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School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Catherine Yeh, left, and sophomore Alisa Czachowski compete inthe “Rock, Paper, Scissors” tournament last night at the College Avenue Gym, sponsored by Rutgers Recreation.

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BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIOCONTRIBUTING WRITER

A day after Governor-elect ChrisChristie defeated Gov. Jon S. Corzine forthe gubernatorial seat, the EagletonInstitute of Politics played host to pan-elists who analyzed the outcome of thisyear’s election and what the resultsmean for New Jersey.

All four panelists agreed the futureof the state is uncertain under theChristie administration.

“Christie campaigned on an anti-Corzine [platform]. There was a lot ofanything-but-Corzine sentiment outthere,” said Associated Press StateHouse reporter Angela Delli Santi said.“We don’t have a lot of specifics on ChrisChristie. We don’t know how he’s goingto tackle some of these fiscal problems.We don’t know what his administrationis going to look like.”

Political columnist for the Star-Ledger Tom Moran said the state of theeconomy would influence Christie’stime in office.

Regardless of Christie’s intentionsfor New Jersey, everything depends onwhether the state economy rises or not,he said.

“Christie made a big deal about one ofhis top priorities where he said he wouldlike to spend more on higher education.On the other hand we’re facing anunprecedented difficult time period,”Moran said.

Christie’s promises to not raise taxesmight be compromised if he intends toimprove government organizations suchas public higher education, he said.

Moran said Gov. Jon S. Corzine wasdefeated because of his performancein office.

“The general consensus on [Corzine]from people I speak to is he’s a wellintentioned man, but really a terriblepolitician … He kept trying to do theright thing, but he kept stumbling,”Moran said.

Gordon MacInnes, a fellow at theCentury Foundation, shared similar

Provisional ballots delay results of ward questionBY ARIEL NAGI

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The day after the election, EmpowerOur Neighborhoods, Unite NewBrunswick, the city and voters wereexpecting to know the final results of theward-based system question altering the

composition of the city council, but nowthey will have to wait two more days.

The results — which could changethe council to the hybrid, ward systemproposed by EON or remain at-large asadvocated by UNB — were originallydelayed because a number of absenteeand provisional ballots were not yet

counted, New Brunswick CitySpokesman Bill Bray said.

The ballots were expected to becounted by yesterday, but the resultswill not be released to the public untiltomorrow, Bray said.

Now there are mostly provisionalballots remaining, EON member

Charlie Kratovil said. There are about200 yet to be counted.

The Middlesex County Board ofElections could not be reached for com-ment at press time, but Bray said theboard is working to get the results out.

Departments maypost online syllabito aid registration

BY AMIT JANISTAFF WRITER

During the course registration period, some stu-dents may be confused about what classes to registerfor because they are unsure of what the class is aboutand what to expect.

But now that more students are requesting profes-sors post syllabi online during the registration period,some University staff and faculty are taking the ideainto consideration.

“I am very supportive of faculty developing effective syl-labi for their courses and posting them online,” ExecutiveVice President of Academic Affairs Philip J. Furmanskisaid. “Online syllabi help in reducing costs by providingearly information for students regarding books and othermaterials that might be required in any particular courseand in making better decisions about their curricula.”

But Director of Scheduling and SpaceManagement Arun Mukherjee estimated only about

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SEE CHRISTIE ON PAGE 4Following Republican Chris Christie’s gubernatorial election win on Tuesday night, Eagleton Instituteof Politics panelists say the governor-elect does not have set plans for the future of New Jersey.

Members of the Rutgers University Student Assembly askedstudents “What’s on your mind?” throughout October and thestudents have spoken.

The Campus and Professional Councils will present the find-ings to University President Richard L. McCormick and mem-bers of his administration today at 7 p.m. in the Student ActivitiesCenter on the College Avenue campus.

“We’re excited as student government to have so many topadministrators at our assembly meeting tomorrow,” Assembly

Chair Werner Born said. “To be able to show them all accuratestatistical data and directly raise concerns to all of them atonce can really expedite the process of getting things fixed forthe student body.”

Vice President for Academic Affairs Phillip J. Furmanski,Vice President for Student Affairs Gregory S. Blimling andVice President for Undergraduate Education Barry Qualls willalso be in attendance, Assembly Recording Secretary MeetShah said.

Each council conducted studies for its own constituentsthrough their own methodology and prepared its own presenta-tions to present to the body and the administration, Shah said.

“My favorite aspect of the presentations is how they curtail to spe-cific campus and professional school student needs,” he said. “Thecouncils did a great job compiling this data and putting it together. Wecan see detailed needs, how many students in the same constituencyshare these needs and how priorities differ from campus to campus.”

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BY ASRAA MUSTUFASTAFF WRITER

Moe’s Southwest Grill will beopening later than originallyplanned in the Busch CampusCenter food court.

Previously scheduled to openin early November, Moe’s Co-owner Noraiz Khan said they arewaiting for permits to come infrom Piscataway to start con-struction on the new “FreshMex” venue.

“We’ll be opening this semes-ter,” Khan said. “I’m still hopingfor [sometime in] November.”

Assistant Director ofOperations at Busch CampusCenter Kevin Killen said while hehopes Moe’s will be open by theend of this semester, no specificopening date has been set.

Moe’s will serveSouthwestern grill items such asburritos, quesadillas, nachos andsalad, Khan said.

“It’s my favorite fast foodrestaurant — I love it,” saidEmely Torres, an Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy four th-year student. “I eat it at home[near Atlantic City. When] is it[coming?] Fall [semester] ishalfway through.”

Moe’s would appeal to stu-dents because of its customizablemenu, Khan said. The franchiseis also known for its unusual itemnames, such as the

“Homewrecker” burrito and the“John Coctostan” quesadilla.

He said vegetarian optionswill be available for every menuitem, including marinated andgrilled tofu.

“We’re bringing the freshnessto the table,” Khan said. “Moe’s isreally all about ‘whatever youwant, you can put it in.’”

School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Seedra Enver saidshe is excited about Moe’s. “It’llbring so much variety to Buschcampus, especially for peoplewith special dietar y restric-tions, such as vegetarians,” shesaid. “Food options at Buschare so limited.”

Khan said he has not yetdecided on prices for the campuscenter but plans to make themreasonable for students. At hisother Moe’s location in North

Brunswick, items range from$3.99 to $8 and each meal comeswith free chips and salsa.

“We’re going to build priceswith students in mind,” he said.“If we can do something cheaper,we will.”

A committee of Universitystaf f and students selectedMoe’s from a variety of interest-ed vendors last spring, Killensaid. The concept was based onresults from a survey of morethan 2,500 University students,faculty and staff.

“We really wanted to meet theneeds of the Rutgers communityand respond to their feedback,”Killen said. “We continue to beenthusiastic and excited to beworking with Moe’s SouthwestGrill, and believe they will pro-vide excellent service to theentire Rutgers community.”

Killen said the campus centerwill work in conjunction withMoe’s to plan grand openingevents for early spring semester.

In addition to his NorthBrunswick location, Khan said heplans to open more Moe’s restau-rants in Central Jersey, includingEast Brunswick, the Manalapanand Freehold area and theMarlboro and Holmdel areas.

Khan said there will beabout 25 job oppor tunitiesavailable to University studentswith the opening of Moe’s inthe campus center.

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BY COLLEEN ROACHESTAFF WRITER

Although The Cove, an arcadeat the Busch Campus Center, isundergoing some changes, funand games will not necessarilybecome distant memories.

Busch Campus Center manag-er Kevin Killen said the gameroom that has been a fixture inthe center for several years willbecome a student lounge similarto The Red Lion Café at theRutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus, minus afood vender.

The project is set for completionafter the installation of Internetservice, a projector and a few morepieces of furniture, he said.

“It’s going to be an openspace for students … that willhave wireless Internet access,where students can come relax,study, get some work done, etc.,”Killen said.

The project will cost an esti-mated $185,000, which will comefrom Student Life funds, saidGeorge Hefelle, associate direc-tor of Student Life Operations.

Student organizations andUniversity departments will beable to reserve the new Cove forspecial events, unlike the arcade,Killen said.

After its transformation, TheCove will feature two coin-operat-ed billiard tables and a screen,which will allow students to con-gregate and watch televised pro-grams, he said.

The transformation is a resultof student opinion of the arcade,Killen said.

Campus administratorsissued a survey last spring to stu-

dents of all campuses to deter-mine whether or not studentshad a genuine interest in thearcade, he said. Results showedinterest was waning and studentsthought the space could be bet-ter utilized.

“We really concentrated onwhat students had to say,”Killen said.

Busch campus resident DavidKing said he supports the conver-sion of The Cove.

“I think that’s a fantastic idea,”said King, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. “I think itwill be a great place to study.”

King said he was not a fre-quent user of the arcade, andthough he was somewhat both-ered by the cost, overall hethinks the space could serve adifferent purpose.

“I think it will be a much bet-ter use of the area,” he said.

Busch campus resident AnkurPahwa disagreed with King andsaid The Cove should remain acenter for arcade games.

“I think people use [thearcade],” said Pahwa, a RutgersBusiness School sophomore.“Last year, I lived on Livingston,and I used to come all the wayover to Busch just to use thearcade there.”

Pahwa said campus adminis-trators should focus more onproviding students with wire-less Internet capabilities in theirdormitory rooms instead of inThe Cove.

He said the University shouldinvest the money in more dormi-tories, especially since a few ofhis friends live in hotel rooms oroff-campus apartments due tolack of housing.

New study loungereplaces campus arcade

Permit delays push back Moe’s openingThe brothers of the University’s Delta Chi fraternity are

hoping a little competition among local bands will helpraise money for cancer research at their third annual“Battle of the Bands.”

Five bands — WeatherPROOF featuring DJ AppleJuice,Elephant Ghost, Threat Level: Midnight, The KeatingExperience and Death to Surprise — will compete for thechance to win $200 this Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at theDelta Chi house at 14 Union St. in New Brunswick.

The fraternity members, who all have connections todifferent local bands, chose the competitors, said memberPeter Sims, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

The original idea for “Battle of the Bands” was torecruit men for the fraternity, said Delta Chi PresidentJohn Perrone.

“We did a little bit of research and reached out to thefive bands which we felt would put on the best show for thecrowd,” said Perrone, a Cook College senior.

This year, the fraternity is transforming the competi-tion into a charity event to raise money for Delta Chi’snational philanthropic organization, the Jimmy VFoundation, he said.

“We are looking to raise anywhere between $1500 and$2000, hopefully more,” Perrone said.

The fraternity will donate 100 percent of the profits tothe foundation, one of the largest cancer research fundrais-ing organizations in the world, Sims said.

The Jimmy V foundation has raised more than $90 mil-lion dollars and awarded 92 grants for cancer research,Perrone said.

Tickets will be available for $5 at the event or can bepurchased prior by contacting the fraternity, Sims said.

— Ambika Subramanya

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of the Rutgers community and

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at Busch Campus Center

field is even, you’re going to see agreater mix of Republicans andDemocrats,” Donovan said.

Students are uncertain of whatto expect from Christie and hisplans for higher education.

“In spite of hisleanings, I have afeeling he’s goingto have to come tothe center onsome things,because he’sworking with ademocratic legisla-ture in a state thattends to lean dem-ocratic,” saidCaryn Miller, aSchool of Arts andSciences junior.

Miller remainsa little concerned for the futureconsidering the new mix ofRepublican and Democratic inter-ests in New Jersey, but is certain

that whatever happens will be forthe betterment of the state.

“Under Corzine I know weweren’t going in the rightdirection anyway because of[the] plenty of budget cuts he

was planning,”said ZaidA b u h o u r a n ,president ofRutgers YoungA m e r i c a n s for Liberty.

Abuhouran, aSchool ofE n v i r o n m e n t a land BiologicalSciences sopho-more, knowsChristie’s aims tonot raise taxes willleave less money

for other state organizations, buthe believes the Governor-electwill ultimately find a way toimprove higher education.

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views with Moran and saidCorzine’s lack of aggressive polit-ical leadership led to his inabilityto fix problems in New Jersey.

As a one-year member of theCorzine administration,MacInnes often witnessedCorzine submit to the legislativeleadership of the state.

“I don’t think Gov. Corzineunderstood the political side [tohis leadership]. I think heassumed there were a set ofrules that you play by … that areset by the people you deal with,”he said. “The governor is theleader … The governor has gotto set the agenda, particularly inperilous times.”

In terms of the election,MacInnes believes Corzine creat-ed voter apathy by suggestingthe Democratic majority of voterswould break the tie between himand Christie, and carry him backinto office.

Corzine had many incumbentadvantages in this election butstill managed to lose, Delli Santisaid. Christie’s victory was refer-endum on the Obama administra-tion and there was a deep voterdiscontent that Republicanstapped into.

“[President Barack] Obamacame in and raised the stakes ofthis election, calling Jon Corzinea partner and his friend, and ask-ing people to give the same com-mitment to Corzine that theygave to him last year, but it didn’twork,” Delli Santi said.

A major factor contributing toCorzine’s loss was the amount ofcampaign spending, said BergenCounty Clerk Kathleen Donovan.The election’s playing field was lev-eled out when the Democrats spentmuch less money on campaigning.

“New Jersey is not just aDemocrat state. If the playing

JEFF LAZARO/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Governor-elect Chris Christie, above, celebrates his 4 percent defeat over Gov. Jon S. Corzine at his Tuesday night election party in Parsippany.Panelists attribute Corzine’s loss to a decrease in spending, which leveled the playing field, and his lack of leadership in office.

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CHRISTIE: Students

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“The governor is the leader. The

governor has got to set the agenda, particularly in

perilous times.”GORDON MACINNES

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6 Celebrate the 140th anniversary of the football game thatfounded intercollegiate football.

7 The Rutgers Army ROTC “Run For The Warriors” will startat 8:30 a.m. and raise awareness on campus for organiza-tions like Hope For The Warriors.

The Rutgers women’s rugby club sports team just becameMetropolitan New York Rugby Union champions for thethird time in four years and will be competing in the firstround of Northeastern Rugby Unions. The match will takeplace at 11:30 a.m. Saturday on the club sports field onBusch campus. The field is located on the corner ofBartholomew and Brett Roads.

The Zimmerli Student Advisory Board is hosting a mas-querade ball for students. Dance to music from a live DJ,learn the cha-cha from RU Ballroom, win prizes in a raffledrawing or a scavenger hunt, have your photo taken by aprofessional photographer and enjoy a variety of horsd’oeuvres and refreshments. Formal attire is required. Amask is included with the ticket price but feel free to bringyour own. Tickets are available every Tuesday andWednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Zimmerli ArtMuseum on the College Avenue campus. The price is $8 inadvance or $10 at the door.

9 The Livingston Campus Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. inRoom 113 of the Livingston Student Center. They holdweekly meetings.

The SEBS/Cook Campus Council will hold their weeklymeeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Cook Campus Center.

The Engineering Governing Council meets every otherMonday at 8:10 p.m. in BCC 116.

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11 How would you feel if the FBI knew exactly what librarybooks you had taken out? Many librarians have beenlabeled as radical militants because they have beenfavoring the First Amendment and not encouraging thissection of the Patriot Act. What side of the debate do youagree with: supporting the right to free speech or help-ing Americans fight terrorism? Jenna Freedman andValerie Bell will address this issue from 7 to 9 p.m. at theSchool of Communication and Information building,Room 212 during “Activist Librarianship and the Ethicsof Library Neutrality.”

The Douglass Governing Council meets every Tuesday at7 p.m. in Trayes Hall A of the Douglass Campus Center.

The Busch Campus Council meets at 7:00 p.m. in BCC 120ABC. They hold meetings every other week.

12 The Newark Lincoln Bicentennial Conveners Committeeand the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial CommissionFoundation present an important civic conversation enti-tled “The Humane City: Race, Ethnicity and Freedom inUrban America.” The town hall meeting, moderated byNewark’s own James O. Horton, will bring together arespected panel of educators, historians and journalists toexplore what it takes to build a compassionate city wherethe challenges of diversity and social justice are confronteddaily on the streets, in the schools and along the halls ofpower. Taking place from 6 to 8 p.m. in the NewarkMuseum, panelists will discuss what it takes to mobilize acity’s great physical, financial and intellectual resources forthe good of its people.

13 “Emerging Directions in African and African-AmericanDiaspora Studies” will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. inthe Assembly Room of Winants Hall on the College Avenuecampus. In the 40 years since the birth of Black andAfricana Studies, the now-expansive, interdisciplinary fieldhas transformed the academy. Recognizing this year as amajor milestone in African and African-American scholar-ship, scholars across disciplines from the University andbeyond come together to offer insights on today’s chal-lenges and possibilities while also considering the roadahead. To attend the conference, please e-mail the Centerfor Race and Ethnicity at raceethnicity@sas.rutgers.edu.

The Unplugged Rutgers Board Game Club will be havingits weekly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Busch Campus CouncilRoom 174. Come by to meet new people, chow down onfood and try some board games that you have never seen!They play everything from chess to “Last Night on Earth,”a zombie-survival horror game.

14 The Rutgers rugby football club, which recently enteredthe MARFU Premier League, faces off at 1 p.m. againstMaryland at the Scarlet Knight Sport Club Field. The fieldis located on the corner of Bartholomew and Brett Roadson Busch campus.

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50 percent of professors posttheir syllabi online when stu-dents are scheduling classes.

According to the ComputerScience Department Web site,the department posts coursesyllabi on the Web site. Foreach course, a general descrip-tion is provided, as well as thenumber of credits, prerequi-sites, semesters offered, topicscovered in class, expectedwork, exams and links to theprofessor’s class URL.

Posting syllabi online is veryeasy, as long as you get your syl-labus ready on time, said

University associate professorEthel Brooks.

Yet many students are usingsources not af filiated with theUniversity, such aswww.ratemyprofessors.com, todetermine which professor orcourse to take, especially whensyllabi are not posted.

“Right now, I sometimes usethe posted syllabi, but it’s not myfirst choice,” said Robert Gatdula,a School of Engineering sopho-more. “I’d say about half my pro-fessors post syllabi and if they’renot posted, then I just take theclass and hope that it’s a class Ineed to take.”

The University Senate rec-ommended that the informationfor each course should containthe course description, includ-ing information on expected

work and grading structuresuch as assignments, papers,projects and exams, Mukherjeesaid. It is the responsibility ofeach depar tment to have acourse syllabus page.

Professors are supposed towork with departmental admin-istrators to have their syllabusposted on the depar tment’sWeb site.

Brooks said some professorsmight not know how to post asyllabus online.

“I honestly think that [nothaving more professors posttheir syllabus online] may haveto do with them being a littletechnologically nervous aboutdoing these things or aboutcopyright issues, because thesyllabus is always the productof [the professor’s] thinking,

and some people just don’twant it replicated by some fac-ulty or other universities oreven at this University,”Brooks said.

Gatdula said professorsshould take the time to becomefamiliar with posting syllabi online.

“For those professors, I wouldsay at this day and age theyshould learn how to post the syl-labus — it’s really not that com-plicated,” he said. “I would go astep further and recommend theyalso post past syllabi, so studentscan see how the course haschanged over time.”

Furmanski said the Office ofAcademic Af fairs stronglyencourages online posting ofsyllabi through deans anddepartment heads and also

through the regular processesof academic review.

Some departments do nothave an information technologystaff due to budget cuts, makingthis difficult, Mukherjee said.Some solutions would be to havedeans set aside money and cen-tralize posting syllabi or hiringstudents to do so.

Having more professors postsyllabi during the course registra-tion period would really benefitstudents, Gatdula said.

“I really want to see thatbecause when it comes to choos-ing classes, it’s really hard look-ing at what a class is and notknowing what it’s exactly sup-posed to be about,” he said. “Withthe syllabus, you get a gooddescription of the class, but with-out it you’re just really confused.”

ONLINE: Professors can

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“The provisional ballots are intheir hands,” he said.

The ballots are not beingcounted yet because a lot of vot-ers were denied the right tovote at the polls, EON PresidentMartha Guarnieri said. Manyhad to fill out a paper provision-al ballot because of improperidentification or becauseaddresses on IDs did not matchthe address registered.

Guarnieri said some stu-dents had to mail in copies oftheir IDs to the MiddlesexCounty Board of ElectionsOffice within 48 hours afterthe election.

WARD: Board of Elections

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STUDENTS RECEIVE$500 AWARD FORPERSIAN CULTURELITERATURE WORK

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Two students fromRutgers-Newark won $500awards for their work onPersian culture and literaturefrom the Persian CulturalFoundation yesterday in thePaul Robeson Campus Centerduring its four th annualawards ceremony.

Newark College of Arts andSciences junior Shabeer Waliand Rutgers Business Schoolsenior Adrienne Jensen won theawards in a University competi-tion sponsored by the founda-tion.

“This event promotesPersian culture, literature,music and art through theAmerican community andawards talented individuals ofall cultures and backgroundswho celebrate this tradition,”Professor Minoo Varzegar saidin a University Media Relationspress release.

Persian entertainment and areception featuring Persian foodfollowed the awards ceremony.Varzegar and the president ofthe foundation in Clifton, N.J.,Akbar Ghahary, were both pres-ent at the event.

“To promote Persian cultureand literature among youngpeople of multinational back-grounds, the Persian CulturalFoundation in Clifton, in collab-oration with Rutgers University,selects the two best papers onPersian culture and literature,”Varzegar said.

A committee of reviewersselects the winning papers.University students submittedmore than 80 entries last year.

— Cagri Ozuturk

“This allows you to still voteand then send your ID in after,”said Guarnieri, a Rutgers Collegesenior.

The Board of ElectionsOffice is still waiting to receiveall of the copies so that they cancount the remaining ballots,she said.

Guarnieri said she hopes anystudents that voted and wereasked to send in copies of theirIDs remember to send them sotheir votes are counted.

“I just want to remind all stu-dents who voted and did not senda copy of their ID in yet to do soas soon as possible,” she said.

Kratovil said EON wouldremain persistent within the nextfew days to be sure all the eligiblevotes are counted.

“Those ballots should becounted, and if we’re involved,

they will be counted,” Kratovil said.

EON member John Aspraysaid a lot of the issues had to dowith many students’ campusaddresses not matching theirhome addresses on their IDs,so they were denied the abilityto vote at the machines.

“People registered to votefor [the] president at theseaddresses, and they were notallowed to vote again with[those addresses],” saidAspray, a Rutgers College sen-ior. “Whatever those provision-al ballots say needs to be heard.”

UNB member KyleKirkpatrick said the heavy useof provisional ballots onTuesday may have been frommistakes made on applicationsor it may be from voters who

were tr ying to vote in NewBrunswick when they were noteligible to.

“Some [of the provisional bal-lots] may be from people whoweren’t allowed to vote there, andsome may be just from humanerror,” Kirkpatrick said.

Proper identification isrequired to register to vote in thefirst place, so a lot of the provi-sional ballots may have been dueto mix-ups like misspelled nameson applications, rather than thevoter fraud so many people wereexpecting, Kratovil said.

“To register to vote, you haveto have an ID,” he said. “You can’tjust say ‘Hey, my name is Joe andI want to vote.’”

Kratovil said he believes amajority of the provisional ballotsare “Yes to wards” votes, becausethey were mainly ballots from the

area around the College Avenuecampus, which he believes iscomposed of mostly “yes voters.”

Kirkpatrick said this is notsomething anyone can predict ifthey have not seen the ballots.

“I know that [the ballots arefrom voters] city-wide,”Kirkpatrick said. “It can be mixedall over the city. There’s no way Ican predict which way it’s goingto swing. It’ll be pointless.”

He said the fact that theresults will not be available untiltomorrow shows how close theelection was.

“The fact that it’s come soclose it is at least indicative thatpeople are passionate about [theward question] one way or anoth-er,” Kirkpatrick said. “[Voters]care about what is going on inNew Brunswick — regardless ofthe outcome.”

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BY HEATHER BROOKHARTAND MATT REED

STAFF WRITERS

More than 800 readers of TheDaily Targum Web site have par-ticipated in a survey throughoutthe past few weeks that askswhere the best off-campus pizzacan be found.

Skinny Vinnie’s, located at 60Sicard St. took the lead with 105votes, while La Familia, at 160Easton Ave. took second with 86votes. Located at 94 Church St.,Panico’s Pizza followed closelywith 83 votes.

With so many kinds of pizzato choose from in the city, it maybe hard to decide where to go.For the business owners them-selves, they view the competi-tion differently.

“There is so much competi-tion in New Brunswick andeverybody’s taking a piece of thebig pie and trust me, some peoplehave been here a long time,” saidRU Grill and Pizza ownerAbdallah Eid. “They’re doingmuch better than the other newowners in New Brunswick.”

Eid said his business has beenat its location at 142 Easton Ave.since 1998.

Twelve years ago, there werenot so many pizzerias and moreand more, others started copyingone another, he said.

But some of the newer ownersin the city operate their business-es as an investment and are notsucceeding, Eid said.

“They’re paying more rent,they’re paying more employees.Some of the pizzeria owners, theydon’t work themselves, they just[work as] the manager and thatwouldn’t succeed very well, Ithink,” he said.

Eid said although more busi-nesses started popping up on thesame block about two or threeyears ago, his business is doingwell and could be worse.

“You come here on the week-end … they’re competing with us… on the weekend we’repacked,” he said.

Owner of West End BrickOven Pizza George El-Ghossainsaid competition in the cityactually motivated him to openhis business.

“Because there are so manyplaces, it’s a good indication thatbusiness is good, there’s demandand competition is healthy in thisbusiness,” he said.

Kamil Saber, owner of P.J.’sGrill and Pizza at 166 Easton Ave.,said his pizzeria has been there for20 years.

One of the most important fac-tors in running his business is anorganized system in place whereworkers are all responsible fortheir own part.

“Everyone has something todo with the quality of food that weoffer to the customer,” he said.

Students said they consider fac-tors such as location, sanitation andprice as some important values.

School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Kara Haggerty said shelikes to go to Panico’s because oftheir selection.

“I just like all the dif ferentkinds that they have, and I liketheir chicken parm pizza a lot.

They have a lot of variety andhave a really nice environmentif you go there to eat,”Haggerty said.

But School of Arts andSciences senior Andy Stubbssaid he became addicted to TaTa’s Pizza at 208 Hamilton St.when his roommate introducedhim to it.

“He just ordered it once, andI haven’t stopped ordering itsince. It’s just really good. Thetomato sauce has a lot of garlicin it — I like that,” he said.

Stubbs said Ta Ta’s fast deliverysets it apart from the competition.

“I ordered it two nights agoand they were here in 20 min-utes. So, it’s really nice to beable to get your food quickly,”Stubbs said.

For other students, locationand convenience are key.

“I go to PJ’s on Easton Ave. Ilike PJ’s because it’s convenientand right next to my house,”said Rutgers College seniorEitan Levine. “It’s cheap, it’sgood, you know, it’s pizza.”

Douglass College seniorMichele Mancuso said at the endof a night out, the closest pizza isthe best pizza.

“I go to La Familia, which isright next to Knight Club. I go toKnight Club a lot and that’s why Igo there,” Mancuso said.

But Livingston College seniorRoman Khan said cleanliness ismost important to him when he’sdeciding where to eat.

“I like West End because it’snew and clean in there. They[have] benches to sit on inside,and they play music, so it’s kindof like they continue the party,”he said. “Also, their bathroom isstill clean.”

School of Arts and Sciencessenior Bill Vanemburgh said heconsiders how each pizza busi-ness treats its customers, notingthat he especially likes Jimmy’s,located at 104 Easton Ave.

“It tastes really good and theguy that works there is awe-some. He’s the nicest guy in theentire world,” he said. “The peo-ple in La Familia — they’re real-ly not that nice to you. Theymake you feel like they don’twant you there.”

Saber noted the importanceof customer service and said helikes to ensure his business isnot transaction-based, but thatthey form a long-term relation-ship with their customers tobuild loyalty.

“Even when school is nothere, this base carries usthroughout the slow summer,”he said.

For some students, lowprices are what keeps themcoming back.

“I go to Paulie’s because it’s$1 after 10, which works forme,” said Amanda Rodriguez, aSchool of Environmental andBiological Sciences sophomore.

For Ashley Marcano, aSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-ior, it was simply fate thatbrought her and her favoritepizza place together.

“I like RU Grill because of noreal reason — that’s just whoI’ve always ordered from,”Marcano said.

Pizza places offervariety of choices

Holt tells children to get ‘head start’BY ADRIENNE VOGT

COPY EDITOR

Rep. Rush Holt, D-12, mightagree with Dr. Seuss: “A person’sa person no matter how small.”

Holt emphasized the positiveeffects of Middlesex and SomersetCounty Head Start programsSunday at a story time event at theBarnes & Noble bookstore onRoute 1 in North Brunswick.

“The Head Start program … isone of the most successful pro-grams to come out ofWashington,” Holt said. “The kidswho have gone through the HeadStart program do better in ele-mentary school, they do better inmiddle school, they do better inhigh school and, in fact, they endup being more productive adults.”

Holt read aloud two bookswith environmental themes:“Michael Recycle,” by EllieBethel and Alexandra Colombo,and “The Lorax,” by Dr. Seuss.

About 30 children aged 3 to10years old of various ethnicities sur-rounded him in a semicircle on thefloor, looking up aptly at him orsquirming around. Parents hud-dled around them, many speakingto each other in Spanish.

Holt addressed the childrendirectly throughout the reading.

“You can’t have too manybooks,” he said to them, alsoencouraging to set aside time withtheir families to read to each other.

The event kicked off the store’sHoliday Book Drive to benefitCommunity Development InstituteHead Start of Middlesex Countyand Head Start of SomersetCounty. Until Dec. 31, customerscan buy selected preschool-agebooks to donate to Head Start.

The Head Start programs ofMiddlesex County and SomersetCounties serve nearly 1,000 chil-dren, CDI Head Start ProgramDirector Sari Workman said. HeadStart is a community-based pro-gram catering to families by pro-viding them with services inhealth, education, mental health,nutrition and more.

“Children cannot learn withoutthe help of their families,” Workmansaid. “We work as partners with fam-ilies, and that sets us apart fromother preschool programs.”

The federally-funded programprovides grants to local public andprivate non-profit and for-profit agen-cies to provide child developmentservices to low-income children andfamilies, with a special focus on help-ing preschoolers develop early read-ing and math skills, according to theOffice of Head Start’s Web site.

“Head Start is more than just aliteracy program, because it workswith families,” Holt said. “Instead ofjust teaching the kids sounds or let-ters or words, they work with thefamily to help develop good learn-ing habits … [and] good hygiene.”

Holt is unsure if the guberna-torial election results will affectthe continuation of Head Start inNew Jersey, noting that preschoolbecame a campaign issue in thisyear’s election.

“Chris Christie, in an inattentivemoment, or a moment of weak-ness, called it … ‘babysitting.’ IfChristie meant anything like that,then he’s really wrong,” Holt said.

Executive/Head StartDirector of Somerset CommunityAction Program Isaac Dorsey is asuccessful product of Head Start,earning his bachelor’s and mas-ter’s degrees at the University.

He said he knew he could counton Holt to participate in the Barnes& Noble event.

“Congressman Holt is a realstrong supporter of Head Start,and whenever I’ve called on himto be a part of something, he’salways shown up,” Dorsey said.

Middlesex County has about650 children per year in HeadStart, Workman said. Theamount of North BrunswickHead Start students is catchingup quickly to the number of NewBrunswick students.

Head Start’s seven-classroomcenter on Livingston Avenue inNorth Brunswick now has abouthalf of its students from NorthBrunswick and half from NewBrunswick, she said.

Holt said about 900,000 kidsare enrolled right now in HeadStart, and the program hasserved 25,000,000 children sinceits founding in 1965.

“Head Start serves roughlyabout a third of all eligible chil-dren in the country,” Dorsey said.

To be eligible, families must be ator below poverty level, determinedby the federal government in the’60s under former President LyndonJohnson’s War on Poverty, Dorseysaid. Ten percent are special-needschildren, and they also work withhomeless families and Division ofYouth and Family Services cases.

Critics assert that effects ofHead Start wear off by highschool, but Holt said he thinksthat is a weak stance.

He said in a comparison of kidsfrom the same neighborhood, sideby side, there is a definite differ-ence between those who went toHead Start and those who do not.

“Head Start works,” Holt said.

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Buccleuch Park will be the site of an Elijah’s Promise“Turkey Trot” Sunday to raise funds to feed those whoutilize their soup kitchens.

Participants of the three-mile walk plan to raisemoney to provide meals throughout the coming winter,event organizer Michelle Wilson said.

“We just star ted planning the ‘Turkey Trot’ inAugust, which really isn’t much time,” Wilson said. “Wehave seen a dramatic increase in the amount of peoplewho are utilizing our services, so we need to raise addi-tional funds.”

Wilson said Elijah’s Promise saw a 22 percentincrease in clientele last winter, and they expect furtherincreases this winter.

“It only costs about $2.50 per meal at the soupkitchen, so if each participant raises as little as $10 oras much as $1000, it will provide a lot of meals,”Wilson said.

Participants can raise funds by finding sponsors forthe walk or donating money themselves, she said.

The soup kitchen’s $50,000 goal for this Sunday’sevent seems ambitious, but they have already receivedcontributions through their Web site,www.turkeytrot.dojiggy.com, Wilson said.

Participants will be treated to gourmet tasting sta-tions featuring hot cider, coffee, hot chocolate, artisanbreads and more, according to the Web site.

Wilson said participants who raise $125 or morewould receive a free T-shirt.

Maryann Muragh, a School of Arts and Sciencessophomore, said she is interested in participating inthe event.

“I think a three-mile walk is a small price to pay for allthe huge benefits of feeding all of those people, especial-ly now at this time of year,” Muragh said.

Anyone who would like to contribute or register cando so on the Web site or come to the park on Sunday,Wilson said. Registration begins at 1 p.m.

— Deirdre S. Hopton

WALKERS TO TROT FOR LOCAL SOUP KITCHEN

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SAN FRANCISCO — Stunnedand angry, national gay rightsleaders yesterday blamed scare-mongering ads — and PresidentBarack Obama’s lack of engage-ment — for a bitter election set-back in Maine that could alter thedynamics for both sides in thegay-marriage debate.

Conservatives, in contrast,celebrated Maine voters’ rejec-tion of a law that would haveallowed gay couples to wed,depicting it as a warning shotthat should deter politicians inother states from pushing forsame-sex marriage.

“Every time the citizens havevoted on marriage, they havealways sided with natural mar-riage,” said Mathew Staver, founderof Liberty Counsel, a Florida-basedChristian legal group. “Maine dra-matically illustrates the will of thepeople, and politicians should wakeup and listen.”

Gay activists were frustratedthat Obama, who insists hestaunchly supports their overallcivil rights agenda, didn’t speakout forcefully in defense ofMaine’s marriage law beforeTuesday’s referendum. The lawwas repealed in a vote of 53 per-cent to 47 percent.

“President Obama missed anopportunity to state his positionagainst these discriminatory

Vote draws ire of gay community

Philidelphia transit strikebrings trains to dead stop

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PHILADELPHIA —Commuters biked, walked, jug-gled carpool schedules andhitched rides as the city’s transitsystem ground to a near halt for asecond day yesterday, a rushworsened when a regional railtrain caught fire.

Regional rail lines are runningbecause their workers are repre-sented by a different union. Buttrouble hit around 7 a.m. when acar caught fire as it headed down-town, causing delays and confu-sion. Southeastern PennsylvaniaTransportation Authority offi-cials said it was likely an electri-cal fire and was not suspicious.

More than 5,000 members ofSEPTA’s largest union walked offthe job early Tuesday, leavingthousands of people strugglingfor ways to get around without theuse of subways, trolleys or buses.

“I can’t take the whole strikeoff,” said Niki LaGrone, 27, aCatholic school teacher in NorthPhiladelphia, as she prepared totake regional rail as far as it goesand then walk a mile and a half toschool. “I’m going to have toshow up. ... Hopefully, I can findsomebody when I get in to workto help me out.”

The Philadelphia school dis-trict reported a 16 percent dropin high school attendance yester-day. On an average weekday,about 54,000 public and parochialstudents take SEPTA to school.

At the J.R. Masterman highschool, Robin Carpenter unloadeda bicycle from his father’s car sohe could make the 7-mile ridehome in the afternoon.

“I do ride my bike sometimesbut not during cross-country sea-son,” he said, adding that the

A subway station in Philadelphia remained closed yesterdayafter SEPTA workers continued their wage strike.

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attacks with the clarity and moralimperative that would havehelped in this close fight,” saidEvan Wolfson of the nationaladvocacy group Freedom toMarry. “The anti-gay forces arethrowing millions of dollars intovarious unsubtle ads aimed atscaring people, so subtle state-ments from the White House arenot enough.”

The White House, askedabout the criticism, had no imme-diate comment.

The marriage debate is sim-mering in at least a half-dozenstates where a same-sex mar-riage bill is pending or where acourt ruling or existing law isbeing eyed by conservatives forpossible challenge.

Had Maine’s law been upheldby voters, it would have becomethe sixth state to legalize gay mar-riage — and the first to affirm it bypopular vote. In Massachusetts,Vermont, Connecticut, NewHampshire and Iowa, gay mar-riage resulted from court deci-sions or legislation.

California is sure to be a majorbattleground over the next sever-al years. Last year, conservativessucceeded in winning publicapproval of Proposition 8, whichoverturned a state court rulingallowing gay marriage. Gayrights groups want to take theissue back to the voters but aredivided on a timetable.

In the aftermath of theMaine vote, some Californiaactivists appealed to their sup-porters for money to help themput a measure on the 2010 bal-lot. Other activist leaders wantto wait until 2012.

“It’s never too early to go backto right a fundamental wrong,”said Chaz Lowe of Yes! onEquality, who favors shooting for2010. “A lot of people are angry, alot of people are upset. It at leasthas the potential to be a mobiliza-tion for the grass roots.”

Some California activists saidthe outcome in Maine strength-ened their belief that it will fall tothe U.S. Supreme Court — notthe voters — to make gay mar-riage legal. A federal lawsuit chal-lenging Prop. 8 is scheduled togo to trial in January, the firststep in a legal journey that isexpected to reach the high courtin a few years.

“The results in Maine under-score exactly why we are chal-lenging California’s same-sexmarriage ban,” said ChadGrif fin, president of theAmerican Foundation for EqualRights, the Los Angeles groupspearheading the lawsuit. “TheU.S. Constitution guaranteesequal rights to every American,and when those rights are violat-ed, it is the role of our courts toprotect us, regardless of whatthe polls say.”

strike was an inconvenience. “It’stoo tiring.”

Karen Pollack scrambled tofind ways to get her 16- and 13-year-old daughters to and fromtheir respective schools.

Pollack lives in the city’sGermantown section and leftabout 15 minutes earlier to dropof f her younger daughter atMasterman. Her husbanddropped off their older daugh-ter at a school about 5 milesfrom home.

Getting them home could be achallenge, though, since herolder daughter usually takesSEPTA. Now, she’s going to walkthe 15 or so blocks to her sister’sschool and hopefully find a spotin that car pool — if there’s room.

“It was a little stressful lastnight,” Pollack said. “It’s going tobe day-to-day.”

Jim Jordan, an assistant gen-eral manager for SEPTA, said theregional rail car that caught firewas about 40 years old, one ofmany slated to be replaced soon.The origin of the blaze was prob-ably in the heating or electricalsystem, Jordan said, and theentire fleet will be inspected oncethe cause is determined.

Flames could be seen shootingfrom the front of the train shortlyafter 7 a.m. A big cloud of smokealso billowed from the train. Noinjuries were reported, but hun-dreds of riders had to be evacuated.

Wayne Rafferty, 27, ofPottstown, a lab technician atChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia,said he had to calm down anotherpassenger on the packed train, andhe saw other passengers kickingout the removable emergency win-dows. Once outside the train, hetook a picture of the front of it withflames and smoke.

claims commissioner and attor-ney general.

The claim comes at a difficulttime for Connecticut, where thetwo-year, $37.6 billion budget isalready $624 million in deficit.

“There is a potential for a verysignificant exposure to the state,depending on how the facts aredeveloped in the claims process,”said state Sen. AndrewMcDonald, D-Stamford.

Nash’s family earlier filed a$50 million lawsuit againstHerold, saying she was negligentand reckless for lacking the abili-ty to control “a wild animal withviolent propensities.”

Herold’s attorney, whodeclined to comment on the newclaim, has called the attack work-related and said her family’s case

should be treated like a workers’compensation claim. The strate-gy, if successful, would limitpotential damages in the case andinsulate the chimp owner frompersonal liability.

The animal, which was shotand killed by police, had alsoescaped in 2003 from his owner’scar and led police on a chase forhours in downtown Stamford. Noone was injured.

Records obtained by TheAssociated Press through a stateopen-records request show thestate began receiving warningsimmediately after that event.

“The DEP had information forat least five years that would havepermitted that agency to haveremoved Travis from its resi-dence,” Nash’s attorneys wrote inthe new papers, noting theagency did prosecute the ownerof a much smaller primate. “If theDEP had acted prudently, CharlaNash would not have been devas-tatingly injured.”

Environmental protection offi-cials have said that over the 13years Travis was with Herold, theagency received only a fewinquiries about Travis amongthousands in general about pos-session of wild animals.

They said the memo from thebiologist underscored the needfor a clear, new law that would for-bid ownership of potentially dan-gerous animals as pets andimpose stiff penalties for thosepossessing them, and theyblamed the failure to act on acommunications problem and alack of expertise in exotic animalsat the agency.

Nash’s family has a year fromthe date of the attack to file aclaim with the claims commis-sioner office. The commissionercan recommend an award to thelegislature or grant authorizationto sue the state in court.

If the commissioner deniesthe request to seek damagesfrom the state, the family couldappeal to the legislature.Without its consent, the statecannot be held liable in a legalaction for any damage or injury itmay cause.

Police fatally shot the 14-year-old chimp when he tried to attackan officer responding to theassault on Nash on Feb. 16. Testresults showed that Travis hadthe anti-anxiety drug Xanax inhis system, but investigatorsdon’t know whether the drugplayed a role.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Thefamily of a Connecticut womanmauled and blinded by a chim-panzee sought yesterday to suethe state for $150 million, say-ing officials failed to preventthe attack.

Attorneys for Charla Nash’sfamily filed a notice yesterdaywith the state Office of ClaimsCommissioner asking for permis-sion to sue.

The 200-pound chimpanzeenamed Travis went berserk inFebruary when his owner,Sandra Herold, asked Nash tohelp lure him back into herhouse in Stamford.

The animal ripped off Nash’shands, nose, lips and eyelids; sheremains in stable condition at theCleveland Clinic in Ohio.

A Department ofEnvironmental Protection biolo-gist warned state officials beforethe attack that Travis could seri-ously hurt someone if he feltthreatened, noting that he waslarge and strong.

“We believe the evidencewill show that the state, actingthrough the Depar tment ofEnvironmental Protection,failed to adequately address aserious public safety issue thatresulted in tragic conse-quences for our client,” saidMatt Newman, attorney forNash’s family.

Attorney General RichardBlumenthal said yesterday thathis office is reviewing the claim.He said that he is sympatheticover the “horrific tragedy” butthat the planned lawsuit “seemsunprecedented in size.”

Dennis Schain,Environmental Protectionspokesman, said his agency hadnot received any paperwork yetbut would cooperate with the

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Blazers. And then there werethe phantom fouls on theDallas Mavericks in 2006 thatessentially handed the cham-pionship to the Miami Heat.There was even the story ofreferee Tim Donaghy fixinggame and point spreads forgamblers during his time.This is why I can’t take mean-

ingful NBA games seriously — I don’t know if theoutcome is legitimate.

The other main problem with the NBA is the play-offs. In the MLB, NFL and NHL, there are countlessupsets where the lower seed or underdog knocks offthe favored teams to the surprise of everyone. Butwhen an eighth-seed knocks off a No.1 seed in theNHL, it’s no big deal, just an upset. In the NBA, thesame thing is considered one of the biggest sportsupsets of all time. The Denver Nuggets knocking offthe Seattle SuperSonics when they were the No.1seed still isn’t forgotten. Does anybody, even hockeyfans, remember when Damian Rhodes and theOttawa Senators knocked off the vaunted Devils in

’98? Of course not. The higherseed wins much too often in theNBA. The only series’ that seemto matter in the first round of theNBA playoffs is the 4-5 matchup,but neither of those teams areever good enough to win a titleexcept in very rare situations.Everyone knew the Lakers wouldbe in the Finals and most peoplethought the Cavaliers would betoo — except their coach stoppedcoaching, so that threw a wrench

into the scenario. And most thought the Lakerswould win and they did. The consensus-best teamwon the title. This is OK sometimes, but what’s thepoint of watching the playoffs if I know the outcometwo months beforehand?

What should the league do to attract more casu-al fans and make them care? My idea is to copy theNCAA Tournament and make the playoffs one-and-done. More upsets would be created, and whoknows how much money they could pull in off ofbrackets and marketing? The NCAA is pulling ingobs of money with its tournament and manymore people care about that than the NBA play-offs. The only problem is that nobody would careabout the regular season, much like NCAA bas-ketball. But I’m fairly certain that nobody caresabout it now. So let’s get my plan going to fix thisleague, because who doesn’t want to fill out morebrackets come spring?

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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psyche this week that any-body mentioned. The WorldSeries has obviously takenover these parts, withdebates about JohnnyDamon’s dash and ChaseUtley’s tub of hair greasecirculating all over campus. The NFL takes overthe weekends, with stories like the Giants’ demiseand the Jets’ annual futility. But there was some-thing else. Something few — including myself —had no idea was starting until it was randomly onESPN one night. Yes, believe it or not, the NBAapparently started this week.

In the ’80s, the time of Larry vs. Magic and theJordan Rules, this would be almost like some kind ofholiday close to opening day in baseball and weekone of the NFL season, but now just gets lost in theshuffle of actual important games. The opener in an82-game season never really matters, but one wouldthink it would still be nice to watch your team takeon the juggernaut Lakers, see theascension of Oklahoma City’sKevin Durant or the prodigiousfoul totals of the Trail Blazers’Greg Oden. But no. Nobody out-side of ESPN.com’s Bill Simmonshas even looked twice at the sea-son, and even the “Sports Guy”himself is on a book tour, so hecannot pay close attention.

Outside of my fantasy team, Ihaven’t heard a peep about thisseason. Maybe the league hasrun out of stars to market? No, that can’t be it, withChris Paul, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and theaforementioned Durant leading the charge. Arethe large markets struggling? Los Angeles andBoston, the two most traditional NBA cities, are ona crash course for the finals and the Knicks arealways there for a good laugh. Is there a leadershipproblem á la hockey and Commissioner GaryBettman? No, David Stern, a University graduate,is probably the most powerful and revered com-missioner in sports when Roger Goodell is not ona power trip. So what’s the problem? Maybe thefans have finally wised up.

Ever since I became a somewhat casual fan of theNBA, circa 2001, one of the main problems with theleague has always seemed painfully obvious to me:the referees. It seems as though the league is decid-ing who wins based on the number of free throws,being extremely lopsided in key games. In the 2002Western Conference Finals, the Lakers received 27fourth-quarter free throws en route to an upset ofthe Sacramento Kings. The free throws were 37-16in favor of the Lakers in 2000 in game seven vs. the

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New Jersey needsreal change

G overnor-elect Chris Christie said, “Real change has come to NewJersey,” after he beat Gov. Jon S. Corzine in Tuesday’s gubernato-rial election. His statement on change, followed with a short “Yes,

we did” chant by the crowd may have been the most encouraging aspect ofhis lackluster acceptance speech. While it is encouraging that Corzine willno longer be running Trenton, it is time that Christie exhibit a comprehen-sive platform on how he will attempt to change the Garden State.

During the campaign, Christie seemed hesitant to present specificactions on how he will cut taxes, create jobs and improve education — yethe promised to do all of the above, striking a similar image to the presi-dential campaign of President Barack Obama. One of the greatest factorsleading to the election of the current president were the hideous approvalratings of former President George W. Bush. Christie, like Obama, hadthe privilege of facing an opponent who was despised by the general pub-lic, more or less granting Christie the statehouse on a silver platter. The“non”-campaign Christie ran almost cost him greatly, and after leadingCorzine by 15 points in July, the two were statistically tied going intoElection Day, with Christie beating the incumbent by a mere four points.

The animosity toward Corzine allowed Christie to coast by duringthe campaign cycle — especially when it came to students at theUniversity. While Corzine made numerous attempts to campaign at theuniversities, Christie’s presence on campuses was minute. If this wasthe future governor’s idea avoiding a budget question he is going tohave to face in the future, he did a great job at evading the opinions ofstudents. We all enjoy tax cuts, but will the tax cuts Christie proposessignal even further cuts in the school budget? Will professors and pro-grams need to be cut? These questions need to be answered, and whilethe campaign season entitled Christie to be mysterious about his spend-ing goals, that season is now over, and real leadership begins now.

Surely every citizen wants to see lower taxes, more jobs andimproved education, but how are we going to get there? Christie is set-ting himself up for unattainable promises — promises that if not met,may cost him his popularity before the end of 2010 and his job in 2013.While his campaigned mirrored that of Obama’s, Christie perhaps hasassembled a similar first year in office, chasing promises without plansand policy without goals. New Jerseyans need to see a set list of plans,policy and goals before Christie takes office in January.

Education is of the utmost importance in creating future jobs, lesscrime, less poverty and more prosperity. While New Jersey as a wholeranks fifth in terms of overall education quality, according to EducationWeek, our inner cities continue to suffer from overcrowded class-rooms and uninspiring teachers. While this is not the case for everyinner city public school and teacher, Christie let the world know thathis family left Newark when he was a child, in order to attend the“best” public schools in New Jersey in Livingston. It is nice that theChristie household could afford to leave an area with sub-par schools;unfortunately not all families in Newark have that opportunity. Howwill education throughout the state thrive? How will the new governorimplement a sound education policy? New Jersey needs a plan.

Perhaps the most pressing matter at the time Christie will be inau-gurated is the loss of jobs in New Jersey. Unemployment buoyedaround the 10 percent margin in October for state, and we know thatChristie will not attempt to expand government in order to increasethe work force, so how is it then that the governor-elect will createthese jobs he has promised to create? New Jersey needs a plan.

With one of the most expansive public work forces in the nation, thesize of New Jersey government and bureaucracy has exploded out ofcontrol. Surely, unnecessary jobs must be cut and unqualified workersmust be fired, but these are jobs that many people rely on for theirlivelihood. One can argue that some of these jobs should have neverbeen created in the first place, but that time has come and passed. Nowmore than 460,000 New Jersey citizens depend on government jobs astheir basic form of income. How will the future governor cut workersthat are not producing, while keeping those workers that are? Willbroad department be cut at the throat, or will systematic layoffs beimplemented from the Statehouse down? New Jersey needs a plan.

Lastly, and perhaps the stance that propelled the Republican into theStatehouse for the first time in 12 years, is his pledge to lower taxes — allof them. In theory, the mantra of lowering taxes has resonated time andtime again. From presidential campaigns, to local freeholder positions.Obama simply laid out that he would tax the wealthy in order to cut taxesfor the middle class. Whether or not his idea is feasible, at least he had aplan. Christie now must come through with his promise to lower taxes,be it property, income or sales taxes. However, he must also grapple witha $31 billion debt, a debt that will continue to climb unless spending is cut.Christie is now in a predicament that will put him at odds with both cut-ting taxes and lowering the state debt. The only way to pay off debt is withrevenue, and the only way the government can make revenue is by tax-ing its citizens and corporations. We all know that Christie wants to cattaxes, but how will the new governor-elect cut taxes, and whose taxes willhe cut? Christie, New Jersey needs a plan, and we need one now.

“It’s kind of like if you went over to England and drove a manual transmission.”

Art Forst, sophomore left guard, on his experience moving to left guard on the football team

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being extremely lopsidedin key games.”

typically range from 9 to 12miles per hour annually, accord-ing to the profile for the city. Inturn, like most of New Jersey,New Brunswick has a Class 2wind power rating on a scale of 1to 7, with 1 being low wind and 7being high wind, according tothe American Wind EnergyAssociation. Though this classi-fication seems discouraging, theconcept behind the sustainabili-ty movement is that a lot of little changes can make a big dif-ference. In other words, somerenewable energy is better than none.

So how can the developedUniversity campuses tap intowind energy without a lot of freespace for turbine installation?There are actually two ways. Thefirst option is the strategic place-ment of pole-mounted small windturbines around campuses.Though they do require space fortethering the poles, these tur-bines do not require the largeamount of free space required foran offshore utility grade wind tur-bine. Companies like AbundantRenewable Energy, Aerostar andBergey Windpower Companyproduce models ranging 2.5 to 10kilowatt rated capacity, capable ofproducing up to 19 megawatthours annually, which is almost

enough to power two typicalAmerican households.

The second option is the useof building-mounted wind tur-bines, such as the SWIFT modelby Cascade Engineering or theAVX1000 model byAeroVironment, Inc. Thoughthese turbines have a lower ratedcapacity, 1 kW, they are lessexpensive per unit, allowing aninterested party to purchase a

row of turbines that can not onlygenerate energy but also serve todecorate a building and proclaim,“This building is part of an insti-tution that believes in sustainableliving!” These turbines aredesigned to produce 1000-2000kWh annually, so a panel of 10 tur-bines could produce as much as a10 kW small wind turbine.

In addition to the energy ben-efits they provide, wind turbinesare also an upfront display of sus-tainability for visitors to the

University. So where might itbenefit the most from this com-bination of energy and publicity?In other words, where do we getthe most visitors on a regularbasis? The football stadium!Freshly revamped, the newestsection of the stadium has plentyof clearance over the low-lyingJohnson Park. With daily RiverRoad traffic, increased on six orseven days a year by the footballtraffic, the wind potential fromthe river and the road is higherthan many places in theUniversity. Furthermore, cananyone say nationally televisedalternative energy? It could onlybe an asset to the University tohave its sustainability policybroadcast nationwide. TheGreen Purchasing departmentdeserves kudos for its innovativebusiness deals, and what a wayto give it to them!

So where would the electricitygo from this latest constructionendeavor at the stadium? Itshould be well understood thatthese turbines, unlike offshoreturbines, are not meant for large-scale energy production. But howabout powering the scoreboard?Or the stadium lights? Thisseems like a reasonable task.

Still, how would this projectget around the negativity that has

surrounded construction on thestadium for years? The answer isto “play ball” with the wind tur-bine company, exchanging a dis-count on the turbine for somegreat publicity during footballseason. Even a 15 second clip dur-ing the commercial breaks wouldbe much more TV time than mostwind turbine companies haveever seen. New Jersey also offersrebates on wind turbines basedon their kilowatts per hour rating.In the end, the turbine will costquite a bit less than it seems.

Thus, the University has achance to join the ranks of 42other universities and collegesnationwide in generating energyfrom local wind. TheUniversities of Montana andVermont are two other state uni-versities that have invested insmall wind power, each with itsown 10 kW turbine on campus.With the University joining thisgroup of wind-equipped universi-ties, hopefully other large uni-versities might pick up on thebenefits — on national TV noless! — and start to tap into thewind as well. In short, windenergy at Rutgers Stadium is a“wind-win” situation!

Nicholas Sawyer is a Cook Collegesenior majoring in biochemistry.

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Wind energy important to campuses going green

T he University is one ofthe nation’s leaders inpromoting “green”

behavior on campus. Currentcampus initiatives include partici-pation — and excellence — in thenationwide RecycleMania con-test, investment in the CollegeAvenue greening project andinnovative “green” businessstrategies used by the RutgersGreen Purchasing Department.Through all of these initiatives,the University strives to becomea sustainable university that cancontinue to stand proud on theRaritan’s banks as it has for 243years. The next step toward sus-tainability at the Universityshould involve harnessing thewinds of change — quite literally.

Wind energy is an underex-ploited resource in almost everypart of the nation and the world.A simple phenomenon createdby temperature gradients in theair, wind represents kineticenergy that can be converted,via a wind turbine, into electricalenergy for powering homes,businesses, classrooms and any-thing else that uses electricity.In New Brunswick, wind speeds

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take it to the next level,” the RedBank, N.J., native said. “My maingoal is to get on the podium andto be a scholastic All-Americanfor Rutgers. Right now, it’s allabout getting on the podium andmaking a name for myself, andthat’s what keeps me going. Thisis the year.”

Fast forward to the present.Brown is the No. 19 nationally-ranked wrestler in the 197-poundweight class and third in theEastern IntercollegiateWrestling Association behindCam Simaz of Cornell andRichard Starks from Army.

“I couldn’t begin to tell youwhere he was three years ago towhere he is today,” said headcoach Scott Goodale. “It is likenight and day. He should have agood year.”

Two years ago, as a junior,Brown represented the ScarletKnights in the 2007-08 NCAATournament.

After dropping his openinground match, he moved to theconsolation bracket where hedefeated Jacob Bryce of NorthDakota State 11-5. In the nextround, Brown squared of fagainst Oregon State’s KyleBressler. The Red BankRegional alum found himself onthe wrong side of a 4-2 deci-sion, thus ending his tourna-ment run.

Heading into the 2008-09 off-season, Brown and the coachingstaff went back to look at eachtournament match and see whatareas needed improvement.

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Ffith-year senior Lamar Brown, top, is the 19th-ranked wrestler in the 197-pound weight classand is rated third in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association.

“We found that the main dif-ference between me and thewrestlers that placed was experi-ence,” Brown said. “I had onlywrestled two years in high schooland then I came right here into a

Division I program. It wasn’t ahuge difference but it was themain reason why we decided thatI should redshirt.”

For Brown, this meant thatafter a year he made the NCAA

Tournament, he would sit outall of the regular season match-es the following season to pre-serve his last year of eligibilityin order to become strongerand faster.

“It killed me last year when Iwas sitting on the bench redshirt-ing while watching everyone elsewrestle,” he said. “A lot of times itcame down to my weight classand I wanted to be in there.”

During his redshirt season,Brown worked hard on all facets ofhis game and was named a freestyleAll-American over the summer.

Now in his final season at RU,Brown was back in action for theKnights this past Monday whenhe faced off against freshmanSam Kuntz at the team’s annualWrestle-Offs.

Brown handily won the deci-sion, 10-3.

“He went out and did exactlywhat we asked him to do, andthat was to score points,”Goodale said. “He looked reallyfast and he looked good gettingdown to weight for the first timeso we are excited about that. Themain thing is that he has to con-tinue to score points.”

Brown was happy to be backin front of a crowd.

“I love performing here infront of the crowd, and that’swhat the crowd comes to see, aperformance,” Brown said of hisfirst match back. “I tried not to letthem down too much.”

With the regular season justaround the corner, Brown is pre-pared for his final season in redand black.

“I’m just going to wrestle. Inever look into stats or what myopponent has done,” he said.“It’s a long season, and you[have] to stay motivated andwork through it.”

Brown said getting to thepodium is going to take hardwork and dedication — two of hisstronger characteristics.

“I’m a fighter,” he said.

ter only further complicated things.More of a scoring-style comboguard, Coburn was the heir appar-ent to Farmer’s position as the pri-mary ball handler in the backcourt.

“I knew that nothing was goingto be given to me and I wouldhave to work for everything I got,so no, I didn’t expect to be thestarting point guard right away,”Beatty said. “I knew I had to earnit. But I wouldn’t really say it’s likea competition because at the endof the day we’re playing for thesame team. I would say it’s justmaking each other better.”

Perhaps the final missingpiece to the Knights’ puzzle,Beatty joins a hungry group ofplayers that is eager to take RUout of the conference cellar. Histalkative style and on-court lead-ership fits well into a young team

that is growingby the day.

“He’s in a sim-ilar situation tomyself,” said jun-ior forwardJ o n a t h a nMitchell, who iseligible this sea-son after sittingout under NCAAtransfer regula-tions. “We havetwo years left ofeligibility and wewant to win. His

competitive fire fuels us everyday in practice, and hopefully itcan trickle over into the game.”

Beatty already has a date cir-cled on the Knights’ calendar.

“Going back to North Carolina,my hometown, I’m definitely look-ing forward to that game and play-ing against those guys,” he said.“That’s where I grew up, watchingACC basketball. So that’s going tobe a challenge for me.”

Before Beatty and the rest ofthe Scarlet Knights can lookahead, Nov. 14 remains the focus.RU’s season opener, at homeagainst Marist, gives the team aglimpse of where it stands talent-wise and just how effective thenewly-implemented up-tempostyle can be.

“J.B. is a run-and-gun pointguard,” Mitchell said. “He lovesto make the extra pass. I thinkour team is going to excel inthat situation.”

Junior James Beatty, right, is competing with Mike Coburn forthe starting point guard spot after transferring from Miami-Dade.

needed to first find a viablepoint guard.

Hill recruited the pieces torun the floor and excel in theopen court over the previous twoseasons. Now it was just a matterof finding the point guard thatcan run the offense.

“James brings the naturalability of a pass-first point guard,someone who really sees thefloor and understands the game,a guy that really has a great feelfor the game,” the fifth-yearhead coach said. “[He’s] a littlebit of a better shooter than Ianticipated [and] he can knockdown openshots. He’s goodoff the dribbleand of f ballscreens, whichis something wedo a lot of. Hemakes everyoneon the floor bet-ter.”

C o l l e g eHoops Updateranked Beatty asthe top pointguard availableafter spendingtwo years at Miami-Dade JuniorCollege, which was ranked ashigh as third in the nation last sea-son. The Wilmington, N.C. nativewas enticed by the opportunity tocome to the Banks and competefor the starting spot right away.

“Certain schools already hadestablished point guards at thetop level, some even in this con-ference, but I saw an immediateopening at Rutgers because of thegraduation of Anthony Farmer,”Beatty said. “So that kind ofbrought me along to Rutgers.”

Powerhouse programs —including Kentucky and a majorityof the Big East schools — camecalling and Beatty, who said hewanted to go to a Division I schoolright away had he been able toqualify academically, took untilJuly to make his final decision.

The process was not easy, andthat fellow junior and establishedguard Mike Coburn was on the ros-

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“[Beatty’s] competitivefire fuels us every

day in practice, and hopefully it can

trickle over into the game.”

JONATHAN MITCHELLJunior Forward

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Syracuse wideout quits, Cincy jumps to No. 4 in AP pollBY BILL DOMKE

CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers football teamhas one less deep threat to

w o r r yabout inthe BigEast.

M i k eWilliams,

Syracuse’s star wide receiver, hasquit the team, Orange head coachDoug Marrone said in a Mondaypress conference.

Williams left voluntarily, andMarrone would not elaborate onwhy the junior walked away fromthe team.

One of the Orange’s greatestweapons, Williams had 746yards on 49 receptions this sea-son for six touchdowns and isranked first in the Big East inreceptions per contest andreceiving yardage.

In his three seasons atSyracuse, Williams racked up133 receptions for 2,044 yardsand 20 touchdowns.

SYRACUSE NEEDS TO FIND Away to adjust without Williams onSaturday when the team takes onNo. 13 Pittsburgh.

The Orange (3-5, 0-3) comesinto the game after a 28-7 lossagainst No. 5 Cincinnati.

Pittsburgh enters Saturday onan impressive hot streak — its 7-1 record is its best since 1982,when Dan Marino led the team.

Despite the recent dominance,the Panthers only hold a slim 31-30-3 lead in the all-time seriesagainst Syracuse.

AFTER SOUTH FLORIDA FELLto Cincinnati earlier this seasonand then lost the followingweekend against Pitt, a shakyBulls squad was hard-pressed to

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find a solution to their mid-sea-son crisis.

The question was promptlyanswered by quarterback B.J.Daniels, who guided the Bulls (6-2, 2-2) to a 30-19 upending of then-No. 21 West Virginia (6-2, 2-1).

Daniels went 13-for-26 in pass-ing on the night for 232 yards andthree touchdowns, but he didn’tstop there. Combine that with 104yards on the ground and Daniels’336 yards of offense outgained theMountaineers entire team, whichwas only able to pick up 323.

Running back Noel Devinewas unable to do anything on theground against a solid Bullsdefense, picking up 42 yards on10 carries. The usually impres-sive Mountaineer running gamewas held to 118 yards, as opposedto their usual 191.7 per game.

CINCINNATI PROVED ITdoesn’t need Tony Pike to wingames again this week whenbackup quarterback ZachCollaros entered Saturday’s gameagainst Syracuse and tossed fourtouchdowns in a 28-7 victory.

The win marks Cincinnati’s14th straight regular-season vic-tory and eighth straight road win.

Collaros found wideout ArmonBinns five times during the game— Binns ended with 138 yardsand two touchdowns on the day.

The passing game wasnonexistant for Syracuse, asGreg Paulus and Ryan Nassibcombined for 182 yards on 19-for-27 passing for a touchdownand an interception.

The Bearcats (8-0, 4-0) remainone of seven unbeaten teams inthe nation.

THERE WAS SIMPLY some-thing that worked when fresh-man Will Stein took the reignsof the passing attack forLouisville for the first time.Stein threw for 232 yards and an

interception and the Cards wereable to hold off Arkansas Statefor a 21-13 victory.

The victor y improvesLouisville to 3-1 at home this season.

Sophomore goalkeeper Alex Morgans stopped four shots in the Rutgers men’s soccer team’s 2-0victory over West Virginia last night in the opening round of the Big East Tournament.

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THE DAILY TARGUM’S

Targum correspondent Kevin O’Rourke chatswith the first-year men’s golf coach about theinaugural Big East Match Play event, making

improvements for the spring season and learning from his young team ...

Kevin O’Rourke: What was your reaction to the team’s

performance at the inaugural Big East Match Play

event?

Jason Bataille: It was very good. The first match kind

of made most of the week work. Marquette, they are

the Big East champions from two years ago. To beat

them was a big win for us. Like in any golf event, you

have to go out there and take 70-plus strokes on the

course, so anything can happen. I don’t think the loss

to South Florida was as big a deal as the win over Mar-

quette. I think that was really the highlight of the week

and it showed the rest of the Big East how competitive

we can be.

KO: What was the reaction to playing a match play for-

mat rather than the usual stroke play style?

JB: It brought a whole aspect to college golf that we

never experienced and it makes tournaments more team

oriented. If I was asked my opinion, I would say that the

more match play events they could bring to college

golf, the more popular college golf will get.

KO: What is the biggest positive from the fall season

that the team can take into the spring?

JB: Our scoring average is lower than it was last year

and I think just working on the small things and seeing

how much that helps our score. Sometimes you go

along in a season and you don’t pay attention to [little

things] … but I think now the attention to detail in their

games and the approach to tournaments is helping the

team overall.

KO: What aspect does the whole team need to improve

upon moving toward the spring?

JB: I think it’s course management, and I think that’s my

job — to make sure that we can continue to improve

that. You can always learn something as far as course

management goes, and I think that we definitely have a

lot to learn.

KO: What was your experience like for your first semes-

ter as coach after playing for four years and graduating

from Rutgers in 2006?

JB: I was excited and had high expectations coming in,

and I’m definitely leaving this first half of the season

even more excited going towards the future. I think my

expectations are just getting more and more, and I think

the limits we can push the program keep increasing.

KO: Were there any challenges or surprises that you

didn’t anticipate?

JB: I think the advantage that I had was that all the chal-

lenges I faced I was already prepared for because I’ve

been part of the program. I knew what the routine was. I

knew what to expect. I knew the kids already because I

had worked with them and I work very closely with

[women’s head coach Maura] Ballard, who’s been run-

ning the team for 19 years now. So there weren’t really

any surprises. The only surprise was maybe how much

more I enjoyed it than even I thought I was going to.

KO: Did you learn anything from the players them-

selves?

JB: I think every day at practice is a learning experi-

ence. I learned better ways to coach them and better

ways to help them relate to what I’m saying. Obviously

each kid is different, so as the season progresses I

learn more and more about each one of the kids.

said. “We were unlucky to have agood goal disallowed and thatalways made for a dodger finish,because a third goal certainlywould have put the game away.”

The victory could prove vitalin RU’s push for an NCAATournament berth. A loss at

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WVU would have, in all likeli-hood, eliminated the Knights (9-9-0) from contention.

“I think our guys had a sensethat they had to win this game,”Reasso said. “We were really dis-appointed by that loss againstVillanova because it was a gamethey had to win and they outplayedus. You know, they went out andlost 5-0 [in their next game] thengot eliminated [from the Big EastTournament last night] so that’sthe way soccer is sometimes.”

The Knights now get achance to pad their résumé witha trip to Queens Saturday nightfor a date with archrival St.John’s. The Red Storm beat RUOct. 7, 2-0.

Reasso said that another per-formance like last night’s sendshis team back to Morgantown forthe Big East semifinals.

“We were determined [lastnight],” Reasso said. “Those arethe type of performances youneed in tourney play.”

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Robert Dainotto, Duke University

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TRADIMENTO/BETRAYALTRADIMENTO/BETRAYALNovember 6-7, 2009

The Rutgers University Italian Graduate Society presents its biennial conference

The Eagleton Institute of Politics

BY TYLER DONOHUESTAFF WRITER

Max Borghard says Rutgerscrew is in his blood. Just as he did,both his father and brother rowed on

the RaritanRiver when

they were Scarlet Knights. Now, more than two decades

removed from his collegiate crewcareer, Borghard is in his 15thyear as head coach of the Rutgerscrew team.

Hired in 1995, Borghard hasbeen at the helm for many of theKnights’ landmark moments.

RU qualified for the inauguralwomen’s crew NCAAChampionships in 1997. Theteam was one of just eight teamsin the nation to earn a full-teambid to the event.

The Knights have made it backto the NCAA Championships twoadditional times — 1998 and 2001 — while winning a total of 26Big East medals duringBorghard’s tenure.

“It’s special to be able to comeback to Rutgers, especiallybecause the school’s crew pro-gram has played a big part in myfamily,” Borghard said. “It’s beenan honor so far.”

Borghard, who received hisbachelor’s degree from RU inmechanical engineering in 1987,was an accomplished rower for

the Knights as a student. He wasselected to two consecutive U.S.National Teams in 1986 and 1987.

Prior to his return to Rutgers,Borghard coached at Dartmouthfor six seasons. Additionally, heled the junior men’s double teamto a gold medal at the 1991 U.S.Olympic Festival in Los Angeles.

When women’s crew becamea scholarship varsity sport in theearly portion of his coachingtenure, Borghard’s experienceserved him well as he built up theprogram at RU.

“Keeping the team sharp men-tally, in terms of communicatingwith teammates and coaches, isimportant,” Borghard said. “I’vealways tried to keep the teamfocused on the day-to-day processrather than worry about the even-tual outcomes.”

The Knights have just onemore race remaining on the 2009slate, as the fall regattas come toan end with the Foot of CharlesNov. 14 in Boston.

Borghard said the race isanother chance for his team toget better and more prepared forthe lengthy spring season, whichstarts up in late-March.

“We’re continuing to makeprogress, and it’s translating onrace day,” Borghard said. “Wealways strive to improve eachday, and I think this team is up tothe challenge.”

Head man Borghardsteers Knights onward

CREW

BY SAM HELLMANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

For sophomore Art Forst,moving to left guard is likelearning to drive in England. It’sthe same fundamentals, just thewrong side of the road.

Forst played right guard sincehe became a starter last season,but shifted to the left midwaythrough the season to makeroom for sophomore DesmondWynn on the right side.

“If you were to move fromright guard to left tackle, it wouldbe a big adjustment,” Forst said.“Guard to tackle, without adoubt, is tougher than right toleft. Going from the right side toa different position on the leftside, that’s where it really getstricky because you’re changingyour stagger and everything, notjust what hand is down.”

Moving from guard to tackle,which Forst may eventuallyhave to do given his size andexperience, is significantlytougher, he said.

“It’s kind of like if you wentover to England and drove amanual transmission,” Forstsaid. “If you drove auto, it wouldtake you a little bit to learn, butif you already knew manual, it’sjust a little different.”

With all of the attention onSouth Florida star defensive endGeorge Selvie’s matchupThursday with junior left tackleAnthony Davis, Forst said that thetalent of the team’s defensive tack-les tends to get lost in the shuffle.

“The inside guys are verygood too, though,” he said.“They’re the same guys fromlast year and they’re just good,athletic, strong.”

THOUGH REDSHIRT fresh-man Khaseem Greene and sen-ior Zaire Kitchen went down

FOOTBALL PRACTICE NOTEBOOK

FORST: SWITCHING TO LEFT GUARD LIKE DRIVING ACROSS POND

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After playing most of his first season and a half on the Banks at right guard, sophomore Art Forst (77) switched to the left sideto make room for converted defensive lineman Desmond Wynn. Forst has four starts at left guard this season.

with injuries during the 28-24 winover Connecticut, head coachGreg Schiano expects bothsafeties to be good to go by kick-off against USF.

Greene practiced in full yes-terday, but Kitchen did not prac-tice in order to rest him during

the bye week.“Kitchen is going to be alright,

we’ll see,” Schiano said. “We gavehim a rest; he needs the byeweek anyway with his knees.”

TRUE FRESHMAN LOGANRyan, the top cornerback recruit

in New Jersey on Rivals.com,played the role of USF quarter-back B.J. Daniels on the scoutteam yesterday at practice.

Ryan, who is redshirting thisseason pending any unforeseencircumstances, played both defen-sive back and quarterback at

Eastern High School in Berlin, N.J.

SOPHOMORE LINEBACKERMarvin Booker went down dur-ing practice with an unknowninjury. Schiano said he wouldknow more after practice whenhe spoke to the trainers.

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J ust three weeks aftercommitting to theRutgers football team for

next season’s incoming fresh-man class, East StroudsburgHigh School, Pa., linebackerSam Bergen tore his ACL in a game.

Bergen tore his ACL as ajunior as well and did not haveany other Division I scholar-ship offers because of it.

The 6-foot, 215-pound mid-dle linebacker is not rated onRivals.com.

RUTGERS FOOTBALLHEAD coach Greg Schianosaid yesterday at practicethat the new recruitinglounge, to be erected in themiddle of the student sectionat Rutgers Stadium, is still onschedule as far as he knows.

The recruiting loungeshould be up and running byDec. 5 when West Virginiacomes to town to close out theregular season.

HAMADY N’DIAYE WASnamed one of 30 men’s candi-dates for the 2009-10 Lowe’sSenior Class Award. In orderto be eligible for such anaward, a student-athletemust be classified as aDivision I senior and havenotable achievements in thefour C’s of excellence —classroom, character, com-munity and competition.

THE 1-0, 86TH MINUTEloss to West Virginia in thequarterfinals of the Big EastTournament Sunday knockedthe Rutgers women’s soccerteam down to 12th in thenational polls.

Prior to the loss, the ScarletKnights were No. 9 in thecountry — the highest ratingin school history.

SENIOR RUTGERS swim-mer Shayna Longacre won thewomen’s swimming and divingBig East Athlete of the Weekaward after placing first inthree individual events lastweekend in a meet withConnecticut and Villanova.

FOR THE FIRST TIMEsince a loss to the HarlemGlobetrotters, the SyracuseOrange’s men’s basketballteam lost in an exhibition toDivision II Le Moyne.

No. 25 Syracuse lost 82-79when Le Moyne’s ChristianJohnson scored 17 points in thesecond half, including a game-winning three-pointer with 8.3seconds left in the game.

LOS ANGELES DODGERSpitcher Vicente Padilla may nothave pulled a Plaxico Burress,but it’s safe to say that he didnot enjoy Tuesday night.

Padilla accidentally shothimself in the leg while hunt-ing in his native Nicaragua.

Adam Katz, his agent, saidto The Los Angeles Times thatPadilla spent less than an hourin the hospital before beingreleased and that he’s “fine.”

BY CHRIS MELCHIORRECORRESPONDENT

It has been a season ofbizarre, unpredictable ups and

downs fort h e

Rutgers women’s soccer team.Through it all, the Scarlet

Knights find themselves in theexact same position they were inat this time last year.

Just like Sunday’s 1-0 loss toWest Virginia, a hobbled RU suf-fered a major upset in the quar-terfinal round of the 2008 BigEast Tournament.

As hard as last year’s loss was,the players and coaching staff wereadamant about the importance ofhaving time off to recover beforethe start of the NCAA Tournament.

Those feelings turned out tobe prophetic when the Knightslanded in last year’s Sweet 16.This week, RU is echoing thosesentiments from a year ago.

“We would love to be playingfor the Big East Championship,but with how many people we’vebeen playing with this rest is wellneeded,” said redshirt freshmanforward April Price. “Part of thereason we did so well last year isbecause we had that time torecover. It really is important.”

Last year’s team entered thetournament with barley enoughhealthy players to field a team,but, thanks largely to having twoweeks off before the NCAATournament, the Knights had thestamina to top Penn State in adouble overtime first roundmatch and a second round matchagainst Oklahoma State that wentinto penalty kicks.

Repeat story: Week off before NCAAs

Saxton thrilled to be part of rebuilding processBY BILL DOMKE

CORRESPONDENT

One player in particular —like always — is expected todeliver as the Rutgers volleyball

t e a mheads into

its final weekend of conferenceplay at home.

Junior outside hitter CaitlinSaxton has been the ScarletKnights’ ace in the hole thisseason in almost all aspects ofthe game.

Not only does she lead theteam in kills with 319, but she istied for the lead in service aceswith 20 and ranks second undersenior libero Jamie Godfrey fordigs with 228 on the season.

“Her openness to try and dothings and getting outside hercomfort zone … helped hersuccess this year,” said headcoach CJ Werneke, whose teamgoes for its 10th win of the sea-son this weekend. “Havingsome failures before she hadsuccesses and understandingthat that’s OK [was importantfor her progress].”

The Encinitas, Calif., native’scontributions to the team wererecognized this week when shewas named to the Big East’sWeekly Honor Roll after puttingup strong performances againstDePaul and Notre Dame.Saxton was the second memberof the team to receive the honorthis season.

“I was really proud of myself,but also of my team because Iguess when you think back tolast year, we never had a chanceto have anyone named to the BigEast Honor Roll,” Saxton said.“So for me to be the second play-er named, it’s exciting for the

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Junior Caitlin Saxton leads the team in kills with 319 on the year.She is 90 kills away from the top 10 list for kills in a single season.

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Redshirt sophomore Tricia DiPaolo is coming off a season of wear-and-tear on her surgically-repaired right

knee and suffered a setback against West Virginia, but said she will be ready for the NCAA Tournament.

Like Price, redshirt sopho-more Tricia DiPaolo comes off aseason of wear and tear on a sur-gically repaired knee.

DiPaolo suffered a setbackagainst West Virginia when she col-lided with an opposing player, aggra-vating her injury. While DiPaolosaid the collision set her back, shesaid that she’ll definitely be readyfor the NCAA Tournament and thatthe time off beforehand has alreadybeen beneficial.

“I think a lot of us are reallytired right now,” DiPaolo said.

“Our bodies are sore, it’s been atough year, but we had two daysoff of practice and that was good.We’re getting back into it [today]and we’ll be ready for the NCAATournament.”

Of course, the Knights haveto get into the NCAATournament first.

But the NCAA releases itsbrackets Monday night, and allindications are that the Knightsare a lock for an at-large bid.

“Our expectations are thatthey’re going to have a tough time

keeping us out,” said Rutgershead coach Glenn Crooks.

The Knights not only expect tobe in the tournament, but the teamfully expects to be home for the firsttwo rounds — just like last year.

“As far as the home game, justwith the way the regional struc-ture is set up I think we have agood shot,” Crooks said. “If wedon’t get one, it would be disap-pointing. But I trust the selectioncommittee and their process so Iwouldn’t argue with it. But beingat home would be nice.”

whole team and it just shows howfar we’ve come.”

Saying that Saxtonimproved since last year wouldbe an understatement.

In her first year on the Banksafter transferring fromCalifornia Santa Barbara, Saxtonmade an impact on the team,notching 209 kills.

She saw the transfer to RU as anopportunity to help make some-thing from the rebuilding program.

“I just wanted to keep playingvolleyball and it was also a chancefor me to come into a programthat wasn’t already established,”Saxton said. “It was more of a

rebuilding process, and I wantedto be apart of that because I thinkthat anyone can go into a goodprogram and be good and keepthat program going, but it takesanother type of person to go intoa program that hasn’t been estab-lished yet and really make some-thing of it.”

Seeing the sophomore’sprowess at the game, then-first-year coach Werneke and staffbegan to focus on Saxton’s game-play, looking to turn her into atrue weapon.

“[We would talk about] heroffensive game, how to hit differ-ent shots, deal with different sets,

move the ball around and keep thedefense on its toes,” Werneke said.

Then, after just one seasonwith the Knights, her teammatesvoted her and Godfrey team co-captains for the 2009 season.

To have earned the entireteam’s trust like that in one yearwas no small feat, Werneke said.

“She was voted team captainby her teammates,” Wernekesaid. “There’s no better accept-ance than that. They’veembraced her not only as a play-er but as a person, and that’sbeen one of the good steppingstones for our program.”

That very same team captainnow has 319 kills, eclipsing lastyear’s mark by 110, and is just 90shy of cracking RU’s all-time top-10 for kills in a season.

While cracking that list maynot happen this year with fourgames left to play, Wernekebelieves that Saxton has potentialto be something truly great.

“Anything’s possible,”Werneke said. “I wouldn’t ruleanything out. If she continues [towork on] some of the things wethink she can improve on, shewill improve. Hopefully we [canbe] a little better along the boardand not rely on her so much, sohopefully we can spread ouroffense a little more, but thenthat can only improve her suc-cess rate.”

For the rest of the season,Saxton simply looks to exert thesame, if not more effort into herwork, now that she has a Big EastHonor Roll mention under her belt.

“I try the hardest to be thebest I can, so it’s nice to havesome recognition,” Saxtonsaid. “But I’m doing better thisseason because of our teamdoing better.”

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CLIMBING THE MOUNTAINRutgers shuts out West Virginiain Big East Tournament opener

BY KYLE FRANKOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

It was a dream start that nobody on theRutgers men’s soccer team could have drawnup better.

Ibrahim Kamara scored five minutes intothe game, givingthe Scarlet Knightsa lead they neverrelinquished in a 2-0victory over WestVirginia last night

at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in the openinground of the Big East Tournament.

“The guys were great tonight,” saidRutgers head coach Bob Reasso. “[WestVirginia] didn’t have very much of the ball inthe first half and we were very good at keep-ing the ball in the first half, and I thought wetotally controlled the pace and tempo.”

Kamara slipped behind the Mountaineerback line before maneuvering around goal-keeper Zach Johnson for his team-leadingseventh goal of the season.

“[Kamara’s] been great all year for us,”Reasso said. “He came in a little bit out of shapelast year and didn’t do what we wanted him to,but he got himself in shape prior to this season.He holds the ball as well as any forward in thecountry and that’s his fourth game-winner ofthe year. He’s been exceptional.”

Freshman Dan Parr doubled RU’s advan-tage in the 32nd minute when he headedhome a corner from sophomore RobbieMcLarney. It was the midfelder’s second goalin as many games.

Reasso said the second goal brought outthe desperation in West Virginia (7-5-6). TheMountaineers pushed forward two goalsbehind, and despite outshooting RU 18-12,they could not breach the goal of sophomoreAlex Morgans.

The George Mason transfer finished withfour saves.

“I thought we played well in the secondhalf and their stats were a bit inflated,” Reasso

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Beatty bringsup-tempo styleto new-look O

BY MATTHEW STEINSPORTS EDITOR

It is really hard to transition to an up-tempo offense without a point guard that caneffectively run it.

The Rutgers men’s basketball team raninto that problem lastyear. Without a true

pass-first, open-floor point guard — AnthonyFarmer was better suited for the halfcourtset — the Scarlet Knights flounderedbetween halfcourt ball screens and sloppytransition play that often led to turnovers.

Enter James Beatty.“We want to push the ball and push the

tempo,” the junior point guard said. “We wantto play fast and that’s how I like to play. I liketo play up-tempo style in the open court,being able to use all my abilities. I think it’sgoing to benefit my game a lot.”

To run the Knights to the style he real-ly wants to — often referring to his visionas that of a North Carolina-style offense —RU head coach Fred Hill Jr. admittedly

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Ranked Brown back in circle after redshirtBY ALEX JANKOWSKI

STAFF WRITER

Poised to make a return to theNCAA Tournament, fifth-year sen-ior Lamar Brown wants to fulfill his

dream ofr e a c h i n g

the podium to put Rutgerswrestling in the national spotlight.

But even if he falls short of thisaccolade, Brown is still a poster childfor hard work and determination.

Brown sustained injuries in ahorrific car accident that tookplace between his freshman andsophomore years of high school,including a broken collarbone,two torn vertebrate retinas — onein each eye — and a lateral menis-cus that tore twice before havingto be completely removed fromhis left knee.

These are injuries that wouldhave derailed anybody’s hope ofathletic stardom, but not Brown’s.

After numerous rehabilitationsBrown’s hard work culminated in afourth-place finish in the NJSIAAHigh School Championships in hissenior year.

“I love the sport of wrestlingand I know I have what it takes to

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After redshirting his senior year, 197 lbs. Lamar Brown, left, returns to the mat intending to go back tothe NCAA Tournament. Brown won the starting spot in his weight class during Monday’s Wrestle-Offs.

Sophomore forward Ibrahim Kamara opened the Scarlet Knights’ account with a fifth-minute goal last night against WestVirginia. Rutgers went on to defeat the Mountaineers 2-0 in the first round of the Big East Tournament.