The Daily Targum 2012-10-19

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BOOK OF MORMON Religion professors explain how Mitt Romney’s Mormonism today is no different from John F. Kennedy’s Catholicism in the 1960s.

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U. Board of Governors welcomes new member After leading presidential search, alumnus Greg Brown, CEO of Motorola Solutions Inc., can now vote on major decisions

BY ALEX MEIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University’s Board of Governors has a new member with a unique track record — he was instrumental in the search for University President Robert L. Barchi and in May, delivered the 246th commencement speech.

Greg Brown, chief executive officer of Motorola Solutions Inc. and a University alumnus, was inducted in to the BOG at yesterday’s meeting in Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus.

Succeeding John Russo, Brown will serve as a public member of the BOG, appointed

by Gov. Chris Christie, said Steve Manas, a University spokesman, in a statement.

Brown said he is thrilled to have a role in helping drive successful change at the University as the newest BOG member.

“This is one of the most exciting times for Rutgers,” he said. “We have a world-class president. We are right at the threshold of a once-in-a-generation transformation with UMDNJ. Rutgers is really poised to propel SEE

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FOR THE FUTURE

Peter McDonough, vice president for Public Affairs at the University, explains how the $750 million Building Our Future Bond — which students can vote on by referendum question on Nov. 6 — will fund construction projects on campus. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Professor shows struggles of transgender people in US Aizura says identifying as transgender can hurt immigrants

BY KRISTIN BARESICH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Greg Brown, University alumnus and CEO of Motorola Solutions Inc., delivers the 246th commencement speech in May. Brown was elected to serve on the University’s Board of Governors yesterday in Winants Hall.

KEITH FREEMAN, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MAY 2012

For many transgender people, crossing international borders can come with a lot of hurdles.

These can include anything from delayed paperwork to discriminatory treatment in detention centers, said Aren Aizura,

postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Research on Women.

Aizura spoke to a crowd of about 60 yesterday on the topic “Incalculating Transgender Justice (Against the NationState)” at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Douglass campus.

He said gender-variant people experience pressure to state they are transgender in their immigration claims, which in turn can hinder their immigration efforts.

“We need to improve the way that trans bodies are recognized by immigration law,” Aizura said.

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Student team modifies cells for engineering contest Through synthetic biology, group creates novel organisms

BY HANNAH SCHROER CORRESPONDENT

University undergraduates Anish Vaghela and Joseph Ibrahim entered Waksman Institute on Busch campus every morning over the summer to review the previous day’s work in preparation for competition.

“That’s usually the first thing we do — see what the DNA is doing,” said Vaghela, a School of Engineering senior.

Ibrahim, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, and Vaghela are members of the Genetic Engineers at Rutgers Society, a student organization founded to develop the University’s status as a synthetic biology research institute, he said.

Synthetic biology is a new and growing field that uses genetic modification to change a cell’s behavior, Vaghela said.

“As of now, there aren’t any active labs doing synthetic biology research at Rutgers but there are active labs doing cell cloning,” Vaghela said.

After learning about the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition, a synthetic biology competition for undergraduates, members of the group formed a team and contacted professors, Vaghela said.

The team contacted Andrew Vershon, professor at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology, who then helped provide them with lab space and equipment to use over the summer while they worked. Vershon supervised their effort, helping Ibrahim and Vaghela troubleshoot and analyze their results.

The iGEM team introduced modified DNA into E. coli bacteria, a popular choice

among researchers because of its adaptability, to make the bacteria do what they wanted, Ibrahim said.

“All synthetic biology is, in essence, is designing a novel organism — or introducing a novel biochemical pathway into an organism,” Vaghela said. “In essence, what we’re doing is taking different types of biochemical pathways and introducing them into bacteria.”

In this case, they introduced a pathway that broke down glucose into butanol, a biofuel with 95 percent of the energy efficiency SEE

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CAMPUS CALENDAR Friday, Oct. 19 The SouperVan provides free soup from noon to 2 p.m. at Nichol Avenue on Douglass campus.

The Rutgers University Programming Association hosts at Karaoke Night at 8 p.m. at Rutgers Zone in the Livingston Student Center.

Saturday, Oct. 20 Ralph Bowen directs Mason Gross School of the Arts’ top undergraduate jazz ensemble at 7:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. General admission is $15, $5 for students.

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.

Tuesday, Oct. 23 James L. Watson, a professor emeritus of Chinese society and anthropology at Harvard University, lectures “Meat: A Cultural Biography in South China” at 4:30 p.m. in Room 403 of Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.

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Panelist describes religious influences, impacts today

BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT

An ancient mysterious exile has caused religious controversy in modern times, as a string of disputed claims have emerged after a couple of ancient Hebrew tribes disappeared in the Babylonian period.

Panelists spoke to a crowd of more than 100 people in the Douglass Campus Center on Wednesday about the effects of Jewish heritage on Evangelical and Mormon sects, which profess a direct relation to these tribes.

Though Hebrew Scriptures were scrutinized for generations, it was 19th century Britain that saw the rise of a new kind of movement, said Joseph Williams, an assistant professor in the Department of Religion.

The word for covenant — “Brit” — was combined with the word for man — “ish” — which popularized the notion that the “British” were men of the covenant, he said.

He said this widespread belief triggered the Zionist movement that increased Israel’s support system significantly.

Christian support for the state of Israel and the Jewish people is causing some alarm regarding the ramifications this could have on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Williams said.

“They’re convinced the socalled Second Coming can only occur when a Jewish state is in place,” Williams said. “For many

James Johnson, a professor in the Department of Religion, speaks as part of panel about British evangelicals Wednesday at the Douglass Campus Center. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER but not all evangelicals, the bottom line is that God gave Israel to the Jews. So any part on Israeli politicians of moving toward a two-[state] solution is denying God’s plan.”

James Johnson, a professor in the Department of Religion, said evangelicals are not the only religious group that claims a lineage to the all-but-forgotten tribes.

Mormons have made this their symbol of pride as well.

“British evangelicals believe they are actually descended from one of the Biblical tribes of Israel,” Johnson said. “But there was another argument that the lost tribes actually ended up in

IN BRIEF PROFESSOR EVALUATES PRAYING IN NEW BOOK In his new book, “ Spiritual Modalities: Prayer as Rhetoric and Performance,” William FitzGerald, assistant professor at Rutgers-Newark, said prayer is a rhetorical art to find its similarities with all faiths, according to University Media Relations.

“When we pray, we are speaking in a kind of self-conscious mode of presentation,” FitzGerald said. “We think about delivering the prayer the correct way. We’re mindful of our attitude.”

He said prayer is about addressing a divine being or connecting to other human beings and not just talking to oneself.

FitzGerald said prayer is strategic in what it asks for because it is designed to confirm that recourse is possible.

“Prayer doesn’t set itself up to be proven wrong. People are realistic in what they’re looking for and what they’re asking for when they pray,” he said.

U. FACULTY HONORED AT HALL OF FAME Four University faculty members were honored at the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame, according to University Media Relations.

Elwin Or ton, professor in the Depar tment of Plant Biology and Pathology was inducted into the Hall of Fame

and was credited with saving the U.S. dogwood industr y through strains of diseases.

Paula Talla, professor in the Depar tment of Neuroscience received the Inventor of the Year award.

She helped positive change to more than three million children and adults who are struggling with language and literacy through co-developing FastForWord.

Other recipients included Marco Grutese, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Richard Martin, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science.

They designed and tested a smart phone application that sense where in a car a cell phone user is sitting to help reduce distractions to a driver.

PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE LIVES Robin Stevens, assistant professor of childhood studies at Rutgers–Camden is leading an ef for t at the University with the aims to improve the lives of working poor families in Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties, according to University Media Relations “For these families, the hope is that they’re able to get the type of leverage they need in difficult times,” he said.

the United States, and that’s where the Mormons come into the picture.”

With Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney capturing headlines during the preelection debates, unfair criticism has been directed at Mormons for holding anti-American values, said Matthew Bowman, a professor of religion at HampdenSydney University.

“Mormons shop at T.J. Maxx just like you do,” said Bowman, author of “The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith.”

“They have no desire to undermine the Republic. They don’t feel odd.

They don’t feel their faith comes

into conflict with their desire to be a part of American life.”

Bowman said Mormonism is being criticized for its hierarchical system and community focus because people in the United States tend to tolerate faiths they are familiar with at a certain time.

In the past, people of different religions have come under similar scrutiny, like John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic president of the United States.

“For Americans, a good religion should be compatible with American ideals of independence, self-governance and rationality,” Bowman said.

He said many U.S. religions have found themselves in conflict with these ideas.

“When we talk about Mormonism’s struggle, we’re really talking about the nature of religion in America more generally,” he said.

The evangelical subsection is also trying to integrate into another society through going beyond expressing support for the state of Israel, Williams said. A strong movement of Judaic tradition has emerged within the church, which has raised eyebrows in Orthodox Jewish communities.

“Christian Zionism has come to include connecting to the Jewish roots of Christianity and re-conceptualize their worship and identity by borrowing Jewish symbols and rituals,” Williams said. “They directly utilize them to demonstrate that they, too, are God’s children.”

Mormonism is also undergoing a significant evolution in its culture. Stigmas that seem to have always been attached to Mormonism are now being challenged as the religion faces pivotal change because of its reach in the third world, Bowman said.

“Mormonism is known as the rich, white religion,” Bowman said. “The way they worship reflect this, the way they dress reflect this. Putting this religion in poor countries is forcing the church to look at itself, ask itself some hard questions and adapt in a way that’s not really comfortable.”

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MEMBER Brown says knowing Barchi will help while working alongside him CONTINUED FROM FRONT itself to the next level.”

Brown graduated in 1982 from Livingston College, now par t of the School of Ar ts and Sciences, with a bachelor’s degree in economics, Manas said.

“I’ve always been excited and thankful for my experience at Rutgers,” Brown said. “I graduated 30 years ago but have always stayed connected to the University.”

Brown has held various positions on University boards, including chair of the

presidential search committee that brought Barchi to the University, Manas said.

Brown said his familiarity with Barchi could help him be successful in his new position.

“I was one of the key people who recruited [Barchi] into the University, so I have a familiarity with how he will work,” he said. “I think he’s a driver. I think he will prioritize things, and I think he’s going to have an action orientation.”

Barchi said he is pleased to have Brown as a new member of the board.

“We are delighted that Greg Brown will continue to serve his alma mater as a member of the

Board of Governors,” Barchi said in a statement. “His business acumen and spirit of innovation will greatly benefit Rutgers and the people of New Jersey.”

“I’m ... pretty well-versed in managing complexity ... and change” GREG BROWN CEO of Motorola Solutions Inc.

He was awarded with an honorar y Doctor of Humane Letters degree, University’s 246th commencement last May, Manas said.

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Spain, Argentina have progressive immigration legislation, Aizura says

Ibrahim says cloning takes time, may not yield success

CONTINUED FROM FRONT Aizura cited several excerpts from “Immigration Law and the Transgender Client,” a book co-written by Immigration Law and the Transgender Quality Center for trans immigrants seeking permanent residency.

The book identifies strategies for moving through a residency application process with less difficulty, Aizura said. For example, he said any name changes should be completed before beginning the process.

But he said the journey is far from smooth.

“Immigration law rewards those who have the capacity to be entrepreneurial and decide on a strategy in advance,” Aizura said.

He said immigration offices sometimes deny marriage claims involving a transgender immigrant because of a possible inter ference with the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman.

Even if the Board of Immigration Appeals approves their request, people might wait up to two years for the appeal to go through, he said.

“Life is generally way more complicated than this makes it sound,” Aizura said.

Aizura showed clips from “Transgression,” a documentar y film profiling a trans woman named Norma who was arrested twice in her attempts to cross the Mexican border into the United States before Immigration Equality took on her case.

He said Norma’s situation exemplified some of the indignities of immigration detention.

“It might include getting only a single hour of daylight or exercise ever y day, less access to legal counsel than the general population, not being able to access the phone,” Aizura said.

He said trans women sometimes have to endure comparatively worse treatment, such as solitar y confinement, because many prisons

do not allow them to be housed with other women.

Aizura said despite this kind of abuse, the film depicts attitudes toward trans people as being less negative in the United States than in Mexico by including bright shots of the Statue of Liberty and darker tones in close-ups of Norma.

“I’m not disputing that, but I’m interested in the representational scheme of how the United States comes to look like a solution,” Aizura said.

“By the end of the film, the narrative of immigration detention has changed to the narrative of Norma being saved by Immigration Equality.”

He said several countries, such as Spain and Argentina, have much less conser vative legislation relating to trans people than the United States.

“Activists have been working on creating legislation that lets people change their gender marker without having surger y or hormone therapy,” Aizura said. “But [they] don’t seem to be visible because people don’t expect to find countries outside the global nor th that have progressive trans rights.”

Aizura said he has been working since 2004 on issues of trans recognition politics.

“The United States has this idealistic understanding of itself as a bastion of freedom,” Aizura said. “But the practical reality belies that.”

Yolanda Martinez-San Miguel, director at the IRW, said this lecture was the second of a series focusing on the IRW annual topic, “Trans Studies: Beyond Hetero/Homo Normatives.”

“Trans studies complicates many debates about the social, biological and cultural constructions of gender and sexuality,” she said.

Yomaira Figueroa, the IRW undergraduate learning community coordinator, said attendees who are interested in sexand sexuality-based critical theor y should consider applying to the 1.5-credit course offered by the IRW in the spring.

“We’re actively recr uiting for next semester’s learning community scholars,” Figueroa said.

CONTINUED FROM FRONT as gasoline, Ibrahim said.

“We’re working with about 50 microliters of DNA,” Vaghela said. “It’s basically 10 water droplets.”

Ibrahim said the team could only proceed once they saw the DNA had the correct gene sequence — once they saw the two genes next to each other.

He said scientists easily manipulate circular DNA by adding to its genetic structure. A gene that codes for a specific protein can be modified to adjust the amount of protein it makes.

“That’s the synthetic par t of biology,” Ibrahim said.

Ibrahim said he and Vaghela ran through a series of experiments to modify circular DNA, adding one gene at a time.

“It usually takes us a day to put two genes next to each other,” he said. “Ultimately, we’re making this little genome and dropping it into the bacteria.”

The first thing they star ted with was the actual biochemical pathway and put two genes next to each other.

“But what we did, that was only in a tube. How do we

Nancy Winterbauer, vice president of University Budgeting, said Brown is a tremendous asset to the University.

“He’s an alum with a wonderful background and is very successful,” she said. “He cares about Rutgers and he’s a perfect new governor in my opinion. We’re very fortunate that he’s willing to give his time to Rutgers.”

In addition to Brown’s induction, Gary Francione was appointed as Board of Governors Professor of Law. Francione is considered an internationally distinguished expert for his path-breaking contributions to legal scholarship in the areas of animal rights, particularly for his work on the moral and legal status of animals, Manas said.

His new position was effective yesterday, he said.

Brown became involved in Motorola in 2003 and was elected as the company’s president and chief operating officer in 2007, Manas said.

Prior to joining Motorola, Brown was chairmen and CEO of Micromuse Inc., a publicly traded network-management software company. He also held a variety of leadership, sales and marketing positions at AT&T Teleholdings Inc. Brown said his experiences in the private sector gave him skills in management that are integral for his new position on the board.

“I think that in my role as chairman of Motorola, I’m familiar with and pretty well-versed in managing complexity, transformation and change,” he said, “I think that will be one set of areas I can help.”

The cloning process is slow and has a low success rate — even taking real-time scientists a while to get the per fect DNA into bacteria, he said.

Vaghela said the team star ted throwing around ideas last semester and stumbled on the butanol project, and improvement to research stemming from the 1916 discover y of bacteria that naturally broke down glucose into butanol.

Scientists put the bacteria’s genes into a registr y and, almost 100 years later, the iGEM team used modified DNA and a mutant strain of E. coli, which had excess energy that sped up the glucose breakdown to produce more butanol at a faster rate, Vaghela said.

“The mutant strain makes it more ef ficient,” he said.

Butanol can work within the cur rent gasoline pipelines, which makes it a better choice than ethanol, Vaghela said.

Ethanol loves water — it soaks up chemicals and toxins that should not be in fuel.

But butanol is easier to transpor t because it can work with same gasoline pipelines without the danger of soaking up toxins and chemicals like ethanol does, he said.

“The possibilities are definitely endless,” Vaghela said.

“We’re not going to stop with just butanol production.”

make sure we did the right thing?” Ibrahim said.

After manipulating its genes, the team put the DNA into the bacteria and waited three hours while the E. coli took on the DNA. Then they incubated the bacteria overnight to grow the culture, Vaghela said.

“The possibilities are definitely endless.”

ANISH VAGHELA School of Engineering Senior

Ibrahim said they put DNA into the bacteria and grew it on a plate, which is treated with antibiotics to make sure the culture is not contaminated, overnight.

Vaghela said they separated the DNA from the bacteria the next morning to send it out for sequencing or continue manipulating it.

“We keep doing this ever y day until we hit the right DNA sequence and we can verify it,” Ibrahim said.

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GRAPHIC BY HAKAN UZUMCU, DESIGN EDITOR

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Syrian jets strike rebel city killing at least 43 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Syrian warplanes hammered a strategic city captured by rebels, leaving behind scenes of carnage captured yesterday on amateur videos that showed a man holding up two child-sized legs not connected to a body and another carrying a dismembered arm.

Activists said airstrikes over the past two days on opposition targets across Syria’s north have killed at least 43 people.

The city of Maaret al-Numan, located strategically on a major north-south highway connecting Aleppo and Damascus, was captured by rebels last week and there has been heavy fighting around it ever since. Rebel brigades from the surrounding area have poured in to defend the town. Online videos have shown them firing mortars at regime troops, and they claimed to have shot down a government helicopter on Wednesday.

Since it was captured a week ago, the city in northern Idlib province and its surroundings have been the focus of one of the heaviest air bombardments since President Bashar Assad’s military first unleashed its air force against rebels over the summer.

Local activists in the city say warplanes are continuously overhead, and entire villages are largely deserted and peppered with destroyed homes.

The scenes from the city provide a window into the carnage being wrought by the Syrian militar y’s increasing reliance on airstrikes to fight rebels waging a civil war to topple Assad. Rights groups say the airstrikes often hit civilian areas. And this week, U.S.based Human Rights Watch accused Syria of using cluster bombs, which pose grave dangers to civilians.

The regime contends that it is fighting terrorists backed by foreign powers who seek to destroy Syria and denies using cluster bombs.

The latest onslaught from the skies left residents frantically poring through mounds of rubble searching for survivors or bodies trapped underneath.

Amateur videos purportedly filmed after an airstrike there yesterday showed the men carr ying around body parts and 18 white cloth bundles holding the remains of those killed. Activist claims and videos cannot be independently verified due to restrictions on repor ting in Syria. But all videos corresponded to activists’ repor ts and appeared to have been filmed where they said they were.

One strike hit a neighborhood near the rebel field hospital in Maaret al-Numan, activist Fadi Yassin said via Skype.

RIOT ON FIRE Protesters throw petrol bombs at riot police officers during a 24-hour nationwide general strike yesterday in Athens, Greece. Hundreds of youths pelted riot police with petrol bombs, bottles and chunks of marble as another Greek anti-austerity demonstration descended into violence. GETTY IMAGES

Colombia peace talks initiate THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HURDAL, Nor way — Colombia’s first peace talks in a decade were inaugurated yesterday a half world away with a demonstration of just how widely the two sides differ on how to end a vexing, nearly five-decadeold conflict.

The Oslo talks were brief, symbolic and largely perfunctory. Held at a secret venue, they lasted seven hours and were followed by word that substantive talks will begin Nov. 15 in the Cuban capital of Havana. The next round will tackle “comprehensive agrarian development,” though little else appears to have been agreed upon.

The government’s lead negotiator, Humber to de la Calle, sought to set a businesslike, cordial tone in brief remarks at a joint news conference at a lakeside hotel north of Oslo. He said the government seeks “mutual dignified treatment” in the talks and doesn’t expect the sides to see eye-to-eye ideologically.

His opposite number from the Western Hemisphere’s last remaining major insurgency, Ivan Marquez, said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, had come to Oslo “with an olive branch.”

Then he began railing against Colombia’s “corrupt oligarchy,” its alleged masters in Washington, “state-sponsored violence,” the government’s “deceptive and backward” land policies, and the “vampires” of transnational oil and mining that FARC says are ravaging the nation.

“We want to denounce the crime of capitalism and neo-liberalism,” Marquez said during a 35minute discourse that denounced some companies and individuals by name, including a cousin of President Juan Manuel Santos and a relative of one of the government negotiators.

Members of the government team, separated from the FARC negotiators at a long table by Norwegian and Cuban diplomats who have acted as facilitators, looked bored and slightly

annoyed, some crossing their arms, others propping up chins with hands.

“There is a great chasm between the two parties that is going to be very difficult to overcome,” said political scientist Vicente Torrijos at Bogota’s Universidad del Rosario.

Land ownership issues are at the heart of Colombia’s conflict, which is fueled by cocaine trafficking and aggravated by farright militias that have colluded with a military widely questioned for human right abuses.

Colombia’s most fertile land has been largely concentrated in the hands of cattle ranchers and drug traffickers.

Colombia’s president has said he expects the talks to last months, not years, as did the failed 1999-2002 talks that were held in a Switzerland-sized safe haven. Santos ruled out a safe haven this time and rejected FARC’s request for a cease-fire.

“The government has said it is not a hostage to this process,” De la Calle noted.

Santos has said he will break off

negotiations unless there is measurable progress.

The Norway talks focused chiefly on logistics, and De la Calle said his delegation would return to Colombia today after just two days in the Scandinavian country. A key member of its five-man negotiating team, former police director Oscar Naranjo, did not even attend.

A road map for the talks was signed in August following six months of secret negotiations in Cuba with the participation of that country’s communist government and the Norwegians.

They will be joined at the talks in Cuba by delegates from Chile and Venezuela, the latter of which has long been used as a refuge by FARC fighters. The facilitators’ exact role has not yet been explained.

This week’s negotiations were to have begun in the first half of October but were delayed by the red tape of suspending arrest warrants for rebel leaders and a dispute over the FARC’s lastminute naming of a polyglot Dutch female guerrilla, Tanja Nijmeijer, to its delegation over government objections.

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US sees potential for wider anti-Taliban uprising Small-scale revolts against Taliban becoming more common THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AB BAND, Afghanistan — Fed up with the Taliban closing their schools and committing other acts of oppression, men in a village about 100 miles south of Kabul took up arms late last spring and chased out the insurgents with no help from the Afghan government or U.S. military.

Small-scale revolts in recent months like the one in Kunsaf, mostly along a stretch of desert south of the Afghan capital, indicate bits of a grassroots, do-ityourself anti-insurgency that the U.S. hopes Afghan authorities can transform into a wider movement. Perhaps it can undercut the Taliban in areas they still dominate after 11 years of war with the United States and NATO allies.

The effort in Ghazni Province looks like a long shot. The villagers do not readily embrace any outside authority, be it the Taliban, the United States or the Afghan government.

American officials nonetheless are quietly nurturing the trend, hoping it might become a game changer, or at least a new roadblock for the Taliban. At the same time, they are adamant that if anyone can convince the villagers to side with the Afghan government, it is the Afghans — not the Americans.

“If we went out there and talked to them we would taint these groups and it would backfire,” said Army Brig. Gen. John Charlton, the senior American adviser to the Afghan military in provinces along the southern approaches to Kabul.

Charlton, who witnessed similar stirrings in Iraq while serving as a commander there in 2007, said that in some cases the Taliban are fighting back fiercely, killing leaders of the armed uprisings. In Kunsaf, for example, the Taliban killed several village fighters in skirmishes as recently as last month, but the Taliban suffered heavy losses and have thus far failed to retake the village.

The American general visited two militar y bases in the area last week — one in Ghazni’s Ab Band district that was vacated by a U.S. Army brigade as part of September’s U.S. troop drawdown, and the other in nearby Gelan district, where Afghan paramilitar y police forces are moving in to fill the gap left by the Americans. Charlton found far fewer paramilitar y police there than he says are needed — he is nudging the Afghans to get hundreds more into the area to put more pressure on the Taliban in support of the village uprisings.

Charlton said the U.S. and its coalition partners are taking a behind-the-scenes role — encouraging the Afghans to court the villagers while finding a role for U.S. Special Forces soldiers to forge the villagers into a fighting force as members of the Kabul-sanctioned Afghan Local Police.

Some have compared the apparently spontaneous uprisings to the Iraq war’s Anbar Awakening of 2007, in which

“If we went out there and talked to them we would taint these groups and it would backfire.”

ARMY BRIG. GEN. JOHN CHARLTON Senior American Adviser to the Afghan Military

Sunni Arab tribes in the western province of Anbar turned on alQaida in their midst, joined forces with the Americans and dealt a blow that many credit with turning the tide of that conflict. The U.S. armed and paid the tribal fighters and sought to integrate them into Iraqi government forces.

By coincidence, the first localized movement to draw outside attention in Afghanistan was in Ghazni’s Andar district, about 100 miles south of Kabul. Thus some U.S. analysts are calling this the Andar Awakening, drawing an

Iraq war parallel that even the most optimistic American commanders say is a stretch.

“That just builds some false expectations,” said Army Lt. Col. Kevin Lambert, a 1st Infantry Division battalion commander whose area of operations includes Ghazni. He nonetheless is encouraged that after initially balking, the Afghan government is now trying to leverage the Andar unrest. It has installed a new district governor who Lambert said is sympathetic to the uprisings and made changes in the local security forces. It also has authorized a U.S. Special Forces team to work with the villagers.

“It’s going to take time, it’s not going to be an Anbar (Iraq) sweep,” Lambert said. “It is going to be village by village, district by district, and we may not see the results of this for some years.”

Senior officers at the U.S. military headquarters sound even more cautious.

“So far what we are not seeing is a coalescing of it into a greater movement,” said Australian Maj. Gen. Stephen Day, the plans chief for the international coalition’s joint command. He said “nothing as substantial” as the Andar uprising is happening elsewhere in the country.

U.S. officials say there are signs of anti-Taliban resistance, or at least sentiment, in a dozen or more villages in Andar, and at various locations in the nearby districts of Qarabagh, Moqur and Ab Band. There have been smallscale uprisings also in provinces

closer to Kabul, including Laghman and Logar.

The question Day says he is asking is, “Is there a golden thread here that we can pull on that will unite them all?”

It is with that possibility in mind — and an awareness that U.S. influence here is likely to shrink as its forces continue to withdraw — that the Americans are encouraging the Afghan military to complete a plan dubbed Operation Solidarity to make what it can of this unexpected new opening in Ghazni province.

Charlton, the American adviser to the commander of the main Afghan army group in this region, said this should be a major focus for the Afghans over the winter, when harsh weather tends to lessen the pace of combat operations.

The three-stage plan, designed with U.S. assistance and launched by the Afghan 203rd Corps in September, begins with an assessment of individual village uprisings and their potential for success. Those deemed worthy of pursuing are then approached by the Afghan military, in some cases to provide weaponr y. Charlton described the third stage as a networking effort “to stitch these groups together into something larger.”

Charlton, who was a central player in fostering the Anbar Awakening in Iraq as a brigade commander in the provincial capital of Ramadi in 2007, is notably optimistic about the nascent Afghan uprisings.

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Combating weight gain, college-style WEIGHING IN COURTNEY AVERETTE

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emember the “freshman 15?”

That 15 pounds every female is said to gain her first year of college? Well, I don’t. My first year at the University, I was one of the few who avoided that dreadful weight gain.

However, it seems to have caught up to me. Apparently I’ve bypassed the “freshman 15,” and I’m going for a world record. It seems a bit hypocritical since my first column was about putting down the fries to avoid obesity, especially considering the large fries I consumed the other night. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not obese, but, by medical standards, I am definitely overweight.

Unfortunately, my most of my overeating is tied to my emotions and stress level.

Boredom is also a factor. Some people abstain from food when they are emotional — I pick up a spoon and a pint of dulce

de leche ice cream, and let my problems melt away (no pun intended). Girls, how many of us have this same response?

More than I realized. Like my friends, I figured most females avoided food like the plague when emotional or stressed. After asking a group of random females on campus, I discovered that 6 in 10 grab a bag of chips when their emotions are running high. I guess I’m not as alone in this as I originally thought. This doesn’t make me feel any better since my midsection is expanding, and at any minute, I expect the scale to become an enemy as it has for many others. Americans have gotten larger over the years.

With the continuous bombardment of commercials preying on our weakness for food, it’s no wonder Americans are becoming increasingly larger. Pizza Hut, McDonald’s and other fast food chains hit us when we’re most vulnerable: around the time when we are about to sit down and enjoy our evening meal. They depict this food as if we are on a deserted island where our meals have consisted of coconuts and papaya, and all we crave is a juicy hamburger. It’s these subliminal

messages that cause us to hop in our cars and drive to the nearest White Castle.

There’s almost no getting away from it.

Have you ever noticed the amount of junk food restaurants in the area? Even the Rutgers Student Center consists mainly of unhealthy food. The best choice may be Subway, and is it really that healthy? I’m not so sure.

My weight is constantly fluctuating to the point where I’ve stopped tossing out my larger-sized clothes and now keep them as backup. I know it’s not about how big you are, but how comfortable you are in your own skin. I’m not that comfortable, so I’ve decided to try and do something about it. After losing 20 pounds last year, I seem to have gained 20 pounds plus a few more. I know the weight loss is doable since I’ve done it before, but ladies, I know some of you will agree with me when I say it’s easier to put on weight than it is to lose it. With the holidays around the corner, I’m wondering how many pounds I will gain after gorging on extra helpings of turkey and pumpkin pie, eventually adding to the weight I’ve amassed this year.

Motivation is what helped me lose weight before and what will help anyone who is struggling to lose weight. You have to want it. It’s not about dieting. They don’t work because people only diet to lose weight and then go right back to snacking on cookies instead of fruit. It’s about completely changing what you eat, portion size and exercising. You don’t have to get outrageous with exercising, but at least 30 minutes a day of cardio goes a long way. I know this because these are the same things I did to drop those 20 pounds I was ashamed of.

Even as I’m writing this and stressing over midterms, I’m trying to keep my mind from wondering if I can get a good cheese steak from the grease trucks and longing for that peanut butter pie in the fridge just waiting to be devoured. It’s so much easier to pick up a spoon instead of jumping around and doing cardio.

Complaining isn’t going to help me or anyone else. Putting down the chips and being active is the way to go.

Courtney Averette is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Her column runs on alternate Fridays.

Demand-side economics for dummies BEN GOLD Editor’s note: This column concludes a two part series on supply- and demandside economics.

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or those who read my last column about supply-side economics, if you believe that the hands-off approach to the economy left you wanting, then today, I am explaining an alternative: demand-side economics. This economic theory, championed by John Maynard Keynes, is the foundation of the Democratic Party’s economic policy. But past Republican presidents have also used certain Keynesian tactics. It is crucial to understand how this economic thought has been used in the past and the central role it plays in contemporary politics.

Keynesianism, in contrast to supplyside, believes that the government has a heavier hand in the economic and monetary activity of the country. Keynesianism posits that there are economic cycles.

Translation: Sometimes the economy is great and sometimes not so much.

During a recession or economic downturn, the government should stimulate the economy, and it will get us out of the economic downturn with the least harm to the countr y’s current citizens. I’m going to break down the theory behind this for all those non-economists out there — I’m one of them — so you can understand the intersection of economics and your daily life.

Let’s start with why the government spends to stimulate the economy. When there is a recession, economic growth

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future economy will be robust enough to cover the tab. Keynesianism is inherently a short-term policy to address economic recessions, but there are critical by-products that are inextricably linked to the long run.

There are two major issues with Keynesianism, the scope of government and paying the tab. The scope of government is a classic libertarian argument that the government should give us roads, schools and some defense — the rest is left up to the free market. The second objection is that Keynesianism is too shortsighted and is detrimental to future citizens who have to foot the tab.

Keynesianism’s best reply to these is challenge how much better supply-side is.

Without a doubt, Keynesianism has a strategy to handle recessions whereas supply-side tells you to suck it up until its better. Long term, Keynesianism stands on shaky ground because of the effects of paying the tab are where supply-side seems to fair better, but expect vast economic inequality and a deteriorating social safety net.

Hopefully, this two-part series helped identify the economic theories that guide both candidates. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is strongly influence by supply-side economics, and President Barack Obama by demand-side economics. Neither theory is conclusively better than the other — each theory has advantages and disadvantages. I’ve done my best to present each theory somewhat equally, but let your opinion about these theories be known on Election Day. Remember to vote because it makes all the difference.

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declines and unemployment goes up. costs $10,000 and there is a 10 percent Think of the past few years — unemploy- interest rate on it, it would cost you $212 ment has gone up and economic growth per month to pay it off over five years. If has slowed down. Unemployed people the interest rate were 5 percent, it would spend less money because they have less cost $188 per month. The government money to spend. Employed people curtail can strongly affect the interest rates peotheir spending because they want to ple get for loans. So the car that was once insure they have enough money for the a little too expensive could be just right if future. Paradoxically, decreases in spend- the interest rate is lowered. If you might ing are deadly to the economy, especially be able to afford a car that was previous the U.S. economy, so the government just out of your budget, a company might wants to find a way to keep spending rates be able to afford to build a new plant and up during a downturn. you see the link between interest rates The government has a few tactics. The and spending. government may initiate large-scale Take all of these together. In the shortspending projects to term, there should be a employ citizens that are stimulation of the econout of work. During the omy by incentivizing “Keynesianism is Great Depression, the people to continue to government employed inherently a short-term spend at pre-recesthousands of citizens sion/downturn rates. policy to address through government This should revive the agencies like the economic recessions.” economy and overtime Tennessee Valley guides it back to Authority to build largegrowth. Unlike supplyscale things, like dams side economics, which and roads. This creates jobs for the unem- has one strategy and sticks to it, demandployed, gives them money to spend and side economics changes its strategy as the there are some better roads, schools, and economy improves. dams for everyone.

One of the major issues with demandDuring economic downturn, the gov- side is how to pay the tab. The governernment is going to decrease taxes — ment will receive less money from taxes wait, they’re going to decrease taxes? because they lowered them, and they have Yes, Keynesianism explains that taxes to pay for the massive public-work projects should be lowered during economic they initiated. Theoretically, and probably, downturns to spur spending. Just like the tax rate will go up as the economy with supply-side, people might spend begins to recover to offset the spending more money if their tax rates are lower and the interest rate will go back up. and spending is good.

The lurking question is if this policy The last leg of this policy is that inter- will provoke another economic downturn. est rates need to be lowered. This is the In short, no. Long term, the debt accrued most complicated part to explain, so bear by the lost revenue and spending will be with me. When interest rates are high, offset by future economic growth. All the people have incentive to save. Think of it money the government spent that it didn’t this way: If I want to buy a new car that have will be paid for in the future, but the

Ben Gold is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in philosophy and history. His column runs alternate Fridays.

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Today's Birthday (10/19/12). Your thrifty ways provide great savings this year. An income increase could come as soon as this month and gets reinforced by the solar eclipse (Nov. 3). Stick to your financial plan, while diving into specialized study to expand the tools in your belt. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (Mar. 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Keep up the good work.

Take some risks, maybe, but keep it steady. Your credit rating's on the rise. Challenges in romance pay off later. Hide a treasure.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 5 — Study an ancient source and combine the new.

Listen to a bright idea (from yourself or someone else). Sometimes small is beautiful. Postpone launches, travel and romance.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Be careful so that you don't forget an important date.

Spend time outdoors to replenish your energy. It's not a good idea to stretch the truth now.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — You have less than you thought, but that can change with intelligent work.

You have the support of loved ones (even if it doesn't always seem so). Meet with friends later.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — A new trick doesn't necessarily work, but it may still be worth trying (results may surprise). Sell something you've kept hidden. Let a loved one help you decide.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Provide plenty of positive reinforcement as it's needed.

Achieve harmony through meditation. Send a scout to gather information. Postpone long journeys for later. Compromise.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Consider all possibilities.

Make sure you have all the facts before choosing. Working at home increases your efficiency.

There's no need to spend money now; you have what you need.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Don't tell everything to everybody. Watch out for mistakes with numbers.

Check for changes in requirements. Exceptional patience may be required.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — The glitches in romance will go away. For now, focus on taking advantage of your new boost of confidence. Thank the others who stand by your side.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — You can be social, but it's better to postpone having company over. Every experience adds wisdom. Investigate suspicions and avoid gambling. Optimism is within reach.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Friends play an important role today, especially providing assistance in difficult situations. Listen and be heard.

You have the support of the most important people.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Stand up for yourself. The group helps out, even as it seems that they may disagree. Give and receive love, and compromise.

Logic wins. A bond gets renewed.

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GOAL Pirates game plays into national tournament fate for Knights CONTINUED FROM BACK But a win against Seton Hall (711, 2-8), Crooks believes, is more important than what seed it will give his team.

“Our ultimate goal is to participate in the NCAA Tournament and not just participate, but advance deeply into it as well as the Big East Tournament,” Crooks said, “so this game is important in those aspects as well because every result tends to have a result on the postseason.”

Rutgers is guaranteed a spot in the Big East Tournament if it wins tonight. If Villanova loses or draws and Rutgers wins, the Knights will claim the fourth seed and host a first round match Oct. 25 at Yurcak field.

For Rutgers to miss the playoffs, it would have to lose tonight and DePaul would have to win against Notre Dame.

But the only game Crooks is worried about is the one against the Pirates, which are one the

Rutgers’ top rivals, he said.

“A lot of the girls know each other and there are a lot of New Jersey players on both rosters,” Crooks said. “Seton Hall [versus] Rutgers, Princeton [versus] Rutgers, they have a little more of a ‘giddy up’ than other matches, but you can’t treat it differently than we have treated any of the other matches. What we need to do is execute and hopefully it will be enough to give us the result we want in the end.”

Seton Hall enters the match with a conference-worst 2.17 goals allowed per game, something Filigno will have in her mind as she attacks the Pirates defense.

With 14 goals this season, she needs one goal to tie the singleseason goal scoring record held by four other Knights.

But Filigno knows a win is more important.

“It is really important — every single game is important,” Filigno said. “We need to come out with the win [tonight].”

For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @BradlyDTargum.

Senior wide receiver Tim Wright did not record a catch against Syracuse, but is still third on the Knights with 21 receptions.

YEE ZHSIN BOON

LEADERS Flood labels turnover battle as detemining factor in game result CONTINUED FROM BACK is a week where you never know how any game could go, but if you just use the past as a predictor, it may be a 0-1 turnover game and whoever gets that turnover, it will be critical.”

But a lack of turnovers is not the number that led to Temple winning its first two Big East games.

Its running attack is second in the conference, averaging nearly 177 yards per game on the ground.

Transfer Montel Harris is at the head of that group. For three seasons, Harris played for Boston College and became its all-time leading rusher.

Now at Temple, he leads the Owls with 310 yards this season and averages 4.5 yards per carry.

“In [Temple’s] offense, because there are elements of option in the offense, it creates one-on-ones for a guy like him

and he’s a make-you-miss back, much like the one we have,” Flood said.

But the Rutgers defense should not have a problem with a team that focuses on running, if statistics are any indication.

It allows opponents only 60.8 yards per game on the ground, which is best in the Big East and second best in the nation.

But there is a dif ference between Temple and the other Big East opponents Rutgers plays.

This group has not played the Owls. Senior wide receiver Tim Wright believes that means the Knights must rely on their ability.

“If [you were a freshman], you never played somebody before and you just go out and attack,” he said. “I feel like we’re the same way. I just feel like [if] we got out there and keep doing what we’re doing, executing and worr ying about us and not worr ying about the defense too much, I feel … we’ll have the upper hand out there.”

For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @JGregoryTargum.

Junior forward Jonelle Filigno leads the Knights this season with 14 goals, seven of which were game winners. She also has three assists and a team-high 31 points. YEE ZHSIN BOON

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

VOLLEYBALL DETAILS BECOME FOCUS OF PREPARATION

RU finds leaders in younger runners

BY ERIC DIMETROSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers men’s cross country team has one senior, and Casey Weiss has only been on the team for little more than a year.

On a team full of underclassmen, unlikely leaders have stepped up to lead the Scarlet Knights in the 2012 campaign.

“All of the guys pull for each other in practice and try [to] help each other out,” said head coach Mike Mulqueen.

Sophomore Chris DeFabio is one underclassman who has emerged as a leader. He is proud of how the team has dealt with a lack of veterans and the very young roster.

“The dynamic of the team has been really good,” DeFabio said.

“It’s been an easy transition and a good environment this season.”

Mulqueen knows not all leaders are vocal, and several young runners have led in other ways.

“A few guys have been leading by example,” Mulqueen said. “It’s a tight team, and I’m happy with how we’ve progressed.”

DeFabio was not sure how the team would respond to the loss of senior leadership from last season, but knew it would not only be one person filling the void.

“Everybody has had to step up, and it’s brought us closer together,” DeFabio said. “There’s a lot of competitiveness to push yourself, but there aren’t any egos to deal with.”

Sophomore Chris Banafato, who posted a personal-best time in Princeton last week, is another runner who has taken on a leadership role.

“Banafato did a lot of work over the summer,” Mulqueen said. “He was one of our top runners last season and his workouts are better than ever.”

Banafato knew he would have to take more of a leadership role this season.

“This year there were new natural leadership roles,” Banafato said.

“This year the return runners need to lead runs and set the example.

We’re the base of the team now.”

His results have shown he is one of the Knights’ most consistent runners throughout the season, and he continues to improve on his times.

He knows he is not the Knights’ only leader on a team with several consistent runners, Banafato said.

“We have several leaders,” he said. “No one person has total control of this team.”

Mulqueen knows Banafato has done more than only perform well in races.

“He’s emerged as an unspoken leader of the group,” Mulqueen said. “He’s gotten older and stronger, and it shows in the races.”

The Knights have a bright future ahead of them with a youthful roster and can improve in the upcoming years, Mulqueen said.

“All of the guys work as a team, and it’s great to see,” Mulqueen said. “All but one guy returns [next year], and we will have leadership.”

Junior defensive specialist Tracy Wright is seventh on the Knights’ all-time list for single-season digs, recording 356 this year. She is 13 digs away from placing in the top five for one season in Rutgers history. LAWRENCE CABREDO

Knights hit road for conference tests

BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers volleyball team travels 25 miles north to South Orange, N.J., tonight to take on in-state rival Seton Hall.

The Scarlet Knights (16-7, 26) return to action after splitting two matches last weekend, falling to Marquette, 3-2, Sunday after defeating Syracuse, 3-1, two days earlier.

Rutgers and the Pirates (165, 4-4) last met Oct. 14, 2011, when the Knights swept Seton Hall at the College Avenue Gym. The two squads have competed head-to-head 34 times since 1984, with Rutgers having the edge with 19 victories.

“It’s always tough playing in their place,” said head coach CJ Werneke. “They always have a great environment, a big home crowd. Usually the crowd gets into supporting their team. We’ll

see how we respond to that, but it’s always just a little bit extra when it’s Seton Hall, you’re instate rival.”

With seven regular season matches remaining, the Knights look to finish the season strong, starting off with a victory against their rivals. After falling to Marquette in five sets last week, Rutgers returned to campus with time to make corrections to its approach and turn those close losses into wins.

“Our preparation has been detail-oriented,” Werneke said.

“While we’re preparing for Seton Hall, we spent a couple days on us, doing what we need to do to maintain the level of play we had last weekend. We came up with a game plan that we want to execute against Seton Hall.”

At the beginning of the week, senior setter Stephanie Zielinski and junior defensive specialist Tracy Wright found themselves

as the latest Knights added to the record books. The two have another opportunity to move up at the conclusion of the match against the Pirates.

Zielinski earned Big East Weekly Honor Roll recognition this week for the third time this season, has 3,919 assists and is only 11 away from claiming second place on the Rutgers all-time assists list.

Wright sits at 356 digs and is 13 digs away from fifth place for a single season.

A win against the Pirates would match the Knights’ total conference wins from last season.

Werneke views the match as an opportunity for the squad to write a different story than last season’s results.

“It’s just another opportunity to take a step towards our goal,” he said. “That goal is to make it to the conference tournament and to continue to rise

up in the Big East. We’re preparing for Seton Hall, also addressing some of the things on our side of the net. We’re going to keep working hard and making improvements that we need to make.”

The weekend is a rarity for the Knights in that they only have one opponent to focus on. The battle with Seton Hall tips off a three-week road stint for the Knights. Werneke needs the team to bring full effort for the last stretch of the season.

“Those teams that find a way push through and kind of peak during this time are going to end on a very good note and have their season finish off really strong,” he said. “Those teams that decide not to are going to fade away. I know our staff and our team wants to be a team that excels late in the season, pushes through and ends the season on a strong note.”

WOMEN’S GOLF LEHIGH INVITATIONAL, TOMORROW

Rutgers improves before fourth invite

BY GREGORY JOHNSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s golf team takes to the tournament green for the four th time this season at the Lehigh Invitational this weekend in Bethlehem, Pa. The Scarlet Knights look to build momentum from their recent success at home in the Rutgers Invitational, where they took second place and posted a season-high 16.9 strokes per hole team average.

The Knights continued to stress mental game and finetune individual mechanics during the last two weeks.

“This past week we’ve had a lot of great practices where we worked on our shor t game — improved that a lot — and worked more on accurate shots,” said sophomore Kor tnie Maxoutopoulis. “So we

have a lot to build on [in tournament per formances].”

Much of the team’s overall improvement during the course of the season can be attributed to the Knights’ freshmen, who have acclimated to college and consequently became more productive on the team’s scorecards.

“We’ve had three of our tournaments completed, so we have quite a lot of experience in college tournament play,” Maxoutopoulis said. “As far as this tournament coming up, I think we have the experience and the potential, and we’ve just got to hone in on that, focus and do the best we can out there.”

The Saucon Valley Country Club, where the tournament is held, was the site of the U.S. Women’s Open in 2009 and is notable for having fescue grasses and thick rough. Colder weather conditions than from

the beginning of the season will also likely test the Knights’ mental fortitude.

“The rough is a little bit longer, so we might be hitting more shots out of the rough,” said senior co-captain Brittany Weddell. “When we get there we [will] play a practice round, so we’ll have a better idea of what the course and the conditions are like.”

Rutgers placed third among eight teams at the invitational last fall with a 628 final score, 14 strokes better than host Lehigh.

Maxoutopoulis paced the Knights in the event as a freshman, carding a 152 to finish among the top-five golfers. She has been at the top of the Knights’ scorecards all season long and needs to continue her strong play for Rutgers to prevail on the road.

Weddell and fellow senior co-captain Karen Cash posted respective scores of 157 and 156 at Lehigh last fall.

Fall 2011 winner Brown University will not compete this time, but another familiar face for the Knights is Seton Hall, which was the only team to beat Rutgers at its home invitational.

The Knights know it is another unique road test, but having navigated through arguably the nation’s most difficult collegiate course in Yale only four weeks ago, they are up for the challenge.

“It’s going to be a balance,” Maxoutopoulis said of Lehigh’s course dif ficulty. “It’s going to be a lot more competitive than Bucknell but a little less competitive than Yale, so I think we have ver y equal comparison to the other teams that we’re going to be playing. So we definitely have the potential to play well and to compete.”

The first round of action begins tomorrow, with the second and final round concluding the following day.

OCTOBER 19, 2012

SPORTS PAGE 15 FIELD HOCKEY RUTGERS-PROVIDENCE, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

Friars game decides tournament fate

BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER

For the Rutgers field hockey team, accomplishing its preseason goal of making the Big East Tournament comes down to one game.

The Scarlet Knights take on Providence tonight to conclude their conference schedule. The winner of that game locks up a postseason berth. The loser has to hope for other conference teams to lose for a chance at the tournament.

“Providence is a strong opponent in the conference,” said head coach Meredith Long. “We match up well with them. If we want a spot in the tournament, we need to take care of this one.

We are putting ourselves in a good position as far as continuing our season come November.”

The Friars (7-6, 2-2) play a possession style, similar to the Knights (8-7, 2-3). Rutgers is optimistic that with the style of play, they will have opportunities throughout the game on offense.

“One of the main things our team has been focusing on is keeping possession, building our play through the midfield and then getting the ball to the for wards,” said junior for ward Danielle Freshnock.

The Knights are getting healthy in time for the match.

Senior back Christie Lonsky, who dislocated her shoulder in a loss against Villanova on Sept. 29, has since returned to the field. Lonsky played significant minutes against Louisville

and Lafayette, and is expected to continue to contribute without any problems.

Senior back Ashley Yanek, who suf fered a moderate concussion against Louisville, passed her concussion tests earlier in the week and is also expected to play.

“I am really looking for ward to putting together a full 70 minutes of hockey,” Long said.

“It’s honestly going to be a fun game for us. I am looking for our upperclassmen to really

Senior back Ashley Yanek was cleared to play tonight against Providence after passing her medical tests. Yanek experienced a mild concussion last Friday against Louisville and missed one game. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

step up and lead us through this game.”

Senior for ward Carlie Rouh and junior for ward Lisa Patrone are among the upperclassman leaders. Patrone leads Rutgers in points with 19 and goals with eight, and she has added three assists.

Rouh has eight points on the year, with three goals and two assists.

It may be tough for the Knights to get ready to play a second game with the stakes so high sur rounding the Providence game, but Rutgers stays in Rhode Island for Sunday’s game at Brown (3-9).

The coaching staf f does not anticipate there being any sluggishness after tonight’s game.

“As a coaching staf f, we are looking at both opponents,” Long said. “We are including things into our preparation that we can include in both games. Our mentality this season as a team has been our most impor tant game is our next one.”

The Knights have come through in several pressurefilled situations this year. After the Knights star ted conference play 0-3, the team has since won consecutive Big East games against Georgetown and Louisville to put themselves in a win-and-in situation.

A third consecutive victor y against a conference opponent is all the Knights need to get to the postseason.

MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS-CINCINNATI, TOMORROW, 7 P.M.

Coach ends positive attitude during postseason chase

BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Freshman defender Mitchell Taintor is suspended for tomorrow against Cincinnati for sustaining his fifth yellow card this year.

MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rutgers head men’s soccer coach Dan Donigan maintained patience in developing the Scarlet Knights’ youth this season.

But after Wednesday’s 2-1 loss against No. 10 St. John’s, Donigan buried that demeanor.

“I told my guys I’m done being a nice guy,” he said. “‘Here’s the reality of it: We need to step up, and we got to go into a bloodbath now instead of kind of having that opportunity at home and fighting your way down a hill. Now you fight your way up a hill.’”

A series of mistakes pushed Donigan to his last wit, many occurring in the first half against St. John’s when the Red Storm took a 2-0 lead that culminated in the loss.

Freshman defender Mitchell Taintor made the most costly mistake, accumulating his fifth yellow card of the year in the 45th minute, which suspends him tomorrow when Rutgers travels to Cincinnati (5-7-4, 2-2-2).

“We have to overcome some of these obstacles, but I was very disappointed in Mitchell,” Donigan said.

Senior Dragan Naumoski will likely fill Mitchell’s role in the center of the defense, and sophomore Bobby Spracklin would get his first

career start on the right in place of Naumoski, Donigan said.

Taintor generally stands farther back than any Rutgers (6-61, 2-3-1) defender, and Naumoski is often involved in the attack. Implementing a similar vibe to the Knights with Taintor could require a shift in playing style from midfielders and for wards.

“If they find themselves in different roles or different positions, they need to respond and they need to fill that void right now, simple as that,” Donigan said. “That’s what big boys do.”

Taintor was part of a backfield that made other consequential mistakes against St. John’s, failing to cover on two intercepted clear attempts.

Rutgers pushed a comeback attempt in the second half to close the game to 2-1, which senior goalie Kevin McMullen said helped mask a style of play in the first half that was unlike the Knights.

“It’s not yet time to hit the panic button,” McMullen said. “We’ve played very well up to this point.

[The game against] St. John’s isn’t a testament to our style.”

Even if it is not time to do so yet, time is running out on Rutgers’ chance at making the Big East Tournament with only two regular season games left.

The Knights went from tied for fourth in the Big East’s Red Division with St. John’s and Cincinnati to sole control of sixth and out of the five playoff spots in the division within the span of a day.

The loss to St. John’s, Rutgers’ first loss at Yurcak Field this year, sealed it.

“We just came out slow,” said junior forward Kene Eze, whom the Johnnies held to only one shot.

“We needed to come out [better].

It was a home game, no excuses.”

Rutgers is far from Big East Championship contention, now placing behind Cincinnati — the lowest scoring team in the conference with 0.53 goals per game — and above South Florida and DePaul.

Now Rutgers can only worry about itself.

It has plenty to worry about, and the bright side is gone, Donigan said.

“I’m done sugar-coating things,” he said. “I’m done trying to find the positives on every other little thing that I could find out there. I’m just telling my guys how it is, and they need to respond, and they need to find the answers to the questions we have right now.”

For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JBakanTargum.

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NEGATIVE REPORT Rutgers head men’s soccer coach Dan

looks to improve in its fourth meet of the year at the Lehigh Invitational after placing second in the Rutgers Invitational. / PAGE 14

Donigan has stopped playing the “nice guy” in the midst of the Knights’ uphill battle to postseason play as the Big East Tournament approaches. / PAGE 15

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DO OR DIE The Rutgers field hockey team clinches a berth in the Big East Tournament if it beats Providence tonight. / PAGE 15

SPORTS

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I told my guys I’m done being a nice guy.”

—Rutgers head men’s soccer coach Dan Donigan on his reaction to Wednesday’s loss

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012

FOOTBALL RUTGERS-TEMPLE, TOMORROW, NOON

Junior cornerback Logan Ryan (center) is one of four members of the Knights to have multiple interceptions this season, including a fourth-quarter pick of Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib in Saturday’s 23-15 win against the Orange. Senior cornerback Brandon Jones leads the Knights with three interceptions. LAWRENCE CABREDO

Conference leaders clash in Philadelphia

BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers football team’s defense has proved its resiliency in most of this season’s performances.

Most recently, the Scarlet Knights defended eight consecutive plays from the Rutgers 10-yard line or closer— seven of which were pass attempts — to keep the Orange out of the end zone.

“I’ve been watching football for a lot of years,” said junior cornerback Logan Ryan. “I don’t ever remember an eight-play goal line stand like that, but it just shows a lot of character about this defense.”

Rutgers needs that character again tomorrow when it takes on Temple at Lincoln Financial Field.

The Knights have made a habit out of turning opponents over, earning a plus-13 turnover

margin. Their average of 2.17 more turnovers per game is the best in college football.

They have recorded 17 takeaways — 12 interceptions and five fumbles — but have only given the ball over four times.

Temple is one of the closest teams in turnover margin the Knights face. The Owls (3-2, 2-0) have generated 11 turnovers while committing only six of their own.

Quarterback Chris Coyer is at the forefront of that ball security.

Coyer has only thrown the ball to opposing defenders only two times in 101 pass attempts.

If he maintains that pace against Rutgers (6-0, 3-0), which lives off of turnovers, it could cause problems. “[Against Temple] it’s going to be even more critical for us to protect the football on offense and on defense to create turnovers,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “Because this SEE

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WOMEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS-SETON HALL, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

Potential record-breaking goal could extend year

BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

Jonelle Filigno said earlier in the week it would be an honor to break the single-season scoring record for the Rutgers women’s soccer team tonight against Seton Hall.

And while the record will catapult the junior forward up the rankings, a Filigno goal might

BY THE NUMBERS

just earn the Scarlet Knights a first-round home match in the Big East Tournament.

The way the season has gone for the Knights (11-6-1, 4-5-1) in Big East play, head coach Glenn Crooks would be satisfied with any seed despite the Rutgers’ recent success.

“The fact is we are creating more opportunities and more quality opportunities,” Crooks said. “If you look at shots on goal it is EXTRA POINT

Where do Rutgers defenders rank in the Big East in passes defended per game this season?

HAYLEY KATKOWSKI

1. Logan Ryan 1. Brandon Jones 4. Khaseem Greene 8. Duron Harmon

is the only freshman to start all 18 games this year for the Rutgers women’s soccer team. She also leads the team with 1606 minutes played.

1.33 1.33 1.00 0.83

pretty similar to the way it was in the beginning of the season, but the quality is higher in our opportunities and that’s a good thing.”

Those opportunities Crooks is referring to are the ones during non-conference play, when the Knights posted a 7-1 record and recorded at least a goal in each of their eight games.

But Rutgers’ scoring disappeared along with its wins in the beginning of Big East

play, as it went 1-5 in its next six games.

Left at the bottom of the conference standings after a disappointing overtime loss to Syracuse Sept. 30, the Knights fought back in position to host a home tournament match.

SEE

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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR VOLLEYBALL

WOMEN’S SOCCER

FIELD HOCKEY

GOLF

at Seton Hall

at Seton Hall

at Providence

Lehigh Invitational

Tonight, 5 p.m.

South Orange, N.J.

Tonight, 7 p.m.

South Orange, N.J.

Tonight, 7 p.m.

Providence, R.I.

Tomorrow Bethlehem, Pa.