three community colleges that aims to educate, advocate andprovide a collective voice for all New Jersey college students.

One of the group’s main goals for the upcoming electionis to educate voters about the bond act on the ballot, saidSpencer Klein, president of NJUS.

“One of the questions on the ballot will be concerning abond, called the ‘Higher Education Bond,’” said Klein, aSchool of Arts and Sciences senior. “If this gets passed, uni-versities in New Jersey will have $750 million to use for theconstruction of new research facilities and classrooms.”

Klein said he feels this issue is extremely important, andhas even received bipartisan support.

“This bond has been endorsed by both Democratic Sen.Stephen Sweeney and Republican Gov. Chris Christie,” he said.

on bikes to get around. The idea is to make bikes moreaf fordable for those that use them most.”

Children’s bikes will be sold for $10 to $20 and adultbikes will range from $30 to $40, although prices may vary,said Sonia Szczesna, a member of the University’s cyclingteam involved with the project.

The bike exchange hopes to get most bike donationsfrom bike drives, Stromberg said.

“We work with people to organize drives at their work,providing flyers and other literature to pass around, andthen we are on hand to pick up the bikes and take them tothe exchange,” he said.

Sororities, fraternities and other University organizations are encouraged to hold their own bike drives, said Szczesna, a School of Ar ts andSciences senior.

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BY TESS ROSENBERGCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Barry V. Qualls, an award-winningEnglish professor and the University’s vice president forUndergraduate Education, is stepping down from his position toreturn to teaching full-time.

Qualls has taught in the English department at the University formore than 40 years and contributed to the restructuring of under-graduate education at the University — with liberal arts educationnow housed in the School of Arts and Sciences rather than collegeson the College Avenue, Douglass and Livingston campuses.

After six years of working at the administrative level, Qualls decid-ed to return to teaching partly because of administrative changes fol-lowing the appointment of University President Robert L. Barchi.

“I’m stepping down from this job because I think it’s impor-tant that there’s a change in administration,” Qualls said. “Ialways want to see younger faculty members running things.They are the future of Rutgers.”

Qualls was appointed vice president for UndergraduateEducation in 2006, the same year he received the “New JerseyProfessor of the Year” award, he said.

The University looked very different from how it does nowwhen Qualls joined the faculty.

“It was a confederation of small colleges when I came here, andnow it’s a major research university and a good one,” he said.

The individual colleges used to have their own admission sys-tems, graduations, rules and requirements, which Qualls saidwas tediously complex.

“We ended the college system, except for Douglass,” he said.“Douglass Residential College has been a huge success, and that wasa direct result of the transformation process of the last few years.”

Qualls said he has a deep love for the University, which hedeveloped as an English professor.

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Rachel Storch, Rowan University sophomore and member of New Jersey United Students, asks other membersto run for leadership positions for the group. The meeting on Saturday focused on building awareness andsupport for the Building Our Future bond act. SHAWN SMITH

SEE QUALLS ON PAGE 5

BY ALEX MEIERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Puerto Rican Action Board is working with the NewBrunswick community and University students to launchthe New Brunswick Bike Exchange.

Volunteers at the bike exchange will fix up used bikescollected from donations and sell them at affordable prices,said Brian Stromberg, a volunteer coordinator for the NewBrunswick Bike Exchange.

Stromberg, a graduate student in the Edward J.Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said theNew Brunswick community could greatly benefit from theproject once it takes off.

“We will be getting more bikes to people that needthem,” said Stromberg, founding member of Walk Bloustein Bike Bloustein. “Our target communityfor this [is] low-income households, [which] rely more

Community to launch affordable bicycle exchange for residents

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BY SHAWN SMITHCORRESPONDENT

GLASSBORO — New Jersey United Students metSaturday at Rowan University to discuss final voter regis-tration numbers and the importance of raising awarenessfor the Building Our Future bond act ballot question.

NJUS, formed in February 2011, is an organization madeup of students from 10 of New Jersey’s public universities and

Students advocate for bondNJUS members aim to raiseawareness of $750M act forhigher education facilities

English professor looksforward to classroomreturn after shapingundergraduate studies

Located at 90 Jersey Ave, the New Brunswick Bike Exchange will havekids bikes for $10-20, adult bikes for $30-40.

SEE BOND ON PAGE 6

SEE EXCHANGE ON PAGE 5

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Chuck Todd, NBC News political director and chief White Housecorrespondent, gives an update on the 2012 presidential electionat 7 p.m. at the Douglass Campus Center. Admission is free, butregistration is required by calling (732) 932-9384, ext. 331. Theevent is part of the Eagleton Institute of Politics’ “It’s All Politicsin 2012” series.

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BY SEOYOUNG CHOISTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers UniversityShalom/Salaam sewed togethera “Patchwork for Peace” initiativeyesterday, in which 150 to 200colorful cloth patches wereassembled to show differentfaiths and cultures united as one.

Andre Marquez, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomorewho attended the event, said theassembly of the tapestry allowspeople to learn about differentcultures and come together.

“Rutgers University is a verydiverse [and] huge population,”he said. “People come from every-where, so making sure that every-one knows a little bit of every-thing from everyone else is valu-able. This is about peace, whichmakes everything much nicer.”

Shalom/Salaam, an interfaithstudent organization, unveiled itsinitiative at the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenuecampus, as a part of an effort tocreate a peace tapestry memberswill send to the United Nations,said Shelley Friedman, co-presi-dent of Shalom/Salaam.

With the United Nations as arepresentative of peace efforts andsocial progress, Shalom/Salaamchose to approach the internation-al organization with its initiativebecause they too are promotingpeace, said Friedman, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore.

The purpose of the tapestry isto raise awareness for important

Shalom/Salaam to patch peace tapestry, send to UN

Pieces of cloth represent individual differences and will bestitched together to show that people can stand together onan issue. COURTESY OF SHELLY FRIEDMAN

issues standing in the way ofpeace among different religiousand cultural groups, for which thegroup hopes to gather more patch-es throughout the year, she said.

Each individual participantpicks from a wide variety of fab-rics to create a patch that will beincorporated into a large patch-work tapestry, Friedman said.

Individuals put their name,country of birth and a small fami-ly tree sewn onto the back toshow how people of all differentbackgrounds can come togetherand work together to promote apositive cause, she said.

Each piece of fabric repre-sents individual differences, butultimately, they will be sewntogether to show that differentpeople can stand for the samecauses and create somethingbeautiful together, Friedman said.

Saira Shakir, co-president ofShalom/Salaam, said “Patchworkfor Peace” is one of the main proj-ects the group is working on thisyear — a group whose name repre-sents peace in Hebrew and Arabic.

“This will be a great depictionof what has happened during theyear and serve as a representa-tion of the groups of students thatwe have brought together,” saidShakir, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. “This is ourfirst time working on this project,and we hope to continue for along time.”

For many generations, therehas been a fundamental disagree-ment between Jews and Muslims

in regard to land ownership,which is the crux of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

She said patchwork quilting isan activity that has gone on forgenerations — it was used as atool for advocacy to raise moneyand awareness, and the UnitedNations has historically beenreceptive of it.

The tapestry will serve as atangible representation of thegroup’s cumulative efforts forpeace, Friedman said, but it isimportant to note the journey ofcreating it is equally as important.

“The stories you hear on themedia are from those who makenoise, those who are extreme,”she said. “We want to show thatthere are people like us who aregoing through our daily lives andthat we all want to get along.”

She said religions and differ-ent points of view should notinhibit positive relationships frombeing formed and sustained.People should work together tofoster communication and peace,Friedman said.

“I want to emphasize thatthis patchwork relates to every-one — religious, and non-reli-gious students alike,” she said.“The main goal … is to bringpeople together for one causeand work together.”

Shakir said it is it important tomove on from the past and focuson the present.

“Right now, we can bringMuslims and Jews together alongwith others [faiths] for one great

cause, which is building a betterrelationship [with one another],”she said.

Friedman said small person-al efforts toward tolerance andunderstanding canpatch up unfortunate issues ofmistrust or miscommunicationfrom stereotypes, preconceivednotions and assumptions.

Shakir said this event can teardown the walls that people mighthave put up and enable studentsto be able to see firsthand thatthese two groups of people canget along.

“The program aims to dis-solve the negative stereotypesand stigmas associated withMuslims, Jews and others,and aims to foster a positive rela-tionship between the groups,”she said.

Friedman said bringingUniversity students together toengage in a timeless activitycould be both educational and enjoyable.

“We hope to foster positiveinteraction and teamwork amongstudents, and we are excited tobring together people of a vari-ety of different backgrounds insupport of this positive goal,”she said.

David Rabban, a RutgersBusiness School senior, said hehopes events like this will becomemore popular on campus.

“It’s very important to havepeople from different back-grounds interact and take awaythe negative press media outthere,” he said. “This is a greatopportunity for people who havenever met before to meet.”

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“Someone once told me thatI was married to Rutgers,”Qualls said.

Born in Paintsville, Ky., a com-munity so impoverished it lackeda public library, Qualls still founda way into the world of poetryand prose through his parents.

“They were ravenous read-ers,” Qualls said.

He and his twin brother inher-ited a fondness for literature.They would make contests out ofwho could read the most EdgarAllan Poe stories in a weekend.At 13, Qualls read “Vanity Fair,”which prompted his lifelong fixa-tion with Victorian literature.

“I fell in love with Victorian lit-erature,” he said. “And from thetime I was in the ninth grade, Inever wanted to do anything butteach English.”

Qualls attended public schoolin central Florida and laterearned his bachelor’s degreefrom Florida State University anda Ph.D from NorthwesternUniversity in Chicago.

Out of college, a 26-year-oldQualls began teaching expositorywriting and 19th century Victorianpoetry at the University.

He said he remembers advice astudent gave him at the very begin-ning of his career in 1971. Afterclass, student Ernest Jacob asked ifQualls had ever read “Poetic Meterand Poetic Form,” by Paul Fussell.Jacob told him it would change theway Qualls interpreted poetry.

“It got me to really start think-ing carefully about language inways I hadn’t before,” he said. “Iwas very grateful to him andremain so. Teachers learn somuch from students.”

Qualls said that by readingthat book, he became a betterteacher of poetry and novels.

“I’m very proud of having wonteaching awards,” Qualls said.“And I always thought it beganwith Ernest Jacob’s question.”

Carolyn Williams, chair andprofessor in the English depart-ment, said changes put in placewith Qualls as the vice presidentof Undergraduate Education ben-efited students and faculty.

“Many of our lives have beenimproved by his presence here,”

Individuals are welcome todrop off any old and unusedbikes at the exchange, she said.

But the exchange is in need ofvolunteers willing to work on thebikes, Stromberg said.

“Getting volunteers is definite-ly more difficult than gettingbikes,” he said. “We can teach youto do anything you don’t alreadyknow how to do, and you can learnon the job.”

The exchange seeks volun-teers to work at least three hourseach month, with tentative shifts

Funds from bicyclesales would go toPRAB, Stromberg says

EXCHANGE

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Love for Victorian literature led Quallsto teaching career

QUALLS

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Williams said. “He’s been a greatleader and an inspiration to us all.”

The Department ofUndergraduate Education, withQualls’ leadership, has madesubstantial opportunities acces-sible to undergraduates, includ-ing the Aresty ResearchCenter, the Of fice ofDistinguished Fellowships, liv-ing-learning communities andfirst-year seminars.

“The University is not rich,but the cooperation and enthusi-asm of faculty has allowed for alot,” Qualls said. “We wantedRutgers students to feel that theywere as much as priority as thosein graduate school.”

Qualls will teach a ByrneSeminar for first-year studentsabout “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” inthe spring.

The department alsoredesigned the core curriculumto foster a distinct “Rutgers edu-cation,” he said.

“[Former University presi-dent Richard L. McCormick] wasreally concerned to change thenature of undergraduate educa-tion,” Qualls said.

Gregory Jackson, associatevice president for UndergraduateEducation, will take over Qualls’position as the interim vice presi-dent for UndergraduateAcademic Affairs.

Qualls said he is eager to enjoysummers in the future, which hehas been deprived of because ofhis administrative position.

Aside from writing and read-ing, Qualls said he hopes tospend his newly found free timebaking, going to the opera andattending an occasional BarbraStreisand concert.

Qualls is grateful for his yearsat the University and looks for-ward to teaching until he retiresand possibly writing another book.

Jonathan Levin, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, saidbecause Qualls connects with hisstudents, he is more than just agood professor and administrator.

“It’s his dedication to makea personal connection that dis-tinguishes him as not merelyan excellent instructor andadministrator, but a greatman,” he said.

Qualls said in his role as anadministrator, he was able tomeet people outside of theEnglish department and in turn,viewed the University in a differ-ent way.

“I’ve made wonderful friendsand met great students,” Quallssaid. “And I think students arefortunate to have Rutgers.”

starting Thursday evenings andSaturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,Stromberg said.

Proceeds from the exchangego toward PRAB, one of thelargest and oldest communityservices organizations in NewJersey, Stromberg said.

Bike exchanges in other citieshave proven successful, Strombergsaid. Similar operations in Trentonand Newark have raised more than$280,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubby selling more than 7,000 bikes.

“I can’t predict exactly howmany bikes we will sell in NewBrunswick or how much moneywe will raise, but I’m [guessing]that we can do something similarfor PRAB,” he said.

Sabrina Lauredent, a School ofArts and Science junior, said shewould buy a bike from the exchangebecause it would allow her to exer-cise and help the environment.

“If enough students bought

bikes, it could reduce the numberof students on the buses,” she said.

Szczesna said she prefers bik-ing around campus instead of rid-ing on the University’s buses.

“Students always complain aboutthe buses, but it’s totally bike-able toride to each campus,” she said.

Hammad Sadiq, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidalthough he would not buy a bikeor bring one to campus, he seesthe benefits of biking versus rid-ing the buses.

“If you had a bike on campus,you wouldn’t have to wait for theweekend buses,” he said. “Also, ifyou feel lazy and don’t want towalk, you could just ride your biketo class or wherever. Imagine howmuch attention you’d get by ridingup to parties.”

The New Brunswick BikeExchange will be located at PRAB’sheadquarters at 90 Jersey Ave. indowntown New Brunswick.

classes and increasing the [ratio]of professors to students.”

The same would go for allinstitutions of higher educationacross the state, including theUniversity. Klein said this ques-tion should pass unanimouslyamong students.

“This bond is a slam dunk forthe University and the winnerwould be the students,” he said.“The student vote would be thedifference between it passing andfailing. If the students vote on it, itwill pass.”

Along with the bond, NJUS alsodiscussed joining theAmerican LegislativeExchange CouncilExposed Coalition, agroup dedicated tobringing back doordeals of ALEC — astate policy organiza-tion made up of cor-porate members and

legislators — to light, said RachelStorch, a member of NJUS.

“Voter ID laws in some statesare based off an ALEC idea,”said Storch, a sophomore atRowan University majoring inpolitical science.

Storch said ALEC meetsbehind closed doors and votes onbills that could be detrimental tolocal communities.

“They don’t just meet withpoliticians and discuss bills, theywrite laws and just have themsigned,” she said.

Storch presented the issue tothe NJUS to gather support forasking pharmaceutical compa-nies to leave ALEC.

“Over the summer a number oflocal New Jersey nonprofit organiza-tions, community groups and unionlocals came together, includingNJUS, to ask Merck, the pharma-ceutical company based inWhitehouse Station, to drop it’sALEC membership,” she said. “Theconvening of these various groupshas now transformed into a coalitioncalled New Jersey ALEC exposed.”

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Klein explained how the bondwould be broken down betweenvarious universities in the state,if passed.

Public research institutions,like the University, would receive$300 million, with all other publicfour-year universities receiving$250 million each, Klein said.

County colleges would receive$150 million, and private universi-ties and colleges with endow-ments below $1 billion wouldreceive $50 million, he said.

“The grantswould not be usedfor sports com-plexes or dorms,”Klein said.

One of theproblems NJUSfaces is that votersare unaware of thebond, said TomHolroyd, president of the StudentGovernment Association at Rowan.

“One of the most disappoint-ing things is that no one knowsabout it,” said Holroyd, a fifthyear History major. “We want toraise awareness about the elec-tion and how student participa-tion in democratic process willbenefit them.”

NJUS will now focus on mak-ing voters aware of ballot ques-tions and understanding the vot-ing process, Klein said. Memberswill start to promote the bond bydisplaying posters around theUniversity with informationabout the bond.

“Voters don’t know what thebond is,” Klein said. “About 66percent of voters don’t evenknow there is a bond question.”

Holroyd said a mix of the larg-er incoming classes and lack ofconstruction on new buildingshas made space tight at Rowan.

“As Rowan has grown, wehave seen a crunch on academicspace,” Holroyd said. “This bondmeans more classrooms, more

Klein says 66 percent of voters do notknow about ballot question

BOND

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“Voters don’t knowwhat the bond is.”

SPENCER KLEINPresident of

New Jersey United Students

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MAKING NOISE People bang pots and pans and shout slogans during the Global Noisedemonstration in Puerta del Sol Square on Saturday in Madrid, Spain. Global Noise is a pot-banging protest taking place in hundreds of cities around the world. In Spain, the demonstrations go under the slogan of “No debemos, no pagamos” or “We don’t owe, Wewon’t pay.” Spain suffers the highest unemployment in Europe. GETTY IMAGES

Daredevil jumps, breaks sound barrier

Thousands rally forgirl shot by Taliban

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KARACHI, Pakistan — Tensof thousands rallied in Pakistan’slargest city yesterday in thebiggest show of support yet for a14-year-old girl who was shot andseriously wounded by the Talibanfor promoting girls’ educationand criticizing the militant group.

The Oct. 9 attack on MalalaYousufzai as she was returninghome from school in Pakistan’snorthwest horrified peopleinside and outside the country.At the same time, it gave hope tosome that the governmentwould respond by intensifyingits fight against the Taliban andtheir allies.

But protests against theshooting have been relativelysmall until now, usually attract-ing no more than a few hundredpeople. Thatresponse pales incomparison to thetens of thousandsof people whoheld violentprotests inPakistan lastmonth against afilm produced inthe United Statesthat denigratedIslam’s ProphetMuhammad.

Demonstrations in support ofMalala — and against rampantmilitant violence in the country ingeneral — have also been fairlysmall compared with thosefocused on issues such as U.S.drone attacks and the NATO sup-ply route to Afghanistan that runsthrough Pakistan.

Right-wing Islamic parties andorganizations in Pakistan thatregularly pull thousands of sup-porters into the streets to protestagainst the U.S. have less of anincentive to speak out against theTaliban. The two share a desire toimpose Islamic law in the country— even if they may disagree overthe Taliban’s violent tactics.

Pakistan’s mainstream politicalparties are also often more willingto harangue the U.S. than directtheir people power against Islamistmilitants shedding blood across thecountry — partly out of fear andpartly because they rely on Islamistparties for electoral support.

One of the exceptions is thepolitical party that organized yes-terday’s rally in the southern portcity of Karachi, the MuttahidaQuami Movement. The party’schief, Altaf Hussain, criticizedboth Islamic and other main-stream political parties for failingto organize rallies to protest theattack on Malala.

He called the Taliban gunmenwho shot the girl “beasts” andsaid it was an attack on “the ide-ology of Pakistan.”

“Malala Yousufzai is a beaconof knowledge. She is the daugh-ter of the nation,” Hussain toldthe audience by telephone fromLondon, where he is in self-imposed exile because of legalcases pending against him inPakistan. His party is strongestin Karachi.

Many of the demonstratorscarried the young girl’s pictureand banners praising her braveryand expressing solidarity.

The leaders of Pakistan’s mainIslamic parties have criticized theshooting, but have also tried toredirect the conversation awayfrom Taliban violence and towardcivilian casualties from U.S.drone attacks.

Cyril Almeida, a columnistfor Pakistan’s Dawn newspa-per, said this type of “obfusca-tion” prevents Pakistanis fromseeing “there is a continuumfrom the religious right to vio-lent Islamism.”

“The religious right createsan enabling environment forviolent Islamism to recruit andprosper. And violent Islamism

makes state andsociety cowerand in doing soenhances thespace for thereligious right,”Almeida wrote ina column yester-day.

Malala earnedthe enmity of thePakistani Talibanfor publicizingtheir behavior

when they took over the north-western Swat Valley, where shelived, and for speaking about theimportance of education for girls.

The group first started toexert its influence in Swat in 2007and quickly extended its reach tomuch of the valley by the nextyear. They set about imposingtheir will on residents by forcingmen to grow beards, preventingwomen from going to the marketand blowing up many schools —the majority for girls.

Malala wrote about thesepractices in a journal for theBBC under a pseudonym whenshe was just 11. After theTaliban were pushed out of theSwat Valley in 2009 by thePakistani military, she becameeven more outspoken in advo-cating for girls’ education. Sheappeared frequently in themedia and was given one of thecountry’s highest honors forcivilians for her bravery.

The military carried out itsoffensive in Swat after a videosurfaced of a militant flogging awoman who had allegedly com-mitted adultery, which helpedmobilize public support againstthe Taliban.

Many hope the shooting ofMalala will help push the militaryto undertake a long-awaitedoffensive in the PakistaniTaliban’s last main sanctuary inthe country in the NorthWaziristan tribal area.

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ROSWELL, N.M. — In a giantleap from more than 24 miles up, adaredevil skydiver shattered thesound barrier yesterday whilemaking the highest jump ever — atumbling, death-defying plungefrom a balloon to a safe landing inthe New Mexico desert.

Felix Baumgartner hit Mach1.24, or 833.9 mph, according topreliminary data, and became thefirst man to reach supersonic speedwithout traveling in a jet or a space-craft after hopping out of a capsulethat had reached an altitude of128,100 feet above the Earth.

Landing on his feet in thedesert, the man known as“Fearless Felix” lifted his arms invictory to the cheers of jubilantonlookers and friends.

“When I was standing there ontop of the world, you become sohumble, you do not think aboutbreaking records anymore, you donot think about gaining scientificdata,” he said after the jump. “Theonly thing you want is to comeback alive.”

A worldwide audience watchedlive on the Internet via camerasmounted on his capsule asBaumgartner, wearing a pressur-ized suit, stood in the doorway ofhis capsule, gave a thumbs-up andleapt into the stratosphere.

“Sometimes we have to get real-ly high to see how small we are,”an exuberant Baumgartner toldreporters outside mission controlafter the jump.

Baumgartner’s descent lastedfor just over nine minutes, about

half of it in a free fall of 119,846feet, according to Brian Utley, ajump observer from theInternational Federation of SportsAviation. He said the speed calcu-lations were preliminary figures.

Baumgartner said travelingfaster than sound is “hard todescribe because you don’t feel it.”

With no reference points, “youdon’t know how fast you travel,”he said.

The 43-year-old former

Austrian paratrooper with morethan 2,500 jumps behind him hadtaken off early yesterday in a cap-sule carried by a 55-story ultra-thinhelium balloon.

His ascent that was tense attimes and included concernsabout how well his facial shieldwas working.

Any contact with the capsule onhis exit could have torn his suit, arip that could expose him to a lackof oxygen and temperatures as lowas minus-70 degrees. That couldhave caused lethal bubbles to formin his bodily fluids.

But none of that happened. Heactivated his parachute as heneared Earth, gently gliding intothe desert east of Roswell and

landing without any apparent dif-ficulty. The images triggeredanother loud cheer from onlook-ers at mission control, amongthem his mother, EvaBaumgartner, who was over-come with emotion, crying.

He then was taken by heli-copter to meet fellow membersof his team, whom he huggedin celebration.

Coincidentally, Baumgartner’sfeat came on the 65th anniversaryof the day that U.S. test pilot ChuckYeager became the first man toofficially break the sound barrierin a jet.

At Baumgartner’s insistence,some 30 cameras recorded hisstunt Shortly after launch, screensat mission control showed the cap-sule as it began rising high abovethe New Mexico desert, withcheers erupting from organizers.Baumgartner could be seen onvideo, calmly checking instru-ments inside the capsule.

Baumgartner’s team includedJoe Kittinger, who first tried tobreak the sound barrier from 19.5miles up in 1960, reaching speedsof 614 mph. With Kittinger insidemission control, the two men couldbe heard going over technicaldetails during the ascension.

“Our guardian angel will takecare of you,” Kittinger radioed toBaumgartner around the 100,000-foot mark.

Baumgartner had ascendedmore than 63,000 feet an hour intothe flight and had gone through atrial run of the jump sequence.Ballast was dropped to speed upthe ascent.

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T omorrow is the last day to register to vote.Don’t miss your chance.

If you haven’t done so yet, you should.Not because it’s your democratic right — of course

it is. Not because your professor, politician or parenttold you so. Ostensibly, their interests lie closer to deci-sions made on Capitol Hill than our own.

We won’t waste time explaining to you why voting isimportant. As an American citizen, you already know itis. Nor will we waste time entertaining abstract notionsof voting as a “civic duty,” or the idea that a lively voterpopulation is necessary for a robust democratic socie-ty — as students, you’ve heard the argument a thou-sand times before.

Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “Nobody will everdeprive the American people of the right to vote exceptthe American people themselves and the only way theycould do this is by not voting.” He’s right, of course, butwhat initiative does that give us to set aside a portion ofour day and engage in a process that may or may nothave any tangible effects on its outcome?

This dilemma is central to our apathy as young vot-ers. Why vote, if our vote matters little in the grandscheme of things?

Politicians rarely deliver on their promises, con-cerned more with re-election than affecting actualchange. A segregated Congress toes its respectiveparty lines, at best unable — and at worst, unwilling —to act. And our presidential candidates — campaigningfor the nation’s noblest and arguably most powerfulposition — argue vaguely of changes to next year’s taxcode and the mortality of Big Bird.

In such an environment, is it any wonder so manyhave fallen victim to inaction and disinterest?

It’s a vicious circle — apathy leads to inaction, inac-tion to a political sphere further removed from theinterest of voters and thus less accountable for theinterests of those voters, and a detached politicalsphere to further apathy.

It’s clear then that the circle must be broken — andironically, the only way to do so is to vote.

Students may have a multitude of reasons not tovote. But those reasons pale, in the end, next to the onereason which compels us to: our vote is our voice, andto not vote is tantamount to silencing that voice. Intruth, apathy is a sorry excuse for inaction.

As college students, our youthful idealism makes usprime candidates for affecting change, as well as shap-ing the outcome of an election. In 2008, we witnessedwhat an invigorated youth vote can accomplish withthe right motivation. This year’s motivation may havewaned somewhat in comparison, but the knowledge ofour own potential remains.

Even so, students may still fail to find reason to votein national elections. As such, those students would dowell to remember that the presidential vote is not theonly opportunity to which our vote is entitled. Indeed,and perhaps more importantly, are those voting oppor-tunities occurring on the local level.

New Jersey’s Building Our Future Bond Act is alsoto be included on November’s ballot. With voterapproval, the bill would authorize the issuance of$750,000 in state bonds to be used in capital invest-

WHY VOTE?Tomorrow, Oct. 16, is the last day to register to vote.

For students, this means an opportunity to affirm not only one’s right to vote, but right to a voice.

In our opinion, there’s really little reason not to.

VOTING RESOURCESCollege students can register tovote up until midnight on Tuesday,Oct. 16.

To register, mail voter registrationapplications to Division of Elections, PO BOX 304,Trenton, N.J., 08625-9983, or visityour local state office.

For polling locations, registrationinformation or to check if you’reregistered, visitwww.state.nj.us/state/elections/voting-information.html#3.

ments in higher education infrastructure across theGarden State.

If approved, this money would go toward the con-struction of new research equipment, academic facil-ities and residence halls on college and universitycampuses throughout the state — many of whichhave not seen improvements in these areas in morethan three decades.

The approval of such an act is an opportunity for stu-dents — as well as residents — to together take part ina monumental and concerted head nod to improvingeducation in the Garden State.

In the end, little should keep students from affirm-ing their right to vote by registering and taking part inthis year’s election. For many of us, it will be our firsttime. For others, it may be simply another year.

Yet for all, it will be a chance to exercise our voice— and not, simply, for a presidential candidate or elect-ed representative.

Indeed, the biggest mistake one can commit wouldbe to vote based on superficialities: on personality orcharisma or on how well a candidate is able to woo agiven voting bloc.

Instead, we will be exercising our voice and castingour vote for a particular philosophy — and an idea orvision for the future of America. We will be casting ourvote to change the nature of Washington or to breakthe vicious cycle.

More to the point: We will be casting our vote, ulti-mately and finally, to shrug off apathy, and to offerour voice.

So vote, because you voice counts. Voice, becauseapathy is no excuse for inaction. Vote, because the onlypeople who can deprive us of our vote are ourselves.

Natural Resources, all dredging, bulk-head introduction, mangrove destruc-tion, shoreline modification, and saltwa-ter pond modification of Salt River Bayis prohibited for the benefit of the deli-cate estuary, but NPS does not thinkthese rules apply to them. Even the cat-egorization of this land as suitable fordevelopment is dubious: 26,000 squarefeet of rubble on the end of a peninsulahas become the scapegoat for building150,000 square feet of new constructionon the hillside of vir-gin soil. There is noway that this is, asthey claim, a “restora-tive act” that will re-establish “the area tomore natural topo-graphical conditions.”On the contrar y,development willendanger the cultural and historicallegacy of the land and jeopardize its fur-ther protection. Diminished integrity ofthe land could lead to the declassifica-tion of the status of Columbus Landing,Cape of Arrows (which is eligible forlisting on the National Register andinclusion in an expanded National Historic Landmark designa-tion), and the classification of the siteas a National Natural Landmark. Anyproposed construction within the line of sight of the Columbus Landing

National Historic Landmark would neg-atively impact the vistas and land-scapes. The sprawling MREC complexwould destroy the view of the landscape forever.

Taking Salt River National Park awayfrom the community and handing itover to the MREC is not going to enrichthe St. Croix community. To begin with,allowing a consortium of universities tomanage the land is unlawful. Public Law102-247 states that only NPS and the

Virgin Islands govern-ment can manage theland. Moreover, withonly 40 undergraduateand 12 graduate stu-dents, how is this facil-ity going to serve theneeds of three main-land universities inaddition to our own?

How can enrollment numbers like thesejustify the initial 60 million dollarinvestment, let alone keep the complexfinancially afloat for years to come?Building such a huge complex thisclose to the ocean and flood plain placesundue strain on the already over-extended disaster relief resources ofour island and it threatens one of ourdearest places with the fate of becom-ing an eyesore for generations to comein the unfortunate case that it is rav-aged by a hurricane.

According to the National Trust forHistoric Preservation, Salt River is oneof the 11 most endangered sites in theUnited States and Territories. As the“biological lifeboat” of the VirginIslands, Salt River is our greatest natu-ral treasure, housing more than 25endangered species, nesting groundsfor 26 species of birds (more than halfof all birds who breed on St. Croix), anessential fish nurser y, the largestremaining mangrove forest, a belovedgreen space, and a bioluminescent baythat could be destroyed by the plan.

In conclusion, the motivations andactions underlying the MREC projecthave more in common with antiquatedcolonialism than the contemporary par-adigm of sustainable living that isexpected from a major educational insti-tution like Rutgers University. In thewords of archeologist John Ehrenhard,“Salt River Bay is at its final crossroads… Present urban development is thefirst serious threat to the ecosystemand its precious cultural cargo … it isalso the last threat because if the jug-gernaut of development cannot bestopped there will be no second chance— a bulldozer can destroy in five min-utes what it takes mankind 500 years toproduce.”

Alexandria Ham is a resident of St. Croix.

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E mpirical studies have now shownthat affirmative action at collegesdoes not actually help minorities

on average. It hurts them. Apparentlysending minorities to colleges for whichthey fail to meet the normal academic pre-paredness standards lowers their successrates. No duh. Anyone who thinks logical-ly could have told you that. Academic pre-paredness standards are not arbitrary.They are designed to make sure that onlystudents who can handle the workload ata school are admitted. You need higherSAT Math scores to get into MIT thanRutgers because there is a significant cor-relation between having very high SATMath scores and being able to pass MIT’sabsurdly hard math courses. If you admit-ted someone to MIT who did not havevery high SAT Math scores and was goingto major in a technical subject as mostMIT students do, then you are setting himor her up to do poorly at MIT and maybeeven drop or switch to a less lucrative lib-eral arts major.

Here are some damning empirical find-ings. You can probably find all the relevantstudies online or in the book “Mismatch,”by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor Jr.

First finding: black college freshmanapparently want to major in science andengineering, difficult yet lucrative stud-ies, at a higher rate than whites.However, because af firmative actionoften sends blacks to schools they arenot as prepared for, black students dropout of these majors at twice the rate ofwhite students. Note that an engineeringdegree from even a low-tier college caneasily catapult someone to a middle-classjob after graduation. The same cannot besaid of the liberal artsdegrees which blackstudents are likely toswitch to.

Second finding:black students whoplan to get a Ph.D. aretwice as likely to fail ifthey go to a college inwhich they did not meet the academicpreparedness standards. This makessense since GPA is so vital for graduateschools, and oftentimes, it is better tohave a near-perfect GPA at a mid-tierschool than have a low-range GPA at ahigh-tier school.

Third finding: following the affirma-tive action ban in California’s higher edu-cation system, the same number ofminority students graduated from top-tier California universities as graduatedbefore the affirmative action ban, andmore minorities in general graduatedfrom the University of California systemas a whole. Students who were formerly

being sent to the flagship schools ofUCLA and UC Berkeley where theywould fail out were instead sent toschools where they could graduate andbe successful.

The Supreme Court will rule on affir-mative action as soon as the subject onceagain comes before the court, this timeinvolving a white girl claiming she wasdiscriminated against by the admissionsboard at the University of Texas. Uponreading transcripts of the deliberations,

it is looking like thereis a realistic chanceaf firmative action aswe know it — admis-sions preferencesbased purely on race— will end. This is along time coming, andI would like to go a

step further and make a rather contro-versial statement that I think it’s true. Ithink there were proponents of affirma-tive action who knew affirmative actionhurt minorities all along. I think therewas a group of liberal activist and law-makers who wanted to perpetuatestereotypes that minorities were dumberthan whites and Asians by making surethat minorities were, on average, in thebottom of the colleges they attended. Ithink they also wanted to keep minori-ties out of lucrative professions like engi-neering by making sure technical-mind-ed blacks who could have gone to placesRutgers and graduated to high-paying

jobs would instead go to places likeCornell or Johns Hopkins where theywould have to switch to liberal artsmajors with bleak job prospects. I thinkthese liberal activists and lawmakerswere threatened by the idea that minori-ties might actually make substantial eco-nomic gains, no longer be dependent onentitlements and social programs, andinstead be attracted to conservatism andthe Republican Party.

What is my evidence? Two items.First, there has been continuous sup-pression of data about the adverse effectsof affirmative action, and second, liberallawmakers and activists aren’t idiots.They’re savvy and know how to manipu-late their constituencies. In generalpoliticians of all ideologies are selfish,lying, sly bastards. I understand whyrank-and-file liberals and Democratsmight think that affirmative action isactually beneficial to minorities on aver-age, but if the brains of the DemocraticParty seriously thought minorities whowere academically underprepared fortop-tier colleges would somehow magi-cally become prepared, then I have rea-son to doubt their sanity and/or compe-tence to do anything important.

Ed Reep is a Rutgers Business Schoolsenior majoring in supply chain and mar-keting science with minors in business andtechnical writing and economics. His col-umn, “Philosophies of a Par ticularAmerican,” runs on alternate Mondays.

Affirmative action oppresses minorities

“And second, liberal lawmakers andactivists aren’t idiots.”

PHILOSOPHIES OF A PARTICULAR

AMERICANED REEP

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

Someone once told me that I was married to Rutgers.

Barry V. Qualls, former vice president of Undergraduate Education and English professor, on working at the University for more than 40 years.See the story on FRONT.

T he Salt River Bay Marine ResearchEducation Center plan, the subjectof a story in last week’s issue of

the Daily Targum entitled “ResidentsProtest Research Center,” representsexactly the sort of use conflict the NationalPark Service was designed to prevent.Human ambition and compulsion forprogress in conjunction with the veryseductive potential of securing 60 milliondollars worth of power has obscured theview of those who should be looking afterthe best interests of our national naturaltreasure. Salt River in the Virgin Islandshas survived 1,600 years of human habita-tion, witnessing the entire span of humanhistory in the West Indies — it is our dutyas a society, as environmentalists, educa-tors, humanists, and good neighbors toensure the continuation of this legacy foranother 1,600 years to come.

The NPS acquired the 74 acres thatare earmarked for the MREC by tellingthe previous private owners that theland and water way could never bedeveloped. The owners were forcedinto bankruptcy, NPS acquired the landin foreclosure, and now NPS wants todevelop it. According to the VirginIslands Department of Planning and

Salt River Bay project negatively impacts areaCOMMENTARY

ALEXANDRIA HAM

“Salt River in the Virgin Islands hassurvived 1,600 years

of human habitation.”

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Doonesberry GARY TRUDEAU

Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK Pearls Before Swine STEPHAN PASTIS

Happy Hour JIM AND PHIL

Today's Birthday (10/15/12). Today's New Moon in Libra empha-sizes your birthday spotlight. People are listening, so ask for whatyou want this year, for career, home and family, and for others. Thenext solar eclipse (Nov. 3) reinforces financial organization andcould lead to a boost in income. To get the advantage, check theday's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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“Not only do we not wantpeople to score on us, we don’twant them to get yards on us,”said senior linebacker KhaseemGreene. “We’re not letting any-body get rushing yards, passingyards, none of that. When ithappens, it just fuels us to goout there and get the ball back.”

Greene, the Big East’s 2011Co-Defensive Player of theYear, found himself around theball often. He totaled 14 tack-les, 1.5 sacks, three forcedfumbles and an interceptionagainst the Orange, whichnever found a way to minimizeGreene’s impact.

He crowded the middle of thefield, penetrated Syracuse’s passprotection and was nearly every-where in between.

“Just certainly an All-American Player-of-the-Year-

Nova has failed to crack 160passing yards in two straightgames, and in Saturday’s 23-15 winagainst Syracuse, Rutgers also didnot have a 100-yard rushing gamefrom sophomore running backJawan Jamison for the first timethis season, but still managed towin the game, partly from winningthe turnover battle.

“If you win the turnover margin,you have a great opportunity towin,” Flood said. “The more you winthe turnover margin by, the moreyour chances of winning go up.”

The Knights’ (6-0, 3-0) recordbacks that up.

Rutgers has lost the turnoverbattle in only the season openerSept. 1 against Tulane, and hascome out on top in every contestthis season.

THE KNIGHTS OFTEN FIND Away to influence the outcome of thegame with special teams, somethingFlood said he feels should alwayssway the game in Rutgers’ favor.

The most recent contest wasno exception.

Rutgers has the top kickreturn unit in the Big East, butthe Orange’s (2-4, 1-1) confer-ence-best kickoff coverage teamlimited that group.

So the Knights had to lookelsewhere, specifically their fieldgoal protection team.

Just as he did in last year’smatchup with Syracuse, juniorlinebacker Jamal Merrellblocked a field goal attempt, and

Knights utilize special teams to swayflow of game in their favor

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Senior linebacker Khaseem Greene intercepts a pass from Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib.Greene also had 14 tackles, 1.5 sacks and three forced fumbles in the game. ENRICO CABREDO

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type performance, which is whathe can do for us and has done in the past,” said head coach Kyle Flood ofGreene. “It’s certainly nothingnew for him to do that.”

The former safety credits hisexperience at the position forreading quarterbacks’ tenden-cies. His interception, Greenesaid, came off of a perfect playcall by defensive coordinatorRobb Smith, who arrived inPiscataway the same year headcoach Doug Marrone took overin Syracuse.

Smith watched in 2009 asMarrone’s defense racked upnine sacks and two takeaways,dashing Rutgers’ brief stint inthe top 25. He did the same in2010, when the Knights man-aged only 280 yards in a three-point loss.

But in his first season callingplays, Smith took his own cuesagainst Syracuse.

“That’s what I think about:all the reps I’ve done in balldisruption when the guy is get-ting held up,” Greene said.“When I see some brown, I cango get it. That’s what takesover in my mind.”

The Knights entered thegame tied for 16th nationally in takeaways. But of their 13 turnovers forced beforeSaturday, 10 were interceptions.

The dynamic changed in thethird quarter, when Greenesacked Nassib, and senior defen-sive end Ka’Lial Glaud, who reg-istered a sack of his own, recov-ered Nassib’s fumble.

Nassib threw for 356 yards— 40 of which came on a deficit-shrinking touchdown pass —but the Orange’s three failedred zone trips proved too costlyto overcome.

The Knights, meanwhile,have not turned the ball over on of fense since Sept. 8against Howard.

“They believe that if we takecare of the ball, it af fects the outcome of the game, and I think it has as we’ve gonethrough the season so far,”Flood said. “So we have tangi-ble evidence to show them that only makes their beliefgrow stronger.”

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senior safety Duron Harmonpicked it up and ran into the endzone for a touchdown.

“There is definitely a knack toit,” Flood said. “There is a bodytype to it as well. Jamal is a long-armed, long-body type. It givesyou a little extra wing span, andhe covers more ground thanmaybe a shorter guy would.”

For the block, the Knightsdid not run anything differentthan usual. Both Flood andMerrell said it was their basefield goal block. It was nothingunusual or deceptive.

“I was doing what I’ve beendoing all week in practice,”Merrell said. “I was staying trueto my assignment, just playinghard, using my speed and usingmy height and I just made a play.”

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN TIGHTend Tyler Kroft earned his first career touchdown againstSyracuse, two games after earn-ing his first reception.

Kroft has earned increasinglymore snaps this season, whichFlood credits to his developmentas a more complete tight end.

Kroft said it is difficult to putinto words exactly what he feltafter his first career score.

“It was a great feeling,” he said.“It was crazy seeing the fans’ reac-tion. I looked and saw my mom.She was going crazy. It was an awe-some feeling.”

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MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS 2, DEPAUL 0

BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers men’s soccerteam entered its game againstDePaul last Friday at YurcakField with a surplus of confidenceafter holding its own against No.1 Maryland the previous game.

The Scarlet Knights felt evenbetter when the Eze brothers, jun-ior forward Kene and freshmanmidfielder Olisa, scored for thefirst time in the same game withRutgers to put the Knights up, 2-0.

But there is a thin line betweenconfidence and hubris, and a nearcomeback by the Blue Demonsalmost evaporated the Ezes’ spe-cial moment in Rutgers’ 2-1 victory.

“At the end of the day, wescored a goal early in this gameand then kind of backed off anddidn’t keep doing the things thatworked,” said assistant coachDave Beck on behalf of headcoach Dan Donigan. “You scorethat early, you got to keep goingto that. We didn’t.”

Senior goalie Kevin McMullenmade all seven of his saves in thesecond half to counter DePaul’sconsistent breakaways.

McMullen blocked severalDePaul shots that nearly madethe game a 2-2 tie after theKnights (6-5-1, 2-2-1) entered thehalf with a 2-0 lead.

The Washington Township(N.J.) High School product jumpedto tap out a shot from midfielderAntonio Aguilar in the 63rd minute,only five minutes after making twoconsecutive diving stops.

McMullen felt rusty after aneasy first half, but that changed

quickly when defender JaredBlincow scored on him in thethird minute of the second half.

“I didn’t even see a shot in thefirst half,” he said. “To come outcold in the second half — it’s real-ly hard to get off your game likethis, especially standing aroundin the cold weather.”

Rutgers entered the secondhalf with a 2-0 lead, both goalscoming with little interferencefrom DePaul defenders.

The Blue Demons (3-9-2, 0-5)generated few offensive runs inthe first half and recorded onlyfour shots.

Rutgers knew it would changeat the drop of the second period.

“We told them that they weregoing to come out and fly, and wedidn’t handle the pressure of try-ing to keep the ball. That’s thebottom line,” Beck said. “We did-n’t win our individual battles, findthe loose balls and in the end,they got a goal and make it verydifficult for the final 45 minutes.”

The Knights were smoother inthe first half, especially off the foot offreshman midfielder Mael Corboz.

Corboz got a free kick opportuni-ty in the 23rd minute after a DePaulpenalty that knocked over Olisa Eze.

Olisa Eze was on the scoringend of the play with a headerfrom Corboz’s kick, giving himhis first goal with Rutgers.

It was also the first time Olisaand Kene Eze scored in the samegame since they did it frequentlyat Sayreville (N.J.) High School.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling,”Olisa Eze said of scoring his firstcollegiate goal. “It’s tough outhere playing D-I college ball.”

Brothers’ two goals keep Rutgers on top

That was also Corboz’s secondassist of the game — his team-leading sixth of the year — afterconnecting with Kene Eze 29 sec-onds after the opening whistle.

“Big piece for Mael is findingout the strengths of players. Kenelikes to run into space,” Beck said.

“But overall Mael, he’s the maes-tro. He’s the guy that makes thisteam go.”

Corboz and Kene Eze havebeen Rutgers’ engines as they tiefor the team lead with 12 points,and they clicked more abruptlythan ever on the 29-second goal.

That can give any team confi-dence, but the other 89-and-a-halfminutes were more important.

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Freshman midfielder Olisa Eze contests DePaul midfielder Brian Schultz in a game where hescored his first collegiate goal. Junior forward Kene Eze scored before him. ENRICO CABREDO

Tough field givesRU benchmark

BY ERIC DIMETROSKYCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers men’s crosscountry team participated in thePrinceton Invitational lastSaturday in Princeton, N.J.

The Scarlet Knights finished15th out of 24 teams, a resultdetermined partly by theextremely difficult field of teamsthat ran.

Head coach Mike Mulqueenwas pleased with his team’s performance.

“We ran much better than theweek before,” Mulqueen said.“The kids competed very hard,and it was a step forward.”

Sophomore Chris Banafatowas the Knights’ top runner, fin-ishing 21st with a personal-besttime of 24:50.

Banafato has been one of theKnights’ most consistent runnersthroughout the season as he hasfinished among the best forRutgers in all of its meets.

He was just one of the manyKnights who improved at Princetonafter a disappointing race in theMetropolitan Championships.

Freshman Chris DeFabio fin-ished second for the Knights and66th overall with a time of 25:23.

“We ran on a really good flatcourse without any hills,”DeFabio said. “It set us up forreally good times and everyonewas really looking forward to it.”

The field was full of talentedteams, as Saint Joseph’s took firstplace overall in the field, whileHarvard and No. 5 Iona finishedsecond and third, respectively.

While Rutgers’ finish was notwhat Mulqueen hoped for, theKnights were more consistentthan in previous meets.

“A few of our guys had thefastest times of their lives for a five-mile race,” Mulqueen said. “It wasa very competitive race, and theteam felt happy with how they ran.”

The Knights do not have a racethis week, so they will use theadditional practice time toimprove as a team and work onstaying together in races, a con-cept that Mulqueen has stressedsince Day 1.

“We’re going to work on run-ning together as a group,”Mulqueen said. “The most impor-tant thing is to get healthy duringthe off week.”

Rutgers hopes to be healthyand ready for the Big EastChampionships, which will be thenext race for Rutgers.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL GARRETT WINS OVER CROWD AT MIDKNIGHT MADNESS

BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

A booming band greeted acrowd of students as they filledthe College Ave Gym, signalingthe start of this year’s installmentof MidKnight Madness.

The event, which introducesthe Rutgers men’s basketball teamto the student body each season,featured a 10-minute scrimmageand a slam dunk contest.

And this time, a new face for the Scarlet Knights stole the show.

Lee Junior College (Texas)transfer Vincent Garrett dominat-ed the dunk contest, as head coachMike Rice predicted, pulling offtwo between-the-legs dunks thatsent the crowd into a frenzy.

“I kind of knew I was going towin already,” Garrett said. “I justdid dunks I used to do in highschool. It was nothing new. I usedto do a lot of dunk contests in

high school. Winning anotherone was not a problem.”

While Rice enjoyed the fan-fare and the excitement, he ismore focused on the upcomingseason, one he believes can behis best at Rutgers.

His confidence comes with thetalent on his roster that hasremained from last season.

Only forward Gilvydas Birutais gone from last year’s team aftertransferring to Rhode Island torejoin his former high schoolcoach Dan Hurley.

Despite most of the teamremaining intact, the roster stillhas only two seniors and morethan half of the roster consistsof sophomores.

But Rice still maintains confi-dence in his young squad andbelieves this is a different teamthan the one that went 6-12 lastseason in Big East play.

It starts, Rice said, with a phys-ical difference.

“Eighteen-year-old boys cometo college and barely have everlifted,” he said. “Now, they’re justdifferent. Even in practice the lastmonth, you just see a differencein … what they’re able to do withthat added strength and muscle.”

Rice uses junior guard MikePoole as an example because hesaid Poole has gained 22 poundssince he first arrived at Rutgers.

The extra size will come inhandy in conference games,Rice said.

“If you don’t think that’s adif ference, you don’t know theBig East,” he said. “Now Mikewon’t get bumped off his drives,he’ll be balanced. Those littlethings mean maybe one point ortwo points.

But those one or two pointscan translate to the differencebetween wins and losses, Ricesaid, considering Rutgers’ aver-age margin of defeat in confer-ence games was only 3.9 points.

But that is not the only area inwhich Rice expects improvement.

Rutgers averaged nearly 15turnovers per game last season,while averaging less than 13assists per game, giving them anassist-to-turnover ratio among theworst in the conference.

Rice believes this year will be adifferent story.

“Their decisions,” Rice saidof what will improve this sea-son. “[Their] response from abad call, bad play. That’s all apart of maturing, developing. Ithink that is going to be a dif-ference in why maybe was canbe successful.”

He said he is excited to showthe fans what direction the pro-gram is heading.

Although Rice cannot sayexactly when, he is confident theteam will start to win soon.

“I can see progress,” he said,“and I can see guys’ chemistrydeveloping and maturing.”

Junior Vincent Garrett drew a roar from the crowd Friday at MidKnight Madness when he ran away with the slam dunk contest.Garrett is one of two Knights who will play their first game at Rutgers after transferring, along with Wally Judge. YEE ZHSIN BOON

Rice forecasts higher win total

WOMEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS 5, CINCINNATI 0

BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers women’s soccerteam could not buy a goal in theearly stages of Big East play.

In the Scarlet Knights’ 5-0 victo-ry against Cincinnati yesterday atYurcak Field, they had more goalsthen they knew what to do with.

“We identified what we neededto work on,” said head coachGlenn Crooks. “The players pre-pared and executed. It is not anaccident that there was productionthis weekend. It has been coming.”

With the victory never in ques-tion, the Knights played conser-vative during the second halfagainst the Bearcats (4-12-1, 1-9).Rutgers found the back of the netonly once in the second half on agoal from senior midfielderMaura McLaughlin in the 50thminute off an assist from seniorforward April Price.

Rutgers’ offensive onslaughtcame in the first half.

Freshman forward RachelCole converted on one of twoRutgers penalty kicks in the 12thminute after freshman forwardAmanda DeVolk was taken downin the box. Cole drilled a shot tothe left of Cincinnati goalkeeperKristina Utley for her second ofthe season and the Knights’fourth of the game.

Junior forward Jonelle Filignocontinued her hot play with twogoals of her own. Her header off ofsenior midfielder Tricia DiPaolo’scross from the right side of thebox in the 32nd minute putRutgers up, 3-0, and gave Filignosecond place in Rutgers historyfor goals in a single season.

Filigno has 14 goals this sea-son and sits behind four playerswho have 15.

“We are very happy that wecame out with this big win,”Filigno said. “I think the wholeteam as a whole can be credited.From the back line stopping theshots that need to be stopped to

the forwards having confidencegoing after players.”

The best-looking goal of theday came from DiPaolo. Since herswitch to defense, DiPaolo’sinvolvement in the offense hasbeen nonexistent. She attemptedjust 10 shots before Cincinnati,but her goal in the 24th minutewas a beauty, as she drilled a shotbehind Utley in the top left cornerof the net from 20-yards out onthe right side of the box to giveRutgers a 2-0 lead.

“We had two corners beforethat, and I was wide open,”DiPaolo said. “The coaches said,‘Tricia is open on that play,’ so Itook the shot and was wide open.”

The aggressive approach theKnights now have on offense wasvisible in their 3-0 win Fridayagainst Louisville (9-4-3, 4-3-3).

Filigno found the back of thenet twice in that game as well,as she drilled a goal at the startof the second half to giveRutgers (11-6-1, 5-4-1) its 3-0

lead after her first goal in the26th minute.

Sophomore midfielder AmyPietrangelo gave the Knightstheir first goal when she took across from Filigno in the 31stminute and scored.

With Rutgers’ newfound offense,the Knights went from being on theoutside looking in for the Big EastTournament to possibly holding ahome playoff game if Villanovaloses Friday to Georgetown.

And while Rutgers does notnecessarily have to win at SetonHall to get into the postseasonbecause of its performance thisweekend, Filigno knows everygame still counts.

“Everyone is on a high rightnow,” Filigno said. “We can’t getcomplacent, so we still haveanother game to win.”

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Five-goal output caps high-scoring weekend

RUTGERS FOOTBALLlinebacker Khaseem Greenewas named Walter CampNational Defensive Player ofthe Week yesterday, the organi-zation announced.

The senior earned the recog-nition for his performance in theScarlet Knights’ 23-15 victorySaturday against Syracuse.

Greene collected 14 tackles,1.5 sacks, three forced fumblesand an interception in the win.

He is the third player inRutgers history to earnNational Player of the Weekhonors from the Walter CampFootball Foundation, with for-mer running back Ray Rice andformer defensive tackle RamelMeekins earning the recogni-tion in 2006.

THE ALABAMA FOOTBALLteam remained No. 1 in theAssociated Press poll after its 42-10 victor y Saturdayagainst Missouri.

Oregon also remained secondin the polls, while Florida movedinto third. Kansas State moved upto fourth after its 27-21 winagainst Iowa State, and NotreDame placed fifth.

LSU, Ohio State, OregonState, South Carolina andOklahoma rounded out the top 10.

Rutgers remained one ofthree Big East teams in the polls,ranking 19th. Louisville ranked16th while Cincinnati came in atNo. 21 after its 49-17 victoryagainst Fordham.

NEW YORK YANKEESmanager Joe Girardi said yester-day that shortstop Derek Jeter’sankle injury could be related toprevious injuries, according toESPN New York.

Girardi said that Jeter’s bro-ken ankle could be a result ofinjuries in his foot that affectedhis footwork.

Jeter broke his ankle Saturdayin the 12th inning of Game 1 ofthe ALCS against the Tigerswhen he dove for a ball.

Jeter will miss the rest of thepostseason, but general managerBrian Cashman said he would beready in time for next season.

THE WASHINGTONRedskins face the possibility offines from the NFL for their han-dling of quarterback RobertGriffin III’s injury, according toCBS Sports.

Griffin suffered a concussionOct. 7 against the Atlanta Falconsafter Falcons linebacker SeanWeatherspoon laid a hit on him.

The Redskins did notannounce until after the gamethat Griffin III sustained a con-cussion, which allowed the teamleeway in whether they would re-enter Griffin III into the game.

Fox Sports reporter JayGlazer reported the fine could beup to $25,000 dollars if given out.

MINNESOTA HEADfootball coach Jerry Kill wasreleased from the hospital yes-terday following a seizure hesuffered after the Gophers’ lossSaturday to Northwestern,according to CBS Sports.

It was the second time Kill suf-fered a seizure after a game. Hewent down with one last seasonduring a match against NewMexico State and was hospital-ized for a few days.

Kill has been taking medicineto combat his seizures, and theUniversity announced he wouldresume his coaching duties uponhis return.

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BACK IN BUSINESS The Rutgers women’s soccerteam revived its postseason chances with twolopsided weekend victories. / PAGE 15

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES EXTRA POINT SCORE BY QUARTER

SPORTS

FAMILY MATTERS Junior forward Kene Eze and freshmanmidfielder Olisa Eze both scored in the Rutgers men’ssoccer team’s 2-1 victory against DePaul. / PAGE 14

NEW FACE Junior Vincent Garrett stolethe show at MidKnight Madness withhis win in the dunk contest. / PAGE 15

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“If you don’t think that’s a difference, you don’t know the Big East.”

— Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice on his team’s added strength

KYLE FLOODbecame the first headfootball coach to begin hiscareer at Rutgers with aperfect 6-0 record. He isalso the only first-yearhead coach in the countryoff to a 6-0 start.

Louisville 45 West Virginia 14Pittsburgh 35 Texas Tech 49

Temple 17 South Carolina 21Connecticut 14 LSU 23

Fordham 17 Texas 21Cincinnati 49 Oklahoma 63

FIRST QUARTER

Syracuse 0

RUTGERS 7

SECOND QUARTER

Syracuse 7

RUTGERS 0

THIRD QUARTER

Syracuse 0

RUTGERS 10

FOURTH QUARTER

Syracuse 8

RUTGERS 6

FOOTBALL RUTGERS 23, CONNECTICUT 15

Junior linebacker Jamal Merrell blocks a second-half field goal attempt by Syracuse kicker Ross Krautman on Saturday, which senior safety Duron Harmon returned 75 yardsfor a score to break a 7-7 tie. Merrell also blocked a field goal try and an extra point attempt last season against Syracuse. ENRICO CABREDO

DROPKICKBlocked field goal leads to tie-breaking touchdown, changes momentum of game in Rutgers’ sixth win of season

FOOTBALL NOVA IMPROVES BALL SECURITY

Low turnover total yields perfect recordBY JOEY GREGORY

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

In 10 appearances last season, Rutgersfootball quarterback Gary Nova attempted227 throws, nine of which found the arms ofopposing defenders for interceptions.

This season, the sophomore hasthrown 174 passes with only two intercep-tions, and none since Sept. 8 in a 26-0 winagainst Howard.

“The first two interceptions I had, they wereall on myself,” Nova said. “Just learning fromthose and not putting the team in a bad predica-ment, throwing the ball away, running when Ihave to when nothing is there and checking itdown [prevented more interceptions].”

The Don Bosco (N.J.) Prep productspent time during the summer practicingthrowing the ball away rather than trying toforce a throw. He has brought that mentali-ty to the field.

As a result, the Scarlet Knights have a +13turnover margin, something head coach KyleFlood values.

“It’s critical,” Flood said of Nova takingcare of the ball. “Again, there are certain sta-tistics that overtime have proven to win foot-ball games. Turnovers is one of them.”

Nova is not the only player working onlimiting giveaways. Flood has any player whohas a chance at touching the football refiningball security skills.

“It’s this particular group of players thathas really made a conscious effort,” Floodsaid. “They believe that if we take care of theball, it affects the outcome of the game, and Ithink it has as we’ve gone through the seasonso far.”

The ball security by both Nova and therest of the players lessens the pressure to putup gaudy numbers.

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BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR

Before an early third-quarterfield goal attempt Saturday, DuronHarmon pulled a pair of teammatesaside, noticing a weakness inSyracuse’s blocking scheme.

A blocked field goal and a 75-yard touchdown return later,

the senior safety gave theRutgers football team the cush-ion it needed in a 23-15 victoryagainst Syracuse at High PointSolutions Stadium.

“The ball looked as big asever,” Harmon said. “I just wentover there and scooped it. When Ilooked to my right, I had nothingbut red right next to me. I saw the

sideline, and I knew I was goingto score.”

Harmon’s score — the team’sfourth non-offensive touchdownthis season — kick-star ted 16 unanswered points for the No. 19 Scarlet Knights (6-0, 3-0), which became bowl eligiblefor the seventh time in eight years.

But after redshir t-freshmankicker Nick Borgese missed an extra point and Syracuse (2-4, 1-1) quar terback RyanNassib led a four th-quar tertouchdown drive, the Knights’momentum quickly dissolved.

Nassib, the Big East’s leaderin passing yards, took the field again trailing by eight

points with 2:45 left. But an inter-ception by senior cornerbackBrandon Jones on the drive’sfirst play left little to doubt in Piscataway.

It was part of a defensive per-formance that featured 418 yardsallowed, but four takeaways.

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