“NextBus seems a lot less accurate — thebuses don’t come when the board says theyare coming,” said Mike Harris, a School ofEngineering sophomore. “Something seems different.”

Amanda Lewis, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore, agreed that the buseshave been running late.

“They’re never on time and wait too longat some stops — a lot of people think so,”she said. “The buses are OK, but most ofthe time I don’t particularly like them.”

Other students are adjusting to the auto-mated stop announcements, a featureadded to the buses.

“The announcements are useful, butafter the first week or so, it gets a littleannoying having to hear that,” said Nikhil Guddeti, a School of Ar ts andSciences junior.

Alice Ree, a School of Business sopho-more, agreed but said the stop announce-ments are helpful at night and for first-year students.

“It’s convenient to see your location atnight and good for freshmen, but it’s exces-sive,” she said. “It’s hard to be on the phoneon the bus because of the announcements.”

But the stop announcements arerequired for all buses under the Americanswith Disabilities Act and will stay on thebuses from now on, Molenaar said.

“The announcements are for blind peo-ple, and we always have to have them,” hesaid. “The scrolling announcements arehelpful for a deaf person. All the up-to-datetransit [vehicles] have them, just like sub-ways in New York.”

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Donor gives$27 millionfor U. chairs

BY MARY DIDUCHEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The University recently received itslargest donation in its 245-year history.

An anonymous donor gave $27 million tothe “Our Rutgers, Our Future” $1 billionfoundation campaign, which will be usedsolely for creating 18 endowed chairs.

“This is a transformative gift for Rutgers,”said Carol Herring, president of the RutgersUniversity Foundation, which this year hasseen its biggest growth by raising $137.4 mil-lion so far.

The gift is a challenge gift. The anony-mous donor will give $1.5 million of therequired $3 million needed to establish achair, and another donor must match it. Thesecond donor will then have the ability toname the chair, which will last for years tocome, Herring said.

Considered honors for professors,endowed chairs are used to recruit top facul-ty to the University while also maintainingcurrent faculty members, said RichardEdwards, interim executive vice presidentfor Academic Affairs, via email.

The University currently has 41 chairs,Herring said.

“Recruiting and retaining the best facultyensure that the University remains competi-tive. These faculty members carry out cutting-edge research, attract the best graduate stu-dents to the University and are outstandingclassroom instructors whose groundbreakingresearch brings the latest advances in theirparticular field to the students,” Edwards said.

The anonymous donor also specified thatthe new chairs be in the sciences, mathemat-ics and business fields, but other fields maybe up for consideration on an ad-hoc basis,Herring said.

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Since the University made the switch to First Transit buses in July, the University’s Department of Transportation Services have beenworking out certain problems like bunching, where multiple buses with the same routes arrive in one place at the same time.

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Students express issues with new busesBY AMY ROWE

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As the University’s Department ofTransportation Services transitions into arelationship with bus service provider FirstTransit, students are noticing some changes.

The University switched fromAcademy Bus Company to First Transitearly last semester and the buses havebeen running since July, said JackMolenaar, director of the Department ofTransportation Services.

“We had a very small time for turnaround, there are some bumps because ofthe transition and it being September, ourbusiest month,” he said.

Some students are upset with the punctu-ality of the buses, which they notice whenwaiting for a bus to take to class. SEE BUSES ON PAGE 4

Dining halls across the University, like Brower Commons on the College Avenuecampus, served seafood last night at their annual “King Neptune Night.” Items onthe menu included lobster, crab, bisque, flounder, salmon and shrimp.

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UNDER THE SEAAnti-bullying law upseducators’ workloads

BY KEVIN OLLERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

With the start of anotheracademic year, N.J. schoolsmust now abide by one of thetoughest anti-bullying laws inthe nation, aimed to combat bul-lying in schools.

Gov. Chris Christie signedthe “Anti-Bullying Bill ofRights” in January, holdingeducators responsible forreporting bullying in and outof school.

During its time as a bill, thelegislation gained publicityafter the suicide of formerUniversity student TylerClementi, whose roommaterecorded an intimateencounter between him andanother man on a webcam.

While the law was recentlyenacted, some educators findit to be a bit overreaching

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“I think the intentions ofthe law are worthy but thereporting requirements areexcessive,” said AndrewBoufford, a teacher at J.P.Stevens High School inEdison, N.J.

The anti-bullying law wasextremely popular when pro-posed, with only one legisla-tor opposed, but is nowreceiving criticism for itsextensive procedures.

Boufford said the law cre-ates confusion for educatorsin deciding if something isbullying or not.

“The concern I have as ateacher is under the law itappears every little incident

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Council discusses influence on engineering communityBY AIMEI CHANGCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Members of the EngineeringGoverning Council took thetime to introduce themselvesand their responsibilities attheir first meeting of the semes-ter on Monday in the BuschCampus Center.

Par th Oza, council presi-dent, spoke about the council’sclose af filiation with schoolof ficials when it comes to mak-ing decisions regarding engi-neering students, and briefedaudience members about studies it carried out in the past.

The council implemented asurvey in which it asked engi-neering students how they felttoward academic issues suchas class curriculum, bad pro-fessors and recitation classes,and other issues that af fectstudents’ ever yday lives, said Oza, a School ofEngineering senior.

Based on the responses, thecouncil decided which issuestook precedence.

One such issue that thecouncil members are lookinginto is exploring study abroad program options forengineering students.

“Engineering students typi-cally have a very rigorous cur-riculum, and so studying abroadtypically extends one’s gradua-tion beyond four years,” Ozasaid.

Those present at the meet-ing also delved into issuesregarding the University

The executive board of the Engineering Governing Council introduces ongoing campaigns to students in the Busch Campus Center.Members plan to enhance engineering student experience through study abroad programs, building repairs and special housing.

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transportation system, diningser vices, building identifica-tions, grounds repairs andengineering housing.

“One of the biggest accom-plishments of EGC is the suc-cessful implementation of theengineering first-year dormson Busch,” said Ross Kleiman,EGC Class of 2012 representa-tive. “I believe Barr and Mattia[Halls] are now purely engineering first-year dorms,and this is a direct result ofwork the EGC has done in the past.”

The council is working careful-ly to listen to engineering students’concerns regarding engineeringschool curriculum conflicts, saidMinru Hwang, EGC UniversityAffairs Committee chair.

“We will make sure stu-dents’ voices are heard. … Notthat we can fix [the problems]right away, but we can work asa representative of our con-stituency to act upon theseissues,” said Hwang, a Schoolof Engineering senior.

The meeting also featuredguest speaker, Ilene Rosen,

assistant dean at the School ofEngineering, who encouragedstudents to participate in theEGC as a good means to gettheir opinions heard.

“You have the opportunity tomake an impact on other stu-dents’ life while we are here atSchool of Engineering,” Rosensaid. “You have the opportunityto make a long lasting impactto [us].”

Audience members also hadthe opportunity to ask them ques-tions regarding the council’s his-tory and its role in the University.

Pete Spatocco, a School ofEngineering first-year student,said he was excited to attend thefirst EGC meeting and looks for-ward to participate more activelyin the future.

“I did council in high school,and I think it would be a greatway to get involved and meetnew people,” Spatocco said.

EGC will invite RutgersStudy Abroad, Academics andCareer Service next Mondayevening when the election for class representatives takes place.

They purposely put red fabric onthe seats.”

Jamie Mount, an Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy senior, saidthe bus drivers have beenunfriendly while trying to keepthe buses less crowded.

“They’re being stricter abouthow many people they’re allow-ing on the buses,” she said. “Adriver was trying to close thedoor on people to stop them fromgetting on. It’s rude to close thedoor while someone’s getting onwhen there’s more than enoughroom for everyone to fit.”

Of the 110 employees drivingthe buses, only 30 wereAcademy bus drivers whoswitched over to First Transit.This leaves room for issues like

getting lost or improper behav-ior, Molenaar said.

“Training issues always hap-pen, and we ask the provider toremove the driver if they aren’tbehaving properly,” he said.“We’re working through theissues, but they had training allsummer long.”

Molenaar also said the issueof bunching, where multiples ofbuses with the same routesarrive at the same time, is beingdealt with.

“More people are drivingaround the first week of classes,so it creates excess traffic,” hesaid. “We had the rain to deal withlast week, which is not fun foranyone. We have more busesthan ever, and we’re working withthe provider because we don’tlike bunching either.”

Molenaar also said studentswho are unhappy with thebuses can check out an environ-mentally friendly alternativewith the department’s new BikeRental Pilot Program atbikes.rutgers.edu.

“Buses are expensive. Bicyclesmake everything better,” he said.“Imagine 10 more people off thebus — it’s a small percentage, butit could really change the dynam-ic of New Brunswick.”

reported under the law, whichwas passed by state legislatureand approved early this year bythe governor.

Boehmer believes the lawwill not have a big impact atSouth Brunswick High School,but it is too early to tell as the school year just started.She said the teachers andadministration have all takenan aggressive approach tothwart bullying.

Charles Ross, principal ofEdison High School, felt the

same as Boehmer about the law.

“While the law will provideme with more paperwork, itcreates a new and more formalprocedure to handling situa-tions dealing with bullying,”Ross said.

He said dealing with issueslike bullying is nothing new forhim as it is part of his job,whether it is a law or not.

“As a principal I have alreadybeen doing what this law statesfor past years, so this is nothingnew for me and the teachers Iwork with,” he said.

Ross said bullying has beena problem as long as therehave been schools and as an administrator, he feelsEdison High School is ahead ofthe curve.

“I have taken a proactiveapproach to handling bullyingover the years,” he said. “I tellmy students that if they everfeel threatened or bullied,there are people always here tohelp them.”

million from alumni, friends, cor-porations and foundations.

“We’re going at the pace wewant to, which is good,”Herring said.

Gifts this year have been assmall as $25 to as large as mil-lions, and have come from 56,000donors, she said.

Since the University hasseen its biggest donations thisyear, Herring and the cam-paign hope to continue theupward trajectory. In its first

year, the cam-paign raised $66million, com-pared to its $137 million in its fifth year.

The foundationasked theUniversity com-munity before thecampaign beganwhere the fundsshould be distrib-uted. It received

more than 470 proposals totaling$6 billion.

“[What] is important toRutgers is that we have moreprivate support to do the thingswe want to do,” she said.

The funds so far have helpedconstruct buildings, fund cours-es and initiatives and endowchairs. Academic staff, not thefoundation itself, decide theirdistribution, Herring said.

“We’re tr ying to raisemoney for what really matters,”she said.

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that could be remotely inter-preted as bullying would haveto be reported, leading teach-ers to overreact to trivialissues,” he said.

The law includes 18 pages of“required components” thatstate teachers and administra-tors must receive mandatorytraining on handling differenttypes of bullying.

Administrators also say thelaw created more work for them.

“The new law has created alot more paperwork for me to fillout,” said Jaymee Boehmer,assistant principal at SouthBrunswick High School. “Butthis law does give a kid who getsbullied all the time a chance toproperly defend himself.”

Schools are now requiredto launch investigations whenan incident of bullying is

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what this law states for

past years.” CHARLES ROSS

Edison High School Principal

Molenaar and the members ofthe Department ofTransportation Services arehappy to have automated stopannouncements on buses.

“We love the new stopannouncements,” he said.“They’re helpful for new ridersand visitors. [Last year] the driv-ers were supposed to makeannouncements, but someweren’t very good at it.”

Some students have alsonoticed the buses seem lesscrowded because of the new inte-rior and seating arrangement.

“The interior is better with thered seats and the buses fit morepeople,” Ree said.

Molenaar said the Academybuses had seating on the lowestlevel that did not run along thewindows and sides, which tookup space where people can nowstand.

“First Transit owns the buses,and we requested that to allowfor easier loading and unload-ing,” he said. “They wanted toknow how to meet our wants.

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The selection process for aprofessor to fill a chair is an aca-demic affair. Departments holda national search and make arecommendation to the unit’sdean, who then brings it to theexecutive vice president forAcademic Affairs for approval,Edwards said.

The Board ofG o v e r n o r smakes the finalselection ofchairs, who canhold their termswith the possi-bility of reap-pointment forthree to fiveyears, he said.

Herring saidits goal is toappoint the new chairs withinone to two years.

“It’s a great opportunity, andthe donor recognized howimportant chairs are to Rutgers,”she said.

The second-largest gift inUniversity history, which wasto the tune of $13 million three years ago, was from thesame anonymous donor,Herring said.

Since the seven-year cam-paign’s commencement in 2006,the University raised $574.4

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“We ask the provider

to remove the driver if they aren’t

behaving properly.” JACK MOLENAAR

Director of the Department of Transportation Services

A West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North teacher accidentally cre-ated an acidic vapor yesterday afternoon, resulting in the evacuation of theentire second floor of the building.

The vapor was released into the classroom when the teacher was clean-ing up after a class, said police Lt. Joseph Duffy in an nj.com article.

The teacher, who created the vapor at 2:02 p.m., was alone in her lab atthe time of the incident, according to the article. Although she followed theproper lab procedures for dispersing of chemicals, she did not wear gogglesand ended up irritating her eyes.

“The release occurred under a protective hood in the classroom but theteacher was not wearing protective goggles,” he said in the article.

Specifically, the vapor occurred when the teacher mixed acidic solutionsfrom a chemistry experiment under a fume hood.

To be safe, authorities called the county’s Hazmat team, police officers,firefighters, as well as emergency personnel.

The Hazmat team said in the article that it decontaminated the teacherin the school parking lot and took her to Robert Wood Johnson UniversityHospital in New Brunswick, where she was later treated for minor injuriesin the area of the eye.

No students were hurt, Plainsboro police said in the article. No explo-sions occurred at the school and students in the rest of the building weredismissed at normal time.

The Hazmat team and of ficials stayed on for several extra hours toensure that no dangerous substances were left around and cleaned upafter water used for flushing out the teacher’s eyes, police said in the article.

The chemicals mixed together that caused the vapor are not currentlybeing disclosed to media.

— Ankita Panda and Anastasia Millicker

SCHOOL ORDERS EVACUATION AFTER TEACHER RELEASES VAPOR

“We’re trying to raise money

for what really matters.”

CAROL HERRINGRutgers University

Foundation President

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Former dining hall transforms to food packaging assemblyBY PAIGE TATULLICONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University has given CooperDining Hall a second chance.

The former dining hall,which stands on Douglass cam-pus and shut down in 2006,reopened its doors with anentirely different purpose.

“Cooper Dining Hall is onceagain being used, this time not asa dining hall, but rather a com-missary to produce packagedfoods for places where we havesimply run out of room,” said JoeCharette, interim director ofDining Services.

University-run food serviceareas that are not dining halls,like Douglass Café, offer pack-aged food, such as salads orsandwiches, for meal swipes. Theformer dining hall now serves as

Cooper Dining Hall on Douglass campus will reopen its doors this semester to become a commissary to cook food and produce packaged meals for other campus eateries.

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For the fifth time in a row, theUniversity took home the GorillaPrize for overall recycling inRecycleMania 2011, a nationwiderecycling competition betweencolleges and universities.

The 11th annual competi-tion recovered 91 millionpounds of organic and recy-clable materials during a 10-week period.

Of that, the University recy-cled more than 3 million pounds,surpassing the runner-up, thirdand fourth place schools —Stanford, Harvard and theUniversity of California-SanDiego — combined, said DaveDeHart, associate director ofEnvironmental Services andGrounds, in a University MediaRelations press release.

“Anything above 90 percentis considered zero waste. Ourgoal is to recycle 80 to 85 per-cent by 2015, and 90 percent by2020,” he said in the release.“Last year, we recycled 67 per-cent of solid waste.”

Dianne Gravatt, director ofEnvironmental Services andGrounds, said the communitywould have to pitch in.

“We constantly look for inno-vative ways to reach faculty, staffand students, especially newcom-ers to Rutgers,” she said in therelease. “We’d love to make recy-cling and a ‘Sustainable Rutgers’ aformal part of orientation to reachfirst-year and transfer students thefirst time they step on campus.”

— Amy Rowe

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the home to the cooking andassembly of these alternativemeals, he said.

“The option has grown to beso popular that we no longer haveenough space within theDouglass Café kitchen to pro-duce the quantity necessary tomeet the student demand,”Charette said.

Dining Services ships some ofthe packaged meals to the ScarletLatte café in the AlexanderLibrary on the College Avenuecampus in addition to theDouglass Café, he said.

The fiscal situation at theUniversity for the 2006-2007 aca-demic year caused theUniversity to close CooperDining Hall, according to theDining Services website.

Various initiatives to keepthe dining hall in business, like

five-course meals or Intermezzoon Friday nights and weekendclosure, failed to make any dras-tic change.

“I never went to Cooper whenit was open, but I know it wasreally small, which is probablywhy they closed it,” said LeeDeSaw, a University Class of2008 alumnus.

DeSaw said students nevergave Cooper Dining Hall goodfood reviews and Intermezzo didlittle in its attempt to keep thevenue open.

The dining hall, located nearJameson Hall, eventually lost outto Neilson Dining Hall in terms ofsize and location.

“Busch and Neilson dininghalls always tied for the best foodout of all the campuses,” she said.

It has been nearly six yearssince Cooper Dining Hall closed

its doors, and for the majority ofnew students, the building resem-bles nothing more than an aban-doned structure.

“I’ve walked past that placebefore and to be honest, I did-n’t even know it was a dininghall,” said Alexis Bruno, aSchool of Arts and Sciencesjunior. “I thought it was just anold building.”

The building still serves otherpurposes, Charette said.

“We have consistently main-tained the building since weclosed it as a dining hall,” he said.“We had summer groups andcatering events in there for mostof the summer.”

With the start of the schoolyear, the Cooper Dining Hallkitchen is once again staffed withpeople in charge of preparingmeals and sending them out

around campus to the units thatsell them, he said.

“Cooper is using four peoplefor one shift a day, in the kitchenonly,” Charette said.

He said since this is the firstfull week that production hasbeen underway, everyone is stillgetting used to the system.

Since the program is new,Charette said numbers regard-ing food production are not yet available.

“We are still developing oursystems for production, shippingand record keeping,” he said.

Once the system has matured,he said there are plans to expandand bring packaged meals to mul-tiple dining halls and student cen-ters throughout the University.

“We plan on shipping some toother student centers in the verynear future,” Charette said.

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Assemblyman gives out free backpacks

BY ANDREW EKLUNDCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Keeping with tradition,Assemblyman UpendraChivukula, D-17, organized adonation yesterday in which hedistributed hundreds of back-packs stuffed with school sup-plies to students in NewBrunswick’s Paul RobesonCommunity School and FranklinPark’s Pine Grove Manor School.

Chivukula, who started theevent four years ago, visited fivedifferent towns in his legislativedistrict, with New Brunswick inthe morning and Franklin Park inthe afternoon.

The assemblyman said he wasmotivated to start the eventbecause of the recent economicdownturns, which have renderedsome people unable to purchaseschool supplies.

“When you look at the econom-ic situation, there are children whoneeded backpacks, and someonesuggested that we help them,” hesaid. “[I believe in] taking the back-packs directly where they are need-ed most — to the students — andmaking sure to get the schooladministrators and teachersinvolved with distribution.”

One of the first steps in start-ing the drive was contactingof fice supply companies andasking them if they were willingto donate supplies toward thispurpose, Chivukula said.

“We reached out to the com-panies like Office Depot and con-tacted them saying we want to

make this really generous dona-tion, and asked if they could con-tribute anything,” he said.

The Franklin PoliceBenevolent Association Local154 donated the most suppliesto the drive, with EnterpriseRent-a-Car coming in second,said Ryan Lemanski,Chivukula’s director ofConstituent Af fairs.

Detective Sgt. Darrin Russo,president of the SupervisoryOf ficers’ Association, whichmanages the Franklin PoliceBenevolence Association(PBA), said the PBA wasinspired to contribute in largepar t because it agreed withChivukula’s cause.

“Assemblyman Chivukula isa good supporter of the com-munity and police and so any-thing we can do to help himout, we’re there for him,”Russo said.

Lemanski added that he wasproud of how the charity drive hasprogressed since it first started.

“This year has raised themost backpacks with morethan 350,” he said. “Just fouryears ago, the drive started outwith only 100 backpacks.”

Chivukula and his staf f alsodonated backpacks and sup-plies to all corners of the com-munity, including individualsin senior centers, churches,organizations and businesses,Lemanski said.

“Ultimately, this year 128backpacks were donated to NewBrunswick, 126 to Franklin, 60 to

North Brunswick, 40 toPiscataway and the remainingbackpacks were donated toMilltown,” he said.

Kelly Mooring, principle ofthe Paul Robeson CommunitySchool on Commercial Avenue,expressed how much the stu-dents and parents appreciatethe outpouring of support.

“We’re really appreciativefor the generous donation ofthe school bags and schoolsupplies,” Mooring said.

Jeremiah Clif ford, principalof Woodrow WilsonElementar y School in NewBrunswick, agreed withMooring and said his studentsreally appreciated this driveand its impact on their lives.

“It helps our studentsunderstand what people give tous and we have to give to oth-ers,” he said.

The event closed withJennifer Whitner, principal ofPine Grove Manor School,prompting her pupils to makeuse of their new supplies and toread to the fullest of their abili-ties, a cause that Chivukulastrongly emphasized through-out the course of the evening.

“If we can motivate our chil-dren to work hard in school,then they most certainly cancompete worldwide,” he said.“We have to stress on educa-tion, just like this schoolstresses on reading and provid-ing a good education as one ofthe most important aspects ofpublic interest.”

14 “Art After Hours” at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli ArtMuseum is hosting an exhibition titled “Cast Me Not Away:Soviet Photography in the 1980s,” which will showcase 54images from the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection. Theexhibition runs from May 14 to Nov. 15 and presents a visu-al record of life in the Soviet Union during the 1980s, draw-ing on universal themes of human existence. The museum’sdoors will be open until 9 p.m. tonight — University stu-dents and staff get in free with I.D.

18 The annual Raritan River Festival and Duck Race will takeplace today in Boyd Park from noon to 6 p.m., rain or shine.Participants will be able to explore an Art Walk, BeerGarden or partake in Cardboard Canoe Races and a numberof other environmental activities. Live music will be featureall day long, and admission is free. The event is hosted byNew Brunswick Recreation and the Beez Foundation.

21 The second City Council meeting of the month will be heldtoday at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 78 Bayard St.

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24 Fluxus, an experimental multimedia art movement of themid-20th century, is celebrating its 50th anniversary atRutgers. The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum will behosting an art exhibition in honor of Fluxus and its contri-bution to the University’s legacy as a center for experimen-tal art. The exhibition begins today, and will run until April1, 2012.

25 Highland Park’s 7th annual “Arts in the Park” festival takesplace today. The outdoor festival will run from 11:30 a.m. to4:30 p.m. on Raritan Avenue in Highland Park, and willshowcase a variety of fine arts and crafts from across thegreater Highland Park and New Brunswick area.

27 New Jersey State Theater will be hosting a screening of“Idiots and Angels”, a fairy-tale comedy directed by BillPlympton about a boozy business man who suddenlysprouts angel wings. The screening will be followed by anonstage conversation and question and answer session withPlympton. Tickets are $20 ($15 with a LoveRU promotioncode), and doors open at 8 p.m.

Upendra Chivukula donates supplies to schools in New Brunswick, Franklin Park

19 Find out about your roots with the New Brunswick PublicLibrary during “In a Nutshell” genealogy workshop. Theworkshop is from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Carl T. ValentiCommunity Room and accompanies the traveling exhibit “Ina Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak.” “In a Nutshell”was organized by the Rosenbach Museum & Library,Philadelphia, and developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofitorganization. The program is a part of the National Tourfunded by grants from the Charles H. Revson Foundation,the Righteous Persons Foundation, the David BergFoundation and an anonymous donor, with additional sup-port from “Tablet Magazine: A New Read on Jewish Life.”For more information, contact Joye Crowe-Logan at 732-745-5108 or joye@lmxac.org.

17 The New Jersey State Theatre hosts two-time Grammy nom-inee guitarist Tony Emmanuel. Emmanuel’s collectionincludes 20 musical recordings featuring both acoustic andelectric guitar. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and ticketsrange from $15 to $45 with group discounts available.

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Scientist finds unreported deposit

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A BP scientist identified a pre-viously unreported deposit offlammable gas that could haveplayed a role in the Gulf ofMexico oil spill, but the oil giantfailed to divulge the finding togovernment investigators for aslong as a year, according to inter-views and documents obtainedby The Associated Press.

While engineering experts dif-fer on the extent to which the two-foot-wide swath of gas-bearingsands helped cause the disaster,the finding raises the specter of fur-ther legal and financial troubles forBP. It also could raise the stakes inthe multibillion-dollar court battlebetween the companies involved.

A key federal report into whatcaused the worst offshore oilspill in U.S. history is set to bereleased as early as Wednesday.

“This is a critical factor,where the hydrocarbons arefound,” said Rice Universityengineering professor SatishNagarajaiah. “I think furtherstudies are needed to determinewhere this exactly was and whatresponse was initiated by BP ifthey knew this fact.”

At issue: BP petrophysicistGalina Skripnikova in a closed-door deposition two months agotold attorneys involved in the oilspill litigation that thereappeared to be a zone of gasmore than 300 feet above whereBP told its contractors and regu-lators with the then-MineralsManagement Service the shal-lowest zone was located.

The depth of the oil and gasis a critical parameter in drillingbecause it determines howmuch cement a company needsto pump to adequately seal awell. Federal regulationsrequire the top of the cement tobe 500 feet above the shallowestzone holding hydrocarbons,meaning BP’s cement job waspotentially well below where itshould have been.

Cement contractor Halliburtonrecently filed a lawsuit against BPasserting that Skripnikova’s state-

ments prove the oil giant knewabout the shallower gas before theexplosion and should have soughta new cement and well design. BPhas denied the allegations.

Skripnikova’s job involvedanalyzing data from BP’sMacondo well to determine thedepth and characteristics of oiland gas deposits, which in turnis used in a process called tem-porary abandonment, whenwells are sealed so they can beused for production later.

Based on the initial informa-tion, regulators approved BP’swell sealing plan, which calledfor placing the top of the cementat roughly 17,300 feet below thesurface of the water. Thecement was pumped April 19,the day before the explosion.But Skripnikova said that aftershe flew back from the rig sheand others re-examined theanalysis, and on the day of theexplosion she identified theshallower gas zone. That wouldhave meant the cement shouldhave been placed at just under17,000 feet below the surface ofthe water.

She said she did not relay thatinformation to drilling engineerson the Deepwater Horizon andwarn them to hold off proceedingwith the abandonment. She sug-gested in her deposition that shethought the information wouldbe passed up the chain. BP wasalready $60 million over budgetand stopping operations at thatpoint and coming up with a newcement design would have meantmillions of extra dollars in costs.

Later in the deposition,Skripnikova backtracked andsaid the new analysis was notdiscussed among her team untilthe day after the explosion.

“Do you believe that BPcomplied with MMS regula-tions with its selection ofwhere the top of cementshould go in the cement jobthat was done on April 19,” anattorney asked Skripnikova.

“I don’t know,” she responded.Before her deposition, none

of Skripnikova’s findings

appear to have been passed onto federal regulators or thenumerous government investi-gations since the disaster.Skripnikova was never ques-tioned at public hearingsbefore the presidentially-appointed oil spill commission.Nor was she questioned beforethe joint investigative panel ofthe U.S. Coast Guard and theagency that regulates of fshoredrilling, which is readying itsfinal report. Her name and theinformation she has is not inBP’s internal investigationreport released last September.

BP spokesman Scott Deaninsisted in a statement Tuesdayto AP that when assessing top-of-cement requirements beforethe accident, BP did not identifythe zone in question as bearingoil or gas. Dean said “BP hasprovided material concerningthis zone to the parties in themultidistrict litigation and togovernment investigators.”

BP provided a letter lateTuesday it said it sent the oilspill commission on Oct. 30,2010, six months after the explo-sion. The letter said BP would besending the commission draftreports the company preparedand more detailed studies tohelp inform its efforts to stop theflow of oil to the sea. The letterdoes not detail what the reportssaid, what data was provided, orwhether the data was the sameas what Skripnikova discussed inher deposition.

And, an investigator with thepresidential oil spill commis-sion, which released a report onthe disaster months ago and dis-banded in January, told AP thatBP did not specifically revealthe higher probable gas zoneduring the course of the panel’sinvestigation. The investigator,who spoke on condition ofanonymity because he was notauthorized to speak publicly,said an independent petrophysi-cist reviewed the data availableto the panel and did not expressconcern about gas being at ashallower depth.

Washington teachersstrike for second day

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TACOMA, Wash. —Thousands of students inWashington state’s third-largestschool district will be spendinga second day out of class asschool of ficials seek a courtorder to force hundreds ofstriking teachers back to work.

A Superior Court hearing isscheduled Wednesday morn-ing on the Tacoma SchoolDistrict’s request for an injunc-tion to order nearly 1,900teachers back to work. The dis-trict’s lawyers contend publicemployees cannot legallystrike under state law. TacomaEducation Associationspokesman Rich Wood saysunion lawyers will be readywith a response.

Teachers hit the picket linesTuesday after voting over-whelmingly Monday night tostrike over issues that includeteacher pay, class size and theway the district’s teachers aretransferred and reassigned.Tacoma teachers had beenworking without a contractsince school started Sept. 1.

The strike is keeping28,000 studentsout of class.

The NewsTribune news-paper reportedthat the districtasked a PierceC o u n t ySuperior Courtjudge to orderthe teachersback to work.A t t o r n e yS h a n n o nM c M i n i m e esaid the districtwants the courtto declare the strike illegal.

A spokesman for theWashington EducationAssociation did not immediatelyreturn a call seeking commentabout the injunction request.

Union of ficials said strikingteachers began arriving atLincoln High School at 6 a.m.Tuesday, and the plan was tohave teachers at the city’s fivemajor high schools demon-strating all day.

“It’s my 39th year of teach-ing. I’ve never struck before,”fourth grade teacher RobertBrown, 60, said shortly afterhelping assemble signs atWilson High School. “I’d ratherbe in school, I’d rather not haveadversarial relationship. Theprincipal at my school is justwonder ful. My relationshipwith him is great. It’s very neg-ative from the central of fice.”

Brown said he voted to strikebecause of the district’s attemptsto move teachers around the dis-trict despite seniority, saying, “inthe view of this 60-year-old, it’sage discrimination.”

Eighty-seven percent of theTacoma EducationAssociation’s total member-ship voted Monday evening towalk out, after weekend con-tract negotiations failed toresult in an agreement, WEAspokesman Rich Wood said.

“I hope the district adminis-tration is taking less time onlegal action and reflecting whytheir teachers are so upset theywould leave the students theylove,” said Andy Coons, TacomaEducation Association president.

Both the Washington attor-ney general and state judgeshave ruled that state publicemployees do not have theright to strike.

Tacoma teachers have beenworking without a contractsince school started Sept. 1.The union and district negoti-ated Saturday but couldn’tagree on a contract proposal.

A strike vote at the end ofAugust failed by about 28votes. Union bylaws requireapproval by 80 percent of thenearly 1,900 members toauthorize a strike.

A 2006 state attorney gener-al’s opinion said state and localpublic employees, includingteachers, have no legally pro-tected right to strike. Thatopinion also noted state lawlacks specific penalties forstriking public employees.

During several past teacherstrikes, Washington school dis-

tricts havegone to cour tand judgeshave orderedteachers backto work.

T a c o m at e a c h e r searned an aver-age salar y of$63,793 duringlast schoolyear, accordingto the district.They are thebest-paid teach-ers in Pierce

County and about the fifth-high-est paid among the state’slargest districts, behind teach-ers in Everett, Northshore,Seattle and Bellevue, accordingto state data.

The Legislature included inits state budget a 1.9 percentcut in teacher pay but left it upto school districts to figure outhow to save that money. Somedistricts have made cuts else-where, some have cut teacherpay, and others have workedout compromises with theirlocal teachers union.

The News Tribune reportsthat on the issue of pay, thedistrict said Sunday it hasof fered teachers two options.

They could maintain thecurrent pay schedule and sac-rifice pay for one personal day,one individual optional trainingday and one schoolwide train-ing day. Or they could acceptan ef fective 1.35 percent cut inthe salar y schedule. Inexchange, teachers would beallowed to schedule 2.5 fur-lough days.

The district said it has alsoof fered to keep class size max-imums at the current level.The union wants to decreaseclass sizes, but the district sayssubtracting one child per classcould cost the district about$1.8 million a year.

A deposit of flammable gas may have played a role in last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The BP scientist whofound the deposit failed to tell government investigators, which raises legal issues for the oil company.

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served the interests of vari-ous smugglers, terrorists,drug traffickers, and armsdealers from around theworld. Hezbollah has alreadyharmed the United States

through direct attacks against diplomats and contin-ues to do so by perpetuating the Latin American drugtrade and corruption detrimental to the developmentof these South American countries. Hezbollah isknown to cooperate with other transnational criminalgroups to smuggle drugs into the United States.Such partnerships may lead the way for the smug-gling in of a nuclear bomb.

Unhealthy conditions abroad can produce dis-eases that may spread to our land or to the lands ofour trading partners. The drug trade, if not tamed,will continue to pump toxic chemicals into our streetsand fund the activities of our enemies. Terrorists andcriminals will mesh in the pursuit of their goals. The

new dynamics of world securitymake it clear that less involvement inworld affairs is the exact opposite ofa sound course of action for theUnited States. The United Statesmust establish lasting connectionswith the foreign countries andencourage these countries to form orstrengthen regional alliances aimed

at combating international crime. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

(UNODC) is an institution the United States mustnourish so progress can continue in the analysis ofthe issue and implementation of programs that alle-viate the causes of crime. One of the UNODCendeavors involves what they refer to as AlternativeDevelopment, or, “giving farmers an economicallyviable, legal alternative to growing coca bush,opium poppy or cannabis plant.”

Desperate farmers may grow these and sell themto cartels. When poverty leads to the development ofcrops that can produce damaging products, the situa-tion becomes even more complex, as what is cultivat-ing cocaine and heroine to us is nothing more thanmaking a living for the farmers. What effect would areduction in United States dues to the UN have on theUNODC? In order to move on, Americans should rec-ognize two things. First, problems abroad do not stayabroad but eventually make themselves apparent athome. Second, that increased involvement in foreignaffairs does not necessarily mean sending troops toother countries, but can also mean an increased com-mitment to partnerships that combat the greatestthreats to our security. When the above is recognized,more Americans will desire an increase rather than adecrease in involvement in world affairs.

Jose Paulino is a School of Arts and Sciences seniormajoring in political science with a minor in philosophy.

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“I didn’t even know it was a dining hall ... I thought it was just an old building.”

Alexis Bruno, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, on Cooper Dining Hall

STORY IN UNIVERSITY

QUOTE OF THE DAY

T hese are dark days for University students. Not only are ourjob prospects frighteningly low, even though we have put inall the work that society says is required of us, but the

amounts of debt we accumulate just to attend college are becoming-ly increasingly difficult to shoulder. Worst of all, there does notseem to be any help on the way. Instead, as The Daily Targumreported yesterday, grants are dropping dramatically while loans arerising to take their place. Sure, this works as a short-term fix.Students are receiving the money they need to pay for their termbills and continue their educations. However, in the long term, thissystem is positively disastrous, an almost surefire way to place a bar-rier between students and success in the “real world.”

What makes matters even worse is how silent the transition fromgrants to loans is. No one has been warning us about it. Many stu-dents find themselves losing grants without a word of warning, andthey then have no choice but to accept the loans. Loans and grantsshould not be interchangeable like this. There is a crucial, almostlife-altering difference between the two types of financial aid.Perhaps loans should not even count as financial aid — in manyways, they are the exact opposite of aid.

It is clear that for the good of the future of our country as a whole,this system needs to be fixed immediately. For starters, lawmakersshould look for ways to make student loans less unbearable. Peopleshould not have to worry about paying these loans back even if theyare forced to declare bankruptcy. Private loans also should not liveon in unfortunate cases where the borrower dies. These loans arebasically inescapable as things stand now, and students are in direneed of protection.

There can be no future if the people who are tasked with lead-ing that future — i.e., today’s students – cannot climb out fromunder the crushing weight of debt. It is bad enough that we’re fac-ing a grim and foreboding economy these days. Must we face thateconomy with the added knowledge that we’re entering it with asevere handicap?

G iven the failure ofAmerican involve-ment in Iraq, the

seemingly unending conflictin Afghanistan, the chaoticuprisings of the Arab Spring,the relative incompetence of the European militariesand the debt crisis pervading American politics andsociety, it seems natural for Americans to push for-eign policymakers to adopt a comforting isolationiststance on world affairs. Why worry about problemsabroad when there are problems at home?

The defense budget has been cut and will contin-uously be reduced. Fifty-three House representativeshave proposed a controversial plan to cut U.S. contri-butions to the United Nations, potentially decreasingits influence on the world stage. President BarackObama’s approach to Libya has been described by anaide as “leading from behind” with more stealth andmodesty than military strength. Notably, foreigninvolvement is becoming more tabooas years pass without an end to ourefforts in Iraq and as the worldappears to erupt in financial andsecurity crises seemingly too uncon-trollable to partake in.

The United States should notapproach foreign policy with passivetimidity, but rather with clever —less expensive, more effective — aggressiveness.The dynamics of international security are changingsuch that homeland security depends less on unipo-lar military strength, but more on the control ofmodern systems used by transnational criminalsand strategic partnerships to counter illicit activities.To keep our country safe, less troops on foreigngrounds can be justified, but less intelligence shar-ing, resource sharing, investment in security infra-structure abroad and at home and weakened part-nerships with foreign security organizations cannot.

The revolutionary changes influenced by global-ization affect commerce and ordinary life in everycorner of the world. Transnational criminal and ter-rorist organizations have capitalized on the new tech-nologies and capacities of our modern systems tostrengthen their capabilities. Increased internationaltrade, modern telecommunications, increased traveland international banking are just some of the factorsat the disposal of 21st century criminal organizations.

Hezbollah, a political organization that arose insouthern Lebanon as a resistance movement againstIsrael in 1982, is an example of an organization thatuses transnational crime to its benefit. The pursuit offunding has led Hezbollah to the tri-border area ofLatin America acts as the location of some ofHezbollah’s most profitable schemes. This region,formed by the cities in Argentina, Brazil andParaguay, is known for lawlessness and the presenceof terrorist elements. The region has traditionally

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“Why worry aboutproblems abroad

when there are problems at home?”

Privatizing TSAwill solve nothing

Student loan systemdamages borrowers

P eople have had problems with the Transportation SecurityAdministration (TSA) since the group’s inception 10 yearsago. Complaints have ranged from missed planes to child

molestation, and it’s hard to find a single person who is actually sup-portive of the group. Now, even the group’s creator, Rep. John Mica(R-Fla.), is entirely fed up with the TSA. Mica has even gone as faras to say, “I just don’t have a lot of faith at this point.” The solution,according to Mica, is to privatize the organization. It’s true that theTSA has a long list of urgent flaws that need addressing, but we failto see how privatizing the agency will address any of these flaws.

As stated above, the TSA is a far from perfect agency. Aside fromthe complaints of molestation and violated rights — which are obvi-ously in and of themselves serious issues — the TSA is also spend-ing exorbitant amounts of money on the most absurd of things.According to Human Events, a federal investigation into the TSA’sfunding found that the agency was holding recruiting sessions atupscale hotels and resorts, spending “$2,000 for 20 gallons ofStarbucks Coffee, $8,000 for elevator operators … and $1,500 to rentmore than a dozen extension cords.” How a federal agency could jus-tify such expenditures boggles the mind, so to speak.

However, one has to ask what privatization will do to addressthe situation. It is not as if private companies are vulnerable to thegreed and corruption which sometimes befouls government oper-ations. Was it not the greed and corruption of private banks whichhelped land the United States economy in a serious recession onlya few short years ago? Sure, one may argue that if a privatizedTSA wastes money, it won’t be federal money, but what about theother issues? There is just as much room for incompetence anddangerous conduct in the confines of a private business as thereis in government institutions.

Despite the fact that some GOP members, such as Mica himselfin this case, are prone to touting privatization as a panacea for mostof society’s ills, this simply is not the case. It’s nothing more thanempty, idealistic rhetoric. If Mica wants to see the TSA fixed, heshould be taking directing steps to do so, not trying to pawn theagency off and wash his hands of it. Elected officials are supposedto be civil servants, which, believe it or not, requires actual work.

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COMMENT OF THE DAYDaily review: laurels and darts

L ibertarianism, while not necessarily a dangerous political philosophy, can easily lead its moreextreme adherents to draw dubious conclusions. For an example of this, one needs to look nofurther than Monday’s debate on CNN, during which Wolf Blitzer asked Rep. Ron Paul (R-

Texas), “What do you tell a guy who is sick, goes into a coma and doesn’t have health insurance? …Are you saying society should just let him die?” Before Paul had a chance to respond, a few audiencemembers loudly proclaimed that yes, this hypothetical person should be left to die. While Paul himselfdid not exactly say that when he responded to Blitzer, this incident is a chilling reminder that libertar-ianism can lead to terrible selfishness. We give the audience members who displayed such disrespectfor their fellow human beings darts. The followers of any ideology — whether it be political, econom-ic, religious, etc. — would do well to avoid extremism.

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Even though contemporary America likes to pride itself on what it sees as a commitment to diversi-ty, politics are still largely the domain of old white men. President Barack Obama, himself an exceptionto this rule, is working to change that. According to a report by The Huffington Post, “more than 70percent of Obama’s confirmed judicial nominees” have been people who did not fit the aforementionedarchetype of the old white man. It’s great to see somebody bring real diversity to the political realm,especially when that somebody is a powerful person like the president. We give Obama a laurel for hisefforts. He stands as a great example for the rest of us. His actions affirm the message that, in America,race and gender should never bar someone from success. While Obama is not single-handedly endingdiscrimination, this is at least a good start.

A s many students havefigured out already inthe new academic year,

the University has hired FirstTransit to replace AcademyBus Company as its trans-portation provider.

Students also have figuredout that the buses are shinyand new with comfy scarletseats, scrolling screens of thestops and loud announcementsso students do not miss theirstops after a long Friday nightof partying.

However, students have real-ized that they need to travelfrom campus to campus to

Demand improvement from First Transit busesSCOTT SINCOFF

Letter attend their classes and need areliable transportation authorityto take them there.

Students have said that thebuses are too crowded, there arenot enough of them or that trans-portation doesn’t care about thestudent population on the NewBrunswick campus.

Well, the buses are too crowd-ed, not because of a record stu-dent population in the NewBrunswick campus — thank you,University — but because thenew buses are simply not evenlydistributed between the campus-es. For example, three differentH buses were seen at the HillCenter bus stop on Busch cam-pus within a time span of threeminutes while students waitingfor the H at the Student Activities

Center stop on the CollegeAvenue campus at the same timewere told that an H would notarrive for another 17 minutes.

The University Departmentof Transportation Ser vices(DOTS) does care. In fact, theyeven have a Facebook page,Twitter account and an emailfor students to tell them aboutthe improvements that need tobe made. First Transit even hasan employee at some of themajor bus stops to help stu-dents get on and off buses andto alleviate overcrowding.

However, it should not takethe average 20-year-old studentone hour to go fromCook/Douglass campus toBusch campus. The Universitygives students 55 minutes to

switch campuses for class, andstudents are still late to classand being reprimanded by pro-fessors. Students were sick andtired of the lack of REXL buseslast year. Now, the students seeall of the complaints from theirpeers on their relativeFacebook pages and pounce onthe opportunity to add theirnegative perspectives.

Well, Jack Molenaar, I inviteyou to look at the public pagesof University students to see allof the choice words that stu-dents paying upwards of atleast $20,000 each year have tosay about the “new andimproved” bus service servingour community.

I urge all students toexpress their views on this

issue, not by cursing out yourfriends at College Hall onCook/Douglass campus or bypushing to get on a bus at theARC on Busch campus, but totell the University how you feel.The University bus system is ahighlight of this communityand it needs to improve.

Please contact DOTSat buses@aps.rutgers.edu or posta comment on the DOTSFacebook page. We as studentshave to fight this together.

Scott Sincof f is a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences junior majoring in jour-nalism and media studies andenvironmental policy, institutionsand behavior with a minor inprofessional youth work.

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Sophomore Brittany Bozzini recorded the final kill of last night’s match against Lehigh, giving the Scarlet Knights a 3-0 home victory.

Notching 31 assists on herhome court, Zielinski raised hercareer assists total to 2,288, andmanaged the Knights’ offense toa .253 hitting percentage, .67 bet-ter than the season average.

“Our setter put us in the rightsituations. She’s getting our hit-ters in the right situations, andtonight when the rhythm was off,they bettered the ball, whichreduced our errors and increasedour hitting percentage. It’s a sim-ple formula,” Werneke said.

Contributing to that formula,Cucuz led the Knights (6-7)with 14 kills, landing a third ofher attacks.

Cucuz became a go-to offensive target in junior AllieJones’ absence.

Jones, who ranks second inthe Big East in kills and points,missed the past five matches witha shoulder injury.

Smashing sets, Cucuz contin-ues to improve and impressWerneke and her teammates.

“She did awesome,” Zielinskisaid of her freshman teammate.“She’s really started to come outof her shell, and she is a greatplayer. It sucks I won’t get to seeher when she’s a senior.”

Winning their last home non-conference match, the Knightshead to the Penn State Classicthis weekend to take on the No. 5Nittany Lions, as well as FloridaGulf Coast and Long Island.

The series of matchesmarks the Knights’ final com-petition before they attack theBig East season.

SHUTOUT: Zielinski posts

31 assists in Knights’ sixth win

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what they have to do to follow offof them. They’re leaders to me, soI look up to them.”

There are not many upper-classmen in the Knights’ back-field. Williams’ previous twoseasons featured mop-up duty against FootballChampionship Subdivisionopponents and minimal actionlast year at Pittsburgh.

Deering lined up at widereceiver as a freshman and ranthe Wildcat formation when jun-ior Mohamed Sanu sufferedthrough nagging injuries.

Sanu, who ran through holesalong the offensive line as afreshman in the Wildcat, sees

what Huggins can do in theopen field in practice.

“He is just a very humble and

smart kid, very gifted, able to seethings I don’t see sometimes,”Sanu said of Huggins. “I’m just

impressed with the way he makesthose sudden cuts.”

Although his on-field ability didnot sustain itself through twogames outside of practice, Hugginsremains confident, he said.

His attitude stems from therunning back corps.

“As a running back unit and ateam, we build off each other andwe trust each other,” Hugginssaid. “If one person’s not doing aswell, they bring him up. The confi-dence is always high because weknow what we can do, and we havethe supporting cast — JawanJamison, Rocket [Williams],Jeremy. They all help me out. Weall help each other out.”

But the communicationbetween the offensive line and run-ning backs beckons improvement.

The Knights’ ground gameaveraged only 0.04 yards on 25carries, resulting in a net of oneyard against the Tar Heels.

“We need to keep buildingchemistry,” Huggins said of thetwo units. “We didn’t really runthe ball well last week, but that’sOK. We still were in the ball game.Now we know what we have to doto be able to force the run.”

The time will come whenRutgers’ moving parts develop asustainable rushing attack,Huggins said. If it does, Hugginswill likely be the benefactor.

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Freshman running back Savon Huggins scored twice in his collegiate debut against North Carolina Central, but did not gain any yards on seven carries in a losslast week against North Carolina. The high school All-American averages 1.9 yards per carry on 17 touches two games into his Rutgers career.

And after all, Schiano and theKnights coaching staff investedenough in Huggins to preserve aprominent role in the rotation forthe 6-foot, 200-pounder.

Despite his inef fectiveness,Huggins insisted he is not frustrated.

“I’m patient. I’m humble. Thisis what I expected,” he said. “Idon’t expect anything more thanmy place. I look up to the upper-classmen, work hard, and I see

SAVONHUGGINS

STRUGGLES: Sanu

witnesses RB Huggins’ ability

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Still, Correa’s biggest deficien-cy also gives him his greatest tal-ent. Soccer is a team sport, butCorrea seems able to compete asan entire team by himself.

“He also needs to learn how toinclude other players in his

attacking side of the ball,”Donigan said. “He has done a lotof things individually because heis so talented and so good at drib-bling at people, but if he can startto use the players around him tohelp himself, I only think that’sgoing to make him better.”

Correa’s talents call to mindfor Donigan a player he coachedyears ago at St. Louis by thename of Vedad Ibiševi, who alsoonce struggled with sharing theball on offense. He now plays pro-fessionally for Hoffenheim in theGerman Bundesliga, as well as onthe Bosnian National Team.

“I had a player in the past verysimilar to him, where we used tohave training sessions where hewas such a dominant attackingplayer, and I told him, ‘You haveto use the players around you.You can use these guys and you’llget the ball back,’” Donigan said.“That reminds me so much of JP, and it proves he can make it eventually.”

Correa and the Knights returnto action Friday against Iona, andif the fast rising freshman cannotch any more stats under hisbelt, he will be one step closer toachieving his dream of playingprofessional soccer.

season, scoring three goals andamassing seven points throughfive games.

No one on the Knights takesthe team’s four-game losingstreak lightly, but Nappi steppedup in trying to lead the team outof its rut.

“Competitiveness is a greatthing to have in a person, and shehas it times 10,” said head coachLiz Tchou.

Nappi was one of the main tar-gets in the Knights offense eversince her freshman season lastyear for Tchou.

The West Essex High Schoolproduct finished second on theteam in goals with five, accumu-lating more than half of theKnights’ 30 goals with forwardNicole Gentile (11).

The Knights already look toNappi to lead them out of theirearly losing streak in just her sec-ond season in Piscataway.

Now that Nappi is no longer afreshman, Tchou said she con-tinues to acclimate to that lead-ership role.

“In a positive way, she can getherself back quickly and fight her

way through it,” Tchou said. “In anegative way, she lets her emo-tions get to her. She’s done amuch better job this year thanlast year in channeling her com-petitiveness the right way.”

Nappi not only displays leader-ship through her work ethic, butshe also leads the Knightsoffense as its main distributor.

The Fairfield, N.J., native isone of five players on the teamwith an assist this season, makingNappi a threat to either score orfind a teammate open to shoot.

“First I look for a pass. If Ican’t do that, I just try to elimi-nate the defender,” Nappi said.“You have to look at it as every-body’s equal on the field.”

The Rutgers offense displayeda more balanced attack, ratherthan the concentration in scoringlast season that it generatedthrough Nappi and Gentile.

The balance enhances Nappi’ssignificance in finding teammates, asshe regularly gets double-teamed.

“[My teammates] are veryimportant,” Nappi said. “If they’renot getting open and cutting intothe right passing lanes, I won’t be

able to get them the ball.”As the main distributor, Nappi

stepped up in communicatingwhat the rest of the team needs todo its job effectively.

“She communicates with every-body to make sure everyone’sdoing a good job,” said sophomoreDanielle Freshnock.

The Rutgers offense showedpromise against New Hampshireby keeping it close against theWildcats and getting five of its sixshots on goal.

But the Knights know theyneed to score more than onegoal on Friday if they want tobeat No. 5 Syracuse.

“Basically, [we need] for allthe forwards to connect and beopen for one another, and we justneed to finish,” Freshnock said.

If the Knights have any troubleputting that one point on theboard, they will still feel confidentgiving the ball to Nappi.

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he said. “We just want to helphim develop his weaknessesand to make him a more com-plete player.”

The coach cited a number oftweaks Correa can make to hisgame that will take him to thenext level.

First, his defense must devel-op, according to Donigan.

“I just think expanding hisgame would be best, not justbecoming known for hisattacking abilities but also adefensive presence, as well,”Donigan said. “We can’t af fordto go out there and play with11 guys going for ward andonly 10 guys playing defensebecause that would catch upwith us eventually.”

CAREER: Donigan wants

more defense out of freshman

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JP CORREA

NOAH WHITTENBURG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore forward Gia Nappi leads the Scarlet Knights in goals and points, with three and seven, respectively, and is one of five players this season to tallyan assist. The Fairfield, N.J., native started 19 games as a true freshman last year and ranked second on the team with 15 points and five goals.

BY JOSH BAKANCORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers field hockeyteam faced a New Hampshire

s q u a dSaturday

that did not allow more than onegoal to any opponent headinginto the contest.

New Hampshire’s staunchplay did not bode well for the 1-4Scarlet Knights, who continue tostruggle this year on the offen-sive end.

But the Knights got one onthe board, and it came as no sur-prise who scored the goal.

The conversion stemmedfrom none other than the team’sgoal and points leader, Gia Nappi,who found the back of the cageas time expired in the first half.

The sophomore forward isone of the bright spots on astruggling Knights offense this

FIELD HOCKEY

Sophomore continues emergence as reliable option

“Competitiveness isa great thing

to have in a person,and [Gia Nappi] has it times 10.”

LIZ TCHOUHead Coach

of who will redshirt and whowill play as freshmen.

Schiano later said hewished Johnson played at leasta few snaps.

When left tackle Andre Civilsuffered cramps at NorthCarolina, Schiano shuffled hisentire offensive line, with seniorcenter Caleb Ruch as the firstlineman off the bench.

A road game in Chapel Hill,N.C., against anNFL-talent ladendefensive linemay not havebeen the idealplace for Johnsonto debut, butnext week nowseems likely.

“I think if wewent out andrushed for 160[yards], weprobably would-n’t be looking atanybody dif fer-ent in the front five,” Schianosaid. “I don’t know if we’vebeen settled here for twoyears on who the best five are.We’ve been trying to find whois ready to play the kind ofphysical football that we wantto play.”

Johnson, who played of fen-sive guard at Edward H.White High School, called themental adjustment the most

dif ficult part of his adjustmentto college.

The physical play comes easy.“Ever since the first day

when we did our first drill, I hit aguy and thought, ‘Wow, this isn’tas hard as I thought,’” Johnsonsaid. “It’s just a little bit faster.”

Redshirt freshman BetimBujari could also see increasedaction if he earns his repetitionsin bye-week practices. Although

Schiano contin-ues to contem-plate majorchanges on theoffensive line, hewas emphaticwhen he said itimproved fromlast season.

“No doubt,not even close,”Schiano said.“[We’re] justmore stout, bet-ter physically.We’re just not

finishing things off.”

IN ADDITION TO CLEARINGup the offensive line picture thisweek, Schiano has the same goalfor the running back position.

Junior De’Antwan Williams,sophomore Jeremy Deering,redshirt freshman JawanJamison and true freshmanSavon Huggins will split opportu-nities this week, before Schiano

has a more focused picture forOhio preparation.

Deering is certain to receivehis game touches, Schianosaid, as he is a versatile backwho can also motion out wide,but the remaining three fightfor two spots.

“We’re going to give every-body opportunities, but thenwe’re going to lock it in Sundaynight,” Schiano said. “You’relooking at the three others guys,and I think we have to narrow itdown to two.”

FIFTH-YEAR SENIORfullback Joe Martinek and sen-ior safety Pat Kivlehan will bothmiss bye-week practices withunspecified injuries, andKivlehan “may be a while,”Schiano said.

Martinek, in his first seasonat fullback, shows promise butneeds to trust his instincts more,Schiano said.

“As I’m watching the tape,I’m thinking of the drills we’ll doto really get him to be a full-back,” Schiano said. “We’re notgoing to be able to make it hap-pen this week.”

AS IS USUAL DURING A BYEweek, Rutgers spent part of yes-terday’s practice preparingagainst the triple-option, which itwill face this season againstArmy and Navy.

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T he Rutgers women’ssoccer team receivedvotes yesterday in the

National Soccer CoachesAssociation of America poll.

After a pair of 1-0 weekendwins over Yale and Dartmouth,Rutgers earned three votesfrom the NSCAA.

The Knights are 5-2, withboth losses coming to top-10teams. The squad tries to keepmoving up the rankings whenit opens its Big East scheduleFriday against Villanova.

BOISE STATE RECEIVEDthe final rulings on sanctionsagainst the university forNCAA violations involvingmore than 75 prospects andathletes across five sports.

The football team willof fer nine less scholarshipsthrough the 2013-14 season,and for the next three springtraining periods must holdfewer contact practices.

All of the penalties are inaddition to the self-imposedsanctions that Boise Stateimplemented earlier this year.

THE METS ANGEREDMLB Commissioner BudSelig when they revealedthe league rejected theirproposal to wear hats honor-ing the first responders tothe events of 9/11.

Selig called the Mets onSunday night, saying theythrew his office “under thebus” and greatly embarrassedbaseball executives.

MLB officials claim the rea-son the Mets could not wearthe hats was due to uniformity,saying all of baseball had tohonor the first responders inthe same way.

TOM BRADY BECAME THEfirst quarterback sinceBoomer Esiason in 1996 tothrow for more than 500 yardswhen he did so on Mondaynight in a 38-24 win over theMiami Dolphins.

Brady completed 32-of-48passes for 517 yards, includinga 99-yard touchdown pass toreceiver Wes Welker.

Out-dueling fellow ex-Michigan Wolverine quarter-back Chad Henne, Bradyachieved the fifth-highestnumber of passing yards inNFL history.

The game shattersBrady’s previous career highof 410 yards.

MANNY RAMIREZ WASreleased from BrowardCounty jail yesterday after facing charges ofdomestic battery.

The former Major LeagueBaseball star allegedly hithis wife, Juliana, with anopen hand Monday nightand was arrested after shecalled 911.

Ramirez’s wife reported thecouple got into a heated argu-ment, culminating withRamirez striking her.

WORD ON THE STREET

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

Head coach Greg Schianowarned the assembled mediaTuesday about not reading toomuch into the rotating changeson the Rutgers football team’soffensive line.

The bye week will seecountless combinations of first-and second-team lines, Schianosaid, before the first five aredecided upon Sunday for game-week practices.

But Schiano made onething clear by simply makingtrue freshman Kaleb Johnsonavailable to the media afterpractice: The right tackle iscloser to his debut.

“Right now I’m still learning,but I’m sure if I got in there Icould hold my own,” said the 6-foot-4, 298-pound Johnson.

Schiano praised Johnson’sphysical maturity after hearrived in Piscataway on June 1 from his home inJacksonville, Fla.

Johnson received regularsecond-team repetitionsthroughout training camp,and he was always among thepotential-impact freshmanSchiano named. But Johnsondid not see the field in theseason opener against NorthCarolina Central, which typi-cally gives a clear indication

PRACTICE NOTEBOOK SCHIANO STARTS BYE WEEK TINKERING ALONG OFFENSIVE LINE

KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

“Ever since the firstday when we did

our first drill, I hit a guy and thought,‘Wow, this isn’t as

hard as I thought.’”KALEB JOHNSON

Freshman Right Tackle

Head coach Greg Schiano will have a more clear picture of the offensive line and running back positions after the bye week,but versatile sophomore Jeremy Deering, who has five carries and two receptions, is sure to be involved out of the backfield.

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T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M

Junior setterbreaks recordin shutout

Early strugglesdo not deterfreshman RB

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Junior setter Stephanie Zielinski reached another milestone last night, recording her2,288 career assist and moving to fourth all-time in Rutgers history.

BY PATRICK LANNISTAFF WRITER

Jumping former Scarlet KnightsDanaan Luca and Abbey Martin, junior

setter StephanieZielinski moved tofourth all time inassists, as theRutgers volleyballteam blanked the

Mountain Hawks of Lehigh, 3-0.The Knights took the match in three sets,

but it was a play early in the second set thathighlighted the Knights’ second shutout ofthe season.

With the match tied at three, Zielinskiplaced a crafty set for sophomore Tif fanyRegmund, who drove the pass to thefloor. With her 14th assist of the night,the junior from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,made the statistical leap, leading theKnights to victory.

“It feels awesome,” Zielinski said. “It’s areally good goal for me to work toward, andI’m really excited about it.”

Lehigh put its best foot forward in thethird set, tying the match at 16, but fresh-man Sofi Cucuz delivered back-to-backkills to put the Knights back on top, 18-16.Two consecutive Lehigh errors gaveRutgers a comfor table four-point leaddown the stretch, as the Knights finishedthe Mountain Hawks, 25-18, on a BrittanyBozzini kill.

Never trailing in the first two sets, theKnights cruised to their sixth win of the season.

Eliminating errors was a key stat for theKnights and made an impression on headcoach CJ Werneke.

“Looking at the stats, we limited ourerrors, and that gave us another opportu-nity to live another day, play defense, con-tend for blocks and get better swings,”the four th-year coach said. “There issomething to say about making the otherteam earn points, and that is what we did tonight.”

BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Savon Huggins did not expect his sta-tus as the Rutgers football team’s prized2011 recruit to translate into immediate

on-field success. The freshman

from St. Peter’s Prep knew he had to workhis way into more playing time throughpractice, and progression would occurover time.

Through two games, Huggins and theScarlet Knights still await that moment.

“It’s a great experience, some ups anddowns,” Huggins said. “But this is all partof the game. I didn’t expect to go in hereand [have] everything be great. I just havea humble attitude to go through the wholething, and we’ll be fine.”

Huggins racked up only seven carriesin the Knights’ 24-22 loss Saturday toNorth Carolina, and rushed for only a 3.2yard-per-carr y average against NorthCarolina Central.

The tie that binds him with juniorDe’Antwan Williams and redshir t freshman Jawan Jamison still exists,although head coach Greg Schianoexpects some clarity at running back inthe near future.

When Schiano sits down Sunday toprepare for Rutgers’ game week againstOhio, he plans to whittle the competitiondown to two backs, with the exception of sophomore Jeremy Deering.

“We’re going to give everybody opportu-nities,” Schiano said. “Jeremy is his ownentity because Jeremy does so much withhis … motion. We do a lot of things withhim. So that’s going to be one of the chal-lenges that we’ll have to look at.”

Huggins figures to be one of the runningbacks to survive Schiano’s downsizing.

He scored a pair of touchdownsagainst NC Central and was competent inpass blocking, something St. Peter’s Prephead coach Rich Hansen did not ask himto do in high school.

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Freshman forward JP Correa started each of his four collegiate games, tallyingtwo goals and two assists to lead the Scarlet Knights in each category.

Impact rookie dreams of professional career

BY VINNIE MANCUSOCORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers men’s soccer team sports afreshman described as a being a one-of-a-

kind talent, the type ofplayer that does notcome around often.

Make no mistake about it, JP Correaarrived on the Banks to help the ScarletKnights turn their fortune around after astring of disappointing seasons.

But in the back of his head, Correa hasa loftier goal. The forward from Montville,N.J., also dreams of one day playing soccer professionally.

“Ever since I was little, I’ve beendreaming about being a professional,”Correa said. “Coming out of high schooland being recruited just feels like one stepcloser. I just feel like I have to work a littleharder to get there.”

Head coach Dan Donigan believesCorrea picked the right atmosphere toachieve his goals.

“JP, he is a special player. He is not akid that you get every year or even every

couple years,” Donigan said. “He is anincredibly talented player. He is a soccerjunkie and he came to us because outsidethe whole school thing, he wants tobecome a professional, he wants to get tothe next level. We feel confident that we are going to be able to do that for him, and obviously he chose us for that reason.”

Through the Knights’ first four games ofthe season, Correa certainly displayed thetalents necessary to advance to the nextlevel. The freshman contributed in each ofthose games in some way, notching twoassists and a team-high two goals.

“In soccer, there is nothing really likescoring a goal,” Correa said. “To be leadingthe team in goals, it just feels great. It’s agood feeling.”

Correa is still very young and has a longroad ahead of him if he wants to become aprofessional. But Donigan noted his youth isnothing to worry about.

“Every player in college and even in theprofessional ranks has some deficiencies,”

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