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Students volunteer in city for service day Scarlet Day of Service attracts 400 campus volunteers for 19 causes BY SHAWN SMITH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
More than 400 students lined up at the Rutgers Student Center early Saturday morning to go out and volunteer during the Scarlet Day of Service. The University’s Student Affairs department sent the volunteers to 19 different locations around New Brunswick to help with everything from painting fences to packaging food, said Matt Zielinski, a Residence Hall Association program coordinator. Students volunteered alone or as part of a group. Community service fraternities like Delta Sigma Iota and Alpha Phi Omega were in attendance, as were entire floors from some residence halls led by their Residence Assistants. Groups went to Buccleuch Park, the Ronald McDonald House and also cleaned the streets of New Brunswick. At Buccleuch Park, the volunteer group worked under the direction of David Jaipersaud, the director of the children’s hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital. The hospital held free health screenings at the park, and the volunteers assisted where needed. SEE
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President Robert L. Barchi tells University Senate members Friday about progress the University is making in terms of enrollment, construction and promotion of the Higher Education Facilities Bond Referendum on the ballot in November. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Barchi addresses University Senate BY BRIANNA PROVENZANO STAFF WRITER
President Robert L. Barchi delivered his administrative repor t at the first University Senate meeting of the semester on Friday, listing the University’s accomplishments over the past year and discussing his agenda for his first year in office at Old Queens. Barchi said he hopes to establish shared gover nance that includes students, faculty and staf f for a stronger University community. “One of my primary foci has been on this concept of a community of scholars, and how important that is to a University, and how central that community is to what makes a great University great,” Barchi said.
Aside from reporting on the current state of administration, the president answered questions brought up during the senate meeting. Katherine Yabut, the undergraduate student representative to the Board of Trustees, asked how Barchi plans to make a better effort in reaching out to students. “Historically, students haven’t usually been included in a lot of the decision-making processes at Rutgers and have kind of been excluded from meetings with University administrators,” said Yabut, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. To improve communication between students and administration, Barchi said, efforts should be made on both ends. “It’s important for the students to go back to your constituencies just the way the mem-
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bers of all the other members of individual groups do and bring forward their suggestions, comments, concerns,” Barchi said. In addition to encouraging students to come to the administration with concerns, the president’s office will also actively seek out students’ opinions, he said. “I am going to make sure to try to get out on the campuses and meet with students on a faceto-face basis regularly just to make sure I can get some of that information back myself,” Barchi said. Norman Markowitz, associate professor in the Department of History, addressed the $750 million bond referendum that is set to be included on November’s voting ballot, asking what the president’s office is doing to promote awareness. SEE
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While a parking spot is valuable to one person while a car is parked, on Friday more than 10 people were able to appreciate the same spot for as long as they cared to stay. This is the idea behind Friday’s “PARK(ing) Day,” on which two parking spaces along Livingston Avenue were temporarily transformed with plants, turf and a park bench, said Grant Engel, an Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy graduate student. Two student groups, the New Jersey student chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and Walk Bloustein Bike Bloustein, organized “PARK
Friends of the Ferrer Modern School hosted their 40th annual meeting at the faculty dining room at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus Saturday, where a panel discussed the history of a radical community once housed in Piscataway, along with its similarities to Occupy Wall Street. Barry Pateman, director of the Kate Sharpley Library, a center that maintains anarchist texts, said the original Modern School was founded in Barcelona by Francisco Ferrer, who founded the institution on his unique ideas on Spanish history, culture and education, many of which disagreed with the government.
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Career fair offers business job opportunities BY ERIN PETENKO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
“Concentrated. Targeted. Focused. Recruited.” This was the tagline for the 2012 Rutgers Business School Career Fair, a biannual function that assists students with training, interviewing as well as landing internships and job offers. The event, open only to Rutgers Business School students, featured 45 companies that each paid a fee for the opportunity to market themselves to University students. “It’s important to give students exposure,” said LeighAnne Cobb, program coordinator at the University’s Office of Career Management on Friday at the Livingston Student Center. She said the fair also works for employers because they keep coming back for more recruits. The first career fair was exclusively student-organized in 2001. “Students wanted a fair that would be more targeted to business students,” said Wynella Reid, a manager at the Office of Career Management. While the Office of Career Management helped coordinate the fair for many years, this year’s fair also had help from students sitting on the Rutgers Business Innovation Committee, a 21-member organization created to facilitate business school events.
The organization ensures that recruiters have a good experience and do everything from communicating with companies to getting them water and signing in students, said Connor Hickey, president of the Rutgers Business Innovation Committee. The committee promoted the fair though flyers, emails and announcements in business classes, said Prathusha Prabahar, a committee member. The day of the event, members arrived hours early to set up tables and distribute promotional items sent to them from human resource departments of each company, said Prabahar, a Rutgers Business School sophomore. “The event turned out just as we anticipated. There are a lot of students, and employers are looking to hire them,” said Andrew Chae, the committee’s vice president. With companies like Mars, Target, Citigroup, Ernst & Young and MetLife, there were many options for University students to check out. Although some recruiters were surprised by the overload of eager applicants, others found small groups of students more beneficial to speak with one-on-one. “Even though we had eight people, we were busy the whole time,” said Andre Fryson, associate manager at Prudential Financial. Eric Wilzig, a member of the Rutgers Business Innovation
Rutgers Business School juniors Luis Vieira, left, Cas Tanseco and Kevin Gilangi network at the Rutgers Business School Fair on Friday at the Livingston Student Center. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Committee, said students should start with a pitch, make sure to sound excited and present themselves professionally to the recruiter. “Some recruiters remember meeting me as a freshman,” said Wilzig, a Rutgers Business School junior. Potential employers also shared what they looked for when a student approaches them. “I need someone with confidence and talent in social interaction,” said Nick Holzmacher, a senior consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Both students and recruiters agreed it is good to be sociable,
ask questions, show knowledge of the company and treat recruiters like people rather than faceless lackeys of the corporation. Though the fair drew a crowd mostly made up of upperclassmen, there were a few first-year students and sophomores who were excited for the chance to gain networking experience. “Speaking with companies opens ways for freshmen to succeed,” said Sneha Lakhani, a Rutgers Business School firstyear student. “More freshmen should definitely come.” Reid said students should start going to career fairs as early as possible.
“You don’t want your first time there to be your senior year,” Reid said. There are some follow-ups to the career fair on campus, including interview events and résumébuilding workshops, in which alumni return to work as recruiters. Sarah Carpea, a Rutgers Business School alumna, visited the McGladrey table at her career fair as a student. Now she has attended many university fairs — as a recruiter. “Rutgers students are wellprepared, informed and professional,” she said. She thinks that is the reason that there are a few University alumni working as McGladrey recruiters now. University alumna Jessica Hwang now recruits for Mars. She visited the career fair after working for Wells Fargo for a few years and was hired as a seasonal financial assistant for Mars, which involves preparing candy production for Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day. “It’s funny being on the other side,” she said. Debbie Faynshteyn, a Rutgers Business School junior, said she went to the fair because there is a poor economy and she needs a job. “It makes recruiters real people rather than just judging you and looking for things on your résumé,” she said.
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DAY Volunteers pack 20,034 meals for more than 76 countries CONTINUED FROM FRONT “For us, it is helpful to have the students here. We don’t have the manpower to cover everything this event needs alone,” Jaipersaud said. “We have 400 people preregistered, and we expect about 600 to turnout today. It’s a huge piece to the event to have the Rutgers [student’s] presence here today.” The Buccleuch Park group, led by Steven Marinos, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, was excited to help out with the event. “We love to outreach to our community,” Marinos said. “This is a really cool event. It’s great to see we have resources like this right in our own backyard.” Niki Willamf, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she loves the feeling she gets from volunteering. “Some people do it just to do it. I enjoy doing it, going out and making people feel good and smile,” she said. “I love to make other people smile.” Other students stayed behind to help pack meals for Stop Hunger Now, a global organization dedicated to ending hunger worldwide. Jim Dodaro, a University alumnus and certified hunger event facilitator, organized the packing. The goal was for volunteers to pack 20,000 meals consisting of high-protein soy, rice, a vitamin pack and dehydrated vegetables. “We are an international hunger relief effort organization and our mission is to have a world without hunger. Our goal is to end hunger within our lifetime,” Dodaro said. “The volunteers are packing meals that will be sent to more than 76 countries worldwide.” Dodaro said he was impressed with the turnout for the Saturday morning event, and praised volunteers. “These students right here, they are the future. Whether they know it or not, they are making a difference and changing the world here, today,” he said.
As the students packed meals, a gong would sound every 10 minutes. “That’s another 2,000 meals packed,” Dodaro said, as he was met with cheers from the volunteers. Smrithi Mathew, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, said she enjoys giving back to the community. “We all take food and water for granted. We need to realize not everyone has the opportunity to live like we do,” Mathew said. After the final gong, the volunteers were relieved to hear they had surpassed their goal and prepared 20,034 meals.
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More than 1,000 institutions host ‘PARK(ing) Days’
(ing) Day” in New Brunswick to promote innovative development of open public space, Engel said. “PARK(ing) Day” is an annual worldwide event that began in 2005 to highlight the need for urban open space and the quality of that space, said Nicholas Tufaro, principal planner and landscape architect for the Middlesex County Planning Department. “Last year, five to six continents, including more than 1,000 institutions participated in ‘PARK(ing) Day,’” Tufaro said. After hosting “PARK(ing) Day” for the first time last year at the University, Engel said the committee decided to hold the event again this year with the ASLA student chapter.
Donna Caputo, led the students in their cleanup efforts. She also armed the students with door tags to place on resident’s front doors to tell the community about the cleanup effort. “The students are doing a great job picking up litter and helping protect our environment,” Caputo said. “We all want a nice, clean city and it takes everybody working together to get there.” Rebecca Slinkard, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year student, and Riasat Zaman, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, walked along College Avenue sweeping and picking up any garbage they saw. “My R.A. told me about today’s service, and I thought it was a great opportunity to go and help. It feels nice to be out here,” Slinkard said. “Walking down the street, I never noticed how much garbage there actually is.”
Students work to package more than 20,000 dehydrated meals during the Scarlet Day of Service on Saturday morning. All packages, which included vitamin packs and dehydrated vegetables, were sent out through Stop Hunger Now.
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Sara West, a School of Arts and Stephanie Buco, director of the Student Volunteer Sciences sophomore, was excited to Council, let the group of volun- volunteer this year after feeling too teers in to do some cleanup overwhelmed to be able to last year. “I like making people happy, and tasks around the Ronald this is a really great M c D o n a l d organization. I feel House on “We need to keep in it’s important to Somerset Street. back,” West S t u d e n t s mind that we have give said. “We need to helped paint the poverty just a few keep in mind that fence and have poverty columns, sort out blocks away from we just a few blocks soda tabs that will campus and every away from campus be turned into and every little bit funds for the little bit helps.” helps.” organization and SARA WEST Students also did some light yard School of Arts and Sciences took to the streets work cleanup, said Sophomore of New Brunswick, Buco, who regulararmed with garbage ly volunteers at the bags, gloves and Ronald McDonald rakes to clean up discarded litter House. “I love giving back to this awe- along College Avenue, Easton some charity. I volunteer here Avenue and Mine Street. New Brunswick Recycling and weekly and it is great,” said Buco, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Clean Community coordinator,
Engel said the day draws attention to the amount of land given to parking because it shows the land that can be used for other purposes, he said. “In cities, there are lots of parking lots but not much place where people can enjoy like we are right now,” Engel said. “In this [open] space, people can come and enjoy sitting and make conservation with neighbors, as well as being aware of environmental factor.” Engel said there are too many parking lots, and some of the spaces could be transformed to include patches of grass and park benches. He said park areas slow down rainwater, cut the urban heat island effect and add aesthetic value to what was once a concrete jungle.
Giving up some parking Engel said the only way to make this become permanent is spaces to implement open spaces if people see this, like it and full of grass does not have to be limited to urban or suburban request it. Chris Marshall, vice presi- neighborhoods, Engel said. He said many communities dent of New Jersey student chapter of ASLA, said the com- would appreciate having a little munity is calling for the piece of land, such as a garden, to bring people closorganization to er together. host the event “Where you get Engel said peoagain and quesple like to know tioned why it your education is that they are not does not happen not a place to park, sitting in a wasteever y month. land. Marshall, a it should reflect “Urban open School of your education. ” space increases Environmental civic pride because and Biological GRANT ENGEL it makes people care Sciences junior, Edward J. Bloustein School of about where they said of ficials Planning and Public Policy live and they should Graduate Student from the mayor’s care where they office are tr ying live,” Engel said. to get people in He said last year’s event did the area to interact with their not attract as many people environment more. Engel said having more open because of the chilly November spaces gives back to the commu- weather. “This year, we are smoothing nity because it provides an environmentally friendly atmosphere the processes out, marking another start point for for the community.
‘PARK(ing) Day’ at Rutgers,” he said. “Ideally we wanted more visible spot where more undergraduate students can see, like College Avenue.” To create more open space in New Brunswick, Marshall said some people suggested closing off George Street to eliminate traffic to create an area for students to have a garden district as an urban open space. Ashley Motta, a Bloustein School graduate student, said the University is advocating for the use of different modes of transportation, including biking, walking and using the buses. The University’s Department of Transportation Ser vices already has policies in place that encourage students to use buses and park away from the city, Engel said. “That’s already in the right direction,” he said. “Where you get your education is not a place to park, it should reflect your education. It should be reflected that you live [there], and it should be beautiful.”
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SENATE Enrollment on all campuses comes in at 58,800 CONTINUED FROM FRONT “The bond issue, which will be voted on in November is very much in the interest of Rutgers, and I think it’s very important that those who take our message … focus on that because the general election is, of course, the people’s election,” Markowitz said. Barchi said University officials are doing ever ything in their power to raise awareness about the bond referendum in the coming weeks. “We will be heavily engaged in getting the message out in a bipartisan way, the University will be involved in that, I will personally be involved in that, I ask each and every one of you to be involved in that,” Barchi said. Barchi said the bond referendum, if passed, would affect the entire population of the state of New Jersey. “This is an issue that drives at the economic foundation of the state having an educated populace and a technologically capable work force as well as a higher education environment that can drive the engine of technology and economy here,” Barchi said. During his address, the president said enrollment at the University was particularly strong this year, with 58,800 students enrolled on its three cam-
puses this September — about 500 more than last year. He said enrollment numbers on the University’s Camden campus were par ticularly encouraging. “Enrollment in Camden is within five students of what it was last year, a remarkable accomplishment, and I think it’s a platform from which we can build as the word gets out there ... that we are not severable ... and that’s the way we’re going to stay,” Barchi said. Another achievement the University made in the past year is the solar array on Livingston campus, he said. The solar canopy can generate eight megawatts of power, which is 63 percent of the total energy needed to power Livingston campus. “We are looking more and more to become internally selfsufficient in our energy use,” Barchi said. “[The panels] will give us a positive return over the next 20 years of about $30 million so not only is it the right thing to do, it’s fiscally the right thing to do.” The Livingston Apartments, Barchi said, opened on time and on budget, providing housing for 1,500 students and 30,000 square feet of retail space. He said the construction totaled $215 million dollars worth of project costs. “We have to compete for the best and brightest students not only from New Jersey but from around the country, facilities really matter [and] how we look really matters,” Barchi said.
TALK Modern school founded on Ferrer’s principles of learning CONTINUED FROM FRONT “[Ferrer] believed in what he called ‘rational education’… [including] science, the idea of progress and the attack on irrationality, which in his view was religion,” he said. The Barcelona school did not employ tests, curriculums or student competition and was considered an alternative form of education, Pateman said. The central focus was the independence of the children, as opposed to suppression by the state or parents. The school was also co-educational, he said, which was shocking to a conservative Spanish state made up of primarily Catholic beliefs. “This was not only a school for children, this was to be a school for adults — a school for those workingclass men and women who had been fettered by education,” Pateman said. The state executed Ferrer, blaming him for an uprising in Barcelona, he said. The Ferrer Modern School in Piscataway followed in the footsteps of the original establishment, but soon evolved into an institution with ideas that were slightly different to Ferrer’s own theories. Unlike Ferrer’s school, Pateman said the Piscataway edition contained a curriculum and an agenda. “[Ferrer] said children have to know it is their responsibility to
bring in a better, fairer [and] more humane world than what there is now,” Pateman said. Yet the Modern School also faced domestic opposition, he said. “There were some tensions there,” he said. “The real tensions were between … [the] working-class people and middle-class people.” Pateman said the fervor was too much for a lot of people, and donors soon began to withdraw funds from the school. The school remained for some time as the problems continued, but ultimately closed in 1953, Pateman said.
“It was an alliance of people with different political perspectives.” JACKIE DISALVO Leader of Occupy Wall Street’s Labor Outreach Committee
Jackie DiSalvo, a leader of Occupy Wall Street’s labor outreach committee, said at the meeting that the activism exhibited in the Ferrer School is of the same breed as the Occupy movement. “It was not a movement just begun by anarchists,” she said. “It was an alliance of people with different political perspectives.” She said both movements held the belief that the real problem stemmed from the state and corporations. Author and anarchist historian Thai Jones said the ongoing strug-
gle against Wall Street has been “the 100-year war.” Parallels between the Ferrer School and Occupy Wall Street stretch back to the first sustained occupation of the financial sector by radical protesters in 1914. Jones said, threats of attacks from radical individuals resulted over time in further police activity at protests. “In 1930, the U.S. police commissioner sparked a panic claiming he received an anonymous letter threatening to destroy city hall, the police headquarters, the New York Stock Exchange and on top of all that to assassinate Gov. Al Smith and John D. Rockefeller,” he said. Though the attack never occurred, Jones said the threats allowed for increased police suppression of protesters reminiscent of the force used during Occupy Wall Street. Jones said the “system” Wall Street symbolizes grew immensely since the days of the Ferrer School, and modern capitalism has made a shift in the way people are connected to its problems. “The original vision of [capitalism] had been replaced by a globalized system where the victims of production are never even conceived of by the people consuming their products,” he said. Ellen Rosner, a member of the organization’s programming committee, said the anarchist events occurring in the Middle East’s Arab Spring can also be tied to local incidents. “Tyrants be afraid, because we, the people of the world, slumber no more,” said Rosner, a Highland Park resident.
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Vigil honors Deloatch anniversary BY ALEX MEIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Local residents explore the different attractions at the Raritan River Festival yesterday. The annual event began in New Brunswick 33 years ago. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Annual festival attracts residents “It’s the No. 1 cancer killer of children,” Giardina said. “Nobody knows that.” The Beez Foundation was City residents saw a downpour named for Giardina’s late daughof rubber ducks spill from an enorter Jennifer, who died in 2001. mous egg above the Raritan River Today, the organization raises in New Brunswick yesterday as a money for patient services and part of the 33rd Annual Raritan contributes to first-phase cancer River Festival. research, which she said is the The festival, which attracted point at which most research hundreds of people from the surtends to get stifled. rounding areas, included robotic “We try to do this in ways that demonstrations, cardboard [Jennifer] would have done it,” canoe racing, a golf contest, live Giardina said. “She loved family … music performances and the so our fundraisers, we try to make annual Beez Foundation rubber them family-oriented. What could duck race. be more family-oriented than a The event took place at Boyd rubber duckie race?” Park and lasted from noon to 6 The fundraiser also included p.m. Bill Shultz, Raritan a playground, a beer garden Riverkeeper, said one of the and an environmental-awaregoals of the festival is to get peoness campaign. ple to recognize the value of the Although the University itself local waterway. had no affiliation with the festival, “What does Mommy always tell students were the little kid? ‘Stay involved, both as away from the “We had a lot of participants and highway, stay away as volunteers. from the road,’” Rutgers input “We had a lot of Shultz said. “In this year.” Rutgers input this [New Brunswick], year,” said Mike it means stay away MIKE BLACKWELL Blackwell, co-chair from the river. So Raritan River Festival Co-Chair of the festival. how does the kid John Giardina, find out that the co-chair of the festival, said organriver is in his backyard? What does izers were happy about the it mean to him?” turnout, especially since it gives The Raritan River, which flows them a chance to educate more for 30 miles from central New local residents. Jersey to Raritan Bay, was instru“The benefit to New mental in the development of New Brunswick is that we have the Brunswick, said George Dawson, New Brunswick environmental chair of the New Brunswick commission. They help to teach Historical Association. about the river, about the environ“New Brunswick developed ment, recycling [and] here because it’s the headwater everything to do with environof navigation on the Raritan mental consciousness,” John River,” Dawson said. “But above Giardina said. New Brunswick, the river is nonAlthough organizers seek to navigable … so the shipping use the occasion to inform the developed here, and it was a river community about brain cancer, port developed just upstream of Susan Giardina said it is importhe city at Raritan Landing, tant the festival is also seen as an where [goods] were shipping to entertaining event. other markets.” “Everybody that is here is The city of New Brunswick asking us about the giant egg has partnered for the last 12 years that’s suspended over the river, with the Beez Foundation, which and that gives us the opportunity raises funds and brings publicity to say that it’s for pediatric brain to brain cancer, said Susan cancer research and to talk to Giardina, co-founder of the nonthem about it,” she said. profit organization.
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City residents gathered for a candlelit vigil at Feaster Park on Saturday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of New Brunswick resident Barry Deloatch. Deloatch was fatally shot on Sept. 22, 2011 after two police officers chased him into an alley off Throop Avenue and Handy Street. The circumstances surrounding his death resulted in several community protests. “We’re here for support, love and remembrance,” said Fahiym Torres, a New Brunswick resident. “We’re here for [Deloatch] and anyone who was killed or harassed by the police department.” The vigil, organized by Deloatch’s son Barry Gavin, took place across the street from the alley where the New Brunswick man was shot. A group of about 40 friends, family members and supporters gathered with candles and posters, honoring Deloatch’s memory with laughing and dancing. But Tormel Pittman, a New Brunswick resident, said there is more work that needs to be done. “I don’t think the fight has stopped. I don’t think it really began,” Pittman said. “We’re not just here with candles and posters. ... We’re up here to show that we’re still alive and kicking ... that we’re still upset about what happened.” Glenn Gilliam, a South Brunswick resident, said he does
not think the situation has improved from the yearlong series of protests. “The cop that killed [Deloatch] should be in jail, not be able to resign,” said Gilliam, a University custodial group leader. Torres disagreed and said the protesters have reached some of their goals. “If we didn’t do those things, the officer would still be on the force. ... We’re doing bigger things than most big cities,” Torres said. Movement supporters plan to focus less on protests and public demonstrations and more on paperwork and legislation, he said. Patricia Bombelyn, one of the attorneys representing the Deloatch family, said the family plans to continue legal action. “We have obtained all of the documents from the prosecutor’s office from the investigation and we are conducting our own investigation of that material,” she said. The contents of that investigation will be revealed when the lawsuit is filed, Bombelyn said. Members of the activist group United Residents of Garfield Engaging in Neighborhood Transformation attended the vigil as well. URGENT emerged as a response to the shooting of Malik Williams, 19, by Garfield police officers, said Reggie Buggs, the group’s vice president. “This group from New Brunswick came to our rescue when [Williams] was shot. We did-
n’t know how to set up protests, we didn’t know anything about that,” he said. “We’re very thankful for the city of New Brunswick.” Buggs said he believes many of the problems dealing with police brutality are rooted in racism. “The police have failed to answer one question — why is it always blacks or Latinos that wind up on the dead side of a policeman’s bullet?” Buggs said. Gillian agreed and said everyone can see race is a factor in many of these incidents. “You can’t open a paper or turn on the news without seeing someone of color being shot by the police,” Gillian said. Yet Pittman said the shooting affects everyone in the community despite their color or race. “It doesn’t matter if you’re white, black, Latino, Asian. ... This is a tragedy that happened to all of us,” Pittman said. Buggs said he is afraid something like the Deloatch incident can happen again in the future. “I think that my family’s unsafe. I am a father with three children, and I have eight grandchildren. ... They’re very active, and they’re innocent and something could happen to them just like it happened to Barry Deloatch,” he said. Buggs said issues of institutional racism could only be fought with grassroots activism. “It’s time for civic engagement now,” he said. “It’s time for people to get involved in the government because the government is corrupt ... and it all needs to stop.”
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During his first visit to the United States as president, Egypt’s president Mohammed Morsi says that he plans to be less dependent on America when making decisions, compared to his predecessor. GETTY IMAGES
Egypt president makes first trip to US Controversial video sparks desire for more independence from US policy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO — On the eve of his first visit to the United States as Egypt’s president, Islamist Mohammed Morsi said he will demonstrate more independence from the United States in decision-making than his predecessor Hosni Mubarak and told Washington not to expect Egypt to live by its rules. Morsi sent that message in an inter view with The New York Times after a wave of violence er upted across the Muslim world over an amateur film produced in the United States that was deemed of fen-
sive to Islam and its prophet Muhammed. The film raised news tensions between Washington and Egypt. Morsi criticized U.S. dealings with the Arab world, saying it is not possible to judge Egyptian behavior and decision-making by American cultural standards. He said Washington earned ill will in the region in the past by backing dictators and taking “a ver y clear” biased approach against the Palestinians and for Israel. “Successive American administrations essentially purchased with American tax-
payer money the dislike, if not the hatred, of the peoples of the region,” he told the paper in the inter view published late Saturday, drawing a clear distinction between the American government and the American people. Those administrations “have taken a ver y clear biased approach against something that (has) ver y strong emotional ties to the people of the region that is the issue of Palestine.” He stressed that unlike his predecessor, Mubarak, he will behave “according to the Egyptian people’s choice and will, nothing else.” Morsi, who was sworn in on June 30 after the first democratic elections in Egypt’s modern histor y, has been cautious not to sharply depar t from Mubarak’s foreign policy path,
par ticularly the longstanding alliance with the United States. But with an Islamist president at the helm of the Arab world’s most populous countr y, there are already differences and changes of focus. Morsi has been expected to distance himself from what many Egyptians saw as Mubarak’s compliance with Washington’s agenda in the Middle East, especially because his Muslim Brotherhood group has been a vocal critic of U.S. policy in the region and in the Muslim world. In the interview, Morsi dismissed criticism that he responded too slowly when protesters managed to scale the walls of the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Sept. 11. The demonstrators replaced the American flag with a banner carrying the Islamic declaration of faith.
TEHRAN, Iran — A senior commander in Iran’s powerful Revolutionar y Guard warned that Iran will target U.S. bases in the region in the event of war with Israel, raising the prospect of a broader conflict that would force other countries to get involved, Iranian state television reported yesterday. The comments by Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who heads the Guard’s aerospace division, came amid tension over Iran’s nuclear program and Israel’s suggestion that it might unilaterally strike Iranian nuclear facilities to scuttle what the United States and its allies believe are efforts to build a bomb. Tehran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Hajizadeh said no Israeli attack could happen without the support of its most important ally, the United States, making all U.S. militar y bases a legitimate target. “For this reason, we will enter a confrontation with both parties and will definitely be at war with American bases should a war break out,” Hajizadeh said in remarks that were posted on the website of Iran’s state Al-Alam TV. U.S. facilities in Bahrain, Qatar and Afghanistan would be targeted, he said. “There will be no neutral countr y in the region,” Hajizadeh said. “To us, these bases are equal to U.S. soil.” The U.S. Fifth fleet is based in Bahrain and the U.S. has a heavy military presence in Afghanistan. The Iranian warning appears an attempt to reinforce the potential wider consequences of an attack by Israel. The message is not only intended for Washington, but to its Gulf Arab allies that are fearful of a regional conflict that could disrupt oil shipment and cripple business hubs in places such as Dubai and Qatar’s capital Doha. It also comes during a major show of naval power in the Gulf by U.S.-led forces taking part in militar y exercises, including mine-sweeping drills. The U.S. Navy claims the maneuvers are not directly aimed at Iran, but the West and its regional allies have made clear they would react against attempts by Tehran to carry out threats to try to close critical Gulf oil shipping lanes in retaliation for tighter sanctions. Despite Israeli hints of a military strike, Iran’s military commanders believe Israel is unlikely to take unilateral action against Iran. The Guard’s top commander, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, said last week that Iran believes the United States won’t attack Iran because its military bases in the Middle East are within the range of Iran’s missiles.
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Camden plans to disband police THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, is greeted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before their meeting at United Nations Headquarters yesterday in New York City. GETTY IMAGES
Anti-Islam video sparks tension at UN meeting From Arab Spring to deadly protests, frustrations rise in United Nations THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS — Democratic uprisings across the Arab world and the Palestinians’ bid for U.N. membership sparked excitement and hope at last year’s meeting of world leaders. But with war raging in Syria, the Palestinian application sidelined, and deadly protests generated by an anti-Islamic video, the mood as this year’s U.N. gathering begins is one of disappointment and frustration. More than 120 presidents, prime ministers and monarchs meeting this week under heavy security at the U.N. General Assembly and in sideline events will also be preoccupied by rising tension over Iran’s nuclear program and the possibility of an Israeli strike against Tehran’s nuclear facilities, al-Qaida’s inroads in the Sahel region of west Africa, especially in Mali, and the first decline in years in international aid to help developing countries combat poverty. Secretar y-General Ban Kimoon predicted that the ministerial session, which starts Tuesday, will be among the busiest ever, reflecting “the tumultuous time in which we live — a time of turmoil and transition.” It is also taking place “against a backdrop of widespread violence linked to intolerance,” he said. Ahead of the opening ministerial session, which President
Germany’s U.N. Ambassador Peter Wittig, the current Security Council president, said “change in the Arab world” will be uppermost in the minds of Barack Obama will address, the the leaders — as was the case at U.N. chief has invited leaders to last year’s session. Egypt’s President the first high-level meeting on the rule of law today, hoping they Mohammed Morsi, an Islamist “will send a strong signal to the who was sworn in on June 30 world’s people that they are seri- after the first democratic elecous about establishing well-func- tions in the country’s modern tioning institutions and deliver- history, will be addressing the 193-member assembly for the ing justice.” Diplomats are not expecting first time on Wednesday. So too any breakthroughs on the dead- will Yemen’s President Abed lock over Syria, which Ban said Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who took office in February “will be foremost following more in our minds,” “[The Arab League] than a year of despite a number political turmoil of sideline meetis promoting and is now trying ings starting today the values that the to steer the counwhen the new try’s transition to U.N.-Arab League United Nations is democracy. envoy Lakhdar standing for.” Palestinian Brahimi briefs the leader Mahmoud U.N. Security PETER WITTIG Abbas stole the Council behind UN Ambassador for Germany spotlight last year closed doors on with his submishis recent talks with Syrian President Bashar sion of an application for Assad and other leaders in Palestine to become the 194th member state of the United the region. The Syrian conflict has bitter- Nations. The United States, ly divided the most powerful Israel’s closest ally, made clear members of the Security Council, that it would veto any application paralyzing the only U.N. body until the Palestinians and Israelis that can impose global sanctions negotiate an end to their decadesand authorize militar y action. long conflict. So Abbas is expected to come Russia, Syria’s key protector, and China, have vetoed three to the General Assembly on Western-backed resolutions Thursday with a more modest — to upgrade aimed at pressuring Assad to proposal stop the violence and start politi- Palestine’s current status as a cal talks with opponents of his U.N. observer to a non-member family’s 40-year dictatorship who observer state — but likely putbegan demonstrating against his ting off the date for submission of a resolution to the assembly, regime 18 months ago.
where there are no vetoes, until after the U.S. presidential election in November. The Palestinians expect overwhelming support from the assembly for the enhanced U.N. status, which they hope will give broad international legitimacy to the pre-1967 lines as Palestine’s border and grant them access to U.N. agencies and possibly the International Criminal Court. With no sign of an end to the Security Council’s paralysis over Syria, Wittig said Germany chose to focus the council’s ministerial session Wednesday on something new and positive in the Mideast — “the emergence of the Arab League as a regional actor that has proved to be essential for conflict resolution.” The 21-member Arab League has shaken off decades of near total submission to the will of the region’s leaders and is seeking to transform itself following the seismic changes brought about by the Arab Spring. The league has supported the rebels who ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and suspended Syria in response to Assad’s brutal crackdown against his opponents. “This organization is promoting the values that the United Nations is standing for — human rights, rule of law, democracy, pluralism,” the fight against corruption and promoting economic opportunity, Wittig said. Another issue looming large over the ministerial session is Iran’s nuclear program, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convinced that the Iranians are close to developing a nuclear weapon — which Tehran vehemently denies.
CAMDEN, N.J. — This city, long among the nation’s poorest and most crime-ridden, is on the verge of dismantling its police department and starting anew with a force run by the county government. City officials are making the move to increase the number of officers while keeping the cost the same by averting rules negotiated with a union that city officials have seen as unwilling to compromise. Unless the union — which is skeptical of the stated motivations for the change — reaches a deal with the county, no more than 49 percent of the city’s current officers could join the new force and those that do will get pay cuts. John Wilson, a 57-year-old unemployed baker who’s lived in the city his entire life, thinks it’s worth a try. “The police in Camden clearly haven’t been doing their job,” he said last week as he walked to his home in the Parkside neighborhood, which has seen six homicides since the start of 2011. “Any change has to be better. It can’t get worse now.” Officials say there are about 170 drug markets operating in this city of 77,000 near Philadelphia, more than 700 people on parole and 600 registered sex offenders. The murder rate is unthinkably high. In 2007, Newark attracted national attention for a record number of homicides. Yet its murder rate that year — 37 per 100,000 residents — was well below Camden’s 53 per 100,000 that year. As of Friday, there had been 47 murders this year. The city record of 58 was set in 1995. Two recent killings have become tragic symbols of the drugs and violence that plague the city. Since late August, two children, ages 2 and 6, have been killed, allegedly by people authorities believe were high on PCP. The city has the nation’s highest poverty rate with more than two residents in five living in poverty, census data show. The big factories that once made Camden an industrial boomtown have been gone for a generation. Over the past decade, revitalization efforts focused on expanding hospitals and universities, which brought some life to downtown but had a less discernible effect on neighborhoods where even the best-kept blocks have abandoned homes. The city expects only $25 million of its $150 million next proposed budget to come from property taxes. Most of the rest is supplied by state aid — and that’s declining. In January 2011, the city government conducted massive layoffs, including nearly half the police department and about one-third of the firefighters. Since then, all the laid-off public safety workers have been called back, but their numbers have fallen through attrition. Now, there are 270 police officers, down from 450 in 2005 and 368 the day before the layoffs.
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In defense of a defense DAILY DOSE OF LOGOS TOM VERENNA
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hat does it mean to take responsibility for one’s words? In the Information Age, where anonymity rules, is there any value at all to what we say and do? Can we trust what is written by someone who is afraid to stand by his or her own actions? I know the arguments: fear of government reprisals, job loss, family problems — anonymity has given people a way to express themselves without worrying about any sort of real life social reprisals. But how beneficial is that, really? Let that sink in while I shift gears for a moment. I recently noticed a comment under an article of mine published in The Daily Targum. The comment was not aggressive, but it did warrant a response — it was contrary to my point in the article and I sought to defend what I had written. After posting, the comment vanished with the note that it was to be moderated, but it never reappeared. Concerned, I contacted my editor. Was there something I did wrong? I wasn’t polemical or rude or vulgar, so where was my comment? He (solemnly it seemed) apologized and then
informed me that, due to a change in policy, implications. Where employers are now columnists could not respond to comments demanding Facebook passwords and teachunder their own content. ers can get fired for vaguely venting about Full stop. You read that right. work on their home computers, where a Let’s backtrack a bit: what does it mean company can legally not hire you because of to take responsibility for what we say? I something you wrote on your website years think this is a very important question. It prior, one has to ask what ramifications the seems simple enough to answer, doesn’t it? internet can have — is having — and has We take responsibility for what we say by had for individuals in our society. There is attaching our names to it. With every byline, an underlying ethical dilemma to using we are stating proudly “I wrote this.” We social media on the Internet — you never aren’t hiding behind some fake name, so know if what you are going to write will end that in ten years from up hurting you later. now when someone This is perhaps the decides to Google search greatest value of person“My only hope is that ‘FreddyRedHands74’ (or al responsibility, isn’t it? when someone whatever) they won’t see We have the ability to that embarrassing photo think critically about challenges my work, album from that party what we mean before I have the right last semester. we say it. Before I send No, we use our real off a publication, I to defend it.” names. When someone always ask myself searches for Thomas ‘would I defend what I’m Verenna, they can get my writing here?’ ‘Would I entire Internet history. From my posts when attach my name to it?’ ‘Would I stake my I was a not-too-bright teenager (which, career on it?’ My name on my publication unfortunately, still exist out there) to my is its greatest strength because it tells othpublished work in free academic open ers I care enough about what I’m saying to access journals. It is the good and the bad, stake my future on it, knowing full well that all of it, there for everyone to see. once the inter-highway takes hold of it, I We live in a world where the Internet will have lost all control of it. — not can — document everything and As an editor of an academic collection of saves everything. There are moral implica- essays, scholars from around the world send tions to this as well; very serious moral in contributions for me to review. I could
offer them gentle nods here and there about maybe beefing up some conclusions with footnotes (which, by the way, seem to be manufactured by the ton in the academy) or change some wording to make it less polemical. But I could never tell them not to write something and if, after I offered my suggestions, they insisted something remain as it was (short of anything grammar/spelling related), it was out of my hands. The rule of thumb is quite clear. They have the right to dig their own graves, so to speak. My only hope is that when someone challenges my work, I have the right to defend it. After all, I’m not just defending what I wrote; I’m defending my name, my reputation and my future. When one limits an author’s ability to defend their work, the restricting party has proven Roland Barthes right: the author really is dead. Tom Verenna is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in classics and history. His column, “Monday Dos of Logos,” runs on alternate Mondays. Editor’s note: The Daily Targum’s current site policy regarding online comments by columnists and reporters is one of abstinence. We ask that both parties, as representatives of the paper and its staff, refrain from commenting on their own content. We believe this is necessary in order to maintain a profressional atmosphere both online and off.
A vote for RUSA is a vote for Rutgers COMMUNITY MATTERS SAM BERMAN
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lections are coming up. Pay attention to the campaigns, get to know the candidates and get informed about the issues, because this election could have pretty hefty ramifications for you. No, I’m not talking about the elections you’re thinking of, although those are important too. The elections I’m talking about are local elections — more local even than municipal elections. I’m talking about the Rutgers University Student Assembly elections. RUSA, as some of you may know, is the undergraduate student government here at the University. Elections for unfilled positions will take place very soon, and that means it’s campaign season. Aspiring student leaders must campaign by calling attention to issues, speaking with the voters and generally getting their name out there so that when the students cast their ballots in October, it won’t just be a matter of who has more friends. And you, the voter, have a responsibility too. You have a responsibility to know the issues, and pick the best candidate for the job. It may seem like a waste of time. It’s not. Student government may seem to you like an institution totally devoid of power. It needn’t be. Here’s why. Power is a thing that political scientists and sociologists spend a lot of time studying.
It is generally accepted that “A has power and besides, this isn’t high school — “particiover B if A can influence the actions of B.” pation” grades are not a big component of a The extent of that influence defines precise- student’s course grade. Some students may ly how powerful A is. Simple, right? Where be afraid to miss what the professor is saying, power becomes such a tricky subject is but we’ve all been in enough lectures to know when we start to think about where it comes that many students simply don’t take very from. Your first response might be, “Why, good notes anyway. So why, then, do the stucoercion, of course. If A can hurt me in some dents in this thought experiment (which of way if I don’t do what he tells me to, then I course is not just an abstract thought experishall do what he tells me to.” This is certain- ment, but a description of an event that all of ly one source of power. us have seen at one point But a simple illustration or another), listen to a of an experience which professor lecture on a “Student government most of us have had at topic which they may or may seem to you like some point will serve to may not actually care reveal the deficiencies of about? an institution totally this explanation. The answer is obvious, Consider a particularof course — respect. We devoid of power. ly dry lecture. Most stulisten to the professor It needn’t be.” dents will sit through this when he asks us to quiet lecture quietly, even down because, very simattentively, painful as that ply, we recognize that might be for them. However, imagine there is inherent in the professor-student dynamic is a a group of two or three students in the middle duty on the part of the student to listen to and of the lecture hall who, bored to tears, begin obey the professor. In sociology, this legiticonversing with one another, in voices just mating effect is called authority, and without above whispering, so that it is disruptive to it, power is less meaningful, or even nonexistthe class. Imagine, then, that the professor ent. A powerful monarch, for instance, must stops the lecture, looks at the students, and still fear rebellion or usurpation (think King then waits. What do you think will happen? George III), while a leader with a great deal of The students will quiet down, of course. popular support, though he may have little in But why? Are they afraid of the professor’s the way of formal powers, may nonetheless physical strength? Unlikely. Are they afraid be a force to be reckoned with (think Martin they’ll be penalized or their grades will suffer Luther King Jr.). if they don’t pay attention? This also seems The purpose of elections, in a democratunrealistic. In big lectures, it is very rare for a ic system, is to bestow that legitimacy. professor to be able to match a name to a face, Authority so derived is, of course, a power-
ful thing — especially in a country so steeped in Republican and Democratic principles – in that it gives the holder of that authority the permission to say, “I have a whole constituency that supports me.” A truly representative institution has, on top of the formal power granted to it legally, the moral power that comes from representing an entire constituency. During my first year at the University two years ago, RUSA and a few other student groups organized a tuition protest here at the University, against the fact that, for yet another year in a row, students were footing the bill for decreasing aid from Trenton. The Star-Ledger estimated that 600 people attended that rally. A few months later, when the Board of Governors met to set tuition for the following year, they had planned to raise it by 3.2 percent. They decided to raise it by 1.6 percent instead — the lowest tuition increase in two decades, saving students roughly $200 apiece. The University is about to enter a period of transition. President Robert L. Barchi has very ambitious plans for the University’s future, and he has asked students to take part in shaping that future. We can begin by making the selection of our student leaders into the active, meaningful process it should be, so that when they sit down at the table with Barchi, they have all the authority they need to be a powerful voice for all 58,000 of us. Sam Berman is a School of Arts and Sciences junior. His column, “Community Matters,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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HOGTIED Wilson throws for 419 yards after missing Razorbacks’ 52-0 loss last week to Alabama CONTINUED FROM BACK The thought likely lingered in Flood’s mind earlier in the fourth quarter, when three running plays inside the Razorbacks’ 20yard line resulted in a missed field goal attempt. It was the last time the dream did not center around Nova. Wilson, meanwhile, had visions of his own. A week after reprimanding his teammates for their performance in a 52-0 loss to No. 1 Alabama, Wilson showed no ill effects. The senior threw for 419 yards and three scores. Wideout Cobi Hamilton, who set school and SEC records with 303 receiving yards, caught all three touchdown passes. Their last connection, an 80yard pitch-and-catch, renewed faith at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, where 72,543 sorely needed it. Arkansas had regained momentum, which swung like a pendulum in the cool Fayetteville night. Its poster boy quarterback and explosive of fense finally took shape after scoring only 3 points in the previous 30 minutes. And it was on the verge of restoring normalcy among a fan
base that experienced very little of it through three weeks. But Nova, on likely the most meaningful drive of his young career, showed little appreciation. “We knew we had some oppor tunities to make some plays, and we made them today,” he said. “I’m just really happy.” The program likely shares the sentiment now that it is off to its first 4-0 start since 2006. Yes, it defeated a program stained by deceit and that continues to reel following a preseason No. 8 national ranking. But with the Big East’s first win against the SEC this year and Rutgers’ first since 2004, the Knights keep their dream of a national championship — however farfetched — alive. None can sleep more soundly than Nova. “It was cer tainly one of the better [per formances at Rutgers],” Flood said. “I don’t know if I can tell you right now this was the best one. I’m proud of the evolution of Gar y Nova.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @tbartotargum
FORMATION Waters misplays coverage in fourth quarter before Rutgers defense bounces back CONTINUED FROM BACK talented football team, there’s going to be some of those.” Waters fell victim to most of them. The sophomore took a poor route on Hamilton’s 80-yard touchdown, the longest play allowed by the Scarlet Knights this season. He did not see the field for the next drive. But despite allowing 492 yards of total offense, the Knights defense remained opportunistic. It held Arkansas to four consecutive three-and-outs that spanned the second and third quar ters. Junior cor nerback Logan Ryan, victimized by Hamilton on a 57-yard score, intercepted Wilson in the end zone with Rutgers up, 25-13. Harmon scooped up a pass in the four th quar ter that deflected of f an Arkansas receiver, all but dashing the Razorbacks’ hopes at a comeback. “I think our defense did a really good job tonight,” Flood said. “And you say, ‘How could that be?’ That guy is going to make plays, and you just try to limit it as best you can and you try to go blow for blow with them.”
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Pratt posted his best game of the season at Arkansas, hauling in five passes for 85 yards. But arguably his most impactful play came on a block. The Knights nursed the ball at their own one-yard line with more than six minutes left and a 9-point lead. They turned to sophomore running back Jawan Jamison, whom the Arkansas
defense largely contained on first downs. The Razorbacks initially bottled up Jamison on the first-down play, but a cutback and a block from Pratt resulted in a 24-yard run, Jamison’s longest of the game. Arkansas did not get the ball back until only three-and-ahalf minutes remained. “It was a front-side run, and I had back-side corner,” Pratt said. “I saw Jamison cut back, and I had my man. He tried to make a play, and I cut back and got him.” Pratt entered the game with only three catches for 29 yards. But he was one of a handful of receivers that laid a stake in the outcome. Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova connected with a seasonhigh eight players, including sophomore tight end Paul Carrezola, whose first catch of the season resulted in a 2-yard touchdown. “It’s a great thing for this offense to finally come together and see the potential,” Pratt said. “Now we used it … and it looked good on the field.”
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Michael Burton left the game with an injur y and did not return. Flood said the team received Burton’s X-rays, but he has not yet spoken with head football trainer David McCune and did not expect to do so until this afternoon. Burton had two rushes this year for nine yards, along with three catches for 34 yards. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @tbartotargum
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 17 FOOTBALL FLOOD SETTLES ON ROTATION AT RIGHT GUARD
Senior right guard Andre Civil returned to the offensive line rotation in Saturday’s win against Arkansas after missing last Thursday’s Big East opener against South Florida. Head coach Kyle Flood said he will continue to rotate Civil with sophomore Taj Alexander. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Rutgers decreases high penalty total BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Sophomore guard Taj Alexander remained in the offensive line rotation Saturday after replacing the injured Andre Civil against Howard. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
By all accounts, the Rutgers football team’s offensive line had done its job. After a history of shuffling players and allowing sacks in recent years, this season’s squad has eliminated both. With only seven dif ferent offensive linemen being used in the first four games — because of injuries to sophomore center Betim Bujari and senior right guard Andre Civil — and two sacks allowed, both numbers are vastly improved from seasons past. But there is still one thing head coach Kyle Flood can do without — penalties. So far this season, the Scarlet Knights have racked up 41 penalties and given their opponents 313 yards as a result. Flood said in the past there are penalties he can live with that are the product of good, aggressive play. But there are others he cannot get past so easily. “I think there was significant improvement [with penalties],” Flood said. “When you talk about the absence of holding calls on offense and illegal hands to the
face, which had been an issue for us the first couple games, I think we made a significant improvement on eliminating those.” Although the Knights had 10 infractions resulting in a loss of 64 yards, Flood said the ones he is concerned with were much less frequent than in previous games. But there is still much room for improvement in the way of penalties. “The ones that we still have too many of are the unforced errors,” Flood said. “I think we had three false starts by the offensive line and one by the tight end, so that’s four false starts. I think that’ll get solved as we come home. That’s a positive, but that’s not the last time we’ll be on the road either, so we have to continue to work on it.” Consistency is key in developing the sort of chemistry that will lower the penalty count, and with all of the starting linemen healthy again, the Knights have the opportunity to strengthen that bond. Although Rutgers has a healthy line, Flood does not expect to stick with the same five for each game. Instead he will continue to use a platoon at right guard, just as he did against Arkansas.
“We played [Civil] and we played [sophomore] Taj [Alexander] in the first half,” Flood said. “As we got into the second half, I really left that up to [offensive line coach Damian Wroblewski] in terms of how he feels. He’s watching it more specifically than I am during the game.” Alexander stepped in for Civil during the home opener against Howard after Civil left the game with a leg injury. The Brooklyn native also missed Rutgers’ first Big East game of the season against South Florida. But now that Civil is back healthy, Flood has two guards he can rotate in order to keep both fresh. “I would say going forward that Andre and Taj are going to both play in every game.” Not only will the enhanced chemistr y improve the penalty count, but it will also keep up the impressive low-sack and high-rushing totals that have garnished the Knights’ first four wins. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @jgregorytargum
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 18 VOLLEYBALL PITTSBURGH 3, RUTGERS 2
Freshman middle blocker Sarah Schmid contributed in both games of the weekend doubleheader. She earned one of the final kill in a first-set victory Saturday in a five-set loss to South Florida. She also had 18 kills and five blockes in yesterday’s loss to Pittsburgh. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rutgers snaps lengthy winning streak BY AARON FARRAR STAFF WRITER
Sunday afternoon sealed a disappointing weekend for the Rutgers volleyball team. The Scarlet Knights dropped their opening two Big East matches of the season. Rutgers looked to rebound from Saturday’s loss to South Florida yesterday, as it faced Pittsburgh at the College Ave Gym. The Knights pushed the Panthers against the ropes, but the Panthers were too much for Rutgers to handle. The Knights lost in a final-match score of 3-2 with set scores of 31-33, 17-25, 25-23, 25-17 and 11-15. “We just have to be more consistent and be who we are,” said head coach C.J. Werneke following the team’s loss. “We let both
teams dictate our style of play, our approach to the matches and our energy. That’s not who we are.” The last three sets resulted in the squads battling it out until the finish, as the Knights forced a fifth set. They trailed, 8-3, but mounted a comeback. Rutgers was not successful in playing catch-up and came up short. The first set was neck-and-neck as the Knights and Panthers (10-6, 11) went back-and-forth in a highscoring affair. Both teams rallied and kept fans on the edge of their seats, but Pitt eventually came out on top. Freshman outside hitter Alex Lassa and freshman middle blocker Sarah Schmid had an offensive outburst as the two contributed 18 kills apiece. Lassa added 14 digs, and Schmid pitched in with five blocks.
Werneke said this weekend was a good test for the Knights because it showed they have “a lot of fight. “In years past we got beat 3-0 against both of these teams,” he said. “Coming back and showing some fortitude, forcing a Game 5 shows a lot of character and a lot of will to come back in that fashion.” The Knights fell Saturday to their first Big East opponent in South Florida (9-5, 1-0). Rutgers lost in a final match score of 3-1, with set scores of 25-21, 26-28, 25-27 and 2125. It was the second time Rutgers (14-3, 0-2) lost this season, the last coming on Aug. 25 at Miami. “We played really well together,” said sophomore middle blocker Rachel Andreassian. “It didn’t really go the way we wanted it to, but we saw a lot of good
things from our team. USF was a good team, too. I think we’re still excited about what’s to come in the conference. There’s tough competition, but I think that we can do it.” No team broke away in any game. Rutgers dug out a victory in the opening set after two consecutive kills from Lassa and Schmid. Rutgers challenged the Bulls in the remaining sets, but USF found a way to escape and pulled out victories, snapping the Knights’ 12match winning streak. Lassa led Rutgers with 22 kills, one shy of her career-high. Junior defensive specialist Tracy Wright led the defensive charge with 16 digs while senior setter Stephanie Zielinski recorded her seventh straight double-double and her
11th of the year with 50 assists and 10 digs. “[USF] went on a couple of runs,” Andreassian said. “We were ahead in game three, and we kind of lost it for a little bit. We just can’t let [Pittsburgh] build momentum and take the lead from us. We just have to keep playing consistently the whole game.” Rutgers takes another crack at its conference competition when it hits the road Friday to take on Villanova, against which it hopes to rebound. “One weekend isn’t going to break or make our season,” Werneke said. “We’re 0-2 [in conference play], we have 13 more matches in the Big East and we have 13 more opportunities to prove to the Big East who we are.”
FIELD HOCKEY RUTGERS 4, CORNELL 3
Team rebounds against Cornell BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers field hockey team proved its resilience again by splitting its weekend games. The Scarlet Knights took on second-ranked Syracuse in their first game of the weekend, a 6-0 loss, and came right back on Sunday to beat Cornell in overtime 4-3. “I think obviously, we were a little disappointed about our game against Syracuse,” said head coach Meredith Long. “But they are a phenomenal team, and we realized what we need to tweak and work on, which we brought into the game against Cornell.” In the second half of the Cornell game, the Knights (5-5, 02) defense stepped up, not allowing a single shot from the Big Red. Cornell (1-6) was given a green card, and Rutgers took advantage of playing the rest of the game with an extra player. The Knights scored two quick goals off of the green card and sent the game into overtime, when they cashed in on a goal by senior midfielder Christie
Lonsky — her second on the game — to win the contest. The win was the first overtime victory for the Knights this season, which were previously 0-2 in games that went into the overtime period this season in losses to Boston and Temple.
“They are really doing a nice job with the system and the structure.” MEREDITH LONG Head Coach
In the first half, the Big Red got off to a fast start, converting 3-of-5 shots to go up on the Knights, 3-0. “The first half, Cornell showed they were absolutely ready and fired up for this game,” Long said. “The defensive unit really came together in the second half.” This weekend marked the third consecutive weekend in which the Knights lost the first game and came back in the sec-
ond game to score a victory. The team also accomplished the feat when it defeated Bryant, 3-0, and Sacred Heart last weekend, 5-0. So far, Long has the team buying into to the new style of play she has brought to the team despite the Syracuse (9-0) loss. Rutgers has been playing a more up-tempo style, which involves more combinations at midfield and more counter attacks. With the new style, the Knights have already matched their win total from the 2011 season. “I think they are really buying into it, responding and playing some good field hockey,” Long said. “I think they are really doing a nice job with the system and the structure.” The Knights will now stay at home to take on Villanova and then come right back on Sunday to take on Bucknell. “Overall I think the team is continuing to learn, and we will grow from both of our games this weekend,” Long said. “We are really excited to get back to a good week of practice and tighten up some things that we need to work on. I think our team really saw what it takes to be at the top this weekend.”
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
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WOMEN’S SOCCER MARQUETTE 2, RUTGERS 0
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After losing its first two conference games, the Rutgers women’s soccer team needed a big weekend to get a leg up in the Big East standings. No. 21 Marquette prevented the Scarlet Knights from making that move, defeating the Knights, 2-0, Sunday to push
Rutgers to 1-3 in the conference. “We had a good idea as to how they were going to come out and that is with numbers getting forward,” said head coach Glenn Crooks. “Unfortunately, we just didn’t keep the ball.” The Golden Eagles (7-2-1, 3-0) outshot the Knights, 19-9, as Rutgers failed to consistently provide offense in either half, even though it has a history of finding the
Junior goalkeeper Jessica Janoz played in place of starter Emmy Simpkins in Rutgers’ 2-0 loss yesterday to Marquette. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER, FILE PHOTO
back of the net in the second period. Marquette scored two goals, both in the first half. Marquette forward Meghan Kelly went unassisted and scored her second goal of the season to put the Golden Eagles up, 2-0, to cap the scoring for the contest along with the Knight’s chances of surmounting a comeback Marquette forward Taylor Madigan took a pass from forward Cara Jacobson four minutes earlier and drilled a shot behind junior goalkeeper Jessica Janosz, who started for senior keeper Emmy Simpkins as she continues to recover from her head injury suffered Sept. 16 against Georgetown. Rutgers’ shots, mostly in the second half, were non-threatening. The lack of attempts is something junior for ward Jonelle Filigno cannot quite figure out. “I don’t know what it is,” Filigno said. “I can’t pinpoint it. It seems like we have a little more urgency when we go down a goal or when we are in the second half. It is always different in the second half.” Junior defender Tori Leigh believes the lack of opportunities by the offense has an effect on the whole team. “It is a lot of pressure all over the field,” Leigh said. “It’s a lot of pressure on all of us, even the forwards. Everyone can score goals, we just have to have the mentality to do it.” The Knights seems to embrace taking more shots in the second half, and Fridays’ 1-0 victory against South Florida is a perfect example of their play.
Rutgers (8-4) took seven shots against the Bulls (7-3, 0-3) in the second period, and a Filigno header off of the crossbar was the closest the Knights came to scoring. South Florida controlled possession, forcing the Knights into their third overtime game of the season. And with Rutgers relying on late-goal heroics to finish off its game, Filigno provided just that. The Mississauga, Canada, native drilled a penalty shot in the last minute of double overtime, giving the Knights their first Big East victory of the season. ‘It is always good to get the game winner,” Filigno said. “There were so many girls that caused that to happen, so it was a great team effort, and we are just happy that we finished it off in the end.” Rutgers had 13 shots in the first half against the Wildcats, and was more aggressive with its approach to score goals. While Crooks recognizes the added pressure it puts on his defense, he believes there are more things for the Knights to work on, namely converting on the opportunities the Knights give themselves. “If we are inside the box and undefended, we need to shoot,” Crooks said. “We had players in position to do better in certain situations just in terms of finishing or just getting a attempt on goal.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @BradlyDtargum
MEN’S SOCCER GEORGETOWN 1, RUTGERS 0
No. 9 Hoyas best Knights with overtime goal BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Georgetown forward Brandon Allen does not play like a freshman. He plays like the leader of the No. 9 men’s soccer team in the nation. Allen had to get through a Scarlet Knights backfield yesterday that sported three starting freshman defenders, and they matured too. Rutgers held Georgetown scoreless for 94 minutes, longer than any Hoyas opponent all season, until Allen weaved through three Rutgers defenders at the top of the box in overtime. Senior goalkeeper Kevin McMullen was the last line of defense in front of Allen, who entered the game tied for the Hoyas team lead with five goals this year. Allen sunk his eighth attempt of the day and his fourth shot on goal to end Georgetown’s 1-0 victory in Washington, D.C. “Eventually Brandon Allen got us, but that’s why he’s a very talented player and a very good finisher,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “Like I [said] going into the game, he’s a kid who won’t do a whole lot for a good portion of the game, but then he’ll show up and put in a dagger.” Allen duped McMullen in the 95th minute of the game, but McMullen held his own for the rest of Rutgers’ (3-3, 0-1) Big East opener. The Southern Methodist transfer saved 10 shots against
Georgetown, including all four of Allen’s shots on goal. McMullen and Georgetown goalie Keon Parsa were in a battle to see who would let up first. Georgetown (8-0-1, 1-0) gave McMullen the more difficult task, recording a 26-10 shot advantage. The Blackwood, N.J., native has led a young defense all year with senior defender Dragan Naumoski, and once the 82nd minute passed, the young defense held Georgetown — which averages 17.1 shots per game — scoreless for longer than anyone the Hoyas have faced this year. “It’s his reading of the game, his organization of his back four,” Donigan said of McMullen. “He’s really matured as a player.” In the second half, Rutgers was a young team holding possession for more of the period than the ninth-ranked team in the country. The Knights got seven shots off Georgetown in the second period, threatening to take the lead in a small stretch of the period. Junior midfielder Mike Sobof f was the dif ferencemaker when he came off the bench in the 66th minute. The Newton South High School product got three of his teamleading four shots off within the next seven minutes. Freshman midfielder Mael Corboz got the best chance to score when he earned a penalty shot in the 73rd minute, an attempt Parsa saved.
“Unfortunately I didn’t score, and I can only blame myself really,” Corboz said. “The loss is most likely my fault. I’m taking full responsibility for that loss.” Rutgers had a more difficult time of that in the first half. Georgetown held a 13-3 shot advantage at half time. “They were really patient with the ball,” Corboz said. “They go backwards like 20 yards for 30 seconds and then try to go forward. Everyone really like buys into their system. They don’t really dribble. They just keep the ball moving.” Even though Georgetown was in control for most of the game,
Rutgers is still one of only two teams this year that has held the Hoyas scoreless in regulation. The loss hurt Rutgers in the conference standings, but Donigan is happy. “I’m starting to like our group a lot more ever y day, ever y game,” he said. “Obviously we’re all upset that we didn’t get the [winning] result, but at the same time, that’s just part of having a young team and a little bit of growing pains.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @jbakantargum
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wide receiver Mohammed Sanu, a former Scarlet Knight, threw a 73-yard touchdown pass in the Bengals’ 38-31 win against the Washington Redskins. The rookie connected with wide receiver A.J. Green on the first play of the game out of the wildcat formation. The Bengals selected Sanu in the third round of this year’s draft after he declared a year early out of Rutgers. Sanu broke the Big East record for receptions last season at Rutgers with 115 grabs for 1,206 yards and seven touchdowns.
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team remained No. 1 in the Associated Press poll this weekend after its 40-7 victory against Florida Atlantic. Oregon moved to No. 2 in the rankings after its 49-0 romp against Arizona, replacing LSU in the second spot. The Tigers moved to third in the country after experiencing some trouble putting away an unranked Auburn squad, while Florida State and Georgia remained No. 4 and 5 in the standings, respectively. South Carolina moved into the sixth position while Kansas State, Stanford, West Virginia and Notre Dame rounded out the top 10.
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Senior goalie Kevin McMullen saved 10 shots against the Hoyas on Saturday before Georgetown scored an overtime goal. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER, FILE PHOTO
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cross country team finished second yesterday at the Father Leeber S.J. Invitational, the team’s fourth event of the season. The Scarlet Knights collected 54 points in the race, losing to host Fairfield in the event. Freshman Chris DeFabio was the first Knight to cross the finish line. He finished fifth in the 68-runner field with a final time of 26:34. Sophomore Curtis Richburg finished 12th in the race with a time of 27:12 while freshman Anthony Horton placed 17th with a time of 27:45. Freshman Daniel Lee was the last Knight to appear in the top 20 with a final time of 27:53, good for 18th place.
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cornerback Darrelle Revis left yesterday’s game with what looked like a left knee injury. The All-Pro corner tried to avoid a block by a Dolphins player and grabbed his knee at the end of the play. Revis missed last week’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a concussion and was limited in practices leading up to yesterday’s 23-20 overtime win. He has played in just one other game this season, against the Buffalo Bills, and recorded an interception.
THE NEW YORK KNICKS are considering signing forward Rasheed Wallace, according to CBSSports. The 38-year-old worked out with Knicks centers Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas yesterday as the team is considering bring Wallace on the roster. Wallace last played for the Boston Celtics in 2010. He has played with five dif ferent teams, most notably with the Detroit Pistons.
EXTRA EDGE The Rutgers men’s soccer team was the first team to hold No. 9 Georgetown scoreless in regulation before the Hoyas won, 1-0, in overtime. / PAGE 19
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winning streak Saturday against South Florida before losing to Pittsburgh yesterday, 3-2. / PAGE 18
women’s soccer team put up just nine shots in its 2-0 loss to Marquette. / PAGE 19
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“He’s a kid who won’t do a whole lot for a good portion of the game, but then he’ll show up and put in a dagger.” — Rutgers head men’s soccer coach Dan Donigan on Georgetown forward Brandon Allen
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
FOOTBALL RUTGERS 35, ARKANSAS 26
Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova and senior safety Duron Harmon celebrate Rutgers’ 35-26 win Saturday against Arkansas. Nova completed 25 passes for 397 yards and five touchdowns in arguably the best game of his collegiate career, securing the win with a 60-yard touchdown pass. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Hogtied Nova pushes Rutgers past Razorbacks with five TDs to four different receivers BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — On a night that signaled the return of 2011 All-SEC FirstTeam quarterback Tyler Wilson, Gary Nova proved a willing counterpart.
The sophomore, in his biggest nonconference game with the Rutgers football team, said the Scarlet Knights’ 35-26 victor y Saturday at Arkansas was “the best game I’ve probably ever played,” and with good reason. “That’s a quar terback’s dream, to go back and for th like that,” Nova said after completing 25 passes for 397 yards and five touchdowns, all career highs. “Those are the moments you dream about in college football.” The dream nearly hit an abrupt snare. Wilson, in his first start since suffering a concussion Sept. 8 against Louisiana Monroe, led the Razorbacks (1-3) on back-to-back
touchdown drives that lasted less than three total minutes. The Knights (4-0, 1-0) saw their 15-point lead shrivel to only 2, and more than eight minutes remained. But Nova never buckled. “That’s great poise and great leadership,” said sophomore wide receiver Brandon Coleman. “I’m glad he’s out there leading us. He kept us calm in the huddle. We faced a lot of adversity, and he just kept our composure.” It took Nova only two plays to respond. With single coverage over the top, Nova looked of f an Arkansas safety and found the waiting arms of senior wideout Mark Harrison for a 60-yard touchdown.
It was likely the byproduct of head coach Kyle Flood’s growing tr ust in Nova. Only two weeks earlier had Nova thrown for only 130 yards and an interception against Howard. He managed only 158 yards and another tur nover in the Knights’ season opener against Tulane. But faced with an identity-forging drive, the staff placed its faith in Nova. “It’s a one-score game. I think you have to be aggressive,” Flood said. “You have to go out there and win the game. You can’t wait for the other team not to win it.” SEE
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Knights switch up defensive look to 3-4 formation BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — In an effort to minimize Arkansas quar terback Tyler Wilson’s impact Saturday, the Rutgers football team employed a variety of new looks, none more apparent than its four-linebacker set.
Within the 3-4 scheme, sophomore Kevin Snyder lined up at outside linebacker, giving senior Khaseem Greene a larger role in coverage. Greene split out wide, covered slot receivers and roamed the middle of the field. “He really was checking and doing things,” Greene said of Wilson. “He knew when pressures were coming. To our [defen-
sive] coordinator Robb Smith’s advantage, he was playing the game with him.” But in the fourth quarter, Wilson drew Smith’s hand. After Wilson threw a pair of quick touchdowns to wide receiver Cobi Hamilton, Smith opted for a three-safety look. Sophomore starter Lorenzo Waters was not on the field for it.
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KYLE FLOOD has lead the Rutgers football team to a No. 23 ranking. It is the first time the team is ranked since the 2009 season under former head coach Greg Schiano, when it was ranked No. 25
Senior backups Wayne Warren and Mason Robinson, who only recently switched to safety, teamed with senior Duron Harmon on Arkansas’ second-to-last drive. “There’s going to be mistakes, there’s certainly going to be angles we’d like to have back,” Flood said. “But when you play a really SEE
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