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TEDxSIPA features Krugman, Stiglitz Nobel laureates, students consider means to social change BY SHARON LIAO Spectator Staff Writer

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Robert Lieberman, interim dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, speaks at the TEDxSIPA conference.

Dems protest marriage conference BY LUKE BARNES Spectator Senior Staff Writer The Columbia University Democrats protested a conference that considered marriage and family, contesting a featured address at the event that argued marriage may only be between a man and a woman. The Family in Modern Society Conference at Columbia University, featuring scholars whose research argued for the “importance of family to the continued success of American society,” prompted members of the student group to arrive early in the morning on Saturday outside Lerner Hall, where they passed out fliers throughout the afternoon. But the bulk of the day’s activity came in the form of an in-conference silent protest against a speech delivered by Sherif Girgis, a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at Princeton and J.D. candidate at Yale, whose article on the subject was originally published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.

As Girgis began his speech, CU Dems members and other students held up signs expressing their support for same-sex marriage, with slogans such as “Family is family, love and devotion are always equal” and “People like you are why LGBTQ teens are five times as likely to attempt suicide.” “The point was to tell the rest of the community that this was not the general consensus of the campus,” said CU Dems activist Nikita Ash, BC ’16. In his speech, Girgis argued that while people’s life choices and partners should be respected, redefining the institution of marriage for same-sex couples based on emotional connection opens the doors for other redefinitions that include, for example, “threples” (three-way couples) and other uncommon life companionships. Girgis also addressed the issue of equality, saying that preventing certain people from getting married was not discriminatory, but rather indicative of a definition of marriage that precluded homosexual or polygamous relationships.

“We don’t think that denial of marriage is a denial of equality,” Girgis said. “Using marriage law as a stamp of social approval comes from a certain vision of marriage.” Although they were vocal in their disapproval of Girgis’s message, members of the CU Dems stressed that their silent protest was not an attempt to smother free speech, but rather to peacefully express disagreement. “We won’t stifle, but we will let it be known that we do not find this agreeable,” CU Dems member Melissa Quintana, CC ’16, said. “It was very respectful, and we were not infringing on their rights while exercising our own.” Some members of the audience, however, criticized the tactics of CU Dems, and said they felt a critical and intellectual discussion was being treated in an emotional, kneejerk manner. Jamie Boothe, CC ’15, argued that because the conference was a space set aside for

momentum, winning the 1650yard freestyle event by more than 13 seconds after the Tigers had won the first two events of the day. Junior Philipp Gaissert, along with freshmen Alex Mango and Christian Vivadelli, later swept the first three finishes in the 200-yard freestyle, securing SEE SWIMMING, page 6

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FAMILY VALUES Zoe Ridolfi-Starr, CC ’15 and a lead activist for CU Dems, protested in support of marriage equality outside the Family in Modern Society Conference Saturday morning.

CU ends season with win over Princeton The men’s swimming and diving team (8-2, 5-2 Ivy) pulled off an upset Saturday against No. 22 Princeton (6-2, 5-2), finishing its regular season with men’s a seven-meet swimming

winning streak and an undefeated home record. Columbia beat the four-time defending Ivy League champions by a score of 158-139—the closest finish either team had all season. The stars of the meet were sophomores David Jakl and Dominik Koll, who combined for five individual wins. Koll helped stop Princeton’s early

BY ABIGAIL GOLDEN Spectator Staff Writer At both Barnard and Columbia, student environmental groups are exploring less conventional ways to reduce the schools’ landfill waste. Rose Winer, CC ’13 and the head of Columbia EcoReps’ living green committee, said that the group is working with fraternities and sororities to develop the new Green Your Greek project. “We’re thinking right now it might be fun to have a competition between the frats, and the sororities in turn have requested that we come to their weekly meeting and do a brief educational program,” Winer said. CU EcoReps also has plans to organize a number of other initiatives to increase the general student body’s awareness of recycling. In general, the group wants to “put the idea of recycling more in front of the students’ eyes ... to make it more convenient for them to recycle, and to make it more part of their daily routine,” Winer said. One year ago, Barnard launched its Sustainable Initiatives Consulting Board to take over Barnard EcoReps’ role as a liaison between students and the administration. Since then, it has begun a zero-waste initiative, designed by members of the committee. The project also includes an effort to find a way for students to recycle plastic bags. As a first step, the SICB is planning an Earth Day event this year where students can exchange plastic bags for a reusable tote. “We’re looking into longterm options and also shorter-term options,” Deborah Robertson, BC ’13 and chair of the SICB, said. But these recycling efforts are only the latest of examples of Barnard’s efforts to create a greener campus. Barnard employs a private contractor called Action Carting that has facilities to process all seven types of recyclable plastic, and it provides readily accessible bins for unusual items—books, batteries, e-waste, and lightbulbs—in the Quad, the 600s, and Plimpton Hall.

BY PHIL GODZIN Spectator Staff Writer

Student groups expanding recycling

How do we create a better world? Nobel laureates Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz and numerous other speakers considered this question on Friday at the day-long TedxColumbiaSIPA Conference, an initiative organized by School of International and Public Affairs students. Stiglitz, a SIPA professor who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001, was featured on the panel “A Fairer World” and discussed the consequences of an increasingly polarized income distribution in the United States. “The American Dream is really part of the American psyche,” he said. “But if you go to the numbers, they don’t support this view.” Stiglitz noted that the share of wealth going to the top 1 percent of earners has doubled since 1980, a trend he compared to the economic conditions of the Gilded Age and the 1920s. “In both of those instances, Americans looked over the brink. They decided they didn’t like the direction in which we were going. We pulled back from the brink,” he said. “Will we once again pull back from the brink?” Krugman, the 2008 Nobel laureate in economics and a New York Times columnist, addressed unemployment on a panel about happiness. “Now is a unique time when expansionary government policy actually creates jobs,” he said. “Only now, only until the economy has recovered some more, is this true.” Teachers College professor Christopher Emdin said that educators, especially those who work in crime-ridden communities, need to provide students with

ways to relate their classroom experiences to problems in their neighborhoods. “Urban public education, to be truly urban public education, must open youth up to the reality of their experiences, to realize people are making decisions about them without them,” he said. Emdin proposed teaching math lessons that have students “calculate the fact that there are these awful things going on in their community,” driving home lessons that would show them the issues in their neighborhoods. The conference featured SIPA faculty members and experts in economics, political science, media, and public health. Divided into four sessions on health, safety, equality, and happiness, it addressed topics such as the economy, terrorism, citizen journalism, and youth empowerment. Other notable panelists were News Corporation Executive Vice President Joel Klein, who is the former chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, and BBC Media Action USA Executive Director Yvonne Macpherson. The TEDx conference also featured presentations from current students in SIPA and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The student organizers set up a competition for student speakers, and over 30 applied. Event co-organizers Ethan Wagner and Caroline Le Viet, both SIPA ’13, described it as a full-time job since November. They were initially interested in planning a TED talk on microfinance, as both are members of Microfinance Working Group, a student organization at SIPA. “After thinking about it more, we agreed that TED events are SEE SIPA, page 2

Taxicab sideswipes parked car, injures CU employee BY AVANTIKA KUMAR AND CASEY TOLAN Spectator Senior Staff Writers One person was injured in a traffic accident Friday afternoon at Broadway and 115th Street, when a taxicab sideswiped a parked car before hitting a FedEx truck and a pedestrian. The pedestrian, a young man, was left lying in the street with a head wound, said Matt Martinez, CC ’13, who was at the scene and talked with him. “I wasn’t there when the accident actually happened, but I was on campus and I heard the crash,” Martinez said. “He was conscious and talking and I tried to comfort him.” “It wasn’t a lot of blood,” Martinez added, referring to the wound. Martinez said that the

man, whose first name was Nicholas, had him call one of his roommates, and that he was soon taken to St. Luke’s Hospital.

“He was conscious and talking and I tried to comfort him.” —Matt Martinez, CC ’13 bystander “One of my co-workers got hit,” a woman who identified herself as a Columbia employee at the scene, said. She said she SEE ACCIDENT, page 2

CASEY TOLAN FOR SPECTATOR

SIDESWIPED | A taxicab sideswiped a parked car before hitting a FedEx truck and a pedestrian on 115th Street and Broadway Friday.

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EVENTS

WEATHER

An unfounded protest

Women’s basketball wins first Ivy game

Tbilisi-Moscow-Paris-New York, 1910-1935

Today

Judging arguments before hearing them mars debate.

Bipartisan exemplars We finally see rare but beautiful political party cooperation.

The Lions came away victorious for the first time since December against Brown at home on Friday night.

Tomorrow

Explore Georgian modernism in the context of Western art. Seminar Room 1219, International Affairs Building, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

Jack Kerouac’s Bilingualism A UNC professor discusses Kerouac’s use of French in his writing. Sulzberger Parlor, Third Floor, Barnard Hall, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

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BRIGHT IDEAS

Professor Christopher Edmin (left) and poet Eliza Griswold spoke at the event.

Econ, media take center stage at SIPA conference SIPA from front page supposed to be more multidisciplinary than that, not just focused on a single topic,” Wagner said. Wagner and Le Viet, along with other SIPA students, coordinated every aspect of the event, applying for a TED license and contacting potential speakers. Though they are graduating, they hope SIPA students next year will pick up where they left off and host another TEDx conference. Wagner said the project “should be a good lesson to Columbia students, undergraduate or graduate, that if you take charge, don’t be afraid to take on something like this.” Daniel Cohn, SIPA ’14 and a Master’s of International Affairs candidate, was one of the student speakers. His presentation in a panel on

safety explored the ability of hiphop to generate social movements and awareness, referencing the use of rap as a protest tool in Tunisia’s 2010 revolution. In his presentation, Cohn said, “Allow me to reintroduce to you hip-hop music and what it can do: immobilize the lives of disenfranchised youth, and it’s proven to be good for the community too.” He said he was amazed that he would be presenting—and rapping—at the same conference as Krugman, whom he called one of his childhood heroes. The audience included many SIPA students, such as Tanita Preston, SIPA ’13, who saw connections between the talks and her own studies. Preston said she was “happy to see that people are talking about the things that we were talking and thinking about” in the classrooms at SIPA.

Sarah Thontwa, SIPA ’13, said the conference and the presentations inspired her. Still, she added, “I would have liked to see a lot more female speakers and topics that particularly relate to women’s health, for example.” Ramya Ahuja, CC ’16, appreciated the interdisciplinary nature of the dialogue. “I love the mix of speakers. It was really interesting to notice the intersecting ideas of looking at solutions in addition to the problems,” Ahuja said. “Whether it was journalism or microfinance or economics, they were all looking at the big picture and the bigger problems, taking everything into account. I love that there were intersections within fields.” Josephine McGowan contributed reporting. sharon.liao @columbiaspectator.com

Dems protest ‘traditional marriage’ in silence PROTEST from front page intellectual discussion, it was hard to justify protesting during the conference itself. “The actual [outside] protest I think is fine, and protesting is about as Columbian as Lit Hum,” Boothe said. On the other hand, he said, “Once you enter that room, you’re entering an intellectual space and have a duty to be there only if it’s for intellectual and critical discourse.” Despite some controversy, others in attendance said that they felt that Girgis’ address and the question-and-answer session that followed were of a high intellectual caliber. One of the earlier speakers, Paul E. Kerry, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, praised the civility of discourse throughout the day. Luke Foster, CC ’15, a Spectator opinion columnist who also helped publicize the conference, agreed with Kerry. “I was worried from the tone

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SAME LOVE | Members of the Columbia Democrats protested Sherif Girgis outside of Lerner Hall the morning of the conference. of the Facebook conversations that it would be vitriolic, but I was impressed by the bearing and critical discussion,” he

said. “Everyone benefits from hearing the other side.” luke.barnes @columbiaspectator.com

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NEWS BRIEF

Actor accused of shoplifting by Milano employee Friday Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker was stopped-and-frisked by an employee at Milano Market Friday, the New York Daily News reported. According to the News, an employee at Milano stopped Whitaker as he was leaving the store, accusing him of shoplifting and patting him down. “It was around lunchtime and the store was packed,” a Milano employee, who chose to remain anonymous, told the News. “We were like 50 people deep. The person walked in and out really quickly so our person just made a mistake. The employee apologized immediately. It was an honest mistake. I’ve been here 14 years and nothing like this has ever happened.”

Whitaker’s publicist, Jennifer Plante, told the News that Whitaker was disturbed by the employee’s behavior. “This was an upsetting incident given the fact that Forest did nothing more than walk into the deli,” Plante said, adding that the store’s treatment of Whitaker was “inappropriate.” According to Plante, Whitaker did not report the incident to the police because he did not want the employee to lose his job. “Forest asked that, in the future, the store change their behavior and treat the public in a fair and just manner,” she said. Milano Market employees declined to comment to Spectator on Saturday. —Avantika Kumar

heard the taxi go “out of control” after it hit the parked car. Police officers at the scene declined to answer questions, and a police spokesperson said he could not immediately comment. A St. Luke’s spokesperson could not be reached for comment. Robert Fibel, who lives on the sixth floor of a building on 115th Street and Broadway, saw the accident from his window. The taxicab cut in front of an ambulance, sideswiped the parked car, and then hit the pedestrian and FedEx truck, Fibel said. Angel Ramos, a CUIT employee and the owner of the parked car, said that he thought the accident happened around 3:45 p.m. “I was just coming out of work,” Ramos said. “All I gather was that the taxicab was swerving,” then bounced off his car and ended up crashing into the back of the FedEx truck. “I want him to be OK, and I hope that he’s all right,” Martinez said of the pedestrian. “It could have been a lot worse.” news@columbiaspectator.com

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

SPORTS MONDAY

Light Blue goes winless at Brown and Yale

Searching for positives in men’s basketball

amn. That’s really all there is to say after watching the men’s basketball team at Yale this weekend. On Friday, REBEKA I decided fairly COHAN last minute that it And would be fun to go to Saturday’s game One at Yale with a few friends. I had gone last year, and, despite the fact that the Lions lost then, I had a pretty awesome time. So, I thought, why not try again? This year, it sucked. It was a really, really hard game to watch. I don’t know what else to say about it. Unlike last year, when the Lions were able to make a comeback in the second half, this game wasn’t ever a contest. Yale dominated the Lions as I watched, helpless, on the sidelines. It was sloppy. In the first half, Columbia shot 31.8 percent from the field to Yale’s 66.7. The Lions were out-rebounded 33-20, and Yale had 12 second-chance points to Columbia’s five. And then, of course, there’s the final score, which was an ugly 75-56. The numbers suck, but trust me: It was more painful live. After the game ended, I sat just outside the gym waiting for my friends so we could catch the next train home. I stared blankly ahead, sad and somewhat dumbstruck. All I could think was, “That was terrible.” This was particularly frustrating, as I had planned on writing this week’s column on the amazing experience of going to an away game—especially after having gone to Yale two years in a row. I thought I would be able to argue that there was so much to get from it. But there I was, upset and lacking motivation to write anything positive. I consider myself a pessimist in all things, so you’d think I’d be used to losing—that I’d expect it, even. But in actuality, deep down, I have this sense of unrealistic hope that all Lions fans have. The hope that this time, it’ll be different. This year, we’ll be good. I mean, I sure thought so back in January. So when the hope all comes crashing down, there’s nothing else to say but, “This blows. A lot.” It was already pretty clear, especially to fellow columnist Tyler Benedict, that the men’s basketball season was done. I knew that. But to see my beloved Lions suffer such a throttling? After having traveled all the way to New Haven to watch it? That, my friends, is pain. Fine then—where do we move from here? It’s all well and good to say something sucks. At least you’re being honest with yourself. But at the end of the day, there’s nothing constructive that comes from it. And as a fan, it’s not like there’s anything you can do. You’re along for the ride—all you can do is watch. So how do you cope? Especially when trying to find that last ounce of hope is so damn difficult? I haven’t really found an answer other than to just deal with it. Is that a happy answer? No, not really. But it’s just the way things are. Honestly, I think it’s an important life lesson for people to learn. It’s a lesson that is certainly easier to learn when it’s regarding your favorite basketball team, as opposed to a bad final grade or something far more serious. Sometimes, all you can do is

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BY MUNEEB ALAM AND ELI SCHULTZ Spectator Senior Staff Writers Columbia came into the weekend riding the momentum of a convincing upset of Harvard, and had a chance to use the big win to turn its season around. But after a pair of tough road losses to Brown (9-13, 3-5 Ivy) and Yale (10-15, 4-4 Ivy), the Lions (10-12, 2-6 Ivy) find themselves tied for last place in the Ivy League standings with only six games to go. While the two games followed very different storylines, the result in both cases was the same, as the Lions suffered through their second winless weekend in Ivy play.

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NO MERCY FROM MIWA

Sophomore guard Miwa Tachibana scored a career-high 16 points in the win over Brown.

Women’s basketball gets ﬁrst Ivy win over Brown BY CAROLINE BOWMAN Spectator Senior Staff Writer It finally happened. The women’s basketball team (3-18, 1-6 Ivy) secured its first conference win on Friday night in a 62-51 victory over Brown, marking the team’s first victory since Dec. 11. Additionally, the win over the Bears made head coach Paul Nixon the NCAA Division I wins leader for Columbia women’s basketball, totalling 68 wins in eight seasons.

“It’s always tough losing, and it’s tough keeping positivity up, but I think today is just perfect timing.” —Miwa Tachibana sophomore guard But after sustaining a high level of offensive production against the Bears, the Lions struggled to overcome periodic scoring droughts against Yale on Saturday and fell to the Bulldogs, 62-43. Despite Brown’s respectable 37.5 shooting performance from the field, the Bears fell short of matching the Lions’ remarkable shooting accuracy. The Light Blue shot 52.3 percent from the field and

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35.7 percent from beyond the arc. “I think this is a huge win,” sophomore guard Miwa Tachibana said on Friday. “It’s always tough losing, and it’s tough keeping positivity up, but I think today is just perfect timing, and it could be a big momentum-changer for the rest of the season.” The Lions bested the Bears in almost every offensive category, outrebounding them 35-20 and securing the edge in steals. Leading the way for the Lions was Tachibana, who tallied a career-high 16 points for the Lions. She managed to quell Brown’s efforts to chase down the Lions, which allowed the Lions to hold a significant lead for most of the game. Nixon said that Tachibana’s dedicated effort to improving her shot in practice is the main factor in her recent shooting success. “Miwa made some shots in the first half that were just incredible,” he said. “There is not a player on our team that works harder on her shot or who spends more time in the gym working on her shot than Miwa, and to see her rewarded for all the extra work she has put in is great.” Junior guard Taylor Ward also shot lights-out for the Lions, contributing 14 points to the victory. On the whole, all but one of the players who saw action for the

Lions scored at least once from the field. “Everyone shot with confidence, which has been a problem in the past,” Tachibana said. “I think a lot of it has been mental, so everyone was having a good time on the court, and that carried over into playing more loosely.” Despite the all-around offensive improvement, Nixon stressed the importance of continuing to improve from the free-throw line and cutting down on the team’s 27 turnovers against the Bears. But against Yale on Saturday, the Lions failed to match their dominant shooting performance from the previous night and fell by a 19-point margin to the Bulldogs. After posting a commanding performance in the paint against Brown, the Lions’ post players didn’t deliver the same level of production against the Bulldogs. In the combined 62 minutes of play from the Lions’ four post players, they managed only one basket from the field and five points total on the night. During one stretch in the first half, the Lions went on an 11:46 scoring drought with just 11 points on the scoreboard. Tachibana and senior guard Tyler Simpson combined for 25 points on the night, but outside of the guard duo, few Lions managed to put significant numbers on the scoreboard. Without the same offensive production to anchor their efforts on Saturday night, the Lions couldn’t stave off production from Yale’s guards, three of whom scored in double digits on the night. caroline.bowman @columbiaspectator.com WRESTLING

Light Blue splits weekend against Princeton, Penn in ﬁnal home meet

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Light Blue wrestling (5-7, 1-2 Ivy) had a strong start to its weekend, easily taking down Princeton on Friday at the New York Athletic Club, 30–7. But Saturday’s performance did not follow suit, as the Lions fell 23-9 to Penn in their last home match of the season. On Friday, Columbia firmly secured its victory by grabbing a 27-0 opening lead. Though Princeton managed to score two ultimately inconsequential wins in the 184and 285-pound matches, any effort at a comeback was futile. Penn, however, entered Saturday’s match as the No. 23 team in the country and posed too strong a challenge for the Lions. Columbia’s three senior co-captains, Steve Santos, Jake O’Hara, and Stephen West, boasted the team’s only three victories as they wrestled their last home match in University Gym. —Stephen Babendreier

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“Just an Ivy League game, and I’m sick of being on the short end of those,” Columbia head coach Kyle Smith said after the Brown loss. “We’ve got to get tougher.” The Lions got off to a slow start against Brown, but reeled off a 23-8 run to take the lead. Sophomore guard Steve Frankoski scored 11 points and freshman guard Isaac Cohen had three assists in the first half, as the Lions built up a 31-20 halftime lead. But with senior guard Brian Barbour out with flu-like symptoms, the team had trouble handling the ball and committed nine turnovers in 20 minutes. The ball handling issues came to the forefront early in the second half. In the first eight minutes of the second half, the Lions had more turnovers than points, and the Bears converted on the other end to cut their deficit to two. The Lions pulled ahead once again, but Brown stayed within striking distance, and with a little over five minutes to go, the Bears finally put together the consecutive possessions they needed to regain the lead. Guard Matt Sullivan hit a couple of free throws—the first bounced four times off the rim before settling in—and then hit a three to put Brown up by one. Sullivan was the game’s leading scorer, finishing with 27 points. Though the Lions regained a threepoint advantage, Brown forward Cedric Kuakumensah made a couple of baskets in the paint to give Brown the lead once again with a minute to play. Cohen found freshman guard Maodo Lo, who drilled a huge triple to put Columbia back up, 55-53, with less than 40 seconds to play.

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scoreboard men’s basketball Columbia Brown

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women’s basketball Brown Columbia

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men’s tennis 2nd place at ECAC Indoor Championships

women’s squash

Defeated GWU and Middlebury to finish the season at No. 11

women’s tennis Columbia Kansas State

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Columbia Memphis

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men’s swimming & diving Princeton Columbia

wrestling

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BY KYLE DONTOH This past weekend, Lerner Hall was host to the Family in Modern Society Conference, arranged by students here at Columbia. The conference featured speakers from various universities who spoke on a multitude of topics, including the socioeconomic benefits of stable families, the differences in the adult quality of life for low-income children in married and unmarried families, and, yes, a defense of “traditional marriage.” If you were to ask around campus, you could very easily get the impression that a conclave of fundamentalist, homophobic demagogues was holding the conference. As I left my dorm to head to the conference’s opening session, I was actually asked if I was going to that “anti-gay thing.” As a supporter of marriage equality, I found the slander—unintentional as it was—to be particularly stinging. Earlier in the week, I had received an invitation to take part in a pro-LGBT rights rally on campus and had considered going, unaware that the event being protested was the conference that I was planning on attending. As I approached Lerner, I was slightly confused about the intent of the picketers—I hadn’t been under the impression that this was an anti-gay conference. The lectures were thoughtful and incisive—so much so that I quickly discarded my original plan of staying for a few sessions before returning to work. The speakers, to a T, were academics who based their arguments and presentations on facts and reason, not on bigotry or prejudice. Only one speaker, author Dawn Eden, made an argument based on religious grounds, and her lecture, “Everything is Tolerated and Nothing is Forgiven,” was about chastity and dealing with the excesses of permissiveness, not about the LGBT community. Only three speakers broached the issue of same-sex relationships, and only two of those three explicitly passed judgment on these relationships. Even then, the arguments were made on strictly rational grounds. Lynn Wardle outlined the case for traditional marriage on the notion that the family was the original, fundamental building block of society as envisioned by the Founding Fathers. Disagree as I may, this was not the rambling of a bigot. This was a reasoned, principled argument based on a fundamental respect for the LGBT community coupled with a specific interpretation of American history. As I listened to the issues—both agreeing and disagreeing at times—I felt a particular sense of excitement, picking up viewpoints I have seldom heard since coming to Columbia. I couldn’t help but notice something else as well, though. The room was, at best, half-full, yet I had been told that the event was sold out. It was revealed, eventually, that many of the tickets had been taken by the Columbia University Democrats, of all groups. I was predictably confused as to what the Democrats would want to do with a conference like this. Yet, perhaps more pressingly, I wondered, “Where are they?” They eventually made an appearance, albeit well into the afternoon, during Sherif Girgis’ lecture. They stood silently, holding up signs advocating marriage equality and tolerance, as Girgis, a Rhodes Scholar and J.D. candidate at Yale, made his case for marriage as between a man and a woman. When he was done, they left. Still, despite the protest, a large number of seats had remained unfilled. Throughout the day, a few students trickled in, asking about the conference, and were invariably seated because of the sheer surplus of space. Many more at Columbia and in the community, however, were denied this chance, even if this was not the intent of the Democrats when reserving tickets in bulk. From the start, the CU Democrats seemed misinformed—if not intent on spreading misinformation— about the purpose of the forum. It was not, as some that day said, an “anti-gay marriage tirade,” but a debate on the status of the modern family. The lectures did not express mainstream American thought, or even liberal thought. In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama called for “removing the financial deterrents to marriage for low-income couples, and doing more to encourage fatherhood—because what makes you a man isn’t the ability to conceive a child, it’s having the courage to raise one.” Despite this, the issue of the future of the family is a conversation that the CU Democrats seem unwilling to allow to take place, much less to take part in, despite their physical presence. Our university benefits from pluralism, a free exchange of ideas, and the constant intercourse between competing schools of thought. Sometimes, a moral consensus emerges—such as the heartening decision of many of the Ivy League Democratic and Republican associations to endorse marriage equality. But a consensus is not a golden rule; It is not fixed. It should not be immune to debate. I happen to agree with that consensus, but when we place name-calling, intimidation, and disruption above an honest discussion of the issues, we all lose.

Why we go to 1020

y first encounter with 1020 was during NSOP 2011. I happened to be on the block for some godforsaken reason (probably making the classic CrackDel round trip, this was NSLOP after all) and I spotted my COÖP leader ANNE in that roped-off bit that looks more STEELE akin to an animal pen than a VIP section. We shouted hello! He asked how Weighted I’d been! I said I loved Columbia! We then tried to convince a friend of his Perspecthat I was really (!) a sophomore for no tives particular reason. It worked! For three minutes. Soon my uber-enthusiasm for all things collegiate gave me away, and I was infantile once again. Brouhaha ensued. Eventually, we parted, and I walked up Amsterdam for good. My friends happened to be Heights regulars, and I became one too. We would never end up making the trek down to 110th again. Bar culture thrives on reputation, so I began to associate chain-smoking, grad students, and chain-smoking future grad students with That Place That Had No Real Name, just like everyone else. I didn’t think too much of it at the time, and besides, I was too busy getting turned away by Anna. It’s funny how things change. I went to 1020 the other night, actually. Let’s look at this objectively: I stood in a freezing cold line for 20 minutes (which is slightly less demeaning than doing the same outside a frat, only because the bouncer is older and therefore in a semi-justifiable position of power). After I finally got inside, it took another 10 minutes to shout demands at the bartender, snag something, anything, and aggressively mosh my way through the obnoxiously skinny aisle to the back of the bar. Somehow we managed to find empty chairs, and as I sat down for the first time in at least a few hours, I couldn’t help but feel vaguely … triumphant. Dare I say happy, even? I’ll be the first to admit that my first problem was probably the fact that I was not yet at a point beyond caring. The second was quite possibly the fact that I’d spent the afternoon reading philosophical nothings for CC. As I cradled my drink and literally stared back at what I’d waited so long for, I couldn’t help but wonder why I had put up with all of this in the first place. It began with, “Why am I at 1020?” which eventually became, “Why do people go to 1020 at all?” and turned into the even more existential “How do people even get along at this school?” To answer the first question: One could say that every bar has an associated identity, and I suppose that as mine has changed, so has where I hang out. I’m no longer

The author is a Columbia College first-year.

FEBRUARY 18, 2013 involved with athletics, and the clubs I’m involved with now seem to prefer glass cups to plastic solos. Both are cool, but things change. It happens. At the same time, making such drastic changes in my own life has made me realize that social mobility at this school isn’t as common as we would think it to be. People who lived on your John Jay floor eventually became your neighbors in McBain. The teammates you practice with make the most practical roommates. It’s a balance between proximity, chance, and actual socialization, which apparently ended with my Rolling Rock and me in a 1020 chair. Last November, the New York Times published a piece called “How to Live Without Irony.” The author claims that our generation’s search for individuality and innovation in such a informationally overwhelmed society has manifested itself as “irony.” In a society all too self-aware of its frivolity, what it essentially craves is authenticity. Hence, the “thrift shop” mentality of finding something “unique,” or the newfound “grittiness” of the superhero as furthered by “The Dark Knight.” So now that I roll with another crowd, why do people go to 1020? And, if anything, why do the lines seem to getting even longer? I talked about it all with a senior today, and she gave me the knowing look of a seasoned professional: “I don’t want to be one of those people, but it’s always been popular, dude. It’s just something you have to know about, and then you’ll realize that references to it are everywhere.” But another friend argued that 1020 was only just recently “commandeered back” from the grad students who had staked their claim over the past few years, and we’re simply witnessing its return to glory. This, I realized the other night, is the reason why 1020 is becoming more popular on campus. This dive is to the collegiate experience as Urban Outfitters is to clothing, the experiential equivalent to discovering the next “indie” band before it blows up, and the subsequent anger hipsters feel when they hear “their song” on pop radio for the first time. (I’ve heard my fair share of complaints about what 1020 “used” to be like before Bwog made it a tag.) Admittedly, there’s something glorious about a booth successfully stolen. The drinks are indeed cheap(er). There is a TV projector that (allegedly) switches to porn in the ungodly hours of the morning, as well as Christmas lights strung along the ceiling. That semi-permanent brand-stamp still won’t rub off my hand. It might be just another place, sure. But I think 1020 represents something larger than just the local campus social scene. It’s because nowadays, the obscure-divenext-door is what we want, because that is what we define as the most genuine experience. Maybe I should go to Lion’s Head next. Anne Steele is a Columbia College sophomore. Weighted Perspectives runs alternate Mondays.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

A glimpse of bipartisan dialogue C

oexistence and cooperation are two words rarely used to describe political debate on this campus, but the recent joint statement from the Columbia University Democrats and the Columbia University College Republicans in support of marriage equality provides a sense of optimism that, one day, this may change. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, the two groups joined together last Thursday to support same-sex marriage officially and, in doing so, united the Columbia community.

The decision marks a rare but significant moment of inclusive campus dialogue for these often-opposed student groups and should serve as an inspiration to seek out other opportunities for consensus. All too often, political discussions focus on what separates us rather than on what unites us, and this recent announcement indicates that there may be more of the latter than we might expect. Moreover, it should serve as an inspiration to other political minorities on campus to engage in meaningful, visible, and healthy discussion of both points of contention and points of solidarity. While lack of support from the entirety of our peers at other Ivies saddened us, the decision by the clubs to stand by the agreement is all the more commendable in light of this solitude. While CUCR may have originally published the announcement believing that the Republican student group at the University of Pennsylvania supported the policy as well, its ability to defend the decision without the sponsorship of

either Republican students on similar campuses or Republicans nationwide is praiseworthy. We can only hope that CUCR, as well as other student groups, will continue to make independent and ambitious decisions like this one. But, in the end, this uncommon agreement will accomplish little unless these students, as well as others on campus, promote dialogue about marriage equality and similar issues on other college campuses and beyond. This decision establishes Columbia as a model for bipartisan dialogue among politically active young people, and we should all strive to uphold this precedent. Our fellow Ivies should follow our lead to support inclusive discussion on this issue of basic human equity and, when possible, search for common ground. After all, as members of a generation that will one day become actively involved in the policymaking of the country, the repercussions of such an effort could go a very long way.

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Lions ﬁnish season undefeated at home SWIMMING from front page 16 valuable points for the Lions. Seniors Jason Collazo, Patrick Dougherty, Richard Fineman, and John Wright ended their Uris and regular-season collegiate careers by contributing 25 points both individually and in relay events.

The victory put Columbia in a tie with Yale and Princeton for second in the conference behind undefeated Harvard. Though the Lions head to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships next weekend, the real significance of the win will be visible in the Ivy League

Championships in two weeks. Although they fell to Harvard and Yale at the beginning of the season, the Lions have not lost a meet since the middle of November and now have the confidence to match up with the trio of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. sports@columbiaspectator.com

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SLUMPING LIONS | Though sophomore guard Steve Frankoski led the Lions with 16 points, it wasn’t enough to counter Yale’s 62 percent shooting performance in New Haven on Saturday night.

CU now has 6 losses in Ivy League play MEN’S BASKETBALL from page 3 But the Bears refused to go away. Sullivan came off a screen and hit a tough three to give Brown a tenuous one-point lead. Needing a basket to pull ahead, Lo crossed over his defender and drove, finding senior forward John Daniels to the right of the basket. Daniels tried to lay the ball in but was unable to finish, and Brown grabbed the rebound. Columbia needed a three after two free throws from Kuakumensah, but Rosenberg was fouled and missed the front end of the ensuing one-and-one as the Lions came away emptyhanded and Brown sealed the 58-55 win. The Lions were unable to get back on their feet after the tough last-minute loss to Brown on Friday night and fell to Yale in a blowout on Saturday, 75-56. The Bulldogs got off to a hot

start and led 7-0 after a three by guard Austin Morgan. When Frankoski hit one from beyond the arc to give Columbia its first points of the night, the home team already had a 9-3 lead. “Everything was working today,” Yale head coach James Jones said. “It was one of those days—whatever you ran you got a good look.” Another trey from Frankoski brought the Light Blue within three, and though the Lions could not get any closer, they hung around for a while before Yale blew the game open. Senior center Mark Cisco made the score 14-11 with an old-fashioned three, but Yale reeled off a 10-2 run and never looked back. By halftime, the Bulldogs held a 43-21 lead after 20 minutes of superb shooting. Yale more than doubled Columbia’s field goal percentage in the first half, shooting 66.7 percent from the floor to

the Light Blue’s 31.8 percent. “We really have to get, from a mental standpoint, tougher, and prevent those shots from happening in the first place,” Frankoski said. “Preventing drives to the middle, and fighting over screens better, hedging better, for the big guys.” The second half started out poorly for the Lions, who trailed 52-26 at one point. Columbia cut the Yale lead to 16 after freshman forward Brad Gilson hit his second three of the night with 6:27 left to play, but the Bulldogs quickly regained control of the game. Yale had an 18-point lead with two minutes to play, and ultimately closed out a comfortable 75-56 victory. Even after the two weekend losses, the Lions still have a chance to finish with a winning record, though the path will not be easy. They will host Penn and Princeton next weekend. sports@columbiaspectator.com

DOMINATING DAVID

Sophomore David Jakl led the Lions to victory by winning three events.

At Barnard, biodigester, compost tumbler added RECYCLING from front page When Barnard started using a private contractor for trash pickup in the mid-2000s, recycling wasn’t the determining factor in the decision. The school switched to Action Carting because the municipal system was unpredictable and its pickups were often late, leading to a buildup of trash on Claremont Avenue, according to Julio Vazquez, director of Barnard Facilities. “You have residents who live on Claremont Avenue, you have students, you have young children who are walking up and down the street in front of those mounds of garbage that have been put out,” Vazquez said. “You can imagine how it is during the warm weather to have the trash sitting out there, waiting to picked up, with Sanitation coming whenever it is they come.” But Vazquez said that Action

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Carting’s recycling service was an appealing bonus. “That’s one of the prime benefits,” Vazquez said. “It’s kind of one-stop shopping for garbage pickup.” Students involved with Barnard’s green efforts also spoke positively about Action Carting’s services. “It’s not like anything else in New York,” Caroline Moore, BC ’15 and a member of Barnard EcoReps, said of Action Carting’s services. “It’s everything, basically. That’s the best I’ve seen.” Zoe Schein, BC ’13, describes herself as an obsessive recycler,

It’s time to accept men’s basketball for what it is COHAN from page 3

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STRONG FINISH | Despite a down season, the women’s squash team ended the season with two wins at the Kurtz Cup this weekend.

Lions ﬁnish season at No. 11 after 2 wins in Kurtz Cup MOLLIE GALCHUS AND THERESA BABENDREIER Spectator Staff Writers Women’s squash (5-11, 0-7 Ivy) defeated George Washington and Middlebury at the College Squash Association National Team Championships women’s to finish No. 11 squash in the nation. The Light Blue competed in the Kurtz Cup, the B Division of the Championships. In their first match, the Lions bested George Washington 8-1,

posting five sweeps. Freshman Leah Barnet soundly defeated George Washington’s Alexa Tzarnas, starting with an 11-0 sweep in the first set. The Light Blue advanced to the semifinals, where the team lost to No. 9 Dartmouth 9-0, although Barnet and freshman Catherine Jenkins were each able to force a fifth game. On Sunday, the Lions ended their season on a high note with a 5-4 victory over Middlebury in a consolation playoff. While team play is over, the individual championships are scheduled for the weekend of March 1. sports@columbiaspectator.com

accept the fact that a situation isn’t ideal, kvetch about it, and look ahead to the next day, the next class, or the next game. Yes, I understand I’m being a bit dramatic here, but I’ve found this realization to be valuable not only in my fandom, but also in my day-to-day life. At the end of the day, there isn’t always a magical solution. Sure, this isn’t an earth-shattering revelation. It’s just something that everyone needs to come to terms with. A fact of life that is hard to learn because it’s a realization that storybook endings, where the underdog team shocks the world and wins the NCAA tournament, aren’t real. The season is pretty depressing. Maybe one day we’ll win. But for now, we need to learn how to accept our present and be totally honest about our prospects. This sucks. A hell of a lot. But, if you’ll allow me this one last sentiment of positivity: At the end of the day, all we can do is look forward. If everything worked out the way we wanted it to, it wouldn’t mean as much. Our win over Harvard wouldn’t have been as incredible on its own if we hadn’t essentially destroyed any chance at an Ivy title earlier this season. You need to find something good to hold on to. Because that’s how you’re able to move forward to the next game—you can’t completely lose hope for something good, even if it’s small, to be on the horizon. Rebeka Cohan is a Barnard College junior majoring in history. She is the staff development director and a former sports editor for Spectator. And One runs biweekly. sports@columbiaspectator.com

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OM NOM NOM | A biodigester that breaks down food waste has been installed at Barnard in the tunnels beneath Hewitt Dining Hall.

and said that she is pleased with the scope of Barnard’s facilities. “I’m from Vermont, and it’s a very eco-minded community, so it’s definitely something I prioritize,” she said. “It’s really nice because they have [e-waste] stations set up in all our dorms, so that you don’t even have to leave your building to recycle the right way.” On both sides of Broadway, composting has also become an important component of students’ sustainability efforts. Barnard operates both a biodigester, which breaks down and compresses the food waste from Hewitt Dining Hall, and a compost tumbler, where students can contribute food scraps from their dorms. However, the tumbler’s location—sandwiched between Lehman Library and Altschul Hall—means that many students aren’t aware of its existence. Isabel Nelson, BC ’16, composted regularly at home in Olympia, Wash., but didn’t find out about Barnard’s compost tumbler until after it had closed for the winter. “I think it’s a great idea, and it definitely could be publicized a little more,” she said. More recently, the Barnard composters have been joined by a Columbia counterpart, the A500 Rocket, which was installed in Ruggles Hall last April. The Rocket uses more sophisticated technology and can churn out more compost than Barnard’s tumbler, but access is still limited to Columbia EcoReps and GreenBorough, the sustainable living special interest community. “I’ve always been very impressed by Barnard’s system,” Schein said. “I give tours of campus, and I point out to people that, clearly, we have these values, we always have the recycling next to the trash. And I think parents and visitors are very impressed by that.” abigail.golden @columbiaspectator.com

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

SPORTS MONDAY

CU gets best upset win in program history BY IKE CLEMENTE KITMAN Spectator Staff Writer In Memphis, Tenn., the No. 70-ranked women’s tennis squad upset No. 42 Kansas State on Saturday afternoon before falling to No. 51 University of Memphis on women’s Sunday morntennis ing. The victory over Kansas State marked the highest-ranked opponent the Lions have defeated in the program’s history. The Lions, now 2-3 in the season, hit the ground running against the Wildcats,

earning victories in the first and second doubles matches to take the doubles point. In first doubles, junior Bianca Sanon and freshman Kanika Vaidya topped the No. 26 duo of Petra Niedermayerova and Karla Bonacic, 8-3. In second doubles, senior Nicole Bartnik and sophomore Crystal Leung defeated Ana Gomez Aleman and Carmen Borau Ramos by the same score. Though Niedermayerova won her fifth consecutive singles match with her 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 downing of Sanon in first singles, the Lions held off the Wildcats in the third, fourth, and fifth singles matches to earn the victory. On Sunday, the Lions fell

4-3 to the Tigers as Memphis maintained its 23 home-match winning streak. Columbia’s Sanon and Vaidya crushed the No. 35 pair of Kelly Gray and Courtney Collins 8-0, and freshman Lauren Stratman and junior Tiana Takenaga topped their Memphis opponents 8-5. But the Light Blue did not fare as well in singles, winning only the second and fourth singles matches. In first singles, No. 37 Bartnik fell to No. 61 Collins in only two sets, and in third singles, Vaidya, ranked No. 109, won the first set before dropping the next two against Liza Tymchenko. sports@columbiaspectator.com

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POINT GUARD

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GAME 1 game ball

The Lions came into the weekend feeling that shutting down Brown’s Sean McGonagill would be key to victory in Providence. Though they held the junior to four points, the Bears’ Matt Sullivan stepped up with a career-high 27 points to earn a game ball. Sullivan’s last bucket was a game-winning three pointer with 10 seconds remaining. The senior shot lights-out all game, going 7-for-12 from the floor and added three assists and five steals.

game ball

The game ball goes to Yale’s starting guard, Armani Cotton. No Yale player tallied more than 24 minutes, and Cotton was one of two players on the floor for that long. In that time, he tallied just seven points, but added a game-high eight rebounds. The freshman also added a block and a steal for good measure.

turning point

With senior guard Brian Barbour out due to illness, the Light Blue struggled with ball-handling— especially early in the second half. Though the Lions took a 31-20 lead into the locker room at halftime, they came back out and committed more turnovers than they scored points in the first eight minutes after the break. That spell allowed Brown to get back in the game.

turning point

There was no real turning point as Yale was in control from the first to final whistle. The Lions came out and didn’t make a shot for the first five minutes, allowing Yale to take a 9-0 lead. The Lions got to within three points a few times early on, but never had a real chance after the Eli’s took a commanding 34-17 lead with just over 4:00 left in the first half.

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BASHIN’ BIANCA

Junior Bianca Sanon helped topple Kansas State with a doubles victory.

Light Blue advances to ECAC ﬁnals, but drops ﬁnal match in upset to Cornell BY ALEXANDER BERNSTEIN Columbia Daily Spectator Heading into the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament on Friday, the men’s tennis team was sitting on a 2-2 record after having won its last two games. The men’s streak contintennis ued as the Lions won another pair of games against George Washington and Princeton, but ended in the finals as they fell to No. 73 Cornell. The George Washington matchup saw a resolute Lions team jump out to an early lead and never look back as they secured a convincing 4-2 win. The No. 20-ranked duo of sophomores Ashok Narayana and Max Schnur started things off on the right foot with an 8-3 thrashing

of Ulrik Thomsen and Alexander van Gils. Strong doubles play continued as Columbia picked up the point thanks to a strong showing by sophomore Winston Lin and senior Cyril Bucher, who won their No. 2 doubles, also 8-3. No. 60 Lin and freshman phenom Dragos Ignat provided two more singles points, allowing Schnur to end the match with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Thomsen. Saturday saw a much more competitive match as the No. 2-seeded Lions faced the No. 3-seeded Princeton Tigers. Drama abounded, as a 3-3 tied match was decided by an epic first singles battle between the Lions’ No. 60 Winston Lin and the Tigers’ No. 3 player in the nation, Matija Pecotic. The duel was one of highs and lows, as Pecotic’s easy 6-3 first set was counteracted by a brilliant 6-0 performance by a resilient Lin in the second set. The Columbia sophomore continued his heroics as he faced

a 0-4 hole to his Princeton rival in the third, decisive set. Exhibiting the toughness he has shown all season, Lin won the next four games to tie up the match and persevered in the last two as well, winning six straight to secure the third set, match, and spot for Columbia in the ECAC final. It was the first time Lin had defeated Pecotic all season. But that’s where the magic ended, as the Big Red easily bested the Lions 4-0 in an upset on Sunday. The tournament host swept all three doubles matches to get the first point and finished off the Lions with straight set wins in the No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 singles matches. Lin, playing No. 1 singles, didn’t even get to finish his match, since Cornell finished off the finals win so quickly. The Lions are off until March 1, when they’ll face George Washington at home. sports@columbiaspectator.com

top performers steve frankoski

brad gilson

The sophomore guard went 8-for-13 from the field, including 4-for-7 on threes, to lead Columbia with 20 points in the loss to Brown.

The freshman came off the bench and played 13 minutes, tallying 11 points and two rebounds. He made three of five shots, all of which were from behind the arc.

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.429 .375 .250 .250

GAME ONE AT CORNELL W 67-58

GAME TWO VS. CORNELL L 66-63

GAME THREE AT PENN L 62-58

AT PRINCETON

GAME FOUR L 72-66

ivy scoreboard Cornell...........................................68 Yale.................................................. 61 Penn............................................... 5 4 Harvard..........................................73

GAME FIVE VS. DARTMOUTH L 60-57

GAME SIX VS. HARVARD W 78-63

Princeton............................. ..........73 Dartmouth.....................................55 Cornell...........................................69 Brown.............................................66 Princeton....................................... 57 Harvard..........................................69 Penn................................................ 67 Dartmouth..................................... 57 PIXBOX STANDINGS: WEEK 3

1 Sam Tydings

DAVID BRANN / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

AWESOME ASHOK

Though he lost to Cornell, Ashok Narayana won two matches this weekend.

2 3 3 5 5 7 7 9

GAME SEVEN AT BROWN L 58-55

GAME EIGHT AT YALE L 75-56

GAME NINE 2/22, 7 P.M.

GAME TEN VS. PENN 2/23, 7 P.M.

GAME ELEVEN VS. YALE 3/1, 7 P.M.

GAME TWELVE VS. BROWN 3/2, 7 P.M.

GAME THIRTEEN AT HARVARD 3/8, 7 P.M.

GAME FOURTEEN AT DARTMOUTH 3/9, 7 P.M.

VS. PRINCETON

12-6

Rebeka Cohan

11-7

Peter Andrews

9-9

Melissa Cheung

9-9

Tyler Benedict

8-10

Minnia Feng

8-10

Alexander Bernstein

7-11

Eric Wong

7-11

Muneeb Alam

6-12

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