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U. Responds to Concerns About Lead in Campus Water By Myrial Holbrook staff writer
Jessica Li news editor
The University has not yet found elevated levels of lead concentration in drinking water on campus, according to University Media Specialist Min Pullan. Concerns about lead concentration in campus drinking water surfaced in April when reports emerged that elementary schools in the area had water supplies that contained higher concentrations of lead. Princeton Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser explained that Johnson Park elementary school, in particular, had drinking water that tested above the EPA maximum contaminant level for copper. Additionally, two further water sources— both outdoor water fountains
close to the school—had exceeded the EPA maximum contaminant level for copper and lead, respectively. According to Pullan, the University’s water is provided by New Jersey American Water, an investor owned water utility company. The University has not received any notification from the corporation that the concentration of lead in water provided to campus exceeds the Environmental Protection Agency Action Limit, Pullan said. Pullan further noted that the University has typically tested for lead content in water when requested by parents or guardians of children less than six years old, or when recommended by a child’s pediatrician. “None have found elevated levels of lead in water; however, we will continue to prioritize See LEAD page 3
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Cleveland Browns draft football cocaptain Seth DeValve ’16 at No. 138 By David Liu sports editor
Earlier Saturday afternoon, the Cleveland Browns selected senior wide receiver Seth DeValve with the 138th pick in the NFL draft. The fourth round pick makes DeValve the highest Princeton NFL pick in recent history. The last Princeton player to be selected at an earlier pick was Charles Gogolak ’66, whom the Redskins drafted at the sixth pick fifty years ago. DeValve was the first Ivy League player selected in this
year’s NFL draft. He is the third Tiger selected in the past four years, joining Detroit Lions defensive tackle Caraun Reid ’14 and New York Jets defensive end Mike Catapano ’13. At Princeton, DeValve commanded the wide receiver position, finishing tenth alltime in receptions and 13th in receiving yards. In 2013, the Connecticut native earned a top-50 national rank in receptions per game. Transitioning to the NFL, DeValve will play the tight end position for the Browns. According to NFL draft ex-
pert Lance Zierlein, DeValve’s strengths reside in his “above average ball skills” and ability to “make late adjustments.” The same analyst said that DeValve “should bring a great understanding of route running to [the] tight end position.” The connection between Princeton and the Cleveland Browns stems from the Tiger’s head coach Bob Surace ’90, who worked alongside current Browns head coach Hue Jackson back when the two were offensive coaches for the Bengals.
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Undercover cop continues to make arrests outside Varsity Liquors staff writer
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David Calone ’96: From USG to U. S. Government By Abhiram Karrupur staff writer
David Calone ’96 is running as a Democrat against Anna ThroneHolst for the party nomination to serve in the House of Representatives for New York’s 1st Congressional District. If he wins, he will face Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in the fall.. The 1st District encompasses eastern Long Island, and includes the towns of Brookhaven, Southampton, East Hampton and Shelter Island. Calone currently serves as the CEO of Jove Equity Partners, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies, and is a board member of the Long Island Angel Network, Accelerate Long Island and the United Way of Long Island.
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Calone decided to make a run for Congress this year due to his work on the Congressional Caucus on Innovation and Entrepreneurship and his experience running a venture capital firm that helped create jobs. He said that there are very few people in Congress with this kind of background, and he noted that the country needs more of these kinds of people in Congress. Washington Democrat Rep. Derek Kilmer ’96 said that he was thrilled when he found out Calone was running for Congress, since he is very service-oriented and has private and public sector experience. “He brings a depth of experience that is very valuable,” Kilmer said. “This is a guy See CALONE page 2
The Editorial Board takes issue with establishing a dichotomy between Woodrow Wilson and his vision for Wilson College as justification for taking down the Wilson mural, and the “Prince” revisits the Archives from 1996 to examine the case for a more inclusive ethnic studies program promoted by the Task Force on Diversity. PAGE 6
Undercover Princeton police detective Adam Basatemur continues to make arrests of underage alcohol buyers outside Varsity Liquors this year, according to police reports. In early March of last year, the Daily Princeton reported that Basatemur operated outside of Varsity Liquors and has made over 100 related arrests over the past two years. Basatemur has arrested at least 20 students and has been repeatedly reported to observe students walking into the store and follow them as they leave, according to police and court records. The Princeton Police Department declined requests for comment. Varsity Liquors owner Arun Goel did not respond to a request for comment. The Daily Princetonian spoke anonymously to a student who was recently arrested near the Varsity Liquor store. According to the student, a few weeks ago, he had gone to Varsity Liquors with a friend who was 21 years old, the legal drinking age. While his friend was inside purchasing alcohol, he had opted to wait outside and, on the way back, his friend asked him to carry two six-packs of beer that he had
bought, the student said. He added that he didn’t notice the detective, who had been following the student and his friend across the street as they were walking. As soon as the friend put the alcohol in the student’s hands, the detective crossed the streets and asked to see their identification cards. The student and his friend were then charged with underage possession of alcohol and serving alcohol to minors, respectively. These charges are classified as disorderly person offenses, which may incur a sentence of up to six months in prison and minimum fines, as well as probationary periods. Both students were served with a summons to municipal court, where their charges were eventually reduced. The student’s story is similar to that in the previous cases. When asked if he felt that he was rightfully charged, the student said that he was. He added that his charges were reduced so they wouldn’t appear on his record. In every case that the ‘Prince’ had previously examined, students had charges dismissed in court after they had paid fines or completed the designated number of hours of community service. The student was able to get his records expunged, and thus police narratives
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are no longer available. Like other students who had decided to make the walk up to Varsity Liquors, he and his friend are “victims of being at the wrong place at the wrong time”, the student added. The student’s story and that of countless other accounts of under-aged drinking raises the larger question of when the line is drawn in a university setting, where a drinking culture is a main component of the college experience. “I think that it is kind of crazy that there is an undercover officer who stands outside of a facility that is closely associated with the University and proactively charges students who he suspects are violating the rules,” Tyisha Griffiths ’19 said. She added that the officer’s actions were unfair given the lack of transparency. “There is no transparency in his actions, and it’s kind of contradictory, especially when the University itself does not proactively prohibit students from drinking,” she added. The student said that this system is problematic because taxpayer money funds a police detective to follow University students for multiple blocks on Nassau St. before carding them, when, in reality, there are hundreds of See DRINKING page 4
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Princeton sweeps Big Red en route to Ivy League Championship berth By David Xin Sports Editor
There are several ways to cap off the regular season. Going on a seven-game winning streak and securing a spot in the Ivy League Championship series is a pretty good one. That is exactly what the Princeton softball team accomplished this Friday and Saturday. The Tigers swept Cornell in a four game series to grab the top spot in the Ivy South Division, advancing to the championships. The Princeton squad traveled to Ithaca on Friday for the first two games of the series. Coming off a three-game winning streak from their match-up against Columbia, the Tigers carried their momentum into the first game against Big Red. This showed itself early as the Tigers began to gain a definite advantage, scoring the first five runs. Princeton then carried its
performance to the defensive end where they handed Cornell a shutout until the fifth inning, when Cornell’s Taylor Goodin put Big Red on the scoreboard with a solitary shot. However, the Tigers would more than return the favor heading into the end of the game. In the end, the Princeton squad captured an emphatic victory, 101, to set the tone for the rest of competition. The Tigers would follow their early victory with another win, beating Big Red, 4-2, in game two. Again, the Tigers got a strong start, leading the Cornell team, 3-0. But Big Red would show its resilience, clawing its way back with two runs. However, Cornell would never get closer, as the Tigers took the seventh inning with a single run to ice the match. With their two-game victory over Cornell, the Princeton squad closed out the Ivy South See SOFTBALL page 7
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Heavyweight Crew beats Brown, Lightweight takes second By Nolan Liu Associate Sports Editor
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Heavyweight Crew seeded No. 2 at Eastern Sprints behind Yale.
The Princeton heav yweight and lightweight crew teams pulled off their regular-season finales this weekend, with the heavyweight team finishing off Brown and their lightweight counterparts defeating Harvard to take second place in the Harvard-Yale-Princeton regatta. The heavyweight team enjoyed a clean sweep over the Brown Bears to win their third consecutive Content Cup, moving their final regular-season record to 8-1. All four of the Tigers’ boats finished ahead of their Brown counterparts in this final
race for the seniors, with Princeton’s first varsity boat coming in first overall with a time of 5:48.4, 4.3 seconds ahead of the Bears’ first varsity. Senior Ed Northrop expressed satisfaction in the team’s performance. “The season has been a cumulative effort, and having solid momentum is a major key to postseason success,” he noted. “Rowing’s a pretty pure sport in that there’s no special moves or plays. Our focus has been on generating boat speed, and going 2000 meters really, really fast. I think that we did this really well today. Not just in the first varsity, but in all boats which is both impressive
and exciting.” The heavyweight team will now look toward the Eastern Sprints, to be held on May 15 at Lake Quinsigamond, Mass. The Tigers will likely find themselves the No. 2 seed at the event behind topranked Yale; the Bulldogs are the only team to have defeated the Tigers this spring season. Nevertheless, Princeton’s string of convincing performances, particularly at the tail end of its season, place the team in an excellent position to contend. Meanwhile, the lightweight team also faced a pair of strong performances as they took on traditional rivals Harvard and Yale for the See M. CREW page 7
TRACK AND FIELD
Track and Field compete at Penn Relays and TCNJ By David Liu and David Xin Sports Editors
This weekend, the men and women’s track and field team competed in Penn Relays and the Lion’s Invitational at TCNJ. While neither meet was scored, the competition gave the Tigers a valuable opportunity to sharpen their skills before the Ivy Championships next week. And if their performance was any indication, both teams seemed in good shape to take on their Ivy rivals. The women’s team started competition at Penn Relays on a good foot this Thursday as sophomore distance thrower Kennedy O’Dell took fifth in the hammer throw. The Princeton squad then followed up this performance with several respectable results the next day. Perhaps the most notable performance came from junior Allison Harris, senior Kerry Krause, freshman Ellie Randolph and senior Taylor Morgan, who finished fourth in the shuttle hurdles. To put the finishing touches on the meet, the women’s team finished third in the 4x800m final. Senior Cecilia Barowski, who ran the second leg, led the effort
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with a time of 2:03.74. While the Princeton squad performed well at Penn relays, the women’s team dominated at TCNJ. Indeed, all in all, the Tigers won eight events, placed second in seven events and third in six. Although the meet was not scored, it was quite clear the Tigers would have won handily. Perhaps Princeton’s most impressive performance came in the 800m. The Tigers swept first through fourth place, showing not only their strength, but also the team’s depth. The men’s team had a similarly impressive weekend, albeit having a modest start at Penn relays. The first day featured mostly long distance races. The most notable result for the Princeton team was freshmen Jeremy Spiezio’s fifteenth place finish in the 5k. Anticipation rose on Friday for the men’s distance medley relay championship. Just four years ago, the Tigers famously won the event. This year, Princeton finished in a respectable sixth place. In addition, Friday also proved successful for the men’s shot-put duo of junior Christopher Cook and sophomore Mitchell Charles.
Cook finished third, throwing his best distance of the season, while Charles followed in fourth. Moving onto Saturday, Princeton’s greatest competition took place in the pole vault championship. The event featured senior Adam Bragg and rising talent sophomore August Kiles. Bragg did not successfully eclipse a height of 5.40 meters, a feat he had accomplished previously, but finished third in the event. The men’s side also had several impressive performances at the TCNJ competition. The Tigers managed to win three events and claim either second or third in four events. Notable performances came from senior Greg Caldwell, junior Greg Leeper and junior Xavier Bledsoe, who each won their respective events. The Tigers will now face one of their toughest challenges of the season as they prepare for the Ivy League Heptogonal Championship next week. While claiming the top spot in the Ancient Eight is undoubtedly a daunting task, the Tigers’ performance this weekend shows that they have much potential. The Tigers seem poised to leave their mark on the Ivy League stage.
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Goldthwait and Vogel Cups. The top-ranked Yale lightweights took first place in a tightly contested matchup, with the Bulldogs’ first varsity finishing barely three seconds ahead of Princeton’s boat. Nevertheless, the Tigers had the satisfaction of defeating Harvard, with their first varsity besting the Crimson by 3.4 seconds. Like the heav y weight team, Princeton’s lightweight squad will now also prepare for the Eastern Sprints on the 15th. The lightweight team has fallen only to Columbia and Yale in the spring season, and
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will look for a favorable seed in the Sprints, as well as a chance to vie for the title. Northrop likely voiced both teams’ emotions as he anticipated the lead-up to Princeton’s next major competition—and opportunity. “The two weeks prior to Sprints allows us to get after it like a dog after the mailman,” he observed. “We’re about to go into the trenches and it should be a tough but rewarding couple of weeks. We have some very obvious goals for the postseason and we will have to put in a good chunk of training in order to achieve these goals. Like Black Friday shopping, everyone wants the same thing and we’re going to have to fight for it.”
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and gained its first Ivy Championship position since 2008. However, the Orange and Black would not rest on their laurels. Returning to home for the next two games, the Tigers showed equal effort as they completed a sweep of Big Red. Perhaps Princeton’s gutsiest performance came in the first home game. While the Tigers would eventually prove victorious, they only narrowly managed to edge out well-balanced Cornell team, 4-3. As in their previous two games, it would be the Princeton team that would land the first blow. The Tigers scored a pair of runs in the second inning. Cornell would match the Princeton effort in the fifth inning, but the Tigers would once again find a response. Princeton would complete the sweep in dominant fashion in
its last competition against old Ivy rivals. The Tigers started the first two innings in modest fashion, scoring a single run as the game was tied at 1-1. However, the momentum quickly shifted in the Tigers’ favor to start the third inning when the Princeton team scored five runs. They followed that remarkable spree by scoring another six runs in the fourth. The game was ultimately cut short by the fifth inning as the Tigers claimed a 12-2 victory. The Tigers will now face either Dartmouth or Harvard in the championship game. The Crimson and Big Green are currently locked in their own four game series, which has been delayed due to poor weather. Dartmouth needs to win the two remaining games to advance, while Harvard only needs one more win to secure the Ivy North Division. Regardless of who the Tigers face, the championship match will certainly keep us on the edge of our seats.
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who has experience starting businesses and growing jobs.” Calone explained that another issue facing the district is affordable housing, since the district is surrounded by New York City and Long Island, which have high costs of living. He said he wants to bring good-paying jobs to his district, and develop more affordable housing to attract younger residents. He noted that his work on the Suffolk County Planning Commission, where he was the chair, and in the private sector makes him qualified to address these issues. “My background is a perfect fit for what the needs of this district are,” Calone said. Calone noted that the 1st Congressional District is unique in that it is only one of five districts nationwide that President Obama carried in 2008 and 2012, but elected a freshman Republican Congressman in 2014. He explained that Zeldin’s views are much further to the right than what is normally found in the Northeast. “That sort of right-wing politics may work in Texas, but it’s not a great fit in New York,” Calone said. He added that his experience on the Planning Commission and the Congressional Caucus shows his ability to work with people on both sides of the aisle to pass legislation for job creation. Calone stressed his background in law enforcement, job creation and national security issues, and noted that he has received the endorsement of the Independence Party, which usually supports an incumbent. Calone explained that this endorsement gives him a three percentage point advantage over Throne-Holst in a comparison with Zeldin. Colorado Democrat Rep. Jared Polis ’96 said that Calone’s background makes him suited to be one of the most effective members in Congress, and his experience as the only two-term Undergraduate Student Government president in the University’s history reinforces that. “He has prosecuted terrorists, built businesses and created jobs,” Polis said. “Ever since his time at Princeton as a two-term USG President, he has demonstrated his leadership and consensus-building skills and that’s exactly what we need in the U.S. Congress.” Calone grew up in Port Jefferson, N.Y.,on Long Island, and attended Port Jefferson High School. He enjoyed playing baseball, participating in theater and serving as class president. After Calone arrived on campus in the fall of 1992, he was most known for being actively involved in the Undergraduate Student Government. He was the second sophomore in the University’s history to hold the position of the USG president. He was subsequently re-elected in his junior year and became the first USG president to be elected twice. “I can’t think of anyone who doesn’t have anything good to say about him,” Trey Tate ’96 said. “He definitely has the spine to get things done and is very effective.” During his term, Calone instituted the first online voting system for USG elections and used some encryption protocols jointly developed by the School of Engineering and the U.S. Navy. According to Calone, his most notable accomplishment was focusing on increasing student amenities, which culminated in the construction of the Frist Campus Center. At the time, he said the student center was located in Chancellor Green, and was very small. Calone noted that other schools had constructed large campus centers with dining options. “When people would go to those other schools, they would say ‘Oh, they have such a nice student center with good food options and places to hang out’,” Calone said. “We didn’t have that.” Calone noted that his expe-
rience helped him realize that change starts with single steps. He explained that the Frist Campus Center was only built after he and a couple of students decided to start discussing the possibility with the administration and after visiting other colleges’ campus centers. “Without someone getting the ball rolling, nothing’s going to happen,” Calone said. “The same is true with the issues of our country.” Michael Fischer ’97, who succeeded Calone as USG president, said that Calone was a consensus builder. He added that Calone’s leadership style is what is needed in Congress, and could help solve the current issue of polarization. After graduating from the University, Calone attended Harvard Law School, and went on to join the U.S. Department of Justice, where he helped prosecute corporate fraud cases by investigating the oil and gas industry. After 9/11, Calone joined the terrorism unit of the Justice Department, where he helped prosecute a member of Al Qaeda who had been captured in the U.S. For his efforts, Calone received the national Attorney General’s Award for Outstanding Contributions by a New Employee. Calone left the Justice Department to return to Long Island with his wife and joined the New York Attorney General’s Office as a Special Assistant Attorney General. He focused on prosecuting hospitals engaged in defrauding patients and taxpayers. Calone co-started the Congressional Caucus on Innovation and Entrepreneurship with Polis. Calone noted that there hadn’t been any caucuses focused on job creation before, and added that what made the caucus unique was that it was bipartisan, since it had two Republican and two Democrat co-chairs. “We educated members of Congress and their staff on what it’s like to start a company and how do we get more people to become entrepreneurs,” Calone said. One of the caucus’ major accomplishments was launching the first-ever Start Up Day Across America, which encouraged congressmen to connect with early-stage companies in their districts. Calone also worked to simplify early-stage companies’ access to funding. In 2009, Calone decided that, along with his venture capital fund, he wanted to do something public-spirited. He was appointed by the county executive to the Suffolk County Planning Commission, which is responsible for land-use decisions. A year later, he was elected chair of the Planning Commission, and he served on the commission until 2016, focusing on promoting environmental sustainability, such as encouraging solar and wind power, and improving housing diversity and public safety. East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell explained that he worked with Calone to stop a high-density housing complex which would have detracted from the rural feel of East Hampton. “This was an urban-type development that was out of character with the community,” Cantwell said. Cantwell noted that he and Calone also held a forum for local farmers to discuss issues that affect their businesses and he explained that Calone was able to obtain a grant from the state for several millions of dollars of aid for young farmers to buy new equipment. Calone is also a member of the Long Island Angel Network, and is part of Accelerate Long Island, which works on getting research laboratories focused on job creation. He also created the Long Island Emerging Technologies Fund, which helps launch companies from research labs. Calone is a member of the board of the United Way of Long Island, where he has worked on bringing STEM programs to underserved school districts. In his free time, Calone enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids and playing basketball, soccer and baseball.
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these requests,” she said. Environmental Health and Safety recently collected water samples from the U-NOW and U-League daycare centers and is awaiting results, according to Pullan. In an article published by Vox, however, parts of the University, including Firestone Library and Mathey-Rockefeller residential colleges, scored an 8 out of 10 in lead risk for drinking water. Much of Flint, Mich., scored a 10. Grosser said that he can’t comment specifically about the University’s water quality. “I can speak to the fact that [the U.] was ranked high just because you have older buildings, older structures, which is going to up the probability that there would be lead because of the way lead was used in the past, including lead piping, different fixtures, and, obviously in paint,” he said. He noted, however, that University Facilities staff, similarly to the Princeton public school district facility team, change out many older fixtures when
reconstruction occurs. “[The University is] a wellrespected and well-maintained property, so typically when you have those two things, you don’t see as much of an issue with respect to lead because it’s been changed out over the years,” he said. According to Grosser, Johnson Park Elementary School had changed out the aged faucet that released water with higher lead levels. Additionally, the water fountain on a pavilion outside the school building was shut off. “Even though the water faucet had been changed out, the water at both of those areas will be shut down until further testing, and until they’re in compliance,” Grosser said. According to Pullan, the University has hired a consultant to work with Environmental Health and Safety to develop a plan to study drinking water on campus. Water samples will be collected from representative areas on campus, including the residential units and water filling stations, and analyzed for lead content, she said. Doria Johnson, director of University Housing, deferred comment to Pullan.
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under-aged students drinking illegally and often in public only two blocks away on Prospect Ave. The student added that he is just as guilty as the countless under-aged students who drink illegally every weekend. He agreed that he broke the law, but he believes that he was punished because he did not conceal it well enough and simply because he was unlucky. “I think the fact that there’s an undercover cop near Varsity Liquors doesn’t ref lect the transparency. I also think that most drinking on campus is pretty responsible, so I don’t think it’s necessarily a problem. However, like anything, there are outliers,” Katrine Steffensen ’18 said. Catalina Vives ’19, an international student from Chile, said that she believes
the legal drinking age in the US should be lowered to 18 years old, as it is in her home country, in order to encourage responsible drinking. “I think people here do not know how to drink, they drink way past the point where it’s enjoyable and it’s a shame, because they don’t even remember the good times they have,” she said. She felt that students at the University often overuse alcohol because they feel as if they are pressured to do “all the things that they are supposed to do” in a college environment, including heavy drinking. The student added that in order for the Princeton Police Department to be more of an integral safety provider and monitor for the University, a prosecution policy similar to that of Public Safety’s should be instituted. However, he added that the problems start at a federal level, and not just with the Princeton Police Department.
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Despite rain and cold weather, students enjoyed performances by various artists including Metro Station, student band St. Danger and main act CHVRCHES. Multiple food options were also available at various locations on Prospect Avenue.
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n an email last week, Head of Wilson College Eduardo Cadava announced that he would accept the recommendation of an ad-hoc Student Advisory Committee and remove the mural of University and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, from the wall of Wilcox Dining Hall. The discussion surrounding the mural began after the Black Justice League demanded its removal during their Nassau Hall sit-in this fall, and President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 encouraged Cadava to consider whether to remove it. While the Board applauds the process through which the Committee and Head Cadava considered this issue and solicited student and alumni feedback, we disagree with their argument that the naming of Wilson College can be isolated to his vision for the residential college system and ignore the man himself. In our view, there is little meaningful distinction between the reasoning behind naming the college after Wilson and prominently displaying his photograph in the college. However, while we understand why some might find the large, blown-up photo odd, and plenty of other reasons might exist for removing it, this specific reasoning for removing the mural is unconvincing. Wilson’s vision for a residential college system cannot be isolated from Wilson, the historical figure. As campus discourse has highlighted this year, the legacy of Woodrow Wilson is both mixed and controversial. His tenure as University President was consequential and included coming up with the original idea for the residential college system, and his presidency was historically notable, both for the First World War and progressive reforms at home. However, he was also extremely racist, even for his time. As a result, the Wilson Legacy Committee’s report, in recommending that the University not change the name of the Woodrow Wilson School or the College, called for more “transparency in recognizing Wilson’s failings and shortcomings as well as the visions and achievements that led to the naming of the school and the college in the first place.” We agree that the University should adopt a nuanced view on
The Wilson Mural Wilson’s legacy; however, doing so means that a man’s vision cannot be completely separated from the man. Even if the College was primarily named because of Wilson’s vision for a residential college system, it is odd to therefore assume that the vision is the only thing the name represents. After all, Wilson’s complicated historical legacy is the reason why these discussions have occurred in the first place. There is little distinction between the mural’s display and naming the college after Wilson. Removing it because it seems to “celebrate the man rather than any particular of his ideas” is problematic. A photo of a person both, quite literally, represents the person and can represent their vision and legacy. Trying to delineate between how much a mural focuses on “the man” vesus “the man’s vision” within a residential living complex already named for that man is not productive. For similar reasons, calling the mural “unduly celebratory” is problematic because doing so attempts to view the mural as representing only one aspect of Wilson, the man, and not also his vision. The name of the College, as mentioned above, already does celebrate the man to some extent, so removing the mural for the aforementioned reason attempts to act on a largely meaningless distinction. Additionally, there are a variety of other reasons why Wilson College might decide to remove it such as its size, limited artistic value and very recent installment. Irrespective of our view of the decision on the mural, we applaud the way Head Cadava and the Committee handled the issue. President Eisgruber rightly referred the matter, when it was brought up by the BJL, to Wilson College because it most directly affects members of that community. The Committee made a clearly robust effort to collect student feedback and consider the issue, and the Letter to the Editor submitted by the Committee and Head Cadava’s email to Wilson College students both provided detailed background on the process and the reasons for their recommendations. However, we still urge both the Committee and Head Cadava to release the Committee’s full report and
recommendation publicly for full transparency. The mural of Woodrow Wilson in Wilcox has created considerable controversy since the BJL demanded its removal this fall. The Wilson College community undertook a thoughtful process in considering this issue. However, while we respect Head Cadava’s decision, we disagree with the main reasoning behind it. Dissent: The majority has argued throughout this piece that “there is little meaningful distinction between the reasoning behind naming the college after Wilson and prominently displaying his photograph in the college.” However, this dissent affirms Head Cadava’s reasoning that the large photograph of Wilson is different because it is “unduly celebratory.” With the naming of a college, it is possible to maintain separation between the historical figure and his ideas. As we’ve seen with the Woodrow Wilson School’s exhibit on Wilson’s controversial legacy, the University was able to affirm the positive contributions of a figure through the name, yet offer a critique of their flaws. However, the Wilson photograph in the Wilcox Dining Hall singularly glorifies Woodrow Wilson and paints a very one-sided picture of his legacy. A dining hall is one of the most important eating and social spaces within the residential college and it’s here that the College should make the utmost effort to foster feelings of inclusion and diversity. Thus, the decision to take down the photograph furthers this goal and recognizes the uniquely alienating and one-sided nature of the photograph. Signed by Cydney Kim ’17
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Defining goals, meaning of the ethnic studies movement Kristin Brennan ’96 Editor’s note: In light of recent campus events and discussion around diversity and distribution requirements, the Daily Princetonian revisits a similar debate from two decades ago.
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he anniversary meeting of the Nassau Hall sit-in for ethnic studies dispelled some fears that I had had about the organizers’ intentions, and convinced me that the organizers are indeed committed to a definition of ‘diversity’ that does not mean ‘separate’ or ‘ghettoized.’ My greatest concern about the ethnic studies movement, on this campus and elsewhere, is that it has the potential to be either a powerful instrument for inclusion or a powerful instrument for division. While I support the ideals expressed by the organizers of the meeting, I would like to express caution about the way we choose to realize those ideals. The ethnic studies movement throughout this nation is driven by a hodge-podge of motivations. The ideal that I support, that a relevant and rigorous academic experience must challenge us to explore accepted notions and paradigms, in history, anthropology, sociology, literature and in every other discipline, and ultimately that it must challenge our perceptions of ourselves and our relationships to the people around us, is the primary motivation of the organizers of last Monday’s meeting, according to their statements. Thus far, many of the courses promoted by the Task Force on Diversity appear to fit that ideal well. Courses are being created across
the curriculum, in a variety of departments, and titles like ‘The Psychology of Stereotyping and Prejudice’ (a new Freshman Seminar) and the suggestion at last Monday’s meeting that an American Studies course about “the diverse cultures and peoples of America” be formed indicate a real effort to incorporate many different identities, besides those of Asian-Americans and Latinos, under the umbrella of Ethnic Studies. American Studies, in particular, appears to be an appropriate place to make changes. It is inappropriate for a department that calls itself ‘American Studies’ to fail to challenge vigorously what ‘American’ means, and a perusal of the course offerings of the American Studies department over the last few years suggests that while the department is making an effort to address that issue, still more exploration is in order. However, while I was largely reassured by the inclusiveness of the ethnic studies demonstrators’ positions, I have concerns about the direction that our ethnic studies program could take if we do not think it through carefully. My first concern is that the word ‘ethnic’ has been appropriated to mean ‘belonging to a minority considered disadvantaged.’ One student, speaking about his Asian-American seminar, remarked that he appreciated that it was filled by “not only Asian-Americans . . . not only ethnic students . . . but also by white students.” In today’s world of confusing definitions, I would like to point out that while I understand the distinction that this student was trying to make, and I appreciate the spirit behind it, those white students are ‘ethnic’ students too. No one is without an ethnicity. Most Americans have many. And that is part of the beauty of ethnic
studies; by definition, it includes everyone. I would hope that any center or program for ethnic studies would encourage the examination of the experiences of all ethnic groups, even ‘white’ ones. I asked Professor David Carrasco what the ultimate goals of the Task Force on Diversity were, and whether in particular the end desired by the task force was a center or program which would provide resources and encouragement for the diffusion of ethnic studies throughout many departments, or whether the aim was to create separate Latino Studies and Asian-American Studies departments. He replied that the Task Force has not yet articulated either goal. I hope that the Task Force settles upon the former, because it is my belief that the creation of a department for each ethnicity will ultimately reinforce the ‘ghettoization’ that the organizers of last Monday’s meeting seek to avoid. It is also my belief that, eventually, it will become an unwieldy proposition to keep creating new departments. The question of where ethnic studies fits is, as Professor Carrasco said to me, a “radical question.” I sympathize with the need of each person to perceive his own identity as valid, and as validated by the university community. And it is my understanding that our AfricanAmerican Studies department, in addition to offering excellent courses, played and continues to play a large role in heightening the level of comfort that some African-American students feel on campus. And yet, after we have created Latino and Asian-American departments, what of the next marginalized group? What of Native Americans? What of Indian-Americans, who are not usually included, despite their origins in Asia,
in the definition ‘Asian-American?’ Princeton has quite extensive financial resources, but it seems realistic to assume, with Princeton as with any other body, that those resources are ultimately limited and that Princeton cannot have everything that we wish it had. This is true in regard to faculty as well as departments. Faculty are the most important resource in the creation of new courses, and it may well be argued that Princeton has been making the wrong choices in regard to its use of its limited resources. However, I disagree with the implication of Jon Goldman ’96′ s complaint at last Monday’s meeting that he could not find a faculty member here who was able to support his thesis about the Mohawk Indians, the implication being that there is necessarily something deeply wrong with that. Princeton is seeking to hire its first microbiologist. Presumably before this time, biology majors interested in this topic had to resort to creative measures to carry out their thesis research, as Mr. Goldman and many other students, including my roommate and I did. I think it is important that we operate, not under the assumption that there is no money and that nothing can be done, but under the assumption that there is limited money and that the absence of faculty in our areas of interest, in some cases, is a trade-off associated with a university population of 6,000 students. Princeton has the opportunity to create a model of ethnic studies that is more inclusive and less divisive than the definition in use elsewhere, and I think it is in the best long-term interests of Princeton and of the nation that we think very carefully about the form that our definition of ‘ethnic studies’ takes.
Originally publihed in May 1, 1996