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University President Richard L. McCormick discusses a $1 billion fundraiser thatwill launch Oct. 13 to generate more revenue, called “Our Rutgers, Our Future.”

PAUL CHUNG

Protest leadsto calls forresignation

BY NEIL P. KYPERSEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

A dramatic walkout during UniversityPresident Richard L. McCormick’s eighthannual address to the University communityled to calls for an apology or resignation ofthe Rutgers University Student Assemblyparliamentarian.

Jorge Casalins, RUSA parliamentarianand Latino Student Council political chair,interrupted the address Friday in theMultipurpose Room of the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenue Campus.

“You hold in your hands the destiny ofthousands of people who came here whodeserve an education,” said Casalins, aSchool of Arts and Sciences sophomore, 20minutes into the address. “We want to know

McCormicklooks towardfuture at U.

BY NEIL P. KYPERSEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The University must look to the future inorder to get through this period of historic tran-sition in the nation.

This was the message University PresidentRichard L. McCormick focused on during hiseighth annual address to the University com-munity Friday at the Rutgers Student Center onthe College Avenue campus.

“We can and will move successfully throughthe transition into a new era of even greaterachievement,” McCormick said. “Doing so willrequire sacrifice and will demand decisions thatare not always easy or popular.”

One of the unpopular decisions McCormickreferenced is the budget freeze.

“We did not make this decision lightly … butwe believe shared sacrifice hews to the Rutgersspirit and is more humane than the alternativeswe have before us,” he said.

McCormick highlighted some of thealternatives in his address, pointing to fur-loughs in Illinois, Wisconsin and Maryland’sstate universities.

In an effort to ensure the University isdoing all it can to curtail costs and preventany more financial hardships, McCormickpointed to three budget alleviating measures:increased enrollment, energy savings andstrategic investments.

“The steps we are now taking, and otherslike them, will serve Rutgers well in the future,”he said.

In an attempt to better the University’sfuture economic outlook, a new $1 billionfundraising campaign called “Our Rutgers, OurFuture” will launch on Oct. 13.

Facebook CEO donates$100M to Newark schools

BY COLLEEN ROACHEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Republican Gov. Chris Christie andDemocratic Newark Mayor CoryBooker, along with Facebook Founderand Chief Executive Officer MarkZuckerberg, are putting politics aside inthe pursuit of a common goal — improv-ing Newark’s public schools.

The Harvard-educated Zuckerbergannounced Friday on “The OprahWinfrey Show” that he would be givinga $100 million startup grant to theschool district to establish the Startup:Education foundation, with hopes thatothers will match it.

The businessman said he chose togive the money to Newark because hebelieves in Christie and Booker.

“I find people who are really goodleaders and invest in them,” Zuckerbergsaid on the show.

Zuckerberg, who said it would be impos-sible for him to have such success without agood education, wants to see others havethe opportunities he has had in life.

“Every child deserves a good educa-tion, and right now that’s not happen-ing,” he said.

U.S. Secretary of Education ArneDuncan said he was glad to see some-thing being done in Newark, where abouthalf of students drop out of high school.

In a nation that once led the world incollege graduates but now ranks ninthin the world, improving educationacross the nation is key to advancingAmerica globally, he said on the show.

“We have to educate our way to a bet-ter economy,” Duncan said. “We all haveto be part of the solution.”

Booker said the problems in Newarkare not isolated to his city, and they willaffect the fate of the country.

“This crisis in education in Newark isthe crisis in education in America,” hesaid on the show. “We cannot have asuperior democracy with an inferioreducation system.”

Although schoolchildren in Newarkrecite the Pledge of Allegiance daily,

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New Brunswick families come together at the Raritan River Festival yesterday at Boyd Park in New Brunswick. Proceeds will be donated tothe Beez Foundation for brain cancer. To read the full story, see PAGE 11.

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FESTIVAL ON THE BANKS

University students and union members call for recognition and raises Friday on the College Avenue campus. The rally tookplace one hour prior to the eighth annual presidential address to the University community. To read the full story, see PAGE 4.

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In Friday’s University story, “LGBTQ

welcomes new members at reception,”

the group was incorrectly identified as having

created a “gender neutral” restroom

at Demarest Hall. The Office of Residence Life

and student advocates were responsible

for its creation.

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Panel provides insight on Middle Eastern womenBY NATALIE FLYNNCONTRIBUTING WRITER

To clear misconceptions ofwomen in the Middle East,BAKA: Students United ForMiddle Eastern Justice and theCenter for Middle EasternStudies, held a five-person paneldiscussion Thursday to educateUniversity students.

“Gender in the Middle Eastand its Diasporas” featured influ-ential women speakers, whoattempted to paint a clearer pic-ture about the problems that sur-round them here and abroadthrough poetry, personalaccounts and a short film.

“It is a great venue becausethe concentration is always onthe Middle East,” said panelistMaysa Abou-Youssef Hayward,head of Middle Eastern Studiesat Ocean County CommunityCollege. “It is time for us to talkand redefine the image.”

The discussion became heat-ed during the question-answersession when a non-studentmember of the audience ignitedtension with a statement aboutstoning, a human rights issuein the Middle East to which allfive women of the panel arefiercely opposed.

Fawzia Afzal-Khan, director ofWomen and Gender Studies atMontclair State University, saidthe practice of stoning is barbaricand should not be permittedunder any condition.

“We need to wage a jihad againstviolence in all its forms,” Khan said.

Golbarg Bashi, a Universityprofessor of Middle Easternand Iranian Studies, spoke

Five influential women clear misconceptions about Afghan women and share their experiences as Arab-Americans

at “Gender in the Middle East and its Diasporas” Thursday in Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center.

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about the image of MiddleEastern women in the West.

Bashi said the West sees thesituation as white men rescu-ing brown women from brown men.

“We want to seek a politicallyactive voice for marginally recog-

nized minorities on campus,” saidShehnaz Abdeljaber, the outreachcoordinator for the Center forMiddle Eastern Studies.

Aside from the controversialtopic, panelists also focused on what it is like to be an Arab-American.

The women tried to showthat not all Arabs are the sameand that they are a group asunique and diverse as any other.

“A lot of people think that allArabs are Muslim and allMuslims are Arab,” said Raja

Salloum, a mental health clini-cian for Arab-Americans at theMental Health Association inPassaic County.

The discussion ended withreadings from Zohra Saed, adoctoral candidate at The CityUniversity of New YorkGraduate Center, focusing onthe inner thoughts and feelingsof Afghan women.

Jessica Melo, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, saidshe attended the eventbecause she is always open tolearning about areas whereshe lacks knowledge.

“It was a very informative ses-sion that aimed to combat the tra-ditional stereotypes of theMiddle Eastern world, with itsarray of sources and even contro-versial moments that enhancedthe dialogue,” Melo said.

Hoda Mitwally, public rela-tions of ficer for BAKA, startedplanning the discussion inJune with other members ofthe executive board.

“I really wanted our audi-ence to see how complex andmulti-faceted gender is in theMiddle East,” said Mitwally, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior.

BAKA, a student groupsince 2005, stands for Belief,Awareness, Knowledge andActivism and is concernedwith promoting awareness ofthe current issues in theMiddle East, Mitwally said.

“We allow people the rightto feel comfortable to expresstheir marginalized points ofview regarding the MiddleEast,” she said.

goals now we have to work toachieve them.”

Casalins disagreed, arguing theUniversity can adopt their position.

“It is a technicality that is easyto hide behind, and we are work-ing to expose it,” he said.

Casalins actions resulted in theStudent Representative to the Boardof Governors Jonathan Nycz to callfor an apology or resignation.

Nycz, a School of Engineeringsenior, said as a member ofRUSA, it was unacceptable to actthat way during the address.

“He should issue a formal apol-ogy to the president and boardmembers at the meeting and if herefuses to issue a formal apology,he should resign,” he said. “Hetook a relationship RUSA is tryingto build with the administrationand threw it out the window withthese comments.”

Casalins does not agree withNycz, since he shares a positionon two groups.

“My actionswere not on behalfof RUSA,” he said.“This was not aneveryday situa-tion. This waspolitical action bythe political chairof the [LatinoStudent Council].”

R U S APresident YousefSaleh said hewould not call forCasalins’ resigna-

tion since he was not acting in thecapacity of RUSA parliamentarian.

“Jorge is the political chair forthe Latino Student Council, andthis is part of the advocacy that hedoes,” said Saleh, a School of Artsand Sciences senior. “He has free-dom of speech, and although I donot agree with the methods, I amnot going to stop him.”

Saleh considers what hap-pened a part of the learningprocess and that, if necessary,he would like Casalins to makeclear which group he was representing.

“Even though we support thein-state tuition act and the DREAMAct, we don’t support the way they[acted],” Saleh said. “RUSA as anorganization does not support theway the protest was carried out.”

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“Some have said we shouldnot be starting a campaign insuch bleak economic times — I say we must,”McCormick said.

Despite the positive mes-sages, a number of audiencemembers interrupted the pres-ident’s address demanding hetake a stance on the issue ofproviding illegal immigrantsin-state tuition rates and even-tually staging a walkout.

During the question-and-answer session a student, whoidentified himself as ErnestoGuevara, demanded McCormicktake a moral stance on the in-state tuition issue.

McCormick responded bysaying the University will jointhe students in advancing theDREAM Act and any resultingstate legislation.

This did not satisfy the ques-tioner who demandedMcCormick take a personalmoral stance.

“It must be obvious to youthat I am standing here as a pres-ident of Rutgers whose moralcommitment to diversity andopportunity over 247 years can

BY JOSHUA ROSENAUSTAFF WRITER

Students and faculty protestedthe University’s financial policiesFriday on the steps of BrowerCommons on the College Avenuecampus before the annualaddress of University PresidentRichard L. McCormick.

The rally served as a platformfor speeches by leaders of theUniversity’s labor unions and theRutgers University StudentAssembly. Most of the speakershit on topics like the faculty wagefreeze and the rise in fees andtuition passed to students.

“The raises were due to the peo-ple who were the best teachers andthe best researchers on this cam-pus,” said Adrienne Eaton, presi-dent of the Rutgers Council of theAmerican Association of UniversityProfessors-American Federation ofTeachers. “So the people whowere hurt the most were also themost high performing.”

The University’s denial of rais-es will likely make it harder forthe University to retain andattract high-quality faculty andstaff who may find a better jobelsewhere, she said.

For students here, that isgoing to have consequences in

the classroom, as there will beconsequences for the researchprogram and the reputation of theUniversity, Eaton said.

“If all the other state collegespaid the raises, Rutgers, who getsmore money, should be able to paythe raises. It’s a bunch of junk,”said Charlesetta Bynes, presidentof the American Federation ofState, County and MunicipalEmployees Local 1761, which rep-

resents clerical, office, laboratoryand technical workers at theUniversity, according to its website.

Union members at the rally col-lected student signatures for a peti-tion requesting that the University“honor the negotiated agreementsby paying salary increases” and“make available a clear explanationof the administration’s priorities.”

The University’s unions are try-ing to establish a modicum of fair-

ness, said Rutgers Business SchoolStudent Counselor John Muth.

“We have so many administra-tors at [the University], dozens,scores, that are earning[$200,000 to] $400,000 a year, andthey are begrudging people whoare earning [$30,000 to] 50,000 ayear an opportunity to get theirraise,” Muth said.

Rather than investing in thehuman resources of faculty andstaff at the University, JosephDwyer, vice president of theAAUP-AFT, argued that theadministration has opted to investin buildings, dining halls andother brick-and-mortar projectsaround the campus.

“Because they don’t believe inthis Rutgers community, theysqueeze us as hard as they can,”said Dwyer, citing stalled contractnegotiations and the persistentlycontingent nature of the employ-ment of adjunct and supplemen-tary staff by the University.

Rutgers University StudentAssembly Vice President MattCordiero also spoke at the rally,offering his dissent of theUniversity’s fiscal policy from astudent’s perspective.

“Over the summer, all the peo-ple who make the University runwere denied a wage increase they

FUTURE: McCormick

says U. needs to invest in buses

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During the question-and-answer session, students and faculty bring up different issuesranging from a cap on enrollment to the recent salary freezes for faculty members.

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— it’s a yes or no answer — willyou support in-state tuition forthem? We cannot wait until theend. This is a pressing issue.”

A lack of an immediate responsefrom the president promptedCasalins, and a group of students, towalk out with fists raised.

“If he is not going to listen tous, I won’t listen to him either andneither will we,” said Casalins,immediately before the walkout.

Amid three prior interrup-tions, which were dealt with bysecurity, Chair of the UniversitySenate Paul Panayotatos askedfor questions to wait until the endof the address and also com-mented on the student’s actions.

“Why are you trying to alien-ate the body thatis sympathetic toyour cause,” saidPanayotatos, aUniversity profes-sor.

Casalins hadan answer.

“Although theydo support it, weneed them to takea more activestance,” he said.

Casalins saidthe action was nec-essary because the students weretired of being denied an audiencewith the president.

“Without our action onFriday, he would not haveaddressed it at all,” he said. “Wewould have asked him in the pub-lic forum, but he would havegiven us the same run around.”

During the question-and-answer session, McCormickaddressed the concern over in-state tuition for illegal immigrantsexpressing the University sup-ports the Development, Relief andEducation for Alien Minors Actand would support any resultinglegislation in New Jersey.

“It will have to be solved withinthe context of the government ofNew Jersey and of the nation,”McCormick said. “We share the

PROTEST: RUSA calls

Casalins’ actions inappropriate


“It is a technicalitythat is easy to

hide behind, and we are working

to expose it.”JORGE CASALINS

Latino Student Council Political Chair

Students, union rally for raises

Students and faculty rally over the decision to freeze union raisesFriday in front of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus.

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“Jersey roots, contract breach —

that is what’s going on.”BHAVIN PATEL

Roosevelt Institute President

were promised. So now we aregetting less education for ourhigher tuition,” said Cordiero, aSchool of Arts and Sciences junior.“That doesn’t make any sense tome. I don’t know why I am payingmore and getting less.”

Bhavin Patel, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, criti-

cized the administration’s deci-sion to deny raises to facultyand staff, especially since theunions last year volunteered toforgo raises.

“Jersey roots, contractbreach — that is what’s goingon,” said Patel, president of theRoosevelt Institute.

not be doubted by anyone in theroom,” McCormick said.

The issue of tuition wasdropped, as “Guevara” was theonly representative left to speakafter the walkout.

Joan Morrell, a Rutgers-Newark neuroscience profes-sor, challenged the impetusthat the state funding is notthere for the pay freezes at theUniversity since it onlyaccounts for about 5 percent ofthe budget.

“How in good conscious canyou say that the reason that youcannot pay the raises … is due tocuts in state funding,” Morrellasked, followed by applause.

McCormick said theUniversity made tough deci-sions in an effort to curtail loss-es for all.

“We collectively have aresponsibility for the years aheadfor Rutgers and some of thosechoices will not be easy or popu-lar, and I freely acknowledge thisis one of them,” he said.

Others chose to focus on per-sonal issues, like not receivingtransfer credits and still othersbrought up issues surroundingincreased enrollment.

Steven Lee, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences junior, askedMcCormick if there was a poten-tial for an enrollment cap in order

to ensure necessary resourcesare available for students.

“We are not looking for ahard cap on enrollmentalthough we do recognize, as Isaid, we cannot enroll our wayout of this crisis,” McCormicksaid. “We are looking to targetenrollment increases withrespect to certain disciplines… and that probably meansother [disciplines] will declinein enrollment.”

The University is constructingnew beds on Livingston andBusch campuses to curtail resi-dence hall overcrowding, andalso needs to invest more in thebus system, he said.

Josh David, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, asked whatthe University would do toimprove the aesthetics aroundcampus to attract more students.

“The shabbiness of someparts of our campus is a shame,”McCormick said.

There are areas where invest-ments are being made, he said.The upgrade of the bus shelter onCollege Avenue and additions toLivingston improve the beautyaround campus.

“Those are just some exam-ples of investments we’re makingin the beauty of the place,”McCormick said. “I don’t think itis superficial or spurious or irrel-evant to our academic goals.”

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A strong-arm robberyand simple assaultoccurred Saturday around1:37 a.m. in front ofBrower Commons on theCollege Avenue campus.

The suspectapproached the victimfrom behind in the walk-way outside TinsleyHall on the CollegeAvenue campus whereshe snatched the vic-tim’s wallet out of herright hand, said Lt.Leonard Safko of theRutgers UniversityPolice Department.

The victim thenchased the suspect, whofled on foot towardBrower Commons, andretrieved her propertyafter catching the suspect.

With a closed fist,the suspect knockedthe victim to theground and regainedcontrol of the wallet.She then ran throughthe Bishop Quadtoward George Street.

The victim was treat-ed and released at a localhospital for her injuries.

The suspect isdescribed as a college-aged black female,standing at 5 feet 5inches tall. She alsohad gapped front teethand her hair in a bun.She was wearing a tanfitted T-shir t andmatching shorts.

Those with informa-tion or were in the areaat the time are asked tocontact RUPD Sgt. EricNielsen at (732)-932-8025 or (732)-932-7211.

— Kristine RosetteEnerio

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U. journalism society earns regional awardBY EDEN MESFUNCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University’s chapter ofthe Society of ProfessionalJournalists, named the 2010Campus Chapter of the Year, willbe recognized for its achieve-ment Sunday in Las Vegas.

After competing against 28chapters in the Northeast Region,the nation’s largest region for theSPJ, the University’s chapter beatout top journalism schools likethose at Boston University andSyracuse University.

The awards ceremony in LasVegas will feature staff from thenational organization and partic-ipants from the United Statesand Canada.

“It took years and years to getto this point,” said adviser RonMiskoff. “I am glad we got somerecognition for it. To see anorganization grow like that is avery satisfying feeling.”

Luther Turmelle, regionaldirector of SPJ, found the chap-ter’s collaborative session on cen-sorship in Sierra Leone with theRutgers University Association ofBlack Journalists pivotal in nam-ing it the region’s best chapter.

“They brought in a journalistfrom Africa who talked about howdifferent it is practicing journal-ism in a particular country,”Turmelle said.

Overall, a chapter’s work willreflect its commitment, he said.

“An individual chapter is onlyas good as what they put into it,”Turmelle said.

The chapter competes region-ally against other local chapters bysubmitting a report to regionaldirectors like Turmelle. All region-al award nominations are at thediscretion of its regional director.

To apply for the award, a chap-ter must submit a report of itsactivities every spring, whichalso grants it voting privileges inthe organization.

“The one chapter goes on towin the national award, given outeach year at the annual conven-tion,” Turmelle said.

The University’s chapter, adivision of a national organizationthat promotes diversity andfocuses on ethics and crisis injournalism, was not always suc-cessful in the past. Miskoffrecalled periods during which itsuffered from a lack of organiza-tion and low membership.

SPJ President Travis Fedschunalso recalled such times.

“Some people were electedinto positions, and they later real-ized they couldn’t perform to thebest of their abilities,” saidFedschun, a School of Arts andSciences senior. “Last year ourvice president just dropped out,and we had to scramble to getour replacement.”

Surviving executive boardmembers revitalized the programand boosted active membership.The first meeting of the yearattracted 40 people, whereas anaverage of 10 people attendedmeetings in previous years,Miskoff said.

Online media like Facebookand Twitter were also helpfulin attracting members,Fedschun said.

SPJ members felt the recogni-tion is well deserved, he said.

“It is great to be acknowl-edged for all the hard work wehave done for something that isnot within the School ofCommunication and Informationcommittee,” Fedschun said.

The chapter attributes its cur-rent success to past students. Forexample, Tom Carr, secretary of

the SPJ recognized the work ofalumna Jessica Parrotta, whograduated in the spring as treas-urer of the SPJ.

“She had the lion’s share of thework,” said Carr, a School of Artsand Sciences junior. “I think shewas the one who propelled SPJ.”

Carr also commendedMiskoff’s handling of SPJ events.

“He really was the drivingforce behind the programs werun and the contacts wehave,” Carr said.

In an industry where havinga job depends on having connec-tions, SPJ’s status can make thedif ference between gettinghired or staying unemployed,which is significant for studentslike Fedschun.

Executive board membersfeel the SPJ offers a route to suc-cess. Carr, who is majoring injournalism and media studiesand art history, hopes to becomean art critic.

Fedschun is an intern atNews 12, and Secretary AbiraSengupta is an intern at “TheRachael Ray Show.”

“One thing you notice is every-one has SPJ,” he said. “SPJ isnationally known and recognized.

This is a university standardthat’s out there.”

The organization’s connec-tion with professional journalistsencourages a better understand-ing of the journalism industryand provides students with net-working opportunities throughevent sponsorship.

“I met the 2010 PulitzerPrize winner for investigativejournalism,” Carr said. “I got tomeet people, and they are notjust photographs on a piece of paper.”

There are many opportuni-ties for students in SPJ — thelargest journalism organizationin the United States, Miskof f said.

“It’s an umbrella for all jour-nalists,” he said. “It doesn’t mat-ter whether you’re [interested in]radio, TV, online or newspaper.It’s very universal.”

Although the chapter is aresource for networking, Carrsaid he also appreciates theopportunity to make friends.

“I did not care about theaward,” he said. “What was niceis we all became friends. Theseare people I otherwise would nothave known.”


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STOMPING FOR SKAThe opening band Waffle Stompers, a New Brunswick group,opened the show Friday night. The band includes Universityalumnus Ted Moore as well as five other members.

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REEL MUSIC SELLS OUT


Students skank and mosh to the sounds of local music group Waffle Stompers andwell-known ska band Reel Big Fish Friday inthe Multipurpose Room of the LivingstonStudent Center. The Rutgers University Pro-gramming Association’s sold-out concert ranfor two hours and attracted 555 students.





Booker plans to support goodteachers and schools while cre-ating a system of accountabilityamong members of the Newarkcommunity in an ef fort toimprove education in the city.

“I see the greatness in[Newark],” he said. “I thinkNewark is going to change theparadigm for [education].”

Booker also announced thecreation of the NewarkEducation and YouthDevelopment Fund, a nonprofitorganization that aims to matchZuckerberg’s grant and raisean additional $50 million toserve youth in Newark, accord-

ing to a Facebookpress release.

Steven Barnett,a professor ofE d u c a t i o nEconomics andPublic Policy at theGraduate School ofEducation, saidZuckerberg’s dona-tion alone is notenough to fix

Newark’s existing school system.“If the funds are used to pro-

vide direct services rather thanguide change, it will have nomore ef fect than throwing apebble in a pond,” Barnett saidvia e-mail. “We will see a splashfollowed by a few temporaryripples on the surface, but noreal change.”

The cost of running NewarkPublic Schools is more than $1billion annually, not all ofwhich is included in their $940million operating budget forthis school year, and the dis-trict has suf fered a $42 millionreduction in state aid, Barnett said.


Booker said its words do notring true — liberty and justicedo not exist for all withoutaccess to an education.

Duncan mirrored the sentiment.

“If [children] don’t have agood education, they’re not real-ly free,” he said.

Christie said he will giveBooker authority overN e w a r k ’ sschools, and thetwo will worktogether tochoose a newsuperintendentfor the district.

“I’m commit-ting to changingthe schools inthe city where Iwas born,”Christie said on the show.

Restoring hope in Newarkis a step toward ridding thecity of drugs and violence, he said.

“It’s about the children,”Christie said. “Children don’tbelieve tomorrow can be betterthan today.”

Booker agreed that children,not politics, should be at the cen-ter of the discussion on educa-tion. Having government offi-cials and teachers unions blameone another will never produce asolution, he said.

“If we as a nation keep pullingleft and right, we will never moveforward,” Booker said.

NEWARK: Booker hopes

donations will better education


“If we as a nationkeep pulling left andright, we will never

move forward.”CORY BOOKER

Newark Mayor

Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently appeared on “The Oprah WinfreyShow” to discuss his reasons for donating $100 million to Newark Public Schools.

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Zuckerberg’s gift of $100 mil-lion works out to be $20 millionover the course of five years,less than 2 percent of the annualcost of Newark’s schools andless than half the cut in stateaid, he said.

Still, Barnett said there areways to use the money to make alasting difference.

He said it should be used to cre-ate and endow a center for devel-oping better learning and teachingcontinuously at every school level,which would monitor quality andguide changes in instruction, hesaid. Also, an investment in new,high-quality early childhood cen-ters can give children a head startat an early age.

“If more of Newark’s childrenenter kindergarten with skillsand knowledge comparable tothose of their more advantagedpeers in the suburbs, the NewarkPublic Schools will be more like-ly to succeed in keeping them ona path to higher achievement,high school graduation and high-er education,” he said.


27 Rutgers Students for Environmental Awareness aims toraise awareness about environmental issues in a way that isenjoyable and fun for our members and the students wereach out to. We are committed to creating environmentalchange in both the University and New Jersey communitiesby developing awareness campaigns and going above andbeyond for the sake of the public and the environment.Interested in joining? Come to our weekly meetings, everyMonday at 9 p.m. in the Merle V. Adams Room in the CookCampus Center, or e-mail us at [email protected]!

Author Steve Lerner will be discussing his newly-releasedbook “Sacrifice Zones: The Front Lines of Toxic ChemicalExposure in the United States” at 4:30 p.m. in the SpecialEvents Forum of the Civic Square Building in downtownNew Brunswick. Lerner is the research director atCommonweal, a nonprofit that focuses on environmentaland health issues. Lerner’s talk is the first lecture in “TheSpace of Democracy Lecture Series.” The series focuses onhow people are connected with and responsible to thosewho live in distant places. For more information about theevent, please contact [email protected].

Tickets are on sale for this year’s Homecoming ComedyShow online at RUPA.rutgers.edu. The show on Oct. 2 willfeature Craig Robinson of “The Office” and “Hot Tub TimeMachine,” and Donald Glover of “Community.” VisitRUPA.rutgers.edu for all ticketing and event information.

Looking for accurate nutrition advice from someone in theknow? Kappa Omicron Nu, Nutrition Honor Society, is offer-ing individualized nutrition advice sessions free of charge.Appointments can be made during the hours of 2 to 4 p.m.on Wednesdays and 9 to 11 a.m. on Thursdays. Please [email protected] to schedule an appointment or foradditional information. Please include your preference ofday and time when inquiring about an appointment.

Rutgers Recreation will be hosting a blood drive from 4 to 10p.m. at the Livingston Recreation Center. For more informa-tion e-mail [email protected].

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29 The Daily Targum will be holding a writers meeting at 9:30p.m. on the fourth floor lounge of the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenue campus. Assignments will begiven out and other business will be discussed during themeeting. All those interested are welcome. There is noexperience necessary.

Rutgers Recreation will be hosting a dodgeball tournamentfrom 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Cook/Douglass RecreationCenter. Interested teams should register as soon as possiblewith Sue Beaudrow at (732)-932-9178 because space is limit-ed. Canned goods will be collected from all teams and pro-ceeds will benefit Rutgers Against Hunger.

OCTOBER

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 and famil-iar 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, music andsodas will be served.

2 A 5K run will be held at 9 a.m. in the Heylar Woods adjacentto Rutgers Gardens on the Cook/Douglass campus. Therace will benefit the Frank G. Helyar Woods and the RutgersUniversity Ecology and Evolution Graduate StudentAssociation. To register and for more information, pleasevisit www.active.com/running/new-brunswick-nj/run-for-the-woods-2010.

11 The annual Fall Research Mixer will take place from 5 to 7p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Cook Campus Center.This event will give students the opportunity to meet withfaculty and discuss possible research projects. Whetherlooking for paid research assistant positions, research proj-ects or senior honors research opportunities next semesteror in the summer, this event can help students of multipleneeds. Attendees will have an opportunity to hear facultydescribe their projects and meet individually with them.Light refreshments will be provided. Those who plan onattending, please reply to Joan Jones by Oct. 7 at [email protected].

21 The Cook Leadership Breakfast meeting will start at 7:30a.m. in Multipurpose Room C at the Cook Campus Center.The theme for this meeting will be “Come Meet yourAdvisor.” Those with any questions regarding courses arefree to attend. Friends are welcome.

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Volunteers walk to support children in foster careBY SEHAR MOGULCONTRIBUTING WRITER

More than 200 people walkedabout three miles in the rainSunday morning, as part of theFoster and Adoptive FamilyServices Foundation’s thirdannual “Walk for Children inFoster Care.”

The goal of the walk, whichbegan in Buccleuch Park in NewBrunswick, was to raise aware-ness of and money for foster chil-dren in New Jersey.

At least four dif ferentgroups from the Universitysigned up to volunteer and walkin the event.

“We couldn’t do it without thesupport we get from Rutgers,”said Janis Nietzer, chair of thewalk and president of the FAFSBoard of the Directors.

About 30 members of theSigma Chi fraternity walked andvolunteered at the event.

Brian Letz, a member ofSigma Chi, said it is important toraise awareness of foster chil-dren and their needs throughoutthe University.

Through this event, Letzsaid he learned of FAFS for thefirst time.

“I didn’t even know that therewas a charity for foster children,”said Letz, a School of Arts andSciences senior.

Fellow Sigma Chi memberBart Blachnio also discussed theneed for awareness of such acause. He said he could relate tothe children because he comesfrom a single-parent home.

“We just like to come out andsupport any cause,” saidBlachnio, a School of Arts andSciences senior. “But when Ilearned about what this was andI thought about how I couldrelate to their situation, I reallyrealized how important it is toknow about it.”

Grant Shea, a member of theMu Beta Psi music service frater-nity, was a volunteer at the event.

“When Rutgers students gettogether, they can do a lot,” saidShea, a School of Arts andSciences senior. “An event such

as this really raises awarenessabout things that people don’teven know about.”

Mu Beta Psi has been volun-teering at the event since itbegan three years ago, Sheasaid. He spoke about the

importance of raising moneyfor the FAFS to support pro-grams like the “The BackpackProgram,” which provides fos-ter children entering newhomes with backpacks full ofsupplies like journals, stuf fedanimals and pajamas.

Three previous walks theFAFS held last year raised$25,000, Executive Director ofFAFS Mary Jane Awrachow said.The goal of this walk is $10,000,Nietzer said.

The money raised at the walkwill be used to fund FAFS pro-grams like “Fostering Wishes forChildren,” which provides chil-dren with things that state grantsdo not, such as toys, dance orswim lessons and contact lenses.

Robin Lang, director of theFoster Care Counseling Projectin the University’s Center forApplied Psychology, hasworked closely with FAFS formore than 10 years. Lang’s

group of undergraduate andgraduate students from theSchool of Social Work volun-teered at the event helping withthe sign-in process.

People do not hear about thepositive events in the lives of fos-ter children enough, Lang said.

“What people hear about arethe horrible things,” she said.“They don’t see the wonderfulwork or how wonderful the chil-dren are.”

There are about 8,000 fosterchildren in New Jersey and abouthalf a million in the country,Awrachow said.

“Even if people can’t donateand just walk, it’s really impor-tant, because it raises awarenessabout foster children,” she said.

The event was importantbecause it brought together avariety of people for a singlecause, Awrachow said.

“All different types of peoplevolunteer,” she said.

BY CANON CARSONCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Tents and tables filled withfree samples and literatureconcerning health care crowd-ed Neilson Street Saturday atthe Mount Zion AfricanMethodist Episcopal Church’sannual community health fair.

The church teamed up withSaint Peter’s UniversityHospital from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.to give the public free healthscreenings and tests. This isthe first year the church and St. Peter’s University Hospital partnered.

“[The fair’s goals were] tokeep people healthy and toreach out to people who maynot have insurance,” said AnnieMassimine, a registered nurse at St. Peter’s University Hospital.

Such services offered werescreening for blood pressure,glucose levels, body mass indexand cholesterol.

“The health fair is so [thecommunity] can get freescreenings,” Blight said. “It’sfree for anyone to get testsdone and talk to professionals.”

The fair this year focused onhealth care disparities and thelack of health care available tounderprivileged people.

“Health disparities are a bigissue, especially in this commu-nity, and we want to help,” saidLinda Blight, the fair’s chair-person and a Mount Zionchurch member.

Blight is a member of thePraise and Healthy committee,which formed in 2002 andfocuses on health care in thechurch and community.

“We will be accepting a com-munity ser vice award fromRobert Wood JohnsonUniversity Hospital thisThursday,” she said.

Mount Zion has held freehealth fairs in the communityfor eight years and hosts abouttwo to three fairs per year,Blight said.

This fair marks the first col-laboration between the churchand St. Peter’s UniversityHospital and many of the com-

munity health events are madepossible by grants from compa-nies, said Kathleen Iannauzzo, aregistered nurse at St. Peter’sUniversity Hospital.

“When we do these fairs inNew Brunswick with faith-based organizations, it’sthrough a grant we receivedfrom Merck,” said Iannauzzo,who works with St. Peter’sUniversity Hospital CommunityMobile Health Services.

The fair accommodated fornon-English speakers,Iannauzzo said.

“We also provide translationservices and financial servic-es,” she said. “That way thosewho don’t speak English can betested. The financial servicesare to talk with them aboutinsurance and how to stillreceive health care.”

But care does not end at thefair, Massimine said.

“We don’t only treat, we followup,” she said. “That way if some-thing is wrong, we can get themtreated and make sure they areseeking the help they need.”

A man who Massimine test-ed at previous fairs and healthevents in New Brunswick wasable to walk up to the table, andthe two conversed like old friends.

“You kind of develop a rela-tionship with people you see,”she said.

Helping and educating thosewho do not have insurance was akey goal in the health fair,Massimine said.

“In times like today with theeconomy, people don’t haveinsurance. This is helping peoplein their time of need,” she said.

At other health fairs, St.Peter’s University Hospitaleducated and screened forbreast cancer, prostate health,stress management, sun safetyand smoking, Iannuzzo said. The fairs tr y not to leave any health issue unchecked and unnoticed.

After the fair, the churchopened their doors for two hoursfor Feed the Hungry, where theyinvite those who are less fortu-nate to eat a free meal.

Community health fair provides free screenings, information

Monica Clear, left, and Nora Glowinski, registered nurses at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, perform free health screeningsfor attendees Saturday at the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church annual community health fair.

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“They don’t see the wonderful workor how wonderfulthe children are.”

ROBIN LANGFoster Care Counseling

Project Director

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Duck race raises cancer, environmental awarenessBY DENNIS COMELLA

STAFF WRITER

Local residents waddledover to Boyd Park yesterday onthe Banks of the Raritan Riverin New Brunswick to enjoy arubber duck race and learnmore about environmentalef for ts at the 30th annualRaritan River Festival.

Organized by the nonprofitcharity organization the BeezFoundation, the duck racestar ted in 2001 to raise money for pediatric brain cancer research.

Joe Giardina, the foundation’sfounder, said the organizationhas donated more than $150,000to cancer research.

Giardina and his wife estab-lished the Beez Foundation inhonor of their late daughterJennifer Beisswanger, whodied of brain cancer at the ageof 22.

Brain cancer is the No. 1 can-cer killer and the second mostcommon cancer in children,which is why research is impor-tant, Giardina said.

Visitors donated $5 to thefoundation to enter a duck in therace, and the owner of the firstduck to cross the finish line wona cruise.

This year marked the fourthrace, which made a comebackafter three years due to therecent renovation of Boyd Park,Giardina said.

As part of the campaign,Giardina created Duck Land,where children participated in activities by spending “duck bills.”

“We decided that everythingwe do will be a family event,” hesaid. “We feel we’ve done prettygood for helping the kids out.”

Another important messageat the festival was to keep theenvironment clean and healthy,including the Raritan River on alocal scale.

“There aren’t that manycities along the river thatappreciate the river or haveaccess,” said Bill Schultz, theRaritan Riverkeeper. “NewBrunswick is one of the fewtowns that really seems toappreciate the river.”

Schultz said to keep theenvironment clean and theecosystem healthy, for bothpeople and wildlife.

“We talk for the fish and suepolluters,” he said.

The New BrunswickEnvironmental Commissionalso pitched a tent where envi-ronmental organizations wereable to speak to the communityabout various topics, such asrenewable power, recycling andgoing green.

“We’re trying to teach peoplenot to litter and to recycle asmuch as possible,” said DonnaCaputo, the New BrunswickBureau of Recycling coordinator.

Spectators of the event,such as East Brunswick resi-dent Nadine Taranto, were ableto enjoy a variety of localmusic, including rock, ska, reg-gae and hip-hop.

“It’s so great to be able tosit outside where everybodycan have fun,” said Taranto,who came to the festival withher family.

Although Taranto said herchildren came to see the rub-ber ducks at the festival, andthey also wanted to come forthe cause.

“That touched our hearts,”she said. “The vote [to comehere] was unanimous.”

The 30th annual Raritan River Festival drew inlocal residents Sunday to Boyd Park on thebanks of the river. People of all ages enjoyedmusic, environmental tents and a rubber duckrace organized by the Beez Foundation, a nonprofit charity organization that raises awareness about brain cancer. Race participantsdonated $5 toward the foundation, and theowner of the winning duck won a cruise.

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patients wither away. Theeconomic cost of this crisisis currently estimated at $4billion per year, but no pricetag can be attached to itsphysical and emotional toll.Simply put, we already getenough antibiotics from themeat we eat; there’s no need

to add to that by freeloading at the local pharmacy.In addition to causing resistance, antibiotics

also cause many side effects, most of them rare,but all of them unworthy of the risk if the drugsare unnecessary. Take amoxicillin for example.Many who have taken this medication have expe-rienced some degree of upset stomach, which is acommon side effect of this drug. But a look at itspackage insert reveals the following non-exhaus-tive list of additional side effects: Agitation, ane-mia, anxiety, changes in behavior, colitis, confu-sion, convulsions, diarrhea, dizziness, hives,hyperactivity, insomnia, liver problems and jaun-dice, peeling skin, rash and tooth discoloration inchildren. It should be emphasized that these side

ef fects are quite rare, but thelength of this list alone should con-vince you that these drugs are notwithout their risks and should betaken prudently.

Besides promoting over-medica-tion and the associated complica-tions and side effects, free antibiot-ic programs also lead to significantgaps in health care deliverythrough the fragmentation of apatient’s medication records.Under normal circumstances,

patients tend to get all of their prescriptions froma single pharmacy. Not only is this arrangementlogistically convenient for the patient, it alsoallows for optimal care by allowing the pharmacistto ensure that the drugs being prescribed areappropriate given the patient’s drug regimen,allergies and other health information.

The extensive didactic and clinical training thatall pharmacists go through enables them to detectdrug interactions, inappropriate doses and otherpotential medication errors and work with thepatient’s physician or nurse to rectify the situation.For example, if a patient is allergic to penicillin, heshould not only avoid amoxicillin — an antibiotic inthe penicillin class — but possibly also cephalexinand certain other drugs as well.

While pharmacists can contribute significantly toa patient’s well-being, this contribution is contingenton the pharmacist having access to a patient’s entire

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I f you have been near apharmacy at your localsupermarket lately,

then chances are that youhave heard about thenewest advertising tool forthese stores: Free antibi-otics. The concept is simpleenough. The pharmacyabsorbs a small financial loss on the antibiotics,but more than makes up for this loss through yourother purchases around the store. In the process,it may also convince you to transfer your prescrip-tions over from its competitors. On the surface,this quid pro quo appears to be a win-win situationthat gives patients more access to medicationswhile bolstering store sales. While this strategydoes make certain drugs more affordable, it alsohas great potential to hurt patients.

First of all, free antibiotics — or in a more gen-eral sense, free anything — promotes moral hazardand overuse, leading to resistance and unnecessaryside effects. Imagine that you just got a sore throatand mild fever. What would you normally do? I thinka fair assumption would be to get abit of extra rest and rely on yourown immune system and possiblysome over-the-counter medicationsto relieve the problem. If the symp-toms do not seem to get better aftera few days, then you might pay avisit to your doctor to get a check-upand prescription.

With the advent of the freeantibiotics programs though, youmight very well be more inclined tomake that doctor’s visit earlier andskip the natural defense step altogether. And whilethis program does not cover all the antibiotics onthe market, the inclusion list is quite comprehensiveand provides up to a 14-day supply of many of themost commonly prescribed ones — including amox-icillin, cephalexin and Cipro. So chances are thatyour prescription will be covered.

But by rushing to antibiotics as the first-line solu-tion at the first possible sign of illness, you are sub-jecting your body to antibiotic resistance, whichoccurs when the bacteria mutate in ways that makesthem more resilient to medications. Antibioticresistance has become more and more of a publichealth burden in recent years, aided by its pervasiveuse in raising livestock as well as its general over-use in society. Staph infections — which were large-ly treatable with penicillin in the past — are showingincreasing resistance against these drugs andnewer antibiotics as well. Clinicians today often findthemselves depleted of all treatment options due toresistance and can only watch helplessly as their

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Free antibiotics hurt patients

EDITORIALS

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“We talk for the fish and sue polluters.”Bill Schultz, Raritan Riverkeeper, on keeping the Raritan River clean

STORY IN METRO

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“This contribution is contingent on the pharmacist having access

to a patient’s entiremedication record.”

Doctor’sOrders

BO WANGT he eighth annual address to the University community thisFriday was emotionally charged after a series of interruptionsto University President Richard L. McCormick’s 50-minute

long speech. Barely four minutes into the address, a Latino studentstood up and demanded McCormick’s backing of in-state tuition forillegal immigrants attending the University. Security escorted him out.Another student stood up three minutes later and supported the samecause. The question is: Why alienate yourselves from an official bodythat supports your cause?

University Professor Paul Panaytatos appropriately asked this afterthe third interruption to McCormick’s speech. He also informed stu-dents that there will be sufficient time at the end of the address forquestions and answers. The truth is that these outbursts of revolution-ary thought hardly accomplish anything. After these two protests, agroup of 30-or-so Latino students stood up and walked out of theMultipurpose Room in the Rutgers Student Center on the CollegeAvenue campus.

This only makes the situation worse for those who actually requirein-state tuition if they were to stay at the University. Now after border-line scandalous walkouts at the president’s address, people will thinktwice about backing the Latino students’ cause. The University Senateand McCormick himself, expressed support for the cause, but thetruth is that they are unable to directly change the situation. It is up tofederal and state officials to allow illegals to attend the University as in-state students.

We are a major state university, backed by federal and state funding,and we will hardly risk that for a group of students who disrespect ourpresident. There are just better ways to go about achieving the Latinostudents’ goals.

Those students who walked out simply come off as ignorant anddisrespectful — with no regard for their cause. In-state tuition forillegal immigrants won’t just be accomplished through a simple actof rebellion.

The students’ ignorance shone through even at the end of theaddress. A man who presented himself as Ernesto Guevara — alsoknow as “Che Guevara” — asked McCormick for a “yes” or “no”answer to the question, would you, personally, give our cause moralsupport? McCormick of course attempted to answer as well as hecould when the student again interrupted and asked — “yes or no.” Inthis act of complete disrespect, the cause is easily lost. Asking the manwho from the beginning supported these students’ goals is impractical,to say the least.

Now past supporters and possible new supporters will questionthe methods of these students. It isn’t the 1970s anymore and no oneis fighting for racial freedoms. Now is the time for tactical action andone through somewhat bureaucratic methods. The University and itsmain officials cannot do anything without the approval of state or fed-eral authorities.

Ernesto Guevara and his troops cannot do more than alienate theirsupporters. He cannot do more than disrespect our president with thisuprising. These protesters have made Latino students look bad andhave hurt their cause. “Yes or no” is not the answer they should belooking for, rather; they should be working on achieving what theywant through diplomatic means.

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D emocrats are playing dirty with midterm elections coming upand their numbers are suffering under a Republican offensive.It appears as though they have nothing to brag about, forcing

them to focus on their rivals’ faults from years ago. We understand theimportance of negative ads and the Democrats’ need to use them, butwith candidates zooming in on the less-than-important aspects of theirrivals’ lives, we disagree with this tactic.

According to a New York Times article, Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio)called her Republican rival, Tom Ganley, a “dishonest used-car sales-man” who has been sued for fraud, discrimination, lying to customersabout repairs and overcharging them. She also warned voters, “You’veheard the old saying, buyer beware!”

This brings us back to offensive campaigns against Gov. ChrisChristie’s weight. These tactics are widely used, yet they remainunethical. The fact of the matter is a given candidate has nothing tooffer but tasteless jokes and insults against their opponents —although, we hope no one will listen to them.

The ugly truth is that voters will zoom in on a candidate’s past flaws,and they will vote against them. Campaigns should be about personalaccomplishments and plans for the future. If we do not follow this, can-didates will soon revert to bringing out their rivals’ report cards andwhatever misdemeanors they can find from years past.

Unwarranted protestswork for no one

Dirty campaignsleave voters doubtful

pus back to my room, I grab acopy of The Daily Targum.

I love reading and not onlythat, I was once editor of both myhigh school paper and literarymagazine, so reading the Targumtakes me back to memory lane.As I skimmed through the paperbecause of the tight timing I havein between classes, a column hap-pened to catch my eyes — “Filmpromotes military agenda.” Afterreading the column about howfilms focus on the stereotypicalArabs being portrayed as terror-ist in most movies and, of course,the exotic belly dancer andsnakes, I felt a sense of joy.

The column made me realizethat Arabs and Muslims weren’tthe only ones coming to this con-clusion. As both an Arab and

Muslim here at the University, Ithought that only other fellowArabs and Muslims realizedwhat Hollywood was doing andunfortunately there is nothing

we can do about it. But I did alsorealize that the University musttruly a diverse and well-educatedcommunity filled with intelligentpeople for a non-Arab, non-Muslim to realize the numerousattacks Hollywood has beenmaking against our culture, andyet, this prestigious countrybreeds freedom and no racism.Go figure. But said columnisthas proved me wrong.

So thank you, and I agree withyour last statements saying “Sowith ‘Buried’ only two weeks fromits full release in the wake of innu-merable racially charged conflicts—NYC’s Mosque, Iran

Afghanistan, Turkey to name afew — history has turned perfect-ly into Islamophobes. In ‘Buried’we will mostly likely see Arabsagain in the same Hollywoodstereotype: Greedy, lustful, cold-blooded and, ultimately, funda-mentally inept. And althoughdoubtful I am, please Hollywoodprove me wrong.”

So yes, make that two of us,please prove us — and the rest ofthe Arab and Muslim communityin the States — all wrong.

Rowaida Abdelaziz is aSchool of Arts and Sciences first-year student.

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I wake up on Friday afternoonto experience mixed emo-tions of relief and anxiety.

Relief that it is finally the mostanticipated day of the week butanxiety knowing in the back ofmy head that I have tons of workto do over the week — the myri-ad of readings, mathematical cal-culations, papers — all under thepressure of enjoying a goodweekend. Truly mission impossi-ble. As I walk out of NeilsonDining Hall on the Douglass cam-

“So yes, make that two of us, please prove us

... all wrong.”

ROWAIDA ABDELAZIZ

Letter

Hollywood focuses on Muslim stereotypes

medication record, which is noteasily accessible between differ-ent pharmacy chains. Therefore,if a patient usually gets theo-phylline — an asthma medication— from the local Rite-Aid anddecides to take advantage ofShopRite’s free antibiotic pro-gram by getting a 14-day supplyof erythromycin at the store, nei-ther the pharmacist at Rite-Aidnor his counterpart at ShopRitewould be aware of the other drugbeing taken unless the patienttold them this information.

Unfortunately, either due toneglect on the part of the phar-macist to ask or on the part onthe patient to tell, thisexchange often does not occur,and the interaction that resultsbetween these two drugs —which causes an increase in thelevel of theophylline in thebody — can provoke abnormalheart rhythms, seizures, andultimately, a lengthy and bitterlitigation process. Widespreadadoption of electronic healthrecords, as mandated by thenew health care law, will help toconfront this issue throughmore comprehensive andaccessible medication andhealth records, but we are stillmany years from reaching that point.

So while these free antibiot-ic programs popping up in asupermarket near you arelaudable in increasing accessi-bility, the bottom line is thatthey pose more harm thangood to society. Contrary towhat is implied by these gim-micks and professed by someeconomists, health care is nota commodity — getting yourprescription is not the samething as buying, say, a DVD. Ifyou picked up “PineappleExpress” and realized that itdid not suit your taste, thenthe worst that can happen isthat you lose a couple of hoursof your life and about $20. Ifyou get an antibiotic that waseither unnecessar y or thatinteracted with one of yourother medications, then yourisk life-threatening complica-tions. In medicine, the clinicalservices and judgments pro-vided by health care profes-sions are as important — if notmore so — to optimal patientcare as the drug itself, and try-ing to commoditize health careprevents them from being ren-dered appropriately.

Bo Wang is an Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy sixth-year stu-dent and former president of thePharmacy Governing Council. Hiscolumn, “Doctor’s Orders,” runson alternate Mondays.

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and not for the defense — it’s aloss for all of us.”

But when the offense’s poten-tially game-winning drive endedwith a red zone interception, thedefense gave Rutgers anotheropportunity to win.

A pair of stuffed NorthCarolina runs and timeouts setup third-and-two on UNC’s 15-yard line, where junior corner-back David Rowe stepped up andbrought Jheranie Boyd down in

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NOTEBOOK: Pair of

freshmen record first catch

continued from back


Sophomore safety Khaseem Greene recorded an interception in the third

quarter as the Knights trailed 14-13 and returned it 14 yards.


True freshman J.T. Tartacoff saw the first action of his collegiate

career Saturday and hauled in one catch for 16 yards.

the backfield to force a punt andgive Rutgers a shot.

The second game-winningeffort ended four plays later withthe ball on the ground.

“Our goal on that series wasto go and get the offense theball, so when we did that, wefelt really good,” Greene said.“We felt like we had a reallygood chance.”

Greene’s interception had allthe appearances of a game-changer, trailing by one in thethird quarter, but the ensuingdrive went nowhere, allowingUNC to get the ball back andtack on three points for the final17-13 scoreline.

Sophomore middle line-backer Steve Beauharnais’recovered fumble — it wasforced by Rowe, who strippedBoyd — was also wasted at theend of the first half.

All of Rutgers’ first-quarterpoints were set up by defensive plays.

The Knights stuffed UNC’sattempt on fourth-and-one on itsopening drive, which led to a SanSan Te field goal.

Senior linebacker AntonioLowery then got the ball rightback when he recovered a fum-ble and returned it to the UNC20-yard line.

The Knights turned to theWildcat to pound it in for theirlone touchdown.

TRUE FRESHMAN WIDEOUTJ.T. Tartacoff made his collegiatedebut on the Knights’ openingdrive Saturday, and his first catchcould not have come at a biggerspot in the fourth quarter.

As Rutgers pushed to take thelead in the final minutes, theoffense was forced to converttwice on third-and-long and onceon fourth-and-long beforeSavage’s interception ended thedrive in the red zone.

On the second long third-down conversion, Savage foundTartacoff for a 16-yard gain thatmoved the sticks.

“I thought that was a tremen-dous catch on a big route late inthe game,” Schiano said. “Hewent up and he got that thing,and that’s what Division Ireceivers do.”

Tartacoff impressed early intraining camp before injury side-lined him. The 5-foot-11 wideouttraveled to Miami two weeks agofor the Florida Internationalgame and did not play, but said ashe earned more reps in practicethis week he realized he wouldsee time.

“No doubt I was excited. Itwas my first collegiate catch, butit really doesn’t matter if we

can’t pull out the win and get inthe end zone,” Tartacoff said.“I’m happy I made the catch, butI’m going to take this experienceand learn from it as we get readyfor Tulane.”

TARTACOFF WAS NOT THElone true freshman to make hisfirst reception, as JeremyDeering accomplished the samefeat in the first quarter.

Deering played each of thepast two games and was target-ed a handful of times, but didnot make his first catch untilsophomore Mohamed Sanulooked his way out of the Wildcat.

It was the first completion thatdid not go for a touchdown forSanu, who is now 3-for-8 in hiscareer through the air.

REDSHIR T FRESHMANlineman Antwan Lowery madehis first career star t at right guard.

Lowery received significanttime in Rutgers’ last gameagainst Florida Internationaland bumped junior Caleb Ruchfrom the star ting lineupagainst UNC.

SENIOR LINEBACKER JIMDumont led the Knights out ofthe tunnel with the axe.

“I think looking back in retro-spect that against FIU that was thething that allowed them to win thatball game,” said UNC head coachButch Davis on the Wild Knight.“They had struggled with some oftheir conventional offensive thingsthat they had tried to do in thatparticular ball game. They hadscored their winning touchdownwith that and you had to kind ofthing that with two weeks to get

prepared.”D e f e n s i v e l y,

Rutgers did not getpressure on UNCquarterback T.J.Yates, but still heldhim to 204 passingyards and pickedhim off once.

Rutgers (2-1)also held the TarHeels (1-2) below100 rushing yards,but the offense

could not put up enough points tosupport the defensive effort.

“We’re not going to pretendlike this loss didn’t happen,” saiddefensive tackle and team captainCharlie Noonan. “We’re going tolearn from this. We’re going toremember this. You have to learnfrom this and stick together.”

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A pair of former Rutgersfootball standoutsreturned to New Jersey

yesterday, playing up theTurnpike from their formerhome on the Banks at NewMeadowlands Stadium.

Wide receiver Kenny Britthauled in two catches for 26yards and a touchdown in theTennessee Titans’ 29-10 winover the New York Giants.

On the defensive side of theball, Jason McCourty recordedfour tackles and an interceptionas the Titans surrendered just271 yards of total offense.

THE FC GOLD PRIDEbested the PhiladelphiaIndependence, 4-0, yesterday,giving the Pride its firstWomen’s Professional SoccerChampionship in the team’s sec-ond year in the league.

Former Rutgers goalkeeperErin Guthrie is on the Pride’sroster and earned her first min-utes in goal during a 4-1 victoryagainst the Independence earli-er this season.

The Pride finished in lastplace in the WPS league last sea-son.

THE PHILADELPHIAPhillies failed to clinch the NLEast yesterday, falling to theNew York Mets, 7-3.

The Phillies came into thegame needing just one win aftertheir division rival AtlantaBraves lost, 4-2, to theWashington Nationals.

Phillies starter Cole Hamelsendured a rare rough outing,allowing five runs and losing hisfourth game to the Mets thisseason.

Hamels allowed a total of fourruns in his previous six starts.

The Phillies take on theNationals tonight in game one ofa three game set, hoping for aBraves’ loss combined with awin to clinch the division.

THE SURPRISEScontinued through the first threeweeks of the 2010 NFL season.

The Atlanta Falcons defeatedthe defending champion NewOrleans Saints, 27-24, in over-time, upsetting a team thatbegan last season 13-0.

The Kansas City Chiefs stayedperfect in the AFC West, trounc-ing the San Francisco 49ers, 31-10.

As for the Dallas Cowboys, ateam hyped to be a Super Bowlcontender, the ship is not yet tak-ing on water. The ‘Boys beat thepreviously undefeated HoustonTexas, 27-13, a squad that upsetthe Indianapolis Colts in Week 1.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTop 25 welcomed an unfamiliarteam to its list following the week-end of college football action.

Nevada snuck into the 25th spotin the AP poll, marking the firsttime since 1948 that the Wolfpackgot into the national discussion.

Nevada takes on UNLVSaturday and welcomesWestern Athletic Conferencerival and No.3 Boise State onNov. 26 for the final meetingbetween the two squads as con-ference foes.

Schiano said “I know he’s in a lit-tle pain right now and we’ll seewhere it goes.”

The Rutgers running gamemirrored Savage’s ineffective-ness through the air.

An unhealthyJoe Martinek atrunning backwas detrimentalthe ground game,forcing truefreshman JordanThomas and theWild Knight formation intothe limelight.

Thomas put up68 yards on 11touches, but theWild Knight dominated the offen-sive gameplan for the Knights.

Sanu ran the ball 15 times forjust 41 yards and threw a pass outof the formation.

Rutgers averaged just 2.4yards per carry as a result of theWild Knight and conventionalrunning game.

BATTERED: Martinek

sees minimal time with injury

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North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates amassed 204 yards through the air

on 22-of-30 passing with one touchdown and one interception.

“We’re going to remember this. You have to learn

from this and stick together.”CHARLIE NOONAN

Senior Defensive Tackle

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Untamed Wild Knight keeps Savage out of sync

C hances are that whenTom Savage awoke yes-terday morning, he was

in a fair share of pain. Bruised ribs top the list, but

for the sophomore quarterback,whom North Carolina sackedfive times, hurried numeroustimes and hit a countless numberof times, the pain is more thanskin deep.

Rutgers entered the seasonboasting a signal caller with moreexperience at the position thananyone else in the Big East.Savage was “the guy” — no ifsands or buts about it. But inSaturday’s demoralizing 17-13home loss against NorthCarolina, the sophomore was notunder center for 25 of Rutgers’ 69offensive plays.

Still think he’s “the guy?”Granted, Savage sat out for

three of those plays due to theaforementioned rib injury whiletrue freshman Chas Doddreplaced him and threw twoincompletions. But the rest ofthose plays operated under theWild Knight package, andtherein lies the problem:Identity crisis.

The formation that pits versa-tile wideout Mohamed Sanu atquarterback first hit the scene

A.J. Jankowski

BuffaloSoldier


Sophomore wideout Mohamed Sanu lined up at quarterback

for 22 of 69 offensive plays on Saturday in the Knights’ loss to UNC.

in last season’s loss toPittsburgh and found great suc-cess in a win over Louisville, aswell as a bowl victory overCentral Florida.

But aside from the four-playdrive that resulted in Sanu’s 10-yard touchdown run in the firstquarter, the Wild Knight broughtmarginal success at best.

In 22 plays, the Wild Knightnetted a total of 66 yards. That’s athree-and-out.

And when the formation wasinef fective on first and seconddowns, Savage came back intothe game and took a beatingwhile attempting to convert onlong third downs that he didn’teven force the of fense into inthe first place. For any quarter-back — let along a true sopho-more carrying the weight of astate university on his shoul-ders — it’s impossible to find a rhythm.

“That’s an opportunity foryou to get to the sideline, catchyour breath, fix up and getready to go back in there,” saidhead coach Greg Schianoabout whether Savage’s con-stant exits out of the gameaf fect his rhythm. “We havestudied a lot of Wildcat teams.I don’t think it af fectedArkansas when they weredoing it really well.”

The Razorbacks used theWildcat when superstar DarrenMcFadden ran the ball for themfrom 2005 to 2007.

In McFadden’s senior year,the Wildcat offered a triple threatbecause defenses had to beready for McFadden, a speedy

Felix Jones and the bruisingPeyton Hillis. All three runningbacks are on NFL rosters.

The Scarlet Knights ran thispackage Saturday with the versa-tile Sanu, an inexperiencedJordan Thomas and an injuredJoe Martinek.

Sanu gained 30 yards on ninecarries in the first half, but thatsuccess was hardly duplicatedafter halftime.

The Tar Heel defense keyed inand teed off on the Wild Knightpackage in the second half, withSanu only mustering 11 yards onsix carries.

With Sanu playing widereceiver, quarterback and run-ning back, it’s only a matter oftime before the pounding hetakes catches up with him.

Perhaps it already has, but heis just following orders.

“I just have to stay in themoment and know my job and domy assignment,” Sanu said.

The Knights relied on theWild Knight for one third oftheir of fense against the TarHeels. That percentage eitherhas to grow substantially ordecline. Pick one or the other.The formation can either leadto a gimmick play that you seein the latter part of a game or it has to be a team’s whole of fense.

“I mean, if coach says that’swhat works, then that’s whatworks,” was all Savage couldmuster in the locker room afterthe game.

If you make the Wild Knightthe main cog of your offense,then Savage’s name becomes as

forgettable as Casey Dick’s.While playing second fiddle tothe Wildcat at Arkansas, Dick puttogether a quarterbacking careerthat included 34 interceptionsand 63 sacks.

It didn’t matter if Dick found arhythm, because the Arkansasoffense ran through McFadden.

Things should be a little dif-ferent here on the Banks.

Don’t hand the reigns of theof fense to Sanu, give them

back to your star quarterbackso that Savage can recovermentally and then go on to dis-tribute to Sanu and the rest ofthe team’s weapons.

Tame the Wild Knight beforedefenses shut it down completely.

— A.J. Jankowski is an associ-ate sports editor for The DailyTargum and accepts comments,criticisms and witticisms [email protected].

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For as short as theRutgers men’s basketball

t e a mis on

scholarship players this sea-son, first-year head coachMike Rice is making sure thatwill not be the case in Year 2.

Rice received his sixthcommitment for the Class of2011 on Saturday, when shoot-ing guard Mike Taylor offeredhis verbal commitment.

Taylor joins Rivals.com’sNo. 12 recruiting class in thenation, which was alreadyboosted with the addition ofJerome Seagers since therankings came out.

Taylor never hid hisdesire to play with friendsand Rutgers commitsKadeem Jack, DerrickRandall and Myles Mack —all from the New York area.

The group was four of 12basketball recruits to attendSaturday’s football gameagainst North Carolina, andit was at the game thatTaylor committed.

“The three guys —Kadeem, Derrick and Myles— were already going there,so I wanted to make it four,”Taylor said. “We can do somebig things in the Big East.

“It may not be in our firstyear, because we’re stillyoung and won’t know whatto expect, but maybe in oursecond year. Patience is avirtue, and we’ll be patientand make it happen.”

Jack is the headliner ofthe group and ranked No. 33in the nation by Rivals.

He will play with Randallthis season at South Kent(Conn.) after transferringfrom Rice in New York.Randall played with Macklast year at Paterson Catholic.

The opportunity to makean immediate impact and do ittogether is what sold Tayloron joining the Scarlet Knights.

“It’s not one player,”Taylor said. “One player canwin a game, but one playercan’t win a tournament.

“We see there’s no onereally there, so we can stepin right away and have anopportunity to make plays.”

And before Rice evencoached a game for Rutgersat the Louis Brown AthleticCenter, he already won sixbattles for coveted recruits.

Former Rutgers coachFred Hill Jr. recruited the 6-foot-3 guard before his Aprilresignation, but Taylor saidhe never seriously consid-ered Rutgers as a destinationbefore he met Rice.

“I’ve never seen him coachat Rutgers, obviously, but he’sbeen in the [NCAA]Tournament year after year,”Taylor said of the formerRobert Morris head coach.“I’ve watched his teams in theTournament and I know howhis teams can play.”

— Steven Miller

TAYLOR BECOMES SIXTH COMMITTO RICE’S 2011 CLASS

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Salmon hurt in loss to MarquetteBY A.J. JANKOWSKIASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers men’s soccerteam opened Big East playSaturday by dropping a 1-0decision at Yurcak Field to Marquette.

The loss snapped the ScarletKnights’ four-game unbeaten

s t r e a kand ist h et e a m ’ sfirst lossat home.

To make matters worse, theKnights (3-2-1) might have lostmuch more than just the game.

Midfielder Yannick Salmon,Rutgers’ leading goal scorer, wentdown awkwardly early in the sec-ond half, clutching his right ankleand did not return.

Early indications from headcoach Dan Donigan were notgood, however he does not knowhow long he will be without thestar player.

“I haven’t spoken to the train-er and I haven’t spoken toYannick, but obviously it’s some-thing not good,” Donigan said.“He’s a tough kid. For him to notgo back in the game, it must bepretty serious.”

The Westbury, N.Y., nativesaid he is “going to be fine” whilelimping off to the locker room fol-lowing the game.

Salmon’s injury came lessthan 10 minutes before theGolden Eagles (2-3-2) got onthe board with the lone tally ofthe game.

The goal came when CalumMallace found space down theright wing and delivered anaccurate cross into the box. Theball found its way past the out-stretched head of junior defend-er Andrew Cuevas and right

CAMERON STROUD

Senior midfielder Yannick Salmon, top (8), went down with an ankle

injury in Friday’s 1-0 loss against Marquette. The loss also marked the

first of the season for junior goalkeeper Adam Klink.

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onto the head of Marquette’sChris Madsen.

The forward propelled the ballinto the net and right past thehelpless Adam Klink, theKnights’ goalkeeper.

“We just weren’t marked,” thejunior goalie said about the goal.“You can place blame on just oneperson — I mean I place blameon myself, I should have sorted itout better.”

Madsen’s speed gave Rutgersfits all game long. The forward leta total of five shots go with threeof them on target.

The defensive line played allgame without outside backChris Edwards, who missed hissecond straight game with abad hamstring.

The team greatly missed thesenior’s speed and experience.

“We try and deal with set-backs as much as we can,” saidsenior captain and defenderPaulie Calafiore. “HavingEdwards back there helps somuch, not just with his speed andknowledge of the game, but withhis experience and his heart.”

Rutgers maintained posses-sion for much of the secondhalf after the goal, but wasunable to generate enoughquality scoring chances.

Set pieces gave the Knightsthe most opportunities to draweven, with the team taking a totalof six corner kicks in the secondstanza. However, none equatedto goals.

“Corners are tough,”Donigan said. “If you look at thepercentage of how many aretaken that equate to goals, it’snot a very high percentage.[Marquette] has a couple of bigboys that they are able to getback on restart situations.”

The Knights’ best chance totie came with less than 20 min-

utes to play, when convertedmidfielder Bryant Knibbs sawhis point-blank shot frominside the 18-yard box rattle of fthe post.

The rebound gave substituteTodd Webb a look on goal, butthe freshman’s header went highand wide, allowing Marquette toearn a goal kick.

Since moving to the midfieldhalfway through last Sunday’smatch against Hartford, Knibbshas arguably been Rutgers bestoffensive player.

The Pine Bush, N.Y., nativelooks comfortable on and off theball, taking a total of six shotsagainst the Golden Eagles — twoon target.

“We give him the freedom toroam around and get a feel forwhere he’s positioning,”Donigan said. “I have the confi-dence to tell him to push for-ward. He knows what I mean.Knibbsie just has a very goodfeel for the game.”

The loss to Marquette endsa five-game homestand for theKnights on a sour note afterwinning the past three games. Rutgers opened thehomestand with a 2-2 tieagainst Delaware.

The Knights hit the road fora Wednesday matinee withTemple in Philadelphia before traveling to Cincinnatifor another Big East match on Saturday.

“I just said to our guys that wegot to bottle up this loss and useit to harness the energy for therest of the season,” Calafioresaid. “Nobody likes to lose. Youjust got to take this feeling andwhen you have any doubt youhave to pull it back out andremember what it felt like andpush yourself so you don’t let ithappen again.”

T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M S PORTS S E P T E M B E R 2 7 , 2 0 1 0 2 3

Late goal gives RU first winning streak since ’08BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ

CORRESPONDENT

Every team struggles at timesand every team can battle to wincome gameday.

Resiliency, however, is some-thing few squads possess. While

t h eRutgersf i e l dhockeyt e a mbat t led

through adversity during its firsteight games, it flaunted itsresiliency this weekend.

The Scarlet Knights (3-7, 1-1) completed their first week-end sweep of the season yester-day, defeating West Chester, 2-1, and ultimately gainingmomentum entering the heartof Big East play.

Despite a slow first half, headcoach Liz Tchou’s squad puttogether an overall dominant per-formance, holding the GoldenRams (3-6) to just two shots whiletallying 12 of their own.

“To have 12 shots and sevenof them on cage is a testament tohow hard the forwards have beenworking and finally reaping thebenefits of being able to finish,”Tchou said.

Basking in much of the glorywas forward Nicole Gentile, whoposted her fourth and fifth goalsof the season to lead her team tovictory in West Chester, Pa.

The Jamison, Pa., nativerecorded a total of four goals forthe weekend, with her last beingthe game-winner with just 26 sec-onds remaining on the clock.

The junior struggled throughthe first eight games of the year,but if the last three contests are anyindication of Gentile’s play downthe stretch, a non-existent Knightsoffense may now be reborn.

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ERIC SCHKRUTZ

Junior forward Nicole Gentile leads the Knights in points this season with 10, including fourgoals this past weekend in wins over Villanova and West Chester.

Defensive breakdowns sour roller coaster weekendBY TYLER BARTO

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Never did Sir Isaac Newton’stheory ofg r a v i t ydescribet h eRutgerswomen’s

soccer team’s 2010 season so well.The Scarlet Knights (6-5, 1-2)

fell, 1-0, to Villanova yesterday inVillanova, Pa., despite outshoot-ing the Wildcats (6-5, 1-2) by a 15-10 margin.

“Later on there were a coupleof breakdowns, mostly in thearea of just losing possession,”said head coach Glenn Crooks,whose team failed to score firstfor the fourth time in six games.“[Villanova forward] Katie Ryangot behind our back four, whichwas one thing we noted inpregame. She had good pace andshe was a good finisher.”

The match’s lone goal camein the 37th minute, when Ryantook a through-ball at the top ofthe 18-yard box and put it pastRutgers freshman keeperSamantha Perretty.

Ryan, a Wayne Valley HighSchool product, tallied her sixthgoal of the year on an assistfrom Heidi Sabatura, aLawrence, N.J., native.

Perretty made her second startof the season yesterday, while reg-ular netminder Emmy Simpkinsrecovered from a concussion shesuffered a week ago against then-No. 5 Boston College.

CATHERINE DEPALMA

Senior midfielder Ashley Medcalf scored her first goal of the seasonFriday night against No. 19 Georgetown, her second career tally.

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For Tchou, it all started lastweek on the practice field.

“We put [the team] under a lotof pressure,” Tchou said. “Wewere on [the team] really hard inthe beginning of the week,showed them video and said, ‘Weneed to play our style of hockeythroughout the game.’ Their atti-tudes were so great.”

But there is still room forimprovement for the youngRutgers squad.

Although the Golden Ramsonly put one shot on cage for the

game, they were able get on theboard first, scoring just a minuteinto the second half.

After an initial shot on goaland save by Vickie Lavell, theKnights failed to clear the ballfrom the circle and WestChester capitalized.

Falling behind is something ofan Achilles’ heel for Tchou’ssquad this season and preventingearly deficits is something theteam still works on.

“When Vickie makes the ini-tial save, we have to be able to

get the ball out the circle,”Tchou said. “We’ve been strug-gling a little bit being able toreally gain control of posses-sion of the ball and being ableto get it out. That definitely wasa preventable goal.”

Making up the first leg of thetwo-win weekend for theKnights was a 4-2 victory Fridayagainst Villanova.

The win over the Wildcats(2-5, 0-2) marked the first BigEast win for Rutgers since theteam bested Georgetown, 3-0,

on Sept. 26, 2008, in CollegePark, Md.

For seniors Jenna Bull andHeather Garces, the victory waslong overdue.

“We definitely came togeth-er,” Bull said. “I think today’sgame definitely shows thatwe’re going to do whatever ittakes until the last second ofevery game to make sure thatwe’re playing together and win-ning these games togethermoving forward.”

After a scoreless first half,when the Wildcats outshot theKnights, 4-3, Gentile and companycame storming out of the gates.

The junior recorded her firstof five goals this weekend justfour minutes into the second half,then beat Villanova goalkeeper,Megan Goelz, low to earn hersecond tally.

Sophomore Carlie Rouh andfreshman Gia Nappi assistedGentile on her two goals.

Nappi added her own goallater in the half, while fellowfreshman Lisa Patrone scoringher own unassisted tally to propelthe Knights to the win.

With the odds stacked againstthem, the team accomplishedwhat it set out to do.

“After we won on Friday wemade a pact as a team that wewere going to be on a winningstreak,” Garces said.“Everyone is stepping up as a team and it’s working to our advantage.”

And following a disappointing2009 campaign and a bumpystart to this year, Tchou notedthe significance of the win forher lone seniors.

“The first thing I did was goup and hug Heather [Garces]and Jenna [Bull],” Tchou said.“This was huge for them and forour program.”

The Parkland, Fla., nativestopped four shots on the after-noon, giving her seven saves inher first two career starts in aRutgers uniform.

Rutgers stepped its offensivepressure up a notch in thematch’s final 30 minutes, whenthe team fired seven shots andtook four corner kicks.

“I wouldn’t say we played acomplete game — not at all,”Crooks said. “I think that’s achallenge for every team, butthat’s part of the disappoint-ment. We played with muchmore urgency over that periodof time now that we were down agoal. That’s when it becomesmore psychological.”

The Wildcats managed just oneshot during the same timeframe.

Junior Karla Schacher gavethe Knights their best opportunityof the match in the 63rd minute,when her header hit the post.

Fellow captain Gina DeMaiooffered up a shot with 11 secondsleft in the match. The deliveryveered wide left of goal, reinforc-ing the idea that what goes upmust always come down.

“At the end we just didn’t haveenough time,” Crooks said. “Ifthere was more time left on theclock, then maybe we would’vehad it. That’s why you have toplay that way from the outset. Itjust hasn’t happened the lastthree games.”

The Knights began the week-end on a high note with a 1-0 winover No. 19 Georgetown, mark-ing the first time since Sept. 13,

2009, that Rutgers defeated aranked opponent.

Perretty earned a shutout inher first career start after gettingthe official nod Friday morningfrom Crooks.

“[It’s] amazing. We came off atwo-loss weekend and we neededa win, wanted a win,” Perrettysaid. “We came out with whateverwe needed [Friday]. We had agood week of practice and this isjust what we needed.”

After a lull in play throughthe match’s first 20 minutes,Crooks opted to replace half ofhis back four by inserting fresh-man Tori Leigh and sophomoreLindsey McNabb.

“Everyone stepped up whenwe needed people to step up,”said senior defender AllieHambleton, who played all 90minutes in the victory. “As youcan see, we have a really deepbench. Everyone who came onthe field [Friday] really con-tributed, especially in the back.”

McNabb got into the actionearly when she sent a headerjust over the crossbar on a cor-ner by DeMaio.

“Obviously tonight thingsweren’t going well. We madesome changes and it made all thedifference,” Crooks said. “Thematch turned on that. We allknow Julie [Lancos] and Rhe[Sleiman] got subbed for andthey’ve been starters everymatch of the year. It just wasn’tgoing their way [Friday night].”

Rutgers’ sole goal came onanother DeMaio corner, when

a redirected ball found the foot of senior midfielder Ashley Medcalf.

The Waipahu, Hawaii, nativesent a shot that deflected off ofthe crossbar and landed justinside the net in the 23rd minute.

Medcalf’s tally, the second ofher career, marked the firstRutgers goal in the first half sincea 2-1 loss on Sept. 10, againstthen-No. 4 Portland.

“Conference play is about thepoints,” Crooks said. “We alwaystalk about that. Georgetown —I’ve seen them a couple of times— they’re a quality team.They’re deserving of their top-25ranking. [Head coach] Dave[Nolan] has built a very nice pro-gram. I just think in many wayswe grinded it out. It wasn’t greatsoccer all the time, but I think weworked very hard.”

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T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M

BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

Going into the final drive of thegame, Rutgers quarterback TomSavage had a chance to erase the

m a j o r i t yof a brutalafternoona g a i n s t

North Carolina.Fresh off an interception on a

ball that — if accurately thrown—would have given the ScarletKnights the lead, Savage andRutgers started with the ball on theUNC 34-yard line, needing fourpoints to tie the game.

The drive ended on the 38-yardline and the game ended 17-13, infavor of the Tar Heels.

Savage locked in on sophomorereceiver Mohamed Sanu twice on thefinal drive for incompletions, threw athird incompletion and took a sack.

Even worse for Savage, he hurthis ribs at halftime and is not a def-inite to play next week.

“It’s frustrating when you knowyou can do it,” said Savage, who had totalk the coaching staff into going backin the game in the first place after asecond-quarter hit did damage to hismidsection. “It’s frustrating whenyou’ve made these throws before,especially when guys are open.”

Savage finished with anothersub-par performance, completing16 of his 29 passes for 150 yardsand two interceptions.

Savage missed true freshmanreceiver Jeremy Deering twice onwould-be touchdown passes andtook five sacks as the offensive linehas yet to provide its sophomoreadequate protection.

“I know he’s hurting right now,”said head coach Greg Schiano onSavage. “But you know, that’s whatthe great stories are made of;When you lead your team back,limping, everybody wants to writeabout those when they work.

“When they don’t work, hey, itdidn’t work. That’s as far as I cango. There wasn’t anything morethan that.”

Schiano said he has no morenews on Savage’s ribs in yester-day’s conference call, but he didnot expect Savage to participate inyesterday’s walk-through.

“[Injured ribs] are very uncom-fortable, really a lot of pain,”

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

For as much as it tried, theRutgers football team’s defensecould not create momentum thatwould translate to the offensiveside of the ball.

The Scarlet Knights defense didits part, for sure, but no number ofstops or takeaways could translateto points for sophomore quarter-back Tom Savage and company.

Rutgers finished the game withtwo fumble recoveries, two stoppedfourth-down conversions, an inter-ception and a four-point deficit.

“If it was winning defense, wewould have won the game,” saidsophomore safety KhaseemGreene, who intercepted UNCquarterback T.J. Yates in the thirdquarter. “We’re a family here. It’snot like it’s a loss for the offense

North Carolina sacked sophomore Tom Savage four times in its 17-13 win over the Scarlet Knights on Saturday atRutgers Stadium. Savage finished the game 16-of-29 through the air with a pair of costly interceptions.

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KEY STATS

EXTRA POINTThe number of all-purpose yards for true freshmanJordan Thomas against the North Carolina defense.The Endicott, N.Y., native ran for 27 yards on eightcarries and hauled in three receptions for 44 yards.

Thomas put the Knights in scoring position in the first quarter aftergaining 37 yards on a swing pass out of the Pistol formation.

PASSINGT.J. YATES, UNC22-30, 204 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT

RUSHINGSHAUN DRAUGHN, UNC8 CAR, 55 YDS

RECEIVINGMOHAMED SANU9 REC, 74 YDS

UNCRUTGERS

Total Yds295244

Pass204157

Rush9187

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