BY BRETT WILSHESTAFF WRITER

The New Jersey Public Interest ResearchGroup held a presentation yesterday target-ing students who face the uncertainty ofhealth care coverage upon graduation.

Equipped with statistics, visuals and anendorsement from Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-6, the group urged support for health carereform. The student chapter set up shop infront of Brower Commons on the CollegeAvenue campus despite the chilly, overcastweather conditions.

“The current health care system is failingAmerica’s youth,” said NJPIRG internSophia Fishbane, a School of Arts andSciences student. “Americans aged 18 to 24are the most likely people in the country tolack health insurance.”

Students who graduate and lose coveragefrom their parent’s insurance plans often relyon credit cards to pay medical bills. Whenthey do, they accrue an average of $13,000 indebt, she said.

The information comes from a new reportunveiled by NJPIRG called “Uncovered: HowAmerica’s Health Care System Fails YoungPeople.” The report looks at the rising cost ofhealth care and how inaccessible it can be foryoung adults.

“Young workers typically have to dealwith temporary or lower paid jobs, highjob turnover, periods of unemploymentand employers who are less likely to of ferhealth benefits,” report author MichaelRusso said. “It’s not that young peoplecare less about health care, it’s that every

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During the holidayseason, feasting is anactivity many arelucky to participatein. NJPIRG alertsthe community onthe seriousness ofpoverty in America.

According to the latest statistics fromthe Bureau of Labor,the unemploymentrate in the city is currently lower thanthe state’s average of9.6 percent.

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Campus voice gains strength in age of activism

University students in 1969 hold a symposium in the College Avenue Gym to raise awareness for the civil rights movement.

On-campus demonstrations and teach-ins were common as the administration was open to peaceful dissent.

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Spurred by the tensions of the VietnamWar and the civil rights movement, theUniversity in the late 1960s faced the begin-nings of an era defined by protests, demon-strations and cries for change.

As several on-campus groups demonstrat-ed against the Vietnam War, the ReserveOfficers’ Training Corps’ presence on campusand for civil rights, the University’s presidentat the time, Mason Gross, welcomed dissent.

“The students have every right in theworld to object,” wrote Gross in the 1969yearbook, the Scarlet Letter. “They shouldmake their case clear and indicate the basisof their objection. Then the authorities in thecollege should jolly well listen to them.”

Faculty teach-ins, where teachers wouldspeak about controversial issues well into thenight, attacks on ROTC buildings and otheron-campus demonstrations in the streetswere common, said University ArchivistThomas Frusciano.

History Professor Eugene Genovese, aMarxist, spoke out against Vietnam in 1965at a teach-in, he said. Gross did not dismisshim despite facing external pressure.

Several anti-war groups, such as Studentsfor a Democratic Society, often protested tomove ROTC off-campus, he said.

Three students also showed their hatredof the war by burning their Selective Servicecards in front of a crowd, according to the1968 Scarlet Letter.

Frusciano said the polarization of those infavor of the government’s efforts and thoseagainst them was strong at the University as

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State releases former mayor after 39-month sentenceBY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO

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Former state Senator and NewBrunswick Mayor John A. LynchJr. was released from federal cus-tody this past Friday after serv-ing a 39-month sentence for pub-lic corruption.

After being incarcerated forthree years, Lynch is looking for-ward to spending the holidayswith his family, said MiddlesexCounty Democratic PartyChairman Joe Spicuzzo, a closefriend of Lynch.

When it comes to politics,Spicuzzo believes Lynch, who is

banned from holding public office,will not try to reestablish his powerin Middlesex County.

“I don’t think he’s going topush his views on anybody,”Spicuzzo said. “If he’s asked, he’llgive his opinion.”

Lynch pleaded guilty in Sept.2006 to counts of mail fraud and tax

evasion for the year of 1999, accord-ing to a U.S. Department of Justicepress release.

He spent his first 33 months in afacility in Loretto, Penn., and wastransferred to a residential re-entrycenter this past June, said FederalBureau of Prisons spokeswomanFelicia Ponce.

He was then sentenced to homeconfinement in August, where heserved the rest of his sentence.

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A comprehensive single-payer health care system is notin the cards for Americans, butits specter still dominates somediscussions surrounding healthcare reform.

Members of the general publicand University communityexchanged opinions, personalexperiences and a few verbal jabsat a forum on health care spon-sored by the Rutgers UniversityChapter of Amnesty InternationalWednesday night at the DouglassCampus Center in order to dis-cuss the proper way to move for-ward with health care reform.

Ellen Whitt of Healthcare-NOW! said a single-payer sys-tem would lower prescriptiondrug costs, lower administrativecosts and would generally bemore efficient.

“This is more economicalthan anything that is being pro-posed in Congress right now,”Whitt said.

The House of Representativesand the Senate have their ownrespective proposals on the table,but Thomas Knoche, a volunteerfrom Healthcare-NOW!, has prob-lems with the legislation current-ly being discussed in Congress.

“It does not make health carea human right,” he said. “We canhave immigrants here doing

work we won’t do, but we won’tgive them health care coverage.… Most alarming is that itstrengthens corporate healthcare providers.”

One particular amendment tothe House bill drawing ire frompro-choice organizations is thatof Rep. Bart Stupak, D-MI, andRep. Joseph R. Pitts, R-PA. Theamendment provides that feder-al funds are in no way used tofund abortions for those receiv-ing government subsidies tobuy insurance.

Maretta Short of the NationalOrganization for Women stronglydisapproved of the House propos-al, citing its hostility towardwomen’s reproductive rights.

“This bill will primarily hitlow-income women of color,”Short said.

NJ Citizen Action Health CareCampaign Coordinator EveWeissman expressed disappoint-ment with the fact that the onlybill being seriously considered inCongress at the moment is aninadequate one.

“Dealing with somethingthis big ... it is almost impossi-ble to get it right the first time,”she said.

She deemed the bill imper-fect but ultimately better thannothing, insisting on the need tothink realistically and improveon the bill that will actuallybecome law.

Both proposals provide for thecreation of a public option, butone that will be in competitionwith private insurers.

“We usually have a more inter-national focus but we decided toshift our focus on U.S. humanrights with this event,” saidStephanie Murray, a School ofArts and Sciences junior andAmnesty member.

Adriana Crawford, a School ofArts and Sciences junior andAmnesty member, would haveliked to see a higher turnout butwas still pleased with the event.

“It’s important for people to beinformed, so that was good,” shesaid of the range of opinions pre-sented on the issue.

Health care forum considers congressional, national motivations

BY KAYLA DURANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

University affiliates answeredquestions, text messaged and test-ed their knowledge Wednesdaynight at the Cook/DouglassRecreational Center.

Styled after “Jeopardy!,”contestants of the 22nd annual“Trivia Bowl” answered ques-tions to rounds such as sports,presidents, “name that tune,”enter tainment and humananatomy. Throughout thenight, bonus questions allowedparticipants a chance at dif fer-ent prizes.

“I enjoyed the categories.They were a little bit tougher thisyear than last year. Overall, it wasfair,” said Ernest Mario School ofPharmacy student KennethBiason, whose team placed insecond last year.

A new portion of the eventincluded a text message battle.

“We included a new twist ontrivia [by] adding [a] speed tex-ting competition, which would bea feature event in the upcomingmonths,” said host PaulFischbach, associate director ofUniversity Recreation.

The winning team this yearincluded three University alumni:

Trivia bowl quizzes hundreds from U. community

More than 90 teams jump up during Wednesday night’s “Trivia Bowl” in the Cook/Douglass RecreationCenter. The event, in its 22nd year at the University, attracts a following of current and former students.

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Daniel Benovitz and husband andwife duo Michael and Rachel Bal.Benovitz and Michael Bal havebeen competing in the event forthe past 15 years, and Rachel Baljoined the team permanently fouryears ago. They won in 2007.

“We’ve made the final everyyear for the past four years

except for the last year,” saidMichael Bal, a Rutgers Collegeand Graduate School ofEducation alumnus.

The event, which had morethan 90 teams, includingUniversity students, alumni, fac-ulty, staff and community mem-bers, incorporated ways to be

more interactive. New to thisyear’s “Trivia Bowl” was a grad-ing system based on the honorcode, where teams graded eachother’s answer sheets.

The new grading system wasintegrated so that teams couldinteract with each other and theevent could run quicker,

Fischbach said. It also helpedthe organizers with the final tallies.

“I like that [the text messag-ing competition] sped it up.Usually we’re here really late,”said Rachel Bal, a RutgersCollege and Graduate School ofEducation alumna.

Members of the winningteam received a $50 Visa giftcard, a $15 iTunes gift card andmovie tickets. After two rounds,one team won the raffle prize ofthree portable DVD players.Other bonus prizes includedFrisbees, University rain jacketsand more.

University Recreation organ-ized the event, and the student-run group Recreation ActivityCrew was also enlisted to help.

Group members helpedsupervise the scoring of theevent and assisted in developingsome of the categories.

Former group member TimCarreras created the event in 1987.

“He proposed a trivia eventthat could be held here, similarto ‘Jeopardy!’ but interactive,fun and entertaining,”Fischbach said.

The “Trivia Bowl” is tradition-ally held every year on the weekbefore Thanksgiving, he said.

Frusciano said the arrest ofDonald Harris, a black Universitygraduate who had been arrestedin 1963 Georgia for organizingminority voter registration, alsoraised civil rights awareness inNew Brunswick.

On the Newark campus in1969, minority students took overConklin Hall, demanding aware-ness and rights, Frusciano said.Black student leaders also held asymposium in the CollegeAvenue Gym to presented a set ofdemands such as having moreminority students, scholarships,faculty and programs.

Hubbard was also part of acampaign to name the newly builtRutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue Campus after PaulRobeson, one of the University’smost accomplished alumni.

The Board of Governors deniedthis request, as they accusedRobeson of Communist ties, butHubbard countered with claimsthat the University Provost RichardSchlatter was also a Communist.

“I had a real tough fight withthe president at the time,”Hubbard said.

Despite the controversy andthe student center never beingnamed after Robeson, Hubbardsaid Gross understood why hehad done what he did.

“He was a wonderful man, andhe was a very good friend ofmine,” he said.

The student demonstrationsfor civil rights on campus helpedspur the creation of theUniversity’s Africana StudiesDepartment in 1969, said one ofthe founders Associate ProfessorLeonard Bethel.

The department formed out ofthe urban mission of Livingston

College, which opened in the fallof 1969 after the University pur-chased Camp Kilmer, where thecampus now stands, from the gov-ernment, Bethel said.

“It was hard because we had toprotest to do it,” Bethel said ofstarting the unique department.

If not for the student protests,the department would not havestarted, he said.

“Student protests broughtconsciousness to the fact thatwe needed to include theAfrican-American and

Caribbean and African experi-ence into the curriculum. It wasnot by the good will of anybody,it was through studentprotests,” Bethel said.

In its 40th year, the multi-dis-ciplinary program remains oneof the most unique at theUniversity and opened the doorsto other minority studies pro-grams on campus.

“People didn’t think it wasgoing to last, because it startedthe way it started … [but] weemerged as one of the mostsolid programs in the country,”Bethel said.

School of Arts and SciencesExecutive Dean DouglasGreenberg, Rutgers CollegeClass of 1969, said when he was astudent, the campus was active,but not as much as other campus-es around the nation.

“It was very politically active,but it wasn’t universal,”Greenberg said. “Not every stu-dent was politically active, butthere was a core group of stu-dents who were.”

For example, many fraternitymembers were conservative polit-ically, he said.

But students did demonstrateon a variety of different issues,from civil rights and theVietnam War to creating morepublic housing for residents inNew Brunswick with lowincome, he said.

“It was a time of greatupwelling of tension and anxietyof what was happening in thecountry,” Greenberg said.

The tolerance of the adminis-tration helped diffuse the tension,and therefore there were no riots,he said.

“I never felt the kind of hos-tility at Rutgers that I readabout at other universities,”Greenberg said.

Because of the small size ofthe all-male school and Gross’popularity on campus, the presi-dent maintained active contactwith students, often letting indemonstrators on Old Queen’scampus to hear their demands,Greenberg said.

“[Gross] kind of instilled thiscalmness that he didn’t call inthe National Guard … if therewas an assemblage of studentsgetting ready to protest,”Frusciano said.

Hubbard said the majority ofthe administration and studentswere open to change, a shift fromwhen he entered the more con-servative University in 1965.

“When I first came to Rutgers,it was a beer-drinking, frat-boyplace,” Hubbard said.

When he left, students hadlong hair, and the flower childrenculture had bloomed.

“It was a wonderful time,”Hubbard said. “I enjoyed it. I thinkback on my college years fondly.”

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it was across the nation, but itwas not the only contentiousissue on campus.

At the time, the Universitywas also contending with theintegration of an increasingminority population, said RutgersCollege Class of 1969 alumnusBruce Hubbard, student repre-sentative to the Board ofGovernors at the time.

“There were only about 30black students on the whole cam-pus when I got there,” saidHubbard, who was the first blackmember of the Chi Psi fraternity.

While the University did nothave violent civil rights riots, therewas still tension as the minoritypopulation on campus rose.

By Hubbard’s junior year in1968, there were hundreds ofminority students and the atmos-phere had changed.

“There is no growing problemwith minority students whenthere aren’t any,” Hubbard said.

When Hubbard joined ChiPsi, the president quit, he said.

The 1968 death of MartinLuther King Jr. also sparkedincreased tension on campus,Hubbard said. Students demon-strated often in the streets.

year’s gubernatorial election, saidUniversity Political ScienceProfessor Ross Baker. During histime as U.S. District Attorney,Christie won convictions and guiltypleas from 130 public officials,which Lynch was one of the biggest.

piece of our system makes itharder for them to get the carethey need.”

Although NJPIRG put thepresentation together, most ofthe speakers were not affiliated.Representatives of numerous stu-dent groups took the stand.

Legislative Affairs Chair forLivingston Student Council AdamHelgeson said he was deemedineligible for coverage due to apreexisting condition and spent ayear with pain and discomfort.

“At the same time that Inoticed my condition, my motherwas laid off,” said Helgeson, aSchool of Arts and Sciences first-year student. “With no insuranceand little income, I had to dealwith that pain.”

President Barack Obama’shealth care bill would restrictinsurance companies from arbi-trarily denying coverage due topreexisting conditions.

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“Chris Christie wouldn’t havebeen anything without the convic-tions that he got with John Lynchand several others,” Spicuzzosaid. “His name was synonymouswith correct government in NewJersey, and people were lookingfor a change. People were tired ofcorrupt government.”

Although Christie’s victoriesin court strengthened his credi-bility, it was not what helped himwin the election, said David

Harris, a former member of theUniversity Board of Governors.

“[Christie] never campaignedin Middlesex County saying ‘Look,I put John Lynch in jail,’ becauseLynch is still more popular inMiddlesex County,” Harris said.“Even though Christie did winMiddlesex County … he won it onhis anti-tax increase platform.”

Lynch, who was highly influ-ential in the county, has deliveredthe votes of Middlesex County to

the Democrats in the past andwould have turned them over infavor of incumbent Gov. Jon S.Corzine, Baker said.

“If John Lynch was still around[during the election] and was free,Middlesex County would not havegone Republican,” Baker said.

Despite Lynch’s arrest,Spicuzzo said people should neverforget what Lynch did for the city.

As mayor of New Brunswick,Lynch was known most for the

revitalization of the city and thedecision of the Johnson &Johnson corporation headquar-ters to remain in New Brunswickin 1974, Harris said.

“He was a political leader whodid what he had to do to move hisagenda, and he wasn’t someonethat you wanted to be in a politicalfight with,” Harris said. “If youwere his friend, there was noth-ing in the world he wouldn’t dofor you.”

Assembly John Aspray questionedthe efficacy of student voices.

“Due to past legislative movesstatewide, there have actuallybeen clauses to limit students’ability to affect legislation in NewJersey. I think removing thesebarriers to participation is thekey to creating a new generationof young leaders who have a vest-ed interest in having mechanismto makes changes in this coun-try,” said Aspray, a School of Artsand Sciences junior.

The bill is being debated inthe Senate, and some studentsare unhappy with the way itsopponents represent it.

“Some people connect thebill to words like ‘rationing’and ‘socialism,’” School of Artsand Sciences junior ChrisPflaum said.

As the event wrapped up,NJPIRG Co-Chair KatieHubschmitt read a letter fromPallone thanking the variousgroups for organizing the event.

Acknowledging the differentstudent representatives,Hubschmitt, a School of Arts andSciences senior, smiled and said,“It’s a myth that young peopledon’t care.”

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BY AMBIKA SUBRAMANYAM STAFF WRITER

University students assumedthe roles of people of all national-ities and socioeconomic back-grounds Wednesday night tosimulate the discrepancies infood availability between differ-ent classes.

New Jersey Public InterestResearch Group’s Hunger andHomelessness Campaign fedstudents at their “HungerBanquet” at the Cook CampusCenter to spread awarenessabout poverty issues.

Lead Intern of the Hunger andHomelessness CampaignStephanie Naling said some stu-dents think hunger and home-lessness is a distant problem onlyfound in impoverished thirdworld countries.

“The campaign wants to bethe voice of the hungry andhomeless in New Brunswick,”said Naling, a DouglassCollege senior.

More than 2.5 billion peoplelive in poverty around the world,and 35 million Americans livebelow the povertyline, she said.

“You maythink hunger isabout therebeing too manypeople in theworld and notenough food, butreally, there isenough food to feed every sin-gle person on this earth,”Naling said.

The real problem lies in theunfair distribution of food, she said.

The attendees were assigneda different socioeconomic back-ground and then divided into anupper class, a middle class and alow class.

The upper class memberswere served dinner first, wereseated at an elegant table andgiven unlimited servings of food,Naling said. The middle classmembers ate next, given unlimit-ed vegetables, rice and beans butonly one small portion of chicken,she said. Finally, the lowest classwas served only rice and beansand asked to sit on the floor.

“Are they serious? We don’tget any chicken? But I needmeat,” said Linda Kwon, a CookCollege senior, who wasassigned to be a member of thelower class.

The upper class members,including lawyer and Universitypolitical science Professor HaroldRubenstein, handed out individ-ual servings to the members ofthe middle class and gave thelower class just one serving toshare among themselves.

The only way food can beequally distributed in the worldright now is if the members of theupper class, about 15 percent ofthe people in the world, decide togive food to people who cannotafford it, Naling said.

University Professor of theFood Policy Institute Maya Nuccisaid the media tends to ignoreand overlook hunger problemsby painting a picture of foodaccessibility. This can cause dis-connect between Americans andthe realities of food, such as theway it is manufactured and theunattainability of food many peo-ple face, Nucci said.

The media also ignoresfamines in distant parts of theworld, such as the Great ChineseFamine in 1959, which causedmore than 30 million deaths, shesaid. Despite their large popula-tion, some people also tend toignore the poor because they donot have a voice.

“As long as the media remainssilent about hunger in the UnitedStates, hunger will fail to be rec-ognized as a part of society,”Nucci said.

Rubenstein said the govern-ment decides a national povertylevel, and people who fall slightlyabove this level are often ignoredand turned away when theyrequest help.

The national poverty level is$33,000 a year for a family ofthree, which is not always appli-cable to every state, he said.

New Jersey has a higher costof living than a state likeNebraska, and the average cost ofliving in Middlesex County isabove $57,000 a year for a familyof three, Rubenstein said.

The two biggest costs for thepoor are food and housing, and

even people whowork multiple jobscannot alwaysafford these costs.There are 49 mil-lion people inAmerica who can-not consistentlyget enough to eatevery day, he said.

Students do notalways havemoney to donate,but their timespent volunteering

is far more valuable than anydonation, he said.

The Hunger andHomelessness Campaign believesbasic human rights, such as foodand shelter, are fundamental andnon-negotiable, Naling said. Thecampaign is working to ensureevery single person in the coun-try has these basic rights.

“The problem of hunger ismore critical now than peoplerealize because of the currentstate of the economy,” NJPIRGIntern Alexandra Popovski said.

Many people do not haveenough to eat in NewBrunswick, and that is notacceptable, said Popovski, aCook College junior.

“It [might] be more effectiveto teach students about hungerand homelessness if they wereactually made hungry and home-less for a day,” said Ali Salfuddin,a School of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student.

The main purpose of the eventwas to show students what it feltlike to not have accessibility tofood due to social class, eventhough there is sufficient food foreveryone, Popovski said.

Most of the attendees are partof organizations that work to helpthe hungry and homeless locallyand internationally and havesome background on the issue,Naling said.

At the “Hunger Banquet,”attendees had the chance toactually experience how it wouldfeel to be discriminated against,she said.

“It is hard to get out of the iso-lation and comfort of Rutgers,”Rubenstein said. “[It is also diffi-cult] to look around and realizethat even thousands of people inNew Brunswick need help.”

NJPIRG puts hungerawareness on table

“The campaignwants to be the

voice of the hungryand homeless inNew Brunswick.”

STEPHANIE NALINGLead Intern of the Hunger and

Homelessness Campaign

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City banks on construction projects to boost job growth BY ARIEL NAGI

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

In the midst of the economicrecession, city of ficials are hop-ing that initiatives toward vari-ous construction projects willhelp revive New Brunswick.

New Brunswick CitySpokesman Bill Bray saidbecause of efforts like theGateway Project, the city isexpecting a decent amount of jobgrowth in the coming years.

“A lot of what the city hasdone, the construction over the past two decades, has brought jobs to NewBrunswick,” Bray said. “Thesejobs are being filled by the NewBrunswick residents.”

Bray said several businessesopening downtown, like Chipotle,and more job opportunities inhealth care and retail are alsomoving the city forward despitethe economy.

He said connections with theUniversity are also helpful.

“All of that activity and inter-connectivity is helping NewBrunswick and New Brunswickresidents,” Bray said.

While the unemploymentrate in the state and nation as awhole is fluctuating, NewBrunswick’s unemployment rateis dropping.

The city’s unemploymentrate is down for the thirdstraight month. According to theBureau of Labor Statistics Website, the unemployment rate was9 percent in June. It thendropped to 8.8 percent in July,

8.4 percent in August and is at8.3 percent as of September.

This is lower than the stateaverage, which is projected at 9.6percent as of September, accord-ing to the site.

But one University professordoes not think this number is accurate.

Many factors, such as immi-grant workers, are not projectedin this number, said ProfessorNorman Glickman of theEdward J. Bloustein School ofPlanning and Public Policy. Anyimmigrant workers who arehired for low-wage jobs will notbe depicted in the Bureau ofLabor Statistic’s data, but thesenumbers are growing.

“There are a lot of unconven-tional ways to look at it,” he said.“The numbers of [immigrant]workers has increased a lot.That’s a good measure of [a] low-wage market.”

Glickman said while construc-tion of the Gateway Project mighthelp increase job growth, the cityhas to realize there is not muchthey can do locally because this isa national problem.

“We have to be realistic onwhat the city can do. We’re facinga tough battle,” he said. “I thinkthe city is doing a great job interms of the Gateway Project, butit’s a tough road to hoe. There’srelatively little they can do.”

Glickman said while theunemployment rate in NewBrunswick is dropping slowly,he still believes it will getworse before it gets better, justlike the rest of the country.

Development of the Gateway project, which is situated between Easton Avenue, SomersetStreet and Wall Street, may help spur more job opportunities in New Brunswick.

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“All of this is happening inthe midst of [the first] reces-sion in over 70 years,” he said.

Glickman said the stimuluspackage is also something thatshould be helping the economyand unemployment rates in thecoming years, but it cannot besolely relied on.

School of Arts and Sciencessenior Cody Martin said whilethe unemployment rate in NewBrunswick is dropping, he doesnot think this af fects studentsat the University, because manyof them will probably moveafter they graduate.

“The effect isn’t felt by the stu-dent body,” Martin said. “I wouldhave no idea [about NewBrunswick’s economy]. I’m justhere on the campus.”

School of Arts and Sciencessenior Puja Singh said she is notsure whether the unemploy-ment statistics include students,who usually are new to the job market.

“I just can’t imagine how hard itis for new people entering the jobmarket,” Singh said. “I mean, evengetting an internship is hard.”

She said these rates probablyreflect mostly workers who have

lost their jobs, and if people in NewBrunswick are not losing their jobsas much, the unemployment rategoes down.

Glickman said in the mean-time, the city and students shouldlook at what the larger employerslike the University and Johnson &Johnson are doing before relyingon data.

Major budget cuts happen-ing in these institutions willgreatly impact the city and the state.

“We have to keep that inmind,” Glickman said. “That’s alittle cold water in our faces.”

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E ver since Fred Hill Jr.took over the basket-ball program for Gary

Waters four years ago, bigthings have constantly beenexpected. Quincy Douby wasthe only real marquee playerunder Waters, while his sup-porting cast was mediocre atbest and could not go any-where in the best basketball conference in America, theBig East. Hill brought in highly-regarded recruits suchas Hamady N’Diaye, Corey Chandler, Dane Miller andRutgers’ only McDonald’s All-American Mike Rosario.But things haven’t exactly worked out as planned.

N’Diaye never evolved any kind of offensivegame, averaging 5.6 points per game last season in23 minutes per game. He’s the homeless man’s BenWallace. But many college teams don’t have anykind of real post presence. Couldn’t the defense beenough? Connecticut’s Hasheem Thabeet — who ison his way to becoming the biggest bust of the 2009NBA draft — sure was in theright situation last year, where hewas flanked by very good offen-sive players A.J. Price and JeffAdrien. But even Thabeet aver-aged double figures. N’Diayecould work if Rutgers hadbombers from behind the arc likeDouby, but Rosario is seeminglythe only perimeter player on theteam worth anything. He was theonly player on last season’s Scarlet Knights to aver-age double figures as Chandler went bust and waseventually thrown off the Binghamton basketballteam, following his transfer. Rosario’s clearly worthit, and we’ll see with Miller and Greg Echenique, butthis team doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Sowhat’s the problem?

Is it the coaching? Well, teams like Texas and KansasState have been fairly good in the past despite the factthat Rick Barnes of Texas and Frank Martin of Kansashave been regarded as mediocre to bad in-game coach-es, so that can’t be the sole reason — despite manyRutgers basketball fans’ minds that believe it to be so.

A lack of star power probably has something to dowith it as well. When possibly the best player in schoolhistory was a fringe first-round pick in the NBA draft,there is a problem. When teams like Kansas State, withno discernible basketball history whatsoever, can pullplayers like Michael Beasley, one of the top recruits inAmerica, to a school that hadn’t made the NCAATournament since 1996, the coaches have to beblamed. Rutgers, with the exception of fellow floun-dering school St. John’s and middling Seton Hall, is theclosest team to the greatest treasure trove of basket-ball talent in the country — New York City.

Kids are playing on the playground for years andsome of the greatest players in NBA history havecome from New York City — including Kareem Abdul-

Jabbar, Julius Erving andBernard King. And don’tsleep on current free agentStephon “Starbury” Marburyand his cousin Sebastian“Bassy” Telfair. While the cityisn’t nearly as talent-filled as itused to be, people likeMarbury and Telfair aregoing other places. Starbury

attended Georgia Tech while Bassy was committed toLouisville before opting to become an NBA lotterybust. They aren’t even considering schools close totheir home state.

One of two things has to happen for this team toeven gain any kind of acclaim for the basketball team:a huge head coach has to be brought in or the currentstaff has to completely hit the lottery for a couple ofplayers. Memphis got lucky with John Calipari com-ing back to the collegiate ranks following his failedstints elsewhere, and they were vaulted to within onesecond-half collapse of the national title — Derrick

Rose’s SATs not withstanding. TheUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegasgot former Florida and Illinoiscoach Lon Kruger after he failed inthe NBA. These really aren’t allthat uncommon. Rutgers wouldsomehow have to get lucky andhope one of those people camehere. But that probably won’t hap-pen unless our school upgrades itsfacilities from the Trapezoid of

Death on Livingston campus to something somebodywould want to go to. What recruit is going to beimpressed by the Louis Brown Athletic Center?

The alternative is to get really lucky with someplayers as the football team did with guys like MikeTeel and Ray Rice. They were not that heavily recruit-ed but turned into stars for the Rutgers football team.This tends not to happen as much in basketball, asthe high-profile teams tend to have a CarmeloAnthony, Derrick Rose or Kevin Durant on the teamwho is a five-star recruit. Lower recruits can fill therole player positions, but every good basketball teamneeds at least a couple of stars. Sure, there are theDwyane Wades and Andrew Boguts who come out ofnowhere, but they are few and far between. TheUniversity would need to hit the lottery.

This team seems to be stuck in neutral for at leastthe foreseeable future, but the good news is that itonly takes one or two super recruits to turn a teamaround. For this team to go anywhere anytime soon,it basically needs Teen Wolf, Jesus Shuttlesworthand Jimmy Chitwood to come out of the woodwork.And somehow I don’t see anyone on campus turninginto a werewolf.

Matthew Torino is a School of Arts and Sciencesjunior majoring in political science. His column,“From the Sidelines,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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Laurels and dartsWith the recent introduction of former Alaska Gov. Sarah

Palin’s book “Going Rogue,” there are many who questionher desire for presidential election candidacy. Her return to

the spotlight has granted her a place on a number of political talkshows. It seems that Palin’s choice of shows has resulted in herappearance on primarily right-wing oriented programs. Perhaps she istrying to avoid an embarrassment of the ranks of last year’s KatieCouric debacle. But even such interviews seem to result in publichumiliation for the former vice presidential candidate. In a discussionwith Fox News’ Sean Hannity Wednesday night, she continuouslymixed up Iraq and Iran. When questioned about what the UnitedStates should do about Iran’s nuclear proliferation, Palin responded bysaying that we should get tough with Iraq. Who is Ahmadinejad again?Who should we stop from developing an unstable nuclear program?Palin’s lack of any knowledge of world politics warrants her a dart.Perhaps after reading this article, she will enroll in an “Intro toInternational Relations” class at the University.

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The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is scheduled to opena showcase of Tim Burton’s iconic works. The creator of “SweeneyTodd,” “Big Fish” and other film giants has been an important con-tributor to film for the past 20 years. This exhibition considersBurton’s career as a director, producer and writer for live-action andanimated films. Underlining his artistic approach within his movies,the MOMA displays artwork produced during the conception of hisfilms and brings about a number of previously unknown pieces.According to the exhibition’s Web site, this includes student art,Burton’s earliest non-professional films and pieces of his work as a sto-ryteller and graphic artist for non-film projects. A leading artist in thefilm industry, Burton has reinvented filmmaking as a more aestheti-cally pleasing display of acting and production. For this remarkableshowcase, the MOMA and Tim Burton receive a laurel.

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France qualified for its fourth consecutive World Cup competitionfollowing their much scrutinized win over the Republic of Ireland. “LeHand of God” helped Thierry Henry and company score an extra-timegoal in the 103th minute. With Swedish referee Martin Hansson’shelp, France avoided a penalty kick shootout and won on a 2-1 aggre-gate. The French had come away with a 1-0 victory in Dublin lastSaturday. The ultimate goal, which sealed Ireland’s fate, came afterHenry handled the ball before passing it to Gallas to score. UnlikeAmerican football, soccer does not allow video replays, which wouldhave almost definitely proven the illegitimacy of said goal. “I will behonest, it was a handball. But I’m not the ref,” Henry said. “I played it.The ref allowed it. That’s a question you should ask him.” Despite thefact that the ref should have called a handball in that situation, thisdoes not excuse a royalty such as Henry from playing a different gameon the field. His admittance to “Le Hand of God” only serves todegrade the game of soccer due to unsportsmanlike conduct. A dartgoes to the ref who failed to call an obvious fact and to France’sThierry Henry for pulling an act like that of Argentine football playerDiego Maradona.

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Vladimir Nabokov’s final novel — and perhaps final masterpiece —came out this month. This work was written on index cards, as theywere the basis for some of his other pieces such as “Lolita” and “PaleFire.” The author’s unfinished “The Original of Laura” was completedand published by the sole literary executor, his son, Dmitri Nabokov.There had been much dilemma on whether it would be proper to pub-lish an unfinished work after Vladimir Nabokov instructed it to bedestroyed. On one hand, Dmitri was obliged to uphold his filial duty,but, he also said that it “would have been a brilliant, original and poten-tially totally radical book, in the literary sense very different from therest of his oeuvre.” The New York Times asked which matters more:“the demands of the literary world versus the posthumous rights of anauthor over his art?” Despite these difficulties, the novel, which hashad parts of it published in the Sunday Times Magazine, is now avail-able to readers around the world. For this notable literary event anddecision to publish the work that will hopefully surpass the “Twilight”series in sales, the Targum gives Dmitri Nabokov a laurel.

“The current health care system is failing America’s youth. Americans aged 18 to 24 are the most likely people in the

country to lack health insurance.”NJPIRG intern Sophia Fishbane, a School of Arts and Sciences student,

on how America’s health care system needs change

STORY ON FRONT

QUOTE OF THE DAY

From theSidelines

MATTHEW TORINO

“The alternative is to getreally lucky with someplayers as the football

team did with guys likeMike Teel and Ray Rice.”

world — much likechildren, who talknon-stop about theirimaginary friends’and siblings’ adven-tures. But societyhas successfullysuppressed thoseideas and taught uswhat is normal to say, what scripts we shouldfollow and what will land us in the loony bin.

A majority of our imagination is quelledduring our school career. Rote memoriza-tion, fill-in-the-blank tests and military-likeprocedures leave very little room foryoung minds to create and imagine. If theydare speak up, it is likely that punishmentwill follow for not following classroomrules. It is around fifth grade, coincidental-ly, that a middle school teacher told me shenoticed students start to resent coming toschool and see it as the enemy. Fifth gradeis when much attention beings to turn tostandardized testing.

Remember, ifyou will, the GradeEight ProficiencyAssessment — theGEPA. Weeks werespent preparing forthis benchmark test,instead of focusingon the student’s

development as an individual learner. Some ofus are lucky and have a teacher that Lifetimemovies are made of and “Good Will Hunting”is modeled after. There actually are teachersthat challenge students to question what theyread, to create their own solutions and toresearch new connections between material.

They are the exception to the rule,though. Ironically, those are the skills thatmost students will need to have in the newworkplace we are entering. Imaginationand, above all, fresh ideas will soon be themost valued skill when all information canbe looked up with a few keystrokes.Students no longer need to memorize —

they need to analyze. Their creativity shouldbe encouraged as much as possible when itis at its highest and ideas can be fostered, sowhen they enter the workplace, they canbring fresh ideas to an economy that is shift-ing into a new kind of service base.

The most heralded adults are those withgreat ideas. Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg,E.E. Cummings and Benjamin Franklin areexamples. These inventors of the new areproducts of an education system, but man-aged to maintain the belief that the world isnot a scantron test, and it can be improvedif the status-quo is questioned. They did nothave to ask any younger siblings for careerideas, because they charged full-steamahead to answering their own questions,and they kept imaging people being movedby ghosts.

Joanna Cirillo is a School of Arts andSciences junior majoring in journalism andmedia studies. Her column, “So Fresh SoGreen,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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P aula Poundstone, that stand-upcomedian from the ’90s with theshort hair, said, “Adults are always

asking little kids what they want to be whenthey grow up because they’re looking forideas.” Not me. But I find myself agreeingwith it on more than a comedic level.

I was stuck for an idea for this week’s col-umn at first, which got me to start thinkingabout ideas in general. If you have ever triedto have a conversation with a child six oryounger, you know they are an endlessstream of nonsensical fantasy-type ideas. OnHalloween, for example, a young cousininformed me, “Everyone has a ghost insideof them and that is what makes them move.”These borderline creepy ideas seem to fizzleout and dissolve as we grow older, but why?

It could just come with experience — welive and learn and realize what can actuallyhappen compared to what belongs in the fan-tasy section of the library. It could also be thatwe still have these thoughts inside our mindswanting to get out and be shared with the

Replenish your imaginationSo Fresh So Green

JOANNA CIRILLO

Let people live theirlives without judgment

I was struck recently by a col-umn I read entitled “Smokingobviously bad for you,” a

headline that leads us to wonderwhy, if it is so obvious, is it worthwriting about? There seems to bea prevailing assumption thatsmokers are blissfully ignorant tothe nature of their condition, that ifonly they were made to confrontthe horrible truths of smokingthey would change. Our intrepidcolumnist, thus, charges herselfwith saving us from our “con-sciously pernicious” behaviors.She laments that “it doesn’t seemto be enough to confront smokerswith the cold hard facts,” and pro-ceeds to do just that, perhapsbelieving that if she only describesthem with enough frighteningdetail they will stick this time — arationalization which I imagineinspired medieval clergymen tomake similarly fiery exhortationsabout hell. Much like her priestlycounterparts, our heroic word-smith is left confounded when shecan find no word in her thesaurusdisgusting enough to make herpoor ignorant constituency stopsinning. “Why,” she muses, “dosmokers so adamantly tightentheir fingers around their preciouspacks of cigarettes, disregardingthe elucidated health risks?”

She proceeds to present to usa theory that belies a completemisunderstanding of human deci-sion making. The assumption ismade implicitly that the onlymotivation one could have forwillfully disregarding such com-pelling information is cataclysmicmass denial. Clearly, they eitherbelieve themselves invincible orthey do not believe the factsbecause they do not actively seethemselves deteriorating. Whatother reason could there be?

So again, she sets out to dis-pel these “presumptuous andfraudulent” beliefs with somemore fire and brimstone and afew more $5 words. The reality,though, is that nobody actuallyentertains these beliefs, or, if

KYLE MOORE

Letter they do, they’re in the minority.Humans are fundamentally logi-cal creatures, by which I meantheir behaviors are predictableand explicable, not that I agreewith them. Smoking, like allother decisions, is the result ofweighed factors. Your averagesmoker is not an idiot, nor havethey shunned reality and soundreasoning. A single cigarette,very simply, represents a riskand a reward. The risk is physi-cal harm, and the reward isphysical pleasure and relief ofstress or any number of otherdesirable sensations caused bysmoking. When an individualdecides that the reward out-weighs the risk, they smoke; itis neither strange nor shocking.

In a simple, one-dimensionalworld where your happiness isdirectly proportional to yourphysical health, the choice isobvious. But our world is nei-ther simple nor one-dimension-al, though one of the things thatmake it a nice world to live in —at least here in America — isour ability to make such judg-ments for ourselves. For somethere is no logical impetus totake up smoking. For others,life is less about being buried inpristine condition at a ripe ageand more about drawing themost from your experiences,even at the expense of physicalhealth. Is it the best philoso-phy? Maybe not. But we arefree, autonomous citizens andwe have every right to adhereto it if we choose.

What our noble concernedcitizen does not seem to recog-nize is that if the surgeon gener-al’s warning emblazoned onevery pack has not been enoughto change minds, a snarky, con-descending column will likely dono better. The smokers knowthe facts and they make theirchoice anyway. Perhaps, then,instead of accosting the smokers among us, we shouldstart attempting to understandthem better.

Kyle Moore is a Rutgers Collegesenior majoring in English.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 6 — Passions takeyou in many directions. Get-ting together with your partner involves focus andthe creative use of every moment.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 7 — Use emotion-al energy to break records.You have the strength. Nowfind balance.Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is a 6 — Close yourmouth and open your heart.The resulting change in yourattitude will astonish you.Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is a 7 — No subtleadjustment will accomplishyour goal. Up front and obvi-ous works much better.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) —Today is a 6 — Smile like youmean it. Clean like there’s notomorrow. Rest knowing yourwork is done.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is a 6 — You benefitfrom activities that take placebehind closed doors. There’sless embarrassment that way,and more gets done.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is a 7 — Some adjust-ment is necessary todayregarding your partner or asso-ciate. Choose your words withsuccess in mind.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 6 — Other people sup-ply plenty of ideas. Do you havetime for all of that in one day? Ifnot, there’s always tomorrow.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Today is a 6 — You proba-bly wish you were somewherefar away on vacation. If youcan’t be there, plan a trip forsometime soon.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 7 — Social activities fillyour thoughts. Get work doneearly so you have more time todress for an evening out.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 6 — Your partnerrequires attention. In fact, youhave to adapt to his or her needsif you want the day to end well.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 6 — Creative playcould result in the adaptationof an idea. Balance games-manship with thoughtfulnote-taking.

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F ormer Rutgers men’sbasketball standout PhilSellers will be honored

during the second media time-out of the Scarlet Knights’Sunday afternoon matchupagainst Vermont.

Sellers was a two-time All-American while at Rutgers andhelped lead the Knights to the1976 Final Four.

The game against Vermont ispart of the Legends Classic, withSellers serving as RU’s “Legendof the Game.”

THE RUTGERS SWIMMINGand diving team continues itsseason tomorrow in theHarvard Invitational. The meetcomes on the heels of a 159-125home victory in a dual meetagainst West Virginia.

In the win over theMountaineers, seniorCatherine Whetstone earnedBig East Swimmer of theWeek, winning the 100 and200-yard backstroke.

WITH NO SELECTIONS FORthe NCAA Championships, theRutgers men’s cross countryteam wraps up its fall seasonSaturday in the Bronx at theIC4A Championships.

The Scarlet Knights are nostrangers to the Bronx, as thismarks their fourth race at VanCortlandt Park this season.

In two out of the three races,a Knight was the first runner tomake it across the finish line.

RUTGERS BASEBALL HEADcoach Fred Hill Sr. announcedyesterday the signing of sevennew players.

The group includes infielderNick Favatella, outfieldersJoseph D’Annunzio and BrianO’Grady, catcher Michael Zavalaand pitchers Charlie Lasky,Slater McCue and AndrewSullivan.

“We are very excited aboutthis recruiting class,” Hill said ina statement. “We feel weaddressed a lot of different posi-tions with this group. We alwayslike to build our team with thetop talent in New Jersey andhave branched out to thePhiladelphia area in this class.”

RUTGERS TENNIS COACHBen Bucca announced Tuesdaythe addition of two recruits fornext season.

Stefania Balasa from EastBrunswick High School andVanessa Petrini from Stamford,Conn., signed National Lettersof Intent to play for the ScarletKnights next season.

“With this year’s class, wehave the premier players fromNew Jersey and Connecticut,”Bucca said in a statement.“Their presence on the teamwill only enhance our depth andcontinue the improvement ofour program.”

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTSace Tim Lincecum tookhome his second straight Cy

Young Award, beating out St.Louis Cardinals star ters Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright.

BY ALEX JANKOWSKICORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers wrestling teamfound success last weekendwhen it traveled to upstate New

Y o r k ,and theScar le tKnightshope formuch oft h e

same result Sunday when theytravel to Binghamton, N.Y., forthe Sprawl and Brawl DualMeets.

RU (1-0) faces off againstthree opponents starting withNo. 17 Penn State (1-1), thenSacred Heart (0-3) and ends withNorthern Iowa (1-2).

“Sunday will be our firsttime from a dual meet stand-point that we are wrestlingsome of the best teams in thecountry,” said head coach ScottGoodale. “Our tough scheduleis a reason why kids come toRutgers in the first place. Weare excited for the challenge,and we will prepare for onematch at a time.”

The bout with Penn State isthe most intriguing, not onlybecause of the rankings, but alsobecause of the history betweenwrestlers on both teams.

“They have a lot of kids fromNew Jersey that our guys arefamiliar with,” Goodale said.“Being one of the better pro-grams in the country and hav-ing such a highly regardedcoach as [Cael] Sanderson, theyare going to get everybody’sbest shot.”

Sanderson, in his first yearat Penn State, coached threeyears at Iowa State after going

Early road test may set tone for season

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Dominick Russo, right, is coming off a first-place finish at the Oklahoma Gold Tournament that movedthe sophomore up to No. 10 in the national rankings. RU participates next in the Sprawl and Brawl.

Size doesn’t matter with Stringer’s 55-pressBY SAM HELLMAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

For those who thinks that sizematters, try convincing theRutgers women’s basketballteam and its 55-defense.

Head coach C. VivianStringer’s patented full-court

p r e s snullifiedthe sizea d v a n -tage ofBoston

College’s 6-foot-4 and 6-foot-6starters last night at the LouisBrown Athletic Center and pro-pelled the Scarlet Knights to a 59-53 victory.

“[Our 55-defense] alwayssaves us, but you could see thatwe had some people tired,”Stringer said. “It stops you deadin the tracks. It’s a killer.”

Sophomore forward AprilSykes led RU in scoring for thefirst time in more than a yearwith 16 points on 6-of-12 shootingand two-of-three from long range.Six assists and 10 points fromsenior guard Brittany Ray sup-ported Sykes’ offensive outburstfor the win.

Things looked dim for RUearly in the first half. The Knightscommitted nine turnovers in thefirst 10 minutes and could not hita shot, allowing Boston Collegeto build a 20-8 lead beforeStringer had enough.

After a quick timeout, shecalled for the 55-defense.

As quickly as the GoldenEagles built their lead, it van-ished because of the full-court

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Myia McCurdy, right, and Rutgers shifted the momentum of itsgame against Boston College when it went to the 55-press.

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press and a little help from fresh-man forward Monique Oliver.

During RU’s run for ninestraight points that cut the scoreto 20-17, Oliver scored five pointsand forced two turnovers defen-sively, but sophomore forward

Chelsey Lee capped the come-back. Her offensive rebound offof a missed jumper by Ray evenedthe score at 22 points with 2:29 togo in the half.

“That [pressure] was definitelyimportant. That’s the thing that

spurred our offense,” Ray said. “Ithink that helped a lot. Especially[senior] Myia McCurdy, she’sone of your best defensive playersand she helps us off the bench.”

By the time the halftimebuzzer sounded through theRAC, the Knights led BC 27-25behind 13 forced turnovers, afive-point rebound advantage andeight points from sophomoreguard April Sykes.

“I thought the difference in thegame was that in the first half theywere crashing the boards verywell,” said Boston College headcoach Sylvia Crawley. “They pres-sured us a little bit, but for the mostpart, I thought the rebounds hurtus more than anything else.They’re always going to be tough.”

Coming out of the half, RUwent back to a traditional defenseand suffered for it. A 7-0 run forBoston College cut the score to 38-36 and the two teams fought neck-and-neck for the next 10 minutesuntil Ray started to take over. Herinterception of a sloppy pass andfollowing layup with 2:03 left in thegame put the Knights ahead 56-48

The Knights effectively shutdown 6-foot-6 Carolyn Swords andheld 6-foot-4 Stefanie Murphy fromtaking over for the Golden Eagles(0-2). Swords, who played just 20minutes because of constant foultrouble, scored seven points andpulled in just four boards.

Murphy, a junior power for-ward, stepped up in Swords’stead with a team-high 15 points.

The Georgia Bulldogs are upnext for the Knights (2-1) as theyhit the road Monday for the firsttime this season.

159-0 — you read that correct-ly — in his four collegiateyears with the Cyclones andwinning an Olympic goldmedal in 2004.

By hiring the best wrestler inNCAA history as a head coach,Penn State became one of theprimer wrestling programs inthe nation.

After the match with PennState, the Knights have a smallbreak to get hydrated beforethey take on Sacred Heart forthe second time this season.The Pioneers have not gottenon track since their season-opening loss to the Knights —falling to Drexel and Pittsburghin their next two matches.

Although its record might notshow it, Northern Iowa is goingto be a formidable opponent forRU, Goodale said.

“They are consistently one ofthe top-20 teams in the country,”Goodale said. “They are going tobe a great test for us.”

After winning the heavyweightbracket of the Oklahoma GoldTournament Saturday, redshirtjunior Dominick Russo rose to10th in the nation this week in theInterMat rankings.

This weekend presentsanother tough test for theNetcong, N.J., native, with twoof his opponents ranked in thetop 20 — No. 15 ChristianBrantley from Northern Iowa

and Penn State’s No. 19Cameron Wade.

“Between matches I will try tosleep, as easy as that is in acrowded and noisy gym,” Russosaid. “I’ll get up 30 minutes or sobefore the match, jump around abit, and I’ll be ready to go.”

In other news, redshir tfreshman Jesse Boyden is backand ready to wrestle after sit-ting out last week’s tournamentwith an illness.

“I can almost guarantee thatour lineup against Sacred Heartwill be different than the one weput out two weeks ago,” Goodalesaid. “The idea is to try and getas many people as possible inthese matches.”

“When I first got here, in the two-minute drill, I struggled,” he said.“My worst thing was the two-minutedrill here. I just kept throwing pickafter pick after pick and I didn’tknow what to do. But then I realizedthat watching the tape, how fasteveryone was. You have to anticipatethe windows. That’s my goal.”

To Savage, the next step in hisevolution is his growth as a leader.He said going into tomorrow’s gamethat he wants to be more vocal.

“Being a quarterback, you kindof have to be the coach on the fieldso you have to be comfortable,”Savage said. “You can’t show thatyou’re too nervous. I feel like at thebeginning of the season I was a lit-tle nervous and a little rattled, but

I’m starting to feel more comfort-able and I’m just gaining the trustof the team.”

When Savage arrived atRutgers fresh out of CardinalO’Hara (Pa.), he did not immedi-ately emerge as a vocal guy.

Head coach Greg Schiano saidhe still isn’t there yet, but he stillhas the presence of a leader.

“I think he’s kind of the sameguy,” Schiano said. “I think hetalks with his play. He may whenI’m not around but he’s prettyquiet around me, which is OK.”

Savage’s defining momentthrough nine games came Oct. 31 atRentschler Field. With less than aminute to go, trailing by three pointsagainst Connecticut, Savage hit astreaking Tim Brown for 81 yards,the go-ahead score and the win.

Since then, the Scarlet Knightshave all the confidence in the worldin the best statistical true freshmanquarterback in the country.

“He’s starting to lead this teamand that’s what we like to see froma young guy,” said Brown, a seniorwide receiver. “He can lead andreally control the flow of the game.He’s not being down on himselfwhen he makes a bad play andthat’s what I like to see. He’s ourquarterback and he’s our leader.”

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RUTGERS WINS IF... SYRACUSE WINS IF ...

NCAA FOOTBALL 2010 SIMULATION

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

FINAL VERDICT

Rutgers beat Syracuse bya combined 42 points inthe past two games. Lastseason, sophomore Joe

Martinek scored on a 45-yard touchdownrun out of the Wildcat formation.

42The Orange took early 14-0leads before the ScarletKnights came roaring back-to win 34-18 and 35-17 over

the past two seasons. Quarterback Mike Teelthrew for 586 yards and five touchdowns.

14Syracuse quarterbackGreg Paulus is one of just20 athletes to start at least100 games for the Duke

men’s basketball team. Paulus tranferred toSyracuse after four years in Durham.

20Rutgers quarterbackTom Savage’s .857 winning percentage as a true freshman

quarterback is the best in the country, besting USC’s Matt Barkley’s 7-3 mark.

.857

RUTGERS, 35-6The Knights slaughter Syracuseand the shockingly-low point

spread with ease for win No. 8

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Can Rutgers go undefeatedon the road for the firsttime in the Schiano era?

GREG SCHIANO HEAD COACH

With games at lowly Syracuse andLouisville before the season finale

at home against West Virginia, theKnights could easily run the table

away from Rutgers Stadium.

“[Turnovers] have beenour lifeline. If this season has proven

anything, it’s proventhere’s nothing more

important than takingcare of the football.”

THE RUNNING

GAME CONTINUES

TO TRAMPLE THE

ORANGERutgers ran for 207 yards vs.

Syracuse last year and Ray Ricehad 196 yards and three

touchdowns the season before.

GREG PAULUS

GETS COACH K TO

GIVE THE TEAM

SOME POINTERSLast place Syracuse may havehad a shot earlier in the year,

but the team lost its best playerin wideout Mike Williams.

The crowd noise at theCarrier Dome had little to noeffect on true freshman quarter-back Tom Savage in this week’sNCAA Football 2010 simulationas Rutgers rolled overSyracuse 38-10.

Savage, in his thirdroad start, eclipsed the300-yard mark for thefirst time in his career,passing for 306 andtwo touchdowns, com-pleting 20-of-39 passattempts on the day.Both of his touchdownpasses went to truefreshman receiverMohamed Sanu, who compiled126 yards on nine catches.Senior Tim Brown also had astrong receiving day with 117yards on just four catches.

The Scarlet Knights also suc-ceeded on the ground with soph-

omore Joe Martinek running for95 yards and a touchdown on just12 touches. De’Antwan “Rocket”Williams scored his first touch-down against an FBS opponent

on a 49-yard run.The defense domi-

nated an overmatchedGreg Paulus, sackinghim six times to goalong with three inter-ceptions. Senior corner-back Devin McCourtyhad two of the team’spicks and took oneback for a score.

Paulus finishedwith 174 yards and

three interceptions, completing41 percent of his passes.

The Daily Targum’s weeklysimulation is 7-2 through thefirst 11 weeks of the season.

— Staff Report

TOM SAVAGEFRESHMAN QB

with each other and, with the run-ning backs and the receivers andthe line, everything’s really click-ing and we’re all comfortable andstarting to mesh a little.”

Most importantly for aRutgers team based on defensiveprowess, Savage consistentlyshows an ability to make smartdecisions and avoid turnovers.

“Our defense and our run-ning backs and everything,they’re so talented that my goalis just to not do anything to messup,” Savage said. “They want meto take chances, they want me totake risks, but with the playsthat we call, you just go throughprogressions. There aren’t toomany where you have to force itin there.”

Savage has just two picks thisseason. Barkley from USC, theonly true freshman quarterbackwith a record comparable toSavage’s at 7-3, has 10.

It wasn’t always smooth sail-ing for Savage, however, as hewill be the first to tell you.

CLASS: Freshmanmatures into leadership role

continued from back

“[Savage is] starting to lead this

team ... He’s our quarterback andhe’s our leader.”

TIM BROWNSenior Wideout

Duo returns to where it all beganBY MATTHEW STEIN

SPORTS EDITOR

October 13, 2007 is a datethat will always stay in thememories of two of the Rutgers

f o o t b a l lt e a m ’ s

biggest playmakers.The Scarlet Knights’ 38-14

win over Syracuse at theCarrier Dome was not muchmore than a notch in the leftcolumn for an eventual 8-5 foot-ball team, but juniors JonathanFreeny and Joe Lefeged havepersonal ties to the Knights’fourth win of the season.

It was how they first madetheir marks on the RU defense.

“It was my first week starting,and to tell you the truth I was realnervous,” Lefeged said. “I wasplaying nickel that week. I justtried to do my job and play thebest that I could.”

Lefeged’s best ended upbeing a key reason the Knightstook control after falling behind14-0 early.

The safety laid a powerful hiton then-Syracuse quarterbackAndrew Robinson that forced thefirst fumble of his young careerin the second quarter. Later,Lefeged’s continued pressure offthe edge forced Robinson into anerrant throw that resulted in aninterception en route to beingnamed Big East Defensive Playerof the Week.

Freeny was the benefactor ofboth, picking up the loose balland snatching the first — andthus far only — interception ofthe defensive end’s career.

“Mr. Joe Lefeged came off theedge and hit the quarterbackpretty hard,” Freeny said. “Theball bobbled in the air and just fellinto my hands. Pretty much thesame pressure earlier, he cameoff the edge and hit the quarter-back. The ball came out, it was onthe ground, and I fell on it.”

Freeny just loves playingagainst Syracuse; he earned thefirst sack of his career against theOrange at Rutgers Stadium.

“For so long I was like ‘It’s sohard to get a sack,’” he said.“Then last year I finally got myfirst. It was exciting and every-one was congratulating me. Itwas a really good feeling.”

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Defensive end Jonathan Freeny scooped a fumble and recorded hisfirst career interception in 2007 against Syracuse as a freshman.

As a bit of a subplot, Robinsonwill once again line up againstLefeged, this time as a tight end.

But as is the norm, thereserved Lefeged said what hap-pened two years ago would notcome into play tomorrow.

“I haven’t really thought aboutit or paid too much mind to it,” hesaid. “I don’t talk too much dur-ing the game.”

While the Syracuse offenseis missing key parts with injuryand has a number of new play-ers since RU saw it last, thefutility remains the same — andthat plays right into theKnights’ cards.

A defensive unit that forced 28turnovers in its previous eightgames is licking its chops eyeingan Orange offense that is amongthe national leaders with 25 give-aways, including 14 interceptionstossed by starting quarterbackGreg Paulus.

“They have a lot of injuries,so it’s hard for them to get

going, but every week they’restill playing hard againstteams,” Freeny said. “Bothquarterbacks are extremelygood in the pocket. They knowhow to escape tackles and makepeople miss in the backfield andget the ball downfield.”

Freeny and Lefeged return tothe Carrier Dome for the firsttime as true playmakers on theRU defense. Freeny leads theKnights and is among the BigEast leaders with 7.5 sacks.Lefeged is atop the team’s statsheets with a pair of forced fum-bles as the starting free safety.

As much as the two haveevolved as players in the twoyears since their first impactgames in scarlet and white,those 25-month-old memorieshave not disappeared.

“It makes me happy,” Freenysaid. “Just going back up thereagain, getting to play in the Domewhere I [had my first big game],it’s exciting for me.”

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STARTING LINEUP: DEFENSE

STARTING LINEUP: OFFENSE

TIMBROWNWide ReceiverSenior5’-8”, 210 lbs

ANTHONYDAVISTackleJunior6’-6”, 325 lbs

ARTFORSTGuardSophomore6’-8”, 310 lbs

RYANBLASZCZYKCenterSenior6’-4”, 295 lbs

HOWARDBARBIERIGuardJunior6’-5”, 300 lbs

KEVINHASLAMTackleSenior6’-7”, 295 lbs

D.C.JEFFERSONTight EndR-Freshman6’-6”, 245 lbs

MOHAMEDSANUWide ReceiverFreshman6’-2”, 215 lbs

TOM SAVAGEQuarterbackFreshman6’-5”, 230 lbs

JACKCORCORANFullbackSenior6’-1”, 230 lbs

JOEMARTINEKRunning BackSophomore6’-0”, 215 lbs

GEORGEJOHNSONRight endSenior6’-4”, 260 lbs

CHARLIENOONANTackleJunior6’-2”, 270 lbs

SCOTTVALLONETackleR-Freshman6’-3”, 270 lbs

ALEXSILVESTROLeft endJunior6’-4”, 260 lbs

DAMASOMUNOZLinebackerSenior6’-0”, 220 lbs

RYAND’IMPERIOLinebackerSenior6’-3”, 245 lbs

ANTONIOLOWERYLinebackerJunior6’-2”, 225 lbs

DAVIDROWECornerbackSophomore6’-0”, 195 lbs

JOELEFEGEDStrong SafetyJunior6’-1”, 205 lbs

ZAIREKITCHENFree SafetySenior6’-2”,215 lbs

DEVINMcCOURTYCornerbackSenior5’-11”, 190 lbs

RUTGERS VS SYRACUSEKnightsGameday

GAME 10: Carrier Dome, 3:30 p.m. TV: ESPN360, RUtv RADIO: 1450 AM FAVORITE: Rutgers by 9.5

No. 25 SCARLET KNIGHTS (7-2)

PASSINGT. Savage

RUSHINGJ. MartinekJ. Brooks

RECEIVINGT. BrownM. SanuS. GravesK. Young

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RUSHINGD. CarterA. Bailey

RECEIVINGM. WilliamsM. SalesD. DavisD. Carter

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Key MatchupRutgers S Joe Lefeged vs. SU TE Andrew Robinson

Last time Joe Lefeged played in the Carrier Dome, he knocked out then-quarterbackAndrew Robinson with a brutal hit. Since then, Robinson transferred to tight end, which

could make for a interesting blocking assignment if he squares off against Lefeged.

BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT

In 60 minutes and six seconds,the Rutgers football team turnedthe ball over four times to open theseason. In the seven hours, 59 min-utes and 54 seconds since, theScarlet Knights have the samenumber of turnovers.

With an offense that oftentimesstruggles to find the end zone, theKnights are able to do one thingconsistently well: protect the foot-ball — something they look to con-tinue tomorrow at Syracuse.

“Obviously that’s been our lifeline,”said sophomore left guard Art Forst.“We’ve had some games where wehaven’t played well, but we did a greatjob of protecting the ball. If this seasonhas proven anything, it’s proventhere’s nothing more important thantaking care of the football. Minus onegame, when we were at our worst,we’ve taken care of the ball.”

RU’s eight turnovers are lessthan all but three teams in collegefootball. Two of those teams,Cincinnati and Oregon State, areranked ahead of the Knights.

But the Knights lead the nationwith a plus-21 turnover margin, and,while much is made of the defense’sability to create timely takeaways,the offense has to protect the ball forthat kind of a stat to exist.

“To be No. 1 you have to get alot, but you can’t give it away, so it’s

definitely a two-sided effort,” Forstsaid. “At this program, we reallyembrace that.”

The Knights preach the words“high and tight,” and it works.

RU fumbled the ball three timesthis year, but only one came in atypical situation. Sophomore EvanLampert, typically a blocker, fum-bled when returning a kickoff andfreshman wideout Mohamed Sanudropped the ball when attemptingto pull the ball into his body.

Sophomore tailback JoeMartinek fumbled once.

“I had maybe three or four fum-bles and almost a thousand carries[in high school], so I thought I hadgood ball security,” Martinek said.“When I looked at the film I realizedI was all over the place with it. I start-ed to transition to how they teach itand it was hard at first, but since thenI’ve improved in ball protection.”

But most impressive statisticallyis quarterback Tom Savage.

Savage threw just two intercep-tions, despite the built-in excuse ofinexperience that comes with beinga true freshman.

“Part of taking care of the footballis also delivering the ball to the rightperson and reading things out theway you’re supposed to,” said headcoach Greg Schiano. “He’s been ableto read things out the right way.”

And although Savage escaped hisshare of close calls, he continues tomake smart decisions with the ball.

“He’s doing a great job,”Martinek said. “But when hestepped in people probably would-n’t have expected that, especially asa young kid stepping into hostileenvironments on the road and infront of big crowds.”

No road game presents a biggerchallenge to Savage this year thanthe Orange.

Not because of the Syracusedefense, which has six intercep-tions on the season, but because ofthe Carrier Dome. The 49,250-seatstadium creates noise and lightingdifficult to prepare for.

“The Dome is the Dome,”Schiano said. “It is a little differentwith the lighting and noise. I amsure they will go out there andthrow a little bit before we even gothrough warm-ups just to get usedto looking up and seeing it.”

The defense must also prepareto see quarterback Greg Paulus —someone they are more used towatching in March than November.The former Duke point guard start-ed every game since his summertransfer, but Ryan Nassib getssnaps as well.

“That’s a great stor y,”Martinek said. “I’ve heard he wasa tremendous high school athleteand playing for Duke, that’s thedream of a lot of high school bas-ketball players. It really seemslike he picked up where he left off[in football].”

JOHN PENA/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rutgers leads the nation in turnover differential at plus-21, thanks in part to an offense that has only turned theball over four times since the season’s second game. Joe Martinek, above, has fumbled just once on 146 carries.

Turnover margin best in nation

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BY SAM HELLMANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Through the first 11 weeks of the 2009 col-lege football season, nine teams have truefreshmen starting at quarterback. Of the nine,

only six have moretouchdowns than

turnovers and only two quarterbacks have awinning record.

One is Southern California’s Matt Barkley,the consensus best quarterback recruit inthe country on a team ranked No. 4 to openthe season.

The other is Tom Savage.Savage, the starting quarterback for the

Rutgers football team, leads all true freshmenin the nation with his .857 winning percent-age (6-1 as a starter), passer rating (134.82)and touchdowns per interceptions ratio (5:1).

“I think Tom’s matured very well over theseason,” said senior center and team captainRyan Blaszczyk. “He really inspired the rest ofthe offense. It’s weird saying that about a truefreshman, but he’s the quarterback and he’s theleader on the team, and we need the quarter-back to be our leader.

“When it gets tough out there, he reallykind of calms everybody down. He justbrings it back. On the sidelines he’s veryvocal and he can rally the troops.”

Savage won the starting job after a three-interception performance by fifth-year seniorDom Natale against Cincinnati and proceed-ed to smash a series of Rutgers freshmanrecords. Savage’s six wins are the most everfor a true freshman on the Banks. He has the

most passing yards and touchdown passeswith 1,535 yards and 10 touchdowns.

“I just think we’re clicking a lot more,”Savage said. “I think we’re more comfortable

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Tom Savage’s .857 winning percentage is the most among freshmen quarterbacksthis season. His 1,535 passing yards and 10 touchdowns are also tops for his class.

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STARTINGBLOCKS

Defensive playmakersJonathan Freeny and Joe Lefeged first madetheir marks with bigperformances as truefreshmen at the CarrierDome in 2007. pg. 14

KNIGHTS GAMEDAY

The Scarlet Knights areprotecting the football,committing only fourturnovers since theopening minute of theseason’s second gameagainst Howard. pg. 15FOOTBALL

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Savage matures into leaderas statistics place him amongelite freshmen quarterbacks