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Activists work to localize global Occupy protests BY ALEKSI TZATZEV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

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Students compete in a game of tug-of-war yesterday at the start of “Derby Days” in Buccleuch Park off College Avenue. The event launched a week of fundraising for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

‘Derby Days’ to benefit children’s charity BY YASHMIN PATEL STAFF WRITER

The Iota Psi chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity hopes to break its own national record for amount of funds raised by a greek group this week, attempting to earn $100,000 through the annual “Derby Days”. Sigma Chi raised $95,000 last year through Derby Days, a weeklong event where seven sororities raise money through fundraising, school spirit events and donations, said Sagar Shah, “Derby Days” director. “The main objective of “Derby Days” is to raise as much money as

possible for the Children’s Miracle Network and some of the other philanthropies the sororities who participate are dedicated to,” said Shah, a Rutgers Business School senior. The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is one of the nation’s largest pediatric rehabilitation health care centers aimed at helping sick children across the country, he said. “Half of the money goes to the Children’s Miracle Network, which is Sigma Chi’s philanthropy,” Shah said. “The other half gets divided between the seven sororities.” While raising funds, the sororities will also compete against one another

to win “Derby Days” by trying to earn the most points, he said. “[The sororities] get half of what they raised back,” he said. “If the winning team raised $20,000, they get $10,000, whereas if the losing team only raised $10,000, they only get $5,000 back.” The sororities that will participate with Sigma Chi are Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Sigma Sigma, Sigma Delta Tau, Sigma Kappa and Zeta Tau Alpha, Shah said. Some of the events will include Penny Wars, a brotherhood

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Occupy New Brunswick hopes to gain traction next week, sharing ambitions with its New York sister, two months after the Occupy Wall Street movement began. It started quietly last Wednesday at the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus, but more public protests are planned. Banks are once again at the heart of the problem in the minds of the “occupiers,” who decided to bring the worldwide movement to New Brunswick. “We are going to take on the banks here in New Brunswick,” said Jeannette Gabriel, an activist and University alumna. “This is about bringing Occupy Wall Street to people who want to do something in their own community and can’t get to New York every day.” The week of rallies bears the name, “Take on the Banks,” and has a theme for each day. It is planned to start Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. at the intersection of George Street and Albany Street, Gabriel said. “There are a lot of great activists in New Brunswick,” she said. “It’s a shame that we haven’t done something on Occupy sooner. Over and over again, we’ve heard people want to start something in their own community.” Gabriel said the movement would be a good way of bringing together student and community activists who were already involved in local issues. “This was initially called by community activists and we are trying to bridge that gap and all work together,” she said. Occupy New Brunswick has not communicated its plans with the City of New Brunswick yet, Gabriel said. “One of the themes of the Occupy Wall Street movement has been that the people don’t need permits and we are going to follow through with that,” she said. “We are going to be on the sidewalk and we are going to be utilizing public space.” Still in the prenatal stages of the Occupy New Brunswick movement, about 20 people — most of whom are students — stood in solidarity with the Occupy Oakland strike last Wednesday, which took the stage from Occupy Wall Street for the majority of the week. EE

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Deloatch spokesman asks for student leader support BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Walter Hudson of the Community Awareness Alliance met with University student leaders this past weekend, inviting students to join the protest against police brutality in New Brunswick. Hudson, using a form letter provided by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, created a rough draft of a letter with student representatives Friday afternoon addressing the U.S. Department of Justice for an investigation into the conduct of the New Brunswick Police Department. New Brunswick resident Barr y Deloatch was fatally shot on Sept. 22 after an altercation with the NBPD. “This tragic event culminates years of concern about police practices,” according to a rough draft of the letter to Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice. Hudson and about 20 student leaders from more than one dozen student organizations — known together as Rutgers

United Student Coalition — discussed the letter’s contents. They include actions to initiate reorganization of the NBPD’s policing in the community as well as requests for continued support and justice for Deloatch. Hudson said because of Deloatch’s death and Sgt. Richard Rowe’s mishandling of 81 NBPD Internal Affairs complaints, there is a need for investigation from higher authorities. In the letter, Hudson and the student leaders referred to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 — the largest crime bill in U.S. history — as a basis for asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the matter. In response to both Deloatch’s and Rowe’s cases, the City of New Brunswick instilled a series of policy changes. One includes that after a complaint is filed and reviewed by the NBPD, it must also be reviewed by the Middlesex County’s Prosecutors office before it can be closed.

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INDEX UNIVERSITY The Women Farmers Project aims to teach Turkish women how farming can lead to sustainable life.

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Faculty cultivates Turkish women’s agricultural skills BY SYJIL ASHRAF CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Women Farmers Project, a program launched in part by a University professor, centers on training Turkish women how to grow as farmers. Robin Brumfield, a farm management specialist at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, and Mick Minard, strategic communications consultant, created the program, which is modeled after Annie’s Project — an educational initiative for women farmers in New Jersey. Minard, who is also a photographer, said all humans face two major global challenges: climate change and population growth, both of which are being countered by sustainable farming practices. “Women farmers … are critical agents for enhancing agricultural and rural development, poverty reduction and a healthier planet,” she said. “The Women Farmers Project… recognizes that women farmers are at the heart of innovative opportunities in agriculture, capable of social value and a more sustainable future. Brumfield said she was motivated to extend the project after it proved successful in New Jersey. She contacted her friend, Burhan Ozkan, a Department of Agricultural Economics professor at Akdeniz University, who asked her to research gender analysis in the Turkish greenhouse industry. “I chose Turkey because my daughter Suzanne is half Turkish, and I wanted to empower farmwomen in her second country,” she said in an email from Antalya,

Turkey. “I [also] had an invitation from Akdeniz University in Antalya to conduct my sabbatical work in Turkey.” Brumfield, Ozkan and Minard interviewed farmwomen in the Antayla Province of Turkey in September to create a pilot, Brumfield said. They developed two programs — one that focuses on greenhouse tomato production, and the other which focuses on citrus production. Bedrullah Ercin, provincial director of food, agriculture and livestock in Antalya Province, and a select team of Agricultural Extension Educators at The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) helped the team find women and propose a location and plan for the program, Brumfield said. The purpose of the project is to have the women develop business plans for their farming, which Brumfield said would help them succeed and prosper in a region where women are not usually taught such skills. “Dr. Ozkan and I are teaching the business management portion of the program,” she said. “The Extension Educators are delivering the technical program or bringing in technical experts from Akdeniz University.” Additionally, Minard will teach computer literacy, with a focus on new media, marketing and information technologies for the management, promotion and profitability of small- to medium-sized agricultural enterprises, Brumfield said. The three selected 45 women for the pilot program based on a fixed criterion by MINFAL, which

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Keziban Durmas is one of 45 Turkish women participating in The Women Farmers Project, a University pilot program aimed to educate them on how to grow as farmers for sustainable living.

included being between the ages of 25 and 45, married with one or two children and owning at least 0.4 hundred acres of greenhouse area, she said. All women were first-time participants and had to demonstrate a passion for learning this field of study, Brumfield said. “From our initial interviews … they seemed to see agriculture as … a way to make money to educate their children, but not something they want their children to do,” she said. But Brumfield hopes to see a change in their attitude toward farming by providing them with the nec-

essary tools and resources to make their farms more profitable as a business the women could be proud of. Minard said she wants to use her specialization in media and photography to publicize the program and shed light on female agricultural enterprises and activities. Brumfield said the Women Farmers Project is turning out to be as successful as its predecessor, Annie’s Project, since women are much more responsive to this type of program than any other demographic. She said there is something significant and distinct about female farmers uniting for a cause that

inspires them to make Annie’s Project and the Turkish Women Farmers Project as successful as it is. The women of Antalya are involved in their program and have found a great deal of inspiration, said Brumfield, who hopes she herself contributed to this flourishing mentality. “The women are all doing their homework, completing their business plans, coming to all of the workshops and sharing with each other,” she said. “Many of them bring cameras from home to take pictures with me and have told me I am their hero.”

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University] basically on scholarships and grants, so I shouldto join movement on campus n’t be in as much debt as I am,” she said. School of Arts and Sciences continued from front senior Shayna Slininger said she Michael Carr, one of the organ- would like to see President izers and a School of Arts and Barack Obama address the Sciences senior, said more would Occupy movements so protesters come, including Wednesday meet- could make informed decisions. ings at 7 p.m. at the Scarlet Latte She compared some of the in Alexander Library on the U.S. government’s treatment of College Avenue campus. people to that of dictators whom “We are trying to gear up and the United States has unseated. raise interest in the movement,” “We as an American populahe said, still unsure of the details. tion have gone into other counCarr said in addition to eco- tries for the same reasons which nomic turmoil the [we] are fighting movement will try against here and to battle, protesters “I’m here basically saved citizens will continue a from their govon scholarships much-polarized disernments from cussion of police abusing them,” and grants, brutality, which has Slininger said. so I shouldn’t be taken root in the Carr said he city over the last hoped New in as much debt two months. Brunswick “We are ver y as I am.” could gather grassroots,” Carr enough people KAYE TOAL said. “There are a to make a differSchool of Arts and Sciences Senior ton of people who ence despite the came to organize low turnout on this from different the steps of areas, and we are trying to work Brower Commons, which he and build it together.” found disappointing. Students who decided to join “This is more about getting the movement early on held dif- the word out and getting the ferent views on what had to information out and hopefully be change — banks’ policies, police a bigger part of the whole movebrutality or workers’ rights — ment,” he said. but all agreed on the necessity of The week of “Take on the Occupy New Brunswick. Banks” rallies will begin next As a member of a single-par- Monday with “We are the 99 ent family, School of Arts and Percent,” which will be followed Sciences senior Kaye Toal said by protests on foreclosure, workstudent debt is a problem affect- ers’ rights and police brutality ing her and her classmates. along with “We are the Future” “My mom worries about that focuses on student debt, in money a lot, so I’m here [at the the days following.

SUPPORT: Hudson calls on Justice Department action continued from front “The position of Internal Affairs is one of great trust and perhaps no greater within the police department,” Mayor Jim Cahill said at a press conference last month. “When that trust is violated, we have to … reinstill the confidence in the police department.” At the press conference, Cahill said he wishes the results of Deloatch’s investigation would arrive sooner, but noted there is a reason for the wait. “I understand why there is a delay in this matter because it takes time to do the forensics,” he said. But Michael Sutton, New Brunswick Police Benevolence Association president, reaffirmed

the organization’s support for the officers in a statement released last Thursday. “Officers do not work their shifts with the intent or desire to use deadly force,” he said in the statement. “In cer tain instances, however, the use of such force becomes necessar y for police of ficers entr usted with protecting the lives and safety of the public.” Sutton also asked that residents wait for the results of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s investigation of the situation before passing judgment on NBPD officers. “Recently, individuals outside our community and a small group within the individuals protesting have attempted to create division between the community and its police force,” he said. “This group seeks to advance its own personal and political agenda,

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Six Deadly Venoms, a Brooklyn bluegrass folk group, performs Friday at the annual “Scarlet Harvest” on Skelley Field on Cook/Douglass campus. Hosted by the Rutgers University Programming Association, the festival featured a corn maze and pumpkin carvings. Go to DailyTargum.com for a video.

auction and a lip sync dance competition. “‘Penny Wars’ takes place outside the steps of Brower, and ever y team gets a five-gallon water jug,” Shah said. “People can drop pennies in there, and every penny is a positive point. Other coins like a nickel or dime is a negative point.” Another fundraising event involves auctioning off the members of Sigma Chi. “The brothers get auctioned off for a date to whatever sorority

bids on them,” Shah said. “Last year, that event alone raised $20,000. Some guys got bought out for $1,000 or $2,000.” The sororities will compete on stage in a dance competition at the Livingston Student Center on the last day of “Derby Days,” he said. “It’s the biggest event. There are 1,200 guests that attend it … we invite people’s parents, all of our friends on campus and all the other fraternities to come over [to] watch this performance,” Shah said. Sigma Chi faced the obstacle of ensuring full participation of the sororities, he said. For instance, some of the sororities’ initiation events conflict with the events of the week.

“It was really tough, but everyone understands that this is such a huge event and so everyone kind of worked around it, found different schedules and moved their initiation days so that we can make it work this week,” Shah said. Sarah Curtin, coordinator of “Derby Days” for Gamma Phi Beta, said the sorority supports the cause to help others. It also brings the chapter together toward a common goal, she said. “It’s important for people to support “Derby Days” because all the money raised goes toward local camps and hospitals in our community,” said Curtin, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

which is harmful to the interests of our community.” Hudson said University students are a part of the New Br unswick community and should be involved in community activities such as freeholder, school board and city council meetings. “The University has been directly affected,” he said. “No one is immune from the community, from the college students to regular citizens, who have been living in the community.” John Connelly, a member of the Rutgers United Student Coalition, said the meeting with Hudson on Friday was to call out to the justice department to address other potential instances of police brutality in New Brunswick. Connelly, who is also vice president of the Rutgers University Student Assembly,

said the students plan to continue the discussion. Hudson and students spoke during a video chat Sunday afternoon about suggested actions for the student body to take. “[I] told them that the first priority [is for] student organizations to enforce this letter and get it sent out,” Hudson said. Donggu Yoon, a RUSC member, said the meeting generally called for an end to police brutality. “The letter will be from the New Brunswick community to the assistant attorney general saying that the problem is not just a New Brunswick issue, rather it is going on across the nation,” said Yoon, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Students can personally endorse the letter or have their respective groups endorse the letter, he said. He also encour-

aged students to participate in city council meetings. The turn out for the phone conference was limited because it was a weekend and a few days before Election Day on Nov. 8. But there are hopes to hold another phone conference and meeting within the next week, Yoon said. Hudson said he was in the process of contacting other human rights groups, including reaching out to the state president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the First Baptist Church. There is a meeting scheduled with Deloatch’s sons, NAACP President of Metuchen Reggie Johnson, Deloatch supporters and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. to address the lack of response from the city, Hudson said.

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Pharmacy groups educate public at diabetes walk BY LISA BERKMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

BRIDGEWATER — Extending beyond the University community, students from four different pharmacy on campus groups spent yesterday at “Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes” to educate more than 900 participants on the disease. “[Each organization] put together materials, posters discussing diabetes and interactive projects to bring more awareness to the patients and help them better manage their conditions,” said Xiao Zhang, National Community Pharmacists Association president. The walk, sponsored by the American Diabetes Association at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, featured a rise in the number of pre-registered walkers, said Erin Geiger, manager of fundraising and special events at the American Diabetes Association. The purpose of the event was to inform members of the community about the risks and realities of diabetes, a disease that affects millions of Americans, said Clement Chen, a member of the University chapter of the NCPA. Members of the University’s NCPA, American Pharmacists Association, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy and Student National Pharmaceutical Association set up their booths at the event in partnership with the American Diabetes Association. Zhang, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy graduate student, said the resources were designed to be hands-on to

enhance the learning experience for participants. “This year we have lots of information,” said Chen, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy graduate student. “We’re providing self-care diaries, monitoring books and handouts for medication adherence.” Glucose meters were also set up as an additional medical service, an improvement from the previous year, Chen said. Other than awareness, the pharmacy organizations focused on charity. “We raised money to donate,” Zhang said. “We made announcements in all the pharmacy classes talking about the event, asking people to donate whatever they have.” At the walk, the groups set up activities with informative components geared toward children. “There’s a haunted trail, there’s trick-or-treating, there’s pumpkin picking and pumpkin decorating,” said Nickita Rokad, president of the AMCP. “There’s a lot of Halloween-related themes and games.” Chen said the pharmacy students showed demonstrative projects for the younger participation at the walk, since children tend to lose interest if they are not involved with something hands-on. In one project, the students measured the amount of sugar in various sodas. The students also hosted Jeopardy games with diabetes facts. Rokad said the active assistance the pharmacy students demonstrated reflects an effort in the school to improve relations between patients and pharmacists.

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Participants in yesterday’s “Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes” browse awareness booths manned by students from University pharmacy organizations at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater.

“There’s a lot of health care literacy initiative going on in our pharmacy school, because certain basic questions might be something patients might not understand,” said Rokad, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy graduate student. Zhang said she believes open and accessible information was an important component of the walk. “They don’t have to do another trip to the pharmacy,” Zhang said. “We’re providing another avenue to ask questions.” Geiger said an ask-the-expert area at the walk was a positive resource for attendees. “The ask-the-expert area has a lot of different professionals, like podiatrists and diabetes educators, but I think you get a really diverse choice of different people

with different kinds of information,” she said. Some visitors at the walk found the various resources to be helpful. “I got good information this time on what you eat and how it raises your sugar,” said Fran Wojcik, a Perth Amboy resident. “This is really an adjunct to anything the doctors would tell us.” Elise Storch, a Bridgewater mother whose niece was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two years ago, said she believes awareness is vital to the progression of medical research. “It’s raising money,” Storch said. “They need to come up with a cure for this terrible disease, as it’s affected the lives of so many people.” Theresa Zupko, a Middlesex resident who is a borderline diabetic, said she hopes

through generating awareness and raising enough funds, a cure can be discovered. “If they could find a cure and get rid of it so we don’t have to stab ourselves, that’d be great,” she said. The event drew in others attendees like Roy Lawrence of Bound Brook, who walked in support of relatives with diabetes. “Both my parents died from diabetes complications, so I did this in their honor,” Lawrence said. Some attendees said they viewed the event as more informative than a regular visit to the doctor. “Sometimes you say, ‘Ah, [the doctors] aren’t telling the truth,’” Wojcik said. “But these people really seem to care, you know?”

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There will be HIV Testing, rapid-result finger print testing, from 3 to 6:45 p.m. at the Health Outreach, Promotion and Education on 8 Lafayette St. in New Brunswick. For more information please visit rhshope.rutgers.edu. Dance! Drums! Devotion! Bhatki’s award winning Sacred Sounds is back. Join the extraordinary kirtan bands Guara and the Mayapuris from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room for an electrifying evening of musical meditations, exotic drumming, entrancing dance and free cultural food. Sample the experience by visiting bhatkiclub.org/sacredsounds. Rutgers South Asian Students in Sciences will host a “Movie Night” at 8 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center in Center Hall. They will be screening “Inception.” Food will be provided for free. For more information email ru.sass@yahoo.com. “The Power of Genomics” is featured Executive Dean’s Distinguished Lecture featuring Debashish Bhattacharya. Lecture begins at 6 p.m. followed by a reception in Winants Hall General Assembly Room on the College Avenue campus. Bhattacharya will discuss how his fascination with marine biology while training in Atlantic and Pacific Canada led him to begin exploring single cell genomics to answer important questions about biodiversity and the evolution of life forms. For more information visit discovery.rutgers.edu/debashish.html. The Rutgers University Programming Association is hosting an event with Jamie Tworkowsi, founder of “To Write Lover on Her Arms,” to bring his message of hope and help to those dealing with depression, addiction and thoughts of suicide at 8 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room. Join the Zimmerli Student Advisory Board for the “3rd Annual Student Masquerade Ball.” Do not miss out on delicious Italian food, the chance to win a variety of raffle prizes, a waltz lesson from RU Ballroom and hours on the dance floor as a night in the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus turns into “A Night in Venice!” Masks will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and formal attire is required for entry. Rutgers University Programming Association cosponsors the event. Tickets are on sale now and are only available online. To purchase your ticket visit paypage.scholarchip.com/?university_id=100000010801.

Celebrate Geographic Awareness Day from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Cook Campus Center featuring speakers, posters, refreshments and networking opportunities. For more information email RUGISday2011@gmail.com. Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics students organized the event.

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Informant aids drug busts for more than 15 years THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

best friend when he began transporting drugs — after he NEW YORK — The most finished a five-year stint in bankable star witness at the trial Guatemala’s Army, where he of an ex-Soviet officer known as specialized in gathering intellithe Merchant of Death was a for- gence on subversive activity mer drug dealer turned U.S. gov- and guerrilla activists. Speaking through an interernment-sponsored actor who became one of the highest paid preter —even though he could be heard on taped conversainformants in history. Carlos Sagastume, 40, earned tions speaking English — he more than $9 million over 15 years testified at Bout’s trial that he by convincing drug dealers and a was paid $450,000 for helping weapons merchant that he was as transport up to 3,000 kilos of cocaine and $3 million in cash bad — if not worse — than they. Collecting evidence against for drug organizations. He said that after he was kidViktor Bout was another major achievement in a remarkable napped by federal police in career for Sagastume. He posed Mexico and a $60,000 ransom as a member of the Revolutionary was paid to free him, he contactArmed Forces of Colombia, also ed the DEA in Guatemala, lookknown as the FARC, to coax Bout ing for a new line of work. By 1998, he had moved to the to travel from Russia to Thailand in March 2008 to arrange to send United States and was steadily deadly weapons to Colombian delivering successful results in DEA investigations. rebels to fight Americans. In January 2008, he was sumThe monthlong trial in federal court in Manhattan ended moned to join a sting operation Wednesday with Bout’s convic- designed to catch Bout, who was tion on conspiracy charges. The known as a supplier of weapons arms dealer, an inspiration for the that fueled civil wars in South America, the character played Middle East and by Nicolas Cage in the 2005 film “One would think Africa. His clients ranged from “Lord of War,” that one’s cover Liberia’s Charles faces a potential Taylor and Libyan life sentence. would be blown leader Moammar Sagastume Gadhafi to the much earlier.” made most of his Taliban governmillions through MYRNA RAEDER ment that once the State Southwestern Law School ran Afghanistan. Depar tment’s Professor Sagastume N a r c o t i c s was assigned to R e w a r d s Program, collecting $7.5 million pose as a FARC member who from two rewards for work he did wanted to buy 100 surface-to-air for the Drug Enforcement missiles, 20,000 AK-47 rifles, Administration. Another $1.6 mil- 350 sniper rifles, 5 tons of C-4 lion was earned through work on explosives and 10 million 150 investigations, though some rounds of ammunition, among other weapons. He teamed up of the money covered expenses. He was paid $250,000 for the with Ricardo Jardenero, 52, a Bout probe. In all, the State Colombian-born informant who Department paid more than $62 posed as “The Commandant,” a million in rewards since Congress commanding of ficer in the established the program in 1986 FARC, classified by Washington to reward individuals who provide as a narco-terrorist group. Jardenero was one of the information to help arrest and DEA’s better paid informants as convict drug dealers. Myrna Raeder, a well, making $500,000 during Southwestern Law School profes- four years working undercover. sor, said she found it interesting He was paid $320,000 for the that Sagastume lived a life of dis- Bout probe. Like Sagastume, Jardenero guise for so long. “One would think that one’s also was a former drug dealer cover would be blown much earli- who could project himself like a er,” she said. “This sounds like rebel commander after a decade fodder for a movie with that kind in the Colombian Army and time spent shipping weapons for a of background.” Thomas Pasquarello, a former paramilitary group that opposed DEA special agent who headed the FARC. Karen Greenberg, a histor y the Bout probe in Thailand, said Sagastume was among the DEA’s professor at Fordham Law School, said large payouts best informants. “If you’re looking at big fish, make sense in pursuit of taryou need big bait,” he said. “That’s gets like Osama bin Laden and what guys like Carlos are good at. Bout as the government They’re pros at what they do and rewards informants who lived in a criminal world themselves they have deep connections.” A good informant risks his life long enough to mimic the lanand can fake underground con- guage and attitudes of those nections to reassure someone like they must catch. “You still have to be careful Bout that he’s authentic, he said. “Look at Viktor Bout. He wasn’t with how much government you’re throwing going to fall for a rookie informant. money Guys like that could see through a around,” she said. “Once that rookie undercover in five min- kind of money is out there for utes,” said Pasquarello, now chief the pool of people who can help, it will be harder and hardof police in Somerset, Mass. The Guatemalan-born er to discern who you can Sagastume did not seem a likely trust. Who wouldn’t take that candidate to be a prosecutor’s kind of money?”

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Incumbent state Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Ariz., above, and rival Republican Jerry Lewis have upped their district race with a battle over immigration stances and school funding cuts.

Arizona opponents spark debates THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MESA, Ariz. — The architect of the groundbreaking Arizona immigration law that thrust the issue into the national political debate faces a recall election tomorrow likely to be viewed as a referendum on the state’s hardline immigration policies. The effort to oust state Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Ariz., has transformed a normally quiet legislative district in a Phoenix suburb into a closely watched battleground on immigration that also features issues such as school funding cuts and state mandates on local governments. People on both sides of the debate believe that removing Pearce would send a powerful message to the Legislature that uncompromising stands on immigration and other issues will not be tolerated by voters. On the flip side, a Pearce victory will say a tough stance on illegal immigration is just what voters demand. “The folks running the recall are trying to send a message to the rest of the Legislature that if they can take out Russell Pearce, then they can take out any one of us, and to get us to stop running bills against illegal immigration,” said Republican Sen. Ron Gould. Pearce is facing fellow Republican Jerry Lewis, a charter school executive and former accountant who hopes his candidacy will help the district and Arizona shed false images as being home to intolerance. The election marks the first time in Arizona that a sitting legislator has faced a recall. It’s a surprising turnaround for Pearce, who was riding high a year ago with enactment of the immigration enforcement law known as SB1070 and his elevation to the Arizona Senate’s top leadership post. But then came the recall drive, the state Senate’s surprising rejection last spring of a handful of Pearce-backed immigration measures and disclosures that

he’d accepted numerous free trips to college football games, courtesy of the Fiesta Bowl. The race has also been noteworthy for some its vicious attacks, campaign shenanigans and relatively large spending for a legislative race. Pearce is going head-to-head against Lewis, although the name of a mystery third candidate will appear on ballots despite the fact that she dropped out. A court battle over the candidate, Olivia Cortes, revealed that Pearce supporters helped her get on the ballot in an effort to dilute the vote against him. Ballots cast for her won’t count, but they could still siphon votes away from Lewis. Advocates on both sides of the immigration debate said the election likely would have minimal impact nationally because most people concerned with the issue have fairly set positions. But the stakes in Arizona are seen as higher. A rare Republican lawmaker publicly supporting Lewis, Sen. Rich Crandall, said that the election outcome could af fect Arizona politics and the tone of the Legislature. “The tone is going to be what are the real solutions to real problems,” the Mesa lawmaker said. The GOP-dominated Legislature has taken a forceful role on several conser vative causes in recent years, including business tax cuts, school private school vouchers, abortion limits, gun rights, union restrictions and immigration. Nationally, Pearce gained notice when he won approval of a 2007 state law requiring Arizona employers to use a federal system to check new employees’ work eligibility. He followed that up in 2010 with enactment of a sweeping immigration enforcement law known as SB1070. A federal judge has blocked implementation of key provisions of SB1070 and an appeal is pending before the U.S. Supreme

Court, but Pearce’s stock soared among immigration hardliners and other states moved to enact their own versions. Recall backers didn’t emphasize the immigration issue, instead focusing on saying Pearce was giving short shrift to concerns about education, health care and the economy. Pearce denies that and points to his wide-ranging legislative record on concerns ranging from gun rights to business tax cuts. And despite what his opponents say, Pearce says he’s been targeted by critics of his immigration legislation. “They’re trying to hide that issue,” he said in an interview. Lewis, who was not part of the recall campaign, said his approach on immigration would be to do more to forge consensus for comprehensive action. “The image that people have of us is something that we’re not,” he said. Supporters of both candidates said the race is close, and voters inter viewed outside the city library said SB1070 and its sponsor were concerns for them. When asked about her decision to vote for Lewis, Mesa resident and Democrat Barbara Br yan responded: “He’s not Russell Pearce. It’s the negative tone about too many things.” Leslie Ann Cluf f, a Republican, said she supports Pearce “just became I’m against illegal aliens, and he helped to get that law passed.” Pearce has endorsements from Gov. Jan Brewer and dozens of other elected Republican officeholders, while his pre-election campaign finance report shows that his Senate presidency and his role in promoting immigration legislation provided him with a more than 3-to-1 fundraising advantage over Lewis. Out-of-state contributors accounted for a fifth of Pearce’s 1,800 individual donors, and most of the Arizonans had addresses outside Mesa.

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Roman Catholic parishes to use new translation at mass THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIVER EDGE, N.J. — Each Sunday for decades, Roman Catholic priests have offered the blessing — “Lord be with you.” And each Sunday, parishioners would respond, “And also with you.” Until this month. Come Nov. 27, the response will be, “And with your spirit.” And so will begin a small revolution in a tradition-rich faith. At the end of the month, parishes in English-speaking countries will begin to use a new translation of the Roman Missal, the ritual text of prayers and instructions for celebrating Mass. International committees of specialists worked under a Vatican directive to hew close to the Latin, sparking often bitter protests by English speakers over phrasing and readability. After years of revisions negotiated by bishops’ conferences and the Holy See, dioceses are preparing anxious clergy and parishioners for the rollout, one of the biggest changes in Catholic worship in generations. “We’re tinkering with a very intimate and personal moment,” said the Rev. Richard Hilgartner, executive director of the worship office for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “It’s public worship, it’s the church’s official public prayer, but for the individual faithful, it’s one of the primary means of their encounter with the Lord.” The biggest challenge will be for priests, who must learn intri-

cate new speaking parts — often late in their years of service to the church. At an Archdiocese of Newark training at St. Peter the Apostle Church in River Edge, many clergy had just received a final published copy of the Missal, a thick hardcover bound in red, accompanied by an equally dense study guide. Earlier drafts had been available for orientation sessions that have been ongoing for months nationwide. Many clergy are upset by the new language, calling it awkward and hard to understand. The Rev. Tom Iwanowski, pastor of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Oradell and New Milford, N.J., turned to the section of the new missal that calls funeral rites, “the fraternal offices of burial.” “How can I say those words? It doesn’t make sense,” said Iwanowski, who has been a priest for 36 years. “It separates religion from real life.” In the new translation, in the Nicene Creed, the phrase “one in Being with the Father,” will change to “consubstantial with the Father.” When a priest prays over the Holy Communion bread and wine, he will ask God for blessings “by sending down your spirit upon them like the dewfall.” The new missal grew out of changes in liturgy that started with the Second Vatican Council, the 1960s meetings on modernizing the church that permitted Mass in local languages instead of Latin. Bishops in Englishspeaking countries created the International Commission on English in the Liturgy to under-

take the translation. The panel produced a missal by 1973, but that version was considered temporary until better texts could be completed. As the commission worked to make the Mass more familiar in idiomatic English, some of the language strayed from the Latin. Also in some cases, the commission sought to use language that would be gender neutral. The work took a new direction in 2001, when the Vatican office in charge of worship issued the directive Liturgiam Authenticam, or Authentic Liturgy, which required translations closer to the Latin. The Vatican also appointed another committee, Vox Clara, or Clear Voice, to oversee the English translation, drawing complaints from some clergy and liturgists that the Vatican was controlling what should be a more consultative process. (Cardinal George Pell, the Sydney, Australia, archbishop and chairman of Vox Clara, has called the complaints baseless and ideologically driven.) The Rev. Anthony Ruff, a Benedictine monk and theology professor at St. John’s University in Minnesota, said he was removed last year as head of the music panel of the international translating commission because of criticisms he posted on his blog. In an open letter to U.S. bishops published in the Jesuit magazine America, Ruff cancelled his plans to speak on the text to diocesan priests because, “I cannot promote the new missal translation with integrity.”

In South Africa, church officials accidentally introduced much of the new text in parishes ahead of schedule in late 2008, generating similar complaints about ponderous language, although church officials now say most parishioners have adapted. Jeffrey Tucker, a lay musician at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Auburn, Ala., said he also had concerns about how the translation was handled. Still, he said he found the new missal “extraordinary.” The text and music are truly integrated for the first time since the changes from the Second Vatican Council, Tucker said. He has been introducing the new text to lay people and church leaders in recent months, and has found the reaction to mostly be, “Oh, wow.’“ “The language is more accurate, but that is the most boring thing you can say about it. The more important thing about the language is that it’s beautiful,” said Tucker who is managing editor of Sacred Music, the journal of the Church Music Association of America. “Hardly anything ever good comes out of a committee. This time it did.” Parishes around the United States have spent the summer trying to prepare church members for what’s ahead. Priests have been discussing the changes in homilies, in notices in parish bulletins, and in workshops and webinars. Many clergy plan to use poster-sized laminated cue cards for parishioners as the new text is introduced. The introduction of the new text comes on

the first Sunday of Advent, just ahead of the Christmas season — a time when infrequent churchgoers attend services. The Catholic Community at Pleasanton, Calif., which serves 5,000 families in the Diocese of Oakland, has been organizing ministry training sessions and town hall meetings for parishioners to ask questions and express concerns. Mark J. Sullivan, the church music director, said he has seen reactions range from people fully embracing the change to others asking, “Why now?” “They say, ‘I’ve got ever ything memorized. Why are you messing with it?’“ Sullivan said. “If people do get a little ner vous, it because things are in a different place, and it is more content, but it’s more for great reasons. We’ve got more to work with.” The Rev. Michael Ryan, pastor of St. James Cathedral in Seattle, started an online petition called, “What If We Just Said Wait,” that drew more than 22,000 signatures from clergy, lay people, liturgists and others around the world, who urged a limited, one-year introduction of the new translation followed by an evaluation before the text was adopted across the countr y. Despite the protest, Ryan said he has been preparing parishioners for the change and he will be ready to recite the new text on Nov. 27. “I’m not going to stand apart from the church,” Ryan said.

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Nurses must consent to provide legal care

our job should never make you do something you feel morally uncomfortable with. Such an employment ideal is the motivation behind the lawsuit filed by a group of nurses against the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The nurses claim that despite the fact that they object to abortion on religious or moral grounds, UMDNJ subjected them to training procedures that made them aid in the process anyway. The nurses argue that if they are morally opposed to the act of abortion, they should have the right to abstain from helping with the procedure without threat of penalty. Until the lawsuit moves forward in court, UMDNJ says it will not require nurses to train for abortion scenarios. Frankly, there is no reason why UMDNJ should grant the nurses the ability to abstain. If they are uncomfortable with medical procedures, these people should not have become nurses in the first place. There are plenty of people who object to abortion for all sorts of reasons (usually morally grounded), and we do not wish to debate here whether or not abortion is right. The fact of the matter is that abortion is legal in the state of New Jersey, where these nurses are employed or training. Because abortion is legal, most medical providers who have the capability to provide it will in fact provide it. It follows that if someone does not want to be involved in the abortion process, they should not pursue a job that makes abortion one of their duties. Working or training at UMDNJ — as is the case with most hospitals in the state — will most definitely put someone in a position where abortion could potentially be something they have to do. To offer a comparison: Imagine you are a vegetarian because your morals or religion dictates it. If you work at a restaurant that serves meat, and you told your boss that you refuse to serve meat to the customers because you object to eating meat, she would probably fire you because you failed to fulfill your employment duties. The same logic applies to these nurses.

See value in legalizing sports betting in NJ

s it stands today, betting on sports teams in New Jersey is illegal — along with marijuana, passing on the right and pumping our own gas. The Garden State, though largely tolerant of other forms of gambling in places like Atlantic City in South Jersey, is just one out of 46 states that prohibit individuals from betting on sports under the 1992 federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act — unfortunate, maybe, for all the avid sport fans out there looking to wager their last dollar on the next Giants game. Luckily this could all change with the passing of next Tuesday’s election. A non-binding referendum is set to be included on the ballot that will ask voters whether or not they approve of allowing betting on professional sports teams. For many, it will be the first step in a long process to bring sports betting to the Garden State in an effort to revitalize Atlantic City casinos — the state’s ailing gambling community — and bring in more revenue. If legalizing sports betting can bring benefits like this, there’s no reason to keep prohibiting it. Gov. Chris Christie has already sounded his opinion — a confident “yes” — at least until the referendum tells him otherwise. Gambling in New Jersey is obviously familiar to its residents. For years, Atlantic City has served as “America’s Playground.” It’s that curious place where individuals can go to spend hours at the slot machines and feel good about coming away with negative winnings, every time. It’s an atmosphere second, only, to the blaring lights and smoky blackjack tables of Las Vegas. So when we at The Daily Targum heard about a proposition that differs little from what already goes on down in the casino rooms of A.C. — and that could potentially channel huge amounts of revenue into the state — our reaction was: What’s the problem? Wagering on professional sports teams seems to find its roots as far back as the birth of man. As natural risk takers, individuals have been betting on makeshift horse races, cockfights and bare-knuckle brawls for, well, as long as we can remember. Today, the only difference is that, in many places, it is done in the shadows rather than in the open. We realize, of course, opening up this form of gambling to a greater number of people, and one relating to one of America’s most wildly popular past-times, may have its downsides. Some contest it could increase addiction to the practice and a dangerous one that already boasts a significant number of victims. Nonetheless, we feel strongly that if individuals across the state were really going to engage in this sort of hobby, they would’ve done so regardless of whether it was being done in the light or kept in the shadow.

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Cain’s comments hold no water

are certainly not correlated, he race card is used I will concentrate on the exceptionally often money factor. in politics. Don’t get In fact, a study conducted me wrong — sometimes I in 2008 shows that women think claims regarding who have an income of racist policy are legitimate. $21,600 get 69 percent of all However, many politicians abortions performed. Now and activists bring up race LEE SELTZER you may be thinking that I’m at inappropriate times and making just as ridiculous of contexts. A striking exama claim as Cain is. There’s no divide in income ple of this was demonstrated last week when between black and white, right? Wrong — the facts Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain state otherwise. A 2009 survey showed that the repeated his accusations that Planned mean income of whites was $73,240 per year. Parenthood engages in “planned genocide” However, the mean income of blacks was shown to against blacks when setting up facilities in prebe $46,046. This is an extremely significant differdominantly black neighborhoods. Moreover, he ence, as it shows that there is a larger percentage of stated that the mission of Planned Parenthood low-income blacks than whites. was and currently is to prevent “black babies So this means that a black person’s salary is from being born.” likely to be lower than a white person’s. There is no Cain is correct about one thing — black women need to dance around it. These are the statistics do represent a disproportionate amount of abortalking. So that means that if you go tions from Planned Parenthood. In into a low-income area, it is more fact, black women are almost five “Many politicians likely that you will encounter a black times more likely than white women person than a white person. If there to get an abortion. The question and activists is a Planned Parenthood in that area, remains as to why this is the case. bring up race at it isn’t because black people live Cain believes Planned — it’s because it’s a lowParenthood is actively engaging in inappropriate times there income neighborhood, and poorer genocide. By this logic, those active people tend to have more of a need in the organization must meet and and contexts.” for abortions. cook up schemes to get black people The only way to fix this discrepto get abortions. However, any halfancy is if our society acknowledges that ever yintelligent mind can gather that this is completely thing was not instantly fixed after Martin Luther absurd. There are two possible explanations to King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. We have to Cain’s thinking. One is that he is part of the faction recognize that after 300 years of slaver y followed that genuinely believes Planned Parenthood is by 100 years of institutionalized discrimination, it engaging in genocide and should be put on the is ridiculous to expect that things could possibly same level as the Nazi Party and the Ku Klux Klan. go back to normal just like that. The only way If this is the case, he is quite possibly an insane that we can bridge this gap is through a consciman. The other possibility is that he’s simply playentious effort to patch up inequality. We need to ing the race card in a pathetic attempt to combine work on building up these low-income areas and the need to attract black voters with a need to satproviding equal opportunities. If we can do this, isfy social conservatives. If this is the case, he is then maybe you will see a smaller proportion of manipulative and insulting the intelligence of the blacks getting abortions. black demographic he is trying to attract while So if you really want to take care of race relasimultaneously belittling victims of actual genotions in this country, you should actually do somecides like the one in Darfur. Regardless of which is thing to change them in the long run and go after true, it isn’t exactly the best rhetoric to use during the underlying sociological issues that lie at the a presidential campaign. bottom of the inequalities in the United States. At the same time though, if Planned Instead, Cain is ignoring the real issues by choosParenthood is not committing genocide, why are ing to live in a terrible “Lifetime” movie where so many blacks getting abortions? To answer this, Planned Parenthood spearheads a conspiratorial you must think deeply about what drives a person genocide against black people. to get an abortion in the first place. There are two primary reasons. One is that you are not confident Lee Seltzer is a School of Arts and Sciences junior that you are responsible enough to have a child, majoring in history and economics. His column, and the other is that you do not have enough “‘Simplee’ Put,” runs on alternate Mondays. money to raise the child. As responsibility and race

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Exercise voting power in upcoming election Letter HARINI KIDAMBI

he entire New Jersey State Legislature will go up for election on Nov. 8. This means that in addition to local races, you will have the opportunity to vote for your district’s assembly member and state senator. I understand how busy everyone is studying for exams, writing papers and figuring out class schedules for next semester — all while trying to stay healthy as the weather gets colder. Going out to a polling location on Tuesday might not be your first priority, and you might not even think it’s worth taking the time to vote. But I urge ever yone to remember one very important point: We attend a public university. The decisions that come out of the New Jersey State House in Trenton directly impact us. In many ways, the decisions that state and local governments make have the greatest impact on the issues we care about. The representatives that you have the chance to elect will make decisions that affect our tuition, the levels of financial aid we can qualify for and, ultimately, the resources that are available to us. One vote might seem small. You might not think it matters,

and in the grand scheme of things, it is unlikely that it will decide an election — but it still counts for something. It’s not about just that one vote but rather what it symbolizes. It is how you communicate with your government, whether it is local, state or federal. You are choosing who you want to represent you and showing your support by taking the time to vote for those people and what they stand for. No one else has the power to do this for you. Your vote is a statement about who you are and what matters to you. So on Nov. 8, I hope that, if you are registered to vote, you take the few minutes out of your busy day to cast your ballot. If you don’t know where your polling location is, visit ruvoting.rutgers.edu. By voting in this election you will determine not only the composition of government, but also your future. And if you’re not registered, do it today so you will be able to vote in the 2012 presidential election. Harini Kidambi is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science and public health with minors in South Asian studies and religion. She is the Rutgers University Voting student coordinator.

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he Rutgers swimming and diving team remained unbeaten (40, 3-0) Friday when it defeated Wagner, 165-121, at the RU Aquatic Center. The Scarlet Knights took first place in 11 of the 16 events, with nine different swimmers taking home gold. The Knights took the top three spots in both the 100meter freestyle and the 50meter freestyle, as well. They also took the top two places in the 200-meter freestyle and the 200-meter backstroke. Sophomore Chelsea Rolin won both the 100-meter freestyle and the 100-meter backstroke. Sophomore Emilie Kaufman took home the gold in the 200-meter backstroke, beating teammate Mar y Moser by three seconds. For full coverage see tomorrow’s issue of The Daily Targum.

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volleyball team lost yesterday to Notre Dame, 3-0, dropping them to 8-21 and 1-11 in the Big East. The Scarlet Knights also lost to DePaul Saturday, 3-2, despite four players reaching double-digits in kills. Leading the Knights in kills were senior Hannah Curtis and freshman Sofi Cucuz, with 14 each. Junior setter Stephanie Zielinski brought her Big Eastleading double-double total to 16, recording 54 assists and 10 digs. For full coverage see tomorrow’s issue of The Daily Targum.

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three Rutgers field hockey players as members of the All-Big East second team. Senior Christie Morad, junior Carlie Rouh and sophomore Lisa Patrone all secured their first postseason honors. Morad, one of three team captains, started all 18 games this season on the Knights’ backline. Rouh led the team with five assists and was second with five goals. Patrone, who received Big East weekly honors on Oct. 17, finished third on the squad with four assists, and scored her first career goal in a 3-1 victory over Providence.

H OUSTON QUAR TER BACK Case Keenum set an NCAA football career passing record with 17,212 yards, eclipsing a mark previously held by Hawaii’s Timmy Chang. Keenum, a sixth-year senior, also has a nine-touchdown game to his credit this season as Houston is off to its first ever 9-0 start. He also holds NCAA records for career touchdown passes (141) and total offense (18,101 yards), in addition to the 163 touchdowns for which he is responsible (141 passing, 22 rushing).

passes for 60 yards on the gametying drive, were both on the field-goal block unit as South Florida attempted to win it as time expired. It did not matter. USF kicker Maikon Bonani missed his 27-yard attempt wide left. “He kind of shanked it pretty good,” Schiano said. The defense started overtime with a takeaway — junior safety Duron Harmon intercepted his fifth pass of the season. The offense took over, ran the ball three times and let senior kicker San San Te kick a 37yard game-winner. Dodd was the first person to swarm Te on the field, then everyone from graduate assistant coach Andrew Janocko to defensive line coach Phil Galiano made their way to Dodd to congratulate the deposed starter. “It was good to just go in there after not getting the playing time that I wish I would have gotten the past couple weeks,” Dodd said. “It was really big for me to go in there and be able to lead us back to a vic-

tory, be able to throw a touchdown or just get playing time at all. It was huge to get in there. I love it.” It was the same story for Coleman, who received less criticism than only Harrison for dropping passes earlier this season, which will now end with a bowl berth. Harrison caught a 45-yard touchdown pass last week and believes he is past it, but a head injury suffered in practice kept him out against USF. Coleman took over as the primary deep threat and for the first time since the spring, he showed why. “As the ball went up in the air, [Harrison said he] knew I was going to catch that ball,” Coleman said. “That was just an emotional moment for the both of us. We’ve been through a lot earlier in the season — both of us.” So did Dodd and classmate Jeremy Deering. Deering went from the team’s second leading rusher and fourthleading receiver as a freshman wideout to an underused running back and kick returner this year. He finally broke one against USF, returning a kick 98 yards to start Rutgers’ rally. “I look at it as an example of belief,” Coleman said. “Trust and belief.”

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Sophomore Jeremy Deering returns a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown Saturday in a 20-17 win against South Florida.

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The Rutgers football team rallied from a 14-point deficit Saturday to beat South Florida, 20-17, in overtime. The Knights clinched a bowl berth and effectively saved their season, as a loss would be their third in a row against Big East competition. Mohamed Sanu had more than 100 receiving yards and San San Te kicked a game-winning field goal. The Knights swarmed Te in celebration on the field. KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

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NOTEBOOK: Jamison, RU struggle with ground game continued from back Jamison had more negative rushing plays than positive ones at one point in the first quarter. “They were pretty good,” Jamison said of the Bulls’ front four. “It wasn’t really them as much as it was us stopping ourselves, like missing a blocking or not staying on a block too long. It was us stopping ourselves.” South Florida entered the game leading the nation in tackles for loss and added to its total with 11 negative plays at High Point Solutions Stadium. The lack of production again prompted offensive line coach Kyle Flood to restructure the Knights’ five linemen. Sophomore David Osei, who began the season as the starting center, split time with recent starter Art Forst at right guard. Senior Desmond Stapleton, who started every game last season at left tackle, entered the game at times for sophomore Andre Civil. “[Stapleton] could go in the tank, but he just continues to prepare,” Schiano said. “When he gets his chance, coach Flood has the confidence in him in these situations where he’s been there before. He’s got medical things where he can’t go 70 to 80 plays, but he’s able to give us 20 great plays.”

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Savon Huggins left the game in the second quarter with an apparent knee injury. Huggins appeared to suffer the injury when senior center Caleb Ruch rolled over the knee on one of Huggins’ two rushes.

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Huggins under went testing yesterday, and Schiano still awaits results. “I’m worried about Savon,” Schiano said following the game. Huggins appeared in all of the Knights’ nine games this season, accumulating 146 rushing yards for an average of 2.6 yards per carry. His five touchdowns are second on the team among skill-position players behind junior wide receiver Mohamed Sanu’s seven scores. Schiano did not want to speculate about changes at running back if Rutgers lost Huggins for a significant period of time, he said. Schiano said he would have answers about the team’s backfield situation today.

THE KNIGHTS CLINCHED bowl eligibility yesterday with their sixth win of the season, but players had to remind Schiano of the feat. “I was just so happy to win the game,” Schiano said. “It’s great.” Rutgers returns to a bowl for the first time since 2009, the last of four consecutive bowl game victories after losing in 2005 to Arizona State. The Knights lost out on bowl eligibility last year with a six-game losing streak to close the season. “Six times in seven years, I think 10 years ago Rutgers people might have signed up for that,” Schiano said. “I understand why expectations are higher, but I’m happy we’re going back to a bowl game. Wherever it is, I’m happy we’re going.” Redshirt freshman quarterback Gary Nova also said the Knights have their eyes on a larger goal. “We just have to get this thing rolling now,” he said. “We want to play for the big bowl game, I’ll put it that way.”

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Freshman running back Savon Huggins ran for 146 yards and five touchdowns in eight-plus games this season in primarily a reserve role. He carried only twice Saturday before leaving the game.

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Senior Dan Hopkins rides junior Jesse Boyden en route to a 7-0 decision in a first-round heavyweight matchup Saturday at the College Avenue Gym. Hopkins went 8-4 last year at 197 pounds in his first season at Rutgers after transferring from Middlesex County Community College.

Hopkins’ heavyweight win highlights night at Barn BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale gave the fans credit Friday WRESTLING after the Scarlet Knights’ annual wrestleoffs at the College Avenue Gym. In an event that pits Rutgers wrestler against Rutgers wrestler, it is impossible to cheer. He should give just as much credit to his grapplers. “We do it for the fans, but nobody really likes it,” said junior 174-pounder Gregory Zannetti. “Everyone’s friends on the team. Everyone’s wrestling their friend.” For Zannetti, that meant a matchup with fellow 174-pounder Brendan Ard in one of the two most contested weight classes. Zannetti won his matchup with the sophomore Wisconsin transfer, 5-2, and senior Daniel

Hopkins took the four-man heavyweight bracket. Hopkins spent last season wrestling at 197 pounds, and Goodale would like to bounce Hopkins between 197 and heavyweight this season. Hopkins’ 7-0 decision against junior Jesse Boyden and 5-3 decision against freshman Billy Smith might force Goodale to commit to Hopkins at the weight class. “Winning put my name at the top of the list at heavyweight, but like I always say to the coaches, wherever they need me for the team, that’s where I’ll go,” Hopkins said. “It doesn’t matter if they need me at heavyweight one match and want me at 184 the next match, I’ll do what I have to do.” The Jackson Memorial High School product wrestled at 210 pounds Friday, but said his natural body weight is about 220 pounds.

He could easily gain that weight and then some if he stuck to heavyweight, fitting the mold of former heavyweight D.J. Russo, who was not as big-bodied as most in the weight class, but faster and equally strong. “As long as you can keep up with them strength-wise and not get stuck underneath [Lehigh’s National Champion] Zach Rey or anyone like that who is really heavy for the weight class, I feel like I’ll do fine,” Hopkins said. “I feel like I can easily stay with anybody in the country strength-wise and I’m definitely faster.” Hopkins showed that against Smith, who won a state championship last season at High Point High School. Goodale would like to redshirt Smith, but a 3-2 decision against sophomore Carl Buchholz in the first round and his finish against Hopkins complicates issues.

“Billy Smith’s trying to score late in his first match ever in this facility with a lot of people here, and I was excited about that,” Goodale said. “We’ll probably start him out at a couple of open tournaments, but those two guys that wrestled, they want to be in the lineup. We’re going to have to make a decision pretty quick, but I don’t know what we’re going to do right now.” Those in the contested weight classes will have another opportunity to clear up the pictures Saturday at the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic. Fifth-ranked 149-pounder Mario Mason, who won his wrestle-off bracket, and sixthranked 165-pounder Scott Winston, who did not wrestle Friday, are among the favorites entering the tournament in New York.

Sophomore Jordan Beverly, typically a 157-pounder, challenged Mason in the 149-pound final — not necessarily a good thing for Goodale — but the head coach also saw good things. Sophomore Vincent Dellefave, junior Daniel White and senior Billy Ashnault won at 125 pounds, 133 pounds and 141 pounds, respectively, after each missed last year. Dellefave redshirted after an injury, White dealt with academic and personal issues and Ashnault redshirted and moved up a weight class. “You look for guys to get after it and wrestle hard, but you know the reality is they wrestle each other all the time, so there’s anxiety and they’re friends,” Goodale said. “All in all, it was good. There were some upsets, there were guys who wrestled really good guys close. I thought it was good.”

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RU loss to Connecticut ends with brawl, elimination BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

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Seniors Sam Archer (11) and Ibrahim Kamara were among the Scarlet Knights involved in a brawl yesterday during their 3-1 Big East Tournament quarterfinals loss to Connecticut.

With a tied game 60 minutes into the Big East quarterfinals between the Rutgers men’s soccer team and Connecticut at Yurcak Field MEN’S SOCCER yesterCONNECTICUT 3 day, it w a s RUTGERS 1 clear it would be a tightly-contested affair. But a team-wide brawl disrupted action for five minutes after the second goal of the game and changed its entire complexion. It was only a matter of time before one of the teams made a statement. The message came in the form of a 25-yard rocket from UConn forward Tony Cascio that sailed past junior goalkeeper Kevin McMullen and into the net, giving the Huskies an advantage. Another UConn goal with only six minutes left in the game effectively ended not only the Scarlet Knights’ seven-game win streak, but also their stay in the Big East Tournament with a 3-1 loss. “That is just postseason soccer. There are a lot of emotions running high. The adrenaline is flowing and it is already a highly-contested match. I actually thought it was a very evenly contested game for the majority of it,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “I give Tony Cascio a hell of a lot of credit. I thought he was very effective for them the whole game.” The Knights got on the board first in the 51st minute, when sophomore for ward Kene Eze buried the ball in the back of the net. But the Huskies responded less than a minute later, when

UConn defender Andrew JeanBaptiste capitalized on a failed clear by Rutgers to even things up at one goal apiece. “[Connecticut] responded very well, but that will always happen,” Donigan said. “They are playing for their season and a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament — the same as we are.” The conference rivals battled to a standstill in the first half, with both teams entering the locker room at halftime knotted up at 0-0. The Huskies had an opportunity to gain the advantage with a free kick outside the 18-yard box that sailed wide of the left post with only 10 seconds left on the clock. The Knights had opportunities of their own in the first, but could not find the solution to Connecticut goalkeeper Andre Blake. The freshman recorded only two saves in the half, but both stopped pinpoint shots from senior midfielder Bryant Knibbs. “[Blake] is talented — he is very good. He made some bigtime saves today against us,” Donigan said. “They have some special players on UConn. They have a very talented team.” The Knights now look to their final hope of continuing their season — a chance at a bid for the NCAA Tournament. “They are obviously a good side. I think we are a good side. [The score], I do not think, is a good indicator of where we are and where UConn is,” Donigan said. “I just have to think about the future and the NCAA Tournament. We have to just keep our fingers crossed now that we did enough during our season and this game today to earn the respect of the committee so we can get a bid.”

Biruta displays old form as ballhandler in exhibition BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Sophomore Gilvydas Biruta often wondered what he was doing when he had the ball beyond the foul line MEN’S BASKETBALL last seaRU NEWARK 66 son for t h e RUTGERS 80 Rutgers basketball team. But he returned yesterday with a renewed confidence in his ball handling, scoring 11 points in the Scarlet Knights’ 80-66 exhibition victory against Rutgers-Newark. “Last year mentally I wasn’t ready because I knew my role was to be a [center],” Biruta said. “Once I got the ball on the perimeter I wasn’t really sure — ‘Can I break this offense? Will I get yelled at?’” Biruta saw the effects of his work with the Lithuanian U-19 National Team pay off at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, where he even brought the ball up in one offensive set. The 6-foot-8 forward took the ball from the perimeter on one play, spun to the basket and converted a lay-in. Biruta’s play forced head coach Mike Rice to admit he needed to get the sophomore more shot attempts. “Gilvydas’ ability to go off the bounce is something he had last year,” Rice said. “He could be able to do it, but he always seemed to … rush through things. [He’s] a tremendous ball handler when he does the ball handling. It’s just now having the confidence.”

Biruta’s performance was all the more significant given junior forward Austin Johnson’s foul trouble. Johnson fouled out after only nine minutes of floor time. Freshmen Greg Lewis and Derrick Randall earned more minutes in his stead, and rookie Malick Kone moved to the four position. Kone finished with 15 points and eight rebounds, but he cannot replicate Biruta’s explosiveness. “[Biruta] has the burst going to the basket like no other power forward in this league, that’s for sure,” Rice said.

THE KNIGHTS STARTED three freshmen at guard, and the trio showcased the explosiveness of Big East-caliber players. Eli Carter, Myles Mack and Jerome Seagears combined for 37 points in 79 minutes of action in the victory. Carter led the team with 18 points on 4-for-6 shooting from 3point range. “They’re learning. They’re developing,” Rice said. “If you would’ve watched the Iona scrimmage, you would’ve really been scratching your head. I thought they had a little more poise to them this game.” Rice’s three-guard lineup compensated for the absence of junior wing Dane Miller, who sat out the exhibition as a coach’s decision. Miller missed class during the spring semester, Rice said. “You can run them in the morning. You can make them run with bricks up the football stadium and do a lot of punishment,”

Rice said. “One thing they really miss is games.” Miller will be available for Rutgers’ season opener Friday against Dartmouth, Rice said. Without Miller, the Knights’ multi-look of fense still looked capable during its fastbreak opportunities. The matchup opened up in the second half, when Rutgers scored 45 points. “Us three guards, whoever gets it, the other two just go and just kick it ahead and get easy lay-ins,” Mack said. “We were very comfortable in the second half — more comfortable in the second than the first.”

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than Rice initially anticipated because of his ability to crash the boards, according to Rice. The freshman from Guinea arrived at Rutgers as a wing player, but will play more at power forward because Rice does not ask as much of Kone, Rice said. Kone’s eight rebounds led the team while he shot 6-of-10 from the floor. “As long as we’re rebounding … Malick is going to earn more minutes,” Rice said. “He’s comfortable at the four. If the game can slow down for him, we’re going to use him.”

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Austin Carroll suffered from stomach viruses earlier in the week, but both still played a combined 32 minutes. Randall and sophomore Mike Poole were the Knights’ first substitutions, entering the game less than two minutes in.

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Sophomore forward Gilvydas Biruta scored 11 points and showed deftness with the ball yesterday for the Scarlet Knights.

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Forget the past four weeks, Chas Dodd waited two years to make his 34-yard dash to meet Brandon FOOTBALL Coleman in the end zone. The pair began throwing together when they joined the Rutgers football team as fellow freshmen prior to last season and they connected for highlight-reel catches all spring. Then Coleman started his redshirt freshman season with a bout of drops and diminishing playing time. Dodd was benched four games into the season and did not play since. But Dodd returned in the fourth quarter Saturday against South Florida, Coleman played an increased role with Mark Harrison injured, and the pair connected on a game-tying touchdown to force overtime and set up a 20-17 Rutgers win. “I’ve been waiting to throw one to him,” said Dodd, who went 11-of-17 for 125 yards in one quarter. “Running down the field, I just wanted to get to him as fast as I could.” It was the same old Dodd flinging the ball around the High Point Solutions Stadium field when head coach Greg Schiano turned to him to take over for Gary Nova at the start of the fourth quarter and the Scarlet Knights trailing, 10-3. He took three sacks — one of the reasons Schiano started Nova the past four games. And he threw an interception — it is not only Nova who makes those mistakes, and Schiano has yet to make a decision as to who will start next week against Army. But with 1:08 remaining and Rutgers trailing by a score, Dodd did what Schiano repeatedly said Nova does so well: He stepped up in the pocket and let it go. “Perfect ball,” said Coleman, Dodd’s 6-foot-6 beneficiar y. “Perfect ball.” Rutgers still had another possession, but Dodd threw an interception to set USF up with an opportunity to win in regulation. Coleman and 6-foot-3 wideout Mohamed Sanu, who caught seven

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Redshirt freshman wide receiver Brandon Coleman pulls in a 34-yard pass from sophomore Chas Dodd on Saturday in the fourth quarter, when Rutgers marched 80 yards in 2:22 to tie South Florida at 17 and force overtime at High Point Solutions Stadium.

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers football team’s numbers on the ground Saturday against South Florida spoke for themselves, but head coach Greg Schiano did not mind shedding light on the subject. “That was the best defensive front we played,” Schiano said. “We didn’t play physical up front. We didn’t play the way we’re capable of playing. I’m disap-

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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK pointed with the way we played up front.” The Scarlet Knights ran the ball 28 times against the Bulls for negative-7 yards, by far their worst output of the season. They gained an average of 3.3 yards per play in a 20-17 overtime victory. Redshirt freshman running back Jawan Jamison netted only 12 yards — a team-high — on 15 carries.

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LEADERS PASSING B.J. DANIELS 14-34, 160 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT

Total Yds 381 SOUTH FLORIDA 228 RUTGERS

Pass 160 235

Rush 221 -7

EXTRA POINT RUSHING DARRELL SCOTT 19 CAR, 100 YDS

RECEIVING MOHAMED SANU 11 REC, 113 YDS

Junior wide receiver Mohamed Sanu recorded the eighth 100-yard receiving game of his career and fifth of this season. He entered the fourth quarter with three receptions for 33 yards, then caught seven passes for 60 yards on the Knights’ game-tying touchdown drive.

Syracuse Connecticut

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Louisville No. 24 West Virginia

38 35

Cincinnati Pittsburgh

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No. 1 Louisiana St. No. 2 Alabama

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