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Eisgruber, BJL compromise after 2 days of sit-in protests

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Students occupied Nassau Hall for the second day, urging administrators to sign a list of demands.

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 agreed to the modified demands of student protestors on Thursday evening.

He signed the document at about 8:20 p.m., approximately 32 hours after students in the Black Justice League began a sit-in in his office and after significant negotiations over the content of the demands.

Around 20 student protestors had been occupying Eisgruber’s office since Wednesday.

The “Walkout and Speakout” protest, organized by the BJL,

began with a walkout from classes on Wednesday morning, then featured a march to Nassau Hall and a sit-in in Eisgruber’s office.

Students who occupied the office stayed there overnight.

Some other students camped outside the building.

Eisgruber declined to comment.

Student protest leaders Destiny Crockett ’17, Wilglory Tanjong ’18 and Dashaya Foreman ’16 read out the agreement in the Nassau Hall atrium shortly after the signing. Protestors cleared the building later in the evening.

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Aleksandra Czulak ’17, Grant Golub ’17 and Simon Wu ’17 are the three candidates for Undergraduate Student Government president. Voting begins at noon on Monday.

Aleksandra Czulak Grant Golub ’17: Simon Wu ’17: ’17: seeks to unite former chief artist, designer, student body elections manager social chair

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Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidate and current vice president Aleksandra Czulak ’17 said she wants to increase USG’s collaboration with various on-campus organizations and students not involved in USG. Czulak said she is seeking to improve collaboration between various constituencies on campus, bringing them together to advance policies and programs that most effectively serve the student body. These span See CZULAK page 3

Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidate Grant Golub ’17 said he is centering his campaign on three core issues: mental health, pass/D/fail policies and underclassman advising.

“I decided to run because I think that USG has not done a good job of putting students’ issues first,” he said.

Golub served as the chief elections manager of USG from last February until this October, explaining that See GOLUB page 4

Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidate Simon Wu ’17 said he seeks to improve communication and efficiency in USG through an artist and designer’s perspective.

“I come from a very different background of working in organizations than people who are studying policy,” he said. “I came into USG as chief designer, which has been very much a position of communications and marketing and dealing with the external part of USG, and I See WU page 2

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U. childcare facility to begin construction BJL protest targeted in bomb and firearm threat staff writer

A new childcare facility for University NOW Day Nursery, the daycare program for children of University faculty, staff and students, has been approved by the Regional Planning Board of Princeton and will begin ini-

tial construction activities within the next month.

The new daycare center is set to open in September 2017 and will be located on Broadmead Street, directly south of the existing childcare facility. The Office of Information Technology, which shares the current building with UNOW, will remain in

the existing Broadmead facility, according to University spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

OIT deferred comment to Mbugua.

University Architect Ron McCoy GS ’80 explained that the current facility was quite old and designed as a school See CHILDCARE page 4

By Ruby Shao news editor

A bomb and firearm threat on campus on Thursday night made reference to the ongoing Black Justice League protest, according to University spokesperson Martin

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The Department of Public Safety sent a campus safety alert via email to members of the University community on Thursday at around 9 p.m, calling the threat non-specific.

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News & Notes Photos of black professors at Harvard Law School defaced Photos of black tenured professors at Harvard Law School were covered with black tape on Thursday morning, according to the Harvard Crimson.

This act, which was labeled by some students as a “hate crime” against black faculty, follows in the wake of protests on behalf of minority rights at the University of Missouri, Yale and, most recently, the University.

On Thursday afternoon, Harvard students, faculty and administrators participated in a community meeting to speak

about the environment at the Law School.

Some students reported the Law School environment as being racist and unwelcoming, and criticized Law School Dean Martha Minow for not doing enough to support minority students.

Others pointed out that the Law School has only nine tenured black faculty members, among 91 tenured professors in total.

Another group of Harvard students held protests on Thursday to express solidarity with antidiscrimination student activists at other colleges around the country.

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“The term is used by law enforcement agencies in cases where the details in whatever the threat is are not very specific,” Mbugua said.

He declined to provide further information about the nature of the threat.

Mbugua said the original threat was sent by email to an administrator, who then notified DPS. Mbugua noted that he could not specify the office or name of the administrator, nor the exact time

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To ensure safety, DPS has increased patrols on campus and is collaborating with other law enforcement agencies, according to the email.

“It is an ongoing investigation, and we cannot predict when or how it will be concluded,” Mbugua said.

Princeton High School, John Witherspoon Middle School and Riverside Elementary School received bomb threats in September. In each case, police investigations uncovered no evidence of explosive devices.

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think that has really influenced the way I’ve been thinking of USG and how it’s perceived by the student body.”

He noted that his experiences as chief designer and social chair prepared him to work on making USG more communicative, explaining that such experiences enabled him to look more closely at the communications side of USG. Wu added that it is important to have constant streams of communication and constant updates in order to make people feel as though they are being heard and to show them that things are being done.

“I think that a lot of people feel that to some extent, USG doesn’t always address their concerns, and I think a way to resolve that is both working on increasing channels of communications, and making those forms of communication more palatable,” he said.

Wu said he wants to make communication as convenient as possible by having several options for students to voice their concerns, such as surveys, a what-to-fix program and going door-to-door asking what concerns people may have. He noted that it is important to create several different outlets so people at any end of the spectrum feel comfortable voicing their opinion.

One of these outlets would be a forum called WTF, inspired by a similar website used by Columbia’s undergraduate student government, Wu said. Wu explained that WTF stands for What To Fix, and it would be a Reddit-style online forum where

students can post concerns to which USG could respond directly.

“It works the same way Reddit does where you can up-vote and down-vote, and things will rise and fall depending on how much interest there is to it,” Wu said, noting that he felt a website like this would create a more direct channel of communication between students and USG. Another project he is working on, he said, is increasing the student activities fund. He explained that in doing so, USG could expand Lawnparties to have more diversity in activities during the day, as well as financially support more of the student groups on campus.

“I think that a lot of people feel that to some extent, USG doesn’t always address their concerns.” simon wu ’17,

usg presidential candidate

He noted that he is currently working on a task force with USG president Ella Cheng ’16, adding that the student activities fund has not been reassessed since 2007 or 2008. He also noted that the number of student groups on campus has nearly tripled and the costs of hiring artists to play at Lawnparties have also increased exponentially.

In addition, Wu noted that he would like to expand the co-op and independent options. There is currently a year and half to

two-year wait list to join a co-op, Wu explained, so he aims to reassess ways USG can lend more support to these structures.

Lastly, Wu said that he would like to work on fostering intercultural and inter-identity dialogues. He explained that he wants to make more outlets for discussion, such as film series or dinner discussion series, in order for people to have more places for dialogue.

Aileen Huang ’17, who has been on the social committee for the past two years, said that she endorses Wu as an organized, efficient and charismatic leader.

“Before, social committee was just about getting Lawnparties, but under Simon we’ve really expanded what we do on campus,” she said.

Veronica Edwards ’17 also said that she endorses Wu’s campaign, noting his ability to gauge the student body’s sentiment.

“I feel like he would know the campus really well, in terms of what students want for their next huge event or what we need to change,” she said.

Nabil Shaikh ’17 added that Wu’s defining trait is his genuineness, endorsing him as a good advocate for students.

“He’s kind of an artistically minded person, rather than a strictly policy minded person, yet he still knows how to get things done and he knows how to navigate the system,” he said.

In addition to his positions with USG, Wu is a residential college adviser in Forbes College and is involved with the Pace Center for Civic Engagement, having led a breakout trip in fall 2014. Wu is an art history major from Philadelphia, Penn., pursuing a certificate in visual arts.

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Crockett deferred comment to Tanjong, Foreman and Esther Maddox ’17, who did not respond to requests for comment.

The final list addressed all three initial demands of the protestors, which included cultural competency training for faculty and staff and a diversity distribution requirement, a special space for black students, and the removal of the name of Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, from the Wilson School and Wilson College.

According to the agreement, Eisgruber will write to chair of the University Board of Trustees Katie Hall ’80 to initiate conversations on removing Wilson’s name from campus buildings. He will also write to Head of Wilson College Eduardo Cadava to request that he consider removing Wilson’s mural from Wilcox dining hall.

The administration also agreed to immediately designate four rooms in the Fields Center for use by cultural groups, and promised to have members of the BJL involved in a working group to discuss the viability of forming black affinity housing.

Regarding the protestors’ third demand, a mandatory cultural competency training and diversity distribution requirement, Eisgruber will write to Dean of the Faculty Deborah Prentice to arrange a discussion on cultural competency training. The BJL will also discuss the possibility of enhancing such training for Counseling and Psychological Services staff with CPS Executive Director John Kolligian.

BJL members will also attend the General Education Task Force meeting in December to discuss the possibility of a diversity distribution requirement.

Dean of the College Jill Dolan and Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun were present at the meeting when the negotiations occurred.

Calhoun noted that both groups, students and administrators, made a lot of compromises from their initial positions to reach an agreement.

“I think the most important thing is that we all negotiated in good faith,” Dolan added.

“There was a real willingness to be around the table, thinking together about very difficult issues.”

Dolan and Calhoun declined to comment on the content of the agreement.

The path to agreement began on Thursday at around 3:20 p.m., when Eisgruber, Dolan and Calhoun entered Eisgruber’s office to speak with the protestors.

Dolan said that although the group was able to reach a rough agreement with administrators at around 5 p.m., Eisgruber was unable to sign the agreement because of disagreements on some of the specific wording.

Everyone involved rephrased certain sentences to produce a document that reflected their shared conclusions, she said.

Calhoun added that students and administrators needed time to meet separately and consider whether they could live with and honor the agreements. The next steps for her and other administrators to improve the experiences of students of color will be “hearing how they feel, hearing what they need and doing what we can, given how the University works.”

“I think the changes that the students are requesting are really systemic, and in order to make them happen, there’s a lot of procedures that have to be followed, which means it takes a lot of people doing a lot of work,” Dolan said.

Calhoun noted that many of the points discussed in the meeting were in fact part of the longstanding commitment of the University to better students’ lives in light of

the Special Task Force on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s recommendations released last year. She said she believed the protestors were motivated to expedite the implementation of agendas that the University community had been thinking about.

During the negotiation efforts, students in the Nassau Hall atrium chanted, “We here, we been here, we ain’t leaving, we are loved,” and “No Justice, No Peace.” They also sang the song of the Freedom Trail in support of the students in Eisgruber’s office.

Teri Tillman ’16, a participant in the protest, described the second day as more constructive than the first.

Tillman said she had sat in Eisgruber’s office until around 4 p.m. on Wednesday and came to the atrium on Thursday at around 3 p.m.

Wednesday’s meeting with Eisgruber did not feature much of a discussion, she noted.

“It was more a moment of opposition, like our protestors yelling at President Eisgruber and Dean Dolan, and President Eisgruber taking a more defensive position, which wasn’t productive for either of the parties involved,” she explained.

“Whereas today, since there are fewer bodies in the room, I feel like more discussion is happening, which logistically is more feasible, but we’re still being able to make a statement by having the bodies in the atrium.”

Megan Blanchard GS, who participated on Wednesday night for two hours and occupied Nassau Hall’s atrium on Thursday from about 4 p.m. onward, said she and around 10 other graduate students had come to support the cause as well as the protestors themselves.

“We’re here to show our solidarity for the undergraduates,” she explained. The graduate students had coordinated through listservs and messaging to stay informed of new developments.

Blanchard pointed out that the climate made the protest’s second day different from the first.

“Because the weather is rainy, I think everyone’s just trying to really make sure that all of the students feel as supported as possible, to keep the energy up to stay here,” she noted.

Tillman said she had brought her schoolwork to the atrium, and that sitting at Nassau Hall had not really affected her social life. She added that she appreciated the protestors’ ability to focus on their studies, as current students still must graduate in order to make a difference with their degrees later on.

Tillman emphasized that the movement is about the entirety of Princeton.

“There are a lot of moments on campus and in the structure of buildings, in the structure of organizations, where people who are of certain forms of identity feel marginalized.

They feel as though their voice isn’t being heard as much as the majority,” she noted.

The greatest misunderstanding is that the protest is only for black students, Tillman said.

“Yes, the language is emphasizing the black experience right now,” she said. “But in the long run, in the larger context, it’s about all marginalized people.”

Other students on campus, although not actively involved in the protest, have reacted to the protest as well.

Wilson School student Julia Reed GS said that she was impressed by the passion, dedication and willingness of students to speak out about what they believe in.

“They have a voice and a right to be heard,” Reed said.

Another Wilson School student, Asa Craig GS, said that it is critical that students have a voice in their school, to make the community more inclusive and diverse.

“We need to speak out against people who are leveling personal attacks at protestors and using racist language to put them down,” he said.

When asked about the prospect of changing the name of the Wilson School, Reed said that her thoughts on the situation were complex, and that people must think about the deeper issues behind the request. She added that students should consider why individuals are so upset about the issue.

“Speaking about the importance of having civil dialogue, you can’t come into a conversation already having decided that the people on the other side of the table have no views of any value,” she said.

Craig noted that it is important to investigate Wilson’s legacy.

“A university that fails to educate on its own history and the history of its country is failing in its mission,” Craig said.

“People live this every day, and I think it’s important to ask: if we can’t talk about it, then how can we expect students to just ignore it and go to school?”

Iris Samuel ’19 said that while the later two of the BJL’s demands are valid, renaming the Wilson School is more problematic.

“We would be treating a very superficial aspect of the problem,” Samuel said. “Woodrow Wilson should be judged as a member of his time. I’m not saying his actions are legitimate, I’m saying that America as a whole was wrong.”

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William Barksdale Maynard ’88, who published a book on Wilson titled “Woodrow Wilson: Princeton to the Presidency” in 2008, also said that he does not think Wilson’s name should be taken down from the Wilson School and Wilson College.

Maynard noted that Wilson was born in the South before the Civil War, and that while his racial views were, by today’s standards, definitely deplorable, they were sadly typical by the standards of a century ago.

He also said that Wilson, apart from his views on race, was considered a progressive educator and liberal southerner, and that through his work with the preceptorial system and the Honor Code he began the modernization of the University.

In light of hostile comments made anonymously online, Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15 called for students to exercise freedom of speech by engaging in constructive conversation physically and directly with the sit-in protestors.

“If members of the University community can take a step back and consider others’ viewpoints, that’s when we can start the process of healing,” OkudaLim said.

In an attempt to gather and quantify campus sentiments, Daniel Wilson ’18 created a TypeForm to record student perspectives on the demands raised by the BJL. The survey was circulated to undergraduate students via residential college listservs.

“I was unsatisfied with the informality and descent into disorganized debate that was brought about by using Yik Yak as the primary medium of communication,” Wilson said, noting that he wanted to see a numerically based view of the situation.

As of Thursday at 4 p.m., the database contained 538 responses. On a scale of 0-10, with 0 being the least favorable, the average rating for the efficacy of the sit-in protests was 3.77, while the rating for the BJL’s demands were 2.52 for removing Woodrow Wilson’s name, 5.19 for cultural competence training and courses, and 5.35 for a cultural space for black students.

News Editors Ruby Shao and Paul Phillips and Staff Writers Annie Yang and Jessica Li contributed reporting.

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items such as more collaborative mental health initiatives, changes to financial aid policy, accessibility to eating club and meal options, and a more outsider-friendly USG, she noted.

She also said that she wants to create all-student task forces to investigate and address campus needs that involve a diversity of student voices.

“The University has task forces, but those usually only have two students or so. Why can’t we have all-student task forces to address campus-wide issues?” she said.

She explained that a task force on campus response to sexual assault, for example, should include Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education peer advisers, eating club officers, athletes, USG members, peer health advisers and “everyone who has a vested interest in talking about sexual assault in this context.”

She also noted that initiating shorter-term projects would allow USG to invite students outside USG to join the decisionmaking process, raise issues and offer solutions. Such an approach would allow all students to offer input.

“We’re trying to challenge campus norms and make better change for the students on this campus,” she says.

Czulak also noted she wants to offer training on budget building, mechanisms to store organization-specific information, to increase funding and to conduct elections according to USG regulations.

Czulak explained her experience working under several USG administrations allowed her to have insight into the gaps between administrations and made her ready to address such gaps.

“It’s interesting because the closer you are to working with these different individuals, especially the president and vice president, you see the gaps,” she said. “I would say I am the most critical of them because I can see what’s not being followed up on.”

She added that her insider knowledge and institutional memory offers an advantage to the position.

“I’ve worked closely with Ella [Cheng ’16], and I’ve worked with the other administration as well, so [I] know what to expect, what resources are available for us to use and what administrators to reach out to,” she said.

Czulak noted that during her tenures as vice president and executive secretary, she explored beyond administrative duties and jump-started her own initiatives, such as the Eating Club Accessibility project.

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tor Deana Davoudiasl endorsed Czulak’s ability to follow up on projects.

“She follows up on projects like no other vice president has.

She has been the most competent in terms of encouraging members, and she really acts as a resource for projects … being very open, supportive and helpful,” she said. “I think she is an amazing candidate for USG president because not only has she been able to foster very strong relationship with current and future USG members, but she has been able to articulate a vision.”

Davoudiasl, who has worked with Czulak on the Eating Club Accessibility project, also noted her ability to balance openness with directions.

“I sat in on a lot of meetings with her and administrators, and got to see her in action with speaking to administrators …

“We’re trying to challenge campus norms and make better change for the students on this campus.” aleksandra czulak ’17, usg presidential candidate

toeing that line between being friendly and listening and being more directive and advocating for certain things that USG felt strongly about. That balance is a great thing about Aleks,” she added.

Marie Siliciano ’17 endorsed Czulak’s commitment to USG and the larger University community.

“Her commitment to USG and this community didn’t end when she left campus; it didn’t end at the end of the day,” she said. “When people had questions for her, when there were initiatives that needed to be planned or [when there were] younger members of USG, she was always happy to mentor them and talk to them. That wasn’t something she took breaks from.”

Siliciano also noted Czulak’s respect for her colleagues.

“Having seen her interact with members of the groups she’s a part of, she really values and respects everyone she works with very much, and that’s very apparent from the way she interacts with them,” she added. “She is really good at holding people to their highest potential and organizations to their highest potential.”

Czulak is an economics major from Chicago, Ill., pursuing a certificate in Global Health and Health Policy, and Technology and Society.

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rather than as a childcare facility. He said that in determining logistics for the new post office, the University worked with the faculty and leadership of UNOW as well as parents and administrators, responding to their needs for the kind of class activities that they needed to have the optimal number of children in a classroom and to abide by the regulations of the state of New Jersey for best practices.

After a thorough search, the University and UNOW selected Boston firm Maryann Thompson Architects to design the new daycare center in 2013, Deputy Director of the Office of Design and Construction Sean Joyner said. McCoy explained that the University and UNOW selected this firm because it has a lot of expertise in early childhood learning centers, that it knows how to design a building that would be a good fit for the surrounding residential neighborhood and it is committed to sustainability.

Representatives from Maryann Thompson Architects did not respond to mul-

tiple requests for comment.

The new facility will allow UNOW to expand from serving 83 children to potentially serving 180 children, Director of UNOW Susan Bertrand said.

“The vision is to develop and continue practices that are work-family friendly — to offer more childcare, particularly infant childcare, to more families within the University community,” Bertrand said.

Sustainability and energyefficiency were significant factors in every step of the planning process, according to McCoy and Joyner.

“A building like this starts with an intelligent way to put the building on the site, orienting it to take advantage of the southern sun in a passive-energy strategy,” McCoy added.

To this end, most of the classrooms are oriented to the south to capture light and thermal energy, and the roof even has photovoltaic panels that will provide about 50 percent of the electrical need, Joyner noted.

Other energy-conscious measures will include passive ventilation, insulation, low-flow plumbing fixtures and energy-efficient mechanical systems, he added.

Beyond sustainability and

the continuity of staff, appreciation of nature will also play a role in the new facility, McCoy said.

“There’s a certain principle that nature is the third teacher — that the natural materials are a sense of discovery; the textures, the colors, the scents,” McCoy said.

McCoy explained that the project team worked with landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh and the Natural Learning Initiative at North Carolina State University, to craft such an educational experience, particularly in the playground.

“Playgrounds are actually part of the education mission of the facility because they are age-appropriate structures that help children, from infants to preschoolers, in developing muscle memory and balance and just having fun,” McCoy said.

In addition to the playground, the new facility will also include three separate play areas for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, multi-purpose classrooms, an art room and small library, McCoy said.

“We love children and we love what we do, and this is just an enhancement of a program that people have loved and have cherished for 45 years,” Bertrand said.

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he resigned the position so he could run for president.

Golub is a former staff writer and senior copy editor for The Daily Princetonian.

Golub explained that, if elected, he would talk to the University to address the availability of mental health resources on campus. He added that Counseling and Psychological Services is understaffed and underfunded, and that students’ access to mental healthcare is lacking.

Golub noted that he recently sought out the help of CPS but was turned away and told he had to wait three weeks for an appointment.

“I think only someone with the institutional backing of something like USG can work with the administration to make sure that CPS is the valuable resource that every undergraduate, now and in the future, deserves,” Golub said.

Natalie Fahlberg ’18, who is endorsing Golub’s campaign, noted that almost every student on campus can relate to the issue of mental health in some way.

“The central point of his campaign is to increase resources for CPS, and that’s a really big deal to me,” she said.

Golub said he also seeks to revise the P/D/F policy so that students can choose to rescind a P/D/F decision at the end of a given academic semester upon seeing their final grade in the class.

He also said he wants to improve underclassman advising, saying that freshmen do not interact enough with their faculty advisers. He noted that one idea he has is for students to be paired with their writing seminar professors as advisers, as these professors see their advisees regularly and get to know them academically.

Golub added that, if elected, he would address other concerns as well, such as eating club accessibility, but by focusing on the three core issues of his platform he hopes to make significant progress on each one.

Mohamed Shalan ’17, who is endorsing the campaign, said he supports Golub’s goal to tackle real student issues.

“USG is perceived more to be a committee of students that organize Lawnparties, offer students free food and party events, but I think he’s taking a very bold stance by trying to combat a couple of the main problems that face students today,” Shalan said.

Golub said one of his concerns with USG is that it is not

catering to everyone on campus, a trend that he hopes to change.

“When you’re elected, you’re not only the president or the vice president of the people who elect you, you’re the president of the whole student body, and you need to cater and to serve all of the students,” he said.

He said he would diversify USG by appointing people with different backgrounds and perspectives to various non-elected positions. He noted that when he went to his first senate meeting he was baffled by how everyone had the same opinion and no one challenged anyone else.

He noted that while this aspect of USG has improved, there is still work to be done.

Golub explained that he would appoint a chief of staff to help the USG president and vice president run daily operations more efficiently. In addition, he would revamp ad hoc projects by shifting the responsibility

“I decided to run because I think that USG has not done a good job of putting students’ issues first.” grant golub ’17, usg presidential candidate

from individual senate members to committees, which have the organizational structure to better carry out new initiatives.

Golub said that his experience on USG has been important in preparing him for the presidency. He noted that as chief elections manager, he learned about leadership, organization, collaboration and crisis management.

“That job was really a baptism by fire; I had to learn on the job and I had to learn quickly,” he said.

However, Golub added that the best preparation for the presidency is just being a “Princeton kid” and seeing how things are on campus. Golub said he believes that his experience on sports teams and other extracurricular activities make him more aware of student issues.

“I think the ‘Government Club’ criticism is valid, and it’s really unfortunate, because USG could be a really positive force for change in our school,” Golub said.

Golub is a former coxswain on the men’s rowing team and a junior officer in Cloister Inn. He is a history major from Sarasota, Fla.

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y now there has been a lot written about the recent activism at Yale and Mizzou both within and outside the Orange Bubble. Though the heart of the issue is about the systemic and structural racism that still pervades college campuses, including the University’s, the debate has largely become one about free speech. While most pieces have centered around debating this right and to what extent, if any, it should be restricted, few have discussed the responsibilities that go along with that right. And because of the dearth of conversation on that important ethical aspect of this discussion, I’d like to add one more log to the pile.

I think the free speech debate is a red herring obscuring the real issue of racism that students of color face at universities. Discussing the potential appropriate restrictions on speech is an important debate to have, but not if it means completely ignoring the decades of very real discrimination that still exists and hindering the formation of solutions. Admittedly, I’m uncertain where the line should be. I think there are certainly some reasonable restrictions on free speech, such as speech concerning libel, clear and present danger concerns, etc.

Potentially these restrictions should be expanded to hate speech — it’s a complicated moral question, and I’m just not sure at the moment.

However, I definitely think that the right action for colleges to take is to encourage members of the community to respect each other. This includes enacting policies to address racism on campus. This includes encouraging students not to wear offensive costumes on Halloween even if the administration cannot and perhaps even should not force the issue. And this isn’t just because Yale’s residential college system promised students a “little paradise.” No, the right action for the University is to address racism on college campuses because everyone deserves equal dignity and respect.

Let’s grant that there should be some restrictions on free speech. So yes, Yale’s Intercultural Affairs Committee should be allowed to send the original email urging students to carefully consider their Halloween costumes and avoid wearing something that might offend someone’s identity. And yes, Erika Christakis has the right to send her response. However, the fact that they can does not mean that both should have sent the emails they did.

The truth of the matter is that though individuals have the right to free speech, this also comes with the responsibility to use this freedom wisely. This responsibility is only heightened when one is in a position of power, as University officials are. In the Yale case, both the committee and Christakis wield that power as university leaders, and thus, they have a greater responsibility to use their freedom of speech for the betterment of the community they serve. This betterment includes enacting policies that aim to dismantle racism and discourage behaviors that offend entire identity groups.

It is important to note that the original email does not tell students they could not wear offensive costumes or that they would be punished for doing so. Rather, the committee used its free speech and power to encourage thoughtfulness and respect for “segments of our population based on race, nationality, religious belief or gender expression.” It was respectful of everyone’s freedom of expression, yet used its bully pulpit to encourage respect.

On the other hand, Christakis misused her podium. Yes, she had the right to voice her opinion. And yes, she never directly told students to wear potentially offensive costumes. But her unnecessary reply undercut an important message the university was trying to send — a message she should have used her position of power to support.

While she had the freedom to send the message she did, she also had the responsibility to discourage acting offensively toward identity groups and toward the students who deserve equal dignity, rather than questioning the committee’s encouragement of those self-restrictions.

Perhaps the Editorial Board was right when it claimed on Monday that universities should remain neutral in messaging about controversial cases. But it was wrong in implying that situations involving treating other students with equal respect are among those controversial cases. Just as every individual has the duty to carefully consider the impact of his or her freedom of expression, so too do university administrators. A university has the responsibility to use its power and right of free speech to encourage people to move toward treating all others with respect and dignity.

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Friday november 20, 2015

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Expand Summer Savings Replacement Grants

ince the University pioneered a loan-free financial aid program in 2001, the University has acquired a reputation for its generous financial aid program that now includes approximately 60 percent of undergraduates. A standard part of Princeton’s aid package, however, is the summer savings requirement. Currently, the University will cover up to half of this component of a financial aid package if a student cannot earn enough money to meet it; however, the other half must come from an alternate source. The Board calls on the University to waive the summer savings expectation completely for students who pursue internships or other opportunities that are unpaid. Students who earn income insufficient to cover their obligation should have the shortfall covered in full. Additionally, the University should better publicize the availability of summer savings replacement grants to students on financial aid both in the spring and fall.

University aid packages contain a significant summer savings expectation. According to the Undergraduate Financial Aid Office, the expected summer contribution is $1,600 for freshmen and $2,600 for all other students. For students with low-income household incomes, it drops to $1,100 and $2,100, respectively. This calculation is based on the expectation that a student will work a thirty-five hour work week for twelve weeks at a wage of $8.50 per hour, subtracting approximately $1,000 for personal and living expenses. The existing grant program covers up to half of the full expectation for students unable to meet it, leaving $1,300 or $1,050 uncovered for returning students.

Because the expectation is subtracted from a student’s calculated financial need, the University demands as much as $1,300 from students who, according to the financial aid formula, are not able to afford it. Many students hurt by this policy already work campus jobs as part of their aid package. As a result, there are few remaining options for covering summer savings expectation short of tapping into family savings or taking out a loan. This is incredibly problematic and disproportionately hurts students already at a disadvantage because of their economic background. To fulfill its commitment to lowincome students through a loan-free financial aid

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program, the University should address the issue.

The existing summer savings replacement grant program should be expanded to completely cover the contribution for students who pursue unpaid internships or other opportunities. Additionally, it should cover any shortfall for students who earn less than the contribution amount over the summer. This policy change removes any disincentive to pursue valuable unpaid opportunities, as students will no longer will be burdened by the obligation to pay $1,000 plus shortfall after the replacement grant is applied. Also, it is illogical to expect students to cover half the contribution if they are working 10-12 weeks of Princeton’s 15-16 week summer at an unpaid internship. For students working for a significant portion of the summer, replacement aid should cover the entire shortfall in order to avoid burdening students with a loan or a greater campus job workload.

In order for this policy to be effective, the Undergraduate Financial Aid Office needs to publicize the availability of summer savings replacement grants.

Emails or other communications should be sent to all students on financial aid both in the spring and at the start of the academic year in order to inform students about the availability of the grants.

Students should also be informed about the availability of replacement grants in the aid award. This is important because students will be reminded about grant availability while considering summer opportunities and upon returning to campus from those opportunities.

In recruiting publications, the University frequently touts its loan-free financial aid policy and the many opportunities available to students, including over the summer. In order to truly live up to these fantastic aspects of Princeton, the University needs to address the issues highlighted here because they both hinder the ability of many students to complete unpaid internships and burden low-income students with college costs that could force them to take out a loan.

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ISIS, the BJL and humanity Bennett McIntosh columnist

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erry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, in their novel “Good Omens,” wrote “most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.” I remembered these words this month as I watched the world bleed, this week as campus tore itself apart over race, and this year as dear friends, despite (or because of) their senses of justice, loyalty and love, hurt each other and me. We are all ineffable, magnificent beings, but that same ineffability all too often builds walls of hate and misunderstanding.

The Sunnis in Iraq and Syria live in a world so alien to us that there is no hope of comprehending the conflicts that we meddle in.

From generations of bloodshed and scarcity has grown an ideology which says, “The world is against us. Join us, fight, kill and bring about paradise.” But you cannot defeat a grieffilled history with swords or AK-47s. So the cradle of civilization bleeds fire and dust, with no end in sight.

This ideology, cloaked in the language and symbols of an ancient and diverse religion, finds lost souls in the West. Most Muslims, even isolated and hard-put-upon youths, will not succumb to Islamic fundamentalism, but too many find in this ideology the solace of belonging, the clarity of something to fight against, the cure for aimless existence. So families are torn apart as children leave home

to find life in death. So desperate men throw the City of Light into darkness and grief. Did these souls feel whole as their bodies are torn to bits in twisted martyrdom? Improvised explosive devices and explosive vests do not bring belonging.

And how did we respond? Sadly, fear builds walls: Europe closes her borders, and talking heads preach ignorance and hate. But hope and compassion may yet tear down those walls: I have seldom been more hopeful than at the outpouring of solidarity for refugees, victims and persecuted Muslims.

Here and on campuses across the country, we build our own walls. Last week, protesters marched through the library in Dartmouth, shouting, “Black Lives Matter.” The students studying there would perhaps have empathized, but the protests turned ugly. I cannot claim to understand the pain that generations of oppression have wrought. But it saddens me when protesters intimidate photographers seeking to understand the protests at Mizzou, to spit on conference attendees at Yale, to yell at crying Dartmouth students, “Fuck your white tears.” It saddens me even more that, if Yik Yak indicates any component of campus sentiment, righteous anger often does not change minds but only hardens hearts. Protests lashing out at professors and administrators change actions through fear; the route to changing minds is longer, murkier. Again, though, I am heartened by the dialogue which grows from these controversies, the occasions when we leave the picket line or comment threads and engage with our fellow students as human beings.

This has been clarified for me this year on

an all too personal level. People I love have hurt me, have hurt each other, to the core.

Not for any ill will, but our basic incapacity to understand each other’s entirety. The pain these misunderstandings and barriers bring will seem petty in months or years, but pain isn’t measured in hindsight. In the meantime, all we can do is struggle for understanding and community.

This next week is Thanksgiving. The holiday’s origins are neither as pure nor as idyllic as schoolchildren learn, but timeless celebrations of shared bounty suggest much to be grateful for. We live in a world where the greatest dangers are not marauding monsters but ideas. And it’s damn hard to kill an idea. Racism cannot be defeated with personal attacks.

Fundamentalism only feeds on walls, bombs and desperation. We humans protect our own fiercely, and when we draw lines in the sand we fight all too effectively across them. But when, rather than borders, we draw bonds of community, the shared bounty is enough to feed all at the table.

Our grandest victories and most dismal defeats are caused by people being people. Likewise when it comes to our most tender moments and sharpest heart pains. And people are, fundamentally, clumps of cells woefully ill-equipped for understanding ourselves, let alone each other or our universe. But clinging to a globe of dirt for protection from the boundless night, we struggle on, trying to understand, together. That’s one unwinnable fight nonetheless worth fighting.

Bennett McIntosh is a chemistry major from Littleton, Colo. He can be reached at bam2@princeton.edu.

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since we won the Ivy League, [this] gets to continue,” junior forward Tyler Lussi said. “It’s an amazing feeling to represent the entire Ivy League. We’ve done so much work and … the entire team is really excited.”

Much of the excitement throughout the postseason is due to the fact that the team is out of Ivy League play and is going head-to-head against foes hitherto unseen. The match against Boston College was the program’s first in history, and the Tigers don’t have much experience against a PAC-12 team like USC (15-5-1 overall, 9-2-0 PAC-12).

“Playing within the Ivy League [is] incredibly competitive. Each team knows our strategies, we play every year against each other … so to play different teams is always really exciting, and it’s a new experience. “ Lussi said. “We do scouting reports,

but we don’t focus so much on the other team, we focus on what our strengths are and improving every day.”

“It’s an exciting feeling to play a different team, especially a team you’ve never played be-

“If we can just play our game, and not get sucked into their game, it’ll be easier for us to put the ball in the back of the net.”

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fore, and to find out what their strengths are and counter that with what our strengths are,” Lussi said.

While the Tigers may not have much game experience with

USC, it’s clear that defeating USC means breaking what has been a wall-like defense on the past few outings. The Trojans have shut out their opponents in five of their last six games, and on the season gave up just .67 goals on average per game. This stands in stark contrast to the roaring Tigers offense, which has put in 2.56 goals on the season, and is coming off of a 4-goal outing against BC. The key to victory, Lussi posits, is for the Tigers to stick to their guns and continuing to keep the opposing defense on their toes as they’ve done all year.

“From the start, we pressure their defense early,” Lussi said.

“The entire team needs to play high pressure, to keep the ball in their defensive end. We can just possess the ball in their area and that will give us more chances.”

“If we can just play our game, and not get sucked into their game,” Lussi said, “it’ll be easier for us to put the ball in the back of the net.”

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They’ll play three running backs; all three are very successful runners, both inside and outside. Then, defensively, just about every defensive starter is a senior or a junior who started in the past. They are just tremendous from top to bottom.”

Surace predicted a grueling matchup and highlighted control and consistency as keys for the Tigers’ success.

“Offensively, we’re going to have to grind it out,” he noted. “They are not a team that gives up big plays. We’re going to have to convert third downs — the key is to be in as many third-and-three or fours, third and shorts, as opposed to being in third and long, because they rush the passer exceptionally well. So grinding out yards on first and second downs is going to be really huge for our of-

fense.”

“Defensively, it’s going to be about not giving them the one play score,” he continued. “We got to do a great job, because their quarterback Williams is an exceptional deep ball thrower. And then we’ve got to play our responsibilities, because if you’re just playing coverage they will grind out six, seven and eight yard gains consistently.

So that’ll be a big factor, that we play our responsibilities very well.”

A win would allow Princeton to snap a two-game losing streak in the Ivy League and end the Tigers’ season on a high note. Dartmouth has come out on top in the past five meetings between the two teams.

However, Surace welcomed the contest, noting that this final matchup would bring out the best in his team.

“Week in, week out, you have different challenges, and [Dartmouth] pres-

ents most of them because they’re such a well-rounded team from top to bottom,” he stated. “Certainly a very talented team, a very wellcoached team. I told the guys on Sunday that we have to be 1 or 2 percent better, all of us — me included. Be one or two percent better. You know, if we go out there out of control and we have to be 25 percent better, then that’s unrealistic. But everybody has to be just a little bit more refined … a little more consistent, against these teams and against this team especially.

Because I can say (from what I’ve seen) that this is the best team we’ll play all year.”

Kanoff agreed, viewing the contest as a tough but rewarding closer to the season. “[Dartmouth is] a very good team. We haven’t beat them in awhile,” he observed.

“But it’s a challenge that we get to face — it’s an awesome opportunity — to play a really great football game.”

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Hans Brase was one of the focal points of Princeton’s offense during the 2014-2015 season.

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Tigers last season, will miss the entire 2015-16 season with a torn ACL. The loss will be a critical one for the Tigers, as Brase not only provided previous muscle down low but also was a factor in stretching out opposing defenses, shooting threepointers at a 34.5 percent clip.

The Peacocks will arrive at Princeton looking to continue

what has been an aggressive offensive performance to start the season. While their field goal percentage on the year so far is just at 41 percent, they’ve more than made up for it by drawing foul after foul, averaging 30 shots from the free throw line. The loss of Brase could be sorely felt come Saturday night as the Tigers attempt to ward off the Peacocks from shots in the paint.

However, the Tigers certainly are not without options down

low. Junior forward Pete Miller, holding down the middle in Brase’s absence, proved his mettle with his near double-double against Rider — 9 points (on 4-5 shooting) and 12 boards to help anchor the Tigers’ victory.

He did his part intimidating his opponents from the rim as well, picking up 2 blocks on the game.

The Tigers and Peacocks are set to tip off at 9 p.m. The game can be viewed via the Ivy League Digital Network.

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couple days we focused on Harvard, but we also know in the back of our minds that we have to focus on what we are doing. Don’t change up too much because whatever we are doing now is working.”

Harvard swept the Tigers in three sets as part of Princeton’s three-game losing streak at the start of the season. However, Princeton returned the favor at home in their second encounter with the Crimson, sweeping it at Dillon. While Harvard will have a home field advantage, the Tigers have much to be confident about as they enter the stadium Friday, a confidence that can only come from finishing the second half of the season undefeated.

“Harvard is a very good team, but they are definitely beatable,” Peterkin said.

“They are going to get their points. They are going to get their runs. We might even lose some sets. It is going to be a battle, but by no means are we going to back down at any point. I think coming into this weekend we are the stronger team in terms of physicality and mentality.”

While Princeton has claimed the top spot on the Ivy League table, the season has been a roller coaster ride of emotions. After being down 0-3, the Tigers initially felt they were out of conten-

tion and started playing for themselves rather than championship aspirations. The Tigers started focusing more on their game and improving their chemistry as a team.

This change in mentality was all the Princeton squad needed as it soon proved itself a near unstoppable force.

Indeed, the Tigers conceded only one match after opening the season 0-3.

“This season has been by far the best,” Peterkin said.

“Crazy for sure, the most crazy I had, but also the best.

Also, I think for us four seniors we wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. If we had to win some time definitely going out with a win our senior year is awesome.”

This season has truly been a special one for the Tigers.

The last time Princeton won the Ivy League title and qualified for the NCAA Championship was 2007. Yale had been the reigning champion for the last five years before Princeton and Harvard shared the title this year. Regardless of the outcome of Friday’s game, the 2015 season has proven to be a memorable one.

As both teams make their final preparations, fans and supporters should make their preparations for what should be a riveting and unpredictable match. With NCAA qualifications and Ivy League pride at stake, Friday’s game could be the highlight of the season.

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Tigers take on USC in NCAA second round

By Miles Hinson sports editor

Coming off of an electrifying victory in front of a raucous Princeton crowd, the women’s soccer team looks to continue its success on the road, as it travels to Charlottesville, Va., to take on the University of Southern California Trojans at 4 p.m. on Friday.

The Tigers (14-3-1 overall, 6-0-1 Ivy League), who haven’t lost in over 2 months, hope to keep alive what has been a turn-

around season so far. After backto-back years without a trip to the postseason, the Tigers find themselves on the cusp of the round of 16.

As the team’s last time in the postseason was in 2012, nearly all of its players are new to the postseason experience and are experiencing the thrill of the win-or-out atmosphere for the first time.

“The atmosphere’s been great.

I think we’ve come even closer as a team, and it’s exciting that, See W. SOCCER page 7

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With the victory over Boston College last weekend, the Tigers must defeat USC to move to the round of 16.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

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Tigers face Harvard to earn bid to NCAA Tournament

By David Xin Contributor

On Nov. 20, the women’s volleyball team (15-8 overall, 10-4 Ivy League) will travel to Boston to play a deciding match against rival Harvard (14-10, 10-4). The outcome will determine qualifications for the NCAA tournament between the two Ivy conference champions.

After winning two back-toback games last week against Cornell and Columbia, Princ-

eton has become the first team to win the Ivy League conference after opening the season with a three-game losing streak. In what can only be described as a remarkable comeback, Princeton won its last seven games of the season to tie Harvard for the top spot in the Ancient Eight, bringing a 15th Ivy League Championship to Dillon Gymnasium.

As the Tigers prepare for their match-up against the Crimson, they will be looking

to play their usual composed and focused style, keeping many of the strategies that have led to such a phenomenal second half of the season. With a seven-game win streak under their belt, the Orange and Black are looking to keep the same energy and momentum as they head to Boston.

“We are not changing too much,” senior right-side hitter Kendall Peterkin said. “In practice today and the last See W. V-BALL page 7

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The Tigers conclude their season by taking on league-leading Dartmouth.

Football looks to end season on high note, preps to face Dartmouth

By Nolan Liu contributor

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After earning their 15th Ivy League title, the Tigers hope to keep the party going with a trip to NCAAs. MEN’S BASKETBALL

Men’s basketball to play home opener in Dillon Gym, takes on Saint Peter’s

By Miles Hinson sports editor

It’s an event unseen in multiple decades — the men’s basketball team will play its home opener not within the usual confines of Jadwin Gymnasium, but rather in the more centrally located Dillon Gymnasium. The last time the Tigers competed in the space was in January of 1969.

Princeton (1-0) comes into this weekend fresh off a season-

opening victory against nearby Rider University last Friday, winning 64-56 in the contest on the road. The Tigers will spend Saturday hosting Saint Peter’s University (1-1), against whom they fell 46-60 on the road last season. The team hopes to see continued strong presence from upperclassmen; in particular, junior guard Spencer Weisz was active across the board, flirting with a triple double with his 13 points, 8 assists and 6 boards.

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In addition, the Tigers will hope for a repeat showing from freshman forward Devin Cannady; the rookie put up 17 points and 3 three-pointers in the victory.

Indeed, continued contribution across all years will be of the utmost importance after the team received gutwrenching news from an injury perspective. Senior forward Hans Brase, who averaged 11.5 points and 7.5 rebounds for the See M. B-BALL page 7

After a heartbreaking loss to Yale, the Tigers, now 2-4 in the Ivy League (5-4 overall) will look to close out their season on a winning note when they take on Dartmouth this coming Saturday.

Princeton and Yale were neck and neck throughout their contest, with the Tigers even holding a 28-24 lead at the end of the third quarter.

However, the Bulldog offense exploded in the closing minutes of the game, and two interceptions by junior quarterback Chad Kanoff sealed a 35-28 loss for Tigers.

This week, Princeton faces perhaps its most formidable opponent yet. The Big Green (8-1, 5-1 Ivy League) has stormed through in-conference play, with its only loss a 14-13 setback against powerhouse Harvard. In fact, given Harvard’s recent loss to Penn, Dartmouth could be playing

Stat of the Day

46 years 46 years have passed since the men’s basketball team had a game in Dillon Gymnasium.

for the Ivy League championship in this week’s game.

Princeton coach Bob Surace ’90 attributed the Big Green’s success to their experience and depth on both ends of the field.

“They’re a terrific team and, you know, from start to finish have probably played better than any other team in our league in terms of consistency,” Coach Surace said. “They’re very balanced; I think they have 16 senior starters, most of whom have started for three years or more, which is very rare.

Their quarterback [Dalyn Williams] was runner-up for Offensive Player of the Year last year; he’s been a fouryear starter and he’s one of the best players historically to play that position in our league. They’re very deep, they’ve got wide receivers Victor Williams and McManus, both get the ball and score downfield in a hurry.

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