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Judge: U. must defend taxexempt status

By Jessica Li staff writer

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The tiger statues outside of Whig and Clio Halls were vandalized with graffiti on Tuesday morning.

Tiger statues, cannon vandalized with graffiti

By Jessica Li staff writer

The tiger statues between Whig Hall and Clio Hall, along with the cannon on Cannon Green, were found to be vandalized with red paint early Tuesday morning.

Perpetrators had painted the body of the tiger statues with expletives against Princeton and Pennsylvania State University.

According to University spokesperson Martin Mbugua, on Tuesday around 2 a.m., a Department of Public Safety officer on patrol duty noticed that the cannon had

been painted. He subsequently noticed that the two tiger statues were covered in red graffiti.

The DPS officer immediately sent a work order for maintenance to repaint the statues, Mbugua said.

He said that the graffiti is in the process of being removed.

Mbugua noted that the DPS officer did not find any suspects at the scene. As with every case, the DPS will be conducting an investigation into the incident.

Mbugua further explained that according to the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate

Students, when matters such as cases of vandalism are referred to ODUS, the outcome of each case is determined on the basis of the specific circumstances surrounding the matter. There is no general penalty.

Stephanie Karp, director of operations of Public Safety, deferred comment to Mbugua, and Kathleen Apgar, communications coordinator of Building Services, did not respond to a request for comment.

The tiger statues outside Whig-Clio have frequently been targets of vandalism, according to Mbugua.

The burden of proof for demonstrating its tax-exempt status falls on the University, according to a decision by tax court judge Vito Bianco last Friday.

The decision follows a motion filed by the University to the State Tax Court in July and marks the latest development of the four-year lawsuit initiated by several residents of the town.

The University had previously filed a motion to dismiss the case and to re-assign a judge.

University General Counsel Ramona Romero declined to comment.

Robert Durkee ’69, vice president and secretary of the University, said that in a lawsuit the burden of proof falls mainly on the plaintiffs, and that it is unusual for defendants to have the burden of proof. He added that there was some indication in earlier hearings that suggested the judge may not see it that way in this case, and that now that it is aware of what the judge has decided, the University will proceed accordingly.

Bruce Afran, the plaintiff counsel, stated that multiple precedents in New Jersey courts have established that in taxexemption lawsuits, the burden

of proof falls on the part of the property owner whose tax-exempt status is challenged. Afran added that tax exemption statuses have always been very strictly interpreted and narrowly applied.

“The person who owns the property and wants to be free of paying taxes must prove to the court that they deserve the exemption. The University tried to shift that burden to the taxpayers, in this case, the retired senior citizens,” Afran said.

“The basic idea is that the person who owns the property knows best what they do with it. The University knows its operations best, these retired people can’t know the in and out of the University.”

Afran added that he believes it will be difficult for the University to prove its nonprofit status and retain the exemptions in face of documented commercial engagements. According to Afran, such engagements include entering into biotechnology partnerships with faculty members who’ve received intellectual patents, expanding real estate involvement in Forrestal and participating in various hedge funds.

However, Durkee said that he believes there is no question that See TAX page 3

ACADEMICS

U. professors recognized for work in physics

By Abhiram Karrupur contributor

Associate physics professor Bogdan Andrei Bernevig and former University professor Arthur McDonald were recognized for their work in physics on Sunday – Bernevig was awarded the 2016 New Horizons in Physics Prize, and McDonald was awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

McDonald, who completed his postdoctoral work at

the University, received the award for his work on neutrinos. He was also awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics on Oct. 6.

McDonald did not respond to a request for comment.

The Breakthrough Prize was founded in 2012 by four married couples – Google co-founder Sergey Brin and 23andme co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki, Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Cathy Zhang, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and See AWARD page 4

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Bogdan Bernevig (left) and Arthur McDonald were awarded for their work in physics on Sunday.

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Li ’12, Cheng ’16 discuss racial, Cruz ’92 proposes dissolution of IRS, Department of Energy at presidential debate gender barriers in politics staff writer and contributor

U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz ’92 proposed the abolishment of the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce and the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the fourth Republican presidential debate on Tuesday.

The eight current GOP frontrunners — including businessman Donald Trump, Ben Carson, U.S. Senator for Florida Marco Rubio, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, former tech executive Carly Fiorina, Cruz,

Ohio Governor John Kasich and U.S. Senator for Kentucky Rand Paul — offered up their strategies for fostering economic prosperity in the U.S. The debate took place in Milwaukee, Wis. The discussion centered on taxes, job creation, minimum wage, illegal immigration, trade, healthcare and military spending.

“The Obama economy is a disaster, and the IMF is telling us this is a new normal,” Cruz said. “It doesn’t have to be.”

His policy was centered on tax reform, regulatory reform and sound money.

“I have rolled out a bold and

simple flat tax: 10 percent for every American that would produce booming growth and 4.9 million new jobs within a decade,” Cruz said on his plans for tax reform.

He proposed a 16 percent flat tax for all corporations. His policy would be border adjustable, with exports exempt from the tax, but all imports subject to that same 16 percent, he said.

He called for “pulling back the armies of regulators that have descended like locusts on small businesses.”

In response to Paul’s assertion that you cannot be a conservative if you favor heavy See DEBATE page 2

By Caroline Lippman contributor

Students should become involved in politics and pursue issues that are important to them despite possible racial or gender obstacles, Lindy Li ’12 argued in a panel discussion with Undergraduate Student Government president Ella Cheng ’16 on Tuesday.

Cheng is a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian.

Li, who was class president during her four years at the University, is running for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional district.

If successful, she will be the

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Contributing columnist Paul Kigawa comments on the reactive nature of the university’s mental health initiatives, and contributing columnist Pranaya Anshu discusses the roles of social media activism. PAGE 5

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youngest woman ever elected to Congress.

When Cheng asked about the challenges associated with gender when running for office, Li said that sometimes women are perceived as aggressive when they are only speaking affirmatively. She added that women, unlike men, sometimes need an extra word of encouragement to pursue their passions.

“Let’s encourage our women,” Li said. ”What’s the worst that can happen to you, honestly?

Someone says no? You lose an election? So many people lose elections. It’s going to be okay.”

An audience member asked See LECTURE page 4

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military spending policies, Cruz said he favored a moderate approach. He proposed getting rid of subsidies on products such as sugar, then using the resulting savings to increase military expenditure.

“Every income group will see double-digit increases, from the very poorest to the very weakest, of at least 14 percent,” Cruz said on the expected impact of his economic reform agenda.

Prior to the frontrunners’ debate, at the undercard GOP debate, New Jersey Governor and ex officio Trustee Chris Chris-

tie argued that American greatness lies in its people and not its government.

He offered several opinions on tax code reform, arguing for less government involvement in matters like personal income.

The current system favors the rich, he claimed, but his own tax code proposition was one that would prove “fairer, flatter and simpler.

According to Christie, there should be no room for special interest tax deductions favoring the wealthy. He proposed that individuals be able to file taxes themselves in 15 minutes’ time. As president, he promised to reduce related government agencies by, for example, “firing a whole bunch of IRS

agents.”

When asked about recent Chinese pirating and hacking of U.S. technology, Christie blamed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama’s “weak and feckless foreign policy” toward China.

“The Chinese don’t take us seriously, and why should they?

They hacked into the American government’s personnel file and took millions of records in cyber warfare against this country. I’m one of its victims of that hack,” he said. “They took my Social Security Number, my fingerprints as a former United States attorney that was on file in there, and what has this president done? Not one

thing.”

He noted that if elected president, he would implement an action plan.

“If the Chinese commit cyber warfare against us, they are going to see cyber warfare like they have never seen before,” he explained. “And that closed society in China — where they’re hiding information from their own people. The information we take? We’ll make sure all the Chinese people see it. That’ll have some real fun in Beijing.

The debate was sponsored by Fox Business Network and the Wall Street Journal, streaming live on FoxBusiness.com. The undercard debate began at 7 p.m., and the frontrunner debate began at 9 p.m.

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the University meets the criteria for tax exemption and that the latest ruling will not alter the course of the trial significantly.

Specifically, it is particularly hard to challenge that the predominant motive of the University is to be an education provider, which grants taxexempt status, he said.

“It’s absolutely clear that the reason we exist is to be an educational institution – we do teaching and we do research,” Durkee said.

Afran added that he believes the University wants to avoid taxes as much as it can and that the University needs to have a much heavier tax burden to reflect its true commercial activity.

“We all stand in the same po-

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sition and share the same responsibility to the government,” Afran said. ”The University puts a huge burden on the town.”

He noted the two hundred University buildings that require inspection and the two thousand faculty who send their children to the town’s public schools.

“Many say the town benefits from the University, but the town benefits from a lot of people,” Afran said.

Afran added that he hopes this ruling creates the basis for settlement discussions between the two parties. Though Afran stated that conversations about an outside agreement have initiated, Durkee noted that he is not aware of such discussions.

The trial is tentatively set to take place in the summer of 2016.

Bianco’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

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both Cheng and Li to comment on their experiences with race and gender due to their identities as Asian-American women.

Cheng noted that for her, being Asian-American felt like more of a barrier during her campaign and election because she had few female Asian-American role models in politics.

Both Cheng and Li said that they are grateful to their parents for supporting them during the campaigning process.

Li added, however, that she wants to establish herself in the media as more than a young female minority. She explained that when she does interviews, what she really wants to talk about are actual issues such as college affordability or climate change, but the media has focused on her as a young female minority because it wants clickbait.

“If you read any articles about me, it’s always about how I’m 24, and ‘oh, she’s young, she’s female and she’s a first generation immigrant, and how she’s going to be the youngest woman;’ I my-

self have never said that. I myself have never said I want to be the youngest woman elected,” Li said. “And that’s a narrative that I’m trying to shift.”

She added that while running for office she was shocked by the level of animosity she got from people who did not know her, noting the comments after an interview she did with the ‘Prince’ – “I think they said, ‘She makes Ted Cruz look humble.”

Li encouraged the University students in the audience to become involved in politics and pursue the issues that are important to them.

“You have to work harder than everybody else out there. I’m obviously not the smartest person, but I’m fearless, and I have courage, and I’m pouring my heart and soul into this campaign,” Li said. She added that students ought to “do what sets your soul on fire.”

In speaking about herself and her own life, Li said that she believes that she was put on this earth to serve and to give, and that she feels that this is what she is supposed to do. She noted that she worked at Morgan Stanley after graduating from the University but felt unhappy and wanted

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Lindy Li ’12 and Ella Cheng ’16 spoke about gender and race in politics in a discussion on Tuesday.

to work in the public sector.

“I’ve finally found a work that isn’t work to me,” she said.

She added that her political career began with USG at the University.

“It all started in Frist 204,” Li said.

Li said her plans for the next year include raising $2 million, and she noted that her campaign has already raised $300,000. She also mentioned that HBO has

reached out to her about following her campaign on a TV show.

Li said her most immediate goal for the future, however, is to continue working hard on her campaign.

“I’d love for this to be your time,” she said. ”If there’s anything I can do or anything I can say to help you, or any actions I can take — I just want you to

know that I seek to be the most accessible public servant we have.”

The discussion took place in the Whig Hall Senate Chamber at 4:30 p.m. The event was sponsored by USG, American WhigCliosophic Society, Princeton College Democrats and Princeton Women’s Mentorship Program.

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Priscilla Chan, and Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner and Julia Milner.

Janet Wootten, Senior Vice President at Rubenstein Communications, the media relations company representing Breakthrough Prize, said that the New Horizons in Physics Prize is awarded to up-and-coming physicists. “[The Breakthrough Prizes] are designed to be earlycareer prizes to acknowledge and boost the efforts and careers of prominent young mathematicians and physicists,” she said.

In addition to awarding the New Horizons in Physics Prize, the organization also awards the Breakthrough Prize in fundamental physics, mathematics and life sciences.

Bernevig will share the award with Liang Fu, an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Xiao-Liang Qi, of Stanford University. Bernevig’s research revolves around the concept of topological insulators, a new state of matter.

“Normally insulators are very boring. They don’t conduct electricity. But in topological insulators, if you sit on the inside, you see no current, but if you sit on the surface, you see perfect current,” Bernevig said.

The selection committee was very impressed with the breadth of Bernevig’s work, Edward Witten, a researcher who chairs the committee, said. Witten added that topological insulators are new and not much is known about them.

“It is the most exciting field in physics, and topological insulators are very interesting intellectually and have beautiful applications,” Witten said.

Juan Maldacena GS ’96, who was also on the selection committee, said that Bernevig was chosen to receive the New Horizons award based

on the broad applications of his research.

“These [topological insulators] have many applications. For example, they can be used to build quantum computers,” Maldacena said.

Unlike current computers, quantum computers can perform calculations much faster by using the laws of quantum mechanics, where particles of light and matter can be in different places at the same time.

Bernevig received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and joined the University as a postdoctoral researcher in 2006. He became an associate professor in 2009.

While he is honored to have received the award, Bernevig said he doesn’t plan to rest on his laurels.

“Getting a prize is always nice – it’s not the beginning or end of anything, but it’s like getting a nice ice cream,” he said.

As part of the prize, Bernevig received $100,000.

He said he plans to use the money to take a trip to somewhere exotic.

“Most of the money will go to the government, but I’ve always wanted to go to Alaska or Antarctica,” Bernevig said.

The selection committee for the physics prize included Witten, Nima ArkaniHamed, Nathan Seiberg and Maldacena, who are researchers at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Other committee members included Michael Green, whose position as the University of Cambridge Lucasian Professor of Mathematics is one of the most prestigious in the world according to The Daily Telegraph, and MIT physics professor Alan Guth, who completed their postdoctoral work at the University in 1972 and 1974 respectively.

University physics professor Alexander Polyakov and former assistant physics professor John Schwarz, as well as renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, also served on the committee.

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Use social media to bring about change Pranaya Anshu contributor

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e have all heard of Cecil the lion. The majestic lion who was friendly to visitors, known for his large size and dark mane, and part of a University of Oxford lion conservation study.

The majestic lion who was first shot with a compound bow and 40 hours later tracked and killed by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer this past July.

Most Princetonians, such as myself, heard of the Zimbabwe-based lion’s death via social media. Reports of Cecil’s death blew up when Internet and social media users brought attention to the event by shaming Palmer online on his dental clinic’s Google and Facebook pages.

Palmer did not face any charges for killing Cecil the lion as many had hoped, but protesters’ voices did not go unheard. After many advocated for legislative change and thousands signed petitions regarding hunting laws, the viral storm of Cecil the lion’s story encouraged the House of Representatives to pass the Global-Anti Poaching Act. The act will “increase the penalties for wildlife traffickers, making them comparable to those faced by weapons and drug traffickers. It would also target countries that don’t do enough to

stop poaching.”

Cecil the lion’s death going viral and the passing of the Global-Anti Poaching Act within four short months clearly demonstrate the power of social media. It additionally indicates that social media should more commonly be used to bring about national and global change and awareness.

We all know about social media’s ability to foster friendships and communications, inspire others and even spread news of groundbreaking events, but social media’s ability to call for change is still not as commonly utilized as it could and should be.

Last year, the ten most popular categories of articles shared on Twitter included sports, vegan, success, productivity, entrepreneurship, psychology, science, giveaway, climate change and happiness. And while climate change can be considered a “call for change” topic, other important topics, such as immigration, education and labor laws, were not listed in the top ten lists of most shared articles.

Likewise, an analysis of over 5,000 U.S.-based social media accounts in 2013 (which included samples from Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Tumblr and Twitter) gathered information on the top five most frequently searched topics.

Once again, innocuous topics such as travel and food were most com-

We all matter Paul Kigawa

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n the weeks leading up to midterms and during the week of midterms itself, I found myself burdened with more than the small abyss of books and papers consuming my desk. Along with the mountain of work, I felt a knot in my stomach that wouldn’t go away.

It was a sort of restlessness from wanting to do well but worrying that I would fall short of my aspirations.

What followed probably sounds familiar to many Princeton students — a vicious cycle of studying late into the night, collapsing into bed with work still left undone and then waking up early the next day to continue the process. Only after working until 4 a.m. in an otherwise abandoned Studio ’34 do you realize the unspeakable things hours of nonstop stress and consecutive French bread pizzas can do to a person.

In the past, when things were stressful, I turned to my friends and peers for support and a little TLC. This time, however, I found that they too were in a similar bind, barely dealing with their own problems without the added work of consoling me. In fact, my levels of stress often paled in comparison to their existential crises. In the last few weeks before fall break, it seemed everyone on campus was struggling with the Sisyphean task of midterms at Princeton — and what’s worse, many seemed to experience severe challenges to their mental and physical health.

While some might dismiss this as the age-old rite of passage for all college students, there are tangible costs to such intensity, as well as challenges in fulfilling the responsibility we all hold in working toward a healthier environment.

At first glance, the amount of palpable stress and anxiety that students experience on campus seems bizarre. After all, the University emphasizes its alphabet soup of support systems — even introducing the UMatter initiative this fall — conveniently made into acronyms for the sake of brevity. Should I need someone’s help, I can rely on a variety of people, including my RCA (residential college adviser), my PAA (peer academic adviser), my APAA (assistant peer academic adviser), my RGS (resident graduate student), my residential college DS (director

of studies) and DSL (director of student life) and CPS (Counseling and Psychological Services). The choices are endless.

And to the University’s credit, during midterms week, many of these resources made themselves known: I received two emails from my director of studies, bags of candy and encouraging notes from my PAA and pizza from my RCA. Attempting to raise attention and create solidarity, Mathey College plastered its dining hall with quotes from students regarding their gravest insecurities on campus. My residential college, using a different approach, sent out reminders for “Massage Night,” free Fruity Yogurt bubble tea and the chance to make soaps and fragrance candles while also enjoying facial treatments and fresh smoothies. Simply by eyeing the horde of unread “Don’t Be Stressed!” emails in my inbox, I felt some inkling of stress. Yet the inconsistency here is quite alarming: how can we still be struggling so gravely with these issues, when the University seems to have so many resources available to handle them? As I munched on the bags of Smarties from one of the Christian fellowships, another campus group that left a midterms “emergency” package at my door, I wondered why this might be.

It’s no secret that many college students across the country struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts. This national epidemic has been widely discussed in the media in recent years, and for good reason. The statistics are extremely unsettling. According to Emory University’s “Emory Cares 4 U” initiative, suicide is the third-leading cause of mortality for people between 15 and 24 — with more than 1,000 suicides occurring on university campuses every year. In addition, the initiative reports that one in 10 college students has planned to commit suicide at least once.

Possible risk factors for suicide and depression are very common on college campuses, including difficulty adjusting to a new environment, coping with pressure and possible failure and feeling alienation and isolation. These risk factors, when combined with the ups and downs of adolescent years and the fact that mental illnesses like bipolar disorder often emerge in late teenage years, have proven a deadly concoction on college campuses.

Yet, considering the wealth of resources the Princeton admin-

monly discussed while important topics that can create much needed national or global impact, such as those regarding poverty and homelessness, were not part of the list.

As of August of this year, Facebook had more than 1 billion registered accounts, Twitter had over 316 million active accounts and Tumblr had more than 230 million active blog users. Even if a small percent of social media users aimed at raising awareness for “call for change” worthy topics, the global impact would be drastic. If one percent of Facebook registered account users, around 10 million people, shared posts regarding animal rights, education reform laws, race relations news or other socially and politically salient topics, change, such as the passing of the anti-poaching law inspired by Cecil the lion, would undoubtedly follow.

At this point, it is important to note that sharing information is what leads to change. Liking posts or simply commenting in support of something does very little in terms of causing large-scale impact and raising awareness. But thanks to the accessibility and ease of using social media, sharing — re-posting, retweeting, etc. — is not very difficult.

Additionally, taking a few seconds to do more than just share — for example, signing a petition for a cause one personally deems important — is also easy to do and can have great

impact. Furthermore, being aware and sharing knowledge of world news empowers social media users to be better global citizens.

Because of the much-needed large-scale impact that social media can have on real world issues, we should utilize social media to call for change instead of merely using social media as a platform to share cat videos, memes, dieting tips and family photos. And as part of an intellectual community, the University staff and students in particular could heed this advice, albeit on a smaller scale. Take this opportunity to use social media influence to spread awareness of important issues and foster more intense discussion and debate. Social media activism may not be the panacea to ignorance, but it can at the very least serve to ignite meaningful conversations. And that’s a start.

The death of the 26 elephants that were poisoned by cyanide, the pain and strength of those affected by the conflicts in the Middle East, the agony of those families affected by human and organ trafficking — let those topics rise up in ranks on what is trending on social media, and let those topics bring about as much change as did the death of one lion from Zimbabwe.

Pranaya Anshu is a freshman from San Diego, C.A. She can be reached at panshu@princeton.edu.

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istration dedicates to mental health, one would hope that this might not be the case. Princeton boasts an exuberant and loyal alumni base, and a casual onlooker might judge, simply by the onslaught of orange around campus, that students and faculty generally like the place.

Why, then, are we all so burdened with high levels of stress and anxiety? Are the University’s mental health resources doing nothing for our general psyche?

I would argue yes and no. The University has done many things right in its approach toward mental health — its UMatter initiative and free CPS counseling, to name a few. Yet many of these wellness programs are reactive — they respond to student malaise well after it has begun, without tackling the root of the issue.

The fact of the matter is this: an institution like the University, which attracts top students from around the world, has a way of making incredibly talented and driven young people feel, though not less driven, quite untalented.

By the nature of its population of hardworking students, many of whom have excelled in their previous settings, the “falling short of expectations” that I mentioned earlier can have a devastating effect. As other writers of The Daily Princetonian have touched upon, the nature of a difficult institution like the University only contributes to this disillusionment — not only in the realm of academia, but also in the competitiveness of extracurricular groups and even the difficulties of navigating the social scene on campus. With this reality, frequent bubble tea breaks, back massage sessions and other stress-relief programs — though well-intentioned and laudable —

are only superficial solutions to the problem.

Does this mean that the administration should inflate grades, or that clubs and teams should lower their barriers of entry? While part of me instinctively wishes “yes” — especially after that week of midterms — my more reasonable side wouldn’t go that far. After all, the rigor of an institution like the University may be one of its defining characteristics, and perhaps even a point of pride among students, alumni and faculty.

However, with the invariable rigor at the institutional level and with a dizzyingly talented student body, we must see that the stakes become extraordinarily high. We must acknowledge that there are absolute costs to mental health, and while we have done a lot, there’s a great deal more to do.

To start, the administration could encourage professors to spread midterms and papers across the last two or three weeks instead of unloading assessments in the last few days. And faculty involved in promoting mental health, like residential college administrators and CPS, might urge students to be more proactive about their health, rather than showing which resources are available when the going has already gotten rough.

This, paired with simple tactics like encouraging students to keep perspective, can preemptively brace students for stormy times ahead. Finally, when students feel truly unwell, I would suggest the option of taking one semester off instead of the mandatory full year — the latter of which may only add feelings of isolation. (I acknowledge that the University currently resists this idea because it does not believe in

graduations halfway through the year, but I think a compromise could be made.)

But our room for improvement extends far beyond the classrooms and administrative offices — the importance of a strong communal backbone can never be understated. In an academic environment like ours, where crammed library cubicles and hours alone in dorm rooms can feel incredibly isolating, it’s important to reach out to others; even a friendly “hello” to an acquaintance on the path can go a long way. Similarly, as the social scene plays a large role in student life, I think we could benefit from a community that’s less bent on exclusion and more based on openness and compassion. Only then can we — as an administration and as a student body — guarantee the health and wellbeing of our school as a whole.

With midterms in our rearview mirrors and hopefully happier times ahead, it will be easy to put off these topics for another day. But before long, when the days get shorter and the nights get colder, we will all, at some point, experience the heavy stress load that, to many, has become natural at the University.

To prevent that from happening, conversations like this are more important than ever, and we ought not to rest on our laurels. There’s never too much to be done in a situation like this, nor is it too soon to lay the support systems for the future. And while there may be no end in sight, we can continue to make good progress in the realm of mental health.

Paul Kigawa is a freshman from New York, N.Y. He can be reached at pkigawa@princeton.edu.

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33-yard run to put the Tigers up 20-7. While Chestnut Hill would successfully respond two drives later, the Tigers were able to make their final score of the half the most exciting one. Griffins kicker Scott Ashton, preparing to give the Tigers back the ball on a punt, found his kick blocked by senior defensive linesman/offensive linesman Spencer Halderman. Halderman’s efforts forced the ball into the endzone, resulting in a safety for the Tigers. Thus, heading into the locker room, Princeton held the 22-14 edge over their visitors.

The second half could not have opened much better for the Tigers. After an unsuccessful drive by Griffins left them at its own 45-yard line, Princeton was quick to convert. After another long pass from Cowden, this one for 31 yards to senior running back/ linebacker Nick Barnett, the Tigers were within two yards of the Griffins’ endzone. Another strong rush by Cowden gave them their 4th touchdown of the game, moving the score out to 28-14.

The Griffins, however,

would not stay lying down.

On the ensuing drive, a 63yard run from Chestnut Hill’s Raevon Floyd-Bennett would shrink the Tigers’ lead down to 28-20 (after a failed extra point conversion).

A strong drive at the end of the third, however, caused the momentum to swing the Tigers’ way, in no small part due to Cowden’s gutsy run on a 4th and 7 to give his team the first down. The Orange and Black would open the 4th quarter lining up at the Chestnut Hill 36-yard line, which would soon become the 6-yard line after another deep one from Cowden to Barnett. Castaneda would take over from there, needing but a short rush to give the Tigers another score.

A successful two-point conversion meant the Tigers’ lead would double from the results of this drive, moving to 36-20.

The atmosphere in the crowd grew elated, as the Sprint Football team had firmly taken control of the game.

The Griffins, however, had very different plans for the night. Following the Tigers’ score, Robinson only needed to sling two passes, for 32 and 25 yards, respectively, to put his favorite target Floyd-Bennett into the endzone. A twopoint conversion would bring

them to 36-28.

The Tigers managed to gain one first down on their ensuing drive, but ultimately failed to convert their opportunity into any points. That is when the Griffins struck again, needing just under 3.5 minutes to get 82 yards and get the touchdown they needed. Yet another two-point conversion brought this game completely level, 36 apiece.

The sprint football team’s reaction to this sudden reversal of fortune was a mighty one. Starting at their own 38yard line, the Tigers picked up three first downs on route to lining up at the Griffins’ 14.

With a late score within reach, disaster suddenly struck for the Tigers. On a rush, Cowden had the ball stripped from him by the Griffins’ Brian Layden.

The Griffins would not only recover the ball, but return it for an 85-yard touchdown.

A final two-point conversion was the final topping on a horrible sequence for the Tigers.

The game, and the Tigers’ season, ultimately ended via a Cowden pass getting picked off by Floyd-Bennett. Thus, despite one of their strongest offensive showings in recent memory, the Tigers fell just short of getting a win on the season.

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like that. And he just kind of stepped to the back of the mound and readjusted his hat, kind of took this one deep breath, and struck the next three guys out on, like, 9 pitches.”

“At that point I kind of just said … ‘This kid’s got something special.’ ” Bradley said After he shut down the Mets at the end of Game 1, Young returned to the mound in Game 4 as the Royals’ starter. He pitched for four innings and struck out three of New York’s players as the Royals earned a crucial 5-3 victory that put them up 3-1 in the series.

Getting the chance to watch his star pupil at Citi Field, Bradley noted how much respect Chris had earned among the Royals staff and, beyond just his recent performance, how critical he’d been to bringing them here. “[With my] being in New York all weekend, there were many coaches on the Royals

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staff that I know and that I’ve been around from my career, and they just went out of their way to come over to me and tell me what an amazing young man Chris is, what a competitor he is, what an important factor he was on this team all year [and that the] personality of the team could really be traced back to having Chris around,” Bradley said.

Bradley, himself having had an eight-year career in the MLB, seemed especially proud how far Chris had surpassed himself in terms of accolades earned in the league.

“I almost thought I was part of the whole experience.

It was nerve-wracking, it was exciting, it was amazing, to watch them celebrate on the field, and to see Chris, and to realize how difficult championships are,” Bradley said.

“I had a decent major league career and I never saw the postseason. And here Chris is being able to win a world championship.”

“He’s just a really special person,” Bradley said. “They just don’t make them like Chris.”

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plays for the Quakers to find pay dirt and claim the decisive six points. Penn running back Brian Schoenhauer took the first carry from the 25 to the Princeton 11, with Penn quarterback Alek Torgersen finding Penn wide receiver Eric Fiore to make up the difference.

Princeton holds an all-time 60-41-1 lead over Penn in a rivalry that stretches back to 1876.

The game’s first touchdown came five minutes into the second quarter, with Penn running back Tre Solomon scoring from four yards out to give his team a 10-3 lead. Princeton generally struggled with the Quakers’ rushing attack on the day, allowing 217 yards and 5.6 yards per carry to a combo of five different backs. Through the air, Torgersen was highly efficient against the Orange and Black defensive backfield, amassing 178 yards on 21-27 passes.

Princeton responded to the second-quarter touchdown in short order, managing 73 yards on the ensuing drive which concluded in a four-yard rush by junior running back Joe Rhattigan.

Maximizing the short time remaining in the half, the Tigers dramatically improved their prospects by forcing a Quaker punt and scoring on the ensuing drive — Rhattigan punched it in once again.

What’s more, sophomore linebacker Mark Fossati recovered Penn’s fumble on a short kickoff. A field goal taken from its opponent’s 22-yard line gave Princeton a 20-10 lead heading

into the half.

The Quakers found the end zone on their first drive of the second half thanks to another short Solomon rush. Having twice traded possession, Penn broke through with a field goal to equalize at 20-20.

On the day, Princeton starter Chad Kanoff, a junior signal caller from Southern California, posted a solid 218 yards on 26 completions of 42 attempts.

The return of senior wide receiver Seth DeValve proved a boon to the offense, as the fourth-year powerhouse managed 65 yards on nine receptions.

Despite having his regulation-ending attempt blocked, Bieck’s three successful field goals ties him with Taylor Northrop ’01 for second (38) on the program’s all-time tally.

Just seven conversions separate the senior from Princeton’s career record of 45, held by Derek Javarone ’05.

With the loss, Princeton falls to 1-3 in away games, with a blowout 40-7 victory over Lafayette providing the win. The 4-0 home record bodes well for the Tigers’ homecoming prospects, as Yale visits Powers Field for next weekend’s alumni day.

While the Tigers have fallen somewhat short of expectations, Quaker football has been a pleasant surprise for Penn fans. With its only conference loss having come against Dartmouth in its league opener, the side remains in position to make a run at the 2015 Ivy League championship. A matchup next week against juggernaut Harvard will almost certainly determine the outcome of its season.

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Men’s Hockey Men’s hockey (1-3 overall, 0-2 Ivy League) has not yet achieved the success it was hoping for thus far, but the team can still fulfill its goal of a turnaround.

The Tigers opened the season falling to Yale, only to secure a decisive victory over University of Maine the following day, and has since suffered tough losses

against Cornell and Colgate.

Starting junior goalie, Colton Phinney, was ranked one of the best goaltenders in the nation last year, with a save percentage of 91, and the team is looking to him for support in the coming games.

With two major conference showdowns against Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend, freshman forward Ryan Kuffner said the team will be looking to “increase our scoring, play better defensively, and pick up our speed against opponents in order to be successful.”

The team’s strength this season has been its speed and systems, which Kuffner credited to relatively new coach Ron Fogarty.

“Our goal is to maintain some consistency and make the biggest turnaround in program history,” Kuffner said.

With both games at home at Baker Rink this weekend, the Tigers are excited to be on some familiar ice. On Friday, the men’s team is set to play Dartmouth, and the men will showdown against the Harvard Crimson on Saturday.

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Tigers fall to Penn in close overtime game

By Andrew Steele senior writer

In shocking fashion, Princeton football suffered its third Ivy League loss of the season.

The Tigers (5-3 overall, 2-3 Ivy League) fell to the Penn Quakers (5-3, 4-1) by an overtime score of 26-23.

With the clock stopped and just four seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, senior placekicker Nolan Bieck lined up for a 35-yard field goal which would have clinched a 23-20 Princeton

victory. Prior to the play, Bieck had converted a perfect 10-10 on the year with a long of 45.

But the homecoming crowd in Franklin Field would not leave disappointed, as Penn linebacker Donald Panciello blocked the attempt to force overtime.

Princeton’s initial drive in the extra period made no progress, leading to a 42-yard field goal and giving Penn a chance to respond with a tying three points or a winning touchdown. It took just two See FOOTBALL page 7

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Last weekend’s dissapointing loss in overtime to Penn left the Tigers at 2-3 in Ivy League play.

HOCKEY

BASEBALL

Women’s hockey off to strong start, men’s hockey looks to rebound

Young ’02 shines in MLB World Series

By Claire Coughlin contributor

Women’s Hockey Six games deep in the winter season and the Princeton women’s hockey team has already won five games.

The Tigers (5-1 overall, 3-1 ECAC) started the season on the road with a dominant doubleheader performance against

Mercyhurst College, outscoring their opponents 5-3. The Orange and Black, ranked No. 10 in the nation, went on to win two crucial conference games, beating Yale 4-3 and shutting Brown out with a 3-0 victory.

The team was stunned by a last-minute loss in their home opener against Cornell last weekend but bounced back quickly with a 3-2 triumph over Colgate the following day. Fresh-

man forward Karlie Lund made her mark, scoring two goals in the game, while senior goaltender Kimberly Newell stopped 32 out of 34 shots on the goal.

With a doubleheader coming up against Quinnipiac this weekend, the team will be looking to continue dominating on the ice. The Tigers will play on Friday in Connecticut and at home on Saturday.

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The no. 10 women’s hockey team (5-1) has had a strong start to the season and will face Quinnipiac this weekend.

SPRINT FOOTBALL

Sprint football closes out the season with dissapointing game against Chestnut Hill

By Miles Hinson sports editor

Under the bright Friday night lights of Princeton Stadium, the sprint football team competed in a thriller of a game against Chestnut Hill College in its final contest of the season. For the men of sprint football, however, the game would end in gutwrenching heartbreak, as the Tigers fell 44-36 in a particularly wild 4th quarter.

Princeton (0-5 overall) could not have asked for a better start to the game, as junior

quarterback Chad Cowden hit senior wide receiver Patrick Yu for a 58-yard bomb to put the Tigers up 6. Senior defensive back/running back Emmanuel Castaneda (most sprint football plays serve both offensive and defensive roles on the team) would continue the team’s hot start, picking off Chestnut Hill quarterback Reginald Robinson to put the Princeton offense at its own 48-yard line. Cowden followed up from there, launching a 41-yard pass to sophomore wide receiver/defensive back John Van Orden for the sec-

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ond score of the game. A twopoint conversion from a rush

by Cowden left the Griffins down 14-0, where the score remained through the end of the first.

Chestnut Hill put themselves on the scoreboard early in the second — a long drive near the end of the first was punctuated with a rushing touchdown within the first five seconds of the second quarter. Cowden, however, came through once again for his team, busting through the Griffins’ defense with a See SPRINT page 6

By Miles Hinson sports editor

From an early age, Chris Young ’02 has seen success upon success in his athletic career, both as a college basketball standout and as a pitching star for Princeton and in the MLB. However, few moments in his career can trump the achievement he earned Sunday night: the title of World Champion.

After over a decade of experience in MLB baseball, Young was a star for the Kansas City Royals not once but twice en route to their 4-1 series victory over the Mets.

Beyond the obvious thrill that comes from winning the World Series, the victory is especially sweet for Young given the questions of age and health surrounding him.

Young had to spend nearly the entire 2010 season off the mound due to shoulder injury and, at the age of 36, was the second-oldest player on the Royals’ roster heading into the World Series.

In addition, with his nagging shoulder injuries, some reports had indicated that his fastball hadn’t reached up to 90 miles per hour in multiple seasons — a major red f lag.

None of that seemed, to matter, however, when Young entered Game 1 of the World Series in the 12th inning. Young opened up by throwing for 3 straight strikeouts and would go on to hold the Mets to 0 runs in the final two innings as well, as the Royals earned a 5-4 victory in the series opener.

Young did not respond to requests for comment.

Young’s performance was the talk of MLB pundits for many hours after. To Princeton head baseball coach Scott Bradley, who both recruited Young from high school and coached him throughout his career at Princeton, seeing Young come through with

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2 NCAA tournaments Both the women’s field hockey and women’s soccer teams will be playing in their respective NCAA tournaments this weekend.

the game on the line was familiar.

“From the minute he came into Princeton, being a two-sport CHRIS YOUNG star, and ‘02 MLB pitcher the way he figured basketball out — he just has this very unique ability to figure things out on the f ly.”

Bradley said. “You’d watch him in basketball games as a freshman in the Princeton system and the way we play basketball, how he just quickly picked everything up, the composure and the focus and the toughness all rolled into one goes way beyond the obviously very good ability. But those other intangibles were very evident if you had a chance to watch him participate [in Princeton sports].”

Indeed, Bradley could immediately point to the moment he saw Young’s potential for greatness: during a Texas statewide high school playoff game, well before Young donned the Orange and Black. Just as in his World Series debut, Young came up with huge strikeouts to keep his team in the hunt for the championship.

“When we were recruiting him, I went out to watch him … Such a big game, I think Chris threw three shutout innings,” Bradley remarked.

“They had to sit for about two hours [due to rain]; Chris had had his jacket on and was just walking around … I happened to bump into him, and he said ‘There’s no way I’m coming out of this game, I don’t care how long I have to wait.’ When the game started [up again] … There were a couple of errors, and suddenly the tying run was on third base or something See BASEBALL page 7

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