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U. program encourages engagement in politics Darien community gives students hands-on experience, instruction BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU STAFF WRITER

In a move to encourage coursework and firsthand experience, the Darien Learning Community for Citizenship and Civic Engagement was created for students to mix political thought with practice. The new nonresidential learning community, whose sponsors include the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy and the Eagleton Institute of Politics, gives 15 to 20 students on campus the opportunity to work and broaden their knowledge of politics, said Ghada Endick, director of learning communities. Andrew Murphy, director of the Walt Whitman Center, teaches students “American Political Thought,” while Elizabeth Matto, an assistant research professor at Eagleton, teaches “Topics in Political Science: Citizenship and Civic Engagement.” Murphy said students learn about the historical and philosophical foundations of U.S. government in his classroom at Eagleton, while students become more engaged in politics through SEE

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama respond to each other’s stances on domestic issues during last night’s presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Besides their tax reform ideas, the candidates disagreed on women’s issues, immigration and workplace inequality. GETTY IMAGES

Obama, Romney clash on tax plans Presidential hopefuls argue over domestic, foreign policies in town hall debate BY SHAWN SMITH CORRESPONDENT

In the second of three presidential debates, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney went back and forth on foreign and domestic issues, including taxes, work place equality and immigration.

Romney explained his tax plan and how it will affect the middle class during last night’s town hall-style debate at Hofstra University in New York. “Why am I lowering taxes for the middle class?” Romney said. “Because for the last four years, they have been buried.” Obama responded by outlining his own tax plan.

“I said I would cut taxes for small businesses, who are the drivers and engines of growth,” he said. “And we’ve cut them 18 times.” Romney explained that with the president’s ideas for taxes, the country would be in trouble. “If the president were re-elected, we would be $20 trillion in debt, on the road to Greece,” Romney said. The governor said he is increasingly aware of workplace inequality. After he SEE

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Geena Davis calls attention to lack of women in Hollywood Actress references her own gender disparity studies during lecture BY GIANCARLO CHAUX CORRESPONDENT

Geena Davis, founder of the Geena Davis Institue on Gender in Media, speaks of the misrepresentation of females in G-rated family movies last night in Kirkpatrick Chapel on the College Avenue campus. ENRICO CABREDO

Geena Davis, an Academy Award-winning actress known for roles in films including “Thelma and Louise,” spoke to a crowd of about 200 people last night on gender disparity in the media. The Institute for Women’s Leadership hosted the lecture to further communicate the goal of advancing women’s leadership in fields such as politics, the arts and the general workforce, said Alison R. Bernstein, director of the IWL. Davis, who in 2004 founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to change the way females are portrayed in feature films, said she

shares the same vision as the IWL, and hopes to educate the public on the obvious gender disparity found in Hollywood. She first noticed this issue while watching Grated films with her daughter, which pushed her to lead a study on the number of female characters in family entertainment. The study, one of the largest ever completed on gender differences in media, showed there was just one female character for every three male characters in G-rated movies, a fact Davis said could be discouraging to parents. “It occurred to me as a mother that kids should be seeing boys and girls sharing a sandbox together,” she said. The depiction of the female characters was also investigated, and the project found female characters in G-rated animated movies tended to wear sexually appealing clothes, just like their counterparts in R-rated films, she said. SEE

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CEO analyzes government’s education budget Byrne says school systems are like monopolies BY JUSTINA OTERO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, came to the University yesterday to speak about the role leadership skills play in making financial decisions. The Department of Philosophy sponsored the event at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus, where more than 80 students came together to hear Byrne’s lecture “Praxis, Praxis, Praxis: How Entrepreneurship, Philosophy and Libertarianism Made Me 2007’s ‘Most Hated Man on Wall Street.’” He said it is important to have mentors because they motivate people to find success and follow guiding principles. Byrne said through having a mentor, he was able to pave a road to success that allowed him to become an entrepreneur and learn about the economic aspects that affect people’s lives. Economics affect education, he said while breaking down the budget for education the government works with. “It’s about $750 billion that we are spending on K-12 education. There are 50 million students in K-12 schools,” he said. “If you do

Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, breaks down the spending for public schools at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. VAISHALI NAYAK the math, that’s about $15,000 per child.” He said through building a quality education system, the United States would be investing in human capital. “That’s $367,000 being spent in the average classroom. The average teacher makes about $47,000,” he said. What goes on in the U.S. education system is what goes on in a monopoly, Byrne said.

“The whole point of having a monopoly is to sell an inferior product at an inflated price and tr y to capture the difference,” he said. “That is what is happening in our school systems. I think that the unions are the problem exclusively. Byrne said behind the public high school, there are different layers that absorb huge amounts of costs, in which the district, the county, the state and the federal

governments absorb. “It doesn’t make sense to me to say we need to pour money from the top, and that is the problem,” he said. “We cannot pour more money from the top. We can’t fix it from the top.” Byrne said the system should be turned over so people have other options besides a public school education. He also spoke about the importance of building leadership skills.

In order to have good leadership skills, he said, people should understand what teams are. “If you want to succeed, you need people who are going to be team leaders. Even a team of six people is something that is hard to lead, you always need to be a good team member,” he said. Studying liberal arts could help with leadership skills, Byrne said. “That sort of background is so valuable,” he said. “The virtues that make you stand out and actual do well in that environment are things that you can find [in] philosophy.” Daniel Kanda, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said there is a problem with education that needs to be fixed. “The problem with our generation is that people don’t know what the hell they want to do or what they are doing,” he said. “They are not inspired, they think that the only path for them is that corporate route, and you kind of got shutters.” Sheldon Smickley, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said change comes not from the top but from within society. “That is what we are tr ying to do at Rutgers — really change and go through the grassroots and the people instead of the red-tape litigation,” he said.

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Judy Logback, a representative from Kallari Chocolate, hosted a tasting of cacao beans and candy bars yesterday at the Douglass Campus Center. The event was sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies. EMILY NESI

Canadians visit U., advise on protesting Students share experience on striking against tuition hikes BY SHELLEY FRIEDMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Student protesters from Quebec sat on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus to speak with University students about their strike against rising tuition at McGill University. The political par ty in Quebec announced in last March that tuition rates would increase by $1,625 — bringing the cost from $2,168 to $3,793, according to the Students’ Society of McGill University website. This would amount to a 75 percent increase in tuition fees in five years, according to the site. The Canadian students gave advice about organizing protests against tuition increases, encouraging tabling and bake sales as ways to get the word out about tuition hikes.

Dong Gu Yoon, a University alumnus, said this stor y is unique because the students in Quebec created a strategic campaign, ultimately pressuring not only their schools, but the Quebec government. “It’s refreshing that these students were able to mobilize a whole bunch of people,” Yoon said. Frangy Pozo, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, said University students should take initiative like the students in Quebec did. “We, as students, have had enough. And the small group on campus working to stop [annual tuition increases] needs to grow and expand,” Pozo said. Taha Saeed, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior, said shared governance should be put in place on campus for University students to have a say on tuition increases. “In Quebec, students are on the boards and on committees with administrators, and have equal say in what happens. At Rutgers, we have no shared governance,” he said. “We don’t even have a voting member on the board of governors. That needs to change.”

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POLITICS Community members work with professor on RU Voting initiative CONTINUED FROM FRONT the Youth Political Participation Program in Matto’s class. “It bridges the theory of government with the practice of government,” Murphy said. Students are actively involved with the institute’s RU Voting initiative, a nonpartisan effort to get students informed and registered to vote, Matto said. “They’re helping me and themselves really get an opportunity to see how politics is working, specifically how it is working on the youth and how they participate in the political process,” she said. “But the most [important] thing is that the students aren’t just sitting, reading and talking, but out there and doing it.” She said there is a growing need to find ways to integrate active political learning into the coursework despite the challenges higher educational institutions face. Jessica Brand, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore who is participating in the new learning community, said the value of the citizen’s voice in government is often underestimated and undervalued. “Too many students and young people these days do not recognize

DAVIS Men hold 81 percent of jobs in film U.S. film industry CONTINUED FROM FRONT “The female characters often have a waist so small that you have to wonder where the spinal column even fits,” Davis said. In the 6,000 family films composing the research sample, Davis said not one depicted a female character in a powerful American political figure. A similar gap is found in many other professional occupations, she said, with males holding 81 percent of all film production jobs. Davis said she fears Hollywood is teaching a new generation not to notice the disparity, especially since many gender differences are found in films

the relevance of politics to their lives and that they have a duty to address issues and speak up in the face of injustice,” she said. Mark Feaster, a School of Arts and Sciences junior and Darien community member, said politics is something most students are interested in, but are too intimidated to actively practice.

“It bridges the theory of government with the practice of government.” ANDREW MURPHY Director of the Walt Whitman Center

“[Students] undervalue [politics] as a means to see change in the world,” he said. “Our generation tends to put more of an emphasis on community service projects as a means to change things as opposed to contacting their representative or bringing the issue into the political arena.”

shown to young children on a regular basis. “We are saying that women and girls don’t take up half the space in the world ... that they are less valuable,” she said. Yet Davis said she does not believe all male directors and casting directors are purposely creating this gender gap, adding that some men are generally surprised when she showed them the statistics. “Part of [the movement] is doing this research and educating them,” Davis said. “When we go to the networks, it’s amazing how shocked they are by the data.” The institute also aims to empower more women to reach “behind-the-scenes” leadership positions in Hollywood. In 2011, women only represented 25 percent of the work force in the top-250 domestic grossing films, according to an event fact sheet.

Feaster said he is compiling a glossar y of political terms some students might find confusing, which they can use to better understand subject matter in news articles and presidential debates. “Other kids are working on projects such as making a voter guidebook, organizing social events that encourage voting, or targeting certain organizations for voter registration drives,” he said. The students in the community recently participated in an interactive session with Christopher Phillips, author of “Constitution Café,” and were able to think about how they would revise the Constitution if it were revisited today, Matto said. Murphy and Matto visit one another’s classes to stay connected, which Murphy said creates a better learning environment for students. Steven and Susan Darien are University alumni who are funding this new learning community. “The Dariens are very interested in fostering student engagement in civic affairs and in students engaging their fellow students. It’s not so much on a partisan basis but in regards to engaging the society,” he said. Endick said her office’s role is to develop methods that increase faculty involvement with undergraduates and promote active student engagement in the University.

Coalition sends in about 5,000 registration forms The Rutgers Student Voter Coalition registered about 4,800 students on campus for the general election on Nov. 6, said Nat Sowinski, an organizer for the coalition. Though this number is about 2,000 forms shy of the group’s 7,000 goal, Sowinski said she is satisfied with the result. “It’s a sizable percentage of a pretty sizable University,” said Sowinski, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “Some elections are decided by not that many votes. … Not just does every vote count, but 5,000 definitely counts.” Members of the coalition, made up of about 15 student groups, including the Rutgers University Student Assembly and the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, registered students through tabling efforts leading up to yesterday’s voter registration deadline. The coalition registered about 6,000 University students for the 2008 elections, according to a Nov. 3, 2008 Targum report. Sowinski said when she tabled near Brower Commons

on the College Avenue campus and the Douglass Campus Center, she was surprised some students did not know they had to register. “The news about debates and the presidential election has been ever ywhere, [even on] the Internet, on Facebook,” she said. “It just surprised me that people didn’t think to register to vote until they were asked.” Now that more students are registered, Sowinski said she thinks they will pay closer attention to what is going on with this year’s presidential race. Post-deadline plans for the coalition include calling and emailing students who filled out vote pledge cards to remind them to vote at their respective polling locations, she said. The coalition is also endorsing the Building Our Future Bond Act, which will appear as a referendum question on the ballot on Election Day. If passed, the bond could provide $750 million of state funding for construction of higher education facilities. Sowinski invites students to learn more about the bond at a New Jersey Bond Referendum Teach-In Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

Women made up a larger percentage of the leadership roles in lower budget documentary films. Thirty-nine percent of all directors in documentary films in 2011

“The ratio has been the same since 1946,” Davis said. “You can’t say things are changing.” Davis said women need to understand the bias and take advantage of what Martin Luther King Jr. called “the fierce urgency of now.” She hopes the institute can inspire women to bring the issue to the forefront, and said the key is to put more women on and behind the screen. “We need to add women, include women, vote for women and hire women,” she said. University President Robert L. Barchi, who gave an introductory speech at the event, said the event is one of the many praiseworthy initiatives started by the IWL, where his wife Francis recently became a fellow. “What I have found is that this is an incredible group of very powerful women who understand where they are in the world and where they want to go,” Barchi

said. “It’s very impressive, especially to a man.” Alexandra Tereshonkova, a Class of 2012 University alumnus, said Davis’ history of movie roles shows she has always been conscious of the way women are portrayed in films. “I saw her growing up in movies such as ‘A League of Their Own,’ which inspired [more] women characters,” she said. Davis said she first became passionate about the empowerment of women in Hollywood when she played a lead female role in the film “Thelma and Louise.” “Ever since [‘Thelma and Louise’], I make choices on what roles I am going to play thinking about the women in the audience and what they may feel about my character,” Davis said. Tereshonkova said she hopes more students make it to future IWL events.

“We are saying that women ... don’t take up half the space in the world ... that they are less valuable.” GEENA DAVIS Actress

were women, an 11-percent increase from 2008, according to the fact sheet. Similar increases are not found in the quantity of female characters depicted in feature films, she said.

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PLANS While both candidates agree on immigration reform, Romney wants to prevent entry of illegal immigrants CONTINUED FROM FRONT

relating to recent attacks on a U.S. Embassy in Libya. looked around his office at Bain Obama disputed Romney’s Capital, he said he noticed an criticism that the Obama adminover whelming amount of men istration did not respond to the working for him. attack quick enough. “Well gosh, can’t we find “The suggestion that anysome women with the same body in my team would play polqualifications?” Romney said. itics or mislead when we’ve lost “In the last four years, women four of our own, governor, is have lost 580,000 jobs. What we offensive,” Obama said. can do to help women is have a Ruth Mandel, director of the strong economy.” Eagleton Institute of Politics, said He explained that under this debate is critical for both current policies, he feels colRomney and Obama. lege students will not be able to Mandel said since the first find jobs. debate, the polls have closed the “Fifty percent of kids who gap between the two candidates. can’t find a job, well that’s not “The national polls have going to work,” Romney said. moved the candidates closer Obama said Romney avoided together, into a virtual tie, or dead answering the question on genheat,” she said. “No one knows der equality. who to call a likely winner.” “Gov. Romney is comfor tStefan Mancevski, president able having the government of the Rutgers University make health care choices for Democrats, was pleased with women,” he said. “This is not Obama’s performance in last just a women’s issue, this is a night’s debate. family issue. This is a middle“I think Obama did extraordiclass issue.” narily well — he came out Obama voiced swinging,” said a need to revisit Mancevski, a how immigration “The nominees have School of Arts and works in the done what they can Sciences senior. United States. “He was wonderdo to get voters by ful on foreign poli“We need to fix a broken now, the challenge is cy, clearly defeatimmigration sysed Romney. He mobilization.” tem. He set up a strong [Romney] called economic plan.” RUTH MANDEL Arizona law a Alex Weiss, Director of model for the vice president of the Eagleton Institute of Politics nation,” Obama the Rutgers said. “Gov. C o l l e g e Romney said he Republicans, said wasn’t referring to Arizona as a although Romney’s performance model for the nation, yet his top was weaker compared to the first advisor is the one who designed debate, he still did a good job. the whole Arizona program.” “The highlight was when he Obama said America is still a talked about the last four years land of promise for those who and demolished Obama by menwant to come here. tioning point after point of what “We all understand what this has not changed,” said Weiss, a country has become, because talschool of Arts and Sciences senior. ent from around the world wants Mancevski said Obama had to come here,” he said. “For Romney beat in this debate. young people who come here, “The president generally set they should think of this as their out to prove himself and that the country. They understand themdemocratic platform is powerful selves as Americans.” and beneficial to the middle Romney agreed the system is class,” Mancevski said. “Romney broken and that it is time for a looked flustered and weak. He change, but took a hard and fast tried to prove himself, and failed stance on illegal immigration. in my mind.” “Mr. President has broken But Weiss believes Romney his promise to enact comprehad this debate in the bag. hensive immigration reform by “You might see a lot more his first term,” Romney said. Obama victor y claims, but after “We’re going to have to stop illethe first [debate] it would gal immigration. I will not grant be nearly impossible for amnesty to those who come Romney to live up to expectahere illegally.” tions,” he said. Romney explained that he The debate is no longer about wants the system to work in favor getting voters, Mandel said. Now, of those who need it. the candidates will focus on moti“I want our legal system to vating voters. work better, I want it to be “The nominees have done streamlined, to be clearer. You what they can do to get voters shouldn’t have to hire a lawyer by now, the challenge is mobito get into this countr y legally,” lization,” she said. “They are he said. thinking of ways to get their The candidates also spared people out to vote, to get them on foreign policy, specifically to the polls.”

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Government to let Cubans travel freely THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA — The Cuban government announced yesterday that it will eliminate a half-century-old restriction that requires citizens to get an exit visa to leave the country. The decree that takes effect Jan. 14 will eliminate a muchloathed bureaucratic procedure that has kept many Cubans from traveling or moving abroad. “These measures are truly substantial and profound,” said Col. Lamberto Fraga, Cuba’s deputy chief of immigration, at a morning news conference. “What we are doing is not just cosmetic.” Under the new measure announced in the Communist Party daily Granma, islanders will only have to show their passport and a visa from the country they are traveling to. It is the most significant advance this year in President Raul Castro’s five-year plan of reforms that has already seen the legalization of home and car sales and a big increase in the number of Cubans owning private businesses. Migration is a highly politicized issue in Cuba and beyond its borders. Under the “wet foot, dry foot” policy, the United States allows nearly all Cubans who reach its territory to remain. Granma published an editorial blaming the travel restrictions imposed in 1961 on

U.S. attempts to topple the island’s government, plant spies and recruit its best-educated citizens. “It is because of this that any analysis of Cuba’s problematic migration inevitably passes through the policy of hostility that the U.S. government has developed against the country for more than 50 years,” the editorial said. It assured Cubans that the government recognizes their right to travel abroad and said the new measure is part of “an irreversible process of normalization of relations between emigrants and their homeland.” The decree still imposes limits on travel by many Cubans. People cannot obtain a passport or travel abroad without permission if they face criminal charges, if the trip affects national security or if their departure would affect efforts to keep qualified labor in the country. Doctors, scientists, members of the military and others considered valuable parts of society currently face restrictions on travel to combat brain drain. “The update to the migratory policy takes into account the right of the revolutionary State to defend itself from the interventionist and subversive plans of the U.S. government and its allies,” the newspaper said. “Therefore, measures will remain to preserve the human capital created by the Revolution in the face of the theft of talent applied by the powerful.”

On the streets of Havana, the news was met with a mixture of delight and astonishment. Officials over the years often spoke of their desire to lift the exit visa, but talk failed to turn into concrete change. “No! Wow, how great!” said Mercedes Delgado, a 73-year-old retiree when told of the news that was announced overnight. “Citizens’ rights are being restored.” “Look, I ask myself how far are

“The important story is the Cuban government has taken a step that has long been demanded.” TOMAS BILBAO Executive Director of the Washington-based Cuba Study Group

we going to go with these changes. They have me a little confused because now all that was done during 50 years, it turns out we’re changing it,” said Maria Romero, a cleaning worker who was headed to her job Tuesday morning. “Everything they told us then, it wasn’t true. I tell you, I don’t understand anything.”

Cuba-born U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen referred to the measure as “so-called reforms” that are “nothing more than Raul Castro’s desperate attempts to fool the world into thinking that Cuba is changing. But anyone who knows anything about the communist 53- year-old Castro dictatorship knows that Cuba will only be free when the Castro family and its lackeys are no longer on the scene,” the South Florida Republican said. The Cuban government’s decision to eliminate exit visas won’t mean that Cubans can just get on a plane to the United States. Kathleen Campbell Walker, an immigration lawyer in El Paso, Texas, said Cubans who fly to the United States are still required to get a State Department-issued visa. Homeland Security officials who review passenger lists for U.S.bound flights are likely to order an airline to deny boarding to anyone who doesn’t have that permission. Cubans who do make it to the U.S., regardless of whether or not they have a visa, are generally admitted to the country. “Our own visa requirements remain unchanged,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters yesterday. “We obviously welcome any reforms that’ll allow Cubans to depart from and return to their countr y freely,” said Nuland. “We remain committed to the

migration accords under which our two countries suppor t and promote safe, legal and orderly migration.” Under those 1994 accords between the two countries, Washington has encouraged Havana to take steps to prevent any future mass exodus. Tomas Bilbao, executive director of the Washingtonbased Cuba Study Group, said he is cautiously optimistic that the move will reduce the isolation of the Cuban people and increase interaction between the U.S. and Cuban civil society. “The important story is the Cuban government has taken a step that has long been demanded by the Cuban people,” he said. Omar Lopez, human rights director of the Miami-based Cuban American National Foundation, welcomed the elimination of the exit visas, but said it remained unclear whether the change will allow more Cubans to get passports. “Now, Cubans don’t have to pay and get a permit from Cuba to go as a tourist or a visitor, but they say that in order to get a passport you have to comply with some requirements of the law,” Lopez said. Dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez expressed concern that officials might now control travel merely by denying passports.

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Europeans hoping to fight in Syria raise fears THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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PARIS — European governments have been among the most vocal suppor ters of Syria’s rebels — to a point: Last week, Muslims in Britain and France accused of tr ying to join the fight against the regime were detained. For security of ficials, the fear is that extremists with European passpor ts who are alienated and newly trained to wage war will ultimately take skills learned in Syria and use them back home. In France, where an Islamic extremist trained in Pakistan attacked a Jewish school and a group of soldiers earlier this year, the fear is particularly acute. French officials have jailed eight people, including one over the weekend, describing the group as a network of Frenchborn radical Islamists bent on targeting Jewish groups at home and fighting holy war abroad. They said the cell attacked a kosher grocery with a grenade and had a structure in place to send Muslims to fight in Syria alongside the rebels. “The enemies within will require vigilance and great determination,” France’s top security official, Interior Minister Manuel Valls, said Friday. “We know that there could be some who were not apprehended, who perhaps went abroad to fight.” Security officials worldwide have watched the aftermath of the Arab Spring with caution, particularly concerned that citizens who join the fight could

return home more radicalized and with a new ability to carry out guerilla warfare. European officials have a particular concern: It’s a short flight from the Mideast and the borders within the European Union are open for anyone with an EU passport or national ID, making undetected travel a simple matter. “We have been keeping a close eye on who is going to Syria, but unlike Libya, there are multiple ways into the country and it’s not as easy to track,” said a European security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak to the media. “Still, we’re particularly concerned that people returning will come back with new skills that could present a threat to our security.” It’s a sensitive and complex issue, say European intelligence officials. There’s evidence that foreigners are joining the fight against Syrian President Bashar Assad, but their numbers — especially those from Europe — are believed to be small. But what is a minor issue in Syria could become a big issue in Europe, where many Muslims, even the native born, feel increasingly marginalized. Syrian rebels are downplaying the newcomers’ impact on the struggle to dislodge Assad. George Sabra, spokesman for the Syrian National Council, insisted last week that the foreign fighters presented no longterm problem for Syria: “They say they’ve come to help the Syrian people and they’ll return home again.”

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How much hazing do you think goes on at the University? “I have no idea. If I were to guess, I would say about 50 percent of all frats and sororities do. But I think there is at least some form of hazing in all societies, even if it is minimal.”

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“I think it exists in a good number. Sororities are a little worse psychologically, but both frats and sororities haze the same amount.”

“Relatively none. I just don’t think hazing is a part of our campus culture.”

“Not much. I haven’t heard much about it. I am not affiliated to any fraternities. If there is any [hazing], I’m sure it is a minimum.”

“A lot more than is talked about in this school. I think Rutgers has a larger percentage of hazing than other universities.”

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Affirmative action has ser ved for years to increase n a controversial case that has rekindled arguenrollment of African Americans, among other ments surrounding the use of af firmative minorities, in colleges and universities across the action policies across the countr y, the countr y. And when these institutions, in the Supreme Court deliberated last week as to whether absence of precarious quota requirements, are able race still has a place in today’s college and univerto make use of the policy at their own discretion, we sity admissions processes. It is the second time in can find little reason to deny the policy as a useful less than a decade that affirmative action has been tool for increasing diversity. challenged at the Supreme Court level, again by a Nor is Fisher’s case unique. In 2003, a similar white student who feels she has been discriminated case was brought to the court, in which it ruled that against by virtue of a policy which unfairly favors affirmative action universities could use race as a minority students. factor — albeit, a small “plus” factor — when The use of affirmative action, particularly in unireviewing applicants in order to achieve diversity. versity admissions processes, is a questionable Little has changed in terms of circumstance in the one. There is also considerable uncertainty regardcase now at hand. Without having a comprehensive ing precisely how the policy is used in practice. Yet record of how and when universiit is undeniable that affirmative ties take race into account during action has helped to bring about “We can find little admissions process, and without greater levels of diversity to camhaving a clearly defined picture of puses across the countr y, as well reason to deny the what qualifies an individual for as restore a historically unbalsuch scrutiny, Fisher v. Texas has anced — and highly inequitable — policy as a useful tool little ground to stand on. treatment of minorities in higher for increasing diversity.” Indeed, af firmative action education in the United States. allows schools to condition on a The current case, titled Fisher number of factors, including v. University of Texas, was brought socioeconomic status, color and gender. While to the court by 22-year-old Abigail Fisher in 2008 GPA, SAT scores and extracurricular activities can when she was denied admission to the University of be an accurate gauge of a student’s aptitude, they Texas. Fisher contends that she was denied, not give little insight into essential other characterisbecause her scores and credentials didn’t merit tics, and thus little possibility for schools to create acceptance, but because current policies regarding rich and diverse student bodies. As one of the most the use of race as an admissions factor at the school diverse schools in the countr y, students at our own favored students of minority background. Based on University learn, throughout their four years on its proceedings thus far, case obser vers have hinted campus, just how important this is for fostering that judges are surprisingly close to ruling, in a hisindividual tolerance and a thriving community of toric first, against the policy. ideas. Without affirmative action, this would be Such a ruling would leave advocates and oppoconsiderably less common, as well as considerably nents of affirmative action wondering what has harder to reproduce. changed over years of its implementation.

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Shift focus to Preserve ecological wonders state senate race COMMENTARY BARRY ALDRICH

s a resident of the neighborhood adjoining the site of the proposed Marine Research and Education Center, I was heartened by your editorial yesterday stating that concerns and perspectives of residents must be respected in planning any such project. Our culturally and racially diverse residential community is not in opposition to development, educational research facilities or environmental research. In fact, we support those objectives and welcome such investment. However, based on a poll of residents, we are unanimously in opposition to this particular project, in this particular location, primarily because of its negative environmental and historical impacts. As a community, we have recently been faulted for increased, temporary and protective security measures, implemented as a result of a spike in home burglaries. However, I would like to point out that we have historically worked to facilitate safe access by all island residents to our community. On any given day, we welcome dozens of individuals, from those who wish to take their exercise by walking,

“Just as many of us were once visitors to and are now residents of this beautiful, natural island.” It has already been compellingly and irrefutably demonstrated that the Salt River Bay location is one of paramount ecological, historical and cultural significance. It holds archeological artifacts from early Caribbean cultures and is currently home to several endangered animal and plant species as well as many other natural and scenic wonders.

While this amazing location is clearly an attractive spot for development, as currently viewed by our National Park Service and also by the endowed mainland universities from whom development funding is sought, we do not feel the preservation of Salt River Bay and the establishment of a MREC need to be mutually exclusive objectives. We believe that there exists a moral imperative not to impose brick and mortar development upon the remaining natural wonders of our planet and that we can still build universities and research centers in locations that bring equally beneficial results without the loss of culture and habitat. We have never assumed any ill intent on the part of the scientists and educators who have seized upon an opportunity to conduct field research at a MREC. But, for a host of reasons, sacrificing the wonder itself in order to dissect and study it is the wrong approach. Just as many of us were once visitors to and are now residents of this beautiful, natural island, we welcome future visitors, the public, scientists and educators to invest, enjoy and do research on St. Croix using a much less environmentally impactful and detrimental plan. Barry Aldrich is a resident of St. Croix, Virgin Islands.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Affirmative action argument ill-concieved The author of the column entitled “Affirmative Action oppresses minorities” should have more carefully examined the issue of affirmative action (and more carefully read his source material) before preparing his opinion piece in Monday’s edition of The Daily Targum. First, he seems to think blacks are a uniform model for all intended benefactors of affirmative action. Affirmative action has, in practice to date, most widely and effectively promoted the advancement of women (in particular, non-minority women). The success of college women is, in part, a result of coeducation and affirmative action in American colleges. It also reflects, unfortunately, how such success continues to skew along other demographic divisions. Further, the author demonstrates little knowledge of affirmative action, and espouses that it outright ignores admissions criteria and admits underqualified applicants en masse. This is false. GPA adjustments, for example, can be (and are) made carefully, on the basis of factors that actually impact GPA. Considering discrepancies in accessibility to primary education (not to mention widespread grade inflation), adjusting GPAs provides more refined admissions criteria, and is thus essential to fair admissions practices. Admitting under-qualified students is not a universal outcome, especially considering the author’s arguments are only based on one of many demographics for whose advancement affirmative action is intended.

Worse, basing his findings on Richard Sander and Stuar t Taylor Jr., he completely neglects or refuses to acknowledge that they suppor t af firmative action — and af firmative action reform. The author seems to cherr y-pick Sander’s & Taylor’s exper t findings, but ignore entirely their equally exper t conclusions and recommendations. Sander and Taylor not a week ago coauthored an editorial for CNN promoting continued use of af firmative action with specific reform and refinement, hoping quantitative analysis of student outcomes will improve af firmative action practices. Finally, the author forms an interesting conclusion (for which not even the most grievous of liars could find substantiation): Affirmative action is a liberal plot to oppress minorities and make them dependent on social programs. Perhaps he should also look into the effects of fluoride on the lowerclass groups that cannot afford tap water or Brita filters. It may cause 47 percent of them to become lazy leeches sucking on federal coffers. People receiving aid, be it food stamps, Medicare or affirmative action (in the public or private sector), are not lazy, under-qualified, failed versions of their white male counterparts, doomed to continue to fail because they can’t cut the mustard. Writing something tantamount to this, citing studies by proponents of affirmative action no less, is an offensive and incredibly illconceived endeavor. Kellen Myers, is a graduate student in the Department of Mathematics.

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pay for the extension of lower interest rates on student loans. BEST PARTY Solutions like those do not help us get back on track. He says ON CAMPUS he stands with the middle class CONNOR and fights for us — except nationMONTFERRAT al debt, student debt, unemployment rates and even gas prices ast week, we all watched have all skyrocketed since he was as Vice President Joe appointed by Corzine. Biden insisted on laughAfter two terms in the N.J. ing, interrupting and sighing General Assembly, Kyrillos was during seriously legitimate elected to the Senate in 1992. matters for the countr y as he During this time, Kyrillos has debated House Budget voted repeatedly to cut taxes on Committee Chairman Paul income, sales and property. His Ryan, Republican vice presisponsorship of the State’s dential nominee. Secretar y of Business Incentive program State Hillar y Clinton offered up has helped to create thousands an extraordinar y admission of jobs. Through programs like earlier this week and presented those, Kyrillos has been a big herself as the Obama camp’s part of helping New Jersey’s political sacrificial lamb, taking economy make a comeback. the fall for the Libyan investigaHe’s also fought to limit the tion and scandal unfolding. As development on our beaches you watched the second presiand implement education dential debate last night, you reforms like the New Jersey were watching closely to see School Repor t Card. He whether President Barack believes in giving parents of Obama would fall again as preslow-income and special needs idential nominee Mitt Romney students the ability to choose stepped up. Well for the second where to send their children to round, Romney won. I was school. Kyrillos wants to excited once again cheering on reward great teachers and my candidate for U.S. presiwishes to motivate states to dent, Romney. Gallup’s Daily increase choices for parents. Poll yesterday had Romney at Upon being elected, Kyrillos 50 percent and Obama with 46 plans to pass a balanced budget percent of the vote. Rasmussen amendment, cap spending as a Reports had Romney at 49 pershare of the economy, and hold cent and Obama the line on the with 47 percent $1.2 trillion “Solutions like of the vote. Even spending control. Real Clear Menendez has those Politics National voted against the Average had do not help us get balanced budget Romney up by amendment back on track. ” 0.3 points. numerous times. But I would H o w e v e r , instead like you to Kyrillos believes shift your focus to your own state federal government should balrace for U.S. Senate as State Sen. ance its budget just like the Joe Kyrillos is running for U.S. rest of the citizens. Senate against incumbent Sen. Menendez is par t of the taxRobert Menendez. Then-Gov. Jon and-spend culture in Corzine appointed Menendez to Washington that has left us the U.S. Senate seat after vacatwith these problems. We caning the seat himself. Menendez is not send the same people to a key component of the Obama Washington and expect them administration. He falls behind to fix the problems they creathis party and his president whened. Kyrillos understands the ever needed. problems of young Americans Before May 2012, the last and will work across the aisle time Menendez voted on a bill to create ef fective solutions. for student loans and debt was He has worked with Gov. Chris in 2008. Like Obama, Christie, Democratic state senMenendez knows how imporators, and like-minded reformtant the youth vote was in 2008 ers to cap proper ty taxes, baland will do anything to make ance budgets, and help turn young voters believe in him. In Trenton upside down. As colNew Jersey, the average debt lege graduates face a weak job owed by students at four-year market and because the U.S. public and private nonprofit Senate could not work togethinstitutions is $23,792, which is er, we will be faced with even ranked 21st in the nation. higher debt. Kyrillos believes Student loan debt has students will suf fer if increased by 60 percent over Washington and the Senate the last five years and now continue to stay broken. New exceeds $1 trillion, more than Jerseyans cannot af ford more credit card or car loan debt. We of the same. Joe Kyrillos will deser ve better. The majority bring the right leadership to Senate, in which the senator Washington, D.C. We need a sits, has shown the ability to do change in senators. nothing. This “do-nothing Senate” has not balanced a Connor Montferrat is a budget or help cut costs on stuSchool of Arts and Sciences sendent debt or national debt durior majoring in political science ing Obama’s administration. and criminal justice with a Menendez wanted to raise minor in economics. His column taxes on businesses in order to runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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Today's Birthday (10/17/12). A shift in perspective regarding spending habits, credit and debt leads to greater financial security and freedom this year. Sate your craving for cultural, spiritual and philosophical education with travel, reading and good conversation. Create a masterpiece or two with what you learn. 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 5 — Pay close attention. Success is particularly fun now. A female offers an opportunity; follow through. Talking it over helps. Catch up on communications. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Write a love letter or a romantic novel. Find a way to work smarter, and it seems easy. You advance through the kindness of others. Show your appreciation. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — You're especially charming. What you have to say is important. Don't waste your energy in negativity. Listen to others, and ask questions. A female provides an answer. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — You know what you're talking about. Sort, file and discard for maximum productivity. Be unstoppable, and gather up treasure. Make sure your partner hears your ideas, too. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Generate creative brainstorming with your team concerning communications. There are excellent conditions for group discussion. Ask probing questions, and share what you see. Fall in love again. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Write down a dream. Arrange or join a social gathering. Initiate communications. Others help behind the scenes. Let them know what's needed.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Completion leads to abundance. Questions lead to more questions. A female pitches in to help with the right words. Change your tune ... you'll love the new sound. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Do your best work, and admiration results. Don't forget to thank others for their input. Conditions are good for in-depth conversation. Contact distant relatives. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Whenever you're stuck, stop and listen. A female has a creative solution. Use your special sensitivity to advance. Balance romance with career. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Spread your wings. Nothing can stop you now. Write down your experiences for future reference, a novel or a memoir. Others love your ideas. There's good news from far away. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — You're in the emotional spotlight, but don't be afraid to perform. Play for a standing ovation. You're free to express yourself at home. Remember what's really important. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — It's time for travel, even if through books or imagination. Your self-expression helps improve a relationship. Write a poem or a song, or paint something. Develop secret talents.

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ASSISTS

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utgers football senior linebacker Khaseem Greene, having already been named Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week and Big East Defensive Player of the Week, picked up another award yesterday for his Saturday performance against Syracuse. He earned Chuck Bednarik National Player of the Week honors after he picked up 14 tackles, three forced fumbles, 1.5 sacks and an interception against the Orange. “Khaseem has proven to be and continues to perform at an elite level,” said head coach Kyle Flood in a press release. “He has bought into the team concept of our defense and the results have shown on the field.” Greene now sits in eighth place on Rutgers’ all-time tackles list.

THE RUTGERS

MEN’S GOLF

team concluded a history-making tournament yesterday, when it closed the Waterville Collegiate Classic in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament marked the first time a U.S. university hosted a tournament in Ireland. Junior Jonathan Renza paced the Scarlet Knights, finishing with a score 156, placing him sixth in the 28-player field. Sophomore Jacob Stockl also finished in the top 10, placing ninth with a final score of 158. Junior Doug Walters, sophomore Hyung Mo Kim and freshman Jonathan Chang completed the rest of the scorecard. The Knights placed third as a team with a score of 631, 13 strokes behind tournament winner Davison. For full coverage, see tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Targum.

FOLLOWING

SUNDAY’S

26-23 loss to the Detroit Lions, the Philadelphia Eagles fired defensive coordinator Juan Castillo, yesterday, according to Sports Illustrated. Castillo previously spent 13 seasons as of fensive line coach. It was the first time head coach Andy Reid dismissed a coach midseason. In the loss to the Lions, the Eagles held a 10-point lead with little more than five minutes remaining in the game and lost on an overtime field goal. Secondar y coach Todd Bowles takes over defensive coordinator duties for the 3-3 Eagles, who enter their bye week.

THE

CURRENT

NHL

lockout turned one month old, the NHL owners made a new proposal yesterday to the players’ association, according to CBS Sports. The owners offered a 50-50 split in hockey-related revenue, which is a 7-percent drop for the players from the previous deal, which is a 7-percent increase for the players from the owners’ original offer. Although the preseason has already been cancelled, the two sides met with hopes of a full 82-game schedule that begins Nov. 2. Union leader Donald Fehr admitted he did not expect the offer, which is for a minimum of six years. He said the union has not run the numbers yet to formulate a response to the offer.

Setter pulls within reach of second place in helpers at Rutgers CONTINUED FROM BACK mother told me. I’m close to getting second place, which is my goal for this season. So I’m another step closer. So I was really happy.” Ever since Zielinski’s first match as a Knight on Sept. 5, 2009, when she tallied 40 assists against Princeton and ultimately led the team in her rookie season with 766 assists, her game has developed and her presence on the court impacted the team. The possibility of Zielinski making Rutgers history became more of a reality than a dream after last season when she led the team in assists for the third straight season. At the end of that campaign, she sat in fourth place all-time with 2,914 assists and higher spots within her grasp. As the crowd at the College Avenue Gym watched Zielinski clinch the third spot, head coach CJ Werneke was pleased to

witness a player he has coached for her entire career perform the way she did. “There is no doubt that it is a great accomplishment,” Werneke said. “She is an extremely hard worker. She works hard at her skill set and she really leads by example. One of the things is that she is not going to let people outwork her. Her accomplishments are dictated by her work ethic and who she is as a person. It’s great for her to move up the record books.” Zielinski’s role is crucial because she orchestrates the offense. She credits her success to her teammates’ play and their efforts in producing at a high level in each match. “Getting my teammates in the right position to get kills was a key,” Zielinski said of what got her to this point. “But it’s not just setting — it’s doing everything as a purpose and communicating with my passers more. Getting the ball where my hitters want it has helped me get there and make every set count.” The excitement did not end for Zielinski. She had another standout performance two days later

Senior setter Stephanie Zielinski (9) could move to second place in program history in assists by the end of the 2012 campaign. LAWRENCE CABREDO

against Big East leader Marquette, collecting 54 more assists to bring her career total to 3,919. She is now 11 assists away from taking sole possession of second place all-time, a goal she hopes to achieve and likely will.

As Zielinski’s career comes to an end, she is grateful for what she accomplished. “This is a step on a big ladder of things that I’ve always wanted to do in my volleyball career,” she said.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

OBSTACLE RU beats St. John’s in double overtime in last year’s matchup CONTINUED FROM BACK

Dan Donigan, the Knights’ head coach, looks to lead Rutgers to another league tournament since he joined in 2010. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rutgers left with a 1-0 doubleovertime victory off a goal from former forward Ibrahim Kamara in the Knights’ second-to-last game of the 2011 regular season, when it finished second in the division standings. “Last year it gave us that extra push actually going into the postseason,” said junior forward Kene Eze, who was part of the roster that made the Sweet 16. “After that game, we felt like we could play with anybody in the country, so definitely know [playing St. John’s is] of as much importance this year as last year.” But Rutgers has taken a step back since then to develop youth, and that was most visible at the beginning of this season. The Knights were lucky to score a goal at the beginning of the year, getting shut out in two of their three games. They were not as ready for an Oct. 9 match at No. 1 Maryland,

which beat the more experienced Rutgers team last year. But improved results like an overtime loss to then-No. 10 Georgetown, a victory against division leader Louisville and a tie against South Florida prepared the Knights. They found themselves temporarily beating the Terrapins on their home field with a goal from sophomore defender Thomas O’Rourke in the second minute. Rutgers lost, 2-1, but the performance still rejuvenated the Knights this season like their win against St. John’s last year, Donigan said. Even though the freshmen were only around for the Maryland game, they understand what it is like to fight for a spot in the tournament. “It’s like Mael, he’s a true freshman coming in here,” Donigan said. “He’s played every minute of every game as my central midfielder. He’s kind of the engine, the key to this team. ... I just think that mentality, that psyche within our players makes you feel good as a coach.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JBakanTargum.

MEN’S SOCCER

RU tackles tourney drawbacks BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers men’s soccer team’s record book has a relatively vacant gap: its NCAA Tournament appearances in the 21st century. The Scarlet Knights have only made the tournament in 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2011 in that time. Rutgers could have made more with an automatic bid from winning the Big East Tournament, but it only did so in 1997, when the Knights beat St. John’s, 2-1, in double overtime at Yurcak Field. But the Knights have only made the conference tournament three times since 2006 — that season, 2009 and 2011. Rutgers made the Sweet 16 last year with an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament, even though Connecticut eliminated the Knights from their first game in the Big East Tournament in a 2-1 loss. The Knights’ likelihood of an at-large bid is far less probable this year, so success in the Big East Tournament is even more important. Rutgers needs to clinch a berth first. Rutgers is tied for the fourth spot with Cincinnati and St. John’s, which each have seven points. The Johnnies have a special place in the Knights’ record book as the victim of Rutgers’ only Big East Championship win. A win against St. John’s tonight could vault Rutgers closer to another.

Men’s Soccer Rutgers results in Big East Tournament since 1995 No appearance First Round Loss Quarterfinal loss Semifinal Loss Loss in Finals Win in Finals

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Win in Finals Loss in Finals Semifinal Loss Quarterfinal loss First Round Loss No appearance

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Senior safety Duron Harmon, right, recovers a blocked kick in the Knights’ win last Saturday against Big East foe Syracuse. ENRICO CABREDO

BLOCKS Rutgers leads nation in blocked kicks since 2009 season with 27 CONTINUED FROM BACK there and block a field goal, you’re going to really hone it in and do your best at it,” Warren said. “When I first started … I knew [special teams] was my only role, and I was just trying to make the best out of it.” Warren was the top-rated quarterback in Maryland in 2008 out of Wicomico High School and had little familiarity with special teams. But after joining the Scarlet Knights, he found a home as a dependable special-teamer. He immediately excelled on special teams, he said, and remains there as a senior. His experience with the unit taught him the impact special teams can have on a game, something he said many do not appreciate. “A lot of teams, they underestimate how huge special teams is [as a] part of the game,” he said. “When we go out and make plays on special teams and we contribute to the outcome of the game, it really ties into how hard we work at it. Special teams, to us, is just as important as offense and defense is, and it shows for us in the games.” Special teams coordinator Joe Rossi and defensive coordinator Robb Smith are at the heart, handling special teams duties at Rutgers the previous three seasons. Since Smith began coaching special teams in 2009, the Knights lead the nation with 27 blocked kicks with a ver y simple viewpoint. “[Smith’s and Rossi’s] philosophy is just do your assignment,” said junior linebacker Jamal Merrell. “We’re all focusing as one, so when everybody does their assignment, we just come out with a big play or a stop. In the games, that’s huge, just taking away three points. … Special teams can win games, too.” Merrell owns Rutgers’ latest block. He stuffed a field goal attempt Saturday against Syracuse that would have broken

a 7-7 tie and swung momentum in the Orange’s favor. Instead, senior safety Duron Harmon picked up the blocked kick and returned it for a 75-yard touchdown. Those types of plays, Warren said, can determine games. “When teams come out and they lose the turnover battle, like on special teams getting a punt block, that’s just like popping a balloon with a needle,” he said. “It just deflates the whole team.” The Knights have made a habit out of winning turnover battles, which helps them secure games in the early stages. Toward the end, they typically have command of the scoreboard and the clock. “By the time that four th quarter comes around, you really wish, you know, that punt didn’t get blocked or you could have those three points on the board,” Warren said. “It plays a huge factor.” Head coach Kyle Flood does not keep his emphasis on special teams a secret. He is aware of the impact those plays can have on the outcome of a game. He believes players have to go full-speed every snap, because any play could be the most important play of the game. “You don’t know if it’s going to be the second kickoff return of the game,” he said. “You don’t know if it’s going to be the third punt block or the second PAT block. You never know when it’s going to come up.” Merrell said the scheme on his blocked kick was nothing complex — it was the team’s basic formation. He said he simply played hard as he normally does, and the result followed. That is all special teams boils down to, Warren said. “A lot of guys, they try to scheme up and block punts,” he said. “At the end of the day, if you just go hard and just have a knack for it, you kind of seem to get through. I like to say there’s a science to it, but some guys have a feel for it and some guys just don’t.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @JGregoryTargum.

OCTOBER 17, 2012

SPORTS PAGE 18 FIELD HOCKEY FRESHNOCK RECORDS FIVE GOALS, FOUR ASSISTS ON SEASON

Forward emerges as leader on offense BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers field hockey team played arguably its biggest game of the year last Friday against Louisville, and junior forward Danielle Freshnock helped the Scarlet Knights prevail. The Middletown, N.J., native scored two goals as the Knights defeated the Cardinals, 3-1, for Rutgers’ first victor y against Louisville in school history. “I think Danielle is one of our most skilled for wards,” said head coach Meredith Long. “She has a really unique style, and she is really effective for us up front in her ability to eliminate. She is quiet, but I think she is a definite leader through her play on the field.” Freshnock has been one of the Knights’ most valuable players this season. She is second on the team in points with 14, accumulating five goals and four assists. Freshnock is also the team’s inserter on attack penalty corners, which is an important role. “I feel like I have been having a good season so far,” Freshnock said. “Every day, every practice, I come out and play hard.” Freshnock started to play on a travel field hockey team in middle school, when she first formed her dream of playing field hockey in college. Freshnock’s dream started to inch toward a reality in

Junior forward Danielle Freshnock scored two goals in the Knights’ 3-1 victory last Friday against Louisville, which the program never beat in previous meetings. Freshnock leads an offense looking to clinch a postseason berth Friday. CONNIE FIONNCO high school, and in 2010 she joined the Knights. Freshnock made five starts during her sophomore season. She finished the year scoring two goals, but final one was more important. In only her second career start, Freshnock scored the game-winning goal Sept. 25, 2011, on her only shot at Bucknell. “Being a forward, my strong points are moving forward and getting up the field,” Freshnock said. “One of my weak points is

my defensive skill, my pressure and just my individual defense. That’s something I’ve been working on. That and coming up with interceptions off of the press.” Freshnock has played for two different head coaches during her three years with the program. Long is in her first year as head coach, but Freshnock said Long has brought a lot to the program already. “She is just an all-around great person,” Freshnock said.

“She is an awesome coach. She prepares us well and knows how to get us motivated. She really believes in us.” Now the Knights have the opportunity to accomplish their season goal. With a win against Providence on Friday, the Knights lock up a berth to the Big East Tournament. “I am so excited for this weekend,” Freshnock said. “I literally can’t stop thinking about it. Making it into the Big East

Tournament has been something that we have been working for the whole year.” The game against Providence takes place in Rhode Island at 7 p.m. Freshnock hopes the contest is secures the first step toward winning a Big East Championship. “Our team is more than capable of doing that,” she said. “We have a great group of girls who work well together, and it is definitely possible.”

OCTOBER 17, 2012

SPORTS PAGE 19 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK THOMPSON ENTRENCHES HIMSELF AS STARTER

Junior defensive end Marcus Thompson, middle, has started four of the Knights’ six games this season after earning only two starts a year ago. Kyle Flood, the Knights’ head coach, credits Thompson’s work with defensive line coach Jim Panagos for his renewed commitment to the position. LAWRENCE CABREDO

Permanent stay at end suits Thompson BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR

After playing three different positions in less than two years, Marcus Thompson has started four games this season for the Rutgers football team in his most recent one. It is part of a transition that spans two coaching staffs, four position coaches and three springs. “It makes it much easier as far as the plays and being on the other side of the ball and seeing things differently,” the junior defensive end said yesterday. “I just focus on one thing, and that’s to perfect my position.” The attitude is part of a conscious decision by Thompson this season, said head coach Kyle Flood. Thompson, who once lined up at fullback, linebacker and along the defensive line, finally found his niche after playing a combined 17 games at end

during the last two seasons, making his way back to the line for the first time since his freshman year. The results are modest — five tackles, one for a loss and a quar terback hurry — but Thompson now has a foundation. “It’s not Marcus’ fault that we tried him at a number of different spots,” Flood said. “That’s us not finding the right place for him quick enough.” Thompson returned to the front four last year under former head coach Greg Schiano, recording a pair of starts and 13 tackles. But he said he lacked comfort there after playing defensive line for only the second time in his career — both with the Scarlet Knights. He dealt with size issues, lack of technique and sporadic confidence. But Thompson reaped the benefits of working with new defensive line coach Jim Panagos, doubling his career starts this

season and becoming a regular in the Knights’ rotation. “He’s embraced it, and he’s done a great job with Coach Panagos of learning all the little details of that position,” Flood said. “Any time you can stay at one position, get all the reps — he’s a physically gifted player — it always helps.” Thompson said he added more than 30 pounds to his 6foot-2 frame since training camp in 2011. The extra weight helped him regain the confidence that waned during three position changes. “Pop Warner, backyard football, anything, it just came out naturally like that,” Thompson said. “I’m always loud wherever I go. Everybody can tell when I laugh.” It makes him a likely pairing with the outspoken Panagos, whom many Knights credit for re-tooling a relatively inexperienced defensive line entering the season.

“The first day he came from Central Florida, he moved in here and said he wants everybody to play on the d-line,” said redshirt freshman defensive end Max Issaka. “He wants everybody to rotate. Last year it wasn’t like that. They had a set of people playing. [It] really changed the aspect of our d-line.”

FLOOD

SAID HE HAS YET TO

see sophomore running back Jawan Jamison not at full strength this season, despite Jamison’s heavy workload. Jamison is on pace this season to carr y the ball 316 times, 85 more rushes than he had last season. “Any running back that carries the ball a significant amount of time during the game,” Flood said, “during the week is where you see the recovery.” Flood cited the team’s two bye weeks, which break up the season into three four-game incre-

ments, as indicators of Jamison’s health. Flood said he might monitor Jamison more during the team’s final bye before it enters its last four-game stretch. He said Monday the team’s offseason program could help, along with Jamison’s light high school workload. Jamison averaged 10 carries per game at the Bolles School (Fla.) and did not play in the second half of eight games in 2009 as a senior.

F LOOD

ANNOUNCED

redshir t freshman defensive tackle Al Page is out for the season following surgery on a lower leg injury. After entering the season on the team’s depth chart, Page suffered the injur y Sept. 2, a day after the Knights’ season opener at Tulane. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @TBartoTargum.

TENNIS RUTGERS VISITS PRINCETON TO PRACTICE INDOORS

Knights earn school-record seven invitations to ITA BY MIKE MORTON STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers tennis team competes in its final tournament of the fall season this weekend, when it takes part in the ITA Regional Championships at the Lichtenberg Tennis Center in West Point, N.Y. Seven Scarlet Knights compete in this year’s tournament, the most ever in head coach Ben Bucca’s 10 years with the program. “I think it’s a great testament to the hard work the players have put in this fall,” Bucca said, “as well as the strong results in tournaments.” Juniors Stefania Balasa and Vanessa Petrini, sophomores Lindsay Balsamo and Noor Judeh and freshmen Lindsey Kayati, Gina Li and Mariam Zein were all invited to compete in the tournament.

A tournament committee reviewed all applications and selected players based on performance so far in the fall season. It selected four Knights for the singles tournament and three Rutgers doubles teams. Players from 37 teams participate in the Northeast region at the tournament. A singles tournament and doubles tournament occur simultaneously, with each being single elimination, Bucca said. Before the team travels to the ITA Regionals, Rutgers visits Princeton for a joint practice. “The way that the schedule is structured, it has really put us in a position that we are very well prepared for the regional championships,” Bucca said. Another bonus of playing at Princeton is the joint practice is indoors.

“The indoor game is slightly different than playing tennis outside,” Bucca said. “This is going to acclimate us to what it’s like to play indoors, which is a little bit faster play. You don’t have to deal with the elements, so your shot-making has to be very crisp and strong. There’s no better preparation than us going down to Princeton and having a good competition.” The end of the ITA Regionals marks the close of Rutgers’ fall season. It had previously played in two tournaments — the Brown Invitational and the USTA Invitational — this fall. “We have competed against all the top schools [this fall], so we are familiar with all the top competition in the region,” Bucca said. “We’re going in there knowing we belong with the better teams in the region and fully confident that we can compete against anyone.”

Sophomore Noor Judeh is one of seven Knights participating in the ITA Regional Championships held in West Point, N.Y. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

MAKING HISTORY A school-record seven Knights

POSTSEASON DREAMS The Rutgers men’s soccer team

GOOD TO GO Rutgers head football

compete in the ITA Regional Championships this year, with four singles players and three doubles teams taking the court. / PAGE 19

has not made as many appearances in the postseason as it would have liked in recent memory, with only three berths since 2006. / PAGE 16

coach Kyle Flood said he sees no ill effects of carries on sophomore Jawan Jamison. / PAGE 15

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “That’s just like popping a balloon with a needle. It just deflates the whole team.” —Senior safety Wayne Warren on losing the turnover battle.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012

MEN’S SOCCER ST. JOHN’S-RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P,M.

VOLLEYBALL

Knight moves up assists list in final season BY AARON FARRAR STAFF WRITER

Sophomore midfielder Nathan Bruccoleri completed his first race to the Big East Tournament last season, when Rutgers clinched a first-round bye. Thirteen Rutgers freshmen are in the midst of their first try at getting to the playoffs. ENRICO CABREDO

Rutgers faces playoff obstacle BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Mael Corboz is used to winning. The Rutgers men’s soccer team’s freshman midfielder joined the Scarlet Knights having guided The Pingry (N.J.) School to the NJISAA Non-Public A Championship game as a junior. He is also used to getting involved in scoring drives on the college level, tying for the Rutgers lead in points with six assists — third in the Big East — and three goals. Corboz cannot say he has ever completed a Big East Tournament run. As Rutgers (6-5-1, 2-2-1) inches closer to its fate of whether it moves on to the tournament, Corboz and 12 other freshmen have noticed the team’s changing atmosphere. “Urgency has definitely picked up. Training’s been more intense,” Corboz said. “You can see it in the games, we’re playing a lot better. It’s really coming together, and it’s the perfect time for that.” Despite the Knights’ improved play, there are seven other Big East Red Division teams with the same goal of moving on to Red Bull Arena for the conference semifinals and beyond to the NCAA Tournament.

SEE

OBSTACLE ON PAGE 16

Where does senior setter Stephanie Zielinski stand on the Rutgers volleyball team’s all-time assists list? 4,622 3,929 3,865 3,826

JONATHAN RENZA led the field in birdies at the Waterville Collegiate Classic with seven. He also posted a tournament-best score of 71 in the final round and finished in sixth place.

SEE

ASSISTS ON PAGE 15

FOOTBALL

RU changes momentum with blocks BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Freshman midfielder Mael Corboz is tied for the Knights lead with 12 points. ENRICO CABREDO

EXTRA POINT

BY THE NUMBERS

1. Sheri Kujawa (1995-1998) 2. Paula Bently (1988-1992) 3. Stephanie Zielinski (2009-present) 4. Pualani Tuyay (1999-2002)

Three teams stand ahead of Rutgers in the competition for the five tournament berths in the division with three games left in the Knights’ regular season. One of two other teams tied with Rutgers is one of the top teams in the nation, No. 10 St. John’s, which the Knights host tonight at Yurcak Field. Since the result could put the Knights ahead or behind the Red Storm (8-2-4, 2-2-1) in the league standings, it is one of Rutgers’ first chances to write its season ending. “You figure we have to get positive results in two of the last three [games] at least at a minimum if we want to have a chance at the postseason tournament,” said head coach Dan Donigan. When Rutgers faced St. John’s last season, the team comprised several veterans who had made a Big East Tournament, but only once in 2009. St. John’s eliminated Rutgers from it in a 3-0 win. The Knights entered the then-No. 11 Johnnies’ home field last year as a team that was not pushed around anymore in the conference standings.

Senior setter Stephanie Zielinski found herself not only leading the Rutgers volleyball team to its second Big East victory of the season against Syracuse last Friday, but also claiming the third spot on the Scarlet Knights’ all-time assists list during the team’s Alumni Weekend. The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., native moved up in the record books with former Scarlet Knights, family and fans witnessing the achievement. Zielinski capped off the evening with a match-best 49 assists, taking third place with 3,865 for her career. She was caught off guard when she clinched the lone spot on the list because she was unaware of exactly how close she was to earning the accomplishment. It was the 15th time this season Zielinski finished a match with 40 or more assists. “I knew that third place was right around the corner, but I didn’t know how close I was to getting it,” she said. “It was exciting and my

Wayne Warren can recall what his early days on the Rutgers football team were like when he worked exclusively on special teams. The senior safety also remembers the effect playing only on the punt block and kickoff return teams had on how he played. “When your only role is special teams and your only role is to block a punt or go out SEE

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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR MEN’S SOCCER

VOLLEYBALL

WOMEN’S SOCCER

FIELD HOCKEY

vs. St. John’s

at Seton Hall

at Providence

Tonight, 7 p.m. Yurcak Field

Friday, 5 p.m. South Orange, N.J.

Friday, 7 p.m. South Orange, N.J.

Friday, 7 p.m. Providence, R.I.