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IN TOWN

Mayor Lempert won’t seek re-election

By Evelyn Doskoch Assistant News Edtior

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Outgoing Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert.

Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert has announced that she will not seek reelection in November, after serving two four-year terms in office.

Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad President Mark Freda announced his intention to run for the position. According to CentralJersey.com, he is the first candidate to seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for mayor.

Freda declared his candidacy nearly a month before Lempert’s announcement.

“I believe it is healthy for government to change hands and officials to pass the baton,” Lempert said at the township’s Jan. 2 reorganization meeting, according to Patch.com.

“Princeton is an extraordinary community with an abundance of thoughtful, talented, communityminded residents, and I believe that our future is bright.”

Lempert is a member of the Democratic Party.

Among her contributions to the town of Princeton, as stated at the reorganization meeting, were the securing of a recurring annual dividend from the consolidation of Princeton Town and Princeton Borough, environmental and sustainability advocacy, formal recognition of the historic WitherspoonJackson neighborhood, and defense of individuals at a time of political unrest.

“I’ve never thought of it as being a lifetime position,” Lempert told The Daily Princetonian.

“There’s not technically term limits, but … I love being mayor. This is an amazing town. I’m proud of the work that we’ve been able to do, and it’s just been a very active time for the government for a variety of reasons — first, because of consolidation, and trying to make sure that process was successful.”

Lempert also emphasized that she still has several months left in her term as mayor and hopes See LEMPERT page 2

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STUDENT LIFE

Update: Over 100 students assessed as “LowRisk” for coronavirus

Lin ’20 receives Churchill Scholarship for mathematics study

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Five students who recently returned from mainland China had yet to be evaluated for 2019 Novel Coronavirus as of the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 4, according to an email statement by Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss.

Following guidance from the New Jersey Department of Health, University staff spent Monday “assessing the risk of about 100 students who had traveled to China,” Hotchkiss wrote to The Daily Princetonian.

“No one has been sick. No one has shown symptoms,” he added.

Hotchkiss emphasized the careful manner in which the University has dealt with the ongoing global outbreak.

“We have taken this current health crisis very seriously and approached it as a community — at the same time, what we are experiencing is what is being experienced across this country,” he noted.

“We continue to take our lead from government and health authorities and continue to work across our campus to ensure the health and well-being of our students, faculty, and staff.”

No cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in New Jersey, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U . A F FA I R S

2020-2021 Academic Calendar to move fall exams before winter break

By Marie-Rose Sheinerman Associate News Editor

In a break from longstanding tradition, reading period and finals for the fall semester of the 2020–21 calendar year will be held prior to winter break. According to an email memo sent to the student body on Tuesday, Feb. 4 by Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun, the first day of classes will take place on Sept. 2, and Dec. 22 will mark the final day of ex-

ams.

Although requirements may vary by department, the University-wide deadline for junior independent work will be the first Friday of Wintersession, on Jan. 15, 2021, according to an email statement that Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss sent to The Daily Princetonian.

The academic calendar change was passed at a faculty meeting in April 2018 and followed intense deSee CALENDAR page 3

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Alice Lin ’20 was announced as one of the 15 recipients of the Churchill Scholarship, which will fund one year of study of mathematics at Cambridge University.

Forty-three University students have been granted the scholarship in its history — the highest number of any institution.

This year was the most competitive in the scholarship’s history. From 82 participating institutions, 127 students were nominated for the award.

Lin hails from Berkeley Lake, Georgia, and is a concentrator in mathematics. At Churchill College, which focuses on science, mathematics, and technology, she will complete Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, thus receiving a Master of Advanced Study in mathematics.

After Cambridge, she plans to return to the United States to start a PhD and then pursue a career as a research mathematician. “[The scholarship] gives me ... time to focus on learning math rather than doing research,” wrote Lin in an email statement to The Daily Princetonian. “This

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Alice Lin is the 43rd University student to be awarded the scholarship.

year abroad will be super helpful in my future work, since it will give me a better sense of what kind of math I want to do, as well as build a stronger intuition about how different subfields are connected.”

First established in 1963, the Churchill Scholarships are awarded to “exceptional” students from the United States

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to make additional substantive contributions to the town until her term expires.

“This isn’t goodbye yet for me,” she said at the reorganization meeting. “A year is a long time, and I look forward to a supercharged year with this energetic council.”

Kristin Appelget, Director of the Office of Community and Regional Affairs at the University, expressed appreciation for Lempert’s effort to build and maintain open lines of communication between the campus and the town community.

“The annual meetings between the mayor and council and President [Christopher] Eisgruber [’83], for example, have presented valuable opportunities to discuss topics of joint interest,” Appelget wrote in an email statement to the ‘Prince.’

“In addition, both the University and municipality have benefited from her efforts to include Princeton students in the work of municipal govern-

ment through initiatives such as student internships and Community Action,” she continued.

Lempert’s term will officially expire on Jan. 1, 2021.

Freda, the mayoral candidate, emphasized his long-standing role in Princeton’s governance.

“I have been very involved in the community for decades in many civic activities and politically,” Freda told the ‘Prince.’

“This is a logical step for me to attempt to continue my service to my community.”

Freda added that he would follow a “similar” approach to that of Lempert, aiming to do “the very best” he can for the Princeton community. He praised Lempert for her ongoing efforts to that end.

“I think it’s great [that] people are interested in running,” Lempert said, when asked to comment on Freda’s announcement.

“I think it would be good for the community for there to be a real election for this. My hope and expectation is that there’d be interest from a lot of people who want to run.”

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............. bate among students and faculty alike. The Calhoun memo noted that “more than 80 percent of students surveyed said that taking finals in January made them feel stressed over winter break.”

The new calendar will feature an optional “Wintersession,” a two week period at the end of winter break during which University community members will be able to “experiment and explore through refreshingly unexpected, active, and intriguing non-graded learning and growth opportunities,” according to the memo.

All Residential College Advivers; Outdoor Action, Community Action, and Dialogue and Difference in Action leaders; and athlete leaders will be required to arrive on campus on Aug. 18, 2020, according to Hotchkiss. Other upperclass students will move in on Aug. 29, while firstyears will move in on Aug. 22.

The majority of students interviewed by the ‘Prince’ said they look forward to the calendar change.

“I like the idea of Intersession, but not as much as I like the idea of the semester just being over sooner,” said Liana Slomka ’23.

Raphael Njoku ’22 said he is excited by the change and the ability to “enjoy a proper winter break” with family.

“I’ll save time by not hav-

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ing to explain to friends from other schools why I have finals after break,” said Ezra Osofsky ’23. The University is the last of the Ivy League institutions to transition to the new calendar system.

Razvan-Octavian Radu ’21, a mathematics concentrator, said the past calendar was inconvenient for students like him who prefer to travel home over breaks.

“I had to go [home] during winter break and then come back for a week during exams and then leave again, which was kind of annoying,” he explained, citing the financial burden of doubling the number of his f lights.

Garcia Lopez-Paul ’23 was also glad for the change.

“I forgot a lot over the break, and it was just a dark cloud over my break,” he said.

Thomas Pries ’23 agreed, saying the new system would make studying for finals significantly easier.

Another first-year, Brian Zhen ’23, expressed concern about the new system.

“I don’t know if final projects will be more stressful,” he said, referencing the fact that without winter break, students will have less time to prepare Dean’s Date work.

Micah Newberger ’22, who said he preferred the past fall term schedule to the spring term schedule, mentioned a similar concern.

“Thanksgiving will become the break for a big push,” he said.

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been to the UK before.

“From what I’ve read and heard, the style of learning at Cambridge is much more independent than at Princeton,” she added. “So I’m a bit nervous but also very excited to see what that will be like.”

Lin credits much of her success to the many mentors she has found at the University, especially her junior paper advisor, Yunqing Tang, a former postdoc in the mathematics department.

“It is very impressive that Alice carried out this project successfully as an undergraduate,” said Tang, according to the University statement. “Overall, I think Alice has the potential to be an excellent mathematician.”

At Cambridge, Lin looks forward to strengthening her knowledge of algebra and number theory, as well as learning new techniques from representation theory, algebraic topology, and differential geometry.

A recipient of the Peter A. Greenberg ’77 Prize from her department and the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence, Lin sees herself as having come a

long way.

“An honor like this would have been unimaginable to me as a first-year student, struggling to understand the introductory math major courses,” she wrote. “Slowly I am starting to realize that the moments when things feel most difficult are when you are making the most progress, even if it doesn’t feel like it at the time.”

Currently Lin serves as advising chair for the Princeton Math Club, a teaching assistant in the mathematics department, a violinist for the Princeton University Orchestra, and president of the Princeton Bee Team, the University’s beekeeping club.

She has also received an Outstanding Poster Award at the Joint Math Meetings in January 2019 for “Asymptotic Bounds for Extended Elliptic Pseudoprimes,” based on research she conducted at Boise State University with professor of mathematics Liljana Babinkostova, with funding from the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates.

The scholarship was announced on Thursday, Jan. 30 and will fund a year of tuition and fees, living expenses, and travel.

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Open letter from self-isolated students editor-in-chief

Jonathan Ort ’21

BOARD OF TRUSTEES president Thomas E. Weber ’89 vice president Craig Bloom ’88 secretary Betsy L. Minkin ’77 treasurer Douglas Widmann ’90 trustees Francesca Barber David Baumgarten ’06 Kathleen Crown Gabriel Debenedetti ’12 Stephen Fuzesi ’00 Zachary A. Goldfarb ’05 Michael Grabell ’03 John G. Horan ’74 Joshua Katz Rick Klein ’98 James T. MacGregor ’66 Alexia Quadrani Marcelo Rochabrun ’15 Kavita Saini ’09 Richard W. Thaler, Jr. ’73 Abigail Williams ’14 trustees emeriti Gregory L. Diskant ’70 William R. Elfers ’71 Kathleen Kiely ’77 Jerry Raymond ’73 Michael E. Seger ’71 Annalyn Swan ’73 trustees ex officio Jonathan Ort ’21

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ear Princeton campus community members, We are a group of students who comprise part of the loving community of Princeton University. We have recently returned from China, and given the pressing circumstances of the 2019-novel coronavirus outbreak, we would like to draw attention to the careful sanitary measures voluntarily taken by us returned students and our efforts in sustaining the self-isolation policy. While we applaud the University’s timely announcement of its isolation policy, we would like to express our concerns over the University’s conduct toward the returned members during its implementation. This, we believe, has revealed Princeton’s institutional deficiency in protecting the safety of its members in the face of a public health crisis.

Many of us have been strictly following the emergency policies of WHO, the U.S. government, and Princeton University throughout the mandatory isolation period. More importantly, even before the University announced the requirement on Jan. 31 and after its revocation on Feb. 3, some of us voluntarily conducted self-isolation, going to public

places with masks only when necessary. Partly due to the shared efforts of us and others who supported our selfisolation, there are currently no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus nor any indication of individuals exhibiting early symptoms within our Princeton community.

In this process, however, we have been facing challenges, some of which resulted from inappropriate management of the University. Not all students in self-isolation received food delivery from the University. Given the emergency of the situation, it is understandable that the University is facing challenges and cannot ensure extensive support to everyone. But many of us still insisted on strict self-isolation under this condition. We hold no hesitation of fulfilling our responsibilities out of the respectable altruistic concern for the health and safety of the entire community.

On Feb. 1, the University required some of us to move together into an annex building and a Lakeside apartment with shared bathrooms and kitchen, without considering the potential danger of cross infection. Alarmed by this very dangerous and irresponsible arrangement, we sent out a collectively signed letter on the midnight of Feb. 1 to various offices of the University, requesting the University to

provide bedrooms with independent bathrooms, food delivery, and disinfection materials. Instead of ignoring the potential risks, we insisted the University to provide safe self-isolation housing where we would be willing to move.

Some of us moved into the assigned housing and were constantly fearing cross infection.

Others voluntarily revealed their identities as self-isolating individuals to housemates in order to warn them of the potential health risks, despite severe emotional stresses. On midday of Feb. 2, the University refused to provide separate living units and kept delivering food to an empty annex where no one dared to live, in order to encourage students to move.

Students are vulnerable human beings, not viruses. We deserve to be respected and protected as anyone else on this campus. Each one of us has taken tremendous precaution to protect ourselves while staying in mainland China, while experiencing fear, pressure, and anxiety. Upon our return, instead of finding ourselves protected and safe, these policies and conduct nullified all prior efforts and put us in an unsafe environment.

While deeply hurt and worried, we have also observed a growing tension between the returned individuals and those who share the same fa-

cilities. Conflicts which could have been avoided were unfortunately nourished. Unpleasant language targeting Chinese people has appeared on various platforms across the campus.

We are all in this together, regardless of our backgrounds. We never attempted to be negligent in our quarantine efforts, but we will not endure any inhumane treatment that no one in this society deserves. We should work together to make sure such things never happen again.

Therefore, we ask that the University be more transparent in its conduct of quarantine policies and amends its current public health protocols, for the well-being of the entire community. We have faith that Princeton will not fail the returned students who are under pressure and need help — that Princeton will not fail in trying its best to protect the community in the face of any future public health crisis.

Finally, we highly appreciate your understanding and support during this difficult time. It is the virus that harms people, not innocent individuals. We hope that we can all stand strong together in defiance of the disease.

Editor’s note: Due to the sensitive nature of this piece, the authors have been granted anonymity.

What taking finals for the first time taught me Oliver Thakar

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s the spring semester commences, I want to ref lect on the end of my first semester, particularly on final exams.

For the first — and final — time, I returned to campus after winter break for oneand-a-half weeks of reading period, followed by another week and a half of final exams.

During reading period, I became overwhelmed, not by anxiety over my study schedule or my performances on finals themselves, but rather by ennui. Spending most of my time studying, even if my studying itself proved productive, felt unsatisfying. No, it was not the material I was studying that lost my interest, but the very notion of studying for days on end in the first place.

As with everyone in my class, taking finals for the first time posed a challenge.

The experience, however, was particularly new to me.

This last semester was the first time I have ever had a final exam week.

My high school — and, for that matter, my entire grade school — espoused progressive education, emphasizing kinesthetic experience above tests, grades, or numbers. The basic principle guiding my high school was that students, as leaders of their own education, should learn to think laterally and appreciate diverse perspectives on each topic, rather than studying rotely (hence the motto, “Learn to Think”).

Generally, class participation became as important — if not more so — than papers or tests, even in STEM classes. One’s ability to ask and answer questions that require piecing together content — which can be measured in class — was valued as equal to one’s ability to master each individual topic as demonstrated in

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My great discovery of my first semester of college, thus, has been that nothing should impede learning for the sake of learning,

a written assessment.

Now, I am deeply indebted to such focus on learning how to analyze information deeply. It has made me more capable of writing, participating in discussion, and problem-solving. My progressive education has made me curious and skeptical, always questioning the authority of unproven statements. Most importantly, though, this education has made me love learning.

This education, however, failed spectacularly in preparing me for final exams.

Until my arrival at Princeton, the only timed tests I had ever taken were SATs, APs, and the tests from the two math classes I enrolled in at a university. While these tests were technically midterms and finals, they occurred several weeks before the mid- and endpoints of my high school’s semes-

ters, so they did not require additional study after I finished the coursework.

Teachers at my high school, who were granted the freedom to structure their own curricula, assigned untimed tests on an irregular basis, if at all.

The semesters either ended abruptly, simply continuing the normal pace of learning material until vacation commenced, or else proceeded with forays into advanced topics if the teacher finished the curriculum early.

I lost a sense of purpose when learning transitioned to studying. Reviewing practice problems and memorizing formulas lacked the free creative expression that made problem sets and papers appealing. The additional pressure of the impending finals masked any remaining pleasure in

learning for me.

I realize, however, that my dissatisfaction during reading period was largely my own fault. After experiencing finals for the first time, I now know that I should not let time limits or grade percentages distract me in any way from appreciating the beauty of the problems asked on the finals themselves. Practice problems can still be pleasurable to solve, too, if we do not allow the fact that they are for practice obscure such pleasure.

My great discovery of my first semester of college, thus, has been that nothing should impede learning for the sake of learning, not even finals.

Ollie Thakar is a first-year from Baltimore, M.D. He can be reached at othakar@princeton.edu.

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Princeton falls to Cornell in Baker Rink

By Ben Burns Contributor

Princeton men’s hockey (3–14–4 overall, 1–10–3 conference) faced a tough 5–3 defeat in a home game against No. 1 Cornell (15–2–4, 10–2–2) on Saturday, Feb. 1. Junior defender Mark Paolini, firstyear forward Spencer Kersten, and senior forward Liam Grande all scored for the Tigers, with junior defender Matthew Thom tacking on two assists. Princeton scored all of its goals on the man advantage, going 3–5 overall for the game.

Cornell got off to a strong start, with forward Max Andreev striking 8:29 into the first period for his third goal of the year. Just over a minute later, the Big Red struck again, as forward Tristan Mullin netted his seventh of the season, putting Cornell up 2–0. Mullin’s goal came on the power play, after Princeton sophomore forward Finn Evans was called for slashing. That score would stick for the rest of the period, with Cornell outshooting Princeton 12–7 at the break.

During the second period, Andreev took a penalty and Paolini struck on the ensuing power play for his first goal of the season, cutting Cornell’s lead to one. A little under four minutes later, Andreev was sent to the box for the second time. Once again, Princeton capitalized, this time with Kersten finding twine for his fourth of the year to tie the game at two.

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The Tigers gather in a huddle during the Cornell game.

The period ended with the score still tied, with Cornell outshooting the Tigers 22–10 across the two periods.

Cornell rebounded in the third quarter, quickly jumping to a 4–2 lead. A little over five minutes in, defender Alex Green netted a power-play goal, his fifth of the year, after Princeton

sophomore defender Mike Uf berg’s hooking penalty.

Just 51 seconds later, Cornell scored again. This time it was Ben Tupker’s second of the season that found the back of the net.

The Tigers, however, weren’t done yet. With 11:56 to go, Liam Grande cut the deficit to 3–4 after a Cor-

nell penalty for his fifth of the year. The score remained that way for a tense 10 minutes, and in the end, it was the Big Red who would score to put the game away. After Paolini took a tripping penalty, Mullin scored his second of the game and eighth of the season with 50 seconds on the clock for the

two-goal lead.

Princeton couldn’t keep up with the barrage of shots Cornell put on sophomore goalie Jeremie Forget. In the end, Cornell outshot the Tigers 36–15.

The Tigers look to bounce back Friday, Feb. 7, when they head to Providence to face Brown.

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING

Women’s swim takes down Harvard, Yale

Men beat the Bulldogs, fell to the Crimson in HYP meet

By Shreesha Ghosh Contributor

The men’s swimming and diving team defeated Yale but came up short against Harvard at the HYP Championships, held at DeNunzio Pool on the night of Friday, Jan. 31, and Saturday, Feb. 1. Meanwhile, the women’s team prevailed over both the Bulldogs and the Crimson, emerging from the electric two-day meet as undeniable victors.

The first day of the meet saw five first-place finishes for men’s swimming and diving: junior Charles Leibson dominated the 200-yard freestyle at 1:36.87; senior Derek Cox finished the 100-yard breaststroke in 53.03 seconds, an NCAA B cut; sophomore Raunak Khosla came first in the 200-yard butterfly at 1:42.81 and the 200-yard individual medley at 1:45.66, both NCAA B cuts; while junior Colten Young came in first on the one-meter board with a winning score of 362.10.

At the end of the first day, the Tigers stood 106–80 to Yale and were tied with Harvard at 93 points.

On the second day, Khosla continued his impressive performance, emerging victori-

ous in the 400-yard IM with a time of 3:46.59 and the 200yard breaststroke at 1:56.00, the third-fastest time in program history. Second-place finishes included the 200-yard medley relay that saw Cox, Leibson, senior Daniel Arris, and firstyear Nicholas Lim finish in 1:28.00, as well as senior Roman Horoszewski’s 500-yard freestyle finish of 4:24.96 seconds.

On the one-meter board, senior Charlie Minns and Young both achieved NCAA Zone qualifying scores of 318.70 and 317.25, respectively. At the end of the meet, Princeton held a 182–171 win over Yale and lost to Harvard 192–161.

Women’s swimming and diving saw a slightly more successful run, while also setting two new school records on the first day: senior Christie Chong’s 100-yard breaststroke finish at 1:00.60 topped the previous record of 1:01.38 set

by Andrea Kropp in 2011, while the 200-yard medley relay team, comprised of Chong, senior Gianna Garcia, first-year Jennifer Secrest, and first-year Nicole Venema, finished at 1:39.21, topping the the previous record of 1:39.29 set in 2018.

Other significant highlights included first-year Ellie

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Junior Regan Barney competing in the Columbia meet.

Marquardt’s first-place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle at 9:44.05; first-year Addison Smith’s 200-yard freestyle victory with a time of 1:46.97, an NCAA B cut; and first-year Christina Bradley clocking in the third-fastest time for the 200-yard butterfly in Princeton history at 1:57.81.

Venema also won the 50yard freestyle in a speedy 22.38 seconds, while first-year Amelia Liu finished second at 22.61 seconds, also an NCAA B cut.

The second day saw Venema come first in the 100-yard free-

style with the second-fastest time in Princeton history, 48.61 seconds. Marquardt won the 200-yard IM at 2:00.23, while the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Venema, Liu, Bradley, and first-year Sarah Grinalds finished in 3:18.16 to come first.

A particularly notable event was the 200-yard breaststroke, in which three Tigers finished in the top five: senior Janet Zhao finished second at 2:13.05, Chong finished third at 2:13.53, and senior Shaelyn Choi finished fourth at 2:14.12. All three times were NCAA B cuts.

Stat of the Day

1:00.60 minutes At the HYP Swimming and Diving Championships, senior Christie Chong set a new Princeton record in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:00.60.

Junior Sophia Peifer finished second on the one-meter board by scoring 284.25, and junior Sine Scribbick came fourth with 279.70.

The Tigers defeated Harvard 213–87 and Yale 194–106.

Men’s swimming and diving will take on Columbia University on Saturday, Feb. 8 at DeNunzio Pool in their final regular season meet. Women’s swimming and diving will compete at the Ivy League Championships in Providence, R.I. from Wednesday, Feb. 19 to Saturday, Feb. 22.

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