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Princeton Debate Panel, formerly incarcerated people debate suffrage
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Students at the well-attended debate look on as Lewis Conway delivers the final remarks for the pro-enfranchisement team.
By Ezra Zimble Staff Writer
On Thursday night, Princeton Debate Panel (PDP) members and formerly incarcerated individuals debated whether individuals serving sentences in the United States should be able to vote. Two teams, each comprised of PDP students and members of the Rikers Debate Project — a group founded in 2016 that teaches competitive debate skills at several prisons — debated the question. The event was held in the Whig Senate chamber, and Parimal Garg, Deputy Counsel
to Governor Phil Murphy, moderated. Following an introduction from Whig-Clio Senate President Xiao-ke Lu ’23, Angela Cai ’09, a Rikers Debate Project board member and former PDP president, addressed the audience, which included dozens of students. Cai recounted the organization’s founding in response to Department of Justice abuse investigations at Rikers Island, which “elucidated … the lack of programming for individuals who were incarcerated there.” Last October, the New York
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City Council voted to shutter the jail complex at Rikers Island, long notorious for its harsh conditions and grievous abuses. The organization started as an idea to use a debate team to give prisoners “some modicum of educational programming,” she added. Today, the Project teaches at prisons in New Haven and Washington, D.C., as well as several facilities on Rikers Island. The PDP-Rikers teams were assigned sides by a coin toss. The government team — consisting of Rikers Debate Project member Lewis Conway and PDP members Julia Chaffers ’22 and Terrell
Seabrooks ’21 — argued for allowing incarcerated individuals to vote. Chaffers is a senior columnist for The Daily Princetonian. The opposition, arguing against the motion, consisted of PDP’s Greg Weaving ’22 and Rikers Debate members Camilla Broderick and Felix Guzman. Conway, Broderick, and Guzman are formerly incarcerated individuals. In their arguments, the teams raised issues of racial inequality, human dignity, retributive justice, and the possibility that incarcerated voters would lean
Democratic if granted voting rights. Both sides acknowledged the profound racial disparities that characterize the American criminal-justice system. After Chaffers and Seabrooks spoke in favor of the motion, and Broderick and Guzman in opposition, the floor opened to students in the audience. Those who spoke elaborated on points raised by the speakers or shared new arguments and observations. Subsequently, Conway and Weaving delivered the two team’s closing remarks, respecSee DEBATE page 2
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Experts discuss COVID19 outbreak in panel Senior Writer
As coronavirus (COVID-19) erupts into a global health crisis and strains the global economy, governments across the world are adopting measures that they hope will combat the virus’ spread. On Thursday, a University panel convened to discuss what those measures might be. Speaking in a nearly full Friend Center Room 101, the panel, which included a physician, two pathology experts, and several University faculty members, discussed a variety of possible steps. Hosted by the Wilson School and the Institute for International and Regional Studies and moderated by Miguel Centeno, Vice Dean of the Wilson School and the Musgrave Professor of Sociology, the event began with a description of the virus and possible measures to limit its impact. “Strengthening health systems. That is one of the things that can make us prepared for these emergencies,” said C. Jessica Metcalf, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs. Metcalf explained that the global spread of the virus is affected in part by governments’ ability to detect infectious cases and manage them through con-
tainment, isolation, quarantine, and contact tracing. More than 82,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in at least 48 countries, and nearly 3,000 deaths have been reported. The virus has sparked sharp declines in the global stock market: the S&P 500 dropped 4.4 percent Thursday, marking its worst loss on a single day in nearly nine years, while Dow industrials fell almost 1,200 points. Newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 have appeared in Brazil, Algeria, and India, while the number of cases continues to rise in Europe and East Asia, disrupting major economic activities in the process. Experts have warned that the virus possesses an increasingly high potential to become a global pandemic. Metcalf’s colleague, Professor Bryan Grenfell, the Kathryn Briger and Sarah Fenton Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs, added that the time of year, which influences climate and human behavior, also impacts global spread. Focusing on the University’s response to the virus, Irini Daskalaki, a medical doctor and Physician Coordinator for Global and Community Health at University Health Services, shared ways to prevent the spread of viruses on campus. See CORONAVIRUS page 3
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Ambassador Christian Wenaweser speaks to a group of students and faculty.
Lichtenstein’s permanent representative to the UN critiques body’s current state By David Veldran Senior Writer
Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, the most senior national ambassador at the United Nations, spoke to University students about the current state of multilateralism on Thursday. The seminar was titled “75 Years of United Nations: The Importance of Rule of Law For Multilateralism.” Wenweser — Liechtenstein’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations — discussed nuclear proliferation, climate change, and a United States he
views as indifferent to international institutions. Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, professor at the Wilson School and founder of the Liechtenstein Institute for Self-Determination, introduced Wenaweser as an “institution within an institution who has been … tagged as one of the stalwarts and promoters of transparency and justice.” Among Wenaweser’s most significant accomplishments, according to Danspeckgruber, was his role in the Rome negotiations, which formed the International Criminal Court.
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Wenaweser discussed the United Nations’ role broadly, as well as its impact on specific issues, such as war and aggression, nuclear proliferation, climate change, and cyber warfare. “This is a special moment in a way in the history of the U.N.,” Wenaweser observed, noting the upcoming 75th anniversary of the United Nations’ founding. He cautioned, however, that the present was not a time for self-congratulation, but rather for reflecting on the state of the institution, which he believes to be cause for some See AMBASSADOR page 3
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Conway: suffrage not a partisan issue, but human
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tively. In his speech, Conway emphasized the carceral system’s origins in slavery. “We have to discuss why we’re so quick to skip over the fact that slavery’s at the root of it. It’s because slaves were denied the right to vote that we feel it’s okay to deny prisoners the right to vote,” said Conway. “We want people to be able to vote not because it’s a partisan issue, but because it’s a human issue.” Eight guests served as judges. They were Blue Harbor Group Managing Director Dave Silverman, Chief Policy Advisor to Bill De Blasio Dom Williams, American Civil Liberties Union Smart Justice Chair Udi Ofer, Clemson Professor of Philosophy Brookes Brown, Social Work Liaison Dameon Stackhouse, and formerly-incarcerated voting right advocates Roland Pierce and Antonne Henshaw. As the judges deliberated, the debaters took questions from the audience. Simultaneously, students submitted ballots for a floor vote. During the Q&A, Guzman stressed the importance of volunteering in one’s community, arguing that “people should
be active in their communities at all times.” All eight judges voted in favor of the motion to allow incarcerated individuals to vote. Additionally, six of the seven floor-allotted votes — votes determined by audience support — fell in favor of the motion, leading to a final count of 14–1 in favor. In an email to the ‘Prince,’ Cai elaborated on why she felt the event was so important. She stated that she wants people interested in debate to know that “there is a whole other marketplace [of ideas] behind bars that many people want to contribute to.” “This was an excellent manifestation of bringing the marketplace of ideas to expand to include formerly incarcerated people,” Cai wrote. “And we’re only able to bring the formerly incarcerated voices to forums like these, but through our organization and if people want to volunteer with us we can bring that into jails and prisons as well.” The event took place Thursday evening at 7 p.m. and was co-sponsored by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, the Carl A. Fields Center, the Department of African American Studies, the Princeton Debate Panel, Students for Prison Education and Reform (SPEAR), and the Rikers Debate Project.
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“It’s because slaves were denied the right to vote that we feel it’s okay to deny prisoners the right to vote,” Lewis Conway said.
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concern. “I think the U.N. is [in] a very precarious moment right now,” he said. In the past, the United Nations had little trouble convincing countries to agree to international solutions, Wenaweser noted, but this kind of multilateral cooperation has become increasingly difficult in recent years. “We are now at a very different moment,” he said, “when more and more states … question multinational approaches.” While respecting the importance of national sovereignty, being that he represents the sixthsmallest country in the world, Wenaweser argued that it would be a mistake to always insist on it, especially when a country faces a public health crisis, such as novel coronavirus. “More and more governments favor national solutions, favor populist rhetoric, favor anti-globalist talk,” he said. “And of course some of those governments are very powerful, and of course the U.S. is one of them.” Wenaweser laid out two possible responses to this issue. One is to repudiate the United Nations as a whole and find regional, smallerscale alternatives to it. The other is to fully buy into the United Nations, because its contributions are needed now more than ever. “We are sort of the latter school of thought,” he said, referring to Liechtenstein, which puts a high percentage of its GDP towards the United Nations. For a small state such as Liechtenstein, Wenaweser said, the investment is a necessity. “The U.N. is the epitome of what international law means, and for us as a small state, it’s a very natural place to go. International law is what protects us. We have no other way of protecting ourselves against more powerful states,” he said. “So we want to have rules that are clear … that are agreed on the basis of negotiation … rules that
we have had a role in shaping … and rules that are applicable to everybody.” Wenaweser then pivoted to discuss nuclear disarmament, noting that the United Nations has become an important place for negotiation in this area. He praised the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement, also known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, and expressed concern about the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle it, a move he said could have severe global consequences. He characterized the overall attitude of the United States toward the United Nations as one of indifference, directly contradicting its historic prominence in the institution. As an example of this attitude, Wenaweser brought up the Jan. 3 assassination of General Qasem Soleimani of Iran, an act that he thought violated the United Nations charter. The Trump administration’s justification of the assassination as an act of self-defense, he said, serves only to weaken the United Nations’ mandate. “The regime that is reflected in the charter of the U.N. is really eroded, and international law is invoked and applied in a manner that in our view is … not a reflection of what we agreed to,” he said. Despite the challenges the United Nations now faces, Wenaweser said, it is worthwhile to fight for an institution that can influence international policy on immense and complex issues. “Sometimes people ask me, is this not a very depressing time to be a diplomat at the U.N.? And I think it’s absolutely [not] the case,” he said. “I think it’s a very challenging time. But I think it’s also a time to be there and to try to help steer things in a certain direction.” This event was the first of the new series, “25 Years [of the] Prince of Liechtenstein Initiative on SelfDetermination” at Princeton University. The series is co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School, the Program on Law and Public Affairs, and the Institute for International and Regional Studies.
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“I cannot overemphasize measures like hand hygiene and cough etiquette,” she said. “They’re evidence-based, and they truly can help with lowering the rate of an outbreak.” Daskalaki explained that the University has been working closely with the Princeton Health Department to address the health concerns of students and community members. Visiting Lecturer in Public and International Affairs Douglas E. Mercado GS ’07 approached the subject from his background in international humanitarian assistance. Mercado explained that COVID-19 is just one of several major issues drawing humanitarian attention in 2020. Presenting the calculations of a recent United Nations report, he showed that, within this year, approximately 167 million people will need humanitarian aid, the cost of which is estimated to reach $29 billion. He remarked that problems like the locust invasion threaten-
ing food crops in East Africa are not receiving as much attention as the virus. “It’s been kind of relegated to the back because everything is focused right now on the coronavirus,” Mercado said. “And I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but I’m saying there are a lot of people out there who have got bigger worries than the coronavirus. One is having food tomorrow.” David S. Wilcove, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs, discussed the link between the international trade of wildlife and the COVID-19. He began his presentation by pointing to a photo of the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, where the COVID-19 is widely believed to have originated. “This is the Wuhan seafood market,” he said, “which had a pretty expansive definition of seafood.” While the species from which the virus originated is still uncertain, Wilcove said, the presence of internationally-sourced wildlife in close contact facilitated its emergence. According to Wilcove, limit-
ing wildlife trade will be challenging. The trade is a major economic force, and smuggling presents an obstacle to enforcing bans. Also, many people rely on wildlife products for traditional medicine and social conventions. “To give you an example — shark fin soup, which has led to the death, for many years, of tens of millions of sharks every year, is viewed in some parts of the world as an important dish served, say at a wedding or another truly significant event,” Wilcove said. Wilcove anticipates more restrictions on the sale of wildlife in China, as the Chinese government begins to shutter markets like Wuhan’s, but he remains skeptical about whether this will be sufficient in solving the problem of wildlife trade. “And of course, undoubtedly, at this moment, there’s some Trump University graduate who is selling some other animal as a way to cure the coronavirus problem, ensuring that another animal is endangered by this sort of thing,” he joked. The panel was held in Friend Center Room 101 at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27.
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Changing history: Why students should take foreign history classes Elijah Benson
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nder the current system that the University has in place, it is completely possible for a student to never interact with the history of a culture or place outside of the United States or Europe. Take, for example, students in the BSE computer science major. While it is an option for them to take a Historical Analysis (HA) class, it is not required, as they can fulfill four out of their six general education requirements in other ways. Even if they do take an HA course, there is no guarantee that it will discuss a foreign culture, as they can opt to take a course that focuses on the United States or Europe — similar to courses they took in middle and high school. This goes for AB students as well, as they, too, can opt for these academically familiar countries. Even in foreign language requirements, students may concentrate more on linguistic technicalities, as opposed to cultural aspects, in order to get the best possible grade in the class. To educate students on topics not traditionally covered in the American education system, broaden their academic horizons, and,
most importantly, instill an awareness of different cultures, the University should adjust the distribution requirements so that all students — not just those in the major — must take at least one HA course that does not focus on the United States or Europe, with the exception of those centered on African-American history. Classes that focus on nonAmerican or European cultures may most directly appeal to students who come from those cultures. This trend should not be viewed as a negative outcome as, especially for domestic students, these topics are not normally talked about in primary schooling and can help to teach people about their own culture in the academic space. Such classes, however, often build on information that these students already know or can learn from their personal cultural experiences. When students who are not from these cultures are added to the class, those students actually learn completely new information. Growing up, they learned American and European history and have a large blind spot to the rest of the world. While high-school classes may feature elements of other cultures, they are not the focus and thus are often glossed over in the curricu-
lum. This academic foundation leaves many students with perspectives limited to dominant Western cultures. This lack of understanding and awareness then leads students to view the world from a largely Eurocentric perspective, which is far from the only way to see things. With the University being an elite institution, its students should be learning the widest scope of information possible. They should have a cultural understanding of something beyond the dominant framework, especially as Princeton purports to train future leaders and decision-makers. It is imperative for Princeton students to see beyond an American context. By mandating that all students take a HA class that focuses on places other than the United States and Europe, they are then exposed to a broader range of information and gain the ability to see the world differently. On top of that, interacting with students of different cultures while learning about one particular culture will have the benefit of adding nuance to one’s perspective on the coursework; the different viewpoints of students who have more personal familiarity with the material can lead to more generative class discussions and additional analysis not found in course readings.
With vast opinions on the topic, students who identify with the culture being taught can also benefit from the diverse perspectives on the topic — as long as it is done in a respectful and informed manner. African-American history should be exempted from this policy because it is still an overlooked history, despite its connection to American history more broadly. While it is still American, it is vastly different from mainstream American history, particularly because of its unique analytical and theoretical frameworks. There should be particular attention given to the subject because African Americans have had their own unique cultural experiences within America. Princeton (and college in general) is supposed to be a place of growth and broadening perspectives. That cannot be effectively achieved if students never interact with cultures outside of the ones they have been taught their entire lives. Students, with an adjustment in the general distribution requirements, would benefit overall with interacting with other cultures beyond language. Elijah Benson is a sophomore from Newark, N.J. He can be reached at ebenson@ princeton.edu.
Reforming the Class Day speaker selection process: Open letter to the Class Day co-chairs Guest Contributors
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o the Class Day Co-Chairs,
We wish to express our thoughts on the choice of the Class Day speaker for 2020 and propose improvements that could be made to the speaker selection process. As seniors, we had been looking forward to the speaker announcement for months. Many of us were disappointed when we saw that this year’s speaker was to be Marshawn Lynch, mainly because we did not feel included in the process by which this speaker was nominated and finally selected. It goes without saying that Lynch has had an incredibly impressive career as an NFL football player and as a social activist. He has given back to his home community of Oakland through many philanthropic activities and has organized football clinics around the world. However, saying that Lynch has “unapologetically embodied and advocated for our own identities and values” (as stated in the University’s official Instagram post) without actually consulting us, the Princeton community, is paradoxical and thus questionable. We do not mean to criticize this
choice of speaker in particular, but rather want to call attention to the opaque selection process for Class Day speakers. To begin with, we feel that the set of criteria for nominees should be clearly defined and transparent to the graduating class. Based on trends in previous selections of Class Day speakers, a common thread seems to be that past speakers either share a connection with the graduation class as Princeton alumni or are widely regarded as exceptional communicators. For instance, the last two speakers have been Ellie Kemper ’02 and Senator Cory Booker. The former is a Princeton alumna and spoke about Princeton-specific experiences that many graduating seniors could relate to from the perspective of a past member of Quipfire!, Triangle, Theatre Intime, and the field hockey team. The latter is firstly associated with New Jersey and therefore Princeton, and secondly has dedicated his life to giving voice to the people of his community. In this way, the thought process behind the selection of these speakers is apparent. In the selection of Marshawn Lynch, however, it is not evident what the set of criteria for nomination are. On receiving the email about the speaker an-
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nouncement, members of the senior class who were not aware of Lynch tried to learn more about his identity and relevance to our Class Day ceremony. Among articles that praised his NFL career and philanthropic contributions, we came across articles discussing Lynch’s reticence with the media and his terse responses at press conferences. In 2013 and 2014, for example, Lynch was fined $50,000 and $100,000 for refusing to speak to the media. During the 2015 Superbowl Media Day, Lynch famously responded to multiple questions with variants of “I’m just here so I won’t get fined.” With no other frame of reference, such reports caused confusion over the set of criteria that led to his nomination. In addition to transparency issues regarding the nomination criteria, this decision ref lects foundational issues in the selection process. We feel that the selection committee did not represent a broad-enough range of perspectives and did not try to compensate for this by notifying the senior class of intermediate steps in the selection process. The selection committee should have solicited our feedback on the final shortlisting of the potential candidates. If it did attempt to do so, it did not reach
many of us, which is also an issue. In order to improve this process, participation and feedback should be solicited from the senior class in a similar manner to how it was solicited for the selection of the Class Day jacket or the Student Speaker Initiative. Just one such round of feedback would give all seniors a chance to have a say in selecting the speaker, will mitigate disappointment and surprise when the committee announces the final speaker, and will better ref lect the interests of the graduating class. It is undoubtedly true that no single speaker can strike a connection with every senior on campus, and there will thus inevitably be a subset of seniors who are disappointed with the selection every year. However, we believe that reforming the nomination and selection process by clarifying the procedure and by involving the senior class will definitely anticipate such concerns, giving students a better understanding and moreover a sense of ownership over the decision to invite a specific speaker. This letter was written by Urvashi Uberoy ’20, with contributions from Ananya Mittal ’20, Jane Sul ’20, Ashley Dong ’20 and other members of the senior class who wish to remain anonymous.
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Track teams head to Cornell for Ivy Heps By Emily Phillippides Associate Sports Editor
The men’s and women’s track and field teams have a big weekend ahead of them in Ithaca, N.Y., with the indoor season culminating in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. The women are looking to improve upon their fifth-place finish from last year, while the men are hoping to defend their indoor team championship title. Both teams are hoping to build upon their momentum from strong individual performances throughout the season, as well as a team win on both sides at the Harvard-YalePrinceton meet held several weeks ago. Seeded first in the 1000m is junior Sam Ellis, who, in the midst of a breakout season, is also seeded second in the 800m and the mile. Sophomore and defending indoor champion CJ Licata is seeded first in the shot put, over one meter ahead of the second-ranked competitor from Harvard. Junior Jeff Hollis, already a two-time Ivy League champion, is seeded first in the high jump, well ahead of the rest of the field. In the pole vault, first-year Simen Guttormsen is the number one competitor going into the meet. On the sprint side, the Tigers who seeded in the top six in their respective events include senior Justice Dixon and sophomore Simang’Aliso Ndhlovu in the 60m dash, sophomore Gregory Sholars and junior Katie DiFrancesco in the 200m, and sophomore Michael Phillippy in the 400m, as well as sophomores Christian Brown and
Taraje Whitfield in the 60m hurdles. Senior Madeleine Sumner and junior Sophie Cantine are seeded in the top six in the 1000m, with Cantine also seeded fourth in the mile and third in the 3k. On the men’s side, senior Conor Lundy, junior Ed Trippas, and first-year Camren Fischer are seeded in the top six in the 3k. Lundy is also seeded second in the 5k in 14:00.33, which he ran as his season opener in early December. Trippas was the Outdoor Ivy League and NCAA Regional champion in the 3k steeplechase, while Fischer was the Cross Country NCAA Regional champion this past fall. Three other first-years are ranked exceptionally well in the Ivy League. Charlotte O’Toole is seeded second with a personal-best time of 1:14.17. O’Toole is only seeded behind junior Uchechi Nwogwugwu from Penn — last year’s 400m Ivy League champion and Honorable Mention All-America. Maggie Hock is also ranked second in the League over 1000m in a time of 2:47.79, only 0.23 away from Yale sophomore Jocelyn Chau. Finally, Annika Kelly is seeded third in the weight throw with 18.19m. On the field side, competitors seeded in the top six include sophomores Hanne Borstlap in the pole vault, Aviram Shwarzbard in the long jump, Adedayo Abeeb and Austin Princewill in the triple jump, as well as Luisa Chantler Edmond in the weight throw. Junior Kelton Chastulik and senior Ellen Scott-Young are also top-ranked in the shot put and weight throw, respectively.
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Sophomore Hanne Bortslap competing in the pole vault during last weekend’s Princeton Invitational that the Tigers hosted at Jadwin Gym.
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Undefeated No. 8 men’s lacrosse to face Johns Hopkins after downing UVA By Molly Milligan
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No. 8 men’s lacrosse (3–0, 0–0 Ivy) hosts the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (1–2) on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Sherrerd Field. To improve on their undefeated record, the Tigers are looking to carry over momentum from last weekend’s win. Last Saturday, Princeton topped defending NCAA champion and then-second-ranked Vir-
ginia in Charlottesville, Va. GoPrincetonTigers.com described the win as “more than just the Michael Sowers show,” referring to the usually dominant performance of senior and all-time leading scorer Michael Sowers. Princeton led 8–7 at the half and continued to fight off UVA shooters in the final two periods to clinch a 16–12 victory. The game saw junior attack Chris Brown reach 100 career points with four goals and an as-
sist. Senior attack Phillip Robertson added four goals of his own, while first-year attack Alex Slusher netted two insurance goals in the final four minutes to seal the win. Meanwhile, Sowers followed up his Ivy-record-breaking, 14-point game against Colgate with four goals and four assists against Virginia. For his efforts, he was honored with a secondstraight Ivy League Player of the Week award and was named the
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Earlier this season, senior Michael Sowers broke the Ivy League record for points in a game with 14.
US Lacrosse National Player of the Week. “It was great to compete against a great team in UVA and be able to put our Princeton lacrosse brand on the national stage and show everyone in the country what all that work has created here,” senior face-off Philip Thompson said in an interview with The Daily Princetonian. Princeton head coach Matt Madalon agreed with Thompson’s assessment. “This was a great win for us. We think we have a good team. We want to play the best teams we can, and Virginia is certainly that. We got contributions from everyone, and that was great to see. Now we can enjoy this for a few minutes and then start to think about the next game, which is against another great team,“ Madalon said. The Tigers play John Hopkins next, who sits at number 18 in the USILA Coaches Poll but is not ranked by Inside Lacrosse. After beating the Cavaliers, the Tigers are ranked eighth in this week’s Inside Lacrosse poll. Still, Hopkins is one of the most well-respected lacrosse programs in the history of the men’s college game. Thompson said there will be “some new wrinkles” in the Tigers’ system designed to take down the Blue Jays but highlighted the fact that Princeton will remain focused on “overwhelming teams with elite
hustle, toughness, and energy for the full 60 minutes.” The Blue Jays are 1–2 on the season, with losses coming at the hands of Loyola and North Carolina. Thompson attributes much of Princeton’s early success this season to the “hard work everyone on the roster has put in.” According to Thompson, team captains George Baughan, Nick Bauer, Jon Levine, Robertson, Strib Walker, and Sowers “have done an incredible job leading and creating a culture where every player is accountable.” “This team is also a very closeknit group, and that togetherness allows us to push each other in a constructive way that makes the whole better than the sum of its parts,” Thompson said. Following the Hopkins game, Princeton will face Rutgers before beginning Ivy League play. The Tigers were picked to finish fourth in the league behind Yale, Penn, and Cornell. Yale, the national champion in 2018, is currently ranked number one in the polls, and Penn and Cornell immediately follow the Tigers at numbers nine and 10. Despite this ranking, Thompson believes that if the Tigers can “take a step forward every day and keep getting better and learning from mistakes in practice and games,” then they’ll be able to contend with any opponent on the schedule.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Tigers to begin ECAC tournament play By Chris Murphy and Owen Tedford Editor-in-Chief Emeritus and Senior Staff Writer
Having won 11 of its last 13 games, including back-to-back blowout victories to end the season, women’s hockey boasts a resume that includes 17 conference victories, a winning percentage of over .800, and two victories over top-five opponents. The team’s success throughout the season earned the Tigers the second seed in the postseason tournament, with a first-round date against 10th-ranked Quinnipiac, and potentially two other top-10 teams lying in wait. Welcome to the ECAC Conference. The sixth-ranked Tigers battled their way through one of the nation’s most impressive conferences, amassing two more wins than last year’s epic regular season. Knocking on the door of a singleseason wins record (one more will break the mark set by the 2015 squad), Princeton once again did enough to earn themselves a home playoff series. Like last year, expectations are high as the team heads into what head coach Cara Morey calls “the second season.” Should the Tigers make it past the best of three quarterfinals, they will be two games away from an ECAC postseason championship. Go on to win that and maybe, just maybe, the Tigers will be in line to host their first ever NCAA Tournament game. First, though, the Tigers need to take care of business against Quinnipiac this weekend. They face a Bobcat team that finished just three wins short of the Tigers’
overall mark, and recently hammered nine goals in a single game to close out the season. Talking about the opponent, coach Morey noted, “There are not a lot of opponents in our league I’m excited to play; Quinnipiac is certainly one of those. They are stifling on defense and have some dynamic forwards. It’s just gonna be a tough contest.” After a slight pause, Morey added, with a smile, “It’s gonna be a really great game; I wish we had somebody different.” Her expression, however, said otherwise — for a Tiger team that wants to prove it belongs in the NCAA’s elite, this is a chance to take a big step forward. It won’t be easy — the Bobcats are hungry for redemption. They left their mark in Princeton’s record books in 2017, when they defeated the Tigers 3–2 in triple OT of game one in the ECAC Quarterfinals, the longest game in Tiger history. Since then, however, Princeton has dominated them, snuffing that 2017 team by winning the next two in the series, and then winning five of the six meetings since. For the Bobcats, this weekend serves as their chance to break into the upper echelon of the NCAA. “I think going through that loss in triple overtime, we’ve seen everything that this weekend can bring,” noted senior Carly Bullock. “We know that Qunnipiac is going to bring their best hockey, and we cannot take a period or even a shift off.” For the Tigers, this week has emphasized the mindset of that “second season.” With 28 games under their belt, most of the focus has been devoted to off-the-
ice preparation. Morey noted that, at this stage of the season, “Bodies are breaking down; we have to stay healthy and get players to focus on treating [their] bodies right.” The Tigers have already been impacted this season by crippling injuries, having to absorb the loss of senior forward MacKenzie Ebel since November. Beyond maintaining their physical strength, they have mentally prepared for what is essentially a sudden-death season (technically, Princeton can afford one loss this weekend). A sports psychologist visited the team earlier in the week, while the more experienced players have passed on their prior knowledge of postseason play to their younger teammates. “We know to trust our train-
ing and preparation and stick to what has worked for us all season long,” said senior captain Claire Thompson. For the past few weeks, the Tigers’ calling card has been their defense. In its final eight games, Princeton gave up more than one goal only once. Its lockdown D — comprised mostly of underclass students — is anchored by two solid goaltenders, senior Stephanie Neatby and junior Rachel McQuigge; with the possibility of three consecutive games, having two players who could mind the net is an incredible advantage this time of year. Against the Bobcats, the goalies split the games, each giving up two goals in net. The Bobcat offense, however, has turned up the intensity in the final quar-
ter of the season, setting up what should be a battle of strength versus strength. Student Coach Julia Edgar ’21 has been crucial in tracking the Tigers’ statistics to ensure they will have their best line combinations for the weekend match against Quinnipiac University. One thing is for certain — the series is shaping up to be a battle between two great hockey teams. According to Morey, “fans should be excited to see a fast, aggressive style of game that has some offensive punch.” Beyond that, the intensity of the “second season” is something that can’t be replicated in the regular season, regardless of the opponent. According to Bullock, “This time, it’s do or die.”
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The women’s hockey team after their win against Yale on Senior Day.
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