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In a move to encourage coursework andfirsthand experience, the Darien LearningCommunity for Citizenship and CivicEngagement was created for students to mixpolitical thought with practice.

The new nonresidential learning com-munity, whose sponsors include the WaltWhitman Center for the Culture andPolitics of Democracy and the EagletonInstitute of Politics, gives 15 to 20 students on campus the opportunity towork and broaden their knowledge of pol-itics, said Ghada Endick, director of learn-ing communities.

Andrew Murphy, director of the WaltWhitman Center, teaches students “AmericanPolitical Thought,” while Elizabeth Matto, anassistant research professor at Eagleton,teaches “Topics in Political Science:Citizenship and Civic Engagement.”

Murphy said students learn about the histor-ical and philosophical foundations of U.S. gov-ernment in his classroom at Eagleton, while stu-dents become more engaged in politics through

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama respond to each other’s stances on domestic issuesduring last night’s presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Besides their tax reform ideas, the candidatesdisagreed on women’s issues, immigration and workplace inequality. GETTY IMAGES

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In the second of three presidential debates,President Barack Obama and Republican pres-idential nominee Mitt Romney went back andforth on foreign and domestic issues, includingtaxes, work place equality and immigration.

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Geena Davis, an Academy Award-winningactress known for roles in films including “Thelmaand Louise,” spoke to a crowd of about 200 peoplelast night on gender disparity in the media.

The Institute for Women’s Leadership hostedthe lecture to further communicate the goal ofadvancing women’s leadership in fields such aspolitics, the arts and the general workforce, saidAlison R. Bernstein, director of the IWL.

Davis, who in 2004 founded the Geena DavisInstitute on Gender in Media to change the wayfemales are portrayed in feature films, said she

Geena Davis, founder of the Geena Davis Institue on Gender in Media,speaks of the misrepresentation of females in G-rated family movies lastnight in Kirkpatrick Chapel on the College Avenue campus.ENRICO CABREDO

Geena Davis calls attention to lack of women in Hollywood

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Actress references herown gender disparitystudies during lecture

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Presidential hopefuls argue over domestic,foreign policies in town hall debate

Romney explained his tax plan and how itwill affect the middle class during last night’stown hall-style debate at Hofstra Universityin New York.

“Why am I lowering taxes for the middleclass?” Romney said. “Because for the lastfour years, they have been buried.”

Obama responded by outlining his owntax plan.

“I said I would cut taxes for small business-es, who are the drivers and engines of growth,”he said. “And we’ve cut them 18 times.”

Romney explained that with the presi-dent’s ideas for taxes, the country would bein trouble.

“If the president were re-elected, wewould be $20 trillion in debt, on the road toGreece,” Romney said.

The governor said he is increasinglyaware of workplace inequality. After he

shares the same vision as the IWL, and hopes toeducate the public on the obvious gender dis-parity found in Hollywood.

She first noticed this issue while watching G-rated films with her daughter, which pushed herto lead a study on the number of female charac-ters in family entertainment.

The study, one of the largest ever completedon gender differences in media, showed therewas just one female character for every threemale characters in G-rated movies, a fact Davissaid could be discouraging to parents.

“It occurred to me as a mother that kidsshould be seeing boys and girls sharing a sand-box together,” she said.

The depiction of the female characters wasalso investigated, and the project found femalecharacters in G-rated animated movies tendedto wear sexually appealing clothes, just liketheir counterparts in R-rated films, she said.

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Thursday, Oct. 18Glen Campbell, America’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” visits NewBrunswick on his Goodbye Tour. He performs at 8 p.m. at the StateTheatre at 15 Livingston Ave. Tickets range from $35 to $90. Formore information, visit statetheatrenj.org.

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BY JUSTINA OTEROCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Patrick Byrne, CEO ofOverstock.com, came to theUniversity yesterday to speakabout the role leadership skillsplay in making financial decisions.

The Department of Philosophysponsored the event at AlexanderLibrary on the College Avenue cam-pus, where more than 80 studentscame together to hear Byrne’s lec-ture “Praxis, Praxis, Praxis: HowEntrepreneurship, Philosophy andLibertarianism Made Me 2007’s‘Most Hated Man on Wall Street.’”

He said it is important to havementors because they motivatepeople to find success and followguiding principles.

Byrne said through having amentor, he was able to pave aroad to success that allowedhim to become an entrepre-neur and learn about the eco-nomic aspects that af fect peo-ple’s lives.

Economics affect education,he said while breaking down thebudget for education the govern-ment works with.

“It’s about $750 billion that weare spending on K-12 education.There are 50 million students inK-12 schools,” he said. “If you do

CEO analyzes government’s education budgetByrne says schoolsystems are likemonopolies

Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, breaks down the spending for public schools at AlexanderLibrary on the College Avenue campus. VAISHALI NAYAK

the math, that’s about $15,000per child.”

He said through building aquality education system, theUnited States would be investingin human capital.

“That’s $367,000 being spentin the average classroom. Theaverage teacher makes about$47,000,” he said.

What goes on in the U.S. edu-cation system is what goes on in amonopoly, Byrne said.

“The whole point of having amonopoly is to sell an inferiorproduct at an inflated price andtry to capture the difference,”he said. “That is what is happen-ing in our school systems. Ithink that the unions are theproblem exclusively.

Byrne said behind the publichigh school, there are differentlayers that absorb huge amountsof costs, in which the district, thecounty, the state and the federal

governments absorb.“It doesn’t make sense to me

to say we need to pour moneyfrom the top, and that is the prob-lem,” he said. “We cannot pourmore money from the top. Wecan’t fix it from the top.”

Byrne said the system shouldbe turned over so people haveother options besides a publicschool education.

He also spoke about the impor-tance of building leadership skills.

In order to have good leadership skills, he said, peo-ple should understand whatteams are.

“If you want to succeed, youneed people who are going tobe team leaders. Even a teamof six people is something thatis hard to lead, you alwaysneed to be a good team mem-ber,” he said.

Studying liberal arts couldhelp with leadership skills,Byrne said.

“That sort of background isso valuable,” he said. “Thevirtues that make you stand outand actual do well in that envi-ronment are things that you canfind [in] philosophy.”

Daniel Kanda, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidthere is a problem with educationthat needs to be fixed.

“The problem with our gen-eration is that people don’tknow what the hell they wantto do or what they are doing,”he said. “They are not inspired, they think that theonly path for them is that cor-porate route, and you kind ofgot shutters.”

Sheldon Smickley, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, saidchange comes not from the topbut from within society.

“That is what we are tryingto do at Rutgers — reallychange and go through thegrassroots and the peopleinstead of the red-tape litiga-tion,” he said.

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BY SHELLEY FRIEDMANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Student protesters fromQuebec sat on the steps ofBrower Commons on the College Avenue campus to speak with University stu-dents about their strike against rising tuition at McGill University.

The political par ty inQuebec announced in lastMarch that tuition rates wouldincrease by $1,625 — bringingthe cost from $2,168 to $3,793, according to theStudents’ Society of McGillUniversity website.

This would amount to a 75percent increase in tuition fees in five years, according tothe site.

The Canadian students gaveadvice about organizingprotests against tuition increas-es, encouraging tabling andbake sales as ways to get theword out about tuition hikes.

Canadians visit U.,advise on protestingStudents shareexperience onstriking againsttuition hikes

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Dong Gu Yoon, a Universityalumnus, said this stor y isunique because the students inQuebec created a strategiccampaign, ultimately pressur-ing not only their schools, butthe Quebec government.

“It’s refreshing that these students were able tomobilize a whole bunch of peo-ple,” Yoon said.

Frangy Pozo, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore,said University studentsshould take initiative like thestudents in Quebec did.

“We, as students, have hadenough. And the small groupon campus working to stop[annual tuition increases]needs to grow and expand,”Pozo said.

Taha Saeed, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, saidshared governance should beput in place on campus forUniversity students to have asay on tuition increases.

“In Quebec, students are on the boards and on com-mittees with administrators,and have equal say in what happens. At Rutgers, we have no shared gover-nance,” he said. “We don’teven have a voting member onthe board of governors. Thatneeds to change.”

shown to young children on a reg-ular basis.

“We are saying that womenand girls don’t take up half thespace in the world ... that they areless valuable,” she said.

Yet Davis said she does notbelieve all male directors and cast-ing directors are purposely creatingthis gender gap, adding that somemen are generally surprised whenshe showed them the statistics.

“Part of [the movement] isdoing this research and educat-ing them,” Davis said. “Whenwe go to the networks, it’samazing how shocked they areby the data.”

The institute also aims toempower more women to reach“behind-the-scenes” leadershippositions in Hollywood. In 2011,women only represented 25 per-cent of the work force in the top-250 domestic gross-ing films, according to an eventfact sheet.

Women made up a larger per-centage of the leadership roles inlower budget documentary films.Thirty-nine percent of all direc-tors in documentary films in 2011

were women, an 11-percentincrease from 2008, according tothe fact sheet.

Similar increases are not foundin the quantity of female charactersdepicted in feature films, she said.

“The ratio has been the samesince 1946,” Davis said. “You can’tsay things are changing.”

Davis said women need tounderstand the bias and take advan-tage of what Martin Luther King Jr.called “the fierce urgency of now.”

She hopes the institute caninspire women to bring the issueto the forefront, and said the keyis to put more women on andbehind the screen.

“We need to add women,include women, vote for womenand hire women,” she said.

University President Robert L.Barchi, who gave an introductoryspeech at the event, said the event isone of the many praiseworthy initiatives started bythe IWL, where his wife Francisrecently became a fellow.

“What I have found is that thisis an incredible group of verypowerful women who understandwhere they are in the world andwhere they want to go,” Barchi

said. “It’s very impressive, espe-cially to a man.”

Alexandra Tereshonkova, aClass of 2012 University alumnus,said Davis’ history of movie rolesshows she has always been con-scious of the way women are por-trayed in films.

“I saw her growing up inmovies such as ‘A League of TheirOwn,’ which inspired [more]women characters,” she said.

Davis said she first becamepassionate about the empower-ment of women in Hollywoodwhen she played a lead female rolein the film “Thelma and Louise.”

“Ever since [‘Thelma andLouise’], I make choices onwhat roles I am going to playthinking about the women inthe audience and what theymay feel about my character,”Davis said.

Tereshonkova said she hopesmore students make it to futureIWL events.

the relevance of politics to theirlives and that they have a duty toaddress issues and speak up in theface of injustice,” she said.

Mark Feaster, a School of Artsand Sciences junior and Dariencommunity member, said politicsis something most students areinterested in, but are too intimi-dated to actively practice.

“[Students] undervalue [poli-tics] as a means to see change inthe world,” he said. “Our genera-tion tends to put more of anemphasis on community serviceprojects as a means to changethings as opposed to contactingtheir representative or bringingthe issue into the political arena.”

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“The female characters oftenhave a waist so small that youhave to wonder where the spinalcolumn even fits,” Davis said.

In the 6,000 family films com-posing the research sample,Davis said not one depicted afemale character in a powerfulAmerican political figure. A simi-lar gap is found in many otherprofessional occupations, shesaid, with males holding 81 per-cent of all film production jobs.

Davis said she fearsHollywood is teaching a new gen-eration not to notice the disparity,especially since many gender dif-ferences are found in films

the Youth Political ParticipationProgram in Matto’s class.

“It bridges the theory of gov-ernment with the practice of gov-ernment,” Murphy said.

Students are actively involvedwith the institute’s RU Voting ini-tiative, a nonpartisan effort to getstudents informed and registeredto vote, Matto said.

“They’re helping me andthemselves really get an oppor-tunity to see how politics isworking, specifically how it isworking on the youth and howthey participate in the politicalprocess,” she said. “But themost [important] thing is thatthe students aren’t just sitting,reading and talking, but outthere and doing it.”

She said there is a growingneed to find ways to integrate activepolitical learning into the course-work despite the challenges highereducational institutions face.

Jessica Brand, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore who isparticipating in the new learningcommunity, said the value of the cit-izen’s voice in government is oftenunderestimated and undervalued.

“Too many students and youngpeople these days do not recognize

BY AMY ROWENEWS EDITOR

The Rutgers Student VoterCoalition registered about4,800 students on campus forthe general election on Nov. 6,said Nat Sowinski, an organizerfor the coalition.

Though this number is about2,000 forms shy of the group’s7,000 goal, Sowinski said she issatisfied with the result.

“It’s a sizable percentage of apretty sizable University,” saidSowinski, a School of Arts andSciences senior. “Some elec-tions are decided by not thatmany votes. … Not just doesevery vote count, but 5,000 defi-nitely counts.”

Members of the coalition,made up of about 15 studentgroups, including the RutgersUniversity Student Assembly andthe New Jersey Public InterestResearch Group, registered stu-dents through tabling effortsleading up to yesterday’s voterregistration deadline.

The coalition registeredabout 6,000 University stu-dents for the 2008 elections,according to a Nov. 3, 2008Targum report.

Sowinski said when shetabled near Brower Commons

Coalition sends in about5,000 registration forms

Men hold 81 percentof jobs in film U.S.film industry

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Community members work withprofessor on RU Voting initiative

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“It bridges the theory of

government with the

practice of government.” ANDREW MURPHY

Director of theWalt Whitman Center

“We are saying thatwomen ... don’t takeup half the space in

the world ... thatthey are less

valuable.” GEENA DAVIS

Actress

Feaster said he is compilinga glossary of political termssome students might find con-fusing, which they can use tobetter understand subject mat-ter in news articles and presi-dential debates.

“Other kids are working onprojects such as making a voterguidebook, organizing socialevents that encourage voting,or targeting certain organiza-tions for voter registrationdrives,” he said.

The students in the communi-ty recently participated in aninteractive session withChristopher Phillips, author of“Constitution Café,” and wereable to think about how theywould revise the Constitution if it were revisited today, Matto said.

Murphy and Matto visit oneanother’s classes to stay connected,which Murphy said creates a betterlearning environment for students.

Steven and Susan Darien areUniversity alumni who are fund-ing this new learning community.

“The Dariens are very inter-ested in fostering studentengagement in civic affairs and instudents engaging their fellowstudents. It’s not so much on apartisan basis but in regards toengaging the society,” he said.

Endick said her office’s roleis to develop methods thatincrease faculty involvementwith undergraduates and pro-mote active student engagementin the University.

on the College Avenue campusand the Douglass CampusCenter, she was surprised somestudents did not know they hadto register.

“The news about debates andthe presidential election has beeneverywhere, [even on] theInternet, on Facebook,” she said.“It just surprised me that peopledidn’t think to register to voteuntil they were asked.”

Now that more students areregistered, Sowinski said shethinks they will pay closer atten-tion to what is going on with thisyear’s presidential race.

Post-deadline plans for thecoalition include calling andemailing students who filled outvote pledge cards to remindthem to vote at their respectivepolling locations, she said.

The coalition is also endors-ing the Building Our FutureBond Act, which will appear as areferendum question on the bal-lot on Election Day. If passed, thebond could provide $750 millionof state funding for constructionof higher education facilities.

Sowinski invites students tolearn more about the bond at aNew Jersey Bond ReferendumTeach-In Thursday at 7 p.m. inthe Student Activities Center onthe College Avenue campus.

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looked around his office at BainCapital, he said he noticed anoverwhelming amount of menworking for him.

“Well gosh, can’t we findsome women with the samequalifications?” Romney said.“In the last four years, womenhave lost 580,000 jobs. What wecan do to help women is have astrong economy.”

He explained that under current policies, he feels col-lege students will not be able tofind jobs.

“Fifty percent of kids whocan’t find a job, well that’s notgoing to work,” Romney said.

Obama said Romney avoidedanswering the question on gen-der equality.

“Gov. Romney is comfort-able having the governmentmake health care choices forwomen,” he said. “This is notjust a women’s issue, this is afamily issue. This is a middle-class issue.”

Obama voiceda need to revisithow immigrationworks in theUnited States.

“We need tofix a brokenimmigration sys-tem. He[Romney] calledArizona law amodel for thenation,” Obamasaid. “Gov.Romney said hewasn’t referring to Arizona as amodel for the nation, yet his topadvisor is the one who designedthe whole Arizona program.”

Obama said America is still aland of promise for those whowant to come here.

“We all understand what thiscountry has become, because tal-ent from around the world wantsto come here,” he said. “Foryoung people who come here,they should think of this as theircountry. They understand them-selves as Americans.”

Romney agreed the system isbroken and that it is time for achange, but took a hard and faststance on illegal immigration.

“Mr. President has brokenhis promise to enact compre-hensive immigration reform byhis first term,” Romney said.“We’re going to have to stop ille-gal immigration. I will not grantamnesty to those who comehere illegally.”

Romney explained that hewants the system to work in favorof those who need it.

“I want our legal system towork better, I want it to bestreamlined, to be clearer. Youshouldn’t have to hire a lawyerto get into this country legally,”he said.

The candidates also sparedon foreign policy, specifically

While both candidates agree on immigration reform, Romney wants toprevent entry of illegal immigrants

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT relating to recent attacks on aU.S. Embassy in Libya.

Obama disputed Romney’scriticism that the Obama admin-istration did not respond to theattack quick enough.

“The suggestion that any-body in my team would play pol-itics or mislead when we’ve lostfour of our own, governor, isoffensive,” Obama said.

Ruth Mandel, director of theEagleton Institute of Politics, saidthis debate is critical for bothRomney and Obama.

Mandel said since the firstdebate, the polls have closed thegap between the two candidates.

“The national polls havemoved the candidates closertogether, into a virtual tie, or deadheat,” she said. “No one knowswho to call a likely winner.”

Stefan Mancevski, presidentof the Rutgers UniversityDemocrats, was pleased withObama’s performance in lastnight’s debate.

“I think Obama did extraordi-narily well — he came out

swinging,” saidMancevski, aSchool of Arts andSciences senior.“He was wonder-ful on foreign poli-cy, clearly defeat-ed Romney. Heset up a strongeconomic plan.”

Alex Weiss,vice president ofthe RutgersC o l l e g eRepublicans, said

although Romney’s performancewas weaker compared to the firstdebate, he still did a good job.

“The highlight was when hetalked about the last four yearsand demolished Obama by men-tioning point after point of whathas not changed,” said Weiss, aschool of Arts and Sciences senior.

Mancevski said Obama hadRomney beat in this debate.

“The president generally setout to prove himself and that thedemocratic platform is powerfuland beneficial to the middleclass,” Mancevski said. “Romneylooked flustered and weak. Hetried to prove himself, and failedin my mind.”

But Weiss believes Romneyhad this debate in the bag.

“You might see a lot moreObama victory claims, but afterthe first [debate] it would be nearly impossible forRomney to live up to expecta-tions,” he said.

The debate is no longer aboutgetting voters, Mandel said. Now,the candidates will focus on moti-vating voters.

“The nominees have donewhat they can do to get votersby now, the challenge is mobi-lization,” she said. “They arethinking of ways to get theirpeople out to vote, to get themto the polls.”

“The nominees havedone what they cando to get voters by

now, the challenge ismobilization.”

RUTH MANDELDirector of

the Eagleton Institute of Politics

U.S. attempts to topple the island’sgovernment, plant spies and recruitits best-educated citizens.

“It is because of this that anyanalysis of Cuba’s problematicmigration inevitably passesthrough the policy of hostility thatthe U.S. government has devel-oped against the country for morethan 50 years,” the editorial said.

It assured Cubans that thegovernment recognizes theirright to travel abroad and said thenew measure is part of “an irre-versible process of normalizationof relations between emigrantsand their homeland.”

The decree still imposes limitson travel by many Cubans. Peoplecannot obtain a passport or travelabroad without permission if theyface criminal charges, if the tripaffects national security or if theirdeparture would affect efforts tokeep qualified labor in the country.

Doctors, scientists, membersof the military and others consid-ered valuable parts of society cur-rently face restrictions on travelto combat brain drain.

“The update to the migratorypolicy takes into account the rightof the revolutionary State todefend itself from the intervention-ist and subversive plans of the U.S.government and its allies,” thenewspaper said. “Therefore, meas-ures will remain to preserve thehuman capital created by theRevolution in the face of the theft oftalent applied by the powerful.”

On the streets of Havana, thenews was met with a mixture ofdelight and astonishment.Officials over the years oftenspoke of their desire to lift theexit visa, but talk failed to turninto concrete change.

“No! Wow, how great!” saidMercedes Delgado, a 73-year-oldretiree when told of the news thatwas announced overnight.“Citizens’ rights are beingrestored.”

“Look, I ask myself how far are

we going to go with thesechanges. They have me a littleconfused because now all thatwas done during 50 years, it turnsout we’re changing it,” said MariaRomero, a cleaning worker whowas headed to her job Tuesdaymorning. “Everything they toldus then, it wasn’t true. I tell you, Idon’t understand anything.”

Cuba-born U.S. Rep. IleanaRos-Lehtinen referred to themeasure as “so-called reforms”that are “nothing more than RaulCastro’s desperate attempts tofool the world into thinking thatCuba is changing. But anyonewho knows anything about thecommunist 53- year-old Castrodictatorship knows that Cuba willonly be free when the Castro fam-ily and its lackeys are no longeron the scene,” the South FloridaRepublican said.

The Cuban government’s deci-sion to eliminate exit visas won’tmean that Cubans can just get ona plane to the United States.

Kathleen Campbell Walker, animmigration lawyer in El Paso,Texas, said Cubans who fly to theUnited States are still required toget a State Department-issued visa.Homeland Security officials whoreview passenger lists for U.S.-bound flights are likely to order anairline to deny boarding to anyonewho doesn’t have that permission.

Cubans who do make it to theU.S., regardless of whether or notthey have a visa, are generallyadmitted to the country.

“Our own visa requirementsremain unchanged,” StateDepartment spokeswoman VictoriaNuland told reporters yesterday.

“We obviously welcome anyreforms that’ll allow Cubans todepart from and return to theircountry freely,” said Nuland.“We remain committed to the

migration accords under whichour two countries suppor t and promote safe, legal andorderly migration.”

Under those 1994 accordsbetween the two countries,Washington has encouragedHavana to take steps to preventany future mass exodus.

Tomas Bilbao, executivedirector of the Washington-based Cuba Study Group, said heis cautiously optimistic that themove will reduce the isolation ofthe Cuban people and increaseinteraction between the U.S. andCuban civil society.

“The important story is theCuban government has taken astep that has long been demand-ed by the Cuban people,” he said.

Omar Lopez, human rightsdirector of the Miami-basedCuban American NationalFoundation, welcomed the elimi-nation of the exit visas, but said itremained unclear whether thechange will allow more Cubans toget passports.

“Now, Cubans don’t have topay and get a permit from Cuba togo as a tourist or a visitor, butthey say that in order to get apassport you have to comply withsome requirements of the law,”Lopez said.

Dissident Cuban bloggerYoani Sanchez expressed con-cern that officials might nowcontrol travel merely by deny-ing passports.

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HAVANA — The Cuban gov-ernment announced yesterdaythat it will eliminate a half-centu-ry-old restriction that requirescitizens to get an exit visa to leavethe country.

The decree that takes effectJan. 14 will eliminate a much-loathed bureaucratic procedurethat has kept many Cubans fromtraveling or moving abroad.

“These measures are truly sub-stantial and profound,” said Col.Lamberto Fraga, Cuba’s deputychief of immigration, at a morningnews conference. “What we aredoing is not just cosmetic.”

Under the new measureannounced in the CommunistParty daily Granma, islanderswill only have to show their pass-port and a visa from the countrythey are traveling to.

It is the most significantadvance this year in President RaulCastro’s five-year plan of reformsthat has already seen the legaliza-tion of home and car sales and a bigincrease in the number of Cubansowning private businesses.

Migration is a highly politi-cized issue in Cuba and beyondits borders.

Under the “wet foot, dry foot”policy, the United States allowsnearly all Cubans who reach its ter-ritory to remain. Granma pub-lished an editorial blaming the trav-el restrictions imposed in 1961 on

Government to let Cubans travel freely

“The importantstory is the Cuban

government hastaken a step that has long

been demanded.” TOMAS BILBAO

Executive Director of the Washington-based Cuba Study Group

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Europeans hoping tofight in Syria raise fears

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PARIS — European govern-ments have been among themost vocal suppor ters ofSyria’s rebels — to a point: Lastweek, Muslims in Britain andFrance accused of trying to jointhe fight against the regimewere detained.

For security of ficials, thefear is that extremists withEuropean passports who arealienated and newly trained towage war will ultimately takeskills learned in Syria and usethem back home. In France,where an Islamic extremisttrained in Pakistan attacked aJewish school and a group ofsoldiers earlier this year, thefear is particularly acute.

French officials have jailedeight people, including one overthe weekend, describing thegroup as a network of French-born radical Islamists bent ontargeting Jewish groups at homeand fighting holy war abroad.They said the cell attacked akosher grocery with a grenadeand had a structure in place tosend Muslims to fight in Syriaalongside the rebels.

“The enemies within willrequire vigilance and great deter-mination,” France’s top securityofficial, Interior Minister ManuelValls, said Friday. “We know thatthere could be some who werenot apprehended, who perhapswent abroad to fight.”

Security officials worldwidehave watched the aftermath ofthe Arab Spring with caution,particularly concerned that citi-zens who join the fight could

return home more radicalizedand with a new ability to carryout guerilla warfare. Europeanofficials have a particular con-cern: It’s a short flight from theMideast and the borders withinthe European Union are open foranyone with an EU passport ornational ID, making undetectedtravel a simple matter.

“We have been keeping aclose eye on who is going toSyria, but unlike Libya, there aremultiple ways into the countryand it’s not as easy to track,” saida European security official whospoke on condition of anonymitybecause she was not authorizedto speak to the media. “Still,we’re particularly concerned thatpeople returning will come backwith new skills that could presenta threat to our security.”

It’s a sensitive and complexissue, say European intelligenceofficials. There’s evidence thatforeigners are joining the fightagainst Syrian President BasharAssad, but their numbers —especially those from Europe —are believed to be small. Butwhat is a minor issue in Syriacould become a big issue inEurope, where many Muslims,even the native born, feelincreasingly marginalized.

Syrian rebels are downplay-ing the newcomers’ impact onthe struggle to dislodge Assad.George Sabra, spokesman forthe Syrian National Council,insisted last week that the for-eign fighters presented no long-term problem for Syria: “Theysay they’ve come to help theSyrian people and they’ll returnhome again.”

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Q: How much hazing do you thinkgoes on at the University?

“I have no idea. If I were to guess, I would say about 50 percent of all fratsand sororities do. But I think there is at

least some form of hazing in all societies, even if it is minimal.”

“I think it exists in a goodnumber. Sororities are a littleworse psychologically, butboth frats and sororities haze the same amount.”

CAMPUS TALKBY LIANNE NG

“Relatively none. I just don’tthink hazing is a part of ourcampus culture.”

“A lot more than is talkedabout in this school. I thinkRutgers has a larger percentage of hazing thanother universities.”

“I think that there is a greatdeal of hazing that goes onaround campus. I think it ismore about peer pressurethan anything.”

Joseph RadwanskiSchool of Arts and Sciences Senior

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Affirmative action has served for years to increaseenrollment of African Americans, among otherminorities, in colleges and universities across thecountr y. And when these institutions, in theabsence of precarious quota requirements, are ableto make use of the policy at their own discretion, wecan find little reason to deny the policy as a usefultool for increasing diversity.

Nor is Fisher’s case unique. In 2003, a similarcase was brought to the court, in which it ruled thataf firmative action universities could use race as afactor — albeit, a small “plus” factor — whenreviewing applicants in order to achieve diversity.Little has changed in terms of circumstance in thecase now at hand. Without having a comprehensive

record of how and when universi-ties take race into account duringadmissions process, and withouthaving a clearly defined picture ofwhat qualifies an individual forsuch scrutiny, Fisher v. Texas haslittle ground to stand on.

Indeed, af firmative actionallows schools to condition on anumber of factors, including

socioeconomic status, color and gender. WhileGPA, SAT scores and extracurricular activities canbe an accurate gauge of a student’s aptitude, theygive little insight into essential other characteris-tics, and thus little possibility for schools to createrich and diverse student bodies. As one of the mostdiverse schools in the country, students at our ownUniversity learn, throughout their four years oncampus, just how important this is for fosteringindividual tolerance and a thriving community ofideas. Without af firmative action, this would beconsiderably less common, as well as considerablyharder to reproduce.

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I n a controversial case that has rekindled argu-ments surrounding the use of af firmativeaction policies across the countr y, the

Supreme Court deliberated last week as to whetherrace still has a place in today’s college and univer-sity admissions processes. It is the second time inless than a decade that af firmative action has beenchallenged at the Supreme Court level, again by awhite student who feels she has been discriminatedagainst by virtue of a policy which unfairly favorsminority students.

The use of af firmative action, particularly in uni-versity admissions processes, is a questionableone. There is also considerable uncertainty regard-ing precisely how the policy is used in practice. Yetit is undeniable that af firmativeaction has helped to bring aboutgreater levels of diversity to cam-puses across the country, as wellas restore a historically unbal-anced — and highly inequitable —treatment of minorities in highereducation in the United States.

The current case, titled Fisherv. University of Texas, was broughtto the court by 22-year-old Abigail Fisher in 2008when she was denied admission to the University ofTexas. Fisher contends that she was denied, notbecause her scores and credentials didn’t meritacceptance, but because current policies regardingthe use of race as an admissions factor at the schoolfavored students of minority background. Based onits proceedings thus far, case observers have hintedthat judges are surprisingly close to ruling, in a his-toric first, against the policy.

Such a ruling would leave advocates and oppo-nents of af firmative action wondering what haschanged over years of its implementation.

Defending diversity on college campusesAffirmative action should be upheld for third time

“We can find little reason to deny the

policy as a useful toolfor increasing diversity.”

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running or cycling on our saferoad system, to young peoplebringing their surfboards and kitesurfing equipment to enjoy thewind and waves on our shoreline,to local fishermen who still casttheir nets off the rocks as theyhave for generations, to familieswishing to access the calm watersof Salt River Bay for weekend pic-nics or swimming. Unfortunately,only the latter activity remainscurtailed due to the installation oflocked gates by the National ParkService blocking public access tothis publicly owned park land.

It has already been com-pellingly and irrefutably demon-strated that the Salt River Baylocation is one of paramount eco-logical, historical and cultural sig-nificance. It holds archeologicalartifacts from early Caribbean cul-tures and is currently home toseveral endangered animal andplant species as well as manyother natural and scenic wonders.

While this amazing location isclearly an attractive spot for devel-opment, as currently viewed byour National Park Service and alsoby the endowed mainland universi-ties from whom development fund-ing is sought, we do not feel thepreservation of Salt River Bay andthe establishment of a MREC needto be mutually exclusive objec-tives. We believe that there exists amoral imperative not to imposebrick and mortar developmentupon the remaining natural won-ders of our planet and that we canstill build universities and researchcenters in locations that bringequally beneficial results withoutthe loss of culture and habitat.

We have never assumed any illintent on the part of the scientistsand educators who have seizedupon an opportunity to conductfield research at a MREC. But, fora host of reasons, sacrificing thewonder itself in order to dissectand study it is the wrongapproach. Just as many of us wereonce visitors to and are now resi-dents of this beautiful, naturalisland, we welcome future visitors,the public, scientists and educa-tors to invest, enjoy and doresearch on St. Croix using amuch less environmentallyimpactful and detrimental plan.

Barry Aldrich is a resident of St.Croix, Virgin Islands.

pay for the extension of lowerinterest rates on student loans.

Solutions like those do nothelp us get back on track. He sayshe stands with the middle classand fights for us — except nation-al debt, student debt, unemploy-ment rates and even gas priceshave all skyrocketed since he wasappointed by Corzine.

After two terms in the N.J.General Assembly, Kyrillos waselected to the Senate in 1992.During this time, Kyrillos hasvoted repeatedly to cut taxes onincome, sales and property. Hissponsorship of the State’sBusiness Incentive programhas helped to create thousandsof jobs. Through programs likethose, Kyrillos has been a bigpart of helping New Jersey’seconomy make a comeback.He’s also fought to limit thedevelopment on our beachesand implement educationreforms like the New JerseySchool Report Card. Hebelieves in giving parents oflow-income and special needsstudents the ability to choosewhere to send their children toschool. Kyrillos wants toreward great teachers andwishes to motivate states toincrease choices for parents.Upon being elected, Kyrillosplans to pass a balanced budgetamendment, cap spending as ashare of the economy, and hold

the line on the$1.2 trillionspending control.Menendez hasvoted against thebalanced budgeta m e n d m e n tnumerous times.H o w e v e r ,Kyrillos believes

federal government should bal-ance its budget just like therest of the citizens.

Menendez is part of the tax-and-spend culture inWashington that has left uswith these problems. We can-not send the same people toWashington and expect themto fix the problems they creat-ed. Kyrillos understands theproblems of young Americansand will work across the aisleto create ef fective solutions.He has worked with Gov. ChrisChristie, Democratic state sen-ators, and like-minded reform-ers to cap property taxes, bal-ance budgets, and help turnTrenton upside down. As col-lege graduates face a weak jobmarket and because the U.S.Senate could not work togeth-er, we will be faced with evenhigher debt. Kyrillos believesstudents will suf fer ifWashington and the Senatecontinue to stay broken. NewJerseyans cannot af ford moreof the same. Joe Kyrillos willbring the right leadership toWashington, D.C. We need achange in senators.

Connor Montferrat is aSchool of Arts and Sciences sen-ior majoring in political scienceand criminal justice with aminor in economics. His columnruns on alternate Wednesdays.

L ast week, we all watchedas Vice President JoeBiden insisted on laugh-

ing, interrupting and sighingduring seriously legitimatematters for the country as hedebated House BudgetCommittee Chairman PaulRyan, Republican vice presi-dential nominee. Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton offered upan extraordinar y admissionearlier this week and presentedherself as the Obama camp’spolitical sacrificial lamb, takingthe fall for the Libyan investiga-tion and scandal unfolding. Asyou watched the second presi-dential debate last night, youwere watching closely to seewhether President BarackObama would fall again as pres-idential nominee Mitt Romneystepped up. Well for the secondround, Romney won. I wasexcited once again cheering onmy candidate for U.S. presi-dent, Romney. Gallup’s DailyPoll yesterday had Romney at50 percent and Obama with 46percent of the vote. RasmussenReports had Romney at 49 per-cent and Obamawith 47 percentof the vote. EvenReal ClearPolitics NationalAverage hadRomney up by0.3 points.

But I wouldinstead like you toshift your focus to your own staterace for U.S. Senate as State Sen.Joe Kyrillos is running for U.S.Senate against incumbent Sen.Robert Menendez. Then-Gov. JonCorzine appointed Menendez tothe U.S. Senate seat after vacat-ing the seat himself. Menendez isa key component of the Obamaadministration. He falls behindhis party and his president when-ever needed.

Before May 2012, the lasttime Menendez voted on a billfor student loans and debt wasin 2008. Like Obama,Menendez knows how impor-tant the youth vote was in 2008and will do anything to makeyoung voters believe in him. InNew Jersey, the average debtowed by students at four-yearpublic and private nonprofitinstitutions is $23,792, which isranked 21st in the nation.Student loan debt hasincreased by 60 percent overthe last five years and nowexceeds $1 trillion, more thancredit card or car loan debt. Wedeserve better. The majoritySenate, in which the senatorsits, has shown the ability to donothing. This “do-nothingSenate” has not balanced abudget or help cut costs on stu-dent debt or national debt dur-ing Obama’s administration.Menendez wanted to raisetaxes on businesses in order to

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Shift focus tostate senate race

A s a resident of the neigh-borhood adjoining the siteof the proposed Marine

Research and Education Center, Iwas heartened by your editorialyesterday stating that concernsand perspectives of residents mustbe respected in planning any suchproject. Our culturally and raciallydiverse residential community isnot in opposition to development,educational research facilities orenvironmental research. In fact,we support those objectives andwelcome such investment.However, based on a poll of resi-dents, we are unanimously in oppo-sition to this particular project, inthis particular location, primarilybecause of its negative environ-mental and historical impacts.

As a community, we haverecently been faulted forincreased, temporary and protec-tive security measures, imple-mented as a result of a spike inhome burglaries. However, Iwould like to point out that wehave historically worked to facili-tate safe access by all island resi-dents to our community. On anygiven day, we welcome dozens ofindividuals, from those who wishto take their exercise by walking,

Preserve ecological wondersCOMMENTARY

BARRY ALDRICH

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

“Just as many of us wereonce visitors to

and are now residents of this beautiful, natural island.”

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do not help us getback on track. ”

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Affirmative action argumentill-concieved

The author of the column entitled “AffirmativeAction oppresses minorities” should have morecarefully examined the issue of affirmative action(and more carefully read his source material)before preparing his opinion piece in Monday’s edi-tion of The Daily Targum.

First, he seems to think blacks are a uniformmodel for all intended benefactors of affirmativeaction. Affirmative action has, in practice to date, mostwidely and effectively promoted the advancement ofwomen (in particular, non-minority women). The suc-cess of college women is, in part, a result of coeduca-tion and affirmative action in American colleges. Italso reflects, unfortunately, how such success contin-ues to skew along other demographic divisions.

Further, the author demonstrates little knowl-edge of affirmative action, and espouses that it out-right ignores admissions criteria and admits under-qualified applicants en masse. This is false. GPAadjustments, for example, can be (and are) madecarefully, on the basis of factors that actually impactGPA. Considering discrepancies in accessibility toprimary education (not to mention widespreadgrade inflation), adjusting GPAs provides morerefined admissions criteria, and is thus essential tofair admissions practices. Admitting under-qualifiedstudents is not a universal outcome, especially con-sidering the author’s arguments are only based onone of many demographics for whose advancementaffirmative action is intended.

Worse, basing his findings on Richard Sanderand Stuart Taylor Jr., he completely neglects orrefuses to acknowledge that they support af fir-mative action — and af firmative action reform.The author seems to cherry-pick Sander’s &Taylor’s expert findings, but ignore entirelytheir equally expert conclusions and recommen-dations. Sander and Taylor not a week ago coau-thored an editorial for CNN promoting contin-ued use of af firmative action with specificreform and refinement, hoping quantitativeanalysis of student outcomes will improve af fir-mative action practices.

Finally, the author forms an interesting conclu-sion (for which not even the most grievous of liarscould find substantiation): Affirmative action is a lib-eral plot to oppress minorities and make themdependent on social programs. Perhaps he shouldalso look into the effects of fluoride on the lower-class groups that cannot afford tap water or Brita fil-ters. It may cause 47 percent of them to become lazyleeches sucking on federal coffers.

People receiving aid, be it food stamps,Medicare or affirmative action (in the public orprivate sector), are not lazy, under-qualified,failed versions of their white male counterparts,doomed to continue to fail because they can’t cutthe mustard. Writing something tantamount tothis, citing studies by proponents of affirmativeaction no less, is an offensive and incredibly ill-conceived endeavor.

Kellen Myers, is a graduate student in theDepartment of Mathematics.

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mother told me. I’m close to get-ting second place, which is my goalfor this season. So I’m another stepcloser. So I was really happy.”

Ever since Zielinski’s firstmatch as a Knight on Sept. 5,2009, when she tallied 40 assistsagainst Princeton and ultimatelyled the team in her rookie seasonwith 766 assists, her game hasdeveloped and her presence onthe court impacted the team.

The possibility of Zielinskimaking Rutgers history becamemore of a reality than a dreamafter last season when she led theteam in assists for the thirdstraight season. At the end of thatcampaign, she sat in fourth placeall-time with 2,914 assists andhigher spots within her grasp.

As the crowd at the CollegeAvenue Gym watched Zielinskiclinch the third spot, head coachCJ Werneke was pleased to

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R utgers football seniorlinebacker KhaseemGreene, having already

been named Walter CampNational Defensive Player ofthe Week and Big EastDefensive Player of the Week,picked up another award yester-day for his Saturday perform-ance against Syracuse.

He earned Chuck BednarikNational Player of the Weekhonors after he picked up 14tackles, three forced fumbles,1.5 sacks and an interceptionagainst the Orange.

“Khaseem has proven to beand continues to perform at anelite level,” said head coach KyleFlood in a press release. “He hasbought into the team concept ofour defense and the results haveshown on the field.”

Greene now sits in eighthplace on Rutgers’ all-time tack-les list.

THE RUTGERS MEN’S GOLFteam concluded a history-mak-ing tournament yesterday, when it closed the WatervilleCollegiate Classic in CountyKerry, Ireland.

The tournament marked thefirst time a U.S. university host-ed a tournament in Ireland.

Junior Jonathan Renza pacedthe Scarlet Knights, finishingwith a score 156, placing himsixth in the 28-player field.

Sophomore Jacob Stockl alsofinished in the top 10, placingninth with a final score of 158.

Junior Doug Walters, sopho-more Hyung Mo Kim and fresh-man Jonathan Chang completedthe rest of the scorecard.

The Knights placed third as ateam with a score of 631, 13strokes behind tournament win-ner Davison.

For full coverage, seetomorrow’s edition of TheDaily Targum.

FOLLOWING SUNDAY’S26-23 loss to the Detroit Lions,the Philadelphia Eagles fireddefensive coordinator JuanCastillo, yesterday, according toSports Illustrated.

Castillo previously spent 13seasons as of fensive line coach. It was the first time headcoach Andy Reid dismissed acoach midseason.

In the loss to the Lions, theEagles held a 10-point lead withlittle more than five minutesremaining in the game and loston an overtime field goal.

Secondary coach ToddBowles takes over defensivecoordinator duties for the 3-3 Eagles, who enter their bye week.

AS THE CURRENT NHLlockout turned one month old,the NHL owners made a newproposal yesterday to the play-ers’ association, according toCBS Sports.

The owners offered a 50-50split in hockey-related revenue,which is a 7-percent drop for theplayers from the previous deal,which is a 7-percent increase forthe players from the owners’original offer.

Although the preseason hasalready been cancelled, the twosides met with hopes of a full82-game schedule that beginsNov. 2.

Union leader Donald Fehradmitted he did not expect theoffer, which is for a minimum ofsix years.

He said the union has not runthe numbers yet to formulate aresponse to the offer.

IN BRIEFSetter pulls withinreach of second placein helpers at Rutgers

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Senior setter Stephanie Zielinski (9) could move to second placein program history in assists by the end of the 2012 campaign.LAWRENCE CABREDO

against Big East leader Marquette,collecting 54 more assists to bringher career total to 3,919.

She is now 11 assists awayfrom taking sole possession ofsecond place all-time, a goal shehopes to achieve and likely will.

As Zielinski’s career comes toan end, she is grateful for whatshe accomplished.

“This is a step on a big ladderof things that I’ve always wantedto do in my volleyball career,”she said.

witness a player he has coachedfor her entire career perform theway she did.

“There is no doubt that it is agreat accomplishment,” Wernekesaid. “She is an extremely hardworker. She works hard at herskill set and she really leads byexample. One of the things is thatshe is not going to let people out-work her. Her accomplishmentsare dictated by her work ethicand who she is as a person. It’sgreat for her to move up therecord books.”

Zielinski’s role is crucialbecause she orchestrates theoffense. She credits her successto her teammates’ play and theirefforts in producing at a highlevel in each match.

“Getting my teammates in theright position to get kills was akey,” Zielinski said of what gother to this point. “But it’s not justsetting — it’s doing everything asa purpose and communicatingwith my passers more. Gettingthe ball where my hitters want ithas helped me get there andmake every set count.”

The excitement did not end forZielinski. She had another stand-out performance two days later

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Rutgers left with a 1-0 double-overtime victory off a goal fromformer forward Ibrahim Kamarain the Knights’ second-to-lastgame of the 2011 regular season,when it finished second in thedivision standings.

“Last year it gave us that extrapush actually going into the post-season,” said junior forward KeneEze, who was part of the rosterthat made the Sweet 16. “Afterthat game, we felt like we couldplay with anybody in the country,so definitely know [playing St.John’s is] of as much importancethis year as last year.”

But Rutgers has taken a stepback since then to develop youth,and that was most visible at thebeginning of this season.

The Knights were lucky toscore a goal at the beginning ofthe year, getting shut out in twoof their three games.

They were not as ready for anOct. 9 match at No. 1 Maryland,

RU beats St. John’s indouble overtime inlast year’s matchup

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Dan Donigan, the Knights’ head coach, looks to lead Rutgers toanother league tournament since he joined in 2010. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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The Rutgers men’s soccerteam’s record book has a relativelyvacant gap: its NCAA Tournamentappearances in the 21st century.

The Scarlet Knights have onlymade the tournament in 2001,2003, 2006 and 2011 in that time.

Rutgers could have made morewith an automatic bid from win-ning the Big East Tournament, butit only did so in 1997, when theKnights beat St. John’s, 2-1, in dou-ble overtime at Yurcak Field.

But the Knights have onlymade the conference tournamentthree times since 2006 — thatseason, 2009 and 2011.

Rutgers made the Sweet 16 lastyear with an at-large bid into theNCAA Tournament, even thoughConnecticut eliminated the Knightsfrom their first game in the Big EastTournament in a 2-1 loss.

The Knights’ likelihood ofan at-large bid is far less proba-ble this year, so success in theBig East Tournament is evenmore important.

Rutgers needs to clinch aberth first.

Rutgers is tied for the fourthspot with Cincinnati and St. John’s,which each have seven points.

The Johnnies have a specialplace in the Knights’ record book asthe victim of Rutgers’ only Big EastChampionship win.

A win against St. John’stonight could vault Rutgers closerto another.

which beat the more experiencedRutgers team last year.

But improved results like anovertime loss to then-No. 10Georgetown, a victory againstdivision leader Louisville and atie against South Florida pre-pared the Knights.

They found themselves tem-porarily beating the Terrapinson their home field with a goal from sophomore defenderThomas O’Rourke in the sec-ond minute.

Rutgers lost, 2-1, but the per-formance still rejuvenated theKnights this season like their winagainst St. John’s last year,Donigan said.

Even though the freshmenwere only around for theMaryland game, they understandwhat it is like to fight for a spot inthe tournament.

“It’s like Mael, he’s a true fresh-man coming in here,” Donigan said.“He’s played every minute of everygame as my central midfielder. He’skind of the engine, the key to thisteam. ... I just think that mentality,that psyche within our playersmakes you feel good as a coach.”

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there and block a field goal,you’re going to really hone it inand do your best at it,” Warrensaid. “When I first started … Iknew [special teams] was myonly role, and I was just trying tomake the best out of it.”

Warren was the top-rated quar-terback in Maryland in 2008 out ofWicomico High School and had lit-tle familiarity with special teams.

But after joining the ScarletKnights, he found a home as adependable special-teamer.

He immediately excelled onspecial teams, he said, andremains there as a senior.

His experience with the unittaught him the impact special teamscan have on a game, something hesaid many do not appreciate.

“A lot of teams, they underes-timate how huge special teams is[as a] part of the game,” he said.“When we go out and make playson special teams and we con-tribute to the outcome of thegame, it really ties into how hardwe work at it. Special teams, tous, is just as important as offenseand defense is, and it shows forus in the games.”

Special teams coordinator JoeRossi and defensive coordinatorRobb Smith are at the heart, han-dling special teams duties atRutgers the previous three seasons.

Since Smith began coachingspecial teams in 2009, theKnights lead the nation with 27blocked kicks with a very sim-ple viewpoint.

“[Smith’s and Rossi’s] philoso-phy is just do your assignment,”said junior linebacker JamalMerrell. “We’re all focusing asone, so when everybody doestheir assignment, we just comeout with a big play or a stop. Inthe games, that’s huge, just tak-ing away three points. … Specialteams can win games, too.”

Merrell owns Rutgers’ latestblock. He stuffed a field goalattempt Saturday againstSyracuse that would have broken

Rutgers leads nationin blocked kicks since2009 season with 27

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Senior safety Duron Harmon, right, recovers a blocked kick inthe Knights’ win last Saturday against Big East foe Syracuse.ENRICO CABREDO

a 7-7 tie and swung momentum inthe Orange’s favor. Instead, sen-ior safety Duron Harmon pickedup the blocked kick and returnedit for a 75-yard touchdown.

Those types of plays, Warrensaid, can determine games.

“When teams come out andthey lose the turnover battle, likeon special teams getting a puntblock, that’s just like popping aballoon with a needle,” he said.“It just deflates the whole team.”

The Knights have made ahabit out of winning turnover bat-tles, which helps them securegames in the early stages.

Toward the end, they typicallyhave command of the scoreboardand the clock.

“By the time that fourthquarter comes around, you real-ly wish, you know, that punt did-n’t get blocked or you couldhave those three points on theboard,” Warren said. “It plays ahuge factor.”

Head coach Kyle Flood doesnot keep his emphasis on specialteams a secret. He is aware of theimpact those plays can have onthe outcome of a game.

He believes players have to gofull-speed every snap, becauseany play could be the most impor-tant play of the game.

“You don’t know if it’s going tobe the second kickoff return ofthe game,” he said. “You don’tknow if it’s going to be the thirdpunt block or the second PATblock. You never know when it’sgoing to come up.”

Merrell said the scheme onhis blocked kick was nothingcomplex — it was the team’sbasic formation.

He said he simply played hardas he normally does, and theresult followed.

That is all special teams boilsdown to, Warren said.

“A lot of guys, they try toscheme up and block punts,” hesaid. “At the end of the day, if youjust go hard and just have aknack for it, you kind of seem toget through. I like to say there’sa science to it, but some guyshave a feel for it and some guysjust don’t.”

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high school, and in 2010 shejoined the Knights.

Freshnock made five startsduring her sophomore season.She finished the year scoring twogoals, but final one was moreimportant. In only her secondcareer start, Freshnock scored thegame-winning goal Sept. 25, 2011,on her only shot at Bucknell.

“Being a forward, my strongpoints are moving forward andgetting up the field,” Freshnocksaid. “One of my weak points is

my defensive skill, my pressureand just my individual defense.That’s something I’ve been work-ing on. That and coming up withinterceptions off of the press.”

Freshnock has played for twodifferent head coaches duringher three years with the pro-gram. Long is in her first year ashead coach, but Freshnock saidLong has brought a lot to the pro-gram already.

“She is just an all-aroundgreat person,” Freshnock said.

“She is an awesome coach. Sheprepares us well and knows howto get us motivated. She reallybelieves in us.”

Now the Knights have theopportunity to accomplish theirseason goal. With a win againstProvidence on Friday, theKnights lock up a berth to the BigEast Tournament.

“I am so excited for this week-end,” Freshnock said. “I literallycan’t stop thinking about it.Making it into the Big East

Tournament has been somethingthat we have been working for thewhole year.”

The game against Providencetakes place in Rhode Island at 7 p.m. Freshnock hopes the contest is secures the first step toward winning a Big East Championship.

“Our team is more than capa-ble of doing that,” she said. “Wehave a great group of girls whowork well together, and it is def-initely possible.”

OCTOBER 17, 2012SPORTS PAGE 18

FIELD HOCKEY FRESHNOCK RECORDS FIVE GOALS, FOUR ASSISTS ON SEASON

Forward emerges as leader on offenseBY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ

STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers field hockeyteam played arguably its biggestgame of the year last Fridayagainst Louisville, and junior for-ward Danielle Freshnock helpedthe Scarlet Knights prevail.

The Middletown, N.J., nativescored two goals as the Knightsdefeated the Cardinals, 3-1, forRutgers’ first victory againstLouisville in school history.

“I think Danielle is one of ourmost skilled forwards,” saidhead coach Meredith Long.“She has a really unique style,and she is really effective for usup front in her ability to elimi-nate. She is quiet, but I think sheis a definite leader through herplay on the field.”

Freshnock has been one of theKnights’ most valuable playersthis season. She is second on theteam in points with 14, accumulat-ing five goals and four assists.Freshnock is also the team’sinserter on attack penalty cor-ners, which is an important role.

“I feel like I have been havinga good season so far,” Freshnocksaid. “Every day, every practice, Icome out and play hard.”

Freshnock started to play on atravel field hockey team in mid-dle school, when she first formedher dream of playing field hockeyin college. Freshnock’s dreamstarted to inch toward a reality in

Junior forward Danielle Freshnock scored two goals in the Knights’ 3-1 victory last Friday against Louisville, which the programnever beat in previous meetings. Freshnock leads an offense looking to clinch a postseason berth Friday. CONNIE FIONNCO

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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK THOMPSON ENTRENCHES HIMSELF AS STARTER

BY MIKE MORTONSTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers tennis team com-petes in its final tournament of thefall season this weekend, when it takes part in the ITA Regional Championships at theLichtenberg Tennis Center inWest Point, N.Y.

Seven Scarlet Knights competein this year’s tournament, the mostever in head coach Ben Bucca’s 10years with the program.

“I think it’s a great testamentto the hard work the playershave put in this fall,” Bucca said,“as well as the strong results in tournaments.”

Juniors Stefania Balasa andVanessa Petrini, sophomoresLindsay Balsamo and Noor Judehand freshmen Lindsey Kayati, GinaLi and Mariam Zein were all invitedto compete in the tournament.

A tournament committeereviewed all applications andselected players based on per-formance so far in the fall season.It selected four Knights for thesingles tournament and threeRutgers doubles teams.

Players from 37 teams partic-ipate in the Northeast region atthe tournament. A singles tour-nament and doubles tourna-ment occur simultaneously, witheach being single elimination,Bucca said.

Before the team travels to theITA Regionals, Rutgers visitsPrinceton for a joint practice.

“The way that the schedule isstructured, it has really put us ina position that we are very wellprepared for the regional champi-onships,” Bucca said.

Another bonus of playing atPrinceton is the joint practice is indoors.

“The indoor game is slightly dif-ferent than playing tennis outside,”Bucca said. “This is going to accli-mate us to what it’s like to playindoors, which is a little bit fasterplay. You don’t have to deal withthe elements, so your shot-makinghas to be very crisp and strong.There’s no better preparation thanus going down to Princeton andhaving a good competition.”

The end of the ITA Regionalsmarks the close of Rutgers’ fallseason. It had previously playedin two tournaments — the BrownInvitational and the USTAInvitational — this fall.

“We have competed against allthe top schools [this fall], so weare familiar with all the top com-petition in the region,” Bucca said.“We’re going in there knowing webelong with the better teams inthe region and fully confident thatwe can compete against anyone.”

Sophomore Noor Judeh is one of seven Knights participating inthe ITA Regional Championships held in West Point, N.Y.CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Knights earn school-record seven invitations to ITA

BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR

After playing three differentpositions in less than two years,Marcus Thompson has startedfour games this season for theRutgers football team in his mostrecent one. It is part of a transi-tion that spans two coachingstaffs, four position coaches andthree springs.

“It makes it much easier as faras the plays and being on theother side of the ball and seeingthings differently,” the juniordefensive end said yesterday. “Ijust focus on one thing, and that’sto perfect my position.”

The attitude is part of a con-scious decision by Thompsonthis season, said head coachKyle Flood.

Thompson, who once linedup at fullback, linebacker andalong the defensive line, finallyfound his niche after playing acombined 17 games at end

during the last two seasons,making his way back to the linefor the first time since his fresh-man year.

The results are modest — fivetackles, one for a loss and a quar-terback hurry — but Thompsonnow has a foundation.

“It’s not Marcus’ fault that wetried him at a number of differentspots,” Flood said. “That’s us notfinding the right place for himquick enough.”

Thompson returned to thefront four last year under formerhead coach Greg Schiano,recording a pair of starts and 13tackles. But he said he lackedcomfort there after playing defen-sive line for only the second timein his career — both with theScarlet Knights.

He dealt with size issues, lack oftechnique and sporadic confidence.

But Thompson reaped thebenefits of working with newdefensive line coach Jim Panagos,doubling his career starts this

season and becoming a regular inthe Knights’ rotation.

“He’s embraced it, and he’sdone a great job with CoachPanagos of learning all the littledetails of that position,” Floodsaid. “Any time you can stay atone position, get all the reps —he’s a physically gifted player — italways helps.”

Thompson said he addedmore than 30 pounds to his 6-foot-2 frame since training campin 2011. The extra weighthelped him regain the confi-dence that waned during threeposition changes.

“Pop Warner, backyard foot-ball, anything, it just came out nat-urally like that,” Thompson said.“I’m always loud wherever I go.Everybody can tell when I laugh.”

It makes him a likely pairingwith the outspoken Panagos,whom many Knights credit forre-tooling a relatively inexperi-enced defensive line enteringthe season.

“The first day he came fromCentral Florida, he moved in hereand said he wants everybody toplay on the d-line,” said redshirtfreshman defensive end MaxIssaka. “He wants everybody torotate. Last year it wasn’t likethat. They had a set of peopleplaying. [It] really changed theaspect of our d-line.”

FLOOD SAID HE HAS YET TOsee sophomore running backJawan Jamison not at full strengththis season, despite Jamison’sheavy workload.

Jamison is on pace this sea-son to carry the ball 316 times,85 more rushes than he hadlast season.

“Any running back that carriesthe ball a significant amount oftime during the game,” Floodsaid, “during the week is whereyou see the recovery.”

Flood cited the team’s two byeweeks, which break up the sea-son into three four-game incre-

ments, as indicators of Jamison’shealth. Flood said he might moni-tor Jamison more during theteam’s final bye before it entersits last four-game stretch.

He said Monday the team’soffseason program could help,along with Jamison’s light highschool workload. Jamison aver-aged 10 carries per game at theBolles School (Fla.) and did notplay in the second half of eightgames in 2009 as a senior.

FLOOD ANNOUNCEDredshirt freshman defensivetackle Al Page is out for the sea-son following surgery on a lowerleg injury.

After entering the season onthe team’s depth chart, Pagesuffered the injury Sept. 2, a dayafter the Knights’ season openerat Tulane.

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Permanent stay at end suits ThompsonJunior defensive end Marcus Thompson, middle, has started four of the Knights’ six games this season after earning only two starts a year ago. Kyle Flood, theKnights’ head coach, credits Thompson’s work with defensive line coach Jim Panagos for his renewed commitment to the position. LAWRENCE CABREDO

TENNIS RUTGERS VISITS PRINCETON TO PRACTICE INDOORS

BY AARON FARRARSTAFF WRITER

Senior setter Stephanie Zielinski foundherself not only leading the Rutgers volley-ball team to its second Big East victory of theseason against Syracuse last Friday, but alsoclaiming the third spot on the ScarletKnights’ all-time assists list during the team’sAlumni Weekend.

The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., native moved upin the record books with former ScarletKnights, family and fans witnessing theachievement. Zielinski capped off theevening with a match-best 49 assists, takingthird place with 3,865 for her career.

She was caught off guard when sheclinched the lone spot on the list because shewas unaware of exactly how close she was toearning the accomplishment. It was the 15thtime this season Zielinski finished a matchwith 40 or more assists.

“I knew that third place was right aroundthe corner, but I didn’t know how close I was togetting it,” she said. “It was exciting and my

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MAKING HISTORY A school-record seven Knightscompete in the ITA Regional Championships thisyear, with four singles players and three doublesteams taking the court. / PAGE 19

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POSTSEASON DREAMS The Rutgers men’s soccer teamhas not made as many appearances in the postseasonas it would have liked in recent memory, with onlythree berths since 2006. / PAGE 16

GOOD TO GO Rutgers head footballcoach Kyle Flood said he sees no illeffects of carries on sophomoreJawan Jamison. / PAGE 15

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“That’s just like popping a balloon with a needle. It just deflates the whole team.”—Senior safety Wayne Warren on losing

the turnover battle.

JONATHANRENZA led the field inbirdies at the WatervilleCollegiate Classic withseven. He also posted atournament-best score of71 in the final round andfinished in sixth place.

Where does senior setter Stephanie Zielinskistand on the Rutgers volleyball team’s all-timeassists list?

1. Sheri Kujawa (1995-1998) 4,6222. Paula Bently (1988-1992) 3,9293. Stephanie Zielinski (2009-present) 3,8654. Pualani Tuyay (1999-2002) 3,826

MEN’S SOCCER

vs. St. John’s

Tonight, 7 p.m.Yurcak Field

VOLLEYBALL

at Seton Hall

Friday, 5 p.m.South Orange, N.J.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

at Seton Hall

Friday, 7 p.m.South Orange, N.J.

FIELD HOCKEY

at Providence

Friday, 7 p.m.Providence, R.I.

MEN’S SOCCER ST. JOHN’S-RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P,M.

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VOLLEYBALL

Knight movesup assists listin final season

Sophomore midfielder Nathan Bruccoleri completed his first race to the Big East Tournament last season, when Rutgers clincheda first-round bye. Thirteen Rutgers freshmen are in the midst of their first try at getting to the playoffs. ENRICO CABREDO

Rutgers faces playoff obstacleBY JOSH BAKAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Mael Corboz is used to winning. TheRutgers men’s soccer team’s freshman mid-fielder joined the Scarlet Knights havingguided The Pingry (N.J.) School to theNJISAA Non-Public A Championship gameas a junior.

He is also used to getting involved in scor-ing drives on the college level, tying for theRutgers lead in points with six assists — thirdin the Big East — and three goals.

Corboz cannot say he has ever completeda Big East Tournament run.

As Rutgers (6-5-1, 2-2-1) inches closer toits fate of whether it moves on to the tourna-ment, Corboz and 12 other freshmen havenoticed the team’s changing atmosphere.

“Urgency has definitely picked up.Training’s been more intense,” Corboz said.“You can see it in the games, we’re playing alot better. It’s really coming together, and it’sthe perfect time for that.”

Despite the Knights’ improved play, thereare seven other Big East Red Division teamswith the same goal of moving on to Red BullArena for the conference semifinals andbeyond to the NCAA Tournament.

Three teams stand ahead of Rutgers in thecompetition for the five tournament berths inthe division with three games left in theKnights’ regular season.

One of two other teams tied with Rutgersis one of the top teams in the nation, No. 10St. John’s, which the Knights host tonight atYurcak Field.

Since the result could put the Knightsahead or behind the Red Storm (8-2-4, 2-2-1)in the league standings, it is one of Rutgers’first chances to write its season ending.

“You figure we have to get positive resultsin two of the last three [games] at least at aminimum if we want to have a chance at thepostseason tournament,” said head coachDan Donigan.

When Rutgers faced St. John’s last season,the team comprised several veterans whohad made a Big East Tournament, but onlyonce in 2009.

St. John’s eliminated Rutgers from it in a3-0 win.

The Knights entered the then-No. 11Johnnies’ home field last year as a team thatwas not pushed around anymore in the con-ference standings.

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Freshman midfielder Mael Corboz is tiedfor the Knights lead with 12 points.ENRICO CABREDO

FOOTBALL

RU changesmomentumwith blocks

BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Wayne Warren can recall what his earlydays on the Rutgers football team werelike when he worked exclusively on spe-cial teams.

The senior safety also remembers theeffect playing only on the punt block andkickoff return teams had on how he played.

“When your only role is special teams andyour only role is to block a punt or go out

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