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New Jersey residentsdemonstrate ignorancewhen it comes to President BarackObama’s religion.
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Mason Gross School of the Arts performers kick off the University’s $1 billion fundraisingcampaign, “Our Rutgers, Our Future: A Campaign for Excellence,” Wednesday at NJPAC.
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BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIOUNIVERSITY EDITOR
An evening of musical entertainment atthe New Jersey Performing Arts Center inNewark Wednesday brought theUniversity’s large-scale fundraiser into pub-lic light.
“Our Rutgers, Our Future: A Campaignfor Excellence” is a $1 billion campaignfocused on meeting the University’s mostpressing academic and financial needs,said Greg Trevor, senior director ofUniversity Media Relations.
More than 300 Mason Gross School ofthe Arts performers entertained top donorsto the University throughout the night.
“[The students] did such an incrediblejob … and it was just a very specialevening,” said Bryan O’Leary, director ofCampaign Communications and Creative
DEVCO asks U.to lease part ofGateway space
BY COLLEEN ROACHEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The University’s Board of Governorspassed a resolution last Thursday that altersthe legal and finance structure of its agree-ment with the New Brunswick DevelopmentCorporation regarding the Gateway Project.
DEVCO, which is responsible for thedevelopment and reconstruction of downtownNew Brunswick, requested that theUniversity lease, rather than own, its compo-nent of the building for a seven-year period,according to the resolution.
“It’s a relatively innocuous change to thestructure,” DEVCO President ChrisPaladino said. “It’s really only a technicalamendment to the structure, and in turn,Rutgers is able to share in the benefit of thenew tax credit program.”
The University’s assistance to DEVCO out-lined in the amendment to the agreementpassed at the Board of Governors’ meetingwould allow the corporation to receive federaland state tax credit subsidies valued at $46.1million, according to the resolution.
DEVCO will be eligible for, in additionto the $27.1 million in New Jersey UrbanTransit Hub Tax Credits it has alreadysecured, $19 million in federal New MarketTax Credits under the agreement, accord-ing to the resolution.
DEVCO will cover about $1 million ofthe University’s total contribution to theproject in exchange, Paladino said. TheUniversity’s share of the $150 million proj-ect is about $19 million, Universityspokesman E.J. Miranda said.
“About $1 million that Rutgers would havespent on the interior fit out of the building isbeing absorbed by the tax credit program,”Paladino said.
DEVCO will also reimburse the Universityfor legal fees as it evaluates the agreement,according to the resolution.
Philosophy doctoral program ranks No. 1 BY PAIGE TATULLICONTRIBUTING WRITER
In a recent National Research Councilreport on graduate education, theDepartment of Philosophy took the top spotamong philosophy doctoral programs in theUnited States.
The acknowledgement is a great accom-plishment for the University, Department ofPhilosophy Chairman Barry Loewer said.
“It is very unusual for a state universityto have a top-ranked department,” Loewersaid. “No other department in [the Schoolof Arts and Sciences] at Rutgers hascracked the top 10.”
As the “Philosophical GourmetReport” — a guide to graduate school pro-
grams in philosophy — ranked the philos-ophy department among the top threeprograms for the past eight years, thenew ranking is not as much of a surpriseas it is an honor, he said.
The NRC report ratings are based on thejudgment of philosophers and administrationsaround the world that are asked to judge thestrength of each department, Loewer said.
“Basically they are judging the faculty,the importance of their research and the suc-cess of the students who graduate from theprogram,” he said.
The department released a statementexpressing its gratitude regarding the recognition.
“We are very pleased with the ranking ofour philosophy department and to be part of
the group of such highly rated humanitiesand sciences departments in NewBrunswick,” according to the statement.
Despite the rating, the department headsremain humble.
“These rankings have to be taken with agrain — perhaps a bucket — of salt becauseof the way in which some of the data was col-lected and the way in which some of it wasanalyzed,” according to the statement.
In its statement, the department saidthe NRC report did not account for inter-disciplinar y strengths. The statementalso said one of the most distinguishedfaculty members, whose arrival at theUniversity signaled the aspirations of the
Art Library offers laptop lending to students BY JENNIFER RUBINOVITZ
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Students who feel restricted by desk-top computers at the labs and librariesmay find a new laptop loaning service atthe Art Library on the College Avenuecampus to be of assistance.
The Art Library now of fers the useof five available Dell Netbook laptops tostudents, faculty and staf f who presenta University identification card at thecirculation desk. The borrower may usethe laptop within the library for fourhours but is not permitted to leave the facility.
“We’ve initiated this pilot project toassess student interest in laptop loansand to evaluate the feasibility of makingthem more broadly available through-out the librar y system,” UniversityLibraries spokesman Harry Glazer said.
The pilot costs less than $1,000 pernetbook, which includes the cost ofhardware, software and technologicalsupport. The University Libraries willreview the program at a later date anddetermine its future at the Art Libraryand in other University libraries.
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School of Arts and Sciences senior Michelle Blatt and other students can now take advantage of the ArtLibrary’s laptop-lending program, where students can borrow a Dell Netbook laptop for a few hours.
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Panel discusses civility in educationBY ANDREA GOYMA
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Faculty, professors and stu-dents came togetherWednesday in the LivingstonStudent Center for an interac-tive dialogue about civility andhow it relates to the humanexperience, as part of theUniversity-wide initiativeProject Civility.
The “No Fighting, NoBullying, No Hazing, No Stalking… Not On Our Watch” panel,which featured six campus andnon-campus leaders, discussedthe challenges of overcominghate, prejudices and interperson-al violence not only on collegecampuses but on the local level.
Members of the panel broughttheir own expertise into the discus-sion with recurring themes ofhuman rights, values and education.
Lawrence Farmer, associateprofessor of social work atFordham University, empha-sized that in order to heightenpeople’s awareness of interper-sonal violence, it must be elevat-ed to an issue concerninghuman rights.
“The interaction with othersin a respectful manner relates tohuman rights,” Farmer said.“There are people who lackinterpersonal and social skills,but there’s a larger issue of val-ues. It is how you navigate thosedifferences in values that is thekey component.”
The solution to interpersonalviolence also relies on peopleallowing themselves to reflecton their behaviors and beliefs,he said.
“It’s hard when you say toyourself, ‘I assume that I don’thave any prejudice because I’m anice person and I grew up in anice community but in fact you dohave prejudice,’” Farmer said.
More than 90 percent of ele-mentary students go to schoolswhere the majority of kids are thesame race and economic status,he said. Thus, people are still iso-lated in their social connections.
JoAnn Arnholt, dean ofFraternity and Sorority Af fairs,emphasized the importance of
self-education and awarenessof self wor th because theprevalence of media and itsportrayal of student college lifecan give potential studentsnegative expectations.
Members of the greek com-munity are intended to be lifelongmembers who value service,leadership and academic success,Arnholt said.
“That’s what a greek experi-ence is supposed to be,” she said.“It’s not these exaggerated,ridiculous activities or events thatyou see in the media. It’s meantto enrich and uplift a new and life-long member, not to degradethem or devalue them.”
Bringing up the issue ofintent, Arnholt said hazing oftenbegins as harmless fun that doesnot make anyone feel degradedor disgraced.
“What we see … is thosesmall behaviors in one semesterthat incrementally grow intosomething more taxing anddegrading in the followingsemesters,” she said. “They stillnever intended to hurt anyone,but because of those incremen-tal changes you could really doa lot of damage to a studentphysically and mentally.”
For Lisa Smith, domestic vio-lence coordinator for ViolencePrevention and Victim Assistance,her emphasis was respect.
“Respect the fact that I have theright to my individuality in a rela-tionship,” Smith said. “In terms ofstalking, you have your own physi-cal right to be able to move aroundthe campus and not have some-body following me around.”
With the rise in popularity ofsocial-networking sites likeFacebook and Twitter, there isa new arena where people mustbe aware of the choice to actpositively and negatively in rela-tion to each other, Farmer said.
“[Social-networking sites]also increase anonymity inthose connections sometimes,which can lead to more con-flict,” he said. “That’s the down-side of technology in that it cre-ates this larger distance whereI’m even more likely to behaveinappropriately because of thedistance between us.”
Tamiyah Yancey, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, said sheenjoyed the availability of the pan-elists.
“I liked that the speakersremained so that we could askmore questions that are a littlemore personal, so I got a lot out ofit,” Yancey said.
In agreement with Farmer,Smith said civility is somethingall people deserve.
“It all relates to human rights,”Smith said. “It’s not somethingyou have to earn.”
Members of the “No Fighting, No Bullying, No Stalking ... Not On Our Watch” panel discuss thechallenges of overcoming prejudices and hate Wednesday in the Livingston Student Center.
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18 Rutgers Students for Environmental Awareness aims toraise awareness about environmental issues in a way that isenjoyable and fun for our members and the students wereach out to. We are committed to creating environmentalchange in both the University and New Jersey communitiesby developing awareness campaigns and going above andbeyond for the sake of the public and the environment.Interested in joining? Come to our weekly meetings, everyMonday at 9 p.m. in the Merle V. Adams Room in the CookCampus Center or e-mail us at [email protected].
20 Elinor Ostrom, joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Economicsin 2009, will come to speak at 2:30 p.m. in Trayes Hall in theDouglass Campus Center. Philip J. Furmanski, executivevice president for Academic Affairs, will introduce her and areception will follow the talk titled, “InstitutionalRobustness: How Institutional Arrangements Facilitate orDetract from Efforts to Sustain Ecological Systems.”Ostrom is Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Scienceand Professor at the School of Public and EnvironmentalAffairs at Indiana University. She has developed a frame-work for understanding complex socio-ecological systems inthe context of major environmental and political challenges.
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21 The Cook Leadership Breakfast meeting will start at 7:30a.m. in Multipurpose Room C at the Cook Campus Center.The theme for this meeting will be “Come Meet yourAdviser.” Those with any questions regarding courses arefree to attend. Friends are welcome.
27 The Office of Community Engagement, Rutgers AgainstHunger and Farmers Against Hunger is sponsoring“Gleaning” at the Giamarese Farm from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. inEast Brunswick. Harvested crops will be donated to Elijah’sPromise Soup Kitchen and the Franklin Food Bank to helpprovide fresh produce to the hungry, who often have a lim-ited availability of fresh foods. Faculty, staff, alumni and stu-dents are welcome to bring their boots and gloves and lenda helping hand. The event is free but registration is requiredand limited to 30 spaces. Please complete and return theregistration form by Oct. 13. Contact the Office ofCommunity Engagement at (732)-932-2000, ext. 4211 for anyquestions, or e-mail [email protected].
1 Today marks the first day of program submission for theUniversity’s annual spring celebration, Rutgers Day.University organizations wishing to participate may visithttp://rutgersday.rutgers.edu to sign up. The Office ofCommunity Affairs is sponsoring the event, and for moreinformation, contact Terre Martin [email protected] or (732)-932-7823 ext. 672.
Faculty, professors and students participate in an interactive dialogueabout civility and how it relates to the human experience.
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NOVEMBER
11 Bhatki-The Higher Taste will host an event called “SacredSounds” at 8:30 p.m. at the Rutgers Student CenterMultipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. Theevent features yogi and spiritual leader Radhanath Swamiand kirtan bands Gaura and the Mayapuris. For more infor-mation visit bhakticlub.org/sacredsounds.
30 The Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Exhibition Tournament,part of the 2010 New Jersey Open Xiangqi Tournament,will occur in Scott Hall on the College Avenue campusfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tournament, which is open tothe public and offers free on-campus parking in Lot 8, willhave some of the top players in North America playing,and representatives from the NJXA will be available toteach you how to play Xiangqi during this event. The NewJersey Xiangqi Association is sponsoring the event withthe help of the University’s Confucius Institute. ChineseChess, played by more than 100 million players around theworld, is believed to have been invented by General HanXin in about 210 B.C. during the war between two histori-cal powers, Chu and Han. For more information, pleasecontact Guanghua Li, [email protected].
Martin said it felt gratifying thatthe choirs were chosen to repre-sent the University and what ithas to offer.
“It puts the feeling of familythat these people are maybe wellinto their 50s and 60s, and theystill feel a connection when hear-ing our Alma Mater,” saidMartin, a Mason Gross Schoolof the Arts junior.
University PresidentRichard L. McCormick, whowas present that evening, saidthe launch of the campaigncomes at an important momentfor the University.
“We are laying the foundationfor a bold future for thisUniversity,” McCormick said.
“In an environment of decliningpublic support for higher educa-tion, private giving makes thisfuture possible.”
Gov. Chris Christie alsoattended the event.
The Rutgers UniversityFoundation initiated the quietphase of the fundraiser in thesummer of 2007, Trevor said.
“Over the past three years, thefoundation set a new record forfundraising at Rutgers — despitethe worldwide economic down-turn,” he said.
A total of $472 million hasbeen raised so far, which
accounts for nearly half of theUniversity’s goal, Trevor said.The foundation received giftsfrom more than 76,000 donors. Ofthat amount, 25,000 donated tothe University for the first time.
Funds from the campaignhave already created 382 newscholarships, providing supportto hundred of undergraduates,Trevor said. Twelve newendowed chairs in 10 fields ofstudy were established.
“[The campaign is] veryfocused on taking control of ourfuture,” O’Leary said.“Fundraising is going to be a veryimportant part of that, for schol-arships for students, to getendowments for our faculty.”
Of the University’s 244-yearhistory, this initiative marks themost ambitious and comprehen-sive fundraising campaign,Trevor said. Ninety percent offunding will go to supporting aca-demics and student services.
The campaign aims to dis-tribute 40 percent of thatamount to faculty and researchwhile 25 percent will go to stu-dents and learning, Trevor said.Campuses and facilities as wellas University and communityprograms will each receive 15percent respectively.
Five percent will be designat-ed for other University initiatives.
Specific projects theUniversity will strive towardinclude redeveloping theLivingston campus and doublingthe amount of endowed chairs toattract and retain a world-classfaculty, Trevor said.
Based on the current successof the fundraiser, O’Leary feels allis going well so far.
“This [fundraiser] is a verycrucial thing for us and we’ve gotgreat momentum,” O’Leary said.
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US still advises cautionto travels for Europe
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLONDON — A European ter-
rorist plot is still enough of athreat for the United States tokeep its current travel advisory,the U.S. State Department’scounterterrorism coordinatorsaid yesterday.
The State Departmentadvised American citizens livingor traveling in Europe earlier thismonth to take more precautionsfollowing reports that terroristsmay be plotting attacks on aEuropean city, possibly a shoot-ing spree or other type of attacksimilar to the deadly 2008Mumbai attacks in India.
The U.S. travel advisory isone step below a formal travelwarning advising Americans notto visit Europe. It drew someskepticism among U.S. allies,most notably Germany, whoquestioned whether the UnitedStates was overreacting.
“We don’t view the current cir-cumstances warrant rescindingthe alert,” said Daniel Benjamin,the U.S. counterterrorism coordi-nator. “We think the situation ispretty much the same.”
Benjamin insisted the infor-mation was credible and hadbeen gathered over severalmonths from multiple sources.Some of the plot details camefrom Ahmed Siddiqui, a Germancitizen of Afghan descent cap-tured by US troops inAfghanistan in July.
“That said, some of thespecifics were absent, and wewould have liked to have beenmore able to say what we wereseeing,” he said. “Because thatwasn’t there, we went out with thealert that we did. We tried tocouch it as carefully as we could... but we felt we had an obligation— both an ethical one but also alegal one — to warn Americantourists that this was a concern.”
Germany insisted when thealert was issued that it was based onold information and said there wasno indication of an imminent terrorwarning within its territory. InteriorMinister Thomas de Maiziere saidthe nation faced a “high level ofabstract threat ... there is at presentnot need for alarm.”
German opposition lawmak-ers, meanwhile, speculated that
Although the change is sim-ple and there are benefits foreach party, risks do exist, saidRob Roesener, associate gener-al counsel to the University.
“A tenant always has morerisks in respect to the propertythat it occupies than anowner,” he said. “The generalrisks that a tenant faces are thenew risks that Rutgers will face.”
For example, if a landlord,such as DEVCO, faces bankrupt-cy, the tenant — the University— could be evicted from thespace, he said.
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Robert Roesener, associate general counsel to the University, said there are more risks with leasing ratherthan owning the Gateway space, because the University could be evicted if DEVCO faces bankruptcy.
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Services for the RutgersUniversity Foundation. “It reallyframed for all the Universitycommunity, as well as thegreater public, the importance ofthis campaign and why it’simportant for us.”
Guests were treated to a con-cert where members of theKirkpatrick Choir, UniversityChoir, Voorhees Choir and theUniversity’s Glee Club sangsongs from Carmina Burana aswell as the Alma Mater, arrangedby Mason Gross graduate stu-dent Michael Lucas Strother.
The Rutgers UniversityOrchestra, conducted byAssociate Professor KynanJohns, accompanied the joint choir.
Nicole Renna, vice presidentof Kirkpatrick Choir, said theevent did not seem like much ofa big deal until the choir sang theAlma Mater.
“We started seeing all thedonors slowly stand up to singthe song with us, and I thinkthat was a really powerfulmoment,” said Renna, a MasonGross School of the Arts junior.“That made me realize just howimportant it was that we werethere singing.”
Renna said she felt as thoughshe was taking part in somethingbigger than herself.
“It’s easy to get caught up inyour studies and school, but thenyou realize that we’re all in thistogether and we’re all RutgersUniversity,” she said.
Likewise, President ofKirkpatrick choir Colleen
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on taking control of our future.”
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the real reason behind issuingthe advisory was the upcomingU.S. elections.
“Different countries handlethese things in different ways,”Benjamin said. “The Germansneither have the legislation we doin terms of having to issue alerts,nor do they have the tradition ofhandling these things perhaps aspublicly as we do.”
France’s terrorism threat isthe highest it has been in years.Security has also been boostedat busy tourist sites like NotreDame Cathedral and the EiffelTower in Paris. French authori-ties have recorded nine bombalerts in the capital last month— a threefold increase from ayear earlier. No explosives havebeen found.
Britain’s Foreign Office hasalso warned travelers toFrance and Germany of a highterror threat.
Benjamin said informing thepublic could ultimately keep peo-ple safer.
“We didn’t tell anyone not totravel here (Europe),” he said.“But we really do believe that ifyou give people some ideas onhow to behave — what to do intheir traveling — they will bemore aware of their surround-ings and take precautions, andwill therefore be more secure.”
He said misinformation andleaks surrounding the plot hadcomplicated the government’sefforts, including reports thatsome tourist attractions hadbeen targeted.
“We didn’t talk about specifictargets,” such as Berlin’sAlexanderplatz, which “was acomplete invention of one partic-ular broadcaster,” he said, declin-ing to go into specifics. “We did-n’t get into a lot of the nitty grittyparticulars because of intelli-gence concerns.”
Europe has been a target ofnumerous Islamic terror plots —the deadliest being the 2004Madrid train bombings, whenshrapnel-filled bombs exploded,killing 191 people and woundingabout 1,800.
A year later, suicide bomberskilled 52 rush-hour commuters inLondon aboard three subwaycars and a bus.
But Roesener said theUniversity took the necessaryprecautions to protect againstthese risks.
“We’ve countered those riskswith legal instruments that wefeel are going to protect Rutgers’interests,” he said.
After examining the possibleconsequences, administrators atthe University came to the con-clusion that the deal with DEVCOwas a good one.
“The Board of Governors feltcomfortable that, as one part-ner to another in a joint realestate project, we were able tohelp them,” Roesener said.“Rutgers did not feel the riskswere so great, and the benefitsto Rutgers and the city andDEVCO overall are great. Itmade sense to do it.”
The University can takeownership of its portion of theproject eventually, according tothe resolution.
“[After the seven years,] theUniversity will have the opportu-nity to own the property [for noadditional cost],” Miranda said.
The Gateway Project, locat-ed at the corner of SomersetStreet and Easton Avenue, willinclude residential units,including affordable housing, aUniversity bookstore, theUniversity press, retail spaceand a parking deck with morethan 600 hourly spaces.
The project is on schedule andwill be open for students’ returnto campus in the fall of 2012,Paladino said. The parkinggarage is scheduled to be openfor use next year.
Hicks became an integral partof his plays and worked closely
with his selected staff,said George Stauffer,dean of Mason Gross.
“[He] was a tirelessadvocate for high artis-tic standards … like agood director, heremained much in thebackground, assem-bling a distinguishedteam of professionalsand fine-tuning theirinstructional work from
off stage,” Stauffer said. Wren Brown, founder and
producer of the Ebony RepertoryTheatre, admired Hicks. Browncalled him a masterful, collabora-tive maker of theater and a giftedman of grace, generosity, gravity,vision and profound artistry.
He said Hicks is rememberedas being a humble and privateman, but he is highly regarded inthe theater community for thebrilliance and honesty reflectedin the plays he directed.
“He was an artist whose workwill live on through the manyactors, students and designerswith whom he worked andtaught,” Brown said. “Thehumanity in his artistry and com-mitment to his profession has leftan indelible impression on theartistic and educational land-scape of America and beyond.”
Hicks taught at several actingconser vatoriesi n c l u d i n gCarnegie MellonUniversity. Beforecoming to theUniversity, Hicksworked at TheConservatory ofTheatre Arts atPurchase Collegein New York. Heearned his bache-lor’s degree atBoston University
and his Master of Fine Arts degreeat New York University.
The Denver Post once askedHicks how his work had affect-ed him.
“[There is] a sense of prideknowing that you can put out abody of work that doesn’t have tobe trivial or anti-anything. It cansimply be truthful … and speak foritself, ” he said in The Denver Post.
He also said the Wilson playswere a history of a culture andthey answered the question ofwhether black communitieswould get bogged down by theirpainful past or move forward,according to The Denver Post.
Hicks is survived by his sec-ond wife Renee Harriston-Hicks.
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Theater Arts programhonors former chairman
BY JAKE JANOFSKYCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Israel Hicks, the for-mer chairman and artis-tic director of theTheater Arts program atMason Gross School ofthe Arts, was honoredon Monday in a MasonGross memorial.
Hicks, who passedaway in July, wasresponsible for creat-ing a year-long residen-cy program for fine arts majors tostudy at the Globe Theatre inEngland, the site where WilliamShakespeare staged his works.
Hicks was honored with theUniversity’s Board of TrusteesAward for Excellence inResearch/Creative Activity earlierthis year, according to the MasonGross Web site. While serving asartistic director at EbonyRepertory Theatre in Los AngelesHicks received a NationalAssociation for the Advancementof Colored People Theatre Awardfor Best Director for his 2008 pro-duction of “Two Trains Running.”He also arranged for the Universityto be part of the prestigiousTheater Consortium where presti-gious acting programs in Americacollaborate for national auditions.
Along with his work in acade-mia, Hicks was a director whomade theatrical history by staginga cycle of 10 playsby August Wilsonall with the sameacting companyin Denver.
W i l s o n ’ sseries of playsdepicted howslavery impacted10 generations ofblacks situated inPittsburgh’s run-down HillDistrict. Toexpress the kinship that he feltwith the plays, Hicks often worea Pittsburgh Pirates baseball cap.
“We’ve lost a giant. I think hewas the greatest director in theworld, and I’ll preach that to any-one I have the chance to preachit to,” said Charles Weldon, anactor who appeared in eight ofthose 10 plays.
John Keller, a recent MasonGross graduate, helped to puttogether a project called the NewBrunswick Theater Festival withthe help of Hicks. He said Hicks,his mentor, invested part of himselfin his students’ successes and failures, and that the power of hisencouragement could move mountains.
The Rutgers’ United Students Against Sweatshops delivers a letter yesterday asking the University to cut
ties with the Fair Labor Association to University President Richard L. McCormick at Old Queens College.
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Clif ford Lazzaro — the attorney represent-ing Marcus Bascus, the East Orange man whoprosecutors say supplied the gun used to fatallyshoot a Seton Hall University sophomore lastmonth — said Bascus has no role or involve-ment in the killing.
Lazaro said Wednesday that Bascus was onvacation when authorities arrested him inPennsylvania days later, according to an articleon nj.com.
Bascus, 19, made his first appearance inSuperior Court in Newark Wednesday, where hepleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murderand weapons offenses in connection with the Sept.25 killing of 19-year-old Jessica Moore at an off-campus house party, according to the article.
Prosecutors say Bascus handed the gun toanother man, Nicholas Welch, who had beenthrown out of the party earlier that night, accord-ing to the article. Welch, who lived down the blockon South Clinton Street, then went back to the
house after midnight and opened fire, authoritiessaid in the article.
Moore, an honors student, was shot in thehead and killed, and four other students werealso injured.
Police arrested Welch, 25, two days later inhis home, and charged him with murder,attempted murder, weapons offenses and burgla-ry, and for breaking down the front door, accord-ing to the article.
U.S. Marshals captured Bascus after four daysin an apartment in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. When askedwhy Bascus had gone there, Lazzaro said he had apreviously planned vacation.
The two defendants remain in jail in lieu of $2million bail each, according to the article. Lazzarosaid he would seek a bail reduction for Bascus andwould oppose the state’s request that he submit toa DNA swab. A hearing on that matter is scheduledfor Nov. 4.
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Rather than sit at designatedareas where desktops are locat-ed within the library, studentsmay bring the computers to dif-ferent locations and more peo-ple can access computersthroughout the facility.
“[Program coordinators]chose the Art Library because[it is] in the classroom part ofcampus,” said UniversityLibrarian Sara Harrington.“When all of the computersare filled we wanted to givestudents the oppor tunity touse a netbook.”
During peak class hours,patrons must wait sometimes touse the Art Library’s 16 desk-top computers. With exams andterm papers approaching, thelibrary can expect an increasein demand.
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Allie Tabakin saidthe program could help thosewho must travel to theUniversity daily.
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School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Richard Sese, above, studies in the Art Librarywhich started the laptop-lending program so more computers are available if needed.
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department, was not includedin the faculty list.
Nevertheless, Loewer cred-its the department’s success toits philosophers.
“We have some of the mostaccomplished and well-knownphilosophers in the world inour department: Jerry Fodor,Alvin Goldman, Ernie Sosa,Steve Stich, Tim Maudlin,Ernie LePore, Larry Temkin,Jeff McMahan. I could go on,”he said.
The job market for academicphilosophy is very competitive,said Loewer, adding that heand the other professors workhard to help students get posi-tions as professors.
“So far, we have had almost100 percent success,” he said.
The department’s undergrad-uate majors who have gone on tograduate school have obtainedpositions at universities likeColumbia, Princeton, Rice andMaryland, Loewer said.
“Philosophy is really goodpreparation for any career thatinvolves thinking — especiallythinking creatively — and theability to write clearly,” he said.
Students agreed that theUniversity’s ranking is of significance.
“I think other departmentsshould strive to be nationallyrecognized like the philosophydepartments,” School ofEngineering junior EdoardoConti said. “Being No.1 in theentire country is a benchmarkall other programs should tryto attain.”
Ernest Mario School ofPharmacy junior Nilam Shahwas glad the University isbeing lauded for its work in philosophy.
“A lot of people don’t knowthat the philosophy program isso great and they should adver-tise it more,” she said. “Most ofthe time Rutgers is recognizedfor something like sports orsocial life, no one really talksabout the academic point ofview. It’s great that Rutgers isfinally getting recognized forsomething academic, which isa good turn on things.”
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“I think it’s a good idea,especially for commuters,”Tabakin said. “It gives them theoption of not lugging their lap-top to school.”
The program has thus farbeen a success, Harrington said.
“So far, so good. Some stu-dents borrow [the laptops] andmore students will use them asthey begin to write papers,”she said.
Each laptop is equippedwith Internet Explorer,Microsoft Word, AdobeAcrobat and other commonlyused programs. Borrowersmay use their NetIDs to accessRU Wireless on the laptops andprint documents for a small feein the print release station atthe Art Library.
But not all students believethe program is essential to theUniversity community.
“It’s kind of unnecessary. Ifyou need a computer, you havethe computer lab,” RutgersBusiness School sophomorePranav Naik said. “I don’t see abig difference between a desk-top and a laptop. If you’re notgoing to take it anywhere, thenthere’s no point.”
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Research explores effects of alcohol on fetusesBY MITAL GAJJARCONTRIBUTING WRITER
University animal scienceProfessor Dipak Sarkarreceived a $3.5 million Methodto Extend Research in Timeaward from the NationalInstitutes of Health to expandsuppor t and funding for hisstudies on fetal alcohol syn-drome for another decade.
The research focuses on twomajor disorders. Fetal alcoholsyndrome is a pattern of physi-cal and mental abnormalitiesthat develop in unborn babieswhose mothers excessively con-sume alcohol during pregnancy,said Sarkar, director of theEndocrine Research Program.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disor-der, a broader term for a widevariety of health problems,includes fetal alcohol syndrome.It affects 2 percent of the popu-lation, he said.
“Those affected with fetal alco-hol spectrum disorder face morestress problems than normal peo-ple,” Sarkar said. “These peopleshow signs of aggression, poorcoping abilities, sleep disorder,infections and diseases, higherincidence of HIV and drug use.”
The research suggests thatdrinking during pregnancy ismore frequent among teenagersthan older women, Sarkar said.
“Young people when pregnantoften are not really taking care oftheir body, which is why theywould drink. They are notexposed to the knowledge ofdrinking,” he said.
For pregnant young women,the ignorance of even beingwith child often has tragicef fects for their babies. Forexample, if the mother doesnot know that she is pregnantright away there may be a high-er chance for bir th defects.
“Many teens don’t evenknow that they are pregnantuntil they find out three or fourmonths later, so by then, if theyhave been drinking, takingdrugs or involved in other riskybehaviors, their baby is at risk,”said Francesca Maresca, a coor-dinator for Health Outreach,Promotion and Education.
Maresca said it is importantto keep in mind that babiesdevelop fetal alcohol syndromethrough repeated long-termchronic exposure to alcoholwhile developing.
Many new studies show thatfetal alcohol toxicity causes arange of damages to the develop-ing brain.
“Much of fetal alcohol toxic-ity to the [central nervous sys-tem] may occur in the secondand third trimesters of preg-nancy,” said Nadka Boyadjieva,
assistant research professor atthe School of Environmentaland Biological Sciences.“Those are ver y impor tantperiods when most otherorgans have already passed thestage of active organogenesis[organ development].”
Researchers found that expo-sure to ethanol may also lead to
the early death of a fetus and affectthe development of endocrinefunctions, such as those of thepituitary gland, thyroid gland,hypothalamus and pancreas.
“Offspring of mothers usingethanol during pregnancy areknown to suffer from develop-mental delays and/or a variety ofbehavioral changes,” Boyadjievasaid. “Ethanol may affect thedeveloping fetus in a dose-
dependent manner and in differ-ent stages of development.”
The researchers discoveredmany causes of fetal alcohol syn-drome. One of the most impor-tant is that there are specificparts of the brain, mainly thehypothalamus, where abnormal-ities take place.
Beta-endorphin neurons inthe brain are part of opioid,chemical transmitters found inthe central nervous system,where they send signals through-out the body and control theimmune system, Sarkar said.
“There are interactions betweenbrain and immune system, and wehave been studying the fetal alco-hol effects on them,” Boyadijievasaid. “This area formed fetal alco-hol disorders related to changes inboth brain and immune system.”
Endorphins are responsible forcreating good moods and strength-ening the immune system, butthose with fetal alcohol syndromehave a deficiency in these biologi-cal painkillers, Sarkar said.
“For example, when you feelgood after eating chocolate, yourbrain creates endorphins. Thesepatients [affected by fetal alcoholsyndrome] lack endorphins, leadingto more hostile behaviors becausethey don’t feel good,” he said. “Theyhave weaker immune functions,promoting a propensity to developcancer, such as breast and prostate.”
Research has shown that byartificially making new cells to pro-duce endorphins, scientists canfind a way to reduce symptoms andstress while improving health.
“Our idea of technology istaking stem cells to make theminto endorphin neurons andinser t them into the brain,”Sarkar said. “We have testedthis in animals and found outthat it reduces stress, lessdrinking under stress andlower cases of cancer.”
The research is 30 years inthe making and researchers areat the preliminary stage, whichentails giving alcohol to labora-tory mice and rats, he said. Theywill need to conduct testing onlarger animals and primatesbefore they can test on humans.
Sarkar uses this researchand stress biology in pursuit of acure for fetal alcohol syndromeand fetal alcohol spectrum dis-order. He is focusing on newmanners of controlling bodilydiseases and functions bymanipulating the brain ratherthan the body itself.
“Information can be appliedto those with depression andcancer who also have greaterstress, less amount of endor-phins and circadian rhythmsleep disorder even thoughthey are not influenced by alco-hol,” Sarkar said.
“Those affectedwith fetal alcohol
spectrum disorderface more stressproblems than normal people.
DIPAK SARKAREndocrine Research Program Director
America — we should startlooking at them.
If we look at history, wesee that China has neverbeen a democratic nation.The dynastic emperors ruledwith iron fists and the transi-tions between dynasties weredefined by bloody civil warsand rebellions. And it was the
peasants, of course, who conducted these rebellions.It is the ancient tradition of China: If the governmentfails the people, then destroy the government and puta new one in its place. They called it the Mandate ofHeaven and China has survived more than 2,000 yearsunder this tradition, without the advice of self-right-eous westerners. And here is America, which hasn’teven hit 300 years of age, telling China what to do. It’slike an infant trying to teach a grown man to walk.
In fact, when China did openly welcome westerninfluence, we got the country doped up on opium justso we could tear it apart and divvy it up among thewestern powers. No wonder today’s Chinese govern-ment is so suspicious. When the Chinese people havehad enough of their leaders’ oppression, they willmake a change, and they will do it without our help.
There is no need to undermine theirpride and independence by assumingwe know what’s best for them. In themeantime America, stop jabbering onabout the rights of people in foreignnations and start worrying about therights of your own neighbors.
When Liu won the Nobel Prize,European Commission PresidentJose Manuel Barroso said, “The val-
ues that Liu pursued are at the core of the EuropeanUnion.” Well Mr. President, China is not part of theEuropean Union, and they probably don’t want to be.
This statement is a telltale sign that we westernersreally still do believe our cultures and values are supe-rior to those of the Chinese, and America has latelybeen the main culprit of spreading these delusions.We’d like to believe that America is the savior of theworld, the perfect example for all others. The truth is,we’re really not. Rudyard Kipling called this delusionthe “White Man’s Burden,” and its ghost is obviouslystill haunting us today. Congratulations to Liu forfighting the good fight. I have faith that he and his fel-low progressives will bring a change to China for thebetter, and I have faith that he can do it without thenosy and fickle American hypocrisy. As Confuciusonce said, “When we see men of a contrary character,we should turn inward and examine ourselves.”
Sean Curtis is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in East Asian studies. His column, “The Friday Rants,” runs on alternate Fridays.
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T he Nobel Committee.Prestigious? Yes.Politically and cultur-
ally sensitive? Not so much.Liu Xiaobo’s receiving of theNobel Peace Prize this pastweek was a blatant smack inthe Chinese government’sface, and they obviouslyweren’t too happy about it.Hey, that’s alright by me. The policies of the ChineseCommunist Party are far from fitting with my — andmany other American’s — political and social stan-dards. But, then again, I’m not a Chinese citizen. Norare the countless Americans and Europeans who havebeen so eager to voice their opinion about how “terri-ble” the Chinese government is and how “ashamed”they should be for not supporting Liu. I’m sure the CCPreally cares about what we have to say about the matter.
CNN and Fox News show us a story about how theChinese government imprisoned a man for advocatingdemocracy. Suddenly, everyone hates China. “Whereare their civil rights? Where is their freedom?” I musthave missed something. Is America so perfect all of asudden that we feel we have the right to crusade forpeople on the other side of the world? Americanhomosexuals still can’t marry thepeople they love, we’re crushing thefreedom to build mosques, we’re stillin the middle of a war that not a single“Demoblican” or “Republicrat” cantruly justify, we have the highestprison population in the world andwe’re in a panic because we havedoubts as to which god our presidentprays to. America, are you kiddingme? We still haven’t even gotten our own act together,and we expect the Chinese to take us seriously whenwe tell them to start treating their people better? Hell,we even hunt down and deport immigrants who aresimply looking for the same rights and freedoms we’retelling the Chinese to adopt.
The United States public pulled a similar stuntback in 2008 during the Beijing Olympics, wheneveryone was calling for the Chinese government to“Free Tibet!” Whatever happened to that slogan? Itdied, just like many fads do here in America. As soonas the Olympics were over, Americans revertedback to not caring about Tibetan freedom. We gothrough human rights campaigns like fashion in thiscountry, and it’s indicative of the fact that the major-ity of Americans really don’t care about the fate ofTibet, Taiwan, Internet freedom or Liu Xiaobo.Saying we do for a little while just makes us all feelnoble and fuzzy inside, and then we forget about it ina month or so. And when’s the last time you heard ofChina scolding us for still being in Okinawa whenWorld War II has been over since 1945? Mirrors,
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“How about that? I’m not even allowed to talk to them, eventhough it’s our home game.”
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Week in review:laurels and darts
T he Chevy Volt rolls out this week for public consumption,and some figures are not as the company had announced.General Motors’ electric savior might as well have been a
concept car with vast dif ferences between announced miles pergallon and the actual numbers. Initially the car was supposed toachieve 230-mpg fuel consumption and its sole method of operationwas to be an electric drivetrain. Neither statistic is correct. GMpractically lied about the vehicle. Popular Mechanics magazinefound the consumption to be just 37.5 mpg in city driving. This is amere 10 percent of the fuel economy the company claimed whenthe concept for the car came out. The bigger problem is that GMlied about the powertrain. Since its inception, the Volt was unveiledas a vehicle in which internal combustion does not motivate thewheels. The car might have been superb had it not been precededby its reputation, but with fuel economy not much better than aHonda Civic. GM then gets a dart.
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The United States is once again trying its hand at peace talks inthe Middle East — or at least, their facilitation. According to TheNew York Times, the United States is helping senior Taliban lead-ers with initial peace talks with the Afghan government in Kabul.Despite American officials cautioning that they are not yet ready toformally join the emergent peace efforts with the Taliban factions,they acknowledged that reconciliation is a priority in the American-led war in Afghanistan. “Whenever opportunity arise that areworth exploring, we ought to take advantage of that,” DefenseSecretary Robert Gates said. United States and NATO officialsconfirmed that they have been helping former fighters and insur-gents to travel to peace talks. Although still resultless, for theirefforts to re-establish peace, U.S. policymakers get a laurel.
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Apple is coming to Verizon. According to The Associated Press,Verizon Wireless will begin selling the iPad at the end of thismonth. The iPhone will also come to the wireless provider earlynext year. This will give customers who have so far had only theoption to switch to AT&T the access to purchasing the arguablymost popular smartphone in the past few years. Currently, AT&Tis Apple’s sole U.S. carrier for the iPhone. It is also the only carri-er that provides the 3G option for the iPad, which allows for cellu-lar data access where the carrier permits. The options will be dif-ferent. Verizon will not sell the 3G version and will instead offer theWi-Fi version with the option of bundling it with a MiFi gadget for$130. The MiFi gadget is a Post-It-pad sized battery-powereddevice. It uses Verizon’s 3G connection and relays the data to theiPad via Wi-Fi. According to sources, data plans will start at $20 permonth for 1 gigabyte. We laurel this move by Apple for making itsproducts available to more consumers while letting Verizon com-pete with its main rival in the wireless market.
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Despite President Barack Obama’s recent outright affirmationthat he is in fact a Christian, a recent Eagleton Institute of Politicssurvey shows that 12 percent of New Jerseyans still believe thepresident is a Muslim. On a national level, 43 percent of people donot know what his religion is. These people deserve a dart fortheir blatant ignorance. Whether they decided to disregard theproof that Obama is a Christian or have somehow missed everypiece of reporting done on the strangely controversial issue, theirlack of knowledge on a matter as simple as the president’s religionreflects poorly on our country. Obama attempted to set the recordstraight countless times. People should start listening.
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The story of the trapped Chilean miners has been all over thenews since August and now the ordeal is finally over. All 33 minershave been rescued successfully. There are a lot of laurels to handout here. Obviously, the rescue operation and everyone involveddeserves a laurel for bringing these men back to the world. TheChilean government also deserves a laurel for all of the time andeffort they devoted to planning the operation and to keeping theminers as safe and comfortable as possible while they weretrapped. Finally, the miners themselves deserve the biggest lau-rel. Despite spending 70 days underground, they managed to staysane. They are the perfect examples of grace under pressure.
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The results have been posi-tive, as Rutgers ranks 11th in thenation in total defense. AndBeauharnais is third on thesquad with 31 tackles — includ-ing a sack — to go along with twofumble recoveries.
While Beauharnais is will-ing to do whatever the teamneeds, head coach Greg
Schiano notices he is startingto enjoy the role for himself, as well.
“Production and runningthe defense: Those are thingsyou can’t take for granted,”Schiano said. “That Mike
the net all season long. It isobvious this Friday’s matchuphas a lot more on the line.
Rutgers, 0-5 in the confer-ence, also desperately searchesfor its first Big East win.
The Big East Tournament atthe end of the season only takesthe top eight in the conference.Still winless, the Knights have alot of work to do.
Part of the grand scheme hasalready taken effect. Most of theteam is out on the court at somepoint now. Freshmen are takingon larger roles so that the work-load for the more-versed playerson the team is now smaller.
“We’re going to need all 14 ofour players to go to where wewant to go and to keep improv-ing like we want to improve,”Werneke said.
With all players present atWednesday’s practice, everyonewas ready to step up.
“[Wednesday’s practice was]just the beginning of preparingfor a big game,” said
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No. 15 Iowa
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Lowery can speak to thatprogress because he wentthrough the same progression.
While many Rutgers startersplay special teams, there arestill younger players that canuse it as a proving ground. Forhis first two seasons, Lowerywas one of them.
Before his blocked punt andscore against Army, Beauharnaiswas too.
“I was doing whatever theyput me at. They moved mearound a couple of times,”Beauharnais said. “Whatevermy role is, I just have themindset that I need to help the team.”
Beauharnais first displayedthat last season with his specialteams play and continued it inthe offseason, when he beganthe transition to middle line-backer, a position he neverplayed before.
GROUND: Beauharnais
prepares to face Army at Mike
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ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERSophomore Steve Beauharnais is third on the team with 31 tackles in
his first season as Rutgers’ starting middle linebacker.
Knights target bragging rights against in-state rivalBY BILL DOMKE
CORRESPONDENT
Talk to anyone on theRutgers volleyball team and
t h e ywill tellyou thes a m ething.
“ W er e a l l y
want to beat Seton Hall thisweekend,” said Caitlin Saxton.
The senior outside hittercomes off a dominant perform-ance with the Scarlet Knightsagainst a Rider team that justlooked sloppy.
Now the focus is on SetonHall, the last in-state rival leftfor Rutgers. The Pirates wonthe last five meetings betweenthe two, depriving the Knightsof a win since 2004.
Onlookers could even hearhead coach CJ Werneke talkingabout improving technique dur-ing Tuesday night’s matchagainst Rider to start tuning theteam up for the Hall.
“We handled the toughestpart of our Big East schedule,”he said. “Our focus right now ison Seton Hall. It’s one match wetalked about all year long. It’sthe only match we talked aboutreally winning as a group.”
Werneke’s current mentalityis completely different than hisusual focus on Rutgers’ side of
SETON HALL AT RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.
VOLLEYBALL
JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Senior outside hitter Caitlin Saxton leads the Rutgers volleyball team in
three major statistical categories: kills, digs and service aces.
DODD CONTINUES TEAR AGAINST ARMY
There will be no hangoverbetween true freshman quarter-back Chas Dodd’s first and sec-
o n dc a r e e r
starts, according to The DailyTargum’s weekly “NCAAFootball 2011” simulation.
The Scarlet Knights easilycontrolled Army’s triple optionand continued to put up pointsoffensively, beating the BlackKnights, 35-7.
Dodd did all of the workoffensively, playing a role inall five of Rutgers touchdownsand completing 60 percent ofhis passes for 297 yards.
Dodd threw for four touch-downs — two to MohamedSanu from 55 and 26 yardsout, one on a 52-yard screen
pass to Jordan Thomas andone to Jeremy Deering from11 yards out.
He also ran one in from twoyards out.
On the defensive side of theball, linebackers Manny Abreuand Steve Beauharnais easilyhandled the Army triple option.Abreu had 10 tackles and 2.5for a loss and Beauharnais had13 tackles and a sack.
The lone Army touchdowncame on a 20-yard pass bysophomore quar terbackTrent Steelman late in thefourth quarter.
The Daily Targum’s weeklysimulation is 4-1 this seasonand finished last season 10-2.
— Sam Hellman
NCAA ‘11 SIM
“Everybody wants tobe the guy to get to
that block or pick upthe fumble and getin the end zone to
score for our team.”STEVE BEAUHARNAIS
Sophomore Linebacker
CJ WERNEKE
sophomore setter StephanieZielinski. “Hopefully we cancarry [Tuesday’s game] ontoSeton Hall. That’s going to be areally big game for us.”
Keeping on pace with previ-ous performances, consistencyshouldn’t be too hard forZielinski, either. The Ft.Lauderdale, Fla., native tries forher ninth double-double of theseason this Friday and the 14thof her early career.
With only last year’s awayloss against the Pirates to gauge,Zielinski would like to see thegame from a different side.
“We wanted to beat them forso long,” she said. “Last year wereally should have beaten them.Now we have them in our gym,we’re all rallied up and we’reexcited for them right now.”
Rutgers’ receiving game willbe challenged by the Hall’sSarah Osmun, who leads theteam with 272 kills on the sea-son and Alyssa Warren, wholeads the team on digs with 366.
Saxton, who leads the Knightsin kills, digs and service aceswith 204, 174 and 20, respective-ly, will have her hands full.
“I think Seton Hall is one ofthose teams that in our past wehaven’t played as well as wethought we should have againstthem,” she said. “We kind offeel like enough is enough andthat we’re ready to just comeout and beat them.”
linebacker is ever y bit thequarterback of the front sevenand he has to get them in andout of stuf f. Initially it wasn’teasy for him, but I think in thelast three games, he’s reallytaken the bull by the horns andenjoys it.
“To be a Mike linebacker,you have to want to be incharge. If you don’t want it, it’snot a good position for you,because you’re constantly hav-ing to direct people and tellthem what to do.”
Entering the Knights’ sixthgame of the season, Beauharnaisenjoys being the guy in the mid-dle of the defense.
But that does not mean hedid not enjoy when he was “theguy” last season against Armyon special teams — where hegot his start.
“Special teams are bigaround here,” Beauharnais said.“We’re a punt block team andeverybody knows it. Everybodywants to be the guy to get to thatblock or pick up the fumble andget in the end zone to score forour team.”
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Away games present problems for young teamBY TYLER BARTO
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
When the Rutgers women’ssoccer team faces off againstSyracuse and St. John’s thisweekend, it takes on a far
tougherobstaclethan theOrangeor RedStorm.
T h eroad has been a difficult host forthe Scarlet Knights (8-7, 3-4) dur-ing the 2010 season, in which fiveof the team’s seven losses cameaway from the confines of YurcakField in Piscataway.
“We haven’t played well on theroad. We’re not a good roadteam,” said head coach GlennCrooks, whose Knights droppedtheir last four away contests. “Webetter turn that around veryquickly. This year we’re not get-ting results on the road. I justknow how recent trips havegone. For the most part, roadtrips have not brought us manypoints in the [Big East].”
The Knights’ last road victoryin the Big East came on Oct. 23,2009, in a 1-0 overtime thrilleragainst Cincinnati.
Scarlet enthusiasts have togo back over a month ago forthe team’s most recent road winover a non-conference oppo-nent: a 1-0 upending ofWashington on Sept. 12 at theNike Invitational.
“We went into last weekend[against Connecticut andProvidence] and had a lot of con-fidence that we were going to winat home and get the job done,”said junior Karla Schacher, wholeads the team with five goals onthe season. “Traveling, we were alittle apprehensive and our confi-dence [against DePaul and NotreDame] wasn’t quite as good aslast weekend.”
CATHERINE DEPALMA
Junior defender Julie Lancos logged 83 minutes last weekend in losses to DePaul and No. 5Notre Dame. The Belford, N.J., native played sparingly in the Knights’ previous two victories.
RUTGERS AT SYRACUSE, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Tourney berth on line in trip to Rhode IslandBY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ
CORRESPONDENT
When the Rutgers field hockeyteam takes the field Saturday toface Providence, there is no ques-tion its postseason chances will
be on theline.
T h eS c a r l e tKnights(5-9, 1-3)and the
Friars (3-10, 0-3) round out thebottom of the Big East standingsand each team desperately needsa win to enter the conferencetournament discussion.
But for head coach LizTchou’s squad, this weekend’sconference matchup marks thesecond-to-last Big East game thisseason, making it do-or-die timefor the Knights.
“I know we have the talent,”Tchou said. “We have a very tal-ented team and I think that everyplayer is going to have to bring alot of energy to Saturday. I can’t tellyou how much it would mean forus to win this game. It’s going to be70 minutes of us trying to controlthe tempo of the game and I thinkwe have the ability to do that.”
In its last game, the teamshowed that ability to control agame from start to finish.
The Knights cranked 12shots in both halves while
CAMERON STROUD
Junior forward Nicole Gentile (right) scored a goal in six of the past
seven games for the Knights, increasing her team-high tally to eight.
RUTGERS AT PROVIDENCE, SATURDAY, 11 A.M.
FIELD HOCKEY
Crooks tinkered with his line-up again in the team’s two mostrecent road losses to the BlueDemons and the No. 5 FightingIrish, inserting former starterJulie Lancos for major minutes tosolidify the back four.
“Any eight or 10 of us can goin and still try to raise the level [ofplay],” Lancos said. “Whoevergoes in goes in. We all know howto play. It was definitely nice toget some minutes again [last]weekend. Unfortunately we didn’tget the results that we wanted.The next two weekends are goingto be really big weekends.”
Lancos played a combined 83minutes on the weekend, inwhich the Knights gave up a com-bined five goals — the most theteam conceded in a two-gameweekend stretch this season.
By comparison, the Belford,N.J., native earned just 15 min-utes total in the Knights’ two winsagainst UConn and Providencethe previous weekend.
The Knights’ road woes helpeddemote the team into a fourth-place tie with Louisville in the BigEast’s National Division with justfour games left on the schedule —half of which come on the road.
“Road games are always hard,especially when you’re travelingthe whole day before and there’sa time change,” Lancos said.“Obviously it’s going to affect theteam a little bit. You have to go inwith a, ‘We’re not going to lose,’mentality and whether you’rehome or away, it really shouldn’tmatter.”
This weekend’s road swingkicks off tonight with a date withSyracuse (5-7-4, 2-4-1), who comesinto the Big East matchup havinglost four of five conference affairs.
The Orange’s lack of scoringshows most transparently on the
stat sheet, where only sevenplayers have registered goals onthe season.
Sophomore forward BrielleHeitman — a Mahwah, N.J.,native — catapults the Orangeattack with four goals, followedby teammates MeganBellingham and TinaRomagnuolo with three apiece.
The Orange sport a fresh-man in net in Brittany Anghel,who boasts a .772 save percent-age in her first season in blueand orange.
“I know Syracuse is better,”Crooks said. “I know Syracusehas given several teams a tus-sle. I’m not going to commenton their level [of play]. Do Ithink we were a better teamthan some of the teams in ourleague against which resultshave gone the wrong way?Maybe on that day they werethe better team. We can’tassume anything.”
St. John’s (5-8-1, 2-5) alsocomes into Sunday’s matchupwith the Knights having lostfour of five matches, includinga 1-0 hear tbreaking defeat in overtime at the hands of West Virginia.
The Johnnies and the Orangemake up two-thirds of the BigEast American Division’s bottomthree clubs.
Red Storm freshman AmyMarron paces a St. John’s offen-sive assault that managed justnine goals this season from onlyfive different team members.
Junior netminder KristinRussell notched five shutouts todate, while the Red Stormdefense surrendered 16 goals onthe year.
“Playing [at St. John’s] ishard, it’s a challenge,” Lancossaid. “Any road game is a little bitharder. There is really no easygame and that’s why the nextfour games are all going to bevery big games for us.”
racking up 12 penalty cornersin a 2-0 shutout victory againstLa Salle.
The Explorers managed justsix shots in the contest and strug-gled to retain possession, asfreshman goalkeeper SarahStuby shut down four of theteam’s six shots.
In the end, though, the teammissed a number of opportunitiesin front of the cage and enteredthis week of practice seekingimprovement on the offensiveside of the field.
A lot of those kinks gotworked out on the practicefield, said junior for wardNicole Gentile.
“We did a lot that we didn’tdo well in the game,” Gentilesaid. “[We’re] trying to scoremore and work through every-thing that wasn’t to our bestability last weekend.”
Gentile, the team-leader ingoals (8) and points (16) this sea-son, added yet another goal inthe shutout victory off a deflec-tion in front of the net during apenalty corner.
The forward continues to bea catalyst for the Knights’offense down the stretch thisyear, and a goal againstProvidence on Saturday wouldmark the seventh time in eightgames the junior scored.
But the Jamison, Pa., nativeisn’t affected by her scoring role.
“I think every forward has thepressure of scoring,” Gentilesaid. “I feel comfortable witheverybody in the forward linethat comes in … there’s really notany pressure.”
It all starts with gettingahead early — something theKnights have struggled to dothis season.
Tchou and Co. surrenderedthe first goal 11 different timesthis season and came out of thosegames victorious just twice.
Coming out of the gatesattacking is a must for Rutgers, asits Big East conference bid mayride on the stat.
“A big thing for us is reallygoing to be pushing to scorefirst,” Tchou said. “I know they[Providence] see us and see thatother teams have scored first onus and we’re always having tocome from behind. That’s been ahuge emphasis for us this week:push the issue, really go after theteam, press as hard as we can andget that first goal.”
The Knights continue theirRhode Island excursion onSunday, when they battle yetanother ranked opponent in No.20 Stanford at a neutral site.
The Cardinal (8-3) are thesixth ranked opponent forRutgers this season and put theirthree-game winning streak on theline today when they take on No.8 Syracuse.
Stanford is outscoring oppo-nents by almost two goals agame this season and look to defeat their second top-10opponent in its past four games.
This weekend, however,comes down to the Knights’
contest with the Friars, and a winwon’t come without a collectiveteam effort, according to seniorco-captain Jenna Bull.
“We have to play together,because when we play together,we’re a pretty unstoppable team,”Bull said.
BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers football team hasvery mixed emotions about playingone of its seven home games atNew Meadowlands Stadium.
The Scarlet Knights, who hostArmy 35 miles Northeast of theirusual Piscataway home, sacrificeda lot of what it means to have a truehome game, but received approxi-mately $2.7 million to do so.
“That’s the only reason I’mdoing it to be frank,” said headcoach Greg Schiano on the changeof location. “That’s a lot of money.Again, if the money is right and thesituation is right, we’ll do it.”
The deal allows for the biggestrevenue in-take from a single gamein school history because bowlgame payouts are shared amongthe Big East.
“It’s so hard to run an athleticprogram,” Schiano said. “It’s 24teams. Football is the only mech-anism to generate large amountsof money. I thought this was agreat opportunity.”
Playing a game at NewMeadowlands Stadium also repre-sents a unique opportunity for thestudent-athletes, who begin athree-game stretch of games onNFL gridirons. After playing Army,the Knights head to Pittsburgh toplay Pitt on the Steelers’ home field— Heinz Field — and head toTampa to play USF on theBuccaneers’ home field —Raymond James Stadium.
“A bunch of my friends havebeen at Giant and Jet games andsaid that the stadium is prettyincredible,” said junior runningback Joe Martinek. “It’s a newexperience that I’m definitely look-ing forward to. I actually grew up aVikings fan, but I got the chance totalk to [Giants running back]Brandon Jacobs last year. It’s prettyincredible that I’ll be playing on thesame field that he’ll play on thenext day. It’s something that willlast with me forever.”
On the negative side of thespectrum, Rutgers faces a majorchange in routine for homegames, a diminished student sec-tion and recruiting setbacks bymoving the location.
The Knights will not have awalk-through at the stadiumbefore the game and will treat it asa road game by busing up to the
JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano will lead his team out of a
New Meadowlands Stadium tunnel in one of RU’s seven home games.
O C T O B E R 1 5 , 2 0 1 0 1 5T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M G A M E DAY
RUTGERS VS ARMYKnightsGameday
GAME 6: New Meadowlands Stadium, 2 p.m. TV: ESPN3.com RADIO: 1450 AM FAVORITE: Rutgers by 7
RU ready for home away from home
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP: DEFENSE
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP: OFFENSE
MOHAMEDSANUWide ReceiverSophomore6’-2”, 218 lbs.
DESMONDSTAPLETONTackleJunior6’-5”, 285 lbs.
DESMONDWYNNGuardJunior6’-6”, 290 lbs.
HOWARDBARBIERICenterSenior6’-5”, 304 lbs.
CALEB RUCHGuardJunior6’-4”, 290 lbs.
ART FORSTTackleJunior6’-8”, 311 lbs.
D.C.JEFFERSONTight EndSophomore6’-6”, 258 lbs
MARK HARRISONWide ReceiverSophomore6’-3”, 230 lbs
CHASDODDQuarterbackFreshman6’-0”, 197 lbs
COLINMCEVOYFullbackSenior6’-1”, 215 lbs
JOEMARTINEKRunning BackJunior6’-0”, 215 lbs
JONATHANFREENYRight endSenior6’-3”, 250 lbs
CHARLIENOONANTackleSenior6’-2”, 274 lbs
SCOTTVALLONETackleSophomore6’-3”, 270 lbs
ALEXSILVESTROLeft endSenior6’-4”, 260 lbs
MANNYABREULinebackerJunior6’-3”, 245 lbs
STEVEBEAUHARNAISLinebackerSophomore6’-2”, 230 lbs
ANTONIOLOWERYLinebackerSenior6’-2”, 225 lbs
DAVIDROWECornerbackJunior6’-0”, 196 lbs
JOELEFEGEDStrong SafetySenior6’-1”, 205 lbs
KHASEEMGREENEFree SafetySophomore6’-1”, 215 lbs
BRANDONBINGCornerbackSenior5’-11”, 180 lbs
SCARLET KNIGHTS (3-2)
PASSINGC. DoddT. Savage
RUSHINGM. SanuJ. Martinek
RECEIVINGM. SanuM. HarrisonJ. Thomas
DEFENSEA. LoweryJ. LefegedS. Beauharnais
INJURIESProbable — QB T. Savage
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Norfolk StateFIUN. CarolinaTulaneConnecticutArmyPittsburghSouth FloridaSyracuseCincinnatiLouisvilleWest Virginia
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SCHEDULESept. 2Sept. 11Sept. 25Oct. 2Oct. 8Oct. 16Oct. 23Nov. 3Nov. 13Nov. 20Nov. 26Dec. 4
[ ]ARMY (4-2)
PASSINGT. Steelman
RUSHINGJ. HassinT. Steelman
RECEIVINGA. BarrD. BrooksG. JordanJ. Hassin
DEFENSES. AndersonJ. McNaryS. Ezringer
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Key MatchupRutgers offensive line vs. DE Josh McNary
Army defensive end Josh McNary proved he knows how to get after the quarterback,as a two-sack performance last week increased his season total to seven,
and he will pose a challenge to the Knights’ shaky offensive line.
stadium two hours before kickoff.Because of the cost and distancefor travel, Rutgers also expects asmaller student section than thenorm of nearly 10,000 for regularhome games.
Schiano also loses out on therecruiting end where he cannotspeak directly to recruits visitingthe game.
“I’d much rather have them [atRutgers Stadium] because I’m noteven allowed to talk to theprospects when they’re there,”Schiano said. “How about that? I’mnot even allowed to talk to them,even though it’s our home game.But that’s the NCAA rule becauseit’s not our home stadium.”
Rutgers (3-2, 1-0) faces thetriple option for the first timesince its clash with Army (4-2)last season.
“It’s the same preparation,”said senior defensive tackle andteam captain Charlie Noonan.“It’s the same attention of detailthat you need on every singleplay. You have to execute yourrole and if you don’t, they’ll make
you play. That’s really what theyrely on: us making the mistakebecause they definitely won’tmake many. It makes sensethough. They’re the most disci-plined people in this country.”
The Knights took down Army, 27-10, in West Point, N.Y., last seasonbehind a 139-yard, two-touchdownperformance by Martinek. In thegame, then-freshman quarterbackTrent Steelman totaled 43 rushingyards and completed just two of sixpasses on the game for army.
Now a sophomore, Steelman is amuch more established passer,completing 29 of 52 passes for 388yards and four touchdowns to goalong with 355 rushing yards andseven touchdowns.
“They don’t throw it a lot butone of the mistakes people make isthey rely on big plays in the pass-ing game,” Schiano said. “Theyrely on a corner being bored, ‘Run,run, run, oops, he looked like hewas going to block me but he justtook off running for a touchdown.’So we have to play disciplined inthe secondary.”
In the six games after Army, Beauharnaismade 24 stops — mostly on defense — andmany as a starting linebacker.
“Steve blocked a punt and started play-ing [defense] right after,” said senior linebacker Antonio Lowery, whose
injury-plagued second half of the seasongave Beauharnais a chance to play. “Youalways find yourself moving up if you doyour job and can be trusted.”
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The last time the Rutgers football teamtook on Army, Steve Beauharnais spent theweek preparing to face the triple option as a
backup strongsidelinebacker in addition
to his role on the punt-block team.When the Scarlet and Black Knights meet
tomorrow at New Meadowlands Stadium,Beauharnais will hope he can replicate thesuccess he had last season.
As an unknown freshman in a rain-soakedMichie Stadium, Beauharnais blocked a puntand returned it 11 yards for a touchdown —his breakout moment for Rutgers.
“I remember it was really cold. The guydropped the punt, I saw an opportunity andcapitalized on it — that was it,” the 6-foot-2,230-pounder said.
Beauharnais capitalized on his opportuni-ty with the play, but also the opportunity hisspecial teams role afforded him.
Through the Knights’ first six games lastseason, Beauharnais made nine tackles as aspecial teamer and in mop-up duty ondefense against Texas Southern.
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PROVING GROUND
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Sophomore linebacker Steve Beauharnais played special teams against Army lastseason, when he blocked a punt and returned it 11 yards for a touchdown.
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ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Rutgers women’ssoccer team pays a visitto the Empire State this weekend to take onSyracuse and St. John’s— a pair of Big East bottom feeders. pg. 14
KNIGHTS GAMEDAY
Coach Greg Schiano wasnot shy in admitting thereason Rutgers will playone of its seven homegames away fromPiscataway: The payoutwill be massive. pg. 15
FOOTBALL
Beauharnais established himselflast year against Army, scoringon special teams before earningstarting role on Rutgers’ defense
