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Students attentively watch President Barack Obama and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney square off in the third presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. The Eagleton Institute of Politics hosted the “Popcorn and Politics” watch party last night on Douglass campus. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Campus tunes in to final debate at watch party BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT
The Youth Political Participation Program hosted a “Popcorn and Politics” debate watch party last night, which featured separate rooms for CNN, MSNBC and FOX News coverage. Elizabeth Matto, director of the Youth Political Participation Program, said though President Barack Obama was in the lead just a month ago, the race has come incredibly close in the past few weeks.
“There aren’t that many undecided voters left out there, but there are a lot of voters who aren’t sure if it’s worth turning out on Election Day,” she said. “The biggest impact of these debates is to either encourage or discourage people to actually turn out.” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Obama did not take a stronger leadership role internationally and is harming the countr y’s stance by going into the background. “We want a peaceful planet,” Romney said. “We want people to enjoy their lives
and know they’ll have a long and prosperous future. That’s our goal, and the responsibility has fallen to America. It requires us to be strong.” Romney said the president’s behavior in the global sphere is harmful and that his tour in the Middle East degraded the U.S. image through apologizing. “You said on national television that America had dictated other nations,” he said. “Mr. President, America has not dictated other countries. We have freed other nations from dictators.”
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Study analyzes success of U. students with disabilities A University study of students with disabilities finds that many attribute their college success to a single mentor or faculty member along with certain character traits, such as perseverance, awareness and developed interpersonal skills. Paula Barber, the study’s author, said the exploratory study used a sample of 20 students from different colleges around New Jersey who had successfully completed their degree programs, to find out what factors they attributed to their success. “I expected to find a blending of efforts ... but that’s not what I found. Universally, the
Obama labeled Romney’s political ideologies as impulsive and outdated — a fault that can reverse the country’s progress. “You said Russia was the biggest geopolitical threat,” Obama said to Romney. “The war has been over for 20 years. You want to impose the foreign policies of the ’80s, the social structure of the ’50s, and the economy of the ’20s.”
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Stan Karp, a professor from the Education Law Center, charts the decrease in school funding that came with Gov. Jon Corzine’s New Jersey School Funding Reform Act in a lecture Monday. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Nothing in the U.S. Constitution guarantees equal education opportunities for all — it is up to politicians on the state level to make decisions that will affect the molding of young minds. A professor from the Education Law Center explained how decreasing funding for public schools in New Jersey has created a disparity in education quality across the state yesterday at the
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Stan Karp told students the education funding debate has become polarized in recent years. Some believe education costs are too high, while others call for dramatic increases in public funding to make up for the economically disadvantaged districts. “These competing visions of what public education should be are affecting every debate,” he said. SEE
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Author examines experiences of psychiatric drugs BY YASHMIN PATEL UNIVERSITY EDITOR
After taking Prozac as a teenager, journalist Kaitlin Barnett said she became more involved in life and no longer felt like everything was a struggle. “I had all kinds of energy. I was more social ... finding that one pill and bam, all my problems were fixed,” said Barnett, who was motivated from her own experience to research how people felt after taking psychiatric medication. A Byrne Seminar for firstyear students and the School of Social Work Doctoral Program co-hosted a lecture in which Barnett spoke about her book, “Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up,” yesterday at Mur ray Hall on the College Avenue campus. Jerry Floersch, associate professor in the School of Social Work, said while teaching a Byrne Seminar called “Growing Up on Psychiatric Medication,” he and his students decided to invite Barnett to speak on the controversies that surround psychiatric medication use. He said taking medication is an interpretative act because each individual comes up with their own story to explain why they take the medication. While patients know their medications affect their bodies, they can only feel their medications working.
“We have no direct observation of what the chemicals do on our body,” he said. Barnett said children and young adults begin taking medication for ADHD, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder when they do not know what the long-term effects are. This question motivated Barnett to research experiences people had after taking the medication on a qualitative level of analysis, she said. Through interviewing several dozen people in their 20s and 30s from around the country, Barnett said she tried to figure out the experiences of the subject from the time he or she started taking the psychiatric medication to how each one is affected today. “It was important to really tell [the] contours of their experience. But since I didn’t have the luxury of following them since they were 10 years old, I had to reconstruct their stories,” she said. The method Barnett used is flawed, she said, because people’s memories are distorted. “We don’t always remember things perfectly, and the way that we see the past is colored by our experience in the present,” she said. She found some individuals were doing better, some struggled and others quit taking the medication because they felt like they did not need it anymore. “You can see how depending on their experiences today they
might be looking back at their experience a little bit differently,” she said. Barnett said people have hindsight when looking back on their experiences. “They have a little more maturity. ... They’re a little further away from their childhood experience and more stable,” she said. This could be a controversial topic for those who do not take medication, Barnett said, because they do not know whether it is a good idea. Barnett said there is a lot of controversy surrounding medication for disorders like ADHD because people interpret it as though the individual is forced to behave in conjunction with societal norms. People tend to make jokes about people with ADHD, in which it is rare to have a deep conversation with a friend about taking medication, she said. Barnett thinks it is important to involve the child or young adult in the treatment process and explain why they are taking the medication instead of prescribing it without them understanding the drug’s implication, she said. “It’s really important for kids not to get the message that they’re taking medication because they did something bad ... and that the pills are supposed to fix them in some way,” she said. Barnett said there is a presumption in society that young
Kaitlin Barnett, author of “Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up,” said that prescribing medication unnecessarily should be a more pervasive subject in the medical field yesterday at Murray Hall on the College Avenue campus. ENRICO CABREDO
adults take medication unquestionably. She found that people do have sophisticated responses after taking medication like Xanax. “It’s a pretty widespread phenomenon that we don’t speak about in a meaningful way,” she said. Dorias Heber, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore who worries about her brother taking medication, said it could be difficult for people to think about the longterm side effects of medication
without really knowing what those might involve. “I learned that it’s OK to take medication, and it’s OK to be hesitant about it,” she said. Sikandar Hayat, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said he did not realize that people were being prescribed medication without really knowing much about the drug. “Some kids could be taking three or four drugs at the same time, and they don’t really know how it affects their bodies,” he said.
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DEBATE German graduate student upset by no mention of Europe CONTINUED FROM FRONT Romney said he only called Russia a geopolitical threat, and identified Iran as the greatest national security threat. Obama said Iran would not have a nuclear weapon as long as he is in office. “I said that the moment I came into office,” Obama said. “I put in place the strongest sanction against Iran in centuries. It’s crippling their economy.” Romney was criticized for his diplomatic gaffes over the summer as he visited Israel, Poland and Britain to gain international support. “[Romney] doesn’t have that much foreign policy experience to demonstrate,” Matto said. “People might have some doubts. He has a responsibility to demonstrate to voters that he can be a dependable and reliable leader.”
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Romney also argued Obama’s budget cuts are dangerous, as they have decreased the amount of certain military supplies that have been a high priority since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency. But Obama said the country should not hold on to the obsolete policies of the past. “We also have fewer horses and bayonets,” Obama said. “The question is not a game of battleship. It’s what our capabilities are. ... That is not reflected in the kind of budget that you’re putting forward, because it just doesn’t work.” But both agreed the domestic economy needs to improve for America to maintain a strong presence in the world. Romney said Obama is all talk, as he has not seen results the president has promised. Obama predicted to have a 5.4 unemployment rate by this point, but the country is 9 million jobs shorter than that. “I’m a businessman,” he said. “I know what it takes to create 20 million jobs. I saw in the last four years something I don’t want to see in the next four years. I’m going to get Americans working again.” Romney said it is essential to have an economic partnership with China, but it is difficult to get
said Margee Greenberg, a coordinator with Disability Services. She said the most popular program is extending testing for Office of Disability students by time and a half, and Services extends test accommodating students who are easily distracted with quitimes for students eter environments in which to take exams. CONTINUED FROM FRONT Greenberg said she enjoys getting to see the positive effects students identified a single menthe program has on students with tor that they could name,” said disabilities, like when the office Barber, senior research project helped a student turn his failing manager at the Heldrich Center grades around. for Workforce Development. The Office of Disability This key staff person or intern Services has more than 1,000 stuhelped the student to do their dents registered and its staff work, which led these students members see hundreds of stusurveyed to give them credit for dents weekly, Greenberg said. their success, Barber said. “The most important thing is Barber’s observations throughthat the students have the supout the study also included observport system to foster the qualities able characteristics that helped the for success,” students to succeed, Greenberg said. such as interpersonAfter interal skills reflected in “Students with viewing both the their relationships disabilities are students and the with their mentors, awareness and percoming to college staff who work with Disability severance, she said. now in record Services, Barber “It was amazing found that some to me that these stunumbers.” areas, like awaredents weren’t conPAULA BARBER ness and office sidered college Senior Research Project Manager training, are in material when they need of improvewere in high ment. school,” Barber said. “The Rutgers students that I “They were not on the college track, have spoken to praise the disabilbut somehow managed to perseities office there,” Barber said. vere through these obstacles.” “They tell me they couldn’t have According to Cornell’s disabildone it without them.” ity statistics department, about She said there needs to be 11.9 percent of the U.S. populamore outreach on behalf of the tion, or 305,353,600 people, are University to prospective disdisabled, and many decide to go abled students, so they know to college, Barber said. they will be able to get help once “I remember one student who they are enrolled, she said. was disabled, and I met when he “The unemployment rate for was about to enter a masters prodisabled students is high,” gram,” Barber said. “He was Barber said. “It’s a shame placed in special education in a because they have abilities poor, urban neighborhood. It important to the workplace and took him nine years to finish colto themselves.” lege, but he did it.” College students with disabiliThe programs offered at the ties show a lot of dedication, University help students in Barber said. ways that are reflected in “They are dedicated to their Barber’s study. own challenges,” Barber said. The University’s Office of “They are dedicated to their work Disability Services is a mandates environment. Students with disoffice, created by the American abilities are coming to college Disabilities Act, a 20-year-old law now in record numbers, and that helps disabled students that’s a great thing.” through a multitude of programs,
on equal footing with Obama’s policies. The United States owes other countries about $16 trillion, he said. “China has an intention that’s very much like ours in one respect — they want a stable world,” he said. “They don’t want war. They don’t want to see protectionism.” Obama said Romney would not be able to afford his own financial plan, and that he would actually worsen the debt problem. Romney plans to implement a $5 trillion tax cut with a $2 trillion increase in military spending. “You can’t spend $2 trillion in additional military spending and $5 trillion on tax cuts,” he said. “You can’t say you’re going to accomplish this by closing the loop holes and deductions without naming them.” Lukas Keller, a graduate student in the Department of Political Science, said he was disappointed the debate hardly broached the topic of Europe’s political influence. “I thought it was a shame that Europe wasn’t mentioned in the foreign policy debate,” said Keller, who is from Germany. “I thought that some mention could have been done on that continent.”
ON THE BUS Bob Vortuba and his dog Bogart make their first stop at the University on the “Kindness Bus Tour,” which seeks to put an end to bullying and adolescent suicide. The full-year tour started Monday in New York City. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
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FUNDING Local property taxes mostly fund districts, Karp says CONTINUED FROM FRONT The debate can be traced back to 1973, when the Supreme Court decided on Rodriguez v. San Antonio, a case that covered inequality in the country’s education, with a ruling that ultimately sent the issue of funding back to the states for remedies. Karp said this resulted in a funding system that does not rely on the federal government in New Jersey. “The overwhelming amount of funding for schools [today] comes from local property and state sources,” he said. The lack of federal funding is especially true in New Jersey, where Karp said only 3 percent of school budgets come from the federal government, a stark contrast to the 11 percent national average of federal funding to states. Since New Jersey cannot rely on federal funding for education, the burden of school funding is placed on local municipalities through property taxes they accumulate, he said. “Why are local property taxes so high? Because the state has determined that its 600 districts will fund its schools essentially locally,” Karp said. This system creates an environment that harbors inequality between the districts because of different taxes from one municipality to the next, Karp said. While towns like Spring Lake once had funds from property taxes of up to $10.5 million per student, poorer towns like Paterson only had about $200,000 per student. To combat the inequality, the Education Law Center filed the case Abbott v. Burke to the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1985, Karp said. The court sided with the center, maintaining that the state is required to provide poorer districts with equal funding and programs. Karp said the 31 Abbott districts, which received extra
funding for an entire decade, gradually improved over time, especially in the younger age groups. “As a result [of the program], there are over 40,000 children now in high quality pre-K [classes],” he said. Former Gov. Jon S. Corzine deemed the Abbott districts unsustainable in 2008 and decided to remove extra funding and programs by passing the New Jersey School Funding Reform Act, Karp said. Corzine’s new funding system was based on claims that schools needed only $10,200 per student to reach educational goals, he said. Although the Education Law Center went back to court to challenge this decision to bring back the Abbott program, Karp said the New Jersey Supreme Court accepted Corzine’s formula as the state’s new system of educational funding. After the recession took effect, newly elected Gov. Chris Christie decided to remove a substantial portion of the funding for public schools, Karp said. “[Christie] took about $500 million back from districts ... and then [in 2011] he cut the districts by almost $1 billion,” he said. “Some districts lost all of their state aid.” Since 2010, the reform act for school funding has been underfunded by $3.6 billion, a fact Karp said is increasing education inequality today. Stephanie Curenton, a professor in the Bloustein School, said the school has partnered with the Education Law Center to encourage policy discussions throughout the state and to improve current funding issues. “Stan gave this lecture in my course last year and it was phenomenal. I opened it up for the school this year because everyone can benefit from it,” she said. Adam Burke, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said the lecture offered students a firsthand view of the histor y behind education issues tightly bound up in politics. “You can read books as much as you want, but the best way to learn is to hear from people who ... have a good grasp of what they are talking about,” he said.
FUNDING BY THE NUMBERS 1973: Year that the Supreme Court ruled on Rodriguez v. San Antonio, sending public school funding back to the states 3: Percentage of funding for school budgets coming from the federal government in New Jersey, compared to an 11 percent national average for states. 600: Number of individual school districts in New Jersey. 10.5 million: Dollar amount, allotted for each student’s public education in the town of Spring Lake, N.J. as opposed to $200,000 in Paterson, N.J. 3.6 Billion: Dollar amount that public schools in New Jersey are underfunded
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A GLIMPSE AT THE BALLOT With Election Day just two weeks away, students registered to vote can soon step up to the voting booth or submit a mail-in ballot that looks something like this one. While the top-billed presidential electors should come as no surprise to most, knowledge of the other races and the issues at stake on them might be less prevalent on campus. Take a look at this ballot so that come Nov. 6, there are no surprises.
Simply put, enough ‘yes’ votes on the State Public Question No. 1 concerning the Building Our Future Bond Act will land $300 million in state funds for the University to use toward building new construction projects.
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Presidential Electors: At this point, it should be clear that incumbent presidential candidate, President Barack Obama, is up against Republican nominee, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The two have squared off in nationally televised debates over the past few weeks, and so have their running mates, Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. As of last night, Obama held the lead with 237 electoral votes leaning toward him, against the 206 for Romney, not to mention 95 tossups, according to The New York Times. There are also many third-party candidates, who are granted access on this ballot through petition.
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Poll results for the Robert Menendez versus Joe Kyrillos race seem to show that N.J. voters want a Democrat to represent their state’s interests in the U.S. Senate. According to The Huffington Post, a combination of 26 polls charts a trend toward Menendez, who leads Kyrillos by a 17-point margin.
To make this question a little clearer, voters should understand the difference between a Type I and Type II School District. New Brunswick, currently a Type I School District, sees the appointment of Board of Education members by Mayor James Cahill. Some concerned residents and parents fought to get this question included on the ballot, which if approved, would change New Brunswick in to a Type II district. This would mean all members of the Board of Education must be elected instead of appointed.
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On the House of Representatives portion of the ballot — incumbent Rep. Frank Pallone sees challenger, Anna Little, former Highlands mayor who opposed Pallone in the 2010 Congressional election. Little lost that battle by a 54 to 43 percent margin, according to nj.com.
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The unopposed candidates running for New Brunswick City Council will inevitably make decisions that will affect the area closest to students’ home at the University. All those up for election are no strangers to New Brunswick. Elizabeth Sheehan Garlatti is a University alumna who has served on the council since 2004 and has a background deeply rooted in higher education. Glen Fleming, ordained minister of Abundant Life Church in New Brunswick and teacher in Hamilton Township school district, is up for a four-year term after filling in the seat former member Jimmie L. Cook once held. Resident John A. Andersen, who has held administrative positions within St. Joseph’s High School and St. Peter’s Elementary School, is in the running for the third seat.
SOURCES: MIDDLESEX COUNTY CLERK, NYTIMES.COM, HUFFINGTONPOST.COM, NJ.COM.
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Hispanic vote key in swing states Candidates argue for different approaches to policy-making THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — Elizabeth Alvisar is exactly the sort of voter Mitt Romney needs. A victim of the brutal economy in this swing state, the 30year-old tax preparer has been out of work for months. She’s a foe of abortion and gay marriage, and was naturally drawn to the Republican ticket. But Alvisar has switched her support to President Barack Obama because of his support for legislation known as the DREAM Act. While Democrats failed to get the bill through Congress, Obama in June announced a change in policy to implement its key provision — allowing young people brought into the country without authorization as children to avoid deportation if they graduate high school or join the military. “I have a lot of friends who’ve taken advantage of that opportunity,” Alvisar said. In the heavily Hispanic neighborhood where Alvisar lives, unemployment is high and home values are down. But Obama’s immigration stance, and especially his executive order, has locked in support from a fast-growing demographic group that has been trending sharply Democratic in the wake of increasingly hardline Republican positions on immigration. Obama’s campaign is counting on Hispanics providing the margin of victor y not just in Nevada, but also in other swing states such as Colorado, Iowa, Virginia and North Carolina “They know that he’s on the right side of the immigration issue and wants to work with Congress for comprehensive immigration reform,” deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said. “They know he wakes up ever y day and thinks about how to secure the middle class and make it easier for young people to enter the middle class.” The importance of Hispanics as a voting bloc and immigration as an election-year issue was brought home during last week’s presidential debate. Obama reminded viewers that Romney, who went hard to the right on the issue during the GOP primaries, had argued for “selfdeportation” to solve the illegal immigration problem and took advice on the issue from the law professor who helped write Arizona’s controversial immigration statute. The Republican challenger noted that Obama had promised to pass an immigration overhaul and had failed. The Romney campaign says Hispanics, enduring a 9.9 percent jobless rate, which is more than 2 points higher than the national average, are a natural draw for the GOP ticket.
Bob Shieffer, moderator of the third presidential debate expects to bring objectivity to the table yesterday at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. Candidates gave perspective on foreign policy issues. GETTY IMAGES
Debate spotlights moderators would have been the equivalent of blowing up her career like a suicide bomber,” he said. The conservative Media Research Center criticized Crowley for having only one questogether on Long Island the best tion on a foreign policy issue, even presidential debate he’s ever seen. though this Monday’s SchiefferIt didn’t take long, however, moderated debate is supposed to for Republican Mitt Romney’s focus on foreign policy. supporters to go after CNN’s Thanks to a clock that airs Crowley. They said questions on CNN’s screen during the that she chose from undecided debate, some conser vatives voters on immigration, gun saw as a sign of bias that control and equal pay for Obama spoke for 44 minutes, 4 women played to President seconds during the debate, Barack Obama’s strengths. compared to They were Romney’s 40:50. incensed when “I knew from the This prompted Crowley, faced by two candistart somebody is CNN to count the actual words spodates in a dispute over what was going to be unhappy ken by each candidate. The said during a no matter what faster-talking presidential you do.” Romney said address about 7,984 words and Libya, corrected CANDY CROWLY Obama 7,506. Romney by sayModerator of Second Criticism of ing Obama had Presidential Debate Crowley was a referred to an relentless postattack on debate topic on Americans in Fox News Channel, which Benghazi as an “act of terror.” knows CNN isn’t popular among Crowley also noted that others Republicans in its audience. in the administration suggested Conser vatives on Fox and liberfor nearly two weeks that the als on MSNBC offer an echo reaction to an anti-Muslim chamber for par tisan comvideo was a motivating factor in plaints and have far greater the attack. prominence than they had even Radio host Rush Limbaugh a decade ago. called Crowley’s work “an act of “I knew from the start,” journalistic terror.” Crowley told The Associated “If there were any journalistic Press, “somebody is going to be standards, what she did last night
Journalists’ roles critiqued after presidential debates THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Beneath Bob Schieffer’s Southern charm is the tough spine of someone used to dealing with politicians. The moderator of yesterday’s final presidential debate will need it, because it has been open season on the other journalists who have done that job this campaign. Thanks to a bitter campaign rivalry, thriving partisan media outlets and the growth of social media, debate moderator is approaching baseball umpire on the scale of thankless jobs. Jim Lehrer was criticized for not doing enough, Candy Crowley for doing too much and Mar tha Raddatz worked over about the wedding guest list for a marriage that ended more than a decade ago. Though not unanimously so, the barbs were usually par tisan in nature. “There are millions of people with their hands over their keyboards ready to analyze every single moment of what’s happening,” said veteran TV journalist Jeff Greenfield. “That puts even more pressure on ... It’s a no-win situation.” Conservative columnist George Will called last week’s get-
unhappy no matter what you do.” Crowley’s bosses leapt to her defense: “She had to deal with the tricky format, the nervous questioners, the aggressive debaters, all while shutting out the predebate attempts to spin and intimidate her,” CNN U.S. chief Mark Whitaker said in a memo to staff. “She pulled it off masterfully.” Even as each debate progresses, Twitter is crackling with reactions. Type in the moderator’s name in a search and the screen immediately fills with tweets. Generally, it’s a dependable way to gauge how a candidate is doing. The harsher one party’s reaction to a moderator is, the tougher time their candidate is having onstage. “I’ve never known the winning side to (complain),” said Aaron Brown, the former ABC and CNN anchor who is now a professor at Arizona State University. Frustration against Lehrer boiled over predominantly among Democrats like Michael Moore and Rachel Maddow who were witnessing Obama’s admittedly poor performance in the first debate. The former PBS host said he essentially tried to get out of the way, asking general questions and letting the candidates go after each other. “I wondered if we needed a moderator since we had Mitt Romney,” Obama’s deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said, even though her candidate talked longer. As in the second debate, Romney spoke more words.
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Students watch third, final debate on campus Rutgers University Debate Union, RU Voting host watch parties
Students come together yesterday to watch the final presidential debate at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Douglass campus. Viewing party hosts three separate rooms to play the debate on CNN, MSNBC and FOX News. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Chris Bergman, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, left, describes the importance of body language and the appearance of confidence at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus during the Rutgers University Debate Union’s watch party. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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See beyond immediate effects of economic policy GUEST COLUMN ERIC ANTISELL
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political ad in suppor t of President Barack Obama came to my attention a few days ago while flipping through channels on TV. The ad told the story of an American tire factory, which employed 1,000 workers, and found itself threatened by the unfair competition of a “cheating” Chinese tire company, which was flooding the market with inexpensive tires. The hero of the stor y was Obama, who enacted a steep protective tarif f on the Chinese company’s tires in order to preser ve the American company’s business, and thus those American jobs. The ad admonishes voters that Mitt Romney would not have suppor ted such a measure. Instantly, I was reminded of the great French economist of the 19th centur y, Frederick Bastiat, who wrote a satirical petition calling for government to enact a law protecting domestic candlestick makers. The law would require ever y household to shut their windows, shutters, curtains and blinds during the daytime, thus encouraging them to buy and use
candles to provide basic illumination. Of worthy cause. Perhaps you’ll keep it at course, the sun is far more unfair com- the bank, which will lend it out to somepetition than the Chinese tire company, one else who can use it at the moment as it is obtained, not for a small price, for productive purposes. but for free. Bastiat helps us understand that low Imagine the government had tried to prices, even if they out-compete compastimulate the candlestick industry in this nies at home, only ser ve to benefit us. way. Suppose all light bulbs were made Those who lose their jobs to foreign comillegal because it requires more workers petition are not doomed to be unemto produce candles. ployed the rest of their lives — they simBastiat was famous for his elaboration ply must find another good or ser vice to on the differences between what is seen provide for their fellow man. And thus, and what is unseen in society progresses. the economy. What is I was disheartened seen if a foreign compato see this political ad “I cannot wait for ny floods the market on TV because I know with inexpensive (or the day when ‘only being that it would likely not free, in the case of the be aired if it did not resconcerned with what sun) goods is the lost onate with voters. I jobs at the companies understand why it is seen’ is considered who could not comwould, as most a political liability.” pete. This strikes an Americans do not conemotional chord, and sider what is not seen, often prevents us from but it begs the question: seeing the unseen. Do Americans value any The unseen is what could have been foreign trade if it threatens jobs? done with the money saved by buying If Obama’s protective tariff was good less expensive foreign goods. Perhaps because it saved American jobs in the you’d prefer to invest some of your immediate sense, why not save more money elsewhere in the economy, American jobs by outlawing the sale of instead of spending it all on tires. Now Chinese tires altogether? Why not make you can also afford to buy a laptop, it illegal to buy any product made in a forbook, or maybe donate some money to a eign country?
As professor Walter Block points out, Mozar t’s music was not made in America. Why not protect American musicians by making it a crime to listen to Mozart? Why not make all foreign music illegal? All foreign agriculture, technology, philosophy, art and toys, as well. Also, to protect the American tourism industr y, why not outlaw trips abroad? If you want to visit a historical site, just visit one in America to keep jobs here. Why not go further, and make it illegal to buy any good produced outside of New Jersey, or fur ther, your hometown? Imagine what would happen to the quality and the selection of things you can buy if such a law were passed. Sure, your town would have 100 percent employment, but what about all of that talent the rest of the state, and the country, and the world have to offer? I cannot wait for the day when “only being concerned with what is seen” is considered a political liability, and ads like the one in support of the president are actually attack ads. Eric Antisell is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in history and political science with a minor in organizational leadership. He is a contributing writer to the opinions page.
Halloween — not just costumes and candy CHELSEA GOHD
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alloween. More specifically, Rutgers Halloween. It’s back and I am oh-so very excited. The easiest excuse to dress as you like and eat whatever you like with little social repercussion. You can be a sexy Mr. Rogers for a day (or a week), or you can eat an entire bag of mini Reese’s in a mini-skirt and Homer Simpson mask. And it’s OK. If you own a TV, you can turn it on to find all day marathons of “The Munsters” followed by showings of your favorite Halloween movies. It’s an autumnal paradise. But how can Halloween affect your health? Is it more than just mountains of sugar landscaping your stomach? Probably. Let’s start with costumes. I am very enthusiastic about the process of Halloween costuming. The decision, the group costumes, the people-watching. But can what you choose to wear dictate
how you’ll feel both that night and possiAs far as Halloween food goes, it’s bly weeks after? Take “girl costumes” for pretty self-explanator y. Lots of candy, instance. They can pretty much be orange- and black-frosted everything, and summed up as “sexy ____.” Just insert a week’s worth of basements swimming your favorite anything, childhood cartoon in sweat, bacteria, virus and liquor to heroes included, and that costume is lower the immune system, so all of these probably already mass-produced. If you’re fun little organisms can have a party like me and make your own costume, you inside. Imagine you are a girl dressed as can make sure that both of your booty sexy Elmo, you spent the day in sweats cheeks are covered Halloween night. But resting from your mini cold with the ABC if you’re planning on going out in some- Family’s “13 Days of Halloween,” and thing intended to be a now you’re vastly 21-year-old woman’s underdressed in fourHalloween costume, inch heels on a bus to “The easiest excuse you’re going to be cold. College Avenue with You’re going to be to dress as you like and 4,537 other students on freezing and in this your way to alcohol and eat whatever you like transitional season cramped spaces where where everyone seems you will stumble in with little social to already be ill, staying hopes of surviving the repercussion. ” outside almost naked night unharmed. until 4 a.m. seems posSounds like a night sibly dangerous. your body may regret Intended men’s costhe next day. tumes usually cover enough but are often I would not lecture against such pracexaggerated and ridiculous, large and tices though. While dangerous and cumbersome. And if you’re waltzing detrimental to your health, they are traaround College Avenue seven beers deep ditions that, if done with health in mind, in a giant baby costume, there is quite a can be entirely safe and the most fun. It lot of room for injury. is one of my favorite holidays, so even if
the traditions associated with Halloween present some minor level or health risk, to me it can absolutely be worth it. As long as the chainsaw-slinging villains of those many haunted trails leave the chain at home, Halloween is a great excuse for celebration. Halloween is a day where the ridiculous is not just tolerated, but encouraged. Where sickness and worr y can be put out of the mind by a revisit to Young Frankenstein seen through your own mad scientist goggles. After Halloween stores, and commercials will eventually be consumed again with advertisements for holiday after holiday, and the distractions from school and work will become more of a burden. Holidays generally celebrated in most of the United States will revolve around awkward family encounters and meals that don’t look like tiny chocolate pumpkins. Being able to afford one day of luxur y in the world of Halloween fun is a gift, as is most things. Chelsea Gohd is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. Her column, “What the Health?” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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Today's Birthday (10/29/12). You're in the money this year, so stash some and budget for the future. Volatility at work reveals opportunities. Consider your core values, dreams and passions. Stay flexible about what the big picture looks like. Take leadership. 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 6 — For the next few days, work out the financial details and figure out ways to improve the bottom line. Get the word out. Friends give you a boost. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Consider all possibilities. Now you're a genius at everything that you commit yourself to. And for about nine weeks, you're even good at financial planning. Repeat what you think you heard. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 5 — Communication with your partner is more direct and helpful. Start by cleaning up old messes. An older person meets you halfway. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — It'll be easier to figure out the job, now and for the next few weeks. Your priorities evolve or drastically change. Keep everyone on the right track. Stash away the surplus. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — It's easier to make decisions now and to express your love. Don't be afraid to ask for help, regardless. There's a turning point regarding a boss or employee. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Concentrate on your studies. It's time fix up your place and take it to the next level. No more procrastinating! Others look to you for practical advice.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5 — Deal with financial obligations now, and consider higher values. Identify the potential for opportunity, and take action for success. The resources are available. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Your mind is less into work and more into enlightenment now. For three weeks, confident productivity leaves time for introspection. Keep your dollars, and study authors who inspire. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — You're out in public and open for love. Provide for others. Treat them as you'd like to be treated. Go ahead and try a new exotic dish. Learn something new. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Find balance between sensitivity and reason, without one overpowering the other. Enjoy romantic moments through most of tomorrow. The truth gets revealed. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — You're entering a three-week social phase. Use your imagination and connections for positive change. Communications could falter. Notice the bottleneck before you get stuck in it. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — You'll finally figure it out, and it will be easier to advance than you imagine. Work with others to avoid conflicts later. New evidence threatens complacency.
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Senior Stephanie Zielinski led Rutgers with 48 assists Friday in a match against Seton Hall, placing her second in RU history. LAWRENCE CABREDO / OCTOBER 2012
TREND Senior setter climbs RU record book for career assists in loss CONTINUED FROM BACK “A lot of the times, we put ourselves in bad situations,” said head coach CJ Werneke. “In the Big East, the level of competition is a little bit higher. I think we put ourselves in bad situations that force us to go five [games] instead of beating some teams before reaching the fifth game.” Rutgers was undefeated in matches that came to a fifth set against non-conference teams. But they have yet to win one against Big East opponents, continuing that streak against the Pirates. Senior setter Stephanie Zielinski led the Knights, taking sole possession of second place in all-time assists with 3,967 for Rutgers. Zielinski finished the night with her 18th double-double of her senior campaign, dishing out 48 assists and adding 16 digs. She also moved to 10th on the school’s single-season assist list with 1,054. The results marked the 17th time Zielinski recorded 40 or more assists in a contest. Freshmen outside hitter Megan Stephenson and freshman
OPPORTUNITY Seniors end careers with team-oriented attitude, coach says CONTINUED FROM BACK “I think after the second goal, we deflated a bit,” Long said. “We had a lot of time left on the clock. There was about 17 minutes to go and I think that last portion of the game, we had the time but there wasn’t the urgency. After the goal went in, the air came out of us a bit.” Despite the loss, Long said the seniors showed a selfless attitude this season. “I think that they were disappointed and they really wanted to go to the tournament their last year, but this group of seniors has been so supportive of me and where we are going with this program,” Long said. “They are a selfless group, and they are going to fight as hard as they can for this team. They are a great group of leaders.”
middle blocker Sarah Schmid gave the Knights a spark with 20 and 12 kills, respectively. On the defensive end, freshman defensive specialist Ali Schroeter led the unit with 23 digs, tying her career high she set Sept. 14 against Radford. Though the Knights remain on the road for the next week, they have time to prepare and create a strategy to return to the win column. Werneke said the issue for the team is internal, and it needs to be addressed. “The mindset is we have to turn to things on our side of the court,” he said. “Physically we’re able to play with any team in our conference. We have the physical capability to beat the remaining six teams on our schedule. We have the drive and desire to do that. Really, we have to match our talents with our mental toughness, and the will of our team has to be executed at a greater level.” Rutgers must win out if it hopes to finish the year better than .500. The Knights begin the last stretch of their season Monday against Connecticut and then continue the next day against St. John’s. “We’re just not making enough changes mentally,” he added. “Once we make those changes, I’m confident that we’ll make a strong push and end this season on a high note.”
With the loss at Providence still looming, the Knights had to regroup Sunday at Brown. Despite outshooting Brown, 36-8, the Knights lost, 2-1. The loss to the Bears (5-9) capped the first three-game losing streak this season for Rutgers. “It was just one of those games where we dominated the play, but unfortunately it just didn’t go our way,” Long said. The sting of both losses may be hard to get over, but the Knights have to put the past behind them quickly. Rutgers faces another tough matchup Friday night, when it takes on defending national champion Maryland. Long believes one thing the Knights have going for them is the ability to realistically judge itself. “The team’s evaluation of themselves over the last two games was spot on,” Long said. “After the games we kind of gave the team some time to kind of debrief and say what went wrong, and they were right on target.”
OCTOBER 23, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 17 FOOTBALL CARROO BLOCKS PUNT AGAINST TEMPLE
Rookie finds success on special teams BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Freshman Leonte Carroo had two assignments in the Rutgers football team’s punt safe formation Saturday against Temple: Look out for the fake and protect for senior punt returner Mason Robinson. He prioritized his intuition instead, as he attempted to block Brandon McManus’ punt in the fourth quarter. “That’s when my high football IQ pretty much came in,” Carroo said. “I know the whole game, and I know exactly what they’re going to do on this play. I know how they’re going to do it. I’m just going to go in there and go in for a block. If I don’t get the block, I sprint back as fast as I can and block my guy, but if I do I’m pretty much a hero.” Carroo did not have to sprint back. Instead he interfered with the Big East’s leading punter’s boot, which sent McManus’ attempt only 11 yards. The Scarlet Knights’ special teams has recorded at least one block in four of seven games this season, and Carroo made himself part of that winning equation in an undefeated season. “We’ve used special teams as a phase of the game that can win for us every week, not just a way to pass the ball back and forth,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “So [Carroo] was somebody that we thought could make a difference, and I think that’s proven itself out.” Rutgers recr uited Carroo as a wide receiver out of
Don Bosco (N.J.) Prep, where he played special teams only sparingly. But his help was not as necessar y within the receiving corps this season, as there was a possibility extended in training camp that Car roo would redshir t. “After a couple guys told me, ‘You know, you’re probably just going to play special teams this year,’ there started to become like a doubt in my mind,” Carroo said. “‘I’m going to redshirt now. I don’t want to play special teams.’” Carroo entered a situation similar to sophomore quarterback Gar y Nova, his former teammate from Don Bosco, once faced. Nova began his freshman season on the bench behind then-sophomore Chas Dodd, but eventually his oppor tunity to play came. The difference with Carroo is that he immediately helped the Knights with his duty on special teams. “If this is what’s going to help win a Big East Championship for this team, then I’m going to give it all I got on special teams,” Carroo said. Carroo said it also helped him adjust that when the defense leaves the field, several of its veterans stay for punt or kick protection. The unit’s previous stop came the week before against Syracuse, when junior linebacker Jamal Merrell blocked a field goal attempt, which senior safety Duron Harmon returned for a score.
Freshman wide receiver Leonte Carroo makes a special teams tackle Oct. 13 against Syracuse, which head coach Kyle Flood highlighted following the Knights’ victory. LAWRENCE CABREDO Senior linebacker Khaseem Greene, the team leader in tackles and sacks, would have likely been out there, too, if it were a punt. Greene and other veterans work closely with Carroo, the No. 3 recr uit in 2012 in New Jersey. “He’s a kid who comes out of high school Mr. Everything, and he comes into a situation here at Rutgers where you got some
studs at wide receiver, and it’s kind of hard for him to get on the field,” Greene said. “I do know that he never pouted about his situation.” Carroo maintains that attitude. Even though he will likely play only three years of wideout at Rutgers, he gets the best of both worlds in getting to contribute in the chase for a conference title while learning under veterans.
“I’m not going to cry or anything about me not being able to have much reps at wide receiver,” Carroo said. “If anything, I’m glad this year I didn’t play as much wide receiver so I get to learn from guys like [senior] Tim Wright and [sophomore] Brandon Coleman.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JBakanTargum.
OCTOBER 23, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 18 GOLF PAIR OF TEAMS PLACE INSIDE TOP FIVE
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Sophomore wins first event BY GREGORY JOHNSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s and women’s golf teams teed off in Bethlehem, Pa., this weekend, each competing in the eight-team Lehigh Invitational and finishing in the top five. The women’s team placed fourth in its invitational, carding a 615 (301-314). After winning two tournaments last fall, sophomore Kortnie Maxoutopoulis claimed her first title of the 2012 campaign. The Pleasanton, Calif., native tied for first place among 45 golfers with a 145 (72-75) scorecard. “She’s really been hitting the ball very well this last week and a half,” said head coach Maura Waters-Ballard. “She’s been working hard, and her swing is right where she wants it to be, so she’s got tons of confidence. And I think you’re going to see some more good scores out of her next week at Furman.” Senior co-captain Brittany Weddell earned a 152 (74-78) scorecard to finish tied for seventh place. For the first time all season, the Scarlet Knights topped a tournament field after a round of play. The Knights were in first place after the first round of the invitational with a 301 — four strokes ahead of Big East rival Seton Hall — but inconsistent play in the final 18 holes erased the team’s narrow lead. But how the Knights slipped all the way to fourth place baffled Waters-Ballard. “I guess we just lost our focus,” she said. “I’m still reflecting on it, trying to figure out what went wrong.”
The numbers show one critical factor to the fall — the erratic play of freshman Samantha Moyal, who placed fourth on the team’s scorecard. A top-five overall performer in the first round with a score of 75, she declined 15 strokes in the final round and posted a 90 to drop to 33rd place with a 165 final score. “I know Samantha is working on a swing change, so sometimes she feels really good with the change and sometimes it feels uncomfortable,” Waters-Ballard said. “[In the first round] she was really feeling good and [in the last round] she lost it. We’ve only been working for two weeks on the swing change, and it really takes a couple of months to get something like that to feel comfortable on every swing.” Freshman Melanie Chambers and senior co-captain Karen Cash came in third and fifth on the scorecard, respectively, tying for 19th and 38th overall with 159 (80-79) and 168 (86-82) totals. The squad returns to practice this week in preparation for the final event of its fall campaign Oct 26-28 at the Furman Lady Paladin Invitational in Greenville, S.C. In the final tournament of its fall campaign, the men’s team took home second place as it recorded a 596 (300-296) total scorecard. “The course was in great shape,” said head coach Rob Shutte. “Having coached at Lehigh, I knew the course extremely well. Hopefully I was able to pass along some confidence to [the golfers]. Junior co-captain Doug Walters led the way for the Knights with a 146 (75-71), tying
for third place individually in the 45-player field. For the second consecutive tournament, sophomore Jacob Stockl placed second on the Knights’ scorecard, finishing tied for 11th place while shooting a 150 (77-73). But inconsistencies farther down the scorecard contributed to Rutgers not capturing a tournament win. Freshman Jonathan Chang shot a 71 in the first round before regressing to an 80 in the final 18, tying for 16th place. Junior Jonathan Renza got off to a slow start with an 80 in the first round, but improved to a 73 in the final round for 18th place. “We’ll have a lot of work to do in the offseason,” Shutte said. “We’re just inconsistent at times. We’ve seen that in a number of tournaments where we’ve just got to get a little more consistency across the board. Those things aren’t just a little bit of luck.” Senior co-captain John Fagan complemented the remainder of the scorecard with 156 (77-79), tied for 23rd place. As the Knights now use the offseason to prepare for the spring campaign, Shutte emphasizes both mental and physical toughness as areas the team needs to work on. “We’ve got to have ridiculously demanding offseason workouts to really develop us mentally so we are the toughest possible team as we get into competing in the springtime,” Schutte said. “We’re going to bond as a team in the weight room big-time, and try to develop strength and flexibility that will be things we can use in the springtime, so we’ll stay busy. But certainly we’re going in the right direction.”
Senior midfielder Maura McLaughlin started the last five games for Rutgers, and the Knights went 4-0-1 in that span. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Midfielder returns to starting lineup for RU BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
It was not even a month ago when the Rutgers women’s soccer team’s chances at the Big East Tournament were bleak as it dropped five of its first six games in conference play. The mood changed after Maura McLaughlin re-entered the star ting lineup Oct. 5 at DePaul. Starting in her first game since Sept. 9 against Dartmouth, the senior midfielder registered 56 minutes in a 1-0 win against the Blue Demons, which jumpstar ted a 4-0-1 record for the Knights to close out the Big East season. Rutgers’ victor y Friday night against in-state rival Seton Hall clinched the Knights a bid in the Big East Tournament. They travel to Storrs, Conn., to play Connecticut on Thursday in the first round. McLaughlin said winning the Big East Tournament was the team goal at the beginning of the season. The win against the Pirates gave Rutgers a chance to accomplish it. “It was awesome,” McLaughlin said. “It was definitely a good win for team morale. We have been playing good the last couple weekends, and it was a great in-state rivalry and good for us to go into the Big East Tournament.” While the Robbinsville, N.J., native did not star t during the team’s 1-5 stretch at the beginning of the Big East season, she continued to work to regain a star ting position in the midfield. “I am definitely happy that I am starting now, but just being a part of a team, you can’t really be selfish about playing time,” McLaughlin said. “The
team is playing well and we have a lot of good players this year, so I guess I just kept working hard and hoped it worked in my favor as it did. I don’t take it for granted.” Her hard work eventually led her back into a star ting role, something McLaughlin was accustomed to during her career. She has 38 career starts for Rutgers, primarily in the midfield but also at center back. So when Crooks made the call to have her come off the bench, it only served as motivation to close out McLaughlin’s career the way she wanted to. “No one is happy hearing that,” she said of her reser ve role. “You have to just keep playing. This is my last season so I wanted to make the most of it, and if anything it only made me work harder and realize that this is what I love and what I wanted to do. If I needed to work harder to get more minutes, that is what I was going to do.” The result of her perseverance was on full display in the Knights’ Senior Day victor y Oct. 14 against Cincinnati. With Rutgers already up, 4-0, in the second half, McLaughlin took a pass from sophomore for ward Cassie Inacio from the top of the box and drilled a goal from 12 yards out. The score was the first of her career, something she said she will never forget. “It was the best game I think I had here at Rutgers,” McLaughlin said. “It was my first goal here — not just this season but my career — so it really felt great. Even though it was the fifth goal of the game, it felt like an overtime game-winning goal inside.”
OCTOBER 23, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 19 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK RUTGERS ALLOWS POINTS FIVE TIMES IN THREE GAMES
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utgers football quarterback Gar y Nova was named Big East Offensive Player of the Week yesterday, the conference announced. The sophomore threw four touchdowns on 17-of-27 passing for 232 yards in the Scarlet Knights’ 35-10 victory Saturday against Temple. It was the second time Nova earned the recognition, the first nod coming after the Knights’ 3526 win Sept. 22 at Arkansas. In that game, Nova passed for 397 yards on 25-of-35 attempts with five touchdowns. The conference also recognized defensive tackle Jamil Merrell, earning a spot on the Big East Honor Roll. The junior collected three tackles, two of which went for a loss against the Owls. He also had a sack and forced fumble that senior linebacker Khaseem Greene returned for a touchdown.
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Senior linebacker Steve Beauharnais wraps up Temple running back Montel Harris in the Knights’ 35-10 victory Saturday. Rutgers allowed only three scores in as many games when opponents began in Knights territory. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Field position plays role in point total BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
Under defensive coordinator Robb Smith, holding opponents to field goals is not enough. The Rutgers football team’s former special teams coordinator also expects it to block their attempts. “That’s his relentless attitude,” said senior defensive tackle Scott Vallone yesterday. “He doesn’t want to give up anything. That’s the type of guy he is — never happy — which is perfect for us because we’re … happy with certain things, but we’re never complaisant.” The Scarlet Knights held Temple to a pair of field goal attempts Saturday, when they
surrendered 10 points on scoring drives that began in Rutgers territor y. In their last three games, the Knights faced drives beginning on their side of the 50-yard line five times, giving up points on three of them. Outside of an 80yard Syracuse touchdown drive, Rutgers’ only points allowed during the stretch came on drives inside its own territory. “What you see is a defense that’s very stingy,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “You see a defense that’s very determined to make people kick field goals, regardless of the starting position.” The Knights’ play-calling changes on short fields, which the team calls the fringe area,
said senior linebacker Steve Beauharnais. Opposing offenses have fewer chances to stretch the field, opting instead for crossing routes designed to disrupt the middle of the field, he said. Rutgers’ defense dealt with it during an eight-play stretch against Syracuse, when a pass interference penalty extended an Orange drive inside the 10-yard line. The Knights ultimately held Syracuse scoreless on the drive following a pass breakup from senior safety Duron Harmon. “It’s harder because that means the coverage has to tighten up,” Beauharnais said. “The fact that your back is getting closer and closer to the goal line is real bothering.” The Knights have not experienced that feeling often in their last three games. Connecticut, Syracuse and Temple combined for six red-zone drives against Rutgers, scoring only half the time. During that stretch, the Knights blocked a field goal, forced a fumble that resulted in an 11-yard loss and allowed a field goal from their 2-yard line. “We are not going to concede touchdowns,” Flood said. “Our defense is not going to do that. They take it very personally.”
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Senior punter Justin Doerner averaged 44.5 yards per punt in a meeting with Temple, upping his season average to 39.6 yards. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
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confidence in senior punter Justin Doerner, who averaged 44.5 yards per punt against Temple as he improved his season average to 39.6 yards. Doerner netted only 12 and 15 yards, respectively, on two of his six punts Oct. 6 against Connecticut. He matched wits with Temple’s Brandon McManus, whom Flood
pointed to as arguably the Big East’s most consistent punter. “When you’re in a game, the punters don’t punt against each other per se, but there is a back and forth in the game,” Flood said. “I thought Justin really stepped up to the challenge.” Doerner entered the season on the heels of an All-Big East Second Team selection from his first season with the Knights. Flood said earlier in the season he was not concerned with Doerner’s play because of his previous season’s résumé. Half of Doerner’s 18 punts in his last three games have been longer than his season average. The percentage could be greater, since Doerner punted three times inside opponents’ 20-yard line on short fields.
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kickoff coverage this week against Kent State’s Dri Archer, who leads the nation in kickoff returns with 47.7 yards per touch and three touchdowns. “I think our players will be excited about the challenge this week,” he said, “but this is a tremendous player, there’s no doubt.” The Knights held UConn’s Nick Williams, whom Flood called arguably the best returner in the Big East, to only eight yards on two punt returns and 24 yards on kickoffs. Williams totaled 128 kick-return yards against Rutgers last year and scored on a 2010 return. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @TBartoTargum.
WOMEN ’ S
soccer goalkeeper Emmy Simpkins was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll yesterday, the conference announced. The senior captain posted her third consecutive shutout in the Scarlet Knights’ 2-0 victor y Friday against Seton Hall, securing her team a spot in the Big East Tournament. Simpkins registered three saves in the win as she earned her second career Big East Honor Roll selection. The Knights play Connecticut on Thursday in the first round of the Big East Tournament.
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back Chris Thompson is out for the remainder of the season with a torn ACL, according to ESPN. Head coach Jimbo Fisher announced that the senior tore his ACL in his left knee and would be out for the rest of the year. Thompson was the Seminoles’ leading rusher this season after collecting 687 yards on the ground with five touchdowns in seven games. Thompson went down with the injur y after going for a reception in Florida State’s 33-20 win Saturday night against Miami. “It’s a very big blow to us because of what he is to our team,” Fisher told ESPN.
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general manager Brian Cashman said on the Ian O’Connor Show yesterday that righthander Michael Pineda is not expected to return from injury for the team until June. Pineda underwent surgery in May to repair a torn labrum and was expected to be back next season in time for spring training. “We have to keep him off our radar for now,” Cashman said. “We’re talking June of next year ... the second half of next year.” The Yankees acquired Pineda from the Seattle Mariners last year for the Yankees’ top catching prospect Jesus Montero. In 2011, Pineda went 9-10 with a 3.74 ERA and 173 strikeouts with the Mariners.
STACKED ODDS Out of five scores allowed in its last three games, only one occurred when the Rutgers football team’s defense began in its opponent’s territory. / PAGE 19 TWITTER: #TARGUMSPOR TS DAILYTARGUM.COM/SPOR TS TARGUMSPOR TS.WORDPRESS.COM
AT LAST Senior midfielder Maura McLaughlin of the Rutgers women’s soccer team scored her first-career goal in the Knights’ season finale and helped jumpstart a resurgence in the Big East standings. / PAGE 18
SHINING STAR Rutgers women’s golf sophomore Kortnie Maxoutopoulis won her first event title this year at the Lehigh Invitational. / PAGE 18
SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Even though it was the fifth goal of the game, it felt like an overtime game-winning goal.” —Senior midfielder Maura McLaughlin on her first-career goal Oct. 14
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012
FIELD HOCKEY PROVIDENCE 2, RUTGERS 1
VOLLEYBALL
RU continues losing trend in match at SHU BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
It was another match in which the Rutgers volleyball team pushed its opponent to five sets. But for the third time this season, the Scarlet Knights did not have enough to come out with a win. The Knights battled in-state rival Seton Hall on Friday night in South Orange, N.J., but lost, 3-2, with final set scores of 18-25, 1725, 25-21, 26-24 and 7-15. Rutgers (16-8, 2-7) posted 55 kills, 53 assists, 78 digs and seven blocks against the Pirates, but the performance was not enough for a win as the Knights moved to 19-16 alltime against Seton Hall (17-5, 5-4) and 5-3 in five-game matches this year. SEE
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FOOTBALL
Sophomore forward Jenn Staab reacts Oct. 12 following a collision with a Louisville defender. With Friday’s loss at Providence, the Knights must hope for a pair of losses from Big East teams to make the conference tournament. CONNIE FIOCCO / OCTOBER 2012
Knights drop postseason opportunity Providence beats Rutgers to steal tournament berth in RU’s conference finale BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers field hockey team needed a win in its last conference game of the season to accomplish its preseason goal of making the Big East Tournament. The Scarlet Knights faced several pressure-filled situations this season, but BY THE NUMBERS How do Rutgers’ top two tailbacks compare to Kent State’s top tandem in terms of rushing yard totals this season? 1. Jawan Jamison 2. Savon Huggins 1. Dri Archer 2. Trayion Durham
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they could not withstand their most recent one. The Knights fell to Providence on Friday, 2-1, seeing their hopes of playing in the Big East Tournament take a critical blow. “The team was disappointed about our second half of field hockey,” said head coach Meredith Long. “For some reason, we played a little hesitant and Providence was able to take advantage of it. It was probably the highest-stakes game that this group of athletes had ever played in, so it was an experience. Despite the outcome, I think it was a positive experience for our team.” The only chance the Knights (8-9, 2-4) now have of making the conference tourna-
ment is if Georgetown defeats Villanova on Friday and Providence defeats Louisville on Saturday. “As a coach at this stage, I know we have a lot of growing to do, and I believe we will continue to keep learning and improving,” Long said. The Knights scored first on the Friars, but in the second half, Providence tied the game in the 50th minute. The Friars took the lead two minutes later when forward Daniella Bernasconi deflected a pass that found the net to put Providence (9-6, 3-2) up for good. SEE
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EXTRA POINT
KEVIN MCMULLEN
has played all 1,197 minutes in net for the Rutgers men’s soccer team as a senior. He has allowed 1.2 goals per game, saving 63 shots under Dan Donigan.
D-line coach incorporates second unit BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers football team’s defensive line is beginning to find its stride. After not registering more than one sack per game in the first half of the season, it picked up three against Syracuse and a strip sack Saturday at Temple that resulted in a touchdown. In the Scarlet Knights’ win against the Owls, the unit saw some of its most frequent rotation this season up front as true freshman Darius Hamilton and sophomore Kenneth Kirksey earned their most significant minutes at defensive tackle. Meanwhile, thanks to an 11-play opening drive by Temple, defensive line coach Jim Panagos gave senior starter Scott Vallone SEE
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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR MEN’S SOCCER
WOMEN’S SOCCER
WOMEN’S GOLF
SWIMMING, DIVING
vs. Villanova
at Connecticut
at Furman Invite
vs. Wagner
Tomorrow, 7 p.m. Yurcak Field
Thursday, 7 p.m. Storrs, Conn.
Friday Greenville, N.C.
Friday, 4 p.m. RU Aquatic Center