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RUSA continues plans to become separate entity

BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Rutgers University Student Assembly discussed the possibility of leaving the umbrella of Student Life last night during its biweekly meeting.

Pavel Sokolov, Internal Affairs chair, said during the spring election there was a call to make RUSA a separate entity from Student Life in order to establish a nonprofit status to receive funding through a different structure.

“Just like The [Daily] Targum or [New Jersey Public Interest Research Group],

we want to have an option of a student fee on the term bill, but [the allocations board] would still remain under Student Life,” said Sokolov, a Rutgers Business School sophomore. “With the fee, RUSA would hire workers with their sole purpose to make RUSA run properly in an educational capacity.”

One major reason for the change is because under Student Life, RUSA must abide under cer tain funding and lobbying regulations, he said. They receive

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Dharun Ravi, center, and his defense attorneys reject the prosecution’s plea bargain yesterday, choosing to uphold his presumed innocence in trial instead.

Superior court sets date for Dharun Ravi trial

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Pavel Sokolov, Internal Affairs chair of the Rutgers University Student Assembly, said the organization is limited by certain regulations because they are a student group.

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Dharun Ravi turned down a plea bargain yesterday in New Jersey Superior Court that could have shaved his prison time down to five years or less.

Instead Ravi, who last year at the University used a webcam to spy on his roommate Tyler Clementi during an intimate encounter with another man, agreed to go to trial on Feb. 21 — a move that could earn him up to 10 year behind bars.

Clementi committed suicide days after the incident, and Ravi faces 15 counts that include bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence.

“You are presumed innocent of every one of these charges. But if you are found guilty, the exposure is significant,” Judge Glenn

Libya’s former leader, Muammar Gadhafi, was killed yesterday.

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Berman said to the defendant when warning him about the risks of rejecting the deal.

If Ravi is found innocent, Berman also said there is a possibility the state could appeal the case to a higher court.

After reviewing Clementi’s personal writings and computer documents, he also ruled the defense could not have access to them for investigation — a response to a discover motion that the defense filed during a Sept. 9 hearing.

Continuing the conversation of the last hearing, the prosecution asked Berman to reconsider his previous decision regarding the man with whom Clementi had an intimate encounter, identified in court as “M.B.” The judge ruled then that the defense was entitled to M.B.’s name and date of birth since his knowledge was relevant to the bias charge

ALEX VAN DRIESEN

Early Grey, left, and Marvin Jules rap yesterday afternoon outside of Mettler Hall on the College Avenue campus as part of the freestyle event Rutgers University Cypher, which will make multiple appearances throughout the semester.

All N.J. state legislators are up for re-election this Nov. 8, with 40 Senators and 80 General Assembly members vying for their seats.

But only a few seats will have closely contested races where both the incumbent and the challenger have similar chances of victor y, potentially tipping the scales in favor of a Republican-controlled State Legislature.

“There are only a few in the state that are considered competitive, but it’s always possible that the voters will surprise us,” said John Weingar t, the associate director at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.

Some of the closest races exist in Atlantic County (District 2), Bergen County (District 38) and District 14, which is situated in Middlesex and Mercer Counties, Weingart said.

District 17, which contains Franklin Twp., Piscataway Twp. and New Brunswick, is currently held by Democrats — in both Assembly and Senate — but Republicans candidates will challenge them.

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Students fast to shed light on East African famine

BY YASHMIN PATEL STAFF WRITER

After 24 hours of not eating a single meal, students got a glimpse of how it might feel to live during a famine in Somalia.

Project Nur, a group that strives for humanitarian relief, raised more than $300 toward the Save the Children non-profit organization at the “Fast-4Hunger for Somalia” benefit dinner at the Busch Campus Center on Wednesday, said Maheen Ali, vice president of Project Nur. “Specifically the way we would be using any of the funds would of course provide for education, food, water programs, sanitation in the camps or in communities,” said Jason Chmura, manager of community and volunteer engagement at Save the Children.

Students, who donated money to fast, broke their fast at the benefit dinner to feel connected with those who are affected by the famine in East Africa, Ali said.

The famine, caused by the most severe drought in 60 years, affects more than 13 million people, half of who are children, Chmura said. But aid can only reach those who are in refugee camps.

The closest refugee camp to Somalia is on its shared border with Ethiopia, where more than 450,000 people receive medical aid, food and water, he said.

Chmura said providing access to medical aid is important because people are severely malnourished.

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Peter Kahn, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry, says the famine is due to agricultural and governmental issues at “Fast-4-Hunger for Somalia” on Wednesday at the Busch Campus Center.

“It’s actually a sad situation,” he said. “Some people are literally walking 20 to 26 miles a day in the searing sun and sometimes peak temperatures of around 130 plus degrees.”

On other days, some Somalians do not make it to the camps because of the harassment they might encounter on their long journey.

“Some people have to seek refuge to smaller areas. People

NEWARK PROFESSOR EARNS FULBRIGHT AWARD TO CONDUCT RESEARCH IN CANADA A Rutgers-Newark associate professor of political science was granted a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair Award to research in Canada.

Mara Sidney will begin her research project, titled “Making a Home, Feeling at Home: The Role of NGOs in Immigrant Integration” at the University of Ottawa starting in January 2012, according to a University media relations press release.

Sidney will complete her research as a visiting chair in governance and administration, spending four months comparing the United States’ and Canada’s immigration policies at local and national levels, according to the release. She will connect these policies to the work of non-governmental organizations.

She will then examine how interactions between immigrants and these non-governmental organizations affect the process of making a home in a new country.

“I’m very excited about going to Ottawa, even in bitter-cold January,” she said in the release. “I’ll be able to talk with national policymakers since it is the capital city, as well as study immigrant organizations at the local level.”

Sidney said the United States and Canada are different in a number of ways and this does not exclude immigration policies.

“Though we are neighbors, the United States and Canada have very different orientations toward immigrants, and different policies on immigrant settlement,” she said. “I will be tracking how those differences matter in the work of the local groups that help newcomers settle in Ottawa.”

Michael Hawes, executive director of Fulbright Canada, said he is happy to welcome Sidney to his group of Canada-U.S. Fulbright Scholars.

“Dr. Sidney is extremely deserving of this award, and I have no doubt her research will offer unique and critical insight into the study of immigration policies and the role of NGOs in the immigrant integration process in both Canada and the United States,” Hawes said in the release.

Sidney holds a PhD in political science and a master of arts in political science from the University of Colorado. She also holds a master of arts from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University.

She is a member of the Rutgers Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark and also teaches in the graduate program in American studies on Newark campus.

are getting ambushed on the side of the road by militarized factions on the Somalia border into Ethiopia,” he said. “It’s a really desperate situation.”

Although a core part of the Save the Children’s effort is to provide for the humanitarian crisis, the organization also provides an education to those in refugee camps, Chmura said.

“The quality of life they are receiving, of course, is nothing

like what we have in the United States, but it’s better than any situation they could have hoped for outside of the camps,” he said.

Some of the principle causes of the famine are agriculture and governmental failure, said Peter Kahn, a professor in the Depar tment of Biochemistr y and Microbiology.

He said people must take action to reduce the circumstances that

produce famines such as the one in East Africa.

“Where you have weak, incompetent governments, you will have famine,” Kahn said. “So we really have to address these problems on several levels at the time by all means to save children now, because if we don’t then they’ll die.”

Some students who fasted, like Project Nur Treasurer Nazia Fatima, felt more empathetic toward the people of Somalia.

“When you fast you kind of almost feel what they’re going through, and I feel like when you feel what someone else is going through it makes you more connected to them,” said Fatima, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior.

Melissa Yu, a School of Arts and Science senior who participated, said she felt giving up food for a day does not compare to what the people of Somalia are going through.

“This is really about empathizing with people who don’t have any food. The least you could do is take a day off and not eat,” she said. “Knowing that I could return to eating doesn’t even compare to what those people have to endure.”

Kahn said he wanted to spread awareness about the famine and that any individual has the ability to make a difference by doing something.

“If we want to be able to look at our reflections in the mir ror in the mor ning, we have to know that something we do that day will help save a life,” he said.

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Julia McClure, Middlesex County first assistant prosecutor, and Richard Pompelio, the victims’ rights attorney representing M.B., defend the unnamed man’s right to privacy yesterday on Patterson Street.

COURT: M.B. plans to testify during February trial continued from front against Ravi. But under a protective order, they were not allowed to share it with anyone else.

Julia McClure, Middlesex County first assistant prosecutor, said the state was concerned over the possible harm M.B. would face should the defense violate the order.

“The basis of the state’s motion is really about … the potential that it will prevent him from coming in to testify because he may not want to cooperate with the state anymore,” she said.

While she acknowledged that Ravi has a right to confront the unnamed man, McClure argued that he would have his chance during the trial’s cross-examination. Pre-trial interview is not part of the right.

“M.B. has a lot more to lose than this defendant,” she said. “[There is a] chilling effect of a victim’s cooperation in the criminal justice system when their identity is exposed [and] acts interfere with their personal nature in their personal life.”

In support of reconsideration, victims’ rights attorney Richard Pompelio joined McClure to represent M.B., citing past court decisions to explain why the defense should not get his name.

Pompelio said he was not present to help with the prosecution.

“I am here for one particular reason: to articulate and to advocate … the constitutional rights under the federal constitution right to privacy, [and] the state constitution right … on behalf of my client,” Pompelio said.

But Steven Altman, Ravi’s defense attorney, said without the

“M.B. has a lot more to lose than this defendant.”

JULIA MCCLURE Middlesex County First Assistant Prosecutor

information he cannot properly form a defense for his client.

Through past discover y motions, he was permitted to view text- and instant-message correspondences between Clementi and the unnamed man.

“I’ll never be in a position to explore that information … unless I learn about M.B.,” he said.

Altman claimed that he does not intend to disrespect or reveal his identity, and he said he would ensure that all investigations would be carried out sensitively.

“I’m not asking for a whole lot here. I’m asking for a start. I have no interest nor does my client or

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raise funds to help Republicans continued from front The 2010 state redistricting did little to change the demographic of voters in this district with only Highland Park joining the bordering District 18, according to thevoterguide.org.

Sen. Bob Smith, D-17, who is also chairman of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee, has held the seat since 1986, and Nor th Br unswick Republican Jason Rickards is the challenger.

In the race for Assembly seats in District 17, Assemblymen Upendra Chivukula and Joseph Egan are defending their seats from challenges by two Republicans, Carlo DiLalla and Rober t Mettler.

“I am working hard, along with my running-mate,” Chivukula said. “We are going to try to get the word out on the important issues, and make sure we win.”

He said job creation, economic development and property taxes are at the forefront of his campaign.

His stance on proper ty taxes has so far been to limit fully funding public schools.

anyone on the defense team of having all this media attention [over M.B.’s identity],” he said. “Judge, whatever parameters you want to establish, it’s a start for me.”

But Berman upheld his previous decision.

“I have to balance M.B.’s right to privacy against Mr. Ravi’s right to procure a defense, and I genuinely think I did that in September,” he said.

Because M.B. has relevant knowledge, plans to testify during the trial and is a victim to some of Ravi’s charges, Berman asserted that the defense is still entitled to his identity.

McClure previously requested that only Altman and no one else, including Ravi, should know the name, but the judge found it to be an inadequate condition.

“If one person in the world were entitled to it, it would be Mr. Ravi,” he said. “Based upon everything that’s been presented to me I don’t believe Mr. Ravi poses a threat to [M.B.].”

Berman said he was sensitive to the fact that M.B. may fear social repercussions or the invasion of his privacy, but assured the prosecution that Altman would not risk his license by leaking his identity.

“There’s no thoughtful, fairminded, balanced person who would ever stigmatize anyone because of their sexual preferences, ethnicity, religion, race or anything else,” he said.

University funding and are not allowed to lobby with student fee money.

Unlike the Inter national Revenue Ser vice’s tax and funding distinction they were considering (501c3) that does not allow lobbying, RUSA looks to pursue a distinction (501c7) that would allow it, said Matthew Cordeiro, RUSA president.

“What it means, is that we could still advocate but under the two conditions, that it is under a nonpar tisan manner [and that we] spend up to 20 percent of the budget on political engagement,” said Cordeiro, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior.

The fee would also provide RUSA the opportunity to speak with state legislators in Trenton, but the plan will be discussed throughout the year within the Internal Affairs committee, Sokolov said.

Looking to suppor t the United States Students Association’s campaign to save student aid, RUSA also endorsed a bill to save federal funding from Pell Grants and Staf ford Grants.

The federal student aid programs have already been cut $30 billion, according to the bill.

“Our goal is to not push the cost of higher education on students’ backs,” Cordeiro said.

Cordeiro, who proposed the bill, encouraged the general body to back the USSA’s postcard campaign to “Save Student Aid” campaign.

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also known as the Super Committee is composed of 12 members — six Democrats and six Republicans from the Senate, Cordeiro said. They have until November to come up with a plan to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal debt.

“Rutgers relies on federal funding and it’s what students rely on,” he said. “One-third of

all Rutgers students are on Pell Grants.”

Changes to the Pell Grants would make the $5,550 harder to get by changing the loan guidelines to those making less than $30,000 for a family of four, Cordeiro said.

“Ever yone would probably receive less money,” he said.

Staf ford Loans, which are subsidized and unsubsidized loans with a six-month grace period before students have to star t paying back the principle, would also be directly af fected, Cordeiro said. But with the cuts, students would have to pay back the loan as soon as they graduate.

“Rutgers receives $300 million in federal loans. [With the cuts, there will be] less money for these programs,” he said.

Student loans are the only type of loans that are not excused when filing bankruptcy, Sokolov said.

“This year, as a nation, student loan debt will hit $1 trillion,” Cordeiro said. “We should not be pushing the cost of higher education on students.”

In response to the murder of 46-year-old Barr y Deloatch, RUSA also passed a resolution to publicly state the student body’s opposition to the city’s response to the alleged shooting and tactics of the New Br unswick Police Depar tment, said Joel Salvino, of f-campus representative.

“I call for an investigation into the NBPD for their histor y,” he said. “I want an investigation into the NBPD for their actions and prosecution ... for the police of ficers involved in the murder.”

Deloatch was a New Brunswick resident who was fatally shot on Sept. 22 during an altercation with police.

“The students of Rutgers are a par t of the New Br unswick community,” said Salvino, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior. “The lack of response from the city of New Brunswick to the continuous community protests of the matter.”

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JASON RICKARDS - R

JOSEPH EGAN - D

ROBERT METTLER - R

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UPENDRA CHIVUKULA - D

CARLO DILALLA - R

“New Jersey taxpayers have reached a tipping point on taxes,” Chivukula said in a 2010 press release. “They can no longer af ford to pay six-figure salaries for hundreds of superintendents and assistant superintendents along with the costs of other administrators.”

DiLalla said in a sur vey by thevoterguide.org that he would make sure no money is misspent.

Money should be given back to homeowners to help alleviate high proper ty taxes.

Chivukula, on the issue of job creation, said the state should look to solar energy as a potential source of jobs.

In terms of shifting the balance within the state, Weingart said there is little possibility of a complete turnover to Republicans in either house.

“Most people think it is unlikely that [Republicans] will gain enough seats to gain a

majority in either house,” he said. “But there is a cer tain possibility that they pick up one or two seats in each house.”

Weingar t said Gov. Chris Christie could still play a major role in the legislative elections, thus helping some Republican candidates take seats from incumbent Democrats.

“Gov. Christie has an ability to raise significant amounts of funds that could help republican legislative candidates,” he said.

The race for Senator in District 14 could be one of those af fected by Gov. Christie’s influence.

Sen. Linda Greenstein, D-14, faces a strong challenge from Republican Richard Kanka, the candidate who fought for the passage of Megan’s Law, which protects children against sex of fenders, named in honor of his daughter.

Greenstein became senator last year after a special election following the depar ture of Bill Baroni who resigned to take the position of Deputy Executive Director of the Por t Authority of New York and New Jersey, according an ar ticle on Trentonian.com.

She beat Sen. Tom Goodwin, the Republican incumbent, that year by a margin of 51 to 49 percent, according to the ar ticle.

“My main focus is to make sure we make this an employer-friendly state, which is not right now, because we have taxed all the businesses out of the state,” Kanka said.

He said the state government must make New Jersey more competitive for business to return.

“We must bring businesses back so that when people do graduate from college, they have somewhere to get a job,”

he said. “That’s the biggest challenge right now.”

Kanka, a long-time resident of Hamilton, N.J., said his connection to the town would help his campaign.

“The people of Hamilton know what I’ve done in the past and how I work with the legislature, either Republican or Democrat, on the state and federal level,” he said. “There is trust there.”

Before winning the 2010 election, Greenstein served as an elected member of the Plainsboro Township Committee and as vice president of the Mercer County School Boards Association, according to the New Jersey Legislature website.

Her work includes involvement on committees on Budget/Appropriations as well as Environment/Energy, according to the website.

She was not available at press time.

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Ice Knights turn pink for weekend’s benefit event

BY JESSICA PAO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers Ice Knights will go “Pink in the Rink” for breast cancer awareness this Saturday during its game against Binghamton University at the ProtecHockey Pond in Somerset, N.J. The University’s men’s club ice hockey team will charge nonstudents a $5 admission fee for its breast cancer benefit game, said Megan O’Brien, events coordinator for Rutgers Hockey.

“All that money is going to be donated to ‘Susan G. Komen for the Cure,’” said O’Brien, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

Off the rink, members of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority will be handing Yoplait yogurts and other giveaways, she said.

“The lid for the pink Yoplait yogurts go towards breast cancer awareness,” she said.

“Everybody who comes in will get a free yogurt, and all we ask of them is to drop the lid in our box to add to the donations.”

T.J. Fiorillo, a Rutgers Ice Knights defender, said the team had been planning an event for a couple of years that gives back to the community.

“One of our biggest issues has always been to help out the community and do a lot of charity work,” he said. “We always thought that something like this would really work out where we can team up with a sorority and make something like this happen.”

There will also be an opportunity for those who have lost loved ones to have their names remembered, O’Brien said. “[There will be] a paper at the entrance that says ‘Rutgers Hockey Remembers,’ and anyone can sign a person’s name in memory of them,” she said. “We are also going to post those up around the facility.”

In addition to charity fundraising, there will also be direct work to raise awareness at the game by handing out information flyers, O’Brien said.

“We not only want to raise money, but we also want women and even men to know how to self-check, what the signs are, how to prevent cancer, who is at risk and what are some of the facts and fiction,” she said.

Fiorillo, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said the event would be a a good experience for the team and attendees.

“We really expect to see a lot of people in the rink on Saturday night. Ever ybody wears pink,” he said. “We’d like to raise a good amount of money and continue a really robust standing in the community as a ver y charitable organization.”

Assistant coach Adriaan Klaassen said the American Collegiate Hockey Association nationally recognized the Ice Knights for charity work.

“Last season, they started recognizing teams that are active in their communities. They started this award, and the first year they handed it out — the community service award — we actually won it for the whole nation,” Klaassen said.

Fiorillo said the Ice Knights were proud of the achievement and hope to be recognized again.

“Last year, we won the ACHA award for charity work, which was the first time they ever gave that award out, and they gave it to us for some of our outreach programs,” he said. “So we’re hoping to win that award again.”

Fiorillo said the team thinks the award and event will also increase fan support and awareness for the team.

“We think this is a good way to do it,” he said. “To raise some fan support, University awareness and really have a nice night for everyone involved.”

CAMDEN PROFESSOR INTEGRATES LAW CLASSES WITH STORYTELLING A Rutgers School of Law-Camden professor is adding stor ytelling to her classes’ curriculums.

Ruth Anne Robbins uses characters such as Harr y Potter to illustrate the point of “lawyering” in which attorneys emphasize the stor y aspect of their clients’ lives to a judge or jur y, according to a Rutgers Focus ar ticle.

“Stor ytelling really is par t of general lawyering skills, just as much as legal analysis, logic and argumentation,” said Robbins, who is also director of lawyering programs at the school in the ar ticle.

The logic behind using characters from stories is so that students can use the characters’ fictional lives as guides to learning how to lawyer.

Robbins uses numerous archetypical characters to teach, including warriors, jesters and orphans, according to the ar ticle.

In regard to Harr y Potter, the professor said in the ar ticle that she sees him as an orphan more than a hero.

“The whole theme is that he lost his society, and he’s tr ying to regain it. That’s what his stor y is,” she said in the ar ticle.

Robbins said if students focus on Harr y Potter as a warrior hero in a fight of good versus evil, it would be harder for members of the jur y to empathize with him as opposed to por traying him as an orphan hero with numerous struggles.

“When you’re thinking of a client you have to understand that your client has many different personas — at work persona, at home persona,” she said. “Which one of those people do you want to make sure the decider of law really focuses on?”

Ultimately Robbins believes that in law, focusing on the personal details of a client’s life is what makes for the best resolution.

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An African themed festival, “Tuko Pamoja — We are Together” is taking place from 1 to 4 p.m. at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. The Kenya committee of Engineers Without Borders is holding the event, which will include per formances, an oppor tunity to take samples of dif ferent African cuisines and tables of fering EWB information. The committee hopes to raise awareness of the water crisis in developing worlds, allow par ticipants to learn about African culture and help fundraise for their initiatives.

The Center for Race and Ethnicity is holding a roundtable discussion titled “The Queer Newark Oral History Project.”

Faculty members from the University and other area institutions will join with local activists to discuss this new project that is being launched later this fall. You’ll hear about how scholars are working to archive the fascinating history of Newark’s lesbian, gay, transgender and queer community. The discussion will take place at noon on 191 College Ave. A light lunch will be served. The favor of an RSVP is requested, for food planning purposes. Please email raceethnicity@sas.rutgers.edu.

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Don’t miss your chance to visit one of the most haunted prisons in the country, the “Eastern State Penitentiary: Terror Behind the Walls.” Check out the Eastern State Penitentiary at easternstate.org, and visit rupa.rutgers.edu for information regarding tickets. Bus departs at 6 p.m. from the Rutgers Student Center.

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The Rutgers University Historical Society is a group dedicated to the promotion and preservation of University history. Join the RUHS this Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Red Lion Café in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus for a night of trivia, prizes, free food and a discussion on the Rutgers-Princeton cannon war. Find us on Facebook or email us at ruhs.1766@gmail.com.

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The Center for Women’s Global Leadership and the Institute for Women’s Leadership invite you to a public lecture by Marcela Olivera, Bolivian water rights activist and 2011 visiting global associate. The lecture will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building at 162 Ryders Lane on Douglass campus. For more information please email Lucy Vidal, cwgl@rci.rutgers.edu.

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Join Rutgers University Programming Association for the Scarlet Har vest to race in the giant corn maze, car ve Halloween pumpkins and enjoy a live folk concer t. The har vest will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. at Skelly Field on Cook campus.

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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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Spend a day in Venice at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. At 2 p.m., attend a Venetian art lecture conducted by William Barchan, a recently retired professor of art history at the Fashion institute of Technology. At 3:30 p.m., enjoy a Venetian-themed music concert from celebrated pianist Juana Zayas. Tickets are $15 for non-members and $10 for museum members.

The event is free to University faculty, staff and students with valid IDs. Contact Theresa Watson at tcwatson@zimmerli.rutgers.edu for more information.

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US, Pakistani leaders discuss collaboration THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Obama administration delivered a blunt warning Thursday that the United States will do what it must to go after militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan, whether Pakistan helps or not.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton led an unusually large U.S. delegation for two days of talks with civilian and military leaders who have resisted previous U.S. demands to take a harder tack against militants who attack American soldiers and interests in Afghanistan.

The large U.S. contingent was meant to display unity among the various U.S. agencies, including the CIA, Pentagon and State Department, with an interest in Pakistan. CIA chief David Petraeus and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey joined Clinton, who said the team would “push Pakistan very hard.”

There were cordial handshakes and greetings among the large U.S. and Pakistani delegation gathered at the office of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as the first of two evening meetings began.

Pakistan’s foreign minister, Army chief and intelligence head were expected to see their U.S. counterparts Thursday.

Clinton arrived in Islamabad from Afghanistan, where she told Pakistan it must be part of the solution to the Afghan conflict.

She said the U.S. expects the Pakistani government, military and intelligence services to take the lead in fighting Pakistan-based militants and also in encouraging Afghan militants to reconcile.

“Our message is very clear,” Clinton said. “We’re going to be fighting, we are going to be talking and we are going to be building ... and they can either be helping or hindering, but we are not going to stop.”

The meetings focused on the recurrent U.S. demand that Pakistan launch its own offensive against a lethal Taliban affiliate known as the Haqqani network.

It operates on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border; U.S. officials claim Pakistan either tolerates or supports the group’s activities.

A senior U.S. official said Thursday’s four hours of meetings were “extremely frank” and “very detailed” but declined to offer details.

In a statement, Gilani’s office said the discussion was “cordial and frank.” But it also suggested Pakistan was unhappy with the message push by recalling statements denying U.S. allegations of links between Pakistan and militants.

“Disagreements between the coalition partners in the war on terror should not undermine strategic relationship which is so vital for the promotion of mutual interests of the two countries,” the statement quoted Gilani as saying.

U.S. military leaders have told the Pakistanis that if Islamabad does not act against the Haqqanis, the U.S. will.

“We must send a clear, unequivocal message to the government and people of Pakistan

that they must be part of the solution, and that means ridding their own country of terrorists who kill their own people and who cross the border to kill people in Afghanistan,” Clinton said.

Pakistan has deployed 170,000 soldiers to its eastern border with Afghanistan and more than 3,000 soldiers have died in battles with militants. So Pakistani leaders bristle at U.S. criticism that they have not done enough or that they play a double game — fighting militants in some areas, supporting them in others where they might be useful proxies in a future conflict with India.

A new offensive unleashed in recent days by the U.S.-led coalition against the Haqqani network in Afghanistan has added a sense of urgency to the talks in Pakistan.

Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, described the offensive during an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press as a “high intensity sensitive operation.” He would not give a precise location or other details.

For more than three decades, the Haqqani network, led by patriarch Jalaluddin Haqqani, has maintained a headquarters in Pakistan’s Miran Shah district of North Waziristan. The United States has had some recent successes killing at least two top Haqqani commanders in drone attacks.

Senior U.S. officials said the CIA was given a clearer green light to go after the Taliban affiliate in its Pakistani stronghold after the attack on a military base in Wardak, Afghanistan, that wounded 77 American soldiers. The Sept.

10 attack, blamed on the Haqqanis, helped convince Clinton that the U.S. should take decisive action against the network, two officials said.

Clinton and other U.S. officials had worried that CIA pressure on the network, primarily through drone strikes, would make its leaders less likely to support peace efforts between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

Washington has had contact with some within the Haqqani network, including Ibrahim Haqqani, the brother of Jalaluddin, according to several Afghan and U.S. officials.

That same worry has held up an expected U.S. announcement that the Haqqani network will be placed on a list of terrorist groups subject to U.S. punishment. That move is now expected within a few weeks, two officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions are not complete.

The U.S. and NATO consider the Taliban affiliate to be the single greatest enemy in Afghanistan, and they accuse Pakistan of providing the group safe havens. There are also recent allegations that Pakistan has sent rocket fire into Afghanistan to provide cover for insurgents crossing the border.

Pakistan has denied aiding the Haqqanis. An increasingly angry Pakistani military has refused to carry out an offensive in the North Waziristan tribal region, saying it would unleash a tribal-wide war that Pakistan could not contain.

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Libyan soldiers kill Gadhafi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SIRTE, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi, Libya’s dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell.

Interim government officials said one of Gadhafi’s sons, his former national security adviser Muatassim, also was killed in Sirte, and another, one-time heir apparent Seif al-Islam, was wounded and captured.

The 69-year-old Gadhafi is the first leader to be killed in the Arab Spring wave of popular uprisings that swept the Middle East, demanding the end of autocratic rulers and the establishment of greater democracy.

“We have been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Moammar Gadhafi has been killed,” Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril told a news conference in the capital of Tripoli.

His death decisively ends a regime that had turned Libya into an international pariah and ran the oil-rich nation by the whim and brutality of its notoriously eccentric leader.

Libya stands on the cusp of a new era, but its turmoil may not be over. The former rebels who now rule are disorganized and face rebuilding a country virtually without institutions by Gadhafi’s design.

They have already shown signs of infighting, with divisions between geographical areas and Islamist and more secular ideologies.

President Barack Obama told the Libyan people: “You have won your revolution,” Although the U.S. briefly led the NATO bombing campaign in Libya that sealed Gadhafi’s fate, Washington later took a secondary role to its allies. Britain and France said they hoped that his death would lead to a more democratic Libya.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said it would allow Libyans “to free themselves from the dictatorial and violent regime.”

There were confusing reports of Gadhafi’s capture and death, and questions remained over exactly how he was killed.

Arab broadcasters showed graphic images of the balding, goateed Gadhafi — wounded, with a bloodied face and shirt — but alive. Later video showed

fighters rolling Gadhafi’s lifeless body over on the pavement, stripped to the waist and a pool of blood under his head.

While he was still alive, the fighters drove him around lying on the hood of a truck, perhaps to parade him in public. One fighter held him down, pressing on his thigh with a pair of shoes in a show of contempt.

Standing upright, he is shoved along a Sirte road by fighters who chanted “God is great.”

Gadhafi appears to struggle against them, stumbling and shouting as the fighters push him onto the hood of a pickup truck.

“We want him alive. We want him alive,” one man shouted before Gadhafi is dragged away, some fighters pulling his hair, toward an ambulance.

Most accounts agreed Gadhafi had been holed up with heavily armed supporters in the last few buildings held by regime loyalists in the Mediterranean coastal town, furiously battling revolutionary fighters. The battle for Sirte has been raging for more than a month.

At one point, a convoy tried to flee and was hit by NATO airstrikes, carried out by French warplanes. France’s Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said the 80-vehicle convoy was carrying Gadhafi and was trying to escape the city. The strikes stopped the convoy but did not destroy it, and then revolutionary fighters moved in on the vehicle carrying Gadhafi.

One fighter who said he was at the battle told AP Television News that the final fight took place at an opulent compound.

Adel Busamir said the convoy tried to break out but after being hit, it turned back and re-entered the compound. Several hundred fighters attacked.

“We found him there,” Busamir said of Gadhafi. “We saw them beating him (Gadhafi) and someone shot him with a 9mm pistol ... then they took him away.”

Militar y spokesman Col. Ahmed Bani in Tripoli told AlJazeera TV that a wounded Gadhafi “tried to resist (revolutionar y forces) so they took him down.”

Fathi Bashaga, spokesman for the Misrata militar y council, whose forces were involved in the battle, said fighters encircled the convoy and exchanged fire. In one vehicle, they found Gadhafi,

wounded in the neck, and took him to an ambulance. “What do you want?” Gadhafi asked the approaching revolutionaries, Bashaga said, citing witnesses.

Gadhafi bled to death from his wounds a half-hour later, he said.

Fighters said he died in the ambulance en route to Misrata, 120 miles from Sirte.

Abdel-Jalil Abdel-Aziz, a doctor who accompanied the body in the ambulance and examined it, said Gadhafi died from two bullet wounds — to the head and chest.

“You can’t imagine my happiness today. I can’t describe my happiness,” he told The Associated Press. “The tyranny is gone. Now the Libyan people can rest.”

Amnesty International urged the revolutionar y fighters to report the full facts of how Gadhafi died, saying all members of the former regime should be treated humanely. The Londonbased rights group said it was essential to conduct “a full, independent and impartial inquiry to establish the circumstances of Col. Gadhafi’s death.”

Later, Gadhafi’s body was paraded through the streets of Misrata on top of a vehicle surrounded by a large crowd chanting, “The blood of the martyrs will not go in vain,” according to footage aired on Al-Arabiya television. The fighters who killed Gadhafi are believed to have come from Misrata, a city that suffered a brutal weeks-long siege by Gadhafi’s forces during the eight-month civil war.

Celebratory gunfire and cries of “God is great” rang out across Tripoli. Motorists honked and people hugged each other. In Sirte, the ecstatic former rebels celebrated the city’s fall after weeks of fighting by firing endless rounds into the sky, pumping their guns, knives and even a meat cleaver in the air and singing the national anthem.

“We would have wanted him alive for trial. But personally, I think it is better he died,” Bashaga said.

The capture of Sirte, the death of Gadhafi, and the death and capture of his two most powerful sons, gives the transitional leaders confidence to declare the entire country “liberated.”

It rules out a scenario some had feared — that Gadhafi might flee deep into Libya’s southern deser ts and lead a resistance campaign.

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ou’d be forgiven for thinking that Facebook was good for nothing but procrastination. For most of the website’s existence, that was precisely the case. Now, however, things are changing — Facebook is becoming more productive, thanks to the establishment of the Social Jobs Partnership. A collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and Facebook, the partnership will create a Facebook page that presents users with a conglomeration of job-search ser vices all in one easy to access place.

This is a great idea, not only because it places a variety of jobsearch tools in one place, but also because it raises the visibility of these tools. Almost ever yone uses Facebook these days, so ever yone can use these tools. We give the Department of Labor and Facebook laurels for this partnership. *

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New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney is angry with Gov. Chris Christie. As Sweeney pointed out on Facebook last month, under Christie, the poverty rate has increased and the number of residents with health insurance has decreased. While both of these facts are true, Sweeney is wrong to point the finger squarely at Christie. As Sheldon Danziger, director of the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan, told Politifact.com: “Most of the factors that determine a state’s poverty rate are beyond the control of a governor in the short run.” Let’s keep in mind the fact that Christie didn’t sit down and decide to total the U.S. economy — that happened entirely independently of him. We dart Sweeney for turning a high poverty rate and a low health-insurance rate into weapons with which to bash Christie. What Sweeney should be doing with these issues is addressing them. *

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It’s easy for one, in light of the ongoing exposure of corporate greed and corruption, to get lost in the general wave of criticism that has, with good reason, swept over the nation and been directed at the corporate world. Yet despite the less-than-satisfactory business practices of some of the nation’s larger corporations, redemption may yet be found in the merits of certain small acts of kindness — an example of which can be found in Pfizer’s donation of 200 teddy bears to pediatric child patients. In a commendable effort to show just how big on community reciprocity the company is, executives from the pharmaceutical giant took a temporary leave from their desks to build teddy bears with pediatric patients at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital. We give the executives of Pfizer a laurel, not only for making the children’s day, but for also doing their best to redeem the image of the corporation in the eyes of the American people. Wall Street CEOs, take note. *

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Lisa Simeone, a freelance host for National Public Radio, is under fire for her involvement with the group October 2011. The group in question is involved with the “Occupy D.C.” movement, and Simeone acts as a spokeswoman for them. Some people are rather unhappy about this. They feel that she, as a part of a tax-funded public radio station, should not run around associating with such staunchly partisan groups. As a result of such complaints, NPR is investigating Simeone. We dart those who have been so quick to admonish Simeone for her actions. In fact, we think our senators, members of Congress and the president could all take a cue from her. She is actually making a stand, not being spineless and ineffectual. After all, things only get done when stands are taken. *

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State legislature election dates are fast approaching. With this in mind, student organizations have been distributing the appropriate literature and information in attempts to urge students on campus to register to vote and have their voices heard. This is good, because according to Director of the Youth Political Participation Program Elizabeth Matto, our generation — the millennial generation — is on track to be the largest, most diverse and technologically advanced in American history. This translates into a lot of votes and a lot of influence in elections such as these. For their committed efforts to raise student-voting awareness these student organizations deserve a laurel — we know we’ll be sure to register.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Knowing that I could return to eating doesn’t even compare to what those people have to endure.”

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authors, civil rights activists arents generally and physicists. McCarthy’s don’t fully explain own ego led to his downfall. things to children.

He lost his popularity after Why take naps and have a charging President Dwight bedtime?

They’d say Eisenhower with treason because all children should and launching an investigaget a lot of sleep — not tion of the Army. because such rest leads to JOSE PAULINO Politicians and anyone important recovery, repair with power in the past and and growth of the body. present have recognized that misinformation camWhy eat vegetables? Because they’re good for you paigns — not small lies, but the consistent mis— not because carrots are rich in vitamin A, a vitarepresentation of reality — can be very useful. min needed by the retina to distinguish color as Tobacco companies previously claimed smoking well as to aid the eye in low-lit conditions. But I’m made you healthier. The emergence of figures like not criticizing parents. This “dumbing down” of reaSarah Palin and Herman Cain reflect the anti-intelsoning is understandable. Unfortunately, many lectualism that infects American culture. Palin’s politicians from all ideological backgrounds are folksy attitude, highlighted by her willfully incorused to treating the adult population the same way. rect grammar and intentional misrepresentation of Such tendencies would not be a problem if they didPresident Barack Obama’s policies, is undoubtedn’t dominate our politics — but they do, especially ly epic. At the national tea party convention, she among conservatives. ridiculed Obama’s “hopey, “Anti-intellectualism” is a term changey stuff” and led the debate that describes hostility toward “Blaming people regarding imaginary death panabstract ideas, condemning them els, one of the most deceptive and as distractions and the people for their poverty disingenuous political critiques of who promote them as out-ofthe past years. touch. Simple, emotionally appealis very easy to do.”

An intelligent, black man like ing and comforting ideas are Cain, of all people, should be heavily preferred. The denial of aware of the oppression and lack of opportuniglobal warming is a striking example. An abunties endured by many people in this countr y, dance of evidence confirms that human activity has which are disproportionately minority. In regard increased the pace of climate change. Of course, to “Occupy Wall Street” protestors, he said, conservative leaders — our Gov. Chris Christie “Don’t blame Wall Street, don’t blame the big thankfully not included in this bunch — will deny banks. If you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, the validity of this empirical evidence. blame yourself.” Cain ought to know that peoMcCarthyism in the early 1950s is another comples’ life circumstances play a crucial role in mon example of anti-intellectualism in American their success. But blaming people for their politics. During this time, the American political poverty is ver y easy to do. No one wants to think atmosphere was highly suspicious of anything and about the complex issues involving unequal everything with a slight resemblance to commuaccess to educational and economic opportuninism. The Cold War had begun, and Americans ties. Cain’s “9-9-9” tax plan is so simple-minded, turned their fearful gaze toward governments in it seems to have come from his pizza company’s Eastern Europe and China, then controlled by commarketing department. munist dictators. This was the perfect opportunity Democrats are not exempt from criticism. Hilary for Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin Clinton promoted a gas-tax holiday overwhelmingly to target his political opponents and homosexuals opposed by economists. According to a letter signed as enemies of the state because of alleged antiby 230 of them, they opposed it because “First, American sympathies. McCarthy was largely research shows that waiving the gas tax would genresponsible for the Second Red Scare, a period of erate major profits for oil companies rather than sigblind hysterical fear of anything perceived as comnificantly lowering prices for munist or anti-free enterprise. Hundreds of innocent people were imprisoned for exercising their SEE PAULINO ON PAGE 9 First Amendment rights, including several actors,

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PAULINO continued from page 8 consumers. Second, it would encourage people to keep buying costly imported oil and do nothing to encourage conservation.

Third, a tax holiday would provide very little relief to families feeling squeezed.” But, then again, a gas-tax holiday sounds nice. Why do people satisfy themselves with such mediocrity?

To be fair, politicians must be able to communicate with average people effectively. It’d be impractical and boring for our leaders to give speeches that sound like scholarly essays. It’s their duty to simplify things to an extent, especially since not ever yone has the capacity to understand the intricacies of 1,000-page bills. However, there is a dramatic difference between interpreting a very complex idea so that it makes sense to the layman and entirely misrepresenting it to induce support or opposition for it. Well-educated people and intellectuals cringe at the

simplistic reasoning dominating many of the arguments used by popular media personalities, political pundits, elected officials and candidates for political office.

Perhaps Americans are aware of these shortcomings, but prefer them to policies that objectively address our issues. Maybe sweeping social and political change is taking place in the United States, and promoters of anti-intellectualism wish to pretend that is not the case. Rational policies must recognize change.

Rational policies must recognize that severe injustices exist and everyone deserves to bear a fair share of the burden to alleviate them. Until those in denial accept the current state of our country and accept the direction in which our country is heading, anti-intellectualism will reign in their political circles and continue to threaten our country.

Jose Paulino is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science with a minor in philosophy.

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Today's Birthday (10/21/11). Discipline with commitments provides more time to play, ultimately. Let this be the year to really explore creative self-expression in a variety of arenas. Fulfill your own wishes while contributing to the common good. You can have it all. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is Today is a 7 — It's springtime in a 7 — Your social life keeps growMelbourne, and love is in the air ing. Face to face discussion avoids ... even in the Northern Hemimisunderstandings, especially when sphere, for Aries. Your caring it comes to romance. Shades of nature today makes you attracmeaning get lost in email. tive. Share your heart boldly.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Take care of your Today is a 6 — Some channels community, and allow them to want to close today, but gentle take care of you. Organize a pressure maintains the flow. Keep neighborhood event that brings busy at home, and don't avoid people together, or simply get to other responsibilities. Receive know a neighbor. Smile. gifts with thanks and a smile.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today Today is a 7 — Find a way to is a 6 — Finish up old business experience new adventures withwhile you invent new opportunities out breaking the rules (although for the future. Don't put it off. they may require some bending).

Stick to your budget. Find beauty Practice flexibility, and stay in in acts of ritual and routine. communication for best results.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — You're on the Today is an 8 — Avoid morning upswing financially. Consider travel and major dialogues. your next move carefully. What Quiet, steady work gets you farare the potential repercussions ther. Let a partner take the lead. and consequences? Complete They see the way to go. the old job first.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is Today is a 7 — Work could get a 9 — There's room for misunin the way of romance. Pass the derstanding in your interactions reins to a colleague temporarily, with loved ones, but you can han- and postpone travel. Streamline dle it with ease, as long as you're your work routine, and time respectful. Provide motivation. opens up for fun.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — Focusing may Today is a 7 — Talk it over with require special attention now. someone you love first. They see Take a few minutes of peace and your blind spots. Don't get perquiet to increase your productivsuaded against trying. Use their ity. Resist the urge to run away. view to guide yourself. Then Soon, it will be complete. practice. It just might work. © 2011, TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES INC.

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POWER: Jamison carries burden of Knights’ run game continued from back and eventually Savon Huggins, the top-ranked recruit in New Jersey in 2011.

But Turner never suited up for the Knights and left the school. Thomas moved to cornerback in the offseason, and Martinek transitioned to fullback during the same time frame.

Huggins earned touches, but lost a fumble last week and carried the ball only three times afterward.

Jamison remained through the rubble, racking up 61 percent of the team’s carries Saturday and nearly two-thirds of its rushing yards.

“You never know in college,” Jamison said. “You just have to keep working hard, and when your opportunity comes — like coach always says, ‘You only get a few’ — you just have to take it.

You just have to keep going, and you can’t let up.”

The 5-foot-8 Jamison continues to warrant the majority of reps in the Knights backfield with his consistent rushing style.

Schiano praised Jamison’s speed and quickness earlier in the season, but the Bolles School (Fla.) product also has a knack for bouncing off tackles and falling ahead for more yardage.

“That is debilitating to a defense when a pile is always moving for ward,” said senior center Caleb Ruch. “He just keeps his legs churning, and it helps him get extra yards.”

Ruch first witnessed a renewed Jamison during spring practice.

He scored a pair of touchdowns in the Knights’ ScarletWhite game — one for each team. But Huggins’ arrival in the summer figured to displace most of the carries Jamison earned in the springtime.

While Huggins can still eventually emerge as Rutgers’ workhorse back — he only has six career games under his belt — it is now Jamison’s time.

“It just comes through hard work,” Jamison said. “Coach says the one that works the hardest and has proven himself the most is going to star t.

That’s just what I’ve been tr ying to do.”

The running game still has its faults.

The Knights left a number of big plays unconver ted against Navy, and its 100-yard performance is not a quick fix, Schiano said.

“Like I’ve said many times, we didn’t get here overnight, and we’re not going to get out of here overnight,” he said. “We have some spikes, but to be a team that consistently runs the football when we want to, we have a [long] way to go.”

Jamison and the Rutgers offense earn their first chance to build upon their first 100-yard rushing game tonight, when they take on Louisville.

The stocky redshirt freshman recorded his best game in Piscataway last week, but his rise would be too easy if he cemented himself with only one game. He thought back to Turner, who he said he would have enjoyed playing with the Knights backfield.

“If Casey would have come, I think me and him would have been a really good duo,” he said.

For now, it is only Jamison.

He earned the right to stand alone, even if turns out to be only overnight.

OCTOBER 21, 2011

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Knights focus on mental game with short week

BY JOEY GREGORY STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers women’s golf team had nearly three weeks of preparation between its past two tournaments.

The time elapsed resulted with the Scarlet Knights placing second at the Rutgers Invitational.

For their upcoming tournament in Bethlehem, Pa., the Knights WOMEN’S GOLF p r e RUTGERS AT pared for only LEHIGH INVITE, o n e SATURDAY, SUNDAY week.

And on top of the short period, heavy rains Wednesday took away an outside practice day.

But head coach Maura Waters-Ballard found a way to make the day meaningful.

“We watched a DVD by golf guru Bob Rotella on mental game,” Waters-Ballard said.

The Knights were back out on the course yesterday, getting in last-minute work before Friday’s practice round.

Prior to the Rutgers Invitational, Waters-Ballard had the team focus on the mental part of the game to supplement each player’s physical game, which for everyone is up to par, she said.

“Ever ybody is in good shape,” Waters-Ballard said.

“They are really comfor table with the way they are swinging and putting.”

And thanks to the Rotella DVD, the Knights have quality thoughts heading into the weekend, she said.

If the Knights can replicate their performance from last weekend, they are in good shape since the field at Lehigh is similar to the one they saw at Rutgers, she said. The tournament is also the same length — two days and 36 holes — so they already proved they can hold focus.

All they need to do is remember they can put up the kind of performance they did at Rutgers and make another run at the title, Waters-Ballard said.

“It’s all about confidence and getting into that mental zone,” she said. “They have to focus on every shot.”

And while they do not have knowledge of the home course, the Knights no longer have the pressures of family and friends watching them, which can work in their favor.

Waters-Ballard looks for her team to put up the same numbers it did in the first round at the Rutgers Invitational.

“If they put up two rounds of 303, I’ll be very happy,” she said.

The course they have to navigate is Saucon Valley Country Club, which played host to several USGA tournaments and championship events.

The location means that while the weather figures to be better than the past few tournaments, the course itself is enough of a challenge.

The men’s team is also in action this weekend at the same tournament. It takes the course trying to improve upon a 12thplace finish at the Barnabas Health Intercollegiate.

The tournament serves as the fall finale for the men’s team, while the women’s team still has the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kapolei, Hawaii, on its schedule.

CONOR ALWELL

Brittanny Weddell finished in second place last weekend.

For the men, the Lehigh Invitational tells them what they need to work on over the winter.

For the women, it is not only another chance to bring home a victor y, but also preparation for a tournament the furthest distance from home they ever played.

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T H E DA I LY TA R G U M

Late goal gives Knights victory

BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

After its scheduled night game Wednesday was postponed due to inclement weather, the Rutgers MEN’S SOCCER men’s 1 soccer SYRACUSE t e a m 2 took the RUTGERS f i e l d yesterday afternoon to take on conference opponent Syracuse.

The Scarlet Knights entered the matchup against the conference bottom feeder Orange with a must-win mentality, as it marked their last game before they face three consecutiveranked opponents to close the regular season.

The Knights got exactly what they wanted as they picked up their fourth straight win by a 2-1 score. They solidified their second-place standing in the Big East Red Division heading into their ranked matchups in the process.

“This is very big. This team has put themselves in a very good position,” said head coach Don Donigan. “It should allow them to play with a little bit of confidence and a little bit of arrogance.

Syracuse was a very dangerous

team who hasn’t lost by any more than one goal in any game they have been in. By no means did we understate them at all.”

The win was not easy for the Knights. Syracuse knotted the score at a goal apiece in the 80th minute. Rutgers responded only two minutes later, when freshman midfielder Nate Bruccoleri fired a rocket past Syracuse goalkeeper Phil Boerger for the game-winner.

“We were a goal up and we all knew we needed another one,” Bruccoleri said. “I gave a heads up to [senior midfielder Bryant] Knibbs and he got it to me. I pretty much kicked it as hard as I could and it worked out.”

Senior Ibrahim Kamara, who notched the game-winner last week against DePaul, got on the board first for the Knights. A deflection off a Syracuse defender found its way to Kamara, who headed it into the back left corner of the goal.

“It’s amazing, the way we have been playing as a team. As I’ve said before, my main job on this team is usually to create space, to get others the ball,” Kamara said.

“To get two big goals like this in two weeks, it is really amazing.”

The first half proved the ultimate stalemate, with both teams

looking their opponent’s equal in every aspect. Both Rutgers and Syracuse entered the locker room totaling four shots and one corner kick apiece, but neither team found the back of the net.

The majority of the Knights’ chances in the first half came from the foot of Kamara, who tallied three shots at the Syracuse goal.

“The first half was really a sign of fatigue because the game was rescheduled,” Kamara said. “We came out this afternoon and we weren’t as fired up as we should have been. Luckily we were able to turn things around in the second half.”

The Knights hope to use the momentum from yesterday’s matchup as they continue their ascent to the top of the Big East standings. They need all the momentum they can get as they head into the portion of their schedule against three nationallyranked conference opponents.

First on the list is a road game tomorrow against No. 13 Louisville.

“We go on the road now to face, in my opinion, three of the best teams in this conference you could possibly play,” Donigan said. “This is really the best way possible for us to enter these upcoming games.”

NOAH WHITTENBURG / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR / FILE PHOTO

Senior forward Ibrahim Kamara scored his second goal in as many games and third of the season yesterday to give the Scarlet Knights’ a 1-0 lead in the 55th minute against Syracuse.

RU targets defense to erase road woes

BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER

A pair of road matches sends the Rutgers volleyball team to the borders VOLLEYBALL of the Big East RUTGERS AT conferSYRACUSE, e n c e TONIGHT, 5 P.M. t h i s weekend, as matches at Syracuse and Marquette test the Scarlet Knights’ ability to battle the road.

The team’s 3-11 road record is indicative of its road woes, but the squad is where it wants to be coming off its four-match homestand.

During the stretch, the Knights defeated Fordham and Seton Hall, but lost to Cincinnati and Louisville.

Plagued with injuries and a lack of execution, the Knights suffered through an eight-game road losing streak, but October’s return to the Banks since erased much of the concerns.

With the strong defensive presence highlighted by a 3-0 sweep of Seton Hall, head coach CJ Werneke continues to preach the same intensity that his squad played with.

“We have to continue what we’ve been doing in practice the last couple of weeks — focusing on our offense and improving there, and also trying to maintain that defensive intensity,” Werneke said. “I’ve been pretty proud of how we’ve been playing defense, not only against Seton Hall, but also in the Fordham match and against Louisville and Cincinnati.”

Shifting the strong play and momentum from the College Avenue Gym to Syracuse is the next step for the improving Knights.

“Our focus is on Syracuse and using the momentum we’ve gained over the past few matches,” Werneke said.

Freshman outside hitter Sofi Cucuz and Werneke agree the travel aspect is not something the Knights worry about.

“It’s always tiring to travel,” Cucuz said. “But we keep each other positive, and it’s a great opportunity to beat someone on their home court.”

Syracuse (13-8, 3-3) tries to get back above .500 in Big East play against the Knights.

Sitting in eighth place, a loss to the Knights drops the Orange

out of the final qualifying spot for the Big East Tournament.

Although it is more than a month a way, qualifying for the Big East Tournament is still a goal for all 15 teams in the conference.

Sitting in 13th place, the Knights are still long shots for the tournament, but a successful road trip puts the Knights one step closer.

“We showed ourselves what we can accomplish,” Cucuz said.

“It’s a really great motivator for us to keep getting better and better.”

Taking one match at a time, the Knights must prove they can translate success from their home court to the road.

The challenge starts at Syracuse, and reconvenes Sunday in Milwaukee against Marquette.

The Golden Eagles sit atop the Big East standings with Louisville, boasting the Big East’s best record at 6-0.

With a 16-5 overall mark, Marquette is no easy task on its home cour t, but if the Knights can copy their blueprint from the Seton Hall match, the match could be interesting in Milwaukee.

NOAH WHITTENBURG / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

A goal by senior defender Julie Lancos late against Cincinnati gave the Knights a 1-0 victory in overtime.

NJ rivals square off for postseason berth

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

For the five seniors on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, the culmination of a career on the Banks comes down to one game.

Win WOMEN’S SOCCER and the Scarlet SETON HALL AT Knights RUTGERS, (8-7-2, 3TONIGHT, 7 P.M. 5-2) find themselves in the Big East Championships.

But lose and the Knights’ instate rival, Seton Hall, takes their playoff spot, sending the seniors home with nothing to show for in their final game at Yurcak Field.

Head coach Glenn Crooks could not ask for a better script.

“The atmosphere has been great,” Crooks said. “Everybody knows what’s at stake and hopefully it’s a really enthusiastic, large crowd, and I think everybody is excited about it. It’s tough not to be.”

Not many could predict Seton Hall (8-7-2, 4-6-0) — a team that finished last season with only 10 points in the Big East National Division — would enter its season finale against Rutgers with something to play for.

The Pirates began conference play at 3-1 before leveling off with a two-game slide entering Piscataway for a play-in game.

But everything both squads play for during the regular season rests in the outcome of tonight’s contest, with the winner earning either a No. 5 or No. 4 seed in the Big East Championships.

The winner earns a No. 4 seed only if Villanova drops its final match to Georgetown, in which case the Knights play one final home match in the tournament.

Senior defender Julie Lancos enters the matchup fresh off a game-winning overtime goal against Cincinnati.

The score preser ved the Knights’ playoff chances and gave Lancos her first goal of the season, jumpstar ting the team despite its recent drop-off in scoring.

The Belford, N.J., native, who transferred from Florida State after the 2008 season, remembers dropping a 1-0 decision last year to the Pirates. But the senior fell short in tr ying to recall playing in a regular season finale with the magnitude of tonight’s match.

“I don’t think I’ve had a game like this at all in the past two or three years,” Lancos said. “This game probably means the most because if we win, we go on, and if we lose, we don’t, so it’s going to be a big one.”

Also playing her final game in the backfield at Yurcak Field is Jasmine Edwards, who spent the past four years in Piscataway after growing up in San Diego.

Despite making the long trip to the Banks to play in college, Edwards is confident she made the right choice.

“I’m ver y happy. I made friends on this team that I know I’ll probably have for the rest of my life,” she said.

Senior midfielder Ashley Medcalf, who Crooks recruited from Waipahu, Hawaii, offered a similar sentiment reflecting on her college decision, despite not initially knowing much about Rutgers.

Medcalf scored her first goal of the season in a 2-1 loss Oct. 2 against Syracuse. The 6-foot Medcalf was one of the most consistent midfielders over the past three seasons, Crooks said.

But this season sped by for the longtime midfielder.

“It’s sad to think about,” she said. “I just feel like time flew by.”

For two Knights seniors, the match marks the final time they can be there for their teammates.

Senior goalkeeper Casey Rupon saw time in a match last season against Providence last season. But she did not get many opportunities while All-American Goalkeeper Erin Guthrie made her name during Rupon’s first two seasons.

Junior Emmy Simpkins assumed the role the past two seasons and likely earns the nod tomorrow against the Pirates.

But for senior midfielder Karla Schacher, who tore her ACL against Loyola Marymount early in the season, earning a win is especially important.

Though her final year with the team did not go according to plan, Schacher stayed with the team and assumed more of a coaching role. With the stage set, Schacher plans to do all she can to help coach the team to one last victory in Piscataway.

“Injuries are par t of the game,” Schacher said. “They suck when they happen to you but at the same time, you have to grow up as a person. I really like the aspect of being there for the team.”

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GAME 2: Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, 8 p.m. TV: ESPN2 RADIO: 1450 AM

Freshmen QBs face attacking defenses

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

A mutual friend, Urban Meyer, brought Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano and Louisville head coach Charlie Strong together, but their defensive minds made their friendship stick.

The Big East coaches share an appreciation for aggressive defense.

Rutgers has the 19th-ranked total defense and 97th-ranked total offense. Louisville ranks 17th and 100th in those same categories.

It sets up for an ESPN2 matchup tonight at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium that each coach will enjoy for its game-changing defense, not its aesthetic appeal.

“You know what I have found over the years is that you may think that when you look at it statistically,” Schiano said. “Then those are the 40-38 shootouts.”

A high-scoring affair seems unlikely, as each team starts a freshman quarterback that has yet to lead that sort of an offensive explosion, but each is capable.

Teddy Bridgewater was the U.S. Army All-American who spurned his hometown Miami in favor of the Cardinals. Gar y Nova was New Jersey’s top-ranked quar terback from the nation’s best high school program who stayed in state.

Bridgewater started the past three games. Nova started the past two. Louisville lost three games in a row. Rutgers won four. Bridgewater has five total touchdowns with five interceptions. Nova has six touchdowns, two interceptions and two fumbles lost.

“I don’t think I have to find a rhythm,” Nova said. “I just have to make smart decisions.”

The approach becomes more difficult against each opponents’ aggressive defense.

“It’s a major concern because they’re a pressure team. They can bring pressure from anywhere … and they’re creating a lot of turnovers. That’s going to be an issue for us,” Strong said on the Big East coaches’ conference call.

“Now that we’ve played six games, there’s not much they haven’t seen, but with Rutgers, a lot of the pressures they bring are totally different from a lot of the teams we’ve played against.”

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INSIDE the NUMBERS

SCARLET KNIGHTS (5-1)

NORTH CAROLINA (2-4)

PASSING CMP YDS TD INT. AVG. 2 136.6 G. Nova 55.6% 683 6

CMP YDS TD INT. AVG. PASSING Bridgewater 63.0% 709 4 5 118.2

RUSHING NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. J. Jamison 113 344 1 30 3.0 41 100 4 11 S. Huggins 2.4

RUSHING D. Brown J. Wright

NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. 3.5 60 211 0 23 3.6 49 176 0 17

RECEIVING NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. 55 555 5 32 10.1 M. Sanu J. Martinek 14 175 1 60 12.5 M. Harrison 12 211 1 37 17.6 12 153 1 21 12.8 Q. Pratt

RECEIVING M. Harris J. Chichester E. Rogers J. Bellamy

NO. 20 18 18 13

TKL SCK 2 59 32 3.5 0 29

DEFENSE

K. Greene S. Beauharnais L. Ryan

INT 0 2 2

SCHEDULE Sept. 1 Sept. 10 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 21 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26 YEE ZHSIN BOON

NC Central N. Carolina Ohio Syracuse Pittsburgh Navy Louisville West Virginia South Florida Army Cincinnati Connecticut

YDS 222 261 210 130

DEFENSE

D. Heyman P. Brown M. Evans

LNG 37 31 58 25

AVG. 11.1 14.5 11.7 10.0

TKL SCK 46 2 42 0 23 0

INT 1 0 2

TD 1 0 0 1

INJURIES Questionable — RB V. Anderson, OL H. Hernandez, WR D. Parker

INJURIES Out — DB R. Knight

Quarterback Gary Nova is 34-for-55 through the air for 445 yards and four touchdowns two starts into his freshman season.

]

W, 48-0 L, 24-22 W, 38-26 W, 19-16 W, 34-10 W, 21-20 8 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

TBA 3:30 p.m.

TBA TBA

SCHEDULE Sept. 1 Murray State Sept. 9 Florida International Sept. 17 Kentucky Marshall Oct. 1 North Carolina Oct. 8 Cincinnati Oct. 15 Oct. 21 Rutgers Oct. 29 Syracuse West Virginia Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Pittsburgh Nov. 19 Connecticut Nov. 26 South Florida

W, 21-9 L, 24-17 W, 24-17 L, 17-13 L, 14-7 L, 25-16 8 p.m.

Noon TBA TBA TBA TBA

Key Matchup Rutgers front seven vs. Louisville QB Teddy Bridgewater

But Bridgewater creates matchup problems of his own.

The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Miami Northwestern High School product threw for 709 yards and four touchdowns, but he also scored one on the ground.

“It’s not that he wants to,” Schiano said. “It’s not that he’s looking to be a scrambler, but when the protection breaks down and he has to go, he’s elusive. He makes people look silly.”

But Schiano’s defense made plenty of marquee freshman quarterbacks look silly in his time.

The most recent example is South Florida’s B.J. Daniels, who arrived in Piscataway as the leader of a ranked team and left with a beating — seven sacks, two interceptions and no points in a 31-0 Rutgers rout.

According to junior linebacker Khaseem Greene, who intercepted Daniels in the game, it has nothing to do with the inexperience of the opponent.

“I think our defense can cause problems for anybody if we do what we have to do,” Greene said. “Him being a freshman may or may not have any say in whether he’s confused. I think it’s more about us and doing our jobs than him.”

The Louisville defense will take the same approach, and that is something Strong can appreciate.

“I love watching [Rutgers] defense play,” Strong said. “[Schiano] knows how to take advantage of weaknesses on the offense. You have to know when and where to bring pressure, and he does.”

Rivals.com ranked Bridgewater as the sixth best dual-threat quarterback in the nation out of high school. He enrolled at Louisville in the spring and adjusted quickly enough to start each of the past three games, providing a threat with his arm and legs.

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP: OFFENSE

MOHAMED SANU Wide Receiver

ANDRE CIVIL Tackle

DESMOND WYNN Guard

CALEB RUCH Center

ART FORST Guard

KALEB JOHNSON Tackle

D.C. JEFFERSON Tight end

MARK HARRISON Wide Receiver

GARY NOVA Quarterback

JOE MARTINEK Fullback

JAWAN JAMISON Running Back

Junior 6’-2”, 215 lbs.

Sophomore 6’-3”, 275 lbs.

Senior 6’-6”, 295 lbs.

Senior 6’-4”, 298 lbs.

Senior 6’-8”, 310 lbs.

Freshman 6’-4”, 298 lbs.

Junior 6’-6”, 258 lbs

Junior 6’-3”, 230 lbs

Freshman 6’-2”, 210 lbs

Senior 6’-0”, 220 lbs

R-Freshman 5’-8”, 198 lbs

BRANDON JONES Cornerback

DURON HARMON Strong Safety

DAVID ROWE Free Safety

LOGAN RYAN Cornerback

Junior 6’-1”, 186 lbs

Junior 6’-1”, 201 lbs

Senior 6’-0”, 195 lbs

Sophomore 6’-0”, 190 lbs

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP: DEFENSE

MARCUS THOMPSON Right end

JUSTIN FRANCIS Tackle

SCOTT VALLONE Tackle

MANNY ABREU Left end

JAMAL MERRELL Linebacker

STEVE BEAUHARNAIS

Linebacker

KHASEEM GREENE Linebacker

Sophomore 6’-2”, 260 lbs

Senior 6’-4”, 275 lbs

Junior 6’-3”, 275 lbs

Senior 6’-3”, 260 lbs

Sophomore 6’-4”, 220 lbs

Junior 6’-2”, 235 lbs

Junior 6’-1”, 220 lbs

T H E D A I LY TA R G U M

SPORTS

PA G E 1 6

OCTOBER 21, 2011

YEE ZHSIN BOON

STAYING

POWER

KNIGHTS GAMEDAY

Jamison overcomes daunting numbers game at running back for Knights’ full-time carries

Rutgers freshman quarterback Gary Nova and rookie Teddy Bridgewater from Louisville will earn starter’s reps against tough defenses. pg. 15

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Never in his 11 years in Piscataway did Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano have a running back ask him for only 12 carries per game.

FOOTBALL Redshirt freshman running back Jawan Jamison was no different — although 12 carries is more than he averaged in high school — but he put himself in a position to demand more touches.

“Twenty-plus is when they really start cooking, according to all the backs,” Schiano said. “And there’s a lot of truth to that. You get into a groove. You get warm. You get a feel of it. I think Jawan’s earned that.”

Jamison averaged 24 carries through the Scarlet Knights’ previous four games, all of which he started in the Rutgers backfield. He earned his first career 100-yard rushing day against Navy and also scored his first touchdown as a Knight.

But Jamison’s ascent as Schiano’s feature back in 2011 was far less likely more than a year ago, when he first arrived at Rutgers.

Saddled on the Knights’ depth chart, Jamison primarily worked with the scout team and redshirted after dealing with conditioning issues.

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Redshirt freshman Jawan Jamison established himself as the Knights’ No. 1 tailback, rushing for 344 yards and a touchdown on 113 carries with three starts.

Joe Martinek was long the Rutgers bell cow, earning the majority of the reps throughout the course of three seasons.

Jordan Thomas, who joined Jamison in the Knights’ 2010 recruiting class, took over in the backfield last season and led Rutgers in rushing.

Junior De’Antwan Williams earned Most Improved Offensive Player honors during the spring.

There was also potentially Casey Turner, a fellow Florida running back,

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