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ACADEMICS

Barrett ’14, Skokowski ’15, Yerima ’15 receive Rhodes Scholarships

By Annie Yang contributor

Joseph Barrett ’14, Rachel Skokowski ’15 and Sarah Yerima ’15 have been selected as recipients of the U.S. Rhodes Scholarship, the organization announced on Sunday.

The Rhodes Scholarships are awarded to 32 recipients from the U.S. and over 100 students worldwide including the U.S. They provide students the opportunity to study at the Uni-

versity of Oxford.

Barrett, of Port Washington, N.Y., concentrated in history with a certificate in South Asian studies and graduated summa cum laude last June.

He was the recipient of a Senior Thesis Prize for his work on American history and was awarded the 2014 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize. The Pyne Prize is the University’s highest general distinction for an undergraduate student.

Barrett went on the Uni-

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versity’s Bridge Year Program before his freshman year and studied in Varanasi, India. He also worked with the Millennium Challenge Corporation and was exposed to governmental agencies and policies.

“It has made me very aware of the importance of engaging with other cultures in meaningful ways,” he said. “There are policy-level governmental structures that we have in the U.S. which we assume are good just because we don’t have an

understanding of the ways which other countries [handle them].”

Barrett co-founded Students for Prison and Education Reform in 2012, which addresses inequities within the prison system and educates inmates and has since expanded to other college campuses. He said that his interests in prison reform were sparked by his participation in the Petey Greene Program, which is a nonprofit organization that seeks to edu-

cate incarcerated individuals.

He currently works as a regional field manager with the Petey Greene Program to expand the program and reform criminal justice.

“I certainly have an interest in doing policy work in the future, whatever governmental capacity that would be, but at the same time, I don’t feel that people who do policy work should be distant from direct service work and [its] deep See RHODES page 3

STUDENT LIFE

USG candidates highlight issues big and small

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News & Notes U.Va. suspends fraternity activity until next semester

University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan announced that all campus fraternity activities are suspended until Jan. 9, according to ABC News.

The suspension, enacted on Saturday, comes after numerous reports of sexual assault and violence on the U.Va. campus were brought to light by a recent “Rolling Stone” article.

The article that was published last week reported alleged incidents of rape and sexual assault involving U.Va.’s chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and detailed one student’s allegations of sexual misconduct at the fraternity.

In her announcement, Sullivan said she asked the Charlottesville police department to investigate the alleged rape at the Phi Kappa Psi house.

Phi Kappa Psi announced on Thursday that it was suspending all U.Va. chapter-related activities until further notice. The statement also noted that the fraternity will cooperate in any future investigations involving the chapter.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said over the weekend that U.Va. had agreed to withdraw its appointment of former federal judge and prosecutor Mark Filip as independent counsel to investigate how the school responds to sexual assault allegations. While in college, Filip was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

Cheng ’16 running on record of getting things done

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Gansa ’17 discusses Stoneman ’16 waffle fries, ‘bike highlighting reform’ women’s leadership

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Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidate Ella Cheng ’16 wants to expand student outreach and communications and shift the USG’s focus from programming to policymaking.

“I’m one of the few members on USG that actually has a critical and reflective eye on USG, and I’ve seen that we’ve had a lot of successes, but we’ve also had a lot of shortcomings,” Cheng said. “I feel like since the time I’ve entered USG, I still get the same amount of ‘What does USG do?’ and ‘Does USG actually do anything at all?’ — those types of comments — that I did before.”

Cheng, who currently serves as University Student Life Committee chair, cited her record of execution when talking about her commitment to restructuring See ELLA page 2

Undergraduate Student Government presidential hopeful William Gansa ’17 — an outside candidate who has not been involved with USG in the past — is running on an alternative platform of small issues and reforms that, he claims, have historically been less publicized and have not been addressed by other candidates.

Some of these issues include adding waffle fries to dining hall menus and making sure their fruit is riper, ensuring the survival of the Integrated Course Engine and implementing ‘bike reform,’ a mysterious term that is included in his platform but is defined nowhere.

“These are all little parts of a person’s day, but when they all add up, it really speaks to an effect that can be hugely detrimental or hugely beneficial to one’s See WILL page 2

Current Undergraduate Student Government vice president Molly Stoneman ’16 is running for USG president because, she points out, she sees potential for change.

“Being vice president and also serving on the class council during my first year really gave me a holistic and deep understanding of USG as an entire organization, and I think I would be able to leverage the relationships on both sides of the USG collective,” Stoneman said.

She has made her self-declared passion for women’s leadership a mainstay of her campaign and added that it was also part of what inspired her to run. While there are two female candidates this year, Stoneman’s campaign has focused particular attention on gender.

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LOCAL NEWS

STUDENT LIFE

New Wawa opens with a parade, hoagie USG looks at restaurant week, building and a nod to its co-heritage with U. puts 1 on Honor Committee

By Olivia Wicki contributor

More than 100 community members, students, workers, politicians and associates gathered at 152 Alexander St. to celebrate the opening of the renovated Wawa store, located adjacent to the Dinky station. The Wawa store chain is celebrating its 50th anniversary, with more than 645 store chapters open across the United States.

“I am delighted to say the long-awaited moment is here: we’re open,” area manager Kathryn Stevens said in opening the celebrations.

A parade of Wawa employees holding up signs marking the significant milestones in Wawa’s history followed the opening words.

The parade, narrated by director of store operations Jim Shortall, included Wal-

ly-Goose, the store mascot, and featured milestones including Wawa’s 1803 founding, its first advertisement in 1905 and its first store in 1964.

Celebrations included a hoagie-building contest between the Princeton Police and Fire Departments and between University student organizations Access and Engineers without Borders.

The contests were won by the Princeton Fire Department and Access, and each group received $1000 to be donated to a charity.

Wawa President and CEO Chris Gheysens said he was really excited for his company to be a part of the Princeton community. He explained that the connections the employees create when 1.5 million customers walk in and out of its doors are fundamental to under-

standing the Wawa ethos.

“We know how good of a darn community it is and school, and so if we are going to associate ourselves with anyone with a rich history and Princeton, this is it,” Gheysens said.

Assemblyman Reed Gusciora of Trenton, a former 25year Princeton resident, said the new Wawa has the ability to encourage both employment in Princeton and attention paid to the Arts and Transit area.

“On behalf of Chris Christie, we want to congratulate Wawa for keeping a presence in New Jersey, keeping the economy going and keeping jobs up. Its tremendous that you are able to employ so many people and take care of them. The family here seems to be all smiles and all dancing,” Gusciora said.

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By Jessica Li contributor

The Undergraduate Student Government convened on Sunday to evaluate restaurant week, discuss various student-life initiatives and announce the newlyappointed freshman representative to the Honor Committee.

Carolyn Liziewski ’18 was nominated as the freshman representative on the Honor Committee after a two-round interview process of seven candidates and thorough deliberations, according to Honor Committee chair Jesse Fleck ’15.

During a questioning session, U-Council chair Zhan OkudaLim ’15 asked Liziewski how she felt about the timeframe within which the Honor Committee informs students whether they are witnesses or suspects in an investigation.

“Once a student is called into questioning, whether as a witness

or a person being investigated, the committee should make its actions as transparent as possible,” Liziewski said before her official appointment, adding that the committee must be respectful of each student’s confidentiality, as being called into question by the Honor Committee can affect one’s reputation in the University even if the student was not eventually accused.

Liziewski’s nomination received unanimous approval from the senate.

USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 announced an upcoming town hall meeting during which different housing policies will be discussed. Jackson also presented a workshop that is being planned to allow 60 student leaders across campus to discuss diversity and equity.

Campus and Community Affairs chair Paul Riley ’15 shared evaluations of the most recent resSee USG page 3

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USG in order to encourage student feedback and promote transparency.

Cheng is also a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian.

“The issue I noticed with a lot of USG candidates running is that we always have a bunch of good ideas, but no one really talks about how to make those ideas happen,” Cheng said. “I’m one of the USG members who has really thought about execution — who has a record of execution to back up all the projects that I think we should be doing and the ideas that I have.”

Some of the projects she executed, she noted, included trying to revive the campus pub and providing grocery services for students on an independent meal plan. She also noted that she has led over 20 projects that involved committees of at least 13 people.

Cheng explained that one of her priorities is pivoting from programming-based to policybased projects. Programming refers to shorter-term initiatives focused around student life, such as Restaurant Week, while policymaking focuses on longer-term goals, such as financial aid.

“I saw that we still had a lot of potential that still needed to be tapped into, and we really needed to also focus on more long-term policy-oriented projects that would affect more students than our projects currently do,” Cheng said.

Cheng noted, for example, that she wants to continue USG’s current work in establishing a Low Income Activities Fund, explaining that activities such as the Pace Center’s Breakout trips promise to be fully subsidized for lowincome students but are not

always able to raise the necessary funds. As part of the fund, she said, USG would provide full funding to students with financial needs.

Cheng said she plans to expand USG’s communication with students, explaining that there is currently not much transparency about the status of USG projects. She wants to post regular project updates on the USG website.

Furthermore, she said, she intends to overhaul the USG communications system.

“No one visits our website, we only have 1,300 people on our Facebook page and we don’t have an active Twitter either,” Cheng said. “I want to make sure that we have a website that

“I’ve seen that we’ve had a lot of successes, but we’ve also had a lot of shortcomings.”

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is engaging.”

Cheng said that she wants to create infographics about policies such as sexual misconduct and mental health in order to more concisely and creatively inform students of policy changes and important timelines.

She said she wants to increase the number of eating club nights that are PUID-accessible, improve the quality of common spaces in residential areas, make late meal available for upperclassmen and help campus groups advocate for funding.

Lastly, Cheng said she disagrees with the current timeline for USG projects, in which USG decides all its projects for the upcoming year in February after elections without any obligation to reach out to students for their opinions.

“I think we should instead be really reaching out to students throughout the year besides just the election cycle to make sure that we’re on point with the projects that we’re doing and that we’re actually executing them well and being held accountable to them,” Cheng said.

Deana Davoudiasl ’16, a former Class of 2015 senator who worked with Cheng on the USG summer storage initiative in 2013, endorsed her abilities as a leader. “[Ella] is always two steps ahead of the game. She has great leadership skills, is highly, highly, highly organized and truthfully wants to make change for USG,” Davoudiasl said. “She has run the USLC, which has essentially been a mini-USG, and she has already demonstrated her capabilities by pushing and executing projects.”

U-Councilor Jacob Cannon ’17 also endorsed Cheng as a hardworking and caring leader.

“I think she’s someone who cares about this campus and the people on it, and she’s not there to seek recognition; she’s there to make the campus a better place for those on it,” Cannon said.

Outside of her work on USG, Cheng serves as International Relations Council vice president and is director of communications and web development for Princeton Business Volunteers. In her free time, she enjoys watching cartoons and has a secret passion for dance and choreography.

Cheng is a Wilson School major from New York.

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held by a woman was in 2002.

Stoneman’s platform includes a proposal to host the first “Inter-Ivy Women’s Leadership Conference,” which she said is an opportunity for Princeton to be at the forefront of women’s issues. Stoneman said she hopes the conference would facilitate discussions about including men in the gender equality conversation as well as the experience of women at Ivy League universities, particularly those running for leadership positions.

“I think one of the biggest reasons why women aren’t seeking leadership positions on campus is that they don’t see a role model with a woman who is in a high position,” Stoneman said. “I hope to be somewhat of an inspiration to the next incoming class of Princeton.”

Stoneman explained that a smaller number of tangible projects, which would be executable within a one-year term, are what differentiate her platform from those of her opponents. She said she believes USG needs to move away from policy and instead focus more on events, programming and services geared toward the student body.

“Policy at Princeton takes anywhere from three months to three years to happen, and the effect is that it moves USG further away from students and closer to administrators,” she said. “We need to be more accountable to students.”

Her platform also includes a revamp of Lawnparties. She said that she plans to put out a survey looking into whether the event should be broken into two smaller events or if money should be pooled to throw one large event, as well as whether it should include a charity component or external funding.

Stoneman said she also hopes to reboost the musical festival aspect of Lawnparties by coordinating with eating clubs to organize activities throughout the day.

In terms of housing, Stone-

man said that she plans to introduce a survey to get additional feedback about students’ room draw experiences and plans to look into reforming room draw. She said that she would also like to compare the New Jersey state fire code to the University’s fire safety regulations to make sure students are not being over-policed.

Furthermore, she said she hopes to develop and pilot a freshman leadership initiative, modeled after similar programs at the University of Arizona and Harvard. The program would focus on personal development, engaging students with the community and aiding them in taking on leadership opportunities.

Her platform also includes introducing a joint initiative

“I hope to be somewhat of an inspiration to the next incoming class of Princeton.”

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between Career Services and the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning to provide more career opportunities for undergraduates, a reevaluation of the University’s sexual misconduct policy and a new Academic Life Total Assessment report.

“The biggest difficulty that USG faces is a disconnect with the students,” Stoneman said.

“We need to place a stronger focus on getting students excited about our ideas.”

Stoneman explained that, thus far, her role as vice president has enabled her to improve accountability and transparency within projects, introduce a new project management system and strengthen USG’s relationships with administrators as well as create her own relationship with administrators.

She said her time running the weekly USG senate meetings as well as serving on the USG’s executive committee have given her deep insights into the institution of the University.

“I would urge my peers to support Molly, and I support her because I know she is actually passionate about what she does. She is dedicated, and if elected, she will make sure student voices are being heard,” Brandon McGhee ’18 said. McGhee is a member of the 2018 Class Council who has endorsed Stoneman’s campaign.

Stoneman noted that she originally was hesitant to run for such a large position, but after seeking advice from friends and other USG members, she said she felt compelled to “be the change” she sought within the organization.

“She’s really risen to the top of the organization because everyone recognizes the quality of her ideas and the strength of her leadership style,” said Duncan Hosie ’16, a close friend of Molly’s who has also taken an active part in her campaign.

“In Molly, I see someone who not only talks eloquently and puts forth a vision; I see someone who delivers.”

Hosie added that he knows few students on campus who have the same skill set as that of Stoneman and said that he thinks it would be an “injustice” if she does not win the election.

When she isn’t serving on the USG, Stoneman is also a Community Action leader and is involved in the Women’s Mentorship Program, the English Language Program and the Pace Center’s Breakout trips.

She is also is the co-founder and vice president of the Princeton Committee on Bipartisanship.

“My vision for the USG is to engage and empower students, and that needs to be the mission of every initiative we take on,” Stoneman said. “I’m so in love with Princeton — I want to serve her students, her faculty and her community.”

Stoneman is a Wilson School major from Phoenix, Ariz., pursuing a certificate in the Program in American Studies.

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mood,” Gansa said.

Gansa’s platform also says that he is running for Government Club, seemingly poking fun at the USG’s name. His website also identifies current USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 as the president of Government Club.

Visitors to his website are greeted by a full-page picture of a cow in front of a construction site with a title that reads: “Will Gansa is dead serious.” Scrolling to the end of his website leads to a series of 10 pictures of Gansa’s face that purport to portray him as a “normal human being.”

In between, Gansa details his alternative profile and had included two videos of himself as of Sunday evening.

Gansa, unlike his two opponents, does not have any endorsements on his website.

He said he is running a serious campaign.

In explaining his platform, Gansa said that waffle fries are an important issue on campus because they are essential to student happiness.

“Almost every Princeton student would tell you that steak house fries are by far the inferior option to waffle fries, but they appear two or three times as much,” Gansa explained. “It’s the little things in your day. You know, it’s not really about the massive issues.”

There are four people working closely on Gansa’s campaign team, including Nicholas Horvath ’17, who said he had been Gansa’s press secre-

tary for a year and a half. Both Gansa and Horvath have been enrolled at the University for a year and three months.

Horvath explained that his role as press secretary is to speak to the media on Gansa’s behalf in case Gansa cannot comment and wants the press secretary to do it for him. No previous press appearances could be found for Gansa or for Horvath representing Gansa.

“It can be hard to be around Will because he is so inspiring. So when you are near him, you feel really inspired,” Horvath said. “I think because

“It’s the little things in your day. You know, it’s not really about the massive issues.”

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he is just a great leader, so whatever Will is expressing, you want to work for it too.

You want to fight for change with him.”

Claire Ashmead ’17, who is also part of Gansa’s campaign team, said she wasn’t surprised by Gansa’s decision to run for USG president.

“I feel that, from the way he acts, he was sort of on trajectory to do something — something big like this,” Ashmead

explained. “He is such a charismatic individual.”

Gansa did not explain specific measures he would take to implement his proposals if elected president and said that if the USG president sets an agenda, then USG decides what the measures to be implemented will be.

“The USG, in a lot of ways, they talk the talk,” Gansa said.

“They speak about reforms and this and that, but I think that the policies I’m implementing are fixes that are really intuitive fixes. And I think that’s totally achievable whether or not I have tons of experience putting on Mental Health Awareness week.”

In one of his videos, Gansa gives perhaps a glimpse of what his leadership style would be. In the video he claims to paraphrase French political philosopher JeanJacques Rousseau saying that, if elected, he would be a leader who “takes matters into their own hands.”

Gansa said he has garnered wide support for his campaign and hopes to spread his campaign through word of mouth because his platform touches on issues that are conversation points on campus.

“Every single person I have talked to has been very enthusiastic about what I have to say,” Gansa said. “I think people are a little — maybe a little surprised. Maybe it’s a little out of character for me to do it. But when I talk about the ideas, you know, I see that shift to enthusiasm in their eyes.”

Gansa is a history major from Los Angeles, Calif.

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The new Wawa location opened this past Friday. The store is located adjacent to the Dinky station.

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Peter Crowley, president of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, also said the new Wawa is going to help drive the transit area of the University.

“This is no ordinary Wawa.

More aptly named the Wawow,” Liz Lempert, Princeton mayor, said.

Kristin Appelget, Director of Community and Region-

al Affairs at the University, also commented on Wawa’s far-reaching impact on the Princeton community.

“You may think of this as a Wawa, but we think of it as a crossroads, a community crossroads, a place where town and gown meet on a daily basis,” Appelget said.

“We know that this is a place that changes with the time. I believe the quality of the organization is shown in how they celebrate milestones like this.”

Thomas Letchford ’15 said he feels great about the opening of the new Wawa.

“It’s a party in here today.

It’s sad to say goodbye to the old classic, the old faithful, but this is fun,” Letchford said.

“I come to the Wawa every day. It’s bigger and better, so I’m happy,” Bria Wallace, a Princeton High School student, added.

The celebration concluded with a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside of the store.

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challenges,” he said.

Barrett studied abroad at Oxford for a semester, but said that he believes that returning as a Rhodes Scholar will allow him to gain more insights into the differences between criminal justice systems in the U.S. and the U.K. JOSEPH BARRETT ‘14 received the 2014 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize.

SARAH YERIMA ‘15 is a senior in the sociology department.

RACHEL SKOKOWSKI ‘15 is a senior in the French department.

He said that he plans to attain a Master of Philosophy in Economic and Social History at Oxford, adding that he hopes to involve history in policymaking and to expand his work with criminal justice.

Skokowski is a senior concentrating in French from Palo Alto, Calif. Her senior thesis elaborates on the relationship between private and public collections of art, as well as the different audiences reached.

She said that she has focused on creating connections between the community and art

museums and has interned at or curated museums including the Princeton University Art Museum, Morgan Library & Museum and the Santa Fe Arts Commission.

“I’ve always been interested in art museums ever since I was a kid,” she said. “When I was ten, I organized my birthday party as a scavenger hunt for all my friends in an art museum.”

Skokowski is a Behrman Undergraduate Fellow, a selective society that discusses humanistic topics. She also became a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest honor society for the liberal arts and sciences that selects members on merit, in her junior year.

She runs varsity cross country and track year-round and noted that sports allowed her to take a break from academics and helped with time management and teamwork.

Skokowski hopes to attain a Master of Philosophy in modern languages at Oxford, specifically pursuing the European enlightenment program in the French department, which involves a mixture of literature, philosophy and art.

“I’m really interested in this program because it provides an interdisciplinary approach, which has been one of my favorite things about being in the French department at Princeton,” she said.

She said that she will be able to work in the renowned Wallace Collection in London and added that she hopes to become a curator and possibly the head of the Wallace Collection.

Yerima is a senior in the sociology department and is a Behrman Undergraduate Fellow from Los Angeles.

She is a residential college advisor and a peer academic adviser for Rockefeller College and is involved in Princeton’s Women Mentorship Program.

“During my time at Princeton, I found that I’ve been most interested in classes that

discuss the ways in which race, gender, class, sexual identity and all of these different identities influence our lives, social locations and the ways that we experience our world,” she said.

When working on her junior paper on hair and women of color, Yerima looked at racial pressures that are placed on women of color to wear their hair a certain way in order to conform. She is expanding on this by tracing the origins of color blindness, racial inequities and American jurisprudence in her senior thesis.

Yerima said that despite improvements in race relations, inequities never disappeared.

She said that she understands the importance of racial identity through her background as a resident in an all-black neighborhood in Los Angeles and the Jim Crow experiences of her grandparents.

Yerima studied abroad in Brazil, which she said allowed her to see racialization in each country from a historical view.

She said that both countries have roots in the trans-Atlantic slave trade but different responses to race today.

“Stepping back and being in Brazil, and thinking about historical contingency and how that affects the ways we view identity, helped me not only put the U.S. in a global context, but better understand how particular elements have formed and shaped American society,” she said.

Yerima said that she wants to study in the Master of Philosophy program for comparative government at Oxford, which she said would offer another perspective on racial disparity.

“Comparing racial profiling and incarceration in the U.S. and the U.K. through a politics program at Oxford will be a really enriching experience for me,” she added.

She hopes to attain a J.D./ Ph.D. in Law in order to be able to teach as a law professor.

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taurant week and noted that the cost of restaurant week has been a source of concern for students.

According to Riley, many restaurants currently only offer $25 meals that do not include mandatory tax and gratuity, and many students voiced that restaurants’ standards didn’t meet the price.

“Many students are not going because of cost factor, they felt that restaurants served worse options during the event and a lot of restaurants had the same menus,” Riley noted.

Director of External Affairs Richard Lu ’16 discussed the “What Matters Campaign,” which is an initiative dedicated to collecting student preferences about programming priorities. According to Lu, the committee received 12,000 responses in 2012, and he said that he anticipates comparable levels of participation this year.

University Student Life Committee chair Ella Cheng ’16 said that her committee will soon launch an initiative to examine the disparity in funding for different sports.

Cheng is a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian.

In a committee update, Cheng said that her committee is currently collaborating with local grocery stores to coordinate discounted delivery to University students and is spearheading an online service for students with eating disorders. Cheng also noted that an initiative is in the works for discussions about the perception of eating clubs among upperclassmen that would be led by residential college advisers.

Academics committee chair James Baase ’15 said that his committee has drafted a list of suggested practices for take-home culminating tests.

“There’s ignorance on the professor’s part of student’s constraints,” Baase said.

Jackson noted that due to miscommunication with the Frist Campus Center Ticket Office, the USG Thanksgiving buses have incurred a projected loss of $917.

However, according to U-Council

member Jacob Cannon ’17, USG only lost $129 dollars, as the second bus to Boston was canceled.

Jackson said that the senate will discuss the discrepancy in detail during the next meeting.

The selfishness of success

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o be successful, you have to be selfish or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate.”

—Michael Jordan I’m a selfish person. In fact, I think many of us had to be selfish in order to become students at the University. The highly competitive Ivy League schools accept only a small fraction of students among a pool of superstars. In order to become one of the lucky few admitted, we had to spend a lot of time developing ourselves. To get the grades and SAT scores that we needed to get in, we had to spend hours locked up in our bedrooms poring over textbooks and practice tests.

Could this time have been spent in the service of others? Probably. Rather than taking the SAT five times, we could have used those weekends to tutor less fortunate students. Instead of practicing our sports for hours every day, we could have used that time to volunteer at soup kitchens or with Habitat for Humanity.

Society seems to support the idea that selfishness is an inherently bad trait.

Starting when we are very young, our parents urge us to share with others and not be selfish. Many times, narcissistic people are labeled as selfish. However, I think one can still be a moral person while being selfish. People often measure others’ moral character based on how generous or self less they are. But I have come to realize, as Michael Jordan’s quote states, that selfishness is needed for one to be successful, and it shouldn’t be looked down upon. Selfishness motivates individuals to achieve their goals. If they want to get to the top, or if their goals are to be exceptional athletes, they need to be selfish. To be at Princeton, you have to be the best in whatever you do — athletics, music, creating a company when you’re still in high school — whatever it is. In order to do these extraordinary things, you have to put yourself first. These goals need to come before all others in order for you to achieve. Once you build yourself up in terms of education and then later career and financial stability, you are then better equipped to contribute to others. Our previous selfishness for the sake of success is largely justified so that we can become better at being unselfish later.

If we never think of ourselves first, we will never make it to leadership positions that may actually allow us to help others on a broader scale. However, there is a distinction between a selfish person and a mean person that often gets blurred in society’s view of selfishness.

Mean people take any chance they can to exploit others and advance themselves.

Selfish people put themselves and their goals first without taking advantage of those around them. While a degree of selfishness is needed for admission to a place like Princeton, I think once we are here, we can begin to turn our attention to others.

As Michael Jordan stated, once we achieve success, we must become unselfish. It is easy to be admitted to the University and quickly begin the selfish drive to achieve admission to grad school or a high-paying career in the same way that characterized some of our high school days. While I do acknowledge that many students volunteered extensively in high school, I believe there are still some, like me, who focused mostly on their own success. A recent column in The Daily Princetonian by Ryan Dukeman urged students to take advantage of the “honeymoon period” while on campus.

In many ways, once freshmen begin classes, we have achieved the success we so desperately worked for. This doesn’t mean we stop being motivated and end our desire to succeed. I simply suggest spending a little more time in the service of others during our time at Princeton.

As Dukeman noted, junior and senior years are largely filled with the typical selfish pursuits of finding a job or internship. Albeit selfish, these pursuits are necessary for one to achieve their high personal and professional goals.

However, as freshmen and sophomores, I believe we have an opportunity to enjoy our success and give back to the community at the same time. So if you want, go on a Breakout trip, volunteer to tutor local kids or become a Community Action leader. Sure, this may take time away from your studies, but during this honeymoon period, I think this sacrifice becomes acceptable and necessary.

Within a few years, we will be back to the rat race of finding a job. So for now, enjoy the honeymoon, and use this special time to give back.

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t is high time that the campus pub of old be restored. From 1973 through 1983, what is now Chancellor Green Café was a popular place for Princeton faculty and students to go for a pint after class. Of course, back in those good old days, the drinking age in New Jersey was 18 rather than 21, and there wasn’t the inconvenient upperclassman-underclassman divide there is today. It is no coincidence that the campus pub was closed in 1984, the same year that New Jersey upped the legal imbibing age.

Yet closing the pub was a mistake, and today there seems to be no disagreement: Princetonians — students, faculty and administrators — hope for the return of the campus pub.

In the spring of 2011, the Working Group on Campus Social and Residential Life issued a report unanimously recommending the reestablishment of the campus pub.

Only the logistics remained to be negotiated. A steering committee was formed. Locations were discussed.

Café Vivian in Frist Campus Center was selected. In November 2012, the University sought a license from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control for the project. And then things fizzled out. Two years have elapsed, and no additional progress appears to have been made. This is disappointing.

Allow us to help with the logistical minutiae to accelerate the process.

We propose that the campus pub be restored to its former glory in the same location it occupied 30 years ago. Chancellor Green Café is the best location, certainly better than the formerly proposed Café Vivian location:

Chancellor Green Café is central on campus, has a healthier distance from the Street than Café Viv and isn’t in that monolithic and multipurpose structure known as Frist, which would fog much of the potential benefit of the creation of a special gathering space.

The atmosphere of Chancellor Green Café seems most conducive to a pub, provided the appropriate renovations to give it the right wood-paneled taproom feel. As a part of East Pyne, it would have a neat, old-school location, and, unlike Café Vivian, it wouldn’t be swallowed up by the campus center circus.

There are other worries. The current drinking age is still a general nuisance but one that must be accommodated — at least until New Jersey asserts its right to change it back to 18. All Princetonians should be welcomed at the pub. The chief appeal of the campus pub, of course, is the provision of fine alcoholic beverage. Nevertheless, we suggest that pub food and nonalcoholic drinks be offered as well, making the pub an attraction for all University students. As with residential college upperclassman socials, two forms of identification (prox and stateissued) should be required to purchase alcohol. We further suggest that Princetonians be able to welcome two non-Princetonian guests.

The campus pub should ideally open around 4:30 p.m., just in time for students to take a professor or preceptor to happy hour, and remain open until midnight or so. Thursdays and Saturdays should have later closing times, given the nature of the University’s weekly social schedule.

During the rest of the day, the location could continue to function as a café.

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To ensure reasonable pricing for good quality beer and wine, the pub could be operated chiefly by well-trained student bartenders. This would allow the University to hire more student workers as well.

The reinstated campus pub would be more than just another nice Princeton amenity. It would contribute to two important University ends: community and virtue cultivation. The University is a community of scholars sharing in intellectual engagement and friendship that are only fully possible through personal interaction. A campus pub would provide an excellent place to foster such communal conviviality among students and faculty outside of the classroom. Second, the pub would encourage virtue though responsible social alcohol consumption. It would stand as a healthy alternative to the binge drinking that often results from dorm pregaming. As a venue for the intermingling of classes, clubs, faculty and students and for responsible drinking, the campus pub would serve the University well.

Today begins Undergraduate Student Government elections, and on the ballot, you will notice two referenda. The second asks, “Shall the undergraduates urge the administration to reestablish a campus pub?” Naturally, the answer should be a resounding “yes.” We hope that the University will move the ball forward, so we won’t be writing this same editorial yet again in another two years.

The Editorial Board is an independent body and decides its opinions separately from the regular staff and editors of the ‘Prince.’ The Board answers only to its chair, the opinion editor and the editor-in-chief of the ‘Prince.’

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nd this is why freshmen should be forever banned from writing opinion pieces.”

This type of comment frequents the comments section on the The Daily Princetonian website below articles written by freshmen. A single opinion piece that presents an argument that is completely incongruous with your own opinion seems to warrant such a comment. And the easiest leverage over the author turns out to be an attack on an extraneous factor — being a freshman.

Surprisingly enough, freshmen do write, and we do have opinions. And we have as much a right — and should have as much an opportunity — to share these opinions. Undoubtedly, our perspective may differ drastically from that of someone who has attended the University for four years, but that difference does not and should not discount our perspective.

In fact, our different perspective is important to be heard in that we present new, fresh views on issues

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accepted as norms.

Such disparities in opinion are expected and welcomed and should serve as the basis of discussion and debate. After all, the purpose of writing — not limited to just opinion writing — should be to encourage discourse, and the comments section on online pieces provides the perfect platform where constructive criticism and opposing viewpoints can be shared.

But in the status quo, constructive criticism is a rarity. If you scroll below any ‘Prince’ article online (particularly in the opinion section) and read through the comments at the bottom of it, chances are you’ll run into a couple of really condescending, contemptuous even malicious comments, at the very least — comments that choose not to criticize the argument(s) being made in the piece, but to denigrate the person making the argument.

That being said, such comments are not singular to the ‘Prince.’ They pervade news sources and forums all over the Internet. Nonetheless, we have the capacity to address — and decrease — the frequency with which such comments appear within the

University community.

I have one question for people who make such personal attacks: Why? What purpose does your derogatory comment serve? What point do you hope to get across? Is such a comment even necessary?

Ad hominem attacks on the author are completely unwarranted and can be excessively disparaging.

Writers can be (and have been) censured for being misguided and/or simply unintelligent with pejorative comments that unfairly cast aspersions on their characters, and if it’s a freshman writer, then on their age. Often, this can border on cyberbullying. If the argument and person making the argument are to be considered one entity as the subject of criticism, then criticism is invited only if it has a fair warrant.

Differences in belief and perspective are important, arising from differences in our diverse backgrounds, experiences and upbringings, which is why they should be shared. And, well, the Internet is free, and you have the freedom to say what you want.

However, writers are held to a certain standard; likewise, commenters

should be held to such a standard. The language of criticism is important to consider. An article coupled with the comments below it provides for a pseudo-forum, and a certain degree of civility and decorum is expected.

Everyone — writers and commenters alike — should exercise respect and judiciousness in what they say.

Comments are an asset to journalism and discussion as unfiltered opinion, helping to facilitate discourse and invite variance. But the ability to offer dissent anonymously should be viewed as a privilege — a privilege people exploit far too often by using abrasive language and/or vilifying the author. Personal attacks not only detract from the articles (and from the comment itself), but they can polarize and negatively influence audiences.

This ultimately engenders a negative comment culture and harms the University community when we strive for an open campus that supports and fosters multilateral conversation, whether it be in speech or in writing.

Sarah Sakha is a freshman from Scottsdale, Ariz. She can be reached at ssakha@ princeton.edu.

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freshmen have also held their own at the dawn of their collegiate careers. Rookie 165-pounder Jonathan Schleifer, the 2014 New Jersey state champion at 160 pounds, is off to an incredibly hot start. A native of East Brunswick, N.J., Schleifer finished second at 165 pounds at the Binghamton Open and followed it up with a fourth-place finish at the Navy Classic. Freshman 157-pounder Francesco Fabozzi and freshman 133-pounder Christian Innarella are also looking to crack the starting lineup in their debut seasons.

And with a tougher lineup comes a tougher schedule for the Tigers. With a second-place finish in the team standings at the Navy Classic, the Tigers have already demonstrated collective strength that the team has not possessed in decades. And this

year’s squad has an action-packed December before it, as it travels out to Northwestern twice before the new year. The team will take on Eastern Michigan, Davidson, Cal Poly and a strong Northwestern lineup at the Northwestern Duals on Dec. 6. After hosting their first two home duals the following weekend, the Tigers will take to the mat at Madison Square Garden for the 2014 Grapple at the Garden, where they will face Lehigh, currently ranked No. 20 in the nation by InterMat, and Army on Dec. 21. Princeton’s top starters will then fly back out to Northwestern for the notorious Midlands Championships to cap off 2014 from Dec. 29-30. The heart of the dual season in 2015 will witness the Tigers square off against several national powerhouses, both in and out of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association. In total, Princeton will wrestle six of InterMat’s current Top 25 wrestling programs

in the country, which will ultimately conclude on Feb. 21 when the Tigers host Big 10 powerhouse Nebraska at Dillon Gymnasium.

“Our schedule this year is awesome,” Harner said. “We wrestle duals against Lehigh, Northwestern, Eastern Michigan and Nebraska, just to name a few. We’re also eager to improve on last year’s Midlands performance, which was possibly the lowest point for a lot of us last season. With the depth of our schedule, this year provides the perfect platform for each of us, and for Princeton Wrestling as a whole, to make a statement at the national level.”

The season will culminate with the 111th EIWA Championships on March 7-8, which will be hosted in Bethlehem, Pa., at Lehigh University. From there, all NCAA qualifiers will converge upon St. Louis, Mo., from March 19-21 where the nation’s best will duke it out at the NCAA Championships.

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League’s top signal caller this past season, played a near-perfect game. The junior completed 30 of 35 passes, including four touchdowns while totaling 305 yards through the air.

Not only was Williams precise, but his receivers ran rampant in Princeton’s secondary, regularly finding open space over the top of the defensive backs. The Tigers’ usually stout run defense allowed Dartmouth ball-carriers 4.3 yards per attempt, marking only the third time this year they surrendered a rushing average above 3.0.

The Orange and Black attack, meanwhile, accrued 103 yards rushing and only 125 yards passing. This lack of aerial production marks Princeton’s lowest total since a season opening loss to Lehigh in 2012. Under 10 minutes remained when the home team finally found the end zone, thanks to a one-yard touchdown run by sophomore running back Joe Rhattigan. At this point, however, the game was far out of reach, with Dartmouth having tallied 28 straight points.

Inefficient passing from Michelsen and Epperly proved devastating. The duo managed to complete just over 50 percent of their passes, as this week’s 22-40 ratio of completions to attempts echoed last week’s similarly unimpressive 28-51.

Postgame, head coach Bob Surace ’90 expressed disappoint-

ment at his respective lines’ performance against a Dartmouth squad that is known to be physical.

“The bottom line was that we lost the line of scrimmage today,” Surace said. “That’s very disheartening.”

Sophomore defensive lineman Tyler Desiré expressed a similar sentiment, noting that the graduation of impact players and leaders left holes his team hadn’t been quite ready to fill. As a result, Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth were all able to establish superior physicality over Princeton’s lines.

Center Joe Goss and defensive tackle Caraun Reid would be considered foremost among those standouts from the Class of 2014.

“We need to realize that we aren’t the team we were last year up front,” Desiré said. “We can’t ride on other people’s coattails.”

An imbalance of explosive plays greatly reduced the Tigers’ ability to stay competitive. The single largest gain by Princeton’s offense came on a 21 completion from Michelsen to senior wide receiver Matt Costello. Sophomore running backs A.J. Glass and Rhattigan managed runs of 16 and 20 yards. But these gains paled in comparison to receptions of 42 and 58 yards from Dartmouth’s Patterson and Ryan McManus and a 61-yard scamper from tailback Brian Grove.

On the whole, it is difficult to glean any positives for Princeton from Saturday’s loss. Field position remained decidedly in Dartmouth’s favor throughout

the contest. Time of possession was utterly lopsided, with the Big Green holding the ball for 37:56 of the game’s 60 minutes.

Dartmouth’s defense made a point of not falling for what Big Green head coach Buddy Teevens called “smoke and mirrors.” The novelty of two- and three-quarterback sets allowed Princeton to catch its opponents off-guard in last year’s prolific performance.

In 2014, disciplined defenses held firm in the face of reverse passes, throwbacks and the like.

This season-ending loss will sting, especially in light of the uphill battle Princeton will face to rebuild a team capable of competing at the top of the Ivy League table. 2015’s campaign will feature neither Epperly nor Michelsen. It remains unclear who will replace the production of senior wide receivers Connor Kelley and Costello. Sophomore signal caller Chad Kanoff waits in the wings.

A year of experience will greatly benefit Princeton’s defense, which, with nearly all of its starters returning, will have to account for an uncertain offense in 2015.

The Ivy League remains a competitive conference. Year-to-year, excellence is far from guaranteed. In collegiate football, as in nature, teams must constantly adapt or otherwise see their fortunes rapidly recede.

Postgame, Surace recalled a quotation from legendary men’s basketball coach Pete Carril: “First place or no place. There’s nothing in between.”

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terrific day at the NCAA regional.

Either one of those two events, had they gone the other way, we would have been fine.”

Vigilante notes that Princeton was only behind Georgetown by 14 points at the NCAA regionals, and Georgetown ultimately placed seventeenth nationally. “We have a very good team but we were not able to demonstrate it,” he said.

“We’ll learn,” says Martin. “We’re going to lose a couple of seniors, but we’re a very young team. We have a lot of very talented freshmen and sophomores on the team and they’ll have a chip on their shoulder next year.”

Looking toward the upcoming track season and next year’s crosscountry season, Martin says that the team will be focusing on “staying hungry, staying healthy and doing what the Princeton crosscountry and track team has always done.”

“As we concluded the season, we do have a lot of bright points and fantastically gifted athletes.

I’m looking forward to a great year and putting ourselves in a position to defend our title next year,” says Vigilante.

Women’s Recap On Sept. 12 at the Yale Golf Course, the Princeton women started their season with an amazing race. Led by sophomore Megan Curham, the top four runners came in second through fifth place, and freshman Natalie Rathjen rounded out the scorers with seventh place.

“Watching that race, I saw that a lot of girls – a lot of the team members – from four through eight had stepped up over the summer,” coach Peter Farrell said.

This handy victory over Harvard and Yale was just one of several incredible races for the Princ-

eton women’s cross country team this year. Princeton would go on to place seventh at the Notre Dame Invitational, sixth at Pre-Nationals in Terra Haute, Ind., and second at Heps. They improved their placing from last season by four places in Indiana and two at Heps. The team also placed third at both the NCAA regional meet and the ECAC championships; both were twoplace improvements from last year, when the team placed fifth at both of these competitions. Although the team struggled with injuries, which ultimately may have contributed to its not advancing to the national championships this year, it still made significant improvements.

“I think a highlight was improving a lot in general from last year.

Even though we didn’t make nationals like the team did last year, we did a lot better if we’re looking at the seasons side-by-side,” senior captain Lindsay Eysenbach said.

Senior captain Erika Fluehr, also a senior, added, “The team grew a lot deeper this year.”

Megan Curham, now a two-time All-American for cross country, sees the Notre Dame race as one of the highlights of the season. “During the race, I was just told to go with the lead pack and run with them. The entire race I heard people cheering for Princeton behind me, and when I looked, junior Kathryn Fluehr was just behind me. When you’re running a race with your teammates right behind you, it gives you confidence and it’s a great feeling.”

Curham raced at the NCAA National Championship meet on Nov. 22, placing No. 18 overall with a time of 20:21.7 and qualifying as an AllAmerican for the second time in her two years competing at the collegiate level.

“She ran a courageous race to run a terrific time in a difficult field,” Farrell said. “I asked her to be between twenty-five and thirty at the

mile mark and she was twenty. She was overstepping the plan, and she held on against a really strong challenge from really strong athletes to finish eighteenth.”

“I wanted to improve from last year, when I placed thirty-fourth, so my goal was really to get somewhere in the twenty range,” Curham said.

“I came in eighteenth, so that was definitely higher than I had a goal for. I’m happy with it, but I’m not really satisfied, because I feel like I could do better and I learned from parts of the race about what I can improve. I know that next season I can improve even more.”

Going into track and the next cross country season, the team is hopeful for even stronger performances. “People had really good mindsets going into the races and the workouts and it made everything, no matter what we did, a little bit better. I think that will really help us next year,” Curham notes.

Farrell identified several main factors that will help guide the team to amazing performances in the next year. “We placed third at ECAC with some of our top seven out. [Junior] Katie Little, who typically runs fifth for us, placed fifth overall,” he said. “Megan has reestablished herself as a national competitor. You take that, we get back Emily de la Bruyere. We get back Lindsey Burgh who was ill, and we get back two kids who get back from being injured.”

Erika Fluehr identified another strength of the team looking towards future performances.

“We did a really good job of working together, so hopefully we can carry that through track,” she said.

“I can’t help but get excited about next year because we are returning a really dynamite team,” Farrell explained. Eysenbach echoes his sentiments, saying, “I’m super jealous of next year’s team. They’re already going to be so good and everyone who is returning has room for improvement.”

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to 3-0, the eventual final score.

There were some positives for the Tigers, as sophomore goalie Colton Phinney continued his strong start to the season, stopping 37 of 40 Saints shots. Additionally, facing one of the most efficient power play-units in the ECAC, the Tigers committed only three penalties, far lower than the seven per game they had been averaging.

Saturday night’s matchup in Potsdam, NY, proved less com-

petitive, as the Golden Knights of Clarkson dominated play for most of the night. After falling behind 1-0 late in the first period, the Tigers conceded three goals in a 7:12 span early in the second. Neither team managed to tally a goal for the remainder of the game, resulting in a 4-0 Clarkson win.

The Golden Knights outshot the Tigers 31-23, with goalie Steve Perry notching the shutout. The Tigers again successfully limited their minor penalties, holding Clarkson to just three power-play opportunities.

Tensions boiled over late in the game, as freshman Ryan Ber-

lin, freshman Joe Grabowski and senior Tucker Brockett, as well as Clarkson’s Pat Megannety, James Howden and A.J. Fossen all received 10-minute game misconduct penalties as a result of two separate skirmishes in the third period.

After two long road trips to New York in consecutive weeks in ECAC play, the Tigers will play host to non-conference foe Michigan State University at Baker Rink this weekend. For Princeton, the home ice and respite from ECAC play will be welcome, having been outscored 21-3 over the course of the losing streak.

Men’s squash upset by No. 16 Navy; women’s rattles off convincing 9-0, 8-1 wins SHORTS

the Eagles were forced to foul and send their opponents to the free throw line in an attempt to pull off the last-minute comeback.

Despite her family’s support, Robinson did not manage to record a point during her 11 minutes of play. She did, however, collect five rebounds while adding two assists.

Dietrick, who played all 40 minutes, led Princeton in scoring with 19. Junior guard Michelle Miller added 15 points, while guard/forward combo junior Annie Tarakchian managed her third career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

During Thanksgiving break, the Tigers will travel to Cancun, Mexico, for the Cancun Challenge, during which competition they will face Wake Forest University, the University of Montana and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Courtesy of a three-point son and the fifth of his career. ton’s success this season. With conversion by sophomore for- On a fairly undersized team, the Osborne aiming to rebound from Unsurprisingly, women’s Continued from page 6 ward Spencer Weisz just over 90 6’8” big man has the tough task an injury-ridden campaign, the squash routs Franklin and ............. seconds into the second period, of accounting for opponents’ size combination promises to be one Marshall Player of the Year under the legPrinceton took its first share of and physical play under the hoop. of the country’s most dominant Playing later that afternoon endary former men’s basketball the lead. The scoreboard read Princeton will spend the one-two punches. in Jadwin Gymnasium, No. 5 head coach Pete Carril.

33-31 in favor of the home side, Thanksgiving weekend in SouthA pair of freshmen rounded Princeton’s women routed the Earlier in the weekend, the and it would see the score tied ern California competing against out Princeton’s top nine. Abhi- visiting Diplomats by a 9-0 marundefeated Princeton squad took four times with six lead changes a trio of opponents in the Wood- manyu Shah, hailing from Mum- gin for a fifth straight year. They a tour of the White House, inthroughout the half. en Legacy Tournament. The 12- bai, India, and Komron Shayegan proceeded to host No. 21 Wescluding, of course, a visit to the Ten minutes later, that par- team competition honors John of Princeton won their matchups leyan (3-3) the following day in presidential residence’s basketity had evaporated as Incarnate Wooden, college basketball’s by scores of 3-2 and 3-0 respec- a match-up they won by a team ball court.

Word systematically built up a greatest ever coach. The Univer- tively. Against the Midshipmen score of 8-1.

Having lost their stranglenine-point lead. Riding out this sity of Texas at El Paso (1-0) will on Sunday, Shah picked up anYouth sensation Olivia Fietchhold on the Ivy League title last advantage, the Cardinals fin- provide the first test for the Ti- other 3-2 win. Komron dropped er did not disappoint in her first season — Penn broke Princeished the game by absorbing a gers Thursday afternoon. his match by a score of 3-0 as part collegiate match. She graduated ton’s four-season championship number of desperation fouls and of the trio of opening losses for from the Germantown Friends streak — the Tigers have come converting the resulting free Impressive opening win over the Tigers.

School in 2014 as the No. 1 feback with a vengeance. Sunday’s throw attempts.

Franklin and Marshall folSenior Dylan Ward graduated male high school squash player victory over the Eagles marked “We’re a work in progress, with lowed by 5-4 loss to Navy in 2014 after a 13-win senior sea- in the nation. Her participation a fourth straight win for head a little bit more work to be done Lofty expectations for No. 10 son. While his leadership will on the second-place U.S team in coach Courtney Banghart’s side. than I’d like for us,” head coach Princeton men’s squash (1-1 over- certainly be missed, seven of last 2013 Women’s World Junior Team Courtesy of precision shootMitch Henderson said after the all) were vindicated this past Sat- year’s starters, including three of Championship signifies what ing, Princeton jumped out to an game. “Especially going into a re- urday, as No. 7 Franklin & Mar- the top four, return for this year’s promising career this athlete has early 11-3 lead. The home team ally difficult weekend ahead. But shall College (3-1) visited Jadwin campaign. in store. responded to tie the score twice we’re not shying away from what Gymnasium and left defeated by Harvard and Trinity, currentFietcher easily downed her during the first period, but they we are.” a score line of 6-3. However, the ly ranked first and third in the opponent 3-0 in the No. 1 spot, could not hold contain the Tiger Cagers unable to overcome With five players recording following day’s matchup at No. 16 Dunlop team rankings, lurk on which position she took from offense. After twenty minutes of first-half deficit against Incar- double-digit points, the Cardi- Navy (11-0) yielded a 5-4 defeat for the horizon as Princeton’s most sophomore Maria Elana Ubina. play, the visitors had tallied 36 nate Word nals spread their scoring fairly the Tigers. Midshipmen took the demanding opponents. The Now starting in the second spot, points to their opponents’ 26.

Saturday morning marked the evenly. Neither team shot with day’s first three matches, estab- last time the Orange and Black Ubina likewise won her pairing Princeton’s first-half efficien- first time that Princeton (1-3 over- much efficiency, with first-half lishing an advantage the visitors topped both of these teams in by a score of 3-0. The second year cy ratings read neat 50.0′ s across all) and Incarnate Word Univer- field goal percentages of 33.3 could not overcome. the same season was during their standout won Ivy League Rookie the board (FG%, 3PT% and FT%). sity (3-0) competed in men’s bas- and 31.0 for Incarnate Word and In 2013, the Tigers travelled to 2011-12 campaign. Jadwin Gym- of the Year honors last season in During that same period, Ameri- ketball. In fact, it appears as if the Princeton respectively. Both face their Lancaster, Pa., oppo- nasium played host to the College one of the best inaugural camcan shot 38.5 percent from the 79-68 Cardinals win marks the teams honed their shots in the nents to begin what would end Squash Association team cham- paigns in program history. field and 60.0 percent from be- first time that these two schools second period, improving to up being a forgettable season. pionship. The finals pitted the TiRemarkably, sophomore Alyond the arc. have ever met athletically. marks of 41.7 and 40.0.

The Diplomats took the match by gers against Trinity’s Bantams in exandra Toth lost only a single The second half’s first 10 minThe Cardinals traveled to JadWeisz, the emergent center- a score of 7-2. Revenge was there- one of the most thrilling match- point en route to a 3-0 win at the utes saw Princeton pile on the win Gymnasium from San An- piece of Princeton’s offense, tal- fore sweeter for a Princeton team ups in recent memory. Princeton ninth spot. points, as senior guard Blake tonio, Texas, to face a Princeton lied a career-high 22 points in 39 looking to return to the top of the took the contest by a team score Without a doubt, these Tigers Dietrick’s three-point conver- side most recently outmatched minutes. Guard Amir Bell like- Ivy League. of 5-4. Osborne earned a gritty have the combination of experision extended the Tigers’ lead to by Lafayette College. Once again, wise tallied a career high with 13 Seniors Samuel Kang and Tyler three-game win over longtime ence and raw talent to regain the 50-35 with 12:55 remaining on the Tigers found themselves in a points for his team.

Osborne, first- and second-team rival Miled Zarazua to cap his Ivy League title. Next weekend, the clock. Rallying against this hole they were not equipped to Junior forward Hans Brase All-Americans from last season, freshman season. they host Drexel. Princeton has deficit, American drew within 5 see their way out of. With 7:42 recorded a 10-point, 12-rebound earned victories both days at the Next weekend, Princeton host swept the Dragons in each of the points of the visitors’ total. This remaining in the first period, the double-double, the second such No. 1 and 2 spots. These captains No. 12 Drexel, a team whom they past two seasons. would prove too little, too late, as visitors had run up a 29-12 lead. accomplishment of his 2014 sea- will be instrumental in Prince- rarely struggle to overcome.

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LETTER

Big Green routs Tigers on Senior Day

By Andrew Steele sports editor

Déjà vu brought fans at Princeton Stadium back to Homecoming one month prior. On that October Saturday, Princeton football (5-5 overall, 4-3 Ivy League) faced a Crimson onslaught and emerged battered and defeated 497. This past Saturday, Dartmouth (8-2, 6-1) came to town and, with a simiPRINCETON 10 larly overDARTMOUTH 41 whelming performance, topped the Tigers by a score of 41-10.

This marks the fifth straight time Princeton has lost this season finale matchup. Additionally, the Big Green extended its slight all-time series lead to 4743-4. With the win, the Hanover, N.H., side earned sole possession of second place in the Ivy League.

Harvard edged out a 31-24 win over Yale in Cambridge, Mass., to finish its undefeated champion-

ship season.

On a chilly Powers Field, the first two drives of the day appeared to herald an engaging contest between capable opponents. Dartmouth’s Bo Patterson torched senior cornerback Jakobi Johnson on the game’s fourth play, catching a pass in stride from quarterback Dalyn Williams and finding pay dirt for a 58-yard score.

Tandem senior quarterbacks Connor Michelsen and Quinn Epperly responded with an 11play, 44-yard drive that set up a field goal attempt for junior placekicker Nolan Bieck. Bieck, who has converted 13 of 14 threepoint attempts, drilled the long 46-yarder through the uprights to cut Dartmouth’s lead to 7-3.

Just under 10 minutes remained in the first quarter.

After this point, offensive production became decidedly onesided. Williams, perhaps the Ivy See FOOTBALL page 5

The relegated role of club sports in Princeton athletics

By Volker Schroder guest writer

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Senior receiver Connor Kelley led all Tigers in receptions and receiving yards in 2014.

Throughout this month, the University is commemorating the 150th anniversary of intercollegiate sports. On this historic occasion, Princeton Athletics has decided “to recognize its past and celebrate its present in a variety of ways.” Unfortunately, this “variety of ways” appears to be strictly limited to the varsity teams and fails to acknowledge the role that club sports have played in the past and continue to play in the present. Willful or unintentional, this omission is typical of the tradition of neglect and disdain that club sports still have to confront at Princeton.

To help alleviate the situation, I would like to challenge our new director of athletics to answer the following questions: 1) How many of the “140 Olympians” produced and celebrated by Princeton Athletics competed in a sport that is not currently classified as varsity? List their names and sports.

2) In 2013-14, which Tiger student-athletes won a national intercollegiate championship (team or individual)?

3) Which current Princeton undergraduates are Olympians?

For each athlete correctly identified in The Daily Princetonian in response to this challenge, I pledge to donate $100 to the respective Friends Group.

Volker Schröder is an associate professor in the Department of French and Italian and faculty adviser for the Princeton University table tennis club.

WRESTLING

CROSS COUNTRY

Finish at Navy anticipates success

Men and women emerge No. 1 and 2 in Ivy League

By Jack Rogers associate sports editor

Heading into the winter of 2013-14, head coach Chris Ayres and his coaching staff established the theme of “A New Era” for their grapplers. The team quickly embraced this mantra, as Ayres’s squad went from a 2-13 dual record in 2012-13 to an 11-4 mark last season. The Tigers went undefeated on the road in duals, which included a head-turning weekend on Feb. 8-9, in which the Tigers took down Harvard, Boston University and Brown over a 24-hour span.

With a roster that only lost two regular starters while gaining one of the top freshman recruiting classes in the nation, the Tigers now stand poised to embrace a new theme for their 2014-15 campaign: “In the Hunt.”

“Last year, our season was kind of a dream season,” 197-pound junior Abram Ayala said. “We didn’t think we were gonna accomplish the things we accomplished. This year, our attitude is very much a business mindset; we expect a

lot. We’re no longer comparing ourselves to Princeton teams of the past but to the best Division 1 teams in the country right now.”

“I think this team has the potential to really do something special,” 184-pound sophomore Brett Harner said. “One interesting thing that I’ve noticed is a complete attitude shift from last season. Coming in as a freshman, I wasn’t real sure what to expect, but we had an exciting season and experienced some success in the process. We accomplished some great things, but it was by no means satisfactory. I think our preseason training and performance thus far have been fueled by that discontent, as the feats we did accomplish last year will only be par for this year’s course.”

With a lineup that arguably has the most depth and talent in Princeton’s history, the wrestling team has already shown outstanding results in the opening weekends of competition, both from veterans and rookies.

As a team that primarily relied on underclassmen over the last few years, the Tigers now have a

squad that is rich in talent and leadership among its older members. Eyes are particularly set on Ayala, who was Princeton’s lone NCAA qualifier last March. Currently ranked No. 17 in the nation, Ayala has made quick work on the mat so far, as he took home the 197-pound title at the Binghamton Open on Nov. 9. Ayala’s dominance continued on Sunday at the Navy Classic in Annapolis, Md., where the Florida native again found his way to the finals.

En route to his finals appearance, Ayala took down Phil Wellington of Ohio, who InterMat currently ranks as No. 13 in the nation at 197 pounds. Ayala then defeated Wisconsin’s Timmy McCall, currently ranked by InterMat at No. 11 in the nation, to take the title.

“The way I train, I expect to be in there with all of these guys,” Ayala said. “My goal for this season is to be on the podium in March and to push for a national championship. And that’s been my goal since I left the hotel at the end of NCAA last March.”

Likewise, senior Adam Krop has shown great results for the

upperclassmen early on, as the former NCAA qualifier placed second at the Binghamton Open and third at the Navy Classic.

But the younger guys continue to demonstrate dominance for the Tigers and will be invaluable to the team’s success this winter. Harner has turned heads through November, as he also came away with a first-place finish at the Binghamton Open. He then battled his way to the finals of the Navy Classic on Sunday, where he fell to Richard Robertson of Wisconsin. Sophomore 141-pounder Jordan Laster also made it to the finals of the Navy Classic where he fell to Mike Morales of West Virginia University in a war that went all the way to the fourth overtime period.

“We have older guys who are doing well, but the nucleus of our team is our sophomores,” Ayala said. “We have Harner at 184, [sophomore] Ray [O’Donnell] at heavyweight and [sophomore] Jordan [Laster] at 141.”

As much talent as the sophomore class possesses, this year’s See WRESTLING page 5

MEN’S HOCKEY

Short-handed skaters find themselves in early rut

By Mark Goldstein contributor

The losing streak for the men’s hockey team reached five games this past weekend as the Tigers (16-1, 1-5-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) dropped conference contests at St. Lawrence University (8-4-1, 4-2-0 ECAC) and Clarkson University (5-5-4, 3-1-2 ECAC).

Depleted by injuries to five key contributors, including senior captain Tyler Maugeri and junior assistant captain Mike Ambrosia, the Tigers failed to score a goal in either game. It marks the first time a Princeton team has been shut out in consecutive games since the 2004-05 season. In addition to

the absence of two captains, the Princeton side was without junior forward Kyle Rankin, as well as senior defenseman Tom Kroshus and junior defenseman Kevin Liss.

On Friday night in Canton, N.Y., the Tigers squared off against a talented St. Lawrence team that boasts a high-powered offense.

After a scoreless first period of play, two Saints goals just 1:37 apart proved insurmountable as the Tiger offense failed to break through against opposing freshman goaltender Kyle Hayton, who notched his fourth shutout on the young season. St. Lawrence would add a third and final goal late in the third stanza to increase its lead See M. HOCKEY page 5

By Katie Glockner staff writer

Men’s season recap: On Saturday at the Heptagonal Ivy League Championship, four miles into the 8k (4.9-mile) race, four of the top seven runners wore Princeton uniforms. “I knew we were going to win, and for me that was very exciting,” head coach Jason Vigilante said.

As the fifth runner crossed the finish line in twelfth place, all of the runners who had not raced and those who had already finished joined together in a giant hug to celebrate what they already recognized as a crushing victory.

“Alumni were there, coaches were there, parents were there, so it was not only a team-wide celebration, but it was truly a Princeton cross country community celebrating,” senior captain Connor Martin said. “Pure domination of the Ivy League was a great day, and another Ivy League Championship under the belt was an amazing feeling.”

Due to injuries, Martin has not raced this season.

Not only did the team win Heps with a decisive 30 points, one of the top ten total Heps scores ever and well ahead of No. 2 Cornell’s 74, but the race also highlighted some individual performances. Junior Michael Sublette, a consistent scorer this season, led the team for the first time to come in second

place overall.

“Seeing Michael finally come out on top was not only a symbol of the pure domination but was also a great moment to see all of the hard work come to light,” Martin said.

“He has been very dedicated the past few years putting the miles in.”

Although winning Heps was, according to Vigilante, “without question the highlight of our season,” it was just one of several exciting races for the men’s cross country team this semester. At the start of the season, the men opened with a dominant performance over Yale and Harvard at the HYP meet.

Senior Sam Pons led the team in a spectacular first-place individual finish with a time of 24:20.7.

More recently, on Nov. 14, the team battled against tough competition to place fourth at the NCAA regionals. On Nov. 22, the team placed second at the IC4A Championships in Van Cortland Park, New York. Sublette led the team in an impressive first-place individual finish with a time of 24:57.0 for the five mile course.

Although the team had hoped to compete at the NCAA national championships, Vigilante identified two main factors that prevented them from attaining that goal.

“The first was that we had some sub-par performances at Notre Dame and Wisconsin. The other was having a good day but not a See CROSS COUNTRY page 5

SPORTS SHORTS

Michelle Obama ’85 watches on as Tigers top American

By Daily Princetonian Staff

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Senior defenseman Aaron Ave has appeared in all eight contests.

Women’s basketball receives presidential treatment during Washington, D.C., visit When your aunt resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and you’re in the neighborhood, it’s worth stopping by. Freshman forward

Leslie Robinson of Princeton women’s basketball (4-0 overall) had first lady Michelle Obama ’85 (née Robinson) among her supporters during Sunday’s 6356 win over American University (0-3). Robinson is the daughter of Craig Robinson ’83, Michelle’s brother and two-time Ivy League See SHORTS page 5

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