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RUSA seeks to expand student voter turnout BY JULIAN MODESTO STAFF WRITER
In its first general assembly meeting of the semester, the Rutgers University Student Assembly proposed a resolution that would ask faculty to support student political engagement by excusing them on Election Day to vote. John Connelly, RUSA president, said one of the reasons why young adults do not vote is because of class, jobs and other responsibilities that prevent them from actually making it to a polling place to cast a ballot. “One of RUSA’s goals has always been to get students more involved in the democratic process not just here on campus, but in the wider world,” said Connelly, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. SEE
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Emily Carter, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and applied computational mathematics at Princeton University, discusses alternative energy resources yesterday on Cook campus. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO
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Saad Shamshair, a RUSA senator, discusses a resolution to increase student voting. ENRICO CABREDO, ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
The Rutgers Energy Institute’s first seminar of the semester featured a discussion of long-term sustainable energy options for the country at the Marine and Coastal Sciences Building on Cook campus. Emily Carter, a professor in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University, said sustainable resources play an integral role in solving energy problems. “We have to get off of fossil fuels,” Carter said. “It’s not going to happen tomorrow, but they’re clearly warming our earth and putting a strain on our international relationships.”
She said the United States’ current investment in fuel research deters the development of fusion energy, a sustainable resource created from nuclear fusion processes. “Right now it’s the case in the United States that the fusion budgets have really been starved and whatever money there is going toward [other projects],” Carter said. While U.S. research budgets have dwindled, Carter said other countries continue to make advances that could set them ahead. “There has to be a much larger investment in fusion science. Basically other countries right now are doing that — China, South Korea, Japan, Germany — they are all moving ahead of us,” Carter said.
She said the United States should take an initiative to allocate funds for fusion research. “[Fusion] can be a completely renewable source that can be safe. ... It can be an incredibly safe form of electricity if we do the research that needs to be done,” Carter said. Carter is the founding director of the Gerhard R. Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton, which aims to move away from unsustainable energy sources. “Just like ever y institution that is developing these centers, we want to help contribute to solving these problems to ensure the planet’s sustainable future,” she said. SEE
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University Inn provides rooms for students, campus visitors BY HANNAH SCHROER STAFF WRITER
On Tuesday afternoons, Wael Farouk, a 31year-old doctoral student at Mason Gross School of the Arts, boards a plane in Chicago and flies to the East Coast so he will not miss class. Farouk, a married classical pianist who instructs piano at Roosevelt University in Chicago, spends two full days in New Jersey before flying back home to the Midwest. Farouk said during his school week he stays at the University Inn and Conference Center on Douglass campus. “It’s my New Jersey home,” Farouk said. The Inn and Conference Center sits on 21 acres of forest and field purchased by the University in 1965, said Deana Pagnozzi, manager of the center. Most guests have an attachment to the University, Pagnozzi said, adding that
while 50 percent of business comes from people attending conferences, the Center also houses international students, visiting parents and students who are unable to get on-campus housing because of the lack of space. Pagnozzi said once space opens up on campus, students staying at the Inn are able to move into residence halls. The Inn and Conference Center is separated into the modern side, built in 1969 after the University acquired the grounds from the Carpender estate, and the mansion side, which was built before World War I, said Donna Binstein, assistant conference coordinator at the center. An admissions advisor connected Farouk to the center while he was searching for housing. SEE
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The University Inn and Conference Center contains a dining area for guests, among whom include students, alumni and visitors. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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U. mascot trails behind in competition BY SIMON GALPERIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Scarlet Knight, the University’s mascot, has been cheering for the red team for a half-century. Now he finds himself playing against 15 mascots from across the country in the Capital One Mascot Challenge. By receiving the most votes in each matchup in the Mascot Challenge, the Scarlet Knight could win a $20,000 scholarship for the University’s mascot program, according to a statement from Capital One. The Scarlet Knight is ranked 15th of 16 mascots, as of press time. He lost last week’s match to University of Missouri’s Truman the Tiger, garnering around 30 percent of the vote, said Anthony Yeigand, assistant mascot coach. “I thought Truman the Tiger had major support, but it turns out we have trouble getting the word out,” he said, observing the Scarlet Knight’s standing against this week’s challenger, Louisiana State University’s Mike the Tiger. “We’re getting our butts kicked with voting.” To win his weekly matches, the Scarlet Knight needs votes on the Mascot Challenge website and tweets with the hash tag
“#CapitalOneScarletKnight,” Yeigand said. The top eight mascots will compete in a bracket-style single elimination competition on Nov. 26 to determine the winner, who will be announced at the Capital One Bowl on January 1, 2013, according to the statement. A Knight became the University’s mascot in the early 1950s after winning a Universitywide selection process, according to the University Athletics website. Scarlet had been adopted as the official color in 1900, which made way for the Scarlet Knight’s creation in 1955. The Scarlet Knight cheers on the football team and the men and women’s basketball teams when they play at home, but also appears at campus and private events, including weddings and Bar Mitzvahs. “We do any and all appearances that we’re invited to,” Yeigand said. Wayne Stainrook, a former mascot who graduated from the University in 2012, said he witnessed someone who borrowed the costume proposed to his wife as the Scarlet Knight. “He got down on one knee before his fiancée and took the helmet off, and she was in tears
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The Scarlet Knight, the University mascot since 1955, entertains the crowd at the RAC on Livingson campus. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR and all happy,” Stainrook said. Stainrook said he did not have to try out for the position when he became interested in fall 2010. His tenure as the Scarlet Knight lasted until spring 2012, when he graduated. The Scarlet Knight averages 10 to 15 appearances monthly throughout the year, Yeigand said. To meet the demand for the University mascot’s presence, a few students are selected through an audition process that includes appearing as the Scarlet Knight on Rutgers Day to gain field experience, he said. Depending on the performance, the individual is then added as the University mascot. There are four students playing the role of the Scarlet Knight this year: two first-year students, one sophomore and one senior. They agreed to speak about their roles as the Scarlet Knight on the condition of anonymity. Yeigand said the people behind the helmet mask are con-
cealed because it is easier for them to be the mascot if no one knows who they are. Other schools keep the identity of those who wear mascot costumes secret as well. He said some schools have a formal coming-out ceremony for their mascots, but University students can reveal their participation anytime after graduation. No training is required to be the Scarlet Knight, according to the senior on the squad. “It’s more ‘I’m always a goofball and full of energy,’” he said, “It’s me being who I am.” The Scarlet Knight is a huge symbol, the senior said, describing the responsibilities of the Knight during football games as a job. The Scarlet Knight is there to entertain as much as the football team is there to win, he said. “We get the crowd pumped up. … We take pictures with little kids all the time and make kids’ days,” the senior said. Being the Scarlet Knight offers a different point of view than most receive. “ T h e feeling you get when you run
out during a basketball game or a football game and everyone is cheering — you just channel their energy,” the sophomore of the group said. The Scarlet Knight is the University’s biggest fan, the sophomore said. Yeigand said the mascot is always there whether the University’s teams are winning or losing, always with a smile on his face. “He gets students to feel the scarlet spirit,” he said. Sometimes the Scarlet Knight appears at events held within the University community in a surprise appearance for students to enjoy. While most of the time people have fun with the Scarlet Knight, the student in the suit does have to be wary of people’s comfort zones, Stainrook said. “There was a basketball game where [the Scarlet Knight] did the motion of polishing a bald guy’s head, and word got around and he emailed someone,” Stainrook said. The man in question was really offended, he said. “No more bald head polishing after that,” Stainrook said. Voting is open to the public at http://www.capitalonebowl.com /vote.
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RESEARCH Colombo says energy issues are of pressing importance CONTINUED FROM FRONT She said the current energy sources, specifically corn-based ethanol, could have dangerous ethical implications for U.S. citizens. “There are clear problems with corn-based ethanol … from a policy perspective, I really find it unethical that we’re using a food crop to create energy, especially given this year, for example, in terms of the draught,” Carter said. Matt Colombo, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences graduate student, said he attended the lecture because of how relevant the discussion is today. “I came today because I really think that energy issues and how they’re related to the environment are our generation’s most pressing problems,” Colombo said. He feels it is his responsibility to learn about sustainable energy to benefit future generations. “[People] need to think about what’s going to happen to their children. You know, I could be fine, I’m 25. … I could probably live my life the way I do, drive wherever I want, but after I die, what’s going to be left?” Colombo said. If buses emitted less fossil fuel, Colombo said there would be less energy consumption. “I think that most of the time us doing that small thing, like walking instead of taking a bus, can have a big impact,” he said. Bob Kopp, associate director of the REI, said the seminars were created as a way to build a community of those interested in energy policy. “Many of the fundamental issues that we’re facing as a society have to do with energy challenges … climate change, energy security, and energy poverty elsewhere in the world,” said Kopp, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. This talk is one in a series that focuses on understanding how energy systems operate at the policy level and the challenges that come with changing existing energy systems. Kopp said on a political level, conversations about energy are critically important. “Energy is one of the core issues in politics. ... I think that’s why we have REI and why we have this seminar series, because it is so central to our discourse and our critical needs as a society,” Kopp said. On a national level, Carter said sustainable energy sources are re-emerging as a critical issue. “I think the nation really just started waking up again in terms of thinking of getting off of fossil fuels. We have the danger that… the people are going to get complacent again, but I hope we don’t,” Carter said.
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Students living on the Douglass campus along with Mason Gross School of the Arts students walk around the Community Day 2012 area on Red Oak Lane. The event provided information, a barbeque, live music and giveaways yesterday to attendees. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
INN Center serves as temporary housing for those waiting for residence hall spots CONTINUED FROM FRONT The pianist, who travels across the world for performances, said he enjoys how the center is intimate yet functional compared to big chain hotels. “There is no better option for me,” Farouk said. “It’s a threeminute walk to school.” A splash of scarlet accents the Inn and Conference Center throughout the lobby, dining room and the 26 guest rooms. A wrought iron knight statue stands watch in the lobby, and University-themed posters hang from the walls in black frames. “We’re a Rutgers facility, so we should reflect [that],” said Binstein, a University graduate
who said she was unaware the center existed while she was a student. Pagnozzi said there are many people she speaks with about the center who are unaware it exists, a fact she attributes in part to its quiet charm. “It’s tucked back, it doesn’t have a brand and [so it] doesn’t have the market budget a brand does,” Pagnozzi said. Since its inception, Pagnozzi said the Inn and Conference Center has changed its name four times because of management changes and the misconception that only people affiliated with the University can stay there. Pagnozzi said the inn developed a relationship with the
TURNOUT Assembly involved in collaborative effort to get 7,000 students registered CONTINUED FROM FRONT RUSA hopes to provide a system that allow students to miss their classes that conflict with their availability to go vote, said Saad Shamshair, chair of the Academic Affairs committee. “If you have classes all day long, you can skip one or two and … vote, but you have to clarify with the professor, and they should have a system set up by then to make sure that they’re not skipping every class they have that day,” said Shamshair, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. RUSA is involved in a campaign to register 7,000 University students before the registration deadline. RUSA, resident assistants, greek life and religious organiza-
tions run the campaign, Connelly said. “It’s not RUSA registering 7,000 students. It’s RUSA and our 26 closest friends all trying to register all of the students that we can,” he said. Connelly said encouraging students to vote is especially important this year because millions of dollars of University funding are at stake with the inclusion of the higher education bond referendum on the ballot, which could provide state funding for new facilities on campus if passed. “If you look at the only two ways that political change ever happens is mobilizing people or mobilizing money,” Connelly said. “Students … don’t have money behind them, so the only way … is to have organizations like RUSA actively trying to get them involved in the process.”
Department of Agriculture and Food Systems to look at the foliage health and restore the grounds. With the department’s help, the center can clean up some of the grounds. She said the path was beautiful but is now hazardous because there are overgrown trees and bushes that cover the walkway. Stairs lead from the building to a back terrace overlooking an overgrown field that Binstein said was used as horse pastures by the original owner. Two tall trees, with their limbs drooping, frame the pasture. Aged initials are car ved into the trunks and thick lower limbs of the trees stretch out as if to defy physics. “We’re letting parts of the property grow back to nature,” Binstein said, gesturing toward a row of wildflowers still blooming in the untamed field. Binstein said the flower pollen, carried by wind and
bees, would spread across the entire field by next year. Returning to the building, Binstein paused to warn a pair of students sitting on the lowlying branches of one of the trees that breaking the branch would mean a $10,000 fine because the trees are historical landmarks. The original owner was a horticulturist, Binstein said. The Inn and Conference Center is a self-supported facility and does not receive funding from the University so it has to carefully choose which projects it takes on, Pagnozzi said. She said the building was intended as a center for adults to attend weeklong courses and have lodging within the same building. “It flourished when it first took of f, but as time went on there were less and less weeklong programs,” Pagnozzi said.
Connelly said the resolution is crucial considering the numbers of student who actually vote. “Turnout, especially among young people, is incredibly low in this country,” he said. “In 2008 voter turnout was about 49 percent for people ages 18 to 29,” he said. Connelly said the vote coalition is exciting because it invites non-political organizations to participate in the voting process. RUSA also discussed a future round table discussion aimed at helping students to better understand issues regarding immigration policy. Connelly encouraged students to attend a Sept. 27 event, “Undocumented and Unafraid,” from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. “It’s just about the way in which people who are undocumented are participating in the political process in order to change the way that immigration policy works,” he said. Connelly said the event would help clear up many of the mis-
conceptions about undocumented people and their role within the country. “It’s your job as a University student to become better aware of the world around you,” he said. Spencer Klein, an off-campus RUSA senator who authored the resolution, said there are more undocumented immigrant taxpayers in the United States than documented American taxpayers. “This is us giving support to this event and giving support to the issue of our generation, especially for undocumented individuals who in many cases are afraid to participate,” said Klein, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Klein said RUSA has historically supported the cause for undocumented people’s rights, having passed resolutions to support tuition costs for undocumented residents. “Many individuals have expressed a fear of being arrested. ... It’s going to be a coming-out event for dreamers to give their stories and identify themselves,” he said.
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Alumna dreams of local fashion hub BY SHERRY SALEM CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Sabrina Ahmed, a University alumna, said she realized the need for a new clothing store in New Brunswick after recalling her shopping experiences as a student. “When [I was] a freshman … in order for us to go shopping, we would have to get our parents to pick us up, drive us home [and] get our cars to go shopping,” Ahmed said. “It was a huge thing.” To better ser ve the campus community, Ahmed wants to open a boutique on Easton Avenue for young women and has launched a campaign to gather potential investors. The store, which Ahmed will call “Icons Boutique,” would offer high quality designs at an af fordable price for women between the ages of 18 and 35, she said. If her campaign is successful, Ahmed plans to open Icons Boutique near the University Center Apartments with a projected start date sometime in October 2013, she said. Ahmed said she began the mission of opening her store by pitching the idea to the Small Business Administration of New Jersey, where she was given a free business consultant. After getting advice and using her own knowledge from her job as a marketing coordinator for a financial literacy company, Ahmed decided to use a strategy known as crowd funding, which allows entrepreneurs to gather resources from multiple investors using the Internet. “Crowd funding is a new age way of getting people to invest, and
instead of getting equity in the company you would get perks,” she said. Her investment site, indiegogo.com/iconsboutique, went up Sept. 12 and received two investors within the first day. Ahmed hopes to raise $150,000 by January 10 to start up the business. Her website shows that she has raised $290 by press time. Ahmed said she would donate 10 percent of her capital investments to disadvantaged orphans in Bangladesh. She also plans to give 5 percent of her net earnings to continue
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supporting the orphanage. “The 10 percent goes back because honestly, I’m not doing this for the money,” she said. “I’m doing this because it’s my passion and my dream, so if I can live comfortably and I have extra, why not give back?” Ahmed said she is accepting any type of donation, claiming that she will provide different incentives depending on the amount given. Individuals who invest at a level of $250 or more will have their name presented on a plaque at the orphanage in Bangladesh, while those who invest at the $1,000 level will be taken out to lunch along with four other guests, she said. Ahmed said her dream has always been to open a boutique,
and her long-term goal is to expand it to several different college campuses within the next three years. If she reaches her goal, Ahmed will hold a fashion week at the store and hopes to invite student models from the University for her fashion shows. During the fashion week, Ahmed said she would provide a designated donation box in which she would match any donations from the week to directly benefit a local soup kitchen. Noor Suleiman, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, said the store would be a welcome addition to the local shopping scene. “It’s a great idea to open a boutique that provides high-end clothing for affordable prices because students are generally … broke,” Suleiman said. “The fact that she donates parts of her net profit is so commendable. I would definitely donate and help her cause.” Soumie Daldji, another School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, said the charitable cause is something she would like to support. “Yes, New Brunswick does desperately need more shops, and yes, I could get involved,” she said. Saher Tariq, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, agreed and said the cause behind the store would attract enough investors. “It is interesting, I don’t know how necessar y — but definitely something wor th seeing,” Tariq said. “The idea of profits going to another organization is great though, and it will probably draw interest. I’m kind of broke but I’m sure [other customers] will help.”
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IN BRIEF CALLS FROM SHOOTING REVEALED Employees at a New Jersey supermarket hid in storage spaces, snuck out through back exits and ran through parking lots as they begged 911 dispatchers to hurry and send help when a coworker started shooting at them. “I don’t want to die, please,” a woman hiding in a back room softly told a 911 dispatcher. The calls from the Aug. 31 shooting at the Pathmark in Old Bridge were released yesterday. They paint a scene of chaos and fear — a woman whispering and breathing heavily, others in the store afraid the gunman might sneak up on them. “Guy with a shotgun,” one man, apparently winded from running into a nearby parking lot, told a dispatcher. “He’s blowing the place apart.” Authorities say employee Terence Tyler, a former Marine, shot two coworkers and then killed himself. Cristina LoBrutto, 18, and Br yan Breen, 24, each died of a single gunshot wound. Both were Old Bridge residents. Investigators determined that Tyler shot Breen and LoBrutto with an assault rifle then turned a handgun on himself. Family members said Tyler, 23, who also lived in Old Bridge, was discharged from the Marines after suffering from depression and had never gotten over his mother’s death. People on the calls identified the shooter as an ex-Marine named Terence who star ted working at the store two weeks earlier. No one knew his last name. One caller said Tyler was wearing “riot gear” and star ted shooting as he approached the store from the parking lot. The shooting started around 4 a.m.
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TRENTON, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson is hiring a Bayer Group executive for a new position overseeing J&J’s troubled consumer health and manufacturing opera-
tions, as new CEO Alex Gorsky tackles key problems at the health care giant. It’s the first big executive move by Gorsky, who became CEO in April and pledged to fix a host of quality, legal and ethical problems involving consumer and other products and sales practices. New Brunswick, N.J.-based Johnson & Johnson said yesterday that Sandra E. Peterson, the chief executive of Bayer CropScience, will join J&J on Dec. 1. She will be the first outsider ever appointed to the executive committee that manages J&J operations. The committee will expand from four to six members with the addition of Peterson and worldwide pharmaceuticals head Paul Stoffels, who now will add the role of chief scientific officer. The expansion is meant to heighten J&J’s focus on science and improve execution of its strategy, spokeswoman Carol Goodrich said. Peterson also will become a group worldwide chairman, expanding that group from five to six. Besides overseeing the recall-plagued consumer health business and J&J’s factories and supply chain, she will have responsibility for information technology. The manager of each of those divisions will report to her. Goodrich noted Peterson has leadership experience in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer goods — J&J’s three business segments — as well as health information technology and strategy development. “She can leverage her IT and supply chain background to address the critical current needs in our consumer business,” Goodrich said. J&J, the world’s most diversified health care company, sells prescription drugs, medical devices and diagnostic equipment, along with over-the-counter drugs and a stable of toiletries such as Listerine mouthwash that are household names. — The Associated Press
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Militants attribute attacks to anti-Islam film New details surface of deaths of U.S. ambassador, three other Americans THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BENGHAZI, Libya — Heavily armed militants used a protest of an anti-Islam film as a cover in their deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate, screaming “God is great!” as they scaled its outer walls and descended on the main building, a witness and a senior Libyan security official said yesterday. The account, the most detailed yet of the rampage that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, came as the Libyan government said four people suspected in the attacks had been arrested and more were being sought. The security official, eastern Libya’s deputy interior minister, Wanis el-Sharef, said it was a two-pronged attack. He said that hours after the crowd stormed the consulate Tuesday night, the militants raided a safe house in the compound just as U.S. and Libyan security arrived to evacuate the staff, suggesting infiltrators within the security forces may have tipped off the militants to the location of the safe house. The attacks were suspected to have been timed to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist strike in the United States, el-Sharef added, with the militants using the film protest by Libyan civilians to mask their action. Killed in the attack were U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, information management officer Sean Smith, private security guard Glen Doherty and one other American who has yet to be identified. El-Sharef said the four were arrested from their homes yesterday but would give no further details. He said it was too early to say if they belonged to a particular group or what their motive was. Libya’s new prime minister, Mustafa Abu-Shakour, said authorities were looking for more suspects. One of five private security guards at the consulate said the surprise attack began around 9:30 p.m. when several grenades that were lobbed over the outer wall exploded in the compound and bullets rained down. The guard was wounded in the left leg from shrapnel. He said he was lying on the ground, bleeding and in excruciating pain when a bearded gunman came down the wall and shot him twice in the right leg, screaming: “You infidel, you are defending infidels!” “Later, someone asked me who I was. I said I was the gardener and then I passed out. I woke up in hospital,” said the guard, who spoke to The Associated Press from his bed at a Benghazi hospital. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared reprisals and reprimands from his employers.
The witness account came as protests of the obscure film, “Innocence of Muslims,” continued in the Middle East. An angry throng broke into the U.S. Embassy in Yemen, and clashes between security forces and demonstrators near the fortress-like embassy compound in the heart of Cairo left nearly 200 people injured and two police trucks burned. Speaking at his Benghazi office, el-Sharef, who was running the Interior Ministr y’s operations room — commanding security forces in the city during the attack — gave the most detailed account to date to come out of Libya of what happened the night of the attack. His version, however, leaves some questions unanswered and does not provide a definitive explanation on the motives behind the attack and the identity of the perpetrators. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Some Libyan officials have pointed the finger at a hardline Islamist militia, the Ansar al-Shariah Brigades, one of multiple Libyan militias operating in the city. A spokesman for the group lavishly praised the assault for “protecting the faith and fighting for the victor y of God Almighty.” But he said the Brigades “did not participate as an organization. This was a popular uprising.” Adding to the confusion surrounding the attack is that it targeted the United States, a nation that played a key role in ridding the oil-rich, mostly desert nation of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Washington also took the lead in launching the months-long NATO air campaign that crippled the late leader’s forces. Stevens was credited by most Libyans with organizing a political front made up of opposition groups to unite the uprising against Gadhafi’s 41-year rule, mediating tribal and regional disputes. The Benghazi attack also underlined the precarious conditions in Libya nearly a year after Gadhafi’s fall, with a weak central government, militias operating as local governments, a destabilizing proliferation of weapons, and militant groups — some inspired by al-Qaida — that are active under the government’s radar. Stevens and another American were killed in the consulate during the initial violence, as plainclothes Libyan security were evacuating the consulate’s staff to the safe house about a mile away, el-Sharef said. The second assault took place several hours later and targeted the safe house — a villa inside the grounds of the city’s equestrian club — killing two Americans and wounding a number of Libyans and Americans. The crowd built at the consulate — a one-stor y villa sur-
President Barack Obama makes a statement in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday in response to the attack at the U.S. Consulate in Libya. He addressed the death of U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. GETTY IMAGES rounded by a large garden in an upscale Benghazi neighborhood — in several stages, ElSharef said. First, a small group of gunmen arrived, then civilians angr y over the film. Later, heavily armed men with armored vehicles, some with rocket-propelled grenades, joined and the numbers swelled to more than 200. The gunmen fired into the air outside the consulate. Libyan security guarding the site pulled out because they were so outmanned. “We thought there was no way for the protesters to storm the compound, which had fortified walls,” he said. Libyan security advised the Americans to evacuate at that point, but the advice was ignored, he said. There was shooting in the air from inside the consulate compound, he said. At this point, el-Sharef continued, the crowd stormed the compound. The consulate was looted and burned, while plainclothes security men were sent to evacuate the personnel. Stevens probably died of asphyxiation following a grenade explosion that started a fire, elSharef said, echoing what the Libyan doctor to whom Stevens’ body was taken told the AP on Wednesday. His account was corroborated by local journalist Ibrahim Hadya, who was at the scene. He told the AP that the consulate was stormed just as the evacuation was under way, with staff members smuggled out a side door that opens to a street other than the one where the militants and protesters gathered. U.S. officials have said attackers broke into the main consulate building around 10:15 p.m. and set the compound on fire. Amid the evacuation, Stevens became separated from others, and staffers and security who tried to find him were forced to flee by flames, smoke and gunfire. After an hour, according to U.S. officials, U.S. and Libyan officials drove the
attackers from the consulate. The next attack came hours later. Around 30 American staffers along with Libyans had been evacuated to the safe house while a plane arrived from Tripoli with a joint U.S.-Libyan security group that was to fly them back to the capital, el-Sharef said. El-Sharef said the original plan was for a separate Libyan security unit to escort the evacuees to the airport. Instead, the joint unit went from the airport to the safe house, possibly because they were under the impression they were dealing with a hostage situation, he said. The militant attack coincided with the joint team’s arrival at the safe house, he said. That the attackers knew the safe house’s location suggests a “spy” inside the security forces tipped off the militants, el Sharef said. U.S. of ficials have not confirmed the account. They have spoken of an attack on the consulate’s annex that killed two Americans, but said their repor t on the incident was still preliminar y. In Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, hundreds of protesters chanting “death to America” and “death to Israel” stormed the U.S. Embassy compound and burned the American flag yesterday. Yemen’s president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, quickly apologized to the U.S. and vowed to track down the culprits, just as Libya’s president did. Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammad Morsi, who had been slow to speak out on Tuesday’s assault on the embassy in Cairo, promised Thursday that his government would not allow attacks on diplomatic missions. The crowd in Sanaa swarmed over the embassy’s entrance gate. Men with iron bars smashed the thick, bullet-proof glass windows of the entrance building while others clambered up the wall. Some ripped the embassy’s sign off the outer wall. Inside the compound grounds, they brought down the American
flag in the courtyard and replaced it with a black banner bearing Islam’s declaration of faith — “There is no God but Allah.” They did not enter the main building housing the embassy’s offices, some distance away from the entry reception. Demonstrators set tires ablaze and pelted the compound with rocks. A thick column of black smoke rose out from inside the embassy compound. Witnesses said the protesters set ablaze a room housing security guards and torched several parked cars. Yemeni security forces who rushed to the scene fired in the air and used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, driving them out of the compound after about 45 minutes and sealing off the surrounding streets. The embassy said nobody was harmed. “All embassy personnel are safe and accounted for,” spokesman Lou Fintor said. Yemen is home to al-Qaida’s most active branch and the United States is the main foreign supporter of the Yemeni government’s counterterrorism campaign. The government on Tuesday announced that alQaida’s No. 2 leader in Yemen was killed in an apparent U.S. airstrike, a major blow to the terror network. In Cairo, protesters clashed Thursday with police near the U.S. Embassy. Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters and the two sides pelted each other with rocks. But unlike Tuesday, when protesters climbed the embassy’s walls and several of them breached its grounds, police kept the protesters away from the compound. The Health Ministry said 224 people, including policemen, were wounded, but they mostly suffered light injuries. Twelve protesters have been arrested. The clashes continued well into the night. The spreading violence comes as outrage grows over a movie called “Innocence of Muslims” produced by anti-Islam campaigners in the U.S. that mocked Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
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Dynamics of presidential contest shift after attacks with a hostage crisis at the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Republican With 54 days left until Ronald Reagan won handily. Comparing Obama to the Election Day, here are insights into yesterday’s highlights in one-term Carter already had become a popular GOP attack U.S. politics. This year, the “October theme even before this week’s Surprise” that sometimes erupts deadly assault on the U.S. mission in Libya and late in presidential attacks on U.S. cycles came a “Sometimes it embassies in month early. Attacks on seems that we’re at Egypt and Yemen. Obama supAmerican diplothe mercy of events porters look matic outposts in instead for paralcountries swept instead of lels to 2004, when up in the Arab shaping events.” President George Spring are changW. Bush — seeking the dynamics MITT ROMNEY ing a second term of the contest Republican Presidential amid a slow b e t w e e n Candidate recovery — sucPresident Barack cessfully rallied a Obama and electorate by Republican challenger Mitt war-wear y Romney. For now, at least, emphasizing his national-securinational security is center stage. ty credentials. National defense is usually a Romney supporters see a parallel with 1980, when the econo- GOP strength, but recent polls my was struggling and President show Obama with an edge in this Jimmy Carter was burdened categor y over the former
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Tensions in Cairo rise over tweets THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO — The snark is flying between the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the Muslim Brotherhood in a Twitter spat that erupted in the wake of an assault on the mission by protesters in the Egyptian capital. The sarcastic exchange yesterday gave a “frenemies” tone to relations that have been strained by the Tuesday night action. In the assault, hundreds of protesters angry over an anti-Islam film climbed up the wall of the embassy in downtown Cairo, entered the grounds, pulled down the American flag and replaced it with a black, Islamist banner. Security forces did nothing to stop them. The embassy’s tweets implied that the Brotherhood, whose longtime member Mohammed Morsi is Egypt’s new president, has been sending mixed messages, fueling public anger over the movie. It started when Ikhwanweb, the Twitter page of the Muslim Brotherhood, retweeted a message in English from the group’s deputy head, Khairat el-Shater: “We r relieved none of (at)USEmbassyCairo staff were harmed & hope US-Eg relations will sustain turbulence of Tuesday’s events.” “Thanks,” the embassy replied. “By the way, have you checked out your own Arabic feeds? I hope you know we read those too.” “We understand you’re under a lot of stress,” came the Ikhwanweb retort, “but still it will be more helpful if you point out exactly the Arabic feed of concern.” “Guys guys! stop! take it outside please...” came the plea from Abdelrahman Ghareeb, one of many tweeters who weighed in in amusement over the exchange. There was no immediate counter-tweet from the embassy.
Republican candidate Mitt Romney speaks to his supporters in Virginia yesterday. After the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Yemen, national security will become a popular topic for both Obama and Romney in the days leading up to the November election. GETTY IMAGES Massachusetts governor. Romney’s response to the crisis, accusing Obama of apologizing for American values and appeasing Islamic extremists, has drawn criticism even from some prominent Republicans.
Romney’s quick swing at Obama — as the crisis was unfolding in the Middle East and North Africa — was glaringly at odds with the more statesmanlike responses Wednesday from GOP leaders in Congress
Yesterday, Romney recalibrated his remarks and paid tribute to the four slain Americans in Libya, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. “What a tragedy,” he told a rally in Fairfax, Va.
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Cleaning up after U. athletics GUEST COLUMN MARK KILLINGSWORTH
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obert L. Barchi, our new president, has announced that he wants to cut the University’s subsidy of the New Brunswick intercollegiate athletics program. Thank you, Dr. Barchi This is long overdue. The Scarlet Knights have been bleeding red ink for years. According to the most recent figures, the athletic program deficit is $28 million per year — more than 40 percent of the cost of the program — which has to be made up by a subsidy from discretionary funds and student fees. The deficit, and the subsidy, amount to a tax of over $900 on every full-time New Brunswick undergraduate. In an era of ballooning tuition costs and student loan payments, this makes no sense. The University’s permissive attitude towards athletic deficits contrasts sharply with its stingy attitude towards academics. For example: because it is chronically underfunded, the School of Arts and Sciences has a cumulative deficit, over the past three years, of about $25 million. Although the athletic program racks up a larger deficit than this in just one year and gets a subsidy, the School of Arts and Sciences is now faced with budget cuts and hiring freezes as it attempts to live within its limited income. In turn, this will mean fewer courses and fewer professors for University students. This is nothing new. For years, while athletics has run up
big deficits and received multimillion dollar subsidies, academics has suffered cuts. So it is not surprising that we are getting killed in the academic rankings. The value of a University degree is increasingly at risk. In 1997, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University sixteenth among undergraduate programs at major state universities. As of fall 2012, we had slipped to a threeway tie for #25. In the Academic Ranking of World Universities (the “Shanghai rankings”), the University fell from #38 (in 2003) to #61 (in 2012). In 1995, the National Research Council ranked eleven of the University’s graduate programs among the top 25 in their respective fields; in the latest rankings, released in 2010, there were only eight. Barchi is right to want to change the University’s priorities — but how? Here are some suggestions: 1. Set goals and timetables. A 10-year program to cut the subsidy by $1 million per year would eliminate one-third of the program’s red ink by 2023 (former School Arts and Sciences deans have had plenty of experience making cuts like this, and could certainly serve as consultants to help athletics do the same thing.) 2. Don’t offset subsidy cuts with subsidy increases. Cutting University discretionary funds while simultaneously increasing student fee allocations is fiscal three-card monte. Don’t let it happen. 3. Open the books and be transparent. The cost of the football stadium and its recent $100million-plus expansion is enormous, but good luck finding out how much it is: it is no longer
The University devotes about $18 million out of a $60 million annual budget to its athletic program. YEE ZHIN BOON / SEPTEMBER 2011
included in the football program’s expenses, and it’s not even identified separately in the athletic program’s fiscal reports. The University needs a comprehensive, open and honest discussion of the athletic program’s budget, priorities, and future plans. 4. Athletics won’t “build the Rutgers brand” until the subsidy is cut. For more than 30 years, there has been wishful thinking that big-time athletics will “build the Rutgers brand.” However, according to the University’s own dashboard indicators, big-time University athletics hasn’t attracted more first-year students with high SAT scores, and hasn’t raised our “yield” (percentage of accepted applicants who actually attend), relative to peer institu-
tions. Our academic rankings are sliding steadily downwards, and for two years running, our enormous athletic subsidies have landed us in the Wall Street Journal’s “football grid of shame.” This isn’t “building the brand” — it’s making us a punchline. 5. There’s widespread support for cutting the subsidy. Some administrators admit, in private, that the subsidy is an embarrassment. Many students have serious reservations about it (particularly when they look at their term bills.) The New Brunswick Faculty Council, and a special meeting of the School of Arts and Sciences faculty, both voted overwhelmingly for athletic budget transparency and a cut in the subsidy. Cut it and they will all cheer.
6. Tackle the BOG. In contrast, the Board of Governors has steadfastly supported subsidies for athletics, heedless of our downward slide in the academic rankings. They need to rethink their priorities. The best — and likely the only — time to persuade them to do this is now, during Barchi’s honeymoon period as president. Soon after taking office, Barchi’s predecessor confidently told faculty that he wanted to cut the subsidy. Sure enough, within a few years, the subsidy began its relentless upward march. This time has to be different. Mark Killingsworth is a University professor in the Department of Economics.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The author of yesterday’s column in The Daily Targum, titled “The anti-choice choice,” wrote a ridiculous, illogical editorial about abortion in the United States. I am flabbergasted that such argumentation can be found in print. In addition to being incredibly inflammatory, the author’s comparison of a woman’s right to undergo a controversial (but legal, regulated and generally safe) medical proce-
dure to things like the non-existent rights to pay no income tax, to eschew business regulations and to send children to other county’s school districts is unequivocally offensive. It also lacks some serious thought, considering, for example, that the federal government does not direct school districts. A political science degree is not required to know that. I don’t think the author would make such absurd comparisons if he moved to a state in which an evangelical state legislature might forbid masturbation. I’m sure then whacking off would be a protected legal right, whereas not paying taxes is still something you cannot do. But if we can set aside the inflammatory and degrading nature of these analogies,
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they are still false analogies. There is no reason to believe government must either regulate all possible choices or none at all. No two choices are the same — like choosing not to withhold income tax versus choosing to have a legal medical procedure. And of course, abortion procedures are conducted under the regulation of laws and guidelines from various authorities in government and medicine. In the end, the author’s argument is sophomoric and completely invalid. He makes only the most simple of inferences in a profoundly fallacious manner. He makes no convincing case against abortion (or for it), nor does he come anywhere close to establishing the thesis of his letter,
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which is — apparently — to reject the authority of all government. The majority of this country (which is a democracy, mind you), and the vast majority of women in particular, believe in the right of women to use contraception and other obstetric care as they see fit — and this includes abortion as of today. That choice is protected. Other choices are regulated or protected at a federal level, as dictated in the Constitution and as interpreted by the Supreme Court. Until that changes, the myriad choices we face daily are not automatically logically or legally equivalent. Kellen Myers is a University Ph.D student in mathematics.
Wayne Stainrook, a former Scarlet Knights mascot who graduated from the University in 2012, on spectator comfort zones. See the story in UNIVERSITY.
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Today's Birthday (09/14/12). Your family and friends stand for and with you. Your creativity and influence at work continues to grow this year. An exciting prospect develops before year's end. Autumn could provoke an educational inquiry. Plan first and get into action. 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 — There's way too much work, especially for the next two days. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but is it as fun? Take time to acknowledge both successes and failures, and learn from them all. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Do what you can to help the others stay relaxed and calm. If it's any help to know, you're especially cute tnow, and romance goes well. Avoid the flimsy. Accept a sweet, solid deal. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Complete the work first, and play later. Stick close to home for a couple of days. Kindly ask for help with a household project. Make an important connection. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Entering a few days of learning. You're especially good with words right now. There's more money coming your way — if you'll work for it. Communication provides a key. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — The next phase is good for making deals, even in the face of resistance. Competition provides the motivation. But do it for love, not money. Passion engulfs you. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — You're on top of the world, looking down on opportunity. Don't let your head swell. Watch out for conflicting orders and hidden agendas. Fix up the place.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Finish up projects you've been avoiding today and tomorrow. Don't get sidetracked. Find assistance from a great coach, as needed, and move up one level. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Your friends are grateful for your contributions and are ready to add their grain of sand. Exert yourself. Receive accolades for good service. A touch of glitter might be just the thing. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Take a few days to firm up career details. Be clear on what your objectives are. It's time to leave misconceptions behind. Reconfirm what you heard to avoid misunderstandings. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Start planning a vacation, or just go for it more spontaneously. It doesn't have to cost an arm or a leg. Let your heart lead you. Be grateful for what you have. Enjoy. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Your theory gets challenged. Don't resist it, but learn from the experience. Others may know better after all. Stay out of your own way. Changes call for budget revisions. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Consult a good strategist or friend. Use your experience to soothe ragged nerves. You solve another impossible problem. Accept a nice bonus.
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IN BRIEF NEW KNIGHTS
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team yesterday welcomed its 2013 recruiting class. Head coach Laura Brand-Sias announced the eight-member class that will join the team next fall. Halley Barnes, Amanda Currell, Addington Elliott, Madeline Hulsey, Kim Kolodny, Nikki McMonagle, Taylor Pennell and Chrissy Schreiber all represent the Scarlet Knights’ 2013 class. The Knights finished last season 9-7, missing the Big East tournament in their last game against Georgetown. Rutgers will have three scrimmages this fall to get ready for the spring season.
BIG SHOES TO FILL
The Connecticut men’s basketball team named former assistant Kevin Ollie as its new head coach, the school announced yesterday. Ollie will replace legendary coach Jim Calhoun, who retired after 26 seasons at the head of the Huskies. Ollie served as an assistant under Calhoun beginning in the 2010 season and played for him as a point guard from 1991-95. Ollie also played in the NBA for 13 years, most notably for the Philadelphia 76ers.
LITTLE RELIEF
New York Yankees relief pitcher Rafael Soriano may opt out of his contract at the end of the 2013 season, according to CBSSports.com. Soriano has a clause in his contract that states he can test free agency after the 2013 season. The pitcher took over the closer duties this season after regular closer Mariano Rivera went down with a knee injury earlier in the year, ending his season. Soriano has 37 saves out of 40 opportunities this year, sporting a 2.17 ERA with a 2-1 record.
SUCCESSFUL SURGERY
Former Boston Celtics great Bill Russell is recovering after a successful open-heart surgery. The Hall-of-Famer told NBA.com that he underwent the surgery in August and he has been recovering ever since. He also revealed that the procedure was not life-threatening and he is recovering in Seattle. The 78-year-old captured 11 NBA championships during his career, along with five MVP awards and 12 All-Star appearances. He was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1975.
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RUSHED Knights stifle Bulls’ offensive onslaughts with timely turnovers CONTINUED FROM BACK pated more than 40, and no other running back recorded a carry. “Mentally, I was waiting to set it up,” said Jamison, who ran for 151 yards. “I was waiting to get to the outside, and I spun and came up out of it.” The Knights limped into halftime on the right leg of freshman kicker Kyle Federico, who converted a career-high 51-yard field goal attempt to salvage a stalled drive. Federico’s first chance never cleared the protection. Junior holder J.T. Tartacoff mishandled a firstquarter attempt, and Rutgers again came away without points. Even on Federico’s first career game-winner, the Ponte Vedra, Fla., native took a jab step before following through. And he followed it with a kickoff out of bounds, the Knights’ fifth kicking misstep in three games. “We had to go to our backup holder,” Flood said. “I thought [senior punter] Justin Doerner did an excellent job getting in the game after that.” Concerns spread to the Knights offense, which plagued itself with first-half miscues. Jamison rushed for 70 yards in the first 30 minutes, but Rutgers left nearly half as much on the field. Sophomore quarterback Gar y Nova, for his part, left little to speculation.
Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova looks for senior receiver Tim Wright in last night’s win at South Florida. Nova threw for 277 yards. ALEX VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER He completed 55 percent of his first-half passes for 121 yards after throwing for only 130 on Saturday against Howard. He sustained a drive long enough to account for the Knights’ only points in two quarters. And his 46-yard connection with senior wide receiver Tim Wright on the Knights’ final drive of consequence provided one of the game’s few moments of clarity. “I just calmed down, didn’t let the hype the best of me,” Nova said. “I think it worked out for the best.” The Bulls enjoyed less good fortune.
PLAY Hoyas present Rutgers with biggest task of weekend featuring scoring New Jersey duo CONTINUED FROM BACK Wildcats, Rutgers cannot af ford to come out slow against Villanova tonight. The Knights have scored only one goal this season in the first half, the lone early strike coming in the 23rd minute from freshman for ward Amanda Devolk in their 4-1 loss to Texas A&M.
Though Rutgers has won despite not finding the back of the net in the first half, the majority of those goals have come from last minute strikes to put the Knights over the top. And with just one goal scorer — junior for ward Jonelle Filigno — with more than one goal this season, the Knights simply cannot get away with
When USF quarterback B.J. Daniels threatened to make it a two-score game in the first half, he instead found the waiting arms of senior cornerback Brandon Jones at Rutgers’ 23-yard line. Jones scooped the ball, juggled it and cradled it between his legs, along with the Knights’ waning early chances. Junior linebacker Jamal Merrell set the Rutgers offense up inside USF territory with his first career interception. And senior safety Wayne Warren fell on a takeaway in the Knights’ endzone.
Rutgers’ four takeaways tripled its season total. Its 8.3 points allowed per game rank fifth-best nationally among teams that have played at least two games. And the Knights have their first 3-0 start since 2007 and best under a first-year head coach since John Bateman in 1960. “The formula is our Rutgers formula,” Flood said. “That was our formula in ’06. That was our formula last year, [but] maybe we just didn’t do it as well at times. I do think we’re moving in the right direction.”
escaping on late game heroics during Big East play. Rutgers has worked on finding consistency in its lineup all season, and Crooks believes that he has found a solid rotation for league play. “The biggest thing for us is building the relationships on the field,” Crooks said. “Early on, we used a lot of dif ferent combinations and now it is star ting to sor t itself out a bit. There is still competition at ever y position which is great.” Rutgers’ greatest challenge ar rives Sunday, when Georgetown comes to
Piscataway. The Hoyas won six straight matches dating back to the star t of the season before tying with Santa Clara and losing to Stanford 6-0 to enter conference play. Georgetown’s loss to Stanford was an abnormality, as the Hoyas feature the second highest scoring of fense in the league with 47 points and 17 goals. They also feature a one-two scoring punch in for wards Kaitlin Brenn and Daphne Corboz. Brenn leads the team with five goals and Corboz is close behind with four. Crooks knows both players ver y well, as he recruited both to come play for Rutgers, he said. Corboz’s brother, Mael, is a freshman on the Rutgers men’s soccer team and leads them with two goals. “I know both of them quite well,” Crooks said. “We knew Daphne for years. Her and her family have been coming to Rutgers games for years, so it will be nice to see both those kids, and I realize that they are two really good players.” With both teams presenting a challenge for the Knights, Crooks realizes that it will be hard for his team to escape the weekend with both wins, and he is fine with that. “We cer tainly hope we are 2-0 at the end of the week,” Crooks said. “However, if it doesn’t work out that, way we can’t be overly concerned. You want to do that but the statistics say that it is dif ficult, so I’m not going to lay all this pressure on the team that we have to be 2-0 this weekend.”
ANOTHER CHANCE
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will meet with New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma next Monday to discuss Vilma’s recently lifted suspension. Vilma was suspended for the entire 2012 season for his alleged involvement in the Saints’ bounty system, which led to the suspensions of three other players along with head coach Sean Payton and some of his staff. An appeals panel overturned the suspensions of the players, who include Scott Fujita and Will Smith, now with the Cleveland Browns, along with unsigned free agent Anthony Hargrove. Stay tuned for news updates on the topics above and more at dailytargum.com.
Junior forward Jonelle Filigno has scored seven goals this season and is the only Knight this year to record more than one goal. Rutgers hosts Villanova today. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 VOLLEYBALL
FIELD HOCKEY RUTGERS OPENS BIG EAST PLAY
Rutgers faces No. 5 UConn BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER
Middle blocker Sarah Schmid recorded 15 kills and five blocks against Lehigh. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RU travels to Penn’s Invite The match against the Mountain Hawks was a chance for the Knights to use their The Rutgers volleyball team mental toughness in the midst wasted little time holding its of adversity. They did that, but Werneke excitement back at the end of insists they cannot stop now. Tuesday’s match. “We were cheering really Rutgers needs to be a “consisloud,” said freshman middle tent, ser ving team that they are blocker Sarah Schmid… “[We] capable of,” he said. “I think that we need to jumped up and down and were make that an emphasis at the giving each other high-fives.” That was the scene after the forefront of our minds,” final point of a five-set match in Werneke added. “Lehigh did a which the Scarlet Knights (11- good job exposing some things 1) defeated Lehigh (1-4). The that we need to address. But we Knights fought back from a 2-1 also need to continue and mainhole and won two straight sets tain some of the things that we are doing well.” to pull out the victor y. Rutgers found some much “We were really, really excited,” Schmid said. “We fought needed energy in its win against back so hard. So we were Lehigh and hopes to have some left over to be rejuvenated for thrilled to win that game.” today’s opening tournaThe Highlands ment match today Ranch, Colo., native against Radford. came up huge for the “We just have to Knights in their victowork on star ting out r y. She ended the night at the beginning,” with 15 kills and set a Schmid said. “So we career-high five blocks. can use that win from “It showed us that no Tuesday to help us be matter how far down we more consistent at are, we should never CJ the beginning and give up,” Schmid said WERNEKE have that energy on the win. “We are realHead Coach throughout the whole ly good with fighting game. I think it really back when we’re losing. helped in Tuesday’s game We’re just really resilient.” Rutgers is off to its best start when we had a lot of energy, so in program histor y and won that’s what we look to bring nine contests in a row. The into the weekend.” Rutgers will resume action Knights take that streak into facing George Philadelphia this weekend as tomorrow, they wrap up out-of-conference Mason and then Penn to close play in the Crowne Plaza out the competition. As Rutgers prepares for Big Philadelphia West Penn East play, chemistr y is a key Invitational, hosted by Penn. “We’re just going to take that ingredient for the team’s momentum with us,” Schmid potential success. This weeksaid. “We’re going to take that end’s out-of-conference conresilience with us so we can use clusion will be a good test for it this weekend. So if we’re ever the squad. “I think we have great team down again, we know that we chemistr y,” Schmid said. can fight back.” Fifth-year head coach C.J. “Ever yone on and off the court Werneke witnessed his team always cheers each other on. take control of matches from We all get along really well and the first ser ve to the last kill help each other out. So I think throughout the young season. we’re a good, unified team.”
The Rutgers field hockey team will conclude its four-game road stretch this weekend in Connecticut. The Scarlet Knights will play No. 5 Connecticut tomorrow in Storrs, then will travel to New Haven on Sunday to take on Sacred Heart. The game against UConn will mark the Knights’ first Big East game of the season. The Huskies will serve as a tough opponent for Rutgers, entering tomorrow’s contest with a 3-3 record on the season. The Huskies are 5-0 entering the matchup, and are the defending Big East champions. “It’s our first Big East game, and I’m just really looking for our team to go in and compete,” said head coach Meredith Long. “Our mindset going into the game is it doesn’t matter who we are playing and it doesn’t matter that it’s a Big East opponent. We are just going in there and competing and really just looking to give them a game.”
Senior forwards Cornelia Duffin and Carlie Rouh will help lead the Knights this weekend, tied for second on the team with six points each. Duffin has three goals on the season, and Rouh has two goals and two assists. “I think it’s a really great game to start out the Big East tournament with,” Duffin said. “I think that we have been playing really, really well and competing with teams ranked top in the nation, so I think that it will actually be a really good game this year.” For the Knights to be successful, they must find a way to contain forward/midfielder Marie Elena Bolles. Only five games into the season, Bolles has added 15 points for the Huskies, while scoring six goals and contributing three assists. “I don’t think last year has a lot to do with anything,” Rouh said. “We need Big East wins to go to the Big East tournament, so we are just going to take one game at a time and look at it as
another opportunity for us to play hard.” After the Knights conclude their matchup with Connecticut, the team will have to bounce right back to take on Sacred Heart. “It’s physically demanding, but I don’t anticipate a letdown,” Long said. “We did it this weekend against Maine. We fought, that was a heartbreaking loss in the final 50 seconds of the game and we came right back out the next day and took care of Bryant. We take everybody the same whether it’s UConn, Bryant or Sacred Heart or Maine.” Like the Knights, Sacred Heart will play two games this weekend, its first one taking place this afternoon against UC Davis. “I’m just going to be expecting to give it my all, to work on everything that we have been working on, and to focus on the simple parts of the game,” Duffin said. The Knights travel back home after the weekend for a four-game home stretch starting Sept. 21, next facing Syracuse.
BY AARON FARRAR STAFF WRITER
Senior forward Cornelia Duffin (14) is tied for second on Rutgers with six points this year as the Knights open Big East play at No. 5 Connecticut. ALEX VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
MEN’S SOCCER SENIOR LEADS SOLID DEFENSE
Defender picks up old form BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
After the Rutgers men’s soccer team recorded its second shutout of the year in a 2-0 victory Saturday against Princeton, senior goalie Kevin McMullen was proud of his young defenders. “I thought we looked very strong in the back,” McMullen said. “We got a good feel for the three freshmen in the back, and they’re definitely settling in just fine.” Freshman defenders Drew Morgan, Mitchell Taintor and Ross Tetro filled out three of Rutgers’ starting back four. The other starter was senior Dragan Naumoski. Naumoski has been a key player in the Scarlet Knights’ rebuilding process. Rutgers had its early obstacles such as two scoreless games and slow starts from some of its returning players, but Naumoski has remembered one thing. “We started slow last year too, but we picked it up,” he said. He was the only starting defender around at that time, when Rutgers
got off to a 3-3 start in 2011, ending with consecutive shutouts against Iona and Indiana. Rutgers eventually went 5-0-2 for the rest of October 2011, and that spurred the Sweet 16 tournament team. Naumoski was on the field for all those games, starting all 21 games at defender last year. Now a leader on a roster with six freshman defenders, Naumoski senses a turning point. “We’re working harder as a team, so that’s creating more chances and [preventing] pressure on our back four, so that’s definitely a relief for us,” he said. Naumoski was not the only leader on the field at his position, but senior Joe Setchell has been out with a leg injury for the past two games. Setchell was a key component of last year’s defense, starting 18 games at center back. Morgan moved from midfield to replace Setchell in his absence. The Rutgers defense has succeeded in stretches without Setchell. “Setchell is a great player, but we
have the potential to cover [for] him,” McMullen That took time, as did Naumoski reforming into who he was last year as a defender. “He’s really stepped up his game,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “In the game against Princeton, he really kind of locked down on their frontrunners and their wide guys.” Now Naumoski wants to regain his offensive form. Last year, he recorded 3 assists and 20 shots. This year, he stayed more toward his own goal. Like all Rutgers non-freshmen, Naumoski does not have a point to his name this season. “[I] definitely [want to] get forward a lot more, get a couple goals, couple assists hopefully,” Naumoski said on how he wants to improve. But Naumoski has continued his contributions on the defensive end and remains a critical piece for Rutgers veterans and freshmen. “I think he’s done great, stepping up for us in the back,” McMullen said… “He’s crucial in the back, definitely a key player on our back line.”
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SPORTS PAGE 15 MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS HOSTS COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
Coach looks to veterans for production at home BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Junior forward Kene Eze entered the Rutgers men’s soccer team’s matchup against College Of Charleston last year without a goal in his short Scarlet Knights career. When Rutgers beat Charlestown, 2-1, Eze’s first goal as a Knight was a game-winner that gave the Knights the lead in the 58th minute. The third game of last season, Eze’s first game with Rutgers since transferring from William Paterson,
was a turning point for the Sayreville, N.J., native. Eze’s first goal spurred him to six scores in his first season with Rutgers to tie for the team lead with sophomore forward J.P. Correa, also in his first Rutgers season as a freshman. Rutgers (2-2) faces the Cougars (3-2) again Friday at Yurcak Field, the Knights’ first home game since the season opener Aug. 24 against Fordham. Eze enters the match without a goal on the
Junior forward Kene Eze got three shots on goal last Saturday against Princeton in Rutgers’ 2-0 victory. PAT DAVITT
season, and Correa is scoreless, too. This year, they have expectations. “We’re hoping that maybe Kene and J.P. can kind of break out a little bit,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “I’m starting to see more from Kene, and I’m still waiting for that breakout game from J.P.” Eze played only 57 minutes Saturday against Princeton, but he took advantage of them with three shots on goal, two coming in the 88th minute after entering off the bench a second time. Correa showed less promise against the Tigers in 69 minutes — Donigan intends to make him a 90minute player — with only one shot. “He understands it. He’s a mature player,” Donigan said. “He knows that he needs to do more for us. Teams are locked in on him because of who he is and what he did for us last year.” Now Rutgers has to score without graduates Ibrahim Kamara, Bryant Knibbs and Nate Bourdeau, who combined last year for 13 goals. The departures made room for freshmen to take part on the scoring end like midfielder Mael Corboz, who scored both goals in the 2-0 win against Princeton. The most stable part for the Knights has been its least experienced: the defense. Rutgers allowed one goal per game this year and shut out two teams. In order to score, opponents
Sophomore forward J.P. Correa has yet to score a goal this year, a season after leading Rutgers with six goals. PAT DAVITT have to get through freshman defenders Mitchell Taintor, Ross Tetro and Drew Morgan. The most experienced players on defense will be senior defender Dragan Naumoski and senior goalie Kevin McMullen. McMullen knows Charleston will test the younger defenders. “We have to come and match their intensity, and we obviously have to be able to keep the ball because they’re a good, possessionoriented team,” he said. Rutgers’ priority is to keep the ball away from its defensive side, as
both wins came with close calls. Fordham received the ball in Rutgers’ net, but it was called offsides. Princeton got 15 shots off against the Knights. In that regard, connectivity is the key to Donigan’s game plan. “Our tactics are more or less the same every time we approach a game, just to get good numbers behind the ball, defend well individually and as a group and the offensively, [we] try to get as many numbers into the attack as we can to create as many quality chances as we can,” Donigan said.
TENNIS JUNIOR INFLUENCES IN-STATE RECRUITS
Former No. 2 NJ recruit leads youthful roster BY MIKE MORTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For junior Stefania Balasa, this upcoming season for the Rutgers tennis team is more than worrying about herself and her own game. It is also about becoming a leader and role model for her younger teammates. Balasa and junior classmate Vanessa Petrini are the lone upperclassmen on the team this season. “It’s definitely a lot different this year,” Balasa said. “Last year, we had this core group of upperclassmen to look up to for guidance and advice. They gave us an example of what Vanessa and I are going to have to do this year.” Head coach Ben Bucca is not worried about the inexperience and has voiced his confidence in the two junior leaders. “Her and Vanessa, as the ones with the most experience on the team, have that added responsibility to not only take care of themselves, but to be good role models to teach the freshman what’s expected of them in playing on the Rutgers women’s tennis team,” Bucca said. Balasa finished last year with great success, posting a 13-9 record in singles including an 8-2 record in Big-East play. Balasa also compiled a 10-10 record in doubles. According to Bucca, she should continue to have the same degree of success this season. “Stef has been a mainstay in our lineup since she’s arrived on campus,” Bucca said. “She’s been
Junior Stefania Balasa finished last season with a 13-9 record in singles play and 10-10 in doubles. Balasa is one of two juniors on the Knights, leading the inexperienced roster with classmate Vanessa Petrini. CONOR ALWELL, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER a strong competitor in both singles and doubles.” Balasa has dedicated much of her summer to being even better this season, she said. “I spent the majority of my summer working on getting fitter, getting stronger and getting faster, and hopefully that’ll show on the tennis court this upcoming year,” Balasa said.
Balasa came to the Banks from nearby East Brunswick. She was a four-star recruit and ranked the No. 2 New Jersey prospect in her class. Balasa ultimately decided to stay close to home because of her family. “My older sister went here, and I always looked up to her,” Balasa said. “It’s good being close to home, especially now
because you get older and you realize you want to be near your family. They’re so close, so it’s nice to know I’ll always be there for them and they’ll always be there for me.” Top New Jersey tennis prospects noticed Balasa’s decision to attend Rutgers, and she has had an impact on the team’s recruiting years later, Bucca said.
“When she committed to attend Rutgers, it began a trend that has now been for the third year in a row … of us attracting some of the best New Jersey talent,” Bucca said. “Stef staying local was really great for our program, and her presence on the team has had an impact in attracting other really high-quality N.J. players.”
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“He understands he’s a mature player. He knows that he needs to do more for us.” — Head coach Dan Donigan on forward J.P. Correa
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
FOOTBALL RUTGERS 23, USF 13
Sophomore running back Jawan Jamison evades South Florida linebacker DeDe Lattimore on one of his career-high 41 carries for 151 yards. In his fourth straight 100-yard rushing game, Jamsion earned a big chunk of his yards on a fourth quarter 41-yard touchdown run, the game’s final score. ALEXANDER VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BULL RUSHED Jamison leads RU ground attack with 151 yards as Knights top South Florida BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
TAMPA — Along with contending with South Florida in its Big East opener, the
Rutgers football team found itself in a battle with noise. The 44,219 in attendance at Raymond James Stadium provided enough of it, but the only sounds that mattered came from the game’s officiating crew. Whistles halted plays on the Scarlet Knights yesterday a season-high-tying 11 times, and the only reprieve came on the final horn, when they outlasted the Bulls, 23-13. “False starts have nothing to do with tired legs,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “We have
to improve in that statistic. That is the one glaring statistic that I know we can be a lot better in 10 days [at Arkansas].” Two calls stretched a South Florida (2-1, 01) drive that resulted in a fourth-quarter touchdown. Another on sophomore left tackle Kaleb Johnson cut short a Knights (3-0, 10) drive on the previous possession that found Bulls territory. Penalties negated first-down runs by sophomore running back Jawan Jamison changed
the complexion of first-half drives and left the Knights with their lowest first-half point total since Nov. 5 — also against USF. But Jamison’s 41-yard touchdown run with 1:19 left provided the finishing touches in a game that lacked them. His 41 carries were school and career highs. Flood said he anticipated Jamison touching the ball 35 times. He never antici-
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WOMEN’S SOCCER KNIGHTS AIM TO END EARLY SCORING PROBLEMS
RU begins conference play with two home contests BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
For head women’s soccer coach Glenn Crooks, the 7-1 star t to the season coupled with a No. 16 national ranking for the Scarlet Knights is ever ything he could ask for. With the Knights enter taining Big East
opponents Villanova and Georgetown this weekend, Crooks understands that 7-1 record means nothing now. To the 12th-year head coach, tonight marks a new season, what he calls the “second season.” “It’s our next one,” Crooks said about beginning Big East play. “We are now on to our second season of Big East games
and it is just a dif ferent level of intensity, and I think both of these teams will bring in a lot of confidence.” For the Knights to begin Big East play 2-0, they first face a Villanova team that enters Friday night’s match at Yurcak field with a dramatic 3-2 win against La Salle under its belt.
EXTRA POINT
MLB SCORES New York (A) Boston
2 0
Oakland 0 Los Angeles (A) 6
Philadelphia Houston
4 Seattle 6 Toronto
3 8
Cleveland Texas
5 Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore
2 3
GARY NOVA
completed 23 of his 42 pass attempts for 277 yards and one score in last night’s win against South Florida. It was also his first game this season without an interception.
The Wildcats were down to La Salle, 20, in the second half, but managed to rattle of f three late-game goals, the final one coming from Villanova’s Victoria Gersh in the last 10 minutes of play. While the win represented only the second victor y on the year for the
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RUTGERS SCORES BY QUARTER FIRST QUARTER
SECOND QUARTER
THIRD QUARTER
FOURTH QUARTER
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0
RUTGERS
3
RUTGERS
10
RUTGERS
10
USF
6
USF
0
USF
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USF
7