sense of self-confidence and life. “One client’s mother said to her, ‘What if he told you you were a tree. Would you believe him?’” Lee said. “That’s why our shir ts say ‘I am not a tree,’ because we want women to discover who they really are.” Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D37, also joined the ranks of the organizations on campus yesterday, not to campaign but to speak out against domestic violence. Weinberg, who ser ved in the N.J. State Senate since 2005, said she was honored and privileged to speak but admitted she was confused at first with the decorated shoes. “I didn’t get it at first. I thought someone didn’t know how to spell ‘souls,’ and then I realized what you have done here and it is extraordinar y. Ever yone should get it,” she said. Women who are abused are not nameless, she said. “There are victims in the crowd, and they were able to

U NIVERSITY repor t the acts of violence,” she said. “[If we repor t] we can dramatically reduce the violence across the United States and world.” Weinberg said she had the oppor tunity to visit Turkey with two University professors. During her trip, she spoke with the only female cabinet member in Turkey on the issue of domestic violence. “We spoke about the initiative to put battered women’s advocacy flyers in women’s rooms in synagogues, churches and public buildings with 800 numbers, ever yone noted this down,” she said. Weinberg said this initiative may be one of the better ideas expor ted from the countr y. “We may be able to help women all over the world,” she said. But at the University, other initiatives are already in place to combat domestic abuse, including a cer tificate in violence against women in the School of Social Work, said Allison Blake, commissioner of the Depar tment of Children and Families. Ruth Anne Koenick, director of the Of fice for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance, said she was moved by the “Baring Our Soles” display. “Each [person] carries their scars,” she said. “It’s not a choice and we may not see it.”

“The penetration of broadband Jersey to see how Internet conusage is high [in New Jersey] nective residents are and examcompared to the nation,” he said. ined records of retail purchases “[There are] a lot of sophisticated versus online retail purchases. consumers using the Internet, “There’s a national discussion and New Jersey is significantly over this — the state is trying to and adversely affected.” collect taxes from Amazon and William Irving, a senior proj- any Internet-based retailer that ect administrator at the Bloustein doesn’t have a lot of physical presSchool, said when ence anywhere,” a resident purhe said. chases a good or Irving said he “The best solution ser vice from an found the results [is] a national online or out-offrom his months of state retailer, they research interestsolution that are responsible for ing. requires all vendors paying the tax to “It reflects the state. something that to collect sales tax.” we already knew, “In New Jersey, if you buy a book and it’s becoming JOSEPH SENECA from Amazon, more widely recEdward J. Bloustein School of Planning and you, the purchasognized,” he said. Public Policy Professor er, have to remit “States are experithe sales tax yourencing tax losses self,” he said. when many of “Hardly anyone does that.” them are cash-strapped.” Irving said he and the other He said people should know members of his research team that the NJRMA does not want uncovered this information after to raise taxes in state or propose looking at records of taxes. a new tax. They also studied the prolifer“[Tax] is being foregone ation of broadband usage in New largely to the absence of any

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TALES: Audience relates to characters in comic strip continued from front all these grad students, professors, teachers are not just one-dimensional stereotypes as they are portrayed in popular culture,” he said. Cham pointed to the television show the “Big Bang Theory” as an example. “These comics are about you guys and your experiences,” he said. “I’m just the guy putting it in cartoon form.” He shared his stories of graduate school and how his comic strip is based on people from his life. He said it relates to graduate students going through the same processes. “I think the real reason people identify with the comic is because the underlying theme of the comic is always asking, ‘Why?’” he said. A graduate student in the audience asked if after Cham finished his graduate studies, he felt like it was a waste of time. “I hope we have never made that statement in the comic strip because that is really not how I feel,” he said. Cham, who left the robotics field for the PhD comic, was asked what he would choose between a steady job in academia and the cartoon. “I don’t know,” he said. “It’s between free comic strips on the Internet and a job in academia, so I guess it depends on how many books you guys buy tonight.”

mechanism that allows for collection of tax on these out-of-state, Internet-based retail transactions,” Irving said. The estimates for lost tax revenue are consistent with the amount other states have projected, he said. “Some studies in California came up with losses of [more than] $1 billion annually,” he said. But some states are taking an active role in accounting for these losses and negotiating with online retailers. California came to an agreement with Amazon about tax collection, and Texas has a dispute with the same retailer, Ir ving said. Seneca believes the solution to this problem should be enacted on a national scale. “The best solution [is] a national solution that requires all vendors to collect sales tax,” he said. “Getting to that takes a long time. It’s not surprising that New Jersey and California and a number of others are looking into how to collect sales tax in a variety of methods.”

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In an air of graduate student solidarity, members of the audience reacted similarly as they related with the comic Cham created. “Everybody in this room identifies with the characters, we all know that we have all lived these characters,” said Anthony Barker, a graduate student of physics. He said he thought most of the audience also identified in the same way, signifying the skill of the cartoonist — the ability to represent everybody. “It’s quite hard,” he said. “How do you make one character fit everybody and still fit in a very specific section of the demographic.” Reshma Nayyar, president of GSA, said she felt like most of the audience connected with the characters in the cartoon. “I think it was obvious from ever ybody in the audience,” she said. “We are nameless, we are faceless.” Laura Transue, vice president for events and programming at GSA, said the comics make her feel like she’s not alone. “You know other people have experienced it and you will get through it,” Transue said. Will Tam of the Joint Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student Association devised the idea for the event, and the GSA sponsored it. Cham said he learned a lot of things in graduate school, which he could not have done anywhere else. “[I learned] how to stand in front of audiences and make stuff up,” he said jokingly.

PROSECUTOR CALLS ON STATE TO INVESTIGATE The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office reached out to the New Jersey State Police Forensic Investigation Bureau to independently review the fatal police shooting of 46-year-old Barry Deloatch. To assist the prosecutor’s office’s ongoing and active investigation, the New Jersey State Police Forensic Investigation will reconstruct a diagram of the scene of the shooting near Throop Avenue with aerial photographs and laser measurements. The investigation follows with reviewing witnesses and their statements, receiving medical records and scientific testing results along with analyzing video and audiotapes from the police vehicles, said Bruce Kaplan, Middlesex County Prosecutor. After these tasks are finished, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Of fice will determine whether to submit the matter to a Middlesex County grand jur y sitting in New Brunswick, he said in a statement. The prosecutor’s office will base this decision off the investigation’s results and the attorney general’s guidelines on police shootings. The Deloatch family will know the results first and then they will be made public. Deloatch was shot in the side in a Throop Avenue alley after he ran from police questioning. He died from a single bullet to his aorta. The prosecutor’s office has not determined whether Deloatch used a weapon against the officers. — Amy Rowe

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fridges,” Galley said. “We didn’t have our internet yet so it was hard tr ying to find that As a means of helping of f- stuf f out when you can’t even campus University students go online.” and commuters navigate Galley said he likes the idea of around New Brunswick, city these kiosks helping students and of ficials proposed a plan to hopes they could be implemented create informational kiosks in the near future. for settling in and around “To have the opportunity to New Brunswick. just ask a question to another Bill Bray, city spokesperson, student who is knowledgeable said he and government offi- about town ser vices sounds cials are looking to expand the like a great idea,” he said. knowledge of municipal ser vicDebbie Kim, University es into the off-campus student Public Relations specialist community. He hopes installing for Of f-Campus Housing, was these kiosks will achieve also pleased with the aim of that purpose. this initiative. “We’d like to extend the While her of fice provides reach of City Hall,” he said. “We education for students interestrealize that the vast majority of ed in moving of f campus, Kim students either have too much said they specialize more in going on to make it down directing students toward [here] or they may not even other resources or helping know that the City can even them deal with landlords. help with certain issues.” Kim said the city proposiStudent inter ns or volun- tion was a fresh breath of air teers would staf f the informa- and a unique idea that should tion tables, but would first have prove helpful to a good majorito undergo training to assist ty of University students. other students with questions “[This initiative] sounds regarding public safety, tenant like a great resource for sturights or trash removal ser vic- dents to have the oppor tunity es, he said. to talk with Bray hopes other students “To have that University on campus students would about garbage the opportunity be encouraged pickup, among to voice out any to just ask a question other municipal concerns they vices,” she to another student ... ser may have about said. “It’s great their off-campus about town services that they don’t living experihave to go out sounds like ence to the volsearching for unteers that the information a great idea. ” would operate and that it’s MIKE GALLEY the tables. right there.” School of Environmental “The student S u s a n and Biological Sciences Senior volunteers Romano, assiswould also be tant director of trained in either S t u d e n t helping to address their issue Involvement and Commuter Life, or, at the ver y least, also expressed interest in helping providing that student with the spread the word about the initiaright direction in terms who tive. at City Hall can be most helpful “I think keeping the of fwith a par ticular issue,” campus students informed he said. about the local area is ver y But city officials are still debat- impor tant. To be there to ing where the tables should be address their concerns will be located, Bray said. tremendously beneficial,” “The initiative is still in the Romano said. ver y early stages of planning Even without kiosks, resiand development,” he said. dents with any questions about “Our initial thoughts were [to New Brunswick can seek the put them by the] student municipal government’s ser vcenters or the dining halls ices, Bray said. [due to] the high amount of “Apar t from the staf f memstudent traf fic.” bers who address constituent Mike Galley, a School of concerns over the phone, we Environmental and Biological also … update our Facebook, Sciences senior who lives of f- Twitter and YouTube pages,” campus and commutes, said he he said. was especially interested to City of ficials are tr ying to hear the outcome of the pro- provide more information to posed initiative. students via electronic means, “I remember when I first such as social networking webmoved of f-campus, I had no sites, as students are especially idea that the town recycled old active online, he said. CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Breast cancer survivor and NBC “Today” show co-host Hoda Kotb kicked off Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s annual “Tied to the Cause” program Wednesday at the Arline and Henr y Schwartzman Courtyard in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Doctors diagnosed Kotb early in 2007 with breast cancer. The four-time Emmy nominee said the news was especially dif ficult to digest and she kept her battle a private struggle from professionals in her industr y. But the secret to winning the battle was having faith in her mother, a person Kotb said remained remarkably strong despite her medical concerns. “I always say this — behind ever y woman is a stronger woman,” she said. Initially, Kotb kept her diagnosis a secret from others, but decided to speak out about it after meeting a man on an airplane who approached her about it. “‘What is wrong with you,’” Kotb said, quoting the passenger,“‘Breast cancer is a par t of you. It’s like going to school or working at NBC.’” After the man recommended she share her stor y, she star ted speaking to airplane passengers to spread her news to the public. Kotb said she was inspired to promote awareness any way she could. “If you are still standing after anything big, like breast cancer, you get four words — ‘You can’t scare me,’” she said. “Applying for a promotion was like nothing after that.”

L ynn Lutwin, director of the Breast Care Connection program at the hospital, said event organizers tried to invite various speakers in addition to Kotb who could inspire and educate women about staying healthy and happy despite a bad diagnosis. “We tr y to send a message to women to be aware and to suppor t each other,” Lutwin said. “We want them to encourage each other to get mammograms and breast cancer screenings.” The event’s name comes from the ultimate theme of the program, she said. “You know when you tie a string around your finger to remind you to do something? That’s what the name ‘Tied to the Cause’ represents — it’s that string around your finger reminding you to get breast cancer screenings,” Lutwin said. RWJUH’s Breast Care Connection program of fers free screenings for women, both unemployed and employed, she said. “Breast cancer still is the most common cancer in women,” Lutwin said. “There is much to be done in the process of curing this disease.” Dr. Michelle Azu, assistant professor of surger y at UMDNJ-Rober t Wood Johnson Medical School and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, believes that despite some people’s pessimism, medical professionals in the sciences have made significant progress toward finding a cure for breast cancer. “I can’t think of any better way to raise awareness,”

said Azu, the physician keynote speaker. The audience itself was mostly comprised of women from all walks of life, including those with breast cancer and those who have sur vived it. “I really look for ward to the day I can tell you that we’ve found the cure for cancer ... and that I’m out of a job,” Azu said. Ellen Levine, director of the Cancer Suppor t Community program, attended the event on Wednesday to encourage women to get a check up in order to ensure they are cancer-free. “[‘Tied to the Cause’] is very useful as a reminder for women from all walks of life to get screened,” Levine said. Kotb, Levine, Lutwin and Azu all said they wanted to promote a sense of community between women, sur vivors and suppor ters alike. “It’s a nice opportunity for the diagnosed community to feel an empowering unity and hopefully to help find a cure,” Levine said. “It’s also a wonderful celebration for the diagnosed and their families.” The Cancer Suppor t Community is a nonprofit organization that provides free emotional and social suppor t for patients with ever y type of cancer, she said. “It gets so much easier to bear with if you have a community with you,” Levine said. Kotb said women should proceed with their lives as they normally would, breast cancer or no cancer. “The way you spend your days is the way you spend your life,” she said.

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DARRYL LEGAIR SAS SOPHOMORE “Reconnecting with my friends and taking a break from the usual — classes, work, classes. Getting away from the usual status quo things and to just sit back and relax.”

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erman Cain, Republican presidential nomination hopeful and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, has lately been throwing around the idea of scrapping the current tax system and replacing it with his own. The proposed 9-9-9 plan, as he calls it, would cut down corporate taxes (now close to 40 percent) to 9 percent, federal income taxes (now around 35 percent) to 9 percent and would make consumers pay a federal sales tax of, you guessed it, 9 percent on top of any other state tax. If the lunacy of this plan isn’t evident, let us elaborate. If it isn’t about the pure salesman technique of selling the plan (9-9-9 is simple branding), then the problem lies in the fact that Cain’s plan would burden the working class the most while letting those who could afford to pay higher taxes off the hook. So far, it hasn’t been a secret — most Republicans aim to do nothing more, but Cain takes it much further with branding and selling it. We do not often like to side with Michele Bachmann, who also criticized the 9-99 stunt, but we give Herman Cain a dart for his unobstructed attempt to sell us something that can only hurt us. ***** MCT CAMPUS

Student activism has a way of working sometimes. We like what the participants in Wednesday night’s “Take Back The Economy” did. The Rutgers Student Union and members of the Rutgers University Students Against Sweatshops listened to colleagues across the nation via webcast on how to raise awareness on certain issues. Molly Magier, organizing director of the USAS chapter at the University, spoke from Washington, D.C., on the “Walk into Action” protest against tuition hikes last semester. The University increased tuition by only 1.8 percent, which is the lowest in two decades. The organization’s latest attempt was reaching President Richard L. McCormick to discuss removing the pay freeze for faculty and staff. We respect the students’ cause and believe they can accomplish something. For that, we give them a laurel and continue to support them. ***** The FBI apprehended a man suspected to be have hacked into more than 50 celebrities’ mobile phones. Christopher Carney, a 35year-old Jacksonville, Fla., resident, was accused of hacking and spreading personal photos of celebrities like Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson. Other personal data included financial information and personal correspondence. The truth is, just because someone is in front of the camera and is making unthought-of sums of money, doesn’t mean they should be targeted and not be given the same rights as the rest of us. Chaney, authorities said, didn’t stand to make much money of his scheme and was working alone. We give a laurel to the actions of the FBI, and hope the case gets resolved. As for the News of the World want-to-be reporter Chaney, he receives a dart for invading the privacy of people who hold nothing vital to the American public, other than several photos and the attention of millions of followers. ***** We like Alec Baldwin — most of his movies, his recurring appearances on “Saturday Night Live” and most of all perhaps, “30 Rock.” The man can do anything. It is no surprise then Baldwin has a new gig lined up with WNYC as a podcaster. The scotch-imbued voice of Jack Donaghy will host an interview-format radio show where he will interview ever yone from other celebrities to politicians. The actor announced this season of “30 Rock” might be his last, and he wants to move on to other things. As long as he has another gig lined up, we are happy. And while there is no quantifiable reason for our hailing Baldwin, we like what he has done and we would like to see him continue on radio. We just like him, ergo (as a lot of you eager English majors like to say in your letters to the editor) we give him a laurel. ***** The University, this weekend, is concluding its annual Homecoming Week. Last night the Rutgers University Programming Association hosted its popular bed races, in which student organizations decorated beds and raced them down College Avenue. Tomorrow is the fall comedy show with Kevin Hart, and Sunday is the Rutgers University Alumni Association’s Homecoming 5K Charity Race, which raises money for Rutgers Against Hunger. And of course, we cannot wait for the main event, tomorrow’s football game against Navy. Even though many may feel lost at such a large institution, we laurel the University for once again putting together a week that truly exemplifies the strength of the University community.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I always say this — behind every woman is a stronger woman.” Hoda Kotb, NBC “Today” show host and breast cancer survivor STORY IN METRO

Take the time, hold the door

together, and the question received an email this is simply: Who should be week from a University the one to pull the door student with a dilemopen? What, then, is the ma: When should one hold rule with strangers — are the door open for another you expected to hold the person? He writes, “Often door open for ever yone? holding the door open causes more trouble than mereCOURTNEY SHAW Imagine, for example, you are at an elevator bank. Do ly letting someone else you hold the door for the open it for themselves. The worst is when you’re person coming right after you? Is it a question of holding a door open, and the person has to rush how many seconds it will take them to reach the over to it, so you aren’t left waiting for too long. elevator? Theoretically, if you keep holding the There is too much stress involved when opening a door for one more person each time it is about door is such a minor task. I think we hold doors to close, you could end up waiting for several open too much. It should only be done when someminutes. In that time, you probably could have one has a lot of things in their hands and can’t do it.” walked. But on the other hand, you do not want I can relate. My underclassman residence hall, to be the one to let a door close in someone’s Brett Hall on the College Avenue campus, has a face. It’s a dilemma. single entrance door that you access by swiping Here at the University, I would say the your RUID. Because of this, door holding was a answer is no, you are not required to hold the common social practice. If you had just swiped in door for ever y single person foland saw someone heading toward lowing you through an the door, you would hold the door “Holding the door open entrance. We attend a school so they didn’t have to find their ID with thousands of undergradu(mine was always buried in the is a small gesture ate students, all of whom are depths of my bag) to swipe themselves in a few seconds later. that shows you respect rushing through their own busy lives. If you are on such a strict This was the nice thing to another person.” schedule that holding a door do. Plus if you did not, you open will throw you of f-track, or faced the danger of r unning if you find door-holding so frusinto them in the hallway while trating that you resent the person for whom the you were still waiting for the elevator. This door is held, I absolve you from doing so. would be clear proof that you did in fact have Holding a door should not be an obligator y time to hold the door, but you were just too lazy stress that ruins your mood. or impatient to stand there. So essentially you I think, though, that should you choose to be held the door because you would feel guilty for a door-holding citizen, you will be doing the rest not doing so. It was a nuisance, and as my quesof the student community a good ser vice. It is tioner points out, it can be rather inef ficient. polite to hold the door for someone because it You waste your own time by waiting and force indicates that you have taken the time to think the second person to race to reach the door as about that person and chose to contribute an act quickly as possible. It can be rather frustrating of kindness to them. Holding the door open is a for ever yone involved. small gesture that shows you respect another So why, then, is it common practice to hold person enough to take a moment out of your day the door open for other people? And should it be? to engage with them. It takes a lot of energy to Let’s look first at why we do it. The practice show that respect to ever y person you of holding the door was at one point connected encounter, and as tired college students with to the traditions of chivalr y. A man would over whelming lives, finding that energy can be always hold the door open for a woman as a a challenge. Demonstrating politeness and mark of respect for the fairer sex. With the respect toward others always takes ef for t, but I arrival of modern feminism, or perhaps just the think that ef for t is wor thwhile — it never hur ts modern age of equality between the sexes, to make someone’s day a bit better. So if you door-holding became a more egalitarian prachave a moment, hold the door. tice. The shift occurred to the current practice whereby the first person to reach the door Courtney Shaw is a School of Arts and Sciences holds it for the second. senior majoring in English and history with a minor However, these rules both presuppose that in French. the people entering the door have ar rived

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Science students utilize critical thinking, too Letter ALIYAH WEINSTEIN

he article “Language degrees help students’ professional prospects” from Wednesday’s issue raised many good points about the benefits of studying a foreign language. But the contention that majors in the liberal arts require critical-thinking skills while science majors do not was a largely inappropriate comparison of the two fields. Introductor y-level biology courses, like introductory courses in any discipline, teach the fundamentals required to build a foundation in the subject. Memorization of “already accepted concepts” in a field is a neces-

sary action for students to take before being able to critically evaluate something. An English major, for example, must study the time period that the work comes from, accepted literar y forms, vocabulary and information about the author before he can successfully critique a piece of literature. Similarly, once a biology major understands basics such as cell division, genetics and protein synthesis, he can go to the scientific literature and begin to evaluate the methods used and conclusions drawn from published research. Critical thinking is as essential to a scientific course of study as it is to a liberal arts one. Once undergraduates get past the introductor y science courses, they enter advanced courses that chal-

lenge them to question accepted scientific ideas and new conclusions drawn by researchers. Science is anything but linear. It is only through critical evaluation of previous work that the field

“If a science major does not find himself using critical-thinking skills ... something is sorely wrong.” moves forward, and each question asked opens the door for a plethora of new research projects to be undertaken. Memorization of basic information is merely a

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stepping stone that provides the building blocks for future work in the field. In addition to learning about science in the classroom, many science majors at the University work in research labs, where critical-thinking skills are, if anything, more important than in the classroom. In the midst of running an experiment, one must continually ask questions about the work being done: Why am I doing this? Can my methods be changed so this experiment works better? What do these results tell me? There is very rarely an experiment that works correctly the first time, and it is only by critically evaluating what was done that a researcher can predict what needs to be changed or done next.

While yes, it can be argued that the sciences require more memorization of basic concepts than the liberal arts do before reaching the level of being able to critically evaluate a piece of work, it cannot be said that critical thinking is absent from the study of science. It does take time to reach the point at which it is possible to critically think about the sciences, but the skill is a hugely important part of what it means to be a scientist. If a science major does not find himself using critical-thinking skills in class or in research, something is sorely wrong. Aliyah Weinstein is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in molecular biology, biochemistry and French.

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Sophomore outside hitter Sheridan Taylor, right, averages .31 kills more per set when playing at the College Avenue Gym.

TEST: Knights ready for smoother conference schedule continued from back While the bulk of the Knights’ Big East schedule remains, Werneke thinks the worst is behind them. Louisville and Cincinnati, two teams Rutgers already faced, are first and third in the Big East, respectively. Seton Hall is fourth. But despite the Pirates’ high conference rank, Werneke believes the team is set up well to face the opposition. “We match up well against Seton Hall,” he said. “We’re not out-matched physically against them like we are against some of the other Big East teams.” The Knights need to work on getting favorable matchups and lining their strongest hitters up against the weaker blockers on the Pirates, Werneke said.

“We need to take advantage of opportunities against Seton Hall,” he said. As if Big East competition was not enough this season, the team also caught the injury bug. “We’ve been dealing with injuries throughout the year,” Werneke said. “We don’t have a lot of depth.” Werneke is right about the schedule getting at least a little easier. After Seton Hall, the Knights take on Syracuse and Marquette, who are seventh and second in the Big East, respectively. Rutgers then takes on teams in the middle of the Big East, followed by lower-ranked teams. The Knights end their season against Connecticut and St. John’s, the other two teams currently winless in Big East play. But none of that matters to Werneke. His sights are set firmly on Seton Hall and attaining the Knights’ first Big East victory.

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1 freshman guard from Flora MacDonald Academy (N.C.). Judge and Seagears played on madness event in second year the same AAU program, D.C. Assault. Freshman for ward continued from back Malick Kone also suited up for His previous stop at the Assault, and associate head Pittsburgh as an assistant did coach David Cox has strong ties not host a midnight madnessto the program. type event, but it already had the Freshmen Myles Mack and luxur y of being a nationally Derrick Randall played together ranked program. at Paterson “The first six Catholic before “It’s going games of last year, Mack transferred the students Randall to be fun, whether and maybe didn’t realtook the prep ize our season had school route. they’re dancing, started,” Rice And Mack and dunking [or] said. “We need to fellow freshman kick off our sea- half-court shooting.” Eli Car ter both son, make our stuplayed dif ferent MIKE RICE dents aware that it stints at St. is basketball seaAnthony under Head Coach son. We have a lot Naismith Hall of of talented individFame coach Bob uals that I think people are going Hurley. to be excited about.” They unite for the first time at Wally Judge, a transfer from Rutgers tonight, and the union Kansas State, is one of them. figures to provide the renewed Judge must sit out the 2011-12 excitement Rice first unveiled season under NCAA transfer last season at the Louis Brown guidelines, but Johnson tabbed Athletic Center. him as the favorite to take home “It’s going to be fun, whether the slam dunk contest. they’re dancing, dunking, halfRice threw his confidence court shooting — whatever it behind Jerome Seagears, a 6-footmay be,” Rice said.

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KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Head coach Mike Rice will unveil his heralded recruiting class tonight at 9:30 at the College Avenue Gym.

ormer Rutgers basketball standout Jonathan Mitchell leads his Spanish professional team, CB Tarragona, in scoring and rebounding through its first three games. Averaging 17 points and eight rebounds, the Mount Vernon, N.Y., native is making the most of his European debut. Officially signed on Aug. 15, Mitchell made the transition to northeast Spain shortly after, and shined thus far. Mitchell, whose four-point play against No. 9 Villanova led the Scarlet Knights over the Wildcats in upset fashion, was a second-team AllMetropolitan selection a season ago.

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Obama is set to attend the Carrier Classic basketball game, scheduled for Veteran’s Day aboard the USS Carl Vinson, the same aircraft carrier that buried Osama bin Laden at sea. The Nov. 11 matchup is the first collegiate game played on an active warship, and boasts a non-conference showdown between No. 8 North Carolina and Michigan State. A basketball fan, Obama filled out an NCAA bracket the past three years, and even correctly predicted North Carolina in 2009 as national champions.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS safety Roman Harper was fined $15,000 for his late hit on Carolina Panther Steve Smith. Smith, who slowly crossed the goal line after a 50-yard catch and run, suffered the hit five yards into the end zone. Warranting a 15-yard personal foul penalty and criticism around the league, Harper offered no apology. “If you’re going to score, go score, but a guy is not going to try and just walk it in on us like that you’re going to have to pay for it as you get past the goal line,” Harper said.

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Berkman and Jacoby Ellsbury earned Comeback Player of the Year recognition yesterday, Major League Baseball announced. Berkman, who hit 31 home runs and 91 RBIs this season, improved his batting average to .301 from a dismal .248 in 2010. Playing in the NLCS, Berkman and the Cardinals face the Milwaukee Brewers with hopes of advancing to the World Series. Ellsbur y joined the historic 30-30 club this season by blasting 32 home runs and stealing 39 bases. His 105 RBI and .321 batting average garnered recognition from the MLB after an injury-plagued 2010 season.

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Senior midfielder Bryant Knibbs notched his first career multiple-goal game against Villanova earlier this week, and is fourth on the Knights with three goals.

RUTGERS VISITS DEPAUL FOR CONFERENCE BATTLE The Rutgers men’s soccer team continues its Big East slate this MEN’S SOCCER weekRUTGERS AT e n d , when the DEPAUL, Scarlet SATURDAY, 1 P.M. Knights travel to Chicago to take on DePaul. The Knights (6-5-1, 3-1) enter the conference match off with a 3-2 victory over Villanova, which helped Rutgers ascend to the No. 2 spot in the Big East Red Division. With sophomore for ward Kene Eze, who leads the Knights with five goals, missing action against ‘Nova to

POINTS: Young fowards shoulder scoring load for RU continued from back Filigno’s absence keeps the scoring burden on the Knights’ crop of young forwards, led by freshman Stefanie Scholz and junior Stefanee Pace. Each player owns two goals this season, with Scholz breaking a five-match scoreless streak last Friday in the Knights’ 1-0 victory over DePaul. Although the offense managed only four goals since Filigno’s injury Sept. 16, Scholz continues to record shots and is now third on the team with 23 shots. “After the West Virginia game the coaches told us we need to have a better mentality and get the ball more,” Scholz said. “I kind of took that into my own hands and tried to use my speed and get the forwards to try and get more shots off to score some more goals.” But preventing goals is challenging this weekend for the Knights, who are also without junior back Shannon Woeller. Woeller is spending the week with the Canadian National Team and will miss time for the second

recover from a head injur y, head coach Dan Donigan received a scoring boost from senior midfielder Br yant Knibbs. Knibbs notched two goals against the Wildcats –– his first career multi-goal effort –– and lifted his season scoring total to three. The last time Knibbs scored a goal was in the Knights’ second game of the season in a 31 loss against Furman. Nine dif ferent Rutgers players scored at least one goal this season, and that balance should fair well on the road against a shaky DePaul squad.

consecutive year after playing with Team Canada. While Woeller’s absence puts the defense in a bind, junior goalkeeper Jess Janosz is confident others can step up in Woeller’s stead.

“We know our situation... All we can do is win the games and get three points.” GLENN CROOKS Head Coach

“Shannon is definitely rock solid,” said Janosz, who made her first two career starts last weekend. “She’s one of those few players that logs all 90 minutes of a game and overtime, too. She just never needs a sub. It’s going to be tough, but we have good defenders that will definitely step up.” Freshman defender Morgan Kennedy fills in for Woeller at center back in front of the Knights goal, but who will mind the net remains a tossup. Janosz, who earned Big East Goalkeeper of the Week this

The Blue Demons (4-7-2, 12-1) are 1-1-1 in their last three matches, which include a 2-0 loss to the No. 1 team in the Red Division, South Florida, and a 1-1 tie against Villanova. DePaul averages two goals per game in its past three contests as it welcomes the Knights to Wish Field. After its match with DePaul, Rutgers has only four conference games on the schedule before the season’s end, with the most anticipated match coming in the season finale against USF. — Staff Report

week, posted consecutive clean sheets in her first career starts and may see more time this weekend away from Piscataway. Crooks said he will not name a starter until the team arrives in Louisville, Ky., meaning junior goalkeeper Emmy Simpkins, who started the previous 13 games, could return to the lineup. “The thing to note is that I know that we have two very good keepers,” he said. “Either one that I put in I’ll have a high level of confidence in.” With a date against the Cardinals, the top team in the National Division, and a trip to Cincinnati, six crucial points are at stake. But the only thing Crooks worries about is his team and what it can control. That means playing on the road, and the Knights’ 1-4-1 record away from Piscataway is a non-factor. “The thing we focus on is that it’s all about us,” he said. “We know our situation … all we can do is win the games and get three points. Honestly, I haven’t looked at it ver y closely because I do know that with seven, eight or nine points it’s going to be rough.”

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NJ rival pays visit to RU for conference test BY JOEY GREGORY STAFF WRITER

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Freshman forward Stefanie Scholz scored two of the Scarlet Knights’ three goals, with the latest coming last Friday in a 1-0 win against DePaul. The South Hackensack, N.J., native is tied for second on the team with two goals.

Rutgers seeks points in final road weekend BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

With eight points and three games remaining in conference play, the Rutgers women’s soccer team faces an uphill climb in the Big East WOMEN’S SOCCER National Division. The Scarlet RUTGERS AT Knights (7-6-2, 2-4-2) LOUISVILLE also face the test of TONIGHT, 7 P.M. playing two of their final three games on the road, where the squad is 1-4-1 this season.

But the Knights’ road record is not a concern for head coach Glenn Crooks as the team heads into its final road weekend of the season. “To be honest with you, out of those five or six road games I can only look back and say there was one where we were outplayed and did not play up to our standards,” Crooks said. “All the others we played very, very well. We just haven’t gotten the results.” In order for the Knights to qualify for the Big East Championships, the results must come this weekend on the road. And the offense, which scored only three goals in six road matches this season, has to

score without the spark of sophomore forward Jonelle Filigno. The Mississauga, Canada, native missed seven games while nursing an ankle injury and is unavailable tonight against Louisville (7-5-3, 4-1-2) and Sunday against Cincinnati (5-7-4, 1-5-2). Crooks described the team’s leading scorer as being “week-to-week” and did not put a timetable on her return. “It’s hard to say. It’s a very slow recovery,” he said. “She’s not going to travel this weekend.”

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Rutgers head volleyball coach C.J. Werneke is not thinking about the five Big East losses the team sufVOLLEYBALL fered this season, or the SETON HALL AT history Rutgers has with in-state rival Seton Hall. RUTGERS, He remains focused TONIGHT, 6 P.M. on the present. The Scarlet Knights are only 1-5 in their last six matches against the Pirates, who are 4-1 this year in Big East play. Still, Werneke is only concentrating on tonight’s match at the College Avenue Gym. The key to stopping the Knights’ twogame conference slide is a stronger offense, Werneke said. “Our offense has been struggling lately tr ying to find ways to score points,” Werneke said. “The players need to hit at a higher percentage.” Now in the heart of the Big East schedule, the offense needs to improve fast. The opportunities are there, but the team is not capitalizing on them as often as it should be, he said. The Knights need better ball control, and the numbers back Werneke’s observations. Although the Knights totaled 178 more attacks than their opponents this season, their hit percentage is only .163, compared to .224 for their opponents. In matches which the Knights record a hitting percentage of .250 or better, they are a perfect 5-0. When their hitting percentage dips below .250, their record is only 2-15. In addition to elevated play from their offense, the Knights need to maintain their consistent defense and passing to keep them in matches, Werneke said. “We’ve been out-digging teams and passing at a pretty high clip,” he said.

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MidKnight Madness event introduces heralded class BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Junior Dane Miller displayed an ability to finish around the rim in his first two years at Rutgers and will participate in MidKnight Madness tonight at the College Avenue Gym.

The Rutgers men’s basketball team gets its first opportunity to perform in front of an audience at the College Avenue Gym tonight at 9:30 p.m., when MEN’S BASKETBALL it hosts “MidKnight Madness.” MIDKNIGHT MADNESS The event is the COLLEGE AVE GYM, first under secondTONIGHT, 9:30 P.M. year head coach Mike Rice, who steered the Scarlet Knights to a 15-17 record last season despite only nine scholarship players. The 2011-12 Knights are not as shorthanded. “Whether it’s size, athleticism and depth — those three keys are how and why you win in this league,” Rice said. “I think we have those. People are going to get excited about the future of Rutgers basketball.” Rice’s Class of 2011, his first full recruiting class, once ranked in the top 10 nationally in all major recruiting services. Freshman Kadeem Jack, who will not participate in the event because of injur y, enrolled early and re-classified to the 2010 recruiting class. The remaining six-member class ranked No. 24 overall, according to Rivals.com. The freshmen earn their first chance to play in front of the Rutgers faithful tonight,

when the Knights compete in a variety of contests. The showcase features a slam dunk competition, shooting contests, player introductions and a highlight video. “I’m excited. I think it’s a good thing for us,” said sophomore guard Austin Carroll. “I think it’s a good thing for the school to get some publicity out there and get people excited for the season.” Carroll, along with eight other Knights, competed in the Jersey Shore Basketball League during the summer at St. Rose High School in Belmar. The summer league provided the first glimpse of Rutgers’ future — six freshmen suited up — but tonight is its first appearance on campus. “It’s going to be nice because we’ve been playing against each other in empty arenas all summer,” said junior forward Austin Johnson. “JSBL was really nice because we had a good outpouring of support. It’s really nice to get back to that.” Johnson and fellow junior Dane Miller were the only remaining Knights who participated in the 2009 event under former head coach Fred Hill Jr. Rice held a similar event twice at Robert Morris, where he coached for three seasons prior to arriving in Piscataway.

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