The Signal Issue 7 (Oct. 7, 2009)

It’s good to work for Seventeen

The starship may land in December

One of the magazine’s executive editors talks to aspiring editors and writers.

SFB approves CUB’s concert bid request for Cobra Starship and Cartel.

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Weinberg: Corzine loss means trouble for Obama

By Katie Brenzel Arts & Entertainmnet Editor

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According to Weinberg, Corzine is trying to ‘help the individual student,’ and a republican win would have repercussions.

Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Sen. Loretta Weinberg stressed that a Republican victory in the gubernatorial election would result in “national repercussions” during an open forum on Sept. 30 sponsored by the College Democrats.

Despite arriving 45 minutes late, Weinburg covered an array of topics including Gov. Jon Corzine’s relationship with President Obama, higher education and gun control.

Weinberg said Corzine’s defeat would result in a push for conservative legislation by Republicans in Washington D.C. and would therefore result in problems for the President.

“A Republican victory would be a chink in his armor,” Weinberg said.

When asked how she would respond to students’ anger

PRISM monologues draw crowd

By Todd Petty Staff Writer

In a crowded auditorium, students, alumni and visiting participants were given the chance to tell their “coming out” stories.

In honor of Queer Awareness Month and National Coming Out Day, which takes place on Oct. 11, students came together to participate in the sixth year of a narrative tradition at the College that provides

a unique forum for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and their straight allies to share their experiences coming out to their friends, family, and society, with their peers.

Adorning a rainbow armband, Jacqui Pastore, sophomore music major and PRISM’s chair of National Coming Out Day and National Day of Silence, discussed the process of coming out, not as a one-time occurrence, but as

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Kyle Sabin shares his own story of coming out with the packed auditorium at PRISM’s Coming Out Monologues.

something that individuals must confront every single day.

“You have to come out every single day for the rest of your lives, and each time it’s a bit different. Welcome to the closet door,” Pastore said.

The event, which was sponsored by PRISM, began after all the seats were filled. By the time the first of the eight planned monologues started, students were lining the walls.

Many of the audience members wore pins, arm bands, and shirts displaying the rainbow flag to signify their support.

The first planned monologue was delivered by Juls Bergman, an alumni, who shared her experiences working as a teacher in New Jersey in an environment where she was unsure whether her staff would be accepting of her sexuality.

Seated in a green corduroy chair flanked on either side by lawn chairs draped with rainbow flags, Bergman recalled coming out to her colleagues one night at see OUT page 14

aimed at Corzine for increases in tuition costs, Weinberg responded that the governor’s progress in higher education was tailored more to students.

“We’re trying to help the individual student, rather than the institution through the use of TAG (Tuition Aid Grants) and the STARS (Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship Program)… these are tough economic times for everybody,” she said.

Weinberg also said Corzine is positioning the state in the right place for what Democrats believe will soon be “turning an economic corner” and that as they see state resources freeing up, their first priority will be to continue the expansion of educational opportunities “for all our kids.”

Students of various degrees of political zeal attended the forum, including some members of the College Republicans,

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Deppa remembered with ride

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Family and friends of Brian Deppa, a mathematics major and biology minor at the College who passed away in August, went on a 26-mile bicycle ride on Sept. 30 in his honor. The ride started at Quimby’s prairie and went through some of Deppa’s favorite sites.

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Is the college spending wisely?

By Kaitlin Olcott Production Manager Some New Jersey public college students are bearing the brunt of costs attributed to expanding school facilities.

Rutgers University is the most expensive of the state schools. However, tuition at the College is not tied to construction on campus, unlike other schools.

The state has cut funding significantly in the past few years which has led to more borrowing as construction projects become necessary to increase attendance at colleges, as well as maintain the look and needs of residential and academic space.

According to the Record of Bergen

County, 12 schools have borrowed roughly $4 billion for academic buildings, residential facilities, and other construction projects in expanding their campus. This has led to New Jersey having some of the most expensive public schools in the nation.

The main problem with colleges spending on construction projects arises from the fact that the state has not provided any funding for school facilities since the 1980s, according to Matthew Golden, executive director of Public Relations and Communication.

According to Golden, the new Art and

Lions tennis dominates College women learn defense Yu and Thompson go far in Campus police hold first Rape regional finals.

Aggression Defense class.

New publication launched Campus liberals introduce The Perspective.

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although they left before Weinberg actually arrived.

“We want to show that Loretta Weinberg does not have support. New Jersey is in the worst business climate, and Corzine frankly hasn’t done anything … Students voted for Obama because they wanted change, so they should vote for Christie for the same reason,” said Gina Lauterio, vice chair of the College Republicans.

Lauterio also said that being liberal in college is seen as a cool thing, and that this is something that needs to be changed.

When asked if anyone from the Christie campaign would be visiting the College, she said plans were not in place.

Lauterio and some other representatives from the College Republicans left the forum prior to Weinberg’s arrival due to the politician’s

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SGA focuses on campus violence RAD class teaches

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The Green Dot Campaign discussed plans for violence reduction with SGA.

By Arti Patel Copy Editor Violence on campus is being fought by the College’s Green Dot Campaign, which presented its strategy for reducing violence to the Student Government Association (SGA) during its meeting last Wednesday.

A campus survey taken last winter revealed 1 in 5 female and 1 in 10 male students were victims of violence last year.

“It’s here,” Jackie Deitch-Stackhouse, a representative of Green Dot, said. “We have violence on this campus and Green Dot is about everyone doing something to make a difference.”

The Green Dot Initiative, developed

by Dorothy Edwards of the University of Kentucky, involves college communities in a movement toward eliminating the toleration, justification, and perpetuation of

violence.

Deitch-Stackhouse urged SGA’s involvement in the early stages of the Violence Intervention Training (VIT) seminars by having the senators nominate influential students, staffers, and faculty members to go through approaches to violence prevention seminar.

According to Deitch-Stackhouse, popular opinion leaders on campus and influential students are “role models for the program and will help spread awareness.”

Vice President of Equity and Diversity Randi Lynn Veenstra, sophomore history major, is currently working closely with the gay rights activist group PRISM in order to foster relations between the club and other students associations on campus.

“Heather (Lemley), the president of

PRISM, said that although they have a good group of allies on campus, they want a say on campus toward other groups,” said Veenstra.

According to Veenstra, PRISM members feel there are groups on campus where they do not feel welcome.

Jen Hill, vice president of Student Services and senior women and gender studies major, announced that the College is looking into extending library hours later on Friday and opening the library earlier on weekends, because of student request.

“It has taken four years to get to this point,” Hill said. “When they do these trial runs you have to make sure everyone you know is in the library during these times in order to make sure they keep the new hours.”

The senate also unanimously passed three bills authored by senator of Science Stephen Kornas, sophomore biology major.

The first two bills, one to rewrite procedures for legislation and the other to organize SGA’s subcommittees passed without much fanfare, but it was Kornas’s third bill, co-authored by Veenstra, that caused controversy.

According to Kornas, the third bill dissolved the equity and diversity subcommittee. All the responsibilities that belonged to the now disbanded subcommittee will be solely performed by Veenstra.

CUB bids for Cartel and Cobra Starship

By Brianna Gunter News Editor

The Student Finance Board (SFB) approved a request by the College Union Board (CUB) to bid $25,000 for Cobra Starship and $22,500 for Cartel for a concert at the College later this semester.

SFB allocated a total of $54,433.45 for the possible concert. Besides the artists themselves, other expenses of the event would be security and insurance.

Alternate bands or artists have not been announced. The concert is set for early December, with Friday, Dec. 4 as the requested date. Other possible dates include Dec. 1-3.

SFB also granted $1500 to

PRISM for transportation of a group of College students to the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. The march will be this Sunday, Oct. 11 and the $1,500 will go toward a coach bus and required parking permits. The trip is co-sponsored by the College’s International Socialist Organization.

PRISM also was allocated $366.25 by SFB for a lecture called “The bible and homosexuality” as part of their Queer Awareness Month Lecture Series.

The lecture will analyze the bible’s references to homosexuality and will be hosted

by Rev. Michelle Stecker.

The event will take place from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on

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In addition to CUB’s request, SFB approved two PRISM events.

Friday, Oct. 16 in the library auditorium.

Only one event was denied funding, CUB’s request to bring Morgan Spurlock, the famed star and creator of “Super Size Me” and the reality television series, “30

Days,” to the College.

The request to bring Spurlock in early November to talk about his projects was for $17,238.40.

Brianna Gunter can be reached at gunter2@tcnj.edu.

women self-defense

By Michella Vega Correspondent

The College’s first Rape Aggression Defense System (RAD) class, designed to provide information and teach selfdefense to women, was held last Saturday and Sunday in the Cromwell Hall Main Lounge.

Campus Police Officer Matt Mastrosimone, a certified RAD instructor, taught the class of three students. It was initially supposed to be a class of eight.

When asked what the central goal of RAD was, Mastrosimone said, “It is to develop and enhance the options of self-defense, so they may become viable considerations to the woman who is attacked.”

According to Mastrosimone, 90 percent of the class involves informing yourself of the different risks concerning personal safety, while the other 10 percent includes physical self-defense training.

When asked why they were having these classes now, Mastrosimone said that in the past they had limited direction, but now with Campus Police Chief John Collins, they are getting better at organizing such classes.

Mastrosimone offered tips for women such as “know your surroundings,” and “be aware of what is going on.” He said that the class builds self-confidence.

Mastrosimone said Campus Police could get to someone within 30 seconds from anywhere on campus if they were in peril.

While the class is only currently available to women, Mastrosimone hopes to extend it to men in the future.

The class started out with a two-hour PowerPoint presentation, which informed students of different risk-type situations they might find themselves in and what action they should take to remove themselves from a position of danger.

Mastrosimone then had the students exercise and went over some defense and offense techniques, such as the “parrying move” and the “hammer fist.” The students yelled back, “No!” and “Get Back!” while holding back laughs and throwing punches.

“I feel safer on campus after taking the RAD class,” senior nursing major Christine Lowery said.

Mastrosimone expressed his hope that the class would continue and be held at least three times a semester so that it could expand to a more diverse group of people.

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lateness.

“She’s 45 minutes late during midterms for students,” Lauterio said before leaving.

Brian Block, president of the College Democrats, commented on the departure.

“It’s unfortunate that they left. It’s good to have them here to bring in questions for debate,” he said.

In addition to school aid, Weinberg highlighted what she identified as the positive elements of Corzine’s administration.

According to Weinberg, 600,000 children are covered under Corzine’s family care program. She also said the program is the same one former President George W. Bush vetoed before leaving office. Weinberg discussed Republican nominee Chris Christie’s promise of mandate-free health care, which she said would translate to mass problems for the public.

“When they need real health care, they won’t have it,” she said.

As a self-proclaimed sponsor of wom- reasons is something I’d consider,” she said en’s health and gay marriage legislation, in response to a question from the audience Weinberg intends to focus on Corzine’s fam- member.

In reference to the criticism of both parily agenda if elected. ties for negative adver“Whoever has the tising, Weinberg agreed job will be able to help the summer advertiseset the standard, the ments for the election stage, the grounders for were too negative. Still, what it will be in the she said that recently future,” she said.

While Weinberg the advertisements detailed her work on have aimed to reflect

increased gun control, more of Corzine’s posi Eli Goldman tive qualities. For some job creation in the private sector, increased junior secondary education major students these adverpre-school funding and tisements are their sole gang awareness and prevention in schools, interaction with the election. there is one development which she hasn’t “We know it’s Corzine versus Christie, other been a leading sponsor — the legalization of than that you see the slander on TV,” Brenda medical marijuana.

Kish, junior early education major, said.

“I think that I would wait until I hear all Though the audience fluctuated throughthe pros and cons of it. I think that medical out the forum, some students attributed the marijuana, when carefully controlled and scarcity to the College’s lack of political used in the right circumstances and the right enthusiasm.

“I thought the auditorium would be packed and there’s no one here.”

“I thought the auditorium would be packed, and there’s no one here. The College is absolutely apathetic,” junior secondary education major Eli Goldman said.

However, Erin Caragher, director of the youth vote for Yes We Can 2.0, a Democratic organization that focuses on reaching out to Obama voters, held that Weinberg’s appearance demonstrates the Corzine campaign’s efforts to involve youth in the election.

“Chris Christie isn’t engaging college campuses like Corzine. Christie isn’t encouraging young people to vote,” Caragher said.

Throughout the forum Weinberg expressed confidence in winning the election due to the result of recent polls, which she said have indicated that the difference between each candidate’s support has declined.

“This is a democratic state and the Democrats are coming home,” she said.

Katie Brenzel can be reached at brenzel2@tcnj.edu.

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Campus construction is Debt / Dissecting spending on schedule, on budget continued from page 1

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New salad and deli bars in Eickhoff.

By Caroline Russomanno News Editor Around campus, construction is moving along. Some has been completed recently, like Hausdoerffer and Phelps Halls.

According to Matthew Golden, executive director of Public Relations and Communication, the schedule called for occupancy this fall and the cost was under budget.

The new Art and Interactive Multimedia

Building is currently being built in Lot 4, and, according to Golden, is on budget and on schedule for occupation during the winter.

The Eickhoff Hall renovationʼs first phase was completed over the past summer, as was the renovation of “T-Dubbs.”

The Eickhoff renovation is on budget and on schedule, according to Golden.

The Decker Hall renovations are on schedule, and the budget has been reduced due to good bids and progress, Golden said.

According to Golden, the West Library renovation is also on budget and on schedule.

Designs for the renovation of the outside of Green Hall are also in works, Golden said.

William Rudeau, director of construction, and Curt Heuring, vice president for facilities management, construction and campus safety, refused to comment except through Golden.

Caroline Russomanno can be reached at russoma4@tcnj.edu.

Interactive Multimedia building project budget is approximately $30 million, but that funding was part of a 2002 bond issue, not recent borrowing. The College has relied on a capital construction fee, which goes toward the repayment of debt on construction projects. The College sells bonds and repays them over time.

The College has not incurred any debt since the library, Metzger Drive apartments, Decker Hall renovations, and IMM building projects according to Golden.

There are currently only 47 interactive multimedia majors. According to John Laughton, Dean of the School of the Arts and Communication, the new building “will house all the visual arts disciplines, including art history, will have galleries, and the electronic music facilities.”

According to Golden, all possibilities were considered before the College moved forward on the project. West Library, Holman Hall and Forcina Hall were considered for their potential renovation and restora-

tion, but restoring them was not a cost-effective solution.

Rutgers has the most debt with $800 million, most of which was incurred in the past year mostly because of expansion, among other things, according to Bruce Fehn, vice president of finance for Rutgers.

According to the Record, other schools like William Paterson University have dipped into tuition fees for construction projects. WPUʼs construction on a science building worth $85 million came along by charging students a fee since 2005, despite the fact that some who pay will have graduated when it opens in 2011.

According to a 2007 report by the state Commission of Investigation, the indiscriminate spending has led to New Jerseyʼs public colleges bearing “some of the heaviest long term ... debt loads in the nation.”

While the state continues to deny any substantial funding to itsʼ increasingly higher ranking state schools, students at other New Jersey schools will continue to face rising tuition.

$140 stolen from Forcina Hall, cars damaged in Lots 5, 6

By Alyssa Mease Staff Writer

At around 2:15 a.m. on Sept.

26, a person was found to be operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and while under the legal age.

Cops said the vehicle was impounded by Ewing Auto Body, and Campus Police issued a summons for operating a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol and failure to maintain lane. …

Someone scratched the right

passenger side door of a Dodge in Lot 5. When Campus Police arrived at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 30, the victim stated that he parked his car around 11:15 a.m., and when he returned, he noticed the damage, reports said. …

Someone stole items totaling $140 from Forcina Hall. The items were stolen between 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 and 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 29,

according to police …

Campus Police arrived at 2:25 a.m. on Sept. 27 to Travers Hall on a report of an intoxicated person.

Upon arrival, Lions EMS was evaluating the victim. The room smelled of alcohol, reports said. …

A brown tri-fold wallet was stolen from a desk drawer in Crom-

well Hall at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 26.

Cops said the victim stated that he placed the wallet in his desk at 2 a.m. on Sept. 23 and he noticed that it was missing on Saturday. …

Four scratch marks appeared on a victimʼs car when she returned to it at midnight on Sept. 26, police said.

The victim stated that she parked her Toyota on the first level of Lot 6 at around 7:45 p.m. on Sept. 25, and when she returned on Saturday, she noticed the four scratch marks on her driverʼs side

door just below the handle, according to reports …

A student was unable to enter his room at 1:30 p.m. on Sept.

26 due to a small piece of metal jammed into the locking mechanism, according to police.

The victim told Campus Police that when he left his room at 8:35 p.m. on Sept. 25, the door and lock were in working condition. Upon his return on Saturday, he noticed somebody had damaged the lock, preventing his entry into the room.

Charity bike ride honors deceased College student

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Students and faculty rode bikes.

By Juliana Fidler Correspondent

Students and faculty attended the “Ride for Brian” on Wednesday, Sept. 30 in honor of Brian Deppa, a mathematics major and biology minor at the College who passed away this past August. He would have been a senior this year.

The participants met at Quimbyʼs Prairie to begin the 26-mile bicycle ride through some of Deppaʼs favorite sites, and other family members, friends, faculty members and classmates gathered for the brief memorial that preceded it.

Assistant Dean of the school of Science Patricia Van Hise, the coordinator of the event, said there were 20 cyclists and about 25 other supporters present at the send-off.

“Brian saved a lot of PDF files about the rides he enjoyed doing up here,” said Jeff Deppa, Brian Deppaʼs brother. He said that the files “mentioned specific spots” such as Washington Crossing, which was part of the

cyclistsʼ route.

Van Hise was originally Brian Deppaʼs advisor when he began at the College as an open options science major. She came up with the idea for the event based on their “shared love of cycling,” which was a frequent topic of conversation between the two, she said.

After deciding to hold a bicycle ride in Deppaʼs memory, Van Hise asked Judit Kardos, assistant professor in the Mathematics Department and Deppaʼs later advisor, to help plan it.

“His presence was still very vivid while we were organizing this event,” Kardos said.

“This might help people deal with his loss.”

Along with the ride, Van Hise, Kardos and the Deppa family collected from those present more than $600 in donations to charity: water.

This organization provides “clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations,” according to its Web site.

Deppa once attended a fundraiser for a charity named charity: water and met some of the people involved with the organization, said his younger sister, Lisa Deppa.

“He thought it was a trustworthy way to help people,” she said.

A few weeks prior to the ride, Jeff Deppa and his father, Tim Deppa, did a test run of the trail.

“My dad did a lot of the route planning,” said Lisa Deppa. She noted that this required a second attempt when the first route proved too dangerous for bicycles.

Before the ride began, Van Hise spoke to the crowd about her former advisee.

“Brian was part of our lives and always will be,” she said. “Today we celebrate Brianʼs life.”

Van Hise then invited Tim Deppa to speak.

“Weʼre really honored and happy to see such a wonderful turnout,” he said.

He praised the College for its part in his sonʼs life.

“Brian was always comfortable here. He never second guessed his decision to come here,” he said, adding that his son “found a lot of kindred souls here” and had “only positive things” to say about the faculty.

“Itʼs a very difficult struggle, but we now understand this grief is something we have to deal with,” he said.

However, he said that he and his family are grateful for the 22 years they were able to spend with Deppa.

The ride, he said, was “a little bit of a lift” in the months following the tragedy.

“We really appreciate the support of everyone here,” he said.

Jeff Deppa agreed, “The College was the biggest force in getting the event together.”

Members of the Math club attended the ceremony, assisted with sign-ups and helped Kardos provide snacks for the cyclists to eat at Nature Center in Washington Crossing.

Two groups took off from the College. One, led by Van Hise, was set to travel at about “13 to 14 miles per hour,” she said. Curt Elderkin, assistant professor of biology, led the faster group. The combination of Deppaʼs interests and passions was “the best way to honor him,” said Jeff Deppa.

Deppaʼs friend, junior biology major Camille Deering, echoed this sentiment.

“Brian was a very active person. He was always biking and going places,” she said. She added that riding through a park was appropriate because nature is “something he was definitely passionate about.”

“Itʼs a nice closing of things,” said Natascha Israel, also a junior biology major and friend of Deppa.

Tom OʼDell / Photo Assistant

Participants rode for ʻcharity: water.ʼ More than $600 was raised.

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Refitted Supreme Court hears first arguments WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the bench as the court tried to hash out how long a suspectʼs request for a lawyer should be considered valid by police and the courts.

The high court, listening to its first arguments of the session, seemed skeptical of defense lawyersʼ arguments that police should be banned from talking to a suspect without a lawyer present because of the possibility that the suspect had asked for a lawyer in related — and even unrelated — cases years ago.

Michael Shatzer was imprisoned at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown for child sexual abuse in 2003 when police questioned him about allegations that he sexually abused his 3year-old young son. When Shatzer refused to talk to a police officer and asked for a lawyer, the questioning ended and the case was dropped.

In 2006, Shatzerʼs son was old enough to offer details. When a different police officer approached Shatzer in prison about the allegations two years and seven months later, Shatzer waived his Miranda rights, made incriminating statements, failed a polygraph test and was eventually convicted.

Lower courts threw out his confession because he asked for an attorney when he was first questioned in 2003.

Justice Samuel Alito asked Shatzerʼs lawyer, public defender Celia Davis, if her interpretation of the law meant police canʼt talk to a suspect who asked for a lawyer when being questioned about joyriding in 1999, but is arrested for murder in 2009.

“Yes, it does,” she replied.

“You donʼt think thatʼs a ridiculous application of the rule?” Alito said.

Davis said the request for a lawyer should apply even if 40 years later the person is a suspect in a civil rights violation that related to the murder.

“Youʼre saying for 40 years, heʼs immunized from being approached by police?” said Sotomayor, who was sitting in on her first regular argument as a Supreme Court justice.

Sotomayor was confirmed for the high court this summer, replacing retired Justice David Souter. Although sheʼs the newest justice, Sotomayor peppered the arguing lawyers with as many questions as her eight more experienced colleagues, although a couple of times she forgot to turn her microphone on and had to repeat her questions.

Sotomayor even jockeyed to get in her questions at the same time as both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — the courtʼs other female justice — although both times she deferred to the more experienced justice.

The justices seemed to have differing opinions on how to solve the problem, however.

Justice John Paul Stevens suggested setting a rule that prisoners do not have to talk to police, and if they do they are waiving their Miranda rights. Other justices suggesting setting a time limit on how long a request for a lawyer should be valid.

“Anything over two years and seven months,” she said, prompting laughter from the justices and the crowd in the packed courtroom.

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President Barack Obama is applauded in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 5.

Obama calls on doctors WASHINGTON (AP) — On the cusp of a key legislative push, President Barack Obama on Monday filled the Rose Garden with doctors supportive of his health care overhaul, saying “nobody has more credibility with the American people on this issue than you do.”

Obamaʼs White House event gave him another chance to frame the debate on his terms as his top domestic priority enters its most critical phase.

The Senate Finance Committee is expected to approve its long-debated, intensely scrutinized bill this week. Then, Senate Democratic leaders will meld it with a more liberal-leaning version passed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The House also must combine differing versions of its own bills.

For a visual plug from some medical pros, the White House arranged for Obama to have some 150 doctors representing all 50 states arrayed in the sunsplashed lawn area just outside the West Wing. To make sure no one watching at home or catching news footage later would miss the point, the physicians wore their white medical

coats for the cameras.

“When you cut through all the noise and all the distractions that are out there, I think whatʼs most telling is that some of the people who are most supportive of reform are the very medical professionals who know the health care system best,” said Obama, flanked by four doctors on stage for good measure.

The president broke no ground in his comments. He outlined the tenets of his health reform plan: expanded and affordable health coverage options for tens of millions of people, strengthened protections for those who already have insurance, and more time for health professionals to help patients with preventative and healing care.

Obama said the country has heard all sides of the debate over the last few months and the time to act is now.

“I want to thank every single doctor who is here,” Obama said. “And I especially want to thank you for agreeing to fan out across the country and make the case about why this reform effort is so desperately needed. You are the people who know this system best. You are the experts.”

Date set for U.N. inspection in Iran News Bits TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The visiting head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog set Oct. 25 as the date for his inspectors to check Iranʼs newly revealed uranium enrichment site and struck an upbeat note Sunday, saying Tehranʼs confrontation with the West is shifting gears to more cooperation and transparency.

Though the United Nations has no “concrete proof” of an ongoing nuclear weapons program, the chief of the U.N.ʼs International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, said he has “concerns about Iranʼs future intentions.”

The inspection of the site and the outcome of more nuclear talks later this month with the United States and its allies will be crucial in determining the direction of the six-year standoff over Iranʼs nuclear activities.

“I see that we are at a critical moment. I see that we are shifting gears from confrontation into transparency and cooperation,” ElBaradei said at a news conference in Tehran with Iranʼs top nuclear official.

His visit followed a week of intense diplomatic activity surrounding Iranʼs nuclear program, set off by the revelation that Tehran had been secretly constructing a new uranium enrichment plant just north of the holy city of Qom. On Thursday, Iran and six world powers put nuclear talks back on track at a landmark session near Geneva that included the highest-level bilateral contact with the U.S. in years.

President Barack Obamaʼs national security adviser said Sunday that Washington was also pleased with the level of cooperation from Iran.

“The fact that Iran came to the table and seemingly showed some degree of cooperation, I think, is a good thing,” James Jones said on CNNʼs “State of the Union” program.

“But this is not going to be an open-ended process. ...

We, the world community, want to be satisfied within a short period of time,” Jones added. “So itʼs not going to be extended discussions that weʼre going to have before we draw our conclusions to what their real intent is. But for

Health officials in Indiana and Tennessee scheduled events Monday to administer some of the first nasal mist doses of the swine flu vaccine to doctors, nurses, emergency medical workers and other health care professionals.

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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (left) speaks with the head of Iranʼs Atomic Energy Organization Sunday, Oct. 4. now, I think things are moving in the right direction.”

Franceʼs foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, also talked of a “wind of medium optimism.” He said “something happened” at Thursdayʼs talks in Switzerland and “we no longer want to talk of sanctions.”

ElBaradei was in Iran to set up the U.N. inspection of the enrichment facility near Qom. The site sparked serious concern, in part because its location next to a military base and partly inside a mountain adds to suspicions that Iranʼs nuclear program could have a military dimension. Obama has said Tehranʼs actions “raised grave doubts” about its promise to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes only.

Iran, which insists its nuclear work is only for nonmilitary purposes like energy production and medical research, says the siteʼs location near a military base is intended to protect it from potential aerial bombing.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said that the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are studying options for more sanctions if Iran does not fully open its nuclear program to international inspections.

President Barack Obama plans to address the nationʼs largest gay rights group this weekend, trying to mollify an uneasy Democratic constituency, a person familiar with his schedule said Monday.

Americans Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak won the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, an insight that has inspired new lines of research into cancer.

Germanyʼs most popular womenʼs magazine announced Monday that it is banning professional models from its pages in favor of “real women” in an attempt to combat an unhealthy standard of rail-thin beauty.

Information from AP exchange

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Editorial

Give us what we want

In this weekʼs issue of The Signal, we wrote an article about the Collegeʼs ongoing construction. Basically, the College is never going to stop building things, so we forward-thinking individuals at The Signal have decided that if the school is borrowing money from the state for all of this construction, the College should stop building academic buildings and break ground on things that we, Melissa Mastro / Staff Photographer the student population, will most definitely enjoy.

Bye bye Lot 6 parking, hello deans of everything and jungle juice for everyone.

Frivolous Science Research Center Why spend hours examining organisms in a lab when students can waste time developing trivial items, such as a fully-functional light saber, squirrel robots to chase away real squirrels when they wonʼt leave our nuts alone, and of course, more Segways. Instead of searching the stars for a distant planet, hit up the frivolous observatory and discover which alternate universe The Perspectiveʼs editors call home.

New Housing Due to the clear need for the housing of certain groups, a living space should be built above the Brower Student Center. One section of the structure will house the countless number of deans at this school … wait … they just added another one? Like we were saying, these deans, especially the Dean of Directors of Communication Art Supplies, Puppies, Rainbows, Chevy Chase and Power Ranger Action Figures, are popping up everywhere and need a place to live. PRISM will also earn space, just in case another born-again Christian storms the stud. Oh, and by the way, the deans and PRISM will park in Lot 6.

Sorry, commuters.

Food and Drink Who says lunch at Eickhoff canʼt be fun? Get rid of those apple, orange and grape juice dispensers and bring on the jungle juice. Students will be able to, as Eddie Murphy says, “party all the time” with an unlimited flow of that favorite drink that makes its way into Cop Shop each week. This change will bring more community-oriented interaction between Campus Police and students, a la the security audit.

The Signal Last but not least, our Signal newsroom will need a few renovations so we can keep up with all of these developments. We donʼt want much, maybe just a window or an asbestos test in this dungeon of a basement.

Finally, to cut costs and to avoid further criticism of our layout, The Signal will be changing its color scheme from black and white to white.

Bobby Olivier Managing Editor

Editorial Content Unsigned editorial opinions are those of the Editorial Board, which consists of the Editor-in-Chief, the Managing, News, Features, Arts & Entertainment, Opinions, Photo and Sports editors and the Business Manager, unless otherwise noted.

Opinions expressed in signed editorials and letters to the editor are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Signal.

The Weekly Poll: Would you go see Cobra Starship and Cartel if they came to the College?

• Definitely. I love both bands and really hope they come here.

• I like Cobra Starship a lot, but Cartel is not my favorite.

• I’ve loved Cartel for a long time, but I don’t really listen to Cobra Starship.

• I hate both bands and wish they picked others. cast your vote @ tcnjsignal.net Last Week’s Results: What did you think of last week’s protestors?

70% Their views are crazy and I disagree with them.

20% I agree with them, just not their way of doing things.

7% I agree with everything they said.

6% I saw some guys with a sign and kept walking.

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Quotes of the Week “People always ask me, ‘When did you know you were gay?’ And I tell them I should have known at the age of three when I had a crush on Ariel from ‘The Little Mermaid.’”

- senior Kelly Powell at the Coming Out Monologues

Corrections - In the Sept. 23 edition of Cop Shop, the ARD in one report was reported as being Assistant Residence Director of Wolfe Hall, but the Assistant Resident Director was actually from Travers Hall.

- In last week’s “Letters” section in the letter, “IT security manager defends NAC,” the phrase “with the exception of DC++” was added in by Signal staff, not originally written by Alan Bowen.

- In last week’s article “Audit: Campus Police must improve relations with CUB, ResEd” we wrote that security cameras will be installed by the spring. It should have read a consultant will be hired by the spring to discuss installing cameras.

- In last week’s article “Black Box hosts ‘Bridge’ to the past,” we mentioned a few members of Shakespeare ‘70 are college alumni. Brian Bara, Janet Quartarone and Andrew Timmes are also College alumni.

We regret the errors.

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Opinions The Signal Genocide in Darfur must be stopped says ...

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Stop: engaging in fistfights, falling down stairs, making snide comments, overfeeding your fish, being so awkward.

Caution: stink bugs, dying pets, Farmville addictions, mismatched socks, hypocrisy, lack of brain-to-mouth filter, low bank accounts.

Go: learn Arabic, eat a quesadilla, play the Sims 3, support the National Kidney Foundation, take a chill pill, form a secret society, live life outside the library, play with a puppy, on an adventure, read for fun.

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The Signal reserves the right to edit letters for space and clarity.

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Around 70 years ago, the Holocaust, one of the most horrific events in history, caused the deaths of approximately 5,962,129 people — approximately 63 percent of the Jewish population Chris Morris in Europe.

The problem with the Holocaust was that much of the world outside of Germany did not know it was happening. Afterwards, the entire world vowed it would never happen again.

Then, the events in Rwanda took place. In 100 days, the Hutus killed one million Tutsis.

The United Nations (UN) and the rest of the world were reluctant to take action. World officials made excuses, claiming they were unaware of the extent of the conflict or that it was not clear the conflict had turned into genocide. They said it would never happen again.

Nevertheless, here we are in 2009, dealing with genocide, and this time, they cannot make excuses. In March of 2003, rebel groups in Darfur, the western region of Sudan, began attacking government forces. These two rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) consisted of black Africans. Both groups felt that the government favored the Muslim African majority, and oppressed all black Africans in Sudan. It took only a year for the U.S. government to label the conflict as genocide.

Since the beginning of the conflict, there have been hundreds of humanitarian and activist groups dedicated to stopping the genocide, mainly those of STAND: A Student AntiGenocide Coalition, the Genocide Intervention Network, The Save Darfur Coalition, and the Enough Project.

International help has been slow to respond,

AP Photo

Students march down State St. in Montpelier, Vt., on April 6, 2007, to raise awareness of the genocide taking place in Darfur. despite worldwide public outcry. Governments worldwide, especially the U.S., have had limited responses. Darfur has received limited aid from the U.S. government, most of which has been from non-governmental organizations. The U.S. does not want to act alone because officials fear that sending in American troops may remind citizens of Vietnam and the war in the Middle East, and is relying on the U.N. for relief efforts.

Unfortunately, the U.N. claims the conflict in Darfur is a civil war, not genocide, despite the fact that Janjaweed, the militia group hired by the Sudanese government to fight the rebels, has killed over 300,000 people, including civilians, and displaced three million more. A U.N. representative recently went so far as to say the war

is over.

It is up to us to take action. President Obama vowed to begin peace-keeping efforts, but after nine months, has yet to fulfill his promise.

Perhaps Darfurʼs future rests in the hands of the people. Maybe it is groups like the Genocide Intervention Network, the Collegeʼs chapter of STAND and the Save Darfur Coalition that will be the final deciders in the conflict. If you went around and asked people to go back in time to stop the Holocaust from ever happening, what would they say? I bet almost everyone would say yes. Here is our chance to go back in time.

Sources: www.Historyplace.com, www.UN.org, www.SaveDafur.org

Signal What are your plans for Fall Break?

Spotlight

“Visiting friends and going to New York City.”

“Work and catching up on reading for classes.”

“Staying on campus, I have hockey games.”

“Road trips to visit friends at other schools.”

—Michael Santoro, freshman secondary education and English major

—Kenya Bullock, junior business and communication studies major

— Arno Miller, junior criminology and justice studies major

—Renee DʼAmore, senior communication studies and marketing major

We aren’t quite as prehistoric.

Visit our Web site! tcnjsignal.net AP Photo

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Use of revolving doors conserves energy

Although it seems like our campus just likes the look of orange net fencing and the sound of jackhammers in the morning, believe it or not, some of the neverending campus construction at the College has a purpose.

In particular, the revolving doors that replaced the swinging doors in the Brower Student CenJillian Stark ter (BSC) last year were, in fact, installed with good intentions.

What could these intentions be? To consult a bit of science, air flows in and out of a building because of differences in air pressure.

In the winter, heated air rises to the top of a building, and — as long as there are any openings on the ground floor — cold air rushes in to replace it.

The opposite happens in the summer, when cold air flows out of buildings. The BSC, with its large size and high ceilinged interior, requires a lot of energy to regulate temperature in the first place, without mention of the constant flow of people coming in and out of the doors.

So, how are revolving doors helping? Well, its as simple as it sounds — they keep the good air in and the bad air out.

Believe it or not, if everyone used the revolving doors instead of the swinging ones, we as a campus could save tens of thousands kilowatt-hours of energy.

Aside from saving the College, and ideally us students, money in energy costs, tons of emissions would be cut off from our campus carbon footprint.

However, so many students choose not to use the revolving doors, which reduces the effectiveness of this effort.

Of course, other options have to be given for wheelchair accessibility, hence why we still have the swinging automatic doors as well.

Nevertheless, unless you really canʼt handle the three seconds of claustrophobia that going through a revolving door requires, use them.

Itʼs probably the quietest moment youʼll have all day — unless someone comes in the same door as you, and then itʼs probably the most awkward.

Moving away from the BSC, the handicapped doors of the New Library and the academic buildings are other sources of energy waste. While they might be labeled “low energy,” they could easily be converted into “no energy” with a simple reach and a pull.

Although we might not have the power to force our campus to switch over to renewable energy sources or to get every single person to recycle, we as individuals can make simple eco-friendly choices every day.

If you care about the environment, then you will have no trouble practicing these habits. If you could

Signal layout needs revamping

Diana Bubser / Opinions Editor

Using the revolving doors in the Brower Student Center (BSC) and avoiding use of the handicapped doors in the New Library and academic buildings are two easy ways to conserve energy, according to Water Watch publicity coordinator Jillian Stark. care less about the environment, then just use the doors anyway — it takes a minimal amount of effort to conserve energy.

Before you reach out to tap that little blue square to

open the handicapped door, heavy as that door ahead looks, take a minute to think about your options. Who knows, you just might find that you enter buildings with more self-satisfaction than ever before.

Letters

Iʼve read The Signal cover-to-cover every week since freshman year, and as a senior I believe I have a well-rounded view of how The Signal is structured.

The quality of this newspaper was initially disappointing, having come from a high school with an excellent newspaper. Though there have been improvements— fewer ads for The Signal in The Signal, for one — I remain disappointed with the amount of student work published.

I understand that newspaper layout is a difficult and frustrating process, and that ultimately some articles cannot be published in the paper edition because of space constraints.

However, it seems odd to me that space isnʼt utilized appropriately. I noticed that in the most recent edition of The Signal there were multiple photographs that could have been cropped and re-sized to fit more articles.

One may claim that The Signal is limited by proper newspaper formatting, but this is not the case.

For example, on multiple pages the titles of two different articles were placed side-by-side, a taboo in the journalism world as I understand it.

Furthermore, there have been no major changes to the format of The Signal in the last few years, and the layout is stale and generic.

It should be of the highest priority to publish as many quality articles as possible that reflect the interests and social climate of the Collegeʼs students.

I understand that certain sections must include particular articles—I am not suggesting that we eliminate Eye on the SGA, for example—but it seems The Signalʼs circulation has been suffering because it does not cater to its target audience.

I would love to see The Signal completely revamp its layout and abbreviate or eliminate some of the redundant material in favor of a greater breadth of student work.

Bess Myers

NJ Assembly Candidate rallies for afforable healthcare Recently, Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) applauded the Corzine administration and congratulated herself for the increased number of New Jersey children now covered by health insurance.

Children’s health and access to quality affordable healthcare are issues of paramount concern to me, and the absence of access to healthcare greatly affects a notable segment of the population here in our district.

With the unemployment rate now increased to 9.7 percent, families continue to suffer the failed leadership of Governor Corzine and Bonnie Watson Coleman and Reed Gusciora.

This week, over 30,000 unemployed New Jersey residents faced losing their unemployment benefits, a significant portion of whom have children.

So I ask, What about the children? Who’s standing for them?

It’s time to set a new direction, put unemployed New Jerseyans back to work, and ensure an appropriate quality of life for all children.

Kim Taylor Candidate for State Assembly, 15th Legislative District

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Out / Community gets personal to a packed crowd continued from page 1

Katmandu.

“Chris was talking about his wife and Elaine was talking about her husband and all the staff were talking about relationships nonchalantly. I brought up my girlfriend, and they had no problem with it and I was so happy,” Bergman said. “If you want to be a teacher and be out, know your resources.”

Jacqui Lehman, president of the Gay Straight Alliance at Rider University, shared her experiences coming out to her parents and herself for the first time.

“I came out to my parents very early, it was the summer after freshman year of high school,” Lehman said. “I was trying to figure out what was going on and I knew something was going on but didnʼt want know what was different.”

“Iʼm so lucky to have what I have, my family accepts me for who I am. Take that chance. Itʼs the most amazing thing youʼll ever witness, being able to have that courage to tell the people that you trust and love,” Lehman said.

Kelly Powell, senior women and gender studies major, recalled with humor her experiences discovering her sexuality and coming out to friends and family.

“People always ask me, ʻWhen did you know you were gay?ʼ And I tell them I should have known at the age of three when I had a crush on Ariel from ʻthe Little Mermaid,ʼ” Powell said. “I think the thing everyone needs to keep in mind is no matter how comfortable you are, you have to be aware that coming out is every single day. You have to think, do you hold hands walking in the city, suburbs, wherever you are.”

Each of the eight narratives varied significantly.

Some students shared humorous anecdotes, while for

Abby Hocking / Photo Assistant

Juls Bergman, an alumna at the College, and Kyle Sabin, senior sociology major, tell their coming out stories to students, alumni and staff in the Library Auditorium. others the process was much more trying.

Following the scheduled narratives, there was an open floor where attendees took turns sharing their own experiences.

“It was great, just the fact that everyone felt so comfortable with the public to say what they have to say,” said Otasha Clark, sophomore political science

major.

“I thought it was really good, I didnʼt really expect it be so personal. The stories were really touching. Everyoneʼs experience was really different.

Even if you canʼt identify you can connect on a personal level,” said Jared Turner, senior mathematics major.

New publication wants to hear campus ‘Perspective’

Tim Lee / Photo Editor

Matt Hoke, senior history major, stood on the tables at the Alumni Grove on Friday to introduce The Perspective, the newest publication on campus.

By Hilarey Wojtowicz Sports Assistant Students may have been questioning the man standing on top of the black benches outside of the library on Friday afternoon, but for those who know Matt Hoke, senior history major, it was an important moment. The executive editor was the first to speak on behalf of the Collegeʼs newest periodical, The Perspective. The opinionated forum is available for students to voice their thoughts about not only the happenings on campus, but also those of the nation and world.

After reading the mission statement of the magazine, Hoke explained the story behind The Perspective. Mike

Tracey, senior political science major, founder, as well as the Editor-in-Chief, worked with a staff of students to get the first issue published in time for its release on Friday, Oct. 2. Although Tracey could not be there for the launch day, the other editors and staff members made sure the magazine was acknowledged and distributed.

Tracey initially began the idea with help from managing editor and junior interactive multimedia major, Ron Seidel.

“I tried to start an independent newspaper, but that quickly failed,” Seidel said.

Seidel found help in Tracey and their thoughts and ideas became a reality.

After going to a conference that dealt with print and online organizations,

Tracey found CampusProgress.org, which is part of The Center for American Progress. It is an online news group that focuses on helping young activists, journalists and artists get their voices heard, according to its Web site. The group agreed to fund the news magazine.

CampusProgress.org is currently the only source of funding, alloting $1,500 per semester, according to David Spett, publication associate at Campus Progress. The Perspective is seeking help from other advertisers, as well as advocacy groups, in order to help fund the printing costs of the magazine. With help from other organizations, The Perspective will be able to grow, according to Hoke.

Hoke said the publication will currently be printed on a monthly basis, but the staff hopes for more frequent publication eventually. Five hundred copies will be distributed around campus each

month. The staff is aiming for approximately three issues this semester, Seidel said.

Topics discussed in the inaugural issue range from healthcare and marriage equality to religion and politics. According to Hoke, the opinions that are expressed in these articles and stories do not support only one view. The pages may include many liberal ideas, but (The Perspective) is looking to gather ideas from every type of opinion, Hoke said.

According to their Web site, The Perspective does not “pretend to be anything other than subjective. Each of our contributors is unapologetically on a certain side of the dayʼs political discourse.”

“In the future, we hope to be able to showcase perspectives from multiple view points, including the far right and the far left,” Seidel said.

Students can find The Perspective online at tcnjperspective.com.

Tim Lee / Photo Editor

Students gathered at the Alumni Grove on Friday to pick up a copy of The Perspective, the Collegeʼs newest publication.

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Don’t stress: Tips to taking it down a notch

By Andrea Thyrring Staff Writer

Class, homework, exams, papers, presentations, grades, meetings, clubs, organizations, family and friends — does this sound like the laundry list of your week? Youʼre not alone. College presents students with a wide spectrum of responsibilities. We might not be 100 percent on our own yet, but the stress faced by undergrads is enough to rival that of the real world.

With your to-do lists longer than your syllabi, it is a wonder if you can schedule in sleep or down time. But this constant go-gogo could be wreaking havoc on your mood, not to mention in other areas of your life such as grades, relationships and health.

According to WebMD, when you are stressed, your body responds as if you were in danger. This triggers the production of hormones that speed up your heart rate, make you breathe faster and may even give you a burst of energy. This response is normal and even useful when you need to react quickly.

But if you are stressed too often or for long periods of time, it can have negative effects.

The most common symptoms of stress listed in Prevention magazine include irrita-

bility, sleep disturbances, appetite changes, muscular tension, apathy, fatigue, headache and frequent illness. Stress can lead to feelings of depression and anxiety, and also be the cause of heart problems, stomach problems and chronic headaches.

The good news is that you can manage stress and reduce the effects it has on your body. To get your stress under control, it helps to first find the source. Do you have a rough midterm coming up? Is there a conflict between you and your roommate(s)?

Are you struggling with your major? Writing down your stressors helps you focus on what exactly is going on in your life. Make a list of what is stressing you out, how you reacted and what you did or are doing to deal with that stress.

Now take a look at what you have written down — is there a common theme? Everyone reacts to stress differently. Making a list of your stress and the reactions you have helps to highlight your specific pattern of response.

Once you have a clear picture of your stress, take into consideration some simple methods to help you relax.

Altering your time management is a simple way to cut back on stress. Make a schedule of your day and pencil in time for studying, homework and meetings around your classes. Donʼt forget about you-time — give yourself at least an hour a day to relax. When you have your day planned out, it is much easier to handle without worrying about get-

ting everything done.

When you are stressed, take a look at how you cope. Do you go out after a hard test, only to stress about not studying that night? Or do you feel better after taking a long shower and reading in bed? Be honest — this will help you find out what works and what doesnʼt.

If you notice that your stress comes from poor communication with friends, family or professors, speak up. Not being able to talk about what is on your mind creates tension and can make your stress worse. Be sure to remain tactful, and make ʻIʼ statements (“I feel stressed”) when addressing your concerns. This will allow you to express your feelings in a clear, effective manner, which in turn will facilitate communication.

Most important, know when to ask for help. If you have too much on your plate, it is not a sign of weakness to ask for support on a project or to go to the Tutoring Center for academic assistance. Those who have a strong network of resources they can rely on handle stress better than those who do not.

With mid-terms approaching, donʼt forget to take good care of yourself. Getting enough sleep, eating healthily and cutting back on smoking or drinking will help you keep a clear head. Taking up practices like yoga, meditation or regular exercise will give you an outlet for your stress. Your to-do list may seem never-ending, but with some organization, a bit of support and a few healthier habits, you can keep stress from taking over your life.

Andrea Thyrring / Staff Writer

Having time for yourself is important. Find at least an hour everyday to do what you enjoy, be it watching television, reading or going online.

Cart is brewing up service, satisfaction

By Randolph Portugal Staff Writer

Itʼs no mystery that the morning coffee break has become deeply entrenched in the lives of College students. Yet, students at the College donʼt always have time to run to the Brower Student Center or Library café between classes. If you are one of those students deprived of coffee early Monday morning and struggling to stay awake during class, there is hope.

There is a coffee cart located in the entrance of the Business Building that runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, helping students get what they need Monday mornings.

The current coordinators of the club are Matthew Davis, Christine Cox, Steven Zelinsky and William Gnade, all junior accounting majors. Their goal is to fulfill the coffee needs of college students all around campus. However, these students are not the only ones who run the coffee cart. Other organizations participate in fulfilling timeslots working for the cart as well, including the Financial Managing Association, the National Association of Black Accountants, the Institute of Management Accounts, the

International Business Association, the American Marketing Association, the Future Business Leaders of America and Delta Sigma Pi, the School of Businessʼ fraternity.

“We coordinate with interested business building clubs to provide volunteers from their club,” Davis said. “Any clubs that want to participate and want to put in their merchandise are more than welcome to sell their things. The profits are split at the end of each semester and are based on how active each respective clubʼs volunteers were.”

The cart includes items such as coffee, bagels, Rice Crispie Treats, Pop Tarts, donuts and soda, as well as others, ranging from $1 to $2.

Students can also purchase a Business major t-shirt for $10. All items can be purchased cash only.

Charlie Hatch, a college alumnus who majored in accounting, inspired the idea for the service. He realized that the Business Building side of campus did not have anything relatively close that provided students with some form of food. With a little help from other students this year, Hatchʼs goal of establishing a coffee shop finally became a reality, beginning last Monday.

Melissa Mastro / Staff Photographer

Accounting majors handle the coffee cart duties, serving up coffee and other treats to caffeine-craving students.

“The reason why we started this is to provide a service,” Davis said.

“That was always our main focus.”

Davis and the others, however, are trying to make it something even more.

“This semester we are trying to push it through SGA and get it to become an established club on campus,” Davis said. “We are currently writing a constitution and attempting to get charter members to meet at the Student Board Advisory Meeting that is taking place Oct. 9.”

There is certainly a high demand for coffee during exams, especially for people who live in the Phelps and Hausdoerffer Halls.

“I like it. It definitely makes things easier because now I donʼt have to walk from the Metzger Apartments to the library café to get some caffeine,” Salvatore Grieco, senior accounting major, said.

Despite the initial success, Davis has a few concerns.

“We are going to be looking for business school students to join our team. We want other students to basically take it over so when I step away as a senior, I can just serve as a guide and answer questions,” Davis said. “We definitely donʼt want people to be graduating and then trying to find someone last minute to take over.”

However, Davis and the rest of the coordinators plan to expand to Fridays next semester. Davis hopes the cart will serve to faculty members as well.

“Our long term goal is to maintain the site and the vision it originally had: to provide that friendly service and that quick alternative for students who cannot get something to eat on those early Monday mornings,” he said.

Melissa Mastro / Staff Photographer

Redefining the family Last Friday in the Library Auditorium panelists discussed the joys and tribulations of being gay or lesbian parents. The event was part of Queer Awareness Month, held by PRISM, a gay rights organization on campus.

Read this weekʼs “Letʼs Talk About Sex” with Lauren Gurry Online! www.tcnjsignal.net

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Editor charms with advice and cookies

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Executive editor of Seventeen Magazine Joanna Saltz offered insight to journalism students looking for internships and careers.

By Emily Brill Correspondent

Kaitlin Tambuscio, senior journalism major and president of magazine networking group Ed2010, knew she wanted Joanna Saltz to come to the College as soon as she heard her speak last April.

Tambuscio was one of several students representing the College at the Ed2010 Conference in New York City, a four-day event designed to accomplish the same goals as the organization itself — to teach students more about the magazine industry so they can “fulfill (their) dreams of

landing top editing and writing positions,” according to the club’s online mission statement. The conference featured many prominent speakers, including Saltz, Seventeen magazine executive editor.

An alumna of the College’s journalism program, Saltz arrived last Thursday to speak about “How an Idea Becomes a Story.” She created an intimate, relaxed atmosphere in the spacious auditorium of the Physics Building with her engaging demeanor and lighthearted sense of humor.

“I’d like to keep this as informal as possible,” she told the crowd before informing them, with a smile, that she brought cookies to pass around.

According to Saltz, a story comes from “everywhere.”

She described the gradual emergence of a story from an idea by focusing her presentation on the development of a story called “Datemares” that appeared in Seventeen. The story ran four pages in the magazine, and Saltz emphasized the considerable amount of work it took to get the story to print.

“Every element of each story is painfully thought through,” she said.

Saltz also emphasized one of her favorite aspects of working for Seventeen, its constant rapport with its readers.

As executive editor, Saltz oversees an estimated 80 to 90 percent of the magazine’s content with a readership of about 13 million. In order to continue providing readers with information they find appealing and relevant, it is important to keep a constant barometer on their interests to ensure they keep coming back for more, she said.

“It’s all about understanding who you’re talking to and what you want them to get out of it,” she said, noting that appreciating feedback is key. “If you talk to your readers, they will respond.”

Saltz left the audience with a key piece of advice to guide journalistic careers.

“Take any interview,” she said. “You never know how it’s going to pan out.” She also urged students to take advantage of the resources available to them in college, growing nostalgic after speaking of her return to the College, where she met her husband and wrote for The Signal as a member of the class of 1999.

“You have access to so much that will open up worlds for you … you’ll never have the free access to information that you have in college. I implore you to take advantage of it.”

Tambuscio, who has editorial aspirations, was inspired by the presentation.

“The most important point Joanna impressed upon me was that you are what you make of yourself,” she said. “I think that’s so empowering … knowing that no one else can hold you back.”

Seasoned Sugartime fails to satisfy Rat crowd

By Shaun Fitzpatrick Correspondent

The New York City-based soul-rock quartet Sugartime greeted a scant audience at the Rathskeller last Friday night, bringing enthusiasm and energy despite the meager crowd.

The band began their set with a no-frills introduction. “We’re Sugartime, this is what we do,” said lead singer and guitarist Jahn Xavier Bonfiglio before launching into the first number of their two-hour set. What Sugartime does is deliver a fun, but repetitive, sound that might have been too “oldies” for the crowd at the College. In an age of indierock and pop-punk influences, the classic rock vibe did not draw in listeners.

That’s not to say that Sugartime gave a weak performance. The band boasts 100 years of musical experience between its members, and the band’s maturity in that aspect was evident. The band worked well together, producing an infectiously energetic sound. Bonfiglio’s raspy voice was pleasant enough, and worked as a nice contrast

to the band’s otherwise slightly generic instrumentals. Al Maddy kept the group alive with his impressive guitar solos, and bassist David Conrad and drummer Thomas Hamlin rounded out the sound.

The main problem was to be found in the repetition. After the first hour, every song began to sound alike. It would’ve been difficult to determine when one song stopped and another started had it not been for the momentary pauses for applause.

The lyrics did nothing to distinguish the songs. Sugartime sang predominantly about searching for love, which, combined with shallow lyrics such as “drowning in a sea of love” and “are you lonely for me baby,” left the group with a vaguely amateurish sound.

Sugartime did, however, find a way to make up for its less-than-philosophical songs. The quartet kept the energy level skyhigh throughout the entire performance, and seemed to legitimately have a good time on stage.

“We put this band together for one purpose — to have fun,” Conrad said during a break in the set. That excitement

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Sugartime performed its classic rock set at the Rathskeller on Sept. 25. from the members was palpable and made up for many of the flaws.

Unfortunately, very few students were around to witness the act. At its busiest, the Rathskeller was a little less than half full, and the majority of the students were there simply to eat rather than watch the show.

Even the band noticed.

“Everyone take out their cell phones, call one friend, tell them to come down,” Maddy jokingly pleaded at one point early in the

show.

Regardless, two tables remained filled during the entire gig, with a core group of fans cheering Sugartime throughout the night.

Opening for the band was White Star City, an acoustic act comprised of talented junior graphic design major Colleen Napolitano.

Napolitano’s powerful voice and mix of impressive original pieces and cover songs had the audience clapping along throughout her set.

Murray makes newest zombie flick a must

By Jeffrey Roman Features Editor

“Zombieland” can be summed up in three words: awesome, Twinkies, Murray.

What “Zombieland” brings to the screen is a spoof on the zombie genre that doesn’t follow in the steps of “Shaun of the Dead.” The film is a perfect little horror comedy.

One factor contributing to this masterpiece is the cast, including Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone, who delivered relatable characters that you could fall in love with and laugh at, all at the same time.

Another factor that brought it all home is Bill Murray. Yes, “Groundhog Day,” “Ghostbusters,” ass-kicker Bill Murray. His surprisingly large appearance in the movie, a role that could be seen as a tribute to his career, most likely sealed the deal for many viewers.

Along with Murray, the soundtrack made the film that much more enjoyable. Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” serves as the track for the opening credits, which is hilarious on its own. The White Stripes close the movie off, making a perfect ending to a perfect movie.

But what about the movie itself? Well, the laughs keep coming in, and it may seem like the whole movie showcases a trek

to get a “Twinkie,” Harrelson’s main objective, but the character development and the interaction between them works well, and doesn’t leave room for many plot holes. The ending is a heartwarmer that will make you feel good, even while watching a zombie flick.

Overall, Harrelson delivered one of the best performances of his career. His humor surpasses anything he’s ever done, even “Kingpin.”

The gore is great, and the foul language is subtle and placed nicely throughout the script. The only gripe with the film is Eisenberg’s Michael Cera-esque performance. That role needs to fade away.

Jeffrey Roman can be reached at roman6@tcnj.edu.

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Rock giants explode in Meadowlands

By Matt Huston Nation & World Editor

New Jersey played host on Sept. 23 to one of the most monumental trans-atlantic rock combinations the state has seen since Live Earth.

Irish rockers U2 hit Giants Stadium for the first of two back-to-back nights with British neo-prog stars Muse. It was the fourth stop on the North American leg of U2’s 360° Tour in support of their latest album, “No Line on the Horizon,” released in February.

U2 animated the vast crowd with a long lineage of songs, performed with a classic sonic reach, but retrofitted for a new decade.

Bono and the band crashed into the night air with the combative “Breathe,” from their new album. “Every day I die again, and again I’m reborn,” the singer chanted over the triplet swing while a massive overhead light display came to life.

The group played seamlessly through a block of recent singles. “Magnificent,” with its rolling drumroll buildup and freefloating guitar chimes, had an instantclassic feel. “Get on Your Boots,” a bit trite and contained on record, filled itself out in the arena atmosphere.

The video display flashed with magnified stage images and the sporadic Zoo TV Tour-style complete with digital clock times and the banner “The World Needs a Big Kiss” lit the screen in the upsurge to “Boots.”

A wave of old hits took the show in a more familiar direction. “Mysterious Ways” sent an instant warm and bouncing energy through the seats, and the group returned to fan favorite, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” “I come from a long line of traveling salesmen,” Bono told the crowd with a hint of irony.

Woo-hoos echoed wall-to-wall on “Elevation” and The Edge’s penetrating, white-hot guitar work on “New Year’s Day” cut straight lines through the drizzly sky. “Vertigo,” another crunchy power

Dealing with heartbreak, love in Princeton Relient K “Forget and Not Slow Down”

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Guitarist The Edge, left, and lead singer Bono perform during their 360° world tour stop at Giants Stadium. track, rocked far and wide. Meanwhile, the all-sides-visible stage setup shifted and expanded, its central tower climbing up and glowing like a giant boardwalk steeple.

At one point, the band acknowledged Bruce Springsteen’s birthday with a cover of The Boss’ “She’s the One,” swapping “she” for “he” in a sweet homage.

The night took a strange turn with the recent single “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight,” repackaged as an oddball electro-romp. Big-screen images of the bandmates in syncronated head-bobbing and sparkle-laden dances looked like clips from “Dancing with the Stars.”

But the band got back on their rocking feet with “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” its protest standard, and a collection of humanitarian pieces.

“Sunday Bloody Sunday,” rooted in Irish civil strife, is a good litmus test for a political band that’s always reinventing itself. While in 2005 they clothed the performance in mock-militaristic Americana, the band turned their focus to the intrinsic struggles of the Middle East. Bathed in green light with blocks of Arabic scrolling above, it shelled the ballad out with a signature purpose and passion.

In the last hour, Bono dedicated a performance of “Walk On,” to Aung San Suu Kyi, a wrongfully-imprisoned Burmese leader, and sang the praises of compassion in “One” and “Where the

Streets Have No Name.” The singer was, as always, the good salesman.

Muse, the band’s tourmates of the moment, went about selling another fresh and compelling product — themselves.

Tearing into a blazen instrumental take on Bernstein and Sondheim’s “America,” the openers progressed into a set packed with intensity that rivaled their older, more established companions.

“Hysteria,” a six-year-old crazeanthem, kicked things off with its assortment of driving, crackling bass, cannon beats, and striving aerial guitar solo.

The band carried on through the new “Resistance” and heavily rhythmic tracks like “Supermassive Black Hole,” “Starlight,” and “Time is Running Out” despite an unfortunate deficiency of audience members. The scant fraction of enthusiastic fans that attended the opening act paled in comparison to the 100,000plus masses that crowd Muse concerts in Europe.

Still the rhythms thundered, guitar figures flew in roaring arcs, and frontman Matt Bellamy’s concentrated vocal energy sounded sincere. Operating with a comparable scope of fundamental passion and stadium-sized ambition, the trio proved a solid partner to the biggest band in the world.

By Bobby Olivier Managing Editor Spawned from vocalist Matt Thiessen’s heartbreak and a long Thoreau-esque stay at a Tennessee lake house, Relient K’s fifth studio album, “Forget and Not Slow Down” is a no doubt mood-maker, despite its more somber origins.

“This is an album written immediately after a relationship that after four years didn’t work out and there was a lot of different emotional aspects to deal with, and how to deal with the whole thing was to get over it and be positive about it,” Theissen said.

Thiessen may have had to pour his heart and soul into this album, but what he and the rest of the group have created is an allencompassing breath of fresh air that will remain in many lungs and minds after the final notes are heard.

Relient K has matured significantly from its “Be My Escape” days, and with catchy and upbeat, well, everything, its latest cut oozes cool optimism. Moving on from past negative experiences is the overlying theme, and uplifting lyrics lead the way in one of this year’s top pop-rock records. Thiessen specified that “Forget and Not Slow Down” is not a “break-up album,” but a “how-to-deal-with-abreak-up album.”

Key Tracks: “Forget and not slow down,” “Candlelight,” “Savannah.”

Princeton “Cocoon of Love”

Matt Huston can be reached at huston4@ tcnj.edu.

Carlon opens window to soul with ‘Johari’

By Katie Brenzel Arts &Entertainment Editor Defying every stereotype of the hipster’s musical repertoire, Carlon not only refuses to be clumped into the all-too-encompassing indie genre, but redefines what it means to be a band on the rise.

“People say indie music as if it is a certain type of music … buying too much into that is silly,” said lead guitarist and vocalist Ryan McGlynn in a phone interview, adding that indie technically refers to independent record labels. While the term has transformed into a standard of categorization, Carlon’s eclectic sound cannot be pigeonholed to something as primal as indie.

Carlon’s recently released album “Johari Window” showcases the band’s audacious convergence of everything from country to psychedelic rock.

“We’ve decided that as long as it sounds good to us, its ok,” McGynn said.

The album’s first track, “Mixed Messages,” is charged with luring guitar riffs and fierce vocals and drums, setting the energy and diversity for the rest of the album.

The next track “Cantoulope” is testimony to the band’s seamless liminality. The interwoven bantar, along with the harmonized lyrics, result in a soulful combination of country and folk. “Where the Driveway Ends” follows this same wavelength, bringing in more rock undertones, which build and become more prominent as the song progresses.

“Haunt” is both sinister and seductive in its fast paced, talkingsinging style, demonstrative of their frequent comparison to Modest

Mouse. This haunting theme continues with “Rutherford,” which is undeniably infused with Pink Floyd. The dreamlike ebb and flow of the cymbal and echo of the glockenspiel screams influence from “The Wall.”

The theme of the album is based on the psychological Johari Window model developed by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham, which divides an individual’s awareness and interaction into four categories — open, blind, hidden and unknown. The band cleverly works the theme into “Red Rover,” using the children’s game as a sort of metaphor for life as a battlefield and death as inevitable, demonstrated by the refrain “Hands holding up your name/make a chain of everyone you know/Red Rover, Red Rover send a good spirit over/Reap hope out of what they sow.”

In addition to exploring the dynamics of relationships, McGlynn said the theme also shows “how we grew together in making this album.”

The New Jersey based band has been playing together for four years. The band consists of rhythm guitarist Michael McWilliams, who shares lead vocals and writing the songs with McGlynn, drummer Milo Venter, and bassist Jared Pollack.

“Johari Window” was recorded in a warehouse in Fairfield, N.J., which accomplished the album’s authentic, often pervasive sound.

McGlynn said they wanted a place they could “frolic, a happy music land.” The band spent nearly everyday for a year in the “happy music land” recording the album.

“It was dirty, but it was home,” McGlynn said.

When asked how the band was able to bring so many different styles together in in the album, McGlynn said, “We all sort of communicate musically so that all these different facets come together.” Though the band has been compared to giants such as Kings of Leon, Pink Floyd and My Morning Jacket, it is clear that Carlon’s simultaneously feisty, funky, surreal, soft, soulful sound is all their own.

Katie Brenzel can be reached at brenzel2@tcnj.edu.

By Chris Payne WTSR Music Director Princeton sound like a Wes Anderson film. Not just the soundtrack, but the movie itself. They sing of flawed, quirky characters, allusions to history and literature, and fleeting poignancy. Of course they’re a bit ostentatious.

They named themselves after an Ivy League college and write about books that make you feel smarter just by flipping through them. But Princeton’s full length debut of breezy indie pop rises to the occasion amidst lofty aspirations.

“Cocoon of Love” subscribes to the Vampire Weekend school of indie rock. While it remains contemporary, it works off an expansive palette of influences from years past. They use strings, but not in a supplemental way as most of their contemporaries. “Sylvie” sounds like it could’ve been written as an orchestral piece and only fitted with chirps of guitar as a closing thought. Even their simplest moments, such as the “I love you, let’s shout it out” hook of “Shout It Out” are wrapped in swirling casings of instrumentation that suggest the shear breadth of their influences.

“Cocoon of Love” is a brilliant debut that could have sat between The Kinks and Simon and Garfunkel in the ’60s just as effortlessly as it will undoubtedly be grouped with indie pop acts Ra Ra Riot and Andrew Bird. An essential, yet still very underground listen for autumn ’09.

Key Tracks: “Sadie & Andy,” “Calypso Gold.”

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Women’s soccer returns home in grand fashion

By Michael O’Donnell Staff Writer If a soccer team can combine a productive offense with a dependable defense, then wins will follow. For the women’s soccer team this week, the team’s offense gave it plenty of goals and the defense shutout the competition twice.

Playing the first home game in over a month, the Lions won in dominant fashion, obliterating New Jersey City University 7-0. The team also won its ninth and final road game in a row, compiling an 8-1 record in that road swing with a 3-1 record in-conference.

The win is the team’s

sixth shutout victory in seven games.

“We’ve been playing well as a group, and we’ve put a lot of time and effort in,” head coach Joe Russo said. “And it shows.”

In their contest against the Gothic Knights, the team got things rolling midway through the first half, when rookie forward Allyson Anderson and junior midfielder Casey Caruso scored a pair of goals in a span of 3:08.

Near the end of the half, another pair of scores were recorded by freshman forward Joanna Pisani and senior defender Jillian Casey. Pisani scored first on an assist from

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Forward Katie Landrigan tussles with a Gothic knight.

Casey, and switching roles, Casey netted her goal on a pass from Pisani.

At halftime, the Lions had a commanding 4-0 edge.

“It’s difficult to score in this game, but we have kids with strong personalties who are capable of scoring,” Russo said. “The good thing is that we’re always creating a lot of chances. Hopefully these last few games have given us confidence to capitalize.”

As the second half began, the offensive onslaught continued. Caruso netted her second of the game before sophomore defender Nikki Migliori got in on the action with her goal on a direct kick.

The Lions ended the huge output on a goal from midfielder Chelsea Tompkins. It was the freshman’s first of her career, and capped off the seven-goal, 36-shot day for the College.

The defense was present in the contest as well, as the combination of senior Jess Clarke and sophomore Samantha Iamurri in net gave the Lions yet another shutout victory.

The team did not allow one shot on goal.

But the Lions’ stingy defense was limited to their game against the Gothic Knights. In their contest against the Scarlet see TWO VICTORES page 21

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Men’s Tennis

Lions’ doubles tandem goes deep into regionals

Unranked duo survives until final day of the tournament

By Krystal Spencer Staff Writer Freshman Dean Thompson made quite a name for himself early in his career with the Lions. He and junior Jonathan Yu advanced to the finals of the Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Championships this past weekend.

Individually, both Thompson and Yu failed to reach the second day of the tournament. No. 14-seeded Thompson began Friday with 6-4, 7-5 victories over sophomore Alex Belfiore of Drew University, but fell to sophomore Jimmy Newton of Ithaca College in three sets.

Yu also started strong with a threeset win over freshman Stan Yakoff from Stevens Insititute of Technology before losing to No. 9-seeded junior Lorenzo Cabrea of Skidmore College. But the pair shook off their separate losses and beat junior Matt Chin and sophomore Matt Hursh from Hobart College with a score of 8-1.

On Saturday, the pair continued to dominate by beating Vassar College’s juniors Joshua Jasso and Gregory Katz 8-3 and Hamilton College’s freshman Jon Franzel and sophomore Andrew Libin 8-6 to reach the semifinals on Sunday.

After beating No. 3-seeded junior Carl-Eric Girardin and sophomore Luke Granger from Skidmore 8-4, Thompson and Yu advanced to the finals to face

fourth-seeded senior Taylor Borda and junior Josh Rifkin of Ithaca. In a very intense battle, the match had to end in a tie-breaker. After 3 long days of play, Thompson and Yu couldn’t hold on and were defeated 7-4.

“I think not being seeded in doubles helped us,” Thompson said. “We didn’t feel the weight of any expectations like I did being seeded in singles. Obviously I wanted to become an All-American and go to Alabama for Nationals, but I’m not at all disappointed with the way Jon and I played this weekend.”

Sophomore Steven Fernandez had an impressive, yet stunning two days of play. He held the highest individual seeding at No. 5, but didn’t advance past Saturday. Fernandez immediately sent out a warning to all competitors with a 6-0, 6-0 thrashing of senior Alex Franz from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He followed this with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over sophomore Pavel Zhuravlev of New York University on Friday. But No. 1-seeded sophomore Patrick Whitner of NYU uprooted him from the tournament in the quarterfinals with scores of 6-4 and 6-0.

“I really wasn’t feeling too positive about my game throughout the tournament,” Fernandez said. “As much as I fought through my first two matches on Friday, I was the fifth ranked seed which created such a demand to perform well. I know I could have played better against the number-one seed on Saturday, but I’m not going to beat myself up

over it. I’m going to learn from my mistakes and move on.”

Fernandez’s doubles run produced similar results. He and freshman TJ Riley defeated St. Lawrence University’s junior Jake Dexter and freshman Philip Jackley 8-2 on Friday. They kept up the effort by beating freshman Austin Armstrong and junior Ryan Kovaleski from the University of Rochester 8-6, but couldn’t maintain it, as they fell to fourth-seeded Borda and

Rifkin of Ithaca 8-3.

“The team Steve and I lost to had never played that well before,” Riley comments. “We were absolutely shocked that we lost. But at least I know what I need to do to step my game up for the spring season.”

This was the final tournament for the College men’s tennis team this season. They will resume play in Spring 2010.

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Jonathan Yu was part of the doubles regional championship.

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Lions down Hawks on penalty strokes

By Kristina Shemming Staff Writer The Lions went into penalty strokes for the second time in as many games in New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) play, and again came out victorious.

After 100 minutes of scoreless play and one round of shooters in the battle against the Red Hawks of Montclair State University, the 2-1 victory was finally decided in the second round of strokes.

The win extended the Lions conference win streak to 20, while the team boasts an impressive 6-1 overall record on the season.

“When you play for that many minutes it’s always exciting to come out on top,” senior forward Gabby Cafone said.

The Lions set the pace early, with sophomore midfielder Alex Okuniewicz slipping a shot past Red Hawks rookie goalie Megan Bosland just 13 minutes into the contest.

“It was great that we scored early but we need to continue to capitalize on our opportunities throughout the entire game,” junior forward Jess Falcone said.

The quick Lions start put the Red Hawks on their toes and they were not able to put together an answer until 39 minutes in to even the score at 1-1.

“We really took control and concentrated on passing and communicating. We played together as a team throughout the 100 minutes,” junior midfielder Kellyn Riley said.

Neither team was able to find the back of the net for the rest of regulation. The 6-4 Red Hawks put together a solid offensive attack against the Lions defense, holding the 16-10 shot advantage.

“The defensive effort in the game was great and our communication really helped us perform as a unit in the defensive circle,” sophomore goalie Shannon Syciarz said.

Syciarz had another dominant performance in goal. After recording 11 saves on the game, she was able to stop the penalty stroking efforts of six of the eight Red Hawks shooters.

“The strokers for our team did an excellent job

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Caitlyn Jenkins has four goals this season. hitting their spots which was crucial for us coming out with a win,” Syciarz said.

Again the Lions preparation in penalty strokes paid off in the victory. Riley was the only Lion to knock in both of her penalty strokes.

“When it was time for strokes, we were ready and we’ve done them before and knew we could do it again,” Riley said.

The Lions return to action at home at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday when they face the No. 9 ranked Blue Jays of Johns Hopkins University.

Raptors, the Lions produced another shutout by a final of 2-0.

“We got used to it (being on the road), and we were away a lot more than we would have liked,” Russo said. “These kids travel well and play well on the road, but we were excited to come back home.”

After a scoreless first half, the Lions took command in the second.

Junior forward Briann McDonough imposed her will on the contest, as she recorded the game’s first goal midway through the period, and then just 2:12 later, assisted a score off the foot of sophomore forward Jaclyn Greco. The goal is Greco’s first of her career.

“She (McDonough) is the heart and soul of all of this,” Russo said. “She’s a tireless worker, and a very determined kid. We go as she goes.”

Despite only scoring two goals, the Lions dominated the stat line, outshooting the Scarlet Raptors 41-2.

As dominant as that statistic is, Clarke recording another shutout is also quite impressive. With her 39th solo shutout of her career, she now ties herself with Danielle Mastrosimone, who played from 1992-95, for second on the College’s all-time shutout list.

“I feel very lucky to have been given the opportunity to compete here at (the College), and there have been so many talented goalkeepers who have been successful here in the past,” Clarke said. “I know I would not have reached this point without the guidance of our great coaching staff and, of course, the dedication of our team. Although I’m the one in goal, a shutout record is a complete team effort.”

After these two convincing conference wins, the Lions now stand at an impressive 10-1 overall, including 4-1 the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC). With that type of dominant record, Russo likes his team’s prospects even more in the coming month.

“October, schedule wise, is a very favorable month for us,” Coach Russo said. “We’re looking forward to it.”

The team returns to action outside of the NJAC, as they will travel to Hoboken at 8 p.m. tonight, Oct. 7 to take on Stevens Institute of Technology.

Men’s Soccer

Luber’s hat trick sparks the slumbering Lions’ offense

By Garrett Rasko-Martinis Sports Editor

Last season, senior forward Kevin Luber led the Lions in scoring with 26 points on nine goals.

Before this week, the Lions were playing inconsistently, earning a 3-3-3 record without a productive offense to support a stingy defense.

Luber began the week with only a lone goal. By the end of the week he almost single-handedly sparked the wavering offense and led the Lions to a 4-2 victory over the visiting Rutgers-University Camden before the Lions were defeated 6-0 by the No. 1 Messiah College.

The Lions’ entered the game against the Scarlet Raptors desperately needing a victory against a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) rival, as the team entered the week with only a 1-1-1 record in conference play.

The Lions needed an offensive catalyst, and Luber answered that call. He was involved in all four of the Lions’ goals, scoring three and getting the assist on the other.

Six minutes into the game Luber knocked in a goal to give the Lions an early lead. He would add one more goal before halftime after senior midfielder Anthony Staropoli sent a long pass downfield.

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Kevin Luber once again leads the Lions in scoring.

With the score tied 2-2 in the second half, Luber got the assist after sophomore midfielder Ed Kozic headed in the ball to give the Lions the lead.

From there, the Lions defense shut down the Scarlet Raptors’ offense. In fact, the Raptors didn’t get off a shot in the second half until 30 minutes had expired. Freshman goalkeeper Adam Friedman made two saves en route to his second win of the season.

Luber capped off his night with a long goal from 25 yards out with six minutes left in regulation to make it 4-2, the game’s final score.

“Anytime in the NJAC you can get four goals you’re going to have a very good day,” said head coach George Nazario. “For Kevin — anytime you can get a hand in all 4 goals, it’s as perfect as day as you can have.”

After his hat trick and assist Luber now has 11 points on four goals and three assists.

“It’s a lot of hard work,” Luber said. “We have been creating a lot of opportunities and I was lucky to get a piece of them on Wednesday.”

The Lions did not fare as well against the No. 1 team in Division III last Saturday night. The undefeated Messiah College dominated the College for a 6-0 loss. The Lions fell to 4-4-3 on the season at home.

“It was kind of rough, we weren’t expecting an outing like that,” Luber

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Ray Nelan dribbles the ball away from the defender. said. “But it’s in the past now and we’re moving on to the next game.”

Junior midfielder Nick Thompson had a hat trick for the Falcons, and junior midfielder Geoff Pezon also had two goals. Friedman made five saves in goal for the Lions, but the defense couldn’t hold the formidable Falcon offense.

“Every time you step on a field it’s a chance to get things back on track,” Nazario said. “Unfortunately we have no midway game to get a quick turn around from the loss against Messiah, so that gives the guys too much time to dwell on the loss. But the team knows what went wrong and what they need to do to win.”

The Lions have three straight games against NJAC rivals, two

of which are on the road. First the team travels to New Jersey City University for a game at 2 p.m. on Oct. 10. Then the College plays against Richard Stockton College, the team currently ahead of the Lions in the NJAC standings, on the road at 7 p.m on Oct. 14. The College returns home at 1 p.m. on Oct. 17 to face William Paterson University.

“If you look at our schedule, every game is a pretty challenging game,” Nazario said. “We have six regular seasons games left, and they’re games that are all winnable., but can go either way. If we don’t show up we’ll be in trouble, but I think the guys will be fine handling it.”

Garrett Rasko-Martinis can be reached at rasko2@tcnj.edu.

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Drew Conn Correspondent

Dan Neyman Correspondent

As a reward for his victory in his rookie debut, Correspondent Brandon Gould will be the judge in Week Seven of AtD. WTSR Sports Director Mike Leatherwood and Correspondents Drew Conn and Dan Neyman will make their cases for the Heisman trophy frontrunners, which teams in the NFL have been the most surprising and disappointing, and which NHL player is the preseason favorite for the Hart Trophy.

1. Since Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow have been banged up already, is Colt McCoy a lock to win the Heisman or is there an outsider who will steal the spotlight?

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ML: Before we start handing the Heisman over to Colt McCoy, we can’t count out Tim Tebow yet. The Gators have a bye week this week which will give him a chance to rest before the matchup with SEC rival LSU. Also, Urban Meyer said that Tebow looked “terrific” last Tuesday night, which tells me Tebow is recovering well. With Tebow’s toughness, don’t count him out playing against LSU and if he leads Florida to the title, he’s almost a lock for the Heisman. As far as other candidates go, McCoy is the favorite. The voters tend to favor star players on the top-tier teams, which knocks Houston quarterback Case Keenum and Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike out of the picture. With Texas being a very strong team this year and very few other candidates close to McCoy, he gets it as long as he can stay healthy and Tebow doesn’t pull off a comeback.

DC: Don’t count Tim Tebow out yet. With Florida’s bye week providing additional time to heal, I would not be surprised in the slightest to see Tebow play against LSU next week — the only way he isn’t returning for that game is if Urban Meyer and the medical staff literally form a barrier in front of the door and don’t allow him to walk onto the field (even then Tebow would probably put his head down and barrel through them). The injuries to Sam Bradford and Tebow definitely make McCoy the new favorite, but he will only be a lock to win if Tebow misses significant time. No one else is even in the same realm as Tebow and McCoy right now, and it will continue to be a two-man race unless Jimmy Clausen or Jahvid Best have dominating performances for the remainder of the season, which is doubtful.

DN: This year’s Heisman Trophy will not go to Bradford, Tebow or McCoy, but instead will go to Cincinnati’s quarterback, Tony Pike, whom most of the country has never heard of.

Bradford hasn’t even played two full quarters this season, no one knows how Tebow is going to play after coming back from a nasty concussion, and McCoy has struggled. McCoy has already thrown five interceptions through four games, after only throwing eight all of last year. This year’s Heisman Trophy is going to go to Pike. He has quietly led the Bearcats, who are currently ranked No. 10 in the AP Top 25, to a 4-0 start. Through four games, Pike has thrown for 1,223 yards, with a whopping 70.5 percent completion rate, with 11 touchdowns and only two interceptions. With a relatively easy remaining schedule, aside from next week’s match up at South Florida, Pike should continue to cruise, and if they keep winning, the Bearcats might find themselves

in a big bowl game with a Heisman-winning quarterback at the helm.

BG: Dan gets 3 here for picking a dark horse in Tony Pike and providing statistics to back it up. Mike gets 2 for pointing out that most Heisman winners come from top-tier teams.

One point goes to Drew for being conservative and sticking with Colt McCoy. 2. After the first three weeks of play in the NFL, which team is the biggest surprise and disappointment?

ML: The biggest surprise in the NFL this year has got to be the Denver Broncos. After trading Jay Cutler and top receiver Brandon Marshall not wanting to be in Denver, coach Josh McDaniels has silenced his critics by getting the Broncos off to a 4-0 start. Yes, the win against the Bengals was on a fluke play, and they play in a fairly easy division, but anytime a team is 4-0 in the NFL is an accomplishment — especially for a rookie head coach. The biggest disappointment has to be the Tennessee Titans. After finishing last season with the best record in the NFL at 13-3, the Titans are sitting at 0-3 and last in the AFC South. The Titans have some tough games ahead of them including at New England and two games against the Colts. With Kerry Collins getting wrinkles by the second, could it be Vince Young’s turn again? Who knows?

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DC: Entering the season, we knew the Jets were going to have a very good defense but few expected it to be this dominating, especially against a team like the Patriots.

But the Bengals beating the Packers and the Steelers, who saw that coming? The Bengals were literally 10 seconds from being 4-0 were it not for Denver’s lucky play. Nobody knew what they were capable of entering the season, nobody expected resilient and hard-fought wins, and nobody thought they would be able to contend with the Ravens and Steelers. I’m most disappointed in the Panthers because of how they lost their games. With minimal offseason changes to the team, it is shocking to see DeAngelo Williams struggle to put up 100 yards, an extremely erratic passing game, and a mediocre defense. The Titans show some potential to turn their season around soon, but the Panthers are a complete mess right now.

DN: After the first three weeks in the NFL season, there have been a number of surprises and disappointments. I think that the biggest surprise is the 3-1 San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers, who should be 4-0, if it wasn’t for a miraculous throw by Brett Favre with two seconds left in the game, have played well as a team, and Coach Mike Singletary is looking like he is the right man for the job. Shaun Hill is playing

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good, not great football, but at the end of the game is where he seems to lock in and shine.

While he is no Joe Montana or Steve Young, Hill might just be able to lead the 49ers to a playoff berth, honorable mention goes to the Lions for actually winning a game. The biggest disappointment, on the other hand, has to be the 2-2 Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Steelers currently find themselves in third place in the AFC North behind much improved Ravens and Bengals teams. The Steelers barely squeaked by the Titans in Week one, winning in overtime, and have since dropped back-to-back games to the Bears and Bengals, losing with 15 seconds or less in both games. Ben Roethlisberger hasn’t looked right all year, and their ground game has been relatively nonexistent.

If I were the Steelers, I would start panicking a little bit.

BG: I like Dan here for 3. He gave to the Lions some love and called out last year Super Bowl champs. I find it funny that the Lions and Steelers currently have the same record. Drew gets 2 for pointing out the Jets’ hot start and attributing the Panthers’ slow start to something other than Jake Delhomme. Mike gets 1 for going with the obvious ESPN choices.

3. The NHL season begins this week. Who is your early choice to win the Hart Trophy (the NHL’s MVP award)?

ML: Instead of picking the really obvious choice in Alex Ovechkin, I really think that Evgeni Malkin could surpass Ovechkin as the Most Valuable Player in the NHL. Last season Malkin had 35 goals and 78 assists in 82 games for the Penguins, as he led the team to the Stanley Cup title. The Penguins are again going to be a fantastic team this year. Going along with what I said in the Heisman question, voters for the MVP, just like voters for the Heisman, like to favor players on better teams. Also, Malkin is more of an all-around player while Ovechkin is more of a pure scorer. Plus with Crosby there along with Chris Kunitz, defenses can’t focus their entire team on Malkin. I think he will have a huge year and could be the favorite for the

Hart Trophy.

DC: Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby are the popular choices to win the Hart Trophy, and for good reason as both players are obviously immensely talented. But the player I pick is Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers, a lesser-known but equally good player.

There is substantial talent surrounding both Ovechkin and Crosby, so they will not need to drag their respective teams into the playoffs.

Kovalchuk will. He knows that the Thrashers only hope is for him to dominate, and with this being his contract year, I expect him to do just that. He will have a monstrous year, win the Hart Trophy, finally become recognized as an elite talent, and will be hockey’s hottest free agent in years. This year may be the year that Ovechkin wins the Cup, but it’s Kovalchuk’s year to win the MVP. DN: When talking about the Hart Trophy, the two names that automatically come to mind are Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby. My pick for this year’s winner, however, goes to the somewhat underrated Evgeni Malkin. Malkin is often involved in this discussion, but is constantly overshadowed by Crosby, seeing as they both play in Pittsburgh. I think Malkin will shock the NHL by claiming the Hart Trophy this season. Malkin, who just so happens to be the 2009 playoff MVP, was more integral in the Penguins stunning upset over the Red Wings, then Crosby was. Malkin quietly led the NHL in assists and points last year in both the regular season — with 78 assists and 113 points — and the playoffs with 22 assists and 36 points. Malkin has not only been named as the Penguins MVP for the past two seasons instead of Crosby, but he has also been a finalist for the Hart Trophy for those seasons. Malkin is Pittsburgh’s franchise center, and this season, he will finally get the recognition that he deserves and be declared the NHL’s Most Valuable Player.

BG: Even though I disagree with him, I give Drew 3 for making the boldest prediction here picking Ilya Kovalchuk to win the Hart Trophy. Dan gets 2 for going with Evgeni Malkin, my favorite to win it, and explaining his postseason success last year. And 1 goes to Mike for mentioning that Malkin is more of an all-rounded player than Ovechkin.

Neyman wins the first game of his career, 8 - 6 - 4

”Winner, winner, chicken dinner,” Dan Neyman

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October 7, 2009 The Signal page 23

LIONS ROUNDUP Football

Date 9/5/09 9/18/09 9/26/09 10/2/09 10/10/09 10/17/09 10/24/09 10/31/09 11/7/09 11/14/09

Opponent vs. vs. vs. @ vs. @ vs. @ vs. @

Field Hockey

Date 9/6/09 9/10/09 9/15/09 9/19/09 9/22/09 9/25/09 10/2/09 10/6/09 10/10/09 10/15/09 10/17/09 10/20/09 10/22/09 10/24/09 10/27/09

vs. vs. vs. vs. @ @ @ vs. vs. vs. vs. @ vs. vs. vs.

vs. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vs. @ vs. vs. @ @ vs.

W 47-31 W 58-28 W 67-34 L 7-28 Noon 4 p.m.

2 p.m.

Noon Noon 1 p.m.

Lion of the Week

Kevin Luber Menʼs Soccer

Opponent

Time/Result

Frostburg St. University Manhattanville College Eastern University FDU - Florham Ursinus College William Paterson U. Montclair State University Johns Hopkins University Rowan University Ramapo College Salisbury University Richard Stockton College Cabrini College Messiah College Kean University

W 9-4.

W 4-0 W 2-1 W 6-0 L 1-9 W 1-0 (PS) W 2-1 (PS) 7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

1 p.m.

4 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Womenʼs Soccer

Date 9/1/09 9/4/09 9/5/09 9/12/09 9/13/09 9/16/09 9/19/09 9/23/09 9/27/09 9/30/09 10/3/09 10/7/09 10/11/09 10/14/09 10/17/09 10/21/09 10/24/09

Buffalo State College FDU - Florham Morrisville St. College Kean University The College at Brockport William Paterson U. Montclair State University SUNY Cortland Western Conn. St. U. Rowan University

Time/Result

Senior Captain forward Kevin Luber led the Lions to a 4-2 win over the Rutgers University-Camden Scarlet Raptors with a hat trick last Wednesday.

The forward helped to increase the team’s record to 4-4-3. Luber currently leads the Lions in goals scored and assists.

-Hilarey

Wojtowicz, Sports Assistant

This Week In Sports Football

Opponent

Time/Result

New York University Lycoming College Misericordia U. Oneonta State College Hartwick College Swarthmore College Kean University Rowan University Montclair State University Rutgers University - Camden N.J. City University Stevens Inst. of Tech.

U. of Mary Washington Richard Stockton College William Paterson U. Johns Hopkins University Ramapo College

W 2-0 W 8-1 W 5-0 W 2-1 2 OT W 5-0 W 2-0 W 1-0 L 0-4 W 1-0 2 OT W 2-0 W 7-0 8 p.m.

1 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Noon 4 p.m.

11 a.m.

Oct. 10 vs. The College at Brockport, Noon Oct. 17 @ William Paterson University, 4 p.m.

Field Hockey

Oct. 10 vs. Rowan University, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 15 vs. Ramapo College, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 17 vs. Salisbury University, 1 p.m.

Oct. 20 @ Richard Stockton College, 4 p.m.

Menʼs Soccer

Oct. 10 @ New Jersey City University, 2 p.m.

Oct. 14 @ Richard Stockton College, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 vs. William Paterson University, 1 p.m.

Trivia Question

Womenʼs Soccer

Oct. 7 @ Stevens Institute of Technology, 8 p.m.

Oct. 11 vs. University of Mary Washington, 1 p.m.

Answer to Last Week’s Trivia Question: 1983.

The New Orleans Saints triumphed over the New York Jets at home on Sunday. The Saints’ 24-10 win handed the Jets the first loss of the season, giving the team a new record of 3-1. The Saints now stand undefeated. When was the last time the New Orleans Saints won four consecutive games in a season?

Oct. 14 vs. Richard Stockton College, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 17 @ William Paterson University, Noon

Womenʼs Tennis

Oct. 15-18 @ ITA National Small College Championships, TBA

Cross Country

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Oct. 17 @ Oberlin Interregional Rumble, 10:30 a.m.