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Vote100 hosts Day of Action, aims to increase turnout By Karolen Eid staff writer
On Friday, Feb. 14, students contacted their local representatives about a variety of issues through the Vote100 campaign’s Day of Action. As part of their mission to increase civic engagement on campus, members of Vote100 encouraged students to call, email, and write letters and postcards addressed to the offices of government officials. Other student groups, including the Asian American Students Association (AASA) and Princeton Against Gun Violence set up neighboring tables to speak with students about specific issues. “We’re doing a great job of trying to encourage people to vote, but we need to have more conversation about what does civic engagement mean beyond voting,” said Kauribel Javier ’19, a Program Coordinator in the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS), which sponsors Vote100. Javier hoped the event would present different ways in which students can engage See VOTE page 3
U . A F FA I R S
Despite increases in aid for students with children, some say it’s not enough
By Marie-Rose Sheinerman Associate News & Features Editor
In an email to graduate students on Monday, Feb. 10, Dean of the Graduate School Sarah-Jane Leslie GS ’07 announced an increase in the award amount graduate students with children will be able to receive through the Graduate Child Assistance Program (GCAP) for the 2020-21 academic year. Several students impacted by the policy change told The Daily Princetonian, however, that they found it inadequate in addressing their grievances. The increase in aid, which will go into effect in August, bumps the maximum award amount from $5,000 per year to $6,000, with a maximum of $12,000 per family in the case of two children. The program also adjusts eligibility such that graduate students with annual household incomes of up to $80,000 (up from $60,000) are eligible for the full award. Thus, households of two full-time graduate students would qualify, since graduate student stipends average at $30,000 per year. “It’s important to note that with this change, graduate students with children will be eligible to receive award amounts through GCAP that are larger than the childcare awards faculty or staff at the University may re-
ceive,” wrote Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss in an email statement to the ‘Prince.’ “In addition, these enhancements place Princeton as a leader among its peers in support available to graduate students with children,” he added. In response to the change, Alex Merchant, the treasurer of Tigers with Cubs, a campus group that organizes on behalf of graduate students with children, wrote in an email to the ‘Prince’ that the “Graduate School’s increase to GCAP support recognizes the needs of graduate student parents.” “Childcare costs in New Jersey are some of the highest in the country. More than a quarter of our survey respondents reported taking on over $10,000 in childcarerelated debt in the last year,” he added. “This new GCAP funding will better help graduate student parents excel in their research and scholarship while supporting their families.” According to Leslie’s email, the financial enhancement to GCAP was, in part, based on “extensive data collection and surveying” that Tigers with Cubs had conducted. The survey data, obtained by the ‘Prince,’ showed that it included 19 respondents, 75 percent of whom reported taking on debt in the past
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Cory and Kristin Isaacs with family.
12 months due to childcare costs. Despite this change, the numbers still don’t add up for many parents. Alex Hazbun, a secondyear Ph.D. candidate in the molecular biology department, explained that he was required to provide “proof of funding” for the amounts the University estimated would account for his wife and child’s transportation, food, accommodations, and other expenses. As an international student, Hazbun had to demonstrate funds totaling $25,700 — none of which could come from his stipend — in order to obtain a visa to bring his wife and child to Princeton. Hazbun needed an estimated $13,600 for his spouse and $12,100 for his child, excluding childcare. (On his visa,
Hazbun’s spouse is considered a dependent.) According to Hazbun, the GCAP award of $6,000, though $1,000 higher than before, is “non-negligible” but nonetheless insufficient. “We took the decision to come to the University [for me] to study,” said Hazbun. “We also took the decision to have a family.” “That doesn’t mean the University has to be our own private charity, that’s not what I’m saying,” he continued. “What I’m saying is there is a problem. And as a father, husband, and graduate student, I don’t know how to solve it.” All parents interviewed by the ‘Prince’ recognized both the privilege of attending the University and the See GRAD page 2
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Sarah Hirschfield ’20 wins 2020 USG discusses Student Speaker Initiative, comGates Cambridge Scholarship munity engagement
By Marie-Rose Sheinerman Associate News & Features Editor
On Thursday, Feb. 13, Sarah Hirschfield ’20 became the sole University recipient of the 2020 Gates Cambridge Scholarship, a prestigious fellowship which funds 80 students annually from countries outside the United Kingdom to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge. The Gates scholarship was established in 2000 by a donation of $210 million from Bill and Melinda Gates to the University of Cambridge, which constituted the largest ever single donation to a university in the
U.K. The selection criteria for the scholarship are “outstanding intellectual ability, reasons for choice of course, a commitment to improving the lives of others, and leadership potential,” according to their website. Hirschfield will pursue an M.Phil. in philosophy at Cambridge. In interviews with The Daily Princetonian, Hirschfield’s friends and mentors seemed to agree on one thing: at her core, she is a student of philosophy. When asked what first drew her to the concentration, she said that to her, philosophy is a way of making life less confusing and easier to grapple with.
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At this week’s meeting, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) discussed recent developments regarding the Student Speakers Initiative, as well as goals to increase outreach and transparency within USG. Tyler Eddy ’21 reported
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that over 1,300 students voted and demonstrated a desire for the Student Speaker Initiative during his trial program. As a result, a request was made to the COS 333 course for students to make a website for the See USG page 2
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Sarah Hirschfield will pursue an M.Phil in Philosophy at Cambridge.
“It occurred to me that whether I decided to study philosophy or not, I’d be condemned to philosophizing because I would always have to deliberate about what to do and about values and how I should live my life,” she explained. “So I figured if I was condemned to thinking in this way, I might as well try to do it well.” For Hirschfield, the study of philosophy is fundamentally about “how to exist with one another.” “Philosophy can also help others and teach us how to be good to each other and to ourselves, despite all odds,” she added. Hanna Pickard, professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and former Visiting Research Scholar to the University’s Program in Cognitive Science, wrote it was “both a joy and a privilege” to advise Sarah’s junior paper. “Sarah does not flinch from staring moral wrong straight in the face and fighting it with everything she can — combining philosophical argument of the highest caliber with a kind of real-world pragmatism so that the arguments stick,” she wrote in an email to the ‘Prince.’ At Cambridge, Hirschfield plans to study feminist philosophy and philosophy of law, building on her thesis, which centers on rape and moral responsibility. Her junior paper argued against the use of mistake of fact defenses in rape cases, in which defendants can use their ignorance of the victim’s non-consent — “I didn’t realize she said no” — as
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hardships that choice has brought. “When I think about GCAP, I think, ‘Gosh, am I looking a gift horse in the mouth?’ All of this is an extreme privilege,” said Kristin Isaacs, the wife of Cory Isaacs, a thirdyear Ph.D. candidate in the Woodrow Wilson School Security Studies program. “I want to be thankful and I am thankful, but it’s just not enough.” The high cost of childcare is evident in the tuition of the University-affiliated nursery center, University NOW, where daytime care for a toddler costs $2,005 per month, amounting to about $20,000 per academic year. “And UNow isn’t even the most expensive,” Isaacs noted. “It’s insanely cost prohibitive.” Isaacs took issue with several limits set by the new policy. “Why cap the award at two children?” she asked. “It’s like … are you family-friendly or are you not?” She also found concern with capping the award availability at pre-schoolaged children. According to Hotchkiss, GCAP-eligible parties include two-parent households with children 6 years of age or younger, or one-parent households with children up to 12 years of age. For Isaacs’ family, this age limit creates a problem, since her husband is legally obligated to pay child support for two children from a previous marriage until they graduate high school. The policy also impacts undergraduate students with children. Although funding for those students is not drawn directly from GCAP, they do receive amounts equivalent to those allocated via GCAP and thus functionally benefit under the program, according to Thomas Johnson ’22, who said he clarified the source of his award’s funding with an administrator in the Office of Financial Aid. For one undergraduate with two school-aged children, granted anonymity by the ‘Prince’ since he is currently negotiating with the University, GCAP under its current age-limit guidelines will not apply. Currently, there are three undergraduates with children enrolled at the University. The three students have
access to graduate student accommodations, such as apartments in Lakeside and Lawrenceville, while receiving financial aid via the undergraduate system. The anonymous student explained that his housing costs are significantly greater than those of an average student. When he attempted to opt for a two-bedroom, he was told it was not an option. Now, his four-person family is obligated to occupy a three-bedroom apartment. “I get the same financial aid as everybody else, which I understand is fair,” he said. “But at the same time, I’m paying 2.5 times [the average student] for housing.” “I don’t like asking for essentially charity, but at the same time, it is so incredibly difficult,” he continued. “The future of my studies here is in question.” The lack of access to affordable childcare, he said, also impacts his ability to take advantage of opportunities on campus and devote adequate time to academic work. “I understand there are sacrifices that are made as a parent,” he said, but added that he is not willing to become an “absentee father.” Another issue students raised is the fact that the current arrangement pushes spouses on campus to stay home from work. “It’s a nasty loophole,” said Hazbun. “You’re going to work to pay for childcare so that you can go to work.” The anonymous student’s wife has opted to work parttime. But when one of her children falls ill, she said it is more financially expedient to stay home from work and miss hourly wages, rather than hire a sitter. Isaacs said she is not working currently, in part because “childcare costs are so ridiculous.” She added, though, that for the present, she also wants to be home with her child. Hazbun sees these challenges as particularly upsetting given that, “[t]here’s no one who’s more committed to having a successful education than someone who has a family.” The students also understood their situation as fundamentally an issue of equity and access. “If the University wants to continue to accept veteran, older students” and be inclusive, said the anonymous student, then it must create a system for them.
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Hazbun and family at Firestone Library.
Various students suggested policies the University might consider to mitigate such financial and logistical difficulties. “The solution isn’t fixing GCAP, it’s fixing financial aid,” said Tyler Eddy ’21, who has two pre-school-aged children on campus, and said that on a personal level, GCAP has been working well for him. Isaacs suggested a subsidy, perhaps at a 50 percent level, for University-affiliated childcare. She also said that increasing the aid package to $10,000 per year (per child) would, in her mind, be “generous but fair.” One root of the problem, Johnson noted, is the fact that living in Princeton, for many families, removes young parents from family and friend support systems to which struggling young parents at other universities may turn. When asked in what ways, if any, the University plans to further expand assistance to students with children, Hotchkiss wrote that the University “has long been a leader in offering familyfocused initiatives to graduate student parents. As Dean Leslie has said, her goal is to continue to foster an environment where all graduate students can thrive, including graduate students with children.” “The recently announced enhancements follow on the heels of previous changes we have made to the GCAP program to allow more graduate students to be covered and allow the financial awards to offset more types of costs associated with raising chil-
1300 students voted in Student Speaker Initiative
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Alex Hazbun and family.
dren,” he continued. Additionally, Hotchkiss wrote, “These previous enhancements mean that GCAP financial benefits are available to eligible graduate students regardless of whether a spouse or partner is working in order to offset costs associated with housing and dependent healthcare, as well as childcare costs.” As an example, Hotchkiss cited the Graduate School’s recently enhanced Childbirth and Adoption Accom-
modation Policy, which modified the Student Health Plan to fully cover expenses associated with childbirth. According to Hazbun, however, the challenges surrounding childcare will only expand, especially if the number of graduate students with children increases. “The University has everything to win in taking care of these issues early on,” he said.
USG
Suggestions for the collection of data included prox swipes and sending out email surveys to participants. The Transparency Task Force also gave its report, proposing two measures to increase student engagement with USG. One suggestion was holding office hours for students to learn more about USG events, a program that began in the fall of 2019 and will continue this spring semester, on either Wednesdays or Thursdays. “The [important] thing is getting more people to come to these meetings and any other meetings where the public is involved,” Larrieu said. He added that public presence would enable students to perceive USG as an organization that welcomes engagement with the student body. Finally, the Weekly Council of the Princeton University Committee update summarized Eisgruber’s Annual State of the University l fetter. The meeting was open to the public and held in Lewis Library 138 from 7 to 8 p.m.
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nomination of the election to serve as their final project. “The program no longer needs funding or administrative support,” Eddy said, in reference to the Student Speakers Initiative. “This has been provided by the numerous existing speaking groups on campus.” Eddy also spoke about making the Student Speaker Initiative a committee as a part of USG. The USG discussed using data to improve communication and outreach. USG Vice President Andres Larrieu ’22 examined the role that data collection could play in optimizing USG services. For instance, during the USG Dean’s Date giveaway event, student participation exceeded expectations. According to Larrieu, collecting data on participation would enable USG to make more accurate predictions regarding the number of participating students.
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with their representatives. Javier explained that a lack of time may be another reason students are not prioritizing civic engagement. “I can see that students are really busy. Time is a really coveted resource on this campus and sometimes you don’t have time to write to your representative or to engage civically,” she said. Morgan Smith ’21, a student leader with Vote100, agreed that time constraints may be an issue. “I do think that because we’re so busy, it’s very easy for students to come across as apathetic,” she said, “But I do think at the end of the day that we all as Princetonians care about something and that days like these at least give students the opportunity to use their voice and talk about those concerns that they’re having.” During the event, Smith wrote a “letter of encouragement” to Senator Kamala Harris, who represents her home state of California. Claire Wayner ’22, President of PSCI, said that the turnout for the event was
a defense to the crime. She argued that this defense rests on a false narrative about men’s ability to “read signals.” Hirschfield sees the experience of attending college during the rise of the #MeToo as motivating her future academic research. “Through my reporting, along with my friendships across campus — in the orchestra, powerlifting team, and rap group — I have come to see that the #MeToo problem is widely shared,” she wrote in her personal statement for the scholarship. “While the problem of sexual assault is practical, the issues it raises — about the nature of consent, the appropriateness of blame and punishment, and the requirements of justice — are deeply philosophical,” she continued. “I wanted to use the analytical tools I cherish to tackle this pressing issue.” “[Sarah] will make the world a better place, especially for women,” wrote Pickard. Janet Lee ’20, a close friend of Hirschfield’s, commended her for “not [being] afraid to challenge popular opinion and really think for herself.” In the eyes of McCosh Professor of Philosophy Michael Smith, one of Hirschfield’s greatest attributes is her ability to shine in small group class discussion without making anyone feel “ignorant or stupid,” according to an email statement to the ‘Prince.’ Smith described his experience with Hirschfield when she was in his precept in PHI380/CHV380: Explaining Values. “It became very clear that prior to the first day of class, she had already done all of the reading for the course and that she had already developed a fairly good grasp of how the material would fit together,” he wrote. “This is the only time I’ve had a student come to the first day of class having mastered all of the reading for a class.” Hirschfield’s interests outside of academics are wide-ranging and often seemingly contradictory. Over the past two years, Hirschfield has spearheaded the creation of the video section of the ‘Prince.’
Jonathan Ort ’21, the editor-inchief of the ‘Prince,’ said what distinguishes Sarah as a leader is her “incredible emotional intelligence” and her “ability to be there for every member of the team.” “She has this really unique capacity to pay attention and to heed the experiences of other people,” said Ort. “She is incredibly generous, not only with her time, but also with her spirit, in terms of lifting people up.” In addition to her time at the ‘Prince,’ she has managed the Instagram account of Peter Singer, the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University. She has also been a member of the Anscombe Society. She is a cellist in Sinfonia and is also the founder of a free-style rap group, FIRSTBASS. Hirschfield is heavily involved with Jewish life on campus, serving as the public relations chair of Chabad. She is also a member of Six14, a Christian dance group. She is an editor for the Princeton Law Review and a two-time Silver Medalist at the Ivy League Powerlifting Championships. “Sarah is a student of ‘the Sarah Hirschfield theory of the unity of everything,’” wrote Rabbi Eitan Webb, a mentor to Hirschfield, in a statement to the ‘Prince.’ “Her freestyle rap group ... became a forum for her to test ideas that she had been researching for her junior paper. Her powerlifting group is invariably a place for Sarah to conduct an ad hoc discussion about classical music. And on and on.” “I do not think that there is a topic on this planet (or beyond it) that does not pique her curiosity,” Webb added. “Her questioning of every assumption and every premise is real.” “I always feel so inspired by her passion for what she’s studying,” said Linh Nguyen ’21, a friend of Hirschfield’s and fellow associate news editor emeritus at the ‘Prince.’ For Hirschfield, receiving the award was a moment of profound gratitude. “I’m thankful for all the mentors I’ve had in the philosophy department — Gideon Rosen, Hanna Pickard, Michael Smith, and Alexander Nehamas — who encouraged me to cultivate my passion,” she said. “I’m grateful for all the people — my friends, my mentors, and my family — who have shaped me into the person I am today.”
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Sarah Lee ’22 encouraged students to stop by and contact their representatives.
“very low.” She wondered whether students were busy, if the publicity for the event was inadequate, or “people just don’t care about politics or political engagement.” Wayner is an opinion columnist for the ‘Prince’. Wayner said that students are also not sufficiently informed about how the government is responding to climate issues. “People assume that nothing is being done on climate change,” she said, “but in reality, a lot of different representatives are trying to do their best to introduce bills. They just get stalled.” The Princeton Student Climate Initiative (PSCI) distributed a list of 14 pieces of legislation related to climate that are currently in the House and the Senate. Nearby, AASA members spoke with students about Asian American representation in the census and the importance of participation by students who are away at college. “A lot of college students here don’t know that they actually have a say in the
census because their parents usually do it for them. So what we’re advocating for is that you should be aware that you have a role to play in the census,” said Jennifer Lee ’23, an AASA member at the event. Lee explained that Asian American voting rates and census participation are lacking and need more support from representatives. She noted that University students could do more to be civically engaged. “I found coming to school that a lot of people don’t read the news and a lot of people don’t know what’s going [on],” Lee said. “There are things that we can do on the home front and that involves taking the initiative to read the news, to become informed, and to engage in political discourse.” This academic year, Vote100 also held a voter registration drive at Labyrinth Books and Democratic debate watch parties in collaboration with the Whig-Cliosophic Society. The group plans to increase its activities as the presidential election approaches.
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Why I oppose Charter’s return to Bicker Susan Spock
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was shocked and grieved to learn this week that Charter will re-establish Bicker, a move I strongly oppose. I am a member of Charter’s class of 1976 — and a member of the group who began the fight for Charter to become non-selective and who celebrated when that fight succeeded in 1977. Bicker is inimical to the mission of the University. College should be a time when students meet and exchange ideas with people from different backgrounds and who have different values and perspectives. When a social club can select for a particular type of person, it narrows its members’ college experience. The clubs already divide the
campus roughly along socioeconomic lines in a way that is unhealthy for the community and prevents the broadest exchange of ideas. Bicker exacerbates that divide. My experience as a member of the Bicker selection committee solidified my antipathy for Bicker. Short interviews with strangers do not reveal whether someone will become a good friend or dinner companion. The system favors extroverts over introverts, wealthy over poor, socially comfortable over slightly awkward. Decisions about applicants can be impulsive and can be swayed by the loudest voices in the room. Students who are left out often feel terrible — recoiling from an unnecessary assault on their selfworth. Selectivity also allows club members to believe they are
better than others. It promotes arrogance. It solidifies social class structures. College is not a time to hide in a cocoon to avoid anyone who might not be “enough,” no matter how that might be defined. One reason Charter has trouble attracting students has nothing to do with Bicker but instead with its relatively distant location on the Street for non-engineers. Even when Charter had Bicker when I was a member, the club rejected only a few students — students the club could easily have absorbed. Bicker is unlikely to change Charter’s fortunes in any lasting way. I fail to understand why a group of students who want to commit to Charter need Bicker to entice them to do so. If they want to change the direction of the club, they should sign in together. If there are
too many Friday night open houses, limit them to once a month. Bicker is not a prerequisite for changing the club’s social schedule. Once the club allows Bicker, any new group’s inclusivity ideals will be lost over time. For over 40 years, I have been proud that Charter has been open to everyone. Princeton has moved in the direction of inclusivity and tolerance, and it is deeply distressing to hear that Charter plans to move in the opposite direction. The choice Charter’s board and members are making could last for decades. Many club members in the 1970s made sustained efforts to eliminate Bicker, and we hoped that our achievement would remain as an enduring legacy. Susan Spock is a guest contributor from the Class of 1976.
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Wrestling emerges unscathed from Drexel, Penn doubleheader By Jo de La Bruyère
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Head wrestling coach Chris Ayres can breathe again. After last Sunday’s grueling, gritty victory over powerhouse No. 18 Cornell, No. 5 Princeton wrestling was promised a share of this year’s Ivy League Championship — the team’s first since 1986. But one barrier to full ownership of the trophy remained: the University of Pennsylvania. The Tigers walked away from a Saturday Dillon Gymnasium doubleheader against Penn and Drexel — Pennsylvania’s top two Division I programs — with back-to-back victories. The 33–6 and 22–16 wins cemented Princeton as the sole Ivy League champion and earned the team its first undefeated Ivy League season since 1986. Ayres had a straightforward goal heading into the Penn match. “We’ve climbed our way out of the basement of the Ivy League one team at a time,� he said. “We wanted to send messages. We wanted to make sure that we were expressing our dominance.� His team did exactly that; senior captain No. 3 Matthew Kolodzik set Princeton’s pace with a stunning 17–3 major decision over Penn’s 149-pound-
er. It was smooth sailing from there for Princeton’s squad. Wrestling in place of No. 5 Quincy Monday in the 157, unranked sophomore Jake Marsh logged an 11–6 decision; No. 24 Grant Cuomo followed up with a 5–2 win in the 165. Chasing a national ranking, senior 174-pound Kevin Parker put five points on the board for Princeton with a 16–1 technical fall over Penn’s wrestler. No. 31 Travis Stefanik followed up on last week’s electric performance with a 12–4 major. No. 4 junior captain Pat Brucki avenged his one-spot slip in the national rankings by posting a 20–3 technical fall. First-year Jack DelGarbino nabbed an overtime 5–3 win. But then came the meat of Penn’s lineup. The Quakers boast just two ranked wrestlers: No. 9 Michael Colaiocco at 125 and No. 23 Doug Zapf at 141. Usually occupied by No. 4 sophomore Pat Glory, Princeton’s 125-pound slot was filled this weekend by unranked first-year Sean Pierson. Pierson fell — as expected — but held his opponent to a meager 2–0 decision. And at 141, Zapf took down sophomore Marshall Keller for his third straight defeat. “The Keller and Pierson losses hurt,� said Ayres. “But those guys went hard. We al-
ways tell our guys not to worry about winning or losing — just to perform. And that’s what they did.� The Tigers closed out the meet with a 27-point margin of victory, their highest this season. They’d proved themselves as the Ivy League’s dominant wrestling team. “I’d been nervous,� said Ayres. “I’d held off on tweet-
ing anything about winning the trophy this week, because I wanted to do it right. Now I can tweet; I’ll do that tomorrow morning, maybe.� But the Tigers couldn’t rest on their laurels; two hours after the start of their Penn meet came the start of their Drexel one. The Dragons’ top wrestler — No. 18 Ebed Jarrell at 165 — got the ball rolling with a 6–1
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victory over Cuomo. And the unranked Drexel 174-pounder kept his team’s momentum going, pinning Princeton’s Parker just 1:21 into the match. But Stefanik turned the tide, proving his newfound consistency with a 13–4 major at 184; Brucki recorded his second technical fall of the day with a 20–5 victory. After a hiccup at heavyweight — DelGarbino fell, 11–0 — the Tigers logged four consecutive victories. Pierson at 125, junior Ty Agaisse at 133, Keller at 141, and Kolodzik at 149 combined for 13 team points for Princeton. A Drexel victory at 157 brought the final score to 22– 16. It wasn’t domination, but it was a win. “I would have liked to score a little more,� said Ayres. “Honestly I was happy with the win, but we were a little flat that match. It was just an okay performance.� For Ayres and his team, though, there’s little time to reflect on the weekend. Coming up this Sunday in Jadwin Gym is one of the season’s most anticipated matches: a dual against Rutgers University. Last year, the Tigers fell by just one point in an earlyseason heartbreaker. “It’s a great rivalry,“ said Ayres. “We’re the team in New Jersey right now, and we have to go out and prove it.�
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Men’s basketball leads the Ivy League after 73–54 win against Brown By Elan Zohar
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Following a disappointing Friday night rout at the hands of Ivy League frontrunner Yale, Princeton found a way to salvage their home stint with an impressive win against third-place Brown, 73–54. Like Princeton, Brown has outperformed their preseason Ivy League ranking of No. 5 so far this season, but the two came into Saturday’s game in opposite places in terms of momentum. The Tigers, despite starting off Ivy League play on a tear, were handily defeated 88–64 at home against Yale the night before. Princeton’s three top scorers — sophomore Jaelin Llewellyn, senior Richmond Aririguzoh, and junior Ryan Schweiger — finished the game with two, four, and four points respectively. Head coach Mitch Henderson ’98 made sure his team was ready to bounce back after suffering the loss to the Yale team which he jokingly referred to as the Lakers in Saturday’s postgame press conference. “It’s always the longest 22 hours [between games], but a lot gets accomplished,� said Henderson.
“I talked to Richmond [Aririguzoh] last night on the phone, and he said we have to be more determined.� On the contrary, the Bears came into the game red hot, coming off two upset victories over Harvard and Penn, with the latter being on the road. The two victories come against Ivy League preseason ranks one and two. If their record did
not make it clear, these two wins leave no doubt that Brown is a force to be reckoned with in the Ivy League this season. The first half started off slow, as the Tigers and Bears were neck and neck, each clawing back after the other pushed ahead. However, with 10 minutes left to play in the half, Princeton was able to break free, going on a 15–2 run that was capped off by
a powerful Llewellyn putback dunk in transition to go up 28–17. At the halftime buzzer, the score was 37–24 Princeton, thanks in large part to sophomore Ethan Wright’s 11 points on 5–5 shooting. The Tigers were able to hold on strong to their lead in the second half despite Brown’s added intensity and constant full-court pressure. While at times sloppy, Princeton was still
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able to get its shots to fall — especially Llewellyn and Wright, who contributed significantly behind the arc. Wright’s performance was especially notable, as he would finish the game with 21 points on 9–10 from the field and 3–4 from three. “He’s putting us on his back, and I thought he was terrific,� Henderson said. “You know — choir boy, good looks, but he’s got a little sass in him.� Paired with Wright’s stellar shooting display, the Tigers’ defense was also a big benefactor. They held Brown to only a 36 percent field goal percentage, with their top three scorers all finishing with below-average point totals. The Bears’ biggest offensive threat, Brandon Anderson, scored 31 on Friday at Penn, but was held to 16 points on Saturday. With a surprising Yale loss to Penn, Princeton has moved back up to take the top spot in the Ivy League. Henderson discussed the importance of finishing the season strong. “We’ve now got four [games] on the road and the regular season finishes in three weeks, so here it comes.�
Wright goes for a layup in Princeton’s game against Brown.
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