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Over the weekend, theSecond ReformedChurch prepared for a state-assisted foodprogram that will be available to low-income families.
Looking to learna new dance? Find out wheredancers of any agecan receive free salsalessons every week.
Students with 20 or greater credits can register for Spring 2010 classes tonight from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Greek house to reopenfollowing March fire
EON filespetition forrecount ofcity ballots
BY ARIEL NAGIASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The fight to keep the city’s gov-ernment as is or to establish award-based system is not over yet.
Empower Our Neighborhoods,the pro-ward coalition, plans to filea petition for a ballot recount today,Coalition for Democracy ChairMartin Perez said.
The dispute between EON,the grassroots organization thathas been fighting to change thecity’s five-member, at-large coun-cil to a ward-based system andUnite New Brunswick, the oppos-ing organization that has beenfighting to keep the system as is,did not end on Election Day,because the election results werepostponed for a few days.
Final results of the electionwere not released until Nov. 7, fourdays after the election, due to anumber of provisional ballots thatneeded to be counted, NewBrunswick City Spokesman BillBray said.
But EON is requesting arecount to make sure those bal-lots were counted accurately,Perez said.
“Now with the recount, they willhave to count it one by one in frontof us, so we’ll all witness [it],” he said.
The Middlesex County Boardof Elections would have to countall the absentee, mail-in and pro-visional ballots manually andcheck the polling machines,Perez said.
The results depicted a closerace, with the anti-wards votessucceeding pro-wards votes by 82votes, according to a calculationin the Star Ledger. There were2,474 “no” votes versus 2,392“yes” votes.
EON member Charlie Kratovilsaid since the numbers were soclose, it is routine to request a recount.
“Mistakes are made all thetime. If you look at other elections where there have beenrecounts, they have made a dif ference [in the final electionresults],” said Kratovil.
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Students voice concerns about smoker proximityBY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO
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As students make their way toclass, some may not notice someonetaking a cigarette break just outsidethe entrance of a building as crowdsshuffle in and out of the doors throughclouds of smoke.
In a generation where theadverse ef fects of secondhandsmoke are taught at a young age,only a small number of students areconcerned with the proximity ofthese smokers to the entrances ofUniversity buildings.
School of Arts and Sciences sopho-more Matthew Weisser is allergic to
smoke. He is against smoking entirelyand thinks that smoking right outsidean entrance to a building is just as badas smoking inside a building, he said.
“Anyone who goes in and out ofthe building is walking rightthrough the cloud of smoke. So ifthey were going to be irritated by itinside, they’re still irritated by it to
get in or out of the building,”Weisser said.
While “No Smoking” signs onbuildings let people know theUniversity prohibits smoking inside,the areas right outside buildingslack clear visual definition.
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Rutgers College senior James Kim and School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Joyce Park perform in “My Big FatKorean Wedding,” a comedic play that embraces Korean culture, last night in the Rutgers Student Center on the CollegeAvenue campus. Hosted by the Rutgers Korean Student Association, a traditional Korean dinner followed the show.
The Gamma Sigma fraternity house has to re-wire its walls after anelectrical fire last semester forced its residents to move out.
Social Chair Kai Marshall-Otto, aSchool of Environmental andBiological Sciences junior.
Despite not having a house as acentral location this semester,Gamma Sigma found ways to oper-ate, King said.
“We’ve had to kind of thinkoutside the box. … Our fraternityoperated before we had a houseand we can continue operatingnow,” said King, as the fraternitywas founded in 1946 and thehouse was not acquired until 1950.
The house was built in 1871 andwas outdated, he said. The wallswere wood beams covered in plas-ter, not drywall, and the house hadno heating system.
The fraternity has been work-ing with outside organizations tohold events and holds theirweekly meetings at the Churchof St. John’s the Evangelist inNew Brunswick, King said.
“We’re trying to get our nameout there and show that we’re stilldoing things as a fraternity,”Marshall-Otto said.
Gamma Sigma was unable tohave a pledge class this pastsemester, but they intend to havea rush week and pledge class forthe spring 2010 semester,despite their house still beingunder construction, he said.
BY MARY DIDUCHASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
After flames and waterdestroyed much of the GammaSigma fraternity house at 19 UnionSt. in March, the fraternity looks torebuild and reopen next year.
The fraternity worked to rebuildits house since the fire and reopen atthe end of next semester or duringthe summer, said fraternityChancellor Brandon King, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences junior.
“Because it was an electricalfire, we have to do pretty extensivework to fix everything,” King said.
There was not a lot of structur-al damage, and the fire itself damaged only a few rooms on thethird floor, but there was a lot ofwater damage.
King did not want to comment onthe cost of damages or repairs butsaid the reconstruction allows thefraternity to improve their house.
“It’s definitely a dark point forus, but there’s always a silver lin-ing,” he said.
The exterior will remain thesame, but the interior will get addi-tions such as new wiring, walls,heating, air conditioning and a newupstairs shower, King said. Thehouse will maintain a residence of15 or 16 members.
“A lot of great things are goingto come of this and the house isgoing to be a lot safer too,” said
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Stripping walls and cleaningthe basement of the SecondReformed Church was Saturday’smission for 28 student volunteersand members of the TrinityHouse, Rutgers ProtestantCampus Ministry and of theSecond Reformed Church.
The project began its work inOctober with the University’sScarlet Day of Service when agroup of students cleared out thebasement of pews, tables and othermiscellaneous furniture and items,said Rev. Douglas Shepler. Thework was scheduled to begin lastsummer but was pushed back dueto the number of days it rained.
Last weekend studentsreturned to pick up where theOctober group left off.
“This is a friend-raisingprocess, friends calling friendsout to get involved. … We all net-worked and got to know eachother while we were cleaning,”said Maurice Ingram, a GraduateSchool of Applied andProfessional Psychology student.
He brought about 10 friends tothe Saturday cleanup.
“[These are] the most hard-working students I have worked
with in my 35 years of work at aministry,” Shepler said.
Shepler, who arrived to serveas pastor of the SecondReformed Church two yearsago, brought the idea of creatinga food pantry with him, said theRev. Barbara Heck, campus min-ister of the Rutgers ProtestantCampus Ministries.
Last year, members fromTrinity House and the church vis-ited Broad Street Ministry inPhiladelphia for their springbreak trip and worked feedingthe homeless, she said.
Heck and MichaelMishkovsky, youth director forthe Second Reformed Church, aformer RPCM peer minister and aUniversity alumnus, thought thisinitiative could be brought to andapplied in the New Brunswickcongregation’s basement.
The large space has been aban-doned for years, Shepler said.
The food pantry program willbe open to low-income residentsreceiving state or federal assis-tance, which is a method thathas been used by CrisisMinistry of Princeton andTrenton, he said. Based on thenumber of members per family,each will receive purchasingpoints for choosing food.
Victoria’s Secret Pink held its firstUniversity campus charity event of thesemester Saturday afternoon at the DeltaGamma sorority house on the CollegeAvenue campus.
About 50 people attended the four-hour event, benefiting Becca’s Closet,an organization that donates formaldresses to underprivileged girls fortheir prom.
“Every girl dreams of their promnight, and we felt that this was a greatorganization to give back to,” saidTiffany Kwong, a University Pink cam-
pus representative and a RutgersCollege senior.
Since making its debut in 2006, Pinkhas successfully promoted their productsto focus on young teens and a collegiateaudience, according to the company’sWeb site.
The University was chosen as one of27 universities in their 2009 collegiate col-lection, according to the Becca’s ClosetWeb site. It was selected after voting andpromotion to many universities across thenation. The University became a topselection with the help of thousands of
students nominating it in the competition,according to the Web site.
This year, Pink recruited three girls,Daniela Hellman, a University Collegesenior, Katie Heffernan, a Cook Collegesenior and Kwong to be campus repre-sentatives for the University’s new Pinkline of merchandise.
Aside from promoting the Pink colle-giate brand, the representatives aspireto carry out philanthropic activities aswell, Kwong said. To attend the event,students were required to donate atleast one dress.
“The event was for a great cause. I’ma fan of the Pink brand and I wanted tosupport the Rutgers chapter,” saidPrathyusha Kurra, a School of Arts andSciences junior.
For more information on the Pinkcollegiate brand, visit their Web site atwww.vsPink.com/on_campus.jsp. Formore information on how to getinvolved with Becca’s Closet, visitwww.beccascloset.org.
— Brenda Lin
SORORITY COLLABORATES WITH VICTORIA’S SECRET TO DONATE DRESSES
Volunteers scrub down basement to prepare for food pantry
From left to right, Justina Mishkovsky, Charlie Kratovil and Michael Mishkovsky clean the basement of theSecond Reformed Church on the College Avenue campus to make way for a state-assisted food center.
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For now, the walls and floorshave been cleaned, but the chal-lenge for the group is to meettheir goal — to finalize the pantryby the first week of January,Shepler said.
Three months after the foodpantry officially opens, federaland state assistance can be soughtto help stock the pantry, he said.For now, donations and gifts arebeing used to stock the shelves.
In the future the pantry mayexpand to include clothing andsmall appliances as well.
Future plans for otherspaces in the church complexinclude renovation of a sepa-rate area in the basement foruse by housing volunteers,who will then serve the NewBrunswick community’s otherpublic ser vice organizations,Shepler said.
“We also hope to use thechurch’s gymnasium for free cine-ma nights and student musicians’concerts,” he said.
Anyone can contribute by donat-ing non-perishable food items to theSecond Reformed Church. Itemscan be dropped off at the sideentrance of the church on MineStreet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. onweekdays. For more information,contact Shepler at (732) 439-3668.
take myself out of the situation,”Patton said.
The director of the TobaccoDependence Program at theUniversity of Medicine andDentistry of New Jersey’s School
of Public Health Jonathan Fouldsthinks this attitude existsbecause young people do not seeany immediate effects of environ-mental tobacco smoke.
“Students are generally young,and the illnesses that they believethey can get from exposure to
smoke are generally disease of oldage. Most of them won’t really getheart attacks or lung cancer whilethey’re students,” Foulds said.
While there are studentswho smoke directly outsidebuilding entrances, some try tobe as considerate as possible tothose around them.
Bobby Tarentino, a smoker,said it is common sense to stay away from the door while smoking.
“I wouldn’t want to blowsmoke in anybody’s face,” saidTarentino, a School of Arts andSciences junior.
Ultimately, some students thinkthat even if the policies on smokingby entrances were stricter, it wouldbe impractical to enforce them.
“I think [the University] canrequire people to not smoke byentrances, but I don’t think theycan enforce it. They have biggerconcerns so it probably wouldn’tmake much of a difference ifthey changed the rules or not,”said Shelby Greentaner, aSchool of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student.
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“In a close election like this, it’s important.”
UNB member GlennFleming said EON has everyright to request a recount, andit makes sense in a close elec-tion like this.
“They’re well within theirreason and their right,”Fleming said.
Depending on whether therecount results make a dif fer-ence or not, EON might fileanother petition to investigateballots that were rejected,
Perez said. This petition will befiled within 15 days after theinitial recount.
The investigation would gothrough all rejected ballots, andthe board of elections wouldhave to explain why each ofthese ballots were rejected,whether it was from not being aNew Brunswick resident orother reasons, he said.
Perez said some Universitystudents had to fill out provi-sional ballots, because theiraddresses on their identifica-tion cards did not match theaddress they used on theirvoter registration forms.
“There were students that[the poll workers] said … didn’tlive in New Brunswick when
they did,” Perez said. “Wewould like to know why theydidn’t accept those ballots.”
He said an investigation iscomplex and long, and it wouldnot be requested unless thefinal results do not change afterthe recount.
“It’s more in depth. We haven’tdecided [to investigate] yet,”Perez said.
Fleming said EON shouldaccept the fact that the pro-wards question lost, despite allthe court cases and disputesthe groups encountered.
“They said before that it’snot possible for us to beat themin the court of law, but on Nov.3, we beat them in the court ofpublic opinion,” he said.
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King said the members havebeen staying together through-out the ordeal.
“[The fire] displaced some ofus, but only a fraction of ourmembership actually lived in thehouse,” he said.
Many members moved intoresidence halls, rented buildings,
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But according to Section60.1.10 of the University PolicyLibrary, “… smoking and theplacement of ash urn recepta-cles shall be prohibited in areasdeemed to be main entrances tobuildings owned and operatedby the University.”
The University does placeash receptacles in courtyards ofresidence halls away fromentrances to buildings, but stu-dents like Weisser sometimessee students smoking outsidebuilding entrances.
But some students like Schoolof Arts and Sciences seniorLauren Patton do not think toomuch about the affects of sec-ondhand smoke.
“It would be nice if [smokers]moved farther away [fromentrances], but at the same time, Idon’t stand out there waiting to gointo class. If it’s bothering me, I
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Students can get a sneak peek of a newromantic comedy this week at an advancescreening exclusively for the University.
Touchstone Pictures screens the movie“When in Rome” at the AMC Loews NewBrunswick 18 theater, located on Route 1,Wednesday at 7 p.m. as part of its “CollegeScreening Program,” AMP AgencyIntegrated Publicist Lizzie Manganiello said.
The film — starring Kristen Bell, DannyDeVito, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, DaxShepard, Josh Duhamel and AnjelicaHuston — will not be in theaters until Jan.29, but students have the privilege of see-ing it over two months early, she said.
The University of Michigan, theUniversity of California-Los Angeles and theMassachusetts Institute of Technology arealso among the 30 schools chosen for thescreening, according to the “‘When in Rome’College Screening Program” Web site.
Manganiello said Touchstone chose theUniversity’s area because it has an upbeat campus.
“You guys have a really positive studentbody,” Manganiello said. “You’re reallyenthusiastic about events.”
In the movie, Bell stars an as ambitiousNew Yorker who takes a trip to Rome,where she finds four magic coins in a foun-tain of love and, consequently, becomes theobject of affection of the men who threwthem in.
Trouble ensues when a reporter, playedby Duhamel, falls in love with Bell’s char-acter, leading her to wonder whether hisfeelings stem from his heart or a coin,Manganiello said.
Although admission is free, a screeningpass is required. Each pass will provideadmission for two people. Students candownload screening passes atwww.wheninromescreenings.com.
Manganiello recommends early arrival,as seating will be available on a first-come,first-serve basis.
— Colleen Roache
TOUCHSTONE PICTURES SCREENSUNRELEASED FILM NEAR U.
“I think [the University] canrequire people to notsmoke by entrances,but I don’t think they
can enforce it.” SHELBY GREENTANERSchool of Arts and Sciences
first-year student
commuted or moved in with othermembers, King said.
“It was a really great oppor-tunity for people to show theirsupport and take in their broth-ers and sisters in need,” he said.
The University helped thefraternity members in need.
“They were surprisinglyhelpful in some things, and inother things where we hopedfor support, they not wereunhelpful but were neutral,”King said.
The University offered supportfor books and materials destroyedand provided immediate housingprorated to anyone in need, he said.
“The University did providethe students with on-campushousing if they needed it,”University Off-Campus HousingSupervisor Bill Sarras said.
The University’s Off-CampusHousing Service had all of theirservices available and their doorsopen to anyone who needed aid,said Sarras, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.
King said this surprised himbecause Gamma Sigma is notassociated with the University.The fraternity severed from theschool in the 1980s.
Both King and Marshall-Ottosaid they are looking forward tothe house’s completion.
“We’re also really looking for-ward to what this new period of ourhouse is going to do for our mem-bership — and for us as a fraternity— because we really think it’s goingto polish up our image and bringpeople in,” Marshall-Otto said.
Gamma Sigma has alwaysbeen seen as an open andaccepting house, King said. Itwas one of the first to allowwomen and members of differ-ent races and religion.
“We’re looking forward tobeing that house that embodiesdiversity, but at the same time hasa nice house to boot,” Marshall-Otto said. “People can still beimpressed with what we have butrecognize that we are a verydiverse fraternity, and weembrace that.”
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Radio is declining in America,yet in the small African country ofSierra Leone, radio takes on amuch greater purpose: strength-ening a fragile democracy andmaintaining peace.
Ambrose James, a radio pio-neer in Sierra Leone, discussedthe medium’s important role inhis native country during “Media,Public Broadcasting andDemocracy” Wednesday atAlexander Library with an audi-ence of more than 40 members ofthe University and SierraLeonean communities.
During the 1990s, the WestAfrican country Sierra Leone,about the size of South Carolina,was consumed in a bloody civilwar that destroyed the infrastruc-ture of the country, the institu-tions that support democracy andthe trust people had in their gov-ernment, said Pavi Jalloh, a nativeSierra Leonean and FranklinTownship resident.
The war ended nearly adecade ago, and Jalloh said thecountry has entered an era ofpeace and rebuilding, with twoparliamentary and presidentialelections carried out peacefully.
“These successes wereachieved in large part as theresult of mass citizen educationprograms through mobile radiostations that Mr. Ambrose Jamesand his organization have sup-ported,” Jalloh said.
James said he began his radiowork in 2000 shortly after the vio-lence of the civil war ended. Atthat time, there were only threeradio stations in the country, buthe said citizens already began tosee the importance the mediummight have in the country.
“You can imagine with justthree radio [stations] and a war
raging on in your country, peoplewill fall back onto the radio forinformation about where suppliesare and where attacks are takingplace,” James said.
After the war, James said theradio industry boomed in SierraLeone, as the three stationsturned quickly into more than 20across the small nation with 85percent of the population listening.
There was a desire to keep thepost-war peace and a fear that themedia-fueled Rwandan crisismight repeat itself in Sierra Leonewithout intervention, he said.
With the help of the interna-tional nonprofit Search forCommon Ground, an organiza-tion that creates radio programson peace, disarmament and rec-onciliation, James began to workwith Sierra Leone’s IndependentRadio Network to provide objec-tive news coverage and informa-tion on contemporary issuesaffecting citizens, he said.
“What we tried to do is providea space where we are bringingthe nation together and trying todo that locally,” James said. “It’sabout bringing local issues intothe national debate and nationaldebates into the local issues.”
James said the radio networkhelped to provide landmark cov-erage of the country’s 2002 elec-tion, where stations reporteddirectly from polling stations,announcing outbreaks of violenceand the need for more ballotingpaper on the air.
With nearly everyone in thecountry listening, response tothese potential problems was swiftand helped to ensure the fairnessof the election, James said.
He remembers a police offi-cer after the election who toldhim he did not go to work on theday of the election. Rather,James said the officer sat and lis-tened to the radio, waiting to
hear reports of where violencewas erupting, sending out hiscommanders as necessary.
The elections proved onlythe beginning for James andthe network.
Programs like IRN’s“National News,” a weeklynational newscast, and“Paliment Bol At,” an issues-based program that helps to con-nect members of Parliamentwith their constituents and chal-lenge them to keep their elec-tion promises, have helped tocreate a more informed con-stituency, James said.
The network helped createstronger standards for ethicaljournalism, making IRN the mosttrusted source for information inthe country, James said.
Sponsored by the University’sCenter for African Studies andseveral other organizations, thelecture was part of theUniversity’s continued outreachto the large Sierra Leonean com-munity in the area, geographyProfessor Rich Schroeder said.
President of Sierra LeoneErnest Bai Koroma spoke at theUniversity last September in theRutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus to acrowd of members of SierraLeonean community, andSchroeder said this event is anextension of that relationship.
Some students who attendedthe lecture were impressed bythe accomplishments of Jamesand the IRN.
“Just thinking about how thisnetwork helps unite and is a back-bone to a country that had torebuild itself after the civil war isextraordinary,” said TravisFedschun, a School of Arts andSciences junior and president ofthe Society of ProfessionalJournalists, who co-sponsoredthe lecture.
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Every week from 9 p.m. to1:30 a.m., people of all ages cometo “Salsa Thursday” at PerléNightclub to turn, dip and danceto Latin music.
Dany Joshua teaches a com-plimentary salsa lesson from 9p.m. to 10 p.m. before the salsaparty begins.
North Brunswick residentHensley Jemmott was at his sec-ond dance lesson last Thursdaywith Joshua at the nightclublocated downtown at 13 PatersonSt. as beads of sweat formed onhis forehead.
“I’ve been wanting to learnhow to salsa for an embarrassingamount of time,” he said.
Joshua shows his studentsthe fundamentals of salsa andencourages them to practice,but ultimately, he said, his stu-dents’ willingness to learncomes from within.
“You can’t really convincepeople,” he said. “They have tofall in love with it … when theycome to me, they already havethe passion.”
Joshua, a School ofEngineering graduate, said hestarted dancing salsa when hisgirlfriend at the time thought it
would be fun for them to takeUniversity recreation classesttogether. They broke up, butJoshua kept dancing.
After taking various danceclasses throughout New Jerseyand New York, Joshua startedteaching classes independentlythree years ago. Now he is adance instructor both at Perléand the University.
Passion is a key element ofSalsa On 2, the original style pri-marily danced in New York City,and Joshua said it has come along way since undergroundmambo in the city during the1950s.
“Salsa is really maturing,”he said.
This maturation of salsadraws dancers to Perlé fornights of Latin beats, dim lightsand disco ball.
Greg Tausz, a Morristownresident, came out to “SalsaThursday” with three of hisfriends last Thursday. A veteranof the New Brunswick clubscene, Tausz said he was apatron at another nightclub, 360Lounge, before it closed down.Since then, Perlé has becomehis hangout spot.
Tausz and his friends said thedance floor was a bit too slipperyfor their liking, but that dancing
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Attendees of “Salsa Thursdays” dance into the early hours of the morning at Perlé nightclubdowntown. Dancers of all ages and levels can receive lessons from instructor Dany Joshua.
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at the club is a nice way to spendthe night.
“We’d come more often, but,you know, we work,” Tausz said.
The event draws a maturecrowd every week, and Joshuasaid salsa dancing is a great way
to meet people. Because partnersrotate during the night, bringinga partner is not necessary to havea good time.
Joshua, who is also a disc jock-ey, performer, booking managerand promoter at Perlé, said one ofhis main goals is to bring salsa to
the city. People typically look for asalsa scene in nearby New Yorkbut he wants to bring them here.
“I don’t want people to skipNew Brunswick,” Joshua said.
To find out more informationabout “Salsa Thursday,” visitwww.scarletmambo.com.
process these meats. InApril 2006, the Food andDrug Administrationapproved lunch meats to besprayed with a combinationof six live viruses to preventagainst food-borne bacteria.That’s right, not only is theAmerican consumer eatingmeat that has the potential
to cause cancer, they are now ingesting live virusesat the same time. Yes, the viruses prevent againstdeadly bacteria, but do we really want to eat thoseeither?
The third and most important fact that you shouldknow about luncheon meats is that they can be madefrom mechanically separated meat. Now this may notsound gross, but the next time you have a second,Google image search it. Mechanically separatedmeat is meat separated from the animal bone by a
machine instead of a butcher. In thisprocess, the meat is shredded into apink slurry, which has the appearanceof strawberry frozen yogurt. Alsothere is a certain amount of bone andconnective tissue allowed to be in thisflowing meat-like substance.
All of these things are completelygovernment regulated and permittedfor lunch meats. I tell you thesethings not to make you lose yourappetite, but to make you realize that
you may not know the facts about what you eat. Iencourage you to read all of the ingredients for thefood you eat and look up the facts about how thesethings are made. More importantly, I encourage youto only eat foods that you can understand how theyare made without an extensive lesson. We readcountless articles and do the research on everythingelse in our lives, but not the food that we eat, thefood we put into our body. Why is your car, home,television or cell phone more important than yourbody? So the next time you are looking for a healthylunch, I hope you will stay away from the deli line,and maybe put a little more thought into how youare going to fuel your body.
Anna Norcia is a School of Environmental andBiological Sciences senior majoring in nutritionalsciences. Her column, “Just the Facts”, runs onalternate Mondays.
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I n this diet-crazed worldwe live in, it can behard to find healthy
options. Every time we turnaround, someone is tellingus about the newest way tolose weight or the nextsuper fruit that will cure allof your ailments. And thenext day, they tell us theywere wrong and now have something better. EvenSnapple, who claimed to make its famous tea prod-uct from “the best stuff on earth,” has now found“better stuff.” In reality, they didn’t find “betterstuff” — they decided to use less processed ingre-dients and more natural ones. That should be a les-son to us all: The more natural something is, thebetter it will be. That goes for everything, includingmeat. So why does America continue to eat themeat-like product called luncheon meat?
Luncheon meats, also known ascold cuts and deli meats, consist ofthings we know as turkey, ham, roastbeef, bologna, salami and more.These meats are different from regu-lar meats because they have beenprocessed with food additives to pre-serve the shelf life. These additives,known as nitrites and nitrite salts,allow these lunch meats to keep theirdistinct pink color and savory tastethat consumers are used to. Theseadditives also prevent against deadly food-borne ill-nesses from forming on the meat, most namely bot-ulism. As helpful as these additives are, they can dogreat harm to the human body in two ways. Nitritesare salts, and they add a lot of sodium into the diet.A high-sodium diet can lead to hypertension — orhigh blood pressure — which is a major contribut-ing factor to heart disease. Second, and more impor-tantly, these nitrites combine with compounds inyour stomach acids to form nitrosamines, which arecarcinogenic. These compounds have been linkedto stomach, esophageal, liver cancers and manymore. A survey by the National Cancer Institutesuggests that those who ate the most red andprocessed meats had heightened risks of develop-ing any stage of prostate cancer, or advanced cancerin particular, according to a Nov. 5 Reuters article.
The second thing you should know about lunchmeat is the way the government has approved to
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V arious fees and charges from banks have hit both collegestudents and the general public hard. These charges aremostly bank overdraft fees, which center on the idea of
banks charging their unsuspecting patrons disproportional fees.The Federal Reserve System addressed these issues recently inresponse to increased customer dissatisfaction. The Fed released arule Thursday that requires banks and credit unions to obtain cus-tomers’ permission before charging steep fees to pay ATM anddebit overdrafts. This rule comes into effect July 1, 2010, for newcustomers, and Aug. 15, 2010, for existing customers. Amid intensescrutiny of bank practices, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke hopes thatthis would be a step toward better customer protection. Accordingto a USA Today article, he said, “[This] represents an importantstep forward in customer protection.”
The question is whether this newly-introduced rule doesenough in terms of limiting irresponsible spenders. After all, therule states that a given customer may be asked if he or she wouldlike to overspend and eventually receive an overdraft fee. If thatcustomer has the intention of spending the money that he does nothave, he will go through with the transaction. This problem maybefall a great majority of people due to America’s tendency tospend money, which it does not have. “The Fed is acting 10 yearslate to partially solve a problem that Congress is going to com-pletely solve,” said Ed Mierzwinski, a consumer program directorfor the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, in the article. Perhapsthis rule is the least with which the Fed can get away with.
On the other hand, the introduction of this rule becomes a safe-guard for customers who do not know whether they will over-spend and be overcharged. These people, of whom students are abig part, could have been charged inordinate amounts of moneyfor a small overdraft. According to Moebs Services, banks areexpected to reap a record $38.5 billion in 2009 from checkingaccount overdrafts — nearly double the amount, $20.5 billion,they expect to collect from credit card faults. According to sever-al banks, customers could be charged between $10 and $38 for anoverdraft of just a few dollars. This pitfall traps many previouslyresponsible customers and drags them into further debt.
The introduction of this rule, therefore, would limit the numberof such cases and aid responsible bank users. A question arisesfrom this rejection of people’s debit cards. Would you rather beembarrassed by a card being turned down, or would you entertainthe idea of overpaying later in exchange for immediate monetaryfunds? On one hand, customers should follow their spending ten-dencies and limit themselves accordingly. That, however, is not onthe mind of most Americans. Therefore, the majority of peopleshould be in favor of this new rule limiting the treachery of over-draft fees. Those overdraft fees could recur if the sum is not paidin a given period of time, thus leading to further repercussions.
In a lot of cases — statements, online and on paper — aredelayed and have mislead their recipients. Although a part of con-sumers has a responsible spending tendency, such technologicaldeficiencies might cause unexpected charges even for the best ofbookkeepers. Some purchases do not “go through” right away,thus becoming outstanding charges on a customer’s books.Supermarkets, cafés and gas stations may be immediate purchas-es on a card, however, smaller shops do not follow suit. Inessence, the embarrassment of getting a debit card rejected is faroutweighed by a benefit of automatic overdraft protection. We, asstudents, are just as much af fected by these charges as the restof America; therefore, a rule that limits fees would very much bein our favor.
In a time of such economic turmoil, the last thing thatAmericans need is an overdraft fee. These charges have long beena profit center for major banks and have recently become a signif-icant part of banks’ incomes. While this Fed-imposed rule may notaddress all points, it is a step in the right direction. Rules such asthe one made by the Fed would only serve to benefit the majorityof our population and limit the banks that impose such fees. Majorbanks profit heavily of f such customer expenses, and this wouldserve to simply safeguard one’s funds. Despite America’s tenden-cy to overspend, this rule would serve to make customers thinktwice before continuing with a transaction.
“They said before that it’s not possiblefor us to beat them in the court of law,
but on Nov. 3, we beat themin the court of public opinion.”
Unite New Brunswick member Glenn Fleming, commenting onthe Empower Our Neighborhoods’ ballot question calling for a
wards-based system that lost in the Nov. 3 election
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ANNA NORCIA
“Read all of theingredients for thefood you eat andlook up the factsabout how these
things are made.”
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T he Nov. 10 letter to TheDaily Targum, “Whatour alma mater has
taught us,” echoes an importantsentiment: Rutgers studentsneed to take pride in theirUniversity. The alma mater is animportant, but not exclusive partof this.
On that note, I am thoroughlydisappointed with the Targum’sfailure to report the anniversaryof the most important date inUniversity history. On Tuesday,the University celebrated the243rd anniversary of the signingof its charter in 1766. In short,the Targum let the University’sbirthday go unnoticed.
While the Targum maintainsthe Herculean task of report-ing the day-to-day happeningsof a large and busy campus, thelong history of Rutgers mustnot be ignored. If there is any-where from which to buildpride in the University, it isthat our venerable institution isso enmeshed with Americanhistory and higher education.The history of Rutgers is thehistor y of American publichigher education.
The University is the onlyschool in the nation to be found-ed before the AmericanRevolution, receive a land grantunder the 1862 Morill Act andbecome a state university. Ofcourse, University Athleticstouts that college football wasborn on the Banks in 1869, butthe Banks of the Raritan alsotook cannon fire during theAmerican Revolution. AlexanderHamilton commanded a cannonbattery right on what wouldbecome the Old Queens campusto help the Continental Armyretreat to Trenton in December1776. A sign marks the memori-al of this site next to KirkpatrickChapel. Plaques of the men ofthen-Rutgers College whoserved in the armed forces fromthe Revolution to the SecondWorld War are inside the chapel.Protests in the 1960s on theUniversity campus broughtopposition to the Vietnam Warand more support from theUniversity for minority students.
As Rutgers and nearly allflagship state universities gothrough a rather difficult identi-ty crisis — larger and more cul-turally diverse incoming class-es, less and less public fundingand technology reshaping theclassroom — it is essential thatwe remain grounded in our his-tory and roots. Without under-standing our precedents, webecome more at risk to suc-cumb to short trends andwhims for solutions, whichunlike Rutgers, do not with-stand the test of time. Historyfor the University is one — ifnot its greatest — asset. For hasshe not stood since the time ofthe flood, on the Banks of theold Raritan?
Jeffrey C. Kessler is a formercolumnist for The Daily Targumand Rutgers College Class of 2008graduate. He is currently a gradu-ate student in English at IndianaUniversity, Bloomington.
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and that’s something that should-n’t happen. I think that’s just oneof the things we’re going to workon and improve on and that’sgoing to make us a better team.”
Ray finished with 17 points forthe Knights, leading the squad,while freshman forward MoniqueOliver finished with nine off thebench and senior center RashidatJunaid chipped in 10.
Down as many as 18 points inthe second half, the Knights (0-1)surged back to cut the lead to fivewith just under 12 minutes to play.It was the closest RU got in thesecond half, as Stanford scoredsix straight to push the lead backto 11 less than two minutes later.
The duo of Junaid and Oliverwere able to suppress Appel formuch of the first half, holding thehighly touted center to two pointsin the period.
After picking up a foul withslightly over 15 minutes to play,the senior took to the bench andwould not return until four min-utes remained in the half.
But for all of their successagainst Appel, the Knights fellvictim to the Cardinal three-pointattack, surrendering 27 points on9-for-26 shooting.
“You’ve seen Appel knockdown 25 points against teams likeIowa State. She is a machine,there’s no question about that,”Stringer said. “She probably was-n’t at full strength all credit due toher, but everyone here can shootthe ball [from a deep] range.”
Though they paced theCardinal for the first 15 minutes,RU broke down in the final five,surrendering 15 straight pointsto allow Stanford to go up 37-22,its largest lead of the half.
The Cardinal (2-0) scored 25of its points off second-chancescores. But with a strong empha-sis on rebounding and ball con-trol, Stringer expects the team tomake visible strides.
“I think we’re going to figureout something, and you don’teven have to statistically look,you will see a difference in theway we block out,” Stringer said.“We’re going to figure out whatbuttons to push. It’s not that diffi-cult, it really isn’t.”
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Rutgers honored C. Vivian Stringer for her recent Hall of Fameinduction by hanging a banner from the RAC’s rafters.
Stringer given banner at RACBY SAM HELLMAN
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers women’s basketballhead coach C. Vivian Stringeralways said she would like to see
some ren-ovations atthe LouisB r o w nA t h l e t i cC e n t e r ,
and she sort of got her wish yes-terday before the 81-66 loss toNo. 2 Stanford.
Prior to the game, Rutgershonored Stringer for her recentinduction into the NaismithMemorial Basketball Hall ofFame, unveiling a Hall of Famebanner in the rafters alongside theteam’s 23 various IAW and NCAAbanners for postseason berths.
Athletic Director Tim Pernettiwas on hand to present Stringerwith a trophy commemoratingthe event before the game, andthe marketing and promotionsdepartment presented fans with alimited edition T-shirt.
“Tim had said to me that he wasgoing to embarrass me through-
out the year and he has in everyway,” Stringer said. “He’s just beenreally special and I really do appre-ciate it. That was really special.”
SOPHOMORE CHELSEY LEEstarted ahead of senior MyiaMcCurdy at the four to helpaddress Stanford’s size in the post.She scored just three points, buthelped contain All-America candi-date Jayne Appel to two first-halfpoints and pulled in five reboundsto go with a blocked shot.
“You can’t really sleep on theirinside,” Appel said. “I thinkthey’re going to be a team to bat-tle with, especially if you have totake them on [at the RAC].”
McCurdy scored six pointsand had three rebounds and twoblocks off the bench. McCurdy— for the first time since her ACLtear two seasons ago — playedwithout a knee brace.
SOPHOMORE APRIL SYKES,who struggled to find her shotlast season with a 27 percent clip,was just 3-of-12 from the floor andmissed all five long range shotson the day.
ALL THREE OF THE SCARLETKnights’ freshmen made theirdebuts yesterday. McDonald’sAll-Americans Monique Oliverand Erica Wheeler both got sig-nificant action off the bench.
Oliver, who was the first to enter,blocked a shot within her firstminute on the court at forward.
The 6-foot-2 forward fromLong Beach, Calif., put togetheran impactful performance in thepost, scoring nine points on four-of-seven shooting in 16 minutes.
“Monique did a really good jobtoday,” Ray said. “She works veryhard in practice and she’s alwaystrying to do everything right. Ifshe keeps working like she’sworking now, she’s going to comea long way and I have a lot of faithin Monique.”
Wheeler, a guard from Miami,scored five points and pulleddown two boards in 12 minutes.
Freshman Christine Huberentered the game with 8:16 left toplay and RU already trailing 64-49. The forward from NorthBabylon, N.Y., played just threeminutes, blocking a shot beforereturning to the bench.
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T he Rutgers footballteam made its seasondebut in the Associated
Press poll at No. 25 after beat-ing South Florida 31-0.
Florida remained at No. 1 inthe latest poll released yester-day. Alabama leapfroggedTexas for the second spot whileTexas Christian and Cincinnatiremained at four and five,respectively. Undefeated BoiseState remained at No. 6.
The BCS did not rankRutgers in its top 25.
DOMINICK RUSSO WONthe heavyweight bracket atthe Oklahoma GoldTournament as the Rutgerswrestling team finished thirdin an eight-team field.
The Rutgers volleyball teamwas swept by both WestVirginia and Pittsburgh to con-clude its season.
Catherine Whetstone andBrittney Kuras won threeevents each to lead the Rutgersswimming and diving team pastWest Virginia 159-125 Saturdayin a dual meet.
The Rutgers men’s andwomen’s cross country teamscompeted at the Mid-AtlanticRegionals this weekend withthe men taking 17th and thewomen 14th.
The Rutgers crew team bat-tled the weather in Boston in itsfinal race of the season.
For full coverage of allsports, see tomorrow’s issue ofThe Daily Targum.
TWO MEMBERS OF THERutgers men’s soccer teamearned All-Big East honorsover the weekend.
Junior Yannick Salmon wasnamed to the conference’s sec-ond-team while sophomore for-ward Ibrahim Kamara collecteda third-team selection.
MR. EVERYTHINGMcCourty does it all yet again with blocked punt, forced fumble, nine tackles
BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT
There is now a number infront of the Rutgers football team.
Just like the last time theS c a r l e tK n i g h t s
beat South Florida on a Thursdaynight, Rutgers 31-0 victory overthe Bulls vaulted the team intothe national rankings at No. 25.
In his post-game press confer-ence, head coach Greg Schianocompared freshman wideoutMohamed Sanu to former KnightKenny Britt. He previously saidthat sophomore tailback JoeMartinek has the workhorse abil-ity of Ray Rice.
But the greatest comparisonwas with senior cornerbackDevin McCourty.
“Devin is like our Supermanon our team — he’s incredible,”said redshirt freshman safetyKhaseem Greene. “We all liveand we all breathe off of his ener-gy. The passion that he plays thegame with is like no other.Whether it’s defense, specialteams or practice, he brings thatpassion and love for the game,and that’s how it’s supposed tobe played.”
After the game, McCourtyhad no choice but to face thebiggest question of the night: Isthere anything he can’t do?
Judging by his Thursdaynight performance, the answeris no.
On defense, the captain ledthe team with nine tackles,including two for a loss, butMcCourty stood out even moreon special teams.
On a first-quarter Rutgerspunt, McCourty got to Bullsreturn man Faron Hornes fasterthan he could get changed in aphone booth and arrived beforethe ball. Somehow, he stoppedhis momentum, waited for theball to arrive and simultaneouslyhit Hornes to force a fumble theKnights recovered.
“As I was running down, Ifelt him coming towards meand I knew I couldn’t hit himearly, so I stopped,” McCourtysaid. “When I saw that he
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Senior cornerback Devin McCourty (21) forced South Florida’s Faron Hornes (23) to muff this first-quarterpunt. McCourty also blocked the sixth kick of his career and led the team with nine tackles.
applied pressure initially, firingtwo quality shots in the half’sopening minutes, but from there,they could not hold possession formore than a few passes at a time.
Though both teams only tookthree shots in the half, it was theunrelenting pressure from theGamecocks (19-3-2) that eventual-ly led to forward Brooke Jacobsnetting an unplayable ball in the35th minute. The ball was a give-and-go that Maria Petroni crossedto Jacobs, who placed the ball intoan open net.
“I’m disappointed because itwas a winnable game,” Crookssaid. “But that’s part of how soc-cer goes. They got a great oppor-tunity and scored on it.”
The loss comes after theKnights (14-4-4) turned in a 2-0win in a solid first round matchagainst Duke.
Junior midfielder KelseyDumont and freshman forwardApril Price netted the two goalsin the win.
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adjusted and caught the ballhigh, I just punched my handthrough his hands.”
The offense failed to capital-ize, but the following quarteranother McCourty play set up afield goal for the team. TheNanuet, N.Y., native blocked thesixth kick of his career.
This season on special teams,McCourty blocked two punts,returned a kickoff 98 yards,downed a punt at the two-yard-line and forced a fumble.
“I don’t even know what to say— he’s just impressive,” said jun-ior defensive end Alex Silvestro.“I was sitting back watching himon special teams and in my head Iwas like, ‘Man, he’s a good play-er.’ It’s hard to come around play-ers that good.”
And since it is so rare, the cor-nerbacks around McCourty aremaking sure to take full advantage.
Redshirt freshman cornerBrandon Jones, who recordedhis first career interceptionThursday night, said heattempts to learn everything hecan from McCourty.
“Devin McCourty is unbe-lievable,” Jones said. “I say it allthat time. I really try to followDevin as a player and as a per-son. He’s a great person. He’s agreat player. What he does forthis program, you can’t thankhim enough.”
What the fifth-year senior didfor this program is make history.
McCourty is a member of thefirst redshirt class to go to a Bowlgame all five years.
“Phenomenal,” McCourtysaid. “To be able to say we’re pos-sibly going to our fifth-straightBowl game, which is an experi-ence not every college playergets to do, is great. We have a
chance to do some things thathaven’t been done around here.”
McCourty, who leads the teamin tackles, has an interception andfive pass deflections to go alongwith his special teams plays. Hecannot help but laugh whenasked what more he can do.
But there is one thing herefuses to admit.
“I’m not Superman, I just tryto lead these guys,” McCourtysaid with a smile. “I guess hesays that because I’m on specialteams making plays and ondefense trying to make plays.And when you’re on the sidelinewith me I guess you’re like,‘This guy doesn’t stop,’ becauseI’m on the bench yelling andscreaming. For the future, nowcoach Schiano can hold anybodyto that responsibility.”
Then again, Clark Kent wouldnot admit to it either.
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Sophomore forward Patrick Jackson got his first career start andresponded with a 15-point effort in Rutgers’ 74-67 win over Marist.
every day in practice and hoping[I started] and that’s what hap-pened today.”
The Brooklyn native played akey role early in the game withsophomore guard Mike Rosariostruggling from the field in thefirst half. Jackson scored 10 of his15 points in the opening period asthe Knights held a 41-35 advan-tage heading into halftime.
RU (1-0) seized control of thegame directly from the openingwhistle in the second half with a9-2 run that extended a six-pointhalftime advantage to 13.
Jackson opened the half with athree before Rosario really gotthings going with a fastbreaklayup that made it 48-37, followedby a nifty pass to GregoryEchenique that set the sopho-more forward up for a two-hand-ed jam.
“I felt like we did a lot of greatthings for us to pull away thelead,” said Rosario, finished with agame-high 17 points. “We feel likeif we can get the ball up the floorquickly it can open up the flood-gates for us to get easy points andthat’s what happened today.”
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RU dishes most assists in Hill eraBY STEVEN MILLER
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College basketball games lasttwo halves, but Saturday a quar-
ter couldh a v ed e c i d e dwho start-ed for theR u t g e r s
men’s basketball team.Junior point guard Mike
Coburn got the nod over juniorcollege transfer James Beatty tostart for the Scarlet Knights,although the two remain neck-and-neck in their position battle.
“I really flipped a coin when itcame down to who was starting,”said Rutgers head coach FredHill Jr., who later conceded hereally chose Coburn for his expe-rience. “There’s not much thatseparates those two guys.”
In the 74-67 victory overMarist, the point guards com-bined for eight points and 11assists, part of a record-breakingday for Hill and the Knights.
Coburn set a career-highmark with seven assists andRU’s 19 helpers ties the previoushigh under Hill, set last yearagainst Rider.
Beatty dished out four assistsand scored seven points eventhough he was supposed to bemore of the distributing guardbetween the two.
Coburn played four more min-utes than Beatty.
“Whether I’m in or Coburn’sin, we’re going to push the balland make open shots,” Beattysaid. “I was comfortable when Igot in the game and I thought itwent well.”
DANE MILLER LIKES TO JUMP.The true freshman proved
that when he caught a fast-breakpass just past the block R along
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Freshman Dane Miller showed off his athletic ability with a fastbreakjam during the Scarlet Knights’ season opening victory at home.
The initial second half pushhelped the Knights overcomeshaky stretches of inactivity inthe second half.
“We went through a stretch inthe second half for about fiveminutes where we only scored abasket,” said Rutgers head coachFred Hill Jr. “I think we got up 16and I thought we kind of wentaway a little bit from what we didto get the lead, which is going tohappen with a young inexperi-enced team.”
But unlike in years past — oreven last season — when theKnights would let a team likeMarist back into the game, theywere able to keep the Red Foxesat arms length.
Marist (0-1) cut the leadunder 10 with 2:58 to play and gotas close as seven when CandonRusin converted a layup to makeit 70-63. Rob Johnson led the RedFoxes with 18 points.
“I was happy about [the 9-2run] because I remember in thepast where we go into a goodstretch and fall back,” saidEchenique, who finished with 13points and 10 rebounds. “I thinkit’s a good sign for a first gamethat we were able to go up bydouble digits. They were able tocome back a little bit, but I actu-ally think we are in much bettershape to put teams away.”
the sideline. He slashed to thebasket and dunked with as muchauthority as the leader of theDrums of Thunder.
“Before I even caught thepass I knew I was going todunk it,” Miller said. “It wasmy first dunk in my first col-lege game and hopefully I’ll geta lot more dunks.”
The 6-foot-7 forward’s firstbasket was part of a three-pointplay. The Henrietta, N.Y.,native drove to the basket,hung in the air and made theshot despite a Marist blockingfoul. Miller converted on hisand-one opportunity and fin-ished with seven points in hiscollegiate debut.
WITH SENIOR CENTERHamady N’Diaye continuing torecover from a hyper-extendedknee, Hill held the 7-footer out ofthe starting lineup.
Sophomore guard MikeRosario, Coburn, sophomore for-ward Patrick Jackson, junior for-ward Jonathan Mitchell and soph-omore center Gregory Echeniquestarted for the Knights.
Rutgers’ rotation went 10-deepas N’Diaye played while Beattyand freshmen Austin Johnson,Muhamed Hasani and Millermade their debuts.
“I think we can go 11 deep,” Hillsaid. “I’m confident that what makesthis team different is that there’s alot of guys that can step up.”
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Nobody was talking about Patrick Jackson beforethe start of this season. So it was a bit surprisingwhen Jackson earned his first career start Saturday
against Marist in the Rutgersmen’s basketball team’s sea-son opener.
But whatever the sopho-more forward did in the off-season to improve his game
must have worked because he played an importantrole, scoring 15 points in the Scarlet Knights’ 74-67 vic-tory at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.
“It seemed like we just played a lot more up-tempoand a lot more team basketball,” Jackson said. “In thefirst half we didn’t get all the stops we needed, but inthe second half we seemed like we started gettingmore stops and that allowed us to get out in transitionand get easy baskets.”
Jackson did not get a lot of attention in the presea-son with the addition of six new faces, but he didenough to earn an opening game start.
“I was hoping so, but I didn’t expect it,” he said ofgetting the nod. “I just go out and make sure I work
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No. 2 Stanford plays bully in opener
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Rutgers’ Myia McCurdy, left, tries to block Stanford’s Nnemkadi Ogwumike,right, during the Cardinal’s 81-66 victory yesterday at the RAC.
BY STEVEN WILLIAMSONSENIOR WRITER
Entering yesterday’s season-openeragainst No. 2 Stanford, a slew of questions
surrounded theRutgers women’sbasketball team.
Who would bethe go-to scorer thisyear? How would
the team’s new-look offense and defensestack up against some of the top competitionin the nation?
While the No. 25 Scarlet Knights provideda quick glimpse of the future in their 81-66loss to the Cardinal, they’re still looking forthe right answers.
“Make no joke about this — Stanford isfor real,” said Rutgers head coach C. VivianStringer. “But we were able to control someof the things that were taking place, and weshould be encouraged by that.”
While the Knights limited Jayne Appel,Stanford’s leading scorer from last season, theywere unable to stop her on the boards.
Appel grabbed 12 rebounds in the contest,with the Cardinal outrebounding the Knights50-33 overall. The last time they gave up 50rebounds was in 2007, when the Knights alsohosted Stanford to open its season.
“Coach Stringer has so many drills forrebounds, it’s crazy” said senior guardBrittany Ray. “Our rebound margin was 17
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The Rutgers women’s soccerteam spent an entire season tryingto hide it. And up until the final sec-
ond fadedoff theclock yes-t e r d a yafternoon,the stat
sheets this season barely hinted atthe cold fact that the ScarletKnights were a battered team.
As the second half went on inRU’s second round NCAATournament match with SouthCarolina, names like Gina DeMaio,Jonelle Filigno, Caycie Gusman,Ashley Jones and Merissa Smithresonated even more than if the fivefallen starters were actually playing.
It was not that the ScarletKnights did not have the talent oreven the opportunities to win thematch. But, being five players shorton the offensive end of the field, theKnights were gassed. As valiant astheir last efforts in the final minuteswere — they weren’t enough — asthe Knights lost the match 1-0,eliminating them from the NCAATournament and ending its season.
“This was a high level collegesoccer match,” said head coachGlenn Crooks. “I have nothing butadmiration for not only what we didtoday but what we did all season.And you can’t even comment aboutwho we don’t have because it’s whowe had that got us here. And wegave ourselves enough opportuni-ties to win the match today, that’sall I know, it just didn’t happen.”
In the final seconds of the game,RU forced South Carolina goal-keeper Mollie Patton to make herstrongest save of the afternoon.
Off a corner kick, senior goal-keeper Erin Guthrie — playing upon offense in the game’s final minute— drilled a ball into the box that RUdefender Rheanne Sleiman nearlyheaded into the net, but Patton cameout and barely got in front of the ball.
“I think that final play was apro-pos of this season,” Crooks said.“We fought until the end and it cer-tainly is symbolic of how it wentthis season.”
RU fell behind midway throughthe first half and actually controlledthe run of play throughout most ofthe second half. RU played with onlytwo backs in the game’s finalstretch, leading to scoring opportu-nities for both teams late in the sec-ond half.
Besides Sleiman’s header inthe last minute, RU came just acouple of feet from tying thematch in the 85th minute whenfreshman midfielder MauraMcLaughlin sent an open shot justover the crossbar. In total, theGamecocks outshot the Knights11-9, with Guthrie making fivesaves to Patton’s three.
“Statistically, it turned out to bea pretty even match,” Crooks said.“They had the run of it for a whileand then we had the run of it. So Ihave no complaints about theresult, because we did have oppor-tunities to go ahead early on orequalize as the game progressed.”
The Knights played on their
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South Carolina eliminates Rutgers from NCAAs withshutout win in second round after Friday’s win over Duke
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Rutgers defenders Julie Lancos, left, and Allie Hambleton, right, vie with South Carolina’s Kacie Brewer duringyesterday’s NCAA second round game. The Gamecocks eliminated the Scarlet Knights with a 1-0 victory.
