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A CLOSE LOOK INSIDE RUPA The Rutgers University Programming Association discloses its operating budget BY YASHMIN PATEL UNIVERSITY EDITOR

While it may seem like buying a burger at a student center is just lunch, a percentage of the expense goes toward the generated revenue of University Student Life — a source that provides funding for the Rutgers University Programming Association. This generated revenue comprises any money generated by campus student centers or Student Life, including food caterings from a vendor or a room reservation, said Adam Helgeson, RUPA president. RUPA receives $535,000 from Student Life-generated revenue, a baseline budget set by Student Life’s executive director, directors and business office, said Carey Loch, associate director for Programs in Student Life. “That’s the bulk of our budget,” she said. “Then we have $150,000 of money that comes from [the Rutgers University Student Assembly] allocations. That typically was the $150,000 that went toward Rutgersfest.” Kerri Willson, director of Student Involvement, said $38 from the campus fee charged on term bills each semester goes to RUSA allocations. Off the top of the $38, $3.25 is directly allocated for special programming, Willson said. Historically, special programming included Rutgersfest, and non-RUPA events like Rutgers Day and Dance Marathon. RUPA continues to get the $150,000 that was allocated for Rutgersfest, despite former University president Richard L. McCormick

Eric LeGrand, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, speaks yesterday at the Visitor Center on Busch campus. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Eric LeGrand celebrates new book release Former Scarlet Knight shares story of his injury, recovery BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT

Eric LeGrand, former defensive tackle for the Scarlet Knights, was paralyzed from the neck down while playing in October 2010. But the School of Arts and Sciences senior has found a new passion — telling the world his inspirational story. LeGrand spoke to a crowd of 275 people at the Visitor Center yesterday on Busch campus to promote the release of his two books, “Believe: My Faith and the Tackle That Changed My Life,” and “Believe: The Victorious Story of Eric LeGrand.” “Football was my whole life,” said LeGrand, who had played the sport since he was five. “But since I got hurt, I realized that there’s so much opportunity in the world. Don’t worry about the person next to you — just be the person you can be.” When LeGrand became paralyzed, many thought he would never recover, but the game did not end for him. After regaining some movement and sensation throughout his body, he returned to the field in a wheelchair the ver y next year — a moment so miraculous it was chosen to be the best of 2011 by Sports Illustrated readers. His mother, Karen LeGrand, said it was his positivity that pushed him through the paralysis. “To be honest with you, Eric is more of my support system,” she said. “He is so positive and so determined that he doesn’t need SEE

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Program to feature struggles of Asian-Americans Department of American Studies plans to expose post-9/11 profiling groups still face today BY HANNAH SCHROER STAFF WRITER

The effects of the War on Terror on AsianAmerican communities is the focus of a program called “Asian American Voices in an Age of Terror,” which will debut at the Rutgers Student center on Oct 1. The program, which features former U.S. Army Muslim Chaplain James J. Yee, will bring together the voices from the AsianAmerican community to discuss the effects of racial profiling and stereotyping, said Allan Punzalan Isaac, associate professor in the Department of American Studies.

Yee was falsely accused of espionage and imprisoned for 76 days in 2003 before all charges were dropped, Isaac said. Isaac said racist policies and practices, like the ones that led to Yee’s imprisonment, are detrimental to freedom of expression and citizenship. While Asian-Americans are rarely mentioned in relation to the War on Terror, there is a history of racism in the United States toward different groups within the AsianAmerican category, said Sylvia Chan-Malik, assistant professor in the Department of American Studies in an inter view with Rutgers Today.

“I hope the audience leaves with an understanding of how contemporary antiIslamic racism in the U.S. is not simply the consequence of 9/11, but has emerged in relation to longstanding and overlapping legacies of racism and xenophobia,” ChanMalik told Rutgers Today. Immigrants and non-Christian religious groups are popular targets for racist practices because they are perceived as foreign, Isaac said, citing the Oak Creek Sikh temple shooting that occurred earlier this year. “Sikhs and many other religious groups have thrived in the United States for over a century and yet, they are seen by some as threats to the American way of life, particularly at times of economic and political crises,” Isaac said. SEE

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CAMPUS CALENDAR Thursday, Sept. 27 Sofia Campos, chair of United We Dream, and Ken Wong of the UCLA Labor Center give a lecture on immigrant youth in a lecture titled “Undocumented and Unafraid” at 1 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The event is sponsored by the School of Management and Labor Relations.

Saturday, Sept. 29 Soledad O’Brien, CNN anchor and award-winning documentary producer, speaks at the all-day 2012 Latina Summit, the first statewide conference for Latinas, at the Douglass Campus Center. Newark Mayor Cory Booker will introduce O’Brien during the luncheon at 12:30 p.m. For more information, visit lupelatinasummit.com. The Daily Targum Student Journalism Conference takes place today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center multipurpose room. Featured speakers include Targum alumni and journalism professionals from The Star-Ledger, as well as professors from the University’s Department of Journalism and Media Studies. “Prints by Mary Cassatt: In the Company of Women” opens at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. Admission is free for University students and staff with ID, $6 for adults.

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Sunday, Oct. 1 Rutgers University Dance Marathon hosts “FTK Day” at every student center on campus to mark the first day of dancer registration for the Marathon, which will take place on April 6-7, 2013.

METRO CALENDAR Thursday, Sept. 27 The 30th annual New Jersey Black Issues Leadership Conference begins at the Hyatt Regency at 2 Albany St. through Sept. 29. For more information and to register, visit njbic.com. Bassist Dezron Douglas and saxophonist Lummie Spann perform at Makeda Ethiopian Restaurant at 338 George St. Tickets are $5. The event is hosted by the New Brunswick Jazz Project. Childish Gambino performs at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre in downtown New Brunswick. Student tickets start at $5, and guest tickets start at $15. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit statetheatrenj.org.

Friday, Sept. 28 British singer/songwriter David Gray performs at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre. Admission starts at $35. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit statetheatrenj.org.

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IN BRIEF COALITION LAUNCHES FINANCIAL EDUCATION TRAINING WEBSITE Rutgers Cooperative Extension partnered with the New Jersey Coalition for Financial Education to launch a website aimed at providing financial education training for teachers, according to University media relations. Barbara O’Neill, extension specialist in financial resource management with Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, said there was a real need for the website, according to media relations. “A study conducted in 2009 by the University of WisconsinMadison found that many teachers who are expected to teach personal finance had never taken a formal college course and lacked knowledge and confidence to teach financial topics,” she said. The website will be called “Hard Core Financial Education Boot Camp” and will be available for free to teachers worldwide, she said.

PROFESSOR TO RESEARCH NATURAL SLEEPING PATTERNS AND EMOTIONS A university professor plans to study the relationship between natural fluctuations in sleep and their effects on cognitive and emotional functions, according to media relations. Mark Gluck, the director of the Rutgers Memor y Disorders Project, told media relations he hopes the project will help answer some of the more critical questions about sleep. “Doctors and pharmaceutical companies are especially in need of such tools to improve their ability to evaluate the ef fects of drugs on people’s quality of sleep,” he told media relations. The project is funded by a $552,307 three-years grant from the National Science Foundation, according to media relations.

RACE HELPS FUND WOUNDED VETERANS Brian Fiddermon, an ROTC instr uctor at the University coordinated the “Run for the War riors,” a race dedicated toward those wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. The proceeds benefits the warriors and their families through a nonprofit organization called Hope for the Warriors, which provides suppor t for families that the militar y and Veterans Administration does not, according to University relations. Aimed at helping wounded veterans, the nonprofit also helps families whose son or father are in the hospital. The event raised between $32,000 and $34,000 through each participant’s sponsor.

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Nathalie Peck, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, and about 30 members of the Rutgers Taekwondo Club prepare for a competition for the Easton Collegiate Taekwando Conference in the Upper Gym of the College Avenue Gym.

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Colloquium reflects on artifacts, erosion BY MARIALONA PANALIGAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Christopher LePre, assistant instructor in the Department of Geological Sciences, announced yesterday that the Department of Earth and Planetar y Science plans to offer a fluvial geology graduate seminar in the spring. LePre and Craig Feibel, associate professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, will teach the seminar, which will focus on the geology of rivers and flood plains, LePre said at the Department of Earth and Planetary Science’s colloquium at the Wright-Rieman Auditorium on Busch campus. “We’re not going to incorporate a lot of archeology to the class — it’s going to be a geology class,” he said. He said he wanted to incorporate topics like fluvial architecture and stratigraphy interpretation of archaeological sites because the information can build a better understanding of how artifacts get deposited and shifted through time. “This prospect of predictability is really attractive to a geologists,” LePre said “We like to know where the artifacts are right off the back, instead of going to survey them.”

Artifacts that exist in the accu- weathering at the Earth’s surface, mulation of sediments caused by LePre said. “What a site may have looked erosion are beneficial to archeologists because it helps them like 100 years ago — 1,000 years understand the history of items ago is not what you find when you start excavating it,” he said. found in dig sites, he said. The further back in time the LePre said the value of the collection contains useful artifacts of sites go, the more transformative human occupancy from a particu- factors will have distorted the archeological record, he said. lar period in time. Although records get distorted “One of the most difficult things over time, the about looking at Pompeii exhibit archeological sites “We like to know serves as an examis understanding what they mean,” where the artifacts ple of a site that remained prehe said. are right off served over time, Interpreting LePre said. behavior from an the back, instead There were archeological site is of going dense accumulaimportant because tions of stone the artifacts give to survey them .” tools found to insight to what CHRISTOPHER LEPRE have cut marked human behavior Assistant Instructor bones and was like years ago, in the Department smashed bones, LePre said. of Geological Sciences which archeolo“It’s not [a] onegists since interto-one relationship between what humans were doing preted the site as a cluster of artiat a particular moment in time and facts that could reflect human what the archeological site is behavior, he said. “What you’re looking at somemade up of,” he said. “There’s a lot of distortion that has gone on, a lot thing that they call living floors or of transformation that has gone on home bases, places where humans were congregating on as a result of natural processes.” Archeological records can be landscape,” he said. Other archeologists hypothedistorted through environmental causes, like an earthquake and sized the idea of the clustered

artifacts to have formed through hydrologic means, he said. “You have rivers coming by and basically reworking and concentrating all the artifacts as a lag deposit, and this lag gives the impression [of] your living floor or a place that was repeatedly occupied by humans,” LePre said. Rapid sedimentation influences rapid burial of artifacts, which affected the preservation of archeological records, he said. “As a consequence, we have a dif ferent [perspective] on the archeological record,” LePre said. The archeological records of Pompeii leave LePre questioning how it survived erosion better through time than the artifacts did, which were accumulated over a short time. Ben Schuber, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, said though the lecture did not interest him, he would attend other colloquiums because it has to do with his field of study. Ying Reinfelder, an associate professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, said there would be weekly colloquiums that introduce top-of-the-line scientists and the most recent scientific discoveries to the University.

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RUPA Group’s $685,000 budget funds 280 programs throughout year CONTINUED FROM FRONT

When Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi visited the University and received $32,000, students wondered where the money came from. They compared her fee to the $30,000 for 2011 Commencement speaker Toni Morrison, although RUPA did not program Morrison’s speech. FILE PHOTO, APRIL 2011

Sean Foreman of electronic duo 3OH!3 performs at the last Rutgersfest in 2011. Former University president Richard L. McCormick indefinitely canceled the festival because of the large, out-of-town crowd it attracted, which indirectly led to shootings that night. FILE PHOTO, MAY 2011

canceling the annual campus music festival in 2011, Willson said. Loch said RUSA continued to designate that money to RUPA with the understanding that it would be spent on two large comedy shows and two large concerts a year. She said the larger events are typically a State Theatre comedy show and concert, and a comedy show and concert held in the College Avenue Gym. “We typically kind of say $75,000 goes to the Comedy and Movies [Committee] and $75,000 goes to the Concerts and Coffeehouses [Committee], and they put it toward the overall cost of those,” she said in reference to the RUSA-allocated funds. “They spend a lot more than that on large events like that.” RUPA faces a challenge each year because of limited venue options on campus, Loch said. The largest audience a RUPA event can hold is about 1,800 people in the State Theatre. Venues are limited to the theater and the gym because only those have the proper acoustics for a concert, she said. Bringing big name ar tists like Jay-Z to campus could attract thousands of students to the event, but RUPA does not have a venue large enough to sell the amount of tickets needed to compensate for a program that would cost a few million dollars, she said. “We don’t want to charge so much that you wouldn’t want to come,” she said. “To bring that large of an artist, you would have to have such high ticket sales for

the limited number of seats we have in our venues here,” she said. Loch said living in the tristate area gives students the ability to see those ar tists in New York City or Philadelphia, and pay less than if RUPA brought a high-profile ar tist to campus. She said it would cost less for students to see a well-known artists in New York City because they would be seeing the artist at a larger venue like Madison Square Garden as opposed to the State Theatre. “They’re selling thousands of tickets. We can only sell 1,800,” Loch said. Loch said RUPA remains within the confines of their $685,000 budget to provide the University with about 240 programs a year. In addition to RUSA funds, the Concerts and Coffeehouses Committee receives $150,000 from the Student Life-generated revenue, while the Comedy and Movies Committee receives $105,000, she said. The organization prepares for most of this semester’s events in the spring and summer months, and is currently working on scheduling events for spring 2013, with most of the agenda set in November, Loch said. RUPA will present Childish Gambino tonight at the State Theatre. Student tickets for the show range from $5 to $25, Loch said. Childish Gambino, the stage name for actor, comedian and rapper Donald Glover, charged the organization $50,000 as an artist fee, Loch said. “If we can get some of that money back in ticket sales, then that helps us justify spending that

kind of money on an artist like that,” she said. In addition to paying for the artist, RUPA also pays for the sound equipment, security, staging and food, she said. RUPA also looks for entertainment that is not always mainstream because of budgetary limitations, she said. Through putting a larger percentage of the budget toward comedy shows and concerts, RUPA aims to charge students as little as possible to come to an event, keeping in mind that State Theatre tickets cost more because it is not a University venue and also charges ticket fees, Loch said. “We never make enough money [from the shows] to not have spent above what we make, so it subsidizes the cost essentially — the ticket fees do,” she said. “Students typically have to pay for events where the fee to bring an artist is such that we couldn’t afford it without some sort of revenue.” Bringing comedian Aziz Ansari to the University cost $65,000 in artist fees, she said, an example of a show that sold out but charged for tickets to help cover some of the costs. Loch said when doing cost amortization, RUPA tries to pick a percentage of sales that they would want to sell out. “It’s just hard sometimes to pick the right artists because of the limitations we have on venue and what we can spend,” she said. Reaching out to an artist’s agent, seeing the artist’s availability and contracting make up the framework to book an artist, Loch said. RUPA also does a minimum of three reference checks with local Universities to see how an artist performed and how much students paid for the event. “We compare ourselves from a programming standpoint a lot with places like Ohio State and Penn State,” she said, whose

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campus events contrast with the University’s because the schools have larger budgets. Because of the University’s location, Loch said it opens doors for RUPA to capitalize on the fact that some artists or lecturers they want to bring are in the New York and Philadelphia area. Loch said knowing where an artist is geographically when trying to book them is beneficial for negotiating purposes. RUPA works with Concertideas.com, a college talent buyer and booking agency, to get a sense of how much it costs to bring an artist to campus and negotiate prices. “Negotiation isn’t just the cost,” she said. “It’s also travel, it’s also the flexibility of their schedule, how many dates they can give us to choose from. It’s definitely a puzzle, for these larger events — there’s a lot of things you can negotiate beyond price.” RUPA will present Bo Burnham for the Homecoming comedy show next month, “The Onion,” after Election Day and based off student surveys, RUPA is looking for an electronic artist for the spring, Loch said. HOW RUPA WORKS RUPA is in its fifth year of programming events, said Helgeson, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. When the University’s colleges merged, RUPA was formed to program events for all five campuses instead of each campus having its own programming committee as it was in years past, he said. RUPA is made up of 32 members split into six committees: arts and culture, comedy and movies, concerts and coffeehouses, human resources, marketing and public relations, operating and tradition and community, Helgeson said. The arts and culture committee hosts craft events, informa-

tive and educational lecturers — like last year’s zombie lecture — and cultural events, he said. The human resources committee focuses on internal aspects like recruitment, training and branding, Helgeson said. The traditions and community committee deals with traditional University events, like the bed races, he said. The comedy and movies committee hosts movie screenings on campus and comedy shows, while the concert and coffeehouses committee programs larger concerts on campus, he said. The marketing and public relations committee comes up with ad campaigns to spread word about RUPA events, he said. Each committee proposes a budget and researches the cost for various proposed programming events, and a discussion between the RUPA executive board and advisers takes place before deciding how the Student Life funding of $535,000 is distributed, Loch said. The arts and culture committee receives $75,000; comedy and movies receives $105,000; concerts and coffeehouses receives $150,000; human resources receives $44,000; marketing receives $40,000; operations receives $31,000; public relations receives $10,000; and traditions and community receives $80,000, she said. Although there are six committees, the money is divided into eight par ts, Loch said. The operations portion is not for programming purposes, but executive training and office purposes. RUPA offers students many free events, Loch said. Members of RUPA do not expect for students to like all the events RUPA hosts, but hope they can find something that interests them during the year. The organization reaches out to students through Facebook and

Twitter, but also seeks student requests for artists and feedback about events, Helgeson said. Ariel Herrera, a Rutgers Business School sophomore, said she thinks RUPA should bring bigger artists to the University. “I think they should make it more mainstream because this school is so huge,” she said. “You can’t please everyone, [so] you might as well focus on what everyone has a liking of.” But Albert Ibrahim, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said the organization should mix it up when hosting concerts. “There’s a lot more genres out there,” he said. “Rock is something you don’t hear anymore. Honestly, bring that back.” While RUPA programs multiple events each year, they also work with other student organizations to co-sponsor events, Helgeson said. RUPA does not allocate money to student organizations looking for funding, but does sign on as a co-sponsor with other student organizations. This means the association sometimes gives funds to another group after the executive board reviews an online application request, Loch said. “Once RUPA signs on to be cosponsor, they’re all in,” she said. “They’re going to be at the event, they’re going to help the program ... beyond just giving them a certain amount of money that they may have asked for, because they’re committed to the programming piece of it.” Helgeson said RUPA is still trying to figure out the logistics of providing balanced programs throughout the campuses. “We don’t want to under-represent the students at Cook [campus], where the venues are not necessarily what we could hold a concert at,” he said. “Busch [campus] is a better place for lectures than it would be for an arts and crafts event but [we also want to host] an arts and craft event [on] Busch.”

Actor Adrian Grenier speaks with students after his appearance at the Rutgers Student Center, where he promoted his documentary “Teenage Paparazzo.” NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Aziz Ansari performed for a sold-out crowd in spring 2012 at the State Theatre. RUPA paid Ansari a $65,000 artist’s fee and sold 1,800 tickets. ENRICO CABREDO, ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

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PROGRAM Kim says Jeremy Lin exemplifies positive form of stereotype CONTINUED FROM FRONT Stereotyping dilutes cultural identity and leaves some AsianAmericans without a full appreciation of their ethnic heritage, said Zion Kim, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “[It] assumes we all come from the same walks of life,” Kim said. Chan-Malik told Rutgers Today that racism, classism, sexism and homophobia are rampant, even if they are sometimes seems invisible. “On the one hand, racism is everywhere — in the coded language of politicians, law enforcement practices, the violent inequality that determines the uneven distribution of state and social resources,” Chan-Malik told Rutgers Today. “On the other hand, racism no longer speaks its name.” Kim said this generation has gone through its share of stereotyping and, while he brushes off Asian-American stereotypes, he understands why it is hard to ignore some of the comments. More recently, Kim said people gave him comments of surprise when he admitted that he was not familiar with directions on Busch campus. “People will still profile you because you’re Asian,” Kim said. The term Asian-American is an umbrella term for people that may belong to many different religious groups and ethnic affiliations, Isaac said. The group, he said, is affected by legacies of racism and exclusion dating back to the 19th century. Asian-Americans have historically been portrayed as the “model minority” when compared to other racial groups, which ignores the complicated racial histor y of the United States, Isaac said. When an individual does something great or terrible, Kim said news sources often refer to stereotypes before looking closely at the person. A lot of Asian-Americans were ostracized following the Virginia Tech shooting, said Kim, who recalls being taunted in school while someone threw an egg at his brother’s car. “The myth still persists today, creating not only unrealistic expectations among widely diverse Asian-American communities who might fail to achieve class and social mobility, but is also detrimental to coalitions among communities of color necessary to fight against structural and everyday racism,” Isaac said. Kim said the stereotype could also paint the individual in a positive light, such as Jeremy Lin, the Houston Rockets basketball player, because it treats AsianAmericans who do not fit the stereotype as a novelty. “[People think that] they were great and, specifically, they were Asian, so that’s a surprise,” Kim said. “That sounds unfair, but you get over it.” Kim said it is wrong to lump Koreans, Japanese or Chinese ethnicities together because each group has a distinct history and cultural identity. But he admits the practice may also provide a positive unity, as well.

Egypt’s president assumes major role in Mideast THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS — Egypt’s new President Mohammed Morsi assigned himself the heavyweight’s role in the Middle East on Wednesday, declaring in his first speech to the United Nations that the civil war raging in Syria is the “tragedy of the age” and must be brought to an end. In a wide-ranging address that touched on all major issues confronting the region, Morsi also decried Israeli settlementbuilding on territor y Palestinians claim for a future state and condemned a film produced in the United States that denigrates Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. He urged all U.N. member nations to join in an effort to end what he called “the catastrophe in Syria” that pits the regime of Bashar Assad against opposition forces trying to end 40 years of dictatorship. More than 30,000 people have been killed in the 18month conflict.

Morsi has called for Assad to step down and said Wednesday that “the bloodshed in Syria and the humanitarian crisis that has unfolded must be stopped.” Morsi, an Islamist and key member of the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood, opened his remarks to the U.N. General Assembly by celebrating himself as Egypt’s first democratically elected leader who was swept into office after what he called a “great, peaceful revolution” that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. He then quickly inserted himself into the thorniest issues in the Middle East, demanding that the United Nations grant membership to the Palestinians, with or without a peace agreement with Israel. “The fruits of dignity and freedom must not remain far from the Palestinian people,” he said, adding that it was “shameful” that U.N. resolutions are not enforced. The Palestinians are expected to again ask for U.N. recognition and formally make applica-

tion to the world body in November, after the U.S. presidential election. President Barack Obama said when the Palestinians sought recognition last year that Washington would block the move until there was a peace deal with Israel. The focus of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, which have been on hold for four years, is a two-state solution that would formally grant the Palestinians the rights of an independent country. In his bid to end the violence in Syria, Morsi has invited Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia to join a contact group, though the Saudis have not yet participated and the fighting in Syria continues unabated. While Morsi wants Assad to step aside, he said Wednesday that he opposes any foreign military intervention. The U.N. Security Council, which could call for inter vention or global sanctions against Syria, is deadlocked because Russia, Assad’s main protector, and China have blocked a series

of resolutions brought by Western governments. Morsi also denounced as an obscenity the anti-Islam video that por trays the Prophet Muhammad as a womanizer, a child molester and a fraud, insisting that freedom of expression does not allow for attacks on any religion. He also condemned the violence that swept Muslim countries last week in reaction to the video. At least 51 people were killed, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans targeted in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. “Egypt respects freedom of expression. One that is not used to incite hatred against anyone. One that is not directed toward one specific religion or culture. A freedom of expression that tackles extremism and violence. Not the freedom of expression that deepens ignorance and disregards others,” Morsi said.

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RELEASE LeGrand’s mother credits family support for son’s recovery CONTINUED FROM FRONT a lot of support from me. It’s just the way he’s always been.” His books describe the dif ficult day-to-day struggles of his injur y — from getting out of bed to spending 4 hours a day in therapy, Eric LeGrand said. “I realized I have a stor y to tell with honest detail that a lot of people don’t know,” he said. “I put all this stuf f into the book because I really want to put that out there.” Alex Kay is also familiar with this reality. Because of her cerebral palsy, the 16-yearold high school student has been confined to a wheelchair since bir th. Kay said she came all the way from Brick to see Eric LeGrand, her hero. “He inspired me,” said Kay, who is now able to use a walker in school after years of therapy. “I’ve been through situations like him. He inspired me to walk more and to keep pushing.” The LeGrand family is teaming up with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to provide emotional suppor t for suf ferers of spinal injur y and to raise money for research, Karen LeGrand said. “Having a family means the world,” she said. “That’s what got him through the beginning stages. A lot of patients don’t have that suppor t, and they don’t do as well.” The Star-Ledger named him the most influential per-

son in New Jersey spor ts in August. He now travels the world, ser ving as an inspiration to others, said T im Pernetti, athletics director. “Eric hasn’t changed, but what he’s done for people since he’s been hur t is the greatest thing about him,” Pernetti said. “I know just by being around him that he’s not going to stop.” “Believe: The Victorious Stor y of Eric LeGrand” is a book designed for younger children to boost their confidence and determination at an early age, LeGrand said. “They’re easily influenced, so they should be influenced in the right direction,” he said. “They are the future of the world. I want them to be instructed at a young age to not think about being better than someone else.” Alisha Car ti, a mother of three from Franklin Lakes, said she brought her 12-year-old son Cameron to show him he can overcome his leg injur y. McKenna, her 4-year-old daughter, even begged to come along after hearing him speak at her elementar y school. “It was a great book,” said Cameron Car ti, who suf fers from the ef fects of reconstructive ligament surger y. Nikita Patel, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, believes the memoir’s real-life scenarios will prove to be power ful to children. “It will help because a lot of stor ybooks are based on fictional things,” she said. “His stor y is typed in a way that kids will understand. It’s good to have good books like this early on so they’ll learn while they’re young.”

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Local clinics offer vaccinations for flu season BY JUSTINA OTERO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Despite an increase in vendors supplying flu immunizations, less residents are getting vaccinated, said Lester Jones, director-health of ficer at the Middlesex County Of fice of Health Ser vices. He said the amount of residents in the community getting vaccinated decreased from 4,759 in 2010 to 3,608 in 2011. “According to our annual reports, statistics have indicated that there has been a decrease in the total flu shots administered by our of fice. However, there has been an increase in the number of vendors providing flu immunizations to residents within the community,” Jones said. In anticipation of flu season, the Middlesex County Health Depar tment is organizing a series of vaccination clinics throughout the county to help local residents ward off the illness. Jones said it is important that individuals get the shot as early as possible. The clinics are open to the public from any area in New Jersey, regardless of their county of residence. He recommends that people get vaccinated against influenza as soon as it becomes available. “Flu activity most commonly peaks in the United States in

The Middlesex County Health Department offers flu shots for $15 in vaccination clinics throughout the area. Flu season usually begins in October. GETTY IMAGES Januar y or Februar y. However, seasonal flu activity can begin as early as October and continue to occur as late as May,” Jones said. Ever y flu season is different, he said, making it difficult to predict the affect flu will have on the public. “Even healthy people can get ver y sick from the flu and spread it to others. When more people get vaccinated against the flu, less flu can spread through the community,” he said. Dorothy Kozlowski, assistant director for immunizations at Rutgers Health Ser vices, said the University provides a flu clinic for students.

“We are tr ying to spread the word about getting the flu shot as soon as possible,” Kozlowski said. “Our goal is not only to do the flu shot, but to teach the student about the prevention of the spread.” Kozlowski said health administrators at the University make flu campaign ef for ts ever y year, with flu season traditionally beginning in the fall and the winter. The flu vaccine comes out yearly and is usually provided through the spring. “The most important thing to remember is that it will prevent you from getting the flu and that the flu can also cause complications, such as pneumonia. Getting the shot

can prevent this from happening,” she said. Kozlowski said the measures are important for minimizing flu symptoms throughout the different campuses before it becomes a serious problem. “We see ourselves as public health of ficers on campus. Viral illnesses spread ver y easily and we want to keep you healthy and prevent illness,” she said. Dennis Green, director of the Woodbridge Township Health Department, said less people have been coming to the center for flu shots. “Our turnout has gone down a little bit because people are going to pharmacies to get

their flu shot, but here at the clinic we are able to ser ve a mass amount of people at one time,” Green said. Despite this decrease, Green said the Woodbridge Health Center continues to offer vaccinations for $15. “It is a very cheap insurance that can protect you from a very serious disease,” he said. “The vaccinations are either ver y inexpensive or completely free if you have Medicare. You can’t get any cheaper than that.” Even if an individual chooses not to undergo a vaccination, Jones said there are measures that can help reduce the chances of spreading the flu, such as staying home when sick, avoiding close contact with people who have the flu and cleaning your hands often. Tracy Buffer, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said she appreciates the clinic service provided to students on campus. “Most students would not have another way to obtain this ver y vaccination,” Buffer said. “The flu virus is spread ver y easily on campus — in the dining halls, the dorms and in the classrooms. By getting vaccination, all students can keep themselves from getting sick.” For further questions about flu shots at the University, call Health Ser vices at (732) 9327402. The shot costs $15 and is charged directly to the student’s insurance, Kozlowski said.

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Broken hearts over Syria WHAT THE HEALTH? CHELSEA GOHD

could spend my space in The Daily Targum this week discussing articles I’ve stumbled upon, marveling at Republican running mates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryans’ physicals and revealing that they are more fit and dashing than a pair of young Olympians. I could spend this time with you, the captivated and utterly enthralled audience, lecturing on the dangers of drinking four quarts of Franzia to chase that handle of Travelers Club Vodka. But that’s not my bag. This week, I’ll be discussing the heart. It’s a fickle thing, which carries our life-blood and serves as a metaphor for our pain and euphoria. We use our heart to describe human good, the gracious generosity that some share. We sing about our hearts soaring and breaking, longing and aching. They stand to represent the spectrum of emotions that have inspired countless beloved tunes and almost every single ’80s ballad. Speaking of hearts, though, recently the Reynhali State

Hospital in Turkey has become the giving home to Syrian refugees. The hospital is just a few miles shy of the Syrian border. Conflict in Syria and has left many Syrians wounded, and as many refugees seek shelter at camps across the border, this hospital has opened its doors. The hospital staff has opened their hearts to those Syrians seeking medical attention and refuge. They have been healing the spiritual and physical hearts of many. While many have been denied funding to house refugees, neighboring countries and numerous organizations are in the pursuit of rescue. Sometimes you may overhear a teenager or catch yourself melodramatically claiming, “I wish I didn’t have a heart” or “They totally broke my heart, totally.” This is usually in conjunction with a breakup or social disappointment. But the heart — or rather the concepts and metaphors that are associated with the heart — are also our passion, our hope and desire. It is this conscience that helps us to give without getting. Those feelings that remind us of how incredible life is. The heart is what we associate our feelings, our love with. It graces the cover of almost ever card and ornament every Feb. 14 and pops up all over the notebooks of teenagers and in notes passed in classrooms.

And while all of these sentiments of the heart seem intangible, they can take a physical toll. Stress in the form of anxiety, shock, heartbreak etc., can lead to “Broken heart syndrome.” I’m sure whoever is reading this has heard of this syndrome in one way or another. It’s caused by a rush of hormones sent from the adrenal glands to the heart, which paralyzes the muscle and causes it to shut down. The loss of a relationship or loved one, the love of your life becoming ill, or even throwing a surprise party for grandma can end in cardiac arrest. The people of Syria, dealing with extreme peril and heart-aching stress, are at risk of this syndrome daily.

“But some hearts are opening.” But some hearts are opening. The victims in this conflict are dealing not only with physical harm, but also with loss, anxiety and shock among countless other emotional obstacles. Refugees face the possibility of displacement from the only loved ones they have left after fleeing a dangerous area. After displacement, refugees face the hardships of finding a new (possibly tempo-

rary) home where they may have to learn a new language, or new skills for new and different jobs available there. The stresses refugees face can strain the heart, but there is always something one can do to remain centered and find happiness and peace — and the hospital in Reynhali is helping Syrian refugees with this. We college students can have our hearts pulled back and forth quite a bit. One night you are being swooned by a stranger on College Avenue, and the next you’re alone pining for love in sweats with schoolwork and a pint of Ben & Jerry’s. Our love lives damaged and swelling with promise, we are like all other humans. Our hearts can break and crumble, and they can open and fill with love. So when life brings you extreme stress, whether you live in a country wrought with turmoil, or you’ve lost a loved one, or even if you just got out of a relationship, remember to breathe. Remember to relax, maybe check out the nearest hiking trail. And remember to enjoy life, because there’s always something to love or find love in. Chelsea Gohd is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in public health. Her column, “What the Health?,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

Don’t ask, don’t tell, revisited MISS LONELYHEARTS SALLY REISCH

appy holidays, modern kids: last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010. When the glass is half-empty, DADT is at best cringe-worthy and nightmarish. But on the other hand, the outcome of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is the real good thing: a backhanded tribute to changing cultural paradigms. DADT was the official U.S. policy on homosexuals serving in the military from Dec. 21, 1993, to Sept. 20, 2011. In a feat of blissful compromise, the Clinton administration passed DADT, allowing closeted homosexuals the right to serve in the military. It was seen as a compromise primarily because the military has always excluded homosexuals from ser vice. Before the Department of Defense standardized its prejudice across all branches of the military in 1949, homosexuals would often be issued blue discharges, a type of discharge that is not quite dishonorable and does not require a martial court. In the 1970s the Department of Defense issued new regulations regarding homosexuals in the military, by developing uniform and clearly defined regula-

tions and justifications that made homosexual status, whether selfapplied or by the military, and conduct grounds for discharge, following a few high-profile cases. This policy stated: “The presence of such members adversely affects the ability of the armed forces to maintain discipline, good order, and morale; to foster mutual trust and confidence among service members; to ensure the integrity of the system of rank and command; to facilitate assignment and worldwide deployment of service members who frequently must live and work in close conditions affording minimal privacy; to recruit and retain members of the armed forces; to maintain the public acceptability of militar y ser vice; and to prevent breaches of security.”

“That as individuals, our equality is not the same as the equality of others.” Why is the militar y so afraid of homosexuality? The wording of the Department of Defense’s new set of regulations in the 1970s could be interpreted as the male gaze, the hegemonic gaze, getting turned back on itself, as if reflected in a mirror. Homosexuality would pose a national security threat; soldiers in “close conditions” with

“minimal privacy” might encounter “breaches of security” among its “members.” While DADT was a compromise measure, the language of DADT does not allow as much as it excludes. This policy regards the “prohibition against homosexual conduct” as a “longstanding element of military law that continues to be necessary in the unique circumstances of military service.” These “unique circumstances” refer to the importance of “high standards of morale, good order and discipline and unit cohesion” with which homosexuals and bisexuals would interfere. The title of the law, however, seems to give a suggestion to the unknowable number of homosexually-oriented men and women ser ving in the armed forces: stay in the closet. It’s hard to wrap my head around the ideology that DADT perpetuated because it is so thinly veiled. How exactly did it happen that our legislative body was able to suggest homosexuals stay closeted? Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which deals with Congressional powers, grants Congress the duty to “make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.” DADT states that it “lies within the discretion of the Congress to establish qualifications for and conditions of service in the armed forces.” In 1993 it might have looked like freedom. In 2011, the Obama administration signed a bill into law that put an end to DADT. “We

are not a nation who says don’t ask don’t tell,” President Obama said, “We are a nation who says all men are created equal.” He’s right. DADT marked an understanding of ourselves as a body: diehard individuals so apart from each other that they believe equality could exist in isolation. That as individuals, our equality is not the same as the equality of others. But this is a misinterpretation — equality cannot exist on its own. “Let there be no love poems written until all love can exist freely and cleanly,” writes Amiri Baraka in his poem “Black Art.” DADT revealed our political body’s sexual orientation, that is, our psychological orientation towards sexuality. Unsurprisingly, it is evolving. Chick fil-A’s marriage equality dispute was completely inconsequential; nobody asked, “What will happen to Chick-fil-A?” because ever ybody knew. Let them eat chicken. But the military is different. Our standing army is synonymous with our nationhood in a way that corporations are not. The Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 was an absolutely necessar y measure for the Obama administration. I’m glad the President could recognize prejudice when he saw it. Sally Reisch is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in English and philosophy. Her column, “Miss Lonelyhearts,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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nline comments are a strange beast. YouTube comments often degenerate into banal wars of offensive statements, while Reddit can offer intellectually stimulating diamonds in a rough sea of pointless — though entertaining — comments. And online commenting is new — not to us as college students, but to print media, which has been slowly making forays into new media. With what we know about the Internet, how can we make a venerable medium, the static newspaper, stretch its way into a dynamic, community landscape? I will ignore my cynicism that online comments will always deteriorate into flame wars, and my belief that Godwin’s law will always hold true. In a rather experimental way, I leave the commenters to decide whether website commentary can be civilized and whether my lack of clarification is a detriment to discussion. Instead, I will assert and presume that the Internet is an exciting and accessible platform to provide voice to the people, and I will offer some of the problems that arise when posting content on the Internet that was originally created for print. As it stands right now, columns are works of print first and works of the Internet second. They evoke a response, but do not invite responses — talk at, rather than to. Should it come as any surprise that the Targum editorial board feels that it is an appropriate policy to ensure columnists refrain from commenting on their own work? It would seem that an opinions page is the perfect place to invite the easily accessible and interactive aspect of the Web. Editorial columns are meant to compel, attack or defend. If the column does not generate a response, then it has not done its job. Yet a column written for the Web has greater potential for reader responses than a column written for print. And I challenge readers to prove that perception wrong. Print columns, as they are now, are static works — freeze-frames of thought meant to evoke a response about, but not to, itself. In order for an online commentary to be effective, whether from reader or writer, it must invite a response. A columnist defending his own work online seems to reinforce this print model of evoking reactions about, but not to. So what if your column gets attacked? If you have to defend it yourself, you haven’t done your job. So come at me, bro. Attack my work. Shaodi Huang is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. He is a desk assistant at The Daily Targum.

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Group of o-linemen stare down prospect of redshirting in 2012

Taintor scores despite conservative position for majority of game

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“The product you get on the back end is much better than the product you’re using on the front end,” he said. During the bye week, Flood and his staff get a chance to look at some of the freshman they do not normally get to see as much. And those players earn more reps in practice, adding to their growth in their likely redshirt season. “I think [being able to redshirt is] big for them,” said graduate assistant Darnell Stapleton. “It’s an opportunity for them to grow in the weight room. It’s an opportunity for them to get accustomed to the speed of playing Division-I football, and it gives them time to develop.” Stapleton, a former Scarlet Knight offensive lineman and Super Bowl Champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers, backs up Flood’s philosophy. He considers that growth period between the time players arrive and when they begin their first game to be “priceless.” Offensive line coach Damian Wroblewski echoes that sentiment, as well. “[Wroblewski] says your fifth year is always better than your first year,” said freshman offensive lineman Chris Muller. “He always wants to redshirt linemen and give them more experience just because it helps them progress into better players and just get that extra year of training under their belt before they actually get a chance to hit the field.” Muller is one of those freshmen that has yet to see time and will likely not see any time this year. Entering his first year at Rutgers, Muller was not sure where he would fit, but that did not matter as much to him as long as he did. “Coach Flood has an overall goal for offensive linemen, and wherever I fit in, I was hoping to fit in,” he said. “If I was first team, that would have been great, but if I’m scout team, that was going to be great — as long as I’m part of this team.” Flood said players like R.J. Dill, a fifth-year senior who spent most of his college football at Maryland, allow him to hold the entire class out together rather than play some while redshirting others. Muller thinks that provides the class with an advantage. “It just gives us an extra year to build a close relationship,” he said. “You always play better when you’re surrounded by friends. You want to block better for them because they’re your friends.” Of this year’s starting offensive line, only Dill leaves, presenting the freshmen next season with only one open spot along the front five. That means the majority of the group will remain sidelined, barring injuries or dips in play. So Muller and the rest of the linemen will likely continue to compete with each other for spots, something he does not mind. “It’s nice because we all get to push each other,” he said. “It’s not like we’re competing against guys two years older than us. We’re competing against each other. We’re all starting from the same point.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @jgregorytargum.

Junior forward Kene Eze scored the game-winning goal for the Knights last night in their 2-1 win at Yurcak Field. CONOR ALWELL, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

minute after freshman midfielder Mael Corboz found him through CCSU’s defense to generate a 2-0 Rutgers lead. Freshman defender Mitchell Taintor was a less likely scoring option, often staying toward midfield when Rutgers was on offense to break up a potential CCSU scoring drive. But when Taintor fled the defensive post, he made the game 1-0 with his second goal of the season. “I’m one of the taller players on the team, so I’m able to head the ball,” Taintor said. “It was a great cross. I’m getting into good spots.” Rutgers was more cautious about sending numbers downfield in the first half to avoid mistakes. The Blue Devils did not take advantage of any in the first half, despite taking a 6-3 shot advantage in the period.

They pulled together three consecutive shots in the 20th minute, but the Rutgers defense did not budge. Rutgers nearly came out on the leading end after the shot barrage as Eze got the ball in single coverage, which went into CCSU goalie Anthony Occhalini’s hands. Donigan substituted Eze 23 seconds later, which compounded Eze’s pressure to produce later in the match. “This year I’m actually seeing myself work to get more playing time, so I think that’s helping,” Eze said of his late production. Eze is a veteran for the Knights who has endured the team’s highs and lows before, and he has likely seen Donigan’s disappointment after a victor y more than Rutgers’ 13 freshmen. Donigan wants those younger players to learn. “These are inconsistencies with a young group that you have to deal with sometimes,” Donigan said. For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @jbakantargum.

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Senior setter Stephanie Zielinski recorded 55 assists in Rutgers’ five-set loss Sunday to Pittsburgh at the College Avenue Gym. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

WIN Rutgers needs high energy level to top Wildcats, earn victory CONTINUED FROM BACK try to manipulate their serving with great passing. Rutgers also needs to take the Wildcats’ physicality into account when formulating its game plan. “We’re going to have to find a way to get past their block,” Werneke said. “They’re a big, physical team with a lot more size than we [have]. So we’re going to have to play smart, efficient volleyball offensively and those kinds of things go hand in hand.” Rutgers is coming off of two Big East losses against South Florida and Pittsburgh. The Bulls handled the Knights, 3-1. Rutgers put up a fight against the Panthers by forcing five sets, but came up short, 32. Both losses resulted in the Knights falling to a two-game Big East deficit. “Our energy level dipped at times,” Jones said. “That’s something that we need to definitely improve upon for next weekend. I think we played very well for the most part. There were times that our execution wasn’t quite there. We couldn’t stop what [Pittsburgh and South Florida] wanted to do, but they stopped what we wanted to do.”

The losses were not a total disappointment for Rutgers. Jones believes this week is a test for the Knights to see if they learned something from their errors during their conference debut. “We need to maintain our love for the game,” she said. “As players, we need to really pay attention to the game plan that our coaches gave us and that we’ve worked on in practice. I think we’ll have a great chance at getting to the Big East Tournament.” Conference play is only beginning, but the Knights want to continue incorporating their intensity into ever y match. Consistency can play a huge role in Rutgers getting over the hump in its Big East performance. “We played well enough to win last weekend,” Werneke said. “The talent’s there, we should have a lot of confidence going into this next weekend of Big East play and we’re at our best. I really think that when we’re playing together and we’re playing passionately as a group, it accentuates the other aspects that we need to play well.” Werneke likes the team’s chances and is confident in its ability to make positive plays. “We have to continue to be consistent, aggressive servers,” he said. “Those are two things that we have been doing at a high level lately. When we up our defensive intensity like we did against Pittsburgh in Games 3 and 4, then we’re a very competitive team.”

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

SPORTS PAGE 18 TENNIS SOPHOMORE IMPRESSES HEAD COACH AT BROWN

Balsamo builds on experience from rookie year BY MIKE MORTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Coming off a successful freshman season for the Rutgers tennis team, sophomore Lindsay Balsamo has even higher expectations of herself this season. The Scarlet Knights competed last weekend in the Brown Invitational, in which Balsamo won her singles draw and two doubles matches. “I was excited to do well against some good teams and

good players,” Balsamo said. “I felt like I was playing well, especially for the first tournament.” She won all three of her singles matches, including a 6-4, 7-5 victory against Boston College’s Ina Kauppila. She also won two doubles matches with freshman Mariam Zein, advancing to the semifinals. Head coach Ben Bucca was quick to praise Balsamo’s per formance. “Lindsay played very strong competitive tennis,” he said. “She won all her three singles match-

es. Although she played well in singles, I think the highlight of the tournament was how she played in doubles. I was very happy for her to see her play at such a high level.” Balsamo said the Brown Invitational is a tournament she anticipates every year. “I always look forward to this tournament because it’s the first tournament of the year,” she said. “It’s a good way to get into the swing of things and start competing. The competition is always good, too.”

Balsamo is coming off a freshman campaign in which she compiled a 13-8 record in singles play, along with competing in Nos. 2 and 3 doubles. Balsamo believes the experience she accumulated as a freshman made the transition into her sophomore year an easy one. “Last year I really didn’t know what to expect,” she said. “I was still trying to get into the swing of things this time last year, so it was nice just to be able to focus on the tennis in this tournament, rather than being nervous and still learning a lot.”

Sophomore Lindsay Balsamo won her singles draw last weekend at the Brown Invitational, the team’s first tournament since she went 13-8 in singles play as a freshman. Balsamo also played Nos. 2 and 3 doubles last year. ANASTASIA MILLICKER / APRIL 2012

Throughout her freshman year, Balsamo continued to show improvement, Bucca said, and it is a reason she has been so successful now. “Lindsay made a dramatic change as a tennis player during her freshman year,” Bucca said. “She really matured significantly on the court, and it really had a big impact on her play. She’s carried that into this year, and she just continues to get better.” Balsamo, inspired by her freshman season, had a very productive summer, when she focused on improving as a tennis player. “I played a lot of tennis over the summer and worked out a lot,” Balsamo said. “I also played a tournament just to keep that competitive edge.” The positive results from the Brown Invitational left Balsamo excited and confident about the upcoming season, as well as the future of the team. “I expect the team to do well,” she said. “We’re a young team, so I expect us to learn a lot this year. We’re going to do our best to compete.” With no seniors on the roster, she is excited about the opportunity for the team to grow together the next two years. “It’s nice that we’re going to be able to continue this next year with the same team,” she said. The Wall, N.J., native is content with her decision to attend Rutgers, which appealed to her for several reasons. “I really liked Coach [Bucca] and the girls on the team,” she said. “When I came on my official visit I knew it was just a good fit for me, and it’s not too far from home. I kind of loved everything about it.”

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SPORTS PAGE 19 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK FRESHMAN EARNS TIME ON SPECIAL TEAMS

Freshman wide receiver Leonte Carroo, left, lines up on the Knights’ kick return unit Saturday at Arkansas. Carroo and sophomore tight end Tyler Kroft could see their roles expand after head coach Kyle Flood said Kroft could fill in at fullback for injured sophomore Michael Burton. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Carroo faces potential uptick on field BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR

It took Leonte Carroo only one preseason scrimmage to earn his unofficial welcome to the Rutgers football team, served up by senior linebacker Khaseem Greene after Carroo crossed the middle of the field. “I knew college was the real deal [then],” the freshman wide receiver said yesterday. “Unlike high school, you can’t get away with your physical talent or your physical attributes. You have to be smart.” But outside of a handful of plays this season, Carroo’s appearances against a first-team defense have been limited. The former Rivals fourstar recruit has instead been relegated to a largely special teams role. But with the option of redshirting now dismissed, Carroo could see an increased workload in the future. “There’s still eight games left to play and another bye week, so there’s a lot of stuff still left to happen this year,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “He’s probably the guy who’s going to play most significantly [of the team’s freshmen].”

Flood reserved the Scarlet Knights’ bye week as a final period to evaluate the team’s freshmen before ultimately deciding who to redshirt. Carroo, who first appeared in the Knights’ season opener Sept. 1 at Tulane, is past that judgment. But his overall impact remains to be seen. “Coach always says you never know when your chance is, so don’t get frustrated, don’t get down on yourself,” Carroo said. “When your time comes and we put you in a game situation, we expect you to know what you’re doing. I’ve been doing that during the bye week.” Carroo said he first felt disappointed during training camp, but he eventually overcame the mental hurdle. It likely dealt with a crowded receiving corps, which features four players with at least eight catches. Two more, junior Jeremy Deering and sophomore Miles Shuler, continue to try to realize their respective roles. But along with working against the Knights’ top cornerbacks, Carroo appreciates the depth Rutgers boasts along the flank.

“It helps me tremendously,” he said. “When I came in here, like all freshmen, they think they’re better than what they are. They go against guys like [junior corner] Logan Ryan and they see you have a lot of work to do.”

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sophomore Gary Nova and junior Chas Dodd, freshman quarterback Blake Rankin is content with the possibility of redshirting. “It’s going to take some time for me to play,” Rankin said. “That’s part of the learning process. I have to learn everything before I can go out there.” The option has been rare in Piscataway. Both Nova and Dodd were forced into action as freshmen following poor play and injury, respectively, to starters. Former Knight Tom Savage saw playing time in 11 games in 2009 as a true freshman. Rankin will likely be the first Rutgers quarterback to redshirt since D.C. Jefferson in 2008. Jefferson converted to tight end the next season and has started 34 games.

“It moves them a little bit farther away from the field,” Flood said of having veteran quarterbacks. “When you have the perspective of coaching for a while, you can appreciate more how much more confident and prepared a player is when they’re able to do that as a redshirt freshman.” Rankin, a starter for two seasons in a shotgun offense at Bloomsburg High School (Pa.), continues to adjust to offensive coordinator Dave Brock’s prostyle system. He admits his footwork needs improvement, but his work with quarterbacks coach Rob Spence has been invaluable. “He’s going to make sure his quarterbacks know what they’re doing,” Rankin said.

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expect one player to replace fullback Michael Burton, who suffered a season-ending lower leg injury Saturday at Arkansas. “Maybe it’s not a great comparison, but when a guy like Mohamed Sanu leaves the program, it’s not just one person that can get all those catches,”

Flood said. “With all the things our fullback has to do — in the pass game, on the line of scrimmage, blocking, off the ball, carrying — I don’t think it can be just one guy.” He pointed to sophomore Sam Bergen, as well as tight ends Paul Carrezola, Tyler Kroft and Beau Bachety, as possible candidates to fill in for Burton. Brock already employs Carrezola in a hybrid, Hback role.

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senior defensive end Marvin Booker to play Oct. 6 against Connecticut after missing three straight games because of injury. Booker left the Tulane contest after recording one tackle and did not return. He suffered a knee injury in the team’s 2011 season opener and missed five games before returning. Booker also appeared in only three games over two previous seasons because of injury. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @tbartotargum.

NEXT IN LINE A trio of tight ends for the Rutgers football team could pair with sophomore Sam Bergen in a platoon at fullback, said head coach Kyle Flood yesterday. / PAGE 19

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s nice that we’re going to be able to continue this next year with the same team. — Sophomore Lindsay Balsamo on the Rutgers tennis team’s makeup

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS 2, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 1

Freshman midfielder Mael Corboz takes on a Central Connecticut State defender last night in the Knights’ 2-1 victory at Yurcak Field. Freshman defender Mitchell Taintor scored the Knights’ first goal, and another followed in less than 10 minutes to secure the nonconference win. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Pair of goals help Rutgers avoid letdown BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

A soccer team can execute almost perfectly in a game, but one lapse could result in being a nearly perfect loss. That was the case for the Rutgers men’s soccer team Saturday against No. 9 Georgetown, when three defenders allowed Hoyas for ward Brandon Allen to score in the 95th minute in a Scarlet Knights loss.

That could have also been the result yesterday for the Knights against Central Connecticut State at Yurcak Field. Doing so against a midmajor opponent rather than the ninth-ranked team was what Rutgers was afraid of. The Knights made lapses, and were lucky to capitalize in their 2-1 victory against the Blue Devils. “I think we had a bunch [of mistakes],” said head coach Dan Donigan. “The game was just stagnant and stale to me as a coach, and I’m sure the players kind of feel that, as

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well. There wasn’t any excitement, nothing in the air. That kind of leads to that kind of a performance.” Rutgers could have easily taken itself off the winning end against the Northeast Conference opponent. CCSU forward Reece Wilson almost tied the game with a header shot that ricocheted too wide in the 82nd minute. Rutgers’ biggest mistake came when it allowed a goal to CCSU forward Eddy Bogle with no defenders in between him and senior

BY AARON FARRAR STAFF WRITER

BY JOEY GREGORY Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood hesitates to call this year’s freshman class the best in school history, as most rankings would suggest. It is not because he does not agree with them, but rather because he has only seen three of them play in a game, and that is how he prefers it.

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Senior Alex Jones recorded 11 kills in last year’s meeting with Villanova. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The Rutgers volleyball team travels tomorrow to Villanova for its third Big East match of the season. The Scarlet Knights (14-3, 0-2) look to redeem themselves against Villanova (5-10, 0-2), which swept Rutgers on Oct. 28, the last time both teams met. The Knights have a 9-13 all-time record against Villanova and hope to add to the win column. “We just really need to focus on staying consistent,” said senior middle blocker Alex

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goalie Kevin McMullen in the 63rd minute, an uncontested goal similar to that in the Georgetown contest. “That mistake on the goal was horrendous,” Donigan said. “That’s some of the worst blunders you can see in soccer.” Luckily for Rutgers, it did not matter with its two-goal lead. Junior forward Kene Eze created the gap with his second goal of the season in the 58th

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Jones. “We need to focus on our side of the court and how we play our game.” Jones led the Knights offensively with 11 kills in the match last year, but her effort was not enough to compensate for Villanova’s style of play. This year’s match presents a clearer understanding of how the Knights will respond to the Wildcats’ tactics on the court. “[Villanova] is a ver y good ser ving team,” said head coach CJ Werneke. “They rely a lot on the serve and try to get you out of system and put a lot of pressure on your offense. So our first thing is going to be to SEE

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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR WOMEN’S SOCCER

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at St. John’s

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Saturday, noon Bauer Track and Field Complex

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