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Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, will visit the University on Monday to speak about people working together to create futuristic products at the annual Entrepreneurship Day.
Apple co-founder to speak at U. entrepreneurial event BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
It started with two friends building their business in a garage from scratch. They became the founders of a revolutionary company that is now a widely recognized symbol of technology and modernity. In an effort to encourage students to start their own businesses, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is scheduled to visit the University on Monday to speak at Entrepreneurship Day. Richard Mammone, a professor of Supply Chain Management and Marketing Science, said he chose Wozniak to speak at the event’s fourth year because he is someone who represents entrepreneurs. “Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple computer in a garage,” said Mammone, who will be running the event. “They’re leg-
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endary entrepreneurs. We want to see more people of [this] generation do the same thing.” In his speech, Wozniak plans to discuss the maker-space movement, which involves groups of people working together to develop futuristic products, he said. Mammone said in the 1970s and 1980s, Silicon Valley was a great environment for startup companies to thrive, which Wozniak saw firsthand when he and Jobs created Apple in Cupertino, Calif. But Mammone said people are taking fewer risks than in the past, which is hurting the economy. “To get out of the economic situation we’re in, we need to have more start-up companies,” he said. “Most college graduates want to get a job and a big salary, but we need to help stimulate new companies.”
Panelists took the microphone at Eagleton Institute of Politics’ “Morning After” conference yesterday to express their concern over the low voter turnout, especially among college youth, during this year’s state elections. Speakers — Assemblywoman Joan Quigley, D-32, Associated Press political repor ter for the New Jersey Statehouse Bureau Angela Delli Santi, political columnist for Bergen County’s The Record Charles Stile and former chair of the New Jersey Republican State Committee Tom Wilson — voiced their concerns over absentee college votes. “The turnout [in the state elections] was very low,” Wilson said. “In these
low-turnout elections, it’s the true activist who shows up, the truly engaged voter that brings home elections on a district level.” Democrats held on to the 2nd and 38th districts in the southern part of the state, which saw highly competitive races this election, Delli Santi said. “Essentially the message of the day is that nothing is really going to change in the Legislature, [and] in terms of representation, nothing will be much dif ferent,” Delli Santi said. Some University students said the results could have been different if more young voters submitted a ballot. “Should college students care about this election? I helped register
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LMFAO CANCELS SHOW FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY The Rutgers University Programming Association’s LMFAO and The Cataracs concert originally scheduled for today is cancelled. The per forming group’s management has notified RUPA that because of a medical emergency, LMFAO cannot perform, according to the RUPA website. The con-
cer t is in the rescheduling process and RUPA will notify students when and if a date is settled. Ticket purchasers will receive refunds in the original payment form. For questions about refunds, call the State Theatre ticket office at (732)-246-7469. — Amy Rowe
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A capella concert closes anti-hate campaign BY GIANCARLO CHAUX CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Through charity and community awareness events, Rutgers Hillel closed its annual “Days Without Hate” campaign last night with an a capella concert and presentation in Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Six different local a capella groups came together to bring a general sense of good feeling on campus, a primar y goal of the three-day “Days Without Hate” campaign, said Talia Zarbiv, “Days Without Hate” chair. The campaign ends with a concert every year, which garners the most attendance, said Zeke Pariser, president of Hillel. The “Days Without Hate” campaign started in response to the anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and aims to eliminate all forms of hate and intolerance, said Zarbiv, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Centered on the idea of bringing peace in the community, the campaign encouraged students to stop hate with its signature “Days Without Hate Pledge,” said Pariser, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior.
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Scott Seigel, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, performs a solo with the Jewish a capella group Kol Halayla last night during the closing ceremony at the Rutgers Student Center.
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Campus strives to expand energy sustainability BY JENNIFER LIU CONTRIBUTING WRITER
University officials are looking to steer the campus toward a more environmentally friendly community by bringing more solar panels to Livingston campus and charging docks for electric cars. The University plans to install the additional solar panels — which will be 32 acres long and produce eight megawatts of electricity — by January 2013. The system in place now covers seven acres and produces 1.4 megawatts of electricity, said Joseph Witkowski, director of Utilities Operations. The solar farm has two functions: It not only produces electricity but also creates heated water as a byproduct, said Michael Kornitas, Energy Conservation manager. The current solar farm on Livingston campus produces 11 percent of the electricity needed, which is enough for 145 average homes, Kornitas said. At $40 million, the new solarpowered system will be more expensive than the system already in place, which cost $10 million, Witkowski said. The majority of the funding will come from the Solar Renewable Energy Credit program, a state subsidy program. But Witkowski said the investment is worth it, as Livingston campus would never look the same. “We will be providing around 50 percent of Livingston’s power
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The two ChargePoint America recharging systems for electric cars at the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Technology on Busch campus are among the several ways the University provides alternative energy on campus.
… [and] saving over a million dollars a year,” he said. In addition to the solar canopy project, the University is also putting in a geothermal system for the Rutgers Business School building on Livingston campus, Witkowski said. The construction for the project will finish in the next couple of weeks, and the geothermal project will be complete in the fall of 2012, he said. “We drill a whole lot of holes in the ground, and we dig down approximately 500 feet per hole,” Witkowski said. “For heating and cooling the building, we utilize the Earth’s core temperature to
offset the energy costs that it would normally take to heat or cool a building.” When most power plants make electricity from a turbine, they lose all the excessive heat, yielding 40 percent efficiency, he said. But if the plant is able to utilize the heat, then it brings the ef ficiency up to almost 80 percent. Monica Mazurek, director of the Environment and Energy Program, said investing in the capital system and hardware is low maintenance that lasts for a few decades, saving money and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
The University is also working to recharge systems for electric cars powered by the cogeneration plant and the solar panels, Mazurek said. There are two ChargePoint America recharging systems for electric cars at the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation on Busch campus powered by the cogeneration plant and the solar panels, Mazurek said. The reason for the small number is electric cars are more expensive than cars that run on petroleum. Dunbar Birnie, professor of materials science and engineering, said the problem of plug-in
technology becomes a matter of where to invest the money. “Do we put money into a lot of infrastructure and charging when there are no cars to plug in?” Birnie asked. “Or do we put a lot of money into new kinds of cars and not have places to plug them in?” He wants faculty members to push the envelope even further in order to expand other projects. “I’m tr ying to get a funded project going that … could give insight into how could we help people transition from regular cars to plug in vehicles that would use solar power,” Birnie said.
HONOR SOCIETY HOSTS BROADCAST TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY The National Society of Leadership and Success hosted a live-streaming video broadcast Tuesday night of authors Robert and Kim Kiyosaki, who discussed the importance of financial education and dealing with personal expenses. Though the videoconference in the Rutgers Student Center’s Multipurpose Room was one-way, Director of Public Relations for the NSLS Curt Villarosa said it was an interactive experience for the audience because of the ability to tweet and text questions about leadership. “The great thing about Robert Kiyosaki’s presentation is that he was very blunt and straightforward,” said Villarosa, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “A key
message I think students learned is that we have to be able to take control of money and make it work for us.” Robert Kiyosaki is the author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” a personal finance book that challenged and contradicted the conventional wisdom of how people think about money, Villarosa said. Kim Kiyosaki, the author of “Rich Woman,” travels around the globe educating and empowering women to be financially independent. The speaker broadcast served as part of a membership process — the society also wanted to offer a chance for students to gain knowledge about important subjects outside of the classroom, Villarosa said.
“We wanted students to be able to join other motivated individuals across the country and learn what it takes to be a leader, specifically being financially stable and independent,” he said. The event connected with the overarching goals of the honor society because it aimed to further prepare students as activists in the real world, Villarosa said. “We’re giving them the opportunity to hear advice and get guidance from renowned professionals that they can look back on and use later in life,” he said. “We’re trying to develop leaders that will make a better world.” — Reena Diamante
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TURNOUT: Wilson says students do not take initiative continued from front students all over campus, [but] no one in my dorm or even anyone I know voted except for me,” said Connor Montferrat, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior. Wilson said he would not sympathize with college students protesting the results because they generally do not take the initiative to vote. “The way campaigns work is we talk to people we think are listening. The way we know whether you’re listening is by voting,” he said. “You can continue to not par ticipate and thumb your noses at the process and go to Wall Street and occupy that, but it’s at your own peril.” Wilson said students who want greater state suppor t for education and tuition could
CONCERT: Campaign hosts events to combat hate continued from front “What we do is ask students if they would like to sign a pledge, which states that they would absolve from hating for a day,” he said. “Then we compile all the names of those who signed and post the signatures in The [Daily] Targum.” The campaign began Monday by looking into ways to tackle issues of poverty using several different religious perspectives, Zarbiv said. “We had a Christian and Jewish dialogue on poverty,” she said. “Two student representatives spoke about the way their religion treats the issue, and then we all broke into groups to discuss it.” Students then had the opportunity to take part in a clothing swap for charity on Tuesday in
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only blame themselves if they youth for their low turnout, the choose to do nothing. panelists should have focused “You have a huge voting block on encouraging them to vote. and you choose not to be a part of “[The panelists] didn’t it,” he said. address how we can get students But Delli Santi said she does engaged, how we can get them not think it is the appropriate out to vote for things other than time for students and younger the presidential election and how citizens to be conthey can make cerned with local these elections “You can continue more attractive level issues. “I think that stuhe said. to not participate to us,” dents are in fact Some stupassionate. … They dents said they and thumb your are engaged politiare genuinely noses at the process interested in cally, [but] are they engaged at the local politics on the ... but it’s at your level?” she said. local level, but own peril.” “Students don’t fear their vote know where their is useless and TOM WILSON legislative district is unworthy. New Jersey Republican State because it doesn’t “I am interCommittee Former Chair matter to them. ested — I just The issues their don’t think my parents are engaged in are vote really matters,” said Matt not the same issues they Dionisio, a School of care about.” Environmental and Biological Montferrat, president of the Sciences junior. “I don’t think Rutgers College Republicans, voting for some guy I know said instead of chastising the nothing about and who I’m
never going to meet will make any difference.” Dionisio said politicians should target college-aged voters because many students do not adequately understand candidates’ political views and therefore do not see why their vote should count. “Students should be better informed, whether [by] the media, school — any area of education with minimal bias,” said Sean McGowen, School of Arts and Sciences senior. “But politicians should definitely try harder to get students involved.” Wilson said at the end of the day it is up to people to execute their rights as American citizens, because no amount of arguing can make a significant difference. “This is your democracy. This was the genius of the founding fathers. They put the people in charge to do with it what you will,” he said. “You can either figure it out and make it work or not.”
Demarest Hall on the College send a care package that conAvenue campus, Zarbiv said. sisted of Frisbees that the peo“Ever ybody came out and ple decorated themselves with brought at least two items of things such as thank you clothing,” she said. “They were notes,” he said. allowed to leave with one item, Aviva Rosenberg, Hillel comwhile the other munity ser vice was donated.” chair, said “Days Hillel also held Hate” has “Raising any type Without service events — been well-received including a blood throughout the of awareness and and bone marrow years and has won getting people drive and a awards for its comfundraiser at involvetogether like this is munity the Olive Branch ment elements. always a good idea. on Bartlett Street “We have won — to raise the ROSCARS, LAN-ANH NGUYEN funds for Heifer Rutgers’ award Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy International, a for great commuFirst-year Student charity organizanity ef for t and tion that aims to involvement, for alleviate poverty, Pariser said. the past couple The group also teamed up of years,” said Rosenberg, a with student organization RU for School of Arts and Sciences junTroops yesterday to send items of ior. “We hope to win it again.” appreciation to American solLan-Anh Nguyen, an Ernest diers, he said. Mario School of Pharmacy “We asked people to either first-year student, said camwrite a card for the troops or paigns such as “Days Without
Hate” approach the issues in the right ways. “Raising any type of awareness and getting people together like this is always a good idea,” she said. Nguyen said despite the progress that has been made toward combating hate, similar campaigns are necessar y in today’s world. “I feel like there are a lot of people who still are not very tolerant of others,” she said. “You can always be more aware.” Hillel’s mission is to offer opportunities for Jewish students at the University to explore Jewish life. The organization, which strives to create a jewish culture on campus, encourages its members to seek social justice and Jewish knowledge through its activities, according to the group’s website. There are about 5,800 Jewish undergraduates on campus, comprising 17 percent of the student body.
APPLE: Organizers expect about 2,000 people to attend continued from front Entrepreneurship Day aims to encourage an innovation ecosystem in New Jersey, similar to the maker-space environment Wozniak is familiar with, Mammone said. “We would help the ecosystem around us, of lawyers and accountants and people who could do rapid prototyping and computer design,” he said. “We’d like to create an environment where all these people could come together and help each other learn what they’re doing.” Mammone said the governor’s office supports small startup businesses because they help the economy. “It’s to everybody’s advantage to have these nurturing types of business environments,” he said. To create such an environment at the University for technologically advanced start-up companies, the campus provides hacker spaces where students can explore ideas for products and create models, he said. “People can easily make wireless devices or robots or whatever you want to hack,” he said. “Wozniak is in support of that — he’s an icon of it. People should customize more stuff independently … we think people are losing their innovative edge.” At the event, representatives from more than 100 start-up companies plan to hold sessions and discuss resources and job creation with students in attendance. “It’s a good place to see the future — people starting companies now. You may want to start a company yourself or you may be starting one now,” he said. “You can find lawyers or maybe get a job. The future Apple or Cisco is in these places.” The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday in the College Avenue Gym, and Wozniak will speak at 11:20 a.m., according to the agenda. In past years, Entrepreneurship Day attracted about 500 attendees, but the expectation is higher this year, said Ed Tate, a communications organizer for the event. Registration as of today is about 1,200, but Tate and Mammone expect about 2,000 attendees with people registering in the days leading up to the event. “It has something to do with the economy. There’s a lot of talk these days about small businesses and entrepreneurs being the big drivers of the economy,” Tate said. “There are fewer corporate jobs being created these days.” Entrepreneurs and sponsors largely fund the event, which requires pre-registration but is free to those who attend. Erich Spangenberg, owner of the IP Navigation group owner, largely funded the day, including Wozniak’s speaker fee, Mammone said. He also said people are not starting up enough companies, and the resources at Entrepreneurship Day are meant to help them. “It’s really the way out of the problem we’re in. The big companies are going to die anyway,” he said. “Wall Street does not do things the way they need to be done, so let a younger company come in and do it a better way.” Those interested can pre-register for Entrepreneurship Day at pitch.rutgers.edu.
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Group improves dialogue among Mason Gross departments BY KINAN TADMORI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Mason Gross Student Gover nment Association is taking strides to unite its four expressive disciplines this semester through “Ar tist Talk.” “Ar tist Talk” is a night when students of all four Mason Gross School of the Ar ts depar tments — music, dance, theater and visual ar ts — come together and discuss recent exhibits and per formances, said Elizabeth Zwierzynski, MGSGA president. “Our goal this year is to have a little more conversation between the disciplines and more interaction than we’ve had in the past so that all the ar tists can understand each other’s creative process,”
said Katie Hector, MGSGA treasurer. The program, which kicked of f Oct. 28, was the first MGSGA event of the semester to share experiences and thoughts on the special elements of each show, Zwierzynski said. The next date is scheduled for Nov. 16. “We came together to see what each other’s process was,” said Latiana Gourzong, MGSGA vice president. Connected to the goal of uniting the dif ferent depar tments, the MGSGA also plans to hold an interdisciplinar y ar t show next semester, Zwierzynski said. “This will involve all four departments having one show on one day, so that everyone is able to attend,” said Gourzong, a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior.
The MGSGA is also considering hosting a critical feedback workshop next semester, Zwierzynski said.
“Our goal this year is to have a little more conversation between the disciplines and more interaction.” KATIE HECTOR Mason Gross Student Governing Association Treasurer
“This would include ways to give feedback and critique another ar tist in a helpful and informative way,” said Zwierzynski, a Mason Gross
School of the Ar ts senior. “This workshop would involve having representatives from all four depar tments and a piece of work from each to practice giving feedback.” Aside from “Ar tist Talk,” MGSGA also hosted an event Sunday with Jef f Friedman, an associate professor in the Mason Gross School of the Ar ts dance depar tment who discussed understanding the dif ference between multidisciplinar y and interdisciplinar y work in order to create ar t that crosses disciplines, Zwierzynski said. “Friedman also explained that multidisciplinar y is when dif ferent disciplines per form at the same time, and an interdisciplinar y per formance is when one ar tist studies another discipline and uses that to inform
a per formance or creation,” she said. The MGSGA is composed of undergraduate students in the Mason Gross School of the Ar ts with representatives and executive board members belonging to each of the four depar tments, Zwierzynski said. “Our job mainly is to fulfill the needs of the students within each discipline,” Hector said. She said MGSGA has experienced a productive semester so far, with a great deal of work and collaboration accomplished among each discipline to fur ther foster a sense of camaraderie within the institution. “As long as we can get together a core group of dedicated students,” Hector said. “It’s definitely a possibility.”
PRINCETON REVIEW RANKS TWO CAMDEN PROGRAMS TOP IN THEIR FIELDS OF STUDY Two of the 2012 Princeton Review’s guidebooks rank the Rutgers School of Law-Camden and the MBA program at the Rutgers School of Business-Camden among the top programs in their respective areas of study. The “2012 Princeton Review Best 167 Law Schools” and the “2012 Princeton Review Best 294 Business Schools” are based on surveys of participating students during the past academic years, according to a University press release.
“These rankings by The Princeton Review, while gratifying, represent just a glimpse into the Rutgers-Camden experience,” said RutgersCamden Chancellor Wendell Pritchett in the press release. For the rankings, the Princeton Review sur veyed about 107 students at each law school and 65 at each business school, according to the press release. The sur veys include 80 questions about aca-
demic, student and campus life, as well as career goals. “The tr ue measure of our campus is in the success of our students and graduates, the excellent scholarship of our faculty, the friendly ser vice delivered by our staf f and our ability to help the citizens of New Jersey,” Pritchett said. “RutgersCamden excels in each of these impor tant areas.”
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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” lecture will feature 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.
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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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Join the Associate Curator of European Art of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Christine Giviskos, on a bus trip to the Neue Galerie and Morgan Library and Museum in New York City for two exhibitions of rarely seen European masterworks. The bus departs at 8:30 a.m. from the Sears parking lot on Route 1 in New Brunswick and returns by 5 p.m. The cost of the trip, which includes transportation, lunch and guided tours, is $115 for Zimmerli members and $125 for nonmembers. Please call (732) 9327237, ext. 611, or email membership@zimmerli.rutgers.edu to register.
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Study shows some NJ towns see increase in poverty rates BY ANDREW SMITH STAFF WRITER
While the state’s unemployment rate stands at 9.2 percent since September, towns across New Jersey are facing increasing rates of poverty. Among the affected towns are Carteret in Middlesex County, Union Township in Hunterdon County, and Garfield in Bergen County, according to a study released last Thursday by the Brookings Institute. Over the past decade, these areas have experienced an increase in the percentage of people living below the poverty line, with some towns reaching numbers as high as 40 percent, according to the study. Ronald Anglin, executive director of the Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation — a group dedicated to informing marginalized communities to include
them in the economy — said the foundation of the U.S. economy has changed over the past 40 years. “We’ve gone from an industrial to a knowledge economy in which workers who once could expect to enter industr y and work without skills now can’t do that,” he said. “They need gobs and gobs of education just to stay the same as their parents.” Former working class areas are now experiencing economic decay, Anglin said. Citing cities like Newark and Paterson, Anglin said heavy industry has been relocated, leaving those without schooling cut off and jobless. “You’re left with an isolated population. They can’t get work, they can’t leave to go to a wealthier area with jobs since the transpor tation infrastructure is incomplete, and you get concentrated poverty,” he said.
“It’s growing. Poverty has now been suburbanized.” Anglin said although New Brunswick has its share of poverty like any city is, it is
“The income inequality in this country corrodes the social contract that says we all work hard.” RONALD ANGLIN Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation Executive Director
doing well to weather the storm because of the efforts of longstanding institutions. “What’s dif ferent about New Br unswick is that it has major anchoring institutions
that said 30 years ago, ‘We’re not going to let this town die,’” he said. Anglin said stakeholders in town worked with the residents to figure out what they needed to do to prevent New Brunswick from becoming a town overcome with poverty. But Melanie Krutzel, president of the Undergraduate Social Work Organization, said while the effects reported in the Brookings study may not be plainly obvious in New Brunswick, people stricken by poverty are living and suffering in the city. “We went to Elijah’s Promise, the soup kitchen, and saw just how many people were waiting around for seconds,” she said. “They would wait around for an hour or two just to see if there was some extra food, including children.” Along with the changing nature of New Jersey’s job
offerings, Anglin said income disparity was another reason for the changes in the state’s economic makeup. The ratio of a CEO to his staff was near a one-to-two ratio 30 years ago but is now almost a one-to-six ratio, Anglin said. “The income inequality in this countr y corrodes the social contract that says we all work hard and we all achieve upward mobility,” he said. “That’s just not the case, and workers in this countr y are aware of that.” Shane Connelly, an employee at Sanctuary on Easton Avenue, said pover ty within the city exists but is not obvious. “There’s homeless people that come in and don’t get anything, but I wouldn’t say that it’s a major issue. You don’t see a lot of it, ” he said. “I would say it’s probably worse on the other side of New Brunswick, but I haven’t noticed an increase in poverty.”
POLICE ARREST TWO MEN INVOLVED WITH EDISON RESIDENT’S DEATH Two men were ar rested yesterday in connection to an Edison man found dead Monday morning at an industrial site in Sayreville. Daniel Medaglia, a 27-year-old Edison resident, pleaded not guilty to charges of fatally bludgeoning acquaintance Kelvin Dumo Sunday night at a proper ty owned by Viking Terminal on Jernee Mill Road, according to an NJ.com ar ticle.
The second man arrested was Ryan Morrell, 29, of Dunellen, who is charged with hindering Medaglia’s arrest by destroying evidence. Dumo, 28, died from blunt force trauma to the head, but it is unknown what weapon was used as of yet, said Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Nicholas Sewitch. A man going to work at an excavating company located on the property found the victim’s body around 4:49 a.m. on Monday,
according to a previous press release from the Prosecutor’s Office. Medaglia was arrested at the Ramada Inn on Route 1 in North Brunswick, while Morrell surrendered to Sayreville police, authorities said in the article. Medaglia entered a not guilty plea yesterday before Superior Court Judge Diane Pincus in New Brunswick and was jailed with a bail set at $2 million, according to the article. Morrell was also jailed with bail set at $50,000.
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Greek parties agree to interim coalition THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s two main parties reached an agreement to form an interim coalition government to secure a new euro130 billion ($177 billion) debt deal and keep the country in the euro, the outgoing prime minister said yesterday. A result had initially been expected Monday night from power-sharing negotiations between Premier George Papandreou’s Socialists and the opposition conservatives led by Antonis Samaras. But the talks dragged on for three days despite intense European and domestic pressure for a quick end to the political crisis that has endangered Greece’s continued bailout funding and position in the euro. “Today the main political forces are joining together, to guarantee to Greece’s citizens that in the following months we will do whatever is necessar y not only to secure the countr y’s position in the euro and implement the (debt deal) decisions ... but also to make use of its great benefits,” Papandreou said in a televised address. He then headed to a meeting with President Karolos Papoulias, where he was expected to formally resign — half way through his four-year term. Papandreou wished the next prime minister well, but gave no indication of who it would be. Former European Central Bank vice president Lucas Papademos had been widely tipped as the strongest candidate for interim prime minister. But two officials from the main parties said that by yesterday afternoon another strong candidate had emerged — current parliamentary speaker and former jus-
tice and public order minister Philippos Petsalnikos. “Today, despite our political and social dif ferences, we are setting aside the sterile conflicts,” the 59-year-old Papandreou said. “A government of political forces is taking over that goes beyond parties and personal biases.” The political crisis erupted last week, when Papandreou said he would put the new European rescue package to a referendum. Other eurozone nations were horrified by the delay, markets around the world tanked and Greece’s international creditors froze the payment of the next euro8 billion ($10.9 billion) bailout installment, without which the country will default on its debts. Faced with international anger and a backlash from within his own Socialist par ty, where lawmakers were calling for him to resign, Papandreou withdrew the referendum plan Thursday, saying it was no longer necessar y after the opposition indicated they would support the deal. Earlier this week, eurozone finance ministers said the heads of the two main parties had to commit in writing to the terms of the countr y’s bailouts before Athens can receive the next loan installment. There has been intense speculation in recent days as to who will take over from Papandreou, but the outgoing premier offered only vague hints as to who it might be. “It was clear that to achieve this effort we would have to agree on a person who would unite us and would be supported by all of us,” he said. “I believe the choice we have made is in line with the institutions and will boost the democratic institutions.”
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Thousands of students march in protest of cuts to public spending and an increases in university fees yesterday in central London. Previous protests have ended in violence from a minority of demonstrators.
London students protest tuition fees THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Amid a heavy police presence, thousands of students marched through central London yesterday to protest cuts to public spending and a big increase in university tuition fees. Police said more than 2,000 people took part in the march, which set off from the University of London at midday with chants of “No ifs, no buts, no education cuts.” Organizers estimated the crowd at 10,000. About 4,000 police officers were deployed along the route. Previous student protests have ended in violence by a minority of demonstrators, including a spontaneous attack on a car carr ying Prince Charles and his wife Camilla in December.
Police said 24 people were arrested, most for breach of the peace and public order offenses, but the march was largely peaceful as demonstrators made their way through the city center. At Trafalgar Square, a group of protesters erected more than 20 tents at the foot of Nelson’s Column in the latest spinof f of the Occupy Wall Street protest camp movement. The tents were quickly cleared away by police. The marchers had planned to link up with an existing protest camp against corporate greed outside St. Paul’s Cathedral, but were stopped by lines of police in riot gear. Annette Webb, an international development student at Portsmouth University, said tripling tuition fees to 9,000
pounds ($14,000) from next year “will price out most students.” “It will mean that education is only for the rich and I believe it should be for ever yone,” she said. Police had warned that anyone involved in criminal activity during the march would face arrest and prosecution. Police said protesters may face being “kettled” — contained inside a cordon — if there is a threat of serious disorder. Protest organizers accused the police of tr ying to intimidate marchers after repor ts that of ficers would be authorized to use rubber bullets if violence broke out. London police said of ficers along the route would not be issued with rubber bullets and they would only be used in “extreme circumstances.”
Palestine to seek alternate path to United Nations membership THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians are resigned to defeat in their quest for full membership at the United Nations, officials said Tuesday, and have started work on their backup plan — seeking an upgraded observer status that would give them access to key international organizations. Of ficials said they are already lobbying foreign governments, especially in western Europe, in hopes of rallying suppor t for this alternate strategy. The officials said this new campaign in the General Assembly, dominated by developing countries normally sympathetic to the Palestinians, could be harder than anticipated because of expected opposition by the U.S. The Palestinian campaign, launched with a dramatic speech by President Mahmoud Abbas at U.N. headquarters in September, has fallen onto hard times in recent weeks. While the speech
was warmly received, the Palestinians have struggled to muster the nine votes needed in the 15-member Security Council to approve their bid for membership as a state. The U.S., as a permanent member of the council, pledged to veto the request. The Palestinians had hoped to muster the nine-vote majority needed to trigger the veto — a scenario that would embarrass the U.S. by putting it odds with the rest of the world. A draft report circulating in the Security Council obtained by The Associated Press shows deep divisions over the Palestinian application for membership. The council’s admissions committee is expected to endorse the report on Friday. It remains unclear when the council will actually vote on the issue. On Wednesday, Britain, another permanent member of the council, announced it would abstain in a vote, following a similar statement by France the previous day.
Speaking to The Associated Press, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki conceded the Palestinians would not be able to gain enough support in the council. “We knew that the Security Council would not be a picnic. But the most important thing here is who is going to win in the final round,” he said. “There will be other rounds, and we will never despair.” The Palestinians turned to the United Nations after a threeyear deadlock in peace talks. They asked the world body to endorse a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem — territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. While a U.N. vote would not change the situation on the ground, the Palestinians believe a strong international endorsement would boost their position in negotiations. Israel opposes a pullback to its 1967 lines. The Palestinians have said that if they failed to win full U.N.
membership, they would seek “nonmember state” observer status in the world body. They hope that this enhanced status would qualify them for membership on key international bodies where they could push for action against Israel. Last month the Palestinians won membership in the U.N.’s cultural agency, UNESCO. A Palestinian official said yesterday that the Palestinians have begun lobbying key European countries, particularly France, for support. In Paris, French Foreign Ministr y spokesman Bernard Valero confirmed his government is open to the Palestinian request, saying nonmember status “still seems the best path to us.” Israel, with backing from the U.S., has fiercely opposed the entire Palestinian strategy, saying it is tr ying to make unilateral gains while avoiding peace talks. “The correct response from people who want to see peace move forward in the Middle East
should be to tell the Palestinians that your U.N. strategy will not work and that it’s time for you to return to negotiations,” said Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev. “Israel is ready and we hope the Palestinians will rethink their positions.” The Palestinians say they will not return to the negotiating table unless Israel halts settlement constr uction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to stop the construction, which has settled 500,000 Israelis onto lands claimed by the Palestinians, calling for talks without preconditions. The “Quartet” of international mediators — the U.S., EU, Russia and U.N. — is expected to send a delegation to the region next week in hopes of restarting talks. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has enjoyed a jump in popularity by defying Israel and the U.S., is unlikely to bend without an Israeli concession on settlements.
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Cain uses Google ads legally
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oogle might be the new weapon in Herman Cain’s arsenal in battling allegations of sexual harassment — Google ads, to be exact. Those interested in finding out more about the Republican presidential candidate’s scandal will see, at the top of any Google search an ad linking to CainTruth.com, a website denying the harassment charges. It seems like subliminal advertising for one man’s cause, but this strategy is perfectly logical, despite negative press and doubt surrounding Cain. It is just another political tool, if only to test voter attention. The website aims to “prove” Cain’s innocence, and it seems like a legitimate method of convincing voters of that. Cain’s public relations aides are doing their job. It is up to readers to decide whether to fall for a propagandized method of conviction — no matter what the truth in the case is. Readers should be active participants rather than passive consumers. They should be doing research themselves. Google clearly states that the Cain link is a “sponsored ad.” It might be even easier to discern propaganda from fact. We browse Google without paying attention to credibility in most cases, especially when we are trying to get the dirt on politicians. When it comes to this sponsored ad, people should notice the fact that the ad is, after all, just an ad. Google did not get where it is because of moral judgments this specific. As a company, it is providing Cain with a method of spreading his message, whatever it may be. Google would do this for any other candidate, albeit the others are currently less controversial. Cain’s campaign managers are just utilizing one of the many features of the world’s most popular search engine. This is not different from a lot of other forms of propaganda, and neither is more hidden. TV spots of politicians discerning rumors about themselves in the middle of the afternoon reach mass audiences as well. Only in the end do they need to state who supported the message. In Cain’s case, Google makes it perfectly obvious that the link is an ad, despite the website being named CainTruth.com. Really, we should all be more aware. In reality, we as students rarely get confused between sponsored links and the first Google result on the page. We can discern Herman Cain’s promoted message and real results below.
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alks are France and Germany are discussing a new “elite” euro zone. Anonymous sources from within the European Union have told Reuters that French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed his opinion in a speech in front of students in Strasbourg on the border with Germany, when he defended the idea of one Europe moving at two speeds, according to Le Figaro. He said the euro zone moving at a different speed than all 27 EU countries was the only model. This should not be the case. Morally and financially, this is shaky. The idea of a “United Europe” only works when inclusion is the main goal. Although not every state in Europe is in the Union, inclusion and economic and political development have been ideals sought by the EU and candidate countries. Despite internal conflict over the benefits of the EU in candidate states, all of this promotes unity and “europeanness.” If a two-tier system is created where only the strongest states use the euro, the goal is lost. Since its inception in 1957 as the European Economic Community, the group of 27 states has always aimed for inclusion. A major enlargement of the Union in 2004 and the addition of two more countries in 2007 proved the EU was on the right path. But for some of them it was harder. Romania and Bulgaria, the latest additions, had to institute numerous reforms nationally in order to even be eligible for consideration. In Bulgaria, for example, the EU made it a condition the country close some of its nuclear reactors, which had negative economic effects on the country. It previously exported energy to Turkey and Greece. For those countries, the path was a long and arduous one. If the EU creates a lower and a higher tier within itself, goals for each group would be different and development would stagger — especially for those countries that are in the lower tier. Economic development isn’t certain for France and Germany, assumed economic powers, either. Greece, previously assumed to be stable, has been the poster child for a failed economy. In reality, there isn’t anything proving that strong countries that are nonetheless dependent on trade with smaller states in the EU won’t collapse as well. It is risky business. And it is an uncertain business in terms of whether or not a split will be made. In either case, a European Union cannot survive with the voluntary exclusion of “lower” states.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “They need gobs and gobs of education just to stay the same as their parents.” Ronald Anglin, executive director of the Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation, on the present-day outlook on jobs STORY IN METRO
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Internet. But even if you do ne of my housemates not subscribe to the opinion came to me recently that a person can be judged with a Facebookbased only their Internet related complaint. She met a presence — and I hope you guy at a party who then do not — the reality is that it “friended” her. Within the few still says something about hours between her accepting his request at 2 a.m. and her COURTNEY SHAW us. Because we can control much of what is or is not viswaking up in the morning, he ible about us online, the very ability to select certain had “liked” a picture of hers dating back five years to information to be visible says something about us her junior year of high school. “That’s just creepy,” she and our characters. Editing your information means told me. I pointed out that she tends to look through you create a persona. all of the pictures of new people she meets. “Yeah,” she Facebook Courtney Shaw, for example, looks presaid. “But I wouldn’t ‘like’ or comment on someone’s sentable in all of her photos, whereas I can promise you picture, especially not one from years and years ago. that real-life Courtney is not photogenic 24/7. If you That’s going too far.” were to dig deeply into this editing choice, you might This got me thinking — what is acceptable note that I am more than just careful about not having Facebook behavior? The social networking site has “inappropriate” pictures online, I am concerned with the become such a prevalent part of our lives that we image of myself Facebook presents. Does that make me have developed certain behavioral expectations in vain? Maybe. But if someone is going to judge me based relation to it. It makes sense. Facebook is its own solely on what they can see of me, I would like to social world, and all societies engender their own approve the images and posts connected to me. Since I code of conduct. believe it would be impossible for a stranger to glean a Let’s take my housemate’s situation as an example. complete understanding of my life and my personality Facebook is a communication tool that enables people from the pieces of information presented by a social netto stay connected with each other through posts and working site, I want the controlled pictures. Presumably, when one posts they do see to be a hint at some pictures to Facebook, they intend to “Yes, there certainly glimpse of my better attributes. allow other people to view and comThis all is not to say that I don’t ment on them. Why, then, did my are rules of think my housemate had a right to disfriend find this boy’s attention unnervpropriety associated approve of her new friend’s actions. By ing? Part of the problem arises from “liking” her photo, he publicly demonforgetting the context of a Facebook with Facebook.” strated that he had intensely scrutiphoto. To her, that picture represents a nized her old pictures, and that made certain memory of her high school life. her rightly uncomfortable because he does not know When she looks at it, she knows she was 16 years old her that well in “real” life. She would have expected at and a junior. She held entirely different opinions and the very least more discretion from someone who was attitudes toward the world. To have a 21-year-old colcreeping on her Facebook past. But nowadays lege man who was hitting on her at a party “like” a past “Facebook stalking” is a commonly understood term version of herself is, from her perspective, pretty and common practice, and the only way to protect yourcreepy. The girl in that picture is not the same person self from other people’s social faux pas (such as overas the woman he was dancing with the other night. He eager photo liking) is to control the information you doesn’t know anything about her. give them. Your “relationship status” is a perfect examNow let’s take this from the guy’s perspective. He ple of this. If you and your significant other break up meets my friend, and she accepts his Facebook request, and Facebook posts your changed status as news, I which he takes as a sign that she remembered him in a imagine you would hope that no one commented on it. positive light. Happy that she might be interested in However, you cannot control the fact that someone you him, he scrolls through her profile pictures, sees a cool are “friends” with might find it appropriate to ask, one and likes it. He doesn’t know where that picture is “OMG, what happened?” or, worse yet, “like” your new from or what associations she may have with its conrelationship status. tent. The context is entirely different for him. So yes, there certainly are rules of propriety assoThe only surefire way to avoid such a digital misciated with Facebook, there just is not one commonunderstanding is to be very careful about who can see ly agreed upon code of conduct. I advised my housewhat about you. By accepting his friend request, she mate not to be too hard on her new admirer. Though gave him access into her “private” Facebook life of she found him creepy, at the very least he was honest protected photos, and it is therefore her responsibiliabout the fact that he was looking through her photy to ensure that she is comfortable with everything tos. Facebook life is, thankfully, not real life, but it is now visible to him. We all know to be careful about important to remember that how you present yourwhich photos we post online, because anything self on the Internet may affect how you are perceived unseemly could come to haunt you when it comes to in the greater, offline social world. a job interview or something of the like. But we need to be careful for another reason — the person you Courtney Shaw is School of Arts and Sciences appear to be online is a representation of yourself. senior majoring in history and English with a This might seem unfair because many aspects of minor in French. one’s personality cannot be expressed on the
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ow-income households will soon have an easier time connecting to the Internet, thanks to cable companies. As part of the Federal Communications Commission-led initiative Connect to Compete, families whose children are eligible for free school lunches will only pay $9.95 for broadband Internet. According to The Associated Press, Microsoft also pledged to sell PCs with its Office software for $250 for those families. Microsoft and Best Buy are also offering technology training. Morgan Stanley will provide microfinance services for community-based financial institutions. About 5.5 million homes that currently do not have broadband access will be eligible, according to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. We give the FCC and those involved in the program a laurel for their willingness to help lowerincome families compete in an ever-developing world. *
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency for the first time in its history tested its Emergency Alert System across the nation. At 2 p.m. Eastern time, officials sent out the nation-wide alert through TV and radio stations, but did not include the Internet or mobile phones. The results were less than stellar. First, the omission of mobile phone alerts and an online warning means the system is not reaching a large portion of the population, as it is supposed to. In this day and age, most people are easier to reach on their mobile phones rather than in front of their TVs around 2 p.m.. Second, the alert did not completely work. According to the Christian Science Monitor, in some places it was muted or did not air altogether. We give FEMA a dart for its outdated methods. They should keep up with the times instead of airing a 1960s-styled message.
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197 pounds last season, can fare as a heavyweight. Goodale called the weight teams rank ahead of Rutgers class the Knights’ biggest question mark, and while he would continued from back still like to use Hopkins at 197 He does not expect any rust pounds occasionally, he won his — “I’ve been wrestling since I wrestle-off. Hopkins will make the trip to was 4 years old,” he said — and neither does head coach enter a bracket with secondranked Ryan Flores of American, Scott Goodale. “I expect him to be firing on Maryland’s third-ranked Spencer all cylinders, ready to go and Myers and Oklahoma’s 16thElijah Madison. prepared,” Goodale said. “He ranked knows the competition, he Sophomore Carl Buchholz could knows who’s in front of him. I also participate, but freshman Billy expect him to compete hard Smith will not to save his redshirt. “It’s good to wrestle somebody and be in the thick of it — with a different color that’s where he singlet on to see where should be at.” we’re at,” Goodale said. A number of “At the same time, these Scarlet Knights have matches are huge for tough draws in a field national rankings. I that includes No. 10 know it’s early in the Oklahoma, along with year, but the bottom line Mar yland and is, if you have a great American, which are tournament, it really tied at No. 11. catapults you to get in Goodale, who conDAN the national rankings sistently builds a HOPKINS and polls.” tough schedule, welWinston does not particularcomes it not only for the challenge, but also for the opportu- ly need that catapult — he just nity to clear up some questions wants to get on a mat against real competition. in his lineup. Goodale said the sentiment Each team is allowed to take two wrestlers per weight class, allowing is shared throughout the team, Goodale to see how grapplers on which finished in second place his 15th-ranked squad match up in last year’s Classic. But this tournament is more about indiagainst equal competition. The 174-pound weight class vidual matchups. That is true for no one more remains contested between No. 18 Gregor y Zannetti and than Winston, who has at least Brendan Ard, who met in a one potential bout on his mind. “Any time you can test yourwrestle-of f Zannetti won and self against a top-20 guy, it’s could meet again. It also gives Goodale an awesome,” Winston said. “The oppor tunity to get a better way my weight falls and with understanding of how senior our schedule, I’ll be wrestling a Dan Hopkins, who wrestled at bunch of them all year.”
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Junior Gregory Zannetti, red, beat sophomore Brendan Ard, 5-2, last week at wrestle-offs, but their performances this weekend should provide more of a barometer for where they stand in the lineup.
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“Some people when they come in, they get to play as freshmen or start. But I was able to watch two really good players,” Harmon said. “Zaire Kitchen was a phenomenal player and Joe Lefeged is in the NFL playing good football.” Kitchen was a two-year starter in the Knights secondary, while Lefeged earned immediate playing time as a freshman before eventually signing with the Indianapolis Colts. Both were tremendous athletes, Harmon said, but what impacted him the most was their work ethic behind the scenes. Kitchen and Lefeged watched tapes not only on themselves, but of opposing quarterbacks’ and wide receivers’ tendencies, Harmon said. “A lot of people don’t see that,” he said. Harmon’s consistent play put others on notice. After subbing in last season as Rutgers’ third safety on passing downs, Harmon is now
benefits Harmon in starting role continued from back Harmon’s latest contribution gave the Knights their first twotakeaway game since Oct. 15 against Navy. “What a playmaker is, is a talented guy who does what he’s supposed to do,” Schiano said. “If you have a good scheme and a good player, they add up to a play. Duron does what he’s coached to do.” The 6-foot-1 Harmon is always around the ball, said junior wide receiver Mohamed Sanu, a former safety who arrived at Rutgers the spring before Harmon. Harmon attributes his activity to pre-game preparation, reacting to the quarterback and swarming the ball. He learned to prepare from the safeties that formerly limited him to a role player.
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eighth on the team with 34 tackles and leads the Knights’ takeaway effort through the air. His five interceptions even trump the three from senior safety David Rowe, a former cornerback. “He’s been steady throughout the whole season. You can see it,” Sanu said. “He’s a ballhawk.” Harmon never picked off a pass in a Rutgers uniform prior to the 2011 campaign despite earning legitimate time last season in the Knights’ nickel and dime packages. His of fseason preparation played an impor tant role in Harmon’s development after Lefeged graduated. The transition was nearly seamless, a testament to Harmon not leaving it up to luck, Sanu said. “Just to see him perform the way he performs is what you like to see,” Sanu said. “You reap what you sow, and that’s what he’s getting right now.”
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optimistic when discussing the status of junior wide receiver Mark Harrison, who suffered a head injury last week in practice. “I don’t know if he’s going to be able to play or not,” Schiano said. “He’ll go a little bit [in practice], then he doesn’t feel well. I don’t know. We’ll go with who’s healthy.” It marks the second consecutive day Harrison started to practice, then stopped due to lingering symptoms. Sophomore wideout Quron Pratt started in Harrison’s place last week, and redshirt freshman Brandon Coleman also played an increased role.
Lions’ locker room in 2002, but told only his athletic director. Athletic Director Tim Curley and PSU Vice President for Finance and Business Gary Schultz each face perjury charges and were accused of failing to alert police. Schiano declined to comment on the specifics of the investigation or whether he ever suspected anything of Sandusky, saying “you don’t need people making commentaries on things like this.” Schiano instead preferred to discuss Paterno. “I was a 25year-old kid and “We’re going REDSHIRT he gave me a freshman guard chance, hired me to build Betim Bujari is as a full-time progressing well a championship coach at one of enough in practice the top programs program here. from an ankle in the countr y,” injury that kept Schiano said. “He That hasn’t him out the past and [his wife] changed.” two weeks that Sue and the Schiano expects whole Paterno GREG SCHIANO him to play family have been Head Coach Saturday against great to Army. [Schiano’s wife] “He’s doing better,” Schiano Christy, myself and our family. I said. “As long as nothing happens knew eventually [Paterno’s between now and Saturday, I think retirement] was going to haphe’ll be able to play.” pen. It’s just ver y, ver y hard under these circumstances.” WALK-ON REDSHIR T Schiano has long been suspectrunning back Paul James is played as a possible replacement for ing a service academy quarterPaterno, and those rumors again back for the second time this seabegan to circulate in the wake of son in preparation for Army’s his retirement announcement. triple-option offense. In reality, it is unrealistic. Schiano said he would not be Schiano coached the secondsurprised if Army plays three ary from 1991-96 directly under quarterbacks, but that James, who Sandusky, and Penn State is likely will still redshirt despite Savon to want a completely fresh start Huggins’ injury, compares favorand break from Sandusky. ably to each. Regardless, Schiano said he “I think he’s done a very good ignores the rumors. job,” Schiano said. “He’s a really “I don’t even get into it,” he good running back. Man, does he said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do have great change of direction, here. We’re going to build a chamexplosion, power. I think the pionship program here. That hasdefensive guys were ready to n’t changed, contrary to some strangle him today. That’s good.” beliefs. Trust me, we will be a
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Senior libero Kallie Pence (11) ends her career with the Scarlet Knights this weekend, when the team faces a pair of teams with losing records in the Big East at the College Avenue Gym.
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Rutgers volleyball team captains Hannah Curtis and Kallie Pence admit balancing the emotional VOLLEYBALL burden of senior CONNECTICUT AT week is RUTGERS a strugSATURDAY, 2 P.M. gle. Now they want to turn that emotion into energy, which has been absent in the Scarlet Knights’ recent slump. Trying to recapture the energy Saturday, the Knights (8-21, 112) await visiting foe Connecticut (14-13, 4-8). “We have a bit of a rivalr y going on with Connecticut,” Curtis said. “UConn’s one of those games we look for ward to. I think it’s going to come down to us playing the way we know how to.” Curtis is the first to admit the team’s play the past four matches was not up to par. “The past four games have been really disappointing because we feel like we should’ve put in more effort,” she said. “I think this
week we’re not so much focusing on them, but the things we can control.” Control is the motto this week for the team. On the court, the Knights must be able to control the Huskies’ attack from the start. Rutgers is 6-4 when winning the first set, compared to 2-13 when dropping the opener. The statistic is a credit to the energy head coach CJ Werneke demands, leading to strong defensive performances that give the Knights an edge. But defeating a conference rival proved not as tall a task for the Knights. A win against in-state foe Seton Hall showcased the Knights’ ability to play at a high level. Sweeping the Pirates, 3-0, they put together three sets of energyfilled volleyball. Rutgers must match that energy, but also control its emotions. “We have to focus on what we can control — defensive intensity and composure,” Werneke said. “We’re tr ying to ride our emotions positively, not negatively.” Curtis says she is ready to handle the emotional end.
“I’ve been tr ying to handle my emotions,” Curtis said. “I’m just going to go out swinging hard, playing with hear t and making the last two games the most unforgettable experience.” A win Saturday puts the team at nine wins overall. To get to double-digit wins for the third straight year, the squad must then rally again Sunday against St. John’s (10-19, 1-11). The final game on the Knights’ schedule matches them against the two bottom dwellers of the conference. Both teams boast only one Big East win, and the final match of the season may ver y well end the deadlock at the bottom of the standings. Werneke says St. John’s regional ties fuel another rivalr y, and the two evenly-matched teams figure to showcase it at the College Avenue Gym. Rutgers holds the edge on its home floor. A 5-8 home record finally bodes well for the Knights compared to the Red Storm’s two road victories. Whatever advantages the Knights own this weekend, the matches are ultimately within their control.
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t. John’s head men’s basketball coach Steve Lavin made an appearance Tuesday at the team’s practice. Lavin announced after last season he had prostate cancer and had successful surgery about a month ago to remove the cancer. It is still not certain when Lavin will return to the sidelines and coach the team. Before his appearance at practice, Lavin received a DVD of each practice at his apartment and put together practice plans from it. Without him, St. John’s opened its season Monday night with a win against William and Mary.
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players for hits in Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens. Steelers safety Ryan Clark received a $40,000 fine for his hit on Ravens tight end Ed Dickson, while Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis was fined $20,000 for a blow to Pittsburgh receiver Hines Ward. Clark was very vocal about his dissatisfaction with the ruling, saying he did not know how to play defense any other way and if he changed his playing style it would take away from his performance. He also expressed his lack of respect for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
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without one of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s most consistent targets for several weeks, according to head coach Mike Tomlin. Wide receiver Antonio Brown missed last week’s game while dealing with the death of his mother, as well as an apparent knee injury. Tomlin said Brown, who had 18 receptions for 243 yards and two touchdowns, underwent arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus. The Steelers have the services of Ward, who suffered from concussion symptoms earlier in the week after a hit from Lewis, a Ravens linebacker.
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Cardinals interviewed former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona for the same position in the organization. Francona left the Red Sox after eight seasons as skipper. In his final season, he squandered a 9-game lead in the wild card chase. The skipper won two World Series titles with the team and is the second-winningest manager in team history. The Cardinals will also inter view third base coach Jose Oquendo and Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg, who managed the Philadelphia Phillies Triple-A team last season.
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Junior goalkeeper Kevin McMullen made his first appearance for the Scarlet Knights this season against Furman and remained head coach Dan Donigan’s starter since. McMullen also earned his first career shutout this season in a Rutgers uniform.
McMullen seizes opportunity in net BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT
Junior goalkeeper Kevin McMullen ended the Rutgers men’s soccer team’s regular season on a MEN’S SOCCER high note, earning Big East Player of the Week recognition. But the Blackwood, N.J., native was not always familiar with success. Following a preseason groin injur y, McMullen found himself sitting on the bench for the first game behind classmate Adam Klink. McMullen earned his first appearance in the Scarlet Knights’ second game against Furman, when Klink went down with a concussion. “Kevin stepped in and actually did a great job,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “He was in there for a very key win against College of Charleston at their place. He helped us to a 2-1 win early in the season and he never looked back from there.” Following the victor y, McMullen began the process of
adjusting to his role as starting as Rutgers keeper, ending the netminder during the first half of game with two saves. the Knights’ schedule. As the sea“I finally feel comfortable back son progressed, the team’s confi- there and able to prove myself out dence in him rose. on the field. After being in the net “He has made some big-time for a while I gained some confisaves and some game-winning dence,” McMullen said. “When I saves, which is exactly what you got my first shutout, it was a very want from your rewarding feeling. keeper,” Donigan It definitely was a “[My teammates] long time oversaid. “He was able to secure the confibut it was one definitely make me due, dence of the of the biggest look so good coaching staff, landmarks in my which is what you so far.” sometimes because career want your keeper Once the first to do. He has had a shutout occurred, they don’t allow great year for us.” it was only a matteams to score.” But one thing ter of time before eluded McMullen others followed. KEVIN MCMULLEN not only throughIn the Knights’ Junior Goalie out the first half final two games of of the season, but the year, his entire collegiate career. McMullen and the defense held McMullen never posted a two nationally-ranked opponents shutout, and for the first 11 scoreless in consecutive games. games he started, it appeared The performance earned his efforts would once again McMullen Big East acclaim. not materialize. In a 1-0 win against then-No.11 Everything changed Oct. 15 St. John’s, McMullen made a against DePaul, when McMullen career-high 10 saves to keep the finally posted his first clean sheet Red Storm off the board.
“I just happened to have a good game. I was feeling good that night — like I was in the zone,” McMullen said. “I owed it to my team because they are able to shut teams down and block shots that I may not be able to make. They definitely make me look so good sometimes because they don’t allow teams to score just as much as I do.” With their regular season over and a 3-1 loss outing them from the Big East Tournament, the Knights now look for ward to Monday’s NCAA Tournament bid announcements. Donigan is sure if Rutgers gains a bid that McMullen will show up for the team between the posts. “We obviously had a little slipup in the Big East Tournament against UConn. We anticipate him bouncing back along with the rest of the team,” Donigan said. “If we are fortunate enough to get an NCAA bid, he will be ready to go again and perform at a very high level, which he has been doing all season long.”
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Penn State head coach Joe Paterno announced yesterday he will retire.
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Junior 165-pounder Scott Winston, right, wrestles competitively Saturday for the first time since he lost to Brandon Hatchett of Lehigh at the NCAA Championships to cap a 21-5 season that included an EIWA Championship.
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Scott Winston does not expect the taste of last season to leave his mouth any time soon. Instead of his WRESTLING lasting image of the NCAA RUTGERS AT Championships BROCKPORT, N.Y. being atop a podiSATURDAY um, it is a cinderblock wall underneath the Wells Fargo Center, where he sat and stared after falling one win shy of AllAmerican status.
The junior 165-pounder is not quite pleased with how his last trip to the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic ended, either — the wrong end of a major decision against Mar yland’s Josh Asper in the championship bout. The third-ranked Asper and the Terps will be back in Brockpor t, N.Y., on Saturday, and while a rematch win will not get Winston on the podium, it will be a good start. “I don’t like the way things went at all last year,” the sixth-ranked Winston said. “Obviously I want to wrestle him again and settle that score.” Asper and Winston are two of three
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ranked 165-pounders in a strong eightteam field. Clarion’s 11th-ranked Bekzod Abdurakhmanov is the other. Winston did not participate in wrestleoffs Friday at the College Avenue Gym, and he under went knee surger y last March, so it marks his first time on the mats since Lehigh’s Brandon Hatchett eliminated him from the national tournament. He took six months off to recover from surger y on his MCL and PCL for the second consecutive year, but practiced for the past two and a half months.
Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano credits Penn State head coach Joe Paterno with jump-star ting his career, so the sadness he felt at yesterday’s news that Pater no KNIGHT will retire at the end NOTEBOOK of the season was trumped only by the circumstances. “The whole thing that’s going on out there is sad,” Schiano said. “It’s really bad.” Paterno coached Penn State for 46 seasons, including six with Schiano, but the school’s board of trustees fired him last night amid a child sex scandal in Happy Valley. Long-time defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was arrested on 40 counts of sexually abusing children. Paterno was made aware of a sex act with a 10-year-old boy in the Nittany
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Safety Harmon revisits productive play for RU BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Duron Harmon still remembers arriving in Piscataway two years ago and seeing his name buried at the FOOTBALL bottom of the Rutgers football team’s depth chart. But the junior safety now finds himself atop the Scarlet Knights’ leaderboard with five interceptions in his first season as a starter. “[Head coach Greg Schiano] says all the time, ‘We create our own luck,’” Harmon said. He had no luck in his first training camp at Rutgers, when he was saddled behind veterans Zaire Kitchen and Joe Lefeged, as well as former safety Khaseem Greene and others. The standing was a fall from grace for the former Delaware State Defensive Player of the Year, who consulted his mother during the process.
“Be patient,” she told him. “Your time will come eventually. Don’t put a timetable on it.” His latest interception Saturday came at the per fect time for the Knights, who used Harmon’s overtime pick to set up for a game-winning field goal against South Florida. The takeaway was Harmon’s first since an Oct. 8 victory against Pittsburgh. He almost did not get the opportunity to see the field for it. After suf fering a pair of injuries Saturday requiring him to miss time, Harmon’s return to the field was in question — for anyone not named Harmon. “I just knew that if I could walk and I could think, I was going to go back out there,” he said.
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Junior safety Duron Harmon intercepted his team-leading fifth pass of the season against USF, his first since an Oct. 8 pick against Pittsburgh.