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Meet the candidates for Princeton Board of Education

James Fields Jessica Deutsch Julie Ramirez

By Jeff Zymeri assistant news editor

“My mother sacrificed in Detroit to send me to a private school so that I could come here to Princeton and send my daughter to a public school,” explained James Fields, Christian Union Ministry Director at the University and a candidate for Princeton’s School Board.

Fields threw his hat into the ring because

of a deep passion for education, a zeal instilled in him by his mother, an educator, and his grandfather, a pastor and mentor.

“It’s been no secret in my family that education is the way to advance oneself, not only in life, but also in socioeconomic status,” said Fields, adding that, “education has always been of prime importance for me and See FIELDS page 3

By Scott Newman contributor

Jessica Deutsch ‘91 believes that her multifaceted background in education prepares her well for the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education.

“I’m the only candidate who has professional background in education and social work,” Deutsch said.

A native of Warren, N.J., Deutsch attended Watchung Hills Re-

gional High School.

There, she participated in student government and pursued volunteer work, chiefly with The Valerie Fund, a nonprofit focused on pediatric cancer.

Deutsch pursued coursework in American Studies and English while at the University, and was awarded the Morris W. Croll Poetry Prize.

Deutsch also received See DEUTSCH page 3

By Scott Newman contributor

A native New Yorker, Julie Ramirez grew up in the City’s public school system. For high school, she went to the Townsend Harris Public School in Flushing, an experience she credits with sparking an interest in and admiration for public education.

Now, she’s running for Princeton school board.

“I feel like my view of public education has

been strongly influenced by my experiences as a child in New York City public schools,” Ramirez said.

Citing diversity and the observation that most of her peers in high school were firstgeneration Americans, Ramirez expressed her view of education as a means of “giving everybody a common platform.”

After high school, she See RAMIREZ page 4

Michele Jenny Ludmer Beth Behrend Tuck-Ponder

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Until last year, Princeton School Board candidate Jenny Ludmer wasn’t expecting to go into politics.

Originally from Virginia, Ludmer received a master’s degree in physiology from UCLA, worked as a researcher at Duke University, and became a senior science writer at Lockheed Martin Corporation. After having her first child,

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she became a stay-athome mom and moved to Princeton six years ago. Since then, she has volunteered extensively at her children’s schools.

Ludmer is the vice president for communications for John Witherspoon Middle Schools’ parent-teacher organization board. At Littlebrook Elementary, she helps lead the Science Expo, has championed the school garden, has See LUDMER page 2

By Ivy Truong contributor

Beth Behrend hasn’t always lived on the East Coast. Nor has she always worked in education or politics. And the synthesis of these different perspectives, she believes, is one of her strengths in her candidacy for a seat on the Princeton School Board of Education.

Behrend grew up in Wisconsin and pursued her undergradu-

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ate degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, ultimately staying in the Midwest for law school at the University of Michigan.

“I’m from a small town in Wisconsin, but my family was very involved in the community,” Behrend said.

“And when we saw something that needed to be fixed, we just went out, started an orSee BEHREND page 2

By Scott Newman contributor

Michele Tuck-Ponder’s passion for civil service has been a lifelong affair.

Originally from the Bronx, Tuck-Ponder grew up in Teaneck, a small town in northern New Jersey. She received an education in one of the first school districts in the United States that bused students to different elementary schools for the sake of racial in-

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tegration.

Through this initiative, Tuck-Ponder said, “I got to know a bunch of kids I would never get to know. That made a really big difference in my life.”

It was during her high school years, however, that Tuck-Ponder began her lifelong career of civil service. As a teenager, she was a Girl Scout, a student representative to the town council, and the president of her stu-

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ganization, and fixed it.”

Though she worked in the private sector for a large part of her career in corporate law — for Shearman & Sterling, Schlumberger Ltd., Kozmo. com, and Medarex, Inc., according to her LinkedIn profile — it is in the past few years that she has re-dedicated a large part of her life to community service.

With three children attending Princeton Public Schools, Behrend started out championing school gardens, raising money, and organizing the garden fair, entitled “Healthy Children, Healthy Planet.” She has served on the Riverside Parent-Teachers Organization leadership team and is a secretary for the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, which works to protect and promote central New Jersey watersheds.

She currently serves as the vice president of the Parent-Teacher Organizations Council for Princeton Public Schools.

Nevertheless, Behrend still uses her skills from cor-

porate law.

“I look at issues from a lens of more of a business sense, so when you want to do something, you want to change something, how much is it going to cost?

What will the impact be on the taxpayers? How will it affect the budget? Can we plan for the long-term?”

Behrend explained.

She decided to run for the school board after being dissatisfied with the results of the 2016 presidential election.

“After the election, I looked around and said, ‘What can I do personally to take the best advantage of my background and my skills?’” Behrend said.

Behrend believes that the timing of this election aligns ideally with her strengths. The school board, she says, has a $95 million budget, and it is getting ready to make the complicated financial decisions that comes with renovating school facilities — decisions that will impact the district for years and need a view towards the future.

“We need a long-term plan as a community. We need to look ahead together, looking at people from the munici-

pality, parents. We need to look at people from the charter school, people from all the different communities in our town and look into the future and say what do we want the town to look like in 10-20 years?” Behrend said.

Besides long-term planning, Behrend hopes to prioritize students’ mental well-being and the achievement gap. She wants to focus on the metrics, looking at graduation rates, absentee rates, and discipline to help shape future solutions for student outcomes. She noted that much has been done already in those areas, and she just wants to help continue that conversation.

Behrend explained that a focus on diversity and minority groups is particularly important.

“Diversity is a wonderful thing. It can really enhance education. It can enhance us as a community,” Behrend said. “I’m from a place that is very non-diverse, so I know the difference.”

While campaigning, she has had the opportunity to learn more about the different communities and perspectives in Princeton.

She’s been able to reach out to families with children

who have special needs and families with children who attend Princeton Charter School. Though actively opposed to the charter school’s enrollment expansion, Behrend said that it’s been beneficial to hear the stories of the families whose children are happy at the charter school.

“Everyone has their theories and their ideas,” Behrend said. “But when you sit and pour a cup of coffee and speak with people, you get a much better sense of the depth of what’s going on.”

According to Behrend, what was especially satisfying to learn while campaigning was the history behind the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood. When Princeton was a segregated town, the neighborhood was where minority families, including those who worked to construct the University, were restricted to living. New Jersey banned segregation in the state constitution in the middle of the 20th century.

The neighborhood has since built up a rich cultural history with some families, Behrend says, that have lived there for five generations.

Today, the neighborhood is considered a historical dis-

trict and is home to many people of color.

Behrend was empowered to learn more about the community after reading former U. professor and current University of Pennsylvania professor Kathryn Watterson’s “I Hear My People Singing: Voices of African American Princeton,” a history of the neighborhood documented through the oral testimonies of the African American residents.

Despite the neighborhood’s roots in Princeton, Behrend notes that her children never got the chance in school to go into the neighborhood and explore its history. She hopes to continue supporting the current efforts to preserve and spread awareness of the “living history” in that neighborhood.

At least to some, according to Behrend, this could explain why the opportunity gap still exists in town.

“I feel like if we can’t do it [close the achievement gap] in Princeton, where can it be done?” Behrend said.

Behrend, along with five other candidates, will be on the ballot Nov. 7. She will be vying for one of three vacant seats on the Board of Education.

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lack of an explanation that the ‘powers that be’ gave: There wasn’t yet another solution.

Researching on her own, she found that many New Jersey school districts were closed on Election Day. “I sent the list of calendars to many board members, and now they are proposing that we’ll be closed on Election Day,” said Ludmer. “That was one of the biggest things I’ve learned. Even as a citizen, you can show up to these meetings and make a difference.”

If elected, she wants to continue prioritizing the voices of the citizens. Wellness and racial literacy are Ludmer’s top two issues because they capture the zeitgeist, or spirit, of the times.

“We know that the pendulum has swung too far. The survey showed us that the average ninth grader is doing three and a half hours of homework, and that’s well above the national recommendations that have been up there for twenty years,” Ludmer explained. “We know that we have to do something, and we have to act.”

She hopes to continue discussions on decreasing stress among students, including the discussions on block scheduling, reductions in the amount of homework, and the examination of the quality of homework. Regarding racial literacy, she supports the current efforts of implicit bias training for teachers, recruiting from historically black colleges and universities, and having a racial literacy elective at the high school level.

More outreach to the public is necessary, Ludmer argues, to further initiatives about stress and educate the public on the counterproductivity of too much homework and the

dangers of implicit bias.

Ludmer believes that her background in science would be beneficial in continuing efforts to find solutions to these problems by giving her the ability to research, analyze, and further evidencebased solutions.

As a citizen and former scientific analyst, she already has experience collaborating with the district on research.

“I worked with the district this spring to ensure that every parent who pulls a student out of our district get an exit survey, so we are actively getting data now on why people choose to leave the district,” Ludmer said.

She wants to continue such analysis of issues if elected to the board, especially regarding overcrowding and new facilities. She believes that the discussions right now are being rushed.

“As far as I know, we do not yet know the settlement for affordable housing,” Ludmer said. Without this information, she thinks starting the process for procuring new school facilities would be unwise. If elected, she believes she’d be the one to ask all the questions before deciding on a concrete proposal.

The desire to know all the facts before making a decision, Ludmer explains, stems from her training as a scientist.

“You don’t assume anything. You ask. We can’t have a hesitation in that department just because we’re caught up in the moment of wanting to jump on the wagon and expand,” Ludmer said.

Ludmer is running against five other candidates for one of three vacant seats on the Princeton Board of Education. The election will occur on Nov. 7.

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run the chess club, and has also been behind a number of sustainability initiatives.

But, after the 2016 presidential election, she decided to add something else to her repertoire: politics.

“I, like many people, was awakened after the national election. One of the first thing I did was work with other people. We took four busloads of people — not exclusively women — to D.C. for the Women’s March,” said Ludmer. “And then, I came home and said, ‘Okay, this was great, but we have to look local.’”

Ludmer began attending every school board meeting that she could. Eventually, she became a founding member of two nonpartisan groups, the Good Government Coalition of New Jersey and STAND Central New Jersey, which aim to raise voter awareness. Then, in July, she started her petition to run for the Princeton Board of Education to help give a voice to her fellow citizens.

“I’ve always been active voter. I’ve always followed politics. I’ve donated to politicians,” said Ludmer. “But it was really this national election that made me realize that I can’t just assume anymore that the people in power are considering the best interests of the public.”

For instance, Ludmer explained that she had learned that many parents in the district were concerned with the safety of having schools open on Election Day, when the public is free to go in and vote while students are in classes.

Ludmer questioned the

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my family.”

Fields moved to Princeton in January of 2013 to become a ministry fellow for the University’s chapter of Christian Union, an organization that develops Christian leaders at influential universities.

As a ministry fellow of an organization that serves over 350 University students, Fields provided mentorship and helped coordinate the ten-week Bible study courses the ministry offers. In June of 2017, he was promoted to direct the University’s chapter of the ministry, overseeing the organization’s budget and working to ensure that the ministry fellows are set up for success in their mentorship roles.

Fields’ entrance into Princeton’s educational scene was closely tied to his role as a concerned parent of two Princeton Public Schools (PPS) students; he has a fourth grader and a kindergartener who attend Johnson Park Elementary School.

Last April, Fields was invited to attend a meeting between PPS Superintendent Steve Cochrane ‘81 and African-American teachers

in the district. He was the only parent there.

The meeting was designed to allow these AfricanAmerican teachers to share their experiences and observations of how students of color are treated at PPS and any concerns they may have about the district. Fields was deeply encouraged by two things that he observed.

“One was the honest, frank, and transparent way the African-American teachers were able to voice their concerns to Steve Cochrane, [and the other was] to see how Steve Cochrane was willing and wanting to engage with them on these issues,” he said.

Fields noted that he became passionate about the Princeton educational scene at this very meeting.

“The desire to not only talk about problems, but actually be in the place of conversations and be in the place of creating solutions for problems was really birthed for me in that meeting,” Fields said.

Encouraged by the support of his family and some members of the community, Fields decided that he wanted to continue the conversation and add to it as a member of Princeton’s School Board.

Although Fields explained that no one person

can solve these issues, he does believe that “through intentionality, through having a fresh perspective, and through having greater representation on the Board, some of these issues [can be alleviated].”

Fields cited his prior experience in K-12 education as preparation for the school board. Before coming to Princeton, he was a school administrator at Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Md., where he had a chance to facilitate a culture and community that was conducive for all students.

“I have experience really bringing together diverse voices, diverse perspectives, and diverse cultures,” he said. “I want to bring that expertise and experience to the school board.”

When asked to weigh in on the Princeton Charter School (PCS) controversy, Fields said that he understands why some parents would want to send their children there, even though it is not a part of his own educational philosophy.

“PCS is a part of the community, whether we like it or not, and they’re here, they’re taxpayers, and a lot of the parents at PCS also have children at PPS. I think it’s unhealthy for us to create dichotomies between the two,” explained Fields.

“They are both funded through taxpayer dollars.

Because of that, I would like to see transparency on both sides, PPS and PCS, and I would like to see where we can have greater collaboration and cooperation.”

Fields does not support the continuation of the PPS lawsuit against PCS, saying that it has become financially excessive and that it is not in the best interest of the taxpayers.

Although Fields is quick to assert that the Princeton community does not want any new charter schools, he has a different view on the relationship PPS has with the Cranbury School District, which doesn’t have a high school and therefore sends students in grades 9-12 to Princeton High School.

“We definitely should continue our relationship with Cranbury,” said Fields.

“Cranbury and the Charter School are almost the reverse of one another, [the relationship with Cranbury] brings money into the district, the Charter School takes money away.”

Fields also expressed sympathy for concerns raised by residents that more PPS spending means higher taxes.

“I think there is a way in which we need to look at

other means, aside from increasing taxes, to increase our revenue,” said Fields, adding that “making sure our taxpayers don’t necessarily have to bite the bullet every time there is a need” is another point of focus for him.

Fields’ passion for education has also been influenced by his faith.

“One way that my faith impacts me is this aspect of imago dei – it simply means that all mankind has been created in the image of God and has been given intrinsic value by Him, as their creator,” explained Fields. “Every person is valuable and every person has a right and an ability to grow as image bearers of God.” He added that one of the main ways we grow is through education. This is why Fields has devoted his professional career to education.

“I think it’s a natural fit for me to continue to be a voice, to provide a fresh and new perspective, and to provide representation on the Board to help build bridges over racial disparity and inequality in our district,” Fields said.

Fields is running against five other candidates for three open School Board spots in the Nov. 7 election.

health professions adviser.

She has also done private consulting for nonprofit organizations and has worked and as an educational adviser.

Deutsch has sat on a number of boards — among them, the Friends of the Library Board for the Princeton Public Library, the HiTops board, and the 101 Fund board. HiTops, according to their website, is a “health education and advocacy organization,” and the 101 Fund is a non-profit organization that provides graduates of Princeton High School with need-based scholarships.

In 2010, Deutsch created the social media group Princeton Balance after attending a screening of Abeles and Congdon’s Race to Nowhere. Through Princeton Balance, Deutsch

shares articles, ideas, and information that relate to and promote student wellness.

With two children who attended public schools in Princeton, Deutsch has now decided to continue her work in education-related endeavors by running for a seat on the school board.

“I am running because I think that my longstanding efforts around wellness, my professional skills, and personal experience, all prepare me to be able to address the whole range of issues facing the district,” wrote Deutsch in an email, noting issues of social inequality, budgetary limitations, overcrowding, and tensions with the charter school. “I understand that tackling complex problems requires both urgency and patience, reaching out

to and listening to all voices, AND keeping a focus on a big, ambitious picture goal like preparing all students to thrive…”

If elected, Deutsch hopes to focus on student wellness and on ensuring that high school students are prepared thoughtfully for life after graduation.

“I think too many kids come out of high school and they are exhausted by it rather than inspired by it,” she said. “I want the schools to be places where students can do well and be well, and I don’t think those two things have to be in conflict.”

She emphasized that achievement and balance for students are not mutually exclusive. Her main focus

will be on culture and on working to ensure that students are supported.

“When a student comes to the high school, I am not sure we are paying enough attention to designing what their next four years are going to look like in a really individualized way,” she said.

“I think there is an assumption in a kid’s mind and in a parent’s mind, and maybe in the teacher’s and counselor’s mind about what the model is.” Through the board, Deutsch hopes to challenge that assumption.

The election will take place on Nov. 7, with Deutsch running against five other candidates for three spots on the board.

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an Ed. M. from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and a Masters of Social Work from the Rutgers University School of Social Work, and was a member of the Phi Alpha honor society.

In her professional life, Deutsch has pursued several education-related endeavors. In particular, she has worked at Crossway Community as a program associate and at the Institution for Education Leadership and the Academy for Education Development as a research assistant. Deutsch later worked at the University as a reader in the admissions office and as a pre-med and

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completed her undergraduate education at Tufts University and pursued a graduate degree at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. There, she developed an interest in investment banking, a career that she would ultimately pursue for more than twenty years.

Having worked briefly at Paribas and a subsidiary of Banker’s Trust, Ramirez moved to Goldman Sachs.

As a project manager, she worked chiefly in institutional asset management and private wealth management.

After eighteen years at Goldman Sachs, Ramirez took a job at the University in the Office of Finance and Treasury in the fall 2016. From her office at Carnegie Center — just a few minutes from the University — Ramirez works on large-scale initiatives of various kinds.

She also volunteers with many charitable organizations. In particular, she has been involved with a New York offshoot of the Chicago-based epilepsy research organization CURE (Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy). For the past fourteen years, she has also volunteered at the Special Olympics. Ramirez’s late brother grew up with epilepsy, she said , and was himself a Special Olympics athlete.

“I saw the impact that that had on him,” she said. “When I moved to New Jersey, I started volunteering with Special Olympics … and got my kids involved with volunteering as well.”

With four children in Princeton Public Schools, Ramirez wishes to serve the community as a member of the school board.

“When I worked at Goldman Sachs, I didn’t have the time to give back to the community,” she said. “Now that I’m working nearby, I felt like I had the time and energy to

devote to the community, and I’m very passionate about public education. I’m very invested in the schools.”

Ramirez is unique in that she has chosen not to campaign on a series of concrete proposals.

“I think what differentiates me from some of the other candidates is that I’m not running with a specific platform, but running more broadly to make sure that the school board is making reasonable, responsible decisions … that take into account all of the students,” she said.

Ramirez believes that her quantitative skills are her strongest asset. Emphasizing the need for data-driven decision making, Ramirez cited her “results-oriented mindset” as something unique that she would bring to the board.

“I don’t think anecdotal information is enough for the big decisions that [the Board is] making,” she said.

As to how this might play into the work of the board, Ms. Ramirez expressed support for publicizing metrics that gauge where schools are doing well and where they might improve. In particular, Ramirez voiced support for a “dashboard of information that cuts across different facets of the school” which could be used to “help gauge the health of the school district.”

Along with her strong quantitative skills, Ramirez cited her ability to successfully collaborate as a quality that qualifies her well for the school board.

“Both Goldman Sachs and Princeton are collaborative places,” she said. “You can’t survive if you’re not collaborative [and] I think I’ve learned over the past twenty or so years that in order to get things done, you need to be able to work with a lot of different parties.”

Ramirez — along with the five other candidates all who have also been interviewed by the ‘Prince’ — will appear on the ballot on Nov. 7.

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dent council.

“My whole life has been service,” she told me. “That is what I do. I am a public servant.”

Tuck-Ponder received a B.S. in journalism from Northwestern University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. After working briefly for The Wall Street Journal and Architectural Record, Tuck-Ponder decided not to pursue a career in journalism. Nor did she use her law degree to pursue traditional civil or criminal legal work. Rather, she applied her legal skills to legislative work in local and federal government.

Tuck-Ponder began working in the U.S. House of Representatives for Representative Louis Stokes of Ohio. Shortly thereafter, she moved to the Senate, where she served as special projects assistant to New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg.

Shifting from federal to state politics, Tuck-Ponder served as assistant counsel to the governor of New Jersey from 1992 to 1993. After that, she worked as New Jersey deputy director for the Division on Women, as mayor of Princeton, and as a representative on the town council.

Tuck-Ponder also worked as executive director of the Women’s Fund of New Jersey, as manager of the University’s Center for African American Studies, and as a pre-law adviser. In addition, for the past decade, Tuck-Ponder has maintained her own consulting firm, Ponder Solutions, for nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations.

As mayor of Princeton, Tuck-Ponder worked selflessly for the good of the community. Among other accomplishments, her administration laid the groundwork for the construction of a library, a municipal building, and a park.

Her success, she believes, lay within her ability to collaborate effectively.

“I can get along with anybody,” she remarked, “and I can collaborate and share power with anyone.”

During her tenure as mayor, Tuck-Ponder attempted to work across party lines for the good of the community.

“All the former mayors, Democrat and Republican, I invited them to a former mayor’s council, and every

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month, they would come in,” Tuck-Ponder said. “They were all very helpful and supportive to me, and continue to be, actually, to this day…. When you’re in a small town, a town like Princeton, partisanship means a lot less than it does on the national level.”

This year, Tuck-Ponder is returning to civil service in a bid for a seat on the Princeton school board, a career move that she described as inevitable.

“When I left office,” TuckPonder said, “I knew I would be coming back.”

As a governing body of Princeton’s public school system, the school board oversees a budget that nears $100 million.

If elected, Tuck-Ponder hopes to confront systemic racism within the school district, issues related to the tax burden of Princeton residents, and challenges involving facilities. “[I’m] really concerned about the systemic racism in our school district that hin-

ders the advancement of our … students of color and students of lower socioeconomic status,” Tuck-Ponder said.

Part of the issue, she explained, is that Princeton’s public schools do a reasonably good job of hiring minority teachers and educators but are not as successful at retaining them.

Regarding the tax burden, Tuck-Ponder expressed concerns about the height of property taxes in a town of Princeton’s size. Tuck-Ponder also observed that new developments within the town will likely lead to an increase in the number of students within the Princeton public school system. She hopes to manage the increasing student population and maintain high qualities of education without raising property taxes.

Tuck-Ponder, who is running against five other candidates, hopes to win one of three vacant seats on the Princeton Board of Education.

She will appear on the ballot on Nov. 7.

This story originally appeared in the October 20th edition of the Daily Princetonian.

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Statement opposing Tzipi Hotovely’s visit to the Center for Jewish Life The Alliance of Jewish Progressives and Allies

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he evening of Nov. 6, the Center for Jewish Life will host Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister. Hotovely’s visit to Princeton is part of a college tour with Columbia and NYU as well. These visits are timed to coincide with the release of Israeli pamphlets designed to help students defend the Israeli government’s positions. According to a recent article in the Times of Israel, Hotovely “hopes to arm proIsrael campus activists with ‘official content’ that will help them answer questions they might encounter from the proPalestinian camp.” Yet, with statements like “settlements are not an obstacle to peace,” the pamphlets blatantly disregard any Palestinian claim to the land and amount to little more than propaganda.

Hotovely’s work causes irreparable damage to the pros-

pects of a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

She has stated her opposition to a Palestinian state and has made it her mission to expand settlement construction in the West Bank. On the topic of settlements, she claimed, “This land is ours. All of it is ours. We did not come here to apologize for that.” Hotovely’s alarming vision for the future of the region is coupled with a complete rejection of Palestinian history and connection to key sites such as the Haram al-Sharif. In a recent speech in the Israeli Parliament, Hotovely spoke directly to Palestinian Members of Knesset, saying, “You are thieves of history.

Your history books are empty, and you are trying to co-opt Jewish history and Islamicize it.”

By inviting MK Hotovely to speak, the Center for Jewish Life violates its own official policy on Israel-related events, which states that “The CJL will not, however, sponsor groups

Letter to the Editor: Don’t boo, vote Sebastian Quiroz

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s many of you know, New Jersey and Virginia will each be having statewide elections on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Every student registered in either of these two states needs to go out and vote on Election Day. These elections represent the first major opportunity for progressives since last year’s presidential election to push back against the current administration and the damage it seeks to do to many of us and our fellow citizens.

The movement that has risen as a result of the far right’s major win last year is an encouraging sign that Americans of all stripes will not stand for the rhetoric and policies that the President and those in his administration continue to espouse and encourage. I am of the mindset that this surge in activity means nothing if those of us who are horrified by the administration cannot convert that energy into electoral gains. While the left should continue to protest much of what this administration stands for and what it represents, we should also use the institutional opportunities afforded by a republican system of government to create a reliable and consistent check on the Trump administration.

In my view, the biggest check that the elections provide is political. Neither of these elections are about sending people to our nation’s capital; however, in preceding the incredibly important midterms in 2018, these two elections can send a message to Republicans that Democrats have what it takes to defeat Trumpian candidates — Ed Gillespie in Virginia and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno in New Jersey. Further, though I generally believe the concept of momentum in politics is not valid, I do think that whichever party wins the gubernatorial race in each of these states has a leg up on the other going into the midterms. This is why this election is so important. If Democrats lose this election, Republicans across the country will see that far-right nationalism is a better way to win elections at all levels than traditional American conservatism. This would be a step in the direction of xenophobia and hatred that the Trump administration chooses to embrace.

Besides learning a lesson in the hateful politics of xenophobia, Republicans would have control over two more governors’ mansions that will pursue actual anti-immigrant policies. Phil

Murphy, the Democrat running for governor in New Jersey, has said that he would favor turning New Jersey into a “sanctuary state,” which would limit local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration agents.

Guadagno attacked Murphy, saying that Murphy was protecting “deranged murderers” and that he was “too dangerous for New Jersey.” These same issues have also played out in Virginia, though not to the same extent.

The Gillespie campaign released an ad stating Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam cast the “deciding vote in favor of sanctuary cities” and that Gillespie vowed to ban all sanctuary cities to get tough on illegal immigration. Gillespie has made his stance clear, and while the issue of the vote on sanctuary cities is murky, his vote does indicate that Northam looks to protect immigrants in Virginia. Clearly, immigration is a key issue in both states and the candidates have each taken a different position on the issue.

This election could have longterm consequences for all Americans as well. The issue of gerrymandering should certainly be a top issue in voters’ minds. Whoever wins the governor’s race in these two states will be in charge of approving the district map that the state legislatures draw.

This can have tremendous effects at the local, state, and national level. As we have recently seen, Republicans have been able to so effectively gerrymander that some experts say that Democrats will have a difficult time winning the House until 2030. This means that if a Republican is sitting in the governor’s mansion in either Virginia or New Jersey in 2021, they could give their party an even larger advantage than they would otherwise have.

This election matters and as residents in the state of New Jersey, we have a responsibility to fight for our rights and those of our fellow citizens. Most students on this campus will be living here for at least the next year and could be drastically impacted by the results on Nov. 7. If you want to help create a bulwark of states against the Trump administration and prevent a further power imbalance in state and national politics, follow President Barack Obama’s advice: “Don’t Boo. Vote!”

Sebastian Quiroz is a sophomore from Longwood, Fla. and the Vice President of the Princeton College Democrats. He can be reached at squiroz@princeton.edu.

or speakers that, as a matter of policy or practice, foster an atmosphere of incivility, intend to harm Israel, or promote racism or hatred of any kind.” In clear violation of this policy, Hotovely has repeatedly made racist statements.

Furthermore, the CJL’s Israel Policy has previously served as a thinly veiled method to exclude left-wing voices. The CJL has refused to co-sponsor or has qualified their sponsorship of events proposed by the Alliance of Jewish Progressives that skewed left-of-center on Israeli politics, with speakers such as feminist activist Penny Rosenwasser and Israeli filmmaker Shimon Dotan. If the Center for Jewish Life claims to host speakers with diverse voices and opinions, it must subject all political views on Israel to the same standard of scrutiny. The CJL claims to be a home for all Jewish students on campus, and moreover claims to support open-minded dialogue about Israel. We firmly

reject the CJL’s choice to host a racist speaker like Hotovely while it continues to quiet progressive voices.

Finally, the CJL’s decision to sponsor this event implies that the CJL and its affiliated student groups support the decision to host Hotovely. As engaged members of the CJL community, we in no way support Hotovely’s racist statements. We refuse to let Hotovely use us to legitimize her goals. We feel ashamed of the CJL’s misrepresentation of our Jewish community’s politics and values. We will not sit by quietly as the Israeli government continues to entrench its control over Palestinians. We will not be silent as members of our Princeton community further these hateful and racist policies.

Signed, The Alliance of Jewish Progressives and Allies (see online version for full list of signatures)

Rethinking the academy: Opposing the conflation of the Academy with Western Academy Erica Choi

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paused in surprise while I was reading an article on the effect Woodrow Wilson’s expression of and support for self-determination had on Asian countries. The author had just claimed that the significance of Wilson and the doctrine of self-determination in numerous non-European societies, including my own home country of South Korea, has received little attention in discussions of international histories.

That can’t be right, I thought. Curious, I went on DBpia, the Korean equivalent of JSTOR, and typed in “Woodrow Wilson, self-determination.” Pages and pages of results popped up, and titles like “Translation of ‘Self-determination’ and the Feb. 8th Independence Movement” and “National Self-Determination of the Colonized and World Democracy” appeared on the first page.

Then the realization hit: there is an unstated, but unquestioned, notion across humanities and social science that the Academy refers only to Western Academy (used broadly to refer to European and North American academia), and if something hasn’t been said in the Western Academy, it is as though it has never been said.

Even if the topic is the effect an event had on an Asian country, there is little to no effort to hear what the leading intellectuals of that country have said. Generally, historians spend a lot of time trying to understand their own countries’ histories and become rather good at it. We should listen. But the voices of non-Western academics often don’t count towards discussions in “international histories,” no matter how international the nature of their work.

The marginalization of nonWestern academia becomes even more evident when we take into consideration the

privileged status of non-English, Western academic works in our research. If I were to pursue a Ph.D. in Classics, I would need to gain reading proficiency in German and French so I can understand what they have said. We care about them.

But we don’t care enough to search if a Korean scholar has said anything about a topic even though DBpia has an English version of the website and many articles are fully translated into English by the authors in the hope that they, too, may become part of “the academic discourse” – which should be about listening to other intellectuals and developing a coherent narrative in pursuit of the truth. Rarely do we even put in the effort to find out if there are works accessible in English or try using a translator. Professors can hire RAs if they need to.

I will happily translate any Korean article for twelve dollars an hour and the ability to put “Research Assistant to a Professor” on my resume, and suspect many of my peers would as well.

It is entirely true that the academy is not free from censorship or governmental pressure to weave a certain nationalistic narrative in many countries. That does not mean, however, we should not listen to what those academics have said to consider the motivations, the stakes, and the merits of their arguments; a thoughtful engagement like this can only enhance our understanding of the topic at hand as well as the current political feelings in that country.

I have intentionally used the pronoun “we” liberally and ambiguously in this article so far. I also did not name the title of the article, which turned out to be both a thoughtful and thought-provoking piece, even if complicit in privileging Western academy. That’s because, though I framed the discussion around one particular article and one particular discipline, the problem is much more pervasive. It happens in literary criticism,

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history, sociology, political theory, and many other fields.

I certainly feel I am complicit as well. There were many times when I could have and should have cited a non-English and non-Western source and didn’t.

I lack either the moral authority or the academic expertise to say what concrete things we ought to change in the future, but I hope that we, the undergraduates, graduate students, and professors of Princeton University, can start rethinking what the Academy means to us and encourage each other towards a more inclusive narrative.

Erica Choi is a senior in Classics from Bronxville, N.Y. and a former columnist for the ‘Prince.’

She can be reached at gc6@princeton.edu.

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Birth control is healthcare Jessica Quinter

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erriam-Webster defines “health” as:

1. the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit. or 2. a condition in which someone or something is thriving or doing well.

The author of a recent Prince column would presumably take issue with Merriam-Webster. According to Thomas Clark, birth control should not be considered healthcare because it “suppresses the natural function of the reproductive system” or “counteract(s) normal bodily operation” — to be contrasted with other therapies “that treat illnesses or disorders and seek to return the body to health.”

This pronouncement smacks of antiquated sexist justifications for preventing a woman from controlling her body. But putting that to the side for a moment, let’s first address the author on his own terms.

Suppose we adopt the definition of healthcare the author posits. Let’s explore the other medications that would fall outside of that

domain: pain medications, fever reducers, antihistamines, and other allergy medications “suppress” the body’s normal operating immune reaction. Vitamins may augment certain bodily functioning, interfering with “normal bodily operation.” Indeed, we may need to chuck out all preventative measures altogether. Vaccinations could be said to counteract the normal bodily operation of contracting illness and reacting appropriately. Especially live, attenuated vaccines (like the Sabin strains for polio) which in fact infect an otherwise “healthy” body — by the author’s standard, these don’t seem to constitute “healthcare.”

Birth control preserves the state of being of a woman’s body. Just as one might get a vaccine or take a vitamin, birth control prevents a large change in the body’s current homeostasis (from not pregnant to pregnant), which may be inimical to a woman’s overall health. As we have with other preventive medical interventions, we as a society have recognized the health-related value of introducing a small “change” to the system—such as a vaccine, a vitamin, or birth control—in order to prevent a larger, potentially more harmful change.

But Clark’s framework for healthcare requires that we discard preventive care entirely. Like becoming pregnant, contracting the flu or experiencing bone loss with age could, too, be said to be “natural” occurrences—with which, by the author’s logic, we are prohibited from interfering and labeling a facet of healthcare.

The author’s professed argument, therefore, does not justify his singling out of birth control.

The final few paragraphs of the piece, in which Clark derides the concept of disentangling reproduction from sexual activity, perhaps give us more insight into the motivations really at play in his argument.

The fact of the matter is that birth control is absolutely crucial to the preservation of a woman’s health. Clark’s characterization of birth control’s medical importance is frankly condescending—as if the desire to prevent pregnancy is merely a product of whimsy on a woman’s part. In framing birth control as simply interfering with a natural body process—a net-negative on the body, he trivializes the many and varied health-related consequences of an unintended pregnancy for a woman. In the first place,

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Jessica Quinter is a senior in the Wilson School from Columbia, Md. and the president of Princeton Students for Reproductive Justice. She can be reached at jquinter@princeton.edu.

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service of humanity. Our campus community seems confined to politically polarized echo chambers, and it can be rare to find a platform for discussion across ideological differences, as opposed to vitriolic debate defined by identity politics. I invite you to engage directly with someone who does not share your race, faith, or political stance, because we are all part of one community and the onus is on each and every one of us to act in its service.

This letter represents the views of the Editor-in-Chief only; she can be reached at eic@dailyprincetonian.com.

Existing elitism: The pass/list system

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and to control her own reproductive health.

Birth control is vital healthcare.

Far from “counteracting normal bodily operation,” a reductive and condescending characterization, it preserves a woman’s current state of being, protecting her against the many physical and mental health risks of an unintended pregnancy. This is an argument I thought we had settled long ago; indeed, as the American Medical Association House of Delegates stated in 1964, “An intelligent recognition of the problems that relate to human reproduction, including the need for population control, is more than a matter of responsible parenthood; it is a matter of responsible medical practice.” Birth control is crucial to the maintenance of a woman’s overall health, and has accordingly long been recognized as vital healthcare. And despite the author’s best efforts, specious, tautological arguments can never disguise the misogyny underneath.

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Letter from the Editor: Reflection on campus discourse oday, so many of us mourn the lives lost in a mass shooting at a church in San Antonio – a gross violation of the sanctity of a place of worship and its community. Today, I hang my head in shame at our collective inaction and complacency. As a journalist, I hang my head in shame at the proliferation of fake news and a double standard in the reporting on recent attacks. As a student, I hang my head in shame at our silence. Prayers and condolences are not enough, so I ask each of us to critically consider our capacity and responsibility to act in the

pregnancy carries a number of serious medical risks, which are often exacerbated for women who may experience any of a number of preexisting conditions or predispositions. But beyond this, Clark most glaringly ignores the fact that health care, and health itself, is comprehensive. A woman who does not wish or is unprepared (emotionally, financially, etc.) to become a mother faces grave mental health risks associated with an unintended pregnancy. A woman who is unable to control her own reproductive future is more likely to face a whole host of economic and social challenges later in life.

When we don’t cover birth control, it creates a stratification in access by which women of higher socioeconomic status can obtain contraception and women of lower socioeconomic status cannot. Stratification in access to contraception simply means stratification in experience of unintended pregnancy and the innumerable consequences thereof.

The unintended pregnancy rate among women living below the federal poverty line is two to three times the national average. When the government denies access, it makes a value judgment about who is permitted to determine

all is here at Princeton, and brings with it cascading leaves, crisp winds, apple cider, and Princetoween. Although many underclass students might have procrastinated midterms, the mad scramble to get passes for the Thursday before fall break was prioritized. Some asked friends of friends to ask that one senior that they know, others contacted their CA and OA leaders out of the blue after months without contact, and really desperate students turned to Piazza (a forum for academic discussion) as a last resort. Because anything for that pass, right?

For those fortunate students who haven’t yet been sucked into the pass and list whirlpool, here’s a brief introduction to the system. Out of the 11 eating clubs, the six Bicker clubs are usually on pass or list the nights that they are open (with the exception of Tower Club, which usually accepts a University ID card before 12:30 a.m.). In order

to enter the pass clubs, you must have a physical pass — a piece of paper distributed by upperclass members that grants you admittance. To enter the list clubs, your name must be on a pre-established list. Passes and list spots are limited, with the quantity depending on whether the member is a junior, senior, or officer of the club.

While it makes sense that members should have a say in who gets to enter their club, the pass/list system is a prime example of the prevailing elitism on campus. As an anonymous sophomore put it, “The system only reinforces the stereotypes Princeton is trying very hard to fight in its admissions process.

Social life at Princeton, especially on the Street, is highly segregated with no sense of inclusivity.”

The problem with the system is the fact that underclass students need connections to get access to the clubs. Often, the desire to get a pass conflicts with relationships to the upperclass students they are getting the pass from, as many under-

class students feel that they are using their junior and senior friends. While some believe that asking upperclassmen for passes promotes inter-class friendships, the process can be intimidating and uncomfortable, as demonstrated by a post on Real Talk Princeton that asks: “[H] ow well do you feel like you need to know someone for it to be ok for them to ask for passes?” The contributor’s reply includes the following: “I can see it getting annoying though if literally the only time someone ever talks to you is if they are asking for passes.”

The fact that the University intentionally leaves out the eating clubs on Orange Key tours is another red flag. An Orange Key tour guide recounted her trial tour, where experienced guides accompany the tour to make sure everything goes smoothly. During the tour, a curious prospective student asked her about how to join the eating clubs, and she launched into an explanation of sign-in versus Bicker. “Later,” the new tour guide said, “the accompanying

guide took me aside and told me not to go into detail about the system. Some aspects of the eating clubs are seemingly a taboo topic.” The tours look at Princeton through rose-tinted glasses, hiding the exclusivity of the system from prospective applicants.

While the pass/list system is far from perfect, however, it could be a lot worse. Divyanshu Pachisia ’20 favors the system at Princeton over that of other schools he has visited. “At least we have the opportunity to go out without being part of frats or sororities, unlike at other schools,” he said. Indeed, the pass/list system is a step in the right direction in the sense that membership is not a prerequisite for going out.

But this doesn’t mean that improvements are not in order.

One solution is to make all the clubs go PUID once a week, enabling access to everyone with a University ID. When asked about his views on this proposal, Stefan Lee ’18, president of Quadrangle Club, said “I think it’s great if that were to happen.

I like the democratizing factor: If you’re throwing a party, people should be able to go for the party.” But he also brought up practical concerns: “Crowd control would be discouraging for a lot of people, and members won’t be able to prioritize people they are trying to recruit.”

An alternate idea, which would factor in the problem of crowd control, would be to have two lines: a PUID line and a fasttrack, pass/list line where the latter would have higher priority for entrance. This would ensure that the clubs don’t exceed their capacity as people would have to wait until there is space to enter.

Both solutions are far from perfect, but they suggest a model for change in this obviously flawed system. Here’s to hoping that next Princetoween, we won’t see any more requests for passes on Piazza.

Urvashi Uberoy is a sophomore from New Delhi, India. She can be reached at uuberoy@princeton. edu.

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Heartbreaking losses for Tigers, Big Red and Quakers edge out Princeton

By Jack Graham staff writer

Over Fall Break, Princeton Football played a pair of thrilling games against Ivy League foes Cornell and Penn. Unfortunately for the Tigers, they were on the losing end of each game, falling 29-28 and 38-35 to Cornell and Penn, respectively.

Princeton’s offense, which had scored over 50 points in each of the three games preceding its home match against Cornell, began the first half in its typical productive fashion. Senior quarterback Chad Kanoff scrambled for a touchdown run in the first quarter and added two touchdown passes to junior wide receiver Stephen Carlson in the second to give Princeton a 21-10 halftime lead. The teams exchanged touchdowns in the third quarter, with sophomore Ryan Quigley scoring on a 7-yard run for Princeton, and Princeton entered the fourth quarter leading 2816. From there, however, Cornell would mount an improbable comeback. Cornell kicked a field goal early in the quarter, and Jake Jatis scored on an 8-yard run to narrow the score to 28-26.

After the Princeton offense failed to respond, Cornell drove down the field and Nickolas Null drilled a 43-

yard field goal to give Cornell a 29-28 lead with just 0:48 remaining. Kanoff engineered a rapid drive down the field for the Princeton offense, but Princeton sophomore kicker Tavish Rice missed the potential game-winning field goal from 44 yards out as time expired. Even in defeat, the Princeton passing attack shined once again, with Kanoff completing 28 of 41 passes for 370 yards and junior Jesper Horsted hauling in 10 passes for 133 yards.

The following weekend, Princeton traveled to Philadelphia to take on rival Penn. Dealing with several injuries, Princeton’s defense struggled to contain the Penn offense, allowing 38 points in the game.

Princeton was forced to play from behind for most of the game, as Penn leaped out to a 24-7 lead early in the third quarter. However, Kanoff connected with Horsted twice in the third quarter for touchdown passes to bring the score to 24-21. Penn extended the score to 31-21 with a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but Princeton brought the margin back to within three at the 8:47 mark in the quarter with a run led by junior Charlie Volker. With 4:26 left in the game, Princeton took its first lead since the first

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The Tigers will look to rebound as they face Yale, who are atop the Ivy League table, this homecoming weekend.

quarter with another Volker touchdown run, but Penn drove down the field and scored on a 15-yard touchdown pass to retake a 38-35 lead with 1:12 remaining.

Once again, Kanoff led a last-minute drive down the field, moving the offense deep into Penn territory. On a third down play from the Penn 13-yard line, Kanoff

appeared to complete the game winning touchdown pass to Carlson, but Carlson was ultimately ruled to have been out of bounds.

Princeton would go on to miss the game-tying kick from 31 yards out and fall, 38-35.

Following the two losses, Princeton’s record dropped to 5-3, and 2-3 in Ivy League

Performances of the week

Weekend review Women’s Volleyball vs. Cornell: W 3-0 The women’s volleyball team swept Cornell at home, avenging a loss earlier in the season. The Tigers, now 9-3 in the Ivy League, are tied with Yale for the top spot in the Ancient Eight. No other team has more than seven wins. The Princeton team will wrap up conference play this coming weekend as they look to defend their Ivy League crown with two crucial wins.

Men’s Soccer @ Penn: W 2-1 OT Despite having a 13-5 advantage in shots, the Tigers and Quakers ended the first 90-minutes tied 1-1. Penn opened the goal scoring in the 14th minute. The Tigers responded in less than 10 minutes with a goal from freshman Gaby Paniagua. However, the highlight of the game would come in overtime as defender Bobby Hickson scored the golden goal to secure the Princeton win.

Women’s Soccer @ Penn: W 1-0 The women’s soccer team secured the Ivy League title after defeating Penn 1-0 this past weekend.

The Princeton team dominated the match, outshooting Penn 18-3 with 9 shots on target. Before this game, the Tigers had not beaten the Quakers since 2012. The 14-2 Tigers will find out their NCAA destination today at 4:30 pm.

play. While injuries and close losses will likely prevent the Tigers from contending for an Ivy League title, the team still has much to play for. Princeton returns home next week to face Yale, who sits atop the Ivy League standings. A win would give the Tigers their first sweep of Harvard and Yale since 2013.

Vanessa Gregoire Senior Gregoire’s 34th minute goal against Penn helped the Tigers edge out the Quakers in a tight 1-0 victory. The goal helped Princeton women’s soccer secure its ninth Ivy League title.

Football @ Penn: L 35-38 In a heart-breaking loss, the Tigers fell to Penn 35-38. The Princeton team appeared to have made a comeback with a perfect pass to the end zone. However, the play was overturned and seconds later a missed field-goal attempt sealed their fate. Despite a strong performance from the team, the Quakers celebrated an exciting homecoming victory. The Tigers will face Yale this coming weekend.

Caroline Sklaver Sklaver contributed 11 kills on 16 swings to the Princeton match. She also added three blocks to the women’s volleyball team’s defensive effort against Cornell.

Field Hockey @ Penn: W 2-1 The No. 14 Tigers came back from an early deficit to secure the Ivy League Title. The Princeton team has now won 23 of their last 24 matches against Penn. The win marked Princeton’s 25th Ivy League title and the Tigers will look to make their 22nd NCAA appearance. The NCAA tournament selection show will occur tonight at 10pm.

Men’s Water Polo vs. St. Francis-Brooklyn: W 13-9 The No. 14 Princeton team defeated No. 15 Saint Francis-Brooklyn to earn the top seed in the Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) tournament. Although the Tigers trailed the first half, a stellar defensive effort that held the Terriers to one point in the second as they Princeton squad came back to claim the win.

Men’s Hockey vs. Cornell: L 4-5 Despite gaining an early lead in the first quarter, the Tigers were unable to hold onto the lead as Cornell surged in the second period to tie the game at 4 apiece. While the Tigers had the slight edge in shots, 25 to 22, it was Big Red that ultimately held on for the win. A in the goal in the final period of gave Cornell the win.

Men’s Swimming vs. NSU: W 150-117 The men’s swimming team opened the season with a strong performance against NSU. The Tigers started the competition with a win in the 200 medley. They followed up this with an individual win in the 200 free. Princeton wrapped up competition with another medley win. This time in the 400-free relay. The Tigers return to the pool to face UVA next weekend.

Tweet of the Day “If LeBron can keep putting up a 60-13-10 every night I think the Cavs will be fine.”

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Junior Michael Swart Swart scored six goals in the Tiger’s win over St. FrancisBrooklyn. Swart’s six goals were crucial in the men’s water polo team securing the top seed in the NWPC.

Stat of the Day

13 straight games The Tigers comeback win against Penn was their 13th straight win against the Quakers.

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