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Student breaks through with role on Nick at Nite TV show ‘See Dad Run’
RAMY YOUSSEF Former University student
BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU STAFF WRITER
With a host of acting experience behind him, Ramy Youssef, a former student on the University’s Newark campus, has finally moved to Los Angeles for a role he landed on Nickelodeon’s new show “See Dad Run.” Youssef, who was on track to graduate in 2013 from RutgersNewark, has taken time away from the University to be a part of Nickelodeon’s new nighttime series. The show centers on a character named David Hobbs who plays a stay-at-home dad role on a TV show, but forgets to play his role as a father to his real family. His wife returns to work, which gives Hobbs the responsibility of running the household. “I play [Hobb’s] production assistant from his TV show, and I sort of take him to the writer’s room, when he doesn’t know how to deal with something, and help give him ideas on how we can help his real life,” Youssef said.
Before this role, Youssef studied acting at the William Esper Studio in New York City along with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where he performed with sketch group Inside Joke Films, he said. He also performed at the Peoples Improv Theater, known as the PIT. “The reason I went to RutgersNewark over New Brunswick is how close it is to New York City,” Youssef said. “I was performing every night and studying at [the acting conservatory] and I decided instead of majoring in theater — because I was performing regularly — I would have a degree in one of my other interests.” Youssef majored in political science while on campus, and said learning about politics helped his mind move in other directions and foster creativity, but he is not interested in politics for a career. Since the age of 16, comedy has been Youssef’s focus. After developing his sketch skills, he said he was able to do an MTV show last year called “I Just Want My Pants Back.” He landed his role on “See Dad Run” in January when his casting director brought him to an audition. He then flew out to Los Angeles and did his final round of auditions there. “[The show] helped me establish myself in Los Angeles, and go out for a variety of roles, whatever scripts that come my way,” he said. “I wouldn’t limit it to a specific genre or anything but whatever falls into the right place.” SEE
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Consuming three to four drinks daily can lead to a 40 percent decrease in neuron creation in adults, with even moderate drinking having an effect on cognitive learning, according to a University study. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NOAH WHITTENBURG
Study looks at alcohol, learning U. researchers find social drinking can lead to decreased brain cell creation BY JULIAN MODESTO STAFF WRITER
Shots, shots, shots — everybody? While drinking is a way to have fun and relieve stress for some students, two University researchers have found that even moderate drinking can have negative affects on cognitive learning. Tracey Shors and Megan Anderson of the Department of Psychology conducted a study that shows consuming three to four alcoholic beverages daily can decrease neurons created in the adult brain by 40 percent, said Anderson, a graduate fellow and student studying neuroscience.
According to their paper that will be published in the journal “Neuroscience,” the overall effect of social or daily drinking is more harmful to brain health than the public realizes. “This suggests that habitual drinking of alcohol can decrease how much grey matter you have in your brain by a substantial amount, at least in the hippocampus,” said Shors, a professor of behavioral and systems neuroscience. Shors’ laborator y originally reported about a decade ago that cells in the region of the hippocampus are involved in learning, which is the area most affected by alcohol consumption, Shors said. “We found that the borderline between moderate and binge [drinking] is a fine line, but a distinct line at that,” Anderson said. “If you consider what just a short period of time of this type of daily drinking impacts ... one should be concerned.” SEE
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University Athletics collects funds for Sandy relief Department T-shirts to benefit relief efforts, donations for Red Cross at football games BY AMY ROWE NEWS EDITOR
University Athletics has hashed out a game plan to raise funds for those displaced after last week’s Hurricane Sandy. In a partnership with the Red Cross, Athletic Director Tim Pernetti encourages students and Scarlet Knights fans to bring cash donations to this Saturday’s game against Army at High Point Solutions Stadium on Busch campus.
“All we can do is our part. … Every little bit is going to help the people that were affected by this,” he said. Red Cross volunteers will be stationed near the stadium’s entrances at the game starting Saturday at noon, and those who cannot physically be there that want to donate can text “REDCROSS” to 90999, Pernetti said. “What the Red Cross is doing right now, the people we’ve talked to, I don’t think you can understand the volume [of
work] that they’re dealing with and the people that are hurting,” he said. Student athletes bombarded Pernetti with phone calls and text messages asking how they can help the hurricane relief efforts Tuesday after the storm, which prompted the department to devise their relief strategy. “It’s really important for our fans that come on Saturday to participate in this. Even if you can pull a dollar out of your pocket, everybody that attends the game on Saturday can donate something to this effort,” he said. “It’ll help a lot of people who need it right now.” SEE
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At this Saturday’s football game against Army at High Point Solutions Stadium, students can donate to the Red Cross and other storm relief efforts. YEE ZHSIN BOON / OCTOBER 2011
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Fraternity to help children through annual Derby Days Sigma Chi raised $167,000 through event last year, hopes to break record BY ERIN PETENKO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University’s chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity broke its own fundraising record during Derby Days last year, raising $167,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network, the highest amount raised in a single event by a greek organization. Despite the devastating Hurricane Sandy, Ian Cichocki, Derby Days director, said he hopes the participating organizations will raise even more this year. Derby Days is a weeklong series of fundraising events Sigma Chi planned to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network, a charity that helps child cancer patients rehabilitate while providing for their nonmedical needs. In addition to Sigma Chi, the various events draw participants from six sororities. Derby Days has a long tradition with both Sigma Chi and the University, said Cichocki, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Sigma Chi at the University of California-Berkeley hosted the first Derby Days in 1933, which was then brought to the University in 1991, he said. The event has not changed much in recent years, but now incorporates a new element:
points allotted to sororities for sportsmanship, as well as talent, Cichocki said. He hopes this will help the teams focus on the cause and not only the competition. The first event took place Sunday, when teams competed in field events such as relay races and a tug-of-war, said Donya Zaradi, captain of the Phi Sigma Sigma team. The field competition had some difficulty getting started in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The park where it was held was only opened the day of the event, Cichocki. Other events throughout the week included coin wars outside of Brower Commons on Monday, where sororities gathered donations, and a brotherhood auction today where sorority members bid on dates with different members of Sigma Chi, Cichocki said. The most important event, however, is the lip sync competition on Saturday, an event involving performances from all the chapters. The teams prepared their dances for months, sometimes practicing three or more times a week, said Cassie Lira, team diva, or leader of Zeta Tau Alpha.
IN BRIEF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR RESEARCHES DESIGN FOR NEW DRUG Grace Brannigan, assistant professor in the Department of Physics at Rutgers-Camden is working toward designing new drugs through looking at how drugs interact with proteins. Brannigan is working as a part of the Rutgers-Camden Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, according to Media Relations. She said there are many times that researchers do not know why a certain drugs bind to a given protein. “We know the before and the after, but we have yet to discover the why or how of the process,” she said. She said the idea of designing a new drug involves being rational. “It strikes me as strange that you can make a world of drugs with no idea of how they’re acting,” Brannigan said. “My research is not a creation of the key, but a kind of blueprint for what the key should look like.”
UNIVERSITY CHOSEN TO HOST COMPETITION The Rutgers Business School will host its first biopharmaceutical case competition, in which 11 schools will participate, including Columbia University and Georgetown University, according to Media Relations.
“It brings another layer of national exposure to the school,’’ said Chris Parker, a Rutgers Business School graduate student who competed at the Kellogg School of Management earlier this year. Each team participating will have a week to prepare after receiving a case study. A panel of representatives from seven companies will judge the presentations. “It’s very intense. There’s a lot of ground to cover in a short time,” Parker said. “But it’s a chance to bring your expertise to life in a way the interview process does not bring to light.”
RUTGERS-NEWARK WILL HOST PROGRAM, EDUCATE ON ALZHEIMER’S Rutgers-Newark and surrounding community groups will be working together to promote brain health and educate people about Alzheimer’s. They will be raising awareness through a program during Dec. 8 and Dec. 9, which will include presentations showing ways to improve memory, how to care for elders with dementia and support services for families. “Our objective is to reduce the incidence, social cost, and personal, familial, and community devastation caused by the high rate of Alzheimer’s disease among AfricanAmericans,” said Mark Gluck, a neuroscientist at Rutgers-Newark.
Chris Tomasello, president of Sigma Chi, said the performances are a big part of the series. “It amazing to perform with thousands of people watching,” said Tomasello, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “It’s a great way to end the week and the season itself.” The competition between the various chapters brings out a competitive spirit among par ticipants, said Lira, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. Each sorority also competes to raise money for its own philanthropic organization, with the winning team receiving the most money. “We [Zeta Tau Alpha] won the entire thing a few years back, and we’re trying to take back the title this year,” she said. But the participants are aware of the philanthropic nature of Derby Days, Zaradi said. “The bottom line is that it’s for a great cause,” she said. She mentioned her own chapter’s sponsor family, who has two children in need of rehabilitation after a car accident left them both with different but severe brain injuries. The Children’s Miracle Network gives tours every year of the children’s hospitals to participants, Cichocki said. “[The hospital] helps them to grow up the best they can with what they can find,” he said. “That’s actually what made me take on this position [as direc-
Members of Sigma Delta Tau perform at last year’s lip-syncing competition at the Livingston Recreation Center. This year, the competition will include a fundraiser for victims of Hurricane Sandy. COURTSEY OF STRATO DOUMANIS, FILE PHOTO tor]. Two years ago I didn’t really know what Derby Days was, but after touring the hospital, I was inspired to help.” Though the focus of the week’s events is for the Children’s Miracle Network, the organizers have not forgotten those in need after Hurricane Sandy, Cichocki said. The lip-syncing competition will collect donations for the Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund.
Phi Sigma Sigma also plans to have some of the money it receives for its own philanthropic funds to go to victims of the hurricane, Zaradi said. Aside from the cause Derby Days serves, participating is fun for those involved, Tomasello said. “The school year can be ver y monotonous, but this breaks us out of our routine,” he said. “It’s something to look for ward to.”
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ALCOHOL Shors says neurons just as important as heart, liver cells CONTINUED FROM FRONT In the lab, Shors and Anderson treated rats with alcohol so they would sustain a 0.08 blood alcohol content level, Shors said, which mimics the drinking behavior of humans. “It’s hopefully similar to a person that would go home and have a couple of drinks at night thinking that was okay, maybe they heard that it was good for their heart,” Shors said. “Then on the weekends, they maybe have a couple more.” She said alcohol’s effect on the rat model’s neuron production was observable over the twoweek period. “Even at the higher points of drinking, we didn’t observe locomotion effects or motivational effects, or even that it had an immediate decrease on brainsense learning,” Anderson said. Although motor skill function and associative learning was not immediately affected, the impact of habitual drinking can build over a longer period of time. “Say you make 10,000 new neurons a day, and now you only make 5,000. Every day, that would add up. If you [drink] every day a year, that’s a lot of neurons that you don’t have in your brain,” Shors said. Sometimes people cannot grasp the importance of neurogenesis without knowing the specific function of the neurons in the brain, Shors said. “I have a 12-year-old son ... and he’s like, ‘So why does it matter if you don’t have these cells?’ and I said, ‘Oh no, not you, too,’” she said. The production of neurons is as important as the production of heart cells or liver cells, Shors said. “They’re part of the circuitry that allows you to think and remember and have fun and laugh and feel things and live,”
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT Youssef said moving across the country was overwhelming but also exciting. “I feel grateful and inspired to keep creating and keep moving with other projects that I also have in the works, and I would say it’s kind of very surprising to have been a student last semester, and then go into shooting an episode a week for or five weeks later,” he said. Youssef said those interested in breaking into an acting career should collaborate with peers. “I teamed up with two of my best friends to create sketches and perform, and you’ll always create something that’s something much more powerful than if you did it yourself,” he said. “You learn a lot more, I think it’s better to just try and create something within a good group of people. Sherif Ibrahim, a lifelong friend of Youssef who attended Sunday school with him while living in Egypt, said Youssef’s role is similar to his character.
Shors said. “By learning something new, you keep them alive.” According to the Center for Disease Control website, moderate alcohol consumption is defined as having up to one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men. “I think there’s a difference between what’s socially considered moderate and what medicine and the government consider moderate. What we we’re looking at was what was considered socially moderate,” Anderson said. While moderation may be good, daily drinking can become binge drinking for someone before they realize it. “It’s not so much the episode of binge drinking, but it’s the habit of drinking that we were looking at,” Shors said. “The point of this study is that if you can’t make them [neurons], you can’t keep them alive ... because they’re not even there.” In her laboratory, Shors has shown that many of the cells die anyway if they are made but they can survive through learning, Shors said. “We’re studying how learning affects adult neurogenesis ... [and] what in the brain as a result of learning would influence these cells to survive for an entire lifetime,” Anderson said. Learning needs to be challenging to ensure cell survival because some tasks that are easy to learn are not effective in keeping neurons alive, Shors said. “For the last decade or so, we’ve been trying to figure out what lets these cells survive if you learn. We know now that if you learn something well, then it’s effective,” Shors said. Shors and Anderson also studied sex differences in neurogenesis and strategies that increase neurogenesis. “We even have some recent data suggesting that not only cognitive skills are affected, but even motor skill learning, so it may be comparable to learning a new sport,” Shors said. “So we’re doing some studies looking at students here on campus.”
Ibrahim said Youssef was acting for about five years performing for charity shows for children with muscular dystrophy as well as shows at Rutgers-Newark and Gotham Comedy Club. “He’s just been at it for a very long time. He’s been auditioning all over the country, and he’s so persistent, and I think that’s what landed him this role,” said Ibrahim, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Louis Wells, Youssef’s former acting teacher who taught him for about two years, said the young actor worked very hard for what he wanted. “He’s very young but even for someone his age he’s already done an incredible amount of training and hard work in addition to going to school, both at Rutgers and the acting conservatory,” Wells said. Youssef said he was excited because the sitcom helped set the groundwork for possibly landing a role on something else. “I don’t really foresee [any other roles coming soon] but what I do see is continuing to work in the comedy field,” Youssef said. “It’s not just acting, but directing and writing as well, so I’m definitely looking forward to a career in that capacity and in all the aspects of storytelling.”
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Shore area communities like Point Pleasant, N.J., were hit hardest by the superstorm. These communities need students help the most, Athletics Director Tim Pernetti said. SHAWN SMITH
RELIEF Jersey Fresh Tees to print 2,000 shirts by Wednesday night … that can generate even more relief money to help those who really need it right now,” Aside from collecting donaPernetti said. tions, the department also Student athletes have been designed a logo to be displayed doing their part to help in any on T-shirts that features the word way they can, he said. “stRong” over an outline of the “At Werblin, I saw a touch state of New Jersey. football game going on the lawn “I don’t think there’s a better with our players and the evacway to describe the people of uees,” Pernetti said. “I thought New Jersey,” Pernetti said. “This that was outstanding.” is about trying to encourage peoPernetti along with a few ple, but it’s also about the fact that other Athletics officials and stuthe New Jersey people are tough. dents visited areas yesterday that The spirit of this state … is unlike are most affected by the storm anywhere else in the country.” near the Jersey Shore, including The $15 shirts will be on sale Union Beach. Thursday at Scarlet Fever at 109 They drove south to give supSomerset St., as well as at plies to those unable to stay in Saturday’s game, said Steve their damaged homes. Ostergren, Scarlet Fever owner. Athletics is not the only Ostergren, a longtime friend department at the University tryof Pernetti’s and Scarlet Knights ing to help hurricane victims. season ticket holder, said he University President Robert partnered with the University on L. Barchi pointed this because this out in an email is something he “Maybe you didn’t sent to students can do to help aside from relief efforts. have a house at the that helping those Buying a shirt beach yourself, but within the is also something University comstudents and fans it’s a way to kind of munity, they have can easily do show your support reached out to the to help those area. displaced, said for the situation.” surrounding “Many of you Ostergren, a Class STEVE OSTERGREN have been volunof 1988 University Scarlet Fever and Jersey Fresh teering at the shelalumnus. Tees Owner ters that Rutgers “Maybe you set up on Busch didn’t have a and Livingston house at the beach campuses for New Jersey individyourself, but it’s a way to kind of uals and families displaced by the show your support for the situastorm,” he said. tion, and you get a T-shirt out of The University’s Department the deal,” he said. “It’s something of Environmental Health and the average person can do to feel Safety and Environmental like a part of it.” Services and Grounds set up a Ostergren will supply the first Red Cross site next to the Busch batch of 2,000 shirts through his campus golf course, where they company, Jersey Fresh Tees, could prepare meals to distribute which also made the “Believe” to shelters nearby. shirts for Eric LeGrand. “Having witnessed this comStudents can also purchase munity’s swift, sustained, and the shirt at Friday’s basketball even heroic response to the first game against St. Peter’s at the emergency of my time as presiRAC, Pernetti said. dent, I am very proud of all of “Something that our guys did you, and proud of Rutgers,” a great job designing to give peoBarchi said. ple hope turned into something
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Voters find way to the polls in states Sandy hit
A woman leaves the Point Pleasant Municipal Building after voting in the presidential election yesterday in Point Pleasant, N.J. As the N.J. coastline continues to recover from Hurricane Sandy, many polling stations have had to be relocated and aggregated together, because of storm damage and power outages. GETTY IMAGES
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters drove Bob Mackie from his home on Long Beach Island, N.J., but nothing was going to stop him from voting yesterday. The 72-year-old widower drove an hour each way to cast his ballot at a makeshift polling site for island residents, refusing to be disenfranchised by the devastation. “A lot of people died for it, so we better exercise it,” Mackie said of the right to vote. A week after Sandy’s ruinous march up the East Coast, thousands of displaced residents boarded shuttle buses and searched online for alternative polling places to cast their ballots. For millions who were still without power, cleaning mud out of their homes or living in shelters, voting represented both a return to normalcy and an act of defiance. West Virginia resident Barbara Bolyard has been with-
out power since the storm, relying on a coal-fired stove for heat and eating meals ser ved by the Red Cross at a local fire hall. But she and her three adult children still made it to their polling place in Newburg. “It’s your right, do it,” Bolyard said she told her kids. National Guard units in West Virginia set up tents at three polling places and provided generators to help provide power to five other areas that had been buried under 2 feet of snow from Sandy. In Connecticut, where all but two of the 773 voting precincts were open, voters displaced by the storm had to travel long distances to cast ballots in their precincts. Jody Eisemann, who lost the first floor of her Fairfield, Conn., house to flooding, came home from the New York suburbs where she is staying with her brother to vote at her local polling site. Eisemann’s neighborhood was still filled with
downed trees, utility trucks and National Guard troops. “It’s a big pain in the neck,” the 60-year-old acupuncturist said. In hard-hit New York and New Jersey, voting became an emotional mission for many. Sarah Brewster of Long Beach, N.Y., sobbed as she emerged from her polling place in a school cafeteria. She said she had been overcome when she went inside to vote and saw the clocks all stopped at 7:27 — the time her community lost power on the evening of Oct. 29. Voting is “part of our civic responsibility in the midst of all this crisis,” said Brewster, a nonprofit worker. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, both signed directives allowing displaced residents of their states to cast provisional ballots at any polling site. Provisional ballots are counted once a voter’s eligibility is confirmed.
After voting near his home in Mount Kisco, a New York city suburb, Cuomo told repor ters it was essential to make balloting easier for those affected by storm. “A lot of people are not at their home polling place — they’ve been displaced, they’re staying with friends or their parents. We have first responders and volunteers who are not in their normal polling place, a lot of people from upstate who are helping in downstate New York,” Cuomo said. New Jersey also offered displaced residents the option of requesting a ballot via email and fax — the same procedure followed by the state’s overseas residents and militar y personnel. County election of fices were quickly swamped with requests for email ballots, prompting officials to announce they would give voters until Friday to cast ballots. “It has become apparent that the county clerks are receiving
applications at a rate that outpaces their capacity to process them without an extension of the current schedule,” Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who is also New Jersey’s secretary of state, said in a directive issued yesterday. Voters had to request ballots by 5 p.m. yesterday to take advantage of the option. In Hudson County in northern New Jersey, officials received 4,000 email ballot requests by 3 p.m. “It’s a different kind of nuts,” Deputy County Clerk Janet Larwa said. Some in New Jersey said they weren’t comfortable with the email option. Pinky Milsen, a 62-year-old retired retail worker forced from her home on Long Beach Island, drove to a polling place on the mainland to cast a ballot for President Barack Obama. “They said you could do it on the computer, but I said no, I want to push the lever. I want to make sure Obama wins,” Milsen said.
Good news for Jersey coast: Nor’easter to weaken Storm is expected to veer farther from NJ coast THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Weather experts had good news for beleaguered northeast coastal residents yesterday: A new storm that threatened to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts today now looks like it will be weaker than expected. As the storm moves up the Atlantic coast from Florida it now is expected to veer farther of fshore than earlier projec-
tions had indicated. Jef f Masters of the private weather ser vice Weather Underground says that means less wind and rainfall on land. Even so, he said winds could still gust to 50 mph in New York and New Jersey this afternoon and evening. And Lauren Nash, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service, said wind gusts might blow down tree limbs weakened from Sandy and cause more power outages. Gusts may occasionally reach 60 mph tonight in coastal Connecticut and Long Island, she said. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie warned yesterday that high winds may mean some resi-
dents who regained power will lose it again, and the wind could also slow efforts to restore power. There is “nothing we can do to stop the storms,” he said. Storm surges along the coasts of New Jersey and New York are expected to reach perhaps 3 feet, only half to a third of what Hurricane Sandy caused last week, Masters said. While that should produce only minor flooding, he said it will still cause some erosion problems along the New Jersey coast and the shores of Long Island, where Sandy destroyed some protective dunes. In New York City, Mayor Mike Bloomberg said people who remained in some in extremely flood-prone areas would be asked
to leave their homes voluntarily “out of precaution.” The city ordered construction stopped and parks closed for the upcoming storm. Coastal Virginia could also get a surge of 2 or 3 feet, causing minor flooding on the east side of Chesapeake Bay during high tides this morning and evening, Masters said. However, most of the storm’s rain will stay offshore, with maybe an inch or two expected in Massachusetts and less than an inch elsewhere along the coast, he said. Up to an inch of snow may fall in northeastern New Jersey and the lower Hudson River valley, weather ser vice meteorolo-
gist Mike Layer said. Central Massachusetts and western Connecticut also could get an inch or two of snow, according to Masters. Along the Jersey shore, which was devastated by last week’s superstorm, there was some relief that damage projections from the Nor’easter have been scaled back. But there was still concern about the ocean barreling past beaches and dunes that were largely washed away. High winds might be “pushing that water right back across flat dunes and flooding the town again,” said Dan Friendly, who lives on Ocean Avenue in Point Pleasant Beach in a neighborhood hard-hit by Sandy.
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Granted, some of the issues this year stemmed from ll over the University’s four campuses yesthe relocation of polling locations on Livingston and terday, students flocked to the polls to cast Busch due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy on camtheir vote for the countr y’s next president. pus. Livingston’s designated location was moved from For many — especially those who were prepared, the Livingston Recreation Center to the student center knowing beforehand where their respective polling and the Labor Education Center on Douglass campus location was and how they would get there — the to the Woodrow Wilson Elementary School on Tunison experience was undoubtedly a smooth one, and, Road in New Brunswick due to power outages. But the dare we say, may have even proved enjoyable. For fact remains that much could be done to make the votothers, however, it may not have been so convenient. ing process easier for the campus community. From what we’ve gathered, the University would Establishing polling locations in student centers on have benefited from additional polling locations on Cook, Douglass and College Avenue would be just one some parts of its campuses and simply more conexample of what could be done to venient ones in others. Next elecbring some convenience to an tion cycle, the University, along with the city, should consider “Affirming one’s right already overly-bureaucratic process. There’s plenty of talk at the adding additional voting locations to a voice in this University leading up to Election on Busch and Livingston campusDay regarding why students es while at the same time estabcountry is one of the should vote. Yet when it comes lishing more convenient locations greatest privileges we down to the wire, these minor for students on the College inconveniences prevent many from Avenue campus. as Americans have. ” taking par t in the democratic Depending on the time they process. While many may have decided to vote, students had to taken advantage of alternative votface arduously long lines and wait ing methods, such as absentee and electronic voting hours to get to the ballot boxes yesterday. This was made available to New Jersey residents following particularly true on Livingston and Busch campusHurricane Sandy, most students still rely on physical es, where the only voting stations available to stupolling places to cast their vote. And when these dents within a reasonable proximity of their resipolling places are either to far away or the voting dence halls were in the campus student centers. process too time consuming, their vote, along with Students on the College Avenue campus had to deal democracy in America, suffers. with a different — albeit similarly inconvenient — We fully believe voting should be enjoyable for all — experience, with most polling locations being conaffirming one’s right to a voice is this country is one of siderable distances from residence halls. For stuthe greatest privileges we as Americans have. As such, dents with busy schedules, these inconveniences, the University should look for ways to make taking part however slight, could ver y well be the determining in this democratic process somewhat easier come 2016. factor as to whether they vote at all.
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Hurricane Sandy leaves state without power, hope WEIGHING IN COURTNEY AVERETTE
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round 7:20 pm last Monday evening, I sat on my couch talking on the phone as the storm raged around me. Within the next minute, I'm fumbling around the living room, bumping into everything imaginable to get to my flashlight and light some candles. That was my first night without power, which would continue until around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. A few days in the dark and cold is nothing compared to what many have suffered and are still suffering through. Once my power came back on I was able to see the devastation throughout both New Jersey and New York on the news. Many have lost homes as well as all their belongings, not to mention the countless others who have lost their lives. I now look at my powerless days as nothing more
than a nuisance that I'm happy was my only issue. New Brunswick and the surrounding areas are still in the midst of cleaning up and trying to get power to everyone. As I drove down the streets of Somerset and New Brunswick it was surreal seeing the amount of damage the storm actually caused. Even though we had a few fallen branches in our yard, it didn't compare to all the uprooted trees, downed wires and flooding in many of these neighborhoods. Streets remain closed in some areas and there are still some stoplights that aren't working, making you wonder if an accident is bound to happen. As I walked down the aisles of Stop and Shop, not one ounce of milk or water could be found. Batteries were sought out everywhere as well as any ATM that would actually dispense money. Pictures on Facebook showed the countless bags of food thrown out and areas where the ground is no longer visible due to the rising waters. Boyd Park in New Brunswick was unrecognizable. Gas has
become a hard commodity to come by, and if you find a gas station, you're likely to wait twenty minutes to an hour just to fill your tank. Our own school closed and many students left without power.
“This constant back and forth is one of the things that are frustrating.” With all these things comes one of the ongoing items of discussion amongst residents and businesses in both states. Are FEMA, government officials and utility companies doing all they can to help everyone? According to some residents, they're not. It seems they are doing a lot to help through this, but for those who are still without power and the displaced, it’s not nearly enough. FEMA is constantly criticized especially after the fiasco of Katrina. They've learned a valuable lesson from Hurricane
Katrina though and as such, were well prepared for Hurricane Sandy before it hit. Water, clothing, shelter and other necessities have been provided by the agency. There has also been funding available from FEMA as well as the federal government to help rebuild our state and those whose home have been destroyed. Obama even made an appearance to the Garden State to see the damage and pledge to make sure everything is done to see to the rebuilding (whether that's for votes for Tuesday's election is anybody's guess). I don't believe our government or FEMA could be doing anything beyond what they are already doing. They've been tending to the needs of the countless people who have suffered and continue to do their part. Utility companies, such as PSE&G are another matter. They seem to be dragging their feet. As of a few days ago, there were still some two million customers without power within New Jersey and New York. People are being told their
power will be on in two days and when those two days has gone by, they are told a few days more. This constant back and forth is one of the things that are frustrating. No food, heat, or electricity is no way to live and with temperatures getting progressively colder, something needs to be done by these companies to ensure customers are no longer suffering. Although my time without electricity didn't last as long, I was miserable during that period and can only imagine what those who are still in the dark or without homes are going through. The power companies are making claims to have power restored within about two weeks, but we'll have to see if this is the case. Christie advises that they must uphold their deadline or else. What that may mean is anyone's guess, but if he can get them to commit to their deadline, there will be a lot of happy people. Courtney Averette is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. Her column, “Weighing In,” runs on alternate Fridays.
Wreckage brings an opportunity to help others NELSON MORALES
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ive me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The Wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest–tost to me, I lift my lamp besides the golden door.” That’s what Emma Lazarus wrote in her poem “The New Colossus,” and what is engraved at the Statue of Liberty. These are words to describe America as the nation that would help others in need by coming to our shores and staring anew. And those words mean so much when disaster strikes close to home. As we all know, Hurricane Sandy came and caused havoc across the Northeast, but not more than in New York and New Jersey. We’ve seen the images on TV and in the papers of streets flooded, houses that are no longer standing, a neighbor-
It will take time to help restore the Jersey Shore and the rest of the state back to normal, but the generosity of people in times of need is making recover y possible.
“Helping others in need is one of the most remarkable characteristics of America and humanity.” Even with the storm long passed, it’s the will of people to help one another that makes this countr y strong and in these times we have showed that we are a countr y that cares about its people — especially in New Jersey. There are volunteers collecting supplies, cleaning up debris, providing hot meals and essentials to the victims of Sandy — people coming from various par ts of the countr y to help
restore power and normalcy to the people that lost it all. First responders who’ve worked since the storm hit to make sure people are safe while organizations and agencies, such as the Red Cross, The National Guard and FEMA providing aid to those who need the most. Even the University did its part by operating some spaces, such as Werblin and Livingston Recreation centers, as a shelter housing state residents, and the Busch Campus Center and Livingston Student Center was for displaced students on the College Avenue, Cook and Douglass campuses. Later in the week the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus was open all night to provide students a place to have some electricity, study or find company. Rutgers University Student Association played a role in helping by offering free shuttles for students to buy groceries to avoid running out of gas, and giving free meals to offcampus students.
There were also people who were fortunate to have power that provided shelter. I stayed with a friend of mine for two days when I had to be evacuated from my building. I thank her so much for offering her place to me when I was displaced from my apar tment, knowing the good in humanity is still around. Helping others in need is one of the most remarkable characteristics of America and humanity. Together, we can restore the Jersey Shore and the state back to its great self, where good times can be made once more. If you can donate or volunteer, please do. This is your home state after all. Just keep calm and stay Jersey Strong. Nelson Morales is a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies with a minor in Latin American Studies. He is a senior staf f photographer at The Daily Targum.
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hood burned to the ground, people crying and homeless. When I was in my internship in the days after Sandy hit, I saw the images nonstop on ever y channel, and it took ever y ounce of courage not to break down in the newsroom. As the coverage continued, the images that shook me to the core were those of Jersey Shore flooded and destroyed. Everyone in New Jersey has visited the shore at some point of their lives, and there are people who live at the shore yearround. Memories are made at the shore and in one storm, the shore became a place that was unrecognizable to ever yone who visited or live down by the shore. Houses swept off their foundations, boardwalks torn, rides on Seaside Heights destroyed, images of people homeless and devastated. Ever y time I saw these images, I just wanted to break down but I kept myself strong knowing that we can help recover New Jersey.
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Today's Birthday (11/07/12). Despite changes, your financial situation grows this year. The winter solstice brings an awakening to the higher self. Use it to align yourself to your purpose and to how you want to make a difference. This explodes your career with possibility. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Stick to your budget. Move quickly. Continue to increase your holdings (and enthusiasm) in the coming week. There's money coming from your own productivity. Dance with any delays. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Adapt to circumstances. Put energy into the details. Stick to existing projects this week. Handle stuff you've been putting off. Increase skills as you test your theory. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Regain your balance by doing what you promised. Provide excellent service. You'll be able to take on new stuff later. Review the plan. Shorten your home repair list. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Decrease your personal obligations over the coming week. You can have fun without spending much. Make the changes you've been contemplating. A lovely moment develops. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Continue to increase your level of expertise. Take on more responsibility. What you're learning contradicts what you thought. Use your secret power. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5 — Fix something before it breaks. Organization and cleaning satisfies. Continue to decrease home expenses with conservation. Set long-range goals. You're gaining the lasting respect of your peers.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Confirm what you've learned with others. Continue to increase your area of influence this week. Make the first move. Choose the jobs you want to do. Document the results. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Take charge. Calm down someone who's getting agitated. You may find your responsibilities rise this week. Love spurs you to action. Leave routine chores for another day. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Gather up as much as you can, and beware of hidden expenses. Get rid of unnecessary stuff. Others vie for your attention; your teammate scores. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — New income sources come to your attention. Be cautious with money now. A bond gets renewed. Delegate, and inspire action. Continue to increase your search parameters, and profit. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — There's money coming in, and you can get more if you act quickly. The work is hard, but profitable. If you don't know how, study. Share your info and sources. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Provide information. Passion is part of the picture. Pare the superfluous to increase efficiency. Build team relationships with enthusiasm. Get projects finished and out the door.
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SENIORS Heavyweight earns fifth-place finish in first collegiate outing CONTINUED FROM BACK Winston, who moved down a weight class this season from 165 pounds, feels comfortable in his new class after training during the summer with new assistant coach Frank Molinaro. And besides a shoulder injury that has plagued him all year — an injury he said is not a problem with a brace on — Winston was free of ailments that affected him in seasons past. The injury-free offseason gave Winston the confidence to transition into the switch, he said. “I thought I performed pretty well and was happy with a bunch of things, but I can also improve on a bunch of things, which is always good,” Winston said. “I just feel like a completely different wrestler this year on the mat. I feel confident and feel like I can bang with the best of them and beat the best of them.” Goodale also saw no signs that it was Winston’s first time competing in the 157-pound weight class since his freshman year. “He had to be focused all summer long,” Goodale said. “It was good and he was in real control in all of his matches and did some really good things and found a way to win in the finals.” Senior 184-pounder Dan Rinaldi won his bracket, beginning with a pin against King College’s Brandon Tressler in 2:49. He defeated two more opponents before a 3-2 win against Duke’s Diego Bencomo concluded an impressive start for the Lodi, N.J., native. Senior 174-pounder Greg Zannetti also went undefeated in his bracket, with a 4-2 win against Virginia Tech’s Austin Gabel clinching him the top prize.
ROUTINE Sophomore admits he did not expect undefeated season CONTINUED FROM BACK Now Nova can make a confession about Rutgers’ lost goal. “[A loss] was going to happen,” Nova said. “I didn’t expect to go perfect. You just learn from it.” His offensive teammates also learned a lesson in that some of those turnovers were preventable, said sophomore running back Jawan Jamison. Jamison, who led the Knights with 88 receiving yards and eight catches against the Golden Flashes, learned about his own execution. “We have a really good trust factor,” the 5-foot-8 Jamison said. “It’s just about him seeing me, where I’m at, because out there, everybody’s taller than me. We’ve been working on it, we’ll get better.” Nova learned from his mistakes after last season, which included forcing big plays too often. That shortcoming resulted in nine interceptions on only 227 attempts last season. Nova has thrown nine picks in 247 attempts in eight games this season, only slightly better than last year’s rate of error. His performance against Kent State took him back to one of his
SPORTS PAGE 13 Senior 149-pounder Mario Mason placed fourth in his bracket after struggling to score points against opponents. The senior recorded a 5-2 mark in the tournament, but Goodale saw room for improvement from one of his leading returners. “Mario is struggling to score points right now, and maybe that’s because it’s early,” Goodale said. “He has been around long enough where he knows he needs to score to win. He is probably one of the most gifted wrestlers in our wrestling room if not the country, so he just has to understand, open it up, and the more he wrestles, better things are going to happen.” Redshirt freshman heavyweight Billy Smith, who competed in his first colligate matches Sunday, placed fifth in his bracket, compiling a 4-2 record. His victories included two pins, both in the earlier rounds, as Smith controlled Alabama Wrestling Club’s Andy Whaley and Justin Kozera in the second and third rounds, respectively. “He was really impressive for his first tournament out,” Goodale said. “He is definitely the future of that weight class. He’s very talented and beat some very good kids. Billy wrestles so hard for an upper weight class, he is going to have a big year and this tournament was a really good indicator.” The focus now shifts to Sunday’s first dual match of the season as the Knights host Clarion. “We just need to keep getting better,” Goodale said. “For our young guys, they need to understand wrestling on the mat is really important because of riding time, and for our older guys, they have been around long enough that they know they need not sit on any lead. You need to continue to build your lead and good things will happen.” For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, following Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @BradlyDTargum.
biggest priorities in training camp. “[I] just have to be more careful with the ball,” Nova said, “and a lot of interceptions I’m getting forced out of the pocket and trying to make a play where all throughout the season I’ve been throwing the ball away.” Just as Nova holds the same approach after arguably the worst performance of his career, head coach Kyle Flood maintains his same philosophy. “You have to examine [every game],” Flood said. “Examine the things that didn’t go right. Why didn’t they go right? Examine the things that did go right. There were certainly things in that game that did go right for them. Why did they go right?” Army has intercepted only six passes this year, but its versatile defense that Nova said involves unexpected coverage situations could give him trouble Saturday. And like Nova’s six-interception game, the unexpected can happen. One of the only aspects that remains predictable is the offense’s top motivation to keep the ball. “That’s our No. 1 thing on our [priority] chart,” Jamison said of preventing turnovers. “We pride ourselves on keeping the ball in our hands. We just didn’t get it done last week.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JBakanTargum.
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NOVEMBER 7, 2012 WOMEN’S GOLF
Youth develops throughout transition BY GREGORY JOHNSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Though the havoc Hurricane Sandy left dismissed chances of a satisfying culmination to its fall campaign, the Rutgers women’s golf team left Greenville, S.C., on Oct. 28 with pride. The Scarlet Knights withdrew from the final round of the Furman Lady Paladin Invitational in seventh place to return home safely in the wake of the tumultuous storm, but the team believes its future shines brightly. In a transition period that saw the loss of five veterans from last spring, the youthful Knights developed during the course of the fall season and consistently proved a willing contender in tournament play. With five true freshmen on the roster, the Knights captured top-five finishes in three of five tour naments, all of which comprised at least eight teams. Four of the team’s events featured at least 13 teams. Head coach Maura WatersBallard has no complaints for the Knights. “The chemistr y with this team is ter rific,” she said. “They’re great friends and all have a great work ethic. They encourage each other, and I see these girls just getting better and better.” Sophomore Kor tnie Maxoutopoulis, who led the Knights with a 74.08 season stroke average, stressed the impor tance of building team chemistr y after the team’s first event, Sept. 89’s Bucknell Invitational. Nearly two months later, she thinks the team met that goal and can become stronger in the spring.
“I think we’ve done a really good job with team bonding, really focusing on our own games and really trying to build up our potential,” Maxoutopoulis said. “But I think we have a lot we can still add. It’s exciting that there’s still so much more potential we can tap into.” Maxoutopoulis is pleased with how she has progressed halfway through her sophomore campaign, and with good reason. While posting the best stroke average of her young career, she claimed an individual title at the Lehigh Invitational on Oct. 21 and posted top-six finishes in every event. But Maxoutopoulis is hungry for more. “As far as my personal standards, I feel like I’ve done a really good job with what I’ve been wanting to work on,” she said. “I know there’s a lot, though, that I want to work on this offseason, so going home to California and being able to be with my coach, I’ll be able to hone in on some skills and really develop the areas that I want to. I feel I’ll be even stronger for the spring season.” Senior co-captain Brittany Weddell, who posted a collegiate career-best 76.58 stroke average, was also near the top of Rutgers’ season scorecard. She also had a pair of top-five overall finishes in tournament play. Freshmen Melanie Chambers and Samantha Moyal finished with averages of 80.42 and 81.67, respectively. Senior co-captain Karen Cash ended her fall campaign where she left off in the spring, again producing an average of 82. In light of their success, the Knights enter the offseason planning to cut down on inconsistencies and shortcomings in tournaments to put them over the top in the spring. It starts with the addition of experienced personnel.
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Sophomore Kortnie Maxoutopoulis won an individual title and had her best stroke average in her second fall season. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2012
Rutgers will soon bring in a new assistant coach trained in the Titleist Performance Institute, universally considered the leading source for golf fitness, WatersBallard said. “Starting [this] week, he’s going to be testing our swings for strengths and weaknesses,” she said. “And then we’re going to put individual workout programs in place based on those strengths and weaknesses. So this is the first time we’ve had someone working with us in this area. It’s going to be really exciting and beneficial for us.” Mental and short games continue to be focal points of improvement for the team. The Knights look to enhance their mental games through the consumption of books and DVDs by sports psychologist Bob Rotella, Waters-Ballard said. She also has a plan in place for
the freshmen to build on their physical skillsets. “I’m going to focus some of the younger players on their touch around the greens, short game and a couple of swing adjustments to improve their basic fundamentals,” she said. “There are some areas that we know we can focus on to help bring us to the next level by the spring.” Waters-Ballard is satisfied with the results this season and the gelling of the young team, but she believes it still has noticeable potential. “I’m really looking forward to our offseason workouts,” she said. “We’ve targeted some areas where we need improvement and will get to work on those right away. I think the spring season is going to be very successful. We’ve learned a lot this fall, and we know what to work on and where to focus our energies.”
The Knights clinched a winning home record (6-4), the first under head coach CJ Werneke. The final contest at the College Avenue Gym could feature various emotions as the seniors end their home careers where they began. “I think we’re all excited about what this season has brought,” said senior outside hitter Kylie Orr. “This was one of our best seasons. I think we’re excited that it’s our last [home] match, but at the same time it’s kind of bittersweet.” Orr has been a leader on the offensive end this season, racking up 266 kills, putting her two kills away from 500 for her career. Orr is more focused on what needs to happen for the team to come away with a win and sweep the season series with St. John’s. “A big key is consistency and playing together,” she said. “I also think that if we worr y about our side of the cour t more than their side of the court and just play our game, the win will come easy to us.” In the last showdown with the Red Storm, the Knights went five games in a ver y close match, but found a way to grind out a much-needed road victor y. Rutgers jumped out to a lead as it hit for a match-best .306 hitting percentage in the opening stanza. The Knights could not put St. John’s away, as the teams battled it out to the final kill of the game. Rutgers won with final score sets of 25-16, 18-25, 22-25, 28-26 and 17-15. Rutgers is coming off of a tough 3-1 loss against Notre Dame on Sunday, which damaged all hopes of receiving a Big East Tournament bid. But Werneke encourages the team’s players to take it in stride and play their final two matches with strong effort. “We definitely want to end on a strong level,” Werneke said. “We want to let those teams know that the earlier victories weren’t for nothing. We were the dominant team and that says a lot about our program and where we’re headed.” As the Knights walk onto their floor for the last time this season, Orr, middle back Alex Jones, defensive specialist Kelsey Ross and setter Stephanie Zielinski value their last Rutgers match. “Playing for Rutgers volleyball has meant a lot to me,” Orr said of her experience. “The most important thing to me is the team. I love the girls. They’re like my sisters, and I just love playing for them. I just like how no matter when or lose, we’re always there for each other and I love them regardless.” Now in the last week of the regular season, the Knights look to knock off two opponents they have played this season — St. John’s tonight at 7 p.m. and DePaul on Sunday. “We hope to finish of f strong,” Orr said. “I feel that this week is ‘play the same way and stay at the same confidence level, then we’ll be good.’”
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
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Sophomore safety Lorenzo Waters, left, blitzes Kent State quarterback Spencer Keith on Oct. 27 in the Knights’ 35-23 loss. Waters could play an important position in run defense Saturday against Army, which brings the nation’s top rush offense to Piscataway. YEE ZHSIN BOON
Army offense influences safeties’ role BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
When the Rutgers football team hits the field Saturday against Army, it takes on one of the most unique offenses it will defend all season. Head coach Kyle Flood is not shy about admitting what the Black Knights’ triple option offense does to his normal scheme. “I think everything changes this week,” he said. “Everybody’s role changes, from the defensive line to the linebackers — really, the structure of our defense changes. I think that’s the same for everybody when you play these option teams.” Army has ran the ball 609 times this season as opposed to only 84 pass attempts, a disparity found almost exclusively in tripleoption offenses. The defensive backs, especially the safeties, see the
biggest dif ference in playing style in most schemes. Safeties are the last line of defense and largely considered mainly pass defenders. But the Scarlet Knights’ philosophy has every player on the field keyed into the run game. Against Army, the Knights’ safeties must fill both jobs successfully. “Being a [safety], you know you have to be able to cover, because that’s your main job,” said senior Duron Harmon, “but also tackling is a main job because you have to be able to tackle in the open field. That’s something we take great pride in.” And the safeties have consistently made an impact in the running game all season. Sophomore Lorenzo Waters ranks fifth on the team with 33 tackles, 4.5 of which went for a
loss. He also has two sacks and a quar terback hur r y to his credit. His tackling ability led defensive coordinator Robb Smith to draw a comparison to a player he coached during a stint at Iowa in safety Bob Sanders, a former NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Not to be outdone, Harmon is seventh on the team with 24 tackles. He credits much of that to practice. “[The coaches don’t] do [tackling drills] just for the linebackers,” Harmon said. “He does it for the DBs because he knows we’re going to be in a lot of positions where we’re going to have to make big tackles for this team.” The entire defense takes notice of the safeties’ performance, as well, especially their fellow defensive backs.
“Our safeties are great openfield tacklers, and they need to be,” said junior cornerback Logan Ryan. “A lot of times, when plays break out, we count on them to get it down, and a lot of times they [take] what would be touchdowns and make them field goals.” The safeties have plenty of opportunities to make big tackles in the run game against Army, as the Black Knights are bound to keep the ball on the ground for most of the contest.
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Kyle Federico moved another step closer yesterday to returning to action in practice. “Kyle kicked against a rush today for the first time, so he’s a little closer [to coming back],” Flood said. “He’s not 100 percent. That was obvious to me, just watching it on the field.”
Flood also said he was pleased to see Federico made the kick, but that the rookie would not see the field until Flood feels Federico is fully recovered.
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Ruhann Peele is playing the role of Army quarterback Trent Steelman in practice, much to Flood’s approval. “Ruhann Peele is doing an excellent job for us of trying to simulate their offense, which is not an easy task to do,” Flood said. “I think the whole scout team offense did a nice job today of trying to give the defense the right looks.” The Linden, N.J. native, teams up with two running backs to help simulate the Black Knights’ triple option offense. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @JGregoryTargum.
SWIMMING AND DIVING
Swimmer embodies position as captain in final campaign BY MIKE MORTON STAFF WRITER
No one ever would have guessed three years ago that senior captain Taylor Zafir’s career would end up where it has. After a rough two years to start her career with the Rutgers swimming and diving team, which saw her redshirt her freshman year because of an injury, Zafir’s outlook on swimming changed with the hiring of head coach Phil Spiniello. “Looking back four years, there were times where I didn’t want to finish swimming and to be really truly enjoying it again, that’s what I’m most proud of,” Zafir said. In his three years as head coach, Spiniello has seen a drastic
change in Zafir’s attitude, as well as her performance in the pool, he said. “In the time I’ve been with her I’ve seen a real maturity process and seen her come into her own in swimming and really take her swimming to the next level,” Spiniello said. Zafir progressed so much that she earned captain honors for her senior season, recognition she is thrilled to have. “I was so excited,” she said of becoming captain. “I was flattered because I knew it came from my teammates. I was really flattered and honored to be nominated by my peers.” Zafir does not look at the role as an expectation to be a leader, but rather to be a mentor and role model for her teammates, she said.
“My whole goal is to make sure everyone on the team knew that they could come to me and look up to me,” Zafir said. “That’s just my goal every day I go to practice to make sure that people have someone outside of the coaching staff to come to. It’s not all about the swimming, it’s about making sure everyone’s OK outside of the pool, as well.” Spiniello believes Zafir has done an exceptional job as captain so far. The fifth-year senior is the most experienced swimmer on the roster, and Spiniello believes the experience is a big reason she has been so successful as captain. “Taylor is a very experienced and mature swimmer,” he said. “She comes in every day, has a great work ethic, and I think the
girls look up to her because she’s a leader by example.” As well as excelling as a leader for the team so far this season, Zafir has also had a noticeable deal of success in the pool. The Wheaton, Ill., native won the 400-yard individual medley event Oct. 19 and 20 at the Sony Werblin Invitational. She also had a solid showing in the season’s second event against Wagner on Oct. 26, when she collected second-place finishes in both the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard breaststroke. Spiniello said he has never seen Zafir compete as hard or as well as she has to begin this season. “She is practicing better than she’s ever practiced before, and in the first couple of meets she’s
competing like I’ve never seen her compete before,” he said. Zafir is happy with her performance this year, agreeing with Spiniello that she has never swam this well at Rutgers. “I think maybe because I know this is my last year and kind of my last shot, I’m way more excited for the smaller meets than I have been,” she said. “I kind of treat every meet like it would be Big East [Championships] or my last event ever. Not that I’ve been swimming more with emotion, but I definitely am more passionate than the past years, which is exciting.” For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow Mike Morton on Twitter @MortonTargum.
SAFETY NET Army’s triple option offense means the Rutgers football team’s safeties have a more imortant role in stopping the run. / PAGE 15
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CAPTAIN’S LOG Senior captain Taylor Zafir recalls her career as part of the Rutgers swimming and diving team, including battling through an injury. / PAGE 15
LOOKING UP The Rutgers women’s golf team enters the offseason on the heels of three top-five finshes. / PAGE 14
SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I watched the mistakes that I had because if you did it right, there’s no reason to watch it.” — Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova on postgame film work
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012
VOLLEYBALL
WRESTLING
Familiar foe visits for last home game BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers volleyball team plays its last home match of the 2012 campaign tonight, and for four senior Scarlet Knights, it is their final time in action on their home floor. Rutgers gets another opportunity to defeat St. John’s — this time, in front of its fans. The Knights (18-10, 4-9) pulled out a 32 victory against the Red Storm (19-10, 6-7) the last time the two teams met Oct. 28 in Queens, N.Y. SEE
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Senior 157-pounder Scott Winston was one of three veterans to win his weight class last weekend at the Hokie Open, the sight of the Knights’ season opener. Winston wrestled in 2011 at 165 pounds. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2012
Seniors stand out to kick off season BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
Senior Kylie Orr needs two kills tonight for No. 500 of her Knights career. NELSON MORALES / SEPTEMBER 2012
Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale said the strength of this season’s Scarlet Knights would lie in the form of six redshirt seniors on the roster. That prediction began to come to fruition Sunday, when the Knights show-
cased three first-place winners — all in their final seasons — at the Hokie Open in Blacksburg, Va. The three individual titles were the most at the tournament, an accomplishment Goodale sees no problem with. “I thought we had some really, really good stuff,” Goodale said. “Obviously our seniors wrestled really well. Overall it was a
good effort and exactly what we needed as we wrestled a lot of matches, so I think we are in a good spot.” Senior 157-pounder Scott Winston took first in his weight class after coming back against Indiana’s Taylor Walsh for a 6-5 decision in the championship-crowning match. SEE
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FOOTBALL
Nova keeps same routine after uncharacteristic game BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
After throwing a career-high six interceptions in the Rutgers football team’s loss to Kent State on Oct. 27, sophomore quarterback Gary Nova is using his two weeks between games to learn from it. NBA SCORES
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Nova left the game against the Golden Flashes as the antithesis of the passer who threw only three picks before the loss. But Nova guarantees his mistakes make him stronger, he said. He is also confident he can be the same quarterback who threw for career-high totals for yards, completions and touchdowns Sept. 22 at Arkansas.
That began with how he watched film from the Kent State loss. “When I have a good game like at Arkansas, I don’t watch any of the plays that were good plays,” Nova said. “I watch the mistakes that I had because if you did it right, there’s no reason to watch it.”
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Nova said he maintains a short-term memory with mistakes despite the consequences. The Scarlet Knights still have most of their goals ahead of them outside of a national championship, including a chance at the Big East title and a BCS bowl berth. SEE
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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR
CORNELIA DUFFIN increased her
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goal total for the Rutgers field hockey team to five in the Knights’ win against Columbia. The five goals are more than double her number from last season.
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Friday State College, Pa.
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