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Mock eviction Cards dampen Rutgers’ BCS aspirations notices spark complaints from students

By Julian Chokkattu News Editor

Students have filed complaints with Rutgers’ Bias Prevention Education Committee against Students for Justice in Palestine’s mock eviction notices that were posted Sunday in residence halls across the New Brunswick campus.

The eviction notices stated students’ suites were scheduled for demolition in the next three days. The notices were distributed Sunday night by members of Rutgers SJP. The notices also said if the resident did not See COMPLAINTS on Page 4

Move to Big Ten to bring $200 million

Junior quarterback Gary Nova was sacked last night in Rutgers’ 24-10 loss at No. 8 Louisville. The Cardinals sacked Nova eight times in the contest, but Nova said the offensive line played well enough for him to evade pressure. See BACK for more coverage. JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO

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By Alex Meier Associate News Editor

Rutgers projects to pull in $200 million over 12 years from the Big Ten Conference according to University officials at last week’s Board of Governors meeting.

“What we’re saying is Rutgers is better off by about $200 million versus the status quo,” said Greg Brown, head of the board’s athletics committee, to nj.com.

The conference’s profitable television contracts will serve as a big moneymaker for Rutgers. According to ESPN’s Big Ten blog, the University of Illinois estimated that each school in the conference this year would earn $25.7 million in revenue, including $7.6 million from ESPN’s Big Ten Network.

Last year, each school collected $24.6 million from the Big Ten. But the transition also means Rutgers will need to renovate facilities and improve teams in order to remain competitive, according to nj.com. Critics of the move predict that Rutgers will lose money from the Big Ten, as the Athletic Department uses subsidized funds from the University.

Rutgers and the American Athletic Conference, formerly the Big East, also continue to battle in court over the $10 million exit fee, according to the article.

But Rutgers officials assure that the move will benefit the University.

“There is still a lot of work to be done. But the move into the Big Ten is unequivocally positive for Rutgers — academically, financially and athletically,” Brown said to nj.com.

LOUISVILLE, KY. — At least this time when junior quarterback Gar y Nova passed to Louisville cornerback Terrell Floyd,

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a Rutgers wide receiver had the mildest chance of catching it.

Nova threw into double coverage on third and 15 to senior Quron Pratt with 5:29 left in the fourth quarter in Louisville’s 24-10 victor y last night.

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It was closer to a receiver than Floyd’s game-sealing interception last year against the Scarlet Knights, when no one was in a wide vicinity.

Nova’s fourth interception, no run establishment, eight sacks

allowed and Rutgers’ inability to force Teddy Bridgewater incompletions gave Rutgers (4-2, 1-1) a wounding loss that might kill its BCS bowl dreams.

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Fukui mayor visits University Bioethics expert refutes to commemorate anniversary beliefs about brain death

By Nick Siwek Staff Writer

Dr. Joseph Fins, chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, argued that brain dead individuals are not beyond recovery in his speech about brain injuries and stigmas yesterday at The Institute

Mayor of Fukui Shinichi Higashimura, along with a representative, pay their respects at the Willow Grave Cemetary, which is the burial site of Taro Kusakabe and William Elliot Griffis. KATIE PARK

By Katie Park Contributing Writer

Shinichi Higashimura, the mayor of Fukui, Japan, traveled to New Brunswick yesterday with his delegation to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Sister Cities International, a program that connects U.S. cities to international cities.

Upon Higashimura’s arrival to New Brunswick, he toured the city and Rutgers as well as Kusakabe Taro’s

grave, where he said he paid his respects. Taro, a samurai from Fukui, was the first Japanese national to graduate from Rutgers College.

“I am impressed with the rich culture and the beauty of the city,” he said.

Former President Dwight Eisenhower developed Sister Cities International in 1956, said Jane Tublin, the deputy envoy for international programs in New Brunswick.

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for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research in New Brunswick.

Carol Boyer, associate director of the sociology department at IHHCPAR, organized the event.

According to Boyer, Francis Barchi, wife of Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi, is leading a group developing a bioethics See DEATH on Page 4

Immigrant children no threat to US economy

By Michael Du Contributing Writer

Common perceptions about the root of child poverty may soon shift since a recent study has shed new light on the issue.

The study, “How Much Does Change in the Proportion of Children Living in Immigrant Families Contribute to Change in the Poverty

Rate among Children?” by Myungkook Joo, an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work was published in the Social Service Review September 2013.

In his research, Joo found that the increasing proportion of children in immigrant families do not play a large, determining See ECONOMY on Page 5

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The Rutgers Film Co-op, the New Jersey Media Arts Center and the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies present New Jersey Film Festival selection “We the Owners: Employees Expanding the American Dream” at 7 p.m. in Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. Admission is $10 for the general public and $9 for students and senior citizens.

Saturday, Oct. 12

The Rutgers Film Co-op, the New Jersey Media Arts Center and the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies present New Jersey Film Festival selections “Art House Part One” and “The Rink” at 7 p.m. in Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. Admission is $10 for the general public and $9 for students and senior citizens.

Sunday, Oct. 13

The Rutgers Film Co-op, the New Jersey Media Arts Center and the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies present New Jersey Film Festival selections “Part Two Cold Turkey,” “System Prefereces” and “Welcome and Our Condolences” at 7 p.m. in Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. Admission is $10 for the general public and $9 for students and senior citizens.

METRO CALENDAR Wednesday, Oct. 16

The Stress Factory Comedy Club at 90 Church St. hosts an openmic night at 8 p.m. Admission is $5 plus a two-drink minimum, and interested performers must bring at least five friends. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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Jewish Film Festival to bring more than 6,000 viewers

By Erin Petenko Staff Writer

Films are only a par t of what is of fered at the Rutgers Jewish Film Festival.

The event, now in its 14th year, features speakers, audience participation and a community environment from Oct. 24 to Nov. 3, said Karen Small, the festival director.

The festival began when a Rutgers alumna approached the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life and offered funding from the Karma Foundation to premiere the best Jewish films. Small said in the first year, the center got a surprising 600 attendees.

More than 6,000 people are expected to come to the Regal Cinema Commerce Center Stadium 18 in North Brunswick to see this year’s lineup of 16 films, she said.

She is looking forward to seeing some of the most interesting documentaries and meeting with people connected with the film.

Yael Zerubavel, the director of the Bildner Center, said having speakers was what made the festival different than just regular theater.

“We’re in an academic center, so it’s really important to provide the audience with some kind of context and discussion,” she said.

“It makes it more interesting than just watching it and going home.”

One film titled “Sukkah City” depicts a 21st century version of an old Jewish tradition. During the holiday Sukkot, Jews build a tem-

porary hut to remind themselves of their 30-year journey through the desert, Small said.

New York City celebrated this holiday in 2010 with a competition between architects to design the best modern-day interpretation of the structures.

Director Jason Hutt and festival founder Joshua Foer will speak about how the film relates to the event.

“Foer is a really interesting person,” she said. “He wrote a book called ‘Moonwalking with Einstein’ and was a national memory champion. I’m really

“It shows the cooperation and human rights interest of two groups that can actually join together.”

YAEL ZERUBAVEL Director of the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life

excited that he’s going to speak after the film.”

Another film, “Besa,” documents the histor y of Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust, Small said. The closing night will feature Johanna Neumann, who hid from the Nazis in Albania as a child, talking about her experiences, while the photographer who began the work for the film will talk at the matinee viewing.

ELECTRIFYING START Kite+Key, the new Rutgers technology store, held a grand opening kick-off celebration yesterday in the Plaza at Livingston campus. The opening features week-long drawings and gift cards as well as 10 percent off selected accessories. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Zerubavel said the film was her favorite of the year because of its remarkable depictions.

“It shows the cooperation and human rights interest of two groups that can actually join together,” she said.

The center chose films based on their popularity and quality, she said. Diversity is also a factor.

“We don’t want every film to be about the same topic, so we have some about Israeli society, one about a gay Palestinian-Israeli couple and one about a family that lives in a cave for 500 days during the Holocaust called ‘No Place on Earth,’” she said.

Zerubavel said the Bildner Center began screening films in February. They try to find selections that would typically be unavailable to people in the area.

The center sometimes takes complex paths to get their films.

Small said she was eager to get the film “Glickman” two years ago, a documentary about a famous Jewish sports announcer.

“It’s Jews and sports,” she said.

But the director never got back to the Bildner Center when they contacted him.

She tried again the next year only to find HBO, the owner, had limited viewing rights for the film.

They never discussed getting the film for this year’s festival.

Then, after they had printed all 15,000 brochures, the director gave them a call.

“HBO had lifted the restriction after we had already done all the publicity,” she said. “But … it’s such a great story that we have to have

‘Fill the Void’ is one of the films premiering at the Jewish Film Festival, which will run Oct. 24 to Nov. 3. The lead actress will visit a course at Rutgers for more intimate interaction.

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it, and we made it a special add-on.”

Nava Frankel, an intern at the center, said the festival aimed to appeal to a large audience. The Rutgers Dance Department will attend “Let’s Dance.”

“Usually it’s mostly Jews, but this year with our films we hope to appeal to a wider audience,” she said.

Zerubavel said her class on Isreali society will see “Fill the Void,” then have the lead actress visit their class for a more intimate interaction.

Small, assistant director of the Bildner Center, said an audience

member last year made a memorable personal connection.

The Bildner Center screened “Orchestra of Exiles,” which documented the histor y behind the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, who were all refugees leaving Europe to escape the Nazis.

“A very elderly man stood up and said, ‘I was there at that first concert,’” she said. “He had studied with those musicians.”

Frankel said tickets for the events are sold online and by mail. Students receive a discounted rate.

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DEATH Fins says he interviewed about 40 families that dealt with those suffering from brain injuries continued from front program at the institute, which is in its early stages.

“There is a large number of faculty here interested in the application of research in clinical care and health research,” Boyer said.

Dr. Eric Singer, assistant professor of urologic oncology at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, said he was excited to hear Fins speak.

“I have an interest in bioethics,” Singer said. “It’s a great honor to have Fins visit Rutgers and hear what great minds in the field have to say.”

Fins, a professor of medical ethics, said he inter viewed about 40 families that have dealt with brain-injured family members.

He has about 80 hours of audio recordings from the inter views.

He said he is appalled by the way brain injuries are usually handled.

“I want to tell you about empirical research conducted with the families,” Fins said.

His research will be published in his upcoming book, “Rights Come to Mind.” “[The research is] so incredible, you wouldn’t believe it if it wasn’t verifiable,” he said.

All catechisms he learned about brain injuries as a student are no longer true, he said. He grew up

with believing a brain dead person has no cognitive functioning.

One family interviewed was related to a brain injury patient, Terri. Terri’s brain scans revealed new fibers that developed after he was diagnosed as brain dead, meaning that he had a dynamic brain, Fins said.

“[The research is] so incredible, you wouldn’t believe it if it wasn’t verifiable.”

DR. JOSEPH Fins Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College

In acute care settings, doctors condemn brain dead patients to be nothing more than organ donors, but Fins said sometimes signs of recovery occur, such as facial expression and even speech.

“If a family says they saw something, what is the doctor going to say — wishful thinking?”

Fins said.

He said a permanent vegetative state has no recovery, but a persistent vegetative state does.

Someone in a persistent vegetative state can recover to a minimally conscious condition.

Doctors become pessimistic because certain diagnoses did

not exist until recently, and many people are simply deemed vegetables, Fins said. Nurses or family members are usually the ones that catch developments, and the nurses are the stars of his book.

He said Terri went undiagnosed for 19 years. “[Terri] looked upset, so the nurses … believing what they saw verses what they were told diagnostically, called the mother … to come in and see Terri … that was not a normal day for Terri, and that was in 1991 or 1992 and the category didn’t exist until 2002, so that’s how he got misdiagnosed,” Fins said.

Terri was able to learn and remember the song “Bad Boys,” which was not released until after his injury.

He said the time to withhold treatment with other medical issues, such as cancer, is usually marked by loss of consciousness, or coma, but brain injuries are different.

“In context of brain injury, people start off as unconscious if its serious enough, and they can either die, recover or become permanently vegetative, but you can’t analogize that loss of consciousness is the end of the game. It could be the start of a recovery,” he said.

Fins said the negative type of thinking coupled with brain injuries is often nihilistic. Brain dead is not synonymous with vegetable.

“A sizeable cohort of people are going to do pretty well,” he said.

He said he dissuades people from assuming that unconscious, brain-injured people are beyond all recovery.

COMPLAINTS Willson says Students for Justice in Palestine violated Rutgers posting policy continued from front vacate the premise in that time, the organization reserved the right to destroy all remaining belongings.

According to a previous article published by The Daily Targum Oct. 8, National Students for Justice in Palestine also used the mock eviction letters at Harvard University, which sparked controversy.

The Rutgers chapter of SJP posted the notices to raise awareness about Palestinians who have been evicted from their homes.

Kerri Willson, director of student involvement at Rutgers Student Life, said she deals with policy infractions and was alerted by the bias committee about SJP’s violation of the University posting policy. The bias committee deals with the content in the flyers.

“The organization was found responsible for violating student involvement posting policy for the residence halls,” she said.

Rutgers has an extensive posting policy, Willson said, and enforces student organizations to have all posters stamped with approval by Student Life.

“We have a process where there is a staff member in residence life.

The student organization is supposed to reach out to find out about getting something approved to be posted and that individual would say, ‘okay, I get this many fliers’ and

they drop them off at a central location,” she said.

The staff in the residence hall would post the fliers, as they do not allow student organizations to post their own fliers or slide them under doors, she said.

“Consistent with similar infractions by other groups, [Students for Justice in Palestine] have been issued a formal written warning from Student Life, educating what the policy is, and they were put on notice that any further violations involving this policy would result in more serious consequences,” she said.

The consequences depend on the level of seriousness of the infraction, Willson said. If SJP violates the policy again, they could lose privileges such as the inability to reserve space on campus, access their funds and lose their registration status.

Andrew Getraer, executive director at Rutgers Hillel, said the Jewish cultural outreach organization has not filed complaints against anyone.

“We had many students who came to us who were very upset when they received eviction notices, who felt harassed, who felt that they have been deceived and made to feel targeted and unsafe in their dorm rooms, and … We directed them to the appropriate deans,” he said. “There were several students who filed complaints.”

Getraer said in some cases, Jewish students were targeted and explained how some students came to Hillel stating how they were the only student who received a flyer on their floor.

Rutgers Students for Justice in Palestine declined to comment.

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ECONOMY Joo says immigrant population nearly doubled in size to 38.1 million from 1990 to 2007 continued from front role in changes in the child poverty rate.

“Using the data of 65,000 households from the annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey, my study sought to investigate whether fluctuations in the national child poverty rate were explained by changes in the share of children from immigrant families, Joo said.

In total, 260,205 children from 1993 to 2010 were studied, Joo said.

He chose not to focus on any single population of immigrants to see if immigration as a whole caused changes in the child poverty rate.

Joo said he has been interested in social work with children from a

very young age.

“In South Korea, I grew up with a family of social workers,” Joo said. “I lived with poor disadvantaged children, many of [whom] were abandoned at birth or given up by their biological parents.”

He said these intimate experiences in South Korea had left him gravitating toward the problems of child poverty, outcomes of the most disadvantaged children and most of all, social welfare policies and programs designed to serve impoverished children.

Recently, there have been talks about the increase in immigration and its implications for child poverty in the political discussion throughout the U.S. “The immigrant population

Mayor Tublin says New Brunswick, Fukui initiated official agreement to bond cities in 1982 continued from front New Brunswick’s sister city is Fukui and the two areas share an extensive history. “[The purpose of Sister Cities] is to encourage cities to link with other cities around the world as a way to learn about each other, learn to respect different cultures and languages, and maybe this will all contribute to some way, somehow, to world peace,” she said.

Tublin said Rutgers’ history with its sister city began in 1867, when Fukui sent Taro to Rutgers Grammar School, now housed in Alexander Johnston Hall on the College Avenue campus. Taro was the first Japanese citizen to be inducted in Phi Beta Kappa at the University.

Taro died from tuberculosis a few weeks before graduation and was posthumously awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics. He is buried in Willow Grove Cemetery in New Brunswick, according to a report from Fernanda Perrone, curator at the Zimmerli Art Museum.

Although contact with Fukui began well over a century ago, the cities initiated the official agreement to bond New Brunswick and Fukui as “sister cities” in 1982, Tublin said.

Higashimura attended a lecture

in the Alexander Library, where he viewed photographs of Taro as a student at Rutgers College. The collection included images of Taro clad in uniform and standing amongst his peers on a football team.

Tublin said following Taro’s death, Fukui invited William Elliot Griffis, Taro’s language tutor, to teach in Japan.

Many regarded Griffis as the foremost expert on Japan at the time, Tublin said. Upon his death, he willed his entire collection to the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus, where it is still available for viewing.

Fukui donated money to the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on College Ave. after Taro and Griffis’s deaths, Tublin said.

The museum features the Kusakabe-Griffis Gallery, which features art in the Japonisme style and accentuates the ties between Fukui and New Brunswick.

Sister Cities International develops programs that bring the most benefit to the citizens of both cities to achieve its mission of fostering cultural awareness, Tublin said.

Rutgers uses student exchange to connect with Fukui.

Fifth graders attending Livingston Elementary School are eligible

noncitizen families, are currently U.S. citizens by birth and are likely to remain in the country throughout their lives,” Joo said. “Investing in their human capital and economic outcomes should be an important national agenda.”

He said he plans to continue his research on poverty among children.

“In the future, I plan on researching the level of income volatility among low-income families and how it affects poor children’s outcomes” he said.

Danielle Chirico, development assistant at the Rutgers School of Social Work, said she and her colleagues were proud of Joo’s work.

“We at the Rutgers School of Social Work are very proud of Dr. Joo’s contribution to the Social Service Review,” she said.

“The Social Service Review is a great outlet to disseminate knowledge to social workers, researchers, policy makers and the general public.”

nearly doubled in size to 38.1 million from 1990 to 2007,” Joo said.

“During the same period, the number of immigrant families also doubled to 16.4 million, representing 82 percent of the total growth in the children’s population.”

Some scholars and the general public are worried that we have had an increasing population of poorly educated and unskilled immigrants in recent decades, Joo said.

“Few empirical studies have actually quantified the effects of this perceived large group of children from poor immigrants on the national child poverty rate,” he said.

Although children in noncitizen families made larger contributions to the child poverty rate than children in naturalized-citizen families, Joo said their influence was still relatively minor.

“Overall, my findings clarified that the blame on children from immigrant families for the high child poverty rate cannot be justified with evidence,” he said.

Some immigrants want to live in freedom, Joo said, and escape poverty and look for better opportunities for themselves and their children. The main reason they immigrate is employment opportunities, and many immigrants still believe this county offers a better life.

“The difference between media coverage and the empirical evidence of immigration on child poverty suggests that we tend to make conclusions based on personal experiences,” Joo said. “When we see a large number of poorly-educated immigrants with children who work at poorly-paid jobs in our daily lives, it is easy to relate them to child poverty.”

Because of economic conditions, parental employment and education, and family structure, children who grow up in poverty are likely to have poorer educational and labor market outcomes when they become an adult, Joo said.

“The majority of children in immigrant families, including those in

to travel to Japan and vice versa, she said. This year, 5 of 16 applicants were selected to study in Japan.

Tublin said once the American students are in Japan, they attend school and visit temples and museums celebrating Japanese culture.

In New Jersey, the Japanese students tour the Zimmerli Museum and the Alexander Library where they can study Taro’s experiences, Tublin said.

The Japanese students also go to ball games, New York City and the Jersey shore, she said.

While Sister Cities International accommodates the possibility of study abroad programs for youth in New Brunswick, it brings culture to the local New Brunswick setting.

Along with his tour of Rutgers, Higashimura visited New Brunswick High School yesterday, said Russell Marchetta, the public information officer for the city of New Brunswick. Four students studying Japanese as well as a Japanese-American teacher accompanied him and his delegation.

The students interviewed Higashimura in Japanese, Marchetta said. They prepared a luncheon and personally served the mayor and his delegation.

“They learn Japanese in books and [from] speaking to one another — here they got to speak Japanese to people whose first language is Japanese,” he said. This is something you don’t see every day. … This was a real eye-opener for them.”

Top: Representatives from the city of Fukui stand with representatives of New Brunswick for a photo. Bottom: Mayor James Cahill and Mayor Shinichi Higashimura commemorate the 30th anniversary of Sister Cities International. KATIE PARK

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Republicans propose borrowing money for six weeks WASHINGTON — Facing a fresh deadline, House Speaker John Boehner said yesterday Republicans would vote to extend the government’s ability to borrow money for six weeks — but only if President Barack Obama first agrees to new negotiations on spending cuts. Under the Republican plan, the partial government shutdown would continue in the meantime.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, following a 90-minute meeting with Obama, appeared to throw cold water on the plan.

Asked whether Democrats would negotiate with Republicans while the government is shuttered, he declared, “Not going to happen.”

Earlier yesterday, the White House had said Obama “would likely sign” a short term extension of the debt cap and did not rule out his doing so even if the government remained partly closed. But the White House made no promises that Obama would hold negotiations under those circumstances.

“He will not pay ransom in exchange for the Republicans in the House doing their job,” said spokesman Jay Carney.

Boehner and other House GOP leaders were headed to the White House late yesterday for their own meeting with Obama.

After weeks of decline, financial market indexes shot up higher in anticipation of a possible deal that could avert a federal financial default. The Dow Jones industrial average surged 323 points for the day.

“I would hope the president would look at this as an opportunity and a good faith effort on our part to move halfway, halfway to what he’s demanded, in order to have these conversations begin,” Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters after presenting the plan to rankand-file GOP lawmakers.

Boehner produced his proposal as the shutdown entered its tenth day. On that front, the administration said it would allow states to use their own money to reopen some national parks that have been closed.

Governors in at least four states — Utah, South Dakota, Arizona and Colorado — have asked for authority to reopen national parks within their borders because of the economic impact of the closures. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said the government will consider offers to pay for park operations but will not surrender control of national parks to the states.

As for the deeper problem of the federal debt ceiling, the administration has warned that unless the limit is raised, the government will deplete its ability to borrow money by next Thursday, an event officials have warned could trigger a default that could wound the world economy as well as America’s.

Obama has insisted steadfastly that Congress reopen the government and extend the debt limit without conditions. His acceptance of the GOP proposal could mean a brief resolution to the

fight over the debt limit and a continuation of the shutdown while negotiations proceed.

Republicans have been demanding cuts in government programs, including Obama’s 2010 health care law and a bigger effort to cut long-term federal deficits as their price for reopening government and extending the debt limit.

Obama has repeatedly noted recent improvement in the deficit figures. After four years of trillion-dollar deficits, the 2013 shortfall is expected to register below $700 billion.

Some conservatives still expressed reservations with the Boehner plan. “I’m not very enthusiastic about that,” Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said.

Under Boehner’s offer, the House would also appoint negotiators to bargain with the Democratic-led Senate over a budget compromise. Those talks have been on hold for months, and the two chambers have deep differences over taxes and cuts in benefit programs.

Earlier yesterday, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned the Senate Finance Committee that failure to renew the government’s ability to borrow money “could be deeply damaging” to financial markets and threaten Americans’ jobs and savings. It would also leave the government unsure of when it could make payments ranging from food aid to Medicare reimbursements to doctors, he said.

“The United States should not be put in a position of making such perilous choices for our economy and our citizens,” the secretary said. “There is no way of knowing the irrevocable damage such an approach would have on our economy and financial markets.”

The game of Washington chicken over increasing the debt limit — required so Treasury can borrow more money to pay the government’s bills in full and on time — had sent the stock market south, spiked the interest rate for one-month Treasury bills and

prompted Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest manager of money market mutual funds, to sell federal debt that comes due around the time the nation could hit its borrowing limit.

At the Finance committee hearing, Lew met incredulity from Republicans, who said the bigger problem was the soaring costs of benefit programs like Social Security, Medicare and the long-term budget deficits the country faces.

— The Associated Press

BERLIN — Refugees huddle under rain on the second day of a hunger strike in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Oct. 10 in Berlin, Germany. Approximately a dozen refugees, waiting for their asylum applications to be processed, claim they will continue with their hunger strike until the German government makes a firm commitment to helping them. GETTY IMAGES

IN BRIEF FINDLAY, Ohio — A man who disappeared decades ago is finding out there’s no easy way to come back from the dead.

Donald Miller Jr. went to court this week to ask a county judge to reverse a 1994 ruling that declared him legally dead after he had vanished from his home eight years earlier. But the judge turned down his request, citing a three-year time limit for changing a death ruling.

Hancock County Probate Court Judge Allan Davis called it a “strange, strange situation.”

“We’ve got the obvious here.

A man sitting in the courtroom, he appears to be in good health,” said Davis, who told Miller the three-year limit was clear.

“I don’t know where that leaves you, but you’re still deceased as far as the law is concerned,” the judge said.

Miller resurfaced about eight years ago and went to court so that he could get a driver’s license and reinstate his Social Security number.

His ex-wife had opposed the move, saying she doesn’t have

the money to repay the Social Security benefits that were paid out to her and the couple’s two children after Miller was declared dead.

Robin Miller said her former husband vanished because he owed big child suppor t payments and that the overdue payments had totaled $26,000 by 1994, The Findlay Courier repor ted.

Miller, 61, told the judge he disappeared in the 1980s because he had lost his job and he was an alcoholic. He lived in Florida and Georgia before returning to Ohio around 2005.

His parents told him about his “death” when he came back to the state, he said.

“It kind of went further than I ever expected it to,” Miller said.

“I just kind of took off, ended up in different places.”

Miller’s attorney said he may be able to challenge the Social Security Administration in federal court, but does not have the financial resources to do so.

— The Associated Press

October 11, 2013

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Student publications bring diverse discussion to campus

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had its fair share of obstacles as well.

At The Examiner, a pre-health Mirroring the trend of di- journal started in 2011 and pubversity at the University, there lished twice each semester, one seems to be a student-run publi- of the biggest challenges is getcation at Rutgers for ever y taste. ting writers to submit articles on The Medium caters to read- time, said Vishal Patel, the jourers looking for a laugh, and The nal’s editor-in-chief.

“We tr y to run a tight ship,” Imaginate, The Anthologist and Objet d’Art feed students’ appe- Patel said. “We want to make tites for art, literature and cre- sure the quality is ver y high and tr y to ensure that people ative expression.

Rutgers Review and Trim follow deadlines and know what Magazine cover fashion and cul- they’re doing.”

For BVCL, part of the chalture with a Scarlet spin, while Native Tongue gives a voice to lenge touches on a larger issue the Asian-American community media faces: finding out how to get people to read print in the on campus.

And that is just a glimpse of digital age.

“The idea of print is dying,” the many papers, magazines and Owusu said. “It’s ver y hard to journals on campus.

Yet the hard work that goes get people interested in reading into making these publications print publications.”

All three publications have is a stor y untold, so The Daily Targum took a look behind the an online presence in addition scenes of three student-run pub- to hard copies on newsstands.

For The Examiner, online publications on campus. lication has beB l a c k come an area Vo i c e / C a r of increasing ta Latina, a impor tance, “The idea of print is monthly magazine, caters to dying. It’s very hard to Patel said.

“All of our the Universiget people interested issues are on ty’s black and in reading [our website] Latino commuas PDFs,” Panities. print publications.” tel said. “We’re Founded currently pushin the 1970s, Catherine OWUSU BVCL was in- Editor-in-Chief of Black Voice/Carta Latina ing more towards a greatactive for five er readership years until it online.” was revived in These publications attempt 2012, said Catherine Owusu, the to show a fresh perspective magazine’s editor-in-chief.

“I decided that I wanted to from a new, younger generation take on the responsibility of of media at Rutgers.

For instance, readers may bringing back the magazine because there wasn’t anything that think a science journal will be represented minorities [at Rut- chock full of numbers and stagers],” Owusu said. “We try to tistics, but RSR tries to be more highlight issues within our com- than that.

“RSR is serious, but it’s not munities and explain why certain stuffy,” DeMaio said. “We accept things are the way they are.”

BVCL is one of many recent- all kinds of articles as long as ly created or revived publica- they’re scholarly. We got an artitions on campus. In the fall of cle about competitive eating this 2011, Jonathan Shao, a School of semester — that was pretty cool.”

Despite being topic-specific Arts and Sciences senior, founded the Rutgers Science Review, publications, all three regularly a research journal published publish articles that appeal to a wider audience of students. each semester.

The Examiner, for example, Despite being such a young publication, Rutgers Science Re- publishes articles on a spectrum view already has achievements of issues such as the politics surunder its belt, winning the Rut- rounding the Affordable Care gers Outstanding Students Cel- Act as well as health care in ebration and Recognition award countries like Syria, Patel said.

“We market ourselves as a for outstanding media publication ever y year since it started, journal that tries to bridge the said Alex DeMaio, the review’s gap between the humanities and traditional sciences,” Patel co-editor-in-chief.

“I thought the RSR was a cool said. “We tr y to include not just idea when I heard about it,” De- pre-medical articles but a good Maio said. “It was super small at mix [of different articles].”

Of course, being new has its the time, but I thought it would be cool to get involved, and disadvantages. Part of the misthings just sort of progressed sion at BVCL has been simply to get their name out among Rutfrom there.”

Still, life in the editorial of- gers students. “[Our focus] is definitefice is not all awards and accolades — each publication ly getting the word out about Contributing Writer

Trim Magazine, which covers fashion and culture related to Rutgers, is one of many diverse publications on campus. Organizations like the Rutgers Review provide a creative outlet for students’ expression. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KARL HOEMPLER / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER the magazine,” Owusu said.

“The school is so big — it’s ver y hard to reach out to ever yone. It’s a daily struggle at ever y organization.”

This new generation of Rutgers media also branches into other areas outside of publication. In the fall of 2012, The Examiner hosted a discussion panel on homelessness,

where community activists and homeless individuals spoke about their experiences, Patel said.

“We’re tr ying to transition into more than just a journal,” Patel said. “We’re tr ying to be a well-rounded organization and also have events that can help the pre-medical community as well.”

In the end, the editors all said they started working in publication because they have a passion for writing about the material that inspires them.

“I do have a love for journalism and writing,” Owusu said. “I feel like the Black Voice is a big part of our history at Rutgers and was really prestigious, so why let something so important go?”

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As we herald in the relieving change in dining hall hours, we also feel the need to, in the same spirit, dart the Brower takeout menu this semester. Okay, we get it, you’re trying to give us more options and change it up a bit, but what the heck is up with “Brower Bowl?” We choose between pasta and a potato, and lay it on with what seems like whatever toppings are lying around the dining hall.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Palestine and Israel must find a peaceful way to settle conflict The Israeli/Palestinian question is one of the most divisive issues of our time. It’s extraordinarily rare to encounter anyone who doesn’t have strong, heartfelt views on the subject. Furthermore, the issue has ramifications quite close to home – many Rutgers students have family and friends that are directly involved in one of the world’s most enduring conflicts.

Although I am Jewish and a strong supporter of the state of Israel, I empathize with the plight of the Palestinian people.

All people have the right of self-determination – the right to live freely in countries based on their nationality. However, blaming Israel alone does not solve anything.

The Israeli people have shown time and time again their willingness to make great sacrifices in the name of peace. Witness the Camp David accords of 1978, which resulted in the return of the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt and a lasting treaty between the two nations. Closer to our own time, there was the 2005 evacuation of the Gaza Strip – a move which cost thousands of Israelis their homes. On the other hand, the Palestinian people have been continuously sold out by those who were supposed to be their leaders and protectors. The original occupation of the West Bank and Gaza was that of Egypt and Jordan. After the 1948 War of Independence, land that was supposed to be established as a Palestinian state was instead annexed by its fellow Arab nations. In 2000, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered the then head of the PLO, Yasser Arafat, 97 percent of the West Bank, all of the Gaza Strip, and part of Jerusalem for the Palestinian capital.

Here was a golden opportunity for peace – and Arafat refused. I would submit that if the Palestinians really want peace and a state of their own, they should remove their corrupt and violent leaders, and banish the hateful rhetoric that unfortunately characterizes so much of their media today. Why are grossly anti-Semitic cartoons that would not look out of place in the pages of Der Strumer in the 1930s still appearing on official Palestinian Authority television today? Why do Palestinians tolerate terrorists launching rockets against innocent civilians when they must know it hurts their cause? If they are seeking two states living side by side in peace, then the Palestinian people must take genuine steps to stop terrorism and work toward

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a meaningful solution – and the way to do that is not by inciting fear and hatred.

Ben Kusnetz is a School of Arts and Sciences first year student.

Changes to lyrics of alma mater should have been decided with community input The Rutgers administration has passively endorsed the lyrical revision to the Rutgers alma mater, “On the Banks of the Old Raritan.” This autocratic action taken by a small selection of faculty and students has me scratching my head. If the powers that be want social change to happen without serious controversy, shouldn’t the administration see to it that there be an opportunity for broad input from the University community? Would it not be prudent to at least pay lip service to the alumni base that support Rutgers financially? The overt willingness to alienate so many by excluding them from this process is frustrating and confusing.

“On the Banks” is one of few traditions that connect us to our alma mater — altering its text risks sacrificing the personal affiliation one feels with Rutgers. Alter it in despotic, almost sneaky fashion and you all but guarantee this severing. Those in favor of change argue that the song should better represent the University community. How strange that the opinion of that community is not being sought in any kind of open forum. This will be at the front of my mind when Rutgers University Telefund comes calling this year.

Jeffrey Smith is a 2009 Mason Gross School of the Arts alumnus.

Changes to alma mater unnecessary In a time where the Rutgers name is sullied by avoidable controversies, another rises from its oldest standing tradition. The Rutgers University Glee Club has changed a 140 year-old tradition, the alma mater, to gender-neutral lyrics. The sudden move for political correctness was done without consulting the Rutgers community — not even the female Rutgers community.

The all-male Glee Club, a 141-year-old Rutgers staple, changed the lyrics from

“My father sent me to old Rutgers/ And resolv’d that I should be a man” to “From far and near we came to Rutgers/ And resolved to learn all that we can.”

The change offends me not only as a student who chose to study at Rutgers, but as a woman. I do not need the lyrics of a song that originated when the University was an all-male college to be changed because I was born female and am paying tuition.

When the Alma Mater is sung, I chime in “Or a woman” like the women who prioritize history and appreciate one of the very few traditions the University recognizes publicly. If this would be the lyrical change, I would welcome it as the University did me.

Casey Balch is a School of Arts senior majoring in journalism and media studies and double minoring in English and psychology.

Israel should not be attacked to promote Palestinian cause Earlier this week, I was woken in the middle of the night by a phone call informing me of the deplorable, yet unsurprising, actions of an anti-Israel student organization on campus. Editorials, letters to the editor and articles have been published in the past week regarding the mock eviction notices distributed to numerous students Sunday evening in their dorms and on-campus apartments. These fraudulent solicitations were used to frighten and intimidate students with the intention of invoking sympathy based on false and deliberately deceptive information. Rather than discuss the numerous University violations committed by this student organization, I would rather provide my fellow Rutgers students with an honest understanding of the true situation facing both Israelis and Palestinians.

To begin, both the eviction notice and a letter recently published in the Targum refer to the Palestinian refugee situation in Israel, but how did it originate? In 1947 the United Nations established the Partition Plan for Palestine which divided modern day Israel into two nations — one Jewish, one Arab. The Jews welcomed this plan due to their desire to re-establish a Jewish state after being in the land for over 3,000 years. The Arabs, on the other hand, rejected the UN’s plan to establish an Israeli state. Once again, the local Arabs refused to officially form two states. The

following year, Israel declared its independence and was home to more than 160,000 Arabs who accepted Israel and shared equal rights and citizenship as the Jews.

However, a majority of Arabs living in the region refused to recognize and accept the establishment of Israel and, along with Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, went to war with Israel. Surrounding the time of the war, an estimated 500,000 Arabs who refused to recognize Israel fled to neighboring Arab countries who, with the exception of Jordan, denied citizenship to their Palestinian comrades. Many of these individuals and their descendants today are the Palestinian “refugees” that have been referred to in the past week.

As Alexander Galloway, the former director for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in Jordan, explained, “The Arab nations do not want to solve the Arab refugee problem. They want to keep it as an open sore, as an affront against the United Nations and as a weapon against Israel.

Arab leaders don’t give a damn whether the refugees live or die.” Additionally, the UNRWA applies unique criteria to the Palestinians that are not experienced by any other refugee in the world. For example, only Palestinian refugees maintain their status as refugees after they have gained citizenship from any recognized nation.

For the rest of the world, this is not how it works. The consequences of these double standards result in skewed and untruthful “facts” of the true situation in Israel.

The irony of the false accusations made against Israel in the past week is the fact that Israel has historically allowed more than 1.25 million Israeli-Arabs to live among Jewish Israelis and hold positions in the Israeli Parliament and Supreme Court. Additionally, Israel has also been the only nation in the world to offer land to create a Palestinian state. However, the repeated refusal of Palestinians to accept Israel’s offers has resulted in heightened tension and a murkier vision of real peace.

The situation in the Middle East is not ideal, and I am sure that you did not need me to tell you that. However, we cannot allow our dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs lead to fabricated, dishonest statements being spread as were earlier this week. As a proud pro-Israel and pro-peace Rutgers student, I recognize that truthful, open dialogue and discussion is the most powerful and meaningful form of communication.

Aviv Alter is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in biological sciences.

QUOTE OF THE DAY We at the Rutgers School of Social Work are very proud of Dr. Joo’s contribution to the Social Service Review ... the Social Service Review is a great outlet to disseminate knowledge to social workers, researchers, policy makers and the general public.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

October 11, 2013 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (10/11/13). Get adventurous this year. Build on what works at work. Romantic fantasies become more achievable, with domestic bliss available. Career or studies may include travel, which suits you fine. Discovery and exploration recur as themes. Good news develops for you and your partner next spring. Keep squirreling your nuts away and take time for play. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — Write or record your ideas.

Continue to increase enthusiasm.

Except for right now, when there could be a breakdown ... more research is required. Love gives you extra patience. Be careful now.

Go ahead and get started.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — A friend’s change in plans alters your anticipated expenses.

Take the philosophical high road.

Resist spending for the time being.

Consider it all with a sense of humor. Research gets fascinating.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — Make travel plans, although you have more at home than you may realize. Continue to increase creative output. Generate a little controversy. Veto power could get exercised. Intuition guides you.

Keep completing tasks and decreasing obligations. Your outlook shifts.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Make your move already.

An emergency at work requires full attention. Postpone travel and commitment. You’re gaining influence. Expand your understanding.

Push hard to finish a project, and start a journey another day.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Share a dream with associates, and advance a level when they sign on. Stay cool and move quickly.

Practice what you preach. Shift emotional direction. Consider consequences before acting. Keep increasing your authority this week.

Build organizational structures.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Stand up for what you know is right. Watch your step, though. Build a strong foundation.

Get what you need. Have it delivered. Bring order out of chaos.

Find the fun in the situation and grow that.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Your status rises. Review recent action to gain greater insight.

Store books and papers. Stay out of somebody else’s argument. Check equipment before launching. Continue to gather data. Relax, and it will come naturally.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — You get a jump on the rest of the pack. Don’t gamble. Keep doing your homework. Be diplomatic. Gain more than expected, although there may be a disappointment as well. Take time to pamper yourself with creature comforts.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — You’re moving up.

Make adaptations to your living arrangements. Revive old associations and friendships. Career opportunities percolate. Check work orders for changes. Plan your strategy so you can strike while the iron is hot.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Take it one step farther. Stay flexible when something you try doesn’t work. Open your heart, but don’t tell all, yet. Watch for hidden complications. Don’t get intimidated. Maintain objectivity in a controversy. Finish up and reward yourself with a treat.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — You and your team accomplish more than expected.

Share expenses. Keep playing and expand the game. Apply theories logically. Maintain your eye on the ball. Anxiety could push you to act too soon. Review your wish list.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — New possibilities open up, including an interesting development. You’ll need to choose! Cut stress by relaxing with friends.

Consider ideas as you apply elbow grease to a household chore. Keep practicing. You’re gaining wisdom.

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October 11, 2013

ASPIRATIONS Bridgewater tosses 21-for-31 to improve Heisman trophy candidacy, down Rutgers continued from front

“A lot of the sacks were on me,” Nova said. “The offensive

line blocked good enough. That’s my fault. I can’t turn the ball over. I can’t take sacks.”

Louisville (6-0, 2-0) has a half

season to go to defend its BCS bowl prospects, but at least now its quarterback could run as he celebrated victory.

Bridgewater faced Rutgers last year with bolts in his knee and an injured non-throwing wrist. He threw only shotgun and limped upfield.

He could still flick pinpoint passes across the field, but his grace extended to his legs this time.

Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater threw 21-for-31 for 310 yards and two touchdowns last night to lead Louisville past Rutgers and closer to another BCS bowl berth. JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO

The NFL’s potential top pick threw 21-for-31 to extend his Heisman case, also allowing Louisville to convert 9 of 13 third downs.

“The numbers may not be there and you may think it’s not the type of performance he normally would have,” said head coach Kyle Flood, “but 9 of 13 on third down keeps his team on the field and is enough to beat us tonight.”

Rutgers could only force imperfection out of Bridgewater when squeezing significant pass pressure. Although Rutgers sacked Bridgewater only twice, some of his throws went from pinpoint to way off mark when he motored out of pressure.

The Knights forced two second-half turnovers through forced fumbles. Freshman cornerback Anthony Cioffi recovered the first with 1:23 left in the third off senior defensive end Marcus Thompson’s tackle on running back Senorise Perry.

Then Cioffi forced another by toppling Bridgewater, which junior defensive end David Milewski fell on.

Milewski thought he might have been able to score, but he said he was too concerned with recovering it.

Rutgers’ pass rush valued anything it could get against Louisville “He’s quick in the pocket, but it’s more a matter of getting through protection, him reading our scheme a little bit, sliding away from us,” Milewski said. “That’s the kind of stuff that’s difficult to get by.”

Redshirt freshman linebacker Steve Longa halted Louisville’s progress on first down in the fourth quarter by stopping

Bridgewater at the line of scrimmage on the left as he scrambled.

Louisville led, 24-10.

On third down, Bridgewater threw off-balance to wide receiver Damian Copeland — recording career highs of 115 receiving yards and seven receptions — who was wide open in the end zone. The throw sailed out of bounds toward the 2-yard line.

Then Louisville kicker John Wallace missed the 45-yarder wide right, giving Rutgers another try at the BCS bowl’s high-hanging reward.

But on the ensuing drive, Floyd intercepted Nova and brought it 10 yards forward to Louisville’s 40yard line.

Now Louisville has to lose two of its last six games for Rutgers to possibly win the AAC, which is unlikely based off how the Cardinals have played.

Flood is confident in his decisions, including his offensive line shifts stemming from last spring with a unit that allowed eight sacks.

“We were certain that the game plan we had for today would be the right one and it didn’t work out that way, but we’ll have a different one next time,” Flood said. “We’ll have to see what the matchups are with the bye week and then a game [Oct. 26] against Houston.”

But now Flood makes these decisions down a familiar Rutgers path, where Louisville hangs the fruits of a BCS appearance a little too high.

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October 11, 2013 FIELD HOCKEY GEORGETOWN-RUTGERS, TOMORROW, 1 P.M.

VOLLEYBALL

RU aims to keep streak alive Knights plan to up

By Justin Lesko Staff Writer

The Rutgers field hockey team looks to continue its impressive win streak at the Bauer Track and Field Complex tomorrow, when it hosts Georgetown, which is currently last in the Big East.

Following a three-game losing streak to three ranked teams from Sept. 15-27, the Scarlet Knights (7-5, 1-2) appeared in trouble.

But a four-game winning streak dating back to Sept. 29 has put them over .500.

In that span, the Knights have gone to overtime twice. They battled Villanova through two overtimes Oct. 4 before winning in a shootout, 3-2.

Rutgers then toppled Monmouth in overtime Wednesday, as freshman forward Rachel Yaney scored six minutes into the extra period to give the Knights the win.

It has made head coach Meredith Long confident in her team when it enters overtime.

“I think we can [handle another overtime game],” she said. “I prefer not to, but really, I think the girls are comfortable in overtime. They know what our game plan is and the individuals that we put in are confident they can win those games.”

Junior midfielder Sophie Wright answered much more bluntly when asked if fans can expect another overtime game against Georgetown.

“Absolutely not,” she said.

“We’re going to kill them in the first half.”

The Devizes, U.K., native added to her impressive campaign against Monmouth when she scored the game’s opening goal.

She has 13 points, including six goals, through 12 games.

The Hoyas (2-10, 0-3) come to Piscataway winless on the road in five tries this season.

They have been shut out five times this year, while opponents have put up at least four goals in four of those games. Most recently, the Hoyas fell to Big East foe Old Dominion, 7-0.

Their two wins have come at

“For us it’s really important that we tighten up our counter defense structure. We can’t give up counter attacks.”

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home, defeating Saint Louis and Holy Cross. Those teams are No. 70 and No. 79, respectively, out of 80 teams in the NCAA’s RPI rankings.

Long knows overlooking a seemingly inferior opponent can spell disaster, though.

“Monmouth was a good warm up. They are very similar [to Georgetown],” she said. “They are having an OK season but I think they are not a team we can underestimate whatsoever.”

Forward Sarah Butterfield has been a bright spot for the Hoyas. The Bridgewater, N.J.,

native has 13 points and six of Georgetown’s 13 goals through 12 games.

“They have a couple really fast, quick for wards up front that, if given space, can create opportunities,” Long said. “For us it’s really important that we tighten up our counter defense structure. We can’t give up counter attacks like we did [against Monmouth.]”

Rutgers is currently on the outside looking in for the Big East Tournament.

The Knights sit in fifth in the division behind UConn, Temple, Louisville and Old Dominion, with the top four teams making the tournament.

Qualifying for the tournament was one of the team’s stated goals this season before entering the Big Ten. The Knights may also crack the NCAA RPI Top 25 with another win. After its win against Monmouth, Rutgers sits No. 29 in the latest rankings released Tuesday.

The Knights will honor their six seniors in a ceremony prior to the start of the match.

Notables are goalkeeper Sarah Stuby and forwards Lisa Patrone and Danielle Freshnock.

Stuby has 35 saves and is allowing 2.25 goals per game through eight games played in her final season.

Patrone and Freshnock have combined for two goals, five assists and nine points.

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intensity at UConn

By Tyler Karalewich Staff Writer

The Rutgers volleyball team travels to Connecticut to face Connecticut (9-10, 0-4) tomorrow in continued AAC action.

The Scarlet Knights (4-14, 0-4) are a strong defensive team, but that has not translated to victories.

Rutgers gained some AAC experience last weekend, playing two of the conference’s top teams in Central Florida and South Florida.

The matchup will likely be tough for the Knights.

UConn has put up better performances against the teams’ shared opponents. The Huskies beat Sacred Heart, which the Knights lost to Sept. 14. While Rutgers lost in straight sets to Houston and UCF, the Huskies were able to push those teams to five.

“We are trying to find some discipline in our play. Obviously we need to hit at a higher level offensively when we head up to Connecticut,” said head coach CJ Werneke. “We want to play with a relentless pursuit and we need an increased intensity in our play.”

UConn proved difficult for Rutgers last season, as the Knights lost in straight sets on the road.

Connecticut went 19-12 last season, also boasting an 8-3 home court record.

UConn also returns five starters, including its second-best hitter and digger. The Huskies also return their leading setter, who ranked toward the top in assists in the former Big East.

CHANCES Toler breaks arm on Cards’ first offensive possession, is carted off the field continued from BACK

receiver Eli Rodgers to put away the game.

The

Knights’

secondary

suffered another setback when senior cornerback Lew Toler broke his arm on Louisville’s first offensive drive.

The injury occurred when Toler went to wrap up Cardinal wide receiver Damian Copeland. He lay on the turf for a few minutes before he was carted off the field.

“He broke his arm,” Flood said. “Lew’s parents were here, and they were in the hospital with him, and I don’t have more of an update on that.”

That left Rutgers freshman cornerbacks Ian Thomas, Nadir Barnwell and Anthony Cioffi to defend arguably the best passer in the country.

Bridgewater worked all sides of the field, finding receivers down field when he had time to throw, as he finished 21-for-31 for 310 yards and two touchdowns.

It would not have surprised Cioffi if Bridgewater knew how green the secondary was after Toler went down.

“That’s their game plan,” Cioffi said. “He’s a great quarterback, so

But both programs sit toward the bottom of the standings.

Both sport consistent defenses, with the Knights edging the Huskies in several categories. Rutgers ranks third in the conference in blocks, digs and opposing hitting percentage.

UConn is not far behind in those categories, sitting fifth in hitting percentage allowed and fourth in digs and blocks.

But offensively, the Huskies hold a slight edge. They hit more efficiently than the Knights, boasting a .199 hitting average, good for fourth in the conference.

Rutgers hits a dismal .126, second to last in the conference.

The two teams are closer in kills, as UConn lands 11.9 kills per set while the Knights land 10.9 per set.

“We are going to focus on the fundamentals of volleyball and go back to the basics for this match against UConn,” said sophomore libero Ali Schroeter. “We don’t want to continue to add to our errors on the season and give them easy points.”

Rutgers currently has 35 ball-handling errors, 29 block errors, 91 serve reception errors, 141 service errors and 459 attack errors. These lead to inconsistencies and the team knows they need to cut back in certain areas to become more successful.

If the conference standings and the teams’ statistics throughout the season are any indication, this should be a tight matchup for two former Big East foes turned AAC rivals. of course he has to know. If he’s going to pick on us, that’s fine, we want the competition. That will get us better.”

In Rutgers’ only scoring drive of the first half, Tyler Kroft registered three catches on the drive, including a 1-yard touchdown grab to pull the Knights within 17-7.

The touchdown was not the most impressive play for the sophomore tight end on the drive.

With Rutgers facing a fourth and three from Louisville’s 27-yard line, the Knights lined up in field goal formation. But after the Knights audibled, senior holder J.T. Tartacoff took the snap and found Kroft for a 26-yard gain.

“It was something we had practiced,” Kroft said. “I felt we needed something to jump start us a little bit and get us on the board, and I felt good about it and it worked.”

Kroft, who finished with four catches for 44 yards, also had a critical first down reception. On third and seven at the Knights’ own 33-yard line, Nova threw a pass to sophomore wideout Leonte Carroo.

But the pass deflected off his hands and into Kroft’s for the catch.

For Kroft, it was the third straight game with a touchdown reception.

“I love the fact Gary looks to me,” Kroft said. “I wish I could catch the ball 20 times a game, to be honest with you.”

For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.

October 11, 2013

Page 15 WOMEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS 1, HOUSTON 0

Junior’s second-half goal lands Knights AAC win

By Jim Mooney Staff Writer

On a cold October night at Yurcak Field, the Rutgers women’s soccer team received all it could handle from Houston but came away yesterday with a 1-0 victory.

A defensive-minded Houston team stifled the potent Scarlet Knight offense for most of the game, but Rutgers capitalized on a second-half opportunity and held off a late rally to escape with a crucial conference win.

Head coach Glenn Crooks was happy to get the victory, but disappointed with the execution of his team.

“I’m disappointed with our level of performance but we’re always ecstatic to get the three points and the win,” Crooks said.

Locked in a scoreless draw to start the second half, Rutgers (10-2-1, 3-1) showed no intention of slowing down the offensive pace it set at the end of the opening 45 minutes.

But that aggressive play worked against the Knights at the start of the half, as they were called offsides deep into Houston (1-7-3, 0-5) territor y on its second possession.

It forced more patient looks from Rutgers.

Both teams played suffocating defense in the early stages of the second half, leading to some frustration on both sidelines as neither team recorded a shot in the first 15 minutes.

Junior forward Stefanie Scholz broke the deadlock in the 61st minute when freshman midfielder

Jennifer Andresen fed her the ball deep in the box for a point blank shot on net.

It gave Rutgers a 1-0 lead it would not relinquish.

“We were fortunate enough to come out with the win, and give credit to the whole team for being able to hold the lead until the end,” Scholz said. “We talked [in the locker room] about how it wasn’t really our style of play today. For whatever reason it was a little hectic.”

Senior forward Jonelle Filigno set up the play when she won possession of the ball at the top of the box and worked the ball around to Andresen, who knew exactly where to find Scholz.

After the goal, Houston went into attack mode, flipping momentum its way.

Houston’s first shot of the second half was almost an equalizer but senior goalkeeper Jessica Janosz made a leaping save on the high attempt.

Defender Danielle Munoz was key for the Cougars throughout the match as she disrupted Rutgers’ opportunities in the box.

Freshman forward Madison Tiernan had a chance to put the game out of reach with about five minutes left, but goalkeeper Cami Koski made a good play on the ball to keep Houston alive.

The Knights did all they could defensively to stop Houston’s rally, which lasted until the final whistle.

“I thought we did what we were supposed to do,” said sophomore defender Brianne Reed. “Every game we try to play one more level. I don’t think we went up a level today but we maintained.

We didn’t necessarily execute the

WOMEN’S GOLF

Rutgers sets sights on improvement at home

By Sean Stewart Contributing Writer

After a disappointing result Sunday at the Penn State Invitational, the Rutgers women’s golf team prepares to host the Rutgers Invitational beginning Monday.

Having had success at last year’s home tournament, the Scarlet Knights are confident they will do well. The Knights placed second out of 21 teams in last season’s invite, but three of their participants have graduated.

Despite the team’s youth, sophomore Samantha Moyal hopes she and fellow sophomores Gabrielle Sacheli and Jackie Mullens can provide leadership to the team from past experiences.

“I think I got a little ahead of myself last year. I wanted to do very well and show everybody I could play well, but that’s not how you shoot the low scores,” Moyal said. “You have to take it one shot at a time and put all that effort into that one shot without thinking about the past or the future.”

Freshmen Maddy Gedeon and Taylor Clark will also start for the Knights. With a strong performance from Sacheli as a freshman last year, when she finished tied for 11th, Gedeon believes she too can perform well regardless of her inexperience.

“I know that if I just focus on the game and not really focus on the results or on how anyone else is doing I can do well,” Gedeon said. “I know the course and I have shot pretty well there … so I know I can perform my best.”

The Knights feel they have an advantage because of their familiarity with the course. While Moyal believes playing at home has the team confident and excited to play, she also admits there is added pressure being the host.

“Naturally I think there will be more pressure, but if we stick to our plan and take it one shot at a time, I think that’s all we can do,” Moyal said.

Rutgers’ preparation focused much on its short game around the green, including chipping and putting to readjust to the course. The short game was also something the Knights felt needed improvement after looking at their stats this season.

Coming off their last-place finish in Penn State, the Knights feel the week off as well as playing on their own course gives the team a chance to regain some early-season momentum.

“We want to do well and continue improving as a team, but to also show that we are better than how we did at Penn State,” Gedeon said.

Junior forward Stefanie Scholz broke a scoreless tie last night at Yurcak Field in the 61st minute with a game-winning goal for the Knights against Houston. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER game plan, but I think we did what we had to do to get the win.”

The Knights came out aggressive on the offensive end, tallying five shots in the first 15 minutes of play, including a few long-range shots from Tiernan that just missed the mark.

Houston showed it had the ability to possess the ball inside Rutgers’ defensive half early in the game, but the Knights were able to force long distance shots or block those chances completely.

Freshman midfielder Tori

Prager almost put Rutgers ahead in the 18th minute when she crossed a ball into the box looking for Tiernan. But the ball never made it to Tiernan, as Koski made a diving save to stop the Knights’ best scoring opportunity in the first 20 minutes of play.

Neither team gave the other much room to work with offensively.

Houston’s top goal scorer, midfielder Kayla Walker, took a shot immediately after coming into the game in the 25th minute but Janosz recorded a save.

Munoz and Filigno were the matchup to watch for most of the first half as both players battled all half for every opportunity. Filigno finally put a ball on net off a corner kick in the 42nd minute of play, but her header went just wide of the right goal post.

Rutgers put multiple shots on net in the backend of the first half but could not capitalize on any of those chances.

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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK INABILITY TO CAPITALIZE ON TWO FORCED FUMBLES DOOMS RUTGERS

Junior defensive end David Milewski picked up the Knights’ second forced fumble with 14:10 remaining in the fourth quarter last night at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. But Rutgers could not cash in the late opportunities to make up for junior quarterback Gary Nova’s four interceptions, falling, 24-10, to No. 8 Louisville. JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO

Knights blow chances to reverse fate at Louisville

By Bradly Derechailo Associate Sports Editor

LOUISVILLE, KY. — When Louisville kicker John Wallace’s 45-yard attempt missed wide right in the fourth quarter, the Rutgers football team took over with 5:52 remaining in the contest.

But junior quarterback Gary Nova tossed his fourth interception of the game three plays later.

The back-and-for th sloppy play by both teams in the second half could have played into the Scarlet Knights’ favor, but Rutgers turned two turnovers and two

missed field goal attempts by Louisville in the second half into just three points a 36-yard field goal by sophomore kicker Kyle Federico early in the four th.

Head coach Kyle Flood said he believed the oppor tunities were a testament to how his team was able to stick around.

“In the second half when we got within seven, I think it speaks to the fight of this football team,” Flood said. “There’s a lot of things we need to correct from today. But the one thing that we did was fight throughout the whole game.”

The energy on the defensive end in the second half seemed to be generated by Anthony Cioffi.

The freshman cornerback forced a fumble on Cardinal signal caller Teddy Bridgewater, which junior defensive end David Milewski scooped up with 14:10 left to play.

Cioffi also recovered a fumble on running back Senorise Perry in the third quarter. The play was the only miscue converted by the Knights in the half.

It was Ciof fi’s first extensive play in the secondar y this season, as Flood placed Ciof fi in for freshman cornerback Nadir Barnwell.

“I put it in my mind I was going to get a big role, but it depended on how I did and since I capitalized, they kept me in,” Cioffi said.

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DAVID GRECZEK, freshman goalkeeper, grabbed five saves Wednesday in the Rutgers men’s soccer team’s 1-0 loss at Connecticut. The Fairfield, N.J., native has accumulated 52 saves on the season and is allowing 1.26 goals per contest.

Rutgers also managed to block a field goal attempt in the third quarter. Senior outside linebacker Jamal Merrell blocked his sixth-career kick on a Louisville attempt, as Merrell got his hand on it for the Knights’ third blocked kick of the season.

But while the Knights could not generate anything from Louisville’s mistakes, Bridgewater made sure to do the opposite.

After Nova’s fourth interception of the game with 5:52 remaining, Bridgewater led a five-play, 60-yard drive that culminated with a six-yard touchdown reception by wide See CHANCES on Page 14

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