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After 16-and-a-half years of organizing,the union won the fight to give drivers aliving-wage increase, raising their payabout 40 percent, she said.
The union was also able to sendadditional money directly to the driv-ers, she said.
Desai said the union members usuallyask her for things like bathrooms — or toi-let paper for the bathroom — in dispatchwaiting rooms and receipts for how muchmoney the driver earns per shift, she said.
UNITED WE STAND? Americans frustrated with thestate of politics today should use their time moreproductively instead of filing seccession petitions.OPINIONS, PAGE 8
OUT AT WORK GlobeMed hosts LGBTQA panelists from General Electric who spokewith students about being out at the workplace. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3
What three things would you bring if stranded on an island? Here are InsideBeat’s entertainment musts for surviving aprolonged period of isolation. / INSIDE BEAT
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A taxi driver picked up a passenger ona Sunday night. As he loaded his passen-ger’s luggage into the trunk of the cab, anSUV struck him.
His left leg was amputated, but he waseligible for disability, said Bhairavi Desai,
Professor Rick Lathrop shows a map of areasHurricane Irene and Sandy affected yesterday inthe Cook Campus Center. SHAWN SMITH
BY SHAWN SMITHCORRESPONDENT
Aside from the tremendous damage HurricaneSandy spread throughout the Northeast, commuters inNew York and New Jersey in particular felt anotherpost-Sandy impact at the pumps.
As power became restored all over New Jersey andNew York, lines formed at gas stations and people wait-ed hours to fill up their tanks.
Two days after Sandy hit, local geographic informa-tion system users utilized Mappler, a program aimed atsharing knowledge of station information, as well aswait times, said Joel Wattacheril, director of operationsand community engagement at Vertices, LLC.
The Department of Ecology, Evolution and NaturalResources sponsored a conference celebratingGeographic Awareness Day yesterday to show howtechnology in environmental, business and city plan-ning is used, said Marcia Meixler, assistant professorin the department.
“One of the ways it is used is figuring out how to getwater to people,” she said.
Speakers from different fields explained how theyuse geographical information systems on a daily basis,and some, like Wattacheril, connected geographicalawareness to work during Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath.
Wattacheril said by using geographic informationsystems along with Twitter, Facebook and group
Director employsmap technologyto ease gas ration
Bhairavi Desai, co-founder and executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, explains how drivers still paidto lease their cabs even while they sat in a lot after Hurricane Sandy. The School of Managment and Labor Relationssponsored yesterday’s talk in the Labor Education Center on Douglass campus. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Alumna shares taxi drivers’ trialsNY Taxi Workers Alliance director says driversare 30 times more likely to be killed on job
Geographical InformationSystems play crucial role post-Sandy, professor says
RHYME OR REASON George Moore, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, performs a theatrical reading of his original poem, which focused on his feelings toward his love interest last night in Murray Hall. Verbal Mayhem members invited students to share stories about how they survived Hurricane Sandy along with other disasters in theirlives at their first November meeting. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER SEE TECHNOLOGY ON PAGE 7
SEE TRIALS ON PAGE 6
co-founder and executive director of theNew York Taxi Workers Alliance, lastnight in the Labor Education Center onDouglass campus.
Desai, a University alumna, co-found-ed the NYTWA to organize taxi drivers inNew York City through media, politicaland grassroots campaigning with the peo-ple to drive their issues to light.
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Rutgers Recreation hosts its 25th annual Trivia Bowl on history, sci-ence, sports, movies, pop culture and more at 8:30 p.m. at theCook/Douglass Recreation Center Gym Annex. Check-in begins at8 p.m., three people per team. Teams that pre-register online beforeNov. 14 at bit.ly/RuRec_TriviaBowl_Signups receive 500 bonuspoints.no experience necessary.
Friday, Nov. 16The Hellenic Cultural Association holds a Greek festival from noonto 5 p.m. on Morrell Street on the College Avenue campus. Therewill be a gyro-eating contest, free food, Greek music and dancing.
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Saturday, Nov. 17The annual Masquerade Ball takes place from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at theJane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue cam-pus. This year’s theme is “The Roaring 20s: the Great Gatsby Era.”Tickets range from $15 to $20. For more information, visit the Zim-merli Student Advisory Board’s Facebook page.
The University Opera does a rendition of “The Tempest” at 7:30 p.m.at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Tickets are $15for the general public, $5 for students. The event is sponsored by theMason Gross School of the Arts.
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important to her that her partnerof 19 years was ready to come outas well.
“It’s about safety, it’s aboutcomfort. You want to make surethat you’re comfortable in everyway,” Bolyog said. “Nothingchanged at work except for moreof my freedom to talk about [mypartner], to come in and talkabout my weekends.”
Debbie Cohen, senior scien-tist at GE Healthcare who startedthe GLBTA Alliance, also sharedher experience of coming out atwork and at home.
“It’s a struggle because the con-sequences are unknown, and the
fear takes over,”Cohen said. “Andthen it became ‘youknow what, I’mtired of this fear. It’sconsuming me.’”
Greg Sobol,career managerspecialist at CareerServices who mod-erated the discus-sion, asked pan-elists how theiridentities affected
their job searches after college.Sharice Richardson, assistant
dean for first-year students in theSchool of Environmental andBiological Sciences, saidLGBTQA students sometimeshave to deal with employees whoassume they are straight or theirown fears of exclusion upon themfinding out the truth.
“There are a specific set ofissues and circumstances that
UNIVERSITYNOVEMBER 15, 2012 PAGE 3
BY SYJIL ASHRAFCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Some of General ElectricHealthcare’s employees sharedtheir personal struggles withcoming out in the workplace andat home to show lesbian, gay,bisexual, transgender, queer andally students soon entering thework force they are not alone.
GE Healthcare co-sponsored,“A Career Panel and NetworkingEvent for LGBT and AllyStudents,” which included apanel discussion of issues sexualminorities face in the workplacefrom LGBTQA employees.
The University’s chapter of Outin Science,T e c h n o l o g y ,Engineering andM a t h e m a t i c sorganized the eventTuesday night inthe DouglassCampus Center forLGBTQA studentswho are pursuing acareer in the relat-ed fields.
Teri Bolyog,global director of quality manage-ment at GE, said she struggled asa member of the LGBTQA com-munity when she was younger.
“I want to make sure that peo-ple get insights that I didn’thave,” Bolyog said. “I think that’sreally important in the GLBTA[gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgen-der and ally] or any community.”
Bolyog said when she cameout in the workplace, it was
Panelists identify struggles LGBTQA community faces at work
Some General Electric Healthcare employees share stories of coming out in the workplace Tuesday night at the Douglass Campus Center. ENRICO CABREDO, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“I want to makesure that people get
insights that I didn’t have.”
TERI BOLYOGGlobal Director of Quality
Management at General Electric
are a little bit different for a stu-dent who is LGBTQA whenthey’re looking for jobs or intern-ships,” Richardson said.
Bolyog said all the interactionsbefore the initial handshake dur-ing an interview, such as emails orphone conversations, can affectwhether a candidate is eliminated.
At the end of the panel,speakers answered questionsstudents had about their ownstruggles and fears of whetherthey should indicate their sexu-
ality on an application for a jobor an internship.
Students also had the opportu-nity to speak one-on-one with theemployees afterwards.
Bolyog said GE believes inhaving a diverse workplace,which fosters varied thoughtprocesses within people workingalongside each other.
“It’s so much better to have amultitude of diversity culturally,”Bolyog said. “We want to makesure that we remain diverse, that
we have opinions from allaround, so we could get the bestproducts out.”
Jackie Alencewicz, co-presi-dent of oSTEM, said as an exer-cise science major, she finds it dif-ficult to find science-based corpo-rations that are pro-LGBTQA.
“I’m not going to be limitedin my options. ... GE is not out-right a sport [company], but Ifigured, why not?” saidAlencewicz, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore.
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With inspiration from aChinese proverb, GlobeMed atRutgers University has broughtthe “Half the Sky” movement tocampus to bring attention towomen’s roles on a global scale.
The event’s title derives froma Chinese proverb that says,“women hold up half the sky,”said Sai Khisty, a GlobeMed glob-al health university coordinator.
She said it is important formen to realize this, but more sofor women to recognize howmuch power they actually hold.
“It’s the women themselvesnot understanding ... how impor-tant they are to the functioning ofthe world, and they don’t under-stand that,” she said. “It’s the mes-sage to them that you’re strong,you hold up half the globe, andwithout you we collapse.”
Khisty, a School of Arts andSciences junior, said through fly-ers and social media, the organi-zation hosted a screening of “Halfthe Sky,” a documentary thatoffers a different lens throughwhich to view women’s rightsTuesday night at the CookCampus Center.
“Sometimes the most effec-tive way isn’t just to talk at [stu-dents] but to have them experi-ence it for themselves, so wethought that a documentarywould be the perfect way to doit,” Khisty said.
Group highlights women’s empowerment through film
Ann Graham, professor in the Edward Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, comparedher college experiences with “Half the Sky,” a documentary that values women’s roles in today’s society Tuesday at the Cook Campus Center. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
NOVEMBER 15, 2012 UNIVERSITY PAGE 5
Event createsdialogue on gender equality
“Half the Sky” used exampleslike sex trafficking in Cambodia,rape in Sierra Leone and educa-tion in Vietnam to illustrate howwomen’s rights issues play arole globally.
Ann Graham, a professor inthe Edward J. Bloustein School ofPlanning and Public Policy, linkedher own experience as a college
student in the 1960s to the mes-sage of the documentary.
She said people have such anadvantage now because they under-stand and more importantly discussissues such as rape, unequal payand sexism, which were consideredtaboo decades ago.
But Christina Lee, a School ofArts and Sciences first-year stu-
dent, said the United States has along way to go to resolve this issue.
“As much as we would like tobelieve ... there still isn’t genderequality in the workforce or athome, so it’s kind of an eye-open-er, and it’s not just a problem inSoutheast Asia or the MiddleEast, it’s also a problem at home,”she said.
Graham said women who livein third-world countries have ahard time voicing their concernsin public because of the harshbacklash they could receive frommen and their husbands.
The issue boils down to astruggle for power, she said.
Kevin Xie, a School of Artsand Sciences first-year student,said he found watching the docu-mentary beneficial.
As a University student, hesaid the film gave him a sense ofwhat life is like outside of theUnited States.
“Here at Rutgers, we don’t getto see outside of it much, and thisis kind of like our portal intoSoutheast Asia,” he said.
Selena Suhail-Sindhu, co-pres-ident of GlobeMed, said if giventhe chance, she would share thisexperience with the entireUniversity community.
“We’re privileged getting aneducation, and we have aresponsibility to stand up forwomen everywhere who aren’tas privileged as we are,” saidSuhail-Sindhu, a School of Artsand Sciences senior. “I thinkthat everyone has a stake in thisas well.”
Suhail-Sindhu said women’sissues are important to under-stand today because the only wayreal change can take effect is ifpeople pick up the conversationand not let gender discriminationgo unnoticed and unpunished.
“One of the [writers] of thismovie says the issue in the 19thcentury was slavery, the issuein the 20th century was totali-tarianism, and the issue thatwe’re facing is violence and dis-crimination against women,”she said.
Of all the taxi drivers in NewYork, 94 percent are immigrants,she said.
Immigrant workers dominatethe top 10 most dangerous andtop 10 lowest paying jobs in thecountry, she said.
Taxi drivers are 30 timesmore likely to be killed on thejob, but there is no special initia-tive to protect taxi drivers in NewYork City, she said.
Unless the alliance tries tochange these facts, these condi-tions could begin to affect otherindustries, Desai said.
“If you really want to raise upthe ceiling, you have to raise upthe floor,” she said.
Desai said the alliance is fight-ing to get a stickerplaced on taxisdeclaring finesand imprisonmentfor assaulting thedriver, but hasmet resistancefrom taxi compa-nies and govern-ment officials.
“It’s just asticker and you’dthink, what’s thebig deal? It’s just
a damn sticker,” she said.The anti-violence sticker
aims to protect workers, butresisters claim the alliance doesnot do enough to protect them,she said.
“Essentially, the idea of safety,the idea that someone should beprotected … shouldn’t be a politi-cal issue,” she said. “What shouldmatter is that a crime occurred.”
Working people are theengine of the U.S. economy, mak-ing it the richest country in theworld, Desai said.
Though it only gets talkedabout after disasters likeHurricane Sandy, poor peopleshow resilience every day oftheir lives, Desai said.
“If you believe in justice youfight for it wherever you are,” shesaid. “The battleground isbeneath your feet.”
Emily Najjar, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, said Desai’smessage opened her eyes to theoverrepresentation of immigrantworkers as stealing jobs.
Najjar said she had been igno-rant to the number of assaults ontaxi drivers.
“That was pretty disappoint-ing to hear,” she said. “It’s prettyscary, actually.”
Abena Busia, chair of theDepartment of Women’s andGender Studies, said it isempowering to see how Desaimanaged to organize a male-dominated industry.
Busia said it was strikinghow Desai illustrated workingconditions. She said no one con-siders how leasing affects dri-vers’ incomes or how long theirshift has been when they getinto a taxi.
“I confess, I haven’t thoughtabout it to that degree,” Busia said.
She said Desai has the passion to make a change andbrilliantly highlighted the com-passion of men to accept herinto the industry as a path tosocial justice.
“I think a lot of us learned tosee the world differently[tonight],” Busia said.
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“So much I learned aboutcommunity and fighting forchange and, you know, walkingthat walk, comes from [theUniversity],” Desai said.
Desai emigrated from India in1979 and grew up in a small NewJersey town. Her mom was a fac-tory worker, and her fatherworked in a bodega.
Even as a child, Desai knewthat if her mom worked for aunion, she would get medicalcare if she were injured on thejob, she said.
Desai said she always under-stood women as a class, and theywere the first class she felt alle-giance to.
I m m i g r a n twomen of color didnot get duerespect, Desaisaid. She was notinterested in join-ing a movementwhere she wouldnot be respected,she said.
After graduat-ing with a degreein women’s andgender studies, she entered theindustry in 1996 shortly aftergraduating college and beganapproaching drivers aboutorganizing. The union now hasmore than 15,000 members,she said.
“It was the graciousness oftaxi drivers to engage me in con-versation to want to organize, towant to unionize,” she said.
Though union members arefrom 100 dif ferent countries,they all speak the same lan-guage, she said.
Desai said more New YorkCity taxi drivers are independ-ent contractors than before, pay-ing money out of pocket everyday to rent a taxicab and amedallion, the serial number ontop of cabs that shows the vehi-cle is operating with a city-issued permit.
Workers begin each day in thered and have to pay the companyback before taking home anyprofit, so they bear the brunt ofthe industry when times arehard, she said.
“It’s a story that doesn’t gettold,” she said.
Desai said drivers whosehouses were destroyed or whowere unable to get to workbecause of Hurricane Sandywere still responsible for payingthe lease on a car that was sittingin the lot.
“We’ve had members who’vehad to pay $80 just to fuel up fortheir shift. The bosses are ableto take all [their] expenses andput them on the backs of thedrivers,” she said, adding thatdrivers have to pay for fuel outof pocket.
After Sept. 11, peopleslashed tires on taxicabs andtargeted immigrant driversbecause they looked different,but even before, violencetoward taxi drivers was com-mon, she said.
“I’ve been organizing in thisindustry for 17 years,” she said.“I’ve never had a year where Ididn’t have to go to a funeral oran emergency room.”
Desai says she learned importance ofunions for protection at young age
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“I’ve never had a year where I didn’t
have to goto a funeral or an
emergency room.” BHAIRAVI DESAI
Director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance
tially created by [youth commu-nity mapping initiative] IMSO-CIO [students] to create safewalking routes to local elemen-tary schools in Somerset.”
Michael Hsu, aSchool of Arts andSciences senior,said GIS is essen-tial for studentswho are looking togo into fields relat-ing to ecology,evolution and nat-ural resources.
“Use of GIS isgrowing rapidlywith applicationsin many differentfields, rangingfrom urban plan-ning and crimemapping to natural resource andwildlife management,” he said.
Hsu said GIS mapping allowsresearchers to visualize and exam-ine geographical data to reveal pat-
terns and trends, which may not beapparent when looking at raw data.
The University offers theEnvironmental Geomatics certifi-cate program, which is a 19-cred-it program designed to give stu-dents an understanding andworking knowledge of remotesensing and GIS technology.
Rick Lathrop, a professor fromthe Center for Remote Sensing
and SpatialAnalysis, spokeabout how GISwas used afterHurricane Sandyto create pre andpost maps ofaffected areas onthe Jersey shore.
“We developeda Mid-Atlantic por-tal, using interac-tive mapping toget informationout to a muchwider audiencethat may not be
GIS savvy,” he said. “It is alsoused to drive off-shore renewableenergy, like wind energy, as wellas being used for recreationalactivities like off-shore fishing.”
Lathrop used GIS to show amap of the Jersey shore, with anupdate of highlighted areasshowing flooded areas as a resultof both Hurricane Irene andSandy’s destruction.
Patricia Ingelido, principalenvironmental specialist from theNew Jersey Department ofEnvironmental Protection, saidGIS is used by the NJDEP tomaintain surface water qualitystandards throughout the state.
“Different areas have differentstandards and we are able to mon-itor them all,” she said. “We use abiological monitoring network toclassify a stream’s health, whetherit is good or poor or unknown.”
Ingelido said the NJDEP alsouses GIS to monitor the TotalMaximum Daily Load of waterresources, or how much pollutantthe water body is able to holdwhile still maintaining quality stan-dards. Pollutants include nitrogenand phosphorous, which are usedmore during the growing seasonthan any other time of the year.
“Every stream is different, sowe look at each one differently,”she said. “We also look at eachpollutant differently.”
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chats, University undergraduatesworked with students fromFranklin Township High Schoolto create the gas station mapafter Hurricane Sandy.
“We were using new technolo-gy to gather data and get gas sta-tion information,” he said. “Weeven created a smartphone appli-cation so station information couldbe updated from anywhere.”
Wattacheril said FEMA andGoogle contacted him to create acrisis map of affected areas and tohelp spread gas station statuses.
Information gathered includ-ed whether a station was open,current wait times, how manygallons were left and if the stationhad full power or was running offa generator, he said.
“We started out trying to helplocally, and it turned into some-thing incredible,” he said. “Thetechnology that was used was ini-
App charts stations with power, gas on map after hurricane
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WORLD BRIEFS
BEIJING — Months of sharpbehind-the-scenes jostling reacha climax yesterday with theannouncement of a new Chineseleadership that almost regardlessof its makeup is likely to be muchlike the one it replaces: divided,deliberative and weak.
All but officially announced, XiJinping is expected to head the newleadership as Communist Partychief, joined by Li Keqiang, the pre-sumptive prime minster, in a chore-ographed succession that beganfive years ago when the two wereanointed as successors. Alongsidethem at the apex of power, thePolitburo Standing Committee, willbe a handful of senior politiciansdrawn from top positions in theprovinces and bureaucracies.
Their ascent was nudgedalong yesterday when a weeklongparty congress closed by namingXi, Li and the other leading candi-dates to the Central Committee, a205-member body that appointsthe new leadership yesterday.
WASHINGTON — PresidentBarack Obama spoke with IsraeliPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu and Egyptian PresidentMohammed Morsi last night aboutrocket attacks being launchedfrom Gaza into Israel and escalat-ing violence in the Gaza Strip.
The White House said Obamareiterated U.S. support for Israel’sright to self-defense from rocketattacks being launched against itscivilians and urged Israel to“make every effort to avoid civil-ian casualties” in its response.
Israel carried out a blisteringoffensive of more than 50 airstrikesin the Gaza Strip yesterday, assassi-nating Hamas’ military command-er in the most intense attack on theterritory in nearly four years.
Israel said the airstrikes,launched in response to days ofrocket fire out of Hamas-ruledGaza, were the beginning of abroader operation against Islamicmilitants. Israeli defense officialssaid a ground operation was astrong possibility in the comingdays though they stressed nodecisions had been made.
Obama and Netanyahu agreedHamas needs to stop its attackson Israel to allow tensions to ease,the White House said.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras— U.S. officials are demandinganswers after learning soldierswho were trained, vetted andequipped by the U.S. governmentchased down and killed a 15-year-old boy in Honduras, a countryplagued by crime where the U.S.is already withholding tens ofmillions of dollars in police andmilitary aid due to concernsabout human rights violations.
Ebed Yanes was killed thenight of May 26 after drivingthrough a military checkpoint.His father, Wilfredo Yanes, a mild-mannered organic food supplier,tracked down the soldiers, eventu-ally uncovering an allegedly high-level attempt to hide evidence.Further, his quest led to newinformation reported this weekthat the unit in question was sup-ported by the U.S.
“The incident with Ebed Yaneswas a tragedy and we urge theHonduran government to assurethe perpetrators are brought to jus-tice,” State Department press advis-er William Ostick said yesterday.
— The Associated Press
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F or the third time in less than two months,downtown New Brunswick has served as thelocale of yet another violent killing, after a 24-
year-old city resident named Joshua Negron wasshot to death Monday night near Hale Street. It’sobvious to us that the increased occurrence ofextreme violence in these locations should serve asa wake-up call to city administrators and local policeforces to increase supervision of the city’s most dan-gerous areas.
The shooting is the eighth homicide this year inNew Brunswick. In early October, a community col-lege student was shot and killed in the basement of anoff-campus resident on Robinson Street. Less than aweek later, a 21-year-old North Brunswick womanwas fatally injured less than a block west of where thisweek’s shooting to place.
What’s most concerning about Monday night’sshooting then is its close proximity to other recentkillings along Hale Street. On Saturday — just twodays before Monday’s shooting — a New Brunswickteen was stabbed to death just feet from the spotNegron fell. These incidents, together with the shoot-ing that took place in October, paint this section of
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A resident from Sewell, N.J., has recently pro-posed that the state of New Jersey secede fromthe rest of the country. According to nj.com,
the man has filed the petition with the White House’s“We the People” website in order for New Jersey to“peacefully grant the State of New Jersey to withdrawfrom the United States of America to create its ownNEW government.” We haven’t talked to the guy, butthis seems to us like a pretty awful idea.
It’s funny to imagine anyone seriously wanting todivorce an entire state from its parent country, but theidea seems to have become somewhat of a trend fol-lowing the 2012 general election. All 50 states havefiled petitions to secede from the United States, withsome gaining some serious attention. Texas, forexample, has more than 100,000 e-votes backing its
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own petition. Somewhat less impressive, New Jerseyhas about 11,000.
While such petitions warrant little credibility in ouropinion, they do help to underline the increasingly divi-sive nature on American politics. The outpouring ofnegative response in the form of petitions like theseand via social media outlets like Twitter following thisyear’s election all point to a population too intimatelyattached to its political sphere. The appointment of acountry’s leaders should serve to unite, not divide.
The good news is New Jersey’s petition still has13,000 signatures to go, so residents need not worrytoo much (if they ever did). We wish the N.J. petition tosecede a slow, ultimately unsuccessful passage, andadvise its author to find a more productive way to makeuse of his frustration.
New Brunswick as a hotbed for violent acts and con-spicuous behavior. We’re then forced to question why,with hardly two days passed, a second shooting wasallowed to take place in the exact same place.
Clearly, measures can be taken to crack down onthe circumstances under which acts like this occur. Inthe case of Negron, reports of people gathering at theintersection of Remsen and Hale in the moments pre-ceding the incident seem to infer a lack of adequatepatrol by city authorities. The shooting may not havebeen entirely random, as Middlesex CountyProsecutor Bruce Kaplan noted in a statement — butthat should by no means discredit its seriousness.
While we’re ready to grant that the occurrence ofcertain shootings are invariable in a city like NewBrunswick, preventative steps must be taken in thefuture to ensure that such violence is limited.Community watch groups, along with greater surveil-lance of the areas, could do much to combat the pos-sibility of violent crime taking place. Civic engage-ment from surrounding communities can help in thisway as well. In the end, we hope that incidents likethese do not go unattended, either by New Brunswickauthorities or by their surrounding communities.
“right/left” language is unapolo-getically pointed to the U.S. polit-ical climate, especially consider-ing that it was released duringelection season.
Maker’s Mark whiskey hasrallied the people to come togeth-er for the “Cocktail Party.” Thead features two pundits,Democrat James Carville andRepublican Mary Matalin, com-ing together in favor of the“Cocktail Party.” Matalin says,“It’s not about the DemocraticParty.” Carville responds, “It’snot about the Republican Party.”Together, they declare, “It’sabout the cocktail party.” Theimplications are heartbreakinglycynical — if this past electionpushed me to do anything it wasto make my way to the bar todrown my sorrows. I guess I’vecasted my vote for Maker’s Marka few times since I turned 21,most recently at MakedaRestaurant downtown, on therocks. I didn’t realize I was fulfill-ing my civic duty.
Lastly, anyone who steppedinto a 7-Eleven in the past monthknows that they became “7-
Election” inthe spirit ofd e m o c r a c y.Soft drinkerscould choosebetween anObama orRomney cup,and 7-Eleventallied thevotes. Win-win: Pick yourc a n d i d a t e ,
sport your support. ApparentlyObama won. In discussing thiswith a friend, I found myself ask-ing, what’s the dif ferencebetween this and the real elec-tion? What’s in the cup? Shouldit matter?
This is the sad truth. There issome link between money,power, spending and voting.These companies are exploitingthe atmosphere, which is toxic toour union and to the progress ofour nation. In the wake ofHurricane Sandy, we saw Gov.Chris Christie “reach across theaisle” to Obama. The gesturemeant a lot to the weary.
I don’t think the consumerculture necessarily has a respon-sibility to repair what our politicalsystem has broken. However,these examples show the ways inwhich the consumer cultureinjures our political body and ournational spirit. In this union, weare pitted against each other.Who will help us?
Sally Reisch is a School of Artsand Sciences junior majoring inEnglish with a minor in philosophy.Her column, “Miss Lonelyhearts,”runs on alternate Thursdays.
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I n my last column, “Falsechoices for sale,” I exploredthe use of false choice as an
advertising technique. I arguedthat perpetuating false choice hasdetrimental effects on the healthof the nation because it puts view-ers in a state of false dichotomy.In this week’s column, I willinhabit another realm of choice inthe consumer culture. This is theculture industry’s exploitation ofour polarized political climate. Ibelieve it is even more dangerousto us than we are to ourselves.
The trending topic of manysocial media sites this week indi-cates that all 50 states in the unionhave active petitions to secede. I’mnot particularly worried, becausethese petitions are just anotherexpression of the sentiment, “I’mmoving to Canada if candidate X iselected.” I hear it every four years.However, it is nosecret that theUnited States isas polarizednow as it wasbefore the CivilWar. Marketresearch, justlike Pew polls,most likelyshow that thenation is divid-ed. And the cul-ture industry has made its decision:Let’s get in on this.
Mike & Ike candy has rolledout its new brand: Mike vs. Ike.The story goes that Mike and Ikehave seceded from the union ofMike & Ike because Mike likesmusic and Ike likes art. You can’tmake this up. This is the sourceof their irreconcilable differ-ences. Now, the packaging shows“Mike” or “Ike” crossed out. Theaesthetic affect of the packagingis hostile because it looks likevandalism. No coincidence. Whohasn’t had thoughts of vandaliz-ing Obama or Romney signs pre-2012 election? (For the record, Idefinitely haven’t.)
Another politically polarizedadvertisement comes out of thenew Twix ad campaign, whichinvolves a story of two brothersin competition with one another.From what I can tell from theonline ad, they roll out the Twixprototype in ancient steampunkindustrial times, only to break itinto two. It starts a feud. They setup opposing factories. It’s cutebecause Twix doesn’t hide thefact that the “left” Twix and“right” Twix share the exactsame formula. Regardless, the
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“No, the Republicans lost simply because it is impossible to defeatSanta Claus in a popularity contest. I predict that America will ceaseto exists as a representative republic within the next 10-20 years.”
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Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is an 8 — Establish a newregimen. There are excellent partyconditions, but you may have towait. Compromise and carefulword choice are required. Noteveryone is ready to boogie yet.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 6 — Share, but don'tgive it all away. You'll need somelater. Private time is more produc-tive; gracefully minimize interrup-tions. Resist spending for thetime being. Relax and recharge.Gemini (May 21-June 20) —Today is an 8 — Get a feel for thebalance of new tools. Make adjust-ments to your schedule, andaccept a nice benefit. Controversycould arise. You're gaining respect.Cancer (June 21-July 22) —Today is a 7 — Schedule careful-ly. It looks good for a romanticexcursion; go ahead and professyour love. Enjoy your surround-ings. There is no shortage of ben-efits. Expand your field of vision.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today isa 9 — Save more than you spend.See what you can do without. Gethelp from a strong partner. Afemale makes interesting dessert.Your popularity is growing.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Todayis a 9 — There is less than expect-ed. The more you learn, the bet-ter you look. Avoid making anavoidable error. The end resultprovides substantial gain. Lovegrows, along with other benefits.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is an 8 — Don't depletereserves by staying up too late.Things don't always go accord-ing to plan, but having a plansure helps. Work with anotheron the next social gathering.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 7 — Creativity andpatience is required. Check workorders for changes. Friends giveyou a boost. Recycle and repur-pose to revamp your home. Whenyou're happy, everybody's happy.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 9 — Do the work your-self and save. Learn about safeinvestment plans, and pick one.Enjoy sweet victory. Turn down apublic engagement for a privateone. Encourage your partner.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 6 — Avoid a fuss thatdoesn't concern you. Do moreresearch before launching. Plancarefully. Accept an upcomingincrease in status, and more. Takethe philosophical high ground.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is an 8 — Don't believeeverything you hear. Maintainobjectivity, and wait for moredata. You and a partner connect.If you must spend, pay bills.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is an 8 — Put your feelingsinto the design. Love is every-where you look! Add a touch ofluxury, with elegant color. Asmile dissolves confrontation.
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He credits film study andattempting to learn everything hecan about the position, especiallyfrom the players around him.
Those players have takennotice.
“There was a point that I hadto tell him every call on thefield, “Beauharnais said. “Nowhe just does it on his own. Hetook it upon himself to go in theoffseason and sit in the filmroom and study himself.Obviously it pays off.”
But there are some thingsMerrell cannot learn in the film room.
Some aspects of the positioncan only be learned on the fieldin live action.
Luckily for Merrell, he hastwo award-nominated veterans toprovide the support he needs.
“They congratulate me when Ido well, but when I mess up theyget on me,” Merrell said.“They’re just pushing me to staytrue to what I do and keep play-ing well.”
Merrell may not be the proto-typical linebacker in terms of bodytype with a more lean physique.
But Beauharnais said that isnot an issue, because Merrell hasother physical tools that allowhim to work around that.
“For such a skinny guy, he’sreally physical,” he said. “Even ifhe makes a mistake, his speeddefinitely can make up for it.”
Beauharnais said now thatMerrell knows his position sowell, those mistakes are few andfar between.
His production is not limitedto defense and tackling, either.
Merrell’s jumping abilityand long reach have yielded
Junior extends reach to special teamsthis season with two blocked kicks
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Junior linebacker Jamal Merrell tackles an Army ball carrier inRutgers’ 28-7 victory. Merrell has a career-high 62 tackles.YEE ZHSIN BOON
him a niche on special teams,which he has turned into five career blocked kicks and punts.
“Just to be able to be ondefense and be a contributoralongside [Beauharnais andGreene] and then to go to spe-cial teams and also be a contrib-utor, it just shows who I am,”Merrell said. “I don’t look atanything less. I just take myopportunities and make the bestof them.”
The recognition of Merrell’simprovement is not limited to players.
Coaches have shown faith inMerrell by starting him everygame and leaving him in for thevast majority of plays, includinghis role on special teams.
“Jamal has been extremelyproductive on defense,” saidhead coach Kyle Flood. “He’sdone a good job in terms ofplaying the run. He’s done anexcellent job on special teamsblocking kicks for us. Jamal is… a ver y valuable guy on the team.”
But all of this does not meanMerrell reached his peak.
He is, after all, only in hissecond season as a linebackerafter transitioning from wide receiver.
“Me and my brother [juniordefensive tackle Jamil Merrell]always say we haven’t seen any-thing yet,” Merrell said. “Wehave so much more to learn. I’mjust trying to learn more eachday. I always tell myself I’m notdone yet. I’m going to keep get-ting better.”
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good things are going to hap-pen. Lately, we’ve done that.”
Werneke sees the program’ssuccess as a progression, start-ing with the Knights’ success inout-of-conference matches.
“This year, it all cametogether,” Werneke said. “Partof it is, we had to learn how towin outside of conference andstarting out 14-1, the best startin program history, and we didthat. We learned how to winoutside of conference. Beforeyou can learn how to win insidethe conference, you have tolearn how to win outside of the conference.”
Two players move uprecord books in RUcoach’s fifth season
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Senior setter Stephanie Zielinski registered 1,342 assists in herfinal year, claiming second on all-time career list in the process.CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
from the right wing to put theteam up, 54-52.
Turnovers plagued Rutgersfor the second straight game,allowing the Colonials to keepthe game close.
The Knights turned the ballover 16 times in the first halfalone, allowing GeorgeWashington eight points off ofthe mishandles. They finishedwith 27 turnovers, surpassing the25 they had in an opening gameagainst No. 10 Georgia.
Rutgers also could not findits range from behind the arc, going 0-for-5 from 3-point territory.
With 4:30 left to play, seniorforward Chelsey Lee got theKnights back in the game aftera turnaround shot from pointblank range, cutting GeorgeWashington’s lead to 47-45.The basket gave Rutgers somemomentum to pull out the victory.
“I think we just as a unit,just tried to stay focused,” Leesaid. “We just tried to stayfocused and not lose control ofthe game.”
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Senior guard Erica Wheeler secured Rutgers’ victory last night by hitting two free throws witheight seconds left. Wheeler scored six points overall. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
the team with six first-halfpoints and finishing the nightwith 10.
Rutgers was sluggish toopen up the game until a fastbreak layup and continuing freethrow from Oliver with nineminutes remaining in the open-ing half gave the Knights a
three-point lead, their first ofthe game.
Head coach C. Vivian Stringerwas pleased to see the Knightscome away with the first victory ofthe season at home, but she wasnot thrilled by the fashion.Turnovers cannot continue to be aconstant for the team, she said.
“Well, I wish it would’ve beenand could’ve been much clean-er,” Stringer said. “But again,this is some things that welearned. Each game I’m lookingto see different people and howthey function in crucial situa-tions and understand what it isthat we want.”
A backdoor pass form Oliverset up the winning shot from thefloor. The frontcourt duo hopesto have more connections likethat as the season progresses.
“We definitely look for eachother, especially when it’scrunch time,” Oliver said. “So Ijust tried to patient, and I got itinto her.”
Lee saw the crucial play as asigh of relief that they wereable to be on the same page at aver y important time in thegame. They are still gettingaccustomed to one anotherafter Lee sat out the 2011-2012season following shoulder sur-gery, but the play was a goodsign for the team.
“Sometimes I think I makeblind passes just thinking thatMonique is going to catch them,”Lee said. “I knew she would belooking for me, so I think thatwas just one of the momentswhere we were just in sync withone another.”
Rutgers rebounded in thesecond half of play afterGeorge Washington went on a7-0 run, led by Shi-Heria Shipp,with 14 minutes remaining.Shipp scored six of the seven unanswered points for the Colonials.
The Knights entered thelocker room with a slightadvantage at 24-20. Freshmanguard Kahleah Copper ignitedthe Knights offensively, leading
Werneke, who completed hisfifth year at the helm, saw theplayers make additions to theprogram’s record books andrecognitions by the Big East sev-eral times.
Senior setter StephanieZielinski claimed sole possessionof second place on the all-timeassists list with 4,255.
Classmate Alex Jonesmoved into 10th all time on thecareer kills list, recording 917during her four years.Freshman Sarah Schmid endedher first season third on thesingle-season hitting percent-age list with a .355 mark.
Zielinski represented thesquad multiple times on the BigEast Honor Roll during the year, being acknowledged four times this season and seven overall.
Under Werneke’s leader-ship, the Knights clinchedtheir best season since hejoined the program. Rutgers
went on a season-high 14-match win streak that rangedfrom a win against Fordham on the road Aug. 29 through a Sept. 15 victor yagainst Penn.
The Knights graduate fourseniors and prepare to move onwith a core of young playersthat have shown signs of growthand productivity.
Werneke is ready to seewhat the future has in store, butis also grateful for where theprogram has come since hetook over.
“We often talk about the jour-ney and not the destination,”Werneke said. “Any journey isworth it once you get to the desti-nation. I always tell the team thatit’s a great journey and we’regoing to get there. … So that’sjust going to catapult us as some-thing we’re going to use thisspring as a footprint for next yearand for the years to come. It’s nogoing to change.”
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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK NOVA’S THREE-GAME STRETCH MIRRORS LAST SEASON
BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
Scott Goodale got a taste ofwhat Billy Smith’s opponentsgo through ever y time theygrapple with the heavyweighton the mat.
The Rutgers head wrestlingcoach went against the redshirtfreshman in practice Tuesday, about that featured an instructordoing his best to corral a 19-year-old only starting to scratch thesurface of his potential.
Smith liked his coach’s energy.“Goodale likes to ride a little
funky stuff [on the mat] and likesto go on top of me to try and getme down,” Smith laughed. “He’sa good workout.”
While Goodale is one of the fit-ter coaches around, he was a littlegassed when describing Smith.
Year off provides development for heavyweight
Mixed experiences prepare QB NovaBY TYLER BARTO
SPORTS EDITOR
Gary Nova has appeared in 19games, started 14 of them andfaced eight different Big Eastteams in two years.
But the Rutgers football team’ssophomore quarterback cautionsagainst calling himself a veteran.
“I’m still only 19 years old,” hesaid yesterday.
Nova will have to play like oneSaturday, when Cincinnati marksthe beginning of a critical three-game stretch to end the ScarletKnights’ season. He has turnedthe ball over nine times in theKnights’ last three games, includ-ing six interceptions in a 35-23loss Oct. 27 to Kent State.
Sophomore Gary Nova throws a pass at the line of scrimmage to wide receiver Brandon Coleman on Saturday in a 28-7 victoryagainst Army. Nova has turned the ball over nine times in the team’s last three games. YEE ZHSIN BOON
“When you go on the road latein the year against a good footballteam like Cincinnati,” Flood said,“you need a quarterback in thehuddle who has tremendouscomposure, tremendous confi-dence in himself and the peoplearound him.”
SENIOR MARCUS COOPERcredits his relationship withdefensive coordinator RobbSmith — along with a host of fac-tors — in his development as anevery-down cornerback.
Smith served as specialteams coordinator last year andworked with the Knights’ cor-nerbacks in 2010.
“It definitely played a signifi-cant part in my improvement,”Cooper said. “I’ve already had aconnection with him establishedas a special teams player. Wehave an understanding already.”
Cooper, a former wide receiv-er, became a de-facto starter thisseason, playing interchangeablywith classmate Brandon Jones. Heis second among Knights cornerswith 29 tackles, moves outside inthree-receiver packages andblocked a field goal against Army.
“I want to be the best ateverything I do,” Cooper said,“so that’s a pretty easy thing tocarry over.”
FLOOD SAID THE IMPACTof future games will not enter hisdecision making with sophomorerunning back Jawan Jamison,who is questionable forSaturday’s game.
Jamison left practice earlyyesterday for the training roomand did not practice earlier in theweek. He is second in the BigEast this season with 953 rush-ing yards.
“We are not thinking aboutanything other than theCincinnati game,” Flood said. “Itwon’t be a situation where wekeep a guy out because the nextgame is coming.”
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WRESTLING SMITH TRAINS WITH FORMER NCAA QUALIFIER
One, a first-half-ending inter-ception Oct. 20 at Temple, wasinconsequential.
But Nova had nine giveawaysin a three-game stretch in 2011,and then-sophomore backupChas Dodd took over.
“I feel like I’ve been throughpretty much every situation,”Nova said. “I’ve gotten through itin some way, and I feel prettygood out here.”
The confidence stems fromthe Knights’ coaching staff,which still places a lot of offensiveresponsibility on Nova. He makescheck-downs, aligns teammatesand trusts offensive coordinatorDave Brock.
“He won’t put us in bad situa-tions on Saturdays,” Nova said.
Nova threw only 17 passeslast week against Army, his low-est total of the season. A sea-son-opening 20-pass perform-ance at Tulane came closest tothat output.
The figure could change Saturday.
Cincinnati, which leads theBig East with 34.2 points pergame, is the fourth top-45 offensenationally Rutgers faces this sea-son. The other three — Arkansas,Army and Syracuse — providedmixed results in terms of indirecteffect on Nova’s production.
For example, Nova threw acombined 40 times against Armyand Syracuse. He nearly toppedthat with 35 attempts againstArkansas alone.
“If it turns into a shootout,that’s a quarterback’s dream — Ialways say that — going back andforth,” Nova said. “We’re morethan capable of doing it.”
Rutgers has twice surpassed Cincinnati’s per-game scoring average.
But it has only been neces-sar y twice, when the teamallowed a combined 61 points toArkansas and Kent State.Excluding the two results, theKnights have surrendered anaverage of nearly 8.5 points pergame, decreasing the likeli-hood of high outputs from Nova.
But head coach Kyle Floodsaid other intangibles matter asmuch as production.
“Not good for me, not good forme,” Goodale said. “He’s a horse.”
Wrestling at around 250pounds, Smith faced an opponentmore his size in Phil Catruccoduring the Scarlet Knights’ firstdual match against Clarion.
He had little trouble withhim, either.
The Wantage, N.J., native reg-istered two takedowns againstCatrucco en route to a 6-1 win inhis first-career dual start, control-ling most of the match.
Goodale felt Smith was capa-ble of that performance last sea-son, straight out of High Point(N.J.) High School.
With the graduation of one ofthe top heavyweights in programhistory in D.J. Russo in 2011, thetemptation to plug Smith in rightaway was always there.
But Goodale knew Smith
needed an extra year to develop,so he redshirted him knowing itmight have an effect on theteam’s performance.
“We probably would havebeen better if he was in our lineupand would have had a betterrecord and won a lot of matches,but a lot of this is an individualsport,” Goodale said. “For him,he needed that year to prepare,be around some of the guys andsee how we compete.”
Smith could not agree morewith the decision.
“It was really important,”Smith said. “I was physically andmentally immature last year. Thatone year really helps you grow upa bit. It really wasn’t up to me, butI’m glad I did.”
Smith is now a fixture inGoodale’s lineup this season, buthis development is far from over.
While Goodale tries his best tohandle Smith in practice, he has afamiliar face to give his heavy-weight a more even match.
“We have to bring D.J. inhere,” Goodale said. “Those twohave been going at it and thosetwo have been really good foreach other.”
Russo, a former NCAA qualifi-er and holder of 104 career wins atRutgers, comes in twice a week towork with Smith on his technique.
The way Russo works Smith issomething Smith credits for get-ting him ready for wrestlers thatmay be bigger than him.
“It’s just one-on-one with himcompared to an open practice,”Smith said. “It is a lot of one-on-one attention with D.J., someonewho has competed in nationaltournaments. He is a really funkywrestler, so he really helps me
become more athletic with thesebigger guys.”
And while grappling withhim in practice may be dif ficultat times, Goodale sees inSmith’s work ethic no reasonwhy he will not have a success-ful season.
But Smith still has a wholeseason — and career — aheadof him.
“That’s my expectation — forhim to get better every day andbe there in March at the end ofthe year at the national tourna-ment,” Goodale said. “That beingsaid, there is a process. He has totake the process seriously and getbetter every day.”
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COMING OUT PARTY Freshman heavyweight BillySmith is ready for a starting role for the Rutgerswrestling team after taking a redshirt season todevelop his technique. / PAGE 19
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SILVER LINING Despite ending the season without a BigEast Tournament berth, the Rutgers volleyball team hada number of players earn league honors and move upall-time record lists. / PAGE 14
TRIAL BY ERROR Sophomore GaryNova of the Rutgers football teamdoes not consider himself a veteranquarterback yet. / PAGE 15
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“[Head coach Scott] Goodale likes to ride a little funky stuff [on the mat].”
— Redshirt freshman heavyweight Billy Smith on Goodale’s wrestling style
JONELLE FILIGNO leads theRutgers women’s soccerteam this season with 33points. The junior’s total is one more than the totalpoints of her next sixteammates combined.
Detroit 94 New Orleans 96Philadelphia 76 Houston 100
Utah 93 Memphis 107Boston 98 Oklahoma City 97
Indiana 85 Charlotte 89Milwaukee 99 Minnesota 87
CROSS COUNTRY
NCAA Championships
SaturdayLouisville, Ky.
SWIMMING, DIVING
Frank Elm Invite
Tomorrow, 10 a.m.RU Aquatic Center
MEN’S BASKETBALL
at Princeton
Tomorrow, 7 p.m.Princeton, N.J.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
at Virginia
Tomorrow, 7 p.m.Charlottesville, Va.
FOOTBALL
Linebacker’sathleticismyields results
BY AARON FARRARCORRESPONDENT
A 14-match winning streak, seven sweepsand a young core that contributed were a fewaccomplishments achieved by the Rutgersvolleyball team during the 2012 season.Although the Scarlet Knights fell short inclinching their goal of a Big East Tournamentbid, they took steps in the right direction.
The Knights (18-12, 4-11) finished theyear by losing their final two regular seasonmatches against St. John’s and DePaul. Thelosses closed out a year that did not quiteend the way Rutgers hoped it would, but
Alex Lassa had 312 kills and 91 digs in her first year with the Knights.CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Struggles in Big East play prevent RU from goal
SEE STRUGGLES ON PAGE 14
SEE ATHLETICISM ON PAGE 13
VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFF BIRTH REMAINS FUTURE GOAL FOR YOUNG ROSTER
BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Senior linebacker Steve Beauharnais is notshy about the talent among his position group.
“This is the best linebacker corps we everhad in Rutgers history,” he said.
But the Rutgers football team’s secondlevel did have one question mark at thebeginning of the season.
Beauharnais was set to begin his third fullseason as a starter in the middle and class-mate Khaseem Greene was fresh off winningBig East Co-Defensive Player of the Yearhonors at weakside linebacker.
But junior Jamal Merrell was not quite asproven. He played nearly a full season at line-backer, but had not gained nearly the notori-ety his battery mates did.
So he had to improve his game, and itstarted with his playing style.
“In the past, I played conservative. Itried to play too fast, I was thinking toomuch,” Merrell said. “Now, I know thesystem 100 percent. I devoted myself tofilm, I devoted myself to studying every day.”
It has paid of f. Through nine gamesthis season, Merrell has 62 tackles, 18more than he compiled all of last season.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 56, GEORGE WASHINGTON 52
SEE WIN ON PAGE 14
Late free throws seal win for Knights
Senior center Monique Oliver earned her first double-double of the year in last night’s 56-52 win against George Washington.Oliver totaled a game-high 20 points and 10 rebounds in Rutgers’ first win of the season. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
defeating George Washington, 56-52.The Scarlet Knights (1-1) narrowly
escaped after a battle that went back andforth the entire way, managing to be toomuch for the Colonials (1-1).
Senior forward Monique Oliver led theway with a game-high 20 points and 10rebounds in the victory.
Wheeler went to the free-throw line withthe game on the line and delivered forRutgers. The Miami native nailed both shotsand gave the Knights a four-point lead to winthe contest. With less than two minutesremaining, Oliver drained a wide-open jumper
freshman outside hitter Alex Lassa sees thepositives that came out of the season.
“I’m really happy with the way it went,”Lassa said. “It was my first [Division] I col-lege season. We had a really good start thisseason and in our preseason, and then it car-ried over to the conference.”
Rutgers struggled against Big East oppo-nents, only scraping out four victories in con-ference. It suffered two difficult losses afterforcing five games in mid-October againstMarquette at home and in-state rival SetonHall on the road.
The Knights did manage to pull out somehard-fought victories, two coming from the
very teams they fell to at the end of the sea-son. The four conference victories markedthe most since the 2005 squad recorded six.
Head coach CJ Werneke led Rutgers to itsbest season since 2000 and is pleased withthe results.
But he is vocal in his desire to take theteam to the next level.
“It’s a work in progress,” Wernekesaid. “As you come and you tell players,‘Hey, let’s stick to the plan, we have agame plan, it’s a five-year plan,’ as long aswe stick to it and don’t deviate from it,
BY AARON FARRARCORRESPONDENT
Senior guard Erica Wheeler iced thegame with two free throws with eight sec-onds remaining and the Rutgers women’sbasketball team grabbed its first win ofthe season in its home opener last night,
