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Rock the Vote member Jean Rodriguez, right, registers School of Pharmacy student Quinnetta Williams at Quad I on Livingstoncampus yesterday during the organization’s “dormstorming” to encourage all students to register for the Nov. 3 elections.

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Lt. governorcandidates talktaxes, tummies

Group ‘rocks’ to register student voters

BY MARY DIDUCHASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The state’s budget, high taxes and Republican guber-natorial candidate Chris Christie’s weight were all on thetable during last night’s first and only debate among NewJersey’s top three candidates for lieutenant governor.

Speaking at Monmouth University, all three candi-dates did not expect the moderator’s question refer-encing a New York Times article analyzing the unat-tractive images of Christie used by the Corzine cam-paign in television ads.

The question — for Democratic candidate StateSen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen — was whether shethinks Christie is overweight.

“I don’t think that there are too many of us in thisrace who could make it into ‘The Bachelor’ or ‘TheBachelorette’ programs on television,” Weinberg said.

While she said weight is not an issue in the election,she did not refer to the advertisement.

Republican candidate Kim Guadagno, MonmouthCounty sheriff, said the television ads are a completedistraction from the real issues at hand — the state’sbudget and economy.

“In terms of Christie’s weight, I think the cat’s out ofthe bag,” Guadagno said. “He’s been in public service forseven years.”

BY CAGRI OZUTURKASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

For those about to rock the vote,organizations across campus salute you.

University student groups are workingto register voters as the Tuesday deadlineto register to vote for the gubernatorialrace looms. Organizers of Rock the Voteare holding a 10-hour event at the steps ofBrower Commons on the College Avenue

campus Monday that includes live bands,free food, a comic group and tables to reg-ister to vote.

“The upcoming gubernatorial willdirectly affect this student populationmore than the presidential election,” headorganizer Jack Donggu Yoon said. “Itdoesn’t matter who you vote for but thatyou do vote.”

The event, which will begin at 12 p.m.and run until 10 p.m., will feature poetry

by Verbal Mayhem and an improvisa-tional comedy group. After 5 p.m., thebands will begin appearing, includingThe N Result, who won the Battle of theBands last year, and Yoon’s own bandShakedown, Inc.

“The goal of the event is to attract peo-ple and have them enjoy performances byvarious artists, and while they are there, if

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The Glee Club performs above at Homecoming 2008. This year will feature the football game, fireworks, screening of the Disney Pixar’s“Up” and a comedy show featuring Joel McHale of E!’s “The Soup.”

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Festival, fireworks, food tokick off Homecoming ’09

BY ARIEL NAGICORRESPONDENT

Excitement is stirring around campusas the University community preparesfor this year’s Homecoming festivities.

This weekend, Homecoming will takeover the University with several eventssponsored by the Rutgers UniversityAlumni Association, said the RUAA’sDirector of Reunions and Homecomings,Michael Rutkowski.

Rutkowski said he hopes there will be a large turnout for the kickof f festival.

“I hope [students] and all of theirfriends come out,” Rutkowski said.

“Everything is going to be free but thefood — it will be a good time.”

The “Kickoff Festival and Pep Rally,”beginning at 3 p.m. at Bucceleuch Park,will feature an appearance from the foot-ball team, game booths run by Greek Life,fireworks at 7 p.m. and an outdoor screen-ing of Disney and Pixar’s “Up,” saidDirector of Student Centers andPrograms Anthony Doody. “Up” was cho-sen for its cross-generational appeal.

Students can also take theirHomecoming spirit to an after party at the“There’s No Place Like Homecoming”dance party at 9 p.m. in the Multipurpose

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RUSA passes code of ethics, supports wards BY CAGRI OZUTURKASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

As a response to criticism aboutthe $20,000 allotted retreat, theRutgers University Student Assemblypassed a series of resolutions lastnight, including implementing theexpired code of ethics, adding amechanism to approve expendituresand advocating community service.

“These bills address somethingwe needed,” Assembly ChairWerner Born said. “They weren’tthere to make up for anything, but Ithink they did show that as a body,

we can be progressive and continueto move forward.”

Both University Affairs Chair BenWest and Born authored all resolu-tions.

At the assembly meeting, held atthe Student Activities Center last nighton the College Avenue campus, thefirst resolution passed was the code ofethics, which expires every semester.Every newly-elected assembly bodymust adopt their own code of conduct,according to the resolution language.

“For me, it was a direct response tothe concerns student raised toward theretreat,” said West, a Rutgers College

senior. “Students raised a lot of validconcerns about the way in which thisretreat was approved, the way theretreat was not directly serving theRutgers community, and within RUSA,there was concern about the way inwhich this was being discussed.”

He said they cannot take back whathappened with the retreat.

“I’m hoping that a similar situationwon’t happen in the future through themeasures we enacted,” West said.“Students should still make sure that weare held accountable for these issues.Students should ask the right questions;we should hold our leaders accountable.”

The second resolution that passedwas an amendment to the standingrules of the assembly, for the assemblytreasurer to create a budget for anyfunding allocated by the campus orprofessional school councils. In orderfor use by the assembly, one or morecouncils must be approved by theassembly before any money is used.

“The standing rules amendmentwas to address a lacking, to addresssomething we didn’t have,” said Born,a School of Engineering senior. “Thepolicy we had in place didn’t cover this

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Zimmerli showcases individual talents in late night exhibitBY AMBIKA SUBRAMANYAM

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University is the home ofone of the three largest collegemuseums in the country, and theZimmerli Student AdvisoryBoard is working to expose stu-dents to the various forms of artfound at the Jane VoorheesZimmerli Art Museum on theCollege Avenue campus.

The ZSAB hosted its second“First Wednesdays — Art AfterHours” of the year Wednesday atthe museum.

ZSAB Chair Mary Greene, aSchool of Arts and Sciences senior,thinks the University has a great artresource within the museum, aswell as a place for students to relaxand enjoy a cup of coffee.

“We want the [‘Art After Hours’]events to show students how great[the] Zimmerli is, and to make themcomfortable enough to just come inon any afternoon and enjoy theatmosphere and the people,”Greene said.

The evening started off with aperformance from School of Artsand Sciences senior RossLippencott, guitarist of The N Result.

“We decided to have[Lippencott] back as a solo artistthis month so we could also show-case his individual talents,” she said.

Following Lippencott’s per-formance, attendees could choosebetween going on tours of exhibitsin the museum, watching a film orattending the poetry showcase.

Alfredo Franco, the museum’seducation curator, chose to screenthe film “Mechanic to Millionaire:The Peter Cooper Story” by pro-ducer/director Janet Gardner

because he thinks her movies arenot only interesting and education-al, but also deliver important mes-sages, he said.

Peter Cooper symbolizes a timeof transition for the American econ-omy, from small shops to larger cor-porations, said Princeton UniversityProfessor Sean Wilentz.

Cooper played an importantrole in that transition, buildinglarge, successful companies bynever fearing to take risks, Wilentzsaid. He lived his life with greatsocial responsibility and took hisself-made wealth and gave it backto the community, which is some-thing we can all learn from.

The Zimmerli’s CommunityRelations Coordinator, RebeccaBrenowitz, said the audienceseemed to love the movie.

“It was nice that people wereinspired to change their lives basedon the life of a man living almosttwo centuries ago,” Brenowitz said.

“First Wednesdays — Art AfterHours” also featured an open micand poetry showcase. School ofArts and Sciences first-year studentAngela Chien and Amber Mirza, aSchool of Arts and Sciences junior,shared a variety of their own com-positions, from sonnets to solilo-quies to songs.

Rutgers College senior JewelLim said it was great seeing such tal-ent among her fellow students.

“This is my last semester atRutgers. I wish I had known aboutthis and gotten more involved;everyone was so expressive andmoving,” Lim said. “It makes yourealize that there are beautifulsouls out there.”

School of Engineering juniorMike Maffei was also impressed bythe amount of talent and diversity

of University students. After per-forming a cover of a song, he decided to sing one of his own compositions.

“I know I’m not as lyricallyinclined as all of you here, but I’llgive it a go,” he said.

In addition to University stu-dents and the New Brunswickcommunity, the ZSAB also invitedEast Brunswick High School sen-iors to experience Art After Hours,Brenowitz said.

“We had about 60 EBHS stu-dents here tonight. … [We] werereally excited to show them howmuch Rutgers has to offer in addi-tion to great research, fun sportsand strong academics, she said.”

EBHS senior Khyra Lammerscalled the experience bizarre.

“It was weird, in a good way, tobe in such a cool museum, but stillknowing you’re in a college,”Lammers said. “I feel like I should be in New York City or something.”

Attendees were able to taketours of exhibits throughout the night.

The ZSAB chose to conducttours of the “Trailblazers of the21st Century” exhibit, one ofZimmerli’s newest exhibits, as wella “Highlights of the AmericanGallery” tour, which board mem-bers chose because they don’tthink enough people visited andappreciated the American gallery,Greene said.

“I really liked the Americanwing, we heard interesting stories about the paintings and the histor y behind it,”Lammers said.

All in all, the event was suc-cessful in the eyes of the ZSAB,Greene said.

“We’re always trying to get morestudents into the museum, and Ithink we’re really makingprogress,” she said.

One of the main objects of theStudent Advisory Board is to gaina strong following in the monthlyevents organized at the museum,Brenowitz said.

“Tonight was really special,we showcased all aspects ofar t, from film to poetr y to paintings to photographs,”she said.

The next “First Wednesdays –Art After Hours” will be on Dec. 2,but members of the ZSAB hopestudents will first attend theirMasquerade Ball on Nov. 7,Greene said.

“I don’t think Rutgers hasmany events as formal as the onewe are planning,” she said.“Hopefully people will getdressed up in their finest, andcome out to experience something like the [MetropolitanMuseum of Art’s] Costume Ball.”

Dakota Wallace, left, and Jenny Csatari, right, view the “Box of Color”

exhibit Wednesday at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum.

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Yes We Can 2.0 has beenactive in registering votersthroughout last month.

“Yes We Can 2.0’s main pur-pose is to get the youth vote outby asking students to vote bymail,” group organizer KatieHubschmitt said. “It’s the onlyway to guarantee that young peo-ple will have their voice heard.”

They will be supplying voteby mail applications and assist-ing students in voter registra-tions, she said.

“We’re going to help studentsapply for a vote bymail ballot, sothey can votehere at the schoolon their own timeor without thehassle of going tothe polls,” saidHubschmitt, aSchool of Artsand Sciences sen-ior. “It’s impor-tant for studentsto vote in thiselection because

last election we turned out in mas-sive numbers. Now, we want toprove that young people are animportant voting block in thiscountry, which will force politi-cians to pay attention to us.”

Rock the Vote will bring theimportance of voting to students,said President of the RooseveltInstitute Lonnie Affrime.

“If we want New Jersey topay more attention to highereducation, Pell Grants and low-ering tuition rates, that will onlyhappen if we make our voicesheard through our vote,” saidAffrime, a School of Arts andSciences senior.

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Room of the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenuecampus for just $5 at the door, saidLori Smith, associate director ofRutgers University Student Life.

The RUAA will finish upFriday’s festivities with a “YoungAlumni Beer Tasting andDinner,” which also requires reg-istration, Rutkowski said.

Tomorrow, the football teamwill square off against TexasSouthern University at 3:30 p.m.at Rutgers Stadium.

Sara Abdelmottlib, a transferstudent, said although she doesnot know much about football atthe University, she is still excitedfor the Homecoming activitiesand the football game becausethey will help her learn moreabout the University’s spirit.

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they haven’t registered to votethey will be given the opportuni-ty,” said Yoon, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore.

The number of artistsappearing may increase asMonday approaches but theywill have enough material for 10hours, he said.

M u l t i p l egroups includingYes We Can 2.0,New Jersey PublicInterest ResearchGroup, TheR o o s e v e l tInstitute, RutgersU n i v e r s i t yD e m o c r a t s ,R u t g e r sL i b e r t a r i a n s ,D e m o c r a c yMatters, RutgersU n i v e r s i t yStudent Assembly, RU Voting, AsianStudent Council and Alpha PhiAlpha are cosponsoring the event.

“The upcoming governor’srace will be very close, and itwill be important for young vot-ers to come out,” said AlexHolodak, RU Democrats presi-dent and School of Arts andSciences senior. “If they onlycome out for presidential elec-tions, our issues on a local levelwill not be addressed.”

Most of the groups in the RUVoting Coalition are sponsoringthe event, but they may getmore sponsors before the event,Yoon said.

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Weinberg said there is a dif-ference between personal attacksand revealing the true characterand policies of one’s opponent.

“There’s been some negativecampaigning, but there’s also thecampaigning that talks about whoopponents really are,” she said.

Guadagno said campaignsbring out the worst in politiciansbecause they are fighting for theresidents of New Jersey.

“In New Jersey, politics is ablood sport and we understand thatwhen we get in the game,” she said.

Independent candidate FrankEsposito, a Kean University pro-fessor, also disagreed with thenegative campaign tactics usedby both parties as a way to divertfrom discussing the real issues.

Aside from Christie’s weight,one of the more serious topicsdiscussed the state’s economyand taxes, as N.J. has the highestproperty tax in the country.

All three made statements thatcorresponded with those of theirrespective gubernatorial candi-date, repeating much of the infor-mation expressed during lastThursday’s gubernatorial debates.

Weinberg referenced the recordof the Corzine administration, fail-ing to express specific policy plans.

“We’ve already done what wecan do in a really tough economictime,” she said, which includescutting 8,000 state workers,reducing the budget by $4 billionand keeping property tax rebatesfor selected residents.

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ordeal, and hopefully future bod-ies won’t have to run into this.”

The last bill was to advocate forcommunity service. The assemblypassed a resolution committing toa service project with the StudentVolunteer Council, with the expec-tation that all assembly and coun-cil members will partake in it.

“A lot of students didn’t likethe idea that we were spendingthe money for something inter-nal, so this community servicecommitment is external, whichwill help do something for ourcommunity rather than for thebody,” West said.

The Yes for Wards campaignalso gained the support of assembly.

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“If we want New Jersey to pay

more attention ... thatwill only happen if wemake our voices heard

through our vote.” LONNIE AFFRIME

President of the Roosevelt Institute

Weinberg said shared servicesamong municipalities, school dis-tricts and law enforcement agen-cies would also cut the budget.

A decrease in governmentspending, not budget cuts, isneeded, Guadagno said. TheChristie administration wouldexamine every state statute toremove wasteful spending tactics,such those found in manyunfunded mandates.

She said cleaning wastefulgovernment spending would helpoffset the state’s $8 billion deficit.

Esposito agreed.“We could cut every state

worker in N.J. and not meet thebudgetary shortfall were facingnext year,” he said.

The Daggett/Esposito planwould work within the tax systemto solve the budget crisis, slashingproperty taxes 25 percent acrossthe board. This would balance thesystem, keeping residents in thestate and driving up competition.

He said his administrationwould consider an increase onthe tax for gasoline to replete theTransportation Trust Fund,which provides money for roadsand highways.

“We need to find ways — andit may well be through anincrease of gas tax to replenishthat trust fund,” Esposito said.

The Christie/Guadagno cam-paign opposes an increase of thegas tax, Guadagno said.

“We really have to move thestate away from relying on taxes,”she said.

Her administration would notraise taxes, as she said high taxesdrive people out of the state.

Weinberg said it is the job of thegovernor to balance the state budget.

“When we look at next year’sbudget, I think everything wouldbe on the table,” she said.

But Weinberg said theincrease is not on the governor’sagenda as of now.

Last night’s debate was theonly one to be held for the lieu-tenant governor candidates thiselection season, but it was histor-ical as it was the first.

Director of the EagletonInstitute of Politics Ruth Mandelsaid the state created the position— found in 43 states, includingNew Jersey — for many reasons.

“The lieutenant governor posi-tion was created so that NewJersey had a statewide elected offi-cial in place ready to step in if thegovernor was incapacitated orresigned,” she said.

She said another reason for cre-ating the role was to have the act-ing governor be someone electedby the entire state, because thepresident of the Senate — whosteps in for the governor — is not.

The president of the Senatewould also maintain his role inthe legislature if asked to step in,creating a separation of powersissue, Mandel said.

For this position, the electionis historical for another reason:since two out of the three lieu-tenant governor candidates arewomen, this is a high chance thefirst lieutenant governor in statehistory will be a woman, she said.

“It’s about time that NewJersey will have a women electedto a statewide position,” Mandelsaid, as the state has had nofemale U.S. senators, only fivefemale U.S. representatives andone female governor, ChristieTodd Whitman.

“I’m a transfer student and I’mreally still trying to get adjusted,”said Abdelmottlib, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore.“But I am planning on going tothe game Saturday.”

Before the game, the Universitycommunity can participate in walk-ing tours of the Old Queens campusand Voorhees mall at 10 a.m. on theCollege Avenue campus, Rutkowskisaid. Registration is required.

There will be a GraduateSchool of Education AlumniAssociation information table atScarlet Square on Busch campusand a pre-game tailgate party,Rutkowski said.

During the football game,RUPA will announce theDistinguished Man and Woman ofthe Year Award recipient, awardedto two University students.

“It’s an award for upper-classstudents to recognize their bal-ance of achievement in academ-ics, student involvement [andmore],” Smith said.

Applicants will not only becompeting for the title, but alsofor one of eight RUexpressAward prizes, Smith said. One$500 RUexpress prize each willbe awarded to theDistinguished Man and Womanof the Year; $100 RUexpressprizes will be awarded to eachof the remaining finalists.

Students will also be able toget some laughs in at the“Homecoming Comedy Show”featuring Joel McHale of E!’s“The Soup,” according to the Website. The show is set to begin at 9p.m. Saturday at the CollegeAvenue gymnasium.

Homecoming weekend willwrap up on Sunday with a “Runfor RAH 5K Charity Race” atRutgers Stadium, an effort to sup-port donations for RutgersAgainst Hunger, according to theRUAA Web site.

School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Sean Battle saidalthough he was unable to get

tickets for the comedy show, itwas one of the only events hewas looking for ward to thisHomecoming season.

“I’m not really doing anythingfor Homecoming now,” Battlesaid. “If I were, I would be goingto the comedy show, but unfortu-nately I didn’t get tickets in time.”

School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Mona Dalia said she plansto attend a tabling event tomor-row, where she hopes to learnmore about the festivities goingon this weekend.

“I am so excited forHomecoming,” Dalia said. “I can’twait to see what entertainmentthey whip up. Everyone is talkingabout it.”

But Mohsin Rafiq, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, said he isnot excited about Homecomingbecause he does not think the fes-tivities are as fun as they used to be.

“I’m honestly not too excited,”Rafiq said. “I think it’s not goingto be what it used to be.”

The Homecoming happen-ings kicked of f Wednesdaynight with the second annual“Homecoming Bed Race” infront of Brower Commons onthe College Avenue campus.The race was an ef fort to helpdonate umbrellas to NewBrunswick public school stu-dents, according to theUniversity’s Student Life Web site.

Today there will be aHomecoming golf tournamentfrom 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; legacyadmissions tours from 12 p.m.to 1 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. to 4:15p.m., which requires registra-tion; Rutgers Experience pan-els from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.; andthe annual “Kickof f Festivaland Pep Rally,” sponsored by Student Life and the Rutgers UniversityProgramming Association.

More information aboutHomecoming 2009 can be found atwww.homecoming.rutgers.edu.

for Wards Campaign,” the assem-bly encouraged its members tosupport voting, get to the polls onElection Day and have a memberinform the body on the progressof the campaign.

“It was a sign of support bythe body, which took care notto block out other studentinputs,” said Legislative AffairsChair John Aspray, a School ofArts and Sciences junior. “Thetone of the dialogue was thatthe RUSA members want tosupport the campaign but arecautious not to speak for allstudents in one voice.”

The meeting ended withAssembly ParliamentarianThomas Minucci urging mem-bers to read the assembly’s con-stitution and the standing rules.

“Please read [these documents]— there are things you may notknow about being on RUSA,” saidMinucci, a Mason Gross School ofthe Arts sophomore.

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BY JOHN WILDMANSTAFF WRITER

Evolution is an issue that hascaused tension for decades.

Alan Leshner, chief executiveof ficer of the AmericanAssociation for theAdvancement of Science and theexecutive publisher of Sciencemagazine, gave a lectureregarding evolution’s impact onscience and society infront of a crowd of 300people Wednesdaynight in the DouglassCampus Center.

“The purpose of sci-ence is to provide nat-ural explanations ofnature and workingsof the natural world,whether you like theanswers or not,”Leshner said. “Thatclause is a really tough one.”

Leshner argued there is agap of understanding betweenscientists and the public.

“Within science, evolution isunderstood to be a core princi-ple by everybody,” he said. “It isnot controversial. The problemis the public.”

Sixty-one percent of the pub-lic thinks humans and other liv-ing things have evolvedthroughout time, as opposed to97 percent of scientists,Leshner said.

There is no aspect to mod-ern life that does not have sci-ence embedded in it one way oranother, Leshner said. In orderfor people to prosper in themodern world, they need tohave a fundamental understand-ing and comfort of science.

He thinks tensions arise with-in the public because science isvery expensive and scientificissues are encroaching uponissues of core human values.

“This tension, this conflictwith values is in fact causing adivide between science and therest of society, and with that

divide, society is unable to reapthe full benefits that science hasto offer,” Leshner said.

School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Christine Mau thinks theissue of evolution exists, but isnot apparent.

“Personally, I think tensionis present but not always appar-ent. It’s an uncomfortable sub-ject so people don’t speak aboutit,” Mau said. “I don’t think peo-

ple’s core values arehampering anythinggoing on in the class-room, though myclasses don’t reallydeal with that a lot.”

Executive Dean ofthe School ofEnvironmental andBiological SciencesRobert Goodman saidhe thinks theUniversity’s locationcontributes to the lack

of tension on the topic of evolution. “There’s much less of that

[tension] here than other com-munities, like those in the Southand Midwest,” he said.

Leshner said he wants scien-tists to employ a strategy helikes to call “glocal.”

“It means what it sounds like— taking a global issue, makingit locally meaningful,” he said.“People only care about issuesthat affect them personally oraffect them locally.”

Leshner discussed ways tocombat the disparity between thepublic and scientists.

Scientists should be encour-aged and trained in how tospeak to communities. he said.The AAAS has an online train-ing site and holds workshopsaround the country.

“It’s an honor for such a distin-guished person to come to ourUniversity and enrich us withunderstanding of a controversialsubject,” said Rutgers Collegesenior Samar Shah. “He’s givingus a new way to reconcile religionand science, treating them as dif-ferent domains.”

Expert promotes ‘evolving’public reception of science

ALAN LESHNER

THE DAILY TARGUM

puberty, their self-esteemlevels drop. The unrealistictype of beauty that perme-ates every wall and pagecauses girls to “feel less con-fident, more angry andmore dissatisfied with theirweight and appearance,”according to a recent studyby Dove. The study shows

that 77 percent of girls think that they are ugly. Ifmore than two-thirds of girls are thinking this, whoare the ones who decide what pretty or ugly is?Perhaps it is the “mad men” who airbrush and editthe pictures we are surrounded with — about 3,000advertising messages a day, in fact. Twenty-fourmillion people in the United States today have aneating disorder and are damaging their bodies andlives to fit into an ideal body, perhaps not even theirown ideal.

Dove came out with a campaign in 2004 similar toGlamour’s, called the “Campaign for Real Beauty.”

Advertisements, video, workshopsand sleepover events are all part ofthe campaign to “celebrate the nat-ural physical variation embodied byall women and inspire them to havethe confidence to be comfortablewith themselves.” In 2006, Doveeven started a Self-Esteem Fundthat funds programs and work-shops that give young girls ahealthy dose of self-esteem reality.

Dove’s programs may not be groundbreaking but areone of the highest-profiled and biggest-named compa-ny to start combating this problem. And to make anyheadway in our culture, a lot more companies will haveto think that consumers want to see real women. Wewill know the pendulum is swinging this way whenshowing realistic images is the norm and not a novelty.

Hopefully, that swing happens before more com-panies pay schools to plaster their advertisementseverywhere. It happens enough in many high schoolsand colleges already, in places where students aresupposed to be trained as better citizens and not bet-ter consumers. Here at Rutgers, we do not have toomuch advertising on our walls. In classrooms, thereare the ubiquitous ads for study abroad sessions orwork for students. And there may be the occasionalvisit from a beauty company to campus willing to doyour makeup. But until classrooms are sponsored bycorporations and we have to sit through commercialsbefore lectures, which is not that far out, I think weare doing all right.

So ladies, maybe it’s time we stop dieting andstart rioting.

Joanna Cirillo is a School of Arts and Sciences soph-omore majoring in journalism and media studies. Hercolumn, “So Fresh So Green,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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G lamour magazinerecently came outwith a campaign

titled “Are You Ready to Starta Body Image Revolution?”The photo shoot featuringseven women “three to fivesizes larger than the modelsyou generally see in maga-zines” will run in the magazinenext month. When looking on Glamour’s Web site atthis article, directly to the right is a link for another arti-cle, “Exactly What To Eat To Lose Weight.” That is whyuntil photographing plus-sized models stops being a bigdeal, our culture has yet to change its idea of beauty.

If Glamour editors were so interested in promotingbody acceptance among women, they would eliminateall articles on “How To Look 5 Lbs. Thinner Instantly!”and “Tips For a Flatter Stomach!” and if that ever doeshappen, it will be a slow, slow overhaul. On the pagesadjacent to Glamour’s realistic models, there are stilladvertisements for SlimQuick pills and AbCrunchmachines. So now we are beingtold to love our bodies no matterwhat, but not to forget to buythings to make us look better. Also,there is much criticism about thiscampaign in regard to the ladies’sizes. If the usual fashion model isa size zero to four, that means theseplus-sized women are size four tonine — hardly the average womensizes editors are going for.

Even if these steps are publisher Condé Nast’sreaction to four other publications being canceledand trying to get more readership, they are stillsteps toward a world where women see a realisticideal in advertising. And these changes are morenecessary than ever.

Women have gotten the short end of the adver-tising stick for decades. Ever since “Mad Men” wasreal life, and men decided what we should look at inour magazines, newspapers and advertisements,women have been depicted as an unattainable ideal.One would think with the advent of women’s rightsand civil rights, and now the fight for gay rights,along would come some body image rights.

If anything, time has only brought more outlandishand scandalous images of women. American Apparel,specifically, has ads featuring impossibly thin men andwomen in provocative poses. They are often nude orbarely clothed, showing advertisements have pro-gressed beyond selling a product, to selling consumersan ideal and way of life. Beer commercials and print adsalways seem to objectify women as well, often timeseven showing the woman’s curves as the beer or bottle,which makes the woman seem to be an object to behandled, consumed and at the mercy of the drinker.

Women are not immune to the relentless streamof advertising we see everyday. Once girls reach

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Laurels and darts

I t is like there is something new everyday on everyone’sfavorite social networking site Facebook. Now, instead of justbeing bothered with the normal things that come up in your

news feed, Facebook games that people play are starting to showthemselves; instead of dealing with just friend requests, taggedpictures and bumper stickers, there are Mafia Wars, Werewolf andFarmville requests. Farmville is the newest craze where you buildup your farm by planting crops and obtaining farm animals. Howmany times have you signed on to see that one of your friends nowhas an ugly duckling or a lonely cow? It is just another thing forusers of the site to bombard their friends with requests for. Peopleare so crazy with Farmville that they wake themselves up or needto make sure they make time to plant their beans or whatever thecrop of the day is. Hopefully the craze dies down soon beforeeveryday when you log on you see updates from every friend onFacebook about their farm and animals. You joined the site tokeep in touch with your friends, not learn about the stats on theirvirtual farm. For the sheer annoyance that Farmville can cause aperson who has resisted the obsession, it receives darts.

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Lions and tigers and bears … oh my! People have some prettycrazy pets these days. You see some with monkeys and small wildcat-like creatures and you wonder what possessed them to getsuch animals. Was it to show of f? Those who have or are consid-ering owning a wild animal as a pet better learn their lesson fromthis Pennsylvania woman. Kelly Ann Walz, a 37 year old fromAllentown, Pa., was killed by her pet bear when she went to do aroutine cage cleaning. Walz went into the bear’s 15-by-15-footsteel and concrete cage, throwing a shovelful of dog food to oneside to distract the bear while she cleaned the other side. At somepoint the bear turned on her and attacked. It also came outthrough the investigation of her death that her husband was anexotic pet salesman with an expired license. Guess she shouldhave thought twice before making a 350-pound bear her pet.Because this family failed to settle for a simple pet like a puppy ora kitten and her children had to witness such a terrible thing,they get darts.

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With childhood obesity becoming a bigger problem for thechildren of America, Gov. Jon S. Corzine has proposed a get fitchallenge for the kids of New Jersey. The governor’s Nutritionand Fitness Challenge, issued Oct. 2, of fers a six-week nutritionand exercise program in a Web site focused on kids 6 to 17 yearsold. The program wants to emphasize making healthy choicesand living well. The program is reaching out to elementary, mid-dle and high school kids with information about the programthrough public-private partnerships with all kinds of fitness andnutrition organizations. This new program receives laurels forits ef forts to make healthy living easier and more fun for chil-dren. The challenge being six weeks long gives kids just enoughtime to establish a new habit. Hopefully they are motivated to getof f the couch and stop snacking on junk food and get up and goout to play.

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The Busch campus administration banned bake sales in theAllison Road Classrooms building. The Pharmacy GoverningCouncil announced at their meeting this week that because it is fluseason and due to fear of spreading germs that no more food salesby organization could be done in the building. If students want tohold a bake sale or fundraiser they have to now go to the studentcenter. Students who normally partake in the baked goods in theARC are upset by this decision. They enjoyed the conveniencethese sales offered when they were running late and needed a cupof coffee or something to eat. It also is a disadvantage to thegroups of students who hold the sales to raise money, because nowin the student center they have to compete with all the otheroptions students have to choose from for snacks. It seems like apointless ban, since eliminating the sales from one building butallowing them in another doesn’t really stop whatever spreading ofgerms the administration fears. It is just moving the sales from onebuilding to another. For the disadvantage they are giving to hun-gry students and those trying to raise money for a good cause, thebake sale ban gets a dart.

“I know I’m not as lyrically inclined as all of you here, but I’ll give it a go.”

Mike Maffei, School of Engineering junior, on the amount of talent and diversity found in University students,

after performing a cover of a song and one of his own compositions.

STORY IN UNIVERSITY

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“If anything, time has only brought

more outlandish and scandalous images

of women.”

So FreshSo Green

JOANNA CIRILLO

T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M O C T O B E R 9 , 2 0 0 9 7OP I N I O N S

I n my tenure working as aNYC Teaching Fellow in theSouth Bronx, I have seen

plenty of humbling and discour-aging school experiences.

I have survived many thingsin the past two years along withthe worst enemy to new teachers,my own doubt, but my patienceand tolerance run thinner thelonger I teach.

I suppose my real question is,“Where is the educationalreform?” We seem to invest heavi-ly on military, failed banks, failedauto manufacturers and healthcare reform, but what about edu-cation? Why does it always seemto earn a backseat or no seat in thearena of domestic policy issues?

Granted, I work in an area ofextreme need, but the reality isthat there are areas in Americathat the educational quality andrigor is worse than in the SouthBronx. In many discussions I havehad with close friends and rela-tives, I often compare the failuresand pitfalls of the health careindustry to the educational systemin New York City. One of the rea-sons why both systems encounterfailure is because they’ve lost sightof their historical origins. The his-torical foundation of both medi-cine and education used to be builton community-centered practices.Both disciplines relied upon com-munity recruitment to promotebetter practices and propagate bet-ter living conditions, whetherthrough improved health orthrough higher educational attain-ment. These acted as mutual andcommon goals that everybodybenefited from. But today, botheducation and health care havebecome business ventures orservices industries that operate forprofit motives, political leverage oras elaborate daycare systems.Essentially, parents and patientshave become consumers of phar-maceutical products or customersof educational services instead ofbeing active participants in main-taining their health or educatingtheir own children.

Another similar pitfall is theillusion of accountability thatexists in both systems. In healthcare, liability lawsuits create theillusion of medical accountabilityin terms of attacking doctors forunforeseeable medical outcomes.The same is true of educators,who are held accountable foreverything that students cannot,have not, will not or refuse tolearn, in which case the ultimatepunishment is the school receivesa “failing grade” and closes.

What I find interesting is thatthe community has lost theirvoice in making decisions on edu-cational issues, yet recent refor-mation movements have grownviolently vocal on health careissues. As a disillusioned educa-tor, I can only hope that once thehealth care system changes forthe better that the focus will shifttoward education. Otherwise Imay succumb to my own doubts.

Stephen Lee is a RutgersCollege alumnus from the classof 2007. He is a New York Citybiology teacher.

Quality ofeducationremainsdismal

STEPHEN LEE

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BY BILL DOMKECORRESPONDENT

After successfully stopping adangerous skid Wednesday nightagainst Hofstra, the Rutgers vol-

l e y b a l lteam willnot getmuch ofa breakwith a

must-winSunday afternoon at Villanova.

Both teams have a 1-3 recordin the Big East, but the Wildcatsboast a 12-6 overall record — con-siderably better than the ScarletKnights’ 8-10.

But numbers don’t faze headcoach CJ Werneke or his team.

“I think [the record] just indi-cates that they’re a good team thathas played well early on in the sea-son,” he said. “I think that’s aboutall our staff and team will takefrom it. Every match is a new dayof competition and what happenedbefore doesn’t always indicatewhat happened that day.”

The Wildcats come intoSunday with a three-game losing

streak, pending their gameagainst Seton Hall. After gettingswept by Big East conferencerival Notre Dame, Villanova wasunable to turn its game aroundand was defeated in a 3-1 decisionagainst Delaware.

RU simply has to increase thatlosing streak to four, according to Werneke.

While the Knights have farexceeded expectations for the sea-son, Werneke wants to push therebuilding program one step fur-ther and aim for a Big East tourna-ment berth — something thatrequires at least a .500 record in theBig East to gain access to.

“Going 1-4 to start, that’s kindof an uphill battle to get to 7-7,”Werneke said. “Up on our calendar[the match against Villanova] isone of the matches we’re lookingto win.”

RU will have to look out for out-side hitter Elysse Studzinski onthe courts. The senior was namedto the Big East Weekly Honor Rollafter her performances againstDePaul and Notre Dame over theweekend. Studzinski hit for anintimidating .476 percentage

through the weekend, hitting 11and 10 kills against the BlueDemons and the Blue Hens,respectively.

Sophomore middle blockerMaggie Mergen and freshmanoutside hitter Krista Andersen willalso pose serious threats to theScarlet Knights’ defense. The duoserved as key elements in keepingVillanova in its game againstNotre Dame.

“We’re going to have to knowwhere those three kids are andentertain them,” Werneke said.“They’re going to get some kills,we just can’t have them have acareer day on us.”

A win puts the team at 9-10 and 2-3 in the Big East and would be hugefor a team predicted to finish 14th inthe preseason rankings. Accordingto Werneke, if RU successfully playswith their three basics, the resultswill be more in the Knights’ favor.

“When we’re at our best, we’reserving well, passing at a high leveland playing some great defense,”Werneke said. “That’s the mark ofthis team this year and when we dothose three things well, we’re goingto be a competitive team.”

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A fter a tough time on theroad for the Rutgersfield hockey team last

weekend against ranked oppo-nents, it’s good to be home.

The Scarlet Knights take ona familiar foe in Providence thisafternoon at the Bauer Trackand Field complex.

Rutgers head coach LizTchou knows how dangerousthe Friars can be, having playedon the United States nationalteam alongside Providencehead coach Diane Madl.

“Providence is a very goodteam and [Madl and I] are goodfriends,” Tchou said. “So it’sgoing to be a battle.”

While Providence enters thegame with a losing record of 4-7, they are stronger than thenumbers would indicate. TheFriars are on the bubble ofbeing ranked in the top-20nationally. Providence held theNo. 19 spot just last weekbefore a close loss to then No.10 Boston College.

“We have to clean up certainaspects of our play that we’vestruggled with throughout theseason,” Tchou said. “We’rehoping to get better this week-end versus last weekend, whichI think we’ll do.”

— Steven Williamson

THIS WEEKEND THERutgers women’s golf teamplays on a course that theScarlet Knights are intimatelyfamiliar with.

The Knights will host theRutgers Women’s Invitationaltoday and tomorrow on theRutgers University Golf courseon Busch campus.

After failing to finish in thetop 10 in the Lady PaladinInvitational and the NittanyLion Invitational, the teamlooks to get back on track attheir one tournament at home.

“It’s a great advantage toplay at home,” head coachMaura Ballard said. “We obvi-ously know the course well andthe girls are really excited toplay at home.”

Team captain Jeanne Waterswill need to put forth a strongperformance for the team toachieve the results they arehoping for. Waters began theseason at Bucknell, finishingthird on the team. At Furman,she was able to return to form,shooting a 163 to finish first onthe team. Last weekend at PennState, Waters took a step back-ward in her progress.

“I think the issue withJeanne was swing mechanics,but she just had a great practicethat put that behind her,”Ballard said.

— Josh Glatt

FANS PLANNING ONattending the Rutgers footballteam’s Homecoming gameagainst Texas Southern shouldknow that Interstate 287Northbound will be closedfrom the New Jersey Turnpike.

— Sam Hellman

After starting the year as theNo. 3 team in the country, NotreDame has lost to Santa Clara,North Carolina and Stanford.Most recently, they tiedunranked Pittsburgh 3-3.

“Regardless of what they’vedone this year, Notre Dame isready to play everyday,” Guthriesaid. “They’re a talented team.But we’re ready to play them;we’re so excited for this match. Ifwe play well, we really have confi-dence that we’re going to comeout on top.”

Despite some new faces,Guthrie is not expecting NotreDame to look much differentfrom the last three times shehas played them.

She knows it’s going to be aphysical, fast-paced andintense game. The only dif fer-ence is that this year, NotreDame will not be the only top-10 team on the field tonight atYurcak Field.

“We’re both really good teams,”Anzivino said. “It’s just going tocome down to who wants it more.”

TITANS: Knights expect

physical game from Irish

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RUTGERS AT VILLANOVA, SUNDAY, 2 P.M.

VOLLEYBALL

Second conference win in reach

BY KYLE FRANKO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers men’s soccer team looksto snap a three game losing skid tomorrowwhen the Scarlet Knights travel to Chicago

for an afternoonmatinee withDePaul.

The Knightscome off a dis-appointing 2-0loss at St. John’s

and struggle to find consistent form.“We’ve lost three straight games and

we haven’t scored in three straightgames,” said Rutgers head coach BobReasso. “We have another Big Eastgame Saturday, so we have to get backto work and get ready to go.”

Neither sophomore forward IbrahimKamara nor midfielder Sam Archermade the trip to Queens for what Reassocalled disciplinary reasons.

The offense struggled against theRed Storm without Kamara. TheNorth Brunswick product is alsoadept at holding the ball up, some-thing RU was unable to do on a coldand windy night.

“[The weather created] reallytough conditions to play in,” Reassosaid. “The wind was absolutely howl-ing, and combine that with their reallybouncy turf and it made for reallychallenging conditions. St. John’s is

very good at putting the ball in behindyou and pressuring you, and that’swhat they did all night.”

Reasso said he hopes to have bothplayers available for tomorrow’s matchwith DePaul.

Junior defender Aly Mazhar marksanother player not to make the trip toQueens. He is recovering from a con-cussion he suf fered a week ago. The Egyptian is questionable fortomorrow’s game.

The Knights may also be fightingsome fatigue. This is the second game ina stretch of three in seven days.

“Everybody in college soccer has todo it so we can’t complain about it,”Reasso said. “We have to regroup and goout and get back on track [againstDePaul].”

The Blue Demons (6-5-0, 3-3-0) arecoming off a 2-1 overtime victory againstCincinnati. Steffen Vroom scored thewinner — his fifth goal of the season.

RU (5-5-0, 3-3-0) holds a 2-1-1 advan-tage in the all-time series with the mostrecent contest ending in a scorelessdraw at Yurcak Field.

The Knights have slipped all the wayto fifth in the Big East Red Divisionafter starting league play with threestraight victories.

RU still has nine points, four off thepace of leader Louisville. DePaul alsohas nine points and sits in front of RU ongoal differential.

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

CLASH OF THE TITANSScarlet Knights host Big East nemesis Fighting Irish tonight in battle of top-10 conference powerhouses

ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior back Jennifer Anzivino and the Scarlet Knights find themselves in the top 10 for the first time in school history.The Knights will be put to the test tonight against No. 8 Notre Dame, which has a 57-game unbeaten streak in the conference.

BY CHRIS MELCHIORRECORRESPONDENT

Jen Anzivino was in study hall when she found out.“[Junior forward] Ashley Jones looked it up on

her phone and we kind of couldn’t believe it,”Anzivino said.

It’s something the team knew it was capable of allseason. As hard as it was tocomprehend, it was true —the Rutgers women’s soccerteam is the No. 10 team in thecountry.

“That was like thecoolest thing I’ve ever

heard,” said senior goalkeeper Erin Guthrie. “Ithink it’s so cool because there’s been so muchadversity that’s been thrown at this team, and wewere still able to make to the top 10.”

The ranking is the first time in the history of theRutgers women’s soccer program that the ScarletKnights have cracked the top 10 — and what a weekto do it.

The Knights (9-1-3, 3-0-2) get their best chanceof the season to solidify that spot tonight when theymeet Big East foe and No. 8 Notre Dame at Yurcak Field.

To say that Notre Dame (8-3-1, 4-0-1) has been adominant team in the Big East would be a grossinjustice to what Fighting Irish have accomplishedin their 18 years in the conference.

Notre Dame’s all-time record in the Big East is146-7-5, with a 37-2-1 record in Big East tournamentplay. The Fighting Irish have a 57-game unbeatenstreak in the conference. And, yes, they are thedefending conference champion.

“This game is huge for us,” said senior backAnzivino. “Notre Dame has always been a greatteam. And we’ve kept up with them but we’ve alwaysbeen missing something. But I really feel like thisyear is our year.”

Anzivino has reason to believe this might be theteam’s year to knock off Notre Dame. Not only arethe Knights in the midst of one the most successfulseasons in program history, but Notre Dame isgoing through somewhat of a transition this season.

They are a young team and — despite their ranking— the Irish look beatable.

SEE TITANS ON PAGE 11

NOTRE DAME AT RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

NOTRE DAME

RUTGERS AT DEPAUL, SATURDAY, 2 P.M.

MEN’S SOCCER

Knights hope to snap losing skid against DePaul

DAVID PAL

Sophomore midfielder Sam Archer did not join the Scarlet Knights in yesterday’s to Queensdue to disciplinary reasons, head coach Bob Reasso said. Rutgers lost to St. John’s 2-0.

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CHOPPING BLOCKRU’s offensive line has itslast opportunity to improvepass protection before BigEast play resumes againstPittsburgh. pg. G4

JOHN PENA/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The Rutgers football team goes for its 600thvictory tomorrow at Homecoming against FCS foe Texas Southern in its final tuneup

before Big East play resumes.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

CURE FOR THE ITCHTrue freshman quarterbackTom Savage is ready toreturn after the frustrationof sitting out two weeks witha mild concussion. pg. G3

STARTING LINEUP: DEFENSE

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STARTING LINEUP: OFFENSE

TIMBROWNWide ReceiverSenior5’-8”, 210 lbs

ANTHONYDAVISTackleJunior6’-6”, 325 lbs

ARTFORSTGuardJunior6’-8”, 310 lbs

RYANBLASZCZYKCenterSenior6’-4”, 295 lbs

DESMONDWYNNGuardSophomore6’-6”, 290 lbs

KEVINHASLAMTackleSenior6’-7”, 295 lbs

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MOHAMEDSANUWide ReceiverFreshman6’-2”, 215 lbs

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BY SAM HELLMANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

In a game that literally meansnothing in the grand scheme ofthings, the Rutgers football teamhas a lot to do before the ScarletKnights can walk out of tomorrow’sgame against Texas Southern withtheir heads held high.

RU is beat up on both sides ofthe ball, dying for production at thethird wide receiver spot and tryingto find a team identity beforeresuming Big East play in sevendays against Pittsburgh.

“What matters to me is that wehave to get better,” said head coachGreg Schiano, on the fact that thisgame does not help the Knights inthe BCS standings. “As I have saidmany times, the exams count morethan the quizzes. Practices are aquiz and the games are exams.

“We need to make sure that wecome out and prepare this week andthen go out and execute on Saturday,because no matter who you are play-ing, it is really only about your team.You can’t control the other team.”

On the injury front, RU has a lotto deal with.

True freshman quarterbackTom Savage (concussion), fresh-man wide receiver Marcus Cooper(undisclosed treatment), seniordefensive end George Johnson(leg), junior defensive tackleCharlie Noonan (illness) and sen-ior safety Zaire Kitchen (shoulder)were all limited in practice in somecapacity, but are expected to play.

“The bye week definitelyhelped,” Kitchen said. “I wasbumped between the concussion inthe first game and then my shoul-der, but the bye week did a lot forme dealing with football informa-tion-wise and as a process of get-ting my legs back.

“We’re definitely beat up as ateam, but we need to continue toplay at a high level.”

Johnson, who hurt his legrecovering a fumble for a touch-down against Maryland, is ques-tionable to go against the Tigers.

“George has practiced all week,”Schiano said. “I wouldn’t say he’s100 percent but I think by Saturday,he’ll be good enough to go. Helooked a little bit better each day.”

Another concern for the RUoffense is the No. 3 wide receiverspot that has still gone without asingle catch since Cincinnati.

RUTGERS VS TEXAS SOUTHERNKnightsGameday

GAME 5: Rutgers vs. Texas Southern, Rutgers Stadium, 3:30 p.m. TV: SNY RADIO: 88.7 FM FAVORITE: Rutgers by 44.5

RU has lots to prove before Pitt

JOHN PENA/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Safety Joe Lefeged forced two Maryland turnovers in Rutgers’ last game,tipping a pass for an interception and forcing a fumble in the endzone.

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Key MatchupRutgers offensive line vs. Texas Southern pass rush

With the expected return of true freshman Tom Savage from a concussion two weeks ago,it will be up to the Rutgers offensive line to protect its quarterback and make sure he’s

healthy for Pittsburgh. Texas Southern has 10 sacks this season.

With the game against TexasSouthern (1-3) likely to be out ofreach by halftime, tomorrow pro-vides an optimal chance to get newwide receivers involved for theScarlet Knights (3-1, 0-1).

“We’re obviously going to have apecking order going into thegame,” Schiano said. “I haven’tdecided yet what that is. No onehas clearly jumped out.

“They’re young and they justhave to keep developing, but wehave several thirds. They’re just notplaying at the level that the othertwo (Tim Brown and true freshmanMohamed Sanu) are.”

Texas Southern, the secondFootball Championship Subdivisionteam to face RU this season, bringsa potent quarterback-wide receivertandem that could be problematicfor the Knights.

“They are interesting in that theyhave so many Division I (Football

Bowl Subdivision) transfers,” Schianosaid. “I do not know what the exactnumber is, but they have a bunch ofguys that have not played together.They started the season out, and thenhad a chance to learn off game tape,and then had a week to get ready forus, just like we did. They do a lot ofthings offensively, which makes ithard to match up and know exactlywhat they are going to do.”

Quarterback Arvell Nelsonleads the team with 758 passingyards and two touchdowns andwide receiver Brian Haith has 358yards and a touchdown.

“Brian came to us in the springand he’s been with us for these fourgames and he’s been improvinggame after game with bounds andleaps of improvement,” said TexasSouthern head coach Johnnie Cole.“We’re just ready for him to put itall together and we feel good aboutthat tandem right now.”

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BY SAM HELLMANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

It didn’t take Tom Savage verylong to get the itch. That itch youjust can’t scratch.

After leaving a Sept. 19 gameagainst Florida Internationalwith a concussion, the wait gotworse and worse for the truefreshman quarterback as he saton the sidelines until doctorscleared him to practice.

“Of course I just wanted to goout there and play,” Savage said.“It was just frustrating sitting outon the sidelines.”

The waiting game worsenedthe next week againstMar yland when doctorsdeemed Savage unfit to playand forced him to sit on thesidelines and watch his offensestruggle through three-and-a-half quarters of sultry weatherand offensive miscues.

“You could see it in his eyesthat he wanted to be on the field,but he couldn’t,” said seniorwide receiver Tim Brown. “Hewas dying to get in there, but hejust couldn’t.”

Then something changed.Team doctors proclaimed

him fighting fit Wednesday oflast week, and he returned to practice.

“It’s been two weeks, so Ijust can’t wait to get back outthere and start, especially withthe crowd noise and ever y-thing. It’s going to be awe-some,” Savage said. “I’ve beenpracticing lately and ever y-thing’s been going good, so Ithink we’re on point right now.I’m not that worried about[rust] yet.”

Since Savage went out in thethird quarter against FIU, theRutgers offense has yet to scorea touchdown through the air andhas just five pass completions.

Though all members of theKnights’ of fense say that itmakes no dif ference whothrows the balls, Savage’sreturn will certainly be a sightfor sore eyes.

“It’s a great thing to see ourplayers get back healthy,” saidjunior tailback Kordell Young.“It’s always a good thing to see

BRYAN ANGELES/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Team doctors cleared true freshman quarterback Tom Savage (7) to practice last week afterhe missed two weeks with a mild concussion. Barring any setbacks between yesterday andkickoff, head coach Greg Schiano said that he expects the Springfield, Pa., native to start.

FIGHTING FITSavage feels ready to go against Texas Southern after concussion sidelined true freshman quarterback two weeks ago vs. Maryland

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anybody get healthy that washurt. Tom is a big part of ourof fense and a big part of ourteam, so it’s definitely a goodthing to have him. Tom’s acompetitor, so he always wantsto play. He wants to playthrough any injury, just any-thing. He’s a tough guy, so he

definitely wanted to get backout there. It’s good to have him back.”

Brown, who has made a sea-son so far on connections withSavage by pulling in 358 yardsand a touchdown, said that thetwo weeks of f has not hurtSavage in the least.

“Tom’s a tough quarterbackand I knew he wasn’t going tostay out long,” Brown said. “Nowhe’s back, and he’s just got to gethimself right to make the throws.He’s a great quarterback so he’sjust got to keep making thethrows, and he’s going to be allright. Now that he’s back, he just

has to lead the offense the wayhe’s capable of.”

Missing a game-and-a-halfdoes not sound that costly.Former quarterback Mike Teelmissed time with his hurt thumbin 2007, but returned at fullstrength without showing signsof regressions.

But Teel was a junior.Savage is a true freshman, justfive months removed fromhigh school.

“I guess, just being young,that you have to always go outthere and always practice andalways play in games,” Savagesaid. “Every game experience Iget is going to help me progress,so sitting out isn’t really a bighelp for me.”

For Savage, the worst partwas the waiting.

Even during the bye weekwhen he went home toSpringfield, Pa., the insatiableurge to play ball followed him.

“I wanted to go outside andhave a catch with my brother, butmy dad just told me to relax andtake the bye week,” Savage said.“My mom was more of the ‘Makesure you listen to the doctor.’ Mydad’s a hardnosed guy so he’slike ‘Get out there. Stop cryingand get out there.’”

Since the injury, Savage haswatched the play over and overagain to make sure it does nothappen again. He doesn’t blamethe helmet. He doesn’t thinkthere was a dirty hit.

It was just one of those freakthings, he said, nothing like thecrushing hit on Florida quarter-back Tim Tebow last week.

“I’m definitely lucky afterthat hit,” Savage said. “I didn’ttake anything like that. It’s justpart of the game. You can’t playscared. You have to still go outthere. I won’t be afraid to run oranything because of the hit.Sometimes you have to learnwhen to get down and when tostay up.”

And when asked if he plans todo things differently againstTexas Southern, it appears thatSavage learned his lesson.

“I’ll definitely try and slide alittle bit more [and] get down,”he joked.

one that struggled to find itself until the sec-ond half of the season when the unit clicked —allowed 19 sacks the entire year.

“The quarterback’s been getting hit a lotmore than we want,” Blaszczyk said. “As anoffensive line, we take a lot of the credit for that.

We have to continue our blocks and stepit up.”

The dangers of poor pass protec-tion are illustrated

by the week three injurback Tom Savage, who and was sacked fourFlorida International.

“Coach says it all thefail to make a block, ‘Wthere? How would you

But Schiano, BlaszArt Forst all agree: Ththe extra work during t

BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT

Find someone who expected this:Someone who said the five returning

starters from the Rutgers football team’s 2008offensive line would not start a game togeth-er this season. Someone who suspected adefensive lineman who played scout team lastyear would start at right guard.

Someone who laughed at the “best offen-sive line in the Big East” and predicted theywould lead the conference in sacks allowedafter four games.

Find that person, and tell him he wasn’t crazy. He was right.The Scarlet Knights’ offensive line, expect-

ed to anchor the inexperienced offense,proved to be nothing but a question markthrough the first third of the season.

“The offensive line is starting to cometogether a little bit, but we need to be bet-ter,” said head coach Greg Schiano. “Weneed to sustain the block for another step,then pass protection — we need to work onthat. Our quarterback has been hit toomuch. We need to get better.”

It has been the theme since the season-opening loss against Cincinnati, and becomeseven more important as Pittsburgh and areturn to Big East play looms.

Texas Southern’s pass rush is not the concern.

The Tigers have 10 sacks through fourgames against Football ChampionshipSubdivision (Division I-AA) teams andserve as the final game test before theKnights must defend against pressure fromthe Pitt defense.

In week one, Cincinnati dominated theRU offensive line, getting to the quarter-back five times and holding the run game tojust 50 yards.

Although neither the Bearcats nor Pitt rankat the top of the conference in run defense,they are one and two in sacks, with Pitt ahead.

That may not be on the mind of Rutgers’linemen yet, but it will be soon enough.

“We just focus on this week — it’s theTexas Southern season,” said senior captainand center Ryan Blaszczyk. “We have a wholeweek to prepare, so we just have to go outthere, practice and get better.”

Everyone acknowledges that the pass pro-tection needs to improve.

Through four games, RU has surrendered12 sacks, holding only FCS team Howardwithout one.

As a point of refer-ence, the 2008 line —

BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT

Sophomore Desmond Wynn isa newcomer to the Rutgers foot-ball team’s offensive line, but hecould be the one to fix it.

Although all five startersremain from the unit that wonseven straight games with theScarlet Knights last season, thegroup struggled and did notremain intact.

Sophomore guard Caleb Ruchwent down, junior HowardBarbieri bounced between guardand tight end, and Wynn steppedin to become the new right guard.

“I think the fact that DesmondWynn is starting at the guardposition [is a pleasant surprise],”said head coach Greg Schiano.“Not that I didn’t think he could,but I am glad that he is. Thatmeans he rose up.”

Wynn’s insertion into the start-ing lineup against FloridaInternational moved sophomoreArt Forst to the left side of the line,but Forst believes Wynn is a suit-able replacement at right guard.

“He’s a very, very good athletewho physically does a lot ofthings well, and then learns andgrows into the position,” Forstsaid. “He’s going to be an excel-lent, excellent player.”

Although Wynn, a converteddefensive lineman, is still learn-ing the position, his curve hasbeen tremendous.

After moving to the offensiveside of the ball last season, Wynnwas named Most ImprovedOffensive Player during the 2009spring practices.

“I need to work on everything,because I’m nowhere near whereI need to be or want to be,” Wynnsaid. “I’m still working hard everyday with the older guys —[Kevin] Haslam, [Ryan]Blaszczyk, [Forst], they’re allhelping me out every day.”

While Wynn continues to studythe subtleties of offensive lineplay, his knowledge from thedefensive side of the ball can help.

“At times, I can see how a d-lineman puts his hand or how hisfoot may be tilted just a little bit,”Wynn said. “Small things like thathelp me to know what they’regoing to be doing at times.”

But mostly, the 6-foot-6 Wynnleans on athleticism to get himthrough his trial by fire.

“There are still so many thingsthat are new to him,” Schianosaid. “He is getting it, but his nat-ural ability and his willingness towork right now are what are car-rying him, because he does nothave a whole lot of experience tocall upon.”

While theoffensive linecontinues theireffort toi m p r o v e ,S c h i a n osaid hehopes tokeep thes t a r t i n gunit togeth-er.

S t i l l ,Wynn feelslike he is inan opencompetitionwith Barbieri toplay right guard.

“It never ends,but it keepseveryone workinghard and at a highlevel,” Wynn said. “Ilike how we do that toeach other, though,because I’m not gettingcomfortable with whereI’m at. I’m still onedge, working hardand trying toget betterevery day.”

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Ex-defensive lineman Desmond Wynn was inserted into the starting

lineup prior to the Rutgers football team’s game against FIU.

Inexperienced Wynnadjusting to new role

Sophomore left guard Art Forst said earlier in the week that the RutRutgers quarterbacks have been sacked 12 times and the much-he

UNDER PRutgers’ offensive line has disappointed this season, leading the confe

ry to freshman quarter-scrambled three times

r other times against

e time, in practice, if weWhat if we put you back

feel?’” Blaszczyk said.zczyk and sophomorehe line benefited fromthe bye week.

Blaszczyk said the unit had three verytough practices, in which sustained blocksand overall improvement were noticeable.

“I would say we’ve improved on the detailsof our blocking,” Forst said. “Obviously, youhave to protect your passer, but if you run theball and put yourself in third-and-threes, ittakes a lot off the pass rush.”

The run game is an area that obviouslydeveloped over the first four games.

BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT

Anthony Davis is a 6-foot-6,325-pound offensive lineman.

“Massive,” “mauling” and “NFL-bound” could all be used to describethe junior left tackle, but sophomoreArt Forst refers to Davis as some-thing else — a philosopher.

“AD is a low-key guy,” Forstsaid. “He’s said to me a few times— he’s somewhat of a philoso-pher — he’s said he doesn’tunderstand why, just because hewas gifted in a certain way, thatpeople treat him differently.”

They treat him differently bysinging his praises.

Last season, he wasan All-Big East selec-tion, a year after earn-ing Freshman All-American honors. Inhigh school, he was

an All-American, theNo. 1 prospect in NewJersey and a top-100recruit.

For the Piscatawaynative, who turns 20

Sunday, the awardsare endless.

“It’s somethingthat you get usedto, but at the same

time you appreci-ate,” Davis said. “It’s a

good thing — it’s notlike you look at itlike, ‘oh yeah,’ and

throw it by the way-side. It’s somethingthat you should take

serious, because noteveryone has thechance to do thingslike that.”

This year, hereceived even more

preseason accolades.For the second

consecutive sea-son, he was named

to the Outland Trophy watch listfor the best interior lineman. Hewas a Preseason All-Big Eastselection, called “the best pass-blocking tackle in the nation” bythe Sporting News and featuredon the cover of two magazines.

The honors are enough for animpressive collection of pressclippings, but Davis does notworry about the hype.

“Right now, I don’t evenremember any of them,” he said.“I’ve got a season to play; I haveto get better every day. At theend of the season, that’s when Ilook back at the awards andthings, but right now we justhave to win games.”

The Scarlet Knights wontheir last three games, but intheir one loss to CincinnatiDavis struggled.

It was a poor start for the line-man, who received attention forall the wrong reasons after enter-ing training camp overweight andpracticing with the second team.

Just this week, head coachGreg Schiano admitted he mayhave villainized Davis, who wasunable to work out this summerafter an injury. While playing bas-ketball, Davis was poked in the eye.

“I was out for quite a while,without being able to work outbecause the pressure in my eyewould have gone up and strainedit,” Davis said. “It was a weirdinjury, but I’m past that now andjust trying to get better.”

He is not working on his jumpshot though.

Davis said he has not returnedto the basketball court since theaccident. Instead, he fought backto his goal playing weight.

“I think he has worked himselfinto his old shape and he is play-ing like it,” Schiano said.“Saturday [against Maryland] heplayed like a big-time Division Itackle. We need him to continue todo that for us to be good up front.”

Junior left tackle Anthony Davis was on a number of presea-son awards lists and is widely considered an NFL prospect.

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tgers offense goes as its offensive line does. Thus far this season,eralded offensive line has struggled to live up to expectations.

PRESSUREference in sacks allowed, must regroup before Big East play resumes

After the limited role the tailbacks playedagainst Cincinnati, either sophomores JoeMartinek or Jourdan Brooks posted 100-yardrushing games each of the past three weeks.

“The run game is definitely benefiting fromthe O-line,” said junior tailback Kordell Young.“They’re the anchors of the offense — theydrive everybody else.”

The strides are never more evident thanwhen looking at the Maryland game.

Martinek carried the ball nine times forjust 17 yards through the first three quar-ters. But 10 carries in the final period wereenough for 130 yards and the second con-secutive game in which he broke the century mark.

“I definitely think, if you look at theMaryland game, in the second half, we ran theball better,” said Forst. “There are some littlethings, that if you get better at, you improveimmensely. I think we’re definitely moving inthe right direction.”

In the four th quar ter of that game,Martinek scored on touchdown runs of 29and 61 yards. Big play opportunities aresomething Schiano hopes the of fensive linecan continue to deliver.

“When you run the football, you don’talways have every guy blocked,” Schianosaid. “Sometimes there is a safety, or a cor-ner that is not blocked, and that is the run-ning back’s job [to beat him]. But our wholestaff wants to get it to that unblocked guyand … see what we can do. We need to justkeep working on that.”

Putting in the work is not the hard part forthe offensive line, according to sophomoreright guard Desmond Wynn. Wynn is a formerdefensive lineman, who credits senior righttackle Kevin Haslam, among others, in helpinghim adjust.

“As you saw at Maryland, things startedslow, but we just kept working and workingand working,” Wynn said. “Then they gottired, but we kept working hard.”

That work must continue.As meaningless as the Texas Southern

game in terms of rankings, it is extremelyimportant in terms of improvement. It is thelast chance before a short week of practice toprepare for Pitt, who would already be in theRU backfield if they had the chance.

In order to prevent that, the offensive linedesperately needs to improve.

“Our guys are working their tails off to getbetter,” Schiano said. “If we get better, … youwill see the quarterback getting hit less,[and] you will see running backs getting tothat unblocked defender more often. If weget better, you will see.”

D ear SoutheasternConference officials:Take your yellow han-

kies and stick them where thesun doesn’t shine! Sincerely,Mark Richt, Georgia Bulldogshead football coach.

That should be the letter Richtsends the SEC after this pastweekend when the refereeshanded Louisiana StateUniversity a second chance at lifeafter an unnecessary, unsports-manlike conduct call.

What was the penalty for, youask? It was because Georgiawideout A.J. Green had justscored the go ahead touchdownwith a little over a minute left onNo. 4 LSU. Green’s teammatesthen mobbed him in the back ofthe end zone. As soon as Greenwas mobbed the yellow flag cameout of the referee’s pocket.

LSU took the 15-yard penaltyon the ensuing kickoff, whichmade Georgia kick from theirown 15-yardline. LSU thenreturned the kick inside Bulldogterritory and set up the gamewinning touchdown run fromTigers running back CharlesScott. Oh, and don’t worry — justto show their pity, the refs threwthe celebration flag on Scott afterhe put his arms up in the air.

Not only did the penalty allowLSU to have great field position toscore in the remaining seconds,but it also overshadowed theamazing acrobatic play fromGreen originally. Green leapt overa LSU defender and somehowlanded inbounds in the corner ofthe end zone to score. WhileGreen was being hugged by hisoffensive line he did what every

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Targum’s Sports Editor Matthew Stein chatswith the redshirt freshman safety about

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In recent years, more and more college football games have been decided by the referees and not bythe players on the field. The excessive celebration call on Georgia last week is one of many examples.

Refs taking fun out of football

Matthew Stein: Any regrets on not being able to celebrateyour first interception by taking it to the house?Khaseem Greene: It’s funny, because you alwaysdream of celebrating, but I didn’t have anythingplanned. It was basically going to be score the touch-down, give the ball to the referee and celebrate withmy teammates. I didn’t really have a celebration madeup. I wish.

MS: Say this wasn’t college, say it was the NFL. Whatwould your celebration be?KG: If it was the NFL, I probably would’ve leaped andtried to shake hands with the fans or something like that.But I’m not really a Chad Johnson-type guy yet, I have alot of college ball to play before I can think about mak-ing up celebrations.

MS: Are you OK with the 15-yard penalty rule for college celebrations?KG: The college celebration rule, it’s not that I’m nota fan of it. What we do here is go and celebrate withour teammates and not bring attention to ourselves.If it’s something where you are celebrating with yourteammates and jumping up and down, then that’sfine. But anything that makes you draw attention toyourself, or a one-man act, then I’m not too big on that.

MS: There are a couple of pivotal Big East matchupscoming up; do you ever find yourself rooting for oneteam over another?KG: I really don’t get into that. I just like football andenjoy watching the game; I root for certain players, likemy former teammate, Jerome Murphy on USF, and ofcourse my younger brother at Pitt, so I root for him to dowell.

MS: What’s that sibling rivalry going to be like next weekend?KG: I guess we’ll see next weekend. It will definitely be afun one, Friday night, we’re in front of our home crowd. It doesn’t get better than that.

MS: Talk trash a little bit? Maybe take him out to dinner?KG: I’m more of a do-it-on-the-field type of guy andtalk later. I usually leave the trash talking up to myfamily members, if they feel like they want to do a lit-tle trash talking among each other, then they can dothat. But I just do it on the field.

MS: Enough of the serious stuff. NCAA or Madden?KG: NCAA. I use us, but as a young kid all my life I grewup loving Miami.

MS: Grease Trucks meal of choice?KG: I get a Fat Barry. Chicken tenders, steak, eggs,cheese, French fries and ketchup. All the good stuff.

MS: Old-school Nickelodeon show?KG: “Hey Arnold!” There was just something about theshow that I loved.

MS: Would you ever willingly take part in a bet that wouldmake you shave your dreads if you lost?KG: I probably would, but it depends on the bet. My momlikes me better with my haircut, so eventually I plan oncutting it anyway. If I think it’s a reasonable and fair bet,I’ll take it.

MS: You’re from North Jersey. Is there such a thing asCentral Jersey?KG: All I know is North Jersey. Everything else is kind offoreign to me.

MS: Is it a sub or hoagie?KG: Sub!

player who scores is taught to do:He put the ball down and startedheading towards his bench. Whatelse do you want from the youngman? He just scored on the goahead play and the officials want-ed him to act like nothing hap-pened! His teammates were excit-ed, his bench was excited, whynot jump up and down?

The argument could be madethat Georgia should havestopped LSU on defense regard-less. But that argument isn’t validwhen you know the opponent willeasily reach your territory on thefollowing kickoff. Even if Scottdidn’t score, the Tigers stillwould have kicked a game win-ning field goal.

Richt should be fuming fromSaturday and Les Miles shouldbe counting his blessings. A winover LSU would have put theBulldogs back in contention forthe SEC title, but now Georgia isleft scratching their heads afterthey battled to the bitter endagainst a top five team.

To make it seem like theycared, the SEC Supervisor ofOfficials Rogers Redding saidthat the flags should not havebeen thrown after reviewing theplays. Well duh, we all know thatif you look at the tape, Mr.Official. What does apologizing

after the game do for Georgia orA.J. Green? Everyone knows thepenalty will be called againbefore the season is over,because for some reason officialsare taught to look for silly thingslike celebrations.

And this incident isn’t onlyclosed to the SEC; this kind of cel-ebration penalty has been callednumerous times before through-out all of college football. Theblame must solely go on theNCAA’s rules committee. It seemsevery year rules changes aremade, but never do we hear thatofficials will take it easy on teamswho celebrate after a big play.

It is called common sense andapparently officials in the NCAAdon’t have any. They take playsand overanalyze them accordingto the rulebook. Maybe instead ofwondering if a player performedan “illegal celebration” penaltythey should start focusing onthings like pass interference.

It’s pretty basic; if a playertakes out a Sharpie or does theprimetime dance or the Heismanpose — flag them! But if a playermakes a last second touchdown ora kicker knocks through thegame winning field goal, let themcelebrate with their teammates.Being mobbed by the people youfight in the trenches with is notrubbing it in the opponents face.This is supposed to be a toughguys sport. Stop acting like theopponent is crying when someplayer gets excited over a big play.

— Adam Helfgott is the sportsdirector of WRSU-FM, where hehosts “the Scarlet Pulse” Fridaysfrom 6 to 8 p.m.

I n the grand scheme ofthings, Saturday’s gameagainst Texas Southern

bears no meaning. Since it is the second Football

Championship Subdivision oppo-nent the Rutgers football team isfacing this season, a victory willnot count towards the six winsneeded to qualify for a postseasonBowl game.

Ultimately for the ScarletKnights, the game becomes ascrimmage. Quarterback TomSavage will use this game as atune up in his recovery from aconcussion; younger players willget extensive looks in the secondhalf; and head coach GregSchiano can implement certainthings he would like to use whenBig East play resumes in oneweek with a Friday night show-down vs. Pittsburgh.

The certain victory over TexasSouthern will go in the win columnon the standings sheet. RU will be4-1, a strong mark considering theloss was to a team that sits in thetop 10 in the country, Cincinnati.

But that’s all a win will do. Thefinal outcome, which will be a RUvictory, means nothing at all. Asmuch as I hate to say it after hear-ing the term week after weekafter week, the main purpose ofthis game is to get better.

“I think we are a team that isgoing to take the better part ofthe year to come close to beingwhat we want to be,” Schiano saidon Monday. “I don’t know howmany teams aren’t that way.There are not a lot of teams thatstart the year loaded and readyand are making tiny improve-ments, if any at all. I think we canget a lot better. We have to do it.

“My reality and my vision aretwo different things right now.We need to get better to fulfill thevision of what the 2009 team canbe. We are trying awfully hard.”

Between finding depth atcornerback, shuf fling thedefensive line, stabilizing theoffensive line, getting Savagehealthy and finding perhapsone receiver that wants to makea catch besides starters TimBrown and Mohamed Sanu,there is a lot to figure outagainst Texas Southern.

Road games against Army andSyracuse are penciled in as victo-ries. Syracuse is tougher this yearthan last year, but the Orange isstill a team RU has handled wellyears running, and it would be ashock to see that change this year.

A Thanksgiving contest on theroad at Louisville will be anotherchallenge that the Knights shouldemerge from unscathed.

If things go according to thisoptimistic but realistic plan, thenthe Knights would become eligi-ble for its fifth straight postsea-son berth — but not exactly aglamorous Bowl situation. Moreneeds to happen to improve onsuch prestigious locations asBirmingham, Ala.

That leaves four games tomake or break the season: a roadcontest against Connecticut andthree home games againstPittsburgh, South Florida andWest Virginia.

This is where the schedulegets downright fun.

Pittsburgh comes to Piscatawayto re-open Big East play in oneweek, a Friday night contest onnational television. South Floridafollows suit with a Thursday nightgame in November.

And the grand finale is anationally televised Saturdayblockbuster, at home againstWest Virginia, to cap off the regu-lar season in Piscataway.

Find me one person who does-n’t recognize the importance andthe magnitude of each of thosethree home games — and UConnisn’t a pushover by any means.

One win out of four guaran-tees a Bowl berth.

Two wins ensures a betterpostseason game and RU’s bestregular-season record since 2006.

Three wins or a sweep? Highlyunlikely considering the holes onthe roster and the difficulty of theregular season schedule, but thatputs RU right in the thick of theBig East title hunt.

The bottom line is that theKnights have quite a bit of workto do. Between figuring out theproblems on the roster and navi-gating a difficult yet favorableschedule, the rest of the 2009 sea-son will be a steady mix of uneasi-ness and excitement.

— Matthew Stein acceptscomments and criticisms at steinma@eden.rutgers.edu

TARGUM S PORTS S TAFFNo. 1 Florida at No. 4 LSU

No. 3 Alabama at

No. 20 Mississippi

Connecticut at Pittsburgh

North Texas at

Louisiana-Lafayette

Michigan at No. 12 Iowa

No. 1 Florida at No. 4 LSU

No. 3 Alabama at

No. 20 Mississippi

Connecticut at Pittsburgh

North Texas at

Louisiana-Lafayette

Michigan at No. 12 Iowa

LSU

Alabama

Pittsburgh

North Texas

Iowa

LSU

Alabama

Pittsburgh

Lafayette

Michigan

Florida

Alabama

Pittsburgh

Lafayette

Iowa

Florida

Alabama

Connecticut

Lafayette

Michigan

MATTHEW STEINSPORTS EDITOROVERALL: 6-4

STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENTOVERALL: 5-5

KYLE FRANKOASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR

OVERALL: 4-6

SAM HELLMANFOOTBALL BEAT WRITER

OVERALL: 8-2

WRS U S PORTS S TAFFNo. 1 Florida at No. 4 LSU

No. 3 Alabama at

No. 20 Mississippi

Connecticut at Pittsburgh

North Texas at

Louisiana-Lafayette

Michigan at No. 12 Iowa

No. 1 Florida at No. 4 LSU

No. 3 Alabama at

No. 20 Mississippi

Connecticut at Pittsburgh

North Texas at

Louisiana-Lafayette

Michigan at No. 12 Iowa

Florida

Alabama

Pittsburgh

North Texas

Iowa

LSU

Alabama

Pittsburgh

Lafayette

Iowa

Florida

Alabama

Pittsburgh

North Texas

Iowa

LSU

Alabama

Pittsburgh

North Texas

Iowa

DANNY BRESLAUERGENERAL MANAGEROVERALL: 6-4

ARMANDO MARTINEZWRSU PERSONALITYOVERALL: 7-3

JEFF TILLERYPROGRAM DIRECTOR

OVERALL: 4-1

ADAM HELFGOTTSPORTS DIRECTOR

OVERALL: 8-2

GRID PICKSTHIS WEEK’S FOOTBALL ACTION

With the return of quarter-back Tom Savage from a con-cussion, the Rutgers footballteam trounced TexasSouthern 52-3 in our weeklysimulation using NCAAFootball 2010.

The Scarlet Knights foundthe most success through theair behind starting receiversTim Brown and Mohamed Sanu.

Brown hauled in five balls for177 yards and a touchdown andSanu pulled in four for 100 and atouchdown of his own. Tightend D.C. Jefferson had hisbiggest impact since the posi-tion change, pulling in twotouchdown passes and 40 yardson the day.

Savage rebounded strongwith 294 yards and four touch-downs before being replaced byDom Natale, who threw for 44yards in the second half.

Senior receiver Julian Hayesemerged as the No. 3 receiver inthe game with three catches for35 yards.

Sophomore Jourdan Brooksled all running backs with 77yards and a touchdown.

Defensively, RU continued itsstreak of scoring plays whensenior cornerback BillyAnderson intercepted a pass andtook it back 33 yards for a touch-down. Anderson led all defend-ers with eight tackles. Seniorlinebacker Ryan D’Imperio

added a second pick and a fum-ble recovery and junior defen-sive end Alex Silvestro providedtwo sacks and a forced fumble inthe win.

Because the game does notinclude Football ChampionshipSubdivision teams, we simmedthe game against FCS Midwest.

Senior defensive end GeorgeJohnson (lower extremity) andjunior defensive tackle CharlieNoonan (undisclosed illness)were held out of the gamebecause of assumed injuries.Junior Jonathan Freeny andsophomore Eric LeGrand start-ed in their spots.

— Staff Report

WEEKLY SIM SENDS RUTGERS SOARING PAST TEXAS SOUTHERN

One big second-halfwin will lead to Bowl

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