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The Rutgers women’s golf team placed third this weekend at the Lehigh Invitational, where freshman Kortnie Maxoutopoulis finished fifth in the field.

Rutgers-Newark voices input on presidential search BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

“What do we say about a system, in which people that we elect, are offered enormous campaign contributions for the positions they are taking on issues?” she said. “We call [them] campaign contributions, but we should call them bribes.” Mark Bray, a member of Occupy Wall Street’s press working group, said the movement is not just to protest for a solution but an opportunity to discuss what future

NEWARK — Some students, faculty and staff from RutgersNewark hope President Richard L. McCormick’s successor will give their campus more consideration. A forum held in the Paul Robeson Campus Center last night, hosted by four members from the Newark campus who sit on the Presidential Search Committee, welcomed recommendations for qualities in the new president at a public forum. “The president in place should have a vision of making Newark and Camden equal,” said Robert Snyder, an associate professor of visual and performing arts at Rutgers-Newark. “We shouldn’t be stepchildren in any sense.” Clement Alexander Price, a professor of history at RutgersNewark, said the committee enlisted a search firm to help recommend candidates for McCormick’s replacement. “A search firm … knows where the talent is and knows what other searches are in process,” said Price, who sat on the search committee that recommended McCormick to the Board of Governors. He said four or five other universities are also looking for new presidents, so the University will have to compete with these other institutions for the best candidates. In the last search, the names of candidates being considered were not released until a few hours before the Board of Governors made a decision. “A lot of people don’t want their home institution to know they’re in the market place,” Price said. “The search

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Mark Bray, a member of Occupy Wall Street’s press working group and a third-year Ph.D. student in history, speaks on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus to motivate students to take action.

Activists encourage students to ‘Occupy’ BY TABISH TALIB CORRESPONDENT

Instead of attending class in a traditional classroom, more than 50 students listened to lectures on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue from Occupy Wall Street “occupiers” and the impact of their social revolution. “Every significant social movement in our past redefined the political landscape,” said James Livingston, a professor of history and co-host of yester-

day’s Occupy New Brunswick TeachIn. “That is what is going on in Zuccotti Park right now.” Livingston said Occupy Wall Street, which protests the influence of money and corporations in government, is a momentous event that will foster change. Janice Fine, assistant professor of labor studies and employment relations at the University, said the corporate influences in government are akin to baseball players bribing umpires or lawyers paying off judges.

CLEMENTI FAMILY AGREES WITH SUPERIOR COURT RULING Following a hearing last week that set former University student Dharun Ravi’s official trial date, the Clementi family expressed their approval of a court decision that prohibits the defense from viewing Tyler Clementi’s personal documents. Ravi faces charges for using a webcam to spy on his roommate Clementi a year ago while he had an intimate encounter with another man. Clementi committed suicide days after the incident. Steven Altman, Ravi’s defense attorney, asked to view files stored on Clementi’s computer as well as a personal document he wrote before the incident in order to form a defense.

But after reviewing the pieces, N.J. Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman ruled they were irrelevant to the criminal charges, and there was no need for the defense to see them. “The family is grateful for the court’s sensitivity to victims’ privacy rights and for the vigorous efforts of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office to protect those right in this case,” said the Clementi family’s attorney Paul Mainardi in a statement. Contrary to media portrayals, the case is about whether Ravi’s conduct violated criminal law, not if his conduct caused Clementi’s death, he said.

Poll shows rising support for marijuana legalization BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Americans approving the legalization of marijuana reached its record high of 50 percent — up 4 percent from last year — while 46 percent say that marijuana use should remain illegal, according to an October Gallup survey. Gallup first addressed the topic in 1969, when 12 percent of Americans were in favor of it and 84 percent were against it. Through the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, support remained around 20 percent but has increased since then, according to the sur vey. It reached 30 percent in 2000 and 40 percent in 2009. While some students supported legalization, others said regulation should be coupled with the move. Marta Adamu, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said she approved of the legalization of marijuana but warned that it possesses similar qualities to alcohol, a depressant.

“Drug dealers recognized the market. With regulation, government could take control of that market,” she said. Kevin Horton, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior, said he thought that marijuana should be legalized because alcohol, which is also considered a drug, is legal. “You hear stories of people doing crazier things drunk than high. You have more crimes with alcohol,” he said. “I think it will make regulation safer.” Age played an important factor in the poll, with younger individuals leaning more toward legalization than older people. Among those sur veyed who were 18 to 29 years old, 62 percent approved, according to the sur vey. Of those who were 65 and older, 31 percent approved. Henna Parmar, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she does not think the legalization will make the drug any healthier to use.

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“[The ruling is important because] it reinforces the legal protection of what we hold most private and personal in our individual lives, particularly for our children whose private lives have become subject to powerful adverse conditions in the world of electronic communication in which they live,” Mainardi said. The family still believes there should be legal accountability for Ravi’s actions, he said. “But that legal accountability does not necessarily require the imposition of a harsh penalty in this case,” he said. — Kristine Rosette Enerio

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Students dive into oceanography opportunities BY JULIAN MODESTO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Like real-life ocean science professionals, students explored the Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Obser vation Lab (RUCOOL), a state-of-the ar t oceanography hub on campus. With faculty and other students, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences seniors David Kaminsky, Nilsen Strandskov and Shannon Harrison are in Phase 1 of the Challenger Mission aimed at launching under water robots and gliders around the world to measure climate change, Kaminsky said. To understand climate change between the ocean and the atmosphere, the next glider of the Challenger Mission will be sent from Iceland to the Canar y Islands, he said. Prior work and travel experience in oceanography settings has allowed the three University students to prepare themselves for the Challenger Mission. Harrison said she has worked with earlier missions at the University, such as the first trans-Atlantic glider, which was lost off the Azores Islands. “They sent me and two other students to meet local contacts and people from the University there. This was for [one of the older gliders] RU-17,” she said. “So after we went to the Azores and we could make contacts there, we sent RU-27.”

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RU-27 is considered the hero of the successful Trans-Atlantic Glider Mission, which sent RU27, nicknamed “Scarlet,” across the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, Harrison said. “The project went on for 14 months, and it’s one of the proudest projects that I’ve ever been on,” said Richard Ludescher, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences dean. RU-27 reached Baiona, Spain, where Ludescher, Strandskov, Scott Glenn — founder of the RUCOOL room — and the rest of the team, awaited for its arrival, he said. Baiona is where Christopher Columbus’s ship, the Pinta, landed after its voyage. After the Trans-Atlantic Glider Mission ended in December 2010, Harrison said she and Kaminsky were involved in marine science, which took the two to new places. They traveled to the Cayman Islands for a global oceanography conference that had huge networking potential, Kaminsky said. “I ended up at the University of Western Australia [with Harrison] last summer, and I did an independent research project/personal internship,” Kaminsky said. Although Kaminsky owes some of his experience to gliders used in the RUCOOL room, he said he worked with a different model, called the “seaglider” over the summer in Australia.

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He said the differences were parallel to those between a Mac and a PC. Both Glenn, a professor of marine and coastal science, and Peter Rona, a professor of marine geology and geophysics, recruited Harrison and Kaminsky. “I’m their introduction to oceanography and learning how the ocean works and how exciting it is, and [I] introduce them to internships and oppor tunities for hands-on work,” said Rona, who has taught the “Oceans of

“My first time working in the glider lab, they were letting me touch the gliders and hold the gliders.” SHANNON HARRISON School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Senior

Opportunity” Byrne Seminar. Harrison graduated high school from the Marine Academy of Science and Technology in Manahawkin, N.J., Rona said. “I wanted to go into marine science,” Harrison said. “I grew up on the water and just enjoy it.” Harrison, who took “Introduction to Oceanography” with Rona, asked him if he knew of any lab-

oratories at the University that specifically studied oceanography. Rona then introduced her to Glenn. “Scott gave me a tour of the COOL room, and he put me on the team,” Harrison said. “My first time working in the glider lab, they were letting me touch the gliders and hold the gliders on my first day.” Harrison later met Kaminsky in an oceanography seminar, she said. Later in the year, they were both handed over glider piloting ability in projects. “The experiences themselves are incredible ... learning how to make those important connections — I have international connections ever ywhere,” Harrison said. Glenn sparked Kaminsky’s interest in marine science, who was initially a business major at Brookdale Community College. “I had no passion, so I took oceanography,” he said. “It’s a ver y rewarding field to be in, knowing we’re doing ground breaking research and expanding the potential for oceanography to affect climate change, an extremely controversial topic that is still in the unknown.” Other University students who worked on earlier glider missions found a future in oceanography, like Danielle Holden, who graduated last May. Holden said she dealt more with using radar to track ocean activity and seeing the direction of currents through glider RU-17. “I was able to compare it with what the glider was doing

and see in what direction the glider was going based on the direction of the ocean current,” she said. Holden, now pursuing her master’s degree in maritime studies and doing research in port security and management, has traveled with Strandskov to Nor way and Avila Beach, Calif., for two workshops to further immerse in oceanography for the next mission. Strandskov said Glenn may send him to the Azores this week in anticipation of intercepting the Challenger glider in its trek to the Canaries. The gliders have different sensors for conductivity, temperature and depth, Harrison said. The data will serve various purposes like obtaining real-time data used for climate analysis off the coast of New Jersey. In a partnership with the MidAtlantic International Ocean Observing System, the data from the COOL room’s gliders and the Challenger Mission have been used to investigate recent changes in weather patterns as a response to Hurricane Irene, which hit the East Coast this August, according to the COOL website. Harrison said through her experiences, she encourages student to get involved with organizations of their interest on campus. “Watch one, do one and teach one is what Scott Glenn says,” Harrison said. “Watch a glider getting done, work on one and mentor students. … We have people from other majors working in the lab, even English majors.”

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U. FACULTY SHEDS LIGHT ON FADING NJ COMMUNITIES University faculty members Dorothy Olshfski and Angie McGuire are studying the consequences of the disappearance of small communities throughout New Jersey through a series of seminars for municipal leaders. “The character of small- and medium-sized communities is changing, and it won’t come back, not for years, probably never,” Olshfski said in a Star-Ledger article. Both faculty members work to help municipal officials deal with budgets and state aid budget cuts for the Center for Executive Leadership in Government at the University. “People who live in these towns appreciate they have a character of their own and they don’t want to lose that,” Olshfski said in the article.

STUDENTS: Bray says protests ask crucial questions continued from front actions could be taken toward a new solution. “For too long these have come pre-packaged. They’ve come from a certain formula. If you don’t like it there is no other option, there is only option A and option B,” he said. “We are trying to create a space where new ideas can flourish, a space where perhaps we can come up with something different.” John Connelly, a member of Rutgers Student Union, which co-sponsored the event, said the University has a histor y with occupations. “The only reason I am here today is because at RutgersNewark in the 1960s, [students] took over buildings and refused to give them back until programs were created to help working class students afford an honest tuition,” he said.

Collingswood Mayor Jim Maley said over the next five to 10 years, towns will continue to change the traditional system of towns having their own police and fire departments, ser vices for children and senior citizens, leaf pick-up and townwide events. “Whoever heard of laying off cops?” Maley said in the article. “Ten years ago, it would have been unthinkable. Now we’re getting used to the idea — and, if cops can go, a lot of other things will, too.” Maley said that within the next decade, countywide agencies, such as police and fire departments, would service many communities.

Connelly, who is also vice president of the Rutgers University Student Assembly, said the movement is fractured, but that is not a detriment, “Occupy Wall Street is a great movement because the people don’t have anything that unites them other than the fact that they realize something is going wrong and it needs to be set right,” he said. Bray, a third-year Ph.D student of history, said the point of the movement is not necessarily to come up with solutions but to ask questions about the poverty rate and the lack of education in the country. “These are important questions, but I don’t have the answers, and I’m not sure any one person has the answers,” he said. “The point is if we don’t ask these questions, the questions won’t be asked, and the answers will never become readily available.” Livingston did provide some solutions to economic problems, including how to avoid a future crash of the economy.

“The only way out of this is not re-regulation but to socialize investments and socialize the banks,” he said. “It’s not really a radical solution, because we the taxpayers already guarantee each others deposits. We just now have to take responsibility for it.” Livingston said the concerns for raising taxes should not be given the weight they have in political conversation. “The rich say that they already pay 40 percent in taxes. I don’t care — raise their taxes. They are still going to remain rich,” he said. The real issue in the crisis would be to tax corporate profits, Livingston said. “The personal income tax code doesn’t matter very much,” he said. “What matters is taxes on corporate profits, which have fallen precipitously since the 1960s and personal income taxes have made up the difference.” Bray said the movement should also start to take place in New Brunswick. “It’s important to think of this as not something happen-

“I hear people say we have to have a local police department — the cops will know us, and we know the cops,” he said. “I’m for that, too, but that’s not what the future is going to be.” Olshfski and McGuire co-wrote a paper, “Surviving a Downturn in New Jersey: Management Challenges and Strategies for Municipalities,” that will serve as a base for seminars for municipal officials beginning early November. “What do the people want government to do?” McGuire said in the ar ticle. “Because it can’t do ever ything and it’s going to do a lot less in the future.”

ing only in New York, and it can be reproduced in cities and towns, and that’s been happening throughout the countr y,” he said. “I’m hoping for an Occupy ever ywhere.” Connelly, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said he thinks an Occupy movement in New Brunswick right now would be ill-advised. “Occupation as a tactic is not something that can be misused, it’s not something that can be done on a lark. There has to be a build up to it,” he said. Connelly cited the occupation of President Richard L. McCormick’s office after the “Walk Into Action” protest last semester as an example. “Last year’s occupation of Old Queens was after a solid year of educational events, of rallies, of letter deliveries, and finally students who had had enough, took over Old Queens for 36 hours,” he said. “However, as a last measure, it has been effective historically and probably could be again.”

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SUPPORT: Some think drug use should be regulated continued from front “I’ve read articles which say legalization often makes something safer,” she said. “I don’t think it’s necessar y to legalize unless there has been studies to show that it makes it safer to use them.” Brian Stein, a Johnson & Johnson drug specialist, said legalization would be beneficial not only to the users but the industry as a whole. “Alcohol is legal, why can’t weed be legal? If legalized, you get regulation,” he said. “The more regulation, the better the product will be in a sense that you know what’s in it. They’ve been deemed safe enough to put into your body. Alcohol was deemed safe to put into your body.” Stein said if legalized, marijuana users still need to be cognitive of their actions. “You drive and you drink, then you’re going to do something stupid,” he said. “Just like heroin, if they legalize that and you kill yourself, you can’t go back and say, ‘Hey, no one warned you.’” Stein said another aspect of approval would be the ability for a company to make money off the existent market in a legal manner. “Money would move inside the system and then there could be a tax on it, just like for cigarettes,” he said. “The police and cour t system would no longer have to spend money on battling with weed possessions, rather that money could go toward battling debt.” Julia Mar tes, a University of Medicine and Dentistr y of New Jersey student, said there has been progress toward legalization and was not surprised to see the increase in suppor t. “There’s a medical use for it and that’s beginning to become legalized overall,” she said. “Why not make it legal? When you smoke, you build up a level of THC in your body. It’s naturally occurring. Will it kill you? No. Then, why not?” Joseph Stewar t, 63-year-old retired veteran from Woodbridge, said he did not think legalization was the answer to making the dr ug safer or better to use, rather it would lead to other drug use. “It is illegal and it is for a reason. It’s not good to put anything into your body,” he said. “You’re still smoking, I think cigarettes should be delegalized too. They are shown to cause cancer. I don’t think weed has been directly linked to cancer, but the possibility is still there.”

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Group to exchange ideas on enhancing residence life BY HENNA KATHIYA STAFF WRITER

The University Residence Hall Association will attend a regional conference next month that will bring 45 universities from around the area together to discuss ways to make living on campus a better experience for students. The Central Atlantic Af filiate of College and University Residence Halls conference is being held this year at Towson University. CAACURH promotes academic, intellectual, cultural and social understanding among affiliated schools and their representatives provide an opportunity for leadership development and activities in “on-campus” living units, according to the conference website. “The purpose of these conferences is to come together to discuss basic leadership stuff and how to make campus life better for the students through things such as programming or being able to

provide certain amenities,” said Dave Osworth, National Communications coordinator. In the national scheme of RHAs there are two conferences, said Grant Whelply, president of the University Residence Hall Association. Other than the regional conference, there is a national event called the National Association of College and University Residence Halls. Although the national conference is not until next year, RHA is gearing up for the regional conference in November, said Osworth, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. “We are always working to raise the standard of living on campus,” he said. “At the conferences we have gender-neutral bathrooms as a model of something we could possibly do at our own university to accommodate transgender students.” Ten people from the University’s RHA are chosen to attend the conferences to learn

more about leadership skills, Osworth said. “The students that go are basically getting trained in being better leaders,” he said. “They come back with new skills and ideas to be the best RHA we can be for the

“We learn a lot about the different policies, different protocols we can implement here on our campus.” DAVE OSWORTH National Communications Coordinatior

campus. It is a valuable experience for them as well as the betterment of RHA.” He said the conferences allow different universities to come together and exchange

ideas that they can bring back to their own schools. “We learn a lot about the different policies and different protocols we can implement here on our campus,” Osworth said. Bidding for national awards will take place at this year’s regional conference, said Whelply, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “The bidding process is an honor. We’re bidding for national awards this year,” he said. “The whole bidding process is very valuable for RHA.” RHAs can also feature various programs at the conference, said Steven Le, associate director for administration and finance of CAACURH. “We can showcase any successful program or any other idea we have that we think will be a successful idea that can be brought to any other campus in the Central Atlantic region,” said Le, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior.

Programs should emphasize the importance of working with the available resources, according to the conference website. The programs can encompass how to build relationships with fellow organizations, administrations and the community outside of the campus, “This is the foundation of the conference and how we can build and expand upon leadership individually and within your organization,” Le said. “We want programs that will inspire new ideas, foster innovative guidance and expand upon the definition of a leader.” The conference runs from Nov. 11 to 13. The students attending pay for the trip through fundraising, Whelply said. “We don’t get paid for this, it’s completely voluntar y. We just want to be able to make this campus the best it can be for the students,” Osworth said. “We want to be effective leaders and these are the types of conferences that help us achieve that.”

PANDORA SCOOTER TO ADDRESS BULLYING AND HOMOPHOBIA THROUGH SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE Pandora Scooter, a University alumna and current master’s candidate at the School of Social Work, will perform at the Livingston Student Center Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. Scooter premiered the performance titled “OutWordlyFabulous” this past March in New Brunswick and took it to the South and Midwest of the country, according to a Center for Social Justice Education press release. The event consists of a spoken word show, which targets the issues of bullying and homophobia, and is meant for anyone who is concerned about the two, according to the show’s website.

“Every single one of us has the right to live without being made of fun of due to our appearance, religion, sexual orientation, politics, gender identification, gender or race. We will not lose any more children to suicide due to bullying,” according to the website. In addition to “OutWordlyFabulous,” she wrote and performed five other shows, including “Fear Junkie” and “Samurization.” She hosts “Out, Loud and Proud,” another lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender spoken word show, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, according to the press release.

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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 Harvest to race in the giant corn maze, carve Halloween pumpkins and enjoy a live folk concert. The harvest will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. at Skelly Field on Cook campus.

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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Pa. launches takeover of capital city THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Corbett launched a state takeover of the heavily indebted capital city on Monday by declaring a fiscal emergency in Harrisburg — a move viewed as the state’s most aggressive intervention into the affairs of a Pennsylvania city. Corbett, a Republican, made the declaration four days after signing a law that grants him the ability to take unprecedented control over much of Harrisburg’s finances, including the ability to use the city’s money to ensure that government continues to operate ser vices, issue paychecks to employees and make pension and debt payments. “City Council’s failure to enact a recovery plan in order to deal with the city’s distressed finances has led me to declare a fiscal emergency,” Corbett said in a statement. “This action ensures that vital services will continue and public safety will be protected.” The likelihood of Corbett’s takeover hastened a move by a divided City Council — in defiance of Corbett — to file a Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition in federal cour t earlier this month. The judge has yet to decide whether the petition will be accepted. If it is, Corbett may not be able to pursue an even tighter grip on the city that the law authorizes: Appointing a receiver who would have the power to sell city assets, approve contracts and file for federal bankruptcy protection, but not raise taxes, with a goal of forcing it to pay down the approximately $300 million debt tied to the city’s illstarred trash incinerator. Already, the city missed tens of millions of dollars in payments on the incinerator debt, but the City Council rejected a state-sanctioned financial recover y plan to pay down the debt and has been unable to agree on a repayment strategy with Democratic Mayor Linda Thompson. Neil Grover, a lawyer who lives in the city and co-founded the taxpayers’ group Debt Watch Harrisburg, said he was disappointed at the latest turn of events and worried about how the governor will use the sweeping powers given to him by a law that opponents say is unconstitutional. “We’re concerned about the extraordinary powers the legislation gives the governor as of this moment, and they are extraordinary,” Grover said. The first concern, he said, is over how Corbett will apply the law, although Grover also suggested that he is doubtful that the Corbett administration has much room to maneuver given the authority of a bankruptcy court. Thompson, who has sought Corbett’s backing in her stalemate with the City Council, called on council members to give her an acceptable plan to take to the state and avert the full breadth of a takeover. “If we don’t attempt to solve our own fiscal problems, the alternatives will be far worse,” she said in a statement Monday.

SEARCH: Future leader to inherit many U. challenges continued from front committee is disciplined to confidentiality and listening to our colleagues.” Price said the committee will have to encourage candidates at other public research institutions in the country to consider pursuing the job. “They will, for the most part, have not thought about a job change and will be reluctant,” he said. Claudia Beckmann, an associate professor of the RutgersNewark College of Nursing, said the next president should make himself available to the University community. “The new president needs to establish a venue for open communication with faculty, students and staff for a shared governance, not a top-down governance,” she said. While the next president will inherit many challenges, Beckman said the University should step up to the challenge of lifting faculty and staf f

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salar y freezes before someone Kendall Stange, a Newark else takes over. College of Arts and Sciences “I have not seen any good sophomore, said a challenge faith efforts to [fix it]. It will hin- for the next president might be der your ability to find a new executing the merger between president,” she said. “We have the University of Medicine and faculty not making what they Dentistr y of New Jersey and should and staff living below the the University. poverty line.” At this point, McCormick Megan Geerdts, a graduate is hoping to merge the Robert student in the Newark College Wood Johnson Medical School, of Ar ts and the UMDNJ Sciences, also said School of Public “He should view that an agreement Health and the regarding faculty Institute of the University less Cancer and staff salaries New Jersey with should be reached the University. as a brand name before a candidate But Stange and more as a is selected. hopes all of “The Rutgers UMDNJ, including breeding ground One coalition will the New Jersey for education.” continue to bring Medical School this issue forward based in Newark, KENDALL STANGE in forums like this will be included in Newark College of Arts until we’re heard,” the merger. and Sciences sophomore she said. “If there is Geerdts also a merger, the emphasized the importance of [University] should accept NJMS graduate programs at the and all of UMDNJ, because not University and the role doing so would disenfranchise doctoral students play in edu- Newark as well as Rutgerscating undergraduates. Newark,” he said. “U.S. colleges are falling He also hopes the new president behind in graduation rates of will incorporate the goals of Newark doctoral students,” she said. campus Chancellor Steven Diner,

who resigned last week from his position. “He should view the University less as a brand name and more as a breeding ground for education,” he said. “The president must disdain tuition increases.” Price said Diner’s resignation has not added more pressure for the committee to complete its search. “This is a process whose future is unknown and very delicate issues will surface,” he said. Price also said the next president has the chance to start a new tradition at the University. “Rutgers has never had a woman president or someone who comes from a racial minority,” he said. “Rutgers’ future looks quite different. McCormick has bragged that the freshmen class is no longer predominantly Caucasian.” Although representatives from Rutgers-Newark constitute a minority of the Presidential Search Committee, Price said he will make sure their voices are heard. “We will be vigilant [so] that Rutgers-Newark is on the table,” he said.

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Obama’s campaign spurs political progress

ne of the most fascinating aspects of President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign was the way his team utilized the Internet to garner supporters, specifically through Facebook. It was truly the first time social media had such a massive impact on America. Now, Obama’s 2012 campaign is set to advance the state of social media in politics yet again with the introduction of the official Obama 2012 Tumblr page. For those who don’t know, Tumblr is a microblog that is especially popular among cat enthusiasts, Glee fans and the elusive hipster — but with the addition of an Obama blog, the website could find itself gaining levels of popularity similar to Facebook or Twitter. The Obama campaign’s decision to join Tumblr is savvy in the traditional sense that it found a way to tap into a demographic that more traditional politicians could easily miss out on. Obama has thrust himself headfirst into a rather vibrant area of Internet culture, thus creating a direct connection with Tumblr users. But what’s even more interesting about the president’s foray into this area of social media is what it says about the changing state of politics. No longer is the presidential race being held at arm’s length from the youth — now, it’s playing out right before their very eyes, in the places where they go to hang out and kill time. One should also note the collaborative aspect of Obama’s Tumblr. Using the website’s “ask” and “submit” features, the campaign is encouraging Tumblr users to help construct the campaign itself — to shape the paths it takes and the issues it highlights. Of course, as Obama’s Tumblr acknowledges in the very first post, “there will be trolls” — and there have been already. But the amount of Obama memes that have sprung up already — the page launched yesterday — still suggests a further democratization of the democratic process, which is characteristic of the modern approach to politics. Tumblr lets users know that the president is not an untouchable figurehead — he’s a person just like anyone else. It adds a human element to the presidential race, making it more immediate and more important to the stereotypically disaffected youth. Only time will tell if the Obama campaign’s move to Tumblr brings real results or merely turns out to be a bust. Still, though, we should all pay attention to how the rules change even further with the 2012 elections. Life is being injected back into democracy, and we would all be foolish not to take advantage of that fact.

Uphold human rights in all circumstances

ollowing 42 years of tyrannical rule, Moammar Gadhafi is dead. While it’s a cause of joy for the Libyan people and their supporters across the world, Gadhafi’s death is not without controversy. His capture by rebel forces is documented in extremely graphic cellphone videos, which show the former ruler bloodied and beaten. The United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and human rights groups have raised concerns over this footage. As Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the OHCHR, explains it, “More details are needed to ascertain whether he was killed in some form of fighting or was executed after his capture.” Appropriately enough, the OHCHR has seen it fit to launch an investigation into Gadhafi’s death, to set the record straight regarding the possible human rights violations that may or may not have occurred. While it is an extremely touchy subject, such an investigation is absolutely necessary in this case. To be sure, Gadhafi was a tyrant. There’s simply no other way to describe his rule, and the fact that he has been ousted for good is nothing but positive. However, that does not change the fact that it is extremely difficult to watch the aforementioned cellphone footage of his capture and treatment at the hands of the rebels. Human rights apply to every human being — hence the name. As such, the OHCHR could not just throw those rights away in the case of a particularly brutal person. If they did, they would begin to sink to Gadhafi’s level, and the point of ousting him in the first place was essentially to make sure that such conduct did not continue. As Colville said, “You can’t just chuck the law out of the window.” Even in the case of tyrants, there are proper law protocols that should be followed. The law is in place to keep order and to prevent chaos from erupting. When the law is ignored or abused, that is when the problems start. Gadhafi’s rule can stand as an example of what happens when laws are abused. To ensure that the law is followed, then, an OHCHR is necessary. Human rights must be upheld in all cases, no matter the extenuating circumstances. If people start making exceptions, they start down a very slippery slope.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “The students that go are basically getting trained in being better leaders.” Dave Osworth, National Communications Coordinator for the RHA, on attending the CAACURH conference. STORY IN UNIVERSITY

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uick, tell me the Back to the light bulbs meaning of life law — passed during in one sentence. George W. Bush’s adminisI’m waiting … tration, making this a biparDon’t feel bad if you cantisan problem. The more not answer the question energy efficient, compact because it’s a dumb quesfluorescent bulbs have a tion. I doubt anyone can small problem — they have NOAH GLYN summarize the world, mercur y in them, which human existence or the could lead to even more meaning of life at all, let alone in one sentence. environmental damage. As is often the case, wellWhen describing historic figures, we can manmeaning reforms will most likely lead to unnecesage somewhat better. But still, condensing the sary problems. Compact fluorescent lamps may be achievements of men like George Washington — the Obama administration’s favored technology, but “the father of this country” — or Abraham Lincoln it’s up to individuals to decide which is better, not — “he freed the slaves” — into a single sentence the government. doesn’t quite capture the breadth of their influence. “Cash for Clunkers” boosted automotive indusSometimes, though, life makes it easy. Consider try profits in the short-run, but analyses of the proPresident Barack Obama’s administration. There is gram have shown that most of the profits came from no better summary of the president’s governing phipeople who were going to buy cars anyway. They losophy than what the Secretary of Energy Steven simply bought them sooner, since their purchases Chu said about the upcoming ban of incandescent were subsidized. And since so many of the cars tradbulbs, which cost less money than newer, more ed in were destroyed, the price of used cars energy-efficient bulbs, but consume more energy increased, depriving lower-income consumers of throughout their shorter life spans. this previously available option. Chu said, “We are taking away a And Obamacare? Two Fridays choice that continues to let people ago, the administration announced “Well-meaning waste their own money.” that the Community Living This succinctly expressed sentiAssistance Services and Supports reforms will ment helps explain just about every Act, a major provision of Obamacare, most likely lead domestic policy pursued by the is to be canceled because it proved to Obama administration. From the be insolvent. Obama’s forecast that to ... problems.” 2009 Economic Stimulus Package to the law will lower health care premi“Cash for Clunkers” to Obamacare, ums turned out to be incorrect, too. and everything in between, the Obama administraThe average family’s health premium went up 9 pertion believes its duty is to herd the lost sheep among cent this year, which might not be so bad compared American people. Not to fear, our benevolent and to future increases. virtuous government has come to rescue us from It’s unreasonable to expect a person to explain our inability to spend our own money rationally. the meaning of life in one sentence, and it’s equally These feelings are not, of course, isolated to the foolhardy to expect a person working for the govObama administration. Remember what Sen. John ernment to spend people’s money better than they Kerry, D-Mass., said in 2009 about cutting taxes, “If can. Any government official is limited by what he you put a tax cut into the hands of a business or famdoesn’t know and the inability, in devising a soluily, there’s no guarantee that they’re going to invest tion, to account for every possible circumstance to that or invest it in America. They’re free to go invest which it might apply. The world is too complicated, anywhere that they want if they choose to invest.” and human beings have too many choices and variYes, Americans might have lost some rights over ables in their lives. It’s hard enough attaining the the years, but we still have the right not to spend our things we do want, without government coercing us own money if we chose not to, right? Well, to buy things we don’t want. Obamacare does mandate that everybody purchase But this is what we have come to expect from the health insurance. So we’ve lost that right, too. Obama administration, with all its Ivy League diploWhy exactly is this attitude — that the governmas. In the wise words of philosopher and comediment can force people to spend their money more an Felonious Munk, “You’re the best and brightest? efficiently — so intolerable, even if its goals are Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell. This is what we put well-meaning? out? Should’ve went to Norfolk State … would’ve For starters, it’s degrading to the adults who gotten the same education.” have gone through their life making difficult deciI hate to nitpick, but Chu’s alma mater is not the sions about where to live, what to eat and how to problem. The problem is his and the Obama adminspend their money without the government influistration’s leftist view of government that promotes encing their decisions. foolish solutions to problems that don’t exist. The more important reason, however, why it is Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences senior dangerous for government officials to promote majoring in economics and history. His column, such policies is that they are terrible ideas with “Irreconcilable Differences,” runs on alternate Tuesdays. terrible consequences.

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U. should invest in part-time lecturers Letter STEVE PETERSON & KAREN THOMPSON

e read in The Daily Targum on Oct. 19 that the Big East has increased their exit fee to $10 million. The University could choose to leave the Big East and pay $10 million from their reser ves or choose to invest this money in the individuals who teach one-third of the classes at the University, the part-time lecturers (PTLs). There are about 1,200 PTLs teaching at the University, most teaching one or two courses for the minimum salary of $1,500 per credit. The University could shell out millions of dollars to the Big East or invest that money in PTLs, the educators who are furthering the core mission of the University: education. The University could raise the salaries of each PTL 10 percent per semester over the next four years and still not spend $10 million — supporting professional, hard-working individuals who are proud to teach at the University. Or it could give the money to the Big East, and who knows how it will be spent. It is a matter of priorities. While the University searches for a new president and prepares to merge with the medical school in New Brunswick, priorities are crucial. Will our new president value undergraduate education? Will teaching retain a place in our mission even as we enhance our research goals and reputation with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey? PTLs at the University are responsible for a third of the

courses here, and they are notoriously underpaid, have no job security and receive no health insurance. Even an annual eye exam is too much for the University to spend on University educators. Do we believe that putting teachers in our classrooms who cannot afford to go to a doctor is the right way to go? Other faculty and staff have also been putting up with no salary increases for almost three years now, and students go into debt regularly because of tuition hikes and housing costs. Faculty, staff and students should not be second thoughts behind the needs of the Big East — we are the University. PTLs have been tr ying to renegotiate a new union contract with the administration since April 2011. The administration has been delaying negotiations and has yet to even make a salar y proposal. We expect a significant sum of money to be spent on the merger and the potential of another $10 million if the University decides to leave the Big East — so the funds are there. Let us get our priorities straight — are we educating students and producing the next generation of civic leaders, or are we wheeling and dealing in athletic conferences? Athletics can be an important part of the college experience, but should it be at the expense of dedicated teaching and the students’ educational process? Part-time lecturers are an important, but unacknowledged part of the University. Steve Peterson is a part-time lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, and Karen Thompson is a part-time lecturer in the Department of English.

Daily review: laurels and darts

ay back in 2008, when Barack Obama was running for president on his platform of “Change we can believe in,” one of the many avenues of progress he touted was the removal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Three years later, he’s finally delivering on that promise. Obama announced Friday that every one of our soldiers would be out of Iraq at the end of the year, after nine long years of war. We wish this had happened sooner — for a president who promised change, he definitely dragged his feet. However, nitpicking aside, we’re mostly happy to see this finally happen. We give Obama a laurel for bringing our men and women back home. *

The easiest way to defang any political movement is to make the subject of a reality show, especially one on MTV, known purveyors of style over substance. Of course, this hasn’t stopped the television giant from making Occupy Wall Street into the subject of an upcoming special episode of the documentary series “True Life.” MTV has tried many times in the past to position itself as a legitimate political entity, but it has never succeeded in producing any programming of actual political substance. We doubt that will change now. Therefore, we dart MTV for its decision to make Occupy Wall Street into yet another grab for ratings masquerading as serious coverage of youth activism. In order to better foster rational civil discourse, The Daily Targum changed the policy regarding posting comments on our website. We believe the comment system should be used to promote thoughtful discussion between readers in response to the various articles, letters, columns and editorials published on the site. The Targum's system requires users to log in, and an editor must approve comments before they are posted. We believe this anonymity encourages readers to leave comments that do not positively contribute to an intellectual discussion of the articles and opinions pieces published. The Targum does not condone these sorts of personal attacks on anyone. We think the best way to prevent the continued spread of hateful language is to more closely oversee the comment process.

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SOPHOMORE: Petrini

school. I did the best I could and it paid of f.” As for the rest of the weekimproves upon freshman season end, Rutgers’ two doubles teams reached the second continued from back round before getting knocked improved, and I’m sure she out. Bucca made it clear thinks that all of her hard that doubles play is one of work has finally paid of f. the biggest things that the She was definitely one of the team must focus on for the shining stars.” spring season. Petrini attributed her suc“I felt as though we could cess this weekend to the hard have had a better finish,” work she put in since Bucca said. “But nevthe conclusion of last er theless we played season. But she recwell, and I’m sure ognizes she still has we’ll play good douto work and noted bles in the spring.” improving her fitness With a shor t fall remains one of the season in the books, biggest goals for Bucca, Petrini and the her of fseason. rest of the team now Her success at Yale prepare for the lengthcapped an improved ier spring season. VANESSA per formance from her Petrini’s performance PETRINI freshman to sophosends them into the more campaigns, as Petrini offseason with plenty of confistepped into an elevated role dence, which can only help in a for the Knights. spring season that culminates “I think that I stayed really with the Big East Tournament. mentally strong throughout “This was definitely a confithe whole tournament,” Petrini dence booster, not only to said. “I really fed of f of beating Vanessa personally, but also the those that were seeded higher team,” Bucca said. “It’s the perthan me. I came in more physifect way to end the fall season cally fit than I was, and I’ve on such a high note. We have been working incredibly hard something special ahead of us for the last two months at in the spring.”

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Junior Karen Cash finished in 10th place this weekend at the Lehigh Invitational, shooting a 156 in the 36-hole event.

FINISH: Quartet of Knights deliver top-20 performances continued from back Maxoutopoulis figured out her putting during the second round and improved her score two strokes. The Knights also had three other players crack the top 20. Junior Karen Cash tied for 10th with a 156, junior Brittany Weddell finished 12th with a 157, and senior captain Lizzy Carl shot a 163, good enough for 17th place. Elisa Mateer carded a 166 and rounded out the Knights’ scorecard, putting her in a tie for 23rd place. While Waters-Ballard hoped for a better finish, she was proud of the team — especially because it showed consistency, leading to better results. “Once you get more consistency, you will lower the scores,” she said. With Lehigh out of the way, the Knights now look toward their fall season finale in Hawaii, a territor y foreign to the entire team.

Since none of the players have been to Hawaii, all Waters-Ballard can do is research the course and tr y to imagine what it is like. “It’s pretty beachy,” WatersBallad said. “It could be similar to some of the courses we played in Florida.” Despite the unfamiliar territor y, Waters-Ballard and the team look forward to the future tournaments more than ever. “I’m really excited for the next tour nament and the spring season,” she said. The men’s team finished the Lehigh Invitational with a team score of 620, good for an eighth-place finish. Sophomore Jonathan Renza shot a 148, which placed him fifth overall to lead the Knights. The tournament marked the end of the fall season for the men’s team, with the spring season opening March 16 in Por t St. Lucie, Fla., with the Siena College Homewood Suites Invitational. The women’s team has another shor t week of practice before it leaves for Kapolei, Hawaii, for the Rainbow Wahine Invitational.

OCTOBER 25, 2011

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Knights take Big East’s best to five sets on road BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER

Marquette claimed sole possession of first place in the Big East standings Sunday by denying the VOLLEYBALL Rutgers RUTGERS 2 volleyMARQUETTE 3 bt e aa ml ’ sl upset bid with a 3-2 victor y. A back-and-for th af fair had all the makings of an upset, but Marquette grabbed a 12-10 lead in the fifth and final set that forced Rutgers’ head coach CJ Wer neke to call a timeout. The Scarlet Knights brought it together out of their timeout, as freshman Sofi Cucuz landed a kill to cut the deficit to 1. But an error on the next play by Cucuz pushed Marquette’s lead back to 2. Junior Allie Jones then landed her 18th and 19th kills of the match to tie the set at 13, but another attack error put

the Golden Eagles back on top to 5, and Cur tis’ third ace of with match point. the set forced Marquette’s Sophomore Sheridan Taylor head coach Bond Shymansky denied Marquette’s victor y to call a timeout. with a cross-cour t kill and gave Marquette quickly answered the Knights wiggle room. on the hot seat, turning the But Marquette won the next pressure to the Knights with two rallies and handed runs of its own. the Knights their seventh Big An eight-point run put the East loss. Golden Eagles back “We were really on top, as they happy with the way we extended their lead to competed,” Werneke 4. Another eight-point said. “It was exciting run gave Marquette a to see us play that way 22-12 lead and soon, a against the best team four th set victor y was in the conference.” in line. A moment in the “To go out there fourth set had and play like we did Marquette (18-6, 8-0) on against Marquette [on ALLIE its heels and the the road] in front of a JONES Knights sensing victory. big crowd says someWith the Knights (8-17, 1-7) thing about us,” Cur tis said. up, 2-1, in sets, senior Hannah For a team struggling away Curtis served an ace that gave from the College Avenue Gym the Knights an early 2-1 lead. A this season, the Knights’ showGolden Eagle error extended the case in Milwaukee definitely lead and another Curtis ace gave sent a message. the Knights momentum. “I would say it was the biggest Jones then delivered back- step for us because it was on the to-back kills to extend the lead road,” Werneke said.

Despite winning the first two sets and hanging in with the conference’s best Sunday, the stor y was not the same Friday in Syracuse. Dropping the first two sets to the Orange (15-8, 4-3), Werneke rallied his squad in the locker room at the break. “During the halftime speech CJ said a few things that made us think,” Curtis said. Winning the third set, the Knights pushed a four th set but could not overcome the Orange attack and dropped the match, 3-1. Jones returned for the first time since Sept. 3 to face the Orange and led the Knights with 14 kills and a .684 hitting percentage en route to earning a spot on the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. “When you have a player of her caliber, it takes some pressure of f of other players,” Werneke said. “[Jones] opens up scoring oppor tunities and makes us a more mobile team.”

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ophomore forward Gia Nappi of the Rutgers field hockey team earned a spot on the Big East Weekly Honor Roll yesterday, when the conference announced its weekly awards. Nappi scored one goal and assisted on another Sunday, when the Scarlet Knights beat Cornell, 2-0, in New York. She also attempted a game-high five shots. The Fairfield, N.J., native leads the team with six goals and 17 points. Nappi earned a spot on the Honor Roll twice as a freshman, but this is her first honor this season. She already surpassed her goal and point output from last season.

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lacrosse coach Brian Brecht named team captains yesterday after the conclusion of the Scarlet Knights’ fall practice schedule. Seniors Jacob Fradkin, Will Mangan, Zachary Zenda and Nicholas Zerrillo will lead the Knights this season as captains. Fradkin and Mangan started all 15 games last season, while Zenda appeared in 14 and Zerrillo played in 13, scoring six goals and adding an assist. Fradkin is the most experienced starter and a staple of the defense, star ting 14 games as a sophomore and 13 as a freshman.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS running back Tim Hightower tore his ACL in his left knee and will miss the remainder of the season, and wide receiver Santana Moss will miss five to seven weeks with a broken bone in his left hand. Hightower led the 3-3 Redskins with 321 rushing yards and a touchdown on 84 carries, while Moss ranks second on the team with 25 receptions for 301 yards and two scores. The Redskins now lost five offensive starters, as Hightower and Moss join tight end Chris Cooley and offensive linemen Trent Williams and Kory Lichtensteiger.

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Thome said yesterday he wants to continue to play baseball next season, despite speculation he would retire after hitting his 600th career home run this season. The 41-year-old designated hitter is a free agent and said he remains focused on winning a World Series, which eluded him through his 21year career. Thome returned to the Cleveland Indians, where he star ted his career, after hitting his milestone home run with the Minnesota Twins. He also played stints with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers.

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PRACTICE NOTEBOOK

K NIGHTS

TARGET BIG PLAYS

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

The absence of the big play in the Rutgers football team’s of fense was never more evident than Friday in a 16-14 loss to Louisville. The Scarlet Knights missed three shots downfield, and their longest play from scrimmage this season remains a screen pass Joe Mar tinek took for 60 yards. Of the 104 passes Rutgers quarterbacks completed this season, only 16 went for more than 20 yards. “We have not hit the home r un, period, ver y much,” said head coach Greg Schiano. “That’s something we’re lacking as an of fense, and I think that’s why we’re not scoring enough points. The shots are there. We’ve either dropped them, we’ve under thrown them, we’ve over thrown them — all dif ferent reasons. But we’ve got to hit them. That’s what big-time teams do. We haven’t done it.” The lack of a big-play threat is par t of the reason true freshman wide receiver Miles Shuler played Friday for the first time since the season opener. The state-champion sprinter played quar terback at Long Branch High School and is in his first season at wide receiver. Schiano is quick to of fer a reminder that he continues to adjust to the position and that he can do more than stretch the field with his speed. But with only two college games under his belt, that is what he does best. “He’s probably the fastest guy on the field at any time,” said freshman quar terback Gar y Nova. Nova said he feels like the of fense is close to breaking one after he missed twice

ROLE: Forst uses time on bench to help younger linemen continued from back The layoff was frustrating, Forst said, but he found value in an observing role. “Obviously, the situation coming into this year wasn’t what I’d like it to be, but … no matter what your situation is, there’s really one thing you can control, and that’s how you approach what you’re doing,” he said. Humbled, Forst spent games watching Rutgers’ guard play and giving advice to the team’s starters. He worked with Lowery, who he eventually replaced at right guard against the Midshipmen. Forst earned his second consecutive start Friday at Louisville, although redshirt freshman Betim Bujari earned more playing time. Ruch returned to a starter’s role as well. The Knights did not allow a sack against a Football Bowl Subdivison opponent for the first time this season, but lacked any big-play ability to put points on the board. Freshman Savon Huggins’ 26yard run was Rutgers’ longest play from scrimmage, but the Knights only managed 91 yards on the ground. “There’s times when we’re a guy away from a big play in the run-

Friday on throws to Shuler and Brandon Coleman, but hit Mark Har rison, who dropped a potential 84yard touchdown. The Don Bosco Prep product also threw three interceptions, bringing his total for the past two weeks to five. Still, Schiano maintained Nova is his quar terback. “It shows coach has a lot of confidence in me,” Nova said. “I’m really thankful of the oppor tunity that he left me in there, and I’m going make him proud. I’m not going to play like that again. There’s not going to be too many losses happening around here.”

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senior kicker San San Te since he missed a pair of field goals against Louisville and said the kicker’s issues are technical. Te already made five field goals from 40-plus yards this season after making only six from that range over the first three years of his career. But his kicks against Louisville were from 25 and 31 yards. He also missed a pair of kicks against Navy, making him 0-for-4 in the past two games. “He needs to go back to basics, which he did [Sunday in practice],” Schiano said. “He’ll be fine. San San is a good kicker. Unfor tunately he’s missed a few here, but he’ll be back.”

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Greg Schiano expressed confidence that senior kicker San San Te, above, will recover from his recent misses and senior defensive end Manny Abreu will return from a hand injury.

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Manny Abreu is expected to play Saturday against West Virginia after missing most of the game against Louisville with a hand injury. An X-ray did not reveal any breaks. “I think Manny will be OK,” Schiano said. “He’ll have to wear something on it, I’m sure.”

ning game,” Forst said. “You guys see the ones that are the big plays in the passing game, but you don’t notice the ones that should be 60yarders in the running game.” The Knights afforded freshman quarterback Gar y Nova time in the pocket, but they did not convert big plays through the air either. Drops played a factor, along with overthrown and underthrown balls. But Nova insists big plays are in the Knights’ future, even though they take less chances downfield to help the offensive line. “It’d be great for any team to get a homerun,” Nova said. “I think one’s coming our way. We had an unfortunate few plays happen. I think things are going to start rolling for us.” The Knights delivered a sustained effort against Navy, but Louisville’s second-ranked Big East defense proved stouter against the run. The job does not get easier Saturday against West Virginia, the same team Rutgers faced in 2008 when Forst made his first career appearance. The Mountaineers boast an exotic 3-5-3 scheme, although their defense allows 25.4 points per game. “There’s a lot of things we can learn going forward about how to improve,” Forst said. “I just think you have to get better. That’s the bottom line.”

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Sophomore survives to semifinals BY T.J. NAGY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

healthy following Rutgers’ Big East opener last season against Connecticut. “That was tough,” he said. “This year you can’t really think about it.” Forst remained trapped deep within the Knights’ depth char t this season until he ear ned his first star t two weeks ago against Navy.

The Rutgers women’s tennis team re-wrote some of its own histor y this weekend at the a n n u a l TENNIS USTA/ITA Division-I Women’s Nor theast Regional Championship. Sophomore Vanessa Petrini became the first Scarlet Knight in program histor y to advance to the tournament’s semifinals, where she lost to Yale’s Elizabeth Epstein in straight sets. “What clearly distinguished her was her competitive spirit,” said head coach Ben Bucca. “When the points mattered, Vanessa was able to control the moment so she could play really good tennis at the right time while her opponents did not. It’s the little things that make all the dif ference in tennis.” The tournament, which takes place at Yale, features a field of 88. Petrini had three victories against seeded players on her way to the semifinal round. With the fall season now of ficially over for the Knights, Petrini can enter the of fseason on a high note and use her strong fall finish when the spring season begins. Bucca par ticularly enjoyed watching Petrini’s path through the tour nament because he knew the Stamford, Conn., native set regional success as one of her preseason goals. “I know that reaching the Regionals was one of her goals this year,” Bucca said. “So she worked hard over the summer,

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Senior Art Forst (77) made the 34th start of his career Friday against Louisville, but only second of the season at right guard. He started 28 consecutive games after debuting against West Virginia as a true freshman, but started his senior season in a limited role.

Once-forgotten Forst returns to starting role BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The name on the tape reads like a political campaign slogan. Senior right guard Ar t Forst admits he and center Caleb Ruch watch it FOOTBALL from time to time, but Forst has little time now for memories. “Sometimes if we’re watching old cut-up, we’ll see ‘Forst-Ruch

of 2008’ on the film,” Forst said. “It’s kind of amusing, but there’s still five more games left to play.” Forst and Ruch first emerged on the Rutgers football team’s of fensive line in 2008, and the pair remained star ters throughout the 2009 season. But Ruch eventually lost his job at right guard, and Forst got lost last season in the Scarlet Knights’ of fensive line shuf fle.

The two-year star ter and former No. 4 prospect in New Jersey reser ved a place on the bench, making way for Antwan Lower y at right guard. At one point, the coaching staf f relegated him to a blocking tight end role. Forst suf fered through hamstring and ankle injuries last season, when the Knights allowed a Division-I worst total in sacks. He was never fully

Freshman paces RU to third-place finish BY JOEY GREGORY STAFF WRITER

Both the Rutgers men’s and women’s golf teams finished this weekend WOMEN’S GOLF in posit i o n s RUTGERS 628 indicative THIRD PLACE of their respective seasons at the Lehigh Invitational in Bethlehem, Pa. The women’s team recorded its third top-three finish this season in four tournaments. The team finished in third place with a total score of 628 — 21 strokes behind winner Brown and 17 behind runner-up Seton Hall. The Lehigh Invitational was a tale of two rounds for the Scarlet Knights, said head coach Maura Waters-Ballard. “In the first round we just didn’t get hot,” she said. “We played pretty average golf.”

But they heated up the second day, with three of the Knights improving their scores. The reason was the dif ference between the greens at Saucon Valley Countr y Club, which were much quicker than the ones at Rutgers, WatersBallard said. Once the Knights got accustomed to the speed of the greens, things improved. “They couldn’t wait to get back out there for the second round,” Waters-Ballard said. Freshman Kor tnie Maxoutopoulis led Rutgers for the four th time by securing her four th consecutive top-five finish in as many tournaments. Maxoutopoulis finished fifth, carding a 152, five strokes behind the first-place score. “She was pretty satisfied with her play, but lost a few strokes on her putts,” Waters-Ballard said.

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Freshman golfer Kortnie Maxoutopoulis finished in fifth place this weekend at the Lehigh Invitational, leading the Scarlet Knights and securing her fourth top-five finish in as many collegiate tournaments.