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Dan Savage, an openly gay columnist, discusses his website, which features videos of members of the LGBT community

sharing their stories of bullying last night at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

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Some patients who qualify for medical marijuana disagree with theregulations because they feel it does not address their needs first.

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BY DEVIN SIKORSKIASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

TRENTON — Cancer patientsand medical marijuana advocatesin New Jersey held a demonstra-tion yesterday, asking Gov. ChrisChristie to repeal the recent reg-ulations attached to the drug.

Speaking on the steps of theNew Jersey State House, Sen.Nicolas Scutari, D-Union, said hewants to work with Christie’sadministration to make regula-tions that put the needs ofpatients first.

“I want to see us move for-ward with legislation in a rule-making process that is fair andaccessible to patients to allowthese very sick people to get themedicine that they need,” hesaid. “I hope the administrationrecognizes that these rules needto be amended.”

But Scutari said it would notwork if the administration contin-ues to treat marijuana as “aradioactive material.”

“Last time I checked, no onehas ever died from an overdose ofmarijuana,” he said. “We havemuch more difficult and muchmore strong medications avail-able right up the street at thelocal Walgreen’s.”

The demonstration also fea-tured representatives from med-ical marijuana advocacy groupsin the state. Anne Davis, execu-tive director for the NationalOrganization for the Reform ofMarijuana Laws in New Jersey,voiced support for Scutari’s effortto repeal the drafted regulations.

“The regulations have abuilt-in design for failure byimposing a 10 percent limit on

Savage relays LGBT survival storiesBY COLLEEN ROACHE

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Dan Savage may be battling theflu, but it did not take away fromhis fight against homophobia andthe right wing at last night’s“Rutgers Responds: An EveningWith Dan Savage and the ‘It GetsBetter’ Project.”

Savage, an openly gay columnistand founder of the “It Gets Better”project, spoke before an audience ofhundreds last night at the Universityin the Multipurpose Room of theRutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus.

Savage founded the YouTube-channel-turned-website with hispartner last month after the sui-cides of several teenagers, whodealt with harassment at school, inthe hopes of uplifting those whoare struggling.

“One of the things we thoughtabout when we put it together wasthat bullied queer kids know whatit is to be bullied,” he said. “Wedidn’t want to do a video wherewe recounted for 10 minutes whatour bullying experiences were. …We wanted to talk about our livesnow and how happy we are to bealive now.”

The site, which features testi-monies from lesbian, gay, bisexualand transgender adults and theirallies — including Bishop GeneRobinson, New York Gov. DavidPatterson and others — is dedicatedto young members of the LGBTcommunity. Its goal is to encouragethem to live with the belief that thebullying will one day stop.

Generally, not speaking out toyoung members of the LGBT com-munity was the norm, as doing sowould be seen by others as tryingto recruit — or as New York

U. competesto decreaseenerg y usage

BY NATALIE FLYNNCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Despite some initial confusion, a University-wide energy reduction competition is in full swing.

The “Campus versus Campus ElectricEnergy Reduction Campaign” is a competitiondesigned to reduce energy consumptionacross all five campuses, said ThomasPapathomas, the Busch campus dean. Thechallenge is for students, staf f and faculty to allbecome more conscientious of how they areusing energy.

Originally set for March, there was some mis-communication over when it was going to takeplace, Papathomas said.

But residents of all five New Brunswickcampuses have been made aware and shouldsee posters with the slogan, “Save a watt, savethe world.”

All five New Brunswick campuses are competing in a challenge to reduce the amount of energy consumedon campus. Between the University’s three campuses, it spends $60 million annually on consumption.

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Digital archive displays Holocaust testimoniesBY LUCIE LOZINSKI

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Captured on video, the voicesand stories of thousands ofHolocaust survivors are now acces-sible to the University community.

As one of only 25 schools inthe world to obtain the 52,000interviews, the visual archive isa rare education resource, saidDouglas Greenberg, formerexecutive director of the testi-mony-collecting project at theUniversity of SouthernCalifornia Shoah FoundationInstitute for Visual History andEducation, before coming toNew Brunswick.

“The purpose is actually toadvance the education of stu-dents,” said Greenberg, execu-tive dean of the School of Artsand Sciences.

The archive includes testi-monies from survivors and othereyewitnesses from 56 countriesand in 32 different languages,making it a rich educator in

history, language and Jewishstudies, said Karen Small, asso-ciate director of the Allen andJoan Bildner Center for theStudy of Jewish Life.

“The testimonies focus onexperiences related to theHolocaust as well as life beforeand after the war,” Small said.

It is one of largest databasesin the world, fully digitized andsearchable by keywords, she said.

“Any computer on theRutgers network can access thearchives, [whether in a] dormroom, classroom [or] library,”Greenberg said.

People can search thearchive for specific people, key-words or locations and then seea clip of video on that topic, saidRabbi Esther Reed, associatedirector for Jewish campus lifeat Rutgers Hillel.

“It might be in the middle ofan hour-long interview, but thesearch engine will bring you towithin a few minutes of the

keyword in their inter view,”Reed said.

While faculty and even localpublic school teachers have theopportunity to search the archiveand learn how to use it, thearchive’s primary purpose is tobenefit University students,Greenberg said.

“When I came to Rutgers asdean, one of the things I hoped todo was to bring the archiveshere,” he said.

Founded in 1994 to gather tes-timonies, the USC ShoahFoundation is a grant-funded proj-ect of Steven Spielberg’sRighteous Persons Foundation,which Spielberg started after hewas inspired from directing themovie “Schindler’s List.”

In addition to bringing thearchives, Greenberg also led aseminar to acquaint faculty with thetechnology. He plans to use them ina Byrne Family First-Year Seminarduring the spring semester.

The Bildner Center is also try-ing to make the archives more

convenient for the Universitycommunity, Small said.

“The Bildner Center is organiz-ing seminars, workshops and otherevents to bring the archive to theattention of Rutgers faculty, publicschool teachers and the broadercommunity to demonstrate itsvalue in teaching and research,” she said.

Rutgers Hillel, an organizationfor Jewish undergraduate andgraduate students at theUniversity, is also helping to pro-mote the archive’s importance,Reed said.

“Hillel’s mission is to createopportunities for all Jewish stu-dents on the NewBrunswick/Piscataway campus todeepen their connection to Jewishidentity and community,” she said.

Reed said the organization isthrilled with the accessible archive’scontent and remarkable technology.

Hillel has been sharing infor-mation about the archive withstudents, who are reactingenthusiastically, she said.

“One student was very excit-ed about it. She wants to watchthe interview of her grandmoth-er, and I explained to her how tosee it,” Reed said.

Jewish and non-Jewish stu-dents have the ability to learn agreat deal about the Holocaust through the testi-monies, she said.

“For some, it is personal —like seeing a video of yourgrandfather, or seeing a video ofsomeone who came from thesame small village as yourgrandmother,” Reed said. “Forothers, it is more academic —like learning about history, butfrom an interview with a realperson, rather than just readingabout it in a text.”

From the video clips she hasseen, Reed said they includehumor, songs and tears.

“It is incredibly moving andbeautiful, and anyone — Jewishor non-Jewish — who watchesthese video clips will be movedby them,” she said.

The Rutgers-Camden School of Law will host a confer-ence on Nov. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to discuss sur-rogate motherhood.

“Making Sense of Surrogacy” will feature two panel ses-sions of medical, legal and societal experts to focus on thechallenges of surrogacy, according to a University MediaRelations press release.

The New Jersey Supreme Court case dealing with “BabyM” became the center of debates concerning surrogatemotherhood in the United States, Kimberly Mutcherson, anassociate professor at the School of Law and expert onreproductive law and bioethics, said in the release.

“A cross-disciplinary discussion about surrogacy isdeeply needed at a time when cases involving surrogatemothers and intended parents wind their way throughcourts in New Jersey and the surrounding region with noclear template for how they should be decided,”Mutcherson said in the release.

The first panel of the conference will examine the“Interdisciplinary Perspectives on SurrogacyArrangements,” according to the release.

Margaret Marsh, executive dean of the Rutgers-CamdenFaculty of Arts and Sciences and a nationally acclaimedexpert on the history of reproduction, and Elly Teman, a

research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Centerfor the Integration of Genetic Healthcare Technologies, aretwo of many speakers on the first panel.

“Surrogacy Law and Ethics” is the second panel’s topic,according to the release. William Singer of Singer andFedun LLC and Tiffany Palmer of Jerner and Palmer PC,among others, will discuss the topic.

The Family Law Society, the Rutgers Journal of Law andPublic Policy, the Women’s Law Caucus, and Law Studentsfor Reproductive Justice at the School of Law will sponsorthe event.

— Reena Diamante

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gubernatorial candidate CarlPaladino said “brainwash” —the youth, he said. But newmedia has made reaching out tothose in need possible.

“In the YouTube era, I waswaiting for permission that Ino longer needed,” Savagesaid. “I could speak directly tothese kids.”

During the event, co-spon-sored by the Office of the VicePresident of Student Affairs andthe Center for Social JusticeEducation and LGBTCommunities, Savage showedvideo clips from the YouTubechannel, which ranged in con-tent from the funny to the emo-tional and even a bit racy — butthe message of hope was a com-mon theme.

“When a 13 or 14-year-oldqueer kid kills himself or herself,what they’re saying is they can’tpicture a future with enough joyin it to compensate for the painthey’re in now,” he said. “Wewanted to share our joy and notjust our pain.”

Often, he said, LGBT youthfeel they have nowhere to turn,as even those they trust mostmay turn against them, whichmakes their situations unique.

“Twenty-four-seven bullyingis not a new experience for queerkids,” he said. “The bullied queerkid at school also invariably goeshome to parents who also bullyhim, and then is dragged off tochurch on Sunday for bullyingfrom the pulpit.”

Such environments of intoler-ance are bred early on in thehome, he said.

“Their kids are watching momand dad as they vote against thecivil rights of gays and lesbians,”he said. “Their kids are listeningto this rhetoric about gays andlesbian people and bi and transpeople are a threat to the family, athreat to the institution of mar-riage, a threat to the planet.”

Growing up in such hostileenvironments leads the gay teensuicide rate to be four to six times

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higher than that of their straightcounterparts, he said.

“These kids, who are steepingin this anti-gay rhetoric and thisbigotry, feel they have license toabuse these queer childrenbecause of what their parents aredoing and what their preachersare saying,” he said. “We’ve seenthe fruits of the religious right’swar against the rights of adultgays and lesbians — dead chil-dren all over the country.”

To solve the problems andsave lives, Savage said the nationshould stop denying there is anissue and pass legislation thataddresses anti-gay bullying andincludes consequences.

“An 18-year-old high schoolsenior who walks into and beats alittle old lady goes to jail,” he said.

“That same 18-year-old highschool senior who goes into aschool and beats a 13-year-olddoesn’t even get suspended if that13-year-old is queer.”

Savage also encouraged vic-tims to speak out, not only toschool authorities, but also topolice, who can file reports.

“We’re not waiting for permis-sion anymore,” he said. “We’regoing over the heads of [thosein] authority.”

Still, there were those who didnot welcome Savage’s presenceon campus.

Social justice organizationQueering the Air in a statementcalled the selection of Savageas a speaker a “peculiar” one,as he has exhibited insensitivi-ty toward people of color,

women and transgender peo-ple, among others.

“‘It gets better’ is a seductivecatchphrase. [Those] who are out-side the charmed circle of hetero-sexuals and accepted gays and les-bians, desire social and economicjustice and not platitudes,” thestatement said. “We get betterthrough community building andpolitical action that benefits all. ‘It’doesn’t ‘get better’ without a fight.”

School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Tom Carr was familiarwith Savage’s work andexpressed criticism of his use ofthe world “faggot.”

“I don’t think anyone shouldthrow it around like that,” Carr said.

Although he also did notsupport Savage’s use of trans-phobic comments, Carr was

still interested in hearing him speak.

“I might not always agree, butI thought it would be a goodevent,” he said.

Jessica Rosney, a School ofArts and Sciences junior andmember of Queering the Air,wondered why the Universityused the money and effort itcould have used to addressLGBT concerns to bring Savageto campus.

“I don’t like Dan Savage,”she said. “I used to read hiscolumn and follow his podcast,and he said some pretty dismis-sive and of fensive thingstoward even members of theLGBT community and peoplewho are not thin or don’t have‘gym bodies.’”

The University may be thefirst college in the country tooffer this kind of program, whichexemplifies the goals of theschool as a whole, Ruben said.

“In graduate school, theyteach you a lot about your dis-cipline — if you’re a chemistyou learn chemistry, if you’re ageneticist you learn genetics,”Bennett said. “But in the realworld, a lot of what gets you ahead is not based on the discipline.”

Practicality was the mainfocus for the types of skillsthat would be emphasizedwithin PLDI. Time manage-ment, negotiation, writinggrant proposals and managingwork and home life are all theskills graduate students havebeen of fered in the program,she said.

“As important as the literalk n o w l e d g eobtained in class-es is, without thepractical knowl-edge to succeedin the workworld once we’regiven that diplo-ma, a lot of us[students] aregoing to fail,”said ThomasLeahy, a Schoolof Ar ts andSciences junior.

A similar 16-credit leadershipdevelopment certificate programis available to communicationstudents in the School ofCommunication and Information.Other departments at theUniversity also have programslike PLDI, Ruben said.

Programs similar to PLDIought to be available to studentsof all ages and academic levels,as these kinds of skills are essen-tial to success in any kind of dis-cipline, Bennett said.

Although the program isnow only available to a selectfew accepted into the program,Ruben hopes one day a moreexpansive one will be available.The goals for the program arelofty and ambitious despitebeing in its infantile years,Ruben said.

“We envision developing asummer roundtable inWashington, which will allowRutgers PLDI doctoral studentsto meet with higher educationassociation and legislative policyleaders,” Ruben said.

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Institute teaches jobskills for workplace

BY GLEN GABRIELSTAFF WRITER

Students may learn about arange of topics in class, but real-world skills that lead to successand advancement in the work-place often cannot be taught.

School of Communication andInformation Professor BrentRuben coordinated the Pre-Doctoral LeadershipDevelopment Institute, which hasworked to improve the set of skillsgraduate students take away fromtheir time at the University.

“I came to realize howimportant leadership and col-laborative skills are in so manyaspects of university life,”Ruben said of why he estab-lished the PLDI. “Like otherfaculty members, I have triedto learn what I’ve needed toknow on the job, but I also real-ized that this isprobably not thebest approach.”

Through theprogram, accept-ed graduate stu-dents will be ableto learn the lead-ership skills thatcan allow them tosucceed withintheir desiredfields, he said.

Now in its firstyear, the PLDIPlanning and Advisory boardchose the participating educa-tors based on recommenda-tions from deans, departmentchairs and graduate directors,Ruben said.

“We are hoping to bringexpertise from all over the cam-pus into one classroom wherethey put their minds togetherand create something amaz-ing,” said Joan Bennett, associ-ate vice president of PlantBiology and Pathology in theSchool of Environmental and Biological Sciences, fromwhich the program draws its instructors.

The program offers studentsopportunities they cannot receivein other schools, Ruben said.

“PLDI is unique because itbrings together doctoral studentsfrom across the University tostudy together. It also takes advan-tage of the many talented facultyand staff leaders here at Rutgers,and the many leadership-learningopportunities provided by our uni-versities,” he said.

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20 Elinor Ostrom, joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Economicsin 2009, will come to speak at 2:30 p.m. in Trayes Hall in theDouglass Campus Center. Philip J. Furmanski, executivevice president for Academic Affairs, will introduce her and areception will follow the talk, titled. “InstitutionalRobustness: How Institutional Arrangements Facilitate orDetract from Efforts to Sustain Ecological Systems.”Ostrom is Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Scienceand Professor at the School of Public and EnvironmentalAffairs at Indiana University. She has developed a frame-work for understanding complex socio-ecological systems inthe context of major environmental and political challenges.

This would only make termi-nally ill patients suffer whilewaiting for a source of legalmedicine that holds many bene-ficial elements for suchpatients, he said.

“Marijuana is a safe, effectiveand inexpensive therapeuticagent. It should be available toany patient who can benefit fromit,” Wolski said. “No patientshould ever suffer needlessly,and no patient should ever go toprison for following the advice ofa doctor.”

Two New Jerseyans whoqualify for medical marijuanaalso attended the demonstra-tion, providing testimony as towhy the drafted regulations areunfair and hurtful.

Jay Lassiter, a 38-year-oldfrom Cherry Hill, N.J., suf fersfrom HIV, which he contracted19 years ago. Lassiter openedhis statement by agreeing withChristie that government istoo big.

“I want the government outof my medicine cabinet. Thereis no room for Christie’s poli-tics to come between myselfand my doctor,” he said.“That’s why I am here today, toadvocate on behalf of patientswho suffer.”

Lassiter then proceeded tohold up four days of medicationhe is required to take for HIV,which he said amounted toalmost 40 pills.

“Every time I take thesemeds, I say two lit-tle prayers,” hesaid. “One, I thankGod that I’ve gotaccess to this andnumber two, I sayGod please letthese meds staydown.”

Lassiter saidhe is lucky tohave access tosuch medica-tions, sayingthere are many

people in the state who do nothave such access and are dying.He also said he does not needmuch marijuana to help buildhis appetite, which helps in sub-duing the HIV.

“So the idea that if I’m goingto maintain a really healthy fit-ness level and a robustappetite, these are actually crit-ical components of me stayingon top of this disease and keep-ing my immune system reallyhealthy,” he said.

Lassiter said those with termi-nal illnesses have to nourish theirbodies by consuming all the calo-ries they need.

But Lassiter said others needthe medical marijuana for manyother purposes, noting the limitof the THC and strains does nothelp their situation.

“This should have been ineffect long ago and every day thegovernor drags his feet for politi-cal purposes is a day that peoplein New Jersey continue to suffer,”he said. “So in the meantime,until Chris Christie can stopdragging his feet for purely parti-san political purposes, I’ll be acriminal once or twice a week.”

Lassiter added that Christie orthe DHSS wasn’t thinking ofpatients’ needs and rather heldhis political aspirations in higherregard.

“We’re sort of pawns while hispeople figure out whether hewants to run for president some-day,” he said. “If he’s got higherpolitical aspirations, and I believehe does, that means that thoseaspirations become a factor in hiscalculus and every policy deci-sion that he makes as it relates toNew Jersey.”

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THC and three strains of med-ical marijuana [per grower],”she said. “The low THC of 10percent with a two-ounce-per-month limit on the patientsmakes it useless for them.”

THC, tetrahydrocannabi-nol, is an active ingredient inmarijuana that causes itsef fect, with the body absorb-ing the chemical within min-utes after smoking.

Davis added the two-yearwaiting period for additionalqualifications to obtain medicalmarijuana is irrational and isnot the intent of the legislationwhen accommodating patients.

“It takes compassion out ofthe Compassionate Use[Medical Marijuana] Act. Thepatients, physicians and alter-native treatment center appli-cants have all expressed disap-pointment with the regula-tions,” she said.

In conversations with doctorsfrom New Jersey, Davis said it isclear the administration isattempting to create an unwork-able program for medical mari-juana, which will force patients tosuffer longer.

“Gov. Christie publiclyadmitted just days ago that hewould not sign the bill if itcrosses his deskwhile he was gov-ernor,” she said.“And I’m not con-vinced that Gov.Christie is notstrongly influ-encing thedesign for failurein this program.”

In order toprovide regula-tions fitting forthose patientswho are in needof medical marijuana, Davissuggested the Department ofHealth and Senior Ser vices,which drafted the legislationthat former Gov. Jon S. Corzinesigned in compliance with theCompassionate Use of MedicalMarijuana Act, take their inter-ests into account when creatingnew regulations.

“We want to see compassionin the patients’ rights be theforefront of this program, andthe regulations as drafted arenot in the line with the legisla-tive intent of this bill,” she said.“We demand that Gov. Christietake action, work with theDepartment of Health andSenior Services and work withthose patients.”

Ken Wolski, executive direc-tor for the Coalition for MedicalMarijuana in New Jersey, alsospoke out against the DHSS’drafted regulations.

“We feel these regulationsare overly restrictive, burden-some and in some cases amendthe law rather than try to enactthe law,” he said. “TheCompassionate Use MedicalMarijuana Act is already themost restrictive law in thenation, and there was no needfor the regulations to make iteven more restrictive.”

Wolski said the coalition’sconcerns with the regulationsinclude separation of cultiva-tion facilities from alternativetreatment centers, makingphysicians register for the pro-gram, delaying patient reg-istr y until alternative treat-ment centers are set up, andlimiting the content of THCand strains available.

REGULATIONS: THC

limits upset patients in state

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“I want the government out of my medicine cabinet. There is

no room forChristie’s politics.”

JAY LASSITERCherry Hill Resident

University Facilities has ateam of four people that conductreadings on the energy metersthroughout the University andthen calculate the energy con-s u m p t i o n ,Kornitas said.

The campusthat reduces theiruse of energy themost will beawarded a trophy,said MatthewMatsuda, CollegeAvenue campusdean. The campusdeans like thec o m p e t i t i o nbecause it keepsenergy-saving con-sciousness high.

Simple things can help cutdown the University’s energyconsumption, Kornitas said.

“Turn out the lights when youleave your room, unplug your

chargers, shut off a powerstrip,” he said.

Students who are interested inlearning more helpful tips canconsult the Facilities’ website,

Kornitas said. “Students on

Cook campus areespecially inter-ested in doing allthey can to lessentheir impact onthe environment,”said RichardLudescher, theCook campusdean. “The cam-pus energy chal-lenge is justanother way theycan help lower the

carbon footprint of Rutgers.”Although winning the top

prize would be nice, Ludeschersaid participating in the chal-lenge is a reward in itself.

Papathomas said he hopes thecompetition will bring energyawareness outside of theUniversity and that studentsspread the word to their families,neighbors and friends.

“By us reducing energy, weare reducing the amount of fossilfuels that we are using in theUnited States. We’re reducing ourgreenhouse gas emissions,”Kornitas said.

The University has begun tomake energy changes that shouldbecome more apparent to stu-dents as they become more wide-spread, he said.

“We’re working on programs toreduce the amount of electricity weuse,” Kornitas said. “We orderedthat every single light bulb throughthe University be replaced by thehigh-efficiency light bulbs.”

The University will also addhigher efficiency fixtures as wellas install motion sensors, he said.

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NEW YORK — The disputebetween Fox and Cablevision thatleft 3 million cable subscribers inthe New York area without Foxprogramming over the weekendhas stretched into its third day.

Fox, owned by News Corp.,and Cablevision Systems Corp.said talks yesterday morning didnot bring a new agreement onhow much Cablevision will pay tocarry the network.

The dispute has led to thehighest-profile blackout overbroadcast fees in years, leavingCablevision subscribers withoutaccess toS u n d a y ’ sNew YorkGiants game.

This typeof fight hasbecome morec o m m o n .Broadcasterswant moremoney fromcable ands a t e l l i t eproviders sothey don’thave to rely asmuch onadver tising,which, as therecession illustrated, can be avolatile source of income.

Cablevision and other sub-scription TV providers haveresisted paying higher fees.

The blackouts that sometimesresult have started to draw atten-tion from lawmakers and con-sumer advocates.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., whochairs the Senate CommerceSubcommittee onCommunications, Technologyand the Internet, pledged to intro-duce legislation intended to pre-vent broadcasters from pulling asignal when a retransmissionagreement expires without a newone to take its place.

New Jersey’s U.S. senators,Frank R. Lautenberg and RobertMenendez, sent a letter toFederal CommunicationsCommission Chairman JuliusGenachowski calling on the FCCto help speed negotiations.

“We are deeply troubled thatconsumers are repeatedly beingused as pawns in these program-ming disputes,” they said.

Fox and Cablevision also trad-ed recriminations.

Cablevision spokesmanCharles Schueler again called forbinding arbitration to settle thedispute, a step Fox has resisted.

“When broadcasters likeNews Corp. remove their signals,they hurt viewers in an attempt togain business leverage,” Schuelersaid in a statement.

Fox accused Cablevision ofdemanding “preferential treat-ment” and rejecting “the same fairterms that have been accepted byother providers in the market.”

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Between the NewBrunswick/Piscataway, Newarkand Camden campuses, theUniversity annually spends $60million on energy consumption,said Michael Kornitas, the energyconservation manager for theUniversity’s Facilities Maintenanceand Operations Utilities.

Although the figure takes intoaccount the entire University, it isstill high, Kornitas said. Moneysaved on energy is money thatcan be used for other purposes.

Each campus will be judgedagainst their energy consump-tion last year, he said.Whichever campus cuts downits energy consumption themost will be the winner.

ENERGY: Judging will be

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are reducingthe amount of

fossil fuels ... in the United States.”

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Energy Conservation Manager

The illegality of thedrug trade also hasadverse ef fects for thestrength and purity of thedrugs smuggled into thecountry. Since there isobviously no regulationsfor the purity of cocaine,batches of tainted or unsafecocaine often lead to sick-

ness and overdose. Due to the difficulty of smug-gling the drug into the country, dealers often com-pensate for lack of supply by increasing the poten-cy of the drug they offer. This is a deadly conse-quence for many first-time or recreational userswho are led to overdose or death by being igno-rant of the strength of the drug they are injectinginto their system.

Even worse, the current laws on drugs essen-tially encourage gang warfare. As there is no wayto legally settle disputes for selling territories, rivaldrug gangs often engage in “turf wars,” which have

left thousands dead and even morecitizens endangered.

While the amount of incarcera-tions and arrests for drug posses-sion have increased steadily, it isimportant to note that again, thearrests are disproportionate to theraces of drug users. While blackscomprise 13 percent of Americansand 13 percent of recreationaldrug users, they represent 35 per-cent of arrests for possessions, 55percent of convictions and 74 per-

cent of prison terms. Drug possession is thefourth leading cause of arrest in the UnitedStates. It continues to grow.

The thought that the growing number of arrestswill deter possible dealers is also a logical fallacy.For every drug dealer that is incarcerated, there willbe another person willing to take his or her place.And why not? The job is easy enough, there’s a con-stant demand and it’s statistically unlikely that adealer will be caught. Unless you’re black orHispanic. In that case, you’re more likely to beinvolved in poorly-constructed drug trade, and assuch, are more obviously seen or infiltrated bypolice and unfairly represented in the prison system.

This creates a cyclical problem for lower-classminorities, who are more prone to be arrested forminor possession or traf ficking charges. Theresult is that families are torn apart; single moth-ers addicted to cocaine have their children put

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T he war on drugs inthe United Stateswill celebrate its

39th birthday as a part ofofficial political vernacularin less than a month. Theongoing prohibition of psy-chedelic drugs is now morethan a century old. Thephrase has been used bypoliticians left and right who want to seem tough oncrime without much thought to its roots and themeans of “winning” this war. In the 39 years that thewar has been official, arrest rates have soared, pris-ons have become overcrowded and tougher lawshave been passed to ban drug trafficking and pun-ish users. So the U.S. government is clearly winningthe war on drugs, right?

The short answer is no. To begin with, the threemajor drug law passages –– opium, marijuana andcocaine –– are rooted almost entirely in racist origin.Opium was outlawed in the early 20th century toclose down opium dens and mini-mize contact between middle-classwhites and mostly Chinese immi-grant workers. Marijuana was out-lawed out of fear of the Mexicanmigrant workers in the 1930s, with-out full knowledge of the capacity forwhich the drug is used. Cocaine wasoutlawed in the 1980s and has sincedrawn the most attention for punish-ment disparity among races.

For example, until the FairSentencing Act of 2010, the 500:1punishment rule was in effect to differentiatebetween crack and powder cocaine. Basically, anoffender would receive the same 5-year federalimprisonment sentence for possessing 500 gramsof powder cocaine as one would receive for 5grams of crack cocaine. Why? Because powdercocaine was used predominantly by upper-classwhite businessmen while crack cocaine was moreprominently used by impoverished inner-cityblacks. The new rule, albeit a step in the rightdirection, still holds an unfair 18:1 ratio of posses-sion for powder to rock form.

The outright banning of drugs also ignoredthe two most fundamental laws in a capitalistsociety: supply and demand. This drives theinternational drug trade to be enormously prof-itable. An amount of heroin purchased for $300 inPakistan, when smuggled into the United States,can sell for close to $290,000. Why wouldn’t drugpeddlers be enticed to take part in an investmentthat can have a 100,000 percent rate of return?

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“We have to go out there and play and just have fun. No choice. We have to for Eric.”

Senior outside linebacker Antonio Lowery on playing despite junior defensive tackle Eric LeGrand’s injury

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The outright banning of drugs alsoignored the two mostfundamental laws ina capitalist society:

supply and demand.”

N ew Jersey is ready to dispense medical marijuana, but thetroubles with the freedoms of using the drug still remain. Sen.Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, is putting pressure on Gov. Chris

Christie to repeal the regulations set for medical marijuana in the state.These regulations are largely reflective of Christie’s political views,and they are necessary during this first step in our state’s history ingrowing medical marijuana. It’s an innovative field and a few regula-tions of an experimental step are needed.

No one has tried this before, and politicians and patients oppose theregulations put in place to control the growing and distribution of thedrug. So why not control this first step? If New Jersey is to have grow-ing facilities and distribution points for medical marijuana, they shouldbe state-controlled.

The regulations, drafted by the state’s Department of Health andSenior Services, provide four dispensaries to distribute medical marijua-na to patients who need it. These dispensaries get their supplies fromonly two sources within the state. In order to receive the drug, patientsmust have a medical marijuana card or have permission from the DHSS.

These regulations are needed if we are to lead the nation in legal andfair distribution of a substance carrying certain controversies alongside it.We have gotten this far in the process, and despite California’s much loos-er laws on the drug, New Jersey has the opportunity to make the legaltransition much smoother. We should see how it goes under a tighter andless-risky government control. Christie and the DHSS do not want to seea massive uncontrollable influx of the distribution of the drug, and theseregulations do in fact let them keep an eye on the situation.

No one is saying that these laws and regulations will not evolve.Under the pressure of their opponents, the regulations will loosen. Butin addition to that pressure, we need to see how medical marijuana willaffect the state’s economy and legitimacy. New Jersey is innovative inits methods, but it still requires some guidance from the government.This is politics and Christie’s decision can only be defined as logical.

The TuningFork

CODY GORMAN

Marijuana laws servenecessary purpose

D o colleges really need degrees in the humanities? Are French,Italian, classics or theater departments viable parts of a uni-versity? The truth is — as long as the major humanities

departments remain intact — a school has nothing to lose by cuttingnon-profitable courses.

The State University of New York at Albany, a school of 18,000 students,decided this month to cancel its degree programs in French, Italian, clas-sics, Russian and theater. Budget cuts and the relatively low numbers ofstudents in those classes were the reasons behind the decision.

In an ideal world, every university would be able to offer any class stu-dents want. The curriculum, however, would also allow students to concen-trate on one or two subjects rather than requiring minimum credits and min-imum numbers of classes in several disciplines before graduating. Perhapssome cuts in humanities then are good — not because loss of the depart-ments signifies an opposition to the subjects, but because schools should bemore focused and better at one major concentration. Even in high school,public at least, there is not the problem of over-saturation, but the mediocreimmersion in all disciplines, when in fact, kids should be getting ready toconcentrate on one and be immersing themselves completely.

At our own university, we are required to complete 120 credits andeach school has its own different expectations of the students.Completing several math and sciences, for example, does not makesense for an undergraduate student who plans on entering the spheresof publishing. It seems as if we attend the University in order to sus-tain a general notion of intellectuality, which neither works for the stu-dent, nor does it for the world following college. Eventually, after com-pleting this very general education, we come out to find that graduateschool is the place where studies are finally concentrated — as itshould be. Ideally though, undergraduate classes should already bethe means through which we are prepared to enter a specializationwith complete and full knowledge.

By no means do we advocate for the transformation of public uni-versities such as SUNY-Albany into a trade school. But in today’s eco-nomic atmosphere, the school had to cut the programs, which madethe least financial sense. Spending four years marching through cours-es on Baudelaire and Rimbaud seems fitting for some people, but ifthat is the case, there are plenty of other schools with better such pro-grams and much more concentrated curricula. Humanities are need-ed, and their disappearance is alarming. Training in those areas, how-ever, will be and is made available at more specific schools, and that isone thing we can accept.

SEE GORMAN ON PAGE 9

College curriculaneed concentration

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into foster homes — a mess thatcan’t even be described in thisarticle — and the children areraised with minimal structureand low outlook for upward pro-gression. Once adults, the ill-prepared youth are sent into theworld with bad education, littlelife structure and few prospectsfor self-advancement. As previ-ously stated, drugs are easilyavailable and in high demand inpoor neighborhoods. With littleopportunity elsewhere, manyare driven to selling or addictionthemselves, and the cyclebegins anew.

Part of the blame lies on thepublic, which demands statis-tics in incarcerations toincrease to compensate for theobscene amount of money thatis spent on the war on drugs(somewhere near the $30 bil-lion range). Police are moreprone to prosecute in poorerareas populated by blacks andHispanics because it’s easier tofind arrests there. It’s akin tohunting — a good hunter willgo to an area populated by deerto kill a buck, not an areawhere one would be well-hid-den or scarcely found.

The worst part of the drugwar is that the United Stateshas the ability to help.Programs in Europe that of fer asafe haven for drug users oreven needle-exchange pro-grams — where an addict canexchange an old needle for anew, sterile one — have shown

great success. It is even specu-lated that the AIDS epidemicwould not have become an epi-demic had intravenous drugusers been able to cleanlyshoot up. But since most ofthese drug users are minori-ties, AIDS became seen as theplight of the poor and filthydrug users and a fitting fate forthose terrible criminals whouse intravenous drugs.

This outlook on drug users isin no way masked by elected offi-cials. Former Chief of the LAPDDaryl Gates even stated in aSenate Judiciary Committee thatcasual users should be “taken outand shot” for “treason” in the drugwar. This thinly-veiled racism evi-dences some of the true motivesof the current drug war: put awayminorities for good.

America is not slowly losingthe war on drugs; it is badly los-ing the war on drugs.Progressive programs exist tomake drug use for users safeand clean, but American politi-cians are too concerned withseeming “soft on drugs” toattempt to use them. Our jailsare crowded, our minorities pro-filed and our drugs outlawed toa point that not selling them isunprofitable. America needsmore progressive policiestoward drugs to prevent thesethings from happening. The waron drugs has taken enough of atoll on American society. It’stime to put it to rest.

Cody Gorman is a School ofArts and Sciences junior major-ing in political science. His col-umn, “The Tuning Fork,” runson alternate Tuesdays.

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Junior defensive tackle Eric LeGrand (52) and redshirt sophomore Scott Vallone celebrate a shared sack in the Scarlet Knights’ game against North

Carolina earlier this season. In LeGrand’s absence, Vallone and the Knights said they will play and prepare just like LeGrand did.

and resting comfortably atHackensack Medical Center, hadyet to regain motion below hisneck after suffering a C3-C4spinal cord injury while making aspecial teams tackle. The 20-year-old from Colonia High School is–– at least temporarily –– para-lyzed from the neck down.

LeGrand received emergencysurgery after the injury, and with-in 24 hours of Sunday’sannouncement, unsubstantiatedrumors spread on variousRutgers message boards that hemanaged to move his big toe andhad some feeling in his hand.

Schiano neither confirmed nordenied the rumors when askedyesterday during the weekly BigEast coaches’ conference call.

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Taliaferro walked eight monthslater, but the higher vertebraeinjuries can result in more loss.

“The higher the injury, themore loss you have,” Young said.“[LeGrand’s] is actually veryhigh. Generally, if you have a C3-C4 injury, it affects your breath-ing and you’re likely on a respira-tor. But he should be able to getoff the respirator — I know manypeople who had a C3-C4 injurywho were able to.”

The American Spinal InjuryAssociation classifies spinal cordinjuries into categories A, B, C, Dand E. Although Young wasinvolved in some discussionsabout LeGrand’s condition, hedid not know the classification ofthe injury.

The poorest prognosis is ASIAA, which accounts for 40 percentof the injured population and is acomplete spinal cord injury thatsees the patient lose all motorand sensory motion. ASIA C isthe most common prognosis andoften allows for walking.

ASIA B patients have a 50 per-cent chance of walking, althoughthat classification is rare, andASIA C patients have a 90 percentchance of recovering to walk.

“Almost everyone with aspinal cord injury will recoversomething,” Young said. “Ifyou’re in ASIA A and have a C3injury, that means you may getback C4, you may get back C5.Now, C4 is the deltoids, C5 is thebiceps. If he has ASIA B or C, hecould have a recovery thatincludes walking. It all dependson how severe his injury his.”

LeGrand received surgerySaturday night into Sundaymorning to stabilize his spine.

Young said he also receivedmethylprednisolone — a high-dose steroid that Young helpeddevelop, along with the ASIA clas-sification system, in the 1990s.

The target time to administerthe steroid is within the first eighthours of the injury, or even morepreferably within the first three.LeGrand received it even earlier.

The steroid improves recov-ery functions by an average of20 percent.

“The first question I askedwhen I heard he was injured was,‘Did he get steroids?’ He did,which is important,” Young said.

DeMaio and Woeller were twoof four Knights to play all 110 min-utes. A total of 19 Knights sawaction in a contest that tested theirphysical and mental endurance.

Rutgers’ match Friday atSyracuse (6-7-4, 3-4-1) took on asimilar low-scoring appearanceuntil the Orange’s TinaRomagnuolo tallied the match’slone goal in the 86th minute.

Despite taking just one less shotthan the host Orange, the Knightsregistered three more shots on goal.

“We were going up against[Syracuse’s] best that day as itturned out,” Crooks said. “Thatwould’ve never been an issue hadwe finished our opportunities.Friday was all about missing verygood opportunities.”

Perretty took over for regularstarter Simpkins in net in the sec-ond half and managed threesaves, but also conceded thedecisive score.

Junior captain Karla Schacher,who came into the match with

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Junior Karla Schacher played only 45 minutes in the Knights’ scoreless draw with St. John’s registering only

one shot on goal. The forward took only two shots in the team’s 1-0 loss last Friday to Syracuse.

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three goals in the team’s pastfour games, led the Knights withonly two shots.

Schacher earned the team’sbest opportunity on net in the49th minute, when the Tofield,Alberta, native had a one-on-onewith an Orange defender. Hershot went just wide of net.

Despite the adverse results,Rutgers sits in sole possessionof four th place in the BigEast’s National Division after a poor weekend for Louisville,who dropped consecutive conference decisions.

“Everyone is stepping up,”Jones said. “[Owning our des-tiny] is a really big motivator toget us going to win.”

The Knights take onLouisville on Sunday to close outthe regular season after doingbattle with Cincinnati.

The team hosts its last twomatches after enduring a toughfour-game road trip.

“We have to play with thesame mentality, whether we’replaying at home or we’re playingaway,” DiPaolo said. “We definite-ly have to come out and win thenext two. The fact that [they are]at home helps.”

misguided,” Schiano said. “Rightnow, when it’s appropriate, wewill make an announcement ifthere’s any kind of change in hiscondition. But that’s not going tobe a day-to-day thing.”

Though tough for the team totransition, Rutgers stands fivedays away from traveling toPittsburgh to resume Big Eastplay –– without LeGrand.

“It’s tough, but we know whatEric would do,” said sophomoredefensive tackle Scott Vallone,one of LeGrand’s best friends onthe team. “We know that Ericwould just chop through it.

“He’d make sure that he tookcare of his responsibilities, makesure he came to take care of hisbrothers, so we’re going to do itin his honor and make sure thatwe’re preparing and make surethat we’re not a hesitant teamgoing out there. We have to makesure that we’re all guns blazingand ready to go.”

Senior safety and team captainJoe Lefeged said that he hasnever seen a teammate injured tothat magnitude and is not surehow to deal the ordeal.

Rutgers dealt with a similar sit-uation in 2004 in the form of a caraccident on Homecoming.

“Just follow coach Schiano,”Lefeged said. “We’ve never beenthrough something like this. Hehas. We’re just going to follow himand I’m going to do my best job justto relay the message to the rest ofthe team. He’s been through it andhe’s going to help us get throughthis. We’re just going to follow theleader of this program.”

The majority of the team hasyet to visit LeGrand in the hospitalafter doctors suggested he get asmuch rest as possible. Sophomoresafety Khaseem Greene, one ofLeGrand’s roommates, was one ofthe few to visit his fallen teammateafter the game.

“You never want to see yourbrother like that, but at the sametime I think I needed that,”Greene said. “Me and a couple ofthe guys that went up all neededthat. I just told him I love himand to stay strong. He’s a strongkid and a fighter, and that wasthe message.”

Between the multipleFacebook groups growing by

the second, a segment ofRutgers Athletics’ website devot-ed to sending LeGrand mes-sages and the outpouring of sup-port across the nation on mes-sage boards, team captain andclose friend Charlie Noonan,among others, is thankful for the support.

“It just shows what great fanswe have and the people in thestate,” the senior defensive tacklesaid. “It’s also a testament to Eric,because there’s not a person in[the Hale Center] that could sayEric is a bad guy or even rubbedthem the wrong way once. Eric’sjust a great guy.”

Rutgers retains hope thatLeGrand will join them on thesidelines again and remembershis presence, both as a dominantforce on the field and a greatfriend in the locker room.

“He has a presence to him,”Noonan said. “His smile. As soonas he walks into a room he canlight a room up. He’s just a hardworker. I don’t have any sisters,but he’s kind of like a person youwould want your sister to date.He’s a really good guy.”

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BY JOSH BAKANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Comprised of a senior, a soph-omore and two freshmen, thedivers on the Rutgers swimming

and divingteam face

abrupt changes in their experi-ences and roles.

Senior Jen Betz, a captain, saw alot of potential in the group Fridayat the team’s intrasquad meet.

“As a whole, we did really wellin the intrasquad meet,” Betzsaid. “There’s always room toimprove, but I think for thebeginning of the season we allhave a really positive outlook andI hope that’s the way the season’sgoing to go.”

The divers’ only loss from lastseason was a big one in graduateErin Saunders, who was a captain.

“She was an incredible diverand probably one of the bestRutgers has had in a very longtime,” Betz said. “The loss madeus all step up and realize wehave really big shoes to fill thisyear. It makes us push ourselvesharder to try and fill her role onthe team.”

With the loss comes two newadditions for the Scarlet Knights— freshmen Valentina Gordonand Nicole Scott.

“We’re excited about thefreshmen because they double[the diving] team,” Betz said.“It’s exciting because they don’tknow about our past program.It’s exciting to have that freshoutlook on our team. They’reready. They’re motivated.”

Betz sees having four diversas an advantage over last year’ssquad, which only had three.

“Having a fourth helps a lotbecause with such a small num-ber of people, one extra personadds a lot,” Betz said. “The morethe merrier. It makes practicesmore exciting and less stressfulbecause you don’t feel like you’recarrying as much of the load.”

Another advantage over lastyear’s team is that Gordon andScott are platform divers, andplatform diving has been addedto the Frank Elm Invitational andthe Princeton Invitational,upcoming events for the Knights.

Along with the platform,Gordon is “really strong on thethree meter,” Betz said. “Sheworks really hard, and coming in,

BY ADHARR SHARMA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s golfteam placed ninth at the RutgersInvitational this past weekend

with ac o m -b i n e dscore of668 (347-321).

Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity emerged victoriouswith a score of 642, winning byseven strokes over second-placeBucknell and 13 strokes betterthan third-place Siena.

The Scarlet Knights postedone of the highest first-roundscores, which hampered theirrun to victory since their 321-second round score was thethird lowest out of the 21teams competing.

The Knights saw success inthe play of senior team captainJeanne Waters, who posted atotal 160 (83-77) for both days’play and tied for third overall in

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BY BILL DOMKECORRESPONDENT

A single adjective cannotbegin to describe the scene in theCollege Avenue Gym on Friday

n i g h td u r i n gt h eRutgersv o l l e y -b a l l

team’s victory over Seton Hall. From Rutgers volleyball fans

that followed the Seton Hallbench whenever it switchedsides, to the shrill, barbaricscreams of the Pirate volleyballteam, to the successful propaga-tion of RU chants, the atmos-phere was nothing the ScarletKnights witnessed in years.

The Knights earned a come-from-behind 3-2 victor y —their first over Seton Hall since2004 and first Big East win ofthe season.

“It’s great,” said head coachCJ Werneke. “It’s awesome. It’s agreat feeling as a staff. I’m moreexcited for the players than any-thing. Again, it’s like the onlymatch we talked about winning.Hopefully this catapults us intothe future.”

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Sophomore middle blocker Alex Jones (17) sported the second-most

kills Friday for the Knights in a 3-2 win over in-state rival Seton Hall.

Freshman Valentina Gordon showed promise in the three-meter

dive Friday in the Knights’ intrasquad meet.

Diving quartet findscomfort in more reps

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Weather conditions mar tourney

The Hall threatened to take atypical 15-point fifth set and send itinto a “win by two” scenario aftercutting Rutgers’ lead to 14-13. Butafter about two minutes worth ofmeticulous volleyball, senior out-side hitter Emma Chrystalsmacked a shot into two Piratedefenders that went out of boundsto finish the game for the win.

“[It was a] great swing fromEmma,” Werneke said. “I’m justhappy for Emma [who is] stillbattling some of that injury stuff.I’m so happy for her to have thatkind of ending.”

The rest of the last set wasthe most even time of the matchafter Seton Hall slowed downRutgers’ momentum from theprevious matches. Even afterrushing out to a 4-1 lead, Rutgersmanaged to quell the surgingPirate offense with a 5-0 run ofits own and kept the set evenbefore Chrystal’s kill.

The team maintained its dom-inance in part by remarkableplay from sophomore setterStephanie Zielinski.

“She’s been searching for a lit-tle consistency especially when itmatters and she really stepped itup,” Werneke said. “She found thehitters that were in the zone and

put them to where they could dosome nice things with the ball.”

It wasn’t just her setting thatpropelled the Knights’ offense.

Zielinski’s third 20-20 perform-ance on the season also saw 21 digsto accompany her 46 assists. Add infour kills including a nasty two-handed spike and you have a BigEast honors-worthy performance.

“Last year we had so many five-game matches and we won themajority of them,” Zielinski said.“We practice playing short gamesto 15 all the time. We knew wewere going to win, and we didn’tpanic at all.”

The sophomore’s setting abili-ties were always the key to theKnights’ explosive offense,Werneke said.

The second necessity for thesame explosive offense was solidhitting from the entire team, led bysenior outside hitter Caitlin Saxton.The Encinitas, Calif., native swattedfor 13 kills with a tenacity that, evenwhen properly received by thePirate defense, flew out of controland off the court.

“Something just ignited in[Saxton],” Werneke said. “I wishI knew. It was exciting to see herjust take over at times.”

Senior outside hitter KatieGroff recorded 10 kills on thenight, and sophomore middleblocker Alex Jones had the secondmost kills on the team with 11.

In short, Rutgers was a well-oiled machine.

Unfortunately the same incred-ible level of play wasn’t there in thefirst two losses, especially in thesecond set where Seton Hallscored 20 of the first 26 points andRutgers hit for a collective -0.107.

“It’s huge especially in oursport — momentum,” Wernekesaid. “Who can carry it over fromgame to game and who loses it.Even though we struggled in Set2 toward the end, we gainedsome of the momentum back.”

From here on out keepingmomentum is the name of thegame for Rutgers. With the bot-tom half of the Big East scheduleslated for the rest of the season, itis do-or-die time.

“[I feel] amazing,” Zielinskisaid. “So happy. I’m so excitedbecause I feel like this is really itand we’re going to go on a rollright now. We all have this confi-dence going into next game itdoesn’t matter who we play.”

individual performance, despitethe blustering conditions onFriday that halted play.

But the rest of the teamlagged behind its captain.

Sophomore Karen Cash fin-ished tied for 40th with a 169(87-82) score. Junior ElisaMateer finished tied for 47thwith a 170 (87-83), sophomoreBrittany Weddell tied for 50thwith a 171 (91-80) and juniorLizzy Carl finished tied for 56thwith a score of 172 (90-82).

Heading into the weekend, theteam recorded a 308-350 victoryover New Jersey divisional rivalSeton Hall. During the head-to-head matchup, Waters finishedfirst and 2-over 74 on the par-72Rutgers Golf Course.

Coming into this weekend’splay, the Knights looked toimprove upon their third-placefinish from last season’sInvitational and Waters soughtto retain her individual firstplace crown.

She tied for a tournament-best five birdies last season

and led Rutgers to a 627 (316-311) total.

This weekend’s tournamentwas marred by bad weather andplay had to be stopped early onFriday because of darkness.The gusty winds and blisteringcold had a huge impact on theperformance of all the players,as witnessed by the best scoreof 330 in the first round byBoston College.

The frustration and disap-pointment was evident on theathletes, as their shots gotaway because of the wind.Many could be seen rubbingtheir hands and bundling up inan ef for t to repel the near-freezing conditions.

All the individuals had verygood second round scores, show-ing bounce-back ability afterFriday’s bad weather conditions.

Head coach Maura Waters-Ballard leads Rutgers to theRichmond Invitational on Nov. 1,when the Knights hope torebound from this weekend andplace amongst the top.

I know she’s made a lot ofprogress already.”

Scott also dives the one-meter and three-meter. Shewon the one-meter in theintrasquad meet.

“She works so hard,” Betzsaid of Scott. “She’s made a lot ofprogress since coming here. Ourcoaches are really excited abouthaving her dive.”

Also on the team is sopho-more Katie Kearney, who in thespan of a year has gone from afreshman to the second-mostexperienced diver on the team.

Her leadership role is very sim-ilar to last season, Kearney said.

“Last year, we all kind of fedoff of each other,” she said. “If Iwas having a bad day, Erin andJen would help me out. If theywere having bad days, I wouldhelp them out. It wasn’t necessar-ily a seniority thing. It was justthat we were all there for eachother. We were all teammates.

“It’s not much different. Wedid lose Erin, so it’s a little differ-ent. She was my big sister. Shewas someone for me to look upto, but now I look up to Jen.”

Kearney also has a lot of con-fidence in the freshmen.

“The freshmen have great div-ing ability,” she said. “They’re alot of fun. We’ll joke around dur-ing practices. It’s not always aserious vibe, and the freshmendefinitely help that vibe.”

Kearney also gives credit tohead diving coach FredWoodruff, who is in his 18th yearwith the team.

“I think he’s an amazingcoach,” Kearney said. “He’salways motivating us. He gives usa lot of insight into diving, so Ilove him as a coach. “

The divers have encouragedhead coach Phil Spiniello so far.

In the intrasquad meet wherethey did three dives off the one-meter and three dives off thethree-meter, they did very well,according to Spiniello.

“Although we haven’t had anymeets yet, they bring a lot ofexcitement and enthusiasm,”Spiniello said.

Spiniello was impressed byGordon’s and Scott’s improve-ment on the platform.

“Even though we rarely do theplatform, it is very encouragingto have two members who can doit,” he said.

this season with about 11 minutesto go in regulation.

Not long after, the Cardinaldisplayed their speed.

Senior forward KatherineSwank tallied her second score ofthe game off a deflection from along entry shot into the circle just38 seconds after the Knights’goal, icing the game. Stanford goton the board first with what wasthe first Cardinal shot of thegame by midfielder Ogle Elise.

The shot was deflected off thestick of forward Katie Mitchell atthe 11:37 mark, giving Elise theassist and Mitchell the goal. TheCardinal held Tchou’s squad tojust two penalty corners for thegame, while posting five of theirown and rattling off 11 shots.

Though the Knights wouldeventually face a 2-0 deficit in thesecond half, Bull acknowledgedthe team was able to make somein-game adjustments and faced nolull from a win the day earlier.

“I think the first five minutes orso we played our game,” Bull said.“We played really intense and tighton to them and had lots of pres-sure and they kind of made a cou-ple changes. I think it took us a lit-tle while to kind of figure out howto get possession, keep posses-sion, and work it around them. Ithink we managed to figure it out.”

In a must-win Big East gameSaturday, the Knights put aside

their losing road record to earn a1-0 shutout victory againstProvidence (4-11, 0-4) on itshome field.

The win pushed Rutgers up inthe Big East standings, leavingthe team in prime contention tosecure a tournament berth.

The lone Rutgers goal came13:05 into the game, when juniorNicole Gentile scored her team-leading ninth goal of the season.

The Knights failed to scoreanother goal despite seven othershots and four penalty corners.The team faced pressure in thesecond half from an urgentFriars’ offense.

But for freshman goalkeeperSarah Stuby, a one-goal cushionwas more than enough.

The walk-on made five savesin the effort, but was quick tocredit the whole team for thegoose egg.

“The entire team was a partof it,” Stuby said. “Everyone wasso dedicated to just keeping theball out and so passionate. Wewanted to win, we wanted tostay in the Big East and I thinkit speaks a lot for the team.We’ve improved so much overthe season and now we’re get-ting wins and we’re really excit-ed for it.”

The shutout victory marked thesecond straight for the Knights,marking the only time this season

the team held opponents scorelessin consecutive games.

Two defensive saves assistedStuby in the effort, but Tchounoted the keeper has a vibebehind her defense.

“She has improved every sin-gle game that she’s played,”Tchou said. “To us she’s prettymuch on a roll right now when itcomes to just being into thegame and making great saves.Her timing on the clears aregreat and she’s just takingadvantage of her opportunitiesand appreciating the opportuni-ty that she’s been given.”

The win over the Friars onSaturday launched Rutgers tofourth place in the Big East fornow, and with a number ofhuge games left on the sched-ule between conference oppo-nents, it is too early to starttalking “tourney.”

Still, the Knights seized akey opportunity and took a bigstep in carving out a tourna-ment spot, all the while provid-ing motivation for the team tocheck off what it originally setout to do.

“Everyone’s pretty excited,”Stuby said. “It’s been our goal allseason to be able to even still havea shot at the Big East this late inthe season. We’re just going tokeep playing and hopefully we’lldo well in the tournament.”

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R utgers freshman quar-terback Chas Doddand senior linebacker

Antonio Lowery each earnedBig East weekly honor roll sta-tus yesterday, the conferenceannounced.

Dodd threw for 251 yardsand two touchdowns on 18completions, while leading theScarlet Knights to their sec-ond-straight comeback victoryin the process. The Big Eastcommended the Lyman, S.C.,native for the second week ina row.

Lowery pitched in a career-high 19 tackles — the most by aBig East player this season —in the overtime win over Armyand added a fumble recovery tohis efforts.

RUTGERS HEAD FOOTBALLcoach Greg Schiano madechanges to the team’s depthchart yesterday in the wakeof the Knights’ recent stringof injuries.

Sophomore linebackerKa’Lial Glaud replaces juniorManny Abreu, who suffered aninjury in the win over Army atthe strongside position.

Redshir t freshman IsaacHolmes moves onto the two-deep at defensive tackle andfellow redshir t freshmanMichael Larrow takes over asthe first tackle substitution.The move comes after juniorEric LeGrand suf fered aspinal cord injury against theBlack Knights.

Freshman MarcusThompson returns to hisoriginal position as Glaud’sbackup linebacker after mov-ing to defensive end earlier inthe season.

THE RUTGERS MEN’Slacrosse team released its 2011schedule yesterday, revealingmatchups with four teams thatqualified for the NCAA tourna-ment last season.

Head coach Jim Stagnitta,entering his 10th season on theBanks, leads the Knights intheir first games of the seasonon Feb. 18 and 26, when theteam welcomes Wagner andManhattan to Piscataway.

The Knights then take on2010 national runner-upNotre Dame on March 26 tostart their Big East schedule.The Fighting Irish bestedRutgers, 10-8, last season inSouth Bend.

The squad looks toimprove upon its 5-8 finishlast season after starting theyear 4-1.

THE START TIME FORthe Rutgers men’s basketballteam’s game against Miamion Nov. 21, moved from 4p.m. to 2 p.m., the programannounced yesterday.

The matchup will be tele-vised on SNY, marking one ofnine Rutgers games televisedby the network this season.The Knights also have a totalof eight games that will benationally televised by ESPN,with at least four appearing on

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZCORRESPONDENT

New opportunities loomed onthe horizon for the Rutgers fieldhockey team over the weekend,

and whiles o m ee l u d e dt h eS c a r l e tKnights,

others still sit at their doorstep. Head coach Liz Tchou and Co.

squared off against No. 20Stanford on Sunday in an effort todefeat a ranked opponent andpush their winning streak to threegames –– feats the Knights havenot accomplished this season.

In the end, the Cardinal (9-4)outlasted the Knights (6-10, 2-3)en route to a 3-1 victory on neu-tral ground, handing Rutgers itssixth loss to a ranked opponentduring the 2010 campaign.

“They [Stanford] were a reallyfast team,” Tchou said. “They exe-cuted very quickly on the fieldand I don’t think we’ve seen thatkind of speed before in othergames, which really kind ofopened our eyes up to howintense and how focused you haveto be for the entire 70 minutes.”

The Knights cut the Stanfordlead to 2-1 after senior co-captainJenna Bull assisted junior KatRodziewicz for her second goal

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RU makes strides in conference despite loss

Tourney berth remains possible for Knights BY A.J. JANKOWSKIASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

No matter how down-and-outthe Rutgers men’s soccer team

may feeld u r i n gi t ss e v e n -g a m el o s i n g

streak, there is still light at theend of the tunnel.

With four conference gamesleft, the Scarlet Knights still havean outside shot at making the BigEast Tournament.

But it is time they start help-ing their own cause.

“We still have a lifeline,” saidhead coach Dan Donigan. “Otherteams have been helping us out, butwe need to help ourselves. So eventhough we are upset with where westand in the conference and withour record, we still have a chance.It’s what we’re kind of living off of.”

The Knights (3-8-1, 0-5) didnot make strides Saturday after-noon, when the team came awayfrom a conference matchup atPittsburgh with a 3-0 loss.

The Panthers (6-5-2, 1-2-2)earned their first Big East win ofthe season off of goals from twocrosses and one penalty kick inthe 27th minute.

“We just lost sight of ourattacking players and they founda soft spot in the seam and gotinto the 18 [yard box],” Donigansaid. “[Junior Bryant] Knibbswas late on the tackle and tookthe kid down for the PK thatmade it 2-0.”

A quick look at the Big EastRed Division shows Rutgers in thebasement, still winless in the con-ference. But three other teams arewinless in the division as well, andthey just happen to make up threeof the remaining four opponentson the Knights’ schedule — St.John’s, Syracuse and DePaul.

Although Rutgers is far fromthe top, it is by no means downfor the count.

CAMERON STROUD / FILE PHOTOSenior captain Yannick Salmon, a Westbury, N.Y., native, has extra

incentive to beat St. John’s, as the Red Storm recruited him.

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“Any other year with a recordlike we have now, we would be farout of the playoffs,” said seniorcaptain and leading scorer YannickSalmon. “But a lot of teams arestruggling this year just like weare. Things just aren’t going ourway, but if we are at home and play-ing in a big game … that’s usuallywhen we are at our best.”

One bright spot in recentgames has been the play off thebench from freshman forwardTodd Webb.

Although he has no goals orstarts under his belt, Webb is sec-ond on the team in getting shotson goal, with five of his 11 strikesfinding the target.

“Todd Webb has been a posi-tive,” Donigan said. “He’s a youngkid who has come into the pro-gram and has given us a little bitof a bright spot up top. Ultimately,again, you need more than justone guy to create and get thingsdone for you.

“[Our lineup] is what we have.That’s who we are.”

And as tough as it may be for afreshman to grasp how luckyRutgers is for remaining in thepostseason hunt, the team’s cap-tains are making no mistakeabout getting that point across.

“It’s easy for a freshman tojust give up and say, ‘Oh well, Ihave three years left,’” Salmon

said. “You’ve just got to remindthem that time flies by in col-lege. You might think you havethree years left, but eventuallyyou are going to be a seniorlike me.”

And that message trickleddown to both sides of the ball.

“We’re just telling the youngguys to stay locked in,” said sen-ior captain and defensemanPaulie Calafiore. “They just haveto keep their focus and help theteam out as best as they can.”

First on the docket for theKnights is St. John’s Wednesdaynight at Yurcak Field.

St. John’s presents a perfectopportunity for the Knights tobounce back — a home gameagainst a rival.

“I haven’t beaten St. John’ssince I’ve been in college,”Salmon said. “I was recruitedthere and I turned them down tocome [to Rutgers]. I’m from NewYork too, so it’s a big thing for meto come out hard on Wednesdayand get a win.”

The Red Storm, picked tofinish first in the Red Division,have not seen their season goaccording to plan and have notwon since the Sept. 28 victory at Yale.

But to say that the Johnnies(6-5-2, 0-3-2) have a lack ofmomentum heading into themidweek showdown is a terrible mistake.

St. John’s shut down thenation’s top-ranked offense inNo. 5 Connecticut on Sundaynight to the tune of a 0-0 draw.

“They tied [UConn] 0-0 attheir place. So I’m sure thatthey’re using that and it’s moti-vating them,” Donigan said.“They are fighting for a postsea-son spot as well.

“It’s a great rivalry — St.John’s and Rutgers. My guessis that it’s going to be one hellof a competitive game.Hopefully, we can do somethingto help ourselves and not relyon other teams.”

“They’ve both done really well,”said junior captain Tricia DiPaolo.“They both have a good relation-ship and continue to push eachother in order to do better.”

Neither team was able to sepa-rate itself statistically in the firsthalf, with each registering sevenshots. The Knights managed toforce two saves by Red Storm net-minder Kristin Russell.

Two Rutgers corner kicks inthe second stanza gave the teamlegitimate opportunities to takethe lead, but Russell remainedstrong in net.

Sophomore back ShannonWoeller headed a corner from sen-ior captain Gina DeMaio, butRussell stopped the effort in the54th minute.

Senior Ashley Jones took a shoton net off another DeMaio corner,but once again Russell refused togive in, registering one of herseven saves on the day.

“We’re doing really well. It’sthere [and] we just have to put ittogether,” Jones said. “We’re mov-ing the ball well and working real-ly hard. It’s just a matter of us fin-ishing, putting balls in the net.”

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Athleticismhelps in longrehab process

LeGrandbrings outRU’s chop

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

If there is anything working inEric LeGrand’s favor, it is the samething that put the junior defensive

tackle in theHackensack

Medical Center, victim of a spinalcord injury suffered during theRutgers football team’s gameSaturday against Army.

LeGrand spent his time trainingto get downfield on kick coverageand make the sort of tackles that lefthim without feeling below his neck,but his workouts are only going toget tougher on the road to recovery.

According to Dr. Wise Young,director of the W.M. Keck Centerfor Collaborative Neuroscience, hisbackground in athletics can help.

“I think what will help him is thathe is an athlete, because the treat-ment that he does afterward will bevery, very important to his recov-ery,” Young said. “He has to workvery hard to recover. Recoverydoesn’t come spontaneously — itrequires a lot of work. Recoverytakes time and I think because he istrained as an athlete, he under-stands what kind of work he needsand he’ll do well in rehabilitation.”

LeGrand’s injury is at the C3-C4level, which controls thediaphragm along with C5 and theupper-body muscles.

Rutgers head coach GregSchiano reached out to Penn Statehead coach Joe Paterno, who dealtwith similar circumstances when for-mer player Adam Taliaferro injuredhis spinal cord and required surgeryon the C5 vertebrae.

BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

The definition of the chop forRutgers football players is to focuson the task at hand, do one’s job

and neverstop ––

regardless of what happens. If there ever were a time where

the Scarlet Knights needed thechop, it is right now in the immedi-ate after-math of jun-ior EricL e G r a n d ’ scatastrophicspinal cordi n j u r y .There are atleast sixgames left inthe Knights’season and everyone on the squadacknowledges that the only optionis to keep chopping.

That’s what LeGrand wants.“There is no choice at all,” said

senior outside linebacker AntonioLowery. “We have to go out thereand play and just have fun. Nochoice. We have to for Eric.

“The Eric situation is going tobe in our minds, don’t get mewrong. We’re not just going tothrow it out, but he wants us togo out there and have fun andplay football. You cannot just goout there and shut it down.Nobody wants that. Nobodywants to just shut it down and notplay Rutgers football.”

Rutgers head coach GregSchiano announced Sunday after-noon that LeGrand, though stable

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Redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Scott Vallone, a classmate of junior Eric LeGrand and one of his closest

friends, speaks to the media about how the Knights plan to respond to LeGrand’s spinal cord injury. SEE CHOP ON PAGE 13SEE REHAB ON PAGE 13

BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers women’s soccerteam came into last weekend need-

ing fourvictoriesin asm a n ygames tolock up a

berth in the Big East Tournament.Halfway through the stretch, the

Scarlet Knights find themselvestwo games short of their goal.

The Knights (8-8, 3-5-1) sal-vaged the weekend Sunday byearning a scoreless draw with St.John’s (6-8-2, 3-5-1) in Queens, N.Y.

“I would say I’m disappointedwith the attack, in terms of finish-ing mentality,” said head coachGlenn Crooks. “There were a lot ofgood things. That’s what we haveto take into the next weekend.”

Both teams registered a com-bined 37 shots in 110 minutes, butneither managed to put a shot inthe back of the net.

Crooks opted to utilize goal-keepers Emmy Simpkins andSamantha Perretty for the secondstraight match, but the two com-bined for just two saves.

Knights salvage NY tripin draw with Johnnies

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Senior midfielder Gina DeMaio played all 110 minutes in the Knights’ scoreless draw Sunday with St. John’s in

Queens, N.Y. The Parsippany Hills product sent in two key corners that nearly gave the Knights the lead.

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