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For the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, read about the memorial that student Najum Junaid carefully arranged on the lawn of Voorhees Mall, “Dust Lady” Marcy Borders, the late Bayonne resident who died of stomach cancer in late August, and the voices of students and faculty who reflect on what 9/11 in 2015 means to them. Take a peek at our spread on pages 8 and 9, and head over to The Daily Targum’s Facebook page to look at a remembrance photo gallery.
Students, faculty share thoughts on 9/11 attacks KATIE PARK NEWS EDITOR
A REMEMBRANCE
He was gridlocked on a Tuesday, and Stephen Siller, a firefighter, was panicked. He heard from his radio scanner that a plane had crashed into the Twin Towers, and he needed to get to lower Manhattan to respond to the scene. But traffic was unyielding, so he got out of his car on the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, grabbed all 60 pounds of his gear and started to run. At the end of the day, Siller was one of 2,977 victims of Sept. 11, 2001. Yet as American history would ensure, as would Siller’s family and friends, Siller would never fall into the cracks of obscurity. Siller is the driving force behind the Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the annual Tunnel to Towers 5K run and walk, said Kelly Rogers, a Rutgers Business School sophomore. Rogers’ uncle, who was a close friend to Siller, helps out with the foundation and the run, she said, and Siller’s face makes 9/11 a poignant day for her, 14 years later. Next to Siller, Rogers, a resident
of Middletown, New Jersey, acutely feels the impact of 9/11 — Middletown was the second hardest-hit city for casualties, next to New York City, she said. “It’s almost how surreal how long it’s been, because it’s been 14 years and I’m 19 years old,” she said. “So it’s something I’ve grown up with.”
FROM A DIFFERENT SET OF EYES
Similarly, Vivek Ananthanarayanan, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, experienced 9/11 as a child, and matured while the dominant American political scene in the mid-2000s asserted an offensive surge into the Middle East. But Ananthanarayanan, who condemned the terrorists who attacked on 9/11, said Sept. 11 was the result of “some wrong political moves” the United States made during the wars in the Middle East. “For example, (the war in Afghanistan), the (United States) helped Osama bin Laden build up his army, SEE THOUGHTS ON PAGE 8
Every year, the Rutgers College Republicans arrange 2,977 miniature American flags into the shapes of the Pentagon, Twin Towers and the words “Never Forget” on the Voorhees Mall lawn on College Avenue to commemorate the 2,977 individuals who were killed on Sept. 11, 2001. Of the 2,977 victims, 37 were Rutgers alumni. THE DAILY TARGUM / SEPTEMBER 2014
U. remembers 9/11 with memorial AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
While most students were sleeping this morning, Najum Junaid was awake at 7:30 a.m. arranging miniature American flags across the Voorhees Mall lawn. The “9/11: Never Forget Memorial” on Voorhees Mall taking place today has been assem-
bled by students involved with the College Republicans for the many years. “A lot of colleges don’t take the time to remember (Sept. 11) with any events. It’s important for our organization to host the ‘9/11: Never Forget’ project so we can remember histor y and remember what happened,” Junaid said. Each year, 2,977 flags are stuck
into the grass to represent the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001 as a result of the attacks.The flags are arranged in a pattern to depict the Pentagon, the Twin Towers and the words “Never Forget.” “We are (setting up early) so more students see it and it can SEE MEMORIAL ON PAGE 8
Students become voices of 9/11, recall memories NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
RIDHI PADALIA, A SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES JUNIOR:
“I was in first grade, so I just remember everyone getting phones calls and everyone leaving school early, and then going home and seeing it on TV. It doesn’t seem like that long ago.”
MEGAN MCCREA, A SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE STUDENT:
Marcy Borders, a Bank of America employee and a Bayonne native, was captured coming out of the World Trade Center South Twin Tower coated in a layer of gray dust on Sept. 11, 2001, when she was 28 years old. The photo, captured by Agence France-Press photojournalist Stan Honda, became an iconic image from the tragic day and was reshared widely again in late August when Borders, 42, died from stomach cancer. STAN HONDA / AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
NJ looks back at life of late 9/11 victim KATIE PARK NEWS EDITOR
On the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, New Jersey will remember “Dust Lady” Marcy Borders, the Bayonne native who was caught
on camera exiting the World Trade Center’s South Tower coated in a layer of gray dust. Borders, who was 28 and a Bank of America employee in 2001, died of stomach cancer on Aug. 25. She was 42 years old.
“I’m saying to myself, ‘Did (this incident) ignite cancer cells in me?’” she told The Jersey Journal in 2014. “I definitely believe it because I haven’t had any illnesses. I don’t have SEE LIFE ON PAGE 8
“It always kind of hits home for me because my best friend’s dad was actually in the World Trade Center when it was hit. That’s always kind of a hard day, but also a day full of a lot of appreciation for me (because) a lot of people weren’t as lucky. He was able to get out got a couple of his coworkers out with him. We got really lucky with that.”
TYLER VIEZEL, A SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES FIRSTYEAR STUDENT:
“Every year on 9/11 I always think about my experience because that was one of my earliest memories … I’m one of the last ages to remember it. It was 11:00 and I was in preschool, 4 years old. I remember one by one,
each student was being taken out of the classroom because their parents had come to pick them up in the middle of the day. Then, at around 11:15, my father came and he took me outside and I (said) ‘why are we going home?’, and he (said), ‘Let’s just go home.’” I live 20 miles from the city, so when got outside the building, we heard loud sirens. That’s one of the minute details I remember. I remember seeing my little brother who was a baby at the time in his crib in the living room and my mother watching the TV in horror as the showed the two buildings burning. Every year I think about that and I think about how (those) a year younger than me, along with everyone else younger than me, they won’t know what happened. So I think its really important that the people who do remember it, they send a message to them and share messages.”
BRENDYN TURPIN, A SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES FIRSTYEAR STUDENT:
“Someone that I know was working in one of the buildings. They got out. When it happened, I was so young and I barely even remember it.”
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Campus Calendar FRIDAY 9/11 The Rutgers Energy Institute presents, “REI Energy Policy Seminar Series” at 10:30 a.m. at the Marine Science Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public. Rutgers Gardens presents, “Rutgers Gardens Farm Market” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hort Farm No. 1 Office Building located at 112 Ryders Lane on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Rutgers Film Co-op, New Jersey Media Arts Center and Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies present, “New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015 Screening” from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Voorhees Hall on the College Avenue campus. The event is $10 for general admission and $9 for Rutgers students and senior citizens. The Catholic Student Association presents, “Googo Mooga” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Catholic Center located at 84 Somerset St. The event is free and open to the public. The Mason Gross School of the Arts presents, “Alumni Dance Concert” at 7:30 p.m. in the Loree Gymnasium located at 70 Lipman Drive on Douglass campus. The event costs $15 for the general public, $10 for Rutgers alumni, employees and senior citizens and $5 for Rutgers students. If you would like to submit an event for the Campus Calendar section, please email copy@dailytargum.com. For more information please visit www.dailytargum.com. Due to space limitations there is no guarantee that your event will be listed. Events can run for no more than three days: two days prior to the event and the day of the event.
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Internet Archive founder ‘bytes’ into open source SOPHIE NIETO-MUNOZ
published word on the Internet, his ambition began traditionally, with a brick and mortar library. Aside from the contents of Under New Brunswick’s sky, an Internet Hall of Famer stood libraries, he likes to pause and on the stone steps of the New read the inscriptions above liBrunswick Free Public Librar y, brary doors, he said his favorite then pulled open the heavy is the inscription “Free to All,” a wooden doors. Later, he made saying etched on the Boston Pubhis way to another librar y, Al- lic Library. Now, as Kahle steadily works exander Librar y, where he shared his dream of bringing toward curating a digital library, libraries to ever ything, except, he and his team works to digitize he said, he would do it through about 1,000 books everyday in 30 different scanning centers around a screen. Yesterday, about 75 stu- the world in eight countries. “Even if you scan books, dents, professors and avid fans sat in Alexander Librar y on the you can always print them back College Avenue campus to lis- out again,” Kahle said. “But I ten to Brewster Kahle, 54, best think ever ything is just going known for founding a non-profit to be on screens. They look digital librar y, the Internet Ar- beautiful, (and) they don’t have chive, speak of his successes to be reformatted.” Ultimately, the main goal is to and his ambitions. The advocate, entrepreneur get big libraries, like the Library and Massachusetts Institute of of Congress, and make them Technology graduate spoke of available to everyone, in every his future plans for moving for- language and every medium. “People tend to think, ‘Hey, ward with his task of making knowledge universally accessible hasn’t Google done a lot of this?’ — he already made significant And yeah, they have, but they strides by providing free public locked it up,” he said. “They took the public doaccess to mumain and but sic, movies, on software, ap“Universal access to all restrictions it, often at the plications and knowledge can be done, instance of limore than 3 and I think it’s the braries.” million books If Google is with the Interopportunity of the Microsoft, net Archive. our generation.” the Internet “Can we Archive is make it so that BREWSTER KAHLE the Linux, he ever ything Founder of Internet Archive said, referring ever published to the operatis available to ing system’s anyone at any time?” he asked. “Yes, you can, and free, open-source development and distribution. it’s possible by our generation.” He said that his team has about Accomplishing this, he said, was his dream since the mid-1980s. 8 million books left to make into Although Kahle wants every lending books after buying them. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Brewster Kahle, 54, founder of non-profit digital library, the Internet Archive, spoke about his successes and ambitions related to increasing free access to books, music and movies online in front of about 75 students, professors and fans at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus yesterday afternoon. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER He has a focus on making music available to the public for free as well, an endeavor he started in the early 2000s by using The Grateful Dead as a platform. The rule, he said, was that anyone could share, but no one could make money. He contacted The Grateful Dead, he said, explaining he could digitize everything about them on the Web, including recording of concerts, songs and shows, and make them “forever for everyone.” “They wrote back and they said, ‘We don’t believe you, but if you could do it, it would be our dream,” Kahle said. “When someone says,
‘If you could do this, it would be our dream?’ Isn’t that the most motivating thing?” Soon, they began collecting all different bands. Around a decade later, Kahle added up 6,000 bands with digitized recordings, with 2 million items in more than 5,000 collections, ranging from Afropop Worldwide, a radio program dedicated to music of the African diaspora, to presidential speeches. He soon moved on to digitizing films and TV. Then, in 2007, his surge with
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How many times have you seen “no data available” flash on your phone while trying to figure out when the next EE is coming? Richard Chu, James Paik, Kenneth Li and Carin Yao may have solved your problems. These four Rutgers students created RU Direct, an Android app that offers a visual aid along with time estimates for when your bus is coming. This laurel goes out to the four creators of the app … if only RU Direct could actually make the buses move faster.
We all know Rutgers is big, but at this point it’s just too much. While it is amazing that the incoming first-year class is the largest the school has ever seen, our resources are not equipped to handle this many people. Buses are over capacity, classes are overflowing and the lines at the dining halls are downright ridiculous. This dart is for the University population size, there are just too damn many of us.
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Rutgers has always been progressive in terms of supporting the LGBTQ community. For the third year in a row, Rutgers has been ranked among the top 25 LGBTQ-friendly colleges in the nation. This laurel is for the members of University who maintain a high level of respect for ever y member of our student body.
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Desire to merge tenets of faith, reason cannot be fulfilled WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL JONATHAN FINNERTY
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hile making my way through the Involvement Fair, which took place on Labor Day, one table caught my attention. At this structure stood a woman holding a white marker board that posed two questions, “Does science ‘know’ ever ything?” and “Can faith be rational?” Passing by a few times to gather reconnaissance and to see how other students interacted, the time came to make my approach. After a brief exchange on the value of a properly worded sentence, I made my tallies — a vote for each — and was on my way to ponder the questions at length. So, can faith be rational? Immediately, a solid “no” begs to be displayed, but perhaps there is more to the claim. Obviously the words “faith” and “rational” can nearly be considered antonyms to each other, but what about faith in the sense of religious order? So long as faith — religious order — has structured reasoning, then one may assert that it is rational. But successful reasoning does not mean that a statement or set of beliefs is entirely true. It should be noted also that the organization responsible for the marker board and series of questions turned out to be a club of apologetic Christians called Ratio Christi.
After posing the question of faith and rationality, one ought to view Christianity in the light of reason. Can Christianity be rational? Simply put, yes. Rephrase the question: Can the claims of rational Christianity be true? One could say that it has about as much truth in reasoning as any other religion. There are some essential questions that defy the laws of physics and therefore negate the rational (or obser vable) universe we live in. For example, can men physically transcend walls of stone after death? No, they cannot. Can men turn water
truth-based reason and faith can be aligned. Faith is inherent in most religious instances because miraculous events almost never happen — hence the name. Applying the principles of logic and reasoning to claims most extraordinar y is brave to say the least, but more importantly, a possible threat to the continued existence of core doctrine. Take as an example, the claim that Mar y was a virgin. Parthenogenesis, while not impossible, is also gravely improbable. The faith one would need to believe in such claims is entirely without sufficient
“There seems to be a desire, or rather a need, to create a religion that is entirely explainable and factual. Unfortunately, it appears that no such union of truth-based reason and faith can be aligned.” into wine? Yes, but not by means of a miracle. The elements mentioned in the latter are key tenets in Christianity, but they are not reasonable unless one has faith in such actions and beings. Miracles, by definition, are unique because they defy the laws to which all material things are bound. So, if faith is rational, it can only be within the bounds of the paradigm it creates. There seems to be a desire, or rather a need, to create a religion that is entirely explainable and factual. Unfortunately, it appears that no such union of
evidence, thereby making the reasoning less than desirable or practical. Faith, in my opinion, should remain in the shadows of the miraculous and improbable. Science, on the other hand, is a method of deduction and reasoning used to make predictions about the world. Can science know ever ything? It would depend on what one needs to “know.” The scientific discipline allows one to obser ve and calculate a probability. Should the universe be material, with all material obser vable in some sense, then yes, science can provide the means to
understand ever ything. I think that science, as opposed to a more rational faith, still provides better reasoning to understand our position in the scheme of things. In the 20th centur y philosopher Miguel de Unamuno’s book, “The Tragic Sense of Life,” he writes, “True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant.” Christianity, like the mustard seed in Jesus’s parable of the same name (written down by the anonymous author who is falsely credited to be Matthew), started off small — pace Jesus, the mustard seed is not the smallest seed — and grew into a massive kingdom where birds nest in its branches. But like any seed, Christianity appears to come from the same bag as most other seeds and like any good gardener will claim, some seeds just happen to be stronger than the others. Whatever reason one finds in faith, it is imperative that one questions any and all claims for such a truth tree to be true. Ultimately, I feel that one will find in most rational structures of faith, stories invented by men, for men, in a context that we cannot quite explain and therefore apply modern concepts to ancient problems. As Unamuno writes, “To believe in God is to yearn for his existence and, furthermore, it is to act as if he did exist.” Jonathan Finner ty is a School of Ar ts Sciences junior majoring in classics and philosophy. His column, “Waxing Philosophical,” runs on alternate Friday’s.
Traveling experience is beneficial for personal growth COMMENTARY BIYA HAQ
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o I won’t sit here and preach about how some “Eat Pray Love” traveling experience will change your life forever. I won’t do that, because you’ll hate me for it — The Targum won’t print it and Julia Roberts did a better job at it. What I am going to do is tr y and explain that through my experiences traveling really did change my life. Before you turn the page, roll your eyes or chuckle at my romantic and silly fallacies about traveling, I will have you know that I am an incredibly logical person. I eat oats in the morning, get my papers done before 4 a.m. and, perhaps the highest indication of responsibility and reliability, I wash my dishes immediately after using them. Of course, I know that it takes more than a logical person to be at liberty or qualified to give out advice. So let me give you some background. I have moved around quite a bit. I was born in Lahore, Pakistan in July 1994. When I was four years old my family and I moved to
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Augusta, Georgia, where I lived and grew up for about 6 years. Let me tell you — the only common denominator between those two towns was the heat and humidity. Straight from Augusta I moved to New Jersey. It was fun, I made friends and overdosed on bagels, pretty much the real Jersey experience. Suddenly,
and set up our lives here. My sister and I graduated high school and enrolled at the greatest school on ear th, (Rutgers, just in case any Penn State kids are reading this). So here I am now, entering my senior year at the only school that I have been at from the star t to the finish and in a city that I can now call one of my
“When you find yourself in another city, town, zip code or even country for that matter, you are putting yourself out there to try a new life, looking through a new window or just trying out a new flavor.” I felt like I was surrounded by bubble wrap again and was ready to move back to Lahore, where I was to live for the next seven years. I lived, I laughed and grew up in a ver y unique way, being in one of the most controversial countries of the world. Just as I really settled into my life there, it was time to go again. My family and I made our way back to dir ty Jerz
many homes. Now that we have established that I am somewhat pretty set in the traveling and culture shock department, lets get to the point. I have always known the act of traveling to be an out-of-body experience. If you really allow yourself, you can perceive the world in a completely different mindset. I know it’s corny when people
say “life begins when you step outside of your comfort zone,” but honestly, it really does. A good trip is like a great meal. Fair warning that many of my insightful metaphors will revolve around food, (pretty much ever y single one). Once you get that perfect dish, you want more. When you find yourself in another city, town, zip code or even county for that matter, you are putting yourself out there to tr y a new life, looking through a new window or just tr ying out a new flavor (food). In today’s world, we are lucky enough to be able to be curious about the world around us, and, even more so, we are able to act on that curiosity and learn. To me, this is a gift. An experience that ever yone and anyone should take advantage of. The most important lessons learned in life take place outside of the classroom, and I believe that these lessons are hidden in more ways than one and in more places than one. We just need to start looking. Biya Haq is a school of Arts and Science senior majoring in communications with a minor in digital communication, information and media.
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Rutgers students share opinions on campus security
After Rutgers received a number of crime alerts since the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, certain students are expressing concern over their safety walking home at night, while other students are brushing off the incidents as commonplace and little cause for concern. Either way, Rutgers spokesperson E.J. Miranda says campus safety and community well-being is taken seriously. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
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The first week of school at Rutgers draws new students, new classes and new crime. Only seven days in and Rutgers crime is in the spotlight for more than one incident. Students received a crime alert on Aug. 30 when a Rutgers student was sexually assaulted in a backyard at 2:45 a.m. near Richardson Street and Wyckoff Street, according to NJ.com. On Aug. 30, a young woman was shot near the intersection of Hamilton Street and Hartwell Street, according to New Brunswick Today. Five football players, including the quarterback, were arrested and suspended indefinitely for armed robber y and assault, according to NJ.com. “Rutgers takes the safety and well-being of our University community ver y seriously,” Rutgers spokesperson E.J. Miranda told MyCentralJersey.com. Students weighed in on the topic of safety on campus.
“Coming back to school was Some students living off-cam- sophomore. “I don’t feel any less hectic with two or three crime pus, even just one block away safe than last year.” alerts only the first week. It from College Avenue, feel unsafe She said she does not think also made it seem, especially in or walking to their own home. there is going to be an outbreak to freshmen, that Rutgers is an “I really tr y not to walk back of crime. unsafe university,” said Victoria to my house alone at night now “It was just that last year it Yoffe, a School of Arts and Sci- that I’m living off-campus,” said wasn’t our students doing the ences sophomore. Rebecca Japko, a School of crime. It happened all the time, With the seemingly increase Nursing junior. it just was not as publicized,” in crime also comes a change of She said if she’s out late, she she said. behavior for some students. For some students, crime is feels it is necessar y to ask a “My mom not anything bought me pepnew or alarmper spray be“I’m a junior now, and for the first time I feel I have ing.There has fore my freshto open (pepper spray) and take it with me. I don’t been crime in man year here. I’m a junior New Brunswick feel safe here anymore.” now, and for in previous the first time years as well, NAVA FRIEDMAN I feel I have said Rose SosSchool of Nursing Junior to open it and kind, an Ernest take it with me. Mario School of I don’t feel safe here anymore,” friend to walk her home. If that Pharmacy fifth-year student. said Nava Friedman, a School is not a possibility, Japko said For Soskind, the recent crime of Nursing junior. she feels her safety is at risk and is not anything to be more fearShe said it has come to the instead sleeps at a friend’s house ful of than the previous years point where if one of her friends until she returns in the morning. she has been around the New says they live near Hamilton Not all students take the re- Brunswick area. Street, a street two blocks away cent crime increase as seriously. “Since my countr y, Venezuela, from central campus, she feels “This stuff happens ever y- is more dangerous than here, I necessar y to ask if they feel safe where,” said Joana Marmelo, wouldn’t consider Rutgers the living there. a Rutgers Business School most dangerous place,” said
Lucy Mattout, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Whether students are more fearful on campus or not, most are still making an effort to be aware of their surroundings to stay safe. “It is important to just be aware of one’s surroundings, both with a group and especially when alone,” Soskind said. Yoffe said it is important to keep in mind that safety is in groups, and if you absolutely need to go out alone, ask someone to walk with you. Some students think the crime has been consistent for too long and that the University is not taking the proper precautions. “Since I got here all the crime alerts have increased, and I don’t think that Rutgers is really working toward the goal of security like they should,” Mattout said. Rutgers is tr ying to improve public safety by sending out crime alerts and increase the number of police patrol units on campus and throughout the neighborhoods of New Brunswick, according to CBS.
CRIME SEPT. 10 TRENTON — Donell Woodall was arrested and charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a 9-yearold girl. The 27-year-old man was charged with two counts of sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child and an outstanding warrant. It was unclear Thursday when the attack took place, and the police were unable to immediately determine Woodall’s relationship to the girl. SEPT. 10 PATERSON — A was stolen radio from the Paterson mayor’s car on Monday while he was attending a church service. Mayor Jose Torres said someone broke into his Chevrolet Suburban on Grand Street while he attended a service at St. John’s Church.
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Experiences you’ll have during your first week at Rutgers RACHEL NAROZIAK & DANIELLE GONZALEZ STAFF WRITERS
Well, you made it — the first week of school has come and gone just as quickly as it arrived this year, leaving students with a flurry of unread Sakai announcements higher than the score of the Norfolk State game. As the streets of New Brunswick settle, and the tables at the University libraries gain the populace that hotspots like Easton Avenue once had, fall semester truly begins its onset. Albeit still early in the year, Inside Beat knows that even the most studious seek refuge from an especially tedious homework assignment. Procrastinate with us as we recount the things you may have experienced during your first week at the Rut.
THE ANTICIPATION An “A” might be the letter grade you strive for in all of your courses this semester, or it might have followed the word “Bar” this summer, aka just about every 21-yearold Scarlet Knight’s favorite place
to drink this summer (let’s just yourself in disbelief as you shoved be someone else’s ratio, you’re admit we all saw each other re- a couple backpacks and threw realizing just how exhausting a gardless of whether we said hi or a few elbows to gain a spot on week of pounding cans and shot not). Whether we’re talking about that EE. “Please stand behind gunning can be. After spending grades or seaside sipping spots, the white line while the bus is in the summer at home, you inev“A” now heads the word “antic- motion.” Chances are you waited itably feel a melancholy pang as ipation,” the most prominent of at a bus stop so long that halfway you begin to miss your parents. emotions that you feel as syllabus through the wait you realized you You remind yourself to call them week begins. The mini fridge in probably could have just walked to before doing anything with your room holds a 30, and your your destination. “Please stand be- your friends tonight and relay thoughts of hitthat intramuting the books rals are going have been well when “Will you make it out tonight under Saturday night pushed to the they ask. next week, Who knew (party) lights to defeat the final round of syllabus a change in beer pong week evenings?” schedule that was your might not be sport? reflected on your syllabus, but hind the white line while the bus this week? You’re the professor, is in motion.” The good news is, it THE GAME DAY RALLY and you’ve cancelled class. will get better — probably. “Please stand behind the white line while You wake up in last night’s the bus is in motion” makeup and next to a half-eaten THE BUSES piece of pizza in bed, bemoaning the fact that smoky eye never If you already thought you were MIXED DRINKS & MIXED looks just as good as chicken baclose with you fellow peers, chancFEELINGS con ranch tastes the next day. Is es are you got a lot closer this past week. Students are packed in You’ve said goodbye to your bed pizza gross? Rhetorical quesbuses like sardines and probably friends from home and have been tion, obviously. You replace last night’s tall boy smelled like them too. “Please reunited with your best friends. stand behind the white line while After roaming sweaty base- with a tall glass of water, and raise the bus is in motion.” Survival ments, searching for ratio or, it to the brave souls now tailgatmode kicked in, and you watched alternatively, being petitioned to ing in bathrobes next door (it’s 8
a.m.), and to those carrying their high heels home in hand -— lesson learned that stilettos and sidewalks don’t quite complement one another like tequila and lime. It’s time to slap your Rutgers hat atop your bedhead and shield your eyes with sunglasses, chicken tenders await at High Point Solutions Stadium.
THE FINAL SCORE You’re not really sure how you managed to stand in the blazing heat through quarter after quarter of football. Maybe it was the Bud “Water” (it is Light enough) everyone handed you in the parking lot or maybe it was the cheeseburger for a meal swipe, but now it’s time to touchdown in your bed for several hours. Will you make it out tonight under Saturday night (party) lights to defeat the final round of syllabus week evenings? Sure you will. But you’re going to do it in sneakers tinged Raritan clay red and a sweaty Rutgers game day shirt. After all, everything looks better in red. We hope you enjoyed your first week at the University just as much as we did here at Inside Beat.
MEMORIAL College students should remember 9/11 attacks to learn from past mistakes, Junaid says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
make the largest impact,” said Junaid, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore and political director of the Rutgers College Republicans. Throughout the memorial, there will be five moments of silence. One moment of silence when the Pentagon was struck, two when the Twin Towers were struck and two when each building collapsed. “We will have periods of silence to mark the times when the planes hit the towers, the ground and the pentagon,” he said. After each moment of silence, groups of students will gather in circles to share their personal experiences on that fateful day. Junaid will be sharing his own personal stor y of what he remembers from Sept. 11. His grandfather, who was in one of the Twin Towers, returned home safely later that night. “I was in kindergarten or first grade, it was a long time ago, but I remember being picked up early from school ... my grandfather was in one of the towers, but he made it out,” he said. “We were really worried the whole day until he got home.” Junaid said he encourages students who are passing by the memorial during their day to take a moment and stand in silence.
“Obser ve the moments of silence and then go about your day after wards,” he said. Most college students were young when two planes struck the Twin Towers in New York City 14 years ago, which is why Junaid believes it is important that Rutgers dedicates a memorial each year to the events on Sept. 11. New Brunswick has remembered Sept. 11 in other ways as well. “Voices of September 11th” is an organization stationed on Albany Street in New Brunswick that offers resources for sur vivors, families of victims and first responders who were at Ground Zero during the attacks. According to the New Jersey State Police, nearly 700 people lost their lives that day, along with 539 missing persons repor ted. From Middlesex County, 55 residents perished in the attacks. “It is definitely important for (college students to remember 9/11) because we were so young and may not remember it as vividly as adults,” Junaid said. “It’s a tragic event that we shouldn’t forget, and we should be reminded of it. That is how we don’t make the same mistakes of the past, by looking at the past and learning from it.”
Mendi says she is from Jersey City, has perfect view of New York City, was terrified during 9/11
FATIMA ABDULUAHMAN, A SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES JUNIOR:
“For my family, since we are Muslim, we have always dealt with misconception. People don’t realize that the beliefs that we have are not to kill people, not to hurt people … I was in first grade when it happened. I remember the transformation from since that happened until now … I definitely feel terrible about what happened and I sympathize with the families that suffered from that … I remember my sister went to Ground Zero to visit and I know she felt a little bit nervous because the head scarf might mean that we believe that terrorism is right, but it’s not. I told her that what we believe in is peace and if other (Muslims) behave otherwise, that reflects on them, not us … We do believe in the right thing, which is be kind to others (and) don’t hurt others.”
DANIEL SAMBAT, A SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE STUDENT:
“Both my parents worked in (Manhattan). I was in seventh grade, so when I heard there was an attack in the city, I had anxiety. I went home early and I had to go pick up my sister but I didn’t hear from both my parents until the
Borders’s passing is ‘difficult reminder’ of Sept. 11 attacks 14 years later, de Blasio says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
high blood pressure ... high cholesterol (or) diabetes.” Fourteen types of cancer, including stomach cancer and other illnesses, are covered by the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, a $4.3 billion investment meant to help with treatment costs for victims exposed to toxic substances on Sept. 11. Although the New York City Health Department found no substantive link between illness and building debris from a study
nighttime. My mom called and she (said), ‘I’m somewhere I don’t really know, I can’t get a hold of your father, we’ll be home sometime.’” They did come home eventually, at 10 at night, maybe, but just the entire time from when (I) heard it to when they come home, there was sheer fear.”
NASIR MENDI, A SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SOPHOMORE:
“I came here in 2001 from Pakistan. I was in kindergarten and they told us to evacuate the building, and I was really scared because I didn’t know what was happening. I’m from Jersey City so I have a perfect view, and the smoke was behind me. I was terrified and I didn’t know what was going on … I was just a kid.”
WALI MAHMOOD, A SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES FIRSTYEAR STUDENT:
“My dad was around that area. He was actually in the basement of the World Trade Center and he didn’t know what was going on until he heard big explosions. He got out and tried hiding under a car because all the debris was falling. When he looked back (up), he saw a girl walk by and get crushed by the debris — that was a shocking story he told me. It was eye-opening that something like that would happen.”
in 2012, individuals present at the World Trade Center in 2001 displayed health conditions as well. In September 2014, three former New York City firefighters who responded in 2001 all suffered from cancer and died on the same day. Just one month prior, Borders was diagnosed with stomach cancer. “Borders’s passing is a difficult reminder of the tragedy our city suffered nearly 14 years ago,” said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. “NYC holds her loved ones in our hearts.”
THOUGHTS 9/11 is present when Aronczyk teaches about privacy, surveillance CONTINUED FROM FRONT
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which eventually became Al Qaeda and the Taliban,” he said. “Which is okay, because they were fighting the Soviets. But then they stopped funding them, and then in retaliation they fired back, which was 9/11, which, of course, was no excuse, but I do feel that is an important lesson.” He said he recognized his opinion might be unpopular, but hopes people look at 9/11 in a larger context. “We at least need to take a moment and think about what happened that day, and why it happened, and what we can learn from it, which I think is very important,” he said.
FROM THE CLASSROOM
Fourteen years ago, Melissa Aronczyk saw 9/11 as coverage unfurled — but she followed it from Canada. “I still hesitate when that’s the date and I write down that date,” said Aronczyk, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. “It still gives me pause. I was in Canada when it happened so it seemed very distant back then, but on the other hand it’s still very present in so many ways.” 9/11 is present when she teaches about privacy and surveillance,
she said. Every time she teaches it, she can’t be help but be reminded. Students, too, remind her that 9/11 still sears, especially for students who lost loved ones in the attacks. “There are a lot of — if not daily — regular reminders of what happened, so it’s especially not gone,” she said. Counseling for grieving members of the Rutgers community as well as general counseling is available at Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program and Psychiatric Services, located at 17 Senior St. on the College Avenue campus and 61 Nichol Ave. on Douglass campus. Students living in on-campus facilities are also encouraged to communicate with their Residence Life staff to cope with the loss. Off-campus or commuter students can speak with their Dean of Students. Tim Grimm, located at Bishop House, 115 College Ave., is the College Avenue campus Dean of Students. Michelle Jefferson, located at 305 College Hall, is the Cook and Douglass campuses’ Dean of Students. Jeffrey Broggi, located at Lucy Stone Hall A239, is the Livingston campus Dean of Students. Sandra Castro, located at the Busch Student Center, is the Busch campus Dean of Students.
From the Chancellor’s Desk As you know, today marks the 14th anniversar y of the September 11 terrorist attacks on our countr y. The tragic events of that day have left lasting scars on our community, our state and our nation. Nearly 3,000 perished in the attacks in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania – 37 of those were Rutgers alumni. All left behind grieving family and friends, who for 14 years have been reminded every September of their loss. Of course, ever y individual copes with the death of a loved one in a different way and there is no timer for the grieving process. It is with that in mind that I ask you to join me in reflecting upon those family and friends who for 13 Septembers have been reminded of this tragedy. Without a doubt, some seek and find comfort in the remembrances in the public. The coming together of a community in
times of need is a great strength of this countr y – and also of this university. However, there are many still grieving and choosing to do quietly and in their own time, away from the constant reminders on news broadcasts and written pages. If you have time today, I suggest you make a special trip to the quad just outside Winants Hall. There, underneath a stately tree, is a plaque that lists the 37 Rutgers alumni who died in the terrorist attacks on September 11. Please take a moment, as I will, to think not only of the happy and prosperous lives cut terribly short, but also of those friends and family for whom September will always be the cruelest month. Dr. Richard L. Edwards Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chancellor of Rutgers-New Brunswick
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Today’s Birthday (09/11/15). This is your lucky year! Go for your dream. Personal growth (especially after 9/13) and partnership (which blossoms after 3/8) are key. Focus on finances for family growth (especially after 9/27), and for new income (after 3/23). Do it for love. 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 a 9 -- Expect a busy workflow today and tomorrow. Postpone nonessential tasks and financial discussions. Don’t try new tricks yet ... stick with trusted methods. Strengthen foundations. Make your deadlines by rigorously scheduling. Choose stability over illusion. Add passion. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Play by the rules, and practice to grow skills. Find fun games today and tomorrow. Spend time with people you love. Widen your family circle. You can get whatever you need. Soak up the love. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Enjoy domestic pleasures over the next few days. Settle into family activities and goals. Cook up something scrumptious with simple ingredients. Don’t strain the budget. Get into home projects, and get the gang to help. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Research projects thrive today and tomorrow. Learn voraciously. Weigh pros and cons before making decisions. Save time and money by thoroughly reviewing first. Don’t let past disappointments limit you. Power into your work, and welcome contributions. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Changes that are good for you may be tough for somebody else. Begin a potentially quite profitable two-day phase. Get what you need, with the best quality you can afford. Consider the impact of your choices. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Your energy is rising today and tomorrow. Don’t spend it all partying, although new opportunities can arise from socializing. There’s no hurry ... take things slowly and avoid do-overs. As you gain strength, you also gain options.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Peace and quiet suit your mood over the next few days. Complete old projects, and indulge nostalgic retrospection. Clear space for upcoming new endeavors. There’s potential for conflict with authorities. Listen to someone who doesn’t agree. Consider. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Begin a social phase. Group projects go well today and tomorrow. Friends are your !"#$%&"'()*"+,$)#$-$..+/0!)"$%1$%2+$!) for now and work together. New options arise in conversation. Align on priorities, and get in action. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 9 -- Pass up an invitation to party. The next two days bring career changes. Address ancient issues. Postpone travel. Take on more responsibility. Expect increased scrutiny. Ace the test and reward yourself with good food and time outside. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Today and tomorrow are great for travel. Make plans and itineraries. Consider farther into the future. Imagine how you’d like it to be. Don’t fall for a trick. Buy tickets in advance from reputable sellers. Far horizons beckon. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- New opportunities arise. Go for the big prize. Changes necessitate budget revisions. Join forces with another to get the funding. Get into a two-day planning phase. Strategize. Involve your partners and family. Share your vision. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Compromise is required over the next two days. A partner has a practical plan. What you get isn’t what you expected. Check for errors. Don’t overspend. Think fast under pressure, and remain graceful with romantic changes. Share.
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TOURNEY Knights will use experience gained in first season in Big Ten to disregard pressure CONTINUED FROM BACK trying to stay positive and just know that it’s not just one tournament. This is a long term thing for me so I gotta keep plucking along and keep your head up pretty much and keep going.” Chang’s presence in the lineup will further bolster Rutgers’s chances of securing some event wins and high finishes. “He’s really talented,” Shutte said of the decorated senior. “Last year, he was our best player so when he was out, it means you’re looking for your sixth best player to have to be contributing as opposed to your first so it’s a big
swing, huge swing really. Especially when you’re only counting four scores, it’s a huge swing … It’s just another year of experience too. His experience, maturity, combined with talent, you know, we’re obviously depending on him to be good.” Despite this being the opening event of the season, Pedro thinks the team’s nerve levels will remain normal. With five of the eight members of the team being upperclassmen, the experience the players collected last year should help keep pre-tournament jitters to a minimum. “We’re a little older team than we were last year,” Pedro said.
Rutgers hopes Jason Wright can repeat his success against the Badgers. The forward scored twice vs. Wisconsin last season. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / AUGUST 2015
HOME Knights look to bounce back from loss to Syracuse with win against Big Ten foe CONTINUED FROM BACK quality and acknowledges the strong out-of-conference schedule they’ve faced early on in its season. “They’re still a young team, but they have a couple of new pieces. They’re a very, very capable team,” Donigan said. “They had a very difficult schedule — Xavier, Butler, Santa Clara, UC Davis — anybody could be 0-4 against those teams. I don’t look at that as Wisconsin is a struggling team. I think they’re a very capable, very good team.” The Knights look to bounce back from their first loss of the season last Sunday, when Syracuse came from behind to defeat Rutgers, 2-1. Fifth-year senior Mitch Lurie recognized the poor result, but managed to find the silver lining. “Syracuse was a good team,” Lurie said. “We, I think, defended a lot in that game, but overall, there were a lot of positives we could take out from it. We had glimpses of stringing some passes together. We scored early, we showed we can score at any time. I think from that game ... we can move forward, and we can continue to improve. We (also) saw some things we were good at that we can continue to do.” Along with senior defender Drew Morgan and sophomore defender Niel Guzman, Lurie was named to the Central New York Classic All-Tournament team following the Knights’ matches against Colgate and Syracuse at the weekend. While he was happy to have his efforts recognized, the Alpharetta, Georgia, native was not satisfied with the result of the
match against the Orange. “It’s great and I’m honored to be able to make the team, but at the same time, not getting a win, I don’t really care about making the tournament team,” Lurie said. “If our team wins, I’m happy. If we don’t, then I’m not going to be satisfied. Once again, it was an honor being chosen. But at the same time, I would’ve 100 times rather have gotten a win. You can’t trade a win for anything. Losing is the worst thing, and 100 percent of the time, I’d rather come out with a win.” Despite suffering the first loss of the season, the captain has not lost confidence in his team’s abilities and enters Friday night prepared to win. “For Wisconsin, we’re going to have a good week here,” Lurie said. “We only have a couple of days, and then we play again, but we’re going in very confident. … Going into Friday, we need to be confident, work as a unit, both offensively and defensively. And if we do that, we should come out with three points.” Donigan backs up his captain’s optimism, but warns his team that team records don’t matter when both teams step onto the pitch. “Wisconsin is limping in here 0-4, but this is a whole new season for them,” Donigan said. “This is the Big Ten, so they have everything to play for come Friday night. They can throw out their out of conference games and everything like that. It’s the Big Ten season, so they’re gong to come in here flying, buzzing.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Sophomore Jack Panagos is among the five golfers in the lineup for Rutgers’ first tournament. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2015
“Very slightly, but we have a little bit more experience. I think we’ll be able to handle the pressure of playing in the tournament. Last year, my first year, the first couple tournaments I was more nervous than usual and it was a little bit more difficult. I’ve been through a lot of tournaments, learned how to handle the nerves … and I’m excited, more excited than nervous.” Thirteen schools will participate in the Rutgers Invitational, including in-state programs Monmouth, Rider and Fairleigh Dickinson. The teams will have a long day ahead as two rounds, or 36 holes, will be contested. The third round will begin on Saturday morning. After evaluating his players since their return to campus, Shutte has decided on his lineup for today’s event. “It’s gonna be Toks (Pedro), (Jonathan) Chang, (Matt) Holuta and then we’re gonna have Chase (Wheatley) and Jack (Panagos),” he said. “So those guys, there’s some good play. You know, the one freshman has played better every single round, Matthew Mourin. He might end up winning the tournament if he keeps that going, that trend. … He’s getting better every round but we’re just not quite ready to put him in the lineup.” Shutte said the competition among the players to get into the lineup has been extremely tight. “We got Ryan (Rose) and Michael (Howe), some guys who have played in the lineup but are not going to be in the starting lineup but could be ready to go for the next tournament,” he said. “So, it’s been close but there’s been enough separation that those guys deserve to be in there.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s golf team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 FIELD HOCKEY
VOLLEYBALL
Knights aim for strong revival JOSEPH BRAUNER CONTRINUTING WRITER
The Rutgers volleyball team heads to Hamilton, New York, as it looks to get its season back on track at the Colgate Classic. The Scarlet Knights (1-5) enter the weekend tr ying to rebound after a poor showing in the Harvard Invitational. A change of fortunes seems likely on Friday night when the Knights take on the Colgate. Much like Rutgers, the Raiders have opened their season with a slow start. Colgate (0-6) has failed to pick up a win in any of its first six games. Another reason the Knights are looking forward to this weekend lies in the fact that none of the three teams they face play in a major conference. The Patriot League that Colgate competes in as well as the America East Conference that the University at Albany calls home features mostly smaller schools with not much of a reputation for
strong volleyball programs. Even with the Ivy League that Yale has dominated the past five years, having won five championships in a row, pales in comparison to the competition Rutgers is used to in the Big Ten. But the Knights’ focus in practice this week has not been on which teams they are playing. “Really, right now (we’re) more focused on us and on our quality of play and our efficiency,” said eighth-year head coach CJ Werneke. Werneke’s focus on self-evaluation was reiterated by sophomore outside hitter Meme Fletcher. “Our focus … has just been working on our out-of-system (plays),” Fletcher said. “Like how we handle out-of-system balls … and executing and making sure were taking full advantage of them.” Rutgers’ strong individual performances stood out in its three losses at the Harvard Invitational. It was clear that the Knights intended on changing the face of
Senior outside hitter Alex Lassa is currently ranked 10th in the program’s all-time record books with 926 career kills so far. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2014
the offense this week in practice to startle teams on defense and capitalize on mistakes. “We’ve been focusing on mixing it up,” Fletcher said. “And not always … running me on the outside and moving around a lot. That just gives the teams a different look.” What looks to continue to be a bright spot this weekend is the play of senior outside hitter Alex Lassa. With 926 kills in her collegiate career, she now ranks 10th in the Rutgers all-time record books. When asked about her reaction to being ranked so high, Lassa was taken aback. “That’s crazy,” she said. “I don’t know if that’s a good answer, but it’s just another thing to strive for. To hit 1,000 kills this season, (that mark is) more motivation.” A team player, Lassa claims to have been unaware about her place among the all-time kill leaders. “One of my close friends texted me this weekend (about the record) and I had no idea,” she said. “I don’t ever look at my own stats or anything like that—I just play.” After a weekend where the scorecards were highlighted by personal career highs but underscored with team losses, her selflessness can be admirable. At practice on Thursday, the Eagle, Colorado, native made it clear that the Knights are ready to rebound. “I think we’re ready,” Lassa said. “We’re hungry for a win and I think this is gonna be the weekend that we get it.” For updates on the Rutgers volleyball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Junior midfielder Alyssa Bull said her team is focused on taking the season game-by-game. She has five total points this year. SHIRLEY YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / AUGUST 2015
RU builds momentum, welcomes Villanova KAYLEE POFAHL STAFF WRITER
A shor t-term focus paves the way for long-term results. The Rutgers field hockey team (3-1) looks to inch closer to its ambitions for this season as they take on Villanova (1-3) Friday afternoon at the Bauer Track and Field Complex. Coming off of a 4-2 win against Monmouth earlier in the week on Wednesday afternoon, the Scarlet Knights hope to carr y strong momentum into this next contest. Despite winning in the teams’ last match up in 2013 by a score of 3-2, the Wildcats hold a 19-14-1 edge over Rutgers in the all-time series. So far in the young season, Villanova collected just one victor y over Ball State and most recently fell to Monmouth, 3-1. Still, the Knights are not underestimating the Wildcats. “Villanova’s gonna be a tough game, they’re another tough team to play. They have a lot of energy (and) a lot of fight, but we’re looking for ward to making some adjustments and coming back out. We’re taking ever y game at a time,” said head coach Meredith Civico. “Our goal is to just really have an ef fect on ever y opponent we play and compete in ever y game that we have. The most impor tant game is the one that’s next for us and that’s Villanova. We want to use it as an oppor tunity to get better as a team.” Rutgers enters its next game armed with early season successes. Scoring 15 goals in four games, the Knights currently lead the Big Ten with an average of 3.75 goals scored per game. Rutgers has also outshot ever y opponent its faced thus far, with a collective 79-35 edge. In their latest contest, a halftime regroup bolstered a team rally that pushed the Knights
past Monmouth after matching the Hawks, 1-1, at halftime. Despite its sloppy star t, another win on the season for Rutgers augments a confidence that would reinforce a strong, positive mindset. Adamant on correcting the blunders from their last game, the Knights are focused largely on being more consistent against Villanova. “We just have to prep ourselves mentally to come out first to last whistle and not just highs and lows like today,” said sophomore for ward Jade Dixon. Despite the Wildcats’ losing record, Rutgers plans on taking them on with the same tenacity it brought to the field against ever y opponent. The results yielded thus far have been favorable. For the Knights, it’s a matter of continuing and improving rather than recovering and overcoming. “We go into ever y game treating ever y opponent equally,” said junior captain Alyssa Bull. “Come out strong and focus on our game rather than what the other team’s gonna do — that’s what we really need to do.” When they step onto the field Friday afternoon, Rutgers seeks to capitalize on the oppor tunity to propel itself toward fur ther success. The Knights have set high expectations for themselves this season and they claim to be ready to deliver the results. “I think we’re gonna come out on top but that’s what I think ever y game — you gotta go in positive,” Bull said. “I believe in the team and we can really beat any opponent that we come across this year—but one game at a time.” For updates on the Rutgers field hockey team, follow @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 WOMEN’S SOCCER NO. 20 UCONN-NO. 19 RUTGERS, SUNDAY, 1 P.M.
Rutgers hosts biggest challenge yet in No. 20 Connecticut MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT
When the No. 19 Rutgers women’s soccer team returns to action on Sunday at Yurcak Field, it will do so looking to accomplish something no other team in program history has done — start the season 7-0. The Scarlet Knights (6-0) have won their first six games of the season, finishing every game with a clean sheet. They will finish their non-conference slate on Sunday against No. 20 Connecticut, giving them their toughest opponent yet as they look to make history. “It’s going to be a very big test for us and we have to be ready to play,” said head coach Mike O’Neill. “It’s another NCAA game and at the end of the year, these are the kinds of games that (the selection committee) will look at. We have a great deal of respect for the UConn women’s soccer program and their coaching staff. We expect it to be a heck of a game.” As the Knights prepare for Big Ten play, the matchup against the Huskies will provide them with an opportunity to see how they fare against competition closer to their level of play. While there have been some close games, Rutgers has handled its first six opponents with major control in each game. The Knights have dominated possession and recorded double-digit shots in each contest while scoring three goals in each of the last two games. Against Drexel, they recorded a season-high 20 shots, along
with another season-high 18 corner kicks. The defense has also been impermeable to date, not allowing many chances or any goals for the opposition. Sophomore goalkeeper Casey Murphy only needed to record three saves in the team’s last victory against Drexel, showing how dominant Rutgers has been in controlling the ball. She knows her team will have to be on its game in similar fashion to stymie the Huskies, but believes the Knights are ready to step their game up some more. “UConn is a really good squad this year and it will be a big challenge for us,” Murphy said. “We’re just focused on the challenge and going out there and getting another win.” O’Neill is very pleased with how Murphy and her teammates recognize the importance of each unit on the field working together, especially against a tough Connecticut team. “We talk so much about the team dynamic … It’s team first and that’s Rutgers University,” he said. “In the women’s soccer program, we are looking to bring in quality people and quality players that understand that they are part of something that’s bigger than them, which is the team. The way they treat each other impresses me everyday.” While the focus has been on overall team play, there was some individual recognition during the week. Senior forward Cassie Inacio was named Big Ten Women’s Soccer Player of the Week on Tuesday
Named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week earlier in the week, senior forward Cassie Inacio has eyes on continuity. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015
Sophomore goalkeeper Casey Murphy and her backline look to keep another clean sheet as the Knights hope to make history against No. 20 UConn. SHIRLEY YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / AUGUST 2015 after she scored two goals in a victory over Princeton last week. The Manalapan, New Jersey, native is in her third year as a captain and is putting together a fine campaign in her final year as a graduate student that has inspired her teammates to also elevate their games.
She has become close with junior center back Erin Smith, who has also become a team leader tr ying to instill a strong work ethic amongst her younger teammates. “We have been working very hard in practice and trying to stick to our routine,” Smith said.
“We don’t take any days off and we all know that the goal is to win each game, so playing UConn will be another step to get to where we want to be.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “In the women’s soccer program, we are looking to bring in quality people and quality players that understand that they are part of something that’s bigger than them, which is the team. The way they treat each other impresses me everyday.” — Rutgers head women’s soccer coach Mike O’Neill
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MEN’S SOCCER WISCONSIN-RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.
RU opens conference schedule at home BRIAN FONSECA STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s soccer team returns to action tonight when it hosts Wisconsin in its first Big Ten Conference match of the season. If the Scarlet Knights (2-1) were given the opportunity to choose their opponent to open their conference schedule, the Badgers would likely be their choice. The only two conference wins from their inaugural season in the Big Ten came against Wisconsin. Facing the Badgers (0-4) in their first conference game ever in the Big Ten, the Knights left Madison with a dramatic 3-2 win in extra-time in their first ever meeting. JP Correa scored a brace, including the game-winning goal just over seven minutes into extra-time, with Rayon Gibbs scoring one of his own to earn the first Big Ten win in any sport in Rutgers history. The hero of that night, Correa, doesn’t believe that the Knights’ past experiences with Wisconsin will play a role in tonight’s matchup. “Every year’s a different year,” Correa said. “They’re a different team, we’re a different team. It’s a new season, so you gotta leave what’s in the past back and take (tonight) as it comes.” Rutgers made histor y again the next time it faced the Badgers, earning its first ever Big Ten tournament win ever after defeating Wisconsin, 5-2, in the first round of the tournament. After going 3-12-3 last season, the Badgers haven’t shown improvement out of the gate this season, losing all four games they’ve played in. Head coach Dan Donigan believes Wisconsin’s record does not reflect its Despite being named to the All-Central New York Tournament team last weekend, senior defender Mitch Lurie was not satisfied with the team’s results. He expects Rutgers to bounce back against Wisconsin. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / AUGUST 2015
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MEN’S GOLF RUTGERS INVITATIONAL, TODAY, ALL DAY
Knights host season opening tourney EVAN BRUNO
Men’s Golf Players to Watch for this season. The three esteemed Knights are senior Jonathan Chang, sophomores Matt Holuta and Toks Pedro. “Well, it means we’ve got good players,” Shutte said. “I think the conference probably recognizes the talent of some of those guys. It’s what we do with it though. It means we’re doing a lot of good things in our program. It’s just another sign that we’re doing good things and we’ve just gotta go ahead and kind of look up to those considerations.” Pedro had a fantastic freshman season as a Knight and was honored to be named to the watch list as a second-year golfer. “Yeah, it was a great honor,” Pedro said. “I’m looking forward to the season a lot but, you know, obviously that doesn’t really matter unless I perform, and I’m confident that
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The Rutgers men’s golf team returns to its home course in Piscataway for the Rutgers Invitational on Friday morning. The Scarlet Knights hope that all of the time and energy spent on the greens this summer will help them capture their first victory of the fall season. “I’m really looking forward to it,” said sophomore Toks Pedro. Just to see where I can perform, how I can shoot. I think my scores are definitely gonna drop this semester and I’m very, very excited for about what’s to come.” Earlier in the week, head coach Rob Shutte and his team received some excellent news as three players were named Big Ten
it’s going to be a good season for us because we’ve put in the work. I put in the work and I’m feeling great about my game.” Chang, who spent last spring away from competition due to injur y, had a similar reaction when he found out he was given the recognition. “It feels really awesome,” he said. “I feel good about the game so it should be a really good year.” The Valencia, California, native is in the lineup for the Rutgers Invitational and will play in a collegiate golf tournament for the first time since his return. “Yeah, I mean, I’m still even coming back, still struggling a little bit,” Chang said. “I’m just really trying to stay in the process and SEE TOURNEY ON PAGE 13
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MLB SCORES
Pittsburgh Milwaukee
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NY Mets Atlanta
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Colorado San Diego
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St. Louis Cincinatti
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Cleveland Detroit
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Texas Seattle
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CHRIS LAVIANO,
sophomore quarterback, earns his first career start for the Rutgers football team this Saturday against Washington State. Laviano went a perfect 4-for-4 last Saturday against Norfolk State, throwing for 138 yards and three touchdowns.
Sophomore Toks Pedro felt honored to be named a Player to Watch. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2015
KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
FIELD HOCKEY
MEN’S SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
MEN’S GOLF
vs. Villanova
vs. Wisconsin
at Colgate
Rutgers Invitational
Today, 3 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.
Today, 7 p.m., Yurcak Field
Today, 7 p.m., Hamilton, N.Y.
Today, All Day, Piscataway, N.J.