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Trayless dining shows positive results SABRINA SZTEINBAUM ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Stephen Abel (left) and Robert Bright (right) work as director and associate director, respectively, of the Office of Veteran and Military Programs and Services. COURTESY OF STEPHEN ABEL

Rutgers ranks No. 4 on ‘Best for Vets’ annual list CARLEY ENS CORRESPONDENT

Matt Gibbons was in the Marine Corps for four years before he began his studies at Rutgers. He credits the Rutgers Office of Veteran and Military Programs and Services for the transition.

“If the Office of Veteran and Military Programs [and Services] was not here, I would not have considered Rutgers,” Gibbons said.

Gibbons said the office staff helped personally facilitate his transition from the militar y into the University.

“It doesn’t seem like a massive school with a huge bureaucracy,” said Gibbons, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore.

“They know how to take care of you.”

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The “growing pains” that accompanied the trayless dining initiative at James Neilson Dining Hall last semester are now abated, said Michael Samatovicz, unit manager of Neilson.

The program, which student groups have requested for the past four years, has been going “very, very positively” so far, said Joseph Charette, executive director of Rutgers University Dining Services.

“Considering the 18,000 plus students on meal plans, the number of complaints has been extremely minimal, and everyday we see more and more cooperation,” Charette said.

The Neilson Dining Hall was “clobbered” with negative publicity after they piloted the program, which has removed the trays from three of the four Rutgers — New Brunswick Dining Halls, Samatovicz said.

Jesse Connor, a School of Arts and Sciences senior who works at Neilson, said students complained at first, tr ying to start hashtag movements.

“They don’t like having to carr y things — which on one level I get — but it’s not that hard,” Connor said.

Samatovicz said Dining Services has seen a trend toward less food waste with the program. An accurate dollar figure regarding how much money is being saved is not yet available,

but weekly repor ts have shown a positive trend.

“We’re hoping to eventually buy less food somewhere down the SEE RESULTS ON PAGE 5

Busch Dining Hall went tryaless in the beginning of the semester, following Cook campus’ James Neilson Dining Hall’s example.

DAPHNE ALVA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2014

Rutgers online Reddit users meet in real world LIN LAN CORRESPONDENT

Avani Jain, a School of Engineering sophomore and EduCare Youth Ambassador, won the Youth Leader Award for Outstanding Leadership and website design and construction at the 2013 EduCare fundraiser. COURTESY OF NARESH JAIN

EduCare scholarship contest provides aid to female undergraduate students in NJ MEGAN DOUGHERTY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The EduCare Foundation has been educating young girls in India for 20 years, but only recently has it turned its attention to its home state of New Jersey with a new scholarship program for Rutgers students.

“Ms. EduCare” is a contest that plans to create a way for female students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds to receive financial schol-

arships for college. In doing this, the foundation hopes to bring awareness to the struggles these women face on a daily basis.

Although 12 schools exist throughout India that receive aid from the organization, it was not until 2012 that EduCare became active in the United States with their Youth Leadership Program.

The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the devastation it created at Beach Haven Elementary prompted Edu-

Care to bring operations to New Jersey.

Members of the Youth Leadership Program helped rally supplies and held fundraisers for the elementary school.

Naresh Jain, president of EduCare, believes the contest winners will act as role models and provide motivation for other girls with similar struggles.

“We should discover role models among girls who have struggled in their life but had courage to continue SEE CONTEST ON PAGE 4

One hedgehog, three boxes of pizza and 13 students gathered yesterday to meet for the first time.

Student subscribers to the Rutgers Reddit group “r\Rutgers” met in the food court of the College Avenue Student Center yesterday to share their common interest in the online forum.

Reddit is a digital platform for news, entertainment and social networking where users post most of the content. Its posts are divided into themes such as “Funny,” “Aww” and “Today I Learned,” and users can “upvote” or “downvote” posts to filter for the most popular content.

Martin Córdova, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, and Emily Podhorcer, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, are the moderators of the r\Rutgers subreddit, which discusses common issues students have, like the buses, the financial aid of fice and RU Wireless.

“I met Martin and some of my best friends at a Reddit meeting three years ago,” Podhorcer said.

“It’s been a tradition on and off since I’ve been at Rutgers.”

Given that anonymity is a prime feature of the site, the meeting’s an-

nouncement was contained to the r\ Rutgers thread.

The Reddit post read, “Do you go to Rutgers? Are you on this subreddit? Do you like pizza? Good news, you’re not alone. There are others, just like you, who you will have a chance to meet and interact with (IN THE REAL WORLD).”

Users gradually trickled in and introduced themselves. Students listed their favorite subreddits, which are more specific threads within the website.

Some who arrived were longtime users of Reddit but only discovered r\Rutgers recently when friends introduced them. Previous Reddit meetings have drawn even more people than this one, Podhorcer said.

One student announced online that she intended to bring her pet hedgehog, Pokey, which she placed on the empty pizza box in the middle of the table for other members to admire.

The members of the group connected over Reddit threads, politics and jokes and decided to meet again in a more casual setting.

Even though the only connection student users initially have is their use of the website, they begin to find more in common along the way and develop long-lasting friendships and bonds, Córdova said.

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Department launches seminars for human health improvement NIKHILESH DE STAFF WRITER

The Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine hosted its annual seminar series with a presentation, “Genome-wide Effects of Polycomb Repression: Control of Pervasive Transcription,” by Vincenzo Pirrotta.

Pirrotta, a distinguished professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistr y, spoke yesterday about the effect certain polycomb complexes had on gene transcription rates.

Some of the sequences in deoxyribonucleic acid are used to create a single strand version of DNA called ribonucleic acid, said Luca Cartegni, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Biology.

These sequences, known as the promoter regions, determine the amount of RNA created and when it is created, he said.

Polycomb transcription regulates this rate.

DNA is a code with four bases, said Stephen Anderson, an associate professor in the Depar tment of Molecular Biology and Biochemistr y. A mutation

occurs when one of the bases is changed.

Pirrotta’s talk focused on chromatin modification, which does not change the genome but can alter its expression, he said. This field is known as epigenetics.

Polycomb complexes are important due to their effect on the human body, said Pirrotta.

Polycomb mutations are associated with various diseases and ailments, including cancer.

These complexes regulate important developmental genes, he said. These genes control cell differentiation, or what type of cell is made, and are relatively recent discoveries.

“At the beginning, people didn’t even know about polycomb complexes and such,” he said. “[These complexes] turned out to be extremely important.”

It is now known that polycomb complexes do not bind themselves to specific genes, he said.

Rather, they affect genes through a hit-and-run method, where they influence part of the genome and then move to another area.

Transcription is repressed in passage, he said. “[Polycomb complexes] prevent the DNA from becoming ac-

cessible to transcription machinery,” he said.

Newer information may lead to a reinterpretation of what effect the complex mutations actually have, Pirrotta said.

The research Pirrotta is working on involves repressing gene transcription through the use of histones, a type of alkaline protein.

A specific histone, known as H3K27, is bonded to a methyl group. This is a type of hydrocarbon, through a polycomb-group known as Polycomb Repressive Complex two, he said. There are two types of polycomb-groups, with the other designated PRC1.

The polycomb-groups affect the entire genome instead of targeting a specific set of genes, he said.

“There are specific ways to access or antagonize transcription,” he said.

This was discovered using cultured cell lines, he said. Some of these cultures were normal, while others held certain mutations derived from mutations found in flies.

Research in this field is becoming increasingly important for the impact it will have on other fields such as medicine, Anderson said.

CAR CRUSH ‘PhiEsta’ featured a car smashing event yesterday on Morell Street. Organized by fraternities Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Tau, Alpha Sigma Phi, Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Kappa Sigma, PhiEsta’s donations will go to Team LeGrand.

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CONTEST EduCare plans to award a $5,000 scholarship to winner, $3,000 scholarship to the runner up CONTINUED FROM FRONT

their education,” he said.

The foundation plans to award the winner of the contest a $5,000 scholarship and the runner up a $3,000 scholarship, which will be divided between their fall and spring semesters, Jain said.

The application is open to all female undergraduate students in their first through third year attending a four-year university. Additional requirements are an essay regarding their struggles, a response to three questions and a recommendation letter. The submission deadline is Oct. 31.

Both women who receive the funds will act as role models for EduCare and provide 50 hours of community service for the foundation. They can gain service hours by attending EduCare fundraisers, participating in public speaking events and promoting the organization on social media.

Avani Jain, a School of Engineering sophomore, received the 2013 Youth Leader Award for Outstanding Leadership and for the design and construction of the EduCare website.

The Youth Leadership Program strives to educate younger students on the importance of compassion and community service.

In addition, as an EduCare Youth Ambassador, she encourages youth involvement in their community pro-

grams for the foundation.

“Not only is it a great opportunity for younger individuals to connect with the community, but it also allows them to become more aware of real-world issues that people face everyday,” she said in an email.

Avani Jain said “Ms. EduCare” highlights the difficulties women are faced with when pursuing an education and promotes the benefits of bringing the contest to the University.

“Rutgers is the perfect university to promote the ‘Ms. EduCare’ con-

“We want to create a movement where community help continues on a perpetual basis.”

NARESH JAIN President of EduCare

test, as it is home to a diverse community of students. By providing financial aid to two students, we can gradually make a difference in their lives,” she said.

She is still an active member of the EduCare Foundation and is currently in the process of renovating their website.

The EduCare Foundation thought Rutgers would be the best

place to start their movement to bring awareness to many universities in New Jersey.

Jennifer Lieberman, a Rutgers School of Social Work graduate student, has worked with Naresh Jain in the past and aims to advocate for the “Ms. EduCare” contest at the University.

She said female students should apply because of the opportunities they can receive from participation in the contest.

“It gives [students] something to work for and focus on that can give them a perspective on what women go through,” she said.

She promotes “Ms. EduCare” as a viable scholarship option because of the basic requirements it has and the substantial amount of money it offers the winners. The funds would provide not only tuition aid, but also an experience through the foundation.

“This can really boost someone’s career and their confidence in themselves,” Lieberman said.

On the “Ms. EduCare” application, Lieberman described her vision for education — a consistent increase of education for women.

She adds the connections made through EduCare can provide them a chance to benefit their career goals.

“We want to create a movement where community help continues on a perpetual basis,” Naresh Jain said.

One of the main goals of the “Ms. EduCare” contest and the foundation will be to raise awareness on the struggles that women face all over the world when trying to receive an education.

“The fact that we can go to school as easily as we can in comparison to [students in India] gives us an appreciation for our own education,” Lieberman said.

DJ DAZZLE DJ Akademiks played yesterday at the Livingston Plaza as students enjoyed a day of music and food.

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Rutgers’ was ranked No. 21 the first time it appeared on the Military Times list

The cost of food for the average plate at Brower Dining Commons is currently the most expensive

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Rutgers was ranked number four on the Military Times’ “Best for Vets: Colleges 2014,” an annual list of the top four-year universities and colleges for military veterans.

The rankings were based on surveys of representatives from 600 schools in the country, according to militarytimes.com.

Schools were evaluated on five criteria: university culture, student support, academic quality, academic policies and financial aid. University culture and student support had the highest values in the rankings. For the first time, the list also factored in Education Department statistics, which tracks student success and academic quality.

University programs aimed specifically at helping veteran students are relatively new, said Stephen Abel, director of the Rutgers Office of Veteran and Military Programs and Services.

Abel said it took universities and colleges a few years to fully understand the sacrifice and the service of the military, especially in light of the post-9/11 GI Bill.

“The catalyst for starting our program was an Army sniper and a Navy SEAL who went to a University senate meeting in 2008,” said Abel, a retired U.S. Army colonel.

They advised the president that veterans were selecting Rutgers at a lower rate because of its overwhelming size, Abel said.

According to the Military Times’ data, of the 58,788 students enrolled at Rutgers 2012, 2,154 of them were military veterans.

Abel said there was concern that Rutgers did not fully understand the extra issues that veterans after military service often face, and the University was not providing the resources that these veterans needed.

In response to these concerns, Rutgers enacted a committee for veteran services that included senior members, service providers and students from every campus at the University.

A few short months later in 2010, the Office of Veteran and Military Programs and Services formed as an outgrowth of this committee.

Abel became the director on July 1 of that year and now works alongside Assistant Director Robert Bright and three other full-time employees.

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs designated Rutgers as a VetSuccess On Campus University and assigned a fulltime VA employee to work out of the Rutgers Veterans House.

“This came as a result of the broad range of services we offer along with the quality of the services we offer,” Abel said.

Gibbons said the Office of Veteran and Military Programs and Services is a place where he can bond with people who have similar experiences and worldviews.

“Any challenges I have met over the past year and a half here, I have been able to meet,” Gibbons said. “And I haven’t had to do it on my own.”

Gibbons has a work-study position in the office, where he is paid to answer phone calls and do other secretarial duties while he studies.

As the program has developed, so has Rutgers’ reputation as a “go-to” example for other universities and colleges seeking to provide better services for their veterans, Abel said.

Abel and Bright present regularly at nationwide conferences and even contributed to a book written by Rutgers professor Florence Hamrick, “Called to Serve,” a handbook on student veterans and higher education.

A military and veteran services peer group is to be formed within the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a network of the Big Ten Schools that will meet for the second time face-to-face this Monday.

The goal of this peer group is to ensure that all 14 Big Ten schools are taking care of their veterans in the best ways they can, Abel said.

“It’s an opportunity for us to tell folks what we do, hear what others do, and formulate the best practices for our veterans,” Abel said.

Abel said Rutgers was one of the first universities to make a significant commitment to providing services to veterans.

“When we first opened our office, Rutgers was not ranked on any list,” Abel said. “We worked very hard for that first year.”

In response to Rutgers dropping down a spot on the list, Abel said it is difficult competing with every school in the country.

Followed by the University of Nebraska Omaha and Concord University, D’Youville College topped the list, a private Catholic School in the Midwest that Abel said, “popped out of nowhere.”

As a smaller school, D’Youville is able to compensate the difference for what veteran students do not receive in GI bill benefits by providing scholarships, Abel said.

“It’s harder for [large] schools like us to do that,” Abel explained.

Abel said there are some things that Rutgers can do more effectively to move up the list, and the University is already making these efforts On the Military Times list, one of Rutgers’s noted weaknesses was not having costs below the tuition assistance cap.

Abel recommends the University respond by considering discounting tuition for veteran students and establishing veteran-specific scholarships to raise its spot on the list.

Rutgers does currently have emergency grant and scholarship funds to prevent veterans whom run into academic emergencies from dropping out of school, Abel said.

“It’s more than just saying you provide all these services,” Abel said.

“You don’t want to go to a school that is top rated, but where none of the veterans graduate.”

Since VA educational benefits are only good for 36 months, Abel said it is also important that veterans do not waste time, only taking classes they need and having access to these courses.

For this reason, Rutgers will enact priority class registration for veteran students.

Pam Hines, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences major, said the Office of Veteran and Military Programs and Services helped her get into classes she did not have the right perquisites for by linking her with the heads of the right departments.

Hines, who served in the military for three years beginning in 1983, said the Veterans House on Lafayette Street is a home where she can go to socialize and study.

“They are really committed to helping us [veterans] with the different issues we have,” Hines said. “It’s one big family.”

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line,” he said. “The whole goal is to use less resources.”

Charette said the cost of food for the average plate at Brower Dining Commons is currently the most expensive compared with the other three dining halls, because they are not yet a part of the trayless initiative.

This proves the point that students in the other dining halls are eating the same amounts they did last year, but they now refrain from filling plates with food that previously went to complete waste, he said.

The reason why Brower still has trays is that Brower was not designed with a belt where students can leave their dishes, Charette said. Instead, a single window exists where students would have to line up in front of to drop off their dishes, and that is not feasible.

Dining Services will conduct a cost-benefit analysis to assess whether putting out the money to install a belt in Brower will pay off in the long run, he said.

With trays, students could take eight drinks and only finish three, Charette said. Having gone trayless, the amount of food and beverages that the dining halls order on a daily basis has gone down.

In addition to less food waste, several other benefits have stemmed from ridding the dining halls of trays.

The students who initially rallied for this cause didn’t have the issue of food waste on their radar as much as the urge to conserve water and electricity, Charette said. The dining halls are also seeing service

benefits, like fewer “real long lines” while food sitting on trays gets cold.

“Our nutritionist believes that the overall average eating habits of students is becoming much more healthy,” he said.

Without trays, students are no longer piling their plates with 40 chicken nuggets only to wash it down with a second plate filled with fries. “[The nutritionist] is seeing that the amount of food that students are consuming is probably more in line with what’s recommended,” Charette said.

The initiative also allows students the opportunity to take a natural

“At a restaurant, if the waiter brought your soup and cheeseburger at the same time, you wouldn’t be happy.”

JOSEPH CHARETTE Executive Director of Rutgers University Dining Services

break between courses to register whether or not they are full or would like to get up for seconds.

In addition to creating a heightened awareness among students, it creates an eating environment that is more “normal” and less institutionalized.

“At a restaurant, if the waiter brought your soup and cheeseburger at the same time, you wouldn’t be happy,” he said.

It isn’t natural to have a threecourse meal sitting in front of you all at once, Charette said.

At this past summer’s orientation sessions, the current first-year class did not get introduced to trays when they dined on campus for the first time, Charette said.

“Anyone whose a new student here, they’ve never seen trays,” he said.

But speaking of the older students, some initially complained that this was another form of the “RU Screw.”

Samatovicz said the only challenge that came as a result of going trayless is that Dining Services had to hire a few more Dining Hall Attendants, the student workers who wipe the tables, because with the elimination of trays comes more food spillage.

Charette said it was this issue of student cooperation in the way of table cleanliness that made Dining Services initially reluctant to pilot the program, but after feeling the pressure and giving in, they are happy with the results.

The trayless dining initiative is not the only way Dining Services is a friend to the environment. Charette said instead of sending food waste to a landfill, local farmers pick it up to feed their livestock or it is turned into bacteria and enzymes via machines called “aerobic digesters.”

The machines turn the food into a liquid so it can go straight down the drain, he said, eliminating the need to pay a garbage company to pick up the waste, which in turn saves students money.

Frying oil goes into a machine called a Vegawatt that turns waste oil and grease into electricity and heat. The machine preheats the water in the dining hall so they are not burning as many fossil fuels to raise water temperatures, Charette said.

In addition, all dining hall food that can be bought locally is. For example, 100 percent of the chicken is locally purchased, he said.

“Most of what we use here at the University is extremely local, or as local as it possibly can be,” Charette said.

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STREET SIT-IN Protesters sit under umbrellas at a main street at Mongkok shopping district after thousands of protesters blocked the road in Hong Kong on Oct. 1.

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Turkey signals to deploy troops to Iraq, Syria MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT - Turkey signaled it might send troops into Syria or Iraq and let allies use Turkish bases to fight Islamic State, as coalition jets launched air strikes yesterday on insurgents besieging a town on its southern border with Syria.

The government sent a proposal to parliament late on Tues-

day, which would broaden existing powers and allow Ankara to order military action to “defeat attacks directed towards our country from all terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria.”

The proposal would also mean Turkey, who was reluctant until now to take a frontline role against Islamic State, could allow

foreign forces to use its territory for cross-border incursions.

But President Tayyip Erdogan said the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remained a Turkish priority and stressed Ankara‘s fears that U.S. led air strikes without a broader political strategy would only prolong the instability.

Turkey accuses Assad of stoking the growth of Islamic State through sectarian policies.

“We will fight effectively against both [Islamic State] and all other terrorist organizations within the region; this will always be our priority,” he told the opening of parliament, but added “Tons of bombs dropped from the air will only delay the threat and danger.”

“Turkey is not a country in pursuit of temporary solutions nor will Turkey allow others to take advantage of it.”

The new NATO chief said the alliance would come to Turkey‘s aid if it were attacked, in an apparent reference to the border crisis.

The Islamic State advance to within sight of the Turkish army on the border has piled pressure on the NATO member to play a greater role in the U.S.led military coalition carrying out air strikes against the insurgents in Syria and Iraq.

The militants are encroaching on the tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of the Ottoman Empire’s founder, which lies in northern Syria but which Ankara considers sovereign territory. It has made clear it will defend the mausoleum.

A column of black smoke rose from the southeastern side of Kobani, a predominantly Kurdish border town under siege by Islamic State for more than two weeks, as jets roared overhead, a Reuters correspondent on the Turkish side said. “[They] hit a village that is four to five kilometers (two to three miles) southeast of Kobani and we heard they destroyed one [Islamic State] tank,” Parwer Mohammed Ali, a translator with the Kurdish PYD group, told Reuters by telephone from Kobani, known as Ayn al-Arab in Arabic.

The United States has been carrying out strikes in Iraq against the militant group since July, and in Syria since last week, with

the help of Arab allies. Britain and France have also struck Islamic State targets in Iraq.

Using mostly nighttime strikes, it aims to damage and destroy the bases and forces of the al Qaeda offshoot, which has captured large areas of both countries. Turkey, which hosts a U.S. air base at its southern town of Incirlik, so far has had no militarily involvement.

Britain said yesterday that it had conducted air strikes overnight on Islamic State fighters west of Baghdad, attacking an armed pick-up truck and a transport vehicle. French president Francois Hollande said France would boost its military commitment to the fight against the militants.

The Syrian conflict is now in its fourth year and has killed more than 191,000 people.

Yesterday, twin suicide bombs outside a school in the government-controlled city of Homs killed at least 39 civilians, most of them children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war.

Footage on Syria‘s state news website SANA showed young children in blue school uniforms running away from the blast scene. Blood and body parts lay on the road and cars burned.

Islamic State has taken control of 325 of 354 villages around Kobani, the Observatory said.

They reported that seven men and three women were beheaded by the Islamists, in its campaign to frighten residents resisting its advance.

“They’re killing us on the Turkish border, that makes us very angry. There’s no humanity from Turkey, no humanity from Europe or anywhere else in the world,” said Maslum Bergadan. He fled to Turkey and said two of his brothers had been captured by Islamic State fighters.

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First Ebola case diagnosed in Dallas, Texas CHICAGO/NEW YORK - The first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in a U.S. hospital was evaluated initially and turned away, a critical missed opportunity that could result in others being exposed to the deadly virus, infectious disease experts said.

On the patient’s first visit to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas last Friday, he walked into the hospital presenting “non-specific symptoms” and was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics, Dr. Edward Goodman, an infectious disease specialist at the hospital, told a news conference on Tuesday.

On the second visit two days later, the patient, who has not been identified, arrived by ambulance, potentially putting at risk the emergency responders who transported the patient that Sunday. They have been quarantined but so far have tested negative for the virus.

For months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been warning American hospitals that Ebola was just a plane ride away. The CDC has urged hospital emergency department staff to ask patients whether they have recently traveled to Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea, the three countries hardest hit by the worst Ebola outbreak on record.

At least 3,091 people have died from Ebola since the West African outbreak was first reported in a remote forest region of Guinea in March.

It was only on that second visit on Sunday, however, that the hospital learned that the patient had recently arrived in the United States from Liberia and admitted him to an isolation unit.

Dr. Goodman said the hospital is reviewing what they might have missed on the patient’s initial visit.

“Our staff is thoroughly trained on infectious disease protocols.

We have been meeting literally for weeks in anticipation of such an event,” he said.

In the early stages of infection, Ebola resembles many other viral illnesses, causing headache, fever, fatigue, muscle pain and sore throat, which is why health experts stress the need to ask about travel histories.

The two-day lag “is a critical point,” said infectious disease expert Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota. “It is going to be very important to go back and look at this and ask basic questions about what happened

and could it have been handled differently” so the patient was not in the community and at home for two days while he was contagious.

If he appeared to have Ebola-like symptoms, asking about travel history should have been a tipoff to test for that disease, Osterholm said.

“Once someone hits a healthcare setting, asking about travel history should be a standard question today,” he said.

CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said in a news conference that it is possible some people who came in contact with the man could become infected with Ebola, but it probably would only be a handful of people, mostly family members.

Osterholm was also struck by the fact that the man was apparently not a healthcare worker caring for Ebola patients in West Africa, as were five other patients exposed to the disease there and were airlifted back to the United States for treatment.

That raises questions about how the Texas patient contracted the disease.

“In any kind of emergency you wish things could have gone a little bit quicker,” said Gerald Parker, vice president for Public Health Preparedness and Response at Texas A&M Health Science Center, referring to the two-day lag between when the patient sought treatment and when he was admitted to the hospital. “But I still give the hospital, state and federal officials high marks in this regard.”

Parker said it is not a surprise to anyone in the public health community that the United States has a case of Ebola, “but it underscores that Ebola is a global and national security issue and that we need to double down on our efforts to help West Africa get this outbreak under control.”

Epidemiologist Anne Rimoin of the University of California Los Angeles was not overly concerned about the time lag, given the fact that Ebola can only spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected patient.

“Until someone becomes very, very ill they are not very contagious,” said Rimoin, who was flying to the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday to conduct public health research there. The hospital “probably suspected typhoid or malaria, which is far more common.”

— Reuters

Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks at a media conference at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. 1. REUTERS

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

‘Pop-Up’ exhibit showcases array of student visual artwork ZARI HAYNES-PRESCOTT

ing take on creation and the birth of ideas. It consists of three wood panels each representing a different It’s not often the Rutgers com- creation story — religious, historical munity gets a chance to see the art and scientific — from an artist’s perstudents of Mason Gross School of spective.

The right side panel focuses on the Arts work so hard to create. The Mason Gross “Pop-Up Exhibitions” the creation story found in the book at the Civic Center in downtown New of Genesis, along with a depiction of Brunswick provide the opportunity heaven and hell above and below the Garden of Eden, respectively. to do just that.

The middle panel references the The first installment of the exhibit Ancient Greek retook place from lationship between Sept. 23 to Oct. 1. The exhib- “I wanted the hierarchy to ideas and the It includes it showcased be confusing and read in a mind.

Greek letters, a various forms lot of ways.” temple and a light of visual art, bulb referring to ranging from SEAN GARRITY the birth of a new photographs of Mason Gross School of the Arts Senior idea in the center. cacti to an abThe left panel stract painting expresses the hierof bananas and archy of evolution Greek yogurt in an unconventional way by combinin a glass container.

The photography, paintings and ing modern mammals in the sea, on smaller pieces were located in small land and in the sky with prehistoric rooms that branched off one large ones.

“I wanted the hierarchy to be conroom in the middle of the gallery, where sculptures and more physical- fusing and read in a lot of ways. You wouldn’t necessarily have to read it ly commanding pieces are located.

An untitled triptych by Sean Garri- one way,” Garrity said.

Garrity made sure to use every ty, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior, was fittingly placed at the en- aspect of the wood panels. The back trance of the gallery. Garrity heard of the triptych is a Freudian take on about the exhibits from a friend and creation, while the Japanese woodfirst decided to submit his work to be cut-inspired etchings of human boddisplayed in the mini-gallery space ies and red clouds reminded him of the stamps they used to sign them. last year.

Garrity’s approach to the triptych His triptych is a complex and strikCONTRIBUTING WRITER

was straightforward and very do-ityourself.

“My friend was talking to me about this pop-up show thing, and he said we could all do something,” he said. “We could do something that used wood and stood on the floor. I had these panels and wanted to do something with those, so I sort of went from there. I guess that was the genesis of this thing. There’s a little pun there for you. A bad one.”

The second installment of the popup exhibit runs from Oct. 7 through Oct. 15, and the Undergraduate Annual Art Open will run from Oct. 21 through Nov. 12.

Top: “Pop Up Exhibit I” featured a variety of student work, including digital projections. Bottom: Among other artwork, the showroom at the Mason Gross Galleries also displayed sculptures.

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NJ State Theatre brings ‘Beauty and the Beast’ back to life

BRENDA STOLYAR STAFF WRITER

In a society where second screens such as iPads, laptops and cell phones have replaced the now obsolete VHS tapes and DVDs, theater still grasps on to what is left of Disney fairytales.

This past weekend, at the New Jersey State Theatre on Livingston Avenue, NETworks, a theatre production company, brought Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” to life.

The performance allowed both the young and the old to relive the classic love story with vibrant costumes, elaborate Baroque-inspired sets, a live orchestra and enthusiastic dance numbers.

Although the show attracted a more mature crowd, who grew up replaying “Beauty and the Beast” on VHS countless times, one could still point out toddlers dressed in Belle’s famous golden ball gown among the crowd.

As the curtains rose to reveal the familiar opening scene of the townspeople, Gaston and Belle, it was clear that the NETwork’s rendition was thoughtfully crafted.

From the detailed props, which seized the traditional style of an

18th-century town, to Belle’s iconic commoner dress, which was just the right shade of blue, the design team made sure the audience did not leave feeling cheated.

The cast was able to capture each character’s spirit to the fullest capacity from Lumiere’s witty sarcasm and Cogworth’s overpowering paranoia to Gaston’s villainous egotism. The actors brought powerful vocals and upbeat acting skills appropriate for a Disney show.

Cast member Daniel Gold, who plays the carpet in the show as well as Lefou, the young prince who appears in the beginning, described the production experience as one of the most exciting set of roles he has ever played.

“I have honestly never worked with such a talented and gracious group of people,” Gold said. “They have gotten me to an entire different level as a performer.”

Gold has always been a fan of Disney and expressed that being a part of such a renowned Disney classic as “Beauty and the Beast” was surreal. He said he is a fan mostly due to the morals and the message the story portrays.

The actors made sure to emphasize the way the plot ultimately

In addition to playing the carpet, Daniel Gold played the young prince in the opening scene. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

challenges the 18th-century dichotomy between the powerful man and the submissive woman. Belle remained the strong, determined woman who demanded respect regardless of gender, whereas the Beast attempted to be cautious of his actions and act like a gentleman.

And by the end, both characters managed to learn to put their guards down to invite positive feelings and understanding into their relationship.

“You’re able to see the transformation of these characters — how Belle and the Beast are able to find love and see the beauty within,” Gold said. “You will definitely come out of it probably learning something different for yourself. It is a strong portrayal of this message.”

Overall, NETwork was able to successfully unravel Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” and keep a timeless tale alive for generations to come.

Top: Act I opened with the a song and dance number that included most of the cast. Bottom: Actress Jillian Butterfield performs as Belle. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

October 2, 2014 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (10/02/14). Expansion and growth comes through group participation this year. Express yourself and serve others with creativity. Craft a masterpiece. Changes with a partnership (especially after 10/8) lead to new and profitable opportunities (after 10/23). Power into work next springtime, for satisfaction and confidence. It’s all for home and family. The basis of your strength is love. 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 9 — Expect the unexpected. Don’t waste a cent. Re-think old beliefs. Meditation reveals another level. Private conversations help.

Don’t be stopped by past failures.

Learn from your mistakes, and your status rises with new skills.

Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Listen to your intuition. Choose an exotic destination for your next adventure. Did lightning strike? It could feel that way.

Rest and cool down. Play your cards close to your chest. Study and make plans.

Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Wait before making your move; conditions will improve.

Exercise extra caution when driving, and watch out for surprises.

Reevaluate your route and itinerary. Handle paperwork regarding shared resources. Reward your efforts with something fun.

Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — An unexpected circumstance could frustrate a collaboration. Work interferes with travel.

Take time outs to reduce stress. Don’t take financial risks. Allow extra time in your schedule for the unforeseen.

Compromise and work it out.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — A surprise job or income source emerges. Jump on a chance to fly. Stop for rest when you need it. Play to win! Don’t overspend or speculate, borrow or lend. Provide excellent service with a smile.

Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — You’re in the mood to de-clutter. Get family involved, and lighten your collective load.

Reward efforts with fun and treats.

Deduct points for tantrums. Listen to other people’s ideas. Dance in the newly cleared space.

Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Take extra care. Don’t forget to do an important job at home. Unforeseen circumstances could preempt your plans. Be careful trying a new technique or trick.

Things may not go as expected.

Take deep breaths.

Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Take care to avoid miscommunications. Listen to a loved one’s considerations. Don’t just throw money at a domestic problem. Create time for fun. Adapt to changes and allow time to adjust.

Think before speaking.

Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Provide leadership at work. Try a new idea. Get eclectic and creative. Listen to all considerations before committing money, or it could get awkward. A bonus could fatten your wallet. Surprise your family with a treat.

Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Start with the most difficult thing on your list.

Don’t believe everything you hear, or make assumptions. Mechanical breakdown could slow the action.

Conditions seem unstable. Grace under pressure raises your confidence and professional status.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Don’t make expensive promises or waste cash. Hold onto what you have. Identify new resources. Introspection and planning save time and money. Dream about your next adventure. You get a surprise win.

Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Don’t get intimidated. Take on a leadership attitude.

Things may not go as planned, but your friends are here for you. Listen to intuition. This is a test. Resourceful efforts pay dividends.

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Here’s looking at you, California State’s plastic bag ban sets good example for entire nation

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The state is providing businesses with $2 milalifornia is known for its general sense of environmental awareness, and it made lion in loans to help with the transition to paper, a major move this week by announcing canvas and other reusable bags. All stores will it is officially banning the manufacture and dis- be required to offer customers paper bags for 10 tribution of plastic bags. There have been local cents each, so the option to use disposable bags is bans on plastic bags for a while, so most of the still around for now. This is a win-win situation for population is already well adjusted to the change. pretty much ever yone.

This is a great move for California, and we’re But by signing the bill into law, the bags will be banned for good in grocer y and convenience definitely hoping that more states follow suit. stores across the entire state. Considering the But adopting such a ban in a state like New York fact that more than 13 million bags are used and or New Jersey will probably present many more thrown away ever y year in California alone and challenges. The culture and mentality in Califorplastic products in general account for 60 to 80 nia is generally one of much more awareness and percent of all ocean pollution, the positive envi- concern for the environment. More people are likely to resist the ban ronmental impact is sure in New York than in Calto be significant. ifornia, so it might take While plastic bags are a lot longer to become a ver y specific product “Considering the fact that more an official ban. and banning them comthan 13 million bags are used At Rutgers, all dining pletely might seem like and thrown away every year in halls on campus except too narrow of an action California alone … the positive for Brower Commons to take, this is actualhave retired food trays in ly one of the smartest environmental impact is sure to an effort to conser ve the and most ef fective bans be significant.” energy and water that is because of the fact that used to wash them. Gopretty much ever y sining trayless also helps to gle person in the state will be af fected by it. Ever yone needs bags to cut down on food waste because instead of piling go grocer y shopping, and the fact that plastic three plates full of food (that often doesn’t get finbags readily available is a product of a culture ished) onto a tray, we now have to think about how obsessed with convenience. It might take some much food we can take on one plate at a time. It’s getting used to, but the benefits by far outweigh the same kind of concept as banning plastic bags. the costs. And we’re not just talking about the It’s pretty annoying to get used to, and a lot of us long-term benefits to the environment — in kind of wish we still had the trays — but now that the short-term, completely cutting the use of trays are not an option at all anymore, we’re just plastic bags can save taxpayers a lot of money going to have to get used to it. Plastic bags are on litter and cleanup, and it saves stores mil- useful, but they’re definitely not a necessity, and lions of dollars other wise wasted on purchasing we should start to seriously think about what we need and what’s just wasteful. plastic bags.

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Ebola sparks ethical, political controversies UNDER THE MICROSCOPE VANDANA APTE

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ver the past few months, as many of you have probably heard, the viral disease known as Ebola has been ravaging through multiple African nations. The disease, which is known as the hemorrhagic fever, causes a high fever, vomiting, internal and external bleeding and body aches. The threat of the epidemic affecting other countries and multiplying exponentially across the world is real. It is no wonder that when news surfaced about a drug called ZMapp, which showed potential to cure Ebola, everyone rejoiced.

But this rejoicing was premature. While ZMapp does have the potential to cure thousands of afflicted patients, it has not yet undergone all necessary clinical trials. It is also not being manufactured in large quantities, so its current availability is largely limited.

These limitations have sparked a wave of ethical dilemmas, the first of which raises the question: Should a drug that has not been tested on humans be administered to people?

A treatment team from Doctors Without Borders and the World Health Organization grappled with this question a few of months ago, when they were deciding whether to administer the drug to Sheik Umar Khan, the African doctor who led the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone. The group ultimately decided it was too risky to administer the untested drug, and Khan died a few days later. However, when a few American workers in Liberia contracted the disease soon afterwards, the unused dosage of ZMapp was shipped to their location, and a different treatment group decided to administer the drug to the Americans.

In my opinion, this controversial scenario, despite its seemingly racist undertones, is simply a manifestation of this ethical issue’s dichotomy. I personally agree with the Liberian treatment group’s decision and disagree with the other group’s decision to deny treatment to Khan. In life-threatening emergencies, it is morally sound to skip some clinical testing for drugs. However, the patients who receive this treatment must be informed of the risk and must consent to treatment. If a patient is about to die from illness, he or she may be willing to take any sort of risk to save his or her life.

Everyone should be entitled to take that risk if they so choose.

However, this ZMapp administration scenario is not controversial just because an untested drug was utilized. In fact, it also raises another important moral question: If a drug is in limited supply, who should be the first to receive it? What made these white, American workers more entitled to this scarce dose of ZMapp than the thousands of Africans who have succumbed to the Ebola virus? This question is quite morally perplexing, since deciding who receives treatment first is analogous to deciding who deserves to live the most. As awful as it sounds, properly designating who receives treatment first is essential to combating a ravaging epidemic like Ebola. For instance, I could argue the American health workers deserved to receive ZMapp before afflicted African citizens because if these health workers lived, they could help treat and care for the other afflicted Africans. I would liken it to a reminder issued by airlines to parents traveling with children: In case of emergency, remember to fasten your oxygen mask first before helping your child. In general, if a drug is scarce, I believe health care professionals, who are better informed about the risks of the drug and who are capable of treating others, should receive the treatment first.

As upsetting as it is, a scarce drug should also not be administered to someone who is on the verge of dying, since that person is likely to die even if the drug is administered. Instead, the scarce dose should go to someone who is moderately sick and has the ability to recover from the disease.

Of course, the issue of who gets treatment first is a lot more complex than what I outlined above — especially in this specific ZMapp circumstance. The issue taps into our human fear that the rich and privileged (the white, American doctors) will be saved, while the poor and unfortunate (the thousands of African victims) will be left to die. Rich versus poor, privileged versus underprivileged, western civilization versus third-world countries — these are recurring patterns in our political past and are certainly, as is evident from this recent controversy, not disappearing any time soon. Perhaps we cannot solve these enormous political problems, but with a firm, well-planned public health response, we could most definitely solve the current Ebola epidemic. Treatment with ZMapp is not enough to stop the spread of Ebola — we must isolate affected individuals, educate local people about the dangers of contact with infected individuals and utilize proper infection control in hospitals. Once we break cultural boundaries and are both trustful and trustworthy, African citizens will be much more willing to comply with a given public health agenda and will be far less wary of ulterior motives or intentions. And perhaps, it will be the first step toward eradicating the political patterns of hatred, violence and distrust.

Vandana Apte is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore majoring in biotechnology with a minor in public health.

Her column, “Under the Microscope,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

Polarizing event hinders progress, unity COMMENTARY HAMZAH RAZA

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n Tuesday, Sept. 30, Rutgers University Hillel hosted an event called “Examining Human Rights Violations Against Minorities in the Islamist World: From Hamas in Gaza to IS in Iraq and Syria,” featuring none other than Brooke Goldstein, a known bigot who has made many ridiculous claims. But before we get into Goldstein’s background, let us first discuss the sheer error in the very premise of the event.

To start off, “Islamist” is defined by the Associated Press as “an advocate or supporter of a political movement that favors reordering government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam.” Well, the values codified into our Declaration of Independence by our founding fathers in 1776 — the rights to life, liberty and property — are quite similar to what the classical Islamic scholar Muhammad Al-Ghazzali referred to as the five foundations of sharia, which encompasses the laws prescribed by Islam: “The right to life, liberty, property, intellect and lineage.” There is nothing inherently threatening about such a political system nor is it particularly different from our already existing American one.

The AP continues to say, “do not use as a synonym for Islamic fighters, militants, extremists or radicals, who may or may not be Islamists.” Just as the Klu Klux Klan or the Anti-balaka militia, which burns Muslims alive in the Central African Republic, are not “Christianist.” Extremist Buddhist monks who murder the minority Rohingya Muslim population in Burma are not “Buddhismist.” Jewish

settlers who quote the Torah to justify their half-century long occupation of the West Bank are not “Judaismist.” Groups like Hamas and ISIS must not be called Islamists, but instead what they actually are: terrorists.

Goldstein does understand this because she is a journalist and a lawyer — not an expert on terrorism. Robert Pape, a professor at the University of Chicago, oversees the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism, the world’s largest academic research project on suicide terrorism. Unlike Goldstein, Pape studied every suicide bombing between 1980 and 2005 — 315 cases in total. From that research, Pape wrote a book called “Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It,” in which he concluded, “There is little connection between suicide terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, or any of the world’s religions. Rather, what nearly all these suicide attacks have in common is a specific secular and strategic goal to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from their territory, [which] terrorists consider to be their homeland.” Perhaps Hamas in Gaza commits acts of terror not because of Islam, but because of the Israeli government’s perpetual bombing and its land, air and sea blockade that has been going on since 2007.

Maybe ISIS has come out of the fact that the United States has had its last four presidents bomb and prop up illegitimate regimes there for the past 24 years.

Now let us continue on to some of the statements that have been made by Hillel’s esteemed guest. Goldstein accused the Muslim Brotherhood of attempting to take over the United States government. She claimed that Huma Abedin, the Muslim wife of former Congressman Anthony Weiner, poses

the “greatest national security threat” to our country. She later added a ludicrous claim that “she has access to the most classified information” and that the only reason Weiner is able to run is because of his “connections to Huma Abedin.” First of all, the Muslim Brotherhood cannot even retain power in Egypt — how in the world can they control the United States government when they cannot even control their own country? Having a speaker who has made such ludicrous statements is already embarrassing enough, but even scarier is how close Goldstein’s claims are to anti-Semitism in the 1930s.

Similar to the alleged Muslim Brotherhood dominance in our current government, the bigots of the 1930s accused Franklin Delano Roosevelt of having an administration “dominated by Jews.” These people accused FDR’s administration of causing the Great Depression and of dragging the United States into World War II against Nazi Germany, a country they claimed “deserved nothing but admiration.” In the book “Anti-Semitism in Times of Crisis,” authors Sander Gilman and Steven Katz even speak of FDR’s “New Deal” being referred to as the “Jew Deal.”

The parallels between these two acts of fear mongering are exactly the same. For Hillel, the Center for Jewish Life on Campus, to endorse such a speaker is not only an act of hypocrisy, but also an insult to the struggle to the history of Jewish Americans who have tirelessly faced anti-Semitism. The Hillel should not engage in Islamophobia, but instead fight it alongside its Muslim brothers and sisters.

Hamzah Raza is a Newark College of Arts and Sciences first-year student majoring in mathematics.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR U. standards, priorities must be re-evaluated According to the Targum’s Sept. 29 editorial “Big Ten, big bucks and big outrage,” Rutgers plans to spend $64.1 million over the next year on the Athletic Department in hopes of significant revenue. However, with this drastic action that is estimated to cost $183 million over the next nine years, according to economics professor Mark Killingsworth, it has shown its students and the watching world around it that it has lost sight of its priorities. Rutgers has shamelessly been using the façade of collective progression while clearly singling out athletics as far more important than any other department.

Not only does this decision point to Rutgers’ ignorance to recognize the elasticity of the sports business as well as the financial torrents that are caused by common administrative blunders (which Rutgers seems to have unique luck with), it points to Rutgers’ own failure to look at what’s really happening inside its classrooms.

Clearly, the administration hasn’t analyzed the flaws of its own academic system — one that is supposedly designed to nurture morally upright intellectuals who are dedicated to service and the spreading of knowledge. Instead of doing things to propel an atmosphere that allows for the proper upbringing of these individuals, such as hiring tenured professors and funding research, it is avoiding the obvious notion

“This isn’t an attack on sports.

It is a criticism of Rutgers’ failed recognition of the legitimate and urgent need for higher academic and intellectual standards on campus.” that investment should be put where it is needed most. Rutgers has allocated hardearned student tuition fees to an area that represents a mere extracurricular and luxury to most students on campus. Janine Purcaro, the Athletic Department’s chief financial officer, said last year when describing the financial plan, “Five or six years out, could I be wrong in my assumptions? Yes.” This isn’t an attack on sports. It is a criticism of Rutgers’ failed recognition of the legitimate and urgent need for higher academic and intellectual standards on campus. The administration is once again making a mistake that may haunt us for the next few decades. To cut funding that fulfills the fundamental functions of a university simply to feed an excessive and unstable plan for profit is a mockery of the pursuit of knowledge every institution stands for.

As Chris Hedges puts it in his book “The Empire of Illusion” when describing UC Berkeley’s athletic department, “Education, at least an education that challenges assumptions and teaches students to be self-critical, has been sacrificed in a Faustian bargain.”

So I urge all students who call Rutgers home to make known and fight the increasing gap between us and our profit-seeking administration, which has seemed to forget the real purpose of our presence.

Sidra Zia is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in physics with a minor in astronomy and African, Middle Eastern and South Asian languages and literatures.

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RETURN Rutgers has allowed just four goals in nine games with six shutouts CONTINUED FROM BACK

Head coach Kyle Flood said junior kicker Kyle Federico has had bad streaks similar to golfers with their stroke count.

MICHELLE KLEJMONT / PHOTO EDITOR

GOLF Federico says one of his favorite activities outside football is going golfing CONTINUED FROM BACK golfers on the squad is sophomore Ryan Rose, who actually played kicker at Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey.

So the success on the green could translate to success on the turf, Shutte said.

“There’s not so much a correlation between keeping your head down because [for] the modern golf swing, you rotate your head up, and you actually don’t see the ball,” Shutte said. “But, that being said, there is something about not rotating spine angle. The whole kinematics sequence of playing has some similarities there for sure. You plant with your left foot in kicking and, obviously in golf, you do the same thing, if you’re a righty.”

If you asked Federico what one of his favorite activities outside of football is, he would tell you how avid of a golfer he is in the offseason and whenever he can get on the course.

The Ponte Verde, Florida, native also said he can see how performing well in golf could help on the course.

“I do golf, and I just started getting into it more and more. It’s tough, though. There are definitely similarities between the two,” Federico said.

“As soon as you hit that ball, you want to see if it went straight and far.

Mentally, it’s something you have to do and do it well. You just have to keep your head down, and the ball will go where it needs to go, or the fans will tell you.”

Federico said that when people shank a ball in golf, it is usually due to their plant foot being a little bit off or bringing their head up. He said it is similar to when you kick the ball, if the plant foot or your head comes up, the whole course of kicking is disrupted.

So much focus has been geared toward Federico because of how successful and consistent he has been this season.

Federico has converted six of his eight field goal attempts this season and has made all 19 of his extra points. When kicking off, Federico has 11 touchbacks but said sometimes he tries to be too perfect, evidenced by three kickoffs going out of bounds this season.

While Federico has been consistent lately, converting 14 of his last 18 field goal attempts dating back to last season, he will need to keep it up with a stadium showing expected Saturday that will rival the Penn State game.

With a big atmosphere expected when the Wolverines come and a competitive game to follow between two Big Ten teams, the game could come down to a late kick from Federico — Penn State beat Rutgers by three points when they met earlier this season.

While it could be too hasty to expect a game-winning kick like former Knight Jeremy Ito’s game-winner against Louisville in 2006, it would be awesome to be a part of that, Federico said.

“Just talking about it gives me the chills. It would be a great feeling to win the game,” Federico said. “I had that opportunity once in high school, and I can only imagine the feeling in a packed stadium.”

But don’t expect Federico to know exactly what he is doing if he gets the chance to win the game Saturday.

“No, not really,” Federico said laughing when asked if he would be able to find and point to the camera like Ito did back in 2006. “I don’t even know what my reaction would be, really. It would be off the top of my head in the moment. Every kick is the same, so it doesn’t matter if it’s a game-winner [or] an extra point in the first quarter — every kick is going to make a difference.”

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on the road, Rutgers remained stagnant in the rankings for this week at No. 25.

In order to maintain their ranking and build further upon their NCAA Tournament resume, junior forward Amanda Devolk said the Knights not only need to grab the win over any mediocre opponents, but to do so with conviction.

“It’s huge. … The middle-tier teams you kind of need to go in and show who’s boss,” Devolk said. “I mean, you can’t just go in and beat teams 1-0 that are OK, you’ve got to put them away, and I think that will show the rest of the Big Ten that we’re here to stay and that we mean business.”

Indiana enters tonight reeling, having lost five of its past six games. The lone win came against Northwestern, which has yet to get in the win column in Big Ten play (0-5-1).

On the offensive side of the ball, junior midfielder Jessie Bujouves leads the Hoosiers with 11 points and five goals.

But as a whole, Indiana’s offense is among the worst in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers are dead last in goals per game (1.17) and rank 13th in assists.

With a stout defense, Rutgers boasts a per fect counter and distinct advantage.

The Knights possess one of the best defenses in the conference through nine games, tied with No. 13 Wisconsin in goals allowed (four) and tied for third in shutouts with six.

But to head coach Mike O’Neill, the comparison between

Junior forward Amanda Devolk and the Knights look to win with conviction against Indiana to send a message to the Big Ten. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

the two teams goes out the window. Returning home, O’Neill stressed the focus of the team to take advantage of another opportunity to get better.

“We try to do our best to really make [the focus] about us,” he said. We have watched tape already [of the Iowa game] and we’ll go back and look at things we were happy with and some areas we need to improve upon, and that’ll be our focus.”

Perhaps the biggest advantage for Rutgers is the opportunity to finally catch a breath.

Finally back at home and back to a schedule closer to the norm, Devolk pointed to the constant

communication between the coaching staff and the players as a key to how the Knights have been able to stay ready.

“I think that the recover y process that we’ve been following is crucial to our success so far,” Devolk said. “Ever yone’s been taking care of their bodies, taking care of their nutrition, making sure we’re ready to go and the coaches have done a pretty good job about listening to us about our bodies so we can get the rest time that we need.”

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SCRIMMAGE Zein, Li went 3-1 in their doubles matches to finish third at Bear Flight competition CONTINUED FROM BACK

high-quality tennis for singles and doubles that have worked for So Thursday will be an op- Rutgers in the past,” he said.

Despite an overall strong por tunity for the Knights to play against formidable competition showing at Brown — Balsamo and freshman Lee Levy won their before Friday’s tournament.

Senior Lindsay Balsamo, consolation match in the Eagles along with the rest of the team, Doubles Flight, while Zein won understands how impor tant the her singles consolation match in exhibition will be, even though it the White Draw — the Knights will not factor into the wins and must prepare for the large number of teams congregating for losses count. the impor tant “ T h e invitational loomscrimmage will be great “[We are] really instilling ing ahead after this scrimmage. tour nament a strategy that promotes Some of the preparation,” entrants are teams B a l s a m o playing high-quality not just among the said. “It will tennis ... that have worked elite of the Northbe good to but also tr y dif ferfor Rutgers in the past.” east, among the best ent strateteams in the entire gies and see BEN BUCCA nation as well. what works.”

Head Coach With early sucOne stratcess and a run egy that could continue to work is build- of good form, Bucca believes the ing upon the strong play exhib- Knights are ready for the challenge.

“We’ve really imited by juniors Mariam Zein and proved our play since the Gina Li. In their doubles matches, the first scrimmage [against NJIT],” duo went 3-1 and shined all the way Bucca said. “Next weekend, we to a respectable third-place finish play teams like Dartmouth, Yale and William and Mar y. All of them in the Bear Flight competition.

As for head coach Ben Bucca, have been ranked, so competition this exhibition provides an oppor- will be really strong, but the ladies tunity for the Knights to imple- have a great attitude about it.” ment what they have worked on in For updates on the Rutgers tenpractice for live match situations. “[We are] really instilling a nis team, follow @TargumSpor ts strategy that promotes playing on Twitter.

Senior Lindsay Balsamo said today’s scrimmage will be good preparation for upcoming tournaments.

Balsamo said that she could also work on new strategies. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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October 2, 2014 MEN’S GOLF RUTGERS PLACED 11TH OUT OF 13 TEAMS

VOLLEYBALL

Knights underperform at tourney JULIAN JIMENEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After the three rounds at the Badger Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin, the Rutgers men’s golf team finished for a combined 919 (301-308-310) scorecard, which was good for 11th place out of 13 teams at the University Ridge Golf Course.

The final result on Tuesday afternoon was not the placing Rutgers had hoped for. The team did not improve from round to round, with the Scarlet Knights shooting over par in each round.

Perhaps the sudden change in weather conditions contributed to Scarlet Knights’ poor per formance. Over the last couple days, the weather dropped from an approximate mid 80 degrees to 45 degrees. As if that wasn’t enough, there were also winds coming in from the Nor theast side of the course.

These conditions most likely resulted in all of the teams shooting over par in the final round.

But even harsh conditions are not to be taken as an excuse for poor results for the Knights.

“No, I won’t blame the weather conditions,” said head coach Rob Shutte. “[For] all three rounds, there were two out of five guys who were not sharp. Nobody per formed like they should [have]. Our lineup was not at its best.”

Shutte also stressed that the unfamiliarity of the course was one of the reasons that factored

in why some players didn’t per form well.

Junior Jonathan Chang struggled throughout the tournament by his standards. Still, he managed to perform relatively well, finishing 17th overall in the individual ranking shooting 222 (7078-74). He was the only Knight to shoot under par in any round.

“It’s a good finish. I’m not surprised,” Shutte said of Chang’s play. “It was a B-plus, maybe A-minus per formance.”

But Shutte said the weight of the team cannot be held on one person only.

“It wasn’t our greatest tournament, [but] weather should never be an excuse.

TOKS PEDRO Freshman

“We need four scores. We are only getting production from two or three [players],” he said.

Chang was not all too pleased at his performance, despite the respectable finish.

“I’m pretty disappointed.

That was a joke,” Chang said. “I had one of [my] worst rounds this year.”

Chang also expressed that he expects a whole lot more than what the stat sheet represented after the final round.

Freshman Toks Pedro and senior Jacob Stockl also agreed that the weather was not to blame.

“It wasn’t our greatest tournament, [but] weather should never be an excuse,” Pedro said.

“Everyone is playing the same [course], everyone is prepared for the weather.”

Despite the unwanted results from the tournament, Pedro took a positive note from this experience that allowed him to make strides for improvement.

“Every time we have a [losing experience], we get to learn from the tournament,” he said.

Pedro finished the tournament with a 229 (77-76-76), which also was good for 40th place individually. Looking ahead, he believes that putting is the biggest part of the game.

“I’ve got to get my putting figured out,” Pedro said. “My other aspects [are fine].”

Stockl was surprisingly the worst performer for the Knights, shooting for 240 (82-82-76), good for 68th overall in the individual ranking. He finished second in the Rutgers Invitational the weekend prior.

“Coach puts a lot of leadership into me. I [have to] make sure to get everyone sharp,” Stockl said.

As Rutgers returns back home to practice to begin its last month of play, beginning with the Maryland Invitational in two weeks, the entire team hopes to bounce back with better results.

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Junior libero Ali Schroeter said the Big Ten crowd environment and competition last weekend was as good as she expected.

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Big Ten losses reveal self-inflicted mistakes CONOR NORDLAND STAFF WRITER

With its first two games complete as members of the Big Ten, the Rutgers volleyball team has had a chance to reflect on its new experiences in the conference.

Although they were outplayed in both of their first two matches, the Scarlet Knights (7-8) are looking at the positives from those games.

Both Northwestern (12-1) and No. 16 ranked Illinois (10-3) represent the upper echelon of Big Ten teams. Each has been a member of the conference since its inception in 1896 and has built a strong recruiting base in the Midwest.

Those teams fill their stadiums and have fans that are interested in their volleyball teams, unlike many other conferences in the nation.

Against Northwestern, more than 600 people attended the game, while more than 2,400 people were in attendance against Illinois.

Many of the Rutgers players have never seen crowds of that size on the road or fans that enjoy good volleyball.

“It was a great experience and a lot of fun to play in games like that,” said junior libero Ali Schroeter. “The environment was amazing with a huge crowd, and the competition was as good as we expected it to be.”

The Knights are the new kids on the block. While it may sound cliché, they are the newest members to the conference and have only had a volleyball program since 1977.

Head coach CJ Werneke knows he and his team have a long way to go until they are considered one of the conference’s best. But after two games against the top competition, Werneke is excited by what he sees.

“We learned that we can compete with the Big Ten teams,” Werneke said. “We walked away from last weekend’s games knowing that we are as good as these teams in some categories. We just have to put a complete game together. But

when we play our style of game, we can hang with anybody.”

Werneke admitted his team made a number of errors in the games that resulted in the two losses. If the Knights are to start winning conference games, it starts with fixing the costly mistakes on their own side of the net.

Some of the areas that the Knights need immediate improvement is in hitting and serving, Werneke said.

The Knights registered a hitting percentage of -.028 against the Wildcats, due to having more hitting errors (24) than kills (21) in the game. Facing Illinois, the Knights had a single service ace compared to the Fighting Illini’s seven.

Even with all the mistakes, Werneke was proud of how his team handled facing such large deficits in both contests.

“Our team has a lot of fight,” Werneke said. “We were right in the game against Northwestern, we just can’t have any letdowns or mistakes. I know in the game against Illinois we were up 9-8 at one point in the third set. We played as hard in the last set as we did in the first one and got better as the match went on.”

Werneke knows these mistakes are self-correctable with the proper work. With conference play in the initial stages, the Knights still have half of their season left to acclimate themselves to the conference.

Despite starting 0-2 in conference play, Werneke has nothing but optimism for his team moving for ward.

“I know each opponent will present a unique challenge for us,” Werneke said. “We have to work on improving our self-made errors, getting used to the size and pace of teams we’re going to play. And now, knowing what we are going to be facing, it gives us a better understanding of how to prepare.”

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October 2, 2014 FOOTBALL FUNCHESS RANKS NINTH IN BIG TEN IN RECEIVING YARDS

Corners embrace challenge of Michigan receiver GREG JOHNSON SPORTS EDITOR

When Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood took in film of Michigan for the first time earlier this week, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound frame in the passing game immediately stood out.

“The wide receiver [Devin] Funchess is as talented a football player at that position as there is in the countr y,” Flood said. “There’s no doubt.”

Funchess, projected as a 2015 first-round pick in early NFL mock drafts, is ninth in the Big Ten with 324 receiving yards, despite Michigan’s passing of fense ranking 12th among 14 teams.

Funchess also leads the Wolverines’ receiving corps with 24 catches and three touchdowns.

Behind him are Jehu Chesson and Amara Darboh, respectively standing at 6-foot-3 and 6-foot-2.

They figure to pose a unique challenge the Scarlet Knights’ secondar y has yet to endure this season.

“They like to run a lot of deep routes and play action,” said sophomore cornerback Nadir Barnwell. “We’ve just got to keep the ball in front of us, stick to our assignments, remember our techniques.”

To simulate the size and length of those receivers, 6-foot-4 sophomore Vance Matthews and 6-foot-3 Ntwademela Perr y are focal points of Rutgers’ scout team this week.

Athletic tight ends fur ther down the Knights’ depth char t are also giving looks to the secondar y, Barnwell said.

Still, with the vast skill sets Michigan presents, those methods have limitations.

While pleased with the looks from the scout team, Flood implemented a session with the first-team offense and the first-

Senior Gareef Glashen is part of a quartet of Knights cornerbacks who might have to match up with 6-foot-5 Michigan wide receiver Devin Funchess on Saturday night. SHAWN SMITH team defense toward the end of Wednesday’s practice to better simulate the speed of Funchess and company.

“That’s the best look we can get — to tr y to play against our first-team defense and to tr y to play against our first-team wide receivers,” Flood said. “That’s how we’re going to have to do

that, I think, as we go through the rest of this season. We just don’t have enough numbers that we can put a scout team together in total to give us the exact look that we want.”

Numbers are also limited in Rutgers’ secondar y, whose topfour corners are nursing mild injuries. Sophomore Anthony

Cioffi is questionable to play Saturday, while Barnwell, senior Gareef Glashen and freshman Dre Boggs are all probable.

But the Knights insist they are taking full reps and ready to go this week.

“It’s football. You’re going to be banged up,” Glashen said.

“It’s just par t of the game. If

you can’t play banged up, you might as well just quit now.”

Glashen, Rutgers’ second leading tackler with 29 this season, is hardly concerned about Funchess, either.

While it’s unlikely defensive coordinator Joe Rossi will employ much one-on-one coverage of the pro talent, Glashen says he knows what he’s getting into and just needs to stay detail-oriented while aggressively playing the ball in the air.

After all, he’s dealt with the likes of 6-foot-6 Brandon Coleman, 6-foot-4 Tim Wright and 6-foot-3 Mark Harrison throughout his Rutgers career.

“I’ve been playing against big receivers since I’ve been here,” Glashen said. “I’m ready for the challenge.” *** Michigan head coach Brady Hoke announced Wednesday to repor ters that Devin Gardner will star t at quar terback against Rutgers after sitting most of last week in favor of Shane Morris.

Morris suf fered a concussion and high ankle sprain against Minnesota, but his status was unknown early in the week.

Gardner, a dual-threat signal caller, completed 64.1 percent of his throws for 694 yards, five touchdowns and six interceptions while star ting Michigan’s first four games.

“We have to prepare as if either guy can play until we get information that tells us different, which we have not gotten yet,” Flood said Monday. “What I would tell you is that offensively, they do the same things with both quarterbacks, except with Gardner, they do a little bit more.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “If you can’t play banged up, you might as well just quit now.”

— Senior cornerback Gareef Glashen

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WOMEN’S SOCCER INDIANA-NO.25 RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

Knights aim to dominate in home return GARRETT STEPIEN STAFF WRITER

When the No. 25 Rutgers women’s soccer team ventured out to the Midwest last weekend to take on Nebraska and Iowa, it departed on Wednesday and returned late at night on Sunday.

The short week of preparation leading up to the games, culminated with a grueling double-overtime draw and a 1-0 squeeze of a win, left the Scarlet Knights exhausted.

When the team finally arrived back on campus, sophomore backer Erin Smith was one of many on the team comforted by home.

“It feels good to be back now, but I missed home after a long week,” Smith said. “It’s weird because you never realize like how much you could miss New Brunswick from being away, but it was a good experience.”

After a day off to gather themselves on Monday, the Knights got back on the grind Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for Thursday’s game against Indiana at 7 p.m.

The return to Yurcak Field is a comfor ting one for Rutgers, which is a per fect 5-0 at home on the season and has outscored its opponents in dominating fashion by a 9-1 margin.

Going up against the struggling Hoosiers (5-7, 1-5) and their poor RPI ranking, it’s crucial for the Knights to keep up their dominant play on their home turf.

Despite grabbing four points last weekend after tying Nebraska and knocking off Iowa Sophomore backer Erin Smith said the Knights are happy to be back in New Brunswick following a two-game road trip in which they won both games. Rutgers is undefeated in five games at Yurcak Field this season. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

SEE RETURN ON PAGE 15

FOOTBALL SHUTTE FINDS SIMILARITIES WITH GOLF SWINGS, KICKING

TENNIS

Kicking mechanics draw comparisons to golf style TYLER KARALEWICH ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

No one would expect Rutgers head men’s golf coach Rob Shutte to have any sor t of connection to the Rutgers football team. After all, he was a golfer growing up and that would have inter fered too much, as both spor ts are played during the same season.

Nobody would necessarily expect him to have the pedigree of a football player and have knowledge of certain physical aspects of the game. After all, someone might expect him to only know about golf.

You wouldn’t think Shutte knows so much about both golf and football — unless you asked him.

Shutte’s father was a three-year letter winner in the early 1970s at Rutgers, playing the position of defensive back, wide receiver and kicker, so Shutte learned the game of football from his father.

But why is Shutte relevant in this week’s football preparations for Michigan?

Surrounding the media buzz this week, the Knights have compared the act of kicking a football, specifically by junior Kyle Federico, to swinging a golf club. Head coach Kyle Flood said the root of Federico’s problems come from how he swings his leg and takes his steps.

“I don’t think it’s any more complicated than keeping your eyes down. He’s a very speculative kickoff weapon for us,” Flood said. “He does an excellent job not only getting us some touchbacks, but also placing the ball where we ask him to place the ball. He had a little bit of a bad streak, so again, I’m no expert on golf, but people tell me golfers get into bad streaks, as well, with their strokes.”

Shutte recognizes the comparisons between playing golf and swinging the club to kicking a football. He also said one of the top

BY THE NUMBERS

How has the Rutgers football team fared when leading entering the fourth quarter in head coach Kyle Flood’s three seasons?

The Scarlet Knights are 15-3 under Flood when leading after three quarters.

Rutgers’ lone loss this season came when leading, 10-3, entering the fourth quarter Sept. 13 against Penn State.

SEE GOLF ON PAGE 15

RU preps for tournament in scrimmage MARQUEL INGRAM CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Junior placekicker Kyle Federico made 14 out of his last 18 field goals.

Before its next tournament at Yale University, which is scheduled to star t on Oct. 10, the Rutgers tennis team will test itself in an exhibition match against ASA junior college, located in New York City.

The match will be played at 2 p.m.

Thursday at the Rutgers Tennis Complex.

Although ASA is a small school, it is currently the top-ranked junior college in the nation.

In addition, ASA won its first ever NJCAA championship last season, competing against Division I and Division II opponents in the process and finishing with an 8-4 record.

EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

EXTRA POINT

QUENTIN GAUSE,

junior outside linebacker, leads the Rutgers football team with 18 tackles against the run this season. In his first year as a full-time starter, Gause is third on the team with 27 total tackles.

SEE SCRIMMAGE ON PAGE 17

KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

WOMEN’S SOCCER

FIELD HOCKEY

VOLLEYBALL

MEN’S SOCCER

vs. Indiana

vs. Michigan State

vs. Purdue

at Penn State

Tonight, 7 p.m., Yurcak Field

Tomorrow, 3 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., College Ave. Gym

Saturday, 7 p.m., State College, Pa.