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On Nov. 1, University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83, Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi, and University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in support of legal protections for transgender individuals.

“As presidents and chancellors of leading American research universities,” the letter read, “we write to express our deep concern and dismay at reports of possible withdrawal of federal agency protections for transgender people. We appeal to you to do everything you can to prevent such action and to uphold the dignity of all persons.”

Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

The reports referred to in the letter detail the Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed definition of sex under Title IX as binary, unchangeable, and determined by a person’s genitals at birth.

The university leaders believe that this would “[roll] back important protections against discrimination on the basis of gender and gender identity.”

The letter cites DeVos’s own

words about the Department of Education’s “responsibility to protect every student in America and ensure that they have the freedom to learn and thrive in a safe and trusted environment.”

To uphold that responsibility, the letter states, the federal government must provide protections for students of all gender identities.

A restrictive definition of sex, in the authors’ view, would turn its back on the transgender community and be detrimental to transgender students. Protections against this definition, the letter states, would be consistent with both the advice of the American Medical Association and with basic principles of fairness.

The letter concludes by expressing hope that DeVos will provide the necessary leadership to oppose the proposed change and will advocate for an interpretation of Title IX that fully protects the rights of transgender people.

Director of the LGBT Center Judy Jarvis said she is very appreciative of President Eisgruber and the other university leaders’ initiative on the issue. She considers it crucial that the leaders of our nation’s educational institutions make the importance of transgender students and faculty clear, calling the anti-trans policies “cruel, unnecessary, and just distractions from all the other important inequities that the Department of Education could be working on.”

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Venkatesh is concentrating in molecular biology and pursuing certificates in computer science and quantitative and computation biology.

By Hannah Wang Staff Writer

Samvida Sudheesh Venkatesh ’19 was one of five recipients from India awarded a 2019 Rhodes Scholarship to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford, according to a University statement.

Venkatesh is a senior science writer for The Daily Princetonian.

Students are chosen for this prestigious fellowship through a combination of outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated commitment to service and leadership.

With the scholarship, Venkatesh plans to pursue a M.Sc. by Research in Biochemistry.

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Graduate student Scott Bartley reads from chapter VI of Volume I, as professor of English Susan Wolfson follows along.

Frankenread celebrates 200th anniversary of Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ Contributor

While campus was dead silent over fall break, with students traveling home, the creature of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s renowned Gothic novel “Frankenstein” came to life in East Pyne Hall, just in time for Halloween.

As part of the Frankenreads initiative organized by the Keats-Shelley As-

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Nobel Prize winner Vote100 Frances Arnold ’79 reaches for discusses research the stars

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Hailing from Bangalore, India, Venkatesh is concentrating in molecular biology and pursuing certificates in computer science and quantitative and computational biology.

At Oxford, she plans to continue her research in cancer genomics, which she began during an internship in the summer of 2017 in the laboratory of Ahmed Ahmed, professor of gynecological oncology at the Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health. She also hopes to further explore the nexus of computation and biology.

“I have worked on projects such as tracking the growth of f ly embryos, enumerating the differences between cancerous and non-can-

cerous cells, and creating visualizations of viral infection,” Venkatesh said in the statement. “The Rhodes Scholarship will allow me to explore genomics in depth in Professor Ahmed’s lab, while simultaneously reinforcing my broader scientific presentation and general reasoning skills through a master’s degree.”

Venkatesh’s research experience has taken her from the lab of University molecular biology professor Ileana Cristea to the International Genetically Engineered Machine synthetic biology competition to the Mount Sinai Undergraduate Research Symposium.

She has already co-authored several papers that are under review for publication in scientific journals.

In 2016, Venkatesh won the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence. A particular interest in science education and writing has led her to become a head peer tutor at the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and an author of STEM-centered children’s books.

She currently serves as a residential college advisor at Forbes Residential College, the treasurer of the 2 Dickinson St. co-op, and a summer tour guide for the Office of Admission. She has also served as a student leader for the Davis International Center and president of the club badminton team.

Other Rhodes Scholars for 2019, such as U.S. citizens, have yet to be announced.

sociation of America and partly funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Department of English held a marathon reading of the novel in celebration of its 200th anniversary. The University’s marathon reading was one of the many that took place at over 500 sites in over 40 countries.

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From mechanical and aerospace engineering to chemistry, Nobel laureate Frances Arnold ’79 said her mindset was to “keep it simple, stupid.”

On Friday, Oct. 26, Arnold returned to the University for an intimate reception in the morning and a seminar in the afternoon in front of hundreds of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members.

Arnold is a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and is the first University alumna to win a Nobel Prize. Her achievement also makes her the fifth woman chemistry laureate and the only U.S. woman winner. She is also the first woman to be a member in all three U.S. national academies of science: the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, and the National Academy of Sciences. Arnold is currently the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.

Arnold spoke brief ly at the reception, citing how crucial the University was in establishing her foundation as a scientist — and more importantly, a thinker.

“I learned how to read and write here. It’s a remarkable thing that an engineer is given the time to explore lots of opportunities,” she said. “Think[ing] broadly has enabled me to go into many different areas in my career — to make connections that I wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise.”

She emphasized the values of classes that were outside her concentration, as well as the research opportunities she had, explaining, “It was the advice, the leadership, and the mentorship that taught me that engineers could have a big impact — by being engineers — but also by thinking about the bigger policy issues and impact that technology has on society overall.”

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In her inaugural column, contributing columnist Julia Chaffers criticizes laws that reduce voter turnout, while guest contributor Caleb Visser advocates for civic engagement through the Vote100 initiative. PAGE 5

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During the last midterm elections, fewer than 15 percent of students aged 18–21 showed up to the polls. “Vote100,” a student-run initiative, has set out to change that, working to inspire civic engagement among University students.

Sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, the Undergraduate Student Government, and the American WhigCliosophic Society, Vote100’s goal was for every undergraduate student to take a pledge to vote in the 2018 midterms and in all future elections.

According to Thomas Dunne, Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students, the Vote100 initiative operated mostly on social media, but it also held on-campus events, handed out information to students in person, and stationed a table in the Frist Campus Center.

“If there’s anybody who should be voting in every single election, it’s Princetonian[s],” Dunne said.

Dunne also added that although the Vote100 and other programs had conducted similar awareness initiatives or hosted watch parties during presidential elections, this was the first year Vote100 and ODUS made a civic engagement of this magniSee VOTE100 page 2

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tude for a midterm election year.

According to a report from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement at Tufts University cited on the Vote100 website, 18 percent of college students and 12 percent of undergraduate students aged 18–21 voted in 2014.

As of 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 4, according to Vote100’s website, 29 percent of undergraduates took the pledge.

Vote100 will be compiling its data after Tuesday’s elections, and The Daily Princetonian will report on that data.

The Vote100 initiative formally began on Sept. 13, when it held a “Stand-Up & Vote” comedy show in Richardson Auditorium hosted by comedian Mike Birbiglia and featuring rapper and comedian Jean Grae, author John Hodgman, and “The Daily Show” correspondents Ronny Chieng and Roy Wood Jr. “The Daily Show” correspondent Hasan Minhaj was expected to headline the event, but canceled last minute. To the excitement of many students in the audience, Jon Stewart filled the vacancy.

Hailey Colborn ’22, a member of the Vote100 Student Leadership Team, received an email from Vote100 the day before classes started, inviting her to get involved with the group. Colborn has advocated for voter registration on other platforms, speaking at a DoSomething. org event at the University and distributing March for Our Lives voter registration t-shirts out of her dorm room.

Colborn acted as a grassroots advocate for Vote100, talking about the organization with her friends, sending the pledge to her peers, and posting about Vote100 on social media, including on her Instagram profile, which has 16,800 followers.

“In all actuality, we don’t have a direct link to our government.

There’s no way to guarantee that a politician is going to do what’s best

for their constituents,” she said.

“The only thing we can do is vote and try to get good people in these positions in the first place.”

As to why Princeton students, and college students in general, do not turn out at the polls, Colborn referenced the image of University campus as an “Orange Bubble.”

“We really are so sectioned off, and we don’t have to worry about anything but college things, like getting into an eating club on the weekends and getting your assignments done for your classes on time,” Colborn said. “I think we need to realize that the world is bigger than just Princeton and the world is bigger than what we interact with on a day-to-day basis.”

Dunne emphasized that the goal of the Vote100 program was not limited to this year’s midterm elections alone. The greater goal, said Dunne, was to make civic engagement a part of every students’ identity.

“This is really about a long-term campaign to get Princetonians to believe that to be a Princetonian is to be a voter,” Dunne said.

Jonathan Haynes ’20, another Vote100 student leadership team member, noted that though iterations of on-campus voter advocacy have existed before, Vote100 is something different.

“Vote100 is unique because it’s a melding of students, administration, and USG in this really cool way in which everyone is coming together from different angles, respective angles,” said Haynes.

Haynes emphasized that the initiative does not view civic participation as a partisan issue .

“We’ve seen in the last few years, regardless of party or partisanship, the importance of holding onto the right to vote and promoting the right to vote in our society,” he said.

“Now is just a really unique time in our society where everyone is on the same wavelength of the importance of civic engagement and voting. It’s just a great time to capitalize on that.”

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University’s transgender and non-binary students and employees that the LGBT Center is a source of support for them. According to Jarvis, the LGBT Center will offer legal information sessions, one-on-one support,

and multiple Gender Group meetings every week.

“It’s just horrible, as our DACA students know and as students of many Muslim countries know,” she continued, “when your existence is targeted by your federal government, and so I want to make sure our trans students and employees know we are here for them.”

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University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, pictured here.

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crazy new ideas together.”

She credited her computational and qualitative background and described how jobs are beginning to go to bioengineers instead of pure biological scientists. She urged students to fill their thoughts with ventures outside the laboratory and to learn to read, write, and think broadly.

Later that afternoon, a standing-room only seminar was held in Frick Chemistry Laboratory. Assistant professor of chemistry Todd Hyster, a former student of Arnold, greeted the more than 250 students and faculty present before introducing his former mentor.

Arnold then took the stage, discussing the work that won her the Nobel Prize.

Her research involves using an optimization process to direct enzymatic evolution for catalyzing chemical processes that do not occur in the natural world.

A self-proclaimed “engineer inspired by the biological world,” Arnold described how the “Keep it simple, stupid” mindset was essential to developing solutions and driving technology out into the world. “Get one idea and beat it totally into the ground,” she said.

Arnold said that as a mechanical and aerospace engineering student at the University, she initially wanted to build rocket ships — “the most complicated things on the planet.” However, she credited her brother for catalyzing her love for biochemistry and helping her recognize that enzymes — a product of 4 billion years of evolution — are in fact the most complicated things in the world.

These complex proteins are built using about 450 combinations of 20 naturally-occurring amino acids, providing more possible combinations than atoms in the universe. Because it is far too difficult to build these enzymes from scratch, Arnold instead took parent proteins — with quadrillions of possible recombinations — evolved them, and screens them into mere thousands of candidates.

She described directed evolution as a sort of molecular optimization process, which can be visualized as a topographical map of a multidimensional fitness landscape. After deciding upon the desirable traits of the molecules, Arnold was then able to exploit smooth paths on this landscape to allow for adaptation, one mutation at a time. In fact, after just 2 percent of a sequence has been changed, the enzymes will demonstrate radically different functions.

This leads to the central question of her research: How can you create not just a better enzyme, but a whole new enzyme? In order to

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solve the problem, Arnold referenced research observing the natural evolution of enzymes to break down man-made compounds such as atrazine.

Arnold described enzymes as being “promiscuous” with a multitude of inherent capabilities that are not necessarily selected for at a given time. “Enzymes are just like graduate students,” she jokingly remarked, referencing both groups’ propensity for sugar. The enzymes’ nonselective capabilities are similar to the graduate students’ diverse interests and talents that extend beyond the lab, she added.

Arnold’s lab’s research focused on the heme, a metalcontaining, self-assembling, DNA-encoded structure that can be tuned by mutation.

Using bacteria such as E. coli and Rhodothermus marinus, her lab evolved hemeprotein compounds called cytochromes that cycloproponate — that is, generate and insert three-carbon rings — or create new carbon-metal bonds entirely.

While it was simple to observe the functions of enzymes, Arnold explained how difficult it was to measure and analyze the structure of these enzymes. In one case, she found that the total volume of an active site was zero, which made no sense.

“Nature doesn’t care about your calculations,” she said.

“Obviously, your calculations are not capturing the capability of the protein to adapt to this chemistry.”

Despite these difficulties, Arnold’s team was able to create cytochromes that can synthesize unique bonds (specifically, carbon-boron and carbon-silicon), which have never been observed in nature. In doing so, Arnold’s team simplified processes that normally require five to seven complex chemical steps to a single enzymatic process hundreds of times more efficient than any human-made chemical process.

By coupling bacteria and yeast — which Arnold considers to be the best chemists and engineers in the world — with the most advanced engineering design process in the world, evolution, scientists will no longer be bounded in their advancements in agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and countless other industries, Arnold said.

“It’s a lot of fun to do this work, because we’re in a goldmine pulling chunks of gold off the wall. Sooner or later, others will see the gold too and [begin] doing this, I hope,” she concluded.

The reception was sponsored by the School of Engineering and Applied Science and took place in the Fields Center Multipurpose Room.

The seminar, entitled “Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life,” took place in Frick’s Taylor Auditorium at 3 p.m.

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Frances Arnold ’79 spoke to hundreds of students and faculty on Friday, Oct. 26, in Frick’s Taylor Auditorium.

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wonderful ideas that promise progress but don’t turn out the way you imagined and turn out to be quite disastrous. That’s why Frankenstein is still so relevant today; it’s a really durable cultural fable,” explained Susan Wolfson, a professor of English and a member of the board of directors of the Keats-Shelley Association of America.

The novel tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous, yet sentient, creature and is haunted by his creation.

“There’s always the question [in the novel] about the human, about where the human ends and where something else that isn’t human starts,” Professor of English and Comparative Literature Emeritus Michael George Wood said. “Many people confuse the [protagonist] Victor Frankenstein with the monster, and that’s really interesting; it’s almost

hinting that the created is merely a creature that isn’t good or bad, while the creator is the actual monster.”

Volume I of the novel was read on the night of Wednesday, Oct. 31, followed by Volume II on Thursday night and Volume III on Friday night. The entire novel was split into 69 units read by 71 readers.

Readers included students, faculty, alumni, and staff of the University and their relatives, community members of Princeton Township, and faculty members and students from other institutions, as well as several independent artists, playwrights, actors, and sculptors.

Wolfson explained that since Halloween — the designated date for the Frankenread — came during the University’s fall break, it would have been difficult to recruit students and faculty members to read. Instead, the organizers opened up the event to a wider audience.

“I decided to make the university an anchor for

a much wider community event, and we have a lot of people coming from the Princeton community and nearby towns,” she said.

Several readers voiced their motivations behind participating in the reading.

“I majored in English, and I’ve always enjoyed Gothic literature from the old days, and of course, ‘Frankenstein’ is immensely classic,” said alumnus Richard Trenner ’70, who read part of chapter VII of Volume I. For Wood, the experience of hearing a story read aloud drew him into participating.

“I love to hear different voices reading,” said Wood, who read part of chapter VI of Volume II, “I think we don’t read out aloud often enough,” he said.“There’s something about hearing a voice, particularly a voice that’s not your own, including mistakes, including mispronunciations, that can help us see an actual individual human being and what’s going through their mind.”

“I grew up with all the monster movies, but when I first read ‘Frankenstein,’ I thought that this is nothing like the movies, and it became a favorite of mine,” added Renee Szporn, an English and special education teacher at Princeton High School who read part of chapter V of Volume II. The reading also included intermissions, refreshments, music, and a sculpture of Mary Shelley that Dohm Alley temporarily lent to the event.

Thomas Edison’s 1910 New Jersey-produced silent film “Frankenstein,” which is the first film adaptation of the novel Frankenstein, was also screened in the vestibule outside of Chancellor Green Rotunda during the readings on all three nights.

The reading was organized by the Department of English and funded by the David A. Gardner Grant of the Princeton Humanities Council. It took place over three nights, from Wednesday, Oct. 31, to Friday, Nov. 2, between 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. in the Chancellor

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Vote100 is more than voting Caleb Visser

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oting matters. Just last fall, a single vote decided an election that flipped the majority control of my state legislature — not once, but twice.

After recounting the ballots of Virginia’s 94th District of the House of Delegates, officials announced a tie, which a threejudge panel later upheld and a draw of lot ultimately settled earlier this year. Yet for many University students, it’s the last thing on our mind this break. And if the dodging eyes I struggled to meet while tabling for voter registration in Frist Campus Center this semester are any indication, it’s the last thing any of us want to think about.

This attitude isn’t new to Princeton. In the 2014 midterm elections, only 12 percent of our undergraduate student body cast ballots while 19.9 percent of the nation’s 18–29-year-olds voted. Although youth tend to turn out at lower rates than other age demographics, University students turn out at rates well below our peer institutions and the nation.

However, this attitude isn’t

innate to the University. In fact, the fall break we’re all enjoying right now has its origins in a period reserved for University students to volunteer and organize for campaigns. Participating in the elections is part of being a University student; it should be as integral to our University experience as Outdoor or Community Action, zee group study breaks, and petulant listservs.

This year, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, the Undergraduate Student Government, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, and various student leaders joined together for an initiative with exactly this aim: Vote100.

The initiative aspires for 100 percent of University undergraduates to engage civically in the 2018 midterm elections and every election thereafter. This means voting if eligible, encouraging friends and family to vote, or rallying behind a cause you care about. Students demonstrate their commitment to civic engagement by taking the Vote100 pledge in solidarity with their peers. Civic responsibility is a foundational characteristic of what it means to be a Princetonian. After all, how else can the University act “in the nation’s service and in

the service of humanity” but through its students leading the charge?

University students have a responsibility to dismantle the attitude that one’s vote does not count, and this begins with broader conversation about civic engagement in our community. When we talk about civic engagement during election season, it’s easy to think of voting. But if you missed your registration deadline or you are ineligible to vote this election, rest assured: Voting remains only one of many aspects to civic engagement.

Stanford professor Thomas Ehrlich challenges us, writing, “Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.” Hence the University has the Pace Center for Civic Engagement. All students have a role to play in civic engagement. We are each members of communities where our knowledge, skills, values, and motivations can help make the differ-

ence. Civic engagement is about offering our passions to a cause greater than ourselves.

It’s taking an afternoon to play baseball with aspiring athletes; it’s launching a rocket with the local Girl Scouts; it’s teaching English as a second language courses for eating club employees; it’s writing an op-ed on an important issue; it’s going out to support your friends’ intramural soccer match; it’s attending a protest or hosting a counter event; it’s editing an anxious hometown senior’s college essays; it’s dissenting in a politically charged precept; it’s coaching a middle school classroom through their first lines of code; it’s knocking on doors for your preferred candidate or calling voters to remind them election day is Nov. 6.

Whatever it is that you may enjoy, there’s a way to give back, to help others, and to inspire those who look up to you through it. This election cycle, remember that civic engagement does not begin or end with voting.

Caleb Visser is a junior politics concentrator from Williamsburg, Va. He can be reached at cvisser@ princeton.edu.

The midterms are coming, but who will get to vote?

Julia Chaffers

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ere at Princeton, we have access to a wealth of information about voting in the upcoming midterm elections. At lunch, you can peruse a f lyer with information about the registration and absentee ballots for your state. Have a question about absentee or early voting? Ask someone at the Vote 100 table in Frist Campus Center. But what about the people for whom voting isn’t so easy? Republicans are trying to restrict access to voting, and it is undermining our democracy.

In the 2013 case Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court ruled a policy from the 1965 Voting Rights Act unconstitutional, wherein counties with a history of racial discrimination in their voting laws had to have any changes to those laws cleared by the federal government. This ruling has opened the way for more restrictive voting laws, many with discriminatory effects.

Since 2010, 23 states have enacted new voting restrictions, mostly on voter identification and registration.

The first type of voter suppression tactic is voter identification laws. The strictness of the ID requirements varies by state, but the suppressive effect is two-fold: Not only are people turned away at the polls because they do not have the proper form of identification, but these laws also deter them from showing up at all.

As many as 23,000 registered voters in just two Wisconsin counties, most of whom voted in 2012, did not cast a ballot in 2016 because of newly passed voter ID laws. About half of the

nonvoters lacked a proper ID to vote, and half did not vote because they mistakenly believed they lacked the appropriate ID. Voter ID laws not only prevent people who lack the necessary ID from voting, but also depress the turnout of people who can still vote within the restrictions of the new laws.

The effects of voter ID laws aren’t random, either. A report found that “the burdens of voter ID fell disproportionately on low-income and minority populations,” groups who tend to vote for Democrats.

Indeed, 25 percent of black voting-age citizens did not have a government-issued photo ID, compared with 8 percent of white voting-age citizens. When an appeals court struck down North Carolina’s voter ID law in 2016, it stated that Republicans had “targeted African-Americans with almost surgical precision” when selecting which IDs would be required.

Voter ID laws will also affect this year’s elections. For example, the Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 9 in support of a voter ID law disenfranchising 70,000 North Dakotans, disproportionately affecting Native Americans.

Like the Wisconsin law, North Dakota’s policy will likely have a broader effect on voter turnout due to the confusion around it, given the change in the law between the June primaries and the November elections.

Justices Ginsburg and Kagan noted this “all too real risk” of “grand-scale voter confusion” in their dissent. This confusion could have a significant effect in North Dakota, a key state in the battle for the Senate, where every vote counts. Just two months after Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-S.D.) won in 2012 by fewer than three thousand votes, the Republican North Dakota legislature began introducing voter ID legislation.

Voter purges are another tactic used to perpetuate the history of voter suppression.

In Georgia’s gubernatorial race, Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate, currently oversees elections as secretary of state. An “exact match” law passed in 2017 has allowed Kemp’s office to suspend 53,000 voter registration applications due to inconsistencies as small as an entry error or misplaced hyphen between the applications and other government documents. Georgia’s population is 32 percent black, but 70 percent of the people whose applications are currently suspended are black.

These people can still vote if they bring proper ID to the polls, but like the voter ID laws, the confusion created with the controversy can lead to depressed turnout. If they do not vote in one election cycle or contact election officials, their suspended registration will be canceled after 26 months. This is but one example of the voter purges going on across the country, many of which disproportionately affect black voters. It’s no coincidence that areas like Georgia with a history of racial discrimination have higher levels of voter purging.

Supporters of voting restrictions often invoke the risk of voter fraud, claiming these laws are a way to protect the integrity of our elections. That would be compelling if there were evidence of such a threat.

But an analysis of over 1 billion ballots cast from 2000 to 2014 found just 31 credible allegations of voter impersonation.

If Republicans truly wanted to improve our elections by requiring proper IDs to cut down on fraud, they should focus on helping people get the documentation they need, not making it harder. The nation as a whole could use the kind of voter promotion program we

have here.

In fact, Republican political figures have admitted they use claims of voter fraud as an excuse to make it harder for Democrats to vote. Florida’s former Republican Party Chairman, Jim Greer, called appeals to voter fraud a “marketing ploy,” while Republican consultant Carter Wrenn said, “Of course it’s political. Why else would you do it?” These are but two of many examples of Republicans describing how they use voter ID laws, among other restrictions, to suppress Democratic support.

Both from the disproportionate effects of voter ID laws and analysis of the intent behind them, it is clear that this is a form of voter suppression devised to silence the voices of Americans most in need of representation.

So, what does this mean for us at Princeton? First, check the identification requirements for your state, and make sure you are in a position to cast your ballot on Nov. 6. Then, think about how you can use your vote to speak for the people who cannot.

Vote for representatives who will focus on enfranchisement, not voter suppression. Look for a ballot initiative related to these issues, like automatic voter registration in Nevada, a new voter ID law in North Carolina, and a measure in Florida that would restore the right to vote to people formerly incarcerated for felonies.

Our democracy depends on the right to vote, and everyone has a right to have their voice heard. Don’t take your vote for granted, and don’t forget the people whose votes are being suppressed.

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Football edges out Dartmouth 14–9 in showdown of undefeateds

By Vignesh Panchanatham Contributor

The Princeton Tigers (8–0 overall, 5–0 Ivy League) defeated the previously unbeaten Dartmouth Big Green (7–1, 4–1) 14–9 Saturday afternoon at Powers Field.

Prior to the game, Princeton averaged over 50 points per game and Dartmouth averaged over 35. Contrary to what those statistics predicted, the game turned out to be a low-scoring physical battle.

“It felt like Rocky 1 with two teams just slugging it out,” said Princeton head coach Bob Surace ’90. “We were probably a play better.”

Princeton kicked off to begin the game and Dartmouth immediately marched 75 yards down the field in a 14-play drive capped with a touchdown thrown by their junior quarterback Jared Gerbino to first-year tight end Robbie Mangas. The Big Green alternated quarterbacks during the drive, switching between Gerbino and sophomore Derek Kyler.

The Tigers answered back with their own 12-play 75-yard drive on their opening possession to even the score. Senior quarterback John Lovett led Princeton down the field before running the ball into the endzone himself.

After back-to-back scoring drives, both teams’ defenses stiffened up. The Tigers forced a fourth down to close out the quarter. The resulting punt was downed at the Princeton 8 and three plays later, the Dartmouth defense sacked Lovett in the endzone to score

a safety.

“When you step on the field in a game like this with a lot of emotion, it’s hard to have everyone [settled] right off the bat. We made our adjustments and then never looked back,” said senior linebacker and captain Tom Johnson.

On the next Princeton drive, the Tigers drove 56 yards to the red zone, but an interception in the end zone left them with no points to show for it.

When the Tigers got the ball back, they advanced to the Dartmouth 45, but got no further after Lovett fumbled.

The Big Green used the good field position to drive down to the Princeton 2, but penalties and tough play forced them to kick a field goal. However, after a botched snap, Dartmouth missed the kick.

Neither team made anything of their following possessions before halftime so Dartmouth maintained the lead 9–7 when the teams headed to their locker rooms.

The defensive struggle continued after halftime with the two teams trading punts.

Big Green junior punter Davis Brief pinned the Tigers within the 10 on the fourth series of the half. Then, the Tigers embarked on a 91-yard drive that took nine minutes of the clock.

Princeton advanced on multiple connections between Lovett and senior wide receiver Jesper Horsted. Horsted made one catch after the ball deflected off the hands of a Dartmouth defender and then secured a one-handed grab later in the drive. “[Horsted] made some

catches and runs after catches that were just amazing. As a coach, I’m really glad that he’s on our side,” said Surace. Horsted led the Tigers’ receiving corps, hauling in nine catches for 88 yards.

On a fourth-and-two from

their field position after a short Dartmouth punt. With a facemask penalty followed by a short pass and run, the Tigers positioned themselves to score. Lovett punched it in again on the ground to make the score 14–9.

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Princeton’s defense didn’t allow any points after the opening drive, the offense came through when it mattered, and the team narrowly beat previously unbeaten Dartmouth 14–9.

the Dartmouth 31, the Tigers played aggressive. Lovett converted two consecutive fourth downs with his legs and the Tigers reached the red zone. Faced with another fourth down inside the Dartmouth 10, Princeton rejected the short field goal in favor of pressing for a touchdown.

However, the Big Green defense stuffed Lovett at the line, forcing a turnover on downs.

Not willing to be stopped, the Tigers took advantage of

Lovett credited the Tigers’ offensive line with keeping up the momentum.

“We stand by our offensive line. They are the heart and soul of our offense and all of us have confidence in them.”

Lovett threw for 161 yards and added 54 yards on the ground. His two rushing touchdowns increased his career total to 39, surpassing Quinn Epperly ’15 for the second-most career rushing touchdowns for Princeton quarterbacks.

Dartmouth received the ball with over six minutes in the game and looked to score immediately with a deep pass. The Princeton defense prevented the completion and sacked Kyler two plays later to force a punt.

The Big Green still had one more chance to score, but the ferocious Tiger pass rush did not let up. Dartmouth turned the ball over on downs without achieving a first down.

In the second half, the Tiger defense kept the Big Green scoreless and forced them into three-and-outs on the final four Dartmouth possessions.

“We had to play a complete game: offense, defense, and special teams,” said Dartmouth head coach Buddy Teevens. “We needed perfection and we didn’t get it.”

Both teams have two games left, so either could still secure the Ivy crown. Princeton travels to Yale (5–3, 3–2) next week before closing out their season with a home game against Penn (6–2, 3–2).

Dartmouth plays their final away game against Cornell (3–5, 2–3) and finishes at home against Brown (1–7, 0–5).

“Every single Ivy League game has the same amount of importance,” said Lovett.

“We’re attacking practices the same way that we’ve done the entire year and we’re not going to change that mentality.”

Next year’s Princeton-Dartmouth game will be held at Yankee Stadium to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first collegiate football game, Princeton-Rutgers in 1869.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Women’s ice hockey stays unbeaten for beginning of Ivy League play

By Owen Tedford

Senior Staff Writer

After its road trip to Madison, Wis., to take on the No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers, Princeton women’s ice hockey came home for four games over the past two weekends against Ivy League opponents. The Tigers (3–2–1 overall, 3–0–1 Ivy League) were unbeaten in these four games — beating Yale (0–4, 0–4), Brown (5–2, 2–2), and Dartmouth (1–4, 0–3) and tying Harvard (2–3–1, 1–1—1). In its three victories, Princeton outscored its opponents 15–4, scoring at least four goals in all three games and conceding an average of 1.33.

Over this stretch, the Tigers have been led offensively by junior forward Carly Bullock, who picked up right where she left off at the end of last season. Over these four games, Bullock has had seven goals and three assists, including four against the Bulldogs.

Bullock has not done it all on her own, though, as freshman forward Maggie Connors also had a hat trick the next night against the Bears. In addition

to these two standout performances, Princeton has gotten scoring from several different players, a sign of the depth that senior forward Karlie Lund talked about before the season. Junior defender Claire Thompson has also accumulated two goals and two assists over these four games, earning her the title of the Tigers’ leading scoring defender.

Another strength of Princeton’s so far this season has been its play on special teams.

Defensively, the Tigers have effectively stifled their opponents, having only allowed two goals on 21 power play opportunities in conference play for their opponents. On the other hand, Princeton has scored five goals on its 20 power play opportunities in conference play, for a plusthree advantage on the power play.

Lastly, the Tigers have been able to get good play from two of their goalies this season, sophomore Rachel McQuigge and freshman Cassie Reale.

Both have save percentages over 90 percent and goals against averages under two

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Women’s ice hockey got off to a hot start in Ivy League play, winning three games and tying one over the past two weekends.

in conference play. Reale got her first career start against Brown where she made 17 saves in the win.

Next weekend, Princeton will go on the road again to take on the Syracuse Orange (4–6) in Syracuse, N.Y., at the Tennity Ice Pavilion. The Ti-

gers will play two games over the weekend, one on Saturday and one on Sunday afternoon, both at 2 p.m. These two games are the last two road non-conference games that Princeton will play this year. Wins in these two games will help the Tigers push to get ranked in

the USCHO.com poll, where it received votes in last week’s ranking. For those unable to make the trip to upstate New York, there will be live stats available and the Princeton Women’s Ice Hockey Twitter (@PWIH) will also have live game updates.

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