CHARITY CUTS A New Brunswick salon held its 11th annual “Cut-A-Thon” event to benefit child burn victims. METRO, PAGE 7
YOUNG AND RECKLESS Targum columnist Erin Young defends a girl’s right to indulge in all things feminine. / OPINIONS, PAGE 10
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The Rutgers field hockey team rebounded from a 5-0 loss to UConn with a shutout win against Sacred Heart. / SPORTS, BACK
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Entrepreneurial interests rising among students Because of economy, more turn to startups as answer to job security BY HANNAH SCHROER STAFF WRITER
Zion Kim star ted his first business E-Z Greek out of a shared storefront in downtown New Brunswick at the end of his sophomore year. Kim, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said starting the company, which sells fraternity and sorority clothing and merchandise, was a matter of opportunity and trial and error. When he star ted working with cloth and lear ning about dif ferent fabrics, Kim, who had never worked in retail before, said he unknowingly ended up in high-end fashion stores looking at designer fabrics like those seen on fashion TV shows. “I didn’t really know what I was getting into,” Kim said. LaToya Fendrick, assistant director of the Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Programs at the University, said she has seen an increasing interest in entrepreneurship in recent years reflected within the student body, as students and graduates star t their own businesses. “Because of the world recession, many individuals have found themselves unemployed [or] having dif ficulties finding a job,” Fendrick said. “This has brought back the desire of many to open their own SEE
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A REXB bus approaches a crowded College Hall bus stop on Douglass campus. Director of the Department of Transportation Services Jack Molenaar says crowding will lessen in the coming weeks. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Director addresses early bus issues BY ADAM UZIALKO CORRESPONDENT
As the primary mode of transportation for many students, University buses have been subject to a lot of criticism, as well as praise, from the student body. Jack Molenaar, director of the Depar tment of Transpor tation Ser vices, said much of the criticism, which revolves around overcrowding and delays, is unwarranted.
“At the beginning of every semester the buses are always a little more crowded, just like the dining halls and everything else,” he said. Molenaar said students are still busy finding their way around and getting accustomed to their schedules, which makes transportation chaotic early on in the semester. “We actually have more buses on at the beginning of every semester than we do at other times,” he said. To better serve the student population, Molenaar said Transportation Services also
increased the amount of hours that buses stay on their routes. The running hours of the LX, B, and REXL routes were extended to accommodate new influxes on the Livingston campus because of the newly finished apartments, he said. Kyle Herda, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said he was dissatisfied with the buses and has been late to classes because of them. “I feel like it’s not managed very well,” he said. “Far more often than not, I’ll see three SEE
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Dining Services offers reusable takeout bags, reduces waste BY JULIAN MODESTO STAFF WRITER
In an ef for t to reduce the amount of plastic bags used when ser ving students food at takeout, University Dining Ser vices gave out black canvas reusable bags for free at the start of the semester, but is now charging $1 per bag. More than 1.5 million plastic bags were handed out through takeout at the dining halls last year alone, according to the Dining Services website. “We’ve had a lot of concern by students that the plastic bags are not environmentally sound as far as the choice for carr y out,” said Joseph Charette, executive director of Dining Services.
While the bags were originally given out for free, a fee has been added for those who choose to reduce the use of plastic bags. “In the long run, yes, the bags are about $1 a piece so it’s definitely going to cost less for the University,” Charette said. Dining Services has given away free items in the past, such as reusable water bottles and now reusable bags, he said. Charette said he began to get more students who strongly suggested Dining Services eliminate the use of plastic bags completely, he said. “In takeout, there are a lot of pieces to take back with you, and we thought students would have SEE
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University Dining Services distributed free black canvas reusable bags for takeout at the campus dining halls. Dining Services now offers the bags for $1 each. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Tuesday, Sept. 18 Students can stop by Career and Interview Center in the Busch Campus Center at noon to learn “All About Internships.” To register, RSVP online through CareerKnight or email careerservices@echo.rutgers.edu.
Wednesday, Sept. 19 George Washington University Professor Dave Karpf talks about changes in the political interest group system through his new book “The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy.” The event takes place at 4 p.m. at the Wood Lawn Mansion at 191 Ryders Lane in New Brunswick. The lecture is sponsored by the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
Thursday, Sept. 20 The fourth annual “Postdoc Appreciation Day Symposium” takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the West Lecture Hall of UMDNJRobert Wood Johnson Medical School. The symposium includes the chance to view the work of postdocs, attend career panels and network with researchers. Register for free online at pdanj.appspot.com/symposium.html.
Monday, Sept. 24 The Rutgers University Debate Union debates whether the United States should call for a Constitutional Convention at 8 p.m. at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center.
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT In “Man arrested after harassing student on bus,” The Daily Targum erroneously stated that suspect Errinson Medrano was arrested on a New Jersey Transit bus. New Jersey Transit does not run a New Brunswick to New York City line — the suspect was instead found exposed on a Suburban Transit Coach USA bus. The article “SouperVan provides food, work through social enterprise,” misstated that Elijah’s Promise used $5,000 to provide 10,000 meals to the homeless. Instead, SouperVan and Rutgers Against Hunger gave $2,500 to Elijah’s Promise, which then provided 5,000 meals to the homeless. The same article incorrectly states that the SouperVan donates excess materials to Cook campus farms. Instead, the food truck’s locally sourced food comes from Cook campus farms. The article also misstates that 6,000 instead of 600,000 people die from heart disease a year. The Metro story “NJ senator speaks at U. for National Hispanic Heritage Month” misstated that U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez sponsors the Opportunity Scholarship Act. OSA is instead a piece of New Jersey state legislation sponsored by N.J. Sen. Joe Kyrillos.
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World Soil Solutions director links company goals with U. BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU STAFF WRITER
Because many places around the world use chemical fertilizers for better crop yields, World Soil Solutions LLC plans to use a more sustainable solution for the world’s hunger crisis. Gregory O’Reilly, director at World Soil Solutions and a University alumnus, said chemical fertilizers cause diminished food quality, reduced yields and an increasing resistance to various types of pathogens, pests and disease. “There is a global paradigm shift taking place from conventional petro-chemical based fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides toward biological solutions,” said O’Reilly, who graduated in 1989. The company, which has been in business for one-and-a-half years, deals in advanced microbial soil amendment product technologies, which contains about 30 different strains of bacteria and fungi, or microbes, said Wells Hampton, one of the eight shareholders of the company. “There’s no question that the major trend in agriculture today is toward the reduction or elimination of chemical fertilizers, which is made of petroleum and harms the soil,” Hampton said. “These microbes are the only way the world can deal with the food problem.” O’Reilly said the Arizona-based company has reached out to the University for corporate-sponsored research that allows faculty and students to understand these advanced technologies and contribute to the global commercialization of the product. “Microbes are very promising with regards to improving crop yields, reducing the requirement for chemical based fertilizers, and improving the nutritional profile of food, restoring soil health and remediating toxic residues of soil,” O’Reilly said. Recent scientific discoveries have focused on consortia, a community of microbes, and how multiple species can be combined synergistically to provide
holistic health benefits for the plants, O’Reilly said. Hampton said the yields in third-world countries are very low, especially because people cut down rainforests to grow crops for about three or five years in a process called slashand-burn. “What it’s doing is when you cut the forest down, initially you get very good crop soils, but it doesn’t take very long before the soil is completely deteriorated and is no longer productive,” Hampton said. “Then they cut more forests and deplete more soils while the used soil is sitting there doing nothing because there are no nutrients in it.” The company is working with Thomas Orton, a professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology and an extension specialist. Trials are taking place in Bridgeton on bell peppers and tomatoes, O’Reilly said. “We’re benefitting in that it helps us learn more about the microbes, whatever we learn will have some impact regarding the plant testing, if it does work we will recommend it to our practitioners in the state,” said Orton, who teaches “Plant Breeding,” and “Advanced Plant Breeding,” in the spring. Orton said the company is interested in the University’s research on certain horticultural plants. “The results will be made available to them and if they agree to everybody. The product is a sort of microbial mixture that has been demonstrated to associate with plants and have some benefits to them,” Orton said. O’Reilly said the University’s agricultural program and its extension research center are vital resources his company could use to advance agricultural technology. “Being a Rutgers alumnus, we are looking at Rutgers and working with Rutgers to better understand the overall benefits of these emerging microbial technologies,” he said. “Rutgers’ agricultural research is widely respected and will be shared with World Soil Solutions researchers in the
Gregory O’Reilly, a University alumnus, is working with the University’s agricultural program and its extension center to advance agricultural technology. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ENRICO CABREDO Dominican Republic, China, South America and elsewhere.” The company’s developed solution is either laid down with the seed or, in some cases, mixed with the water used in drip irrigation. It is also used in a process known as foliar, which involves spraying a mist of the product over the foliage of the plants, which in turn absorbs it and then goes into the soil, Hampton said. Hampton said the data is beneficial to the University and the students in supporting the University’s database, building the reputation of the University and providing work for the students and the additional knowledge that they can attain. The results of the trials go global, Hampton said. The data will be disseminated as part of the company’s marketing effort and in educating people in the agricultural business around the world.
“The biggest benefit is that this allows the students to be involved and learn more about this whole new wave of activity in agriculture, and be on the frontlines of the learning trend which will be worldwide soon after,” Hampton said. The environment also benefits from these products as well, he said. The products supercharge the soil with microbes that chemical fertilizers killed off and reduce the relationship between the plants and the soil. “When it rains, the runoff from fertilizers go into streams and eventually into the ocean. If you look at the Gulf of Mexico, there’s a dead zone of about 6,000 square miles, a result of these bad chemicals flowing into the Mississippi River, killing fish and plant life throughout,” Hampton said. Hampton said plants suffered no negative implications
when the product was applied to them. “You can’t harm the soil or the plants if you [add] too much of our products, unlike chemical fertilizers which will burn the plants,” he said. Hampton said the company was formed in a humanitarian effort. “Many of us have long and successful business careers, and this is the best opportunity we’ve had to help humanity and make our contribution to solve the problem of world hunger,” he said. This emerging segment in agriculture also potentially offers attractive employment opportunities for University students and graduates, O’Reilly said. “The global agricultural industry is at the forefront of what may very well prove to be the most dramatic shift in agricultural practices since the advent of chemical fertilizers in the mid-20th century,” O’Reilly said.
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ISSUES Molenaar says department tickets cars to encourage student bus riding CONTINUED FROM FRONT or four of the same buses pull up in a row.” Herda said while waiting for those buses, he has had to wait up to 30 minutes for the route he needed. “I was 20 minutes late last week to one class along with a couple other students, and that just shouldn’t happen,” he said. Herda said even though he understands how traffic plays a role in the timeliness of public transportation, there is no excuse for the way buses often bunch up at specific locations. “At Rockoff Hall with the EE, I’ve seen buses sit there 15 to 20
minutes and then make two more stops and wait 15 to 20 minutes at Passion Puddle,” he said. Molenaar said aside from getting students to class on time, one of the goals of the transportation system is to reduce the number of cars on the road and provide incentives for students to park and ride the bus. “That’s why we issue tickets,” he said. Molenaar said ticketing serves to encourage students to buy permits, park in assigned lots and campuses as well as support the University’s bussing system. The parking system, which was fine tuned in 2005, was suc-
cessful in reducing traffic on College Avenue by 30 percent, Molenaar said. “We have the analysis to back up the fact that not only does it reduce traffic but it also reduces demand of parking,” he said. Raymond Lewis, a Rutgers Business School junior, said he thinks the buses have dramatically improved since last year. “They’re much more efficient, much less crowded, and it’s a lot less hectic,” Lewis said. He said the only time he finds himself struggling to get to class on time is during rush hour when traffic is at its heaviest. Lewis said he used to avoid the buses altogether for recreational activities last year, but now he’s much more willing to use them on his own time to get to other campuses. “Now I’ll use them to go play intramurals and stuff, or meet people on other campuses if I want to
go to a different dining hall than Brower or something,” he said. Molenaar said students were able to park in multiple campuses in the past, but the system led to problems concerning the amount of spaces that would constantly be occupied. Now, a student can only take up one spot on a specific campus, a change that has reduced the demand to build additional lots and parking decks on campus, he said. “Our enrollment [at the University] has gone up, we’ve added more buses and we haven’t had to build more parking,” he said. Molenaar said reducing the demand of parking directly affects students because if more decks had to be built, the cost would be passed down to the students. He said the cheapest option, for both the department and students, would be to adopt biking as the primary option for transportation.
BAGS Gravatt says program helps reduce waste at the University CONTINUED FROM FRONT a lot of trouble getting it back to their rooms or wherever they may be eating, so we wanted to find something reusable,” he said. The money to pay for the bags comes from the department’s budget for supplies, which is normally used for take out materials, including napkins, plastic utensils and plastic bags, Charette said. If students remember to use the reusable bags, he said the program would show a significant reduction in Dining Ser vices’ total purchase and consumption of plastic bags in less than one year. “We’re going to be encouraging our students [to use the reusable bags] with student groups and signage … so we’re not constantly giving out plastic bags,” he said. In addition to the reduction in waste and costs by the University, Dining Services has remained aware of its carbon emissions. “Dining Services has contributed greatly to reducing the carbon footprint at the University,” said Dianne Gravatt, director of Facilities Management at the University. Students throw so many water bottles and plastic bags away in the trash each year, she said. By providing reusable liquid containers and tote bags, students can help save while adopting greener alternatives. “One of the biggest contaminants in the environment is plastic bags,” Gravatt said. “[Plastic bags] not only harm the environment, but also the animals because they never biodegrade.” If it were up to him, Charette said people would not use any disposables. “Even with the bag, people are using something to hold their food and their beverages, [as in] straws and lids, and they’re taking a variety of items that need to be either recycled, composted or go to a landfill,” Charette said. He said he hopes Dining Ser vices is allowing students to make sound decisions with the materials provided for them. “Ever yone ever ywhere has to have some consciousness about the choices they make,” Charette said. Collen Thiersh, a School of Engineering junior, is happy Dining Services chose to offer reusable bags for takeout. “I think the reusable bags at takeout are a really clever idea,” she said. “The people I live with in our suite, we keep them all right next to the door, so whenever anyone’s going to go get takeout, we just bring them along and save a plastic bag.”
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State senators discuss increasing minimum wage Democrats in the N.J. Senate are considering letting voters decide if they want to change the state’s constitution to provide for a higher minimum wage. Senate leaders are discussing the addition of a constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2013, which would allow them to get around Gov. Chris Christie, who thinks an increase could
impact business in the state, according to The Star-Ledger. “We really need to look at the economic impact of the proposal on employees as well as employers,” State Sen. Paul Sarlo, DBergen, told The Star-Ledger. “The policies of this administration have not helped the economy rebound.” A bill that would increase the current minimum wage from
INTERESTS Kim says mistakes are necessary to learn from during business ventures CONTINUED FROM FRONT venture ... people want to work on their own terms and be able to use their own creativity as opposed to working for a corporation.” Fendrick said the goal of the program was to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to seize any opportunity to advance their professional careers inside or outside of a corporate setting. John Moon, who founded KnightTask, an online platform that connects University students and helps them find assistance with day-to-day tasks, said the entrepreneurship program provides basic information and resources so that students are encouraged to act on new ideas they might have. “Everything is hard in life, but just because it’s difficult doesn’t mean it’s impossible,”
said Moon, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. He said he reached out to brothers in his business fraternity for advice when coming up with the idea for KnightTask at the end of the spring semester. After a fraternity brother told him about a similar product located on the West Coast, Moon said he had to reassess his existing model. “You have to improve [the idea], or there’s no purpose for your product. It doesn’t add any value,” Moon said. While he said competition is good because it makes companies strive for stronger products, Moon thinks support and positive criticism are also important to develop ideas. Kim began working with JuiceTank, a company that provides startups and small businesses with office space and mentoring, and co-founded New
$7.25 to $8.50 is currently stalled in the Senate. The bill proposes to raise the wage based on inflation in future years, according to The Star-Ledger. Christie promised to veto the bill, saying the automatic annual raise of minimum wage is enough. But he has not mentioned if he would sign it if that clause were excluded, according to The Star-Ledger.
Sarlo, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said allowing voters a referendum to write the increase into New Jersey’s constitution could delay implementing the hike for economic recovery. “No doubt about it, a little delay would be a good thing,” he told The Star-Ledger. But others think minimum wage should be raised as soon as possible.
“It’s another black eye for the Legislature that you can’t get something so basic as a minimum wage increase to the governor’s desk,” Assemblyman Joe Cr yan, D-Union, told The Star-Ledger. “It just shows the lack of empathy we have for what’s going on in the real world. … We have been hijacked by the conser vative wing of the Democratic Party.”
Jersey’s largest co-working space, the JuiceTank Innovation Lab, he said. The lab, which provides subsidized office space and offers all the perks of a personal office, such as coffee, Internet access and conference rooms, sets itself apar t by of fering mentorship to help people save steps and avoid mistakes. “Someone like me could have avoided those mistakes if [they] had a mentor,” he said. Kim said the University’s entrepreneurship classes expose students to professors who can share their firsthand experience and make the student’s life easier. The classes introduce students to the idea of entrepreneurship, giving them the ability to organize and plan out their business strategy, he said. “At the same time, nothing ever goes the way you plan it — especially in business,” Kim said, adding that entrepreneurs can never calculate enough to account for all the external factors. Kim said he sees a trend toward entrepreneurship and working for startups rather than
joining corporations out of college, a trend he partly attributes to doubt stemming from the 2008 economic crash. “I think the mindset from having to be corporate or from having to join another company to have some kind of security in your life is more and more being dissolved,” he said. Moon said innovation and entrepreneurship are becoming more popular because of this generation’s independent streak and desire to see the outcome of their work. Moon said star tups have a looser str ucture and more communication than large companies, making them more ef fective and adaptable. “You have to do everything [in a startup],” Moon said. Kim said workers in corporations are separated into departments and work on different floors doing specialized tasks. “You would call that working on teams, but you’re really not,” he said. Kim said co-working space promotes collaboration because, while you never know what ideas can be put into the discussion and what the
outcomes will be, the results are almost always better when people build each other up with positive criticism. “America and capitalism in general have always promoted individualism and cutthroat competition, but that’s not to say that two companies can’t be friends and help each other out,” Kim said, pointing out that Microsoft helped Apple avoid bankruptcy when it was going under. “People are meant to work together,” he said. Moon said people grow up being told what to do and how to do it, which leaves them with the mindset that if they fail, they will have wasted their time. “If you’re afraid to create something radical, you won’t do anything,” Moon said. Kim said people can learn faster and get more out of your ef for ts once you realize that mistakes only show you how not to do something, not that you fail. “Making mistakes isn’t a bad thing. If anything, it’s one of the most glorious things you can do,” Kim said.
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IN BRIEF SENATOR LAUTENBERG CRITICIZES PAUL RYAN’S BUDGET PLAN U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg criticized Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s budget proposals on the Senate floor Wednesday, saying Ryan’s plan only benefits the wealthiest Americans. “Those proposals cut taxes for the rich, raise taxes on the middle class while abandoning the sick, our poor and our children,” Lautenberg said in a video from his speech Wednesday on the State House floor in Trenton. Ryan proposes a change in the taxation system, which currently has six brackets for individuals and a top rate of 35 percent for the richest bracket, according to Ryan’s 2012 budget proposal, “A Path To Prosperity.” Under Ryan’s plan, the system would be reduced to two brackets of 10 and 25 percent. Citizens who have relied on capital gains and investments for most of their income, such as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, would be required to pay a very low percentage of income taxes under Ryan’s 2010 budget proposal, according to factcheck.org “Maybe that’s why they call him ‘Lying Ryan,’” Lautenberg said.
Video brings concerns to Romney’s camp THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Already scrambling to steady a struggling campaign, Republican Mitt Romney confronted a new headache Monday after a video sur faced showing him telling wealthy donors that almost half of all Americans “believe they are victims” entitled to extensive gover nment suppor t. He added that as a candidate for the White House, “my job is not to worr y about those people.” President Barack Obama’s campaign quickly seized on the video, obtained by the magazine Mother Jones and made public on a day that Romney’s campaign conceded it needed a change in campaign strategy to gain momentum in the presidential race. “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what,” Romney is shown saying in a video posted online by the magazine. “There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them,
Mitt Romney, presidential hopeful, was found on tape saying he is not worried about some Americans. GETTY IMAGES who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it.” “Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax,” Romney said. Romney said his role “is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” Romney’s campaign did not dispute the authenticity of the video, instead releasing a statement seeking to clarify his remarks. “Mitt Romney wants to help all Americans struggling in the Obama economy,” spokeswoman
Gail Gitcho said. “He is concerned about the growing number of people who are dependent on the federal government.” About 46 percent of Americans owed no federal income tax in 2011, although many of them paid other forms of taxes. More than 16 million elderly Americans avoid federal income taxes solely because of tax breaks that apply only to seniors, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. Obama’s campaign called the video “shocking.” “It’s hard to serve as president for all Americans when
you’ve disdainfully written off half the nation,” Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a statement. The private remarks are the latest in a string of comments from the multimillionaire Republican businessman whom Democrats have criticized as out of touch. During the primary campaign, Romney insisted that he was “not concerned” about the very poor, said he knew what it felt like to worry about being “pink-slipped,” and said that his wife drove a “couple of Cadillacs.” Aides to Obama’s campaign said the latest video would help them continue to make the case that Romney doesn’t understand the concerns of average Americans. Voters say they believe Obama has a better understanding of their problems and concerns than Romney does. A CBS/New York Times poll showed 60 percent of likely voters said Obama understands the needs and problems of people like them, while 37 percent said he did not. For Romney, the same question found that 46 percent felt he did understand people’s needs, 48 percent said he didn’t.
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Local salon donates proceeds to benefit burn victims BY ALEX MEIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
While normally closed on Mondays, Indigo Hair Salon stayed open yesterday for its 11th annual charitable event, the “Cut-A-Thon,” in which it raised $2,173 for the James D’heron Memorial Foundation. “We do a ‘Cut-A-Thon’ every year,” said Olivia Fenrow Indigo Hair Salon owner and co-organizer of the “Cut-A-Thon.” “We started in 2001 and give to a different charity every year. [In 2001] we did it for the American Red Cross.” Dozens of customers crowded the salon, located on 354 George St., for the 11 a.m. opening, where they were greeted with royal blue balloons and platters of pastries. The event lasted until 7 p.m. The salon offered patrons $23 haircuts, $25 Brazilian waxes, $6 eyebrow contouring and $6 lip waxes. Tickets for a raffle of sunglasses were also available. The James D’heron Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in New Brunswick that benefits child burn victims, received all proceeds. The salon originally aimed to raise $4,000 for the foundation. “We really like working with them, we think it’s a really good charity for kids. We actually know [Erin Varga, founder of the organization] and all the work
that she does with the charity,” she said. “It’s really nice to help out, seeing how passionate [Varga] is about her charity.” Varga star ted the organization in honor of her father, James D’heron. Once Deputy Chief of the New Brunswick Fire Depar tment, D’heron died in the line of duty in 2004 while responding to a fire at a local residence, where he saved 15 sleeping residents, Fenrow said. “Our mission is to basically be a face for all of those burn survivors that aren’t in the public eye [and] to give them a voice so that people know what their stories are,” Varga said. She said the burn sur vivors in the community have benefited from the eight years of fundraising and conscience raising the James D’heron Foundation has accomplished. “[The organization has] definitely brought awareness to the community about burn survivors. [We show] the community that you can take something, a tragedy, and turn it into something positive,” Varga said. Most of the organization’s proceeds go toward children burn victims, many of which Varga said she knows personally. “I’ve had the pleasure of volunteering at a children’s burn camp,” she said. “I’ve spent quality time with a lot of these kids, so I get to actually see
where our money goes and how it affects people’s lives.” Varga said she was thrilled that her organization was this year’s featured charity for the “Cut-A-Thon.” “Being born and raised in New Brunswick, they’ve done my hair for years,” Varga said. “A few years ago, they did their first ‘CutA-Thon’ for us. They asked if this year we would want to be the recipient of that again, so of course we said yes.” Although Indigo Hair Salon is usually closed on Mondays, the entire staff still came in to work for the event. “Normally this is our day off, but who wouldn’t want to be involved in something like this?” said Melissa Filda, assistant at the salon. “This is my first ‘Cut-A-Thon,’ I star ted working here at the end of July. I think it’s a great thing that we’re doing here.” Filda said the salon’s promotional ef for ts led to a good turnout. “It’s only 11:30, and we have such a great turnout already,” Filda said. “It’s definitely going to get busier.” Kim Tran, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said it was her first time at the salon. “Well I’ve been getting my hair cut [in New Brunswick] for years now. I’ve never been to a ‘Cut-A-Thon,’ but it’s a good cause,” she said. “I’ve donated on
Olivia Fenrow, Indigo Hair Salon owner, cuts Highland Park resident Anya Sange’s hair during the 11th annual “Cut-A-Thon.” LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER their behalf, but never had the time to go here.” Varga said members of organizations such as the James D’heron Foundation are often grateful for the large impact small businesses make. “It seems that the smaller events really help us out due to the financial climate,” Varga said. “It’s easier to have a bunch
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n Sundays, I keep up with the Kardashians. On Fridays, I snuggle up to a Nicholas Sparks and a Channing Tatum movie, or both. And on Wednesdays, we wear pink. Any day of the week, I am memorizing chemical structures and prescription drug names so that one day you can show me your festering pustule and ask me to recommend an ointment. It may be hard to believe, but Kardashian and scholar are not mutually exclusive. You can like the first and be the other, yet I find myself treating my love for celebrity gossip and all things “girly” as though it were that embarrassing lover that I only met behind the bleachers ever y Friday after school. And when I do publicly discuss the latest Jolie-Pitt gossip, I can hear eyes rolling in their sockets, most of which belong to the male population. I get it. Most guys don’t understand why the Poehler-Arnett divorce feels like my own personal tragedy. They ask if it’s “even a real thing” when I tell them my favorite colors are pink and glitter. They have no idea why it’s necessary to have a shoe for every possible occasion (overthe-knee riding boots, nude kitten heel, camouflage combat boots for fulfilling equestrian dream, afternoon tea with the queen and zombie apocalypse, respectively.) I don’t expect most guys — or even many girls — to find interest in my interests. I just expect some form of mutual understanding. I don’t see why my interests are any more or less frivolous than the predominantly male interests of playing video games, ogling at dream cars and playing fantasy football. Of course, I believe that apprecia-
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tion for certain highbrow culture, such as art, literature and classical music requires higher cognitive par ticipation. However, when watching sports is laudable, but watching “The Bachelor” is laughable, I cannot quite catch the discrepancy. Whether you’re Team Tebow or Team One-F-Jef, we are all rooting for and living vicariously through an idolized stranger. Yet somehow, it is more socially acceptable to have these boyish obsessions over girlish ones.
“I get it. Most guys don’t understand why the Poehler-Arnett divorce feels like my own personal tragedy.” Oh Erin, you’re turning everything into a feminist issue, you bra-burning scoundrel. This is true, and that I am. I would like to live in a world where professional women can openly read People magazine instead of smuggling them under their skirt suits, a world where Hillary Clinton can rock a new stylin’ up-do and still have a kick-ass foreign policy, a world where Elle Woods is not the only openly girly professional I can name. We perceive interests in romantic-comedies (romcoms), fashion and celebs as just frills and fluff, created for the bored housewife or ditzy Valley girl. Yet for things that are labeled as guilty pleasures, we sure have strength in numbers. People magazine has a circulation of more than 3.5 million. We are on the seventh season of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.” There were sold out midnight showings for “The Vow.” If anything, we are in the majority, yet we feel the need to preface our interests with, “It’s a guilty pleasure, but …”
On the first day of “Intro to Screenwriting,” my professor asked everyone to name their favorite movie genre. Everyone seemed to be on first date behavior, keen to show the breadth of his or her intellect, cautious not to become that kid who everyone judged silently. “Inception” had just come out, so of course the majority of the class claimed to “really love movies that made you think.” While the rest of the class were naming psychological thrillers and quirky indie films, my inferiority complex was desperately trying to come up with a movie that didn’t star the likes of Meg Ryan or Hugh Grant. Was “The Sound of Music” still hip? “I really like rom-coms and sappy tearjerkers. ‘The Notebook’ is classic,” my professor said during his turn. We all laughed, assuming he was parodying silly teenage girls. Then we all quickly swallowed our laughter when we realized he wasn’t kidding. “I love rom-coms, too,” I felt like I was finally admitting my problem in an AA meeting, though at that point I just sounded like I was kissing up to the professor. I was now “that girl.” We feel inclined to conceal our love of rom-coms, fashion and celebrity gossip, in fear of being labeled stupid and petty. We are advised that to be taken seriously, you need to leave the girl talk at the salon. As a woman soon to enter a professional field, it’s difficult not to take this double standard personally. Caring about the latest fashion trends does not mean I care less about school and work. Reading and watching all things Nicholas Sparks will not make me a less competent pharmacist. So next time I admit to owning 100 pairs of shoes, spare me your phlegmy scoff, then take some Mucinex to clear out that mucus. Erin Young is an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy senior. Her column “Young and Restless” runs alternate Tuesdays.
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he partisanship in politics today is commonly attributed to the aggressiveness of the far right and the color of our president’s skin. I think liberals deserve part of the blame, too, seeing that a lot of them are so dismissive of the Republican Party. How often do you hear of Democrats making real efforts to work out something with their right-wing counterparts? Granted, today’s GOP is not a pleasant sight. There are the usual zealots who consider the Bible a valid legal foundation. There are the Orientalists who prefer Arab dictatorships to the Arab Spring. I didn’t have to look far though to find a Republican to admire. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is one of the best politicians in the country, party affiliation be damned. Christie’s formidable frame and personality make him an easy target for caricature, which is sad. A short temper shouldn’t be enough to write someone off as a madman, but for a lot of Democrats, it’s enough to overshadow Christie’s numerous positives. I’ll start with Christie’s personality. Christie seems like a genuinely kind man. Christie elevated himself above the rest of his party in an August interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan. Morgan asked Christie if he thought President Barack Obama was an honest man, and Christie, without a moment’s hesitation, answered with a resounding “yes.” Christie treated the question as if it were a silly one, because Christie does not equate policy disagreements with malevolent intent. Christie failed again to be predictable when Morgan asked him if he didn’t think that Obama was misleading the American public. He replied that he “generally [thought] Obama’s an honest person,” and went on to say he agreed with some of Obama’s education policy. Christie’s lack of vitriol toward our president is pretty groundbreaking for a 21st century Republican. And I’m glad Obama agrees with Christie’s education policy. Teachers unions are eroding the quality of public education in
America. Giving teachers tenure because they’ve been around long enough does not make sense, and not being able to fire tenured teachers with low performance scores makes even less sense. Christie signed a bill in August that requires N.J. teachers to “work for four years, one of which must be under a mentor, and to earn ratings of ‘effective’ or ‘highly effective’ in at least two years,” according to an article in The New York Times. It reported that while under the old tenure law, it took years for a district to fire an incompetent yet tenured teacher and would cost the state more than $100,000, the new law will give notified teachers only 105 days to fight the orders, and the state will be responsible for $7,500 maximum in legal costs. Only 20 teachers in New Jersey were fired in the last decade for inefficiency. Christie won me over for good with his Ramadan dinner speech at the Governor’s Mansion in August. Christie called out Republicans for being “bigots” for their paranoia toward Muslims. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, Christie told the Muslims present, “In many publications around this country I’m now called an Islamist. … I’ll tell you that there is a gaze of intolerance that is going around our country that is disturbing to me.” Some had criticized Christie’s defense of Imam Mohammad Qatanani in 2008, when Christie was a U.S. attorney. Qatanani had been accused of being a Hamas member, a charge that was never proven. “My view is he’s always had a very good relationship with us, and he’s a man of great goodwill,” said Christie, according to an article in New Jersey Jewish News. Hardly any Republicans demonstrate Christie’s fearless empathy for Muslims. Many also don’t share his belief that people are indeed responsible for climate change. Democrats should appreciate Christie’s common sense and courage. And it’s imperative that conservatives and liberals alike emulate Christie’s strength and decency. Sukanya Dutta is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science with minors in history and Russian literature.
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SUCCESS Quarterback turns game experience into improved statistics CONTINUED FROM BACK In his final season as a Scarlet Knight, the South Brunswick, N.J., native caught 115 passes, both school and conference records. Nova still has a deep receiving corps at his disposal. And now that Rutgers has a more proven passing game to compliment its running attack, opposing defenses have to change their approach. “I think having that two-phase game adds a lot of stress on the defense,” Wright said. “We have a lot of great running backs, we have a lot of great receivers that can get the job done.” While the Knights’ offensive line has yet to allow a single sack, head coach Kyle Flood said there is also another factor in play. “I think it’s experience in the system, and you can only get experience by playing,” Flood said. “And the most important
DEFENDER Work with club team during summer helps sophomore’s growth CONTINUED FROM BACK top five in minutes played with 873. “I’m thankful that the coaches have given me the opportunity to play,” she said. “Every time I go out there, I just work as hard as I can and hope that I get the job done.” While Kennedy has played extensively at center back, Crooks admits the position was not completely hers as the Knights entered training camp. “Honestly, there was some competition this year at that position at the beginning,” Crooks said. “And early on her and [senior] Shannon [Woeller] developed a great relationship, and it didn’t take long for Morgan to secure that spot.” Kennedy is thankful to have an experienced player like Woeller playing alongside her in the back four. Woeller leads the team in minutes played this season with 913 and has rarely come off the field. The team captain has been a constant presence in the Knights lineup since her freshman year. “Shannon is awesome,” Kennedy said. “She is always teaching me new things, and if I am ever struggling through a game she is always giving me advice. She is always there for me to learn from her example.” Though having a veteran like Woeller is beneficial, Kennedy’s success can also be attributed to her work with her club team. Kennedy played in the Player Development Academy, a soccer club based out of Somerset, N.J., that allows her to play throughout the summer. She has played for the club since she was in seventh grade against some of the best players in the area, she said. With both South Florida and No. 24 Marquette on the home schedule this weekend, the young defender sees potential for the Knights to break the current losing skid.
SPORTS PAGE 13 experiences you get, even though practice is really important … are going to be in the game in the live fire against all your competition.” Nova credits his offseason work with his improved game play. One of his very visible issues last season was turnovers. In 10 appearances last season and five starts, Nova threw nine interceptions, two more than now-backup Chas Dodd, who attempted 18 more passes. Instead of getting rid of the ball, Nova had a habit of tr ying to force a pass into a receiver, he said. “In high school, I never had to deal with [throwing the ball away],” Nova said. “Last year, I tried to make every play I could. In the summer, I would literally practice throwing the ball away.” Wright said a lot of it also has to do with reading defenses. But when it comes down to it, the main goal is his execution. “When that game time comes, we just have to step up, and we all have to play on the same level,” Wright said. “If we do that, there’s no stopping us.”
VICTORY Knights suffer defeat in conference opener against No. 5 UConn CONTINUED FROM BACK
Senior wide receiver Tim Wright attempts to haul in a pass at South Florida. ALEX VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
(4-2) goalkeeper Mary Altepeter to give the Knights (4-4) a 2-0 edge. “Since our first scrimmage we got so much better,” Rouh said. “We are more comfortable with each other on the field and we know our spots and skills to use, and it gets better every day.” In the game against No. 5 UConn, the Huskies forced Rutgers onto the wrong end of a shutout in their 5-0 victory, outshooting the Knights, 25-8. “I’ve said it before that we are really just looking to compete with the best this season, and in the first half of the UConn game we were dominating,” said head coach Meredith Long. “They got a corner attack penalty early in the first period and capitalized on it, but after that for the next probably 30 minutes we just absolutely dominated the game.”
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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK DEFENSE ADDS TO TAKEAWAY COLLECTION
TENNIS
Assistant offers program perspective, experience BY MIKE MORTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Junior cornerback Logan Ryan is third on the team in tackles through three games after finishing No. 3 a season ago in the category. ALEX VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
It is not unusual that assistant coaches, often times some of the most important and hardest working cogs, are people outsiders have never heard of. Rutgers head tennis coach Ben Bucca said assistant coach Hilary Ritchie is deserving of praise. Ritchie enters her third year as a Scarlet Knights assistant. Before arriving at Rutgers, Ritchie played Division I tennis at Colorado State and Iowa. After graduating from Colorado State in 2008, she became a graduate assistant coach at St. Lawrence University, a Division III school in Canton, N.Y. “I found the job at St. Lawrence, and part of that was getting your masters and part of that was coaching them on the women’s tennis team,” Ritchie said. “I really fell in love with college coaching from that program.” Bucca believes the experience Ritchie has accumulated in such a short time is part of the reason she has been so successful. “She brings a great sense of experience in the context that she was a Division I tennis player,” Bucca said. “She was quite accomplished as both a singles and a doubles player.” Ritchie recorded a 22-2 record in No. 1 doubles and an 18-11 first
singles record during her senior year at Colorado State She was a two-time AllMountain West honoree in singles and doubles with the Rams. Before transferring to Colorado State, Ritchie recorded a 37-25 record in doubles for Iowa. Ritchie believes her youth have an impact on her ability to relate to and coach the team. “I am still pretty recently removed from competing and being in college so sometimes I am able to sympathize and understand what they’re going through,” Ritchie said. Bucca said hiring Ritchie was an easy decision. “I liked Hilary from the first conversation I had with her,” Bucca said. “I had the sense that she’d be a very positive coach and bring good insight into coaching these young women. It turns out my instincts were correct.” Ritchie’s main responsibility on the team is coaching and working with the players on the court to try to maximize their potential, Bucca said. But Ritchie has also taken on added duties that include recruiting and administrative work, Bucca said. Bucca has confidence that Ritchie will only become a better coach as she moves on. “I know that one day,” he said, “if she chooses to make coaching her career … she’s going to be an outstanding Division I college tennis coach.”
Big plays remain for taking BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
Logan Ryan considers the cornerback’s role in run defense like a chess piece. “You have to know your role,” Ryan said, “and you have to know your position.” The Rutgers football team’s junior cornerback was part of a secondar y that appeared several moves ahead Thursday of South Florida, accounting for three of the Scarlet Knights’ four takeaways. But the unit knows it could have added more after tripling its turnover total against the Bulls. “We can’t leave them on the field,” Ryan said. “We have to finish those plays. That starts with me and goes to everybody else. It’s something we can improve on.” Ryan had an opportunity to earn his first interception of the season Thursday, but he could not hold on. Senior cornerback Marcus Cooper’s aerial attempt ended with a deflection that found the hands of a South Florida receiver. And USF wide receiver Andre Davis wrestled away senior free safety Duron Harmon’s would-be interception on a jump ball. “You have to, when you look at any game, look at what are the things that helped you win or lose the game, and for us last week it was helping us win the game,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “But you also have to be critical of what you did and say, ‘OK, what are the things we did in that game that could have cost us?’”
The Knights’ run defense likely did not fall under that category. Rutgers allowed only 95 yards on the ground against USF and gave up only 3.3 yards per carry. Ryan continues to play a major role against the run, contributing nine tackles at USF en route to a third-best 20 stops on the season. Part of Ryan’s opportunities stem from his position on the boundary, where he is generally closer to the ball. But another is Ryan’s desire to be “the greatest cornerback ever,” Harmon said. “I like to be around the ball,” Ryan said. “I like to fly around and play hard. … I’m going to find a way to get in on each and every tackle if possible.” The Knights’ scheme, which requires corners to play a role in run defense, help’s Ryan’s cause. Ryan posted 67 tackles last season, good for third on the team. New England Patriots cornerback and former Knight Devin McCourty, who mentored Ryan as a freshman, recorded 80 tackles in 2009 at corner. “[Ryan is] aggressive, physical,” said senior corner Brandon Jones. “We do take a lot of pride in being that edge to the defense and turning it back to the cavalry and letting other guys make plays, as well.”
FLOOD
SAID HE WILL MAKE
a decision on sophomore running back Savon Huggins’ status for Saturday’s game at Arkansas later in the week. Huggins continues to nurse a lower body injury he suffered Sept. 8 against Howard. He did not play Thursday at South Florida, paving
the way for sophomore Jawan Jamison’s school-record 41 carries. But Flood said redshirt freshman Paul James, who suffered a lower body injury during training camp, could see his first career playing time. James was limited following an injury he suffered during the team’s final preseason scrimmage. “He’s been out running around with us a little more,” Flood said, “and we think he’ll have some availability for us on Saturday.” James walked on last season after finishing his career at Glassboro High School (N.J.) as the program’s second-leading rusher in school history. Junior right guard Andre Civil’s status, meanwhile, continues to improve after he practiced Sunday night, Flood said. Civil missed the USF game and left the Howard contest early because of injury.
BECAUSE OF THE KNIGHTS’ Thursday kickoff at South Florida, they now enjoy two extra days of preparation for Arkansas. The Razorbacks boast senior quarterback Tyler Wilson, who missed their game Saturday against No. 1 Alabama because of a concussion. Flood called Wilson an elite quarterback “just on physical talent alone.” “Extra preparation is always a positive,” Flood said. “Ultimately, will it turn it into a win for us? We won’t find out until next Saturday, but we did have a practice yesterday, which was a little different than what our normal practice would be.”
Head coach Ben Bucca praised assistant Hilary Ritchie, left, for her collegiate tennis background. ANASTASIA MILLICKER / FILE PHOTO
LEARNING CURVE Rutgers head tennis coach Ben Bucca points to assistant coach Hilary Ritchie’s ability to connect with players as an asset to the program. / PAGE 15
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MISLEADING OUTCOME Meredith Long, the Rutgers head field hockey coach, said the team dominated No. 5 Connecticut despite the Knights’ 5-0 loss Saturday in Storrs, Conn. / PAGE 13
MORE TO BE DESIRED Several takeaway opportunities remained on the field in the Rutgers football team’s latest win. / PAGE 15
SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’m going to find a way to get in on each and every tackle if possible.” — Cornerback Logan Ryan on approach to run defense
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
FOOTBALL
FIELD HOCKEY RUTGERS 5, SACRED HEART 0
Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova had his best game this year at South Florida. ALEX VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Preparation yields success for sophomore BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
In the first two games of the season, sophomore quarterback Gary Nova’s performance got the job done. His numbers were not dazzling, with only 144 passing yards and 13 completions per game. But he earned wins nonetheless. The Rutgers football team’s victor y against Big East opponent South Florida on Thursday changed all of that. Nova completed 23 passes — eight more than his previous season high — for 287 yards, which were also well beyond his highest mark of the season. It was also the first game this season in which he did not suffer an interception. Senior wide receiver Tim Wright, the major benefactor of the improved performance with eight catches for 125 yards, believes Nova felt more comfortable. “A lot of that comes from trusting in his linemen to give him that time,” Wright said. “Because in the past there were times where there wasn’t that much time for him to go through his progressions, so he felt obligated to throw it to his first or second read as fast as he can.” In Nova’s first season, his main receiver, now-Cincinnati Bengal Mohamed Sanu, may have had something to do with that. SEE
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Junior forward Danielle Freshnock recorded the final goal in the Knights’ 5-0 victory Sunday against Sacred Heart during the 65th minute for her third goal on the season. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR / OCTOBER 2011
Rutgers enjoys clean sheet in victory BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers field hockey team concluded its four-game road stretch this weekend, tallying a win and a loss. The Scarlet Knights started the weekend taking on Big East rival Connecticut and followed with Sacred Heart.
The Knights held Sacred Heart scoreless in their 5-0 triumph to record their second shutout of the season. Rutgers’ defense allowed only six shots from the Pioneers, while the Knights recorded 23 shots of their own. Second-half goals from senior forward Cornelia Duffin and junior forward Danielle Freshnock sealed the game for the Knights, giving the team a 5-0 advantage.
Denver (NFL) Atlanta (NFL)
21 27
Tampa Bay New York (NFC)
34 41
Philadelphia New York
3 1
Atlanta Miami
7 5
Boston Tampa Bay
5 2
Detroit Chicago
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WOMEN’S SOCCER KENNEDY BENEFITS FROM SENIOR’S LEADERSHIP
Coach sees consistency in RU defender BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
While the Rutgers women’s soccer team’s offense has been less than spectacular in its past two games, the squad has combated that with solid defense. The Scarlet Knights allowed only seven shots against Villanova in the Wildcats’ 2-1 overtime victory, and although Georgetown produced 15 shots, none were severe threats
besides the lone goal scored in the second half against the Hoyas. Two players have led a Knights defense this season that has produced five shutouts and kept Rutgers in games despite its lack of first-half scoring. Sophomore defender Morgan Kennedy, who has been reliable all season in the back, is one of those players. Head coach Glenn Crooks recognizes her efforts.
EXTRA POINT
PRO SPORTS SCORES
Freshman midfielder Katie Champion registered her first points and goal of the season when she drove the ball into the cage to put the Knights up, 3-0. After a goal from freshman midfielder Alyssa Bull put the Knights up, 1-0, Rouh drove up the field and scored a goal past Pioneers
CARLIE ROUH tied her season high with five shots in the Rutgers field hockey team’s 5-0 win Sunday at Sacred Heart. The Scarlet Knights also tied their season-best with 25 shots in the contest.
“She has been consistent,” Crooks said. “Her possession has gotten better and she is very difficult to get behind.” Kennedy played in 19 games last year as a freshman, recording seven starts and averaging 60 minutes for the Knights, mostly in a reserve role. The Wall, N.J., native star ted all 10 games this season and is among the SEE
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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR WOMEN’S GOLF
TENNIS
FIELD HOCKEY
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Yale Intercollegiate
Brown Invitational
vs. Syracuse
vs. South Florida
Friday New Haven, Conn.
Friday Providence, R.I.
Friday, 3 p.m. Bauer Track and Field Complex
Friday, 7 p.m. Yurcak Field