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The New Brunswick City Council tabled a resolution last night that may prohibit bikers of allages from riding on the sidewalk. It does not clarify whether it applies to campus sidewalks.

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City council holds off decision on sidewalk biking banBY TABISH TALIB

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The New Brunswick City Council lastnight decided to wait before voting on anordinance that would reinstitute a ban onsidewalk cycling, instead choosing to take adeeper look.

In the mandate, cyclists are only allowedto ride on multi-use sidewalks on Rt. 18, Rt.1and Rt. 27.

The city’s ban on sidewalk bicyclinghas existed since 1893, before it was elimi-nated last year after it was unknowinglyrevoked along with another ordinanceregarding bike registration, said Bill Bray,city spokesman. The council is working toundo this action.

“The section was deleted in error, so thisis all a housekeeping issue,” he said.

But some residents and riders at themeeting held in City Hall on Bayard Streetcriticized the ban for its lack of age and zon-ing specifications.

Bray said the ordinance was once a lawfor more than 100 years and that no onecomplained about it in the past.

“It wasn’t until some people thought thatit might be politically advantageous [to] …fight the city because they [think we] areanti-student,” he said.

Andrew Beshold, a North Brunswickresident and instructor for the League ofAmerican Bicyclists, said in his experiencemost cyclists ride on the sidewalk becauseof the lack of bike lanes.

“Very little has been done to engineercity streets, not just here in NewBrunswick, but all throughout New Jerseyto accommodate cyclists safely and prop-erly,” Beshold said.

Charlie Kratovil, a community activist,said he was disappointed in the city notgetting its first bike lane as promisedbecause of a lack of funds from the stateand logistical issues.

Students style around the world by dressing in saris, kurtas, paji and kimonos to learn about traditional fashions last nightduring the Rutgers University Programming Association’s “How to Wear the World” Multicultural Fashion Workshop in the Multipurpose room of the Busch Campus Center.

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TRYING ON A CULTUREProsecutor’s officeto distribute tasersto county police

BY AMY ROWEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office will pur-chase 29 tasers, one for each municipal police depart-ment and law enforcement agency in the county, in aneffort to provide another way to protect officers andthe public.

As much as $72,500 will be available to buy theseelectronic control devices, according to a releasefrom the prosecutor’s office, which came after N.J.Attorney General Paula Dow approved police officerswho complete Taser International training to usethese tasers.

“Properly trained police officers will now haveanother tool to protect the citizens of MiddlesexCounty,” Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplansaid in the release.

Aside from training with the manufacturer, whichreleased the X2 and X26 models meeting the attor-ney general’s criteria for conducted energy devices,of ficers will train with the New Jersey PoliceTraining Commission.

Kaplan offered to provide one device to any policedepartment that sends officers for training, as heserved on the Attorney General’s Advisory Group tostudy less lethal ammunition.

By offering funds for the initial device purchase,he hoped authorities would see its benefits and pur-chase more devices while also training more officersto use them.

The New Brunswick Police Department will accepta taser from the prosecutor’s office.

“We plan on working with the prosecutor’s officeunder the guidelines of the Attorney General to haveone or two officers trained with the taser,” said Sgt.Mark Pappas, spokesman for the NBPD.

As the attorney general’s office had not previous-ly acknowledged officers’ use of tasers, the NBPDhas never worked with the electronic controldevices, he said.

After more guidelines are released from the attor-ney general’s office or the prosecutor’s office, thedepartment will move forward with training their offi-cers, Pappas said.

“Any tasers we purchase in the future, those twoofficers will train the newer officers,” he said. “We planto purchase more, but from here we’ll have one and gofrom there.”

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University ranks as one of top Fulbright fellowship producers

BY ANASTASIA MILLICKERASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

For the third year in a row, the University con-tinues to remain a prominent figure when it comesto producing Fulbright fellows.

With 14 recipients last year, the University is tiedwith Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania,Brown and Cornell, according to a Fulbright publi-cation in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

“Last year, Fulbright had 86 people apply, and 13from my group received Fulbright grants. This yearwe had 93 applicants and on both sides [graduate andundergraduate applicants],” said Arthur Casciato,University director of Distinguished Fellowships.

Casciato, who started at the University five yearsago after working at the University of Pennsylvania,said the increase started after he made modifica-tions to the program in his second year.

“The first year I was here, eight people applied,”he said. “During my second year, I changed thingsup and 32 people applied, the year after 36 people.More people are coming in and applying.”

Casciato said the increase was because of two rea-sons — more people are applying and the Universitynow offers trained faculty Fulbright advisers.

“I began to reach out to faculty to becomeFulbright advisers,” he said. “There are twoadvisees per one adviser. You need support to becompetitive, and working with two people you getdirect support.”

Diana Won, a Fulbright grantee in Colombia,said via email correspondence that the Universityhas done well in receiving Fulbright grants oColombia over the past few years.

“There are two Scarlet Knights here now, andthere have been grantees in the past two years aswell,” she said. “I think more than anything it bringsmore national recognition to Rutgers, somethingthat we deserve and should be proud of since thereare so many incredibly bright students here.”

Won said she thinks the number of Fulbrightgrantees has increased because of Casciato’s stu-dent outreach.

“We have always had good students at Rutgers,but it was a matter of having them apply forFulbright, which was not as frequent before we hadthis Office of Distinguished Fellowships,” she said.

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DGC prepares for semester of campus center changesBY LISA BERKMANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Changes to the DouglassCampus Center did not end lastmonth with the opening of aDunkin Donuts.

Randi Mack, director of theDCC, discussed its aesthetics,relaying the building’s scheduledimprovements during Tuesdaynight’s Douglass GoverningCouncil meeting at the center.

“They’ve already made somechanges to the building, theymight potentially be makingmore,” said Kyrie Graziosi, presi-dent of the DGC. “So I thinkthat’s something students arereally going to care about.”

Mack said she is working tomake some changes to the collaborative learning roomand the game room. Commuterlockers and couches will be added to the center’s loungeas well.

Accompanying those renova-tions are some entertainment fea-tures, including a flat screen tele-vision and a new XBox added tothe game room, she said.

Mack said such changes con-tribute to the atmosphere of thecommunity, which could attract theattention of Douglass residents.

White boards that can be con-nected to laptop computers havealready been installed, a techno-logical development she believesis of social importance.

“It’s a great way to share andwork with the rest of the students,”she said. “You’re doing teamwork.”

Renovations might be a posi-tive factor for businesses, as NickKraus, manager of the DouglassCafé, said he saw more peoplevisit the Dunkin Donuts.

“We did a kind of soft opening,and we gave out free coffee, freedonuts,” he said.

Kraus said the results of theevent surprised him.

“I came around 1:30 [p.m.]and there was a line wrappedaround the building, which wasawesome,” he said.

At the DGC meeting, DongguYoon, a student senator at theRutgers University StudentAssembly, brought the issues ofeducation’s financial vulnerabilityto the table.

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The Pharmacy Governing Council met on Tuesday inthe Busch Campus Center to discuss upcoming lectures andevents hosted by organizations that are part of the council.

Ami Shah, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy first-year student and member of the Alpha Zeta Omega fra-ternity, asked her fellow pharmacy students to come outand support them at the Turkey Trot on Nov. 6. She alsosaid AZO would be canning from Nov. 11 to Nov. 15.

Michelle Greulich, a School of Pharmacy graduatestudent and member of Rho Chi, said the organization

would help students prepare for an upcoming pathophys-iology exam Nov. 10.

“If you’re having any problems, you can personallyemail us and we’ll try to find a tutor that will help foryour specific class,” Greulich said.

External Vice President, Jennifer Poon, a School ofPharmacy graduate student, said the PharmacyGoverning Council would be collaborating with theEngineering Governing Council to plan a Trivia Bowl forboth schools in November.

Meerat Oza, a School of Pharmacy sophomoreand member of The Academy of Managed CarePharmacy, said his organization would be partici-pating in a Diabetes Walk on Nov. 6.

She also said Nov. 10 that the AMCP would give the first installment of a series of lectures at Parker Senior Home. The lecture is meant toinform senior citizens on the importance of medica-tion compliance.

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Yoon said education mightundergo dangerous cuts if con-gressional members do notreach an agreement aboutbudget cuts by Nov. 14, apotential reality that concernssome students.

“This whole cutting of thescholarships … you really doneed to be aware of it,” saidBianca Lucien, a DGC and RUSAmember. “But no one’s going torealize what’s going on until it’stoo late.”

Yoon said one of RUSA’spossible solutions is the“Postcard Campaign” that aimsto organize collected postcardsstudents signed in protest, atactic he said he thinks wouldprove ef fective with supportfrom the DGC.

“While [senators are] makingtheir decision on what to cut andwhat not to cut, they’re sittingwith 40,000 stacks of signatures

saying, ‘Please don’t cut educa-tion,’” said Yoon, a School of Artsand Sciences senior.

The DGC is also working onfundraisers and charities for therest of the semester.

Among them is “WinterWishes,” a chance for DGC mem-bers to give children the presentsthey asked for this holiday sea-son, Graziosi said.

“We have five little toddlersthat we’ll be adopting, ranging in age from 3 to 4,” shesaid. “We’re spending $20 oneach child.”

Another charity event is theannual Dance Marathon inwhich students dance for 32 con-secutive hours after donatingmoney for children who haveserious diseases, said ValerieWeiss, the external vice presi-dent of the DGC.

“There’s a Red PineAmbassador that started this initia-tive to start a [Douglass ResidentialCollege] dance marathon group sowe all participate,” said Weiss, aSchool of Arts and Sciences senior.“DRC as a whole is going to try toraise $40,000.”

Lucien said activism in the community is crucial fordevelopment because it helps students learn about their surroundings.

“Being in the student councilnot only made me more aware ofwhat’s going on, but it also mademe bring in more,” she said.

Krishana Jackson, the Classof 2012 representative for theDGC, said she believes morestudents should take part intheir community.

“I would like to see every-body get involved as much asthey can as far as coordinatingevents, getting the word out,even if they’re not on the gov-erning council,” said Jackson, aSchool of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student. “I would liketo see everybody have a voice.”

Weiss said the council’s pri-mary mission is to empowerwomen on topics varying amongcharities, renovations and politi-cal campaigns.

“The floor is open to talk aboutanything we feel is relevant ornecessary to approach as a coun-cil,” she said.

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University have the opportunity toapply to the grant, Casciato said.

There are two types of grantsavailable — an English TeachingAssistant grant or an independ-ent research grant, he said.

“Teaching assistant, you end upassisting a teacher or teaching insome cases for about 20 hours aweek, but it’s also a way to get toknow the community,” saidGiuseppe Cespedes, Universityalumnus and Fulbright grantee inBrazil. “The other [program] youpropose a research project.Everything that their project entailsis calculated into their budget.”

The ETA program does notdemand too high of a grade pointaverage, Casciato said.

“Fulbright tells us not to chaseaway your 3.00 [GPA]. It’s not sole-ly driven on GPA. You’re there tobe a global ambassador,” he said.“You’re there to represent yourcountry. That means being able tobe a resource on a daily basis.”

In the ETA program, granteeshelp in the classroom as a nativespeaking English and have theopportunity to do an independ-ent project, Casciato said.

“Out of the 93 applicants thisyear, 81 applied for ETA pro-gram,” he said. “While 16 out ofthe 17 graduate students appliedfor independent research, oneapplied for the EducationTeaching Assistance program.”

Casciato said the ETA pro-gram is not confined to only eng-lish or education majors.

“People who teach [first-yearinterest group] seminars,English tutor to a student, ateacher’s assistant, a residencehall assistant, a coach, a Sundayschool teacher — all are goodapplicants,” he said. “What it is isyour ability to articulate.”

During the past five years the fellowship department alsoreceived an increase in member-ship, Casciato said.

“The total numbers of fellowshas grown equally as fast,” he said.“There are 176 fellowships award-ed each year which reflects thegrowth, but the most growth hasoccurred in Fulbright fellowships.”

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The first officers from eachcounty police agency who trainwith the manufacturer and thestate will then be authorized totrain other officers on how to usethe devices, Kaplan said.

While the NBPD would notcomment on how the tasersmight benefit the department interms of protecting citizens,South Brunswick Police ChiefRaymond Hayducka approved ofthe plan in the release.

“The last thing a police offi-cer wants to do is use deadlyforce,” he said. “Not every situa-tion may involve going to a taser,but having that option is a bene-fit to the officer, the departmentand the public.”

Kaplan gained support of theMiddlesex County Associationof Chiefs of Police, whichincludes Hayducka, who votedOct. 18 to approve the offer toprovide a device to each depart-ment meeting the trainingrequirements.

The devices, which costabout $2,500 each, will be pur-chased using funds seized

TASERS: Devices cost

about $2,500 per instrument


“I know there was a hold up ofutility companies not wanting tomove their stuff [on the street],”he said. “I implore the council todo whatever you can to make thisplan for this bike lane to happenin New Brunswick.”

Kratovil, a New Brunswickresident, said while the city didnot get enough grant money toconstruct bike lines, the cityshould take it up.

“Use city funds to get otherbike lanes going in the mean-time,” he said. “If the state can’tdo it, if the county can’t do it, thenwe have to pony up ourselves.”

Bray said the city supportsbike lanes but for numerousreasons it unfor tunately didnot happen.

“You need to improve intersec-tions to new [Department ofTransportation] standards,” hesaid. “Our storm sewer infra-

structure … would need to beaddressed, and the cost wasbrought to our attention at the11th hour, so we weren’t pre-pared to absorb those costswhich were in the hundreds ofthousands of dollars.”

Every street in New Brunswickwould not be able to accommo-date bike lanes,Bray said.

“Bicyclists aregoing to have to ride in thoseroads withoutthe bike lanes.They are goingto do that in the future, theycould do thatnow,” he said.

The lack of age or zoningrestriction on the ban was discon-certing to some residents,Beshold said.

“Most towns that have a banon sidewalk riding do make anexception for cyclists age 15 or14 and under,” he said. “We donot advise people to ride on the

sidewalk, but I think there arecertain circumstances where itshould be allowed. Residentialneighborhood streets should notbe an issue.”

Beshold was also curious if theordinance applied to sidewalks onthe College Avenue, Cook or

Douglass campus-es.

“I would consid-er that you do pro-pose adult prohibi-tion on cycling on the sidewalks,that you make anexception for thecampuses becausea lot of those aremulti-use path-ways,” he said.

Beshold said while the cityhas a lot of bikers, the city doesnot have bike lanes.

“New Brunswick is a collegetown. You go to most collegetowns throughout the countryand you will see very well-engi-neered bicycle lanes all through-out the central business dis-trict,” he said.

He believes cyclists wouldhelp improve the city in a num-ber of ways.

“More cyclists are good forbusiness, they keeps cars off thestreet, keep the parking free forthose who have no choice but todrive into town,” he said.

Beshold said the bike lanesshould be implemented to reduceriding on the sidewalk and notjust a ban.

“I ride through the city all thetime on the street and I see othercyclists on the sidewalk and Ibelieve they are scared,” he said.“You have to give cyclists the car-rot and not just the stick of thelaw that says you have to get offthe sidewalk.”

Bray said it is safer to ride inthe street, and it will create asafer environment for bicycliststo ride on the street.

“The more bicycles you haveon the street — that is a trafficcalming activity, and it height-ens the awareness of peoplethat there are bicycles on thestreet and makes it safer forbicycles,” he said.

BAN: Bray says city streets

cannot accomodate bike lanes


University students Camille Sennett and Megha Desai paint Japanese characters yesterday at a calligraphy workshop. The Off-Campus Student Association hosted the event in the RutgersStudent Center on the College Avenue campus.

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“You have to givecyclists the carrotand not just thestick of the law.”

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by court order from criminalactivities, like drug sales,Kaplan said.

Middlesex County FreeholderDirector Christopher Rafano inthe release said he and his col-leagues are happy to see theprosecutor’s office use thesefunds for the benefit of lawenforcement.

“I wish to thank the prosecutor’s of fice for findingfiscally responsible ways toprovide law enforcement of fi-cers with the tools they need to protect and serve the resi-dents of Middlesex County,”he said.

The one-device of fer will bepresented to each of the 25 municipal police depar t-ments in Middlesex Countyalong with the MiddlesexCounty Sherrif f ’s Department,the Rutgers University PoliceDepar tment, the MiddlesexCounty College PoliceDepartment and the MiddlesexCounty Department of AdultCorrections, according to the release.

The manufacturer and theState Police are planning thetraining sessions but dates havenot yet been established.Training could begin as early asnext year, Kaplan said.

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3 Join the Rutgers Protestant Campus Ministries for soup,salad and bread during an open Bible study to learn aboutleading a meaningful life and finding the faith to live. Thestudy will run from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Trinity House on14 Stone St. on the College Avenue campus. For more infor-mation, email Rev. Barbara Heck at [email protected] orcall her at (609) 273-1349.

4 The Rutgers Gardens Farmers’ Market takes place everyFriday from noon to 5 p.m. until Thanksgiving. Purchaselocal fresh produce, pasture-raised meat, artisanal cheese,baked goods, flowers and more. Then take a stroll throughthe gardens and enjoy a picnic. Rutgers Gardens is locatedat 112 Ryders Lane, next to Hort Farm 2 and the RalphGeiger Turfgrass Education Center. For more informationand directions visit rutgersgar-dens.rutgers.edu/farmmarket.htm.

TGIF! Now you can have some fun at another “ResponsibleDrinking Happy Hour” in the Cook Café from 4 to 7 p.m. —your usual place to socialize with faculty, staff and friends ormake new friends. Don’t forget to bring a faculty member,staff or friend along to join in the fun and your identification.

6 Visit the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum for free firstSundays of the month. Visit the museum from noon to 5 p.m.Admission is free to all the first Sunday of every month atthe Zimmerli. Scavenger hunts are offered between 12:30 to4 p.m. and tours for children and adults are available at 1p.m. and 2 p.m. Visit Studio Z throughout the day for self-guided learning and creativity.

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9 The Daily Targum is always looking for new writers. Therewill be a Writers’ Meeting at 9:30 p.m. in The Daily TargumBusiness Office, Suite 431 in the Rutgers Student Center onthe College Avenue campus. All majors are welcome and noexperience is necessary! Editor-in-Chief Mary Diduch willattend the meeting to discuss editor positions for nextsemester. For more information, contact Reena Diamante [email protected] or Ankita Panda [email protected].

10 There will be HIV Testing, rapid-result finger print testing,from 3 to 6:45 p.m. at the Health Outreach, Promotion andEducation building at 8 Lafayette St. in New Brunswick. Formore information please visit rhshope.rutgers.edu.

Dance! Drums! Devotion! Bhatki’s award winning SacredSounds is back. Join the extraordinary kirtan bands Guaraand the Mayapuris from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the RutgersStudent Center Multipurpose Room for an electrifyingevening of musical meditations, exotic drumming, entranc-ing dance and free cultural food. Sample the experience byvisiting bhatkiclub.org/sacredsounds.

Rutgers South Asian Students in Sciences will host a “MovieNight” at 8 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center in Center Hall.They will be screening “Inception.” Food will be provided forfree. For more information email [email protected].

“The Power of Genomics:” Executive Dean’s DistinguishedLecture featuring Debashish Bhattacharya begins at 6 p.m.followed by a reception in Winants Hall General AssemblyRoom on the College Avenue campus. Bhattacharya will dis-cuss how his fascination with marine biology while trainingin Atlantic and Pacific Canada led him to begin exploring sin-gle cell genomics to answer important questions about bio-diversity and the evolution of life forms. For more informa-tion visit discovery.rutgers.edu/debashish.html.

16Celebrate Geographic Awareness Day from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.at the Cook Campus Center featuring speakers, posters,refreshments and networking opportunities. For more infor-mation email [email protected]. Fundamentals ofEnvironmental Geomatics students organized the event.

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Thanksgiving walk to shed light on world hunger BY YASHMIN PATEL

STAFF WRITER

In preparation forThanksgiving, the Elijah’sPromise soup kitchen is plan-ning its third annual TurkeyTrot to raise money for people in need of food in NewBrunswick and the greaterCentral Jersey area.

The 3k Turkey Trot walk willbe held Sunday near the CollegeAvenue campus at BuccleuchPark. Participants can donatemoney to raise funds to feedthose without food, said MichelleWilson, development and com-munity relations director ofElijah’s Promise.

“There is no minimum as tohow much a person can donate,but we are hoping that peopledonate at least $10,” Wilson

said. “It costs approximately$2.50 to serve a meal to the soupkitchen, so even raising $10 canmake a difference.”

Elijah’s Promise aims to pro-vide 20,000 meals by raising morethan $50,000 from the donationsparticipants choose to make, saidLisanne Finston, executive direc-tor of the soup kitchen.

Those who are interested in par ticipating in the walkmust register to take par t,Wilson said.

“There is no fee for registra-tion,” she said. “We hope [every-one] will do their best to raisewhatever they can to raise mealsfor the soup kitchen.”

Participants can engage invarious activities prior to thestart of the walk, she said.During the registration processthere will be arts and crafts, a

band and a reading fairy, wheresomeone in costume will read abook to children.

“Snack stations will line thewalking route for participantswho get thirsty or would like tograb a bite,” Finston said.“Elijah’s Promise volunteers willserve mini pumpkin muffins,red velvet cake, red puddingand tea sandwiches.”

Finston said she and otherElijah’s Promise members wouldlike to use the walk as a means topromote awareness about worldhunger, a cause she believes isunknown to many.

“It’s important for people torecognize and understand thatthere’s a serious problem withhunger in our backyard and foodinsecurity,” she said.

By taking part in the event,Finston said residents would ben-

efit the soup kitchen as well astheir own community.

“Participating in the walk is agreat way to demonstrate whatreally makes our community agreat community,” she said. “Ithink it’s always great when folkscan give back. It always feels goodto give back to the community.”

Finston believes it is impera-tive for residents to work togeth-er to make any headway in solv-ing issues like world hunger.

“Hunger is certainly one of ourmost serious problems that weface in our community right nowwhen 1 in 8 people go hungry,”she said.

Lauren Kim, a School of Artsand Sciences first-year studentwho will participate in the walk,said all students should join in asa combined effort to promotethe right cause.

“I don’t see a reason not to ...it’s a good cause,” she said. “Weshould fight hunger to be consid-erate of other people.”

Kim said more people in theUnited States could benefit from awalk like this because, unlikeother nations in which hunger isprevalent, Americans sometimesdisregard its severity.

“We’re in a country where it’sreally easy to throw away all yourfood,” she said. “I think we takeadvantage of it, and it’s importantto realize that not every countryhas that kind of privilege.”

Finston said Elijah’s Promiseaims to help change the lives ofthose affected by poverty andwho are without food.

“We harness the power offood to break the cycle of pover-ty, alleviate hunger and changelives,” she said.

Although four robbers attacked him at once, a 21-year-old Carteret man managed to escape Tuesdayand got their license plate number, resulting in aspeedy arrest.

The victim pulled into a townhouse parking lot onLangholm Court in Edison at 5:11 p.m. when the mencalled him over to their nearby car, said Edison policeSgt. Darrin Cerminaro in an nj.com article.

As he approached, one man pulled him into a headlock and held a knife to his abdomen while another man demanded his wallet and cell phone.

The victim grabbed the knife, freed himself andtook note of the plate number as they fled, Cerminarosaid in the article. Two witnesses in the lot also yelledat the attackers to stop.

Police traced the license to an owner in Elizabethand within five hours after the incident, the attackerswere in custody. The suspects — Robin Nunez, 18;Jerome Rodriguez, 20; George Norena, 20; and JoseGarcia, 19 — are currently in the Middlesex Countyjail on $50,000 bail each.

All suspects are charged with aggravated assault witha weapon and attempted robbery, according to an nj.com.

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Coat drive aims to helpfamilies beat winter woes

BY MATTHEW MATILSKYCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Middlesex County FamilySuccess Center set up its firstannual Winter Coat Drive to col-lect winter garments for peopleunable to afford them this upcom-ing season.

Jennifer Shamy, FSC direc-tor, said she was disappointedwith the amount of donationswhen the first day of the drivecame to a close Tuesday, asthey only equaled a tiny fraction of the demand for win-ter gear.

“So far we have a lot of fami-lies that need coats and we’renot getting a lot of donations,”she said.

The drive, which lasts untilNov. 11, is a way for event organ-izers to collect winter clothing —coats, gloves, scarves and hats —for people who cannot affordsuch clothing themselves, shesaid. Residents can drop dona-tions off at the Puerto RicanAction Board building on 90Jersey Avenue.

“[If students] want to donatecoats, especially fraternities andsororities, they should just reachout to us,” Shamy said. “If theycan’t get to our office on JerseyAvenue, we’ll come collect.”

The FSC, which is part of thelarger nonprofit organizationPRAB, decided to host the driveafter members sat down with fam-ilies and discussed some issues,she said.

“Every month we sit downand plan activities and pro-grams that would benefit the community here,” saidJacqueline Rivera, a family suc-cess worker at FSC.

To put this coat drive intomotion, Shamy and two of herfamily success workers part-nered up with Diana Starace,the injury prevention coordina-tor at Robert Wood JohnsonUniversity Hospital, to form adrop off agreement at the med-ical center.

Starace said the hospital wasinterested in contributing in anyway so children without adequateclothing would not be at risk ofcatching any illnesses.

“I know in the past we do coatdrives here every winter atRobert Wood — many employeesdrop off coats that I’m sure getused immediately,” she said. “Yousee [kids] wandering around withsweatshirts on when its 20degrees outside.”

Starace works with all differ-ent age groups to educate themabout common risk factors andsaid she thought the drive wouldbe a good way to get her pointacross.

“We look at the reasons peoplecome into the hospital. It’s totallyprevention,” she said.

Family success workers likeRivera meet with impoverishedfamilies regularly and work onweekly homework assignmentswith them and put together edu-cational workshops and monthlysupport groups, Shamy said.

Apart from winter coat drives,programs geared toward discour-aging drug use and promoting lit-eracy, Rivera said FSC is aboutfamily togetherness.

“We do parent-child activitieslike fright night last week [for Halloween and] ice creamsocials,” she said. “[Things likethat] promote an environmentwhere people can spend timewith their family. They don’thave to spend any money. Theyjust enjoy it.”

All the services are volun-tary, free and available to allcounty residents, Shamy said.The main purpose of the driveis to provide service to strug-gling families, which she saidwould ultimately help strength-en the community.

“We see a lot of young par-ents,” Shamy said. “We’re servinga high proportion of Spanish-speaking Latino families.”

Starace said she and her depart-ment like to team up with PRAB asmuch as possible to reach out toMiddlesex County residents.

“Everything [the board] doesis really geared toward helpingthose families be successful —whether it’s at home, the work-place, working to find necessaryfood and shelter,” she said.“Helping residents in the commu-nity [gives them] a higher stan-dard of living.”

A North Brunswick entrepreneur, Cherri Oglesby,recently opened Doc Popcorn at Woodbridge Center Mall,offering an alternative to fried snacks with all-natural,fresh-popped snacks.

The newest addition to Woodbridge Center marksthe 34th Doc Popcorn retail location, according to amycentraljersey.com ar ticle. It is the second DocPopcorn location in New Jersey, the first being on theAsbury Park Boardwalk.

“Doc Popcorn fits all of my objectives to become anentrepreneur and has the flexibility I have always want-ed,” Oglesby said in the article. “Not to mention, servingan all-natural, healthier snack alternative that makes peo-ple smile is something I truly feel passionate about.”

Oglesby left her career in corporate America whereshe held merchandising positions with brands includingL’Oreal and Toys ‘R’ Us to open Doc Popcorn.

“We are thrilled to see Cherri open at theWoodbridge Center Mall and continue the growth of thebrand in New Jersey,” said Rob Israel, CEO and co-founder of Doc Popcorn in the article. “With every loca-tion we open, our dream of changing the way peoplesnack in high-traffic venues across the nation becomesmore and more attainable.”

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It’s actually an ingeniousthing: we use “party” tocover for all the things thatwould compel judgment anddisapproval if we said themfor real. Imagine John Q.Tuitionpayer writing onFacebook, “Can’t wait for thisweekend, I’m gonna get bel-ligerently drunk and hopeful-

ly have anonymous sex with multiple partners!”That certainly wouldn’t fly. But when we substitutein our handy-dandy empty verb, we get: “Can’t waitfor this weekend, I’m gonna party!” Brilliant.

Talking to — This one is a little more subtle. Youtalk to many people in the course of a college day —your friends, your professors, the soulless PublicSafety vampires who give you parking tickets. Buteven though you’re conversing with these people,you aren’t “talking to” any of them.

It’s confusing, so I’ll elaborate: University studentssay they are “talking to” someone they’re interestedin romantically or physically. “Talking to” refers to

the courtship process, but the twoaren’t congruent synonyms. Whensomeone says “courtship,” it conjuresup images of hand-kissing, carriagesand inviting Mary Lou to the boxsocial. “Talking to” someone is a farcry from that antiquated picture.

For one, most of the “talking” isconducted via text message because itallows for direct communication while

maintaining that crucial layer of impersonality thatwould elevate run-of-the-mill “talking” to full-fledged“courtship.” And Jesus, we all know that’s the lastthing we want. No one is looking to get married here.

Here’s another helpful real-world example:unless you dorm under a particularly thick rock,you know that last weekend was “Halloweekend” atthe University. Imagine that you and your friendshead onto the College Avenue campus for a night of“partying.” All the usual costumes are well-repre-sented: there’s your basic slutty cat, the slightlymore ambitious slutty tiger and, for those with ahearty sense of irony, the slutty slut. Your friendsays he’s “talking to” the tiger. It instantly registersin your brain that she’s off-limits. You can speak toher, but you definitely cannot “talk” to her.

This list is by no means exhaustive, and there aremany more words in our collective lexicon. So thenext time you hear one of your fellow ScarletKnights mention that they are headed out to “party”with someone they’re “talking to,” then maybe invitethem to get some “coffee” the next day and “chill,”smile. Give them a knowing glance to let them knowthat you get their drift. You’re in the club, too. Yocomprendo, amigo.

Alex Lewis is a School of Arts and Sciences seniormajoring in journalism and media studies and phi-losophy with a minor in African, Middle Eastern andSouth Asian languages and literatures. His column,“La Nausée,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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“So far we have a lot of families that need coats, and we’re not getting a lot of donations.”

Jennifer Shamy, director of the Family Success Center, on the first annual Winter Coat Drive

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

A dmit it: No matter how much of a music elitist you may be,you’ve found yourself dancing un-ironically to a Lady Gagasong at least once in your life, but probably even more. But,

regardless of how you feel about her pop tunes, you will find it pret-ty difficult to hate on her latest venture. Gaga teamed up with twounlikely partners — the MacArthur Foundation and HarvardUniversity — to create the Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofitorganization that aims to instill the youth with a healthy self-confi-dence, as well as combat bullying and similar issues. According to astatement from the singer herself, “We hope to establish a standardof bravery and kindness, as well as a community worldwide that pro-tects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment.”

If almost any other celebrity pulled a similar move, we’d be auto-matically wary of their aims and intentions, likely to chalk it up to apublicity stunt at best. What sets Lady Gaga apart from the pack isher demonstrable advocacy record. She has been an outspoken sup-porter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights since prettymuch Day 1 of her fame. For example, last year, during the midst ofthe controversy surrounding the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell”policy she made a public appearance in Maine to show her supportfor the repealing of the measure. This is not to mention the fact thatshe’s not averse to using her songs themselves as political plat-forms — lest you forget that “Born This Way” was a song before itwas a foundation.

We can think of the Born This Way Foundation as a national,more high-profile version of the University’s own Project Civility,which has done so much good around campus. If Project Civilitycan shed light on important issues here at home, think of howmuch good a foundation with the backing of someone like LadyGaga will be able to do on a nationwide scale. Bullying is one of themost serious issues faced by young people today. It’s good to seesomeone using her celebrity in order to challenge tough issues,rather than just looking out for herself.

T he ingenuity of theaverage Universitystudent never ceases

to amaze me. Only some of usare engineering majors, butalmost all of us have littleMacGyver moments thatmake college life a little bit eas-ier and a lot more fun. Sneak aTupperware into BrowerCommons on the College Avenue campus so you cansmuggle out a midnight snack. Hop onto any bus at theRutgers Student Center to gain a turbo boost on yourcommute to Scott Hall. Take “Theater Appreciation”for an easy “A.” You know — the shortcuts.

Though most of us spend just four years on cam-pus, these little tips and tricks accumulate and forma body of knowledge that sticks around for futuregenerations of students. But no college trick amazesme more than that of the empty verb.

What is an empty verb, you ask? Why, it’s some-thing you and I use all the time. There is actually acollection of highly specialized vocabulary thatserves useful purposes in the life ofthe average University student. Thesewords, most of them verbs, are essen-tially “stand-ins” that we use to repre-sent things we would be uncomfort-able saying in regular society. Theyare standardized, so that when one ofus uses them, we all tacitly acknowl-edge what they’re trying to say. It’sthe rhetorical equivalent of nudgingsomeone with your elbow and winking at them.

Here’s a brief survey of some oft-utilized emptyverbs. If they’re new to you, take notes. They mayjust save your life one day.

Partying — “Party” is probably the most fre-quently utilized empty verb on campus. There is nosuch thing as “partying.” The word doesn’t pick outan actual activity in which one may engage, as “run-ning” or “eating” does.

If this whole empty verb concept is still confus-ing, here’s a quick experiment you can try at hometo get the idea. First, stand up in the middle ofwhatever room you’re in. Are you standing up?Good. Now, mime running. Are you jogging inplace? Good, that’s it. Now, mime eating. Are youraising an invisible fork to your mouth and pretend-chewing? There, you’ve got it. OK, now, party. Err,no, wait, you’re just jumping up and down andpumping your fist. That’s dancing. I said to mimepartying. No, now you’re miming drinking. That’sanother thing you do at a party, but it’s not partyingin and of itself. Try again. OK, now you’re just fistpumping with your other hand, that’s the same asthe first thing. It’s still not partying. And stop fistpumping — it’s people like you that give NewJersey a bad name. Jerk.

Now you see: “to party” is a stand-in verb tosubstitute for other, less flowery activities that wedon’t want to say outright. Why did we, as a colle-giate community, feel the need to invent this littlerhetorical veil?

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Partial privatizationmay help save parks

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O ften, when a state finds itself in a budget crisis, some of thefirst things hit hard by the cuts are state parks. Like artprograms in public schools, parks are seen by many as

things that are really nice but, ultimately, completely unnecessary.As soon as money starts to run out, all the benefits of public parksare swept under the rug, and the parks themselves are left to rot.Thankfully for the residents of New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie hasa plan that will prevent the same fate from befalling our state parks.Christie wants to privatize certain aspects of New Jersey’s stateparks to save the state money and save the parks from abandon-ment and disrepair.

State parks cost the state roughly $39 million a year, and yetthey only bring in about $8 million. Needless to say, in the currenteconomic climate, we simply cannot maintain that pattern.Bleeding $31 million a year is not exactly a viable option right now,no matter how many benefits the parks may offer citizens. UnderChristie’s plan, current amenities offered in state parks would beprivatized, and new private amenities would also be added at thesame time. Things like concessions, event planning, boat docks,etc., would no longer be under the state’s control. This would savethe state a lot of money.

At the same time, we may see an uptick in the quality of theseamenities. Putting them into the hands of private companies withmore spare cash and better-trained employees may result in an over-all better-run, more enjoyable park. For example, what would yourather have: an old, barren concrete shack that claims to sell refresh-ments but which never seems to be open when you’re at the park, ora well-stocked, well-staffed concessions stand that runs smoothlyand provides real snacks to its patrons? We’re willing to bet no onewould prefer the former, and the former is what you would get if youleft these amenities in the hands of a government with a slim budgetand few employees to spare. But the concession stands in the handsof a capable private company, and suddenly, you’ve got money andpersonnel flowing in. Perhaps these partial privatizations could evencreate a few new jobs? As long as the parks remain largely in thehands of the state with only a few amenities controlled by privatecompanies, then we here at The Daily Targum are in full support ofChristie’s plan.

“‘Party’ is probablythe most frequentlyutilized empty verb

on campus.”

ALEX LEWIS

La Nausée

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T he author of Tuesday’scolumn, “Liberals perpet-uate poverty,” demon-

strates a mind-bogglingly limitedcapacity for perspective and seeks,one can only assume, to spewinflammatory invective in hopes ofgaining notoriety. The other optionis that he truly believes liberalsdeliberately seek to propagatepoverty, which I submit wouldreflect more poorly on his charac-ter. I will therefore proceed underthe assumption of the former.

His trivial ad hominem argu-ments aside, what the author fallsvictim to is the perpetuation ofpointless and destructive partisanbickering. Baseless charges ofracism are a straw man at best anddivisive and destructive at worst.In either case, they are applicableto both sides. The true problemsare myriad, nuanced and subjectto influence from countless factorsboth seen and unseen. As a gener-al rule, anybody who tries to giveyou a simple solution to a complexproblem is either stupid or lying.Liberals have balked atRepublican candidates likeHerman Cain, Michele Bachmannand Sarah Palin not because theseliberals are racist or sexist —though in some cases that cannotbe discounted — but because thecandidates have proven them-selves to be unqualified for thepost they seek or have sought.

More to the point, the afore-mentioned candidates are simply adistillate of capitalism. We live in asociety that is interconnected to adegree inconceivable a generationago. As a result, there are moremedia outlets fighting for advertis-ing revenue gained from page-views and television ratings from apopulace with a decreasing atten-tion span. To gain attention, theymust be outrageous and hyper-partisan. This is as true for AnnCoulter and Andrew Breitbart as itis for Rachel Maddow and BillMaher. The result is what you seebefore you — a presidential pri-mary that more closely resemblesa reality show than it does a forumfor constructive political discourse(“So You Think You Can Be

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Address problems,do not point fingers

President?”). It’s just like“American Idol.” You can evenvote for the winner.

What we lack is reasoned dis-course and empathy. In order tounderstand another person’s pointof view, you must truly be able toput yourself in their position andthat takes more than reading upon the opponent’s talking points.You must consider each individualas the sum of their life experi-ences, which takes more than fiveminutes of listening to them.Name-calling and finger-pointingfrom either side accomplishesnothing, for both Democrats andRepublicans have maneuvered usinto our current situation.

That tree-hugging hippie liberalyou hate? Maybe she was raised ina cabin in the middle of the woodsand thus has a deeper appreciationof our ecosystem and the fact thata seemingly innocuous perturba-tion can have profound and unfore-seeable impacts. That smug fat-catbusinessman conservative you’reprotesting against? Maybe he’s atrue John Galt — or DagnyTaggart, if the ladies prefer — aman who built his fortune from theground up in the novel “AtlasShrugged,” who genuinely under-stands the powerful engine thatcapitalism can be and rightly wantsto keep the fruits of his labor.

The fact of the matter is, oursocietal tools are imperfect, butthey are the best ones we’ve beenable to find so far. The problems weface as a nation are ones inherent toa capitalist democratic society.High unemployment, despiterecord corporate profits, is a resultmainly of lack of demand. I’m surecorporations do want to sell moreproduct and thus hire moreemployees to handle that, but thereis no market for it right now. Peopleneed to pay off their debt and getby with their old jalopy before theycan think about buying a new car.Rampant poverty is an extremelycomplex problem, and only one ofthe factors is a bloated and self-destructive welfare system.

Let’s start fixing these problemsrather than apportioning blame.There’s plenty of that to go around.

Daniel Duffield is a graduate stu-dent in the Department of Chemicaland Biochemical Engineering.

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Regardless, the wait was longenough, Miller said.

“It’s an opportunity to playagainst another team and to seewhere we are as a team,” he said.“It’s important because it’s going togive us a chance to see how theRAC is with a lot of people in it. Now,it’s not practice.”

When Rice opened last seasonwith an audience in an exhibitionagainst McGill, he did so with aguarded philosophy.

The defensive-minded coachpreached full-cour t defenseduring his tenure at Rober tMorris, but lacked the bodiesto imitate his style in Year 1 in Piscataway.

So he abandoned the full-court press more often than notand scrapped his more up-tempo tendencies.

Now with a loaded deck androster full of athletes, the num-bers game is no longer an issue.

But youth now poses a con-cern, albeit less of one than Ricesuffered through last season.

“I’d like an attacking, energetic,urgent, passionate type of play byRutgers, but if you play with thatpace, sometimes our freshmentend to not play with a purpose,”Rice said. “Until we have an under-standing … sometimes it’s going tobe slowed down.”

When the Knights take the flooragainst an opponent for the firsttime Sunday, fans will see Rice’svision for the program with lessrestriction than his first season.

The look remains a mysteryeven to his players.

“I’ve never seen a collectivegroup of guys with this muchtalent come in, especially

at Rutgers,” Johnson said. “It’s something Rutgers has never seen before. The ceiling is so high.”

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Junior punter Justin Doerner transferred to Rutgers during the summer after spending two seasonsat Los Angeles Harbor Junior College. He is No. 5 in the Big East with 37.9 yards per punt.

the Pacific Ocean, so hebrought his own notions withhim to Rutgers.

But the wind he experiencedduring spurts of his eight gamesas a Knight trumped the weatherhe faced at Los Angeles HarborJunior College, he said.

“It’s a little bit more extremehere,” Doerner said. “The Navygame was pretty bad.”

The biggest key in combat-ing the wind is the punter’sdrop, Doerner said, which hemust anticipate.

His leg swing and kick remainthe same, and the results are at

least encouraging for the first-year punter. Doerner ranks fifthin the Big East with 37.9 yardsper punt.

But unlike the league’s otherplayers summoned on fourthdown, Doerner also handles kick-off duties for the Knights.

“He’s definitely been a bighelp,” said junior safety WayneWarren, who is on the kickoff andpunt coverage teams. “When hehits it well, that thing goes.”

But Doerner suffered throughsending early-season kicks out ofbounds, despite being flaggedonly once for illegal procedure athis junior college.

“I was kind of surprised withmyself, little bit upset that Ikicked three out the first threegames,” Doerner said. “I’m kick-ing the ball straighter now, so I

haven’t really had that problemsince then.”

Doerner adjusted from theJuCo level, where coachesmade him focus on directionalpunting. The Rutgers coachingstaf f reversed the trend whenDoerner arrived, concentratingon aiming toward the center ofthe field rather than the sidelines.

He did enough to beat out truefreshman Anthony DiPaula dur-ing training camp, steadying theposition after Dellaganna suf-fered through injury last seasonand gave way to Kyle Sullivan.

Dellaganna graduated andSullivan is no longer with the program.

“[Dellaganna] got better. Hegot it,” Schiano said. “[Doernerwill] get it.”

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T exas Longhorns quar-terback GarrettGilbert plans to trans-

fer to Southern Methodist. Gilbert must sit out the

2012 season and will play in2013 as a redshirt senior.

The former coveted Texasrecruit sat the bench this seasonwhen head coach Mack Brownreplaced him with a combinationof freshman David Ash andsophomore Case McCoy.

Gilbert came in to replacean injured Colt McCoy in the2009 BCS NationalChampionship Game andstarted until this season.

THE RUTGERS WOMEN’Sgolf team finished in 10thplace at the Rainbow WahineInvitational yesterday inKalopei, Hawaii.

The Scarlet Knights shot a54-hole total of 938, 89 strokesbehind the No. 1 team in thenation, tournament winnerUCLA, which carded an 849.

Freshman KortnieMaxoutopoulis led the Knights,shooting a 229 to place her tiedfor twenty-seventh.

This concludes fall play forthe women’s team, whichresumes March 16 in Port St.Lucie, Fla.

DETROIT LIONSdefensive tackle NdamukongSuh met with NFLCommissioner Roger Goodellon Tuesday to gain a betterunderstanding of the rules.

Goodell and Suh reviewedtape and went over questionsSuh had about his play and thegame in general.

Suh said the meeting wentwell and his questions and con-cerns received clarification.

Goodell commended Suhfor his initiative and willing-ness to come forward andmake adjustments to keep hisplay within the rules.

THE OAKLAND RAIDERSadded a veteran presence thisweek, signing wide receiverT.J. Houshmandzadeh.

The experienced wideoutjoins a team that already hastwo people he is familiar withfrom his days with theCincinnati Bengals.

Head coach Hue Jacksonused to be the wide receiverscoach for the Bengals, and newacquisition Carson Palmer wasthe Bengals signal caller.

Once he left Cincinnati,Houshmandzadeh saw adecline in production last sea-son with the Baltimore Ravens.

MAJOR LEAGUEBaseball announced the 2011recipients of the Gold GloveAward, which names the topdefensive player at each posi-tion from each league.

Notable winners include St.Louis Cardinals catcher YadierMolina, who won his fourthconsecutive Gold Glove, andChicago White Sox pitcherMark Buehrle, who won histhird-straight award.

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Senior back Christie Morad (3) started every game this season for the Knights. Morad is one of seven veterans Rutgers graduatesthis year after missing the Big East Tournament with a 2-4 conference record and a 5-13 mark overall.

how much we’d improved. It wasnice for an umpire to kind ofnotice that.”

One of the ways Rutgersimproved was by generatingmore penalty corners. TheKnights ended the year averag-ing 7.89 per game, good for sec-

ond in the Big East behind only Syracuse.

While the extra corners gavethe Knights more opportuni-ties, head coach Liz Tchou saidthey did not score enough on them.

“Drawing corners does notmean you get a shot off,” theninth-year head coach said. “Wedefinitely improved in drawingcorners, but our corner execu-tion was not as strong as it couldhave been.”

The Knights have to over-come an even greater loss inexperience next year than theysaw this year, losing seven sen-iors instead of two. But Tchouhopes to still incorporate theseniors in future practices thisyear to utilize their leadershipwhile they are still at Rutgers.

“We talked to them abouthelping us in the springbecause there’s a new possibleNCAA ruling about lesseningthe competitions allowed in the

spring,” she said. “If that goesdown, we’re going to needevery senior that can help usduring the spring.”

And with the season endingwithout a tournament ber th,the Knights are focusing onnext year earlier than they expected.

“They’re really hungr y toget themselves back to the BigEast Tournament and scoremore goals and win somegames,” Tchou said.

SCORING: Knights rank

second in Big East in corners

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Forward Tricia DiPaolo, left, who will return for a sixth season next year, did not play in the Knights’ front third this season for head coach Glenn Crooks. Fifth-yearsenior Karla Schacher played only five games for the Knights before tearing her ACL against UCLA. Schacher is tied for ninth in Rutgers history with 18 goals.

season against UCLA marked thefirst of many setbacks Crooks faced.

Only three games later, sopho-more Jonelle Filigno — who led theKnights with six goals despite play-ing in a little more than six games— suffered an ankle injury againstVillanova and never recovered.

Tricia DiPaolo, who will returnfor a sixth year next season after suf-fering knee injuries of her ownthroughout her career, never playeda minute for Crooks.

Amid losing his most potentoffensive weapons and copingwith nagging injuries to junior for-ward April Price, Crooks saw hisyouth-laden forwards quicklythrown into the fire.

Despite minimal collegiate expe-rience, freshmen Cassie Inacio,Stephanie Scholz and AmyPietrangelo shouldered the Knights’offensive burden.

“I’m really proud of the team,”said senior midfielder AshleyMedcalf, who tied for third on theteam with two goals. “We had a lot offreshmen come in here and thefreshmen had to play a big role, andI thought they played well, beingthat it was their first year.”

Scholz stood out among herclass and became the go-to scorerin Filgino’s absence. The rookiefinished second with three goals,with Pietrangelo and Inacio eachscoring once.

Sophomore midfielder StefaneePace scored two goals, as well, butthe brunt of the scoring responsibil-ities fell on Crooks’ freshman class.

That will only help them mov-ing forward, Crooks said.

“They’ve gained a lot becausewe’ve put a lot on their shoulders.We expected a lot out of [Inacioand Scholz], along with AmeliaPietrangelo,” he said. “Therewere greater responsibilities forthem than if Karla and Jonelle andApril would have been 100 per-cent for 100 percent of the year.”

But that is not to say therewere not growing pains.

The Knights suffered through a381-minute scoreless streak in themiddle of the season, a span duringwhich the team gained only one con-ference point in four matches. Andeven after scoring started again, theteam finished the year averagingonly 0.95 goals per game.

That put pressure on juniorgoalkeeper Emmy Simpkins andthe defense and — more often thannot — the unit answered the call.

Simpkins recorded five shutoutsin her second full season in net and

finished fourth in the Big East ingoals allowed average (0.95) andsave percentage (.800).

“Goalkeeping is all about experi-ence, so of course it’s nice to getanother year under my belt,”Simpkins said. “I had to thank myteam for everything.”

But the Knights were as youngin the backfield, especially late inthe season.

Junior back Shannon Woellermissed the team’s final four gameswith the Canadian National Team,and senior Julie Lancos moved uptop to spark the offense, creatingvoids that freshmen Logan Whiteand Morgan Kennedy had to fill.

Both gained an immensity ofknowledge from their increasedroles, and in Lancos’ eyesKennedy will continue Rutgers’defensive tradition.

“She stepped in and shelearned so much this year that

she’s only going to learn moreand more, and she’s going tokeep getting better,” Lancos said.“I’m excited to come back nextyear and watch her play.”

With all the Knights dealt withleading up to their first-round exitto Providence in the Big EastChampionships — the team’s12th consecutive trip — excite-ment is a good word to gauge theemotions of those returning.

When mayhem strikes again,the players will be ready.

“I was proud of them becausedespite the adversity we knew theresult we needed going into thatSeton Hall game,” Crooks said ofthe Knights’ final game of the sea-son, when they tied Seton Hall, 2-2,to earn a playoff berth. “The endresult was that it gave us an oppor-tunity in the playoffs, and I thinkthat spoke a lot of the character ofthe team.”

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PRACTICE NOTEBOOK HARRISON RECORDS BOUNCEBACK PERFORMANCE WITH DEEP SCORE

BY PATRICK LANNISTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers volleyball teamhopes to end its road woesFriday at DePaul with a win

aga ins tt h es t r u g -g l i n gh o m eteam.

T h eBlue Demons (6-19, 2-8) enterFriday’s match with only sixwins overall, but the ScarletKnights’ record is equally ordi-nary. Boasting eight wins and a1-9 Big East record, theKnights still search for theirfirst conference road win.

DePaul earned its first roadvictory at St. John’s last Friday,when the team swept the RedStorm, 3-0, but stumbled twodays after at Connecticut andlost, 3-1.

DePaul also owns a 3-2 winover Georgetown, somethingRutgers does not.

Falling, 3-2, to the Hoyas onSunday, the Knights could notadd a Georgetown victory totheir résumé. With their onlyBig East win coming against in-state rival Seton Hall, the

Knights sit a game below theBlue Demons in the conference standings.

His squad faces pressure,but head coach CJ Werneke says it is ready for Friday’s match.

“I think we match up verywell against DePaul,” thefourth-year coach said. “One ofthe big things, though, whenyou go on the road, is that youhave to match the team’s ener-gy and intensity.”

With building frustrationamong his squad, Werneke lit afire under the Knights in hopesof increasing their energy levelfor the weekend’s match.

“I asked them what type ofteam they want to be,” Wernekesaid. “How do they want torespond? Do we want to let ateam beat us because we didn’tmatch their intensity and play at the highestlevel possible?”

When playing at their high-est level, the Knights show anability to compete.

Junior Allie Jones proves tobe one of the strongest of fen-sive players in the conference,and the middle-blocker show-cased that at Marquette with 19 kills.

But the Knights need toprove that Friday consistently onevery point.

“If we commit to every pointand play our style, we’re thebetter team,” he said.

If committing to every pointand playing their style atDePaul results in a win inChicago, the Knights travel toNotre Dame on Sunday withmomentum on their side.

“[A victory] would give usconfidence and let us know thatwe can win on the road,”Werneke said.

The Irish enter the weekendsixth in the Big East with a 6-4conference record.

Only a game above eighth-place Seton Hall, a loss for theIrish could complicate the post-season picture.

With two weekends left inthe season, every game mat-ters, and the Knights are notyet mathematically eliminated.Still, the task is daunting, as theKnights must win their last four games to hope to qualify for the Big East Tournament.

To do that, the Knights haveto match the home team’sintensity while on the road.

RUTGERS AT DEPAUL, SATURDAY, 3 P.M.

VOLLEYBALL

JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Head coach CJ Werneke and the Scarlet Knights face a DePaulteam that struggled as mightily during the 2011 campaign.

Rutgers seeks to halt road struggles against DePaul

BY STEVEN MILLER ANDANTHONY HERNANDEZ

STAFF WRITERS

Mark Harrison did not wince orfast forward through his droppedpass against Louisville while watch-ing film before last week’s game.

The junior wide receiveralready suffered a shot to his confi-dence earlier in the season after adrop against North Carolina andknew how to deal with it: move onand get back in the end zone.

Harrison did that against WVUlast week, when he caught a 45-yard touchdown.

“I felt like I came into the gamenot even thinking about, just want-ing to play and have fun out there,”Harrison said. “[Confidence] reallydidn’t waver. After the NorthCarolina game, it really did humbleme a lot. I knew it was a possibilityit could happen. You never knowwhat can happen. I felt like I had togo out for each game the sameway, prepare the same way andstay focused the same way.”

Head coach Greg Schianogreeted Harrison on the sideline,where he reminded arguably hisbest deep-threat target that henever lost faith in him.

The coaches’ support was criti-cal, Harrison said, and it was visi-ble during pre-game warm-ups atHigh Point Solutions Stadium.

Wide receivers coach P.J. Flecksprinted toward Harrison afternearly every pass thrownHarrison’s way and got right intothe face of the 6-foot-3 wideout.

“[Fleck] always stays on top ofus, no matter what,” Harrison said.“He brings a lot of energy and ithelps to have a coach like that whostays on you and lets you know thatyou haven’t arrived and you stillhave things to work on.”

Harrison likely thought hearrived a year ago, when he tied forthe team lead with 44 catches andled the team with 829 yards andnine touchdowns.

His two touchdowns this sea-son and one from his freshmanyear give him 12 for his career,

which ties him in ninth place onthe Rutgers leaderboard.

“You can’t really dwell on thingsthat happen,” Harrison said. “Youhave to move forward.”

Harrison learned that thehard way.

THROUGH EIGHT GAMESthis season, the Knights pass rushproved its worth.

The Knights recorded 25sacks — good for ninth nationally— in that span and showed theirability to rush the passer againstquality conference opponents, evi-dent in their six-sack showingagainst Pittsburgh.

But they only recorded onesack in their two-game losing streak.

“I hope we can pick it back up,”he said. “I hope that.”

South Florida quarterback B.J.Daniels, a dual threat, averages 4.9yards per rush when he strays outof the pocket and is second on theBulls in rushing.

While Schiano admits he enjoysgetting to the quarterback, he alsonoted getting off the field is of theutmost importance.

The high-powered WestVirginia offense went only 2-for-13on third-down conversions, whileLouisville struggled two weeksago, going 3-for-10 on third down.

“I’m not as concerned with thestatistical sack number as I ampressure on the quarterback andour ability to alter the throw,”Schiano said.

FOLLOWING THEsnowstorm that dropped overPiscataway in the Knights’ loss toWest Virginia last week, Schianosees an advantage to Saturday’s 7p.m. kickoff.

Temperatures are set tohover around the 30 degreesduring the evening.

“I’m sure when [USF] looks atthat those kids are like, ‘Oh, whatis that?’” Schiano said. “So we’retrying to convince them thatthat’s the way it’s going to beSaturday night.”

RAMON DOMPOR / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior wide receiver Mark Harrison rebounded with a 45-yard touchdown reception Saturdayagainst West Virginia after wrestling with inconsistency earlier in the season.

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Rutgers unveilsup-tempo pacein exhibition

BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

For the Rutgers men’s basketball team, thewait is nearly over. Junior forward Dane Millersaid the offseason and preseason seemed like

“a long time.”Even head

coach Mike Ricefelt the effects.

“Whether it’stwo weeks, threeweeks into the sea-

son, it feels like it’s two months,” the second-year head coach said.

Such is life in a Division-I program,where the stakes and expectations are usu-ally daunting.

It was not the case last year, when Riceinherited only eight returning scholarshipplayers.

But the Scarlet Knights unveil their newlook to the public for the first time Sunday,when they host Rutgers-Newark at the LouisBrown Athletic Center for their final tune-up.

“It’s going to be great with the excitementof the younger guys coming in. I knowthere’s going to be a huge crowd,” said juniorforward Austin Johnson. “I’m just ready toplay somebody else for once instead of beat-ing up on my teammates every day.”

The Knights follow up their scrimmagelast weekend against Iona with an exhibitionagainst the Scarlet Raiders, Rutgers’ finalopponent before beginning the season Nov.11 against Dartmouth.

With seven freshmen on the roster, thefocus is on the finer print, Johnson said.

“We don’t always listen to the small thingsand implement the small details,” he said.“Those are the things that help us win games.One minor-detail miss can lose us the game.”

With one of the nation’s most heraldedrecruiting classes, the microscope at the RACwill be larger than any in recent memory.

Rutgers’ highly touted backcourt, consist-ing of freshmen Eli Carter, Myles Mack andJerome Seagears, makes its first appearancein scarlet.

Mack committed to Rice and the Knightsbefore his senior year of high school, whileCarter went to prep school and offered anApril 22 commitment.

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RUTGERS-NEWARKAT RUTGERS-NB, SUNDAY, 2 P.M.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Junior punteradjusts to newwinter climate

BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Rutgers head football coach Greg Schianohad his worries. The 11th-year head coachwalked the High Point Solutions Stadium

turf early Saturday asthe temperature

dropped below freezing.He wondered how his punter, in only his

first season with the program, would farewith the snowy conditions.

Schiano’s doubts were legitimate.Junior punter Justin Doerner hails fromsouthern California.

“You know, for a California kid I was real-ly worried about it,” Schiano said. “It wasn’tso pretty. It has to be the first time he’s everseen anything like that.”

Doerner performed well, Schiano said,averaging 34 yards per punt and landing onepunt inside the West Virginia 20-yard line.

When Doerner punted five timesSaturday and performed kickoff duties, itwas only the second time he ever experi-enced snowfall.

“I’ve been in weather like that beforebut I was on vacation,” he said. “I wasn’tplaying a football game. If I had to go mywhole life without having to do it again, I’dbe all right.”

Schiano has experience with Californiapunters. Teddy Dellaganna, Doerner’s pred-ecessor at the position, suffered his fairshare of poor outings because of East Coastplaying conditions.

It did not take long for Dellaganna toreceive his unof ficial welcome to sporadic weather.

“He was horrible,” Schiano said. “Thefirst spring scrimmage of his career, it wasfreezing, windy. He was shanking them allover the place. I said, ‘Haven’t you everkicked it in some wind?’ He goes, ‘No.’”

Dellaganna went on to punt for theScarlet Knights for three seasons, averag-ing 41.8 yards per punt — a Rutgersrecord — in 35 career games. He alsoearned Big East Special Teams Player ofthe Weeks honors during his time in Piscataway.

Doerner, from Redondo Beach, Calif.,punted through windy conditions along

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FOOTBALL

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

All the pieces for success were in placefor the Rutgers women’s soccer team priorto the star t of the season. Then,

mayhem struck.Only in the

Scarlet Knights’ (8-8-3, 3-5-3) case, noinsurance existed that could compensatefor the damages.

“It seemed like every injury was to an attack-ing player, and it ultimately had a major impacton the season,” said head coach Glenn Crooks.“You can’t lose some of those kinds of kids …and still produce in the same fashion. That madeit difficult, but at the same time it wasn’t going tobe an impossible task. We just didn’t get it done.”

A season-ending injury to fifth-year seniorKarla Schacher in the Knights’ fifth game of the

WOMEN’S SOCCER

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NOAH WHITTENBURG / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Sophomore forward Jonelle Filigno missed most of the season with a naggingankle injury. Despite the missed time, Filigno still led the Knights with six goals.

Adverse year fosters growthfor inexperienced RU squad

Knights miss tournament, reflect on lack of scoringBY JOSH BAKAN

CORRESPONDENT

The magic number for the Rutgers fieldhockey team this season was 30.

It took the Scarlet Knights 30 goals toqualify for the BigEast Tournament

last year, and the Knights wanted to sur-pass that total in order to make a secondconsecutive conference tournament.

Twenty-seven goals and one regularseason later, the Knights are staying inPiscataway for this year’s Big EastTournament, which was not what theyexpected with a team returning all but twoplayers from the first team to qualify for atournament spot since 2003.

“It was really hard not making the tour-nament, especially after making it last year,”said senior back Christie Morad. “Weexpected to do just as well — if not better —this year.”

Although the Knights fell only threegoals shy of last year’s total, the inabilityto capitalize on of fensive opportunities isone of the main factors keeping the

Knights (5-13, 2-4) out of the playoffs.

“We could have improved on finishingaspects,” said senior midfielder BridgetteSands. “We had all kinds of opportunitiesin the circle. We need to capitalize onthem. That’s what should have happened.”

The Knights began the season Aug. 26with a good start for their 30-goal target anda 5-1 victory over James Madison.

But once Rutgers began facing toughercompetition, the team dug itself into a deephole with a lack of scoring. The Knights suf-fered seven consecutive losses after their sea-son-opening win, scoring no more than onegoal in each of those losses.

The Knights snapped the losing streakwith a 3-1 win against Bucknell and became amuch-improved team from that point for-ward, Sands said.

“We definitely got better from the firstgame to the last game. We were much morein tune with each other,” she said. “A ref whowe had one of our first games who we actual-ly had one of our last games actually told us

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FIELD HOCKEY

ALEX VAN DRIESEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore forward Gia Nappi led the Knights offense with a team-high six goalson the season. Rutgers scored 27 goals this year after hoping to surpass 30.

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