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Professors celebrate rare inaugural poems BY KRISTIN BARESICH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In an era of “Saturday Night Live” parody skits and blistering media commentary, it can be easy to forget about art designed to reflect positively on the presidency — specifically, the inaugural poem. The Eagleton Institute of Politics and the Walt Whitman Center for Culture and Politics of Democracy presented “Presidents, Politics and Poems: Inaugural Poetry and the American Presidency” yesterday afternoon on Douglass campus. Andrew Murphy, director of the Walt Whitman Center, said the poetry reading and discussion was organized to reflect on relationships between poetry and American democracy. “Walt Whitman understood democracy not merely as a governmental system … but as a way of life,” he said. Barry V. Qualls, vice president for Undergraduate Education, was one of four readers who each recited a poem that had been read at — and in some cases, specifically written for — an incoming president’s inauguration. Qualls read “The Gift Outright” by Robert Frost,
which he said Frost recited from memory at John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inauguration, because the glare outside had been too bright for him to read the one he prepared for the occasion. Qualls also read a few lines of the poem Frost originally intended to read, but said it was a good thing Frost was forced to abandon it. “I haven’t read all that’s in between because, frankly, it’s doggerel,” said Qualls, a professor in the Department of English. Qualls cited the line “the deed of gift was many deeds of war” as a significant moment in the poem. “It shows that this nation did not come in without vast bloodshed,” he said. “The stories we tell ourselves about the Republic are stories. … In choosing to be Americans, we also chose the requirement of war.” Delia Pitts, assistant vice president for Student Affairs, also pointed to a standout line in the poem she read, “Praise Song for the Day,” by Elizabeth Alexander: “[The dead who] picked the cotton and the lettuce.” SEE
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Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning author of “Beloved,” was selected to give the commencement speech for the first ever University-wide ceremony in 2011 at High Point Solutions Stadium. GETTY IMAGES
U. seeks input for Commencement Students can nominate ceremony speaker, honorary degree recepients BY HANNAH SCHROER STAFF WRITER
Gabriella Sosnowski said she was surprised when she received an email from the University asking students to nominate commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients. “I’d never heard anybody talk about [commencement nominations] before,” said Sosnowski, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.
But Chris Retzko, manager of Special Events and Programs for the University, said since the beginning of the University’s commencement, students have been able to make suggestions. Retzko said the University awards three to five honorar y degrees each year, depending on the types of nominations that come in. Commencement speakers also receive honorar y degrees.
He said commencement speakers are meant to give graduating students tips on life after college and beyond. They should also be someone whose body of work sets the bar for dedication to improving life within an area, whether small or internationally, Retzko said. “We want to show our graduates that we recognize people for their body of work over their career,” Retzko said. Leslie Fehrenbach, University secretary of the Governing Boards, said the idea is for a speaker to talk about SEE
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Panel considers merit of Unabomber’s arguments Critics look at murderer’s complaints against technology BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT
Ruth Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, remembers when Maya Angelou read a poem for former President Bill Clinton’s inauguration. EMILY NESI
He was a prodigy, an assistant professor and a murderer. Theodore John “Ted” Kaczynski, also known as the “Unabomber,” mailed bombs throughout the countr y in a campaign against technology.
Though FBI officers arrested Kaczynski in 1996, he still writes anti-technology essays from prison. A crowd of about 40 gathered at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus to analyze his publications and discuss the consequences of technology on society. The Rutgers Center for Global Advancement and International Affairs sponsored the lecture to show technology in a different light and discuss the Unabomber’s philosophical credibility. “There haven’t been enough critical voices about the subject of SEE
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Jeffrey Young, technology editor at The Chronicle for Higher Education, wondered yesterday what could be learned from the Unabomber’s writings. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Monday, Oct. 8 Professor Rajeev Bhargava of the Center for Developing Societies in New Delhi talks about “Political Responses to Religious Diversity in Ancient and Modern India” at 4:30 p.m. in the Pane Room of Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. The event is sponsored by the South Asian studies program.
Tuesday, Oct. 9 The Rutgers Jazz Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on the College Avenue campus. Tickets are $5 for students, $15 general admission.
Thursday, Oct. 11 Professor Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong speaks on public health, medicine and ethics in a talk titled “Whose Organ Is It Anyway?: The ‘Amazing Placenta’ as a Biomedical and Cultural ‘Object’” at noon in Room 120 of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at 112 Paterson St. on the College Avenue campus.
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Alumni leave law school, launch legal website Co-founder of start up says online service is like WebMD people the time of having to go through phone and office consultations, Jhunjhnuwala said. Hamid Abdeljaber, a profesRecent University graduates sor in the Department of have taken a leave of absence Political Science, said legal servfrom law school to pursue their ices are becoming expensive dreams of starting a website and beyond the reach of poor designed to help people learn people, students, immigrants about their rights. and single mothers. Nikhil Jhunjhnuwala said he “Lawyers do not charge only and Kevalaeval Amin, who gradufor services but for simple quesated from the University in 2010, tions, which could be answered are two of the three founders of in a few minutes or simply guidmyRight, an online service, simiing the person where to go lar to WebMD, but only for legal or which application to fill,” issues, he said. he said. The idea for Jhunjhnuwala the company was “This is a said myRight is formed during a winter break in once-in-a-lifetime basically an automated expert sysJhunjhnuwala’s opportunity. School tem. People with basement, he legal matters type said. The two is always there.” in their issues and alumni were NIKHIL JHUNJHNUWALA the website gives working at a legal Co-Founder of myRight.com an automated clinic at the time, response as to when they realwhat the user ized what they should do, before entering a were destined to do. law office. Jhunjhnuwala said he realized “The site is currently at a startpeople were calling the clinic day ing point, so it’s not going to be as in and day out, asking for the helpful,” Jhunjhnuwala said. same exact feedback. He realAs of now, myRight focuses ized it would be a lot easier if on personal issues such as there was a website that gave employment, child custody and people the information they were divorce. There will be informalooking for. tion on some business issues, “It was a huge problem and but it is not yet available, nobody was doing anything Jhunjhnuwala said. about it. We talked to a lot of He said he, Amin and a fellow people who had the same former law student, Michael Nui, issue and there were no legal realized they could not focus on websites open to the public,” their company with the intense he said. workload of law school. After noticing the problem, Jhunjhnuwala said they all Jhunjhnuwala and Amin realtook a break from school and ized this was their chance to began working on myRight in make a difference. They decidJanuar y, and launched the ed to start up their company, myRight website in September. myRight, in an effort to save
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Nikhil Jhunjhnuwala and Kevalaeval Amin, University alumni, decide to start a website that allows people to learn about their rights and save money from legal fees. MYRIGHT.COM “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. School is always going to be there,” Jhunjhnuwala said about leaving law school to pursue myRight. Jhunjhnuwala said they received funding for their site by applying to a startup accelerator. They went through an interview, got accepted and were moved to StartEngine, a startup accelerator base in Los Angeles. They were given a mentor, Brian Hirai, who assists the founders with day-to-day questions they may have. They also had great opportunities to network, Jhunjhnuwala said. Now, Jhunjhnuwala said he and Amin are cutting back on spending to make this company work. The three founders all live in a one bedroom apartment together. He said the company currently has a staff of five that includes the founders and two interns.
Jhunjhnuwala said they are hoping to expand in the near future, having additional lawyers and staff come aboard to assist with covering precise legal matters in the system. In an effort to expand, myRight is looking to raise $500,000 by the end of October, he said. With these funds, the company will hire people to be a part of the staff. Jhunjhnuwala said he never forgets his University experience after founding myRight, because it shaped who he is today and helped him follow his dreams to start this company. “Rutgers was an interesting experience,” he said. “One of the best things I learned was to be independent. It helped me focus on going out and getting ever ything done myself, which helped in starting the company and my ambition.” In an effort to give back to the University community,
Jhunjhnuwala and Amin are looking to hire University students for a social media internship with their company. The listing will soon go up on Rutgers CareerKnight website, he said. Janet Jewel, a School of Engineering sophomore, said myRight sounds like a smart idea because it allows people to save time and money. “Plus, a lot of college students don’t have much time when it comes to learning their rights, so this is a really smart idea for those students that enjoy spending a lot of time on the internet,” she said. Haris Samim, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said as a student he does not have time for legal consultations. “It would save me a whole lot of time if I can just pull up the page and look at my rights,” he said.
Cricket team to participate in regional tournament Captain says he is confident team will bring home win BY WILSON CONDE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Members of the Rutgers Cricket Club look for ward to starting the season this weekend at the Northeast Regional Cricket Tournament in Brooklyn. The tournament, which starts Saturday, will host college cricket teams across the Northeast, with the top scoring teams competing in the semifinals on Oct. 7. Nisarg Chokshi, captain and president of the team, said his teammates have been working hard over the past month. He is excited to start the season with tomorrow morning’s game. “Our strategy is simple. Win all the games and put your 100
percent into every game to win the championship,” said Chokshi, a School of Engineering senior. “We are feeling confident about the tournament and shall be going in with positive attitude.” In past seasons, the University’s team has played against teams from University of South Florida, Texas A&M and Boston University. The team won its first ever Northeast Regional Cricket Championship game in 2010. The team also placed fifth in the American College Cricket Organization’s national rankings, according to the organization’s website. “There were two setbacks last year,” Chokshi said. “First, a three-run loss against NYU
Polytechnic in the semi-finals of regional championship 2011, and then a five-run loss against Texas A&M in the quarter finals of national championship in Florida in March 2012.” The team participates in both regional and national tournaments, which are two separate tournaments, he said. Mohammad Chaudhr y, vice captain of the cricket club team, said he hopes they are successful in winning both the regional and national championship. “I am confident that we will do well, and hopefully we perform to the best of our potential,” said Chaudhr y, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy senior. Jay Patel, the club’s treasurer, said cricket is a game that involves a bat and ball like baseball but has significant differences from the sport. Patel, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy graduate student,
said the roots of cricket date back to 16th century England. “Interestingly, the first international cricket match was played between Canada and the United States,” he said. “Unlike baseball, catchers do not have the luxury of wearing mitts with the exception of one catcher on the field, called the wicketkeeper.” Cricket games consist of two teams of 11 players each and start with a coin toss that allows the winner to choose whether to bat or play on the field. A fielding team member, known as the bowler, pitches the ball to the batter, called a batsman, according to the website. There are two batsmen, the striker — who is on the opposite side of the field as the pitcher and is the active batter who actually receives the ball from the bowler — and the non-striker, on the bowler’s side of the field, according to the website.
The striker is then supposed to aim for scoring a run by hitting the ball and running to the other side, while the non-striker attempts to run in the opposite side of the field, according to the website. When six of these runs are completed, that is considered an over. When 20 overs are completed, that is considered an inning, and there are two innings per game, as opposed to baseball which has nine, according to the website. There are three types of cricket: the five-day test cricket, oneday cricket and 20-20 cricket, Chokshi said. Chaudhr y said he hopes more first-year students and sophomores join the club in the future. “My personal experience of being a captain tells me that... your first job as a leader should be to make sure that your team gels in well,” Chokshi said.
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INPUT Three to five people receive honorary degrees from University each year CONTINUED FROM FRONT the value of education and where it can take students. Fehrenbach said the speaker gives graduating seniors life lessons from what they learned after leaving college. Last year’s commencement speaker was Greg Brown, Livingston College alumnus and CEO of Motorola, she said. He was chosen after author and University alumnus Junot Díaz, was unavailable to speak at commencement because of back surgery. The year before, author Toni Morrison gave the commencement speech.
“Basically, the message is ‘I did it. You can do it, too,’” Fehrenbach said. Receiving an honorary degree is serious, she said, and students should think about nominating people who represent the University’s ideals. She said they look to the community to help identify candidates who match the University’s ideals and values. Sosnowski said she is considering nominating comedian Steve Carell to give the commencement speech, because she thinks seniors would feel better if they see someone they recognize instead of having a stranger give them life advice.
A comedian would be able to capture the sadness and hopefulness of graduation, Sosnowski said. Carell always plays a character that forces everyone to see the bright side and bring out the best in the group, she said.
“The most important student involvement is in nominating honorary degree recipients.” LESLIE FEHRENBACH University Secretary of the Governing Boards
“You’ve already spent four years studying and being stressed. You should be able to enjoy [commencement],” Sosnowski said.
Fehrenbach said students have a unique perspective and access to different candidates from those faculty members do, who often pick scholars. “The most important student involvement is in nominating honorar y degree recipients,” Fehrenbach said. After the nomination period ends, a committee deliberates over the nominations in each category to determine who to pursue, Fehrenbach said. “Not everyone we offer an honorary degree accepts,” she said. Fehrenbach said most declined offers are because the nominee has previous commitments, but sometimes they just are not interested. “We’ve tried for years to get Bruce Springsteen … but he just doesn’t do that,” Fehrenbach said. Fehrenbach said one of her favorite parts of the job is the delib-
eration process because the nominations are always interesting. She remembered one nominee, Gordon Sato, a retired scientist who used his own money to plant trees in Eritrea that helped sustain the country’s agriculture-based economy. “No one had ever given him accolades for his work,” Fehrenbach said. Fehrenbach said a list of nominees is sent to the president after being whittled down to a manageable number. The president has the final say on student-submitted nominations, Retzko said. Sosnowski said she has not submitted her nomination yet because she takes the task seriously and wants to think hard about who to nominate for honorary degrees. “I don’t want to do a disservice to people more deserving,” she said. “There’s a lot of possibilities.”
PANEL Skrbina says over last decade, bipolar disorder has increased 4,000 percent CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Cellphone and email use has been associated with anxiety and stress hormones, technology,” said Jeffrey Young, Skrbina said. In the past senior technology editor at The decade, childhood autism rates Chronicle for Higher Education. have increased by 78 percent, “And I’m not talking about anti-depressant use has whether the iPhone 5 is any betincreased by 400 percent, and ter. There hasn’t been a lot of bipolar disorder by 4,000 percritical engagement.” cent. Internet users are also The Unabomber sent his reflecting multiple personality infamous 35,000-word manidisorders increasingly as the festo to The Washington Post years progress. and The New York Times in Skrbina said these numbers 1995, justifying his violence by are astonishing and prove techclaiming technology is nology is robbing people of destroying human progression their ability to think in a deep, and freedom. philosophical “If man is not manner. adjusted to this “Technology “Technology new environment functions as a by being ar tififunctions as a kind of mental cially re-engikind of AIDS,” he said. “It neered, then he destroys the very will be adapted to mental AIDS. ” sor t of thinking it through a long DAVID SKRBINA that we need to and painful Unabomber’s Pen Pal overcome it.” process of natuSkrbina said ral selection,” many intellectuals Kaczynski wrote have expressed similar conin his manifesto. cerns in the past. David Skrbina, who has “[Alber t] Einstein said, been the Unabomber’s pen pal ‘Our entire much-praised techfor years, said these publicanological progress and civilizations have been neglected and tion generally could be comshould be studied as a valid pared to an axe in the hand of philosophical theor y. a pathological criminal,’” “The media thinks that if Skrbina said. someone sends fatal package Ludlow said though criticism bombs, he must be crazy and of technology is always valid, it whatever he writes must also be should not take the manifesto crazy,” Skrbina said. “I think into account, as it is ridden with that’s not true. There are very ad hominem attacks and is impor tant arguments in the devoid of logical arguments. manifesto, and they definitely “If a Rutgers student wrote deserve discussion.” this and handed it in, I would be But Peter Ludlow, a professhocked if there was a teacher sor of in the Department of at this school [who] gave it Philosophy at Nor thwestern more than a C-minus,” he said. University, said the Unabomber But no one denies that techshould only be regarded as a nology has some evident reperviolent extremist with weak and cussions for society. Ludlow illogical theories. said technology becomes a “We have this weird infatuation problem when those in power with serial killers,” he said. “We seize control of it and use it have this idea that they’re mad against the public. geniuses. They’re made smart on “Put control of technology TV shows and movies to make an back in the hands of everyone, interesting plot, but this is reality.” not just those in power,” he said. But recent studies have “Information wants to be free. revealed data that support the Liberate it.” Unabomber’s theory.
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Members of the Orphan Sporks, an a capella singing group from the University, perform during last night’s “Rutgers Got Talent” show in the Livingston Student Center. The band Function for Fiction was the winning act of the charitable event, which was hosted by the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
POEMS Poetry has only been read at four inaugurations CONTINUED FROM FRONT “[It shows] the fantastic ability of a poet to capture two ethnic histories in half a phrase,” Pitts said. Judith Foo, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she remembered hearing Alexander read the poem when she watched President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration on TV. Ruth Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute and reader of Maya Angelou’s “On the Pulse of Morning,” said Bill Clinton was moved by Angelou’s book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” So the former president chose her to read at his 1993 inauguration to honor her work. Angelou, who stopped speaking for several years after being molested as a child, has
published six volumes of autobiography and five of poetr y, Mandel said. “The woman led an extraordinary life filled with pain and permeated with joy,” Mandel said. When Angelou came to visit Mandel’s “American Autobiography” class, she sang all her responses to students’ questions, Mandel said. “It was the most magical, unforgettable, amazing day of teaching,” she said. Clinton’s second inauguration in 1997 featured Miller Williams’ “Of History and Hope,” said Mia Bay, director of the Center for Race and Ethnicity, who recited the poem at the event. Three of the four poems mentioned songs, which reference the history and origins of poetry, Pitts said. “It’s easier to remember a song than it is to remember a poem,” she said. “[These poets bring] events of the day into a tradition of things that ought to be remembered.” Qualls said this tradition has
its roots in the epic poems written by Homer and Virgil. “If you look at ‘The Aeneid,’ it really is about singing Italy,” Qualls said. “Songs are about great national moments.” While most people silently read poems in a book by themselves, Pitts said the language and rhythm of the inaugural poems should be heard, not seen. “They’re designed to be read out loud. They’re not designed to be read in your closet,” she said. There have only been four inaugural poems in the nation’s histor y, Murphy said. Despite this, the speakers found recurrent themes in the selections. Qualls said the poems are founded on the idea of an incomplete nation with the potential to live up to its ideals. Mandel said the poems acknowledge some difficult aspects of American history. “Nobody is denying it. Nobody is just singing the song of praise,” she said. “They find a way to do it in context of a celebratory event and turn it into a song.”
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Social media renders rapid judgment on debate THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Big Bird is endangered. Jim Lehrer lost control. And Mitt Romney crushed President Barack Obama. Those were the judgments rendered across Twitter and Facebook Wednesday during the first debate of the 2012 presidential contest. While millions turned on their televisions to watch the 90-minute showdown, a smaller but highly engaged subset took to social networks to discuss and score the debate as it unspooled in real time. Until recently, debate watchers would have waited through the entire broadcast to hear analysis and reaction from a small cadre of television pundits. Social media has democratized the commentary, giving voice to a far wider range of participants who can shape the narrative long before the candidates reach their closing statements. “People still use old media to watch the debates, but they use social networks and other new media to have influence, voice opinions and be involved,” said Scott Talan, an assistant professor of communication at American University who studies social media and politics. “Old media is not dead; it’s growing. But now we have more people involved and engaged because of digital means.” The political conversation plays out across a range of social platforms, especially on the industry giant Facebook and on Twitter, the social networking hub where opinions are shared through 140-character comments known as tweets. Reflecting the changing times, many television analysts now monitor Twitter and Facebook feeds and use information gleaned from those platforms to inform their punditry. Twitter announced shortly after Wednesday’s debate that it had been the most tweeted event in U.S. political history, topping this year’s Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
With 11.1 million comments, Wednesday’s debate was the fourth most-tweeted telecast of any kind, coming in just behind the most recent Grammy awards, MTV’s Video Music Awards and the Super Bowl, according to William Powers, director of The Crowdwire, an election project of Bluefin Labs, a social analytics firm. It was far higher than the previous political record holder: the third night of the Democratic National Convention in September, which drew 2.5 million comments. A significant spike in social media commentary came from women, The Crowdwire found. -Some 55 percent of comments about the debate were made by women, compared to just 39 percent during the Republican primary debates. Unlike the wider viewing audience, debate watchers who comment on social media “are politically engaged in the strongest possible way,” Powers said. But, he added, “it’s a bit of a hothouse population. It does skew younger, and I’m not sure how much middle America is represented.” Twitter scored Romney the debate’s clear winner according to Peoplebrowsr, a Web analytics firm. The group found 47,141 tweets mentioning Romney and “win or winner” compared to just 29,677 mentioning Obama and “win or winner.” Romney was also the top tweet in battleground states including Florida, Ohio, Nevada and Colorado, Peoplebrowsr found. Search engine Google announced the debate’s four most searched terms: Simpson-Bowles (the bipartisan fiscal commission Obama appointed); Dodd-Frank (a Democratic-backed financial reform law); Who is Winning the Debate; and Big Bird. The debate, focused on domestic issues, was a numbersheavy discussion of the economy, debt and entitlement reform. It produced strong reactions on Twitter from its earliest moments, from the candidates’
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attire and appearance — “Obama: solid blue tie with dimple. Romney: red tie with stripes, no dimple,” tweeted publisher Arianna Huffington — to Jenga, a stacking game Romney and his wife, Ann, were said to have played with their grandchildren before the debate. From there, the social chatter settled into a few major themes. — Big Bird. Early in the debate, Romney said he would defund public broadcasting to help bring down the deficit but added that he liked Big Bird, a popular character on PBS’ “Sesame Street.” Social networks immediately responded, with participants posting spoof photos of Big Bird and other “Sesame Street” characters on Facebook and setting up parody Big Bird Twitter accounts.
During a lull in the debate, an ABC news executive tweeted, “avian life is outstripping human life in this debate.” Another viewer with the Twitter handle A CookieMonster wrote, “Obama killed bin Laden. Romney put a hit on Big Bird.” — Jim Lehrer. The veteran PBS newsman was widely panned as the debate moderator, with viewers complaining he asked weak questions and did a poor job of keeping command of the debate’s time and tempo. Lehrer’s name became a trending topic on Twitter, and his performance drew jeers from countless participants. “Jim Lehrer is like the grandpa at dinner table who falls asleep and wakes up randomly shouting,” tweeted a woman with the Twitter handle of Bookgirl96.
— Romney’s big win. Social media participants mar veled at Romney’s strong outing and pronounced Obama’s debate performance flat, non-energetic and meandering — a dud. While Obama has been leading Romney in battleground state polls in recent days, the consensus on social networks was that Romney’s debate performance had breathed new life into his campaign. Obama supporters were some of his toughest critics. Andrew Sullivan, a pro-Obama writer for The Daily Beast whose Twitter feed, Sullydish, has a loyal following, declared: “This was a disaster for the president.” Joe Mercurio, a New York media buyer, wrote on Facebook: “It could have been worse.”
Abortion rights yacht sails around Moroccan port THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SMIR, Morocco — Moroccan police yesterday escorted from its waters a small yacht carrying women’s rights activists claiming to be able to per form abortions on board, after antiabortion protesters jeered them on land. The Dutch group Women on Waves sailed the boat around the northern Moroccan harbor with banners adver tising an information hotline about abor tion, which is illegal in most cases in this Nor th African countr y. A day earlier, the group had said that a ship that can provide “safe, legal, medical abortions” up until 6.5 weeks of pregnancy was on its way from the Netherlands. Medical pro-
fessionals have traveled before to European nations to raise awareness; the group’s founder said that abortions had been performed aboard ship in international waters off of Poland. The trip in the harbor of the Mediterranean coastal town of Smir was the abor tion rights group’s first event in a Muslim countr y. Abortion in Morocco is illegal, except in rare cases where the mother’s life is threatened and it is also illegal to give out information about it. Moroccan of ficials had said the boat would not be allowed in to the harbor and police sealed the port for what they called “militar y maneuvers,” denying journalists access. But in the afternoon, activists from Women on Waves
said they already had stationed a sailboat in the harbor several days ago, fearing the por t would be shut down. That boat took of f around the harbor,
“It is not part of our tradition to kill the unborn.” ABDESSAMAD ZILALI Protester
about an hour after the group’s founder approached crowds of protesters on the ground, tr ying to hand out fliers on abortion in Arabic and French to crowds of protesters. Police later boarded the Dutchflagged yacht and escorted it out of the marina. No one was charged.
“We launched a hotline that gives information to women here in Morocco, because the ship can never solve the problem here for ever yone,” said Rebecca Gomperts, the organization’s founder. The hotline contains a recorded message explaining which easily available medication in Morocco can be used to perform an abortion. Some 200 protesters in Smir targeted the activists outside the sealed gates of the marina. The protesters, some in conservative Muslim robes and headscar ves, carried pictures of bloody embr yos and shouted “Terrorist!” and “Assassin!” at Gomperts. “We are here because we cannot accept these values, the values of massacre,” said protester Abdessamad Zilali, 23. “It is not part
of our tradition to kill the unborn.” Police pushed back shouting protesters who tried to get closer to Gomperts, and said she was escorted away for her own protection. The Women on Waves boat was invited to Morocco by a local women’s rights organization seeking the legalization of abor tion in this Nor th African kingdom. Founded in 1999, Women on Waves aims to spread information about safe medical abortions induced by medication and has previously angered authorities in conser vative Catholic countries. The group traveled to Ireland in 2001, Poland in 2003 and Spain, and was banned from entering Portugal’s waters in 2004.
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Chicago teachers walked out on 350,000 Chicago students as a part of a seven-day strike. Members of the Chicago Teachers Union approved a new 3-year contract that includes pay increases and a new evaluation system. GETTY IMAGES
Teachers Union approve contract ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — Members of the Chicago Teachers Union overwhelmingly have approved a new three-year contract that includes pay increases and a new evaluation system, union officials announced late Wednesday. Union spokeswoman Stephanie Gadlin said the contract was ratified by 79 percent of the union’s membership. The contact was ratified by a vote Tuesday of 16,428 to 4,337. The contract now must be approved by the Chicago Board of Education, which is scheduled to meet later this month. “This shows over whelming recognition by our members that this contract represents a victory for students, communities and our profession,” said CTU President Karen Lewis in a statement. “Our members are coming out of this with an even greater appreciation for the continued fight for public education. We thank our parents for standing with their children’s teachers, paraprofessionals and clinicians.” Teachers walked off the job Sept. 10, idling 350,000 students in the nation’s third-largest school district for seven days before the union’s delegates agreed to suspend the strike and return to classes, pending the outcome of Tuesday’s vote. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has called the settlement “an honest compromise” that “means a new day and a new direction for the Chicago public schools.” The contract includes 3 percent raises in its first year and 2 percent for two years after that, along with increases for experienced teachers. There also is an option of another 3 percent raise if teachers agree to a fourth year of the contract. The school district also agreed to reduce the percent-
age of teachers’ evaluations based on test scores, down from a proposed 45 percent to the 30 percent set as the minimum by state law. It also includes an appeals process to contest evaluations. The district will be required to give some preference to teachers who are displaced, and will maintain a pool of qualified teachers with the goal of filling half of all new positions with displaced teachers. The walkout, the first for a major American city in at least six years, drew national attention because it posed a high-profile test for teachers unions, which have seen their political influence threatened by a growing reform movement. Unions have pushed back against efforts to expand charter schools, use private companies to help with failing schools and link teacher evaluations to student test scores. The teachers walked out after months of tense contract talks that for a time appeared to be headed toward a peaceful resolution. Emanuel and the union agreed in July on a deal to implement the longer school day with a plan to hire back 477 teachers who had been laid off rather than pay regular teachers more to work longer hours. That raised hopes the contract would be settled before the start of fall classes, but bargaining stalled on other issues. With an average salar y of $76,000, Chicago teachers are already among the highest-paid in the nation. The district’s final proposal included an average 7 percent raise over three years, with additional raises for experience and education. But the evaluations and job security measures stirred the most intense debate.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Nearly three dozen states have failed to meet conditions of a 2006 federal law that requires them to join a nationwide program to track sex offenders, including five states that have completely given up on the effort because of persistent doubts about how it works and how much it costs. The states, including some of the nation’s largest, stand to lose millions of dollars in government grants for law enforcement, but some have concluded that honoring the law would be far more expensive than simply living without the money. “The requirements would have been a huge expense,” said Doris Smith, who oversees grant programs at the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. Lawmakers weren’t willing to spend that much, even though the state will lose $226,000. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, named after a boy kidnapped from a Florida mall and killed in 1981, was supposed to create a uniform system for registering and tracking sex offenders that would link all 50 states, plus U.S. territories and tribal lands. When President George W. Bush signed it into law, many states quickly realized they would have to overhaul their sex offender registration systems to comply. Some lawmakers determined that the program would cost more to implement than to ignore. Others resisted the burden it placed on offenders, especially certain juveniles who would have to be registered for life. In Arizona, for instance, offenders
convicted as juveniles can petition for removal after rehabilitation. The deadline to comply with the law was July 2011. Thirty-four states have still been unable to meet the full requirements, and five of those have decided they won’t even tr y. Arizona, Arkansas, California, Nebraska and Texas will instead forfeit 10 percent of the law-enforcement funding made available through the Justice Department. In Texas, a Senate committee conducted two years of hearings and recommended that the state disregard the law, citing concerns about juvenile offenders and other new mandates. The committee’s report acknowledged the loss of an estimated $1.4 million. But that figure paled when compared with the cost to implement the changes, which could have exceeded $38 million. The Arizona Legislature drew a similar conclusion, rejecting the law in 2009 after a committee determined it would cost about $2 million to fulfill all requirements — far more than the estimated $146,700 in grants that would be withdrawn. California, the nation’s most populous state, risked losing nearly $800,000 in funding this year, but a 2008 estimate put the cost of complying at $32 million. The five states that have given up on the program still have the option to reapply for the withheld money. The 29 states that are in partial compliance have asked to have their withheld money released to help them meet conditions of the law. Richard Kishur, an Oklahoma City counselor who has worked with sex offenders for more than 30 years, said his biggest reserva-
tion was that the law categorized offenders by the crime they commit, not the risk they actually pose. “What we need to do is be rational about it and apply resources to people who are dangerous and quit wasting our money and time on people who aren’t dangerous,” Kishur said. “The law is making a lot of people’s lives miserable because a lot of it should apply to psychopathic murderers instead of people who are situational and opportunistic offenders who aren’t real likely to offend.” Proponents of the law had hoped it would ease the risk that states with less-stringent registration would become havens for sex offenders. Mark Pursley, who managed sex offenders for nearly a decade at the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, recalled hearing offenders discuss moving to states with relaxed rules. “They were very in tune with what requirements were in different states, and they would frequently migrate to other states,” said Pursley, who is now retired. James Womack, a convicted sex offender from Oklahoma who now works for a nonprofit agency that helps recently released felons, said he understands the need for consistent registration rules. But he cautioned that registration alone will not stop them from reoffending. “It doesn’t do anything to stop crime,” said Womack, who was convicted in 2005 of indecent liberties with a child and served nearly two years in prison. “A true pedophile, if they’re going to offend, they’re going to offend, whether or not they live one mile or 10 miles from a school.”
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Another reason why you might’ve missed the latter observations is because you were just too dru — er, we mean, happily distracted throughout much of the night. Thanks to a poster that circulated Internet sites like Reddit and Facebook earlier in the week, college students and alcoholics everywhere discovered that the nation’s first presidential debate of 2012 is also the world’s greatest drinking game. That’s one way to get young voters to watch (but not necessarily remember) the occasion. We, for one, laurel the effort.
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Supply-siding the economy TALKING SHOP BEN GOLD
This column is the first in a two-part series on supply- and demand-side economics.
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he state of the economy is close to our hearts and our wallets. Unlike nuclear energy, the quality of schools or foreign policy, we know how good or bad the economy is for us. Collectively, we can all agree the economy is “meh” right now and the major question of this election is: Which economic theory will be better — Romney or Obama? The real question is, do you believe in supply-side or demand-side economics? This week’s column is about breaking down supply-side economics and next weeks is about demand-side. Supply-side economics is a theory heavily influenced by the Chicago school of thought and simplifies to this: The economy will grow if taxes and regulation are low, and this combination does not necessarily mean lower revenue for the government. Think about it this way: If there were only five people in the country — to keep the math simple -— and they each made $100,000, if they were taxed at 20 percent, the government would generate $100,000 in revenue. Or, if you lower taxes to 10 percent and ever yone made $200,000 dollars, then the government would generate the same revenue, and everyone in the country would have more money in their pocket. Let’s unpack this for a minute. How can lowering taxes increase revenue? First, we have to take a look at the way taxes, spending, and growth are related. Think about this from firstperson perspective. If you have $100 and 20 percent gets taxed, then you can only spend $80 on goods and services. When you
Tax breaks and supply-side economics puts money in the consumer’s pocket. But is it the most equitable option policy-makers can offer? SHAODI HUANG spend money, it has to go somewhere; the money gets allocated in exchange for the goods and services you received. If you purchase a cup of coffee, you lose $2.00 and then own a cup of caffeinated glory. The coffeehouse takes the $2.00 for paying rent, hiring baristas, making croissants and other things. Those baristas spend their salary on other goods and services, and we end up with an enormous interlinked web of spending, services and labor. Now let’s address what happens if we reduced the tax rate. Change the previous example around, cut the tax rate in half to 10 percent and then you have an extra $10.00 to spend on goods and services. Pretend you really love coffee and buy an extra five cups of coffee with this newfound money. The coffeehouse gets more revenue, and if it were taxed at a lower rate, the same revenue could be generated for the government while allowing individuals to buy more goods and services. Everybody wins: You get more coffee, coffeehouse generates more revenue and the government receives the same revenue as if the tax rate were higher. Expand this reasoning to wealthy people: If their tax rate drops a few percent, instead of buying a few more cups of coffee, they buy
jets, build more houses and invest more money — all of which are activities that stimulate growth. So far, we’ve only discussed personal taxes, but the same reasoning applies to corporations. Corporations will preserve profits by any means necessar y, which can often mean layoffs, outsourcing or other tactics to maintain profitability. That being said, obviously, taxes affect profitability and lowering taxes will increase profitability without the company changing policy.
“Collectively, we can all agree the economy is ‘meh’ right now.” Moreover, decreasing taxes will give corporations additional capital to reinvest in themselves. On a larger scale, where a 1 percent or 2 percent tax break can mean the creation of an entire division or new line of business, you can see how lower taxes can result in economic growth and possibly increased revenue. Another component is less regulation. Take an example close to our hearts — the drinking age. The drinking age is a reg-
ulation, and if it were suspended or changed, alcohol revenue would skyrocket. All of the alcohol companies would be elated, and many freshmen would be happier. More alcohol would be purchased, the alcohol companies could hire more factor y workers that spend their money on coffee and everyone would be inebriated and caffeinated. Extend this reasoning, you decrease regulations for certain industries and the economic incentive to produce the service associated with them will spur job creation. Reduce barriers to many industries — either by removing moratoriums on them or reducing requirements to do business — and the companies will capitalize on the incentive. If this economic theory were perfect, it would not have any competition. But there are consequences of adopting this type of economic reasoning. Though cutting taxes and lessening regulation can increase job growth, the question at hand is, jobs for whom? Yes, cutting taxes can lead to many, many cups of coffee, but do we want an economy populated with corporate titans and baristas? Most importantly, does the wealth really trickle down? Less regulation can have awful side effects. Think of pollution, think
of the many banks that took imbecilic risks. Theoretically, cutting taxes can increase revenue, but it is not a guarantee. There could be extensive economic inequality that can be politically and socially damaging. At the expense of balancing the budget, the government might cut or seriously underfund vital social services that many people are left in need. Next week’s column takes a different perspective and approach that relies less on the market to do its thing unencumbered. This is supply-side economics in 1000 words or less. It is the backbone of conservative economic policy, advocated by Romney and previous Republican presidents before him. Personally, I believe this theory should be the departure point for economic policy, but it cannot be left unfettered and requires politicians to give the resources necessary for individuals to make a better life for themselves. Unwavering dedication to principles results in a world of principles, not the world we live in, and it is up to voters to forgo principle in virtue of pragmatism to shape a fair and habitable world. Ben Gold is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in philosophy and history.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mental illness is no joke In the “Diversions” section of the Oct. 3 issue, The Daily Targum carried a cartoon called “Pop Culture Shock Therapy” by Doug Bratton. Titled “Fatal Attraction the Musical!” the cartoon depicts a minstrel man onstage pointing at a crudely drawn female dancer with fishnet stockings, top hat, and frizzy hair — but also with a deranged expression while brandishing a menacingly large carving knife. The pointing man parodies Carly Rae Jepsen’s recent hit song “Call Me Maybe”: “Hey, I just met you — And you are crazy! So lose my number — Don’t call me, baby!” Note the “you are crazy.” As an advisory board member of the Addiction Counselor Training certificate program of the School of Social Work and Center of Alcohol Studies, and the University parent of a loved one with a psy-
chiatric disability, I am distressed by this insensitive, stigmatizing cartoon. Its callous depiction of a person with mental illness (the dancer) as wildly deranged (the face) and violent (the knife) does a serious disservice to a whole class of people. By its crude stereotyping, it brings harm to all individuals with psychiatric disabilities, the vast majority of whom (like the rest of us) strive to lead regular lives the best they can — but also must do so uniquely against indescribable challenges, and yet still can thrive and succeed. The cartoon’s degrading depiction of mental illness seems akin to racist, sexist or homophonic cartoons that justly warrant total condemnation and no place in a first-class college newspaper. Our friends and loved ones with psychiatric disabilities deserve better. I’m sure the Targum can do better. Thomas H. Pyle is a Princeton, N.J., resident.
Exorcisms and elusive leprechauns A Vatican-certified exorcist spoke about his metaphysical healing process to an audience of 200 (William Peter Blatty was never consulted) Wednesday night at the Cook Campus Center. The Rutgers Catholic Student Association trusted that the student body would be able to sit through such a bout of fraudulent nonsense without throwing cabbage and tomatoes. For better or for worse, their trust was not misplaced. It is certainly a bitter irony that 8 in 10 of those who seek the healing capacity of Rev. Gary Thomas are victims of sexual abuse. Of course, the New Testament teaches us that possessive demons cannot be destroyed completely, but only cast upon a herd of pigs. Or sent to another parish. A softer heart could have the slightest bit of sym-
pathy for the Reverend. It must be as difficult for him to determine the 10 percent of actual possession cases as it was for the crowd of Alabama natives to spot that elusive leprechaun. I once tried to catch a leprechaun using nothing but my 7-yearold wits and a stainless-steel colander. Suffice it to say, the effort was fruitless. Perhaps I should have used silver. The Reverend also took it upon himself to describe the difference, which apparently exists, between truth and fact. Evidently the certified pedant was not in attendance. Thomas’ healing capacity would be put to better use exorcising the demons of the historically and presently corrupt institution from which he hails. I sincerely hope this balderdash was not taken seriously by a single unsaved soul in that room. Ryan Ragoza is a School of Engineering senior majoring in mechanical engineering.
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DIVERSIONS Pearls Before Swine
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Today's Birthday (10/05/12). Saturn enters Scorpio today (for the next two and a half years), providing a birthday prosperity bump. Key focus areas this year include money and values; attract wealth as your perception of it alters. Thrifty, educational discovery beckons. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (Mar. 21-April 19) — Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Advance through Today is a 7 — Spend money to the element of surprise to end make money, and shop carefully. ahead. Focus on financial planYour obligations may seem way ning; you've got the facts. It's a too heavy, but your team is gainlucky moment for love. ing strength. You can get whatevTaurus (April 20-May 20) — er you need. Today is a 6 — Focus on making Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — money; there's time to play later. Today is a 5 — You're in a practiLet a friend do you a favor. cal, yet creative mood. And Compromise is required. You you'll be even more intelligent solve the problem. than usual for the next three Gemini (May 21-June 20) — weeks. You can get more done Today is an 8 — Work has your than you thought. attention. Finish old jobs while Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — scheduling current stuff and Today is a 7 — Spend on home increase in status. Others and family, and treat all with request your advice. Be careful respect. New ideas come in odd with the wording. You'll end moments. Put in extra effort for up ahead. financial reward. Keep it quiet. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Keep track of Today is a 6 — Put promises and spending, and let somebody else bold declarations down in writhelp. This provides a sense of ing. Walk the beaten pathways inner balance. You have what and discover a treasure hidden you need, and you know what in plain sight. Everyone's happy you have. when you're happy. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — is a 7 — Friends lead you to a Today is an 8 — For the next few good coach. Keep it practical, days, review topics you've and make lots of money. Keep researched previously and find your facts straight. Let your part- new results. Wrap up old business. ner know the score. Listen to Only purchase bargains. Standardunspoken elements. ize and increase earnings. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Go for peace Today is an 8 — Your friends like today. Allow yourself quiet time. your ideas, too. For about three Ask for what you need, and supweeks, renew old bonds and traport others. Heed a friend's con- ditions. There's no shortage of cerns, but don't let them stop money today and tomorrow. Use you. Breathe. what you've kept hidden. © 2012, TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES INC.
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POWERS Team emphasizes fast starts as solution to Big East win defecit CONTINUED FROM BACK The Knights went winless on the road against conference opponents last season and finished 3-11 overall. They hope to end their road woes and extend their winning ways when they battle against top Big East challengers. “The Big East is extremely competitive,” Zielinski said. “We’re not going to be able to just walk over teams. So every game has to have all of the energy and ever ything we’ve got. What we need to put into every game is all of our momentum. We’re not going to be able to pick up the win if we’re just playing well individually and not as a team. That’s something that we really have to channel.”
SITUATION Coach keeps strategy despite winless start in conference play CONTINUED FROM BACK a mental advantage in preparation for the Hoyas (2-10, 0-2). The team met with a sports nutritionist Monday and followed with a meeting with a performance psychologist. “I think this year we haven’t peaked yet, which is good because we don’t want to peak early,” said junior forward Lisa Patrone. “We are right on the edge of where we want to be. We just have to become more consistent and string together a full 70 minutes. Good teams will capitalize on moments where we aren’t playing our best.” After the Knights dropped the first two Big East games of the season, losing to Connecticut, 5-0, and Syracuse, 6-0, the team lost, 2-1, to Villanova last weekend, dropping their conference record to its current spot. Despite the slow start in conference play, the Knights are not changing what they do. The coaching staff believes the team is close to getting over the hump. Defensively, the Knights plan to play strong on the ball and not allow shots. On offense, the team wants
SPORTS PAGE 13 Rutgers began matches sluggish at times and had to play catch-up, which resulted in losses prior to Georgetown. The Knights found much-needed energy when they faced the Hoyas and played at a high level from the opening serve. Freshman outside hitter Alex Lassa said the squad needs that sort of start to every game. It is the approach Rutgers plans to take this weekend. “There’s no question that we aren’t talented enough,” she added. “We’re a really young team, and we need to go into every game in the very beginning playing as hard as we can. We start off very slow and then by like the third set, we start playing to our potential. If we can start every match aggressively, we’ll be able to start winning more and more games. We’re young, so we’re still figuring a lot of things out.” The Knights start off their next stretch tomorrow at 3 p.m., when they take on the
to finish by remaining balanced and disciplined inside the attack circle. “We do need to perform and focus on getting the edge,” Long said. “We talked after the Bucknell game about the areas that we need to focus on, and the team is really locked in. They want to improve and take our game to the next level.” If the Knights want to win today, they must match the Hoyas’ intensity. In the Knights’ game against Villanova, Rutgers out-shot the Wildcats, 17-7, but still lost the game, so the Knights plan to focus on finishing. “I think all of us are kind of looking forward to the challenge of the Big East,” Patrone said. “Right now we are just taking it one game at a time. I’m really excited for our next game. It is a big deal for Georgetown. I have a friend who plays there, and it’s one of the biggest games of the year for them.” The Hoyas will get the Knights’ undivided attention, as the contest is Rutgers’ only game of the weekend. The matchup marks the first time all year that the Knights will only play one game in a weekend. “I think in our mental and physical preparation we look at it as one game, and we can go all out and rest after we have done the work,” Long said. “When we scheduled it, we looked ahead and said this is a must-win.”
Bearcats. Cincinnati has won the last nine contests against Rutgers, and the last time the Knights topped the Bearcats was Sept. 3, 1983. Rutgers then travels to Kentucky on Sunday to face Louisville in a matinee match. The Knights hope to earn their first victor y against the Cardinals in program histor y. The series dates back to 1999 and stands at 0-8. Rutgers hopes to return home at .500 in Big East play at the end of the weekend and extend its winning streak to three matches. “[Head coach] CJ [Werneke] is getting us all rallied up on how we’re good enough to beat these teams,” Zielinski said. “In the past, we approached Louisville and Cincinnati with a sense of defeat already because they’re really respected teams. But this year we’re amped up and we want these two big wins. We feel that we can do it.”
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Sophomore midfielder Amy Pietrangelo returned to the field Sept. 23 after a knee injury Aug. 24 against Bucknell sidelined her for nine games. DAILY TARGUM / SEPTEMBER 2011
RU places outside of 10 teams eligible for Big East Tournament
Senior forward Carlie Rouh is one of only two point scorers to play in all 12 of the Knights’ games this season.
Senior middle blocker Alex Jones ranks third on the Knights in kills with 206. She is one of four Knights with at least 200 kills.
to be able to still play through it.” The Knights sit in a three-way tie for last in their division, with the top four teams from both National and American Divisions advancing to the postseason. The remaining two spots in the 10-team field come down to average points per game, since some teams only play 10 league games because of West Virginia’s departure this year to the Big 12. Three of the five remaining games for Rutgers (8-6, 1-5) come against teams fighting for those last two spots in the National Division, with DePaul (7-6-1, 2-3) serving as one of them. But with the Knights failing to score in three straight contests, they do not get a break with whom they fire their shots at, as
the Blue Demons feature one of the better goalies in the league in Megan Pyrz. Pyrz is third in the Big East in save percentage with an .829 mark, something Rutgers will have to deal with as it looks to increase its shot total. It does not get any easier Sunday, when Rutgers travels to South Bend, Ind., for a matchup with Notre Dame (9-3-1, 5-0) and goalkeeper Sarah Voigt. Voigt enters the game as the reigning Big East Goalie of the Week, the second Fighting Irish goalkeeper this season the league has recognized. She is fourth in the league in save percentage and leads the Big East in goals against average with a 0.5 per-game total. While DePaul and Notre Dame are not the ideal teams to face during a scoring slump, Crooks understands the challenge both teams present. “They are both very good programs,” Crooks said. “DePaul has gotten better every year and Notre Dame has been traditionally a top-10
team, and they are playing like that again this year. So we have a serious challenge up against us.” The road trip can present a problem for Rutgers, but if it does not escape with at least one win this weekend, it still has an oppor tunity to make the Big East Tournament. The Knights do not leave their home state after the Notre Dame game and get both Cincinnati and Seton Hall — the two teams Rutgers is tied with for last in the division — to end their schedule. While last is not the ideal place for the Knights, Crooks is still optimistic as the team continues to train on its own to close out the year. “They are going above and beyond to tr y and get better, and they are angr y about the results [from the Big East season],” Crooks said. “Ever yone has remained ver y positive through this.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @BradlyDTargum.
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OCTOBER 5, 2012 TENNIS PLAYERS TUNE GAMES FOR SECOND TOURNAMENT
Junior Vanessa Petrini leads the Knights to Flushing, N.Y., the venue of their second tournament of the season and also the same stadium where the U.S. Open is held each year. With no seniors on the team, Petrini and classmate Stefania Balasa serve in leadership roles. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
USTA Invite presents team with historic setting BY MIKE MORTON STAFF WRITER
After two idle weeks, the Rutgers tennis team takes the court again this weekend when it travels to Flushing Meadows, N.Y., to compete in the USTA Invitational. The Scarlet Knights play for the first time since Sept. 23, when they participated in the Brown Invitational. Much like that tournament, the USTA Invitational is a collection of several teams from around the region competing in a singles tournament. “There are tons of teams that come,” said assistant coach Hilary Ritchie. “Some of them are regional, and a lot of the Ivy League teams come, too, so it’s really good competition.” The tournament consists of nine singles flights and five doubles flights, manually assigned by the tournament director. The USTA Invitational is located in nearby New York City in the same stadium that the U.S. Open took place last month. The opportu-
nity to play close to home and on the same court of tennis icons excites the players, Ritchie said. “It’s a great atmosphere and a great venue,” she said. “Especially with the tournament being held only a few months after the U.S. Open, I think they all get really excited knowing this huge Grand Slam was held there, and they’re playing on the same court as some of their idols and professional players.” With two weeks since their last tournament, the Knights have concentrated on consistency and implementing new strategies, Ritchie said. “We’ve been focused on being a little more consistent in singles play,” she said. “Our general focus has definitely been on our doubles strategy. We’ve been trying to mix it up and just trying to be a more aggressive doubles team.” Rutgers played well in its first tournament of the season, but Ritchie and head coach Ben Bucca believe there is still room for improvement. Ritchie thinks if the
team implements the strategies it worked on in practice, the Knights will have an even more successful tournament this weekend. “I think we had a good tournament at Brown,” Richie said, “but I think we can have an even better tournament this weekend just because we’ve been training for a few more weeks. This being a young team, it’s always nice to really see how they’re going to compete. I’d like to see a lot of things we implement in doubles, but I’d also like to see them work really hard in singles.” The Brown Invitational was the team’s first regular season event this year, as well as three freshmen’s first college experiences. Having the tournament behind them made it easier for them to prepare for the USTA. “I think they will be more relaxed now having played some matches and knowing what the format looks like,” Ritchie said. “Now they know that they have the skillset to be right in there on every match.”
Junior Stefania Balasa tied teammate Lindsay Balsamo for the best conference singles record, winning eight of 10 matches. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY KNIGHTS AIM HIGH AT METROPOLITAN CHAMPS
Rutgers stresses running as team at upcoming meet BY ERIC DIMETROSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s cross country team is set to run in the Metropolitan Championships today in the Bronx. The Scarlet Knights come off a second-place finish in the Fairfield Invitational, a result that did not thrill head coach Mike Mulqueen. “I think we ran very poorly,” Mulqueen said. “It wasn’t a big meet and we did not run as a pack the entire race.” The Knights hope to improve from their last race despite a more difficult field of competition. Columbia, Farleigh Dickinson and
Seton Hall are three of the talented teams running in New York. Staying together during races is the focus for Mulqueen, as well as his runners. Sophomore Steve Burkholder stressed the importance of running as a group during meets. “We need to keep the pack closer together,” Burkholder said. “During practice we stay together, but during the meets we spread out. If we can keep the pack close together, our scores will drop.” Freshman Anthony Horton, who finished 17th at Fairfield with a time 27:45, also said the Knights need to stay together during races. “We really have to stay together as a group,” Horton said. “If we
can run as a pack and work together, we’ll have a much better time.” Horton also stressed the difficulty of running alone. “It’s so much harder to run by yourself,” Horton said. “If you have teammates out there with you that can work with you and encourage each other, it’s much easier. The race will not be easy, as Columbia won both the men’s and women’s national championships last season in cross country. Despite the tough field, Horton expects the Knights to be successful. “I think that we should probably place at least near the top,” Horton said. “We’re a pretty
strong team, so as long as everyone has a strong race, we should do pretty well. Burkholder anticipates similar results from the team. “Every year in this meet, we’re always in the top couple of teams,” Burkholder said. “If we can keep the pack together, I don’t see why we can’t win or at least finish toward the front.” Mulqueen was not as eager to make predictions. “I don’t know what place we’ll finish,” Mulqueen said. “I just want to see us run better and place as high as we can.” Freshman Chris DeFabio and sophomore Curtis Richburg are
two keys to the team’s success in the Bronx. DeFabio earned a fifth-place finish in Fair field, while Richburg finished 12th in the 68man field. The two young runners hope to lead the Knights to an improvement in place of last year’s race, when which they finished in sixth place overall. Burkholder knows the team does not rely on one runner. “The most important thing right now is the group,” Burkholder said. “We don’t really have one superstar on the team, so it’s all about how we stay together as a group.”
OCTOBER 5, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 15 WOMEN’S GOLF
MEN’S SOCCER MIDFIELDER RECORDS ONLY ONE POINT
Knights prepare to defend home turf BY GREGORY JOHNSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers women’s golf team returns to tournament action today and tomorrow at home in the 21-team Rutgers Invitational. The Scarlet Knights look to redeem themselves on their home course following a disappointing ninth-place finish in the Yale Intercollegiate on Sept. 21-23 in New Haven, Conn. Head coach Maura WatersBallard called Yale the most challenging college golf course in the nation, with elements of which her golfers were unfamiliar. “The girls are really excited to be playing on their home course,” Waters-Ballard said. “We’ve been honing in our skills and getting used to the speed of these greens and the different lies on our own course. I think we’re going to do quite well.” The Knights are pleased to be back on familiar grounds at the Rutgers University Golf Course. The team aims to finish what it started at the Rutgers Invitational last fall, when it captured second place and fell short of winning the event by two strokes to Boston College. Sophomore Kortnie Maxoutopoulis won the individual player field as a freshman and tries to duplicate that performance. She has two top-six finishes this season to pace the Knights, but has yet to win a tournament. The team believes playing at home will help calm some of the freshmen’s early-season nerves. Through the first two tournaments of the season, the freshmen on the Knights’ final scorecards have averaged 242.7 strokes per
event — 11 strokes worse than the veterans’ average of 231.7. The Knights’ veterans need more support from the freshmen to be successful. “For [me] personally, I actually feel relaxed and comfortable because I’m familiar with the course,” said freshman Samantha Moyal. “I’m really excited to go out and show coach, myself and everybody what I can do.” But the Knights also understand they need to remain focused and not take a victory on their home course for granted. “There’s definitely more pressure on our home turf,” said freshman Melanie Chambers, “because you’re expected to do well and have that advantage of knowing the course better than everyone else.” Regardless, the Knights remain confident and expectations are high, with anything short of a first-place finish considered a disappointment. “We want to win it and I think we can win it,” Waters-Ballard said. “That’s everyone’s goal in their hearts — to win this event. And we can win it individually, too. We have really good players on the team, and I think we can take both the individual and the tournament title.” Moyal, who has focused on her mental game recently in practice, also has her sights set on winning the tournament. “We’re going to win it,” she said. “That’s what we’re going for. We just have to play our game and shoot those low scores.” The first 18 holes of the invitational will play out today, and the tournament will conclude tomorrow with the final 18.
Sophomore Kortnie Maxoutopoulis tries to defend her title at the Rutgers Invitational. The team took second last season. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Junior midfielder Mike Soboff has slumped after separating his shoulder Sept. 2 at Creighton, starting only one game since. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Junior struggles on, off field BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
A player with knowledge of a Big East rival from playing with it and another who serves as the 12th man could be invaluable for the Rutgers men’s soccer team. The Scarlet Knights have a player who serves as both, and head coach Dan Donigan still wants to see more from him. Junior midfielder Mike Soboff has come off the bench for Rutgers in each of the past four games, and he was the first substitution in each game. The South Florida transfer got his last start Sept. 14 against the College of Charleston, his first game back from a one-game absence after suffering a separated shoulder. Donigan took him out of the starting lineup after that not because Soboff was a spark off the bench, but because Donigan felt he did not deserve to keep the job. “He’s an older, more mature player, supposedly, and his performance has been very inconsistent,” Donigan said. “He’s really got to step up so we’re not such a young team. … You have two sophomores and one freshman playing in front of him.” Soboff has a chance to turn his season around when he returns to face his former school for the first time when Rutgers faces No. 21 USF tomorrow in Tampa. “I liked it a lot down there,” Soboff said. “I had some personal issues I had to deal with — that’s why I left. I think that it was a good experience while I was down there.”
Soboff is unique in that he transferred without leaving the conference, but he had an indirect connection to Donigan all along. Elvis Comrie bounced around between soccer leagues in the 1980s and made four appearances for the U.S. national team in 1984. Comrie is Soboff’s family friend and one of Donigan’s former teammates at Connecticut. When Soboff left USF (6-2-3, 1-02), Comrie introduced him to Donigan and they made an instant connection.
“Michael [Soboff] just needs to step up and show a little more responsibility.” DAN DONIGAN Head Coach
“He was someone I definitely wanted to play for,” Soboff said. “[Comrie] really helped to make things happen for me to get here.” Soboff did not play a single game at South Florida before redshirting last year for Rutgers (5-4, 1-2) because of Big East transfer rules. The Newton South (Mass.) High School product this year went from someone with no experience on a college soccer field to a veteran with expectations. “Michael just needs to step up and show a little more responsibility, a little more accountability in his performance and in his play on a daily basis,” Donigan said.
Soboff displayed promising signs Sunday against Louisville, including the assist for the game-winning goal to junior forward Kene Eze between two Cardinals defenders. Not only was the assist accurate enough to thread the needle, but it was important. “Every assist is important in the season,” Eze said, “but I think that might be ranked as one of the most important because it was a game winner against a very good team like Louisville.” The negatives of Soboff’s game unraveled late Wednesday at Syracuse. Several Knights were guilty of allowing Syracuse forward Lars Muller the game-winning goal in the 93rd minute after surrendering a corner kick. But it was Soboff and freshman defender Drew Morgan’s responsibility to cover Muller. “Drew Morgan was locking the guy, but Soboff was supposed to take care of the near post, and they both let the guy in front of them,” Donigan said. Even though Donigan thinks Soboff can improve his ability to take criticism, Soboff is still not completely healthy since separating his shoulder Sept. 2 against Creighton. Soboff has to be careful with his shoulder, but he still wants to change and get more plays like his assist to Eze. “[I need] to be more aggressive going forward in attacking,” he said. For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JBakanTargum.
LONG LAYOFF The Rutgers tennis team returns to action for the second time this fall in Flushing, N.Y., the location of the U.S. Open, for the USTA Invitational. / PAGE 14
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COMING HOME The Rutgers women’s golf team hosts the Rutgers Invitational, which sophomore Kortnie Maxoutopoulis won last year during the Knights’ second-place team finish. / PAGE 15
BACK TO SCHOOL Rutgers men’s soccer junior Mike Soboff looks to turn around his season at USF, his former team. / PAGE 15
SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “He’s an older, more mature player, supposedly.” — Head men’s soccer coach Dan Donigan on junior midfielder Mike Soboff
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012
DESPERATE TIMES FIELD HOCKEY
WOMEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS-DEPAUL, TODAY, 1 P.M.
Georgetown presents RU with pivotal situation after three league losses mount
VOLLEYBALL
Knights face difficult test with looming matches at yearly conference powers
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STAFF WRITER
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After starting Big East play 0-3, the Rutgers field hockey team calls today’s game against Georgetown a must-win. If the Scarlet Knights want to accomplish their goal of making the Big East Tournament, the team must start winning conference games. Including today’s game, the Knights only have three Big East contests remaining, making wins at this stage critical. “We are really focused on this game,” said head coach Meredith Long. “It was a disappointing result against Villanova. We really dominated the game statistically, but we just didn’t finish. If we don’t finish our opportunities, we won’t get the result. Georgetown has some pretty talented players, so I think we are really getting ourselves prepared in our attacking circle and in our defensive circle, as well.” The Knights (6-6, 0-3) changed their practice schedule this week, hoping to gain
The Rutgers volleyball team prepares for another test against Big East competition. The Scarlet Knights hit the road this weekend to take on reigning Big East champion Cincinnati (4-13, 2-2) and 2011 regular season winner Louisville (14-2, 3-1). Rutgers (15-4, 1-3) enters the weekend with a degree of momentum from its first conference win after defeating Georgetown in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30 in a 3-1 win. The Knights ended the weekend on a high note after tipping it off with a loss against Villanova. “I think that the game gave us a lot of confidence,” said senior setter Stephanie Zielinski. “We didn’t want it to be like last year when we only won home games even though most of our games were away. I think it was great to go in and win our first Big East away game in a few years. It was a motivation, but we’re not satisfied. We want more.”
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SEE POWERS ON PAGE 13 Junior forward Jonelle Filigno has scored nine of Rutgers’ 16 goals this year. Rutgers looks to fix its offense in the final stretch. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Two tough goalies from Notre Dame, DePaul challenge Rutgers in late push for Big East Tournament contention BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
Junior forward Lisa Patrone and Rutgers hope to fix their 0-3 Big East record. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Besides a trip to Texas during the out-of-conference slate, the Rutgers women’s soccer team has been able to get to its away matches by bus. That changed yesterday, when the Scarlet Knights left by plane to Illinois for today’s game at DePaul. With five games remaining in their Big East season, the Knights cannot afford to have their travel plans have any ill effects on their play. “When you hop on a plane, I say it is always a little different,” said head coach Glenn Crooks. “I’d say anytime you are on the road it
is different, but when you hop on a plane, that adds to the wear and tear of it. But our itinerary is cut out in a way that we are ready.” Road trip or not, Rutgers now faces the prospect of climbing out of the Big East National Division basement to secure a spot in the Big East Tournament. After entering league play with a 7-1 record and a national ranking, the only thing the Knights can focus on now to get to the postseason is converting on their scoring opportunities. “I think it is definitely frustrating,” said sophomore midfielder Amy Pietrangelo, “but we need
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EXTRA POINT
KENE EZE has scored a goal three times in as many games with Rutgers’ men’s soccer team, giving him four for the season, a team high. Three of Eze’s goals this season were game winners.
Senior setter Stephanie Zielinski leads Rutgers with 849 assists this season. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR CROSS COUNTRY
WOMEN’S GOLF
WOMEN’S SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
Metropolitan Championships
Rutgers Invitational
at DePaul
at Cincinnati
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