came to Madrid for a day of rest before heleft to Amsterdam for an internationalBaptist convention.

“I had the opportunity to spend the wholeday with [King] on a first name basis,” hesaid, “Two guys hanging out in Madrid iswhat it was like.”

Though King is a monumental icon inAmerican culture, Rockland said he knewhim as a human being and meeting him wascomical, recalling a time when Kinganswered his hotel room door while onlywearing his underwear after having justwoken up from a nap.

“Sometimes I’m disappointed when I walkinto classrooms,” he said. “I’m glad he has anational holiday and I think he deserves it,but he’s so cleaned up, if you will.”

Rockland said he helped to arrange ashort press conference and took King ona tour of Madrid, including lunch in a

“Most of the stuff we do is mundane tous,” said Vaidhyanathan, professor and chairof the Department of Media Studies at theUniversity of Virginia. “When you go througha tollbooth, you don’t think, ‘I am being sur-veilled.’ But in total, to somebody, [this infor-mation] means something.”

Vaidhyanathan, who is also a professor atthe University of Virginia School of Law, saidthe concept of big data is enormous amountsof unstructured data produced by instru-ments that track and analyze behavior.

Companies seeking to boost their onlinemarketing have a huge stake in big data,Vaidhyanathan said. He cited the way Googlefills in possible entries on the search bar oncea site user starts typing and Amazon book rec-ommendations as products of data tracking.

He said these kinds of companies gainconsumer profiles through browser cookies

and computer IP addresses — not just cus-tomers’ interaction with the company site.

“They follow you around the Web,” he said.While many people may notice these tar-

geted recommendations, Vaidhyanathan saidnot enough of them realize how much theyare being watched — evidence of a phenom-enon he calls the “Cryptopticon.”

The “Cryptopticon” is rooted in Englishphilosopher Jeremy Bentham’s design for aprison called the “Panopticon,” which fea-tured a guard tower lit around the clock, sothat inmates would not be able to tell whetherthey were being watched.

Bentham theorized that prisoners wouldassume that they were always subject to sur-veillance and would tailor their behavioraccordingly, Vaidhyanathan said.

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BY KRISTIN BARESICHCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Most people drive through an E-ZPasslane without a second thought, but theymight be paying for this convenience in morethan just dollars.

Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of “TheGooglization of Everything (And Why WeShould Worry),” spoke to more than 100 stu-dents and faculty yesterday afternoon aboutdata surveillance in everyday life and itsimplications for consumer privacy.

His presentation, “The Cryptopticon:Knowledge and Dignity in the Era of BigData,” held in the Alexander Library on theCollege Avenue campus, focused on how bitsof information accumulate into a vast collec-tion that provides companies with valuableconsumer data.

BY AMY ROWENEWS EDITOR

The New Jersey Film Festival this Sundaywill screen Meherjaan, a film that centers onloving the other, a notion exemplifiedthrough the character Meher, a youngBengali woman who falls in love with anenemy soldier during the Indo-Pakistani warof 1971.

The film’s writer and director, RubaiyatHossain, chose to highlight this narrative inher film in response to the nationalism sheencountered growing up during the 1980s inBangladesh, where the film was shot.

Hossain said after the war, which involvedPakistani soldiers raping many women fromBangladesh and Bengali freedom fighterstraining in India to challenge Pakistan for thecountry’s independence, widespread nation-alism developed.

“I grew up a very nationalist child, I went toa Bengali school … and I always supportedIndia versus Pakistan,” she said. “I was readingbooks from writers whose fathers died in thewar. One said he would not even take a con-necting flight if the plane landed in Pakistan.”

BY AMANDA GOMEZCONTRIBUTING WRITER

A record number of women are runningin the upcoming election for seats in theU.S. Senate and the U.S. House ofRepresentatives, according to a reportreleased by the Center for AmericanWoman and Politics at the EagletonInstitute of Politics.

“It’s a year of opportunity,” said DebbieWalsh, director of the Center for AmericanWoman and Politics. “We didn’t just breakthe record, we pushed through.”

According to the report, 18 women — 12Democrats and six Republicans — are run-ning for seats on the Senate. There are 163women, in which 116 are Democrats and 47are Republicans, running for the House ofRepresentatives, the report said.

In the Senate, six female Democrats areseeking re-election and 66 Republican womenare seeking re-election, while 45 Democrats

BY ADAM UZIALKOCORRESPONDENT

Michael Rockland, a professor in theUniversity’s Department of AmericanStudies, has spent a day with Martin LutherKing Jr., swam in the Mediterranean with aU.S. ambassador and served in foreign officein Argentina and Spain.

In his new book “An American Diplomatin Franco Spain,” which was made availablein English last week, Rockland details histime as cultural attaché in the U.S. embassyin Spain and provides firsthand accounts ofhistoric events he witnessed.

“Cultural attachés, their business is basi-cally to get people in other countries to likethe United States, especially culturally,” hesaid. “You’re kind of like an AmericanStudies professor at an embassy, in a way.”

The professor recalled his time in Spain,recounting a full day he spent hanging outwith Martin Luther King, Jr. when the pastor

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BY AMANDA GOMEZCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Civil War historian JamesMcPherson discussed “Whythe Civil War Still MattersToday” on Wednesday night at the ScholarlyCommunications Center atAlexander Librar y on theCollege Avenue campus.

McPherson said the CivilWar casts a shadow in U.S. his-tory because of the amount ofpeople that were in conflict withone another.

McPherson said the CivilWar led to the deaths of two per-cent of the population in 1860,in which about 620,000 to750,000 soldiers died.

“The Civil War impresses us150 years later,” McPhersonsaid. “Drama, romance andtragedy help explain why it ispopular but not why it matterstoday,” he said.

Through quoting IsaiahBerlin, McPherson said there isa difference between negativeliberty, the freedom from some-thing, and positive liberty, thefreedom to do something.

McPherson said these topicsare still debated between politi-cal parties in this election year.

“Presidential election is put-ting negative and positive liber-ties against each other,” he said.

Freeing 4 million slaves wasthe first social issue the U.S.government tackled, he said.

James McPherson, a Civil War historian, shares the importance of the events of the 19th centuryat Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. LAWRENCE CABREDO

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PROFESSOR CORRELATESSOCIAL RESOURCES,

PERSPECTIVEKent Harber, associate profes-

sor in the Department ofPsychology at Rutgers-Newarksaid people with fewer socialresources see challenging situa-tions as being more difficult toface, according to UniversityMedia Relations.

“Those with fewer friends, withlower self-esteem and with lessopportunity to disclose their emo-tions tend to visually amplifythreats,” Harber said.

She said perceptions becomemore disturbed and lasts longerthan what actually exists in reality.

In Harber’s recent study, hetested to see whether the resourceof self-worth affected distance per-ception to a live tarantula, in whichsubjects were asked to recall a suc-cessful or failed moment in theirlives while pulling a cart closer totheir faces.

Some people saw that the cartcontained a harmless cat toywhile others thought it containeda live tarantula.

“As expected, feeling good, neu-tral or bad about oneself had noeffect on distance to the cat toy butdid affect distance to the tarantula,”Harber said. “Those who felt badabout themselves saw the tarantulaas looming closer than it was —those who felt good about them-selves were strikingly accurate.”

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Tom Kindre, founder of the Rutgers Oral Histor yArchives died on Sept. 11 at 91years old, according toUniversity Media Relations.

Kindre met with faculty at theUniversity’s history department tostart an oral history program, inwhich Kindre and his friends pro-vided the initial funding for the pro-gram in 1994.

The University oral historyarchives have grown to includeUniversity alumni, faculty, staff andNew Jersey residents.

NEUROSCIENTIST LINKSMOTIVATION WITH

CULTURAL TRAINING Joan Morrell, a University neu-

roscientist, focuses on how certainparts of the brain controls the moti-vation people have, according toUniversity Media Relations.

“Our motivational habits havebeen falsely wired [in our brains]by our cultural training,” saysMorrell, professor in the Center forMolecular and BehavioralNeuroscience at Rutgers-Newark.

She said knowing that exerciseis good for the body is not enough.

“My postulate is we canlearn that exercise and itsafteref fects are rewarding.That’s what’s going to get usout of this pickle we’re in,”Morrell said.

Civil War lecturer connects past to present“The legacy of slavery in the

form of discrimination plaguedthe United States and stillhaunts us,” McPherson said.

New Jersey was the lastnorthern state to abolish slav-ery, he said.

“New Jersey saw themselvesas fighting for the union, not theabolishing of slavery,”McPherson said.

After the Civil War, theUnited States was seen as a sin-gle entity and considered anation that was no longer divid-ed, he said.

Inequalities in Americansociety have existed since 1865because of capitalism,McPherson said.

In the 1960s, the U.S. gov-ernment began to keep thepromises it made 100 yearsbefore, after AfricanAmericans fought for theircivil rights, he said.

“I became convinced that Icannot understand events in myown time if I didn’t know thehistory behind it,” he said.

McPherson became moreinterested in histor y during the Civil War’s centen-nial anniversary, after makingthe connection between thecivil rights movement and theCivil War.

He said students should beaware of the important rolethat the federal governmenthas and how it af fects the livesof all Americans.

President Barack Obamawould not be in office, he said, ifit were not for the Civil War orthe civil rights movement.

“I hope [the audience] takesaway the themes that I mentionof the Civil War and understandthe parallel between the past andthe present,” McPherson said.

Cristina Gherasimov, aUniversity graduate student,said the discussion was veryrelevant to today’s events.

“Both parties represent bothtypes of liberties,” she said.

“They must learn how to dealwith the tension.”

Russell Brindley, aUniversity graduate student,said he came to see McPhersonbecause he is considered a high-ly respected historian.

“I was expecting a little bitmore up-to-date,” he said.

Brindley said McPherson’stalk made an impact on himbecause he was able to describewhat the world was like duringthe Civil War’s 100th anniver-sary and how the world is today.

Matthew Beckles, a School ofArts and Science senior, saidthe survival of the union wasvery important.

“There’s still this notionabout the south being a con-quered nation,” Beckles said.

Marianne Gaunt, vice presi-dent for Information Services atthe University, said the lecture andthe opening of the exhibition arepart of a series of six programssponsored by the UniversityLibraries to celebrate the 150thanniversary of the Civil War.

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But as applied to data surveil-lance, Vaidhyanathan said compa-nies want an authentic picture of apotential customer’s behaviorgleaned from their activity on theWeb — which would suffer if cus-tomers were aware of technologytracking their every online move.

“We are constantly beingwatched, but we’re not supposedto know it,” Vaidhyanathan said.“The goal of instruments of sur-veillance ... is to get us to exploreour niche affiliations.”

He said companies often referto their tracking behavior ineuphemisms like “enhancinguser experience” and “recom-mending products” to keep cus-tomers’ guards down.

But he said online shoppersare hardly the only ones affected.Another institution that citizensshould be aware of is theDepartment of HomelandSecurity, he said.

Vaidhyanathan said thedepar tment keeps “No-Fly”and “Terrorist Watch” lists,both of which contain severalhundred thousand names,according to estimates by non-governmental organizations.

A major problem with theselists is that they breed “false pos-

and 21 Republicans are runningfor re-election in the House ofRepresentatives, according to thereport.

The record was made in 2004when 141 women ran for theHouse of Representatives — 88Democrats and 53 Republicans.Fourteen women — nineDemocrats and five Republicans— ran for the Senate in 2010.

“We have spent the last twoyears engaging and inspiringwomen to run,” Walsh said.“There were efforts from groupsto get more women to run.”

Walsh said the opportunitycame because of the 2010 Census.

“Based on the census, everystate and legislation district linesget redrawn. In the years of redis-tricting, there are more seats.The incumbent is less secure inhis office.”

She said people tend toretire around the redistrictingtime, resulting in more opportu-nities for candidates in a redis-tricting year.

“We also put a lot of work intoputting a spotlight on the factthere are not many women inCongress,” Walsh said.

Many women politicians areknown nationally, Walsh said, cit-ing Michelle Bachmann, HillaryClinton, Nancy Pelosi andCondoleezza Rice, which givesthe impression that there isequality in terms of who occupiesgovernment positions.

According to the Center ofAmerican Women and Politics’website, 17 percent of the Senateis made up of women, 16.8 per-cent of the House of

bodega below street level atthe Plaza Mayor.

Rockland was also witness to aU.S. military catastrophe thatcaught the U.S. embassy in Spaincompletely off guard, he said.

In an attempt to send a mes-sage to the Soviet Union duringthe Cold War, a wing of bomberswould leave the United Statesevery six hours to replace anoth-er wing flying over the Soviet bor-der, he said. Each bomber car-ried four hydrogen bombs, whichare 75 times more powerful thanthe bombs dropped onHiroshima and Nagaski,Rockland said.

One of the bombers crashedinto a refueling tanker over thecoast of Spain on January 17,1966, Rockland said. Three ofthe unarmed bombs fell onto asmall Spanish town, with onefalling into the MediterraneanSea. Two of the three bombsthat landed over the town splitopen and forced the inhabi-tants to evacuate because ofplutonium contamination.

To prove to the locals that thetown was not contaminated,

Rockland swam inMediterranean toprove its safety

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Post-war film and literaturepainted a picture of female rape vic-tims as women who bravely sacri-ficed their chastity for their coun-try, which gave Hossain the ideathat the Bangladeshis equated thewoman’s body with the land.

“When the body is invaded,the nation is shamed,” Hossainsaid. “The individual voice andpain of the woman was marginal-ized and she was desexualized.”

Upon realizing this, Hossainbegan looking at the war betweenthe Pakistanis and the Bangladeshisfrom a different perspective.

“I broke off from the binary ofhero and villain,” she said.

After interviewing a womanwho had an af fair with aPakistani soldier during the warfor her thesis at the Universityof Pennsylvania, Hossain decid-ed to show this narrative in afeature film.

“She talked to me about thisstory of compassion and love,”Hossain said.

While challenging the ideathat Pakistanis are evil in a filmset in Bangladesh, Hossainencountered a lot of backlashfrom the public, she said.

The day after the film beganshowing in 2011, a letter was pub-lished in a newspaper thataccused Hossain of degradingheroic women in the war and thefreedom fighters, she said.

“Someone said I worked as aPakistani agent, [people were]saying ridiculous things likethat,” she said.

Hossain says workingas female director ischallenging

FILM

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Vaidhyanathan says‘No-Fly’ list producesfalse positives

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PRIVACY

12 percent ofnation’s governorsare female

WOMEN

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After only a week in theaters,the film was yanked off screensafter a soldier from theBangladeshi army commanded thedistributor to do so, Hossain said.

The director said she did notexpect people would be so angryabout her film.

“I have a different way ofthinking, I came to America,” shesaid. “I only used my voice as awoman. That’s what Americagave me.”

A particularly hurtful mes-sage on an intellectual blog inBangladesh said that a Pakistanisolider raped Hossain’s motherand that is how she was born,she said.

“That’s ridiculous because Iwas born in 1981,” Hossain said.

While touring with the film atfestivals, Hossain said many menasked her husband and producerof Meherjaan, Ashique Mostafa,who studied film at the School ofVisual Arts in New York, why hemade his wife make his film.

“I have really worked my assoff to make this film, and whenI hear that [sic], you know?”she said.

Ashique Mostafa said he didnot expect such a strong reactionto the film from the public.

“Of course we expected somekind of debate and we wanted toopen up the discussion, but wedidn’t expect it would be that kindof extreme reaction,” he said.

The film is on the festival cir-cuit again, but RubaiyatHossain said she is disappoint-ed the film was taken out of the-aters in Bangladesh.

“I still feel defeated. I madethis film in Bangladesh, I wasable to take it to the theater, but Ikind of lost there,” she said.

The few screenings ofMeherjaan in Bangladesh weresold out, she said, and although itgets viewed in festivals, Hossain

is not making the money she hadhoped to make.

As one of only a fewBangladeshi female filmmakers,Hossain said her job is difficultat times.

“It’s definitely very challeng-ing. Even globally, filmmaking[and] directing have been aman’s profession,” she said.“Very few female directors canreally make it out there.”

Even giving her crew direc-tion was troubling for Hossain.

“Shooting is hard to get yourauthority [over] the whole crew,because you’re a woman,” she said.

Albert Nigrin, director of theNew Jersey Film Festival, saidMeherjaan is a “Romeo andJuliet” kind of story in the sensethat it is trying to bridge culturesat a very difficult time.

“American audiences will findit moves slowly, but that’s astrong suit. … It’s not a rollercoaster ride.”

He said women are the centralfocus of the film, which is a for-ward-thinking idea consideringits target audience.

Students can learn about dif-ferences in the world throughwatching the film, Nigrin said.

“The world is not necessarily aplace where everyone comestogether, only through love canthat be obtained,” he said.

Ashique Hossain said he andhis wife still plan to make moviesin Bangladesh in the future.

“[The people of Bangladesh]have a lot of stories to tell thathave not been told,” he said.“There are so many things hap-pening in the country that we wantto tell for the global audience.”

Students can purchase ticketsfor Meherjaan at the door for $9before the screening, whichbegins Sunday at 7 p.m. in room105 of Voorhees Hall on theCollege Avenue campus.

Rockland said he and the U.S.ambassador swam in theMediterranean several milesnorth of where the bomb landed.

Throughout the book,Rockland discusses meeting withthe Kennedys, living next door toan exiled Nazi and being invitedto government functions inFrancisco Franco’s fascist Spain.

Rockland came to theUniversity shortly after his timein Vietnam during the war.

Allan Isaac, an associate pro-fessor of American studies atthe University, said Rocklandbrings a unique and excitingview to the University.

“He brings an intimate view ofhistorical eras and figures,” Isaacsaid. “[It is] an intimacy that com-plicates and humanizes them.”

Isaac said Rockland wasone of the founding membersof the American studiesdepartment when it began atDouglass College.

“He offers one of the manyexciting approaches to the studyof American culture offered byour diverse faculty and curricu-lum,” he said.

Adam Scaramutz, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, said hewas surprised to learn that a for-mer U.S. diplomat was now a pro-fessor at the University.

“I’m shocked that he workshere,” he said. “To see someone with his experienceand hear his stories makesRutgers worthwhile.”

Representatives accounts forwomen, and 12 percent of gover-nors are women.

New Jersey currently has nowomen in Congress, Walsh said.The Center for AmericanWomen and Politics also hasdata divided by states on theirwebsite. Four women are run-ning for seats in the U.S. Houseof Representatives, according tothe Center of American Womenand Politics.

Walsh said women bring newtopics and different priorities tothe table such as domestic vio-lence, women’s health and envi-ronmental issues.

“Women come together withissues that affect women, familyand children,” she said. “Theirleadership style is more inclusive,and there’s more transparency.”

Walsh said once some womenare in legislation, they feelresponsible for bringing issues tothe table because they realize ifthey do not raise those issues, noone will.

“It becomes part of their port-folio,” Walsh said.

Angelina Plaza, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidhaving more women inCongress would mean astronger voice for all womenwhen it comes to building thefuture of America.

“More women in Congresswould also provide a differentperspective, a different outlookon what America should be andcould be,” Plaza said.

Elaina Formichella, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences sopho-more, said having women inCongress shows that the nationis moving forward.

“We are more accepting ofwomen in higher positions,” shesaid. “It’s better for other womento be in Congress ... becausethey would be more empatheticand there will be more benefitsfor women.”

itives” — people who are erro-neously tagged as dangerousbecause their name is similar toone on the list, he said.

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.; for-mer Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass.;and Nobel Peace Prize winnerNelson Mandela have all beenstopped by airport security forthis reason, Vaidhyanathan said.

Thirty-thousand people havecomplained that airline softwarefalsely matched their names tothe “No-Fly” list as of 2005,according to the TransportationSecurity Administration, he said.

Vaidhyanathan said the TSA’sgoals are important, but he wantsto increase accountability. Toooften, there is a rush to buildtechnology without consideringsafeguards, he said.

While information trackingmight seem like a new problem— stemming from 21st centurytechnology — Vaidhyanathansaid the issues date back to the1960s, when the expanding creditcard business and Social Securityneeded more efficient ways tocollect and organize data.

“Americans became subjectsof data, producers of data, leaversof data trails between 1965 and1975,” he said. “And yet it didn’tfeel any different to be anAmerican.”

He said he wants people to feelthe difference.

“The key to security is tounderstand what we as individu-als do with our choices … how weexpress our allegiances to certainproducts,” Vaidhyanathan said.

There is a widening gapbetween people who have theresources to modify their digitalreputation and those who do not,Vaidhyanathan said. Tech-savvyyoung people, for example,adjust their Facebook privacysettings much more than olderpeople, he said.

Robert Schomburg, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences junior, saidhe installed a Firefox plug-incalled NoScript that blocksactive scripting content thatcould lead to security exploita-tions. Because of that, he saidhe has not experienced muchtargeted advertising.

“A lot of my Google ads arereally offbeat,” he said.

But Vaidhyanathan said peo-ple like Schomburg are in the minority.

“It was pretty interesting con-sidering the amount of peoplewho know about it and don’t doanything,” said Ray Zhang, aRutgers Business School first-year student. “I know I’m one ofthose people who don’t do any-thing about it.”

Vaidhyanathan acknowledgedthat big data has advantages,noting that huge quantities ofinformation can compensate forthe occurrence of “garbage”data, which would ordinarily cor-rupt analysis of a smaller infor-mation sample. Still, he takesissue with the methodology.

“I don’t want anyone to boy-cott Google,” he said, “but I wantpeople to be aware of the costsand benefits.”

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CLEVELAND — SixteenAmish men and women were con-victed yesterday of hate crimes fora series of hair- and beard- cuttingattacks on fellow sect members ina religious dispute that offered arare and sometimes lurid glimpseinto the closed and usually self-reg-ulating community of believers.

A federal jury found 66-year-oldSamuel Mullet Sr., the leader of thebreakaway group, guilty of orches-trating the cuttings last fall in anattempt to shame mainstreammembers who he believed werestraying from their beliefs. His fol-lowers were found guilty of carry-ing out the attacks, which terror-ized the normally peaceful reli-gious settlement that aims to livesimply and piously.

Prosecutors and witnessesdescribed how sons pulled theirfather out of bed and chopped offhis beard in the moonlight andhow women surrounded theirmother-in-law and cut off two feetof her hair, taking it down to thescalp in some places.

Prosecutors say they targetedhair because it carries spiritual sig-nificance in their faith.

The defendants face prisonterms of 10 years or more at theirJan. 24 sentencing. Prosecutorsplan to file a request today torevoke bond for defendants whohad remained free pending trial.

All the defendants are mem-bers of Mullet’s settlement that hefounded in eastern Ohio near theWest Virginia panhandle. TheAmish eschew many conveniencesof modern life, including electricalappliances and automobiles, andembrace their centuries-old roots.

Federal officials said the ver-dicts would send a message aboutreligious intolerance.

“The victims in this case aremembers of a peaceful and tra-ditional religion who simplywanted to be left to practicetheir religion in peace,” U.S.Attorney Steven Dettelbachsaid. “Unfortunately, the defen-dants denied them this basicright, and they did so in themost violent way.”

Members of the Amish com-munity who sat through the trialhurried into a hired van withoutcommenting, some coveringtheir faces.

Defense attorneys said thedefendants were bewildered by theverdicts and said likely appealswould be based on a challenge tothe hate crimes law.

“They really don’t understandthe court system the way the restof us have, being educated andreading newspapers,” said JosephDubyak, whose client, LindaSchrock, has 10 children with herhusband, who was also convicted.

Attorney Rhonda Kotnik saidthe verdicts would destroyMullet’s community of about 25families. The defendants, includingsix couples, have a total of about 50children, she said.

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MIAMI — President BarackObama cast Mitt Romney yester-day as an out-of-touch challengerfor the White House and an advo-cate of education cuts that couldcause teacher strikes to spreadfrom Chicago to other cities. TheRepublican countered that theU.S. economy “is bumping alongthe bottom” under the currentadministration and he predictedvictory in the fall.

The two men eyed each otheracross hotly contested Florida, astate with 29 electoral votes, morethan any other battleground in theclose race for the White House.

“When you express an attitudethat half the country considersitself victims, that somehow theywant to be dependent on govern-ment, my thinking is maybe youhaven’t gotten around a lot,” thepresident said. That was inresponse to a question aboutRomney’s recent observation that47 percent of Americans pay noincome tax and believe they arevictims and entitled to an array offederal benefits.

Obama spoke at a town hall-style forum aired by the

Spanish-language television net-work Univision.

For his part, Romney waseager to move past that contro-versy, which has knocked himoff stride. He disclosed plans fora three-day bus tour early nextweek through Ohio with run-ning mate Paul Ryan and soughtto return the campaign focus tothe economic issues that havedominated therace all year.

At a fundraiserin Miami, Romneylooked ahead tohis televised head-to-head encoun-ters with Obamathis fall. “He’s avery eloquentspeaker, and soI’m sure in thedebates, as last time ... he’ll bevery eloquent in describing hisvision,” the Republican said. “Buthe can’t win by his words,because his record speaks soloudly in our ears. What he hasdone in the last four years isestablish an economy that’sbumping along the bottom.”

Less than seven weeks beforeElection Day, polls make the

race a close one, likely to be set-tled in eight or so swing stateswhere neither man has a solidedge. Obama has gained groundin polls in some of those statessince the completion of theDemocratic National Conventiontwo weeks ago, while Romneyhas struggled with controversiesof his own making that have leftRepublicans frustrated at his

performance as a candidate.

Still, there werefresh signs ofweakness in thenation’s job marketas the two candi-dates vied for sup-port in Florida.

The LaborDepartment saidthe number of

Americans seeking unemploymentfell only slightly last week, to a sea-sonally adjusted level of 382,000,suggesting that businesses remainreluctant to add to their payrolls.The four-week average rose for thefifth straight week to the highestlevel in nearly three months.

After more than two days ofstruggle, Romney seemed eagerto leave the 47 percent contro-

versy behind as he appeared atthe Univision forum Wednesdaynight. “‘My campaign is aboutthe 100 percent in America,” hesaid firmly.

But Obama made his mostextensive comments to date on thesubject since the emergence of avideo showing Romney tellingdonors last May that as a candi-date his job wasn’t to worry about47 percent of the country.

“Their problem is not they’renot working hard enough or theydon’t want to work or they’rebeing taxed too little or they justwant to loaf around and gathergovernment checks,” the presi-dent said.”

“Are there people that abusethe system? Yes, both at the bot-tom and at the top,” he added,including millionaires who he saidpay no income taxes. He saidmany at the low end of the incomescale pay other forms of taxes, andsome who don’t pay taxes are sen-ior citizens, students, disabled, vet-erans or soldiers who are sta-tioned overseas.

“Americans work hard, and ifthey are not working right now Ipromise you they want to go towork,” he said.

President Barack Obama suggests that Mitt Romney’s advocation for education cuts may lead to the spread of teacher strikes,similar to the recent strike in Chicago. He spoke with Romney yesterday in Florida at a town hall-style forum. GETTY IMAGES

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BEIRUT — Regime airstrikeshit a gas station in northern Syriayesterday, setting off a fieryexplosion that killed at least 30people and wounded dozens,opposition activists said. Amateurvideo showed thick black smokeengulfing the scene.

A Syrian military helicoptercrashed near the capital ofDamascus earlier yesterday, andSyria’s Information Ministry saidthe helicopter went down afterits rotor accidentally clipped thetail of a Syrian passenger planewith 200 people on board. Thelarger aircraft landed safely at

Damascus International Airportand no one was hurt, the min-istry said.

The airstrikes and the closecall in the sky underscored thegrowing turmoil and violence inSyria. The country is embroiledin a civil war between forces fight-ing for President Bashar Assadand those trying to topple him.More than 23,000 people havebeen killed in the 18-month con-flict, according to activists.

Assad’s regime has stepped upairstrikes in northern Syria inrecent weeks, in an attempt to dis-lodge rebels from areas they con-trol there. Activists said yester-day’s air attack hit near the town

of Ain Issa, about 25 miles (40kilometers) from Turkey. Rebelfighters had seized control of aborder a day earlier, crossingnorth of the town.

Rami Abdul-Rahman of theBritain-based Syrian Observatoryfor Human Rights, said that wit-nesses counted at least 30 bodiesand that dozens of people werewounded. Another group, theLocal Coordination Committees,which gathers information from anetwork of activists across Syria,put the death toll at 55.

Amateur video showed thickblack smoke rising near the gasstation, which was partially intact.Several vehicles, including a bull-

dozer and pickup trucks, were onfire. The video, whose authenticitycould not be confirmed independ-ently, also showed several dam-aged cars. A man could be heardshouting “your son is dead.”

Both groups quoted witnessesas saying the blast was caused byairstrikes on the gas station.

The Syrian conflict appears tohave reached a stalemate. Therebels are holding some territorydespite the government’s militarysuperiority but have been unable toscore decisive victories. At the sametime, the international community isaverse to getting involved militarilyand instead hopes economic sanc-tions will squeeze the Assad regime.

Obama suggests Romney is out of touch

“My campaign is about the 100 percent in America.” MITT ROMNEY

Republican Candidate

Syrian airstrike hits gas station, kills at least 30

Amish guiltyof hair-cuttinghate crimes

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BY SUE KANG CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With a history rooted at theUniversity that spans almost 30years, members of the naturalfoods market George Street Co-op continue to seek ways to con-nect local residents with theirfood sources and community.

John Leary, general managerat the George Street Co-op, saidthe nonprofit cooperative isimportant because it centers oneating, which is an essential activ-ity in our lives.

“The goal is to provide better... quality food at a ... lower price[and] having it be a kind of com-munity that takes part in provid-ing food for itself,” Leary said.“Most people go through lifepretty disconnected with thesource of their food. They don’thave much say.”

The co-op began in 1973 as abuying club, consisting of 10members of the RutgersVegetarian Club who would sup-ply their members with producein bulk, Leary said.

Now located on 89 MorrisStreet, Leary said the co-op con-tinues to follow its mission state-ment of better educating peopleabout healthy foods while creatinga tight-knit community that is opento the opinions of its members.

April Heliotis, a School on Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, looks for dried goods at the George Street Co-op in downtown New Brunswick.ENRICO CABREDO, ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

George Street Co-op educates on healthy food options

Selen Altiok, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences junior, said the GeorgeStreet Co-op appealed to himbecause it is based on a demo-cratic system where everyonecould contribute, leaving outmuch of the bureaucracy found inother organizations.

“If I wanted to add somethingthat I thought was beneficial to thecommunity, it can certainly bedone if other members agree and

vote that it is. I have a voice and achoice while I’m there,” said Altiok,a volunteer at the cooperative.

New members have the oppor-tunity to choose from differentincentives, Leary said. For $100, avolunteer can buy a share of theorganization, which makes thema part owner. They can also worktwo hours a month for fivemonths in exchange for yearlongdiscounts, a process called“Sweat Equity.”

“There are people who comehere because they are environ-mentalists, because they careabout food justice, because theylike healthy foods, and somebecause they want to learn moreabout healthy foods,” he said.“There are some people whocome here just because theythink it’s filled with a lot of cooland friendly people.”

Debra Key, a volunteer at theco-op, said she became a memberof the organization and grewmore enthusiastic about volun-teering as she got involved.

“I started off working heretwo hours a week as a volunteer.But then I started coming herealmost four hours a day, severaldays a week,” Key said.

Altiok and Key are two ofabout 50 to 60 volunteersinvolved with the organization,Leary said. But despite the num-ber of members and volunteers,the location only employs a six-person working staff.

Altiok said the co-op, which iswithin walking distance of theCollege Avenue campus, is anaccessible option for students inthe University.

“I hear people talking abouthow restricted we are to non-organic produce, that they justget bored of dining halls. ... Theco-op is diverse in its own way. It

is a great place for students to vol-unteer and help out. ... I’ve been afan for quite a while,” Altiok said.

Leary said the goal at the co-op is to push residents to getinvolved with the community inany way.

“We try to do our part to helpother organizations and causes,like Arbor Day, World Water Dayor International Day of Peace,” hesaid. “We put things like that onour sites and boards to encourageeveryone to get involved in a lotof other good causes.”

The co-op also works closelywith the University, Leary said,adding that the organizationplans to support an anti-domesticviolence initiative headed by theSchool of Social Work.

Leary said membership is notrequired to take part in the co-op’s healthy food initiatives.Customers are able to bringtheir own containers to carry thefood they buy instead of usingplastic bags or other wastefulpackaging products.

“There are choices that youcan make when you eat that canmake the difference betweenfoods that shorten your life orbetter your health, foods thatharm the environment or helpmake a pesticide-free planet, orfoods that support or fight unfairtreatment of workers,” he said.

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Students taking classes in Scott Hall reported hearing some pretty concerning screamsaround 6 p.m. Wednesday, so The Daily Targum sent a reporter over to the scene to seewhat the noise was all about. As it turns out, a Rutgers University Police Department carstruck and injured a student making his way across College Avenue. Now, we’re not surewho’s at fault here just yet, but you know what they say — when in doubt, dart the driver.Of course, if that whole “free tuition if you get hit by a bus” thing is true, then the studenthad some pretty considerable incentive.

Solar panels on Livingston campus, reusable takeout bags at Brower Commons andbehind-the-counter recycling at student centers? The University is sure looking greenerthan ever. At such a massive school, anything done to lessen our ecological footprint is agood thing. The University deserves a laurel for making strides towards a more environ-mentally friendly campus.

The Scarlet Knight — the University’s bobble-headed-cheap-plastic-foam-suit of a mas-cot — has officially moved from 15th to 14th place in Capital One’s Mascot challenge. Doesthat mean it’s time to raise that red solo cup and R-U-RAH-RAH the night away, you ask?Maybe, if it wasn’t for the fact that there are only 16 contestants in the competition.Basically, the only mascots not sucking as bad as we are right now are Brigham YoungUniversity’s “Cosmo the Cougar” and the University of Maryland’s “Testudo the Turtle.”We dart the Knight’s current standing and the failure of University students to prove theirschool spirit.

The steps of Brower Commons were faintly lit by more than 60 candles last night dur-ing an interfaith vigil held in remembrance of the seven Sikhs who died during the Aug. 5shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis. Considering the August shooting — thoughno less important — was somewhat overshadowed by an earlier shooting that summer, it’sheartening to students still going out of their way to commemorate the victims affected bythe tragic event. The interfaith vigil and those in attendance deserve a laurel.

Oh Mitt, when are you going to learn? “Mother Jones” magazine released a video thisweek in which presidential candidate Mitt Romney eloquently dismissed almost half of theU.S. electorate by saying they’re all dependent on the government and probably won’t votefor him anyhow. Be careful what you wish for, Mitt … because with snarky comments likethat, it may just come true. For this, we give Romney a dart.

After a campaign launched Wednesday by the Puerto Rican Action Board, NewBrunswick is about to get a little more bilingual. Certain street signs in New Brunswickwill now include messages in both English and Spanish, and considering New Brunswickis almost 50 percent Hispanic, this is certainly a good thing. We laurel the new effort.¡Buen trabajo!

ordinary income, but the taxincentive is available to everyone.

Corporations have incentiveto pay their senior managementin stock options because the taxrate is lower for the employeesthan salary. There is also astrong incentive for senior man-agement to increase profitabilityin their companies because ahigher profit equals a highersalary. If we look at one of myfavorite CEOs, Lloyd Blankfeinof Goldman Sachs, he tookhome about 16 million dollarslast year and only 12.5 percentwas salary, 18.75 percent inbonus, and the rest, about 70percent, in stock options.

In general, there is astronger financial incentive forinvestment because of the pos-sible dif ference in tax pay-ments. For example, when cap-ital gains taxes are low, thenumber of Initial PublicOfferings filed is high and viceversa. The same type of rela-tionship exists between lowcapital gains taxes and venturecapital activity — thus theinvestment into certain types ofsmall businesses (small busi-nesses like Facebook once was,not the deli down the street.)There is a tenuous and uncer-tain relationship between capi-tal gains tax rates and econom-ic growth. So far, I think thereis a somewhat convincing caseto leave capital gains tax lowand the argument is inspired bysupply-side economic theory.

Let’s consider the other sideof this: raising capital gainstaxes. In general, the average Joewould not see a major differencein the taxes they file, but wouldsee the difference in the distribu-tion of wealth and how it is accu-mulated. Remember how yourparents’ house and retirementfunds are liable to capital gains?There is an exemption of capitalgains of up to $500,000 on a pri-mary residence — your house —which makes it tax-free. Also,many retirement plans like RothIRAs, if you meet the require-ments, will allow you to claim

capital gains tax almost tax free.For most folk, their bottom linewould not change drastically.

One reason to increase capi-tal gains tax is a short-termincrease in revenue for the gov-ernment. Additionally, it’simportant to note that anincrease of capital gains wouldfall mostly on the highest earn-ers since they derive more oftheir total income from capitalgains than salary; think LloydBlankfein. Since the tax burdenwould be on the richest, theirrelative wealth from capitalgains would shrink. There is acorrelation between higher cap-ital gains rates and incomeinequality — if the highestearning group pays the lowesttax share, their wealth will bedisproportionately large. Theless economic inequality trans-lates to less political polariza-tion. Banks and so on wouldhave to be more careful withtheir investments.

Some people may screamwealth redistribution, socialistscheme, and all other types ofdemagoguery that makes agood sound bite. I find thosepeople irritating. Historically,capital gains tax has cycled from12.5 percent to 38.5 percent.There was a short time periodaround WW1 where the rate was78 percent, but I’m counting thatas an anomaly. To paraphraseSupreme Court Justice OliverWendell Holmes, taxes are theprice we pay to live in a civil soci-ety. But here is where the diffi-cult part begins: it is not the factof capital gains tax that is con-troversial — unless you’re aneconomist that believes capitalgains is double taxing profits —but to what rate we should taxand if the consequences arepalatable and fair.

Today, I have attempted toprovide an unbiased and fairpresentation of capital gains tax.To put it shortly: they have apurpose, they have a potentialfor abuse, and reasonable peo-ple can disagree on how weshould manage the relationshipbetween these two potentialities.My goal, this week and in theweeks to come, will be to writeabout complicated issues —issues that are displayed as one-sided — and show that therereally are 50 shades of gray.

Ben Gold is a School of Artsand Sciences senior majoring inphilosophy and history. His col-umn, “Vantage Points,” runs onalternate Fridays.

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W e all experience sad-ness or “the blues” atsome point in our

lives, but depression is muchmore than that. Depression gen-erally lasts longer and can inter-fere with day-to-day functionsand affect one’s academic per-formance. In a 2009 AmericanCollege Health Association sur-vey, about 30 percent of collegestudents admitted to having dif-ficulty functioning because ofdepression. I was one of thosestudents. I experienced depres-sion my first year at theUniversity because of the pres-sures of school and family. Atthe time I was too embarrassedto seek help or talk to myfriends about my feelingsbecause I was fearful of theirreactions. I felt ashamed andthought they would shun me formy illness. Unfortunately, forthis reason, my grades wereaf fected. I eventually soughthelp a year later, but it was atthe expense of my GPA. In hind-sight, I wish I hadn’t let my fearskeep me from speaking withsomeone because that is a yearof my life I can never get back.

Continuing stigmas ofdepression and lack of knowl-edge about the symptoms keep alot of students from seeking pro-fessional help. A member of theH.O.P.E. (Health Outreach,Promotion & Education) hereon campus admitted to me thatmany students are ashamed tobe seen entering the building.Society’s attitude toward thosewith mental illnesses causesthose who desperately need helpto suffer alone. Despite moreacceptance and education on theillness, many still treat thosewith depression with reproach— not realizing that these veryattitudes have a negative impact.People believe depression is not

Don’t suffer,seek help first

A capital gain is anaccounting term thatdenotes the positive dif-

ference between buying anasset and selling for more thanyou paid for it. It’s pretty much astraightforward definition. Notsurprisingly, a capital loss is thenegative dif ference i.e., themoney you lose when you sellan asset. When politicians, econ-omists and the like talk aboutcapital gains tax, they’re refer-encing a tax on a capital gain.Though this sounds like anarcane accounting concept, it isactually a tax everyone interactswith: your parents would pay acapital gains tax on the profitthey generate from selling theirhouse or from the profits of thestocks and bonds in their retire-ment account. Capital gains taxis a politically relevant topic: forfamilies earning more than$250,000, Obama wants to raisecapital gains from 15 percent to23.8 percent, which is currentlyscheduled to occur in 2013.Romney wants capital gains tostay at 15 percent for roughlythe top 2 percent of earners,families earning more than$200,000 and for the tax tobecome 0 percent for familiesearning less than 200,000.

Theoretically, the lower taxrate for capital gains instead oftheir regular income tax shouldincentivize people to invest theirmoney in financial instruments.Ideally, this should fill the mar-ket with liquidity i.e. money foreveryone who asks for it — notdeserves it or will use it proper-ly, but just for who asks for it. Itwould allow companies to raisecapital to make additionalinvestments, launch new prod-ucts or hire more employees.

Capital gains tax is often cri-tiqued as a loophole for the richto pay lower taxes, which is not acompletely false statement.However, let’s start with whopays the lowest capital gains tax— drum roll please — familiesmaking under $70,000 pay awhopping 0 percent on long-termcapital gains. From $70,000 onup, everyone pays 15 percent forlong-term capital gains. High-income earners have a higherratio of their total income taxedfrom capital gains instead of

A capital gains breakdownVANTAGE

POINTSBEN GOLD

WEIGHING IN

COURTNEYAVERETTE

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

There are some people who come herejust because they think it’s filled with

a lot of cool and friendly people.

John Leary, general manager at the George Street Co-op, on the attractions customers find ot the nonprofit cooperative. See the story in METRO.

“Capital gains tax is often critiqued as a

loophole for the rich topay lower taxes, which

is not a completely false statement.”

“If it were that simple,who would choose to

endure this?”

as serious as perceived, and thatit’s just easy to “snap out of it,”which is not the case. If it werethat simple, who would chooseto endure this?

A quote from Jonathan Davisputs things into perspective: “Alot of people don’t realize thatdepression is an illness. I don’twish it on anyone, but if theywould know how it feels, I swearthey would think twice beforethey shrug it.”

Even though depression is ageneral term, there are actuallydifferent kinds of depression.They include chronic depres-sion or dysthymia, which laststwo years or more, and is amajor depressive disorderwhich can interfere with one’sability to sleep, study, eat, work,etc. There is also manic depres-sion or bipolar depression,which alternates betweenmoments of clinical depressionand mania. Seasonal affectivedisorder is also a common typethat occurs the same time eachyear. These are a few types thatmany people have and contraryto popular belief, depressionaf fects about 15 millionAmericans every year. It affectsall races, socioeconomic groups,ages and ethnicities.

Recognizing the symptomsof depression is one of thebiggest obstacles in gettingdiagnosed and treated. Abouthalf the people who have thesymptoms don’t get diagnosedfor treatment. According to theNational Institute of MentalHealth, symptoms may include,but are not limited to fatigue ordecreased energy, hopeless-ness, irritability, loss of interestin activities or hobbies, difficul-ty concentrating or remember-ing things, persistent sadness,loss of appetite or overeating.Some of these symptoms maycoincide with other illnesses,but it’s best to seek help regard-less. If you have any of thesesymptoms, please contactUniversity Health Services-H.O.P.E. department at (732)932-1965 or visit their facility onthe College Avenue campus at 8Lafayette St. Don’t feel ashamedto seek help because no oneshould have to suffer alone.

Courtney Averette is a Schoolof Arts and Sciences first-yearstudent. Her column, “WeighingIn,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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Doonesberry GARY TRUDEAU

Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK Pearls Before Swine STEPHAN PASTIS

Happy Hour JIM AND PHIL

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“It can be nerve-wrackingfor a freshman,” said freshmanMariam Zein. “But I’m totallyready to play with my team and I’ve been practicing hard,so hopefully I’ll get some good results.”

Bucca also has confidencein the young team and wants it to be prepared andexecute what it has worked onin practice.

“With a young team likethis, I’m looking for the playersto come ready to play and be implementing some of the strategies thatwe’ve been working very hardon,” Bucca said.

Bucca also looks forward tothe trip to see the team bond

Away matches offer chance for Knightsyouth to jell, focus on individual play

CHALLENGERS

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Junior Vanessa Petrini earns her first chance to replicate hersuccessful sophomore campaign this weekend at Brown.CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

But not that many Hoyas havescored, as only four have at leastone goal this season.

Rutgers’ biggest problem isthat forwards Brandon Allenand Andy Reimer haveoutscored the Knights’ entireof fense this year, 10-4.

Donigan views Allen as thebiggest threat. The freshmanthat ESPN ranked the No. 11prospect in the country lastyear already has five collegiategoals to his name.

“He may not do anything for80 minutes, but then he’ll killyou with two late goals,”Donigan said. “He’s very ef fi-cient. He has great instinctsaround the box. He’s a verybig, strong, tough, durable kidwho has a hell of a left foot.”

Rutgers faces pair of Hoyas forwardswith five goals apiece this season

CHANCE

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Wilson, meanwhile, has man-aged 563 passing yards despiteonly attempting two more passesthan Allen.

But senior linebacker KhaseemGreene is not as concerned withArkansas as much as he is his ownteam.

“They have … some good guysover there,” he said. “At the sametime we have good guys, too, andwe have to do what we have to do.At the end of the day, it’s going tobe about what we do and lessabout what they do, so if we don’texecute, nothing about them isgoing to matter because they aregoing to kill us.”

In Wilson’s only full game thisseason, Arkansas pulled off a 49-24victory against Jacksonville State.

But while the Razorbacksstarter is the strength of the team,the defense has been less than stel-lar, allowing 36.7 points per game.

Penalities present RUwith hurdle in gamewith reeling Arkansas

OUTLOOK

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Senior wideout Mark Harrison is one of four Knights receivers this season to catch a pass andonly one of two to own a touchdown reception. ALEX VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Fifty-two of those points cameagainst No. 1 Alabama, which putsup impressive numbers againstmost teams.

But eliminate them from themix and the average is still 29points per game, more than 20points more than Rutgers’ defense.

That does not bode well forArkansas, considering the Knightsnot only had three extra days ofpreparation, but also proved for thefirst time last Thursday that theycan beat teams on the ground orthrough the air.

Sophomore quarterback GaryNova threw for 277 yards and atouchdown without turning the ballover at South Florida.

“You can’t just focus on onereceiver,” said senior wideoutMark Harrison. “In this game I feellike we really just have to tackle allareas of the field. We’re going tohave to spread that ball out. I’mexcited for what we got and wherewe’re going.”

The passing game has manyweapons — including sophomorerunning back Jawan Jamison, whoaverages 18 yards per catch — itcan go to.

Senior wideout Tim Wright mod-eled the theory against the Bulls.

After spending most of his timeat Rutgers recovering frominjuries, Wright led the Knightswith eight catches for 125 yards.

“You really never know who’sgoing to have that game,” Harrisonsaid. “We all work so hard and it’s alot of competition. We competeevery day with each other in prac-tice, so it’s really difficult to focuson that one guy.”

Regardless of what the passinggame looks like, for the Knights towin the game, they have to elimi-nate penalties that have stainedtheir record so far.

Although Rutgers pulled outwins in all three of its games, givingup that much yardage likely willnot yield the same result against astrong SEC team.

“We just continue to focus on[penalties] in practice and makethe players aware of it,” Floodsaid. “They are certainly notintentional, but at the same time,and as I said after the [SouthFlorida] game, it is the mostglaring part of our programright now where I know we canbe a lot better.”

Rutgers will have to be tomor-row, especially with Wilson takingthe snaps.

and grow closer togetherthrough the tournament.

“The Brown tournament is afun trip, because not only arewe going for a full weekend ofvery strong competition, butit’s also the first time the teamgets to travel together,” Buccasaid. “It enables us to havesome team-building and team-bonding experiences, whichmakes playing on a college ten-nis team so much fun.”

The Brown Invitational is atournament that consists ofindividual flighted tourna-ments. The tournament isanchored more toward individ-ual rather than team play,Bucca said.

“We’re looking forward tothe competition as well asenjoying one another’s time asteammates,” Bucca said.

Even if Georgetown did nothave elite scorers, the Collegeof Charleston proved lastFriday that Rutgers can stillhave problems with an oppo-nent that maintains possessionwithout a great scoring threat.

The Cougars maintainedthe ball for most of the game, and Rutgers was luckynone of their 15 shots landedin the net.

Rutgers has been outshot ineach of its last two games —Princeton outshot Rutgers, 15-11, on Sept. 8 in Rutgers’ 2-0win — but senior defenderDragan Naumoski sees noproblem as long as the Knightsdefense holds its ground.

“Not as long as they’re notgetting behind us,” Naumoskisaid of whether preventingGeorgetown possessions is aconcern. “If we’re keeping

them in front of us on posses-sion, we’ll just counter. Wehave speed going forward, so Ithink we’ll be alright.”

Rutgers earned sparseopportunities to score againstCharleston, but one of thosechances went in.

Junior for ward Kene Ezesealed the 1-0 victory with hisfirst goal of the season in the82nd minute.

It was Eze’s first goal of theyear and also the first goal fromany Knight who was on last year’steam that made the Sweet 16.

Rutgers got off to a slow start in out-of-conference playthat year, too, ending the stretchby getting shut out twice by Ionaand then-No. 9 Indiana.

But something clicked tohelp Rutgers win five of its firstsix Big East games and score11 goals in that span.

The Knights can only hopefor a similar turn in its confer-ence opener.

“That might be the goal thatgets the ball rolling,” Donigansaid of Eze’s goal.

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VOLLEYBALL SOUTH FLORIDA-RUTGERS, TOMORROW

Knights begin Big East play at home

BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers field hockey teamfaces its highest-ranked opponent ofthe season when it takes on No. 2Syracuse this afternoon at 3 p.m. inBig East play.

The Orange (7-0) enter thegame as one of the nation’s mostdominant teams. The Orangealready registered threeshutouts, while the ScarletKnights (4-4) begin the weekendwith a .500 record.

To be successful, the Knightsmust find a way to stop forwardsLauren Brooks and KelseyMillman, who have both tallied 13points this year. Brooks has man-aged six goals and one assist, and

Millman has contributed five goalsand three assists.

“I think Syracuse is one of thetop teams in the conference,” saidhead coach Meredith Long. “Thisweekend I really just want to go outand compete and give them agame. I’m really excited to takesome of the things out of theUConn game, to just really tweakand clean up a few areas that wehave to focus on. But we are not faroff from where we need to bewhich is really exciting.”

Seniors forward Carlie Rouhand senior defender Ashley Yaneklead the Knights. Rouh enters theweekend with eight points onthree goals, and two assists, andYanek is one of the rocks of theKnights defense.

“I’m looking for more wins, play-ing together and playing hard everygame,” Rouh said.

After the contest againstSyracuse, the Knights get oneday to prepare for their nextmatchup Sunday at 1 p.m. againstCornell (1-4).

Forward Hannah Balleza, whohas tallied nine points including fourgoals and an assist, leads the team.

Regardless of how the Syracusegame turns out, the Knights haveshown they are fully capable of com-ing back and earning a victory. TheKnights have lost their first game ofthe weekend twice in a row, but havereturned in the second game to wintwice in shutout fashion.

“I think our decision-making hasimproved tremendously,” Long said.

RU shows ability to bounce back

BY AARON FARRARSTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers volleyball team takes its home floor tomorrow afternoon looking tomake a statement.

The Scarlet Knights put out-of-conference play behind themand tip off Big East competition,opening with a matinee matchagainst South Florida.

Rutgers improved to 14-1 lastweekend after winning the PennInvitational Championship,defeating Radford, GeorgeMason, and host Penn. TheKnights look to rack up anothervictory to add to their 12-matchwinning streak.

Rutgers wants to rewrite itsstory from last season, when it fin-ished with an unfavorable 3-11record against Big East opponents.And so they enter the match with achip on their shoulders.

“This is a test,” said seniorsetter Stephanie Zielinski.“This is what hurt us last sea-son. We really want to proveourselves. We’ve had some indi-vidual recognition, but wehaven’t been recognized as ateam that can compete withother people and take awaygames from big teams.”

It was yet another week inwhich individual Knightsreceived awards from the con-

ference for their performances.Zielinski earned Big EastPlayer of the Week honorsMonday, while freshman mid-dle blocker Sarah Schmidreceived Freshman of theWeek recognition.

The Big East acknowledgedat least one Knight each weeksince the start of the season.Rutgers wants to be viewed as alegitimate contender in theleague this season and is willingto do what is necessary toachieve that status.

“It’s only about preparation,”said head coach CJ Werneke.“We talked to our team thisweek about how when you hitthe Big East, you start prepar-ing at a different level. You havemore time to prepare for youropponents rather than in a tour-nament setting where you’replaying three opponents in twodays. We’re able to get familiarwith our opponent and ready forwhen we see them across thenet on the weekend.”

The Knights are contentabout the opportunity to begintheir Big East quest on theirhome court. They enter the gymwith momentum from theirimpressive play and look to addto it.

“We’re excited to be back athome,” Werneke said. “We’reexcited about our Big East play.

We’ve learned a lot about our-selves as a team with the out-of-conference play, but now it’sanother level. We have to exe-cute consistently like we havebeen. It’s just a different feelingwhen you enter Big East play.”

The fifth-year head coachknows the Knights have what ittakes to be victorious this week-end, but need to translate theirpreparation to the court, hesaid. But a part of their prepara-tion has been learning from dif-ferent experiences throughoutthe year.

“So far we’ve responded wellto a variety of situationsthroughout the pre-season,”Werneke said. “I’m really excit-ed about how our team hasresponded. It always hasn’tbeen pretty, but we’ve beengood when it mattered. Goinginto conference play, we need tocontinue that.”

Rutgers takes a crack at itsfirst Big East challenger of theyear against USF, which it holdsa 5-5 record against, and hopesto emerge as a threat in the con-ference. Zielinski holds true tothe faith she has in the Knightsand their plans.

“We want to prove to every-body else that we’re a reallygood team this year,” she said.“We’re going to go to the BigEast Championship.”

Freshman middle blocker Sarah Schmid earned Big East honorsthis week, leading up to tomorrow’s match against USF.NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior setter Stephanie Zielinski said the Knights will make the Big East Championship this season, a feat the program has yet to accomplish under CJ Werneke, theteam’s head coach. It earns its first chance tomorrow in its conference opener against South Florida. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

FIELD HOCKEY SYRACUSE-RUTGERS, TODAY, 3 P.M.

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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK ANKLE INJURY SETS JUNIOR BACK

THE RUTGERS VOLLEYBALLteam is off to its best start underfifth-year head coach C.J.Werneke with a 14-1 record. TheScarlet Knights have not lostsince Aug. 25 against Miami.

They try to continue thatstart tomorrow at home, wherethey open Big East play againstSouth Florida, and the followingday when they face Pittsburgh.

The Bulls are 8-5 and are inthe midst of a six-game winningstreak, while the Panthers own a9-5 record.

The matchup tomorrow is ablackout, and the first 100 fanswill receive a free “Blackout” T-shirt.

The game against Pitt isCamper Appreciation Day, whenall campers wearing their T-shirts and the first 50 to enterthe game receive a free volley-ball. The team will host an auto-graph signing for campers onthe court after the game.

Following the two homematches, Rutgers travels toVillanova, followed by a roadgame against Georgetown.

NEW YORK JETScornerback Darelle Revis saidhe has been medically clearedand plans to play in the team’supcoming game against theMiami Dolphins.

Revis suffered a concussionin the season opener against theBuffalo Bills after teammateBart Scott inadvertently kickedhim in the head.

As a result, he was held out ofSunday’s loss to the PittsburghSteelers.

While Revis said he wasgoing to play, head coach RexRyan is not as declarative.

He said he still could holdRevis out if the doctors thinkthat would be better. Ryan saidhe hopes Revis will play, but it isnot set in stone, according toThe New York Times.

CINCINNATI REDSmanager Dusty Baker remainsin the hospital after he had toleave Wrigley Field two hoursbefore the first pitch ofWednesday’s game.

Doctors want to keep Bakerin the hospital at least for todayfurther tests.

The team said Wednesday’stests were to “rule out pneumo-nia” as a cause of Baker’s irregu-lar heartbeat.

Chris Speier, the team’s inter-im manager, told The AssociatedPress that Baker could return tothe team as early as today,depending on the test results.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHCarolina hospitals released UNChead men’s basketball coachRoy Williams a day after heunderwent a three-and-a-halfhour surgery to remove a tumoron his right kidney.

According to university offi-cials, Williams checked out ofthe hospital yesterday after-noon.

It is not yet clear how muchtime the 62-year-old coach willmiss before preseason practicebegins.

It is also not certain howsevere the tumor is. The testresults are expected to be inwithin the week.

Williams may also needanother procedure to remove atumor on his left kidney.

IN BRIEF

Deering faces numbers crunch at WRJunior Jeremy Deering returns a kickoff 55 yards Sept. 1 at Tulane, the last opponent Deering saw a meaningful touch against.Head coach Kyle Flood maintains Deering is valuable because of his versatility. KEITH FREEMAN, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Despite only a 55-yard kickreturn Sept. 1 at Tulane on hisrésumé, junior wide receiverJeremy Deering remains one ofRutgers head football coach KyleFlood’s assets.

Deering, who sat out theScarlet Knights’ Sept. 8 gameagainst Howard, has yet to recorda catch or carry.

“I think as the season goeson,” Flood said yesterday, “peoplewill see that Jeremy is going to beone of the more valuable piecesto the puzzle at Rutgers.”

The Knights coaching staffinserted Deering into the defensiveback rotation during training camp.But Deering’s ankle injury, suf-fered in practice before Rutgers’second game of the season, likelystunted his growth at safety.

He remains the Knights’kick returner, but gains havebeen modest.

Deering’s field-position-chang-ing return at the Superdome wasthe only time Rutgers brought akickoff out of its end zone. Newkickoff rules, namely its spot at the35-yard line, have hindered results.

“Certainly every week andevery game plan we’re trying to findways to highlight him as a playmak-er. Every week we hope that kickoffreturn is one of them,” Flood said.“Unfortunately it’s not one we total-ly control. We don’t want to justmindlessly bring the ball out of theend zone nine yards deep.”

Flood did not rule outDeering’s return to safety, but itlargely depends on his health.

A crowded receiving corps hasnot helped Deering, either. Onlyfour wideouts have caught a passthis season, but three of them —sophomore Brandon Colemanand seniors Mark Harrison andTim Wright — occupy many ofthe team’s packages.

The emergence of sophomorerunning back Jawan Jamison —and his Big East-high 69 carries

— has also negated the need formore passing weapons.

But Flood insists Deering hasnot yet tapped the staff’s visionfor him.

“We’ve done a lot of stuff thisyear with Jeremy,” Flood said,“and not all of it has been used ongame day.”

FLOOD SAID HE IS UNSUREif Arkansas running back KnileDavis has gotten enough carriesto be effective. Davis, who rushedfor an SEC-best 1,322 yards in2010, averaged only 63.7 yardsper game in the Razorbacks firstthree contests.

His 3.5 yards-per-carry aver-age is a career low.

“When you talk to a tailback,every one of them wants to runthe ball a significant amount oftimes every game,” Flood said. “Iknow they’ve had a couple guysrotate through that position.”

Senior Dennis Johnson hasearned 16 carries this season, andWildcat quarterback BrandonMitchell’s presence likely tookaway touches from Davis.

It could point to the Arkansas’staff’s insistence on monitoringDavis’ workload.

The 2010 first-team All-SEC

performer suffered a season-end-ing injury Aug. 11, 2011, and hadnot taken a snap since theRazorbacks’ Jan. 4, 2011, SugarBowl appearance.

BECAUSE OF A SIZE SHIFTin college wide receivers, theKnights coaching staff makes tar-geting height in cornerbackrecruits a priority, Flood said.

“To play defensive back under5-foot-10, 5-foot-11,” he said,“you’re putting yourself in a jump-ball disadvantage.”

The Knights’ top-four cornersall stand at 6-foot or taller. SeniorMarcus Cooper and redshirt fresh-man Tejay Johnson, both formerwide receivers, are listed at 6-foot-2.

“That’s a sign of the times,”he said.

Senior Marcus Cooper is one of two Knights cornerbacks that is6-foot-2. The coaching staff views secondary size as an asset.KEITH FREEMAN, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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NO PLACE LIKE HOME The Rutgers field hockey teamhosts No. 2 Syracuse and then Cornell a week after finishing2-2 on its recent road trip. / PAGE 14

MLB SCORES EXTRA POINT RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR

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OUT OF PLACE An ankle injury and depth at wide receiver promptthe Rutgers football team’s coaching staff to re-evaluate the role ofjunior Jeremy Deering, the Knights’ kick returner. / PAGE 15

SET FOR SUCCESS The Rutgers volleyballteam begins Big East play against USF todayriding a 12-match winning streak. / PAGE 14

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“They have about five or six guys that can kill you at any given moment.”

— Rutgers head men’s soccer coach Dan Doniganon Georgetown’s scoring threats

ASHLEY DECKERT finishedsecond in the MonmouthInvitational on Saturdaywith a time of 18:31.7 tolead the Rutgers women’scross country team for thesecond time this season.

Oakland 12 Minnesota 3Detroit 4 Cleveland 4

Cincinnati 5 San Diego 6Chicago (N) 3 Arizona 5

Houston 4 Colorado 2St. Louis 5 San Francisco 9

WOMEN’S GOLF

Yale Intercollegiate

TodayNew Haven, Conn.

TENNIS

Brown Invitational

TodayProvidence, R. I.

FIELD HOCKEY

vs. Syracuse

Today, 3 p.m.Bauer Track and FieldComplex

WOMEN’S SOCCER

vs. South Florida

Tonight, 7 p.m.Yurcak Field

FOOTBALL RUTGERS-ARKANSAS, TOMORROW

Senior linebacker Khaseem Greene combines with junior cornerback Logan Ryan to bring down South Florida’s B.J. Daniels inlast Thursday’s 23-13 win. Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson presents a different matchup. ALEX VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Wilson changes game’s outlookBY JOEY GREGORY

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

At the start of the season, the Rutgers foot-ball team’s chances, on paper, of winning tomor-row’s game against Arkansas would have beenslim at best.

The Razorbacks were the No. 8 team in thenation while the Scarlet Knights (3-0, 1-0) wereone of seven unranked Big East teams.

But three weeks, two losses and one injuredquarterback later, Arkansas (1-2) is lookingmuch more conquerable than before.

Of course, that injured quarterback — All-SEC quarterback Tyler Wilson — will play afterhe received medical clearance following yester-day’s practice.

That changes the entire picture.“I would imagine that with [Wilson] on the

field, they will be a completely different team,”

said head coach Kyle Flood. “He’s one of theelite quarterbacks in the country, a great chal-lenge for our defense to defend him, and theweapons that they have.”

The numbers back that up. Since Wilson suf-fered a concussion against Louisiana-Monroe,second-string quarterback Brandon Allen hastotaled only 145 yards through the air.

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TENNIS

Freshman Mariam Zein earns her firstopportunity in tournament play.CONOR ALWELL, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Challengersawait RU atInvitational

BY MIKE MORTONCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers tennis team begins its tour-nament schedule this weekend when it com-petes in the Brown Invitational inProvidence, R.I.

The Scarlet Knights are one of six teamsparticipating in the tournament, whichincludes Binghamton, Boston University,Boston College, Brown and Providence.Boston College and Brown each finished lastyear near the top of the Northeast Rankings.

Head coach Ben Bucca is excited for thetournament, and feels the team is ready forthe challenge.

“I’m hopeful that we go to Brown wherethe competition is very strong and that theyplay well and play in a style that we haveworked on at practice,” Bucca said.

The Knights have been working hard inpractice to prepare for the tournament. Theyhave specifically been focusing on certainstrategies for singles and doubles play to usefor the tournament, Bucca said.

“We’ve had a very strong two-and-a-halfweeks of practice, and we’re now really start-ing to show signs of being ready to playstrong competitive tennis,” Bucca said.

The Brown Invitational also ser ves as the first opportunity for three incom-ing freshmen to compete in a college-level tournament.

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Knights get second chance at top-10 opponentBY JOSH BAKAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Facing Creighton on Sept. 2 showed theRutgers men’s soccer team that the ScarletKnights could hold the then-No. 2 team inthe nation scoreless for 62 minutes, butthey could still lose, 3-0.

Creighton is now the seventh-rankedteam, and Rutgers has gotten more on track by shutting out its last two opponents.

But those opponents were not ofCreighton’s caliber, like No. 9 Georgetown,which Rutgers faces tomorrow inWashington, D.C.

“It’s on the road to open up Big East con-ference play against one of the toughestteams in the country, so absolutely it’s agreat measuring stick,” said head coachDan Donigan.

Rutgers’ (3-2) game against Georgetown(7-0-1) will display how far the Knights havecome against an elite opponent.

The Knights tied Northern Illinois forallowing the most goals to Creighton thisseason, and the Hoyas’ offense is as difficultto defend.

“They have about five or six guys thatcan kill you at any given moment,”Donigan said. “As soon as you have amental lapse or anything to play of f of or asplit second of hesitation, they’re going toget you.”

MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS-GEORGETOWN, TOMORROW

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