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Fans and cosplayers flooded the halls of the Jacob Javits Center from Oct. 11-14 for the East Coast’s biggest geek culture celebration. / INSIDE BEAT
BUDGET WOES A simplified budget outline can help inform students about University operations. / OPINIONS, PAGE 9
LEVELS RISING University of Toronto researcher Carling Hay points to the uncertainties that arise with current sea level measuring methods. UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3
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U. students among top BitTorrent downloaders BY BRIANNA PROVENZANO STAFF WRITER
Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Arun Gandhi, stresses the need for people to find a happy medium between morality and materialism last night during a Rutgers University Programming Associationsponsored lecture in the Rutgers Student Center. VAISHALI NAYAK
Arun Gandhi calls for peace Grandson of famous Indian peacemaker explains importance of working through anger BY GIANCARLO CHAUX CORRESPONDENT
Philosophies of peace and nonviolence echoed during a lecture by Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson last night at the Rutgers Student Center. Arun Gandhi spoke to about 150 students about his time living with his grandfather and said the prominent figure taught him a philosophy that uses the anger in our daily lives to come up with nonviolent solutions to problems. “It is very important that we learn about anger, and we don’t suppress it or deny it, but instead learn how to use it constructively,” he said. Arun Gandhi said he first came into contact with violence at a young age while living in South Africa, where he was physically abused because of his race.
As a result of the prejudice, Arun Gandhi said he began to develop a tendency for physical violence until his parents sent him to live in India with his grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi taught a philosophy that seeks to manage physical violence, such as fighting and passive violence, a more common form that involves anything that can hurt someone without physically touching them, he said. “We commit passive violence every day and that generates anger in the victim and the victim results in physical violence for justice,” he said. Arun Gandhi said philosophies of peace have become more relevant today than in previous generations because of the increasing focus on materialism in the modern world. “My grandfather said materialism and morality have an inverse relationship, so when one increases, the other decreases,” he said. “We must find a balance between the two, so we can live a moral and compassionate life.” Yet changes in the world should not be expected to come through sweeping shifts in humanity’s collective philosophies, Arun Gandhi said. Instead, the changes SEE
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College students are among the top torrent downloaders in the country, with the University’s network ranking No. 1 for file-sharing on BitTorrent networks. Torrentfreak.com investigated public torrent files downloaded at colleges around the country, with the University topping the list at 1809 hits, despite the anti-piracy rules in place on campus. The second-place school, New York University, had 986 hits, almost half of those racked up at the University. Donald Smith, vice president of Information Technology at the University, said his department is not taking the results published in the article lightly. “We take issues such as these seriously,” he said. “We are reviewing the validity of the information contained in this publication and whether we need to modify any of our processes.” When it comes to discouraging the use of illegally downloaded torrents, he said, there are currently technical and administrative controls in place. “Rutgers utilizes a form of trafficshaping that ensures uniform service delivery for Internet access. The traffic-shaping limits the maximum download and upload speeds available to a user,” Smith said. Aram Sinnreich, an assistant professor of in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, said the ranking shows students at the University are technologically savvy. “I’m glad that Rutgers students have access to a fast network, and are
technologically sophisticated enough to use protocols like BitTorrent,” Sinnreich said. “I hope they use these assets to develop many innovative cultural and commercial ideas.” In regard to the disparity between the University’s first-place ranking and the number of hits accumulated at second-ranked NYU, Sinnreich said he thought location might play a role. “Simply put, there’s more to do in New York than in New Brunswick. I think NYU students have easier access to live music venues, art galleries, independent movie theaters, museums and other cultural institutions, which means they probably depend less on the Internet for entertainment and cultural enrichment,” he said. Sinnreich said he believes that students use file-sharing services such as DC++ and ShakesPeer regularly. “I know for a fact that university students get media from [peer-topeer sharing] services. It may be a problem for the University’s [internet service provider] in terms of bandwidth drain, but I can’t say for sure,” Sinnreich said. While he acknowledged filesharing could pose a problem for the University, Sinnreich said he does not believe that downloading torrents is a negative practice. “I don’t see a big problem with it. University students typically have more free time than spending money, so [peer-to-peer sharing] is a very convenient way for them to develop cultural expertise,” he said. The new cultural behaviors like peer-to-peer sharing and fan-made videos are considered illegal is a SEE
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Residents, council members debate on need for Board of Education election BY DOMENIC RUGGERI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
New Brunswick residents voiced their dissatisfaction at yesterday’s city council meeting over the state of the public school system and police behavior in reaction to violence in the city. Residents can vote on Nov. 6 on whether Mayor James Cahill should continue appointing the New Brunswick Board of Education or allow residents to elect the board. Councilman Glen Fleming said he does not support the idea of having the board up for elections because it creates an atmosphere of disagreement, in which no positive changes are made. “You get people elected, no one agrees and nothing gets done ... I want to go on record now, I do not support it,” he said.
Tormel Pittman, a city resident, said the system is broken and he would be voting in favor of the measure, which he said would bring more community control into the school system. “Are you comfortable with the current system we have now?” he asked Fleming after he voiced his opinion on the referendum question. Fleming said he agreed the system is broken, but brought up a number of other issues, like parental involvement and poor standardized test scores, that he feels should be addressed over the school board election. “[The students] have to pass these tests, and that’s not education,” he said. Fleming said teachers end up having to tailor their curriculums to focus on areas covered on stanSEE
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New Brunswick City Councilman Glen Fleming explains that electing officials to the Board of Education will not solve the school system’s issues like low test scores last night in City Hall. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Thursday, Oct. 18 Aren Aizura, a post-doctoral associate in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies speaks on “Incalculating Transgender Justice Against the Nation-State” as part of the Institute for Research on Women’s Distinguished Lecture series. The event takes place at 4 p.m. in the first-floor conference room of the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Douglass campus. The Arab Cultural Club presents “RU Funny,” a comedy show with Khaled the Comic from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Cook Campus Center multipurpose room. The Rutgers Pakistani Student Association hosts its annual “Paktoberfest” at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room. The event will feature singer/songwriter Bilal Khan, Rutgers University Dhol Effect and DJ Faraz Alam. Tickets are $5.
Sunday, Oct. 21 The Tour de Rutgers starts at 10 a.m. at the Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus. Participants can see all five campuses on a 14mile course through the University. A $5 registration is required — to pre-register, visit recreation.rutgers.edu/biketour12. The Daily Targum hosts a photography workshop at 1 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center, Room 411A. Targum alumnus Dan Bracaglia and Pulitzer Prize winner Matt Rainey will speak about their experiences in the field of photojournalism.
METRO CALENDAR Thursday, Oct. 18 Glen Campbell, America’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” visits New Brunswick on his Goodbye Tour. He performs at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre at 15 Livingston Ave. Tickets range from $35 to $90. For more information, visit statetheatrenj.org.
Friday, Oct. 19 Jazz musician Paula Poundstone performs at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre. Tickets range from $25 to $45.
Saturday, Oct. 20 Melissa Etheridge performs at 8 p.m. the State Theatre. Her hits include “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window.” The Grammy and Academy award-winning musician’s albums have gone platinum. She will be performing songs from her new album released in September. Tickets start at $35.
Tuesday, Oct. 23 Highland Park Restaurant Week begins today through Oct. 28. Middle Eastern, Japanese, Peruvian, Italian and Greek eateries will offer special prix fixe dinner menus from various Highland Park restaurants.
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Research observes sea level change with new method Hay says missing data presents challenges for scientists BY CODY BELTIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A University of Toronto researcher stressed a need yesterday for examining the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets when determining global sea level rise. Professor Carling Hay is working on a project with colleagues from the University, Harvard University along with Canadian geophysicists that looks at ocean trends on a large scale, she said during a Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences lecture. “The old way of measuring sea level change is just to look at tide gauge records and take a trend at each site and average these out to get a global mean value, so you’re really not sampling the whole ocean surface,” she said. Hay spoke of a new method for measuring global sea level changes, which involves fingerprinting polar ice mass variations and their immediate effect on ocean water near where the caps melt, as well as across the globe. Gauging tides in the Northern Hemisphere involves anchoring a sensor to the bottom of the ocean that can measure the height of the water as it rises and falls.
Because there are only a few tide gauges at high sea levels in areas like Antarctica, Hay said there is too much variability in the date retrieved from each center in factors such as latitude, location and time. Some gauges have more than 200 years of data, but researchers did not start collecting sea-level information until the 1950s, she said. The missing data in many of these records poses challenges for the scientists who analyze these records, Hay said. A rapidly melting ice sheet produces a distinctive geometry, or fingerprint, of sea level change, according to her research on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences website. Water changes like thermal expansion, changes in ocean circulation and differing glacial sizes cause long-term variations in sea level, she said. Geographical changes in sea level, such as the local uplift of the Earth’s crust when huge masses of ice melt, are not taken into account, she said. Robert Kopp, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences who is working with Hay on this
project, said when sea level rises, it does not flow at the same rate or in the same direction. “This makes it more complicated to make predictions about sea level change,” he said. “If we have records of sea level change, we at least have the hope of being able to make inferences about why sea level is rising based on the patterns we see.” Hay said using newer technology to measure sea level change, rather than the old method of using tide gauges, can more accurately identify sea level. When using satellite optometry for global coverage of sea level change, she said, change can be recorded. “The old idea is that if you have a large ice sheet and you melt part of it, you are essentially just pouring a large volume of water into the ocean, and that will raise sea levels uniformly around the world,” she said. Hay said it is like pouring water into a bathtub and seeing the water spread evenly throughout. “What actually happens is that the ice sheet exerts a gravitational attraction on the surrounding waters, so when you melt the ice sheet, you weaken that attraction,” she said. The water migrates away, in which sea level decreases close to the ice sheet while sea level rises further away, Hay said.
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An ice mass exerts gravitational pull on its surroundings. Relative to the average level, local water levels are higher.
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A smaller mass exerts less gravitational pull on its surroundings. Levels close to the ice mass fall relative to the rising average.
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A “FINGERPRINT” of water level variation unique to a melting ice sheet.
Right: the predicted sea level fingerprint of a melting West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Darker colors = lower water levels Lighter colors = higher water levels Source: Hay et al.
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The goal of the research was to use all of the available tide gauge obser vations to compute the best estimates of Greenland and the West Antarctic Ice Sheets. Her method uses an algorithm, known as the Kalman Filter, to identify ice sheet fingerprints. The Kalman Filter can use known information about the current system of using tide gauges to accurately measure sea level
change by filling in missing information, she said. Hay said in the future she and her colleagues aim to extend the new formalism to include glaciers in Iceland, Alaska and Norway. The fall colloquium in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, offered this seminar, also presents a wide range of topics to appeal to the interests of the faculty and students in the department, Kopp said.
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Nancy Abrams, an international performer, sings about the effects science has on the government Tuesday on Busch campus. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Lawyer sings satires about cosmology Performer questions the role humanity plays in universe
an old Buddhist story about braver y written to the tune of Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,” to the life story of Albert Einstein and how he viewed it. She also performed a song about a conversation she once had with a Catholic archbishop who was also an astrophysicist. BY OREN SAVIR “Songs have to really touch CONTRIBUTING WRITER you,” Abrams said. “There has to Nancy Abrams, a lawyer and be some real human element in congressional science fellow, song. And there is no human elecame to the University to sing ment in the universe on the large about the connection between scale, so one of the things we’re science and humanity. trying to do in our books is to put Abrams, an international per- that human element in.” former, said one of her interests is Other songs delved into more how science affects government controversial topics. and its decision-making process In “Brains for Hire,” Abrams Tuesday night at the Busch sang about the reality of Campus Center. how some scien“I’m interested tists sell their repuin how we’re going tations and are “We’re not living to solve the willing to testify in the universe world’s problems,” against something she said. “We have that may not be we think we’re enormous probfactual such as sayliving in.” lems, I mean, globing that tobacco is NANCY ABRAMS al warming can’t not addictive or International Performer be solved by any that global warmcountry. The only ing is a hoax. way to solve this “It challenges problem is to have some level of people’s notions of reality,” cooperation humans have never Abrams said. “Cosmology is the achieved before.” foundation of everybody’s reality. A small audience of graduate It tells you what kind of universe students, professors and visitors you’re living in.” came to see Abrams put on her Amruta Deshpande, a gradu“cosmological concert,” singing sto- ate assistant studying physics ries and satire about the cosmos. and astronomy, said the songs “I am a stor yteller,” said were fun to listen to and also gave Abrams, who is involved with a her a new perspective. cosmological cabaret. “I didn’t realize this was even Cosmology is a branch of happening, but it’s like [Abrams] astrophysics that studies the said at the end, ‘a discussion kind whole universe, she said. of breaks out in the group,’ and Through song, she is bringing that was happening in my head,” attention to the questions that she said. exist in cosmology such as what Amitpal Tagore, a teaching role humanity plays in the cosmos. assistant in the Department of “We’re not living in the uni- Physics and Astronomy, said the verse we think we’re living in,” she songs discuss complex themes said. “It’s got to mean something, associated with physics that but what? I’ve been working on everyone can understand. trying to figure that part out.” “It reminds me that what I do Abrams performed several affects humanity in a positive songs with subjects ranging from way,” he said.
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some cases she said she waited up to 20 minutes after calling 9-11 for police to arrive. Residents ask for She said something should be done about speeders on her more police presence street, Columbus Place, and asked on Easton Avenue specifically for a speed bump. “In the past week we’ve had two CONTINUED FROM FRONT hit-and-runs ... it’s scary, you can’t even sit in your yard,” she said. dardized tests, which causes Thomas Loughlin, a city students to suffer. administrator, said Moore has to “In urban schools, the teachcreate a petition for the speed ers have to be the social worker, bump and get residents to sign it the parent, the doctor — everybefore the city can take action. thing to everybody,” he said. Jadwiga Karanievski, a resiFleming brought up a number dent of the city, said not enough of problems facing students in has been done about the large urban areas such as violence and numbers of unruly patrons near the everyday stress of living in Easton Avenue and Condict poorer areas. Street late at night. There are He said while working in not enough police on the street schools in Orange, N.J., he was at night, she said. aware of students that were “Generally, it’s robbed and even difficult to see killed while walk“Police can’t be cops anywhere,” ing to classes. she said. “I had a student everywhere Councilman who was stabbed at all times.” Kevin Egan said on his way to the city is attemptschool, and he KEVIN EGAN ing to have a tried to get to New Brunswick City Councilman meeting with school because shop owners in that was his sanctuthe area to get them involved ary, but he didn’t make it,” he said. with security in front of their Fleming said another potenstores. He also said the city is tial problem that could arise from considering hiring more officers letting residents vote on the to address the problems. school board are those voters “The city is doing the best it can who do not have children in the at the moment,” he said. “Police system and therefore no interest can’t be everywhere at all times.” in the board. Councilwoman Elizabeth Pittman raised the question of Garlatti brought up two specific why there are not more opportuniissues for the public to be aware ties for residents of New of, — the Rally Against Domestic Brunswick to attend the University. Violence this Saturday and the “People come here from all over city’s installation of bike lanes. the country [to attend the “Domestic violence is a critiUniversity] ... why can’t our kids cal issue, and those that can enjoy it also?” he said. “It seems like come out and walk,” she said. we’re closing the door to them.” Garlatti said the bike lanes are Residents also showed conintegral to public safety and cern about police behavior folreducing the number of cyclists lowing recent violence in struck by cars. the area. “I hope this is the beginning of New Brunswick resident many more such installations,” Danielle Moore said police take she said. too long to respond to calls. In
STUDENTS Office of Information Technology plans to verify torrent usage CONTINUED FROM FRONT problem with huge cultural implications, Sinnreich said. “People who are now reaching adulthood have been conditioned to think of cultural participation as a crime and of themselves as criminals,” he said. “This is sure ... to provide entrenched interests with the power to eliminate disruptive competition in the form of exciting new ideas.” Each semester the Division of Student Affairs sends an official memo to every student to draw his or her attention to legal disclosures including peer-to-peer and illegal file-sharing, Smith said. He said the office remains vigilant in its attempts to limit illegally shared content at the University, specifically through displaying informational signs which address peer-to-peer file-sharing. “Posters are provided in key locations and postcard reminders are distributed to students. OIT recently published a brochure on the topic to provide students information on the risks and consequences of illegal file sharing,” he said.
The University does not track peer-to-peer file sharing services like DC++, or any content accessed on RUNet, Smith said. At this time, Smith’s department has not verified the accuracy of the site’s findings, so he cannot confirm whether University students download more content relative to any other institution. Chris Luminello, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said in the specific instance of sharing music files, pirating content did not bother him. “I guess I would say it’s a moral issue, but one that I’m comfortably immoral about,” Luminello said. He said artists and labels that profit from the prices of legal downloads and purchases can benefit more in the long run if students can access their content for free. “It’s immoral because I’m indirectly stealing money from artists who deserve the money that they’re not getting, but it’s difficult to feel guilty about stealing minute amounts from millionaires. Especially when in some ways exposure is more important than profit,” Luminello said. He said he uses DC++ to download torrents, and that many of his friends have as well. “Absolutely, the majority of people I talk to, because it’s easy and there’s no threat of consequences,” Luminello said.
TEAR IT UP
Students convene on the steps of Brower Commons yesterday to protest rising numbers of student debt. Some wrote the amount of debt they owe on pieces of paper and tore them up as part of the “Tear Up Your Debt” rally. Visit dailytargum.com for a video of the rally. LAUREN VARGA, MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
PEACE Speaker encourages audience to practice self-reflection CONTINUED FROM FRONT must begin inside of individuals before they can make their way into the public sphere. Arun Gandhi offered advice to the crowd and said those interested in changing themselves should make a habit of constantly evaluating their personal flaws and trying to come up with ways to fix them, a method Mahatma Gandhi practiced throughout his life. “We must make a determined effort every day to become better human beings than [we] were yesterday,” he said.
Arun Gandhi spoke against the critics who claim that human beings are naturally violent, and said that the presence of military academies and martial arts classes prove them wrong because they show violence is a learned experience and not instinctual. “Anything that is a learned experience can be unlearned,” he said. Kyle Daniele, vice president of the Rutgers University Programming Association’s Arts and Culture committee, said the event is a part of RUPA’s vision to provide the students with entertainment and education addressing social and cultural issues. “With Arun Gandhi, he was a perfect choice because in his lecture he spreads the philosophies of his grandfather such as peace in ever yday life around the
world,” said Daniele, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Daniele said the occasion marked Arun Gandhi’s first ever visit to the University. “We have been planning this event since the summer,” he said. “There has been a lot of interest on Facebook just because he is such a cultural and historical figure.” Kelley Shann, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she originally came to the event because it was an assignment in her class for transfer students, but was pleasantly surprised when she saw the keynote speaker. “When I first saw the title of it, I saw the name ‘Gandhi’ and I was thinking there’s no way he’s related to the actual Gandhi, and then I looked him, and it’s his grandson, and I thought it’s cool that a very prominent figure speaking to us.”
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Officials say suspect sent men to join al-Qaida its weak U.N.-backed government, though they were seen by many Somalis as invaders. The prosecutor said Omar entered the conspiracy in 2007, when he met with two men on their way to Somalia at a restaurant, giving one man money and wishing both good luck. Omar is accused of helping THE ASSOCIATED PRESS travelers get tickets, staying at an al-Shabab safe house in MINNEAPOLIS — A Somalia, providing $1,000 for Minnesota terrorism suspect AK-47’s and bringing two young used young men as “cannon fodmen to the Minneapolis airport der” when he helped send them in August 2008. from Minneapolis to their native Docherty ticked off key eviSomalia to join the al-Qaidadence for jurors: Omar’s own linked group al-Shabab, a federal statements, including when he prosecutor said yesterday. told the FBI he went to Somalia Assistant U.S. Attorney John to join al-Shabab; intercepted Docherty told jurors during telephone conversations and closing arguments of a nearly testimony from other witnessthree-week trial that they should es who either traveled to convict Mahamud Said Omar, Somalia or helped travelers; who is charged with five terrorand business documents, related counts that accuse him including money transfer and of participating in a conspiracy travel records. and providing support to the terHe reminded the jury of the rorist group. death of Shir wa Docherty said Ahmed, a the evidence shows “This case Minneapolis man Omar helped feed fighters into a terdemonstrates why who killed himself in a suicide bombror pipeline that our government ing in Somalia in recruited young 2008. After that men from should not b o m b i n g , Minnesota, which make deals Docherty said, is home to the Omar’s response largest Somali popwith terrorists.” was to “shove ulation in the U.S. ANDREW BIRRELL more men” “After other Defense Attorney toward al-Shabab. people had indocDocherty said trinated these Omar took a young men, he group of men to a travel agency helped them. He helped them to get tickets, and ferried one physically and he helped them man to a bank to withdraw financially to get to Somalia to money for a ticket. That man, join al-Shabab,” Docherty said. Jamal Aweys Sheikh Bana, later Defense attorney Andrew died in Somalia. Birrell said the prosecution’s “Maybe al-Shabab needed case was built on the corrupt more cannon fodder, and altestimony of al-Shabab recruits Shabab knew where to get more who have repeatedly lied and cannon fodder — here,” only testified because they Docherty told jurors in a hoped to reduce their own Minneapolis courtroom. “And prison sentences. the defendant was the guy who “This case demonstrates why moved the cannon fodder our government should not make through the pipeline.” deals with terrorists,” Birrell Docherty also said that on the said. “They make the whole case days when some of the men left unreliable.” in 2008, Omar called them severThe government’s case al times before their flights and against Omar, 46, is the first to again on their layovers en route go to trial in a long-running to Somalia — to make sure they investigation of recruiting by hadn’t decided to run away. He al-Shabab, a U.S.-designated said any suggestion that Omar terror group at the center of wasn’t capable of organizing anymuch of the violence in thing is false. Somalia. Authorities say that “What you are seeing here is since 2007, more than 20 young an al-Shabab team leader at men have gone to the East work,” Docherty said. African nation from Minnesota But Omar’s attorney called to join the group. Omar “a frightened little man” At least six of those men who “never directed anything in have died and others are prehis life.” sumed dead, according to famiThe men who went to Somalia ly members and the FBI. were younger and better educatOthers are presumed to still be ed than Omar — perfectly capain Somalia. ble of arranging trips on their Earlier defendants in the case own, Birrell said in his closing pleaded guilty and most have yet argument. The structure for to be sentenced. Omar faces life sending men to Somalia was in prison if convicted. already in place, as others Docherty said there was a worked to recruit and fundraise, conspiracy in Minnesota to send he said, and the group “did not men to Somalia to wage jihad need guidance from a computer against Ethiopians — who were illiterate janitor.” brought into Somalia in 2006 by
After three-week trial, Assistant US Attorney says jury should convict
HI-HO, HI-GOLD Chinese construction workers march together as they leave the Oyu Tolgoi mine Oct. 11, in the south Gobi desert, Khanbogd region, Mongolia. When Oyu Tolgoi starts fully operating Mongolia will be set to become one of the world's top copper and gold producers with production estimates of 450,000 tons of copper and 330,000 ounces of gold annually. GETTY IMAGES
No suspect in Denver bar arson Investigators find five bodies in neighborhood bar THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Denver police do not have any suspects as they investigate the slayings of five people whose bodies were found at a neighborhood bar early yesterday after a fire broke out. Investigators believe they were killed before the fire and the blaze was set to cover up the slayings. The fire at Fero’s Bar & Grill was spotted just before 2 a.m., closing time for bars, by a police officer on patrol. Firefighters found four women and one man dead inside. Police chief Robert White said there is nothing to indicate a murder-suicide, meaning whoever is responsible is still at large. He said he was hopeful the killings were an “isolated act” but could not say for sure yet. “It’s very alarming and that’s why it’s so important that we investigate it to the fullest,” White said, as investigators continued their work inside the bar about 12 hours after the fire was reported. The bar was extensively damaged, but there was not much damage visible from the outside, he said. Red stains that appeared to be blood were visible on the sidewalk in front of the bar. Some of the stains were in trails on the sidewalk and others appeared to have been where blood had pooled.
The officer who reported the fire said he heard screams, but investigators said they likely came from bystanders outside. “Based on the severity of the injuries, we don’t think they came from inside,” fire department spokesman Lt. Phil Champagne said. The bar is located in a strip mall about five miles south of downtown Denver just beyond the upscale Cherry Creek North shopping district. The bar attracted both regulars and people staying in nearby hotels, but neighbors said it did not seem busy most days. It is wedged in among a check-cashing store, a tennis shop, a nail salon and a car repair shop in the strip mall on one of the city’s busiest streets, Colorado Boulevard. Frequent patron Chris Brady said the customers ranged from “semi-homelesslooking people” to patrons in suits and ties. He was at the bar for a regular poker game held Tuesdays and won $25 cash before leaving about 11 p.m. “There was nobody random or crazy in there,” Brady said. Brady said bar co-owner Young Fero, known for cooking up beef bowls at a moment’s notice, usually would close the bar herself, and she bid him goodnight Tuesday as he paid his tab.
“She said, “Thank you, sweetie, have a good night,’” Brady said. “I said, ‘You too.’” No one answered the door at Fero’s home in Aurora. A sign on the door read, “Day sleeper, please don’t ring the doorbell! Thank you.” It was signed “The sleeper.” Neighbor Mike Spinale described Fero as “really nice.” “She didn’t speak much, but I know she owned a bar and she worked all the time,” Spinale said. “She told me she did everything herself.” Danny Fero, who said he was Young Fero’s ex-husband, said he went to the scene yesterday and talked with police, but he was not asked to identify any of the bodies. He said he did not know who might have been at the bar yesterday morning. “She always worked late and closed the bar,” he said. He does not know if she was one of the victims. Danny Fero said he talked with his ex-wife about a month ago regarding a visit with their daughter, but his ex-wife made no mention of any threats. He said he was shocked by the events at the bar he once co-owned with her. “I wanted to make myself available to police as soon as possible,” Danny Fero said, adding police asked him not to discuss other details of the case. Jerry Richardson, who maintained an ATM at the bar, described Young Fero as “feisty.” “When she wanted that machine fixed, she would tell you about it,” Richardson said.
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Fighting along border results in 660 deaths THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Thirty people killed in Central Nigeria attack Nomadic Muslim herdsmen cause bomb explosion THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOS, Nigeria — Nomadic Muslim herdsmen attacked a Christian village in central Nigeria over long-running land disputes, killing at least 30 people in their latest assault, police said yesterday. The attack in Benue state comes as a bomb exploded yesterday in northeast Nigeria, apparently killing a police officer and sparking reprisal attacks by the military in the region, residents said. In Benue state, the attack Sunday targeted a rural village of Christian Tiv people called Yogbo in the state, police spokesman Daniel Ezeala said. After the attack, those living there fled, community leader Daniel Tsenghul said. The Tiv are one the largest of the minority ethnic groups in Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people and more than 250 different ethnicities. The Tiv and the HausaFulani herdsmen have previ-
ously fought over land in Benue. In December, authorities said fighting between the two groups displaced some 5,000 people. Meanwhile, a bomb detonated Wednesday morning in Potiskum, Yobe state, which targeted soldiers in the city tr ying to fight the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram. Security forces later cordoned off large portions of the city and began a door-todoor search, state police commissioner Patrick Egbuniwe said. Residents there said they heard gunshots throughout the day as soldiers raided civilian homes. At least four homes were set ablaze by soldiers, the residents said. No group immediately claimed the bombing, though it likely was carried out by Boko Haram, which has been waging an increasingly bloody guerrilla fight with Nigeria’s weak central government. The sect is blamed for killing more than 690 people this year alone, according to an Associated Press count. It wants the government to release its imprisoned followers and to impose strict Shariah law across Nigeria, a countr y largely split between a Muslim north and a Christian south.
before South Sudan’s declaration of independence, then spread to neighboring Blue Nile state. KHARTOUM, Sudan — Rights groups have reported govSudan says that fighting in two ernment bombings of villages in states along its disputed border the Nuba Mountains region of with South Sudan has left more South Kordofan during the fightthan 600 people dead over the ing. The Sudanese government past 16 months, releasing rare has denied bombing civilians in casualty figures in an ongoing its Nuba Mountains campaign. conflict that has inflamed tenA spokesman for the rebels told sions between the two countries. The Associated Press by phone that Interior Minister Ibrahim his group rejects the figures. “The Mahmoud told the Sudanese government of Sudan is continuing parliament Tuesday that 662 to lie and give false people had been said killed in South “The government information,” Arnu Lodi of the Kordofan and Sudan People’s Blue Nile states, of Sudan is Liberation where rebel continuing to lie Movement-North, forces are battling questioning the government and give government ‘s abilitroops, since false information.” ty to gather statisfighting broke out tics on the fighting. in June 2011. The ARNU LODI He declined to prominister’s comMember of the Sudan People’s vide any casualty ments were quotLiberation Movement-North figures of his own. ed yesterday by Khartoum says the daily paper Al the SPLM-North fighters are Sahafa. backed by South Sudan, an accusaMahmoud said that the milition the Juba government denies. tary and police sustained heavy The United Nations estimates losses in battling the insurgency, that nearly 700,000 people have but did not break down the figbeen displaced or severely affectures between civilian, governed by the fighting in the two over ment, and rebel casualties. the past 15 months. More than The fighting pits the Khartoum 200,000 alone have fled to neighgovernment against rebel groups boring Ethiopia and South Sudan. allied with the guerrilla forces that Since the fighting began more eventually came to power in South than a year ago, access to the Sudan, but were left on the north‘s remote region by the United side of the border after the south Nations and international aid became independent in July 2011 agencies has been restricted by according to a deal that ended the Sudanese government, makdecades of civil war. ing it difficult to verify conditions It broke out first in oil-producin the area. ing South Kordofan shortly
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Issue of race not limited to admissions SWIMMING UPSTREAM JOE AMDITIS
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usually stay away from discussions about race. As a white male, there’s always a pretty good chance that, regardless of what I say or how I say it, someone out there will be offended. Therefore, I generally try to avoid discussing the subject in public whenever possible. But after hearing the oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, I started to think about race and affirmative action in university admissions programs and how they compare to the use of race in other decision processes. As the college cliché dictates, I’ve done my fair share of suspicious book learning, and I’m no stranger to conflict theory. It shouldn’t come as a shock that in most cases I think green is a much more determinative color than white, black, or brown. It would appear to me that socioeconomic status is a more useful factor to consider when attempting to foster social mobility. That being said, I still can’t help but wonder and question why some people seem to get so upset about the use of race in admissions decisions as opposed to its use in other scenarios. The answer I get usually sounds something like, “Discrimination is bad, but I don’t want colleges to become so focused on making up for the discriminatory practices of the past, that they end up discriminating against
students who had nothing to do with segreThe UT admissions program, however, is gation in the first place. My kid deserves the well within the limits set out in Grutter v. same opportunities that other kids get. The Bollinger, and is a modest affirmative action kind of blatant institutional discrimination policy even by that standard. Should the that went on in the past doesn’t happen any- Court rule in favor of the plaintiff, the decimore, so why can’t we just forget race alto- sion could render the UT method unconstigether and focus on factors like economic tutional and — since the UT program is and social status?” essentially the poster-child for the Grutter This is a very understandable position, model — effectively eliminate affirmative and its basic premise — that children should action in the United States. not be punished for the sins of their fathers Not surprisingly, the justice who voiced — is one I respect and support. But although the most opposition to considering race in racial discrimination may any way at UT also hapseem exaggerated and pens to be the same jus“It’s important to note tice who fought to outdated to some, the reality is actually very difuphold the unchecked that the use of race ferent. Race is still very use of race by police offihas been — and still much a part of our sociecers in Arizona not less ty and — absent a rein6 months ago. is — a factor in several thanThe vigorated civil rights ruling in movement — it doesn’t Grutter allowed “racial areas of society.” look like it’s going away and ethnic diversity any time soon. with special reference The main argument to the inclusion of stuput forward by the plaintiff in Fisher seems dents from groups, which have been histo be that since there is no specific definition torically discriminated against.” Yet in of what constitutes a “critical mass” of minor- cases concerning the death penalty, that ity students, the school has too much dis- same justice completely ignored exhauscretion in determining how they weight the tive, extensive evidence of systemic racial race of the applicants. The school, however, bias in capital punishment administration is prohibited from establishing anything that and ruled against a black defendant claimresembles a quota. The plaintiff also argues ing Equal Protection violation. The evithat, although Abigail Fisher was ineligible dence — known as the Baldus Study — for admission regardless of the results of her showed that, even after controlling for 35 “holistic review,” the mere fact that race nonracial variables, defendants in cases could be used as a factor was a “constitu- involving black defendants and white victional injury in and of itself” and constitutes tims were 4.3 times more likely to receive a denial of equal protection sufficient to have a death sentence than white defendants standing to file suit in the first place. with black victims.
I find it interesting that someone can claim to be opposed to a university’s attempts to maintain diversity in the people we put through college, after that same person allowed gross and obvious patterns of discrimination to continue toward the people we disproportionately put in handcuffs and the electric chair. It’s important to note that the use of race has been — and still is — a factor in several areas of society that have had crippling effects on all minority populations, and the discussion about these issues is lengthy, and rightfully so. It is also important to remember that discussion should not be limited solely to issues of race. Indeed all subordinate groups and individuals undoubtedly face their own unique obstacles to success in today’s society. Each deserves equitable amounts of attention and effort, as they are all incredibly complex aspects of human interaction. Unfortunately, I’m somewhat limited here when it comes to time and length. I’m certainly not suggesting that the mere existence of racial disparities requires that the law somehow magically react to address the issues at hand. I just don’t understand how someone can express opposition to a program that is so comparatively benign, and yet ignore far more obvious instances of discrimination with equally and often infinitely more tragic consequences. Joe Amditis is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in criminal justice and political science, with minors in psychology and criminology. His column runs on alternate Thursdays.
‘Girl-hate’ in New Brunswick must stop LAUREN VARGA
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t all started for me with a Bikini Kill song, a progressive boyfriend and some ripe teenage angst. It was a beautiful time in my life, a time when I realized that I was not the only one who realized and identified what patriarchy was, and that I wasn’t the only one who wanted to resist it. I was about 14-years-old when I started considering myself a feminist. At first, the word deeply unnerved me. Like many, I did not realize that the term was not synonymous with “man-hater” or “dyke.” I realize some people have still not matured to the point of that realization, which I was able to make before I even hit the legal age, but it no longer scares me. What scares me is at times is that even I am participating within and am in subordination to the very system I have been fighting against for years. The fact of the matter is that no matter how many times I can scream the lyrics to a Riot Grrrl song or read an empowering article, I still have issues with my selfimage, which have festered from years of the seeds this sexist society has planted inside of me. There are times when I am getting ready to go out with my friends, and I
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will see one of them looking really hot, and you know what? Some part of me resents them. I actually harbor negativity toward these girls that I love with my whole heart at times, and it happens because of this system that teaches us that we are in competition. It happens because I know that walking down the street, the men that we see will compare us to one another, and as a female, I have been conditioned to believe that my self-worth is dependent on which men find me aesthetically pleasing. If I do this to the women that I know and love like my own blood, you can imagine the type of hatred that can potentially be felt for the insanely hot girl that I don’t know, who walks into the bar when I’m trying to talk to my crush. I don’t believe that I am alone in this — in fact, I know that I am not. There is an obvious dynamic in New Brunswick existing between women within the party scene. Sororities, which were once meant to be a representation of sisterhood, instead have turned into a symbol of alienation and hierarchy. Instead of loving and supporting each other, we claw and scratch and bite to get to the top of the list. To be wanted. Even a self-proclaimed and active feminist falls into this mentality. And although it sickens and scares me, I find solace in the power to recognize and to change this mentality.
I suggest that we attempt to understand this phenomenon of girl-hate within New Brunswick, let’s tr y and unpack it. As women, we are so conditioned to look at each other as competition, and it isn’t because we innately feel this way or because it is the natural tendency of women. It is because of the mentality created by our society, which tears apart our confidence and teaches us that we can only piece together some version of an acceptable person by buying things. They don’t tell us we’re too fat or our pores are too big or whatever else sucks to convince us we are not acceptable as humans because they care. It happens so that we buy slimming clothes or diet pills or whatever makeup they’re selling to make our face look like we don’t have pores at all. It’s about money. Aside from money, it is about power. A lack of confidence in women is vital in patriarchy. In order for it to continue to exist, women need to be kept submissive — we need to keep silent. I’m not entirely sure why I have felt so much girl-hate within New Brunswick, but I think it has to do with the nature of this town. Because the nightlife culture has so much to do with sex and partying, there is a tendency to lose sight of the humanity of the people you’re around. For all the times I have been touched and cat-called and grabbed by random men on the street, I
wonder why this town has become such an unsafe place for women. But what I do know is that the dense sexuality of this place has put an emphasis on physical appearance in a way that I have never experienced. And this emphasis in turn creates a more intense amount of negativity between women, and it has simply got to stop. I ask anyone that reads this article, male or female and everyone in between: When you go out, and you see a gorgeous girl or a girl that maybe didn’t pick the most flattering dress or the girl that is wearing super-high shoes — don’t give her a dirty look. Instead remember that she probably spent more than an hour of her life picking out that outfit and putting on her makeup in hopes of something we all want — to be viewed as attractive, to be wanted and to be accepted. Remember that she is a human being with emotions that you have felt. As women we must remember that tearing her down will not build you up. It will just tear her down and in turn, it will tear us all down. So instead, give her a smile, and just tell her you think she’s gorgeous. Lauren Varga is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies and English with a minor in psychology. She is the multimedia editor for The Daily Targum.
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WIN Knights fail to put first-half chances in back of St. John’s net CONTINUED FROM BACK
Senior wing Dane Miller headlines a 2012-2013 team that could be the program’s most versatile group in recent memory. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR / MARCH 2012
FLEXIBILITY Softened nonconference slate gives RU shot at confidence building, Miller says CONTINUED FROM BACK The depth gives Rice free rein for the first time since he joined the program from Robert Morris in 2010. “We can do so much because we have so many different pieces and so many versatile players,” said senior wing Dane Miller, himself a hybrid player. “It’s kind of scary.” Five frontcourt players give Rutgers its most legitimate post presence in recent memory. The development of three sophomore guards affords it flexibility in the backcourt. And the additions of Judge and Garrett allow it to lay claim to its most athleticism since Rice took over. “As a general fan base, you maybe want to see it last year,” Rice said. “You wanted to see it five years ago. Now when I go to practice, I see a Big East basketball team.” Rice inherited a program in 2010 with only seven scholarship players. He translated a short offseason into a string of unheralded transfers and Poole, an underrecruited guard from St. Benedict’s (N.J.) prep. Assistant coach Jimmy Martelli used to have to practice regularly in five-on-five drills to make ends meet. “Only people who have been there really every day can see,” Rice said. “We talk about those early days often and kind of laugh about it.”
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picked Rutgers to finish 11th in the conference, the third consecutive season the Knights earned a bottom-third ranking under Rice. Louisville, No. 2 nationally in the first coaches’ poll released yesterday, was a unanimous selection for No. 1 over-
all in the conference. “Where are you going to pick us — in the top six?” Rice said. “This team hasn’t done it. Until you do it … prognosticators will pick us higher because we haven’t done it. It is what it is, and I’m OK with it.” For Rutgers to scratch the surface of the AP top 25 this season, it will have to do so with its conference schedule. The Knights’ nonconference slate features only one team that made the 2011 NCAA Tournament in Iona. Another, Ole Miss, lost in the first round of the NIT. Rutgers hosted then-No. 10 Florida last year at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, and formerly had a series with North Carolina, culminating with a 2010 meeting at Madison Square Garden. “We have to use those games for confidence, motivation … because we’re running into a truck in the first conference game [Jan. 2 at Syracuse],” Miller said. “We have to use that to build us up.” The third season for most coaches often demands signs of improvement. Rice already has a retooled roster, but another 8-5 non-conference record likely will not suffice for him. “If we can now take care of our home court and become a more mature team, I think this team will need a shot of confidence,” Rice said. “This program, this fan base, these alumni will need some confidence.”
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at Harvard on Sunday, followed by an exhibition Nov. 4 at the RAC with Holy Family. For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @TBartoTargum.
Vassiliadis turned the mishap by Eze into his first collegiate goal, while Eze captured his first assist of the season on the play. “I mean I’m happy, but we got to keep working as a team to play for more than just 45 minutes, get the result that we want next time,” Vassiliadis said. St. John’s was tougher on Eze, who only got one shot off once he slid into Red Storm goalie Rafael Diaz. Diaz also intercepted a ball right above Eze’s head in the 63rd minute, and defenders prevented Eze from even more potential damage. “They made it dif ficult because they swarmed the ball whenever I touched it, so they obviously had a game plan,” Eze said. “Whenever I had the ball, they’d get ever ybody behind me.” St. John’s executed in the first half like the No. 10 team in the nation. Rutgers recorded only three shots — two from Vassiliadis — but the Red Storm crowded defenders into the goalie box to prevent several of the Knights’ shooting chances. The Knights’ closest attempt at a score in the first half came when junior midfielder Mike Sobof f delivered a hard header with a little too much backspin, as the shot stopped its rotation about a yard from the goal. Vassiliadis’ best chance to get on the board in the first half was in the 25th minute, when he sped down the right side but misjudged a cross to Eze.
Junior forward Kene Eze earned his first assist of the season Rutgers’ only goal in a 2-1 loss last night to No. 10 St. John’s. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
That came between both of the Johnnies’ goals. The first score came from defender Gabriel Camara off a Rutgers’ first failed restart. Camara scored the first of two converted corner kicks. Now Rutgers can only hope for a positive result Saturday against Cincinnati to make its way back into Big East Tournament contention.
“We’re pretty pissed off, so we’re just going to tr y our best in training these next couple days and then work as hard as we can to get those results and make it into [the Big East and NCAA] tournaments,” Vassiliadis said. For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JBakanTargum.
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OCTOBER 18, 2012 MEN’S GOLF 631, THIRD PLACE
Knights gain experience in overseas invitational BY GREGORY JOHNSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Junior Jonathan Renza led the Knights in Ireland with a final score of 156 and paced the tournament with seven birdies. JOEY GREGORY, ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2012
After nearly three weeks of anticipation and preparation for its most unique challenge of the season, the Rutgers men’s golf team made its overseas journey last weekend to County Kerry, Ireland, for the inaugural Waterville Collegiate Classic. It began when the Scarlet Knights departed Friday from the Rutgers Athletic Center. Twenty-eight consecutive hours of traveling and practicing ensued, said junior co-captain Doug Walters. That was when the Knights realized they were in for a true test of endurance. The squad first acclimatized in two practice rounds at the historic Waterville Golf Links, where the tournament took place. The team worked on the bump and run, an important shot to adapt to the course conditions in Ireland. “It’s the bread and butter shot for many of the locals,” Walters said, “because the ground on the course is very firm.” When the tournament began Monday and Tuesday, Rutgers became the first U.S. university to host a team event in Ireland. Three other U.S. teams joined the Knights in Davidson College, Washington and Jefferson College and the University of Richmond. On the second day of the tournament, inclement weather that affected Rutgers on the first day subsided and calm condi-
tions allowed Rutgers a chance at redemption. The Knights carded a tournament-best 297 during the final 18 holes, finishing with a total score of 631 (334-297), good enough for third place. Junior Jonathan Renza paced the squad with a 156 scorecard (85-71), and placed sixth in the 28-player field. His second round score of 71 and total of seven birdies were tournament bests. “The highlight of the day goes to Jonathan Renza,” Walters said. “His [second] round flirted with the course record, coming up short to Graeme McDowell’s round of 70 that he shot in 2010.” Sophomore Jacob Stockl also finished in the top 10, placing ninth with a 158 (79-79). Classmate Hyung Mo Kim tied with Walters for third on the team’s scorecard with a 164 (8084), good for 19th place. Walters and freshman Jonathan Chang made the most significant improvements in the field, improving their stroke totals from the first round by 16 and 19 shots, respectively, taking advantage of more favorable weather conditions. Chang went from a tournament-worst 92 to a second-best 73 across both rounds to finish 22nd overall with a total score of 165, rounding out the team’s scorecard. “We knew going into [the] round that we would have to execute certain shots and to trust our
game plan,” Walters said. “I could not be more proud of the way my teammates and I responded. We did what we could do to possibly win, but the top two teams also played well enough to fend off our surge.” The team carded a 334 to finish tied for third with Washington and Jefferson College after the first 18 holes, 22 strokes behind tournament winner Davidson College. “My teammates and I made several birdies and pars through the first nine holes, but once the majority of the competitors made the turn, so did the weather, but for the worse,” Walters said. “The wind picked up out of the south and did not let up, along with consistent rain showers that drained away our great front nine scores.” Walters and Chang posted uncharacteristic first round scores of 90 and 92, respectively. The two typical scoring leaders for the Knights found themselves fourth and fifth on the team’s scorecard. In addition to playing and learning from a new golf environment overseas, Rutgers enjoyed the Irish scenery, culture and food, making the trip a special golf experience. “We will cherish the memories that we have made here in Ireland, which was one of the origins of the game that we love so dearly,” Walters said. Rutgers’ fifth and final event of its fall campaign tees off this weekend at the Lehigh Invitational in Bethlehem, Pa.
WOMEN’S SOCCER DIPAOLO SWITCHES TO DEFENSE IN PRESEASON
Senior embraces new position BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
Before the start of preseason training this year, Tricia DiPaolo’s role for the Rutgers women’s soccer team had been on the offensive side of the ball. She has also been a team player, according to head coach Glenn Crooks. So when Crooks decided it was best for the team to move the senior to the back as a defender during the summer, there was no hesitation on her part. Crooks did not expect any other reaction from his two-year captain. “Obviously because the way Trish is, she just took to it and tried to learn as much about it, and it has been a work in progress,” he said. “It has been really nice to see that once she got comfortable in how to defend back there, being in the right spot, now we see that she is much more freer in attacking.” The comfort is evident in her recent play, as DiPaolo recently earned Big East Weekly Honor Roll recognition for her play last week against Louisville and Cincinnati. “It is a great honor,” DiPaolo said. “But the team is doing great, so I’m glad the team is doing great rather than individual accolades.” But for the Sparta, N.J., native, it was validation for a player whose job used to be to produce on a regular basis. DiPaolo scored 108 career goals at Lenape Valley (N.J.) High
School, where she earned New Jersey Player of the Year honors following her junior season. She was a top-200 recruit when Crooks brought her to the program in 2007 as a forward. She remained at the position until this season, and a new role on the defensive end has allowed DiPaolo only 10 shot attempts. But on her first opportunity to score against the Bearcats, DiPaolo converted one of
“Trish [DiPaolo] has the utmost respect of her teammates, and each ... of them ... look up to her. GLENN CROOKS Head Coach
Rutgers’ best-executed plays in the Big East this season. She took a corner kick from freshman forward Rachel Cole in the 24th minute and drilled a 23yard shot in the top left corner of the net behind Cincinnati goalkeeper Kristina Utley to put the Knights up, 2-0. “It felt pretty good considering it was Senior Day,” DiPaolo said of the goal. “But I’m just happy we got the win, and we are now scoring goals.” Crooks was also content to see the captain score, and DiPaolo’s
teammates were more excited about her first goal of the season than she was, he said. “Trish has the utmost respect of her teammates, and each and every one of them really look up to her and feel so strongly about her,” Crooks said. “It was a very special moment.” While she contributed to the Knights’ scoring resurgence last weekend, DiPaolo has also been a member of a defense that has surrendered only two goals in Rutgers’ past four games. And with a backline featuring three underclassmen who play regular minutes, DiPaolo, along with senior defender Shannon Woeller, has done a good job leading the defense, Crooks said. It will be up to the defensive unit to keep its next opponent, Seton Hall, out of the box in the Knights’ last regular season game. If Rutgers wins tomorrow against the Pirates, it holds the fourth seed in the Big East’s National Division and hosts a first round home playoff match. So while the goal was a nice memor y for DiPaolo, she believes there are plenty more to make this season in the conference tournament — potentially — and beyond. “We want to extend the season as long as we can and get into the Big East playoffs and NCAA Tournament,” DiPaolo said, “so we definitely need a win this weekend.”
OCTOBER 18, 2012
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utgers men’s basketball sophomore guard Eli Carter said transfer Vincent Garrett’s versatility will aid the team this season. “He can get after it on the defensive end and can help us there because he can guard one through four [positions],” Carter said yesterday at Big East Media Day. The junior guard, who can also play forward, transferred from Lee Junior College in Texas after averaging 16 points per game last season with six rebounds and two assists. The Chicago native also considered scholarship offers from Oregon State, Texas A&M and UNLV before committing to Rutgers in April.
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basketball coach John Calipari said freshman Nerlens Noel will be cleared to play this season, according to CBS Sports. Noel, the No. 1 rated player in the Class of 2012, faced suspension for allegedly receiving improper benefits in high school. Noel is cleared to practice with the team and is available for the Wildcats’ first game Nov. 9 against Maryland in Brooklyn. Junior defensive tackle Jamil Merrell is one of several defensive linemen who experienced a position adjustment following the loss of Isaac Holmes for the season with a wrist injury. Merrell now spends more time at the three technique. LAWRENCE CABREDO
Temple QB presents rushing challenge BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
With senior defensive end Marvin Booker missing the better part of six games this season and two defensive tackles in junior Isaac Holmes and redshirt freshman Al Page out for the year, the Rutgers football team’s pass rush has seen its fair share of hardships. Yet it produced arguably its best performance of the season its last contest. The defense recorded three sacks last Saturday against Syracuse, its highest total since its home opener Sept. 8 against Howard. Junior defensive tackle Jamil Merrell said it comes down to practice. “As the weeks go on, it gets tougher and tougher,” he said. “As we keep winning, teams are going to be hunting for us. We got to come out here and practice hard every day to maintain and keep going and keep developing.” But the quar terback style the Scarlet Knights see Saturday in Temple’s offense is more similar to that of South Florida’s B.J. Daniels, whom Rutgers failed to sack. Daniels is mobile, much like Owls quarterback Chris Coyer, who leads Temple with 71 rushing attempts this season and is eight yards shy of the team lead in rushing yards. “I think what they have found in Chris Coyer is they have found a guy who can run their offense the way Tim Tebow ran their offense down in Florida,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “He’s that type of player. He has more carries than any other individual on their team.” Temple head coach Steve Addazio ser ved as assistant coach and offensive coordinator
at Florida under former head coach Urban Meyer. After coaching Tebow through his college career, Addazio has plenty of experience building an offense around a mobile quarterback. “We just have to try to contain him and not let him out the pocket,” Merrell said. “He’s pretty fast, so [we have to] keep him inside and let him do his work from there.” When Coyer does drop back to pass, his numbers are not as impressive. The Owls average 132.4 yards a game through the air, putting them dead last in the Big East. Despite the less-than-gaudy numbers, senior linebacker Steve Beauharnais said the passing game is where the Owls are most dangerous. “Everybody thinks that just because [Coyer] can move, that’s where he makes his plays,” Beauharnais said, “The real time he makes his plays is when he sucks [defenders] up and he throws it down field.” Beauharnais also compared Coyer to Daniels, calling the Bulls quarterback “the master” at using defenders’ fear of his speed to his advantage. But Coyer is not the only runner the defensive line must look out for. Running back Montel Harris spent three seasons at Boston College, becoming its leading rusher in the process. Harris, Coyer and running back Matt Brown average more than 190 yards rushing per game, second in the Big East behind Cincinnati.
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Senior linebacker Steve Beauharnais is fourth on the Knights with 35 tackles and second with three tackels for loss. ENRICO CABREDO
conference with an average of 3.2 sacks per game. Rutgers, meanwhile, has only allowed three sacks this season. Despite the Owls’ per-game sack total, no one player owns more than two sacks this season and six players have at least 1.5. “They’re going to bring people from ever y angle,” Flood said. “They blitz everybody on the field, from the linebackers to the safeties to the corners. They’ve got a pretty extensive blitz package on first, second and third down.”
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back Savon Huggins is slotted for
an increased workload this week as he returns to 100 percent after suffering a leg injur y against Howard, Flood said. “Savon’s role will grow every week as we get towards the end of the season,” Flood said. “I think he’s done a good job with what we’ve given him so far. We’re very pleased. There’s no doubt in our mind that when he’s in the game, he can make plays for us.” Huggins ran for 14 yards on seven carries against the Orange. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Joey Gregor y on Twitter @JGregoryTargum.
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shortstop Derek Jeter will have ankle surgery on his left ankle, according to CBS Sports. Jeter suf fered the broken ankle in Game 1 of the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers after diving for a ball in the 12th inning. The original estimate for recover y was three months, but the Yankees announced yesterday it will take the captain 4-5 months for a full recover y, putting Jeter at risk of missing the star t of the 2013 season. ANNOUNCED
yesterday it terminated its endorsement deal with cyclist Lance Armstrong, according to ESPN. “Due to the seemingly insurmountable evidence that Lance Armstrong participated in doping and misled Nike for more than a decade, it is with great sadness that we have terminated our contract with him,” the company said in a statement. The announcement came on the same day Armstrong stepped down as head chairman of Livestrong, but Nike will remain involved in the organization. Anheuser-Busch and energy drink company FRS also announced they will cut ties with Armstrong after the cyclist was banned from professional cycling for doping.
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Timber wolves for ward Kevin Love will miss 6-8 weeks with a hand injur y, according to CBS Sports. Love injured his third and fourth metacarpal bones in his right hand yesterday during a morning workout. If Love takes 6-8 weeks for recovery, he will end up missing about 20 games this season. Love averaged 26 points per game last season with 13.3 rebounds while also aiding Team U.S.A capture gold this summer in the London Olympics.
IRISH JIG The Rutgers men’s golf team hosted the inaugural Waterville Collegiate Classic in County Kerry, Ireland, where the Knights placed third out of four teams. / PAGE 14 TWITTER: #TARGUMSPOR TS DAILYTARGUM.COM/SPOR TS TARGUMSPOR TS.WORDPRESS.COM
MOVING TARGET Temple quarterback Chris Coyer is a dual-threat player, leading the Owls with 71 rushing attempts on the season and running for 302 yards, eight shy of the team lead. / PAGE 15
TEAM PLAYER Senior captain Tricia DiPaolo switched from forward this preseason to defense for the Rutgers women’s soccer team. / PAGE 14
SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “As we keep winning, teams are going to be hunting for us.” —Junior defensive tackle Jamil Merrell on the Rutgers football team’s success this season
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012
BIG EAST MEDIA DAY
MEN’S SOCCER ST. JOHN’S 2, RUTGERS 1
Roster gives Rice chance at flexibility BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
NEW YORK CITY — A punching bag draped with unflattering newspaper clippings still rests inside the Rutgers men’s basketball team locker room after two years. Junior guard Mike Poole said the Scarlet Knights no longer add to it, but still look at it from time to time. Entering the 2012-2013 season, the Knights no longer need outside motivation. “Looking at our roster, I think we’re one of the deepest teams in the Big East, one through 12,” Poole said yesterday at Big East Media Day. “The way [head] coach [Mike] Rice plays, everybody’s going to have a chance to prove themselves during the game. Our versatility is going to be crazy because we put different lineups every five minutes.” The Knights return 10 letter winners from last season, including all seven members of their 2011 recruiting class. Two more, Kansas State transfer Wally Judge and junior college transfer Vincent Garrett, are also eligible. SEE
FLEXIBILITY ON PAGE 13 Freshman defender Dimitri Vassiliadis works past a St. John’s defender last night in a 2-1 loss. Vassiliadis earned the first goal of his college career in the second half of the defeat on an assist from teammate Kene Eze. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RU falls short of valuable win BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Head coach Mike Rice returns 10 players from last year’s 14-18 Knights team. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
BY THE NUMBERS Rutgers men’s basketball senior wing Dane Miller did not make any of the Big East’s two preseason all-league teams. How do his 2011 numbers compare to 2012 honorable mentions? Miller — 7.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists Chane Behanan — 9.5 points, 7.5 rebounds C.J. Fair — 8.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, 0.6 assists
St. John’s head coach Dave Masur substituted forward Andre Vargas out of the game in the 81st minute last night against the Rutgers men’s soccer team. But the damage was already done in the match as well as the Big East standings. It was over in the first half, when No. 10 St. John’s scored two goals and sustained the lead in a 2-1 victory to give the Scarlet Knights their first loss this season at Yurcak Field. Rutgers (6-6-1, 2-3-1) came out with a stronger second half, outshooting St. John’s (9-2-4, 2-3-1), 7-6, but its lack of attempts in the first half was too much to come back from.
It was fr ustrating enough for the Knights that Vargas scored the second goal of the game in the 25th minute off a failed clear, the second goal Rutgers gave up within five minutes in that same situation. Rutgers also hurt itself by allowing St. John’s to break the Knights’ tie with Cincinnati for fourth place in the Big East’s Red Division. “Ver y frustrating, ver y disappointing, very disheartening to lose the game on two goals that were given off of restarts,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “And it’s just there’s a lack of energy, a lack of effort, a lack of fight, a lack of heart, a lack of passion. It’s very difficult to stand on the sideline and watch that for my team.”
EXTRA POINT
ALYSSA BULL is the only freshman on the Rutgers field hockey team to appear in the top six in every offensive team category. She leads the Knights with five assists and is second in points.
The Knights went after the net aggressively until the final whistle with four shots in the final 10 minutes, jumpstar ted by freshman defender Dimitri Vassiliadis’ team-leading four th shot of the day. Vassiliadis entered the match with only three shots to his name, but he doubled that total in the 58th minute. Junior forward Kene Eze had taken far more shots this season and leads the team with six goals, but he tripped on a chance to add his seventh. Instead, he transitioned his fall into a slide tackle, which pushed it across the goalie box to Vassiliadis. SEE
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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR VOLLEYBALL
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Tomorrow, 7 p.m. South Orange, N.J.
Tomorrow, 7 p.m. Providence, R.I.
Saturday Bethlehem, Pa.