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U. adjusts to increased student enrollmentBY COLLEEN ROACHE

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More students plus less money equalsa few challenges for administrators atthe University. But with some changes,they are doing what they can to over-come them.

Enrollment reached a record high thisfall, and administrators are taking steps tomanage class scheduling, transportationand other services appropriately.

The University added more sections asnecessary to meet demand for selectcourses, said Arun Mukherjee, director ofscheduling and space management, via e-mail correspondence.

“We are facing challenges to find largerclassrooms and lecture halls to accommo-date the growth in enrollment,” Mukherjeesaid. “However, by scheduling courses effi-ciently, we are making the most use of theavailable classrooms and lecture halls.”

For example, the University added 12sections of “General Biology,” a 15 percentincrease from last fall, he said. There arealso 24 percent more available sections in“General Chemistry” when compared tothis time last year.

Overall, as of the first day of classes, the totalnumber of undergraduate sections increased by195 from last fall, which represents a 4 percenttotal increase in available sections across theNew Brunswick campus, Mukherjee said. Also,

the number of students in some lecture coursesincreased to meet student demand.

The expansion of hybrid courses andonline courses at the University is also help-ing reduce demand for classrooms to someextent, Mukherjee said.

With more students on campus, makingsure classes are available is futile unless thereare adequate means of traveling to them.

Although there has not been a significantincrease in the number of on-campus studentswho require parking passes, there are morecommuters who need places to park whilethey go to class, Director of TransportationServices Jack Molenaar said.

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For students who are dismissed from collegebecause of a low grade point average, Rutgers-Camden is offering a program to help those stu-dents finish their higher education.

The academic forgiveness program is a newinitiative looking to motivate these students byerasing their previous cumulative GPA, provid-ing a fresh start.

Clinical Assistant Professor JosephSchiavo of Rutgers-Camden said this pro-gram began in the spring of 2009 and focuseson providing an education lost because of alow GPA.

“Essentially, it is a mechanism for maturenon-traditional or undergraduate students toreturn to school after they were academicallydismissed for poor performance,” he said.

To register for the program, the studentmust be out of school for five years or 10 con-secutive semesters, Schiavo said. He addedmany applicants are of an older generation,but the age of the applicant is not the pri-mary focus.

“It is more the fact that they were dis-missed,” said Schiavo, who also chairs theScholastic Standing Committee at Rutgers-Camden. “They’re at a stage in their lifewhere they are mature and want to return to school, so we are giving them a vehicle todo this.”

He said the program would remove a maxi-mum of twelve credits with the lowest grades inthe student’s transcript, providing a seeminglylost opportunity for the applicant to improvetheir GPA.

“We are providing a mechanism to facili-tate their return and giving them an oppor-tunity to start with a [better] cumulativeaverage so they can actually succeed and

Candidate envisionsinstitute expansion

BY PAIGE TATULLICONTRIBUTING WRITER

In the continuing search for a newInstitute for Women’s Leadershipdirector, candidate Rachael Pine spokeyesterday as part of the institute’s“Public Talk” held at the Ruth DillJohnson Crockett Building onDouglass campus.

Pine addressed an assembly abouther background, what she had to offerthe institute, as well as her goals andher objectives for the leadership if cho-sen to fill the position.

“The central premise is that theInstitute for Women’s Leadership canand should be a larger tent,” Pine said.

The University is a gold mine interms of schools with an abundance ofgrowth for programs and opportuni-ties pertaining to gender, she said.

There are many connections withinthe University that have yet to betapped, Pine said. The University pro-vides a great opportunity to explorepartnerships with other schools.

If elected, Pine plans to take hold ofthese relationships.

To Pine, the IWL seemed like homefor the study and advancement of women.

Viewing the institution as a valuablereferral for media outlets that might bein need of information on gender poli-cy or data, she said these are opportu-nities to take advantage of.

Enhancing fundraising potential isanother way to educate and inform out-siders about the IWL, Pine said.

“Fundraisers are looking forimpact, which Rutgers has,” she said.

When asked what she would bringto the table as far as qualities were con-cerned, Pine said she could offergrowth and transformation.

“I’ve lived the version of leadershipthat involves activism,” she said.

She also cited her desire to seizewhatever opportunities and challengesmay come her way.

In her speech, Pine was very pas-sionate that advancements will and can

Rachael Pine, candidate for director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership,believes the University offers potential partnerships with other schools.

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U. alumnus celebrates film, music in Atlantic CityBY LUCIE LOZINSKI

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Filmmaker and UniversityProfessor John Paxton Jr. is aim-ing to revive artistic culture in hishometown of Atlantic City.

Paxton’s effort toward thisgoal resulted in the first AtlanticCity International Film and MusicFestival, which took place fromSept. 8 to 12, showcasing morethan 85 projects.

“The goal is to reinvigoratethe arts and culture for youngpeople who live in the city andcome to the city,” Paxton said.“We want to be an artistic land-scape again.”

Growing up in Atlantic City,Paxton said he did not have asmany outlets and expression hefelt he needed, so he wanted to

broaden the city’s opportunitiesfor the youth.

Inspired by other festivals andtheir advantageous results for thelocations, he seeks to achievesimilar positive change in the city.

“Art makes a lot of people forgetdifferences,” Paxton said. “Peoplestop caring about how much moneythey have, or whether they’re black,white, green, grey or blue.”

Paxton’s inspiration came fromteaching at the University as well asseeing Atlantic City’s unfavorablereputation throughout New Jersey.

“Being a filmmaker myself anda teacher first and foremost, Iwanted to make somethingaffordable [and] fun and give peo-ple something other than justgambling to do,” he said.

Film submissions varied fromshort films to full-length

features and documentaries, andcame from around the world.Hip-hop artist Wale kicked offthe musical performances onSept. 9, according to a RutgersFocus article.

The festival culminated with agospel sendoff that got all guestscelebrating, according to the fes-tival’s website.

Not exhausted from hisefforts, Paxton is already thinkingof next year’s festival. But he wassatisfied with this year’s turnout.

“It went well,” Paxton said.“We had our ups and our downs,and that was to be expected, but itcame out better than okay.”

Paxton’s colleague at theUniversity and the festival’seducational ar ts director,Prosper Godonoo, was excitedto get involved.

“It’s a showcase to the publicthat the Rutgers community caresto see what one of its own alumcan do for the state,” Godonoosaid, the Paul Robeson CulturalCenter director.

Godonoo worked alongsidePaxton in making the educationaland cultural aspects complementeach other.

“We wanted to give studentsopportunities to interact withdirectors, producers and visualartists and understand what theydo,” he said. “This whole thingwas [Paxton’s] brainchild.”

Joye Opoku Ofei, an artistfrom Detroit, Mich., and festivalcontributor, said it was almostlike a holiday for artists.

The artists had fun showcasingtheir own art but also experiencingthe art of other people, she said.

“The music was great. Themovies were great. The locationwas excellent,” Ofei said.

She also remarked on the col-laborative effort to make Paxton’sdream happen.

“We make a team,” Ofei said.“Prosper, Paxton and all theother people were in a team, andI was invited.”

The event was a big communi-ty-driven effort, Paxton said.

“Working with Paxton was fan-tastic. This is what you could see— an individual who has a missionbeyond Rutgers,” Godonoo said.“It was a good thing for Rutgers.”

Godonoo said he is excited towork with Paxton again.

“It’s good and we hope thatmore students will be involved,”he said. “It was fun this year. It’llbe fun next year.”

Two national magazines once again recognizedRutgers-Newark for its community service and academicservice, after being dubbed the most diverse universityin the country in August by U.S. News & World Report.

Rutgers-Newark ranked 18th in the nation lastweek among universities for its contributions to thepublic good in Washington Monthly’s 2010 CollegeRankings issue, according to a University MediaRelations press release.

“Involvement with our host city and research thatsupports the well-being of our larger society helps us

teach and advance knowledge more effectively, whileat the same time we make our community and theworld better,” said Rutgers-Newark Chancellor StevenJ. Diner.

Poets & Writers Magazine ranked its Masters of FineArts in Creative Writing Program later this week amongthe top 50 MFA programs in America.

This feat is impressive, considering the program wasstarted only three years ago, according to the release.

“The Rutgers Newark MFA Program — a rankedprogram since our beginning semester — welcomes the

honor of this recognition,” said Jayne Anne Phillips, theMFA program’s founding director. “Literaturecan change the lives of writers and readers, and our‘Real Lives, Real Stories’ program recognizes thatempowering possibility.”

Other universities placing in the top 20 ofWashington National’s ranking include Harvard,Georgetown, Stanford and the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology.

— Kristine Rosette Enerio

NATIONAL MAGAZINES HONOR RUTGERS-NEWARK SERVICE, ACADEMICS

more of a hassle with more stu-dents present.

“On the LX, three buses had tocome by to pick up all the kids [atthe Student Activities Center],”School of Arts and Sciences soph-omore AllenKung said.

C l a s s m a t eCarey Ji, aRutgers BusinessSchool sopho-more, agreed, cit-ing the number ofriders, not thenumber of buses,as the problem.

“There’s noth-ing wrong with the frequency,”he said.

For commuters on campus, traf-fic is a necessary evil, regardless ofhow many students are driving fromclass to class. The key is to plan

ahead, School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Nick Piccirilli said.

“You get used to the timing ofit,” he said. “Traffic is a functionof time.”

Carina Cruz, a School of Arts andSciences junior,expressed a similarsentiment.

“If you commute,you get to know thetiming pretty quick-ly,” she said.

Transit costs willmore than likelyincrease next year, asthe University adopt-ed a new contract,

and bids came in much higher thanthey did in the past, Molenaar said.

“We’re concerned,” he said.“But we’ll do what we have to do tomake sure that students can get toclass. That is our primary mission.”

The University also investedtime, energy and funds in aneffort to improve students’ expe-riences outside of the classroom.

“A huge amount of construc-tion is going on and has beengoing on,” University spokes-woman Sandy Lanman said.

New residence halls and din-ing facilities on Busch andLivingston campuses and a newstudent counseling center are justsome of the ways in which theUniversity prepared to accommo-date more students on campus,she said.

Residence halls on Busch, tobe completed by next fall, aredesigned to accommodate 500students, Lanman said, via e-mail.On Livingston, the Universityexpects to make room for 1,500more students, with fall 2012 asthe expected date of completion.

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possibly graduate with a 3.0 orhigher,” Schiavo said.

Dean of University CollegeCommunity Susan Schurmansaid around 60 percent of highschool students seek a highereducation, but only one-thirdactually finish.

“So there are all these folksout there who have a semester,two semesters, two years or eventhree years of college and thenthey leave,” she said. “Eitherthey failed and had to leave, orthey hold family responsibilities.I mean there are many reasonspeople leave.”

These students dismissedbecause of a low GPA may go onto serve in the military or pursueemployment opportunities,Schurman said.

“If they do well in either ofthese fields, let’s give them anadmit,” she said. “Let’s find a wayso that their grade point [aver-age] isn’t forever artificiallydepressed because they tookawhile to find themselves, orthey had problems when theywere initial students.”

Schurman said it could bebeneficial for some students totake time off between highschool and college so they arebetter prepared for a higher edu-cation, as college is a differentexperience than high school.

“These young men andwomen who are coming back tous with military service, theyare grown ups,” saidSchurman, who is a campuscoordinator for VeteransSer vices. “When they comeback, they have a very dif fer-ent approach than they didwhen they were 18.”

Although any student whowas dismissed can apply for theprogram after five years,Schurman said there needs to bea process to see if the student isserious about returning.

“Obviously, not everybody isready to come back even afterthey have been out for a fewyears,” she said. “So there has tobe some way of determiningwhether you are really in factready and capable of doingRutgers work.”

She said there is no one atthe University in favor of “dumb-ing” down the curriculum, say-ing the returning student wouldneed to prove they could suc-ceed at the University.

“We are very proud of ourstandards here and what itmeans if you receive a Rutgersdegree,” Schurman said. “Thekick is someway of figuring out ifsomeone is ready and one of theways to do that would be a provi-sional admit.”

Some students at theUniversity think the program isgood in helping students previ-ously dismissed from college tocontinue their education with-out the burden of a low cumula-tive GPA.

“My brother is in collegeright now but is a few yearsbehind because he didn’t reallyknow what he wanted to do andhis GPA is really bad,” saidSchool of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student PriscillaChan. “So if he had the chanceto clear all of it, I think hewould actually be more moti-vated to do better. It’s like asecond chance.”

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The University sold 595 morecommuter passes and 122 resi-dent passes, which reflects a totalof 7 percent more passes soldthan this time last year, he said. Intotal, there are 8,164 commutersand 3,456 residents who have per-mits to park on campus.

But before TransportationServices can determine ifchanges must be made,Molenaar must first track travelpatterns on campus.

“We really won’t know the trueimpact until mid-October,” he said.“We just constantly are watching.”

For some students, gettingaround campus seems to be

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be made to shift the gender ofleaders, putting more women inpositions of power.

Her work experience includesmanagerial and executive posi-tions at the American CivilLiberties Union, the Center forReproductive Rights and LegalMomentum, among others.

The job requirements for thedirector position calls for an indi-vidual that will serve as both amentor and a role model, accord-ing to the IWL website.

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“A huge amount of construction is going on and

has been going on.” SANDY LANMAN

University Spokeswoman

“The ideal characteristicsfor someone in this positionwould be the ability to bringpeople together, as well as con-nect the institute with otherRutgers’ units,” said BarbaraLee, a professor of HumanResource Management.

After receiving a long list ofcredible candidates vying for theposition, the IWL conducted twodays of interviews, Lee said.They then narrowed the groupdown to three final candidates —Paula Giddings, Rachael Pine andJanet Rodriguez.

The three candidates wereinvited to speak and share theirinspired vision for furthering theleadership, Lee said.

Founding Director MaryHartman describes the IWL as aninstitution that explores leader-ship issues and advanceswomen’s leadership in areas likeeducation, politics, the arts, theworkplace and the world, accord-ing to the IWL website.

Hartman said the instituteinvolves eight members,including the DouglassResidential College, theDepartment of Women’s andGender Studies and the Centerfor American Women andPolitics, which Pine would con-tinue to develop involvementand interaction with.

Ultimately, the overall missionof the IWL is to understand

women’s roles in society and topromote women’s leadership,according to its website.

Going of f this vision,Hartman said they have beenexposed to a wonderful groupof candidates.

Hartman, who retired inDecember 2009, spoke from herown experience as shedescribed the director positionas an exciting one to fill — anopportunity to raise awarenessand education.

When asked if she had anygoals for the director that wouldtake her place, she said she hopesthis new director will reach andimpact the University, the stateand the world.

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Dangerous pipelines exist nationwide THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Anominous theme has emergedfrom the wreckage of a deadlypipeline explosion in California:There are thousands of pipes justlike it nationwide.

Utilities have been underpressure for years to betterinspect and replace aging gaspipes — many of them laid yearsbefore the suburbs expandedover them and now at risk ofleaking or erupting.

But the ef fort has fallenshort. Critics say the regulatorysystem is ripe for problemsbecause the government largelyleaves it up to the companies todo inspections, and utilities arereluctant to spend the moneynecessary to properly fix andreplace decrepit pipelines.

“If this was the FAA and airtravel we were talking about, Iwouldn’t get on a plane,” saidRick Kessler, a former congres-sional staffer specializing inpipeline safety issues who nowworks for the Pipeline SafetyTrust, an advocacy group basedin Bellingham, Wash.

Investigators are still tryingto figure out how the pipeline inSan Bruno ruptured and igniteda gigantic fireball that torchedone home after another in theneighborhood, killing at leastfour people. Pacific Gas &Electric Co., the pipeline’sowner, said Monday it has setaside up to $100 million to helpresidents recover.

Experts say the California dis-aster epitomizes the risks thatcommunities face with old gaslines. The pipe was more than 50years old — right around the lifeexpectancy for steel pipes. It waspart of a transmission line that inone section had an “unacceptablyhigh” risk of failure. And it was ina densely populated area.

The blast was the latest warn-ing sign in a series of deadly infra-structure failures in recent years,including a bridge collapse inMinneapolis and a steam pipeexplosion that tore open aManhattan street in 2007. Thesteam pipe that ruptured wasmore than 80 years old.

The section of pipeline thatruptured was built in 1956,back when the neighborhoodcontained only a handful ofhomes. It is a scenario thatNational Transportation SafetyBoard vice chairmanChristopher Hart has seen playout throughout the nation, assuburbs have expanded.

“That’s an issue we’re going tohave to look [at] on a bigger scale— situations in which pipes ofsome age were put in before thedense population arrived and nowthe dense population is right overthe pipe,” he said.

Thousands of pipelinesnationwide fit the same bill, andthey frequently experiencemishaps. Federal officials record-ed 2,840 significant gas pipelineaccidents since 1990, more thana third causing deaths and signif-icant injuries.

“In reality, there is a majorpipeline incident every other dayin this country,” said CarlWeimer, Pipeline Safety Trust’sexecutive director. “Luckily, mostof them don’t happen in populat-ed areas, but you still see toomany failures to think somethinglike this wasn’t going to happensooner or later.”

Congress passed a law in 2002that required utilities for the firsttime to inspect pipelines that runthrough heavily populated areas.In the first five years, more than3,000 problems were identified —a figure Weimer said underscoresthe precarious pipeline system.

Even when inspections aredone and problems found,Kessler said, there is no require-ment for companies to say if orwhat kind of repairs were made.And Weimer added industry lob-byists have since pushed to relaxthat provision of the law soinspections could occur once adecade or once every 15 years.

Other critics complain that thepipeline plans are drafted in secretwith little opportunity for the pub-lic to speak out about the process.

The Pipeline and HazardousMaterials Safety Administrationis the federal regulatory arm thatenforces rules for the safe opera-tion of the nation’s pipeline sys-tem, and has direct authorityover interstate pipelines. Moststate public utility agenciesadopted the federal rules andcarry out inspections andenforcement of pipelines runninginside state boundaries.

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14 Independent dance artist and researcher based inAuckland, New Zealand, Cat Ruka is performing at 8 p.m. inthe Loree Dance Theater on Cook/Douglass campus. As ayoung indigenous woman, Ruka uses her dance artistry toinvestigate her ongoing and ever-changing relationship tothe advent of colonization. She is interested in how theprocess of making and performing dance can become adecolonizing act for herself and for other indigenouswomen, thereby claiming the dance-making process as atool for social and political change. Admission is free and notickets are required.

A free screening of James Cameron’s “Avatar” will start at6 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Cook Campuscenter as part of the School of Environmental andBiological Sciences Community Day. Various groups inthe University are sponsoring the screening, includingthe Rutgers University Programming Association and theSchool of Environmental and Biological SciencesInternational Program.

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15 Delta Epsilon Psi Fraternity will be hosting a date auction toaid the victims of the massive flood in Pakistan. The eventwill begin at 7 p.m. in the Livingston Student CenterMultipurpose Room. In light of raising public awareness, arepresentative from the Islamic Relief Foundation will deliv-er a speech on the organization’s behalf. Come bid on eligi-ble singles for a good cause.

19 Helyar House on Cook/Douglass campus is hosting an icecream social as a fundraiser for Give Kids the WorldVillage. Give Kids the World is a nonprofit resort in CentralFlorida that makes magical memories for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families by providing thema week-long, cost-free vacation. It is priced per serving justlike any ice cream parlor and all the proceeds will be sentdirectly to the World Village. Thomas Sweet on EastonAvenue has kindly donated supplies for the event. Icecream will be served at 5 p.m. at the Nicholas HallCoffeehouse on Cook campus.

Recreation classes begin today. There are more than 300available classes including aquatics, dance, fitness,body/mind/spirit, personal enrichment, sports, martial artsand outdoor recreation trips. Register online now 24 hours aday, 7 days a week. For complete details, visit:http://recreation.rutgers.edu/classes. Questions? Write torecclass@rci.rutgers.edu or call (732)-932-8204.

1 “Responsible Drinking Happy Hour” event will take placefrom 4 to 7 p.m. in the Cook Café in the Cook CampusCenter. “Responsible Drinking Happy Hour” was estab-lished to unite the community in a social, relaxing andfamiliar atmosphere while emphasizing the importance ofresponsible drinking. They are held on the first Friday ofevery month during the semester. Come meet old friends,colleagues, staff or make new friends. Free food, musicand sodas.

22 Rutgers Study Abroad will be hosting its second annualstudy abroad fair from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the RutgersStudent Center on the College Avenue campus. It will be anexcellent opportunity to find out more about our 65 pro-grams in 30 different countries. Program representatives,University faculty, alumni and international students will beon hand to answer all of your questions and tell you every-thing you need to know about living and studying overseas.

21 The Clothesline Project is a visual display bearing witness toall forms of interpersonal violence. Join the Office forViolence Prevention and Victim Assistance at Voorhees Mallon the College Avenue campus from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to viewmore than 200 shirts made by University students.Survivors and loved ones are welcome to make a shirt toinclude on the line. For more information, contact llu-ciano@echo.rutgers.edu.

The Rutgers Entrepreneurial Society will host “The SexySide of Entrepreneurship,” an exposition showcasing music,fashion, art and entertainment featuring a variety of industryexperts at 7 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus. Hor d’oeuvres and refreshmentswill be served.

20 Rutgers Empowering Disabilities’ first general body meet-ing from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Room 402 of the RutgersStudent Center on the College Avenue campus. This is togive an opportunity to introduce the club, officers and othermembers together in a fun trivia game. Come and learn whatthey are about and many ways to get involved. Refreshmentswill be served.

OCTOBER

Street.” We want to spend asmuch as possible, while cut-ting costs and making schooland services more efficient,and we want it free of charge,with high wage jobs waitingfor us at graduation.

Students shouldn’t beheld solely responsible for

faulty economic understanding though. I for oneblame failed leadership, poor education systems andrampant disregard for common sense. Imagine if ourschool, state and country spent money the way weare told to spend money and actually stuck to a budg-et. Even the wealthiest people in the world cannotspend money on everything without going broke.

A little common sense could not hurt the pro-gressives creating policy in Washington. A mererollback of federal spending to 2008 levels wouldsave close to a trillion dollars in the next year alone.That would of course force the Democrats to createa budget for fiscal year 2011. A FY that starts in a lit-tle over two weeks and still has no budget in sight.

This though will not stop theDemocrats from spending, and itwill not stop the White House froman onslaught of deceptive ideas. Infact, the 257 days it took N.J. resi-dents to pay off the government thisyear will most likely go up next yearwhen, on Jan. 1, the largest taxincrease in the history of the UnitedStates goes into effect.

As students, we have an opportu-nity to stop our government from generational theftand years of future debt. If we ever want the worldto take us seriously, we must take control of our gov-ernment by demanding a halt to spending and a haltto taxation. We need to rein in debt and kick thecompulsive spenders out of Washington. If we fail todo so, we will only have ourselves to blame for per-manent stagnation in job growth and the economy.The challenges that will arise for our generation areenormous. We face for the first time in the history ofthe United States a worse economy than our parentshad and fewer opportunities.

Former President George W. Bush has been thescapegoat for all policy gone wrong for the first 20months the Obama administration has controlled theWhite House. Yet the Democrats have controlled boththe U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senatesince 2006 and it takes a fool to believe any appropria-tion bill signed by the president didn’t commence inCongress. The Democrats duped the American peo-ple in 2008 into believing Republicans should be heldsolely responsible for unruly spending, when it was

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C ongratulations NewJersey. Today, Sept.14, is Cost of

Government Day. What isCost of Government Dayyou might ask? According tothe Center for FiscalAccountability, Cost ofGovernment Day is basedon the varying government burdens suffered ineach state. Meaning the average N.J. resident works257 days a year to pay off federal and state govern-ment tax and spending burdens. Imagine that —before a N.J. resident takes any money home forpersonal use, whether for gas or groceries, theymust work from Jan. 1 until today.

Yet this monstrous burden, the second largest inthe nation only to Connecticut, has fallen under theradar for both President Barack Obama’s adminis-tration and apparently The Daily Targum. An edito-rial by the paper last Monday, “Pay to Recover,” sup-ported an additional $50 billion in Obama stimulustoward “infrastructure” projects. The editorialunfortunately bites the common lib-eral bullet, that as long as govern-ment spending is transparent andappropriated directly toward thetasks the public deems acceptable,it will create jobs and stimulate theeconomy. Sorry guys, you’re wrong.

What in your right mind makesyou think that after billions of dollarsspent on stimulus a mere $50 billionmore will magically cure America’seconomic woes? It has not worked in the past, notonly in the United States but also around the globe,and it won’t happen now. Government spending,specifically on temporary projects, may appear tohelp the economy but in reality it will siphon out theonly life remaining in our flailing nation.

Support for this project is asinine, short-sightedand counterproductive. These projects are exactlythe reason why the U.S. federal debt hovers over $13trillion. The way to get out of this mess, stimulate theeconomy and create a job boom is by cutting taxesand cutting government spending. Imagine tellingan obese person the only way to lose weight is to eatmore donuts. When the government spends money,it must tax its people more, which takes away moreof their money and allows for less to be spent in theopen market. In simplest terms, when people havemore money they spend more, thus creating theneed for more workers and more production.

College students consistently complain about thehigh cost of goods, schooling and services. Yet whenfaced with opportunities to cut these costs we laugh inthe face of reality and travel back to Saturday morningcartoons and utopian fields of “Barney” and “Sesame

MCT CAMPUS

Rein in state spending

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“Art makes a lot of people forget differences.”John Paxton Jr., filmmaker and University professor,

on reinvigorating arts and culture in Atlantic City

STORY IN UNIVERSITY

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“As students, we havean opportunity

to stop our government from

generational theft.”

Marcus My Words

AARON MARCUS

S tudents now have a new way of losing money, or at least care-lessly betting it away. Ultrinsic Motivator Inc. offers Universitystudents the opportunity to bet on their grades and grade point

average. It is something of a sportsbook, and just like one, it is moreprofitable than the students who are foolish enough to bet on classes.And while the website’s founders claim their cause is for the academicbenefit of students, we believe there is a much more dangerous aspectto this gamble.

In a Daily Targum interview yesterday, the company’s co-founder,Jeremy Gelbart, explained how the system worked. “Let’s say you’retaking a course, Calculus. You want $200 if you get an A-minus or high-er. So based on your incentive, we’ll contribute $100 to the incentive. Ifyou get an A-minus or higher, you get your $200. And if you don’t getthe A-minus, we keep your $100,” Gelbart said.

It seems simple enough. What isn’t as transparent is the profitablepart of the business — the odds. The website will not, for example,always double the incentive that a student “wants.” Ultrinsic will lookat the applicant’s past GPA, transcript, schedule and difficulty of class-es. From that data, the software will calculate the odds, and from there,the system gives the student a certain potential pay-off. For example,a student can put in $100 as an incentive, but the website might onlyagree to reward him with $20 — turning the odds against the con-sumer. The money that is invested is simply not worth it, when theprofit could only be one-fifth of the incentive.

Students might win some money. Those capable of achieving that4.0 GPA do have better chances, but then again, it is up to the websiteto take their bet. The company can reject a bet if the risk is too highand the money on the line for them is too much. In essence, studentshave the ability to win little or lose big, while the much smarter — log-arithmically speaking — website can decide not to gamble and walkaway a winner in most cases.

There are many other issues surrounding this new way of losingmoney. We already have enough expenditures — books, school feesand transportation. Betting on this website can only siphon moremoney out of student pockets, as shallow as they may be. Bringing upgrades is one thing, but gambling on getting a certain GPA is a muchriskier situation. The odds are against us.

Do not gambleyour GPA away

SEE MARCUS ON PAGE 11

Y outh voters have a notoriously low turnout at the polls. To rem-edy this situation, Campus Progress, a college group connect-ed to the Center for American Progress, have decided to

launch a new campaign encouraging young voters to make their voic-es heard. And they are doing it with the help of Justin Bieber.

Bieber is a huge force in popular culture today. In fact, according toPolitico.com, “Rumors spread that Bieber’s fan base was so active onTwitter that the microblogging website has servers dedicated just tohim. Twitter didn’t confirm that, but it didn’t deny it, either.” In a way,Bieber currently rules the Internet.

Campus Progress recognizes this fact, so they are attaching hisname to their new campaign, hoping that, in doing so, their messagewill go viral and reach the widest possible audience. The group’s videourges people to vote, adding that, if they won’t do it for themselves,they should do it for Bieber, who is too young to vote.

One cannot be upset with Campus Progress for seeing a fertile mar-keting opportunity and jumping on it. However, one can be upset at theseeming stupidity of attaching the name of a completely apolitical enti-ty, such as Bieber, to a politically based campaign. Bieber is an enter-tainer. He is not versed in politics. His songs do not even have politicalmessages. Not only is Justin Bieber too young to vote, he isn’t even aresident of the United States. It makes no sense for Campus Progressto urge voters to do it for Bieber when the officials they elect will haveno impact on the singer’s life.

Campus Progress’ new campaign also says a lot about Americanculture. They know it’s easier to reach student voters via celebrityendorsement than it is to hold real political dialogues with them. Thismove is just more evidence to support the commonly made claims thatthe youth is largely apathetic about the state of their nation. There arefar more people following Bieber’s life than there are following the cur-rent economic crisis. How can students ever expect to be satisfied withtheir leaders if they spend election days watching viral videos insteadof getting out and voting?

Ultimately, there is no integrity in Campus Progress’ move to utilizeBieber as a marketing tool. In fact, the whole campaign reflects ratherpoorly on Campus Progress as an organization. People will not take a vot-ing campaign seriously when they are being told to vote for Bieber’s sake.Instead, they will most likely laugh and walk away, with no impact made.

New campaignlacks integrity

that memorialized our conces-sions. What happened to thatmoney? We can only guess.

The ink was not long drywhen McCormick announcedthat he would not live up to thenew agreements and froze thealready delayed salary increasesof every University employee.

The freeze hurts the staff thatmaintains the residence halls andgrounds, services the dining hallsand supports our academicdepartments. The teaching assis-tants, graduate assistants, part-time lecturers and non-tenure-track faculty all serve for modestcompensation even during thebest of times and also have fami-lies and real needs. Just as demor-alizing was the 96 faculty mem-bers who, after years of hardwork and achievement, wereawarded tenure or promotiononly to find that the raises setaside to recognize their effortswere also denied. Faculty havebeen denied their alreadydeferred merit increases. Whathappened to all that money? Theadministration has failed toanswer that question.

Stories of the human impact ofthe freeze have been far-ranging.Child daycare arrangements thatbecame financially impossible tocontinue; an employee’s partnersuffering from cancer who took

an unpaid leave from her own jobto recuperate because the promo-tion increase would make up forthe loss of family income; anotherfamily who made arrangementsfor home health care to an ailingmother. In each case, importantfamily decisions and plans weremade based on projected incomethat was promised and alreadyonce delayed.

We are also concerned bydecisions that have adverselyaffected our students and their

families. After decades of greater-than-inflation tuition increases,students and their families werepromised this year that there willbe a bit of relief because the leg-islature capped tuition increasesat 4 percent. McCormick calledan end run around the 4 percentlimit by adding a new “capitalimprovement fee.” So, this year,University student fees increased12.5 percent. What’s going to hap-pen to that money?

The people of the Universitysacrifice, yet everywhere we turnthere is new construction — din-ing halls, campus centers, resi-dence halls, the football stadium,the Gateway Project and theUniversity Visitor’s WelcomeCenter on Busch campus — withall the bells and whistles. Whilemany of these projects are impor-tant to providing a quality educa-tion, we can’t deny that the facul-ty and staff are essential. We mustfind the proper balance betweenthe people and the new construc-tion projects. The administrationmistakenly treats the “humancapital” (the people) that makethe University great as a costrather than an investment.

It’s more than troubling that theMcCormick administration hasstubbornly refused to share budg-et information that would allow usto make informed judgmentsabout University finances and pri-orities. Shared governance, honor-able labor relations and good citi-zenship are simply impossiblewithout access to information.

How are we supposed to haveconfidence in the administrationwhen they think us unworthy ofassessing the facts and drawingour own conclusions? The goalsand ethics of a quality educationat the University demand that stu-dents and faculty exchange and

evaluate information, and wehave every right to expect at leastthat much from McCormick.Misguided priorities and ethicallapses have called the integrity ofthe McCormick administrationinto question and, we fear, tar-nished University reputation.

We call on the University’sBoard of Governors to restore theRutgers community to one thatkeeps promises made withoutresort to end runs or unilateralactions, practices financial trans-parency and promotes the freeexchange of information andideas. We call on the BOG toreturn the University to an authen-tic community based on ethicalbehavior, trust and good faith.

In addition, we call on mem-bers of the community to voicetheir concerns. We will beginwith a community-wide petitiondrive and are expecting a largeturnout for the Sept. 24 addressby McCormick. We hope that rea-son and concern for the realRutgers community will prevail.

Adrienne Eaton is a School ofManagement and Labor Relationsprofessor and president of RutgersAmerican Association ofUniversity Professors-AmericanFederation of Teachers. She can bereached by e-mail at adri-enne@rutgersaaup.org.

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those same Democrats who appro-priated more and more funds forsocial welfare programs and for-eign wars. While the Bush WhiteHouse and some Republicanssigned onto the same measures,2008 ushered in an era of extremeirrational spending behavior.

With President Bush longgone and continued spendingthrough the roof, the Americanpeople have finally discovered theroot of America’s problems:Progressive, Keynesian, Liberal,Democrat originated policies.When the state takes control ofour social and economic lives wehave fewer freedoms to hold onto.Remember, November is coming,so stand up for your freedoms andyour future and kick theDemocrats out of Washington.

Aaron Marcus is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomoremajoring in political science witha minor in history. His column,“Marcus My Words,” runs on alter-nate Tuesdays.

MARCUScontinued from page 10

R utgers is a great universi-ty. Every day thousandsof faculty members and

staff engage a student body50,000 strong. In our classrooms,laboratories and lecture halls wecome together to discover newknowledge, to teach and learnfrom each other. These relation-ships constitute the universitycommunity and are the reasonRutgers exists. Relationships andactivities outside the formal edu-cational settings, such as gover-nance and labor relations, arealso important because theyteach by example.

In recent months, the centraladministration, led by UniversityPresident Richard L. McCormickand Executive Vice President forAcademic Affairs Philip J.Furmanski, has failed to set anexample worthy of the University.

When financial times gottough the faculty and staffunions agreed to delay salaryincreases, giving $50 millionback to help the University com-munity. We sacrificed to pre-serve the core educational mis-sion and avoid layoffs. We rene-gotiated our contracts during fall2009 and signed new agreements

Create authentic University community

“The central administration ...has failed to set

an example worthy of the University.”

ADRIENNE EATON

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Junior tailback Joe Martinek injured his ankle in the fourth quarteragainst Florida International and will miss practice time this week.

But Lefeged, who admitted itwas the best game of his career,was quick to deflect the credit.

“It was something that we sawon film,” Lefeged said of the blocks.“Coach [Robb] Smith put togethera great gameplan and they blockedexactly how we expected them toblock. We were able to execute.”

But on defense, Lefeged madehis own plays, twice ripping theball out of the carrier’s hands.

“The thing that he did is hecreated plays,” Schiano said.

“They weren’t plays that werejust sitting on the table andcame to him. He went out andcreated them. He stripped twoplayers of the football — just flatout did it himself.”

JUNIOR RUNNING BACK JOEMartinek’s injured ankle mightbe more problematic than firstexpected, putting his status for aSept. 25, matchup with NorthCarolina in question.

“I thought after the game thathe’d be OK, but I’m not so sureanymore,” Schiano said. “Wehave to wait and see here. Thegood thing is, we have a week todo that. He won’t do much thisweek, I know that, which is OK.”

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booed bad,” Goodale said.“He’s the champ, and he gotbooed. It was a big BJ Penncrowd. He handles it in stride.He’s very grounded. I thinkthe MMA would like him to bea little more vocal about what

he’s going to doin a fight, butthat’s just nothim.”

To Edgar, theopportunity pro-vided nothingmore than anoth-er chance toprove ever yonewrong, advicethat he passedalong toDellefave and theR u t g e r swrestling team.

“He tells me, ‘Don’t worryabout anyone else, just keepdoing what you’re doing andyou’ll get there,’” Dellefavesaid. “‘In your life there will bepeople telling you that you can’t

Dellefave’s decision to becomea Knight over of fers from otherprominent programs.

“There is nothing negativeabout having a guy like FrankieEdgar a part of your program,”he said. “The stuf f that hebrings to thetable, no otherwrestling pro-gram in the coun-try can have that.We have some-thing thatnobody else canhave. The way her u b s of f on everyoneis contagious.”

Right by hisside as always,Dellefave lookedon inside TDBanknorth Garden in Bostonas Edgar faced not only Penn,but also a sea of Penn supporters.

“I was at the weigh-in theday before the fight and he got

that way. He’s the best example.There is nothing better.”

* * *If you need proof that Edgar

impacted the wrestling culture atRutgers, look no further thanVincent Dellefave.

Now a sophomore on theBanks, Dellefave grew up in

Toms River just likeEdgar, and the two evenhad the same trainer. Ina way, he is the Robin toEdgar’s Batman.

“Since I was young,I was the little guywith him. He’d bringme everywhere andwe’d train together,”Dellefave said. “Weboth wrestled at thesame high school.He’d come back and

train when I was little and hewas in college. I used to go tohis high school matches towatch him compete.”

Having Edgar on theRutgers staf f was paramount to

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Edgar’s popularity is a directreflection of the hours uponhours he puts into his training,a work ethic that — asGoodale hoped itwould — rubs off onthose around him.

“Frankie is selfishwhen he trains, and Idon’t mean that in abad way,” Goodalesaid. “He will not missa workout no matterwhat’s going on in hislife. When he had ababy, he cut the umbil-ical cord, put the bandon his wrist that said he was inthe hospital, got his workout inand then came back and visitedthe baby.

“He’s very selfish when hetrains and our guys need to be

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“There is nothingnegative about

having a guy likeFrankie Edgar

a part of your program.”VINCENT DELLEFAVE

Sophomore WrestlerFRANKIEEDGAR

do it — there will be haters —but if you keep doing whatyou’re doing, you’ll be able todo anything you want to.’”

And while seats on theEdgar bandwagon are vastlyoverbooked and people areclimbing the walls to get in,Rutgers wrestling has alwaysbeen there.

“People want to know whereFrankie is training,” Goodale said.“So now people are followingRutgers wrestling because that’swhere he trains.”

Rutgers wrestling continuesto flourish as Edgar continuesto prove his doubters wrong,something he has done hiswhole life.

“[Aug. 28] was crazy, first UFCfight in Boston. The fans weregreat. They were kind of againstFrankie, but as the fight went alongit was kind of how things havealways been going on,” Dellefavesaid. “People start growing ontoFrankie and before you know it,people are chanting for Frankie.”

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completed the sequence ofevents with the game’s only —albeit ambiguous — goal.

“I don’t know where [theball] hit Tricia. It hit her andwent in,” said Filigno, whoseassist gave her a team-leadingeight points on the year. “Shejust kind of dove into it and itdeflected off of her and went in.No one really saw exactly howit happened.”

The shutout earned theKnights their fourth goose eggof the season, due in part to thereturn of sophomore backShannon Woeller, back from astint with the CanadianNational Team.

“Shannon’s essential to ourback line,” Crooks said.“Shannon’s like a pro to me.She does all the right things.We’re not as good a team with-out Shannon, but I can say thatabout a lot of the players in our program.”

Portland, however, spoiledWoeller’s first game back sincea season-opening win on Aug.20, over Stony Brook. TheKnights fell to the Pilots onFriday night in Portland, Ore.,in front of a raucous crowd of 3,103.

The score remained even at1, until an 84th-minute headerby the Pilots’ Halley Kreminskitrumped sophomore goalkeep-er Emmy Simpkins’ best ef forts.

The tally was a product of alate-game surge for Portland (7-0), in which they dominated pos-session during the match’s last10 minutes.

“We had really been playingwell and pressing [Portland] formost of the game,” Woeller said.“And then in the last 10 minutes,I guess people were getting tired.

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Junior captain Tricia DiPaolo, top, scored her first career goal Sunday in a 1-0 win over Washington,while sophomore outside back Shannon Woeller returned after time with the Canadian National Team.

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I don’t know. I’m not sure whathappened. We really need to sticktogether in those last 10 minutesfrom now on.”

The Pilots’ Micaela Capellegot Por tland on the score-board first in the 15th minuteafter a low shot found the backof the net.

Junior captain Karla Schacherresponded 12 minutes later withher second goal of the season.

Schacher’s first half tallytranslated early into the secondperiod of play, as the Knightscontrolled the offensive tempountil Portland regrouped.

“Portland is one of the bestteams in the nation,” Crooks said.“They’re going to press you andthey’ll exploit those kinds of situ-ations and ultimately they did.”

Portland outshot Rutgers by a15-8 mark — the first time thisseason that Crooks’ team did notregister more shots than its oppo-nent. Simpkins battled constantduress late in the second half,making a career-high six saves inthe loss.

Portland’s domination of thestat sheet ended with cornerstaken, in which the Pilots regis-tered five total — four in the sec-ond half — to Rutgers’ one.

After a 1-1 weekend againsttwo talented teams — one atwo-time NCAA champion, theother a Pac-10 challenger —the Knights head into the meatof their schedule, featuring amatchup at Yurcak Fieldagainst No. 5 Boston Collegeand their annual reunion withthe Big East.

“I thought this weekend wasone of the reasons we play gamesoutside of our league like this toget ready for our league sched-ule,” Crooks said. “We’ve beenready to play these games forseveral years now.

“Against the Stanfords andNotre Dames and Portlands, wehave to be able to be the ones tofinish it off at the end. And I thinkwe’re getting closer to that.”

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BY MICHAEL KUPERSHTEYNCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Three young athletes took thehelm of the Rutgers women’s crosscountry team last season, emerg-

ing as lead-ers and set-

ting the squad on the right path. Junior Kelly Flannigan and

sophomores Lindsay Bertulis andJennifer Spitzer entered the 2010campaign expecting to shouldermore of the load. The trio haslong been avid runners andexpects to continue their successthis season.

After all three finished in thetop 20 last week at the Fordham

Fiasco & Follies, propelling theteam to a second place for theevent, the future looks bright forRutgers women’s cross country.

Interestingly enough, bothsophomores gained interest in run-ning from their families and playedother sports during high school.

Spitzer’s father, who played onthe Rutgers football team, con-stantly pushed Spitzer to stick torunning and evolve as an athlete.

“[My father] used to run tostay in shape and I always wantedto run with him,” Spitzer said.

Bertulis’s story of involvementwith the sport reads much likeSpitzer’s, as she also received anoutpour of family support.

“I got my urge to run from mysister. She decided to run and Ijust joined her one day in the 5K,”Bertulis said. “I don’t know why. Ireally liked it so I joined crosscountry and track [and] becamereally passionate about it so I quiteverything else and dedicatedeverything to running.”

That’s not the only thingBertulis and Spitzer share, aseach runner last season earnedthe team’s co-freshman of theyear award. When asked if shar-ing the award places some pres-sure on them, Bertulis repliedwithout hesitation.

“I don’t think it places morepressure on us since we’re going

to work as hard as we wouldbefore anyway,” Bertulis said.

This type of attitude is exactlythe kind Spitzer and Bertulishope rubs off on the other run-ners and helps carry the sense ofsolidarity the program shares.

“We all go out to eat together.We spend a lot of time with eachother, go to the same classes,”Spitzer said. “We do stuff togeth-er all the time.”

Being friends with each otherdoes not limit the team’s ability toset challenging and realisticexpectations for itself.

The team collectively agreesthat its goals are placing in thetop 10 of the Big East, which

would most likely put them withinthe top 10 nationally since theconference is so competitive.

Bertulis shares these sympa-thies and stated modest but real-istic expectations for this season.

“We expect to improve on whatwe did last year. We have a betterteam,” Bertulis said. “The fresh-men of last year are more experi-enced this year, like me. I think thesophomores this year have onemore year of training under theirbelt, so we’re stronger. We’re in abetter place than we were last year.”

The Scarlet Knights hop backinto action Saturday to compete inthe Monmouth Invitational, hopingto win their first event this season.

Trio of runners prepare for breakout season on Banks

CROSS COUNTRY

BY BILL DOMKECORRESPONDENT

It is safe to say that whensophomore Stephanie Zielinskiarrived on the Banks a year ago,

she hadno idea

what she was getting into.One year later, now a team cap-

tain and a chief engineer behind theRutgers volleyball team’s most suc-cessful preseason tournament cam-paign in years, Zielinski will only tellyou how she can still improve.

“I’m getting my hitters moreopportunities. I have more of arange of passing, and I can runmore in the offense further up thenet so I am happy, but I feel likethere’s still more room to grow,” theFt. Lauderdale, Fla., native said.

But if you ask anyone else,more growth for Zielinski at thecurrent rate is going to mean bigthings for the Scarlet Knights.

Zielinski is responsible for 368of Rutgers’ 461 assists this seasonand didn’t even play in every sin-gle game, sitting out lastTuesday’s match against NJITwith a concussion suffered froman earlier practice.

Three days later, she walkedback onto the court to lead theKnights to a second-place finish

in Rutgers’ first home tourna-ment since 2005 with 135 assists.

The level of play does not go unnoticed.

“[Zielinski] has grown upimmensely from her freshmanyear to her sophomore year,” saidassistant coach Jason Donnelly.“We feel that Stephanie has theopportunity to be one of the topsetters in the Big East this year.She has made some big strides.”

But after a look at the season’sstat sheet thus far, big strides mightactually be an understatement.

Previously dominated by lastyear’s graduated libero JamieGodfrey, Zielinski is tied with senioroutside hitter Caitlin Saxton for themost digs on the team at a solid 100.

“Steph worked really hardlast spring on her defense, andit’s showing,” Donnelly said.“We have high expectations forher. She has high expectationsfor herself and our team is pret-ty good when Stephanie is play-ing well.”

Saxton shared a similar senti-ment when she brought upZielinski’s gameplay and reflect-ed on the positive impression thesophomore made on her.

“Steph is just a great player,”Saxton said. “She works so hard atpractice, treats every point the same

way, and I’m really proud to haveher as my teammate. She knew shehad to become a little more of aleader than years past and her men-tal game has come a long way.”

And for a coaching staff that isjointly fighting through its thirdseason, Zielinski’s growth andability to handle a heavy workloadis just what they asked for.

In fact, Donnelly backed off withhis demands on setters when hefirst took the assisting coaching job.

“I made some mistakes with oursetters that first year in just tryingto give them more than they wereready to take,” he said. “We kind offed her little by little. We didn’t over-whelm her. We tried to avoid over-whelming a freshman setter. I’vealways put a lot of weight on the set-ters and Stephanie’s sole job is toposition the ball where her hitterscan get a kill.”

Still, it’s a job the sophomorefeels she can handle. The team’sultimate goal of winning a pre-season tournament hangs in thebalance this weekend with theirlast chance at qualifying for theNew Hampshire tournament justdays away.

“There’s always something towork on,” she said. “You learnmore about your teammates, andyou can never learn enough.”

Sophomore captain shows maturity beyond years

VOLLEYBALL

JEFFREY LAZARO

Sophomore captain Stephanie Zielinski recorded 368 of theKnights’ 461 assists this season, despite not playing against NJIT.

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T he Big East Conferenceannounced that thekickoff time for the

Rutgers football team’s gameagainst ACC foe North Carolinashould be decided by Sept. 19,less than a week before theSept. 25 match up.

The game will air on theESPN family of networks, withpossible start times including:Noon or 6 p.m. on ESPN orESPN2, Noon or 3:30 p.m. onESPNU, or 3:30 p.m. or 8 p.m.on ABC.

FORMER RUTGERSwomen’s soccer star ErinGuthrie saw her first minutes ofplaying time for the FC GoldPride of the Women’sProfessional Soccer league yes-terday against the PhiladelphiaIndependence.

The former All-Americangoalkeeper allowed only onegoal, giving her team a 4-1 vic-tory en route to capturing herfirst win in net.

The win crowned the Prideas regular-season champions,giving the team a first roundplayoff bye.

SOPHOMORE RUNNINGback Mark Ingram, last year’sHeisman Trophy winner fromAlabama, returned to thepractice field yesterday aftermissing two games with aknee injury.

In his stead, backup run-ning back Trent Richardsonearned SEC co-offensive play-er of the week after burningPenn State for 144 yards in theteam’s last game.

NBA GUARD ALLENIverson may have played hisfinal game in the league.

After a rocky 2009-10 seasonthat ended in Iverson taking aleave of absence due to familyissues, “The Answer,” as he isknown for his knack of makingbuckets, is still unsure why noNBA team expressed interestso far this offseason.

Gary Moore, Iverson’s per-sonal manager, announced yes-terday that the long-timePhiladelphia 76ers great is con-templating taking his talents toChina next season and has noplans to retire.

The 35-year-old Iverson is17th on the NBA’s all-time scor-ing list with 24,368 points.

ALTHOUGH INJURIESmarred the PhiladelphiaEagles in their season openerSunday against the GreenBay Packers, the organiza-tion is still optimistic quarter-back Kevin Kolb and line-backer Stewart Bradley willbe eligible to play in theteam’s next game.

Both Kolb and Bradley suf-fered concussions that forcedthem to leave the field in thesquad’s 27-20 loss.

Among others who wereinjured are fullback LeonardWeaver and center JamaalJackson, who are out for theremainder of the season.

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

MIAMI — Antwan Loweryhad last Saturday circled on hiscalendar long before any of his

d a i l ymeetings

with of fensive line coach Kyle Flood.

But when the Rutgers foot-ball team’s co-of fensive coordi-nator told Lowery — a redshirtfreshman of fensive lineman —that he would play significantminutes against FloridaInternational, his homecominggame in Miami took on new significance.

“Coach Flood came to methis week and told me to makesure I prepare this week andknow everything and he’d guar-antee I’d play,” Lowery said. “Itook that time to really learnthe system and push forwardand that’s why I played.

“Guys were telling me, ‘It’sfaster, it’s harder, but once youget into the game, it slowsdown.’ I settled down and had agood time.”

Lower y came in at rightguard for junior Caleb Ruch inthe first quarter, and the two

split time for the remainder ofthe game.

But before kickoff and afterthe final whistle, Lowery andolder brother Antonio tookadvantage of the opportunity tosee their family.

“It was love, man, it waslove,” saidAntonio Lower y,a senior line-backer. “With ourmom coming toher first gameever and seeingboth of her sonsplay, it was a blessing.”

After the 19-14win and Rutgers’alma mater, theLower ys madetheir way to thefence behind theScarlet Knights’ bench andclimbed it to hug many of the60 family members and friendsin attendance.

“I think it’s very special,”said head coach Greg Schiano.“I saw Antonio and Antwanafter the game, and what’s bet-ter than their family right therebehind them and them huggingright there in front of them?”

The reunion began Fridaynight after the team landed inMiami and had dinner togeth-er. The Florida natives thengained the freedom to see their families.

“My Dad came to our hoteland he jumped into my arms

and hugged meand my brother— we haven’tseen him in awhile,” saidAntwan Lower y.“My uncle alsocame and we hada curfew, so theyhad to leave a lit-tle early, but itwas the besttime seeing them before the game.”

But once thegame began, the Lowerys gotto work.

On FIU’s second possession,quarterback Wesley Carrollbroke from the pocket, attempt-ing to scamper past AntonioLowery. As Antonio Lowerywrapped Carroll up, he rippedthe ball out of the quarterback’shand for the second turnover ofthe game.

In the second quarter, whensenior safety Joe Lefegedstripped the ball from an FIUwideout’s grasp, AntonioLowery was on the spot to diveand recover the fumble.

“We go back to what our sys-tem is: Keep chopping andgood things will happen, suchas takeaways and stops,” saidAntonio Lowery, who led theKnights with nine tackles.“Good defense scores and gooddefense creates takeaways andthat’s what we did.”

And even though Lefeged,who earned the Big East’sDefensive and Special TeamsPlayer of the Week honors,overshadowed AntonioLower y’s defensive per form-ance, Lower y was willing toshare the spotlight.

But most of all, he washappy to share it with AntwanLowery, who said his potential-ly breakthrough game couldnot have happened anywhere better.

“It couldn’t have — this isunspeakable,” he said. “Playingin front of a crowd like that andhaving about 60 friends andfamily here, it really makes youfeel good.”

ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Redshirt freshman offensive lineman Antwan Lowery (75) played the most significant minutes of his young career and older brotherAntonio recorded nine tackles, forced a fumble and recovered another against Florida International in their hometown of Miami.

Lowerys create homecoming to remember

FOOTBALL

“Playing in front of a crowd like that

and having about 60friends and family

here, it really makesyou feel good.”ANTWAN LOWERY

Redshirt Freshman Guard

It also comes as no surprise that asEdgar becomes a poster child for theUltimate Fighting Championship, theRutgers wrestling team is in the midst ofa rebirth, poised to compete for a nation-al championship.

“He’s behind the whole resurgence,”Goodale said. “When we all sat down threeyears ago, our plan was to get on the front ofeverybody’s mind and Frankie has helped asmuch as possible. He’s been with us sinceDay 1.”

* * *With the UFC and mixed martial arts

on the rise, Edgar’s success has also beenbrought to the forefront. And as he con-tinues to rise in popularity, he does notforget to thank those who helped him get there.

“[Rutgers wrestling support] has beengreat,” Edgar said. “I really feel that theyare big assets to my training for my fights.It’s good. They are high-level wrestlersthat are helping kids improve and I feelthey are helping me improve too.”

That’s why in interviews and publicappearances, you can see Edgar sportingRutgers wrestling apparel. To Goodale,this act is just as important for the pro-gram as training with the Scarlet Knightseveryday — something he is unable to dobecause of his schedule.

“I know what [head football] Coach[Greg] Schiano and [head women’s bas-ketball] Coach [C. Vivian] Stringer meanto this University, but right now, wherev-er this guy goes, kids talk about him,”Goodale said. “Recruiting becomes easierbecause of him. He’s the face right now ofwhat is becoming an unbelievably popular sport.

“There are football players that love theUFC. There are college coaches that love theUFC. There are professional athletes thatwould die to talk to Frankie Edgar. He’s blow-ing up right now and everywhere he goes,people associate him with Rutgers wrestling.”

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COURTSEY OF FRANKIE EDGAR

Toms River, N.J., native Frankie Edgar successfully defended his lightweighttitle on Aug. 28 against BJ Penn at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston.

BY A.J. JANKOWSKIASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

It’s almost as if Frankie Edgar wantsyou to doubt him, just so he can proveyou wrong. The current Ultimate

Fighting lightweightchampion was not

supposed to take the title from BJ Pennlast spring in Abu Dhabi and nobodybelieved he would retain his belt whenthe two fought again on Aug. 28 in Boston.

Nobody that is, except for Edgar. Andsure enough, when the final bell rang,Edgar remained the champ.

“It was a new experience for me to beout there defending my title,” Edgar said.“I tried to treat it just like any other fight,though. I didn’t take it from the whole aspect that I’m the champ or anything.”

While proving his doubters wrong in aglobal spotlight is a recent occurrence forEdgar, his underdog mentality paid divi-dends as early as his high school wrestlingcareer in New Jersey.

* * *As a freshman at Toms River East High

School, Edgar’s wrestling team took onJackson Memorial High School, a teamranked fourth in the state at the time.

As the underdog, Edgar once againrose to the occasion. His ef fort did not go unnoticed.

“The reason why he stuck out is thatwe were a team ranked fourth in the statewhen he was a freshman and he beat thecrap out of our senior,” said formerJackson head coach Scott Goodale, who isnow the head coach at Rutgers. “That’swhen I said, ‘I really, really like this kid.’ Iloved his work ethic and his willingness towant to win.”

So when Rutgers introduced Goodaleas its new wrestling coach and Edgar fin-ished his collegiate wrestling career atClarion University (Pa.), it was all too clearthat the two would join forces.

Late goal savesWest Coast tripbefore Big East

BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

After 70 minutes of scratching and claw-ing, junior captain Tricia DiPaolo found away to put the ball behind Washington’s

goalkeeper Sundayafternoon, givingthe Sparta, N.J.,native her firstcareer goal. Agame earlier

against No. 4 Portland, DiPaolo managedonly one meager shot.

DiPaolo’s two-game performance was amicrocosm of the No. 24 Rutgers women’ssoccer team’s weekend at the NikeInvitational, in which the Scarlet Knights (5-2) fell, 2-1, to Portland Friday and bouncedback with a 1-0 victory Sunday over theHuskies (4-2-1).

“For Tricia to be on top of that second ballon top of [redshirt freshman] Jonelle[Filigno’s] first ball — that’s what it’s allabout on set pieces,” said head coach GlennCrooks. “The fact is Tricia was in the rightspot for her efforts.”

The play began when junior back JulieLancos sent a corner that connected withFiligno, who headed the ball at theHuskies’ netminder. After deflecting offthe keeper, the ball came to DiPaolo, who

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Lefeged makeshistory withspecial effort

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Joe Lefeged took home the Big East’s Defensive and Special Teams Player of theWeek honors after blocking two punts, forcing two fumbles and intercepting a pass.

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

Joe Lefeged blocked two punts in a gamebefore. And the hard-hitting strong safety

forced fumbles. Hisfirst interception

came last season at Connecticut.But Saturday night against Florida

International, the senior captain did all of theabove, finishing the 19-14 win with six tack-les, two forced fumbles, two blocked puntsand an interception en route to earning theBig East’s Defensive and Special TeamsPlayer of the Week honors.

Lefeged is the first player to earn both inthe same week in conference history.

“He’s a senior, he’s a captain,” said headcoach Greg Schiano. “And on a night whenthings maybe aren’t going your way, youneed guys that are experienced to come upwith plays like that.”

Although the Rutgers football team’soffense struggled to take advantage of thedefense’s five takeaways, the Germantown,Md., native’s second blocked punt set up thegame-winning score by sophomore wideoutMohamed Sanu.

Trailing by one in the fourth quarter,Lefeged broke through to block an FIU puntand hand the offense the ball at the GoldenPanthers’ 24-yard line.

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