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Professor emeritus Jameson Doig dies at 86
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Barack and Michelle Obama ’85 received the first and second most votes respectively.
Obamas win 55.7% of Student Speaker Initiative vote By David Veldran On Monday, Nov. 19, Tyler Eddy ’21 announced the election results from the “trial program” of his Student Speaker Initiative, which aims to host two speakers at the University. The two potential speakers who received the most votes were Barack Obama (462 votes), and Michelle Obama ’85 (323 votes), who together accounted for more than 50 percent of the vote. The other nominated speakers included Shakira, Danny DeVito, and Ben Shapiro. According to Eddy, there were over 1,400 votes submitted, reaching over a quarter of the student body. In his announcement, Eddy wrote, “The next step is to officially present Michelle and
Barack Obama as speakers to the university as the student choices for the trial program. I’ll be sure to keep you all up to date as the discussion proceeds.” Some students had reservations about both the selection process and the initiative more generally. In an email replying to Eddy’s announcement on a residential college listserv, Samantha Goerger ‘20 questioned whether Barack or Michelle Obama would agree to speak, noting that “Michelle doesn’t speak at Ivies, she’s stated this very publicly and wrote it in her memoir.” Goerger is a former head design editor for the Daily Princetonian. Goerger also questioned the voting process. “Furthermore, by not using rank-choice vot-
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Jameson Doig GS ’58, ’61, a professor emeritus of political and public policy, died on Oct.19, 2019 at the age of 86. Professor Doig, called “Jim” by his colleagues, joined the University faculty as an assistant professor of politics at the Woodrow Wilson School (WWS) in 1961, became a full professor in 1970, and taught in the WWS until he retired in 2004. In addition to teaching, he served as the chair of the Politics Department and twice as the director of the Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Programs. Born on June 12, 1933, in Oakland, Calif., Doig received his B.A. in philosophy from Dartmouth College before serving for three years as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He then continued his education at the University, where he completed an M.P.A in 1958 and a Ph.D. in Politics in 1961. Stanley Katz, President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies, is one of the only remaining WWS professors who worked with and knew Professor Doig well. He met him when he first began teaching at the WWS in 1981 and considered Doig a close friend. “Technically, his field was American politics,” Katz said. “Realistically, he was interested in what I would call ‘the administrative state,’ particularly its administration in urban regions. To that end, one of Doig’s most acclaimed works is his ‘Empire on the Hudson: Entrepreneurial Vision and Political Power at the Port of New York Authority,’ a comprehensive history of a central institution in New York’s transportation infrastructure.” Doig’s scholarship was distinctive because he took the time to get to know the people on the ground. “He was widely respected as a scholar with his feet on the ground, he actually knew what was happening, and he got to
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know a lot of the people who were responsible for administration,” Katz said. Katz also got to see a more personal side of Doig. The two of them would bring their children to the same public swimming pool, and while their kids were splashing around in the water, they would enjoy the opportunity to speak. “Jim was very much the father who took the kids to the pool. He was a terrific father, deeply devoted to the children,” said Katz. Doig’s wife Joan worked in the Human Resources office at the University, and the couple lived in Princeton with their daughter, Rachel, and sons Stephen and Sean. “Jim knew exactly who he was, and that turns out to be unusual — not that many people do,” said Katz. Doig passed on his unique approach to his students as well. David Gould ’68, the former chairman of the New York State Ethics Commission, explained that he ended up in Professor Doig’s first WWS seminar by mistake. Like many of his fellow students, Gould had signed up for a seminar on the Populist Era, a “trendy left-wing subject taught by a well known and greatly admired professor.” Due to overflow in that seminar, however, he was assigned instead to Doig’s seminar on police departments — an unknown professor and a significantly less fashionable topic. “The Police Seminar turned out to be the most electrifying, edifying, and important educational experience I ever had, a view shared by every one of my co-conferees. Another shared view was that, no thanks to us, we had landed in the lap of the best professor any of us had ever experienced,” Gould said in a speech delivered after Doig’s retireSee DOIG page 2
Columnist Emma Treadway encourages students to make casual conversation with strangers, and columnist Claire Wayner criticizes Tigerbook’s recent changes. PAGE 6/7
Marie Yovanovitch ’80 testifies before Congress
Eddy subsequently defended the process against students’ criticism, asking students to consider, “If the list was entirely comprised of people that you liked and wanted to see on campus, would you still have [the] issues with the program that you do?” He also said that, although it is inevitable that some nominated figures would reject the offer to speak, it is ultimately best to select the speakers with See SPEAKER page 3
By Julia Ilhardt Contributor
On Friday, Nov. 15, Marie Yovanovitch ’80 testified before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Yovanovitch was the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine until May 2019, and she spoke to the committee about corruption, national values, and the attack on her character extensively. Trump abruptly fired Yovanovitch from her diplomatic post following a series of targeted allegations by Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani. Later investigations revealed that the Trump administration was working to oust Yovanovitch since mid-2018. “When our anti-corruption efforts got in the way of a desire for profit or power, Ukrainians who preferred to play by the old, corrupt rules sought to remove me,” Yovanovitch said in her opening statement. “What continues to amaze me is that they found Americans willing to partner with them and, working together, they apparently succeeded in orchestrating the removal of a See YOVANOVITCH page 4
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‘That’s love’: Sitting down with Edith from the CJL By Ben Angarone Contributor
In the 20 years she’s been employed at Campus Dining, Edith Murray has swiped cards, worked in the kitchen, washed dishes, forged bonds with frequent diners at the Center for Jewish Life (CJL), and baked cookies. She’s famous for her welcoming presence and for her strong connections with students, which persist even after graduation, when alums meet with Edith during Reunions. Edith immigrated to the
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United States 40-odd years ago from Jamaica. She had family in the New Jersey area — a brother up by the Poconos, a sister in East Orange near Newark, various nieces and nephews scattered around the state. Her cousin was a manager in Campus Dining; when a slot opened, she applied, got the job, and started work at Princeton. Edith herself lives in Hamilton, N.J. — near a Walmart and a Save-a-Lot — just over 10 miles from Princeton. See EDITH page 3
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ing,” she wrote, “this vote is exceptionally flawed and could result in having a top 2 that are extremely unpopular/divisive … Announcing any of these speakers as the ‘undergraduate choice’ is, therefore, unrepresentative and unethical.”
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ment in 2004, the text of which Gould forwarded to The Daily Princetonian. “By the middle of the first seminar it was clear to us all that Professor Doig was brilliant, very hardworking, and certain that our seminar would involve not only education but public service,” continued Gould. The students, like their professor, had the opportunity to get “their feet on the ground.” “I remember thinking to myself that all those lottery winners [students who ended up in the Populist Era seminar] never got hit by a bag of flaming excrement as part of the experience of their seminar,” Gould noted. Andrew D. Hurwitz ’68, once one of Gould’s classmates in the police seminar and now a United States Circuit judge on the court of appeals for the ninth circuit, was Doig’s professed favorite student, said Gould. In his senior year, Hurwitz helped Doig put together a proposal for a reformed police force for the mayor of New Jersey. “The mayor was impressed and asked us to meet with the police chief who looked at our work and said: ‘this is all fine but also get me some more tanks and machine guns.’ On the way out Jim reminded me once again that public policy is not simply an academic matter,” Hurwitz wrote in an obituary forwarded to the ‘Prince.’ “I have carried that lesson with me ever since.” Later in his career, Doig’s academic interests shifted, and he became more focused on Canadian constitutional law. This brought him into even closer contact with Katz, whose field is history of law. “He used to send me everything he wrote about Canadian constitutional law, and we spent a lot of time talking about what was distinctive about [it],” said Katz. “He was
probably the leading expert in the United States on Canadian constitutional law.” This interest extended beyond academia. Doig was also very helpful to Canadian students and played a role in the Canadian studies program. Not only was Doig influential as a professor, but he built relationships with his students that remained after they graduated, continuing to offer both educational and personal guidance. “Jim Doig was far and away the best thing about my Princeton education and the same is true for many others,” Hurwitz wrote. “But Jim’s mentorship did not end when you graduated … he was always available to comment on your work and regularly asked [you] to comment on his.” “He was virtually a daily presence in our [students of his first seminar] lives from 1967 until he died. We shared our conflicting views on current events and even on family matters. Every time I was on the phone with, Jim my older autistic son would plead ‘Can I talk to Professor Doing [sic],’ and he always did,” Gould added. Gould and his wife have been very involved in issues relating to the autism of their two sons, and Gould described that “When I felt desperation for the future of my children (i.e. almost every day), Jim was always there to help pull me off the ledge.” Hurwitz wrote that he, Gould, and R. Stuart “Stu” Halstead ’68, three former students from Doig’s police seminar, emailed their former professor with their thoughts and prayers after he entered the hospital during his final illness. “At the end of his characteristically gentle response, he noted: ‘I’m 86 and I’m tired,’” Hurwitz wrote. “And with good reason. Jim did the work of several lifetimes with my class alone. Princeton has had no better professor, and we will miss him.”
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Though the town is one train stop south of Princeton Junction, she prefers to commute via bus, which she credits as helping her always be on time for her shifts. As a two-decade veteran of the University’s workforce, Edith has worked in each of the dining halls on campus at least once. “I love all of them,” she said, as we sat downstairs in the CJL one morning, “but I have a bond here.” When she eventually retires — a milestone she predicted to be not very far in the future — she wants it to be from the CJL, where she feels that she has the strongest connection with the students who frequent it.
“I always call them pet names, so you know. When one hears that I call one, the other one comes and says, ‘Edith I need my pet name, what my pet name is,’ and then I make up a name … I have a real good relationship with these kids.” Zach Sahin ’23 emphasized that the entire staff at the CJL is “very helpful,” and Edith is “very representative” of that. One day, after eating lunch there, he arrived to class before realizing that a friend had accidentally tossed his retainer into the trash back at the CJL. He hurried back and explained his story to Edith. “I told her I had lost it, so she let me back in … she asked if I needed any help, so she started helping me, looking under the cushions and what-not, and then the other workers noticed that I had lost it, and so they
helped me,” Sahin said, “and there were like three of us going through garbages and digging through the garbage.” And those who have not seen Edith’s retainer-finding grit may have been privy to her work through a different sense: their taste buds. “The sugar cookies [Edith makes] are very nostalgic,” Sahin said. “They remind you of those little cookies your mom would bake over Christmas, and they have little drawings of trees on them. They taste just like that, yet they’re better.” Echoing Sahin’s comparison to his mother’s cookies, Edith stressed her personal mission at the CJL: “I make all of them who come to this door feel at home away from home.” The CJL has had its own effect on Edith, too. Though she
is not Jewish, she said she has learned a lot about Jewish culture — not to mention that her diet is now nearly Kosher, since she spends so much time at the CJL. When she’s off the clock, Edith sees her friends, sharing dinners and conversations and TV shows with them. She’s an old-school Western fan who holds a particular place in her heart for John Wayne. Post-CJL, Edith has eager ambitions: “I ask God to let me see the world, like travel, if I can afford it,” she said. “I want to go to Paris, that’s one part of my dream … and I would like to go to Africa to see the wild.” Later, Edith told me another part of her dream: “To see everybody come together and share a meal together — that’s love.”
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the most votes. In an email to The Daily Princetonian, Eddy stressed that he has received much more support than criticism for the initiative, and that he incorporated much of the feedback he received early on from students in his current plan. On the issue of finances,
Eddy said, “The hope is that the funds for hosting speakers would come from those already existing already within the departments and various speaker series on campus. Essentially, the speakers elected would be slotted into an already existing position a series or department had intended to fill but hadn’t yet decided which speaker it would be.” On Nov. 11, Eddy published an op-ed in the ‘Prince’ argu-
ing for the initiative. In it, he proposed a long-term project, a “permanent, web-based, semesterly program in which undergraduates will be able to elect the speakers they would most like to see on campus.” Eddy emphasized that such a program would promote beneficial conversations on campus. “Students should be able to pair two or more speakers in order to create dialogues that don’t exist but which we truly
need. Learning occurs through synthesis; lasting progress occurs through compromise,” he wrote. Ultimately, the initiative is about giving students their own voice, he argued. “It’s high time that the Uni-
versity provides the opportunity for its students to select speakers for themselves,” he wrote. “Not simply because we want it, but also because we need it. Because you need it.”
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U.S. Ambassador.” Although Yovanovitch left Ukraine before a number of focal events of the impeachment inquiry — including President Trump’s controversial July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — Yovonavitch was mentioned in the conversation. “The former ambassador from the United States, the woman, was bad news,” Trump said. “She’s going to go through some things.” During her testimony, Yovanovitch recounted what she referred to as the horror of reading the transcript and being criticized by world leaders. She described Trump’s allegations as baseless and threatening, saying that she was “shocked” and “devastated.” “While I obviously don’t dispute that the President has the right to withdraw an ambassador at any time, for any reason, what I do wonder is why it was necessary to smear my reputation falsely,” Yovanovitch said. Around 9:40 a.m., Yovanovitch began her opening state-
ment. Less than a half-hour later, at 10:01 a.m., Trump posted a live response to the Ambassador on Twitter. “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad,” Trump wrote. “She started off in Somalia, how did that go?” Representative Adam Schiff, Democratic chairman of the Intelligence Committee, read the post aloud and cited concerns about witness tampering. Yovanovitch momentarily faltered as she tried to respond, calling Trump’s behavior “intimidating.” Both Democrats and Republicans were surprised by Trump’s commentary during the testimony, and Fox News host Bret Baier tweeted that the President was “adding an article of impeachment real-time.” While fielding questions about the Bidens and Trumps, Yovanovitch also spoke about her background and diplomatic oath, as well as about what she saw as an alarming loss of American integrity. Yovanovitch said that her father fled the Soviets and that her mother grew up in Nazi Germany — she said she was uniquely equipped with empathy to understand the desire for freedom
and justice. “I went to the front line approximately 10 times during a shooting war: to show the American flag, to hear what was going on,” Yovanovitch said. “Our Ukraine policy has been thrown into disarray, and shady interests the world over have learned how little it takes to remove an American Ambassador who does not give them what they want.” When former Russia policy specialist Fiona Hill testified before the House last month, she said that Yovanovitch’s removal was a turning point — that it was a politicized move without merit. Yovanovitch served as Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan and later to Armenia under President George W. Bush and as Ambassador to Ukraine under President Barack Obama, and she reemphasized her commitment to America’s foreign interests regardless of party or president. “This is about far more than me or a couple of individuals,” Yovanovitch said. “As Foreign Service professionals are being denigrated and undermined, the institution is also being degraded. This will soon cause real harm, if it hasn’t already.”
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At the same time that Yovanovitch was testifying, Trump’s longtime friend Roger Stone was convicted nearby for obstructing the congressional investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Prosecutors claimed that Stone lied to protect Trump and his campaign, and he now faces a maximum prison sentence of 50 years. Meanwhile, Yovanovitch warned of Russia’s attempts to expand global influence and criticized waning American strength in the face of
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autocracy. In her statement, Yovanovitch emphasized the significance of a resilient, independent presence in Ukraine and across the world — a presence which she fought for and which she thinks is at risk. “How could our system fail like this?” Yovanovitch asked. “Which country’s interests are served when the very corrupt behavior we have been criticizing is allowed to prevail?”
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Claire Wayner
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I used it to find rides home for the holidays, do statistical analyses on the top 10 states and cities of origin for my graduating class, and identify mutual connections through roommates I might know or shared residential colleges. On Sept. 6, 2019, that all changed when Tigerbook, my beloved research and social bonding tool for campus, removed all hometown, dorm, and roommate data from student profiles. For a time, photos disappeared as well. At first, I thought I could adjust, but two months later, I find myself using Tigerbook dramatically less frequently, and I believe that the removal of this data, while protecting students’ privacy to some extent, has overall resulted in a net loss to the Princeton campus. One of the more undervalued, yet incredibly useful, parts of Tigerbook was its hometown listings, which I enjoyed using to either refresh my memory on where my existing friends were from (so I wouldn’t have to ask them for the 100th time) or to know something about a person before I met them. This knowledge added a layer of familiarity to my relation-
ships and allowed me to tailor my conversations to specific geographic areas of interest. Hometown knowledge can also facilitate cross-campus connections much more quickly than having to track down people one-by-one. Last year, I looked up everyone from Baltimore so I could attempt to get to know more people from my area as well as try to set up carpools for returning over the holidays (Amtrak tickets are expensive!). I can imagine that building such relationships over familiar aspects from home, especially for new freshmen on campus, can be an incredibly foundational and positive experience, similar to those had through affinity groups at Princeton based on other factors (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender orientation, religion, etc.). Of course, not everything about Tigerbook was appropriate — some information deserved to be removed because of its inherently private nature. As a freshman, I recall being shocked that my dorm room and campus address were listed online for any Princeton student to see; this posed immense challenges in cases of sexual assault and general harassment. Yet we must also remember that Tigerbook has always been open
only to those with valid Princeton netIDs, restricting the possibility of abuse. Googling my name, for instance, would not have shown the results of my Tigerbook page because of the restricted nature of the website’s login. Some friends have responded to my long-winded laments about the destruction of Tigerbook that I can just use Facebook or other forms of social media to glean information about my peers. Tigerbook was different from social media sites, however, because of its simplicity and ease of use — I could log on, get the information I wanted, and log off without being buried in a deluge of notifications or comments. Perhaps this is what made the website so successful, even with the popularity of social media sites and apps across campus. Tragically, Tigerbook is a shell of what it used to be. To restore it to its former greatness, I believe that much of what was lost should be added back. This will likely require a change in the University’s privacy policy, but it is something I believe the administration should prioritize and investigate in partnership with USG. While certain information such as dorm rooms and campus addresses should not
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be reinstated because of legitimate privacy concerns, compromises like listing students’ dorm buildings (and not their specific rooms) and adding back hometowns could be a nice start. Tigerbook administrators could also adopt an “opt-out” policy in which students can choose to not have certain data displayed on the website. We should also get more creative and begin imagining what additional information could be put on Tigerbook. Students could choose to display their preferred pronouns, for instance, which would promote a culture of gender inclusivity on campus. The audio recordings students can self-submit as freshmen through NameCoach on how to pronounce their name could also be included. Regardless of what might be added to Tigerbook in the future, I simply hope that the website continues to grow, not shrink as it did unexpectedly this past September. We can save Tigerbook, but only if we commit as a campus to the tool’s immense utility. Claire Wayner is a sophomore from Baltimore, MD, majoring in civil and environmental engineering. She can be reached at cwayner@princeton.edu.
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Talking to strangers will improve your life
Emma Treadway columnist
From classes, to dorms, to dining halls, there is almost always a solid crowd of people just nearby. We have all experienced the rush of freshman year as we try to find and build our friend groups. Once we get settled into our Princeton experience, however, we rarely venture beyond the comfort of our selected friend group. For one, it’s often uncomfortable to strike up a conversation with a stranger, and we often feel at risk of being a bother to those around us. I want to push back against this sentiment; talking to the strangers around us is not only proven to make you happier and more fulfilled (yes, even if you’re an introvert!), but it will also develop and enhance both your Princeton and world experiences. Behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder advocate for talking to strangers. They substantiate this point with a research study on train riders. Some commuters were tasked with striking up a conversation with a stranger nearby, while others went about their business as usual. According to the study, “people reported the most positive commute in the connection condition.” In other words, those who talked with strangers reported the ride as being more pleasurable in comparison to those who did not converse or who rode in complete solitude — and this applied even to introverts. Where can this be put into
practice in our daily lives at Princeton? Talking to people on elevators is a good starting place. Despite being an extreme introvert, I have begun making a point of speaking to whoever is in the elevator with me. Even if it’s a brief “how is your day going” type of conversation, the majority of the time, both parties emerge from the elevator with a smile. This approach can be particularly potent in a place like Princeton; it’s no secret that mental health suffers here, with Princeton rated as No. 6 among United States universities for highest levels of depression and stress. We benefit from even transient social connections, as the aforementioned study suggests, finding that “commuters tend to be happier when they talk to a stranger, regardless of how extroverted they perceived themselves to be.” Or, talk to someone while in line at the dining hall, or make a more concerted effort to smile at people and ditch the earbuds in busy areas like Frist. And apply this beyond fellow students: talk to the janitorial staff who clean your building in the morning, ask how dining hall workers are doing, make light conversation with your Lyft driver. Often, these people have incredible life experiences that can engender change in your own perspective or outlook. This can be applicable beyond Princeton campus residents as well. Smile and make eye contact with the homeless in NYC, ask your Starbucks barista how her day is going,
and offer to help the confusedlooking couple wandering down campus. Of course, I’m not advocating for striking up deep conversations with any person you happen upon — there is a line between a friendly exchange and intrusion or unwanted attention. In any case, acknowledgment is a good first step, and sometimes a quick greeting or a smile can go a long way. Beyond boosting happiness, connecting with those around us is core to the Princeton experience. Academics, extracurriculars, and athletics are important, but Princeton is ultimately made by its people. Some of the best experiences are gleaned from taking time to know the worldviews of the diverse group around us. Not only does it bring more joy to all parties when we force ourselves to be more outgoing, but it helps with personal development. In finding genuine pleasure in others, we become better listeners and more empathetic in our day-to-day life and in our future workplace. These skills are immeasurable, and taking that first step to start a quick conversation lays a foundation for better communication skills and a more inclusive outlook. It’s surprising how much you can learn about a person in a 30-second conversation. Emma Treadway is a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio. She can be reached at emmalt@princeton. edu. COURTESY OF MOHAMED HASSAN / PXHERE
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Princeton women’s volleyball shares Ivy League championship with Yale, prepares for playoff match By Alissa Selover Associate Sports Editor
Princeton women’s volleyball (16–7 overall, 12–2 Ivy) split the weekend with a win against Brown (13–10, 5–7) and a tough, yet thrilling, loss to Yale (15–7, 11–2) to give them the Ivy League championship, split with Yale. This championship is Princeton’s 18th title, while Yale, at 11, has the secondhighest number of championships. In the past five years alone, the Tigers have taken the title four times: 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019. “After a heartbreaking second-place finish last year, it feels amazing winning the championship. [Three] in [four] years isn’t too bad in my book,” senior setter Jessie Harris wrote in an email to The Daily Princetonian, as she ref lected on her four years in the program. While the match against Brown was a quick three sets, the match against Yale went to five sets in a thrilling two-point match. Seniors Maggie O’Connell and Devon Peterkin contributed 30 kills each this weekend, while junior Clare Lenihan wasn’t far behind, with 29 total kills during the two matches. Sophomore libero Cameron Dames led the defense with 42 total digs to add to the Tiger stats, while last week’s Ivy League Player of the Week, Jessie Harris, contributed 114 assists. When it came to going into the match against Yale, Harris explained that the seniors on the team had no regrets. “Us four seniors have grown so much throughout this program and have been
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an integral part of its success the past four years, and we want to leave a lasting impact and legacy.” Playing in a thrilling five sets against Yale, the Tigers really knew that they didn’t have anything to lose, no matter how the match ended up. While a win would have meant an outright championship for Princeton, Yale was fighting to stay alive in the competition, and Princeton had already taken the
championship when they beat Brown. Harris explained that an attitude of not having anything to lose helped keep the Tigers calm during the match, even with so much excitement and chaos surrounding them. Because Yale and Princeton are sharing the Ivy League championship, the two teams will face off in a playoff match to secure a spot in the NCAA tournament.
With a NCAA spot on the line, the Tigers are preparing to play their game on Friday. “I think our main focus is to play our game and at our pace. We have the talent to be the best team in the league, we just need to play confident and discipline[d] in the moment.” Harris said. The Tigers also have the goal of playing one point at a time while keeping the momentum and energy high, just like they do every other
match that they play. The playoff match will be on Friday, Nov. 22 in Dillon Gym. “We have such an amazing group of girls on this team, and I can’t imagine going out any other way [than] champions with them by my side,” Harris explained. “Having our last game in Dillon be a win over our rival in the Ivy League playoff would just be icing on the cake to top off an incredible run here at Princeton.”
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Women’s basketball looks to continue hot start against Iowa By Jack Graham Head Sports Editor
In terms of record, it’s hard to imagine a better start to Carla Berube’s tenure as the head coach of Princeton women’s basketball (4–0). Through four games, the Tigers remain undefeated, with three of their four wins coming by double digits. Princeton has begun to garner national recognition for their play. After beating Big East opponent Seton Hall and 2019 NCAA Tournament qualifier Florida Gulf Coast, the Tigers received 13 voting points in the most recent USA Today Coaches’ poll, which would rank them 33rd in the country. The Tigers aren’t yet concerned with unbeaten streaks and rankings, though. “I wasn’t looking at what our record could be from game to game,” Berube said after the team’s win over Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday. “Our staff and the team are really just taking it game by game. If we’re playing the way we’re capable of playing, and we do a good job of executing the scout and knowing our opponent, then we’re going to be in games.” Meanwhile, junior guard
Carlie Littlefield was recognized for the second week in a row as Ivy League Player of the Week. In the first four games of the season, she’s averaged 17.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game. The biggest question entering Wednesday night’s game against Iowa (2–1) will be the availability of Littlefield, an Iowa native herself, and senior forward Bella Alarie. Both left the game Sunday early with injuries, and Berube said their status would be monitored on a game-to-game basis. Regardless of whether Littlefield and Alarie suit up, the Tigers will have their hands full with an Iowa team that advanced all the way to the Elite 8 in the NCAA tournament last year. The Hawkeyes lost the Naismith Trophy winner and Associated Press Player of the Year, Megan Gustafson, to graduation, but they still returned a talented roster, including their second leading scorer last year, Kathleen Doyle. Iowa, a Big 10 team, will be the first of three power conference teams Princeton plays this year. The Tigers will also face Penn State (Big 10) and Missouri (SEC).
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Princeton women’s basketball received 13 points in the latest USA Today Coaches’ Poll, which put them 33rd in the country.