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SIXTY-FIVE YEARS The American Conference on Diversity in New Brunswick hopes to further their education on diversity. METRO, PAGE 7
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Museum hires U. alumna to teach history of Holocaust BY HANNAH SCHROER STAFF WRITER
Alyson Goldman said she grew up visiting museums with her family and enjoyed ar t, but had never considered it a career option until she began college and signed up for an ar t histor y course by accident. It ended up being her favorite class. Goldman said she continued taking ar t histor y courses and became more interested in the degree as she joined the Rutgers Ar t Histor y Student Association and the Zimmerli Student Advisor y Board. Goldman eventually found her passion when she heard about ar t restoration in her junior year. She said she was lucky that her parents were understanding and suppor tive of her career choice. Goldman is now one of fifteen college students par ticipating in the Lipper Internship Program at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City this semester. The EGL Charitable foundation, a family charity group, founded the Lipper Internship program to provide Holocaust information in public schools, said Loren Silber, educator at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Interns in the program work primarily in the museum’s core exhibit, which focuses on Jewish heritage before, during and after the Holocaust, she said. The material, she said, is especially impor tant since it lacks a big presence in public education. “Public schools don’t have a lot of time allotted to learn about the Holocaust,” Silber said. “It’s not a major par t of their curriculum.” Silber said interns attend a rigorous training period eight to nine days when school is not in session during which they hear lectures and first-hand testimony about the Holocaust. Inter ns usually stay in a nearby hotel because of the long hours and intense training. She said they also practice giving tours and visiting classrooms, as well as travel on field trips where they get to know each other as they learn. “It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s a fun and meaningful experience,” Silber said. Goldman said hearing firsthand testimony about the Holocaust was powerful and kept the museum’s work in perspective during training because it reminded her of the effects it had on millions of real lives in the past. “It’s not just a huge historical event with dates and events,” Goldman said. As part of her work, Goldman will be giving tours and visiting public schools in the SEE
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RUSA committees address concerns Students discuss problems with tuition costs, smoking on campus BY ADAM UZIALKO CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers University Student Assembly committees met in the Student Activity Center on the College
Avenue campus yesterday to lay the groundwork for their responsibilities for the upcoming semester. “As members of this body, you have a responsibility to be working on whatever you
think is the most pressing concern that you can have a par t issue to,” he said to committee members. Connelly said their most imperative concer ns include impor tant issues such as rising tuition costs and even smaller concerns such as smoking near residence halls.
“Don’t think that you always have to be crusaders,” he said, “but also don’t be afraid to be crusaders.” Pamela Navrot, chair of the legislative af fair committee, said that an impor tant concern to her committee is to empower students and SEE
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Program gives students means to study, make films BY NATALIE MIELES CONTRIBUTING WRITER
WINE AND DINE Local Democrats gathered at George Street Ale House in downtown New Brunswick yesterday for a Democratic National Convention viewing party. Similar parties were held in every state, according to Shariq Ahmad, a committeeman for the Middlesex County Democratic Organization. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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The University Center for Digital Filmmaking is now offering a hands-on 22-credit certificate program in which students can produce their own fictional or documentary film. The program is open to any undergraduate student, regardless of major or minor. The semester-old program, which is partnered with Public Broadcasting Service, offers students creative control and gives them the freedom to experiment with professional equipment, a film studio and a film classroom, said Dena Seidel, director of the Center for Digital Filmmaking. More than 80 students are now enrolled for the program, which is based in experimental learning, said Seidel, instructor in the Department of Mason Gross School of the Arts. SEE
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Friday, Sept. 7 The Fall 2012 Involvement Fair takes place from 2 to 6 p.m. on Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus. Take the opportunity to learn about more than 300 student organizations on campus.
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IN BRIEF PROFESSOR RESEARCHES CORPORATE DONATIONS TO NONPROFITS A Rutgers-Camden professor’s research on corporate donations to nonprofit organizations shows that as executive salaries increase, contributions decrease, according to University Media Relations. “We found that when executives are paid in the top 10 percent of our sample of nonprofit organizations, donations fall off drastically,” said Erica Harris of the Rutgers School of Business-Camden. With funding from a Rutgers-Camden Summer Faculty Research Grant and the help of five Rutgers-Camden business students, Harris studied more than 900 articles on nonprofit organizations, according to Media Relations. Harris said executives at hospitals and universities are some of the highest-paid nonprofit leaders.
TATTOOS BECOMING MORE MAINSTREAM IN NJ A recent Rutgers-Eagleton poll found that tattoos are becoming more prevalent among young New Jersey voters, according to University Media Relations. Almost 40 percent of N.J. voters born after 1980 have a tattoo, while 19 percent of the 916 participants sport ink, according to the poll. Rutgers-Eagleton poll Director David Redlawsk attributed the popularity of tattoos to television shows with tattoo-laden stars. “Shows like ‘Jersey Shore’ helped bring tattoos into the mainstream in the past few years,” he said. Voters under 30 years of age are 37 percent more likely to have tattoos, but of those who are not already tattooed, the poll showed that only 8 percent plan to visit a tattoo parlor, according to Media Relations.
DANCE PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS SCHOOLS The Mason Gross School of the Arts and the American Ballet Theatre teamed up to open a children’s division of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, according to University Media Relations. The program exposes young dancers to a range of ballet performances and ballet professionals, all while fostering a love for the dance, said Barbara Bashaw, graduate director of the master’s degree program in Dance Education at the Mason Gross School of the Arts. George Stauffer, dean of the Mason Gross School of the Arts, said the partnership benefits not only the students of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, but also University students in the Dance Department. “We have wanted to strengthen and expand the ballet component of our dance program for some time, and our newly forged alliance with American Ballet Theatre gives us the opportunity to accomplish this goal,” he said.
The Institute for Women and Art presents “The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art and Society,” in the Mason Gross Galleries at the Civic Center in downtown New Brunswick. The exhibit will run through Sept. 9. ALEXANDER VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Exhibit showcases Middle Eastern art After five years of work, the codirectors had a list of 200 professional artists whose work they wanted to bring over to the United States, Olin said. She said they were then able to Middle East, from the artists,” narrow it down to 24 women from she said. 11 countries such as Iraq, ten of Olin, Brodsky’s collaborator whom had their artwork dissince 1976, said she traveled to played at the uniTurkey in 2007 to versity. visit the Istanbul “We’ve learned so Ilana Cloud, the biennial, at which “Fertile Crescent” she saw Middle much about various website design and Eastern contempoissues . . . both website administrarary art with a tor, said some large percentage negative and Middle Eastern of women artists female artists show showcased. positive in the their work in their “I was just so Middle East.” home country, but excited by what I they often receive saw that I came JUDITH BRODSKY Co-Director of the Institute more attention in back immediately for Women the United States. and told Judy that “Their governwe need to do an ments try to push exhibit on women it out of the media and away from from the Middle East,” she said. the spotlight, whereas here we Brodsky said she worked with would showcase it,” she said. Olin to bring visibility to some Cloud, a University graduate, women artists who live in various said she believes the work porcountries in the Middle East. trays a deep understanding of the The title of the exhibition, world in a way that inspires her as “Fertile Crescent,” is another an artist. name for the Middle East, which She said the artists really was coined by James Breasted, a speak to her because they convey former University of Chicago faca sense of realism in their work. ulty member, and they thought it “[The realism] is not just in would be a historically accurate terms of their stylistic manner, title, she said. but just really capturing a per“We were working on a son’s attention and saying ‘hey, pun…on the association with this is something that I’m really women and fertile,” Brodsky passionate about, and you need to said. “We thought it would attract pay attention to it,’” Cloud said. people’s attention.”
Mason Gross Galleries highlight women’s work of other countries BY LISA-ANNA MIGLIORE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Educating students on Middle Eastern culture is the main purpose behind a new artwork exhibit held at the Mason Gross Galleries in downtown New Brunswick. The Institute for Women and Art is presenting “The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art and Society,” an exhibition at Civic Square that integrates motion pictures with static photography, paintings and sculptures, all solely crafted by Middle Eastern women, said Ferris Olin, co-director of IWA. The exhibition highlights the work of 10 feminist artists from the Middle East and Middle East Diaspora who found an educational outlet to present their work in the United States, said Judith Brodsky, co-director of IWA. “Often, women are erased from history,” Olin said. “This [exhibition] was an opportunity to focus the intention on that history that had long been invisible.” Brodsky said the artwork could help students understand the positive aspects of Middle Eastern culture. “We’ve learned so much about various issues and ways of life, both negative and positive in the
Rory Rosenberg, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior, said he learned a lot from the exhibition just a few minutes into viewing it. “No matter how much we think [American artists] are contained or silenced, we cannot understand how certain cultures… don’t allow certain types of people to be able to express themselves in any way that they want to,” he said. Other New Jersey institutions like Princeton University and The College of New Jersey partnered with the program to provide renditions of “Fertile Crescent” on their own campuses, Olin said. Brodsky said artists from countries such as Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Kuwait, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan and Syria will have their works displayed at “Fertile Crescent” exhibits between the University and shared exhibits. The University has also provided space for the artwork to be shown at Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries at the Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Olin said. IWA will be holding an inaugural symposium this Sunday at Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus. Speakers will include “The Fertile Crescent” artists, she said. The last day for the Mason Gross Galleries “Fertile Crescent” exhibition is Sept. 9.
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RUSA RU Selling website raises book-trading debate CONTINUED FROM FRONT show them how to get involved in their community. “We tr y to get out to the student body and student [organizations and show] how the legislative process happens and how they can get their ideas across,” she said. She said students can learn to lobby ef fectively and get their concerns across to state legislators. Navrot, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, said the committee would also be discussing two bills to cap tuitions, a bond referendum and a bill to get a student voting position on the Board of Governors. The Califor nia Assembly recently passed a bill, she said, that closes a corporate tax loophole and provides scholarships, which gained the interests of committee member. “We’re going to do research on that and see how they did it,” she said. “We may not have the same tax loophole here, but just to see how they got that passed.” Navrot said a second student empowerment conference may be held at the end of the semester to bolster ef for ts to increase student involvement.
Michael Endicott, co-chair of the University af fairs committee, also said that student involvement was a big matter. “The current project that we’re working on is tr ying to focus on student dorms where we can get a lot of people registered to vote,” said Endicott, a School of Ar ts and Sciences, sophomore. Endicott said RUSA wants to organize tables at student centers and dining halls to promote voter registration in the University community. Saad Shamshair, chair of the academic af fairs committee, said the committee is considering whether to endorse RU Selling, a website about book trading between University students. “The only way you can log in is to have a NetID, and they’ll send you a verification email, so that’s how they will prove that you are a Rutgers student,” said Shamshair, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore. Shamshair said the committee is in favor of the site, but needs to introduce a resolution to next assembly before RUSA of ficially endorses it. Endicott said the RUSA committee meeting ser ves as barometer of where things are going. “We’re getting familiar with the committee and in addition to that, we’re just tr ying to gauge what people want to work on for the rest of the semester,” he said.
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Various organizations on campus — including the Residence Hall Association, RU Sure and the Asian-American Cultural Center — reach out to new students at a small resource fair near the water feature on Livingston campus. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
ALUMNA Goldman relates museum work to studying abroad CONTINUED FROM FRONT
FILMS Award-winnning filmmakers part of center’s staff CONTINUED FROM FRONT She said the program is formed in a way that allows students to have creative control to develop and express ideas. “Students in our program learn how to create compelling narratives for the screen while earning professional production credit on award-winning films and developing marketable skills that will benefit them as they enter the work force,” Seidel said. Courses for the program include “Digital Storytelling,” “Documentary Filmmaking for Writers,” “Advanced Documentary Filmmaking” and “Cinematography,” Seidel said. The program, she said, is intentionally interdisciplinary so students from every major can collaborate in whichever way they choose to. The Mason Gross School of the Arts will make use of the Rutgers Film Bureau, which gives documentary students the chance to join a creative team and aid shaping a long non-fiction film while in college, she said. Daniel Cowen, production manager at the bureau and University documentar y film instructor, said the program provides students with the opportunity to work on feature-length projects and gain huge production credits. “[Students have] the freedom to experiment, the freedom to find out what their own artistic
process is,” Cowen said. “ After they have gone through that process, it comes in here. We take that product and bring it out into the world.” Cowen said students could make use of two rooms, both of which received their name from the film “Fitzcarraldo.” The first room, called the “Kinski Room,” is where students can experiment with footage and are free to explore, Cowen said. The second room, known as the “Herzog Room,” is where all final edits are made to make the film presentable to the public. Seidel said the center also recently contracted award-winning filmmakers Ross Kauffman and Patrick Stettner to work with the project. Seidel said the center is looking to partner up with students interested in acting for student films and music students who are interested in composing the music for the film. Members in the program are currently working on three feature films: “Generation at Risk,” “It Will Be Done: Student Veterans” and “Antarctic Quest,” Seidel said. Seidel said the program hopes to create a new curriculum in the future based on the students’ interests. Zack Morrison, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said the program gives students instant access to equipment as opposed to other film programs in the country, which require students to take classes for two years before touching a camera. “I am hoping to gain practical filmmaking knowledge that I wouldn’t be able to learn from a lecture hall environment,” Morrison said.
Northeast to teach middle and high school students about the Holocaust.
Schools visiting the museum are broken into small groups, which are led by “Lippers” or Holocaust sur vivors, Silber said. Silber said kids learn about the Holocaust differently in a museum setting, because students have the opportunity to do something out of their routine, sometimes even meeting with Holocaust sur vivors.
Goldman said her work at the Museum of Jewish Heritage reminds her in some ways of the summer when she studied abroad in Paris, where she learned in front of the artwork and buildings rather than looking at slides. “[You] teach in front of objects, and it’s very different from teaching in a classroom,” Goldman said.
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IN BRIEF NEW ORLEANS Laboratory tests show that globs of oil found on two Louisiana beaches after Hurricane Isaac came from the 2010 BP spill. Tests run by Louisiana State University for state wildlife officials confirmed that oil found on Elmer’s Island and Grand Isle matched the biological fingerprint of the hundreds of millions of gallons of oil that spewed from BP’s Macondo well. BP PLC said Wednesday that oil from its spill had been exposed by Isaac’s waves and that the company would work to clean it up. Ed Overton, the LSU chemist who did the state tests, said the oil found on Elmer’s Island had not degraded much while oil at Grand Isle had. “Both were good solid matches on Macondo oil,” Overton said.
CAIRO A Cairo court yesterday found four senior policemen not guilty of killing protesters during last year’s popular uprising, the latest acquittal of officials charged in connection with the more than 800 deaths during the crackdown. The four police generals are among some 200 security officers and other former regime officials who have been tried or still face charges in separate cases related to the deaths of protesters during the revolt that toppled longtime President Hosni Mubarak. The ousted leader himself received a life sentence for failing to stop the killings, but the vast majority of police officials has been acquitted or is still on trial. Critics say the acquittals leave unanswered the question of who was to blame for the deaths.
MIAMI Darden Restaurants Inc. violated federal labor laws by underpaying thousands of servers across the country at Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Red Lobster and other eateries, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday on behalf of the workers. The lawsuit filed in Miami federal court seeks to collectively represent current and past employees who worked for Darden from August 2009 to the present. It seeks potentially tens of millions of dollars in back pay and other compensation, plus interest and attorney fees, said lead lawyer David Lichter.
LOS ANGELES Two masked gunmen managed to evade authorities after a bizarre bank heist in which they strapped what they said was a bomb to the bank manager’s midsection and forced her to order employees to “take out all the money” from her branch. The bank robbers got away with an undisclosed amount of cash from the Bank of America when it opened Wednesday morning, but no one was injured in the robbery. No arrests had been made as of early yesterday. A Los Angeles County sheriff’s bomb squad disabled the device, but investigators said it wasn’t an explosive. — The Associated Press
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, plays a role in announcing the bank’s plan to buy back bonds in an effort to save the euro. The ECB’s governing council approved the plan with only one dissent. GETTY IMAGES
ECB reveals program to fight crisis Bank unveils aggressive bond plan to save euro THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFUR T, Germany — The European Central Bank unveiled its most ambitious plan yet to ease Europe’s financial crisis with a plan to buy unlimited amounts of government bonds to help lower borrowing costs for countries str uggling to manage their debts. Large-scale purchases of shor t-term government bonds would drive up their price and push down their interest rate, or yield, taking some pressure of f of financially stressed governments such as Spain and Italy.
“We will have a fully effective it is done is politically sustainbackstop to avoid destructive sce- able in Europe.” The ECB’s 23-member governnarios,” ECB President Mario Draghi said at a press conference, ing council approved the plan with in which he also defended the euro only one dissent. The head of G e r m a n y ’ s currency union as Bundesbank, Jens “irreversible.” Weidmann, opposAfter the ECB “We will have a fully the plan, arguing plan was effective backstop es that the ECB is announced, the to avoid moving too far in yields on governthe direction of ment bonds destructive financing governacross Europe scenarios.” ment deficits, fell and stock which is prohibited markets rallied. MARIO DRAHGI by the European “This is a President of the Union treaty. potential gameEuropean Central Bank The ECB’s changer,” says pledge of supJ a c o b Kirkegaard, research fellow at por t came with an impor tant the Peterson Institute for caveat: Countries that want Inter national Economics. the central bank to help with “This is the first time the ECB their bor rowing costs must has committed its balance first ask the 17 countries that sheet in this way. And the way use the euro to buy their
bonds with existing bailout funds and they must submit their economic policies to the scr utiny of the Inter national Monetar y Fund. That puts immense pressure on financially stressed countries such as Spain and Italy — which have been reluctant to seek help from their euro par tners — to take the next step. Both countries face borrowing rates that are in the upper range of what’s sustainable over the long-term. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy refused yesterday to make any commitment to trigger the ECB bond-buying. “When I have something new, I’ll tell you,” he told repor ters at a press conference that was held after he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Stock market returns to late-2007 level THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The last time the stock market was this high, the Great Recession had just started, and stocks were pointed toward a headlong descent. The market moved swiftly yesterday in the other direction. The Dow Jones industrial average hit its highest mark since December 2007, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index soared to its highest level since January 2008 in a rally that seemed destined to mark a milestone: American stocks have come almost all the way back. A long-anticipated plan to support struggling countries in the European Union provided the necessary jolt, and the gains were extraordinarily broad. All but 13
Then, in March 2008, the stocks in the S&P index were up. investment bank European markets Bear Stearns colsurged, too. lapsed under the “There’s just a “It’s ... possible weight of bad sea of green,” said the stock market is mortgage bets, JJ Kinahan, TD investors Ameritrade’s chief telling us that there and began to sell. The derivatives strateis a better economic full financial crisis gist. “It’s pretty took hold in fun.” environment September as The U.S. econout there.” Lehman Brothers omy was already a filed for bankruptmonth into recesBARRY KNAPP cy, banks stopped sion at the start of Head of U.S. Equity Strategy at lending to each 2008, though Barclays Capital other and most people investors began scarcely knew it at the time. The S&P had recent- dumping stocks in earnest. By the S&P had dropped 57 ly hit an all-time high, and the unemployment rate was 5 per- percent by 2009 from its high to cent, compared with the current hit a 12-year low of 676. Since then, the index has been 8.3 percent.
on an impressive if often bumpy climb. Helping to power it was unprecedented support from the Federal Reserve, which critics say has reignited a dangerous gambling spirit among professional investors, and record profits at big U.S. companies. Although stocks have rebounded, the broader economy is still lagging. But Barry Knapp, head of U.S. equity strategy at Barclays Capital, said stocks tend to anticipate the future economy rather than reflecting current conditions. So the signs are good. “It can be a misleading forecasting tool, but sometimes it’s telling you something significant,” he said. “It’s entirely possible the stock market is telling us that there is a better economic environment out there.”
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New Brunswick-based organization embraces diversity BY GIANCARLO CHAUX METRO EDITOR
As they close in on their 65th anniversar y, the American Conference on Diversity hopes to continue educating local residents on the increasingly multicultural world around them. “Our organization is focused on empowering individuals to better understand diversity and broaden the definition of what diversity really means through dif ferent types of program ser vices,” said Elizabeth Williams-Riley, president and CEO of American Conference on Diversity. The organization’s headquarters, located at 109 Church St. in New Brunswick, also has seven other chapters across New Jersey. The organization has been in New Brunswick for about two decades. Williams-Riley, who was the organization’s first black woman president under the age of 40, said the organization is located in New Jersey because it is one of the most diverse states in the countr y, with New Brunswick’s own population adding to the melting pot. Statistically, nearly 50 percent of the New Brunswick
population is Latino and 36.2 percent is foreign-born, with more than 52 percent claiming to speak a language other than English at home, said Gail Zoppo, media relations consultant for the American Conference on Diversity. Williams-Riley said she believes the University adds to the range of cultures found in the area. “We are near Rutgers, which gives us a global window,” she said. “There are a lot of students here that are international and from different parts of the country with different traditions, so students can help us by opening up this opportunity.” But even with all of the diversity at the University, WilliamsRiley said she hopes students will make more of an effort to integrate themselves with the different ethnic groups that live off campus. “I think that students are aware of the diversity outside of Rutgers because they participate there often,” she said. “Now, how they embrace that diversity . . . is different for each individual.” Critics of the city have pointed that segregation has pushed cer tain ethnic groups into
different areas, Williams-Riley said. The criticisms, she said, are not entirely fair because some people feel more comfortable living around people of the same ethnic background. “Segregation is influenced by the different types of policies in place, but also sometimes its by choice because of familiarity and a sense of community,” she said. Williams-Riley acknowledged that the diversity has also led to a strained relationship between the local public and the police force. “There have been incidences where the relationship between the public and the police have been challenged,” Williams-Riley said. “We can’t ignore that.” Yet Williams-Riley said it is in these cases that the American Conference on Diversity can offer help and education. “These relationships [between the police and residents] are influenced by how we perceive the other, and the images that exist around who can be considered criminal or a good citizen,” she said. “Our role is to help people think, ‘How can we challenge those stereotypes to build healthier relationships?’” she said. Williams-Riley said the importance of diversity-focused organi-
zations would only increase in the future as it reflects the growing diversity in the state. “Ten years ago, the diversity was very different,” she said. “If we look at the census, we can predict more diversity in that way. If New Brunswick continues to provide people with the opportunities to excel, more people will come.” To celebrate their 65th anniversar y, the American Conference on Diversity will kick off a campaign that asks local residents to make video or written submissions about any ef fects diversity has had on their lives. “We want people to share with us some of the defining moments diversity has had in their lives,” Williams-Riley said. The campaign, starting in January, will be a yearlong project. Vicky Hyppolite, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the diversity found in New Brunswick is appreciated by many students and is one of the reasons people enroll in the University. “I think it’s important to be around a diverse area when you’re in college so that you can get out of your own bubble and see what life is like for people from differ-
ent backgrounds and different lifestyles,” Hyppolite said. — Emily Gill contributed to this story.
BY THE NUMBERS: DIVERSITY IN NEW BRUNSWICK
36.2 % Foreign Born
50 % LATINO
52% speak a foreign language at home
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On a neighboring planet, champion of the American western Clint Eastwood delivered a speech to a crowd of equally eager onlookers at last week’s Republican National Convention in Tampa — although, unlike Clinton, Eastwood spoke for the majority of time to an empty chair. Following the program one viewer tweeted, “this is the perfect representation of the campaign: an old white man arguing with an imaginary Barack Obama.” Now, we’re willing to look past this one mistake, mostly because Eastwood’s 82 years old, and secondly because “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” is one of our favorite western flicks, but we’re still going to have to give Dirty Harry a dart for making an ass out of himself along with the Republican party. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 144th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Don’t blame fast food WEIGHING IN COURTNEY AVERETTE
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here are some who believe fast food restaurants are responsible for childhood obesity. As a child, I don’t recall driving myself to McDonald’s and purchasing dinner. So why are fast food restaurants being blamed for childhood obesity? In reality, anytime we had fast food for dinner, my mom purchased our meals, which is usually the case for today’s children. So, doesn’t the fault lie with the parents? Not necessarily. There are a number of factors, not only the fault of the fast food restaurants. Cooked meals have been substituted with pizza and burgers because parents are too busy to prepare home cooked meals. We have become a society of convenience, which has led to laziness. How many of us forgo the dining hall and instead grab something from Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks between classes? We don’t make time to plan ahead to ensure we get a proper meal. I’m guilty of this as well. We are living in what many have dubbed the “microwave” society. We want everything fast and don’t want to wait to receive it, including food. Is it McDonald’s or Burger King’s fault that we patronize their establishment? Think about it — if someone is willing to give you money for greasy food, would you turn it down? According to the CDC, between 2009 and 2010, almost 17 percent of America’s youth were obese. Children cannot be expected to learn proper nutrition when parents aren’t making the time to show them. A change in diet is what’s needed, but what about the cost of healthy foods? Fresh produce costs more than its processed counterparts. This disparity among fresh vs. processed is highest among lowincome families. According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2010, those living in poverty experienced a huge increase in obesity among
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children. Many low-income families live in the inner cities where there is less likely to be a grocery store selling healthy or fresh foods. A gallon of milk can cost around $3, but a liter of soda can be bought for half that amount. Those who can’t afford to spend the extra cash will go for the least expensive in most cases. Exercise is also a factor when considering the cause of childhood obesity. When I was younger, I can remember playing outside for hours. We would run around playing hide-and-go-seek or kickball until it was time for dinner. Most kids these days don’t want to be outside; they would rather remain inside and watch “Phineas and Ferb” or sit behind a video game console playing Modern Warfare. Schools have even cut back on physical education and recess, which was the only exercise some children received on a day-to-day basis. The implementation of the first lady, Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” program is one of a few programs geared toward fighting childhood obesity. According to the program, African-American and Hispanic children account for 40 percent of obesity here in America. Mrs. Obama’s program is aiming to teach parents and children about nutrition, change school lunches and make healthy foods available to all Americans. By 2030, they hope to lower the rate of childhood obesity to 5 percent. There are those who are against the government getting involved because they feel this may be the first step in the government enforcing other rules on what Americans should eat, however this program will lead to a healthier country and decrease the rise in weight related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. So next time you go to a fast food restaurant, remember there are other options out there. We have the option to continue to get our French fries, or take the time to have a healthy meal. Don’t put the blame on fast food. You are your own individual. Courtney Averette is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. Her column, “Weighing In,” runs on alternate Fridays.
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n high school, I applied to be a newspaper columnist and failed. I wrote some fluffy piece of borderline propaganda promoting school spirit. My best friend at the time was an editor and that wasn’t enough to help me secure a spot. He told me that my column had no substance and he was painfully accurate. So, as the story goes, I came to college, made a silly decision to major in subjects that I love — not subjects that are considered useful or even practical by any corporate recruiter — and read the Targum as a freshman. I’ve joked with my girlfriend for the past three years that I was going to become a columnist for the Targum. And now I am. I was pretty excited to be awarded the position, but I felt more akin to the Joker as he describes that he’s a dog chasing cars and wouldn’t know what to do if he caught one. I spent a while thinking about what the purpose of this column is: I could try and be funny and witty all the time a la Maureen Dowd, but personally, she does the trying part and doesn’t get much further. I could use this column to be a soapbox and scream as loud as written word can let me to espouse issues and positions that are more important to me. I could lambaste and excoriate everything that moves, I call this the burnt Earth type of column that caters to the impending apocalypse crowd — again, it was insufficient. What I want this column to be about is having a con-
versation with the University community and to animate that every political discussion is not black and white, but instead 50 shades of gray. Most political discussions are reduced to sound-bytes and are oversimplified. If there is one thing I can tell you, explaining an entire domestic tax plan as bivalent is just like when Animal Farms claim that four legs are good and two legs are bad. There are significant complexities, nuances and contexts that are ignored. I want a column that addresses the complexities and nuances, and avoids platitudinous self-promotion and one-
“I call this the burnt Earth type of column that caters to the impending apocalypse crowd.” dimensional thinking— because unfortunately, most conversations that we have about issues that matter are no more substantive than my audition column for high school. They are saturated in maxims and platitudes and are never saturated in common sense, willingness to compromise, and pleading mea culpa. Around finals of my sophomore spring, I had a panic-attack and self-realization that even though I was studying what I loved, very few were interested in hiring me — and I had written off law school for probably the n-th time. So, I started interning last year for a private equity research firm, spent the spring working for a Fortune 500 entertainment company, this past summer working for a major telecom company, and this fall I’m back in private equity again. I am
intentionally secretive about the identities of these companies because I do not represent them. Though I am a member of Chi Psi fraternity and the Rutgers InterFraternity Council, my views do not represent them either. Please divorce my association with these organizations. The views promoted in this column are wholly my own and do not reflect the opinions of any organization I am or was a part of. My column represents my opinions and views as a University student — no more, no less. In the sparse amount of sparetime I have, I love going to the gym, screwing around with my friends on the front-porch of the Lodge, cooking, reading the dense books, and talking shop with any willing soul. When I graduate, I want to work in private equity or become a management consultant. Eventually, I’d like to get an MBA or a JD, maybe both, who knows. A closing thought, I’m hoping that my columns will give you a new vantage point in the world you live in and the institutions you interact with. I am disinterested in converting you to my beliefs, but I have a vested interest in challenging your current beliefs and encouraging you to use extreme prejudice in every byte of information you ingest. At the end of the year, if you hold the same beliefs you had when you first started reading my column, but can argue, think, or understand them in a more sophisticated way, I consider that a brimming success. I’m looking forward to writing for the Targum for the rest of the year. Ben Gold is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in philosophy and history. His column, “Vantage Points,” runs on alternate Fridays.
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Today's Birthday (09/07/12). Your people are your greatest resource, so celebrate them on this birthday. Your career is growing steadily this year. A writing or educational adventure may develop after October. Plan your priorities, and ask for what you want since you're likely to get it. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — An insider tip leads to a great bargain. It's not a good time to gamble or travel. Something unusual is going on behind the scenes. Review your plans one more time, and then soar. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Work challenges abound, and overcoming them leads to advancement and extra income. Consult experts. Take care of your health, too. Eat nutritional foods, take a walk and rest. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — When you're hot, you're hot. Enjoy your time in the spotlight, but don't burn any bridges. Avoid gossip about your job. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 5 — You may be temporarily overwhelmed. There's nothing wrong with being mellow for a couple of days. More profits are headed your way, if you're willing to wait. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Obligations could interfere with fun. Get the important things done quickly so that you can play with friends. Or have your friends help with chores while you have a good time together. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Hold the position you've taken, but use your imagination and creativity to improve it and make it more fun and exciting. Your partner is enthralled. Be a perfectionist (or delegate to one).
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — What are you waiting for? Now is the time to step out of your comfort zone and go for what you truly believe in. Set long-range goals over the next two days. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Be gracious to a jerk. Your theory is challenged. Hold on to what you've acquired, or it could slip away. A light touch works better. Query a person of talents. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — You're entering a two-day partnership phase. Behind the scenes work pays off. Fix something at home that's broken. Don't ask for favors now. Someone makes another brilliant discovery. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — See what you can do for others, but don't overextend to the point that you forget to take care of yourself. Talk philosophy around the dinner table. Relax. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — More group effort is needed, or at least more creative thinking. Call for a brainstorming session. Provide value. Don't expand too rapidly, especially without considering the costs. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Defend your position; they'll understand. It's a good time for a get-together. Organize a group hike and get the exercise you need. Don't take a financial risk. Provide information.
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 FIELD HOCKEY RUTGERS-MAINE, TODAY
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Coming off of a 3-2 overtime loss to Temple, the Rutgers field hockey team looks to get back on track. The Scarlet Knights open up a four-game road stretch tonight, when they take on Maine in Orono, Maine. The Knights enter the contest with a 2-2 record, but the team has played competitively in every game. Both of the Knights’ losses have come in overtime, including a 2-1 loss to now-No. 12 Boston University. “Every single game is going to be a battle,” said head coach Meredith Long. “But every game — wins or losses — we are learning and taking positives. We just really want to compete and be able to compete with the best.” Long’s goal as a coach is to bring a unique style of play to the Knights, and so far she is doing so. The
Knights have used a more up-tempo style of play, involving more counter-attacking and more combinations at midfield. Long, who won a national championship at Maryland as a player, hopes to eventually bring similar success to Piscataway. “I think Rutgers is a team that can get to that point,” Long said. “We really have a family here and we have the people in place to achieve that type of success. It is a process, but I think this team can get there.” But before the Knights look into the future, they must first worry about Maine. The Black Bears — led by sophomore Holly Stewart, who has four points this season, a goal and two assists — enter the contest with a 1-4 record on the season. Seniors Carlie Rouh and Ashley Yanek lead the way for the Knights. Rouh has already racked up six total points — two goals and two assists. The Big East rec-
ognized Rouh’s performance last week when the earned Big East Weekly Honor Roll attention. “The thing I like the best so far is we have a lot of players scoring goals,” Long said. “The wins have been a collective team effort.” The game against Maine marks the beginning of the first real road stretch this season for the Knights. Out of the Knights’ four games, three of them took place at home and the other at Monmouth, a short trip from campus. After facing Maine, the Knights have a quick turnaround. The team remains in Orono on Sunday to take on Bryant at noon. The coaching staff is optimistic about the opportunity. “We are really looking forward to being on the road,” Long said. “Sometimes it’s nice to just get away and spend time in the hotel together. We do a lot of team activities together on the road, which definitely builds camaraderie.”
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Dartmouth, which sits at 1-1, split its trip to the Sunshine State with a loss to No. 8 Central Florida and a 2-1 victory against South Florida. The Big Green host Rutgers on Sunday as they look to capture their second win against a Big East team. While both teams are not currently ranked, Crooks still sees them as a challenge and two opponents that can give the Knights a problem. “These two teams have improved immeasurably, and all you have to do is look at the results,” Crooks said. “[These are] two really good programs, and I just think we have to learn from our experience in Texas and really train.” While Villanova and the Big East season quickly approach, Crooks wants the team to worry about the two remaining out-ofconference foes before the Knights concern themselves with anything else. “Considering we still have a week or so before that, these games leading into it are going to help us become more ready,” Crooks said. “But we are ready for every match on the schedule.”
ROSTERS Sophomore headlines team planning on smooth fall transition CONTINUED FROM BACK Knights. He competed in all five events last spring and recorded a 79.4 stroke average. Shutte is not too concerned with how the Knights perform. He is optimistic and believes that as long as they compete hard, they should be successful in their first outing of the year. On the other side, the women’s team makes its first
Senior setter Stephanie Zielinski (9) could expect a more balance approach from C.J. Werneke, the team’s head coach, during this weekend’s outings. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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there are some things that it can and needs to do in order to keep its hopes alive. “I think we just have to understand who we are,” Werneke said. “We need to be consistent on a point-by-point, match-bymatch basis, and we really execute our style of game and style of play at a high level. If we can do those things — make opponents beat us rather than beat ourselves — we’re going to have a productive weekend.”
Werneke knows the Knights need to hit the ground running when the tournament starts this afternoon and expects the players to be productive. He would like to see Orr and Zielinski continue their play. “I want [Orr and Zielinski] to work on their game and play at the high level they have been,” he said. “We would also like to get a little bit more production out of our right side, [sophomore] Rachel Andreassian. So we’re just trying just to get everybody clicking on the same page and making us a complete team, rather than relying on a couple of individuals.” Werneke is prepared for the team’s first opponent of the tournament and has talked to Rutgers about what to look out for during the match. “Our first opponent, UNC-
Wilmington, has some physical size,” he said. “They’re a pretty steady team. They have a player or two that can really hurt you. So we’re going to focus on them first. A great way to start off the tournament is competing at a high level and coming away with a victory.” Werneke encourages the team to start off the event with the same amount of energy it had in its victory against Lafayette. “Relaxing,” Werneke said of how he wants Rutgers to play. “We’re always looking to push ahead, always looking to outwork our opponent and never get outworked,” Rutgers takes the court today at 4 p.m., facing UNCWilmington to start the tournament. The team returns to work tomorrow, taking on Stetson and Norfolk State, respectively.
appearance on the course at the Bucknell Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa. Entering her 21st season, head coach Maura Ballard hopes the Knights pick up where they left off at the conclusion of the spring season. “Well, we finished up on a very high note last spring,” she said. “So I want to continue our great play from last spring. I have three returning starters and I’m looking forward to them continuing their great play, and I have five freshmen in the lineup this year. So hopefully we’ll get some good play from them, as well.” Sophomore Kortnie Maxoutopoulis is on returning
starter. The Pleasanton, Calif. native made an instant impact last season as a freshman. She was named to the 2012 All-Big East Conference Women’s Golf Team, a unanimous decision made by the league’s eight head coaches. Maxoutopoulis had seven top 10 finishes, including two wins, and enters the fall with a teamhigh 154 Regional Golfstat rank. As well as she played last season, Maxoutopoulis worked on her game during the offseason to enhance her skills and contribute more this fall. “I worked with [the staf f] this summer, and it added kind of a new dynamic to my game,”
she said. “It allowed me to better understand the specifics of golf and helped me understand my game.” Ballard understands the game can challenge golfers mentally as well as physically. She encourages the team to remain focused. “One of the main things that we talk about and tr y to keep in the forefront of our mindset [is] just keeping a positive attitude and staying in the present moment,” Ballard said. “Playing golf is ver y challenging because it takes a long time and there is time between each shot. So if you’re struggling, it’s pretty easy to get down on yourself.”
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that right now.” Rutgers has naturally experienced some growing pains, mostly on offense. The Knights’ youth got off to a promising start in the sixth minute of the season when freshman midfielder Mael Corboz assisted a goal for freshman defender Mitchell Taintor. Rutgers has yet to score 265 minutes later, and breaking that skid will be a challenge no matter what team the Knights play. “We have to put ourselves in better positions and help each other out,” said junior wing Kene Eze. “We’re a young team, we have to come together. It’s different from last year.” After losing eight seniors and adding 13 freshmen, the Knights are very different from last year. But both Rutgers teams have one thing in common: getting shut out twice in a row. Rutgers suffered shutouts twice last weekend against SIUEdwardsville and No. 2 Creighton. Iona and Indiana consecutively blanked Rutgers last year. During both scoreless streaks, Rutgers ended with a tough opponent. Indiana was in the race for an NCAA Championship until eventual champion North Carolina eliminated the Hoosiers in overtime in the Sweet 16. Rutgers could use what it learned against Creighton and take advantage of Princeton, which comes of f Wednesday’s shutout loss against No. 12 St. John’s. “Just as quickly as we’re 1-2, we could be 5-2,” Donigan said. “That’s the kind of positive mindset, the positive outlook we have.” With the problems of scoring and tightening the defense, Donigan has disciplined Rutgers. “It’s our job as coaches to be critical of them and not just pat them on the back,” he said.
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more balanced offensive approach from the Knights, rather than relying on individual players in the team’s upcoming tournament. / PAGE 15
coach Meredith Long anticipates the Knights’ road swing, starting with a trip to Maine. / PAGE 15
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RU hopes to carry streak to eight wins
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The Rutgers women’s volleyball team looks to stretch its winning streak this weekend when it competes in the Spartan Classic in Norfolk, Va. Currently standing at five consecutive victories, the Scarlet Knights can extend their roll to eight straight wins at the conclusion of the tournament. Rutgers swept Lafayette on Tuesday at the College Avenue Gym. Head coach C.J. Werneke was pleased with the team’s effort to push its way to victory. “I saw that after a shaky start and sloppy play at the beginning, we were able to kind of regain our focus,” he said. “[We were] able to execute at a high level and play to our capabilities.” The Knights won all three sets with scores of 25-23, 25-21 and 25-12. Senior outside hitter Kylie Orr and senior setter Stephanie Zielinski were crucial for Rutgers. Orr led the pack with 13 kills on the night, while Zielinski recorded her fourth double-double of the season (33 assists and 10 digs). Werneke admits he has faith that the squad can continue its winning ways. But SEE
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Junior wing Kene Eze has not scored a goal yet this season. The Knights have not scored in 265 minutes and have been shut out twice. DAILY TARGUM, FILE PHOTO, 2011
Youth impresses coach BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Princeton men’s soccer team challenged itself by beginning its season with five consecutive Big East opponents. The Scarlet Knights (1-2) have their own challenges before conference play, but many have nothing to do with tomorrow’s game against the Tigers (1-1).
Princeton won only five games last year, but it is still a college team. Thirteen Knights have little experience at the college level. “You can’t just bounce back and expect to pick up where you left off [last year],” said head coach Dan Donigan. “There’s going to be a transition period, and we have to fight through SEE
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The Rutgers men’s and women’s golf teams tee off for the first time this weekend to begin their respective seasons on the road. The men’s team makes its season debut at the STX Match Play Tournament in Towson, Md. The Knights last competed on May 1, closing out the Big East Championship in 11th place. Head coach Rob Shutte is eager to see the team get back on the course. “I think that obviously we’re going to continue what we started,” he said. “I think that they guys [are coming] in with a much better understanding of how we operate the program as professionals and how we carry ourselves and prepare ourselves to play.” The second-year head coach led a team last season with a core of sophomores. With all of those players returning for another year, he expects the upperclassmen to be a critical part of the roster. “We’re looking for them to carry the torch in terms of leadership,” Shutte said. “[Senior] John Fagan comes in as a captain, but he needs support there.” Fagan was a catalyst last season for the SEE
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WOMEN’S SOCCER STONY BROOK-RUTGERS, TONIGHT
No. 21 Knights focus on issues of scoring, first half execution BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
Junior forward Jonelle Filligno scored five goals in six games. ENRICO CABREDO, ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Rutgers head women’s soccer coach Glenn Crooks emphasized the Scarlet Knights’ lack of goal scoring all week in practice. The Knights have had a hard time getting shots off in the early part of the season, despite their 5-1 record and No. 21 national ranking. While goal scoring so far has not hurt the Knights, it will always be a priority. Crooks sees other areas of the game that need work, including Rutgers’ mentality and execution in the first half. “Early in the match, I don’t think we have come out yet like we want to,” Crooks said. “We haven’t been poor in the first half, but we
have been better in the second half of every game we have played. So we have to figure out what that formula is to improve that.” Rutgers’ only first-half goal this season came in its 4-1 loss to Texas A&M. In that game, redshirt freshman forward Amanda DeVolk scored in the 23rd minute before the Aggies rattled off four straight scores to complete the blowout. The rest of the Knights’ goals have come in the second half, including an own goal against Siena that put Rutgers ahead of the Danes, 1-0. Against Ohio State, it took a strike by junior Jonelle Filigno in overtime to send the Knights away with a win. Filigno’s two second-half goals against Bucknell prevented a loss to the Bison. It would make it easier on the defense if the team started strong in the early stages of
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KORTNIE MAXOUTOPOULIS finished in the top 10 on seven different occasions last year, with two wins. The Rutgers women’s golf sophomore enters her first fall tournament tomorrow.
the game. Senior center back Shannon Woeller believes starting off quickly in the first half is a priority. “Just staying connected and being consistent [in the first half] is something to work on,” Woeller said. “I think we have done a pretty good job so far, but we still have some work to do to work together.” For now, Rutgers has two out-of-conference games left before they play Villanova next Friday in its Big East opener. Its first test is tonight against Stony Brook, which visits the Knights at Yurcak Field. Stony Brook is 4-1-1 with four straight wins, including a 2-1 win against Yale on Sunday. SEE
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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR FIELD HOCKEY
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at Maine
at UNC-Wilmington
vs. Stony Brook
at Princeton
Today, 3 p.m. Orono, Maine
Today, 4 p.m. Norfolk, Va.
Tonight, 7 p.m., Yurcak Field
Tomorrow, 2 p.m. Princeton, N.J.