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Qualls ends run as U. administrator English professor looks forward to classroom return after shaping undergraduate studies BARRY V. QUALLS
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Rachel Storch, Rowan University sophomore and member of New Jersey United Students, asks other members to run for leadership positions for the group. The meeting on Saturday focused on building awareness and support for the Building Our Future bond act. SHAWN SMITH
Students advocate for bond NJUS members aim to raise awareness of $750M act for higher education facilities BY SHAWN SMITH CORRESPONDENT
GLASSBORO — New Jersey United Students met Saturday at Rowan University to discuss final voter registration numbers and the importance of raising awareness for the Building Our Future bond act ballot question. NJUS, formed in February 2011, is an organization made up of students from 10 of New Jersey’s public universities and
three community colleges that aims to educate, advocate and provide a collective voice for all New Jersey college students. One of the group’s main goals for the upcoming election is to educate voters about the bond act on the ballot, said Spencer Klein, president of NJUS. “One of the questions on the ballot will be concerning a bond, called the ‘Higher Education Bond,’” said Klein, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “If this gets passed, universities in New Jersey will have $750 million to use for the construction of new research facilities and classrooms.” Klein said he feels this issue is extremely important, and has even received bipartisan support. “This bond has been endorsed by both Democratic Sen. Stephen Sweeney and Republican Gov. Chris Christie,” he said. SEE
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Barr y V. Qualls, an award-winning English professor and the University’s vice president for Undergraduate Education, is stepping down from his position to return to teaching full-time. Qualls has taught in the English department at the University for more than 40 years and contributed to the restructuring of undergraduate education at the University — with liberal arts education now housed in the School of Arts and Sciences rather than colleges on the College Avenue, Douglass and Livingston campuses. After six years of working at the administrative level, Qualls decided to return to teaching partly because of administrative changes following the appointment of University President Robert L. Barchi. “I’m stepping down from this job because I think it’s important that there’s a change in administration,” Qualls said. “I always want to see younger faculty members running things. They are the future of Rutgers.” Qualls was appointed vice president for Undergraduate Education in 2006, the same year he received the “New Jersey Professor of the Year” award, he said. The University looked very different from how it does now when Qualls joined the faculty. “It was a confederation of small colleges when I came here, and now it’s a major research university and a good one,” he said. The individual colleges used to have their own admission systems, graduations, rules and requirements, which Qualls said was tediously complex. “We ended the college system, except for Douglass,” he said. “Douglass Residential College has been a huge success, and that was a direct result of the transformation process of the last few years.” Qualls said he has a deep love for the University, which he developed as an English professor. SEE
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Community to launch affordable bicycle exchange for residents BY ALEX MEIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Puerto Rican Action Board is working with the New Brunswick community and University students to launch the New Brunswick Bike Exchange. Volunteers at the bike exchange will fix up used bikes collected from donations and sell them at affordable prices, said Brian Stromberg, a volunteer coordinator for the New Brunswick Bike Exchange. Stromberg, a graduate student in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said the New Brunswick community could greatly benefit from the project once it takes off. “We will be getting more bikes to people that need them,” said Stromberg, founding member of Walk Bloustein Bike Bloustein. “Our target community for this [is] low-income households, [which] rely more
on bikes to get around. The idea is to make bikes more af fordable for those that use them most.” Children’s bikes will be sold for $10 to $20 and adult bikes will range from $30 to $40, although prices may vary, said Sonia Szczesna, a member of the University’s cycling team involved with the project. The bike exchange hopes to get most bike donations from bike drives, Stromberg said. “We work with people to organize drives at their work, providing flyers and other literature to pass around, and then we are on hand to pick up the bikes and take them to the exchange,” he said. Sororities, frater nities and other University organizations are encouraged to hold their own bike drives, said Szczesna, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. SEE
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Located at 90 Jersey Ave, the New Brunswick Bike Exchange will have kids bikes for $10-20, adult bikes for $30-40.
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Tuesday, Oct. 16 Patrick M. Byrne talks about being the CEO of Overstock.com in a lecture titled “Praxis, Praxis, Praxis: How Entrepreneurship, Philosophy and Libertarianism Made Me 2007’s ‘Most Hated Man on Wall Street’” at 1:15 p.m. at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. Representatives from Kallari Chocolate speak at a lecture on the art of making chocolate at 3 p.m. at the Douglass Campus Center. The event is sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies. Academy award-winning actress Geena Davis talks about women in the media at 7 p.m. at the Kirkpatrick Chapel on the College Avenue campus. The lecture is sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership.
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Shalom/Salaam to patch peace tapestry, send to UN BY SEOYOUNG CHOI STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers University Shalom/Salaam sewed together a “Patchwork for Peace” initiative yesterday, in which 150 to 200 colorful cloth patches were assembled to show different faiths and cultures united as one. Andre Marquez, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore who attended the event, said the assembly of the tapestry allows people to learn about different cultures and come together. “Rutgers University is a very diverse [and] huge population,” he said. “People come from everywhere, so making sure that everyone knows a little bit of everything from everyone else is valuable. This is about peace, which makes everything much nicer.” Shalom/Salaam, an interfaith student organization, unveiled its initiative at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus, as a part of an effort to create a peace tapestry members will send to the United Nations, said Shelley Friedman, co-president of Shalom/Salaam. With the United Nations as a representative of peace efforts and social progress, Shalom/Salaam chose to approach the international organization with its initiative because they too are promoting peace, said Friedman, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. The purpose of the tapestry is to raise awareness for important
issues standing in the way of peace among different religious and cultural groups, for which the group hopes to gather more patches throughout the year, she said. Each individual participant picks from a wide variety of fabrics to create a patch that will be incorporated into a large patchwork tapestry, Friedman said. Individuals put their name, country of birth and a small family tree sewn onto the back to show how people of all different backgrounds can come together and work together to promote a positive cause, she said. Each piece of fabric represents individual differences, but ultimately, they will be sewn together to show that different people can stand for the same causes and create something beautiful together, Friedman said. Saira Shakir, co-president of Shalom/Salaam, said “Patchwork for Peace” is one of the main projects the group is working on this year — a group whose name represents peace in Hebrew and Arabic. “This will be a great depiction of what has happened during the year and serve as a representation of the groups of students that we have brought together,” said Shakir, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “This is our first time working on this project, and we hope to continue for a long time.” For many generations, there has been a fundamental disagreement between Jews and Muslims
in regard to land ownership, which is the crux of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. She said patchwork quilting is an activity that has gone on for generations — it was used as a tool for advocacy to raise money and awareness, and the United Nations has historically been receptive of it. The tapestry will serve as a tangible representation of the group’s cumulative efforts for peace, Friedman said, but it is important to note the journey of creating it is equally as important. “The stories you hear on the media are from those who make noise, those who are extreme,” she said. “We want to show that there are people like us who are going through our daily lives and that we all want to get along.” She said religions and different points of view should not inhibit positive relationships from being formed and sustained. People should work together to foster communication and peace, Friedman said. “I want to emphasize that this patchwork relates to ever yone — religious, and non-religious students alike,” she said. “The main goal … is to bring people together for one cause and work together.” Shakir said it is it important to move on from the past and focus on the present. “Right now, we can bring Muslims and Jews together along with others [faiths] for one great
Pieces of cloth represent individual differences and will be stitched together to show that people can stand together on an issue. COURTESY OF SHELLY FRIEDMAN cause, which is building a better relationship [with one another],” she said. Friedman said small personal efforts toward tolerance and understanding can patch up unfortunate issues of mistrust or miscommunication from stereotypes, preconceived notions and assumptions. Shakir said this event can tear down the walls that people might have put up and enable students to be able to see firsthand that these two groups of people can get along. “The program aims to dissolve the negative stereotypes and stigmas associated with Muslims, Jews and others, and aims to foster a positive relationship between the groups,” she said.
Friedman said bringing University students together to engage in a timeless activity could be both educational and enjoyable. “We hope to foster positive interaction and teamwork among students, and we are excited to bring together people of a variety of different backgrounds in support of this positive goal,” she said. David Rabban, a Rutgers Business School senior, said he hopes events like this will become more popular on campus. “It’s very important to have people from different backgrounds interact and take away the negative press media out there,” he said. “This is a great opportunity for people who have never met before to meet.”
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QUALLS Love for Victorian literature led Qualls to teaching career CONTINUED FROM FRONT “Someone once told me that I was married to Rutgers,” Qualls said. Born in Paintsville, Ky., a community so impoverished it lacked a public library, Qualls still found a way into the world of poetry and prose through his parents. “They were ravenous readers,” Qualls said. He and his twin brother inherited a fondness for literature. They would make contests out of who could read the most Edgar Allan Poe stories in a weekend. At 13, Qualls read “Vanity Fair,” which prompted his lifelong fixation with Victorian literature. “I fell in love with Victorian literature,” he said. “And from the time I was in the ninth grade, I never wanted to do anything but teach English.” Qualls attended public school in central Florida and later earned his bachelor’s degree from Florida State University and a Ph.D from Northwestern University in Chicago. Out of college, a 26-year-old Qualls began teaching expository writing and 19th century Victorian poetry at the University. He said he remembers advice a student gave him at the very beginning of his career in 1971. After class, student Ernest Jacob asked if Qualls had ever read “Poetic Meter and Poetic Form,” by Paul Fussell. Jacob told him it would change the way Qualls interpreted poetry. “It got me to really start thinking carefully about language in ways I hadn’t before,” he said. “I was very grateful to him and remain so. Teachers learn so much from students.” Qualls said that by reading that book, he became a better teacher of poetry and novels. “I’m very proud of having won teaching awards,” Qualls said. “And I always thought it began with Ernest Jacob’s question.” Carolyn Williams, chair and professor in the English department, said changes put in place with Qualls as the vice president of Undergraduate Education benefited students and faculty. “Many of our lives have been improved by his presence here,”
Williams said. “He’s been a great leader and an inspiration to us all.” The Depar tment of Undergraduate Education, with Qualls’ leadership, has made substantial opportunities accessible to undergraduates, including the Aresty Research Center, the Of fice of Distinguished Fellowships, living-learning communities and first-year seminars. “The University is not rich, but the cooperation and enthusiasm of faculty has allowed for a lot,” Qualls said. “We wanted Rutgers students to feel that they were as much as priority as those in graduate school.” Qualls will teach a Byrne Seminar for first-year students about “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in the spring. The department also redesigned the core curriculum to foster a distinct “Rutgers education,” he said. “[Former University president Richard L. McCormick] was really concerned to change the nature of undergraduate education,” Qualls said. Gregor y Jackson, associate vice president for Undergraduate Education, will take over Qualls’ position as the interim vice president for Undergraduate Academic Affairs. Qualls said he is eager to enjoy summers in the future, which he has been deprived of because of his administrative position. Aside from writing and reading, Qualls said he hopes to spend his newly found free time baking, going to the opera and attending an occasional Barbra Streisand concert. Qualls is grateful for his years at the University and looks forward to teaching until he retires and possibly writing another book. Jonathan Levin, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said because Qualls connects with his students, he is more than just a good professor and administrator. “It’s his dedication to make a personal connection that distinguishes him as not merely an excellent instr uctor and administrator, but a great man,” he said. Qualls said in his role as an administrator, he was able to meet people outside of the English department and in turn, viewed the University in a different way. “I’ve made wonderful friends and met great students,” Qualls said. “And I think students are fortunate to have Rutgers.”
EXCHANGE Funds from bicycle sales would go to PRAB, Stromberg says CONTINUED FROM FRONT Individuals are welcome to drop off any old and unused bikes at the exchange, she said. But the exchange is in need of volunteers willing to work on the bikes, Stromberg said. “Getting volunteers is definitely more difficult than getting bikes,” he said. “We can teach you to do anything you don’t already know how to do, and you can learn on the job.” The exchange seeks volunteers to work at least three hours each month, with tentative shifts
starting Thursday evenings and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Stromberg said. Proceeds from the exchange go toward PRAB, one of the largest and oldest community services organizations in New Jersey, Stromberg said. Bike exchanges in other cities have proven successful, Stromberg said. Similar operations in Trenton and Newark have raised more than $280,000 for the Boys and Girls Club by selling more than 7,000 bikes. “I can’t predict exactly how many bikes we will sell in New Brunswick or how much money we will raise, but I’m [guessing] that we can do something similar for PRAB,” he said. Sabrina Lauredent, a School of Arts and Science junior, said she would buy a bike from the exchange because it would allow her to exercise and help the environment. “If enough students bought
bikes, it could reduce the number of students on the buses,” she said. Szczesna said she prefers biking around campus instead of riding on the University’s buses. “Students always complain about the buses, but it’s totally bike-able to ride to each campus,” she said. Hammad Sadiq, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said although he would not buy a bike or bring one to campus, he sees the benefits of biking versus riding the buses. “If you had a bike on campus, you wouldn’t have to wait for the weekend buses,” he said. “Also, if you feel lazy and don’t want to walk, you could just ride your bike to class or wherever. Imagine how much attention you’d get by riding up to parties.” The New Brunswick Bike Exchange will be located at PRAB’s headquarters at 90 Jersey Ave. in downtown New Brunswick.
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BOND Klein says 66 percent of voters do not know about ballot question CONTINUED FROM FRONT
classes and increasing the [ratio] of professors to students.” The same would go for all Klein explained how the bond institutions of higher education would be broken down between across the state, including the various universities in the state, University. Klein said this quesif passed. tion should pass unanimously Public research institutions, among students. like the University, would receive “This bond is a slam dunk for $300 million, with all other public the University and the winner four-year universities receiving would be the students,” he said. $250 million each, Klein said. “The student vote would be the County colleges would receive difference between it passing and $150 million, and private universifailing. If the students vote on it, it ties and colleges with endowwill pass.” ments below $1 billion would Along with the bond, NJUS also receive $50 million, he said. discussed joining the “The grants American Legislative would not be used Council for sports com“Voters don’t know Exchange Exposed Coalition, a plexes or dorms,” what the bond is.” group dedicated to Klein said. bringing back door One of the SPENCER KLEIN deals of ALEC — a problems NJUS President of state policy organizafaces is that voters New Jersey United Students tion made up of corare unaware of the porate members and bond, said Tom legislators — to light, said Rachel Holroyd, president of the Student Storch, a member of NJUS. Government Association at Rowan. “Voter ID laws in some states “One of the most disappointare based off an ALEC idea,” ing things is that no one knows said Storch, a sophomore at about it,” said Holroyd, a fifth Rowan University majoring in year History major. “We want to political science. raise awareness about the elecStorch said ALEC meets tion and how student participabehind closed doors and votes on tion in democratic process will bills that could be detrimental to benefit them.” local communities. NJUS will now focus on mak“They don’t just meet with ing voters aware of ballot quespoliticians and discuss bills, they tions and understanding the votwrite laws and just have them ing process, Klein said. Members signed,” she said. will start to promote the bond by Storch presented the issue to displaying posters around the the NJUS to gather support for University with information asking pharmaceutical compaabout the bond. nies to leave ALEC. “Voters don’t know what the “Over the summer a number of bond is,” Klein said. “About 66 local New Jersey nonprofit organizapercent of voters don’t even tions, community groups and union know there is a bond question.” locals came together, including Holroyd said a mix of the largNJUS, to ask Merck, the pharmaer incoming classes and lack of ceutical company based in construction on new buildings Whitehouse Station, to drop it’s has made space tight at Rowan. ALEC membership,” she said. “The “As Rowan has grown, we convening of these various groups have seen a crunch on academic has now transformed into a coalition space,” Holroyd said. “This bond called New Jersey ALEC exposed.” means more classrooms, more
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Thousands rally for girl shot by Taliban “Malala Yousufzai is a beacon of knowledge. She is the daughter of the nation,” Hussain told the audience by telephone from London, where he is in selfimposed exile because of legal cases pending against him in Pakistan. His party is strongest THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in Karachi. Many of the demonstrators KARACHI, Pakistan — Tens of thousands rallied in Pakistan’s carried the young girl’s picture largest city yesterday in the and banners praising her bravery biggest show of support yet for a and expressing solidarity. The leaders of Pakistan’s main 14-year-old girl who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban Islamic parties have criticized the for promoting girls’ education shooting, but have also tried to and criticizing the militant group. redirect the conversation away The Oct. 9 attack on Malala from Taliban violence and toward Yousufzai as she was returning civilian casualties from U.S. home from school in Pakistan’s drone attacks. Cyril Almeida, a columnist nor thwest horrified people inside and outside the country. for Pakistan’s Dawn newspaAt the same time, it gave hope to per, said this type of “obfuscasome that the government tion” prevents Pakistanis from would respond by intensifying seeing “there is a continuum its fight against the Taliban and from the religious right to violent Islamism.” their allies. “The religious right creates But protests against the shooting have been relatively an enabling environment for small until now, usually attract- violent Islamism to recruit and ing no more than a few hundred prosper. And violent Islamism makes state and people. That cower response pales in “Malala Yousufzai society and in doing so comparison to the enhances the tens of thousands is a beacon space for the of people who of knowledge. religious right,” held violent protests in She is the daughter Almeida wrote in a column yesterPakistan last of the nation.” day. month against a Malala earned film produced in ALTAF HUSSAIN the enmity of the the United States Muttahida Quami Movement Pakistani Taliban Chief that denigrated for publicizing Islam’s Prophet their behavior Muhammad. Demonstrations in support of when they took over the northMalala — and against rampant western Swat Valley, where she militant violence in the country in lived, and for speaking about the general — have also been fairly importance of education for girls. The group first started to small compared with those focused on issues such as U.S. exert its influence in Swat in 2007 drone attacks and the NATO sup- and quickly extended its reach to ply route to Afghanistan that runs much of the valley by the next year. They set about imposing through Pakistan. Right-wing Islamic parties and their will on residents by forcing organizations in Pakistan that men to grow beards, preventing regularly pull thousands of sup- women from going to the market porters into the streets to protest and blowing up many schools — against the U.S. have less of an the majority for girls. Malala wrote about these incentive to speak out against the Taliban. The two share a desire to practices in a journal for the impose Islamic law in the country BBC under a pseudonym when — even if they may disagree over she was just 11. After the Taliban were pushed out of the the Taliban’s violent tactics. Pakistan’s mainstream political Swat Valley in 2009 by the parties are also often more willing Pakistani military, she became to harangue the U.S. than direct even more outspoken in advotheir people power against Islamist cating for girls’ education. She militants shedding blood across the appeared frequently in the country — partly out of fear and media and was given one of the partly because they rely on Islamist countr y’s highest honors for civilians for her bravery. parties for electoral support. The military carried out its One of the exceptions is the political party that organized yes- offensive in Swat after a video terday’s rally in the southern port surfaced of a militant flogging a city of Karachi, the Muttahida woman who had allegedly comQuami Movement. The party’s mitted adulter y, which helped chief, Altaf Hussain, criticized mobilize public support against both Islamic and other main- the Taliban. Many hope the shooting of stream political parties for failing to organize rallies to protest the Malala will help push the military to undertake a long-awaited attack on Malala. He called the Taliban gunmen offensive in the Pakistani who shot the girl “beasts” and Taliban’s last main sanctuary in said it was an attack on “the ide- the countr y in the North Waziristan tribal area. ology of Pakistan.”
Protesters join in largest support yet of Pakistani girl
MAKING NOISE People bang pots and pans and shout slogans during the Global Noise demonstration in Puerta del Sol Square on Saturday in Madrid, Spain. Global Noise is a pot-banging protest taking place in hundreds of cities around the world. In Spain, the demonstrations go under the slogan of “No debemos, no pagamos” or “We don’t owe, We won’t pay.” Spain suffers the highest unemployment in Europe. GETTY IMAGES
Daredevil jumps, breaks sound barrier THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROSWELL, N.M. — In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, a daredevil skydiver shattered the sound barrier yesterday while making the highest jump ever — a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert. Felix Baumgartner hit Mach 1.24, or 833.9 mph, according to preliminary data, and became the first man to reach supersonic speed without traveling in a jet or a spacecraft after hopping out of a capsule that had reached an altitude of 128,100 feet above the Earth. Landing on his feet in the desert, the man known as “Fearless Felix” lifted his arms in victory to the cheers of jubilant onlookers and friends. “When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not think about gaining scientific data,” he said after the jump. “The only thing you want is to come back alive.” A worldwide audience watched live on the Internet via cameras mounted on his capsule as Baumgartner, wearing a pressurized suit, stood in the doorway of his capsule, gave a thumbs-up and leapt into the stratosphere. “Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are,” an exuberant Baumgartner told reporters outside mission control after the jump. Baumgartner’s descent lasted for just over nine minutes, about
half of it in a free fall of 119,846 feet, according to Brian Utley, a jump observer from the International Federation of Sports Aviation. He said the speed calculations were preliminary figures. Baumgartner said traveling faster than sound is “hard to describe because you don’t feel it.” With no reference points, “you don’t know how fast you travel,” he said. The 43-year-old former
“Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are.” FELIX BAUMGARTNER Skydiver Daredevil
Austrian paratrooper with more than 2,500 jumps behind him had taken off early yesterday in a capsule carried by a 55-story ultra-thin helium balloon. His ascent that was tense at times and included concerns about how well his facial shield was working. Any contact with the capsule on his exit could have torn his suit, a rip that could expose him to a lack of oxygen and temperatures as low as minus-70 degrees. That could have caused lethal bubbles to form in his bodily fluids. But none of that happened. He activated his parachute as he neared Earth, gently gliding into the desert east of Roswell and
landing without any apparent difficulty. The images triggered another loud cheer from onlookers at mission control, among them his mother, Eva Baumgartner, who was overcome with emotion, crying. He then was taken by helicopter to meet fellow members of his team, whom he hugged in celebration. Coincidentally, Baumgartner’s feat came on the 65th anniversary of the day that U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first man to officially break the sound barrier in a jet. At Baumgartner’s insistence, some 30 cameras recorded his stunt Shortly after launch, screens at mission control showed the capsule as it began rising high above the New Mexico desert, with cheers erupting from organizers. Baumgartner could be seen on video, calmly checking instruments inside the capsule. Baumgartner’s team included Joe Kittinger, who first tried to break the sound barrier from 19.5 miles up in 1960, reaching speeds of 614 mph. With Kittinger inside mission control, the two men could be heard going over technical details during the ascension. “Our guardian angel will take care of you,” Kittinger radioed to Baumgartner around the 100,000foot mark. Baumgartner had ascended more than 63,000 feet an hour into the flight and had gone through a trial run of the jump sequence. Ballast was dropped to speed up the ascent.
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If you haven’t done so yet, you should. Not because it’s your democratic right — of course it is. Not because your professor, politician or parent told you so. Ostensibly, their interests lie closer to decisions made on Capitol Hill than our own. We won’t waste time explaining to you why voting is important. As an American citizen, you already know it is. Nor will we waste time entertaining abstract notions of voting as a “civic duty,” or the idea that a lively voter population is necessary for a robust democratic society — as students, you’ve heard the argument a thousand times before. Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” He’s right, of course, but what initiative does that give us to set aside a portion of our day and engage in a process that may or may not have any tangible effects on its outcome? This dilemma is central to our apathy as young voters. Why vote, if our vote matters little in the grand scheme of things? Politicians rarely deliver on their promises, concerned more with re-election than affecting actual change. A segregated Congress toes its respective party lines, at best unable — and at worst, unwilling — to act. And our presidential candidates — campaigning for the nation’s noblest and arguably most powerful position — argue vaguely of changes to next year’s tax code and the mortality of Big Bird. In such an environment, is it any wonder so many have fallen victim to inaction and disinterest? It’s a vicious circle — apathy leads to inaction, inaction to a political sphere further removed from the interest of voters and thus less accountable for the interests of those voters, and a detached political sphere to further apathy. It’s clear then that the circle must be broken — and ironically, the only way to do so is to vote. Students may have a multitude of reasons not to vote. But those reasons pale, in the end, next to the one reason which compels us to: our vote is our voice, and to not vote is tantamount to silencing that voice. In truth, apathy is a sorry excuse for inaction. As college students, our youthful idealism makes us prime candidates for affecting change, as well as shaping the outcome of an election. In 2008, we witnessed what an invigorated youth vote can accomplish with the right motivation. This year’s motivation may have waned somewhat in comparison, but the knowledge of our own potential remains. Even so, students may still fail to find reason to vote in national elections. As such, those students would do well to remember that the presidential vote is not the only opportunity to which our vote is entitled. Indeed, and perhaps more importantly, are those voting opportunities occurring on the local level. New Jersey’s Building Our Future Bond Act is also to be included on November’s ballot. With voter approval, the bill would authorize the issuance of $750,000 in state bonds to be used in capital invest-
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Affirmative action oppresses minorities PHILOSOPHIES OF A PARTICULAR AMERICAN ED REEP
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mpirical studies have now shown that affirmative action at colleges does not actually help minorities on average. It hurts them. Apparently sending minorities to colleges for which they fail to meet the normal academic preparedness standards lowers their success rates. No duh. Anyone who thinks logically could have told you that. Academic preparedness standards are not arbitrary. They are designed to make sure that only students who can handle the workload at a school are admitted. You need higher SAT Math scores to get into MIT than Rutgers because there is a significant correlation between having very high SAT Math scores and being able to pass MIT’s absurdly hard math courses. If you admitted someone to MIT who did not have very high SAT Math scores and was going to major in a technical subject as most MIT students do, then you are setting him or her up to do poorly at MIT and maybe even drop or switch to a less lucrative liberal arts major. Here are some damning empirical findings. You can probably find all the relevant studies online or in the book “Mismatch,” by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor Jr.
First finding: black college freshman being sent to the flagship schools of apparently want to major in science and UCLA and UC Berkeley where they engineering, difficult yet lucrative stud- would fail out were instead sent to ies, at a higher rate than whites. schools where they could graduate and However, because af firmative action be successful. often sends blacks to schools they are The Supreme Court will rule on affirnot as prepared for, black students drop mative action as soon as the subject once out of these majors at twice the rate of again comes before the court, this time white students. Note that an engineering involving a white girl claiming she was degree from even a low-tier college can discriminated against by the admissions easily catapult someone to a middle-class board at the University of Texas. Upon job after graduation. The same cannot be reading transcripts of the deliberations, said of the liberal arts it is looking like there degrees which black is a realistic chance students are likely to af firmative action as “And second, switch to. we know it — admisSecond finding: preferences liberal lawmakers and sions black students who based purely on race activists aren’t idiots.” — will end. This is a plan to get a Ph.D. are twice as likely to fail if long time coming, and they go to a college in I would like to go a which they did not meet the academic step further and make a rather contropreparedness standards. This makes versial statement that I think it’s true. I sense since GPA is so vital for graduate think there were proponents of affirmaschools, and oftentimes, it is better to tive action who knew affirmative action have a near-perfect GPA at a mid-tier hurt minorities all along. I think there school than have a low-range GPA at a was a group of liberal activist and lawhigh-tier school. makers who wanted to perpetuate Third finding: following the affirma- stereotypes that minorities were dumber tive action ban in California’s higher edu- than whites and Asians by making sure cation system, the same number of that minorities were, on average, in the minority students graduated from top- bottom of the colleges they attended. I tier California universities as graduated think they also wanted to keep minoribefore the affirmative action ban, and ties out of lucrative professions like engimore minorities in general graduated neering by making sure technical-mindfrom the University of California system ed blacks who could have gone to places as a whole. Students who were formerly Rutgers and graduated to high-paying
jobs would instead go to places like Cornell or Johns Hopkins where they would have to switch to liberal ar ts majors with bleak job prospects. I think these liberal activists and lawmakers were threatened by the idea that minorities might actually make substantial economic gains, no longer be dependent on entitlements and social programs, and instead be attracted to conser vatism and the Republican Party. What is my evidence? Two items. First, there has been continuous suppression of data about the adverse effects of affirmative action, and second, liberal lawmakers and activists aren’t idiots. They’re savvy and know how to manipulate their constituencies. In general politicians of all ideologies are selfish, lying, sly bastards. I understand why rank-and-file liberals and Democrats might think that affirmative action is actually beneficial to minorities on average, but if the brains of the Democratic Party seriously thought minorities who were academically underprepared for top-tier colleges would somehow magically become prepared, then I have reason to doubt their sanity and/or competence to do anything important. Ed Reep is a Rutgers Business School senior majoring in supply chain and marketing science with minors in business and technical writing and economics. His column, “Philosophies of a Par ticular American,” runs on alternate Mondays.
Salt River Bay project negatively impacts area ALEXANDRIA HAM
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he Salt River Bay Marine Research Education Center plan, the subject of a story in last week’s issue of the Daily Targum entitled “Residents Protest Research Center,” represents exactly the sort of use conflict the National Park Service was designed to prevent. Human ambition and compulsion for progress in conjunction with the very seductive potential of securing 60 million dollars worth of power has obscured the view of those who should be looking after the best interests of our national natural treasure. Salt River in the Virgin Islands has survived 1,600 years of human habitation, witnessing the entire span of human history in the West Indies — it is our duty as a society, as environmentalists, educators, humanists, and good neighbors to ensure the continuation of this legacy for another 1,600 years to come. The NPS acquired the 74 acres that are earmarked for the MREC by telling the previous private owners that the land and water way could never be developed. The owners were forced into bankruptcy, NPS acquired the land in foreclosure, and now NPS wants to develop it. According to the Virgin Islands Depar tment of Planning and
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Natural Resources, all dredging, bulk- National Historic Landmark would neghead introduction, mangrove destruc- atively impact the vistas and landtion, shoreline modification, and saltwa- scapes. The sprawling MREC complex ter pond modification of Salt River Bay would destroy the view of the is prohibited for the benefit of the deli- landscape forever. cate estuar y, but NPS does not think Taking Salt River National Park away these rules apply to them. Even the cat- from the community and handing it egorization of this land as suitable for over to the MREC is not going to enrich development is dubious: 26,000 square the St. Croix community. To begin with, feet of rubble on the end of a peninsula allowing a consor tium of universities to has become the scapegoat for building manage the land is unlawful. Public Law 150,000 square feet of new construction 102-247 states that only NPS and the on the hillside of virVirgin Islands governgin soil. There is no ment can manage the “Salt River in way that this is, as land. Moreover, with they claim, a “restoraonly 40 undergraduate the Virgin Islands has tive act” that will reand 12 graduate stusurvived 1,600 years establish “the area to dents, how is this facilmore natural topogoing to ser ve the of human habitation.” ity graphical conditions.” needs of three mainOn the contrar y, land universities in development will addition to our own? endanger the cultural and historical How can enrollment numbers like these legacy of the land and jeopardize its fur- justify the initial 60 million dollar ther protection. Diminished integrity of investment, let alone keep the complex the land could lead to the declassifica- financially afloat for years to come? tion of the status of Columbus Landing, Building such a huge complex this Cape of Arrows (which is eligible for close to the ocean and flood plain places listing on the National Register and undue strain on the already overinclusion in an expanded extended disaster relief resources of National Historic Landmark designa- our island and it threatens one of our tion), and the classification of the site dearest places with the fate of becomas a National Natural Landmark. Any ing an eyesore for generations to come proposed constr uction within the in the unfor tunate case that it is ravline of sight of the Columbus Landing aged by a hurricane.
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Someone once told me that I was married to Rutgers.
According to the National Trust for Historic Preser vation, Salt River is one of the 11 most endangered sites in the United States and Territories. As the “biological lifeboat” of the Virgin Islands, Salt River is our greatest natural treasure, housing more than 25 endangered species, nesting grounds for 26 species of birds (more than half of all birds who breed on St. Croix), an essential fish nurser y, the largest remaining mangrove forest, a beloved green space, and a bioluminescent bay that could be destroyed by the plan. In conclusion, the motivations and actions underlying the MREC project have more in common with antiquated colonialism than the contemporar y paradigm of sustainable living that is expected from a major educational institution like Rutgers University. In the words of archeologist John Ehrenhard, “Salt River Bay is at its final crossroads … Present urban development is the first serious threat to the ecosystem and its precious cultural cargo … it is also the last threat because if the jugger naut of development cannot be stopped there will be no second chance — a bulldozer can destroy in five minutes what it takes mankind 500 years to produce.”
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Alexandria Ham is a resident of St. Croix.
Barry V. Qualls, former vice president of Undergraduate Education and English professor, on working at the University for more than 40 years. See the story on FRONT.
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Today's Birthday (10/15/12). Today's New Moon in Libra emphasizes your birthday spotlight. People are listening, so ask for what you want this year, for career, home and family, and for others. The next solar eclipse (Nov. 3) reinforces financial organization and could lead to a boost in income. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (Mar. 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Don't nitpick yourself or others. Get going on those projects through which you want to make a difference, and exceed expectations. The news is all good. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — You're pushed to be creative, and end up with abundance. Others come to you for advice, which is good, but it could also be exhausting. Make sure you take care of yourself and get rest. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — You achieve a lot now. Beat the deadline. Get more for less with shrewd planning. Rely on the power of love again. Tread lightly, and avoid future upsets and erosion. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Give away unneeded junk. Joy expands to fill the space. You're very attractive now, but could also be intensely emotional. Exercise caution. Send someone else ahead. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — You get past a difficult moment and on to something beautiful. You're stronger, thanks to love and persistence. Offer encouragement to others. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Grasp opportunities for abundance, which is available on many levels. Watch your step. Get another perspective. Friends help you make a connection. Create your own ticket to your dreams.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Keep most of what you know under your hat. The challenges coming in help you advance to the next level. Learn how to win at a new game. Big changes increase productivity. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — It's an excellent moment for pushing old limits aside. Quick, decisive action is required. You feel loved. Trust a sibling's advice. Efficiency leads to more money. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — You're very lucky now and becoming a master. Friends and family come first, especially now. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Emote for effect when expressing the story. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — This could be a very productive day. Hit the ground running to create new possibilities in your career. Continue to ask necessary questions, even if they seem dumb. Build a strong foundation. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Don't be afraid to let your partner or a friend take the lead. But still watch your step. Climbing up provides a new perspective. Don't get too comfortable. Reach out even farther. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — You may have to let go of a preconception to advance. Increase your level of fun, and your productivity rises, too. Your work speaks well of you.
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RECORD Knights utilize special teams to sway flow of game in their favor CONTINUED FROM BACK
Senior linebacker Khaseem Greene intercepts a pass from Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib. Greene also had 14 tackles, 1.5 sacks and three forced fumbles in the game. ENRICO CABREDO
DROPKICK Greene has career game, credits time in defensive backfield CONTINUED FROM BACK “Not only do we not want people to score on us, we don’t want them to get yards on us,” said senior linebacker Khaseem Greene. “We’re not letting anybody get rushing yards, passing yards, none of that. When it happens, it just fuels us to go out there and get the ball back.” Greene, the Big East’s 2011 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, found himself around the ball often. He totaled 14 tackles, 1.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and an interception against the Orange, which never found a way to minimize Greene’s impact. He crowded the middle of the field, penetrated Syracuse’s pass protection and was nearly everywhere in between. “Just cer tainly an AllAmerican Player-of-the-Year-
type performance, which is what he can do for us and has done in the past,” said head coach Kyle Flood of Greene. “It’s certainly nothing new for him to do that.” The former safety credits his experience at the position for reading quarterbacks’ tendencies. His interception, Greene said, came off of a perfect play call by defensive coordinator Robb Smith, who arrived in Piscataway the same year head coach Doug Marrone took over in Syracuse. Smith watched in 2009 as Marrone’s defense racked up nine sacks and two takeaways, dashing Rutgers’ brief stint in the top 25. He did the same in 2010, when the Knights managed only 280 yards in a threepoint loss. But in his first season calling plays, Smith took his own cues against Syracuse. “That’s what I think about: all the reps I’ve done in ball disruption when the guy is getting held up,” Greene said. “When I see some brown, I can go get it. That’s what takes over in my mind.”
The Knights entered the game tied for 16th nationally in takeaways. But of their 13 turnovers forced before Saturday, 10 were interceptions. The dynamic changed in the third quarter, when Greene sacked Nassib, and senior defensive end Ka’Lial Glaud, who registered a sack of his own, recovered Nassib’s fumble. Nassib threw for 356 yards — 40 of which came on a deficitshrinking touchdown pass — but the Orange’s three failed red zone trips proved too costly to overcome. The Knights, meanwhile, have not tur ned the ball over on of fense since Sept. 8 against Howard. “They believe that if we take care of the ball, it af fects the outcome of the game, and I think it has as we’ve gone through the season so far,” Flood said. “So we have tangible evidence to show them that only makes their belief grow stronger.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @TBartotargum
Nova has failed to crack 160 passing yards in two straight games, and in Saturday’s 23-15 win against Syracuse, Rutgers also did not have a 100-yard rushing game from sophomore running back Jawan Jamison for the first time this season, but still managed to win the game, partly from winning the turnover battle. “If you win the turnover margin, you have a great opportunity to win,” Flood said. “The more you win the turnover margin by, the more your chances of winning go up.” The Knights’ (6-0, 3-0) record backs that up. Rutgers has lost the turnover battle in only the season opener Sept. 1 against Tulane, and has come out on top in every contest this season.
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way to influence the outcome of the game with special teams, something Flood said he feels should always sway the game in Rutgers’ favor. The most recent contest was no exception. Rutgers has the top kick return unit in the Big East, but the Orange’s (2-4, 1-1) conference-best kickoff coverage team limited that group. So the Knights had to look elsewhere, specifically their field goal protection team. Just as he did in last year’s matchup with Syracuse, junior linebacker Jamal Merrell blocked a field goal attempt, and
senior safety Duron Harmon picked it up and ran into the end zone for a touchdown. “There is definitely a knack to it,” Flood said. “There is a body type to it as well. Jamal is a longarmed, long-body type. It gives you a little extra wing span, and he covers more ground than maybe a shorter guy would.” For the block, the Knights did not run anything different than usual. Both Flood and Merrell said it was their base field goal block. It was nothing unusual or deceptive. “I was doing what I’ve been doing all week in practice,” Merrell said. “I was staying true to my assignment, just playing hard, using my speed and using my height and I just made a play.”
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end Tyler Kroft earned his first career touchdown against Syracuse, two games after earning his first reception. Kroft has earned increasingly more snaps this season, which Flood credits to his development as a more complete tight end. Kroft said it is difficult to put into words exactly what he felt after his first career score. “It was a great feeling,” he said. “It was crazy seeing the fans’ reaction. I looked and saw my mom. She was going crazy. It was an awesome feeling.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @Jgregorytargum.
OCTOBER 15, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 14 MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS 2, DEPAUL 0
Brothers’ two goals keep Rutgers on top BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers men’s soccer team entered its game against DePaul last Friday at Yurcak Field with a surplus of confidence after holding its own against No. 1 Maryland the previous game. The Scarlet Knights felt even better when the Eze brothers, junior forward Kene and freshman midfielder Olisa, scored for the first time in the same game with Rutgers to put the Knights up, 2-0. But there is a thin line between confidence and hubris, and a near comeback by the Blue Demons almost evaporated the Ezes’ special moment in Rutgers’ 2-1 victory. “At the end of the day, we scored a goal early in this game and then kind of backed off and didn’t keep doing the things that worked,” said assistant coach Dave Beck on behalf of head coach Dan Donigan. “You score that early, you got to keep going to that. We didn’t.” Senior goalie Kevin McMullen made all seven of his saves in the second half to counter DePaul’s consistent breakaways. McMullen blocked several DePaul shots that nearly made the game a 2-2 tie after the Knights (6-5-1, 2-2-1) entered the half with a 2-0 lead. The Washington Township (N.J.) High School product jumped to tap out a shot from midfielder Antonio Aguilar in the 63rd minute, only five minutes after making two consecutive diving stops. McMullen felt rusty after an easy first half, but that changed
quickly when defender Jared Blincow scored on him in the third minute of the second half. “I didn’t even see a shot in the first half,” he said. “To come out cold in the second half — it’s really hard to get off your game like this, especially standing around in the cold weather.” Rutgers entered the second half with a 2-0 lead, both goals coming with little interference from DePaul defenders. The Blue Demons (3-9-2, 0-5) generated few offensive runs in the first half and recorded only four shots. Rutgers knew it would change at the drop of the second period. “We told them that they were going to come out and fly, and we didn’t handle the pressure of trying to keep the ball. That’s the bottom line,” Beck said. “We didn’t win our individual battles, find the loose balls and in the end, they got a goal and make it very difficult for the final 45 minutes.” The Knights were smoother in the first half, especially off the foot of freshman midfielder Mael Corboz. Corboz got a free kick opportunity in the 23rd minute after a DePaul penalty that knocked over Olisa Eze. Olisa Eze was on the scoring end of the play with a header from Corboz’s kick, giving him his first goal with Rutgers. It was also the first time Olisa and Kene Eze scored in the same game since they did it frequently at Sayreville (N.J.) High School. “It’s an unbelievable feeling,” Olisa Eze said of scoring his first collegiate goal. “It’s tough out here playing D-I college ball.”
Freshman midfielder Olisa Eze contests DePaul midfielder Brian Schultz in a game where he scored his first collegiate goal. Junior forward Kene Eze scored before him. ENRICO CABREDO
That was also Corboz’s second assist of the game — his teamleading sixth of the year — after connecting with Kene Eze 29 seconds after the opening whistle. “Big piece for Mael is finding out the strengths of players. Kene likes to run into space,” Beck said.
“But overall Mael, he’s the maestro. He’s the guy that makes this team go.” Corboz and Kene Eze have been Rutgers’ engines as they tie for the team lead with 12 points, and they clicked more abruptly than ever on the 29-second goal.
That can give any team confidence, but the other 89-and-a-half minutes were more important. For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JBakantargum.
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Tough field gives RU benchmark BY ERIC DIMETROSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s cross country team participated in the Princeton Invitational last Saturday in Princeton, N.J. The Scarlet Knights finished 15th out of 24 teams, a result determined partly by the extremely difficult field of teams that ran. Head coach Mike Mulqueen was pleased with his team’s per formance. “We ran much better than the week before,” Mulqueen said. “The kids competed very hard, and it was a step forward.” Sophomore Chris Banafato was the Knights’ top runner, finishing 21st with a personal-best time of 24:50. Banafato has been one of the Knights’ most consistent runners throughout the season as he has finished among the best for Rutgers in all of its meets. He was just one of the many Knights who improved at Princeton after a disappointing race in the Metropolitan Championships. Freshman Chris DeFabio finished second for the Knights and 66th overall with a time of 25:23.
“We ran on a really good flat course without any hills,” DeFabio said. “It set us up for really good times and everyone was really looking forward to it.” The field was full of talented teams, as Saint Joseph’s took first place overall in the field, while Harvard and No. 5 Iona finished second and third, respectively. While Rutgers’ finish was not what Mulqueen hoped for, the Knights were more consistent than in previous meets. “A few of our guys had the fastest times of their lives for a fivemile race,” Mulqueen said. “It was a very competitive race, and the team felt happy with how they ran.” The Knights do not have a race this week, so they will use the additional practice time to improve as a team and work on staying together in races, a concept that Mulqueen has stressed since Day 1. “We’re going to work on running together as a group,” Mulqueen said. “The most important thing is to get healthy during the off week.” Rutgers hopes to be healthy and ready for the Big East Championships, which will be the next race for Rutgers.
OCTOBER 15, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 15 MEN’S BASKETBALL GARRETT WINS OVER CROWD AT MIDKNIGHT MADNESS
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linebacker Khaseem Greene was named Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week yesterday, the organization announced. The senior earned the recognition for his performance in the Scarlet Knights’ 23-15 victor y Saturday against Syracuse. Greene collected 14 tackles, 1.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and an interception in the win. He is the third player in Rutgers histor y to earn National Player of the Week honors from the Walter Camp Football Foundation, with former running back Ray Rice and former defensive tackle Ramel Meekins earning the recognition in 2006.
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team remained No. 1 in the Associated Press poll after its 42-10 victor y Saturday against Missouri. Oregon also remained second in the polls, while Florida moved into third. Kansas State moved up to fourth after its 27-21 win against Iowa State, and Notre Dame placed fifth. LSU, Ohio State, Oregon State, South Carolina and Oklahoma rounded out the top 10. Rutgers remained one of three Big East teams in the polls, ranking 19th. Louisville ranked 16th while Cincinnati came in at No. 21 after its 49-17 victor y against Fordham.
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manager Joe Girardi said yesterday that shortstop Derek Jeter’s ankle injury could be related to previous injuries, according to ESPN New York. Girardi said that Jeter’s broken ankle could be a result of injuries in his foot that affected his footwork. Jeter broke his ankle Saturday in the 12th inning of Game 1 of the ALCS against the Tigers when he dove for a ball. Jeter will miss the rest of the postseason, but general manager Brian Cashman said he would be ready in time for next season.
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Rice forecasts higher win total BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
A booming band greeted a crowd of students as they filled the College Ave Gym, signaling the start of this year’s installment of MidKnight Madness. The event, which introduces the Rutgers men’s basketball team to the student body each season, featured a 10-minute scrimmage and a slam dunk contest. And this time, a new face for the Scarlet Knights stole the show. Lee Junior College (Texas) transfer Vincent Garrett dominated the dunk contest, as head coach Mike Rice predicted, pulling off two between-the-legs dunks that sent the crowd into a frenzy. “I kind of knew I was going to win already,” Garrett said. “I just did dunks I used to do in high school. It was nothing new. I used to do a lot of dunk contests in
high school. Winning another one was not a problem.” While Rice enjoyed the fanfare and the excitement, he is more focused on the upcoming season, one he believes can be his best at Rutgers. His confidence comes with the talent on his roster that has remained from last season. Only forward Gilvydas Biruta is gone from last year’s team after transferring to Rhode Island to rejoin his former high school coach Dan Hurley. Despite most of the team remaining intact, the roster still has only two seniors and more than half of the roster consists of sophomores. But Rice still maintains confidence in his young squad and believes this is a different team than the one that went 6-12 last season in Big East play. It starts, Rice said, with a physical difference.
“Eighteen-year-old boys come to college and barely have ever lifted,” he said. “Now, they’re just different. Even in practice the last month, you just see a difference in … what they’re able to do with that added strength and muscle.” Rice uses junior guard Mike Poole as an example because he said Poole has gained 22 pounds since he first arrived at Rutgers. The extra size will come in handy in conference games, Rice said. “If you don’t think that’s a difference, you don’t know the Big East,” he said. “Now Mike won’t get bumped off his drives, he’ll be balanced. Those little things mean maybe one point or two points. But those one or two points can translate to the difference between wins and losses, Rice said, considering Rutgers’ average margin of defeat in conference games was only 3.9 points.
But that is not the only area in which Rice expects improvement. Rutgers averaged nearly 15 turnovers per game last season, while averaging less than 13 assists per game, giving them an assist-to-turnover ratio among the worst in the conference. Rice believes this year will be a different story. “Their decisions,” Rice said of what will improve this season. “[Their] response from a bad call, bad play. That’s all a part of maturing, developing. I think that is going to be a difference in why maybe was can be successful.” He said he is excited to show the fans what direction the program is heading. Although Rice cannot say exactly when, he is confident the team will start to win soon. “I can see progress,” he said, “and I can see guys’ chemistry developing and maturing.”
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Redskins face the possibility of fines from the NFL for their handling of quarterback Robert Griffin III’s injury, according to CBS Sports. Griffin suffered a concussion Oct. 7 against the Atlanta Falcons after Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon laid a hit on him. The Redskins did not announce until after the game that Griffin III sustained a concussion, which allowed the team leeway in whether they would reenter Griffin III into the game. Fox Sports reporter Jay Glazer reported the fine could be up to $25,000 dollars if given out.
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Junior Vincent Garrett drew a roar from the crowd Friday at MidKnight Madness when he ran away with the slam dunk contest. Garrett is one of two Knights who will play their first game at Rutgers after transferring, along with Wally Judge. YEE ZHSIN BOON
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football coach Jerr y Kill was released from the hospital yesterday following a seizure he suffered after the Gophers’ loss Saturday to Nor thwestern, according to CBS Sports. It was the second time Kill suffered a seizure after a game. He went down with one last season during a match against New Mexico State and was hospitalized for a few days. Kill has been taking medicine to combat his seizures, and the University announced he would resume his coaching duties upon his return.
WOMEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS 5, CINCINNATI 0
Five-goal output caps high-scoring weekend BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers women’s soccer team could not buy a goal in the early stages of Big East play. In the Scarlet Knights’ 5-0 victory against Cincinnati yesterday at Yurcak Field, they had more goals then they knew what to do with. “We identified what we needed to work on,” said head coach Glenn Crooks. “The players prepared and executed. It is not an accident that there was production this weekend. It has been coming.” With the victory never in question, the Knights played conservative during the second half against the Bearcats (4-12-1, 1-9). Rutgers found the back of the net only once in the second half on a goal from senior midfielder Maura McLaughlin in the 50th minute off an assist from senior forward April Price. Rutgers’ offensive onslaught came in the first half.
Freshman for ward Rachel Cole converted on one of two Rutgers penalty kicks in the 12th minute after freshman forward Amanda DeVolk was taken down in the box. Cole drilled a shot to the left of Cincinnati goalkeeper Kristina Utley for her second of the season and the Knights’ fourth of the game. Junior forward Jonelle Filigno continued her hot play with two goals of her own. Her header off of senior midfielder Tricia DiPaolo’s cross from the right side of the box in the 32nd minute put Rutgers up, 3-0, and gave Filigno second place in Rutgers history for goals in a single season. Filigno has 14 goals this season and sits behind four players who have 15. “We are very happy that we came out with this big win,” Filigno said. “I think the whole team as a whole can be credited. From the back line stopping the shots that need to be stopped to
the forwards having confidence going after players.” The best-looking goal of the day came from DiPaolo. Since her switch to defense, DiPaolo’s involvement in the offense has been nonexistent. She attempted just 10 shots before Cincinnati, but her goal in the 24th minute was a beauty, as she drilled a shot behind Utley in the top left corner of the net from 20-yards out on the right side of the box to give Rutgers a 2-0 lead. “We had two corners before that, and I was wide open,” DiPaolo said. “The coaches said, ‘Tricia is open on that play,’ so I took the shot and was wide open.” The aggressive approach the Knights now have on offense was visible in their 3-0 win Friday against Louisville (9-4-3, 4-3-3). Filigno found the back of the net twice in that game as well, as she drilled a goal at the start of the second half to give Rutgers (11-6-1, 5-4-1) its 3-0
lead after her first goal in the 26th minute. Sophomore midfielder Amy Pietrangelo gave the Knights their first goal when she took a cross from Filigno in the 31st minute and scored. With Rutgers’ newfound offense, the Knights went from being on the outside looking in for the Big East Tournament to possibly holding a home playoff game if Villanova loses Friday to Georgetown. And while Rutgers does not necessarily have to win at Seton Hall to get into the postseason because of its performance this weekend, Filigno knows every game still counts. “Everyone is on a high right now,” Filigno said. “We can’t get complacent, so we still have another game to win.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @BradlyDtargum.
BACK IN BUSINESS The Rutgers women’s soccer
FAMILY MATTERS Junior forward Kene Eze and freshman
team revived its postseason chances with two lopsided weekend victories. / PAGE 15
midfielder Olisa Eze both scored in the Rutgers men’s soccer team’s 2-1 victory against DePaul. / PAGE 14
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NEW FACE Junior Vincent Garrett stole the show at MidKnight Madness with his win in the dunk contest. / PAGE 15
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“If you don’t think that’s a difference, you don’t know the Big East.” — Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice on his team’s added strength
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012
FOOTBALL RUTGERS 23, CONNECTICUT 15
Junior linebacker Jamal Merrell blocks a second-half field goal attempt by Syracuse kicker Ross Krautman on Saturday, which senior safety Duron Harmon returned 75 yards for a score to break a 7-7 tie. Merrell also blocked a field goal try and an extra point attempt last season against Syracuse. ENRICO CABREDO
DROPKICK Blocked field goal leads to tie-breaking touchdown, changes momentum of game in Rutgers’ sixth win of season BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
Before an early third-quarter field goal attempt Saturday, Duron Harmon pulled a pair of teammates aside, noticing a weakness in Syracuse’s blocking scheme. A blocked field goal and a 75yard touchdown retur n later,
the senior safety gave the Rutgers football team the cushion it needed in a 23-15 victor y against Syracuse at High Point Solutions Stadium. “The ball looked as big as ever,” Harmon said. “I just went over there and scooped it. When I looked to my right, I had nothing but red right next to me. I saw the
sideline, and I knew I was going to score.” Harmon’s score — the team’s fourth non-offensive touchdown this season — kick-star ted 16 unanswered points for the No. 19 Scarlet Knights (6-0, 3-0), which became bowl eligible for the seventh time in eight years.
But after redshir t-freshman kicker Nick Borgese missed an extra point and Syracuse (2-4, 1-1) quar terback R yan Nassib led a four th-quar ter touchdown drive, the Knights’ momentum quickly dissolved. Nassib, the Big East’s leader in passing yards, took the field again trailing by eight
points with 2:45 left. But an interception by senior cor nerback Brandon Jones on the drive’s first play left little to doubt in Piscataway. It was part of a defensive performance that featured 418 yards allowed, but four takeaways. SEE
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FOOTBALL NOVA IMPROVES BALL SECURITY
Low turnover total yields perfect record BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
In 10 appearances last season, Rutgers football quarterback Gary Nova attempted 227 throws, nine of which found the arms of opposing defenders for interceptions. This season, the sophomore has thrown 174 passes with only two interceptions, and none since Sept. 8 in a 26-0 win against Howard. COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES Louisville Pittsburgh
45 35
West Virginia Texas Tech
14 49
Temple Connecticut
17 14
South Carolina LSU
21 23
Fordham Cincinnati
17 49
Texas Oklahoma
21 63
“The first two interceptions I had, they were all on myself,” Nova said. “Just learning from those and not putting the team in a bad predicament, throwing the ball away, running when I have to when nothing is there and checking it down [prevented more interceptions].” The Don Bosco (N.J.) Prep product spent time during the summer practicing throwing the ball away rather than trying to force a throw. He has brought that mentality to the field.
As a result, the Scarlet Knights have a +13 turnover margin, something head coach Kyle Flood values. “It’s critical,” Flood said of Nova taking care of the ball. “Again, there are certain statistics that overtime have proven to win football games. Turnovers is one of them.” Nova is not the only player working on limiting giveaways. Flood has any player who has a chance at touching the football refining ball security skills.
EXTRA POINT
KYLE FLOOD became the first head football coach to begin his career at Rutgers with a perfect 6-0 record. He is also the only first-year head coach in the country off to a 6-0 start.
“It’s this particular group of players that has really made a conscious effort,” Flood said. “They believe that if we take care of the ball, it affects the outcome of the game, and I think it has as we’ve gone through the season so far.” The ball security by both Nova and the rest of the players lessens the pressure to put up gaudy numbers. SEE
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SCORE BY QUARTER FIRST QUARTER
SECOND QUARTER
THIRD QUARTER
FOURTH QUARTER
Syracuse
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Syracuse
7
Syracuse
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Syracuse
8
RUTGERS
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RUTGERS
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RUTGERS
10
RUTGERS
6