Founded 1876 daily since 1892 online since 1998
Tuesday October 3, 2017 vol. CXLI no. 78
{ www.dailyprincetonian.com } U . A F FA I R S
U. makes two-factor login uniform across sites By Christina Vosbikian managing editor
On Monday, the University’s transition to the Central Authentication Service and two-factor authentication was successfully completed for all online Princeton services. On Monday morning, University Chief Information Security Officer Dan Sherry sent an email outlining the change to University students, faculty, and affiliates. Sherry could not be reached for comment by time of publication. This change to the University’s login processes will affect the interface and methods through which many online University systems are accessed. Duo authentication changes were first announced in April 2017 and were implemented on May 8, 2017, paving the way for Monday’s full transition. The following applications have been affected by the change: PeopleSoft HR and Student Administrative System, HR Self Service, TigerHub, PeopleSoft Prime Financials,
Information Warehouse, Labor Accounting, Prime portal, Marketplace, Concur, and eShip global. These applications, in addition to Blackboard, will now universally require two-factor authentication. Most visibly, Central Authentication Service login and logout screens will replace current PUaccess screens. These CAS login screens have been enhanced to improve accessibility. Users will now receive two prompts when logging in to University applications and Blackboard. As usual, users will be prompted to enter their Princeton University netID and password. Now, though, a second prompt will follow. This prompt will call for the users to authenticate their logins through a second Duo-enrolled device, such as a smartphone or tablet. In his email, Sherry encouraged students to contact the Support and Operations Center at 258-4357 (8-HELP) or at helpdesk@princeton.edu with any questions or concerns.
BEYOND THE BUBBLE
ON CAMPUS
IVY TRUONG :: CONTRIBUTOR
Sanjay Sarma, the Vice President for Open Learning at MIT, spoke to students and faculty in a lecture on Monday about the pitfalls of lectures as a style of teaching.
MOOC proponent Sanjay Sarma talks online learning By Ivy Truong contributor
“The way we teach today is not the only way to teach,” Sanjay Sarma said in a talk at McCosh Hall on Monday, Oct. 2. Sarma, the Vice President for Open Learning at MIT, helps oversees MIT OpenCourseWare and is a strong proponent of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Though a professor of mechanical engineering, Sarma has spoken extensively on problems he sees inherent in the current education system. Teachers often use the direct instruction mod-
el — lectures — to teach students, Sarma said. This model, he noted, is largely outdated. “Videos should be six to nine minutes, lectures should be six to nine minutes,” he said, citing research that most students tune out from lectures and videos after that time period. Sarma acknowledges that lectures of these lengths are rather inconvenient to have in practice. But this hints at a larger problem with long lectures. Students today, Saram said, do not want to be told what to learn; rather, they want to do it themselves. “They
want to build stuff,” Sarma said. “[Students] all grew up on Khan Academy. They don’t want to sit in a lecture hall. They want to go out and build a robot.” Not only that, but students learn better when they are actively working, instead of listening, Sarma explained. He cited a case study in which a patient, denoted Patient HM, had parts of his brain removed. The patient could not remember much, unable even to realize that days or years were passing. He was taught to draw, and, though he could not remember drawSee LEARNING page 2
BEYOND THE BUBBLE
Excerpt from “In Memoriam A.H.H.” On Sunday night, a lone gunman opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers in the heart of Las Vegas. As of publication, 59 casualties have been reported, and over 500 people were injured in what has become the largest mass shooting in American history. In addition to this horrible tragedy, hurricanes have devastated countless Caribbean islands and the Gulf Coast, and two earthquakes have caused destruction in Mexico, all in the last month. The ‘Prince’ has chosen to publish a poem to acknowledge the pain that so many on this campus and beyond are experiencing. “So careful of the type?” but no. From scarped cliff and quarried stone She cries, “A thousand types are gone: I care for nothing, all shall go. “Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.” And he, shall he,
PHOTO COURTESY OF PRINCETON ALUMNI WEEKLY
Paul Krugman has previously earned ire from conservative media outlets for his pointed political ccommentary.
Man, her last work, who seem’d so fair, Such splendid purpose in his eyes, Who roll’d the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer,
Prof. emeritus Krugman alleges cholera in U.S. chief copy editor
Paul Krugman, Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, has come under fire in the past couple days for tweeting about an outbreak of cholera in Puerto Rico that has since been proven without basis. Krugman’s first tweet, sent out early in the morning on Sept. 30, went viral, garnering over 32,000 likes and 14,000 retweets.
He tweeted, “Cholera. In a US territory. Among US citizens, In the 21st century. Heckuva job, Trumpie.” The tweet references a widely derided comment made by President George W. Bushn in 2005 about thenhead FEMA official Michael Brown; in that tweet, Bush had written that Brown was doing “a heck of a job” in responding to Hurricane Katrina. Krugman replied to his own tweet the next day to partially retract his previous allegation. “OK, cholera not confirmed.
Who loved, who suffer’d countless ills, Who battled for the True, the Just, Be blown about the desert dust, Or seal’d within the iron hills? No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime, Were mellow music match’d with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless! What hope of answer, or redress? Behind the veil, behind the veil.
See KRUGMAN page 3
-Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1850
In Opinion
Today on Campus
Beni Snow tackles underage drinking and Daehee Lee makes the case for memes. PAGE 4
9 a.m.: The annual Art of Science exhibition explores the interplay between science and art. Friend Center, William & Olden Streets
WEATHER
By Omkar Shende
Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation’s final law — Tho’ Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shriek’d against his creed —
HIGH
72˚
LOW
48˚
Sunny. chance of rain:
10 percent
The Daily Princetonian
page 2
Done reading your ‘Prince’? Recycle
Tuesday October 3, 2017
Sarma: Students are resistant to passive learning LEARNING Continued from page 1
.............
ing from one day to the next, his performance did improve. “[Students] are more and more resistant and intolerant to passive learning,” Sarma said. Sarma compared students’ attention spans during passive learning to practices of a leprechaun. All the leprechaun is supposed to do, Sarma said, is transport nuggets of information
back and forth. The leprechaun reformats the information and inserts it in his brain. The leprechaun’s professor, however, does not use teaching methods sympathetic to the leprechaun’s learning practices. “At some point, the leprechaun gives up,” Sarma said. That leprechaun, Sarma argues, is like most students. It takes seven to 11 minutes for students to give up and stop paying attention. After that point, the mind wanders, a natural mechanism for the unengaged student. Sarma lists two ways to
attempt to resolve this issue and keep the student attentive. The first is spaced retrieval, which is a form of retrieval learning. Instead of continuous studying, Sarma argues that the teacher should wait until the ideas of a lesson are about to fade away. Then, the instructor should test the student on what was learned, retrieving an almost forgotten memory from the edge of the abyss. The testing and studying should also be alternated, or spaced out, with other lessons.
“The brain looks for differences,” Sarma said. “But the teacher is all about continuing.” The second way to keep the student engaged, Sarma said, is to appeal to his or her curiosity. Trying to make students curious and keep students engaged, Sarma argues, is inconvenient in a lecture hall. “It’s not actual learning. It is obedience,” Sarma said. Sarma’s lecture was held at 6 p.m. in McCosh 10 as part of the Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture series.
Tuesday October 3, 2017
Krugman excoriated in conservative media outlets KRUGMAN Continued from page 1
.............
Conjunctivitis yes; lack of clean water (situation worsening, not improving) makes it a risk. But not certain,” he tweeted on Sept. 30. This reply earned far fewer interactions, garnering around 1,600 likes and 500 retweets — far from the “viral” attribution he earned with his first tweet. An op-ed columnist for The New York Times, Krugman has 3.5 million Twitter followers. His column for the Times, entitled “The Conscience of a Liberal,” as well as his generally liberal persona, have made him a frequent target for conservative outlets, who have criticized him in the past for spreading “fake news.” True to form, recent stories in conservative outlets like The Daily Caller and The Blaze have slammed Krugman for his inaccurate tweet this week. “A left-winger too often blinded by his rabid partisanship, Krugman is most famous for being wrong about almost everything, especially when it comes to economic predictions,” wrote Breitbart’s John Nolte. In a tip to the ‘Prince,’ an anonymous professor wrote to express concern that a col-
The Daily Princetonian
league would share such misinformation on Twitter. “He is destroying his credibility by spreading falsehoods on social media,” the writer said. “I have a personal and professional interest. My father went to Princeton and I believe as academics, we have an obligation to strive for truth ... Facts matter. Credible sources matter.” Politifact, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to factchecking political statements, documented the episode, noting that the Center for Disease Control tweeted in response that it anticipated no cases of cholera in Puerto Rico, where Krugman seemed to be referring in his initial tweet. In response to Politifact’s coverage, Krugman explained that he got the information for his own tweet from an editor at Vanity Fair, Kurt Eichenwald, who has yet to retract his own tweet, as of publication. Krugman was a professor with a joint appointment in economics and the Wilson School at the University for 15 years; he left in 2015 to join the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2008, while at the University, for his work on international trade with increasing returns to scale.
page 3
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Daily Princetonian is published daily except Saturday and Sunday from September through May and three times a week during January and May by The Daily Princetonian Publishing Company, Inc., 48 University Place, Princeton, N.J. 08540. Mailing address: P.O. Box 469, Princeton, N.J. 08542. Subscription rates: Mailed in the United States $175.00 per year, $90.00 per semester. Office hours: Sunday through Friday, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Telephones: Business: 609-375-8553; News and Editorial: 609-258-3632. For tips, email news@dailyprincetonian.com. Reproduction of any material in this newspaper without expressed permission of The Daily Princetonian Publishing Company, Inc., is strictly prohibited. Copyright 2014, The Daily Princetonian Publishing Company, Inc. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Princetonian, P.O. Box 469, Princeton, N.J. 08542.
Opinion
Tuesday October 3, 2017
page 4
{ www.dailyprincetonian.com }
The importance of memes Daehee Lee columnist
W
hat is a meme? According to Dictionary.com, a meme is “a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.” Yet to many of us who have laughed at one or shaken our heads in silent empathy with another, a meme is so much more. It is a source of gentle humor after a long day at the lab or in the library and a way to encompass our never-ending list of complaints about being Princeton students in one image and a few lines of text. It is then no small wonder that the Facebook meme page, “Princeton Memes for Preppy AF Teens,” now has over 15,000 members. Even as students graduate from the University and take on new challenges in new places, a well-shot picture of President Eisgruber or text about the relative difficulty of Princeton and Harvard classes can still inspire laughter. Memes are a way for Princeto-
nians to unite as one student body by laughing at our combined struggles and knowing that all of us, even those who we believe may have everything under control, can be challenged. At first glance, the reason behind the popularity of memes is not clear. Most of the memes posted on the Facebook page are about the struggles of being a Princetonian, from the crushing workload to the terrors of leaving the campus to become an adult. If brought up in conversations, these themes are usually met with guarded tones, because many of us instinctively want to keep these topics a secret. Conversations about our grades or the actual level of difficulty of our assignments are difficult because they are first and foremost our own business, and because they depict an imperfect side to our lives here in Princeton. Memes that depict these topics are liked by hundreds of students, however. This tendency for students to enjoy memes about subjects that would be unlikely in real conversations can be explained by
how many students approach their struggles. Many students want to talk about how difficult their classes in Princeton can be, but do not out of fear that they may be seen as unable to rise to the challenge. However, empathizing with a meme about difficult classes provides relief for both their want to share their struggles with other students and their need to be seen as having their affairs under control. Memes then can become a way in which students sympathize with others’ struggles without having to show that they themselves may be struggling. So what? How does this dual function of memes affect how we Princetonians act or think? Through memes’ abilities in allowing us to empathize with others’ challenges, academic or otherwise, without exposing ourselves to outward attention, we come closer together as a school. Without communication between students about the common struggles that we face in Princeton, it is far too easy for individuals to assume that they are the only ones struggling. Without confir-
mation that others also feel as they do, students can feel as if they are the only odd ones out on this campus. However, though memes, students can know that there are others who can relate to the challenges depicted in the text or the image. They can realize that they are not alone and that they are in fact part of a group whose struggles are shared. Through such knowledge that we have attained through memes, many of us in Princeton can find additional strength to continue with our studies or our activities. The idea that many of us face similar challenges can drive us to work harder together for our common goals instead of being trapped in a solely competitive mindset. Even more importantly, memes can instill in us a common identity of Princetonians not as students who have to be perfect in every respect, but as fallible human beings who are simply trying their best. Daehee Lee is a sophomore from Palisades Park, N.J. He can be reached at daeheel@princeton. edu.
Wholesome Semester Resolutions Pulkit Singh ’20
..................................................
vol. cxli
Sarah Sakha ’18
editor-in-chief
Matthew McKinlay ’18 business manager
BOARD OF TRUSTEES president Thomas E. Weber ’89 vice president Craig Bloom ’88 secretary Betsy L. Minkin ’77 treasurer Douglas J. Widmann ’90 Kathleen Crown William R. Elfers ’71 Stephen Fuzesi ’00 Zachary A. Goldfarb ’05 John Horan ’74 Joshua Katz Kathleen Kiely ’77 Rick Klein ’98 James T. MacGregor ’66 Alexia Quadrani Marcelo Rochabrun ’15 Randall Rothenberg ’78 Richard W. Thaler, Jr. ’73 trustees emeriti Gregory L. Diskant ’70 Jerry Raymond ’73 Michael E. Seger ’71 Annalyn Swan ’73
141ST MANAGING BOARD managing editors Samuel Garfinkle ’19 Grace Rehaut ’18 Christina Vosbikian ’18 head news editor Marcia Brown ’19 associate news editors Kristin Qian ’18 Claire Lee ‘19 head opinion editor Nicholas Wu ’18 associate opinion editors Samuel Parsons ’19 head sports editor David Xin ’19 associate sports editors Miranda Hasty ’19 Claire Coughlin ’19 head street editor Jianing Zhao ’20 associate street editors Lyric Perot ’20 Danielle Hoffman ’20 web editor Sarah Bowen ’20 head copy editors Isabel Hsu ’19 Omkar Shende ’18 associate copy editors Caroline Lippman ’19 Megan Laubach ’18 chief design editor Quinn Donohue ’20 cartoons editor Tashi Treadway ’19
Crime at Princeton Beni Snow
senior columnist
P
rinceton just survived a massive crime wave. Hundreds, if not thousands of criminal offenses occurred during Lawnparties, as they do every single weekend here. In New Jersey, as in every U.S. state, it is a criminal offense to provide alcohol to minors. Those laws are so overlooked that it’s easy to forget that hosting a pregame is often criminal. This is not an article about the dangers of underage drinking. This is an article about the danger of underage drinking laws. Allowing a situation where huge numbers of University students are committing criminal offenses, which are then ignored, is not a stable system. A single Princeton cop who decides to actually enforce the law could theoretically arrest dozens of students in a single night. This is not a good situation. Princeton municipal police officers tend to tread lightly in
spaces that students frequent, such as The Street. Despite not being part of campus and the site of large amounts of underage drinking, the area is largely left alone by Princeton town police. Speculation on an unwritten agreement between the University and the town about this phenomenon is left as an exercise for the reader. The University’s alcohol policy is extremely understanding, which is a good thing. Although the policy technically requires all students to adhere to state laws, enforcement is focused primarily on “high risk” behaviors, such as drinking games and excessive amounts of hard liquor. Beer is served to students under 21 on the Street with impunity. Punishing students for an activity that many chose to participate in is not productive. The goal is ostensibly to keep students safe. McCosh, the UMatter bus, the tolerant policies, and other initiatives deal with the physical safety of students. However, our legal safety is lacking. There are two solutions to prevent a situation where
thousands of Princetonians drink illegally: either convince college students to stop drinking, or change the law. Since I doubt college students are going to stop drinking anytime soon, the laws need to change. It’s important to remember that a drinking age of 21 isn’t normal. Every developed country has a minimum drinking age that is 19 or below, with the exception of the U.S. and Iceland. Granted, the U.S. doesn’t technically have federal a minimum drinking age. Every single state just has their drinking age set to 21. Why? Time for a bit of history. In the U.S., the voting age was 21 until the passing of the 26th Amendment in 1971. As a result, the accepted age of majority shifted, leading to 30 states lowering their minimum drinking ages. During this period, 18 was the accepted age of majority for nearly everything, including drinking in many states. 13 years later, Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which told states to either raise their drinking age
NIGHT STAFF
to 21, or lose 10 percent of their federal highway funds. Every single state complied. This is important, since it means that changing the drinking age can be a state-bystate fight, instead of having to get Congress and the President to pass a law. All that it would take is a state to realize that criminalizing something legal in basically every other developed country is absurd. Yes, it would cost a bit of highway funding, but alcohol taxes could help cover that gap. The situation is similar to another source of many Princeton crimes: marijuana. States have realized that the sales tax revenue is valuable, and the societal good of not criminalizing a common behavior is a common-sense decision. Marijuana also shows the danger of police selectively enforcing laws. It is well documented that African Americans are almost four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana offenses that white Americans, despite nearly identical usage rates. This is because when authorities decide to only
copy Hannah Freid ’21 Rachel Brill ’19 Alex Wilson ’20
enforce the law selectively, they do not do so fairly. Does anyone really believe that if Princeton police suddenly decided to start enforcing the underage drinking laws, every segment of the Princeton population would be equally targeted? Princeton claims that it supports and protects its students. Other college presidents have voiced their support for lowering the drinking age, so that their students may be protected for laws that exist in almost no other country. President Eisgruber and the Princeton community needs to push to change the law. The current system is not stable. Beni Snow ’19 is a mechanical and aerospace engineering major from Newton, Mass. He can be reached at bsnow@princeton. edu.
The Daily Princetonian
Tuesday October 3, 2017
page 5
incentives gone wrong rachel brill ’19
..................................................
? Arts Photographer
Programmer Cartoonist
Copy Editor
Layout Designer
Reporter
Graphic Artist
What could I be at
Sports writer
Columnist
Ad Sales Manager
Videographer
T HE DA ILY
If you see yourself
writingthinkingreporting doodlingdrawingexpressing communicatingdescribing photographingprogramming
join@dailyprincetonian.com
in college, check us out!
Sports
Tuesday October 3, 2017
page 6
{ www.dailyprincetonian.com } MEN’S GOLF
Rapid reaction: freshman Jake Mayer discusses his hole-in-one By Christopher Murphy Associate Sports Editor
Anyone familiar with the game of golf knows that one of the hardest things to do is hit a hole-in-one. The true representation of a perfect game, a hole-inone is something that not even many pro golfers have been able to accomplish, much less everyone else that loves the game. It is a feat that requires the perfect combination of setting, choice, execution, and luck. This Sunday, one of our Tigers nailed this perfect storm and walked away with a hole-in-one of his own. Freshman Jake Mayer, who finished tied for 29th at the MacDonald Cup hosted by Yale University, left his mark on the tournament by being the only golfer to ace a hole across the three rounds of play. We caught up with him after the tournament to talk about the experience. The Daily Princetonian: So, if you can, set the stage for me in the moments leading up to the shot. Jake Mayer: So, [Sunday] was a shotgun start, meaning that I started on the eighth hole and not the first hole as usual. Stepping up onto the fifth tee, I only had three holes left, and I was at +6 for the day, so I really needed to finish strong. After the 18th hole, my twelfth hole of the day, I was +6. I made four really good pars on holes 1-4, getting up and down on both [holes] three and four. The fifth hole for the course at Yale is a short Par 3, measuring about 160 yards from the tees. Players hit from a slightly elevated tee onto a green surrounded by deep sand bunkers. Shots that make it onto the green have a good chance of being made for birdie or par; however those that find any of the deep bunkers are faced with a tough play
back out of the sand and onto the green. DP: Walk me through some of your thoughts and preparations before you took the shot. JM: Coach Green [the J. Stuart Francis ‘74 head coach of men’s golf] was with me on the tee, and I measured the distance to the f lag. We were talking through it and figured the wind was a little into us, so instead of swinging hard at a nine iron, I decided to knock down an eight iron. I thought it might have been a bit too much club, but when I saw someone in my group hit before me and come up short of the pin, I knew I had the right club in my hand. The pin was in the back right portion of the green, so I was aiming at the center of the green, planning on drawing it into the hole. If it didn’t draw, it would still be on the green and I would have a decent look at birdie. If it drew, I would hopefully have a close putt for two. DP: What was your immediate reaction following the hole-in-one? JM: When it went in, I was shocked. First, I high-fived the Bucknell coach and then started celebrating with Coach Green and my dad, who made the trip up to New Haven for the weekend. I had made a hole-in-one exactly two weeks ago, during one of the team’s qualifying rounds, so I was honestly more in disbelief that it would happen again so soon. DP: What did your teammates say when they found out what you had done? JM: My teammate, [senior] Marc Hedrick, was in the group in front of me and heard the shouts as he was walking on the hole ahead. After the round he asked me, ‘Did you make a hole in one?’ and I replied, ‘Yeah.’ He then congrat-
ulated me and started telling me what a cool memory that would be. When I saw the rest of the team, they all congratulated me as well. DP: An amazing shot like that must have helped your mindset for the rest of the round. JM: I only had two holes left to play, but the hole-in-one put me in a much better position to finish the round at +4 or better. I made a really nice up-and-down on the 6th hole, but unfortunately bogeyed my final hole of the day to end +5. DP: Still, finishing tied for 29th individually as a freshman is a great accomplishment. Overall, how has this event and other experiences with the golf team played into your Princeton experience thus far? JM: So far, the experience has been amazing. Last weekend at Dartmouth was great, as the team finished second by one shot. Even though that was heartbreaking, it was still great to know we played well and competed with all the other teams and it was a great start to my college career. The hole-in-one was great, and definitely a memory I will have for the rest of my life, but the team and I were both a little disappointed we didn’t finish better for the weekend. Everyone on the men’s and women’s team, as well as Coach Green and Coach DeSanty, have been so welcoming, and they all go out of their way to make the freshmen feel at home. Its nice to know I have such a supportive group of Princeton golfers within the greater Princeton community.� DP: Last question, and maybe the most important one: what did you do with the ball? JM: After taking a picture with my dad and playing partners, I tossed my dad the ball
COURTESY OF GOPRINCETONTIGERS.COM
Freshman Jake Mayer managed an impressive hole-in-one on The Course while playing at Yale this past weekend.
and said I didn’t want to lose it. When I get home for break, I will try to frame it, along with a picture. Sharing that experience with his his teammates, coach,
and dad, Jake will never forget this moment. It is times like these that make us remember why we play the sports we love, things that offer us memories that we will treasure forever.
SOCCER
Women’s soccer routs Dartmouth as men fall to Big Green in overtime By David Xin Staff Writer
Two beautifully-placed finishes from star sophomore forward Abby Givens lifted the Princeton women’s soccer team over Dartmouth on Saturday in a crucial away match in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Tigers traveled to Dartmouth sporting an impressive 8-1-0 record, having defeated Yale 2-0 the week prior in Princeton’s Ivy League opener. Impressive both at the front and back, the team — currently ranked nationally at seventh place — boasted a fantastic tally of 19 goals scored and seven clean sheets, hoping to capitalize on Dartmouth’s run of losses against Northeastern, Boston University, and Brown. And capitalize they did. While a fairly even first 45
minutes saw the two teams locked in battle at the half, Princeton began the second period on the offensive; the effort paid off in the 68th minute. Givens was quick to take advantage of a defensive mishap from Dartmouth and swiftly dribbled into the box, driving the ball coolly into the bottomleft corner. The Tigers would pounce again, doubling their lead on the counter just 13 minutes later after a near-identical goal from Givens completed her brace. Sophomore midfielder Olivia Sheppard panned out a perfect lobbed ball to Givens, who slalomed past a discombobulated Dartmouth back-line to guide the ball expertly into the bottom-left. The result brought the series record against Dartmouth to 19-16-2, as Princeton replicated last year’s
Tweet of the Day “Selfies with selfies.đ&#x;˜‚ Looking forward to the next few days at the #espnwsummitâ€? Ashleigh Johnson (@ theashJohnson)
2-0 home victory. Givens now leads the Ivy League’s goalscoring charts with eight goals, tied with Columbia’s Natalie Neshat, but with one game in hand. An astronomic shot conversion rate of 44 percent is a testament to the fantastic season she and the women’s soccer team have been having. It was a somewhat different narrative for the men’s team, however, as just hours after the women’s victory, they succumbed to an overtime defeat after opening scoring and dominating play for much of the match. The men, hoping to bounce back from Tuesday’s loss to Rutgers, had their sights set on a win for their season’s Ivy League opener. Recent fixtures have seen the Tigers concede late on multiple occasions, yielding a 1-4-2 record. Dartmouth entered the match
having beaten Vermont 5-2 the Saturday before and looking to maintain their undefeated record at home. The Tigers peppered Big Green’s goal early on, with their efforts sizzling just over the head of goalkeeper Christopher Palacios before Dartmouth defender Wyatt Omsberg cleared the ball off the line. Some beautiful footwork from Princeton’s junior midfielder Sean McSherry would release junior forward Jeremy Colvin on the 53rd minute to slice a thunderous half-volley beyond the keeper’s reach, bringing the score to 1-0. While opportunities arose to double the lead, it was Dartmouth that responded the fastest, as Justin Donawa’s looping header reached the back of the net on the 62nd minute. Heading into double overtime, a Dartmouth set-piece
Stat of the Day
No. 6 The Princeton Women’s Hockey Team has been ranked No. 6 in the ECAC Preseason Coaches Poll.
on the 113th soared into the goal and set the game at 2-1 for the home side. Princeton maintains a series lead of 38-21-8 over Dartmouth following Saturday’s game. Freshman wing-back Michael Osei Wusu ref lected on what needs to change in terms of defense for upcoming matches against Villanova and Brown: “Especially in the 3-5-2, when you get tired, your legs really start to feel it as a wing-back and it affects your thought process. We need to stay sharp consistently throughout the game. I think honestly that’s what it is — the mental part,� he said. The women will be looking to continue their impressive run at Bucknell on Tuesday at 7 p.m., while the men’s squad hopes to record a decisive win against Villanova at home on Wednesday, also at 7 p.m.
Follow us Check us out on Twitter @princesports for live news and reports, and on Instagram @princetoniansports for photos!