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Trick-or-Feed raises $7,601 on Princetoween By Drew Brazer contributor

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One fire truck and four ambulances were outside Scully Hall on Oct. 30 in response to a medical emergency.

U. student involved in Scully Hall incident By Do-Hyeong Myeong associate news editor

A person was taken by ambulance to the hospital due to a medical emergency in Scully Hall on Oct. 30, according to University spokesperson Martin Mbugua. Planet Princeton reported

that the person allegedly hanged themselves on the roof of Scully Hall. Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun confirmed that the emergency involved a University student in an email to the undergraduate student body on Nov. 5. She added that a stu-

dent bystander who reached out to campus resources was critical in having them quickly respond to the emergency. Mbugua declined to comment on the nature of the incident and the condition of the person, noting Calhoun’s See SCULLY page 5

The Trick-or-Feed charity drive organized by the Interclub Council and Community Service Interclub Council on Oct. 29 raised approximately $9,500 compared to an expected amount of $5,000, CSICC co-chair Rachel Margulies ’16 said. As part of the drive, students were required to have a Trick-orFeed sticker on their PUID in order to gain admission to eating clubs on Oct. 29. Students could obtain stickers at Frist Campus Center or outside the Bendheim Center for Finance, and although donations were optional students were strongly encouraged to donate money, non-perishable food items or hygienic products. All donations went to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Manager of Finance and Administration Xiumei Chen did not respond to multiple requests for comment. CSICC co-chair Jennifer Liu ’16 said that the Interclub Council and CSICC gave out 2,695 stickers. The drive amassed a total of $7,601 and 760 non-perishable items for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, she said. She noted, citing the number of stickers that were given out, that

over half of the undergraduate students participated in the fundraiser. Liu added that the estimated value of the 760 non-perishable items was roughly $1,900, bringing the total to $9,500. Given the approximate value of $9,500 collected and 2,695 stickers given out, on average each person who received a sticker donated around $3.20 to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. The most widely donated nonperishable items were toiletries — shampoos, soaps and deodorants — of which 221 items were collected, Liu said. One hundred forty-four canned goods, 81 dry pasta items, 204 toothbrushes and toothpaste items, 26 cereal/snack items, 63 peanut butter and Nutella items, five boxed food items and 16 miscellaneous items were also collected. Margulies said that the Interclub Council and CSICC had organized Trick-or-Feed with modest expectations, not expecting to raise more than 5,000 dollars. That they ended up raising almost double that was a huge success, she said. The results of Trick-or-Feed demonstrated how much the call to help others resonated with the campus community, CCICC co-chair Carson Crane ’17 See CHARITY page 5

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Zwicker predicted to be in lead for 16th District seat in State Assembly By Andie Ayala contributor

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Physicist Andrew Zwicker is predicted to be in the lead for becoming the first Democratic representative of the 16th District under the New Jersey State Assembly following a recount. The elections were held on Nov. 3. Republican incumbents Jack Ciattarelli and Donna Simon and Democrats Zwicker and Maureen Vella were the four candidates that ran for the two positions representing the 16th district. On Election Day, Ciattarelli was said to have won 16,526 votes

in the election, the highest of the four candidates, while Vella was said to have received 15,953, the lowest of the candidates, according to unofficial election results published by State of New Jersey Division of Elections on Nov. 4. Zwicker had conceded the election on election night, thinking he had lost. However, because of the close results, the election went into a recount in which the provisional ballots within the 16th District counties will be factored into the total vote to determine a winner. Zwicker was predicted to be leading Simon by 60 votes as of Friday, Planet Princeton reported. His lead had been predicted to be 29 votes on Nov. 4 before

provisional votes were counted. While the results of the recount won’t be announced until Monday’s certification, it is predicted that Zwicker will have a 70-vote lead over Simon, which would be a substantial amount considering the few number of voters who participated in elections, PolitickerNJ reported. “I have watched Andrew learn to navigate the political landscape exceptionally well through the campaign process, and I am certain he will make a meaningful contribution,” Vella said after the election. Ciattarelli did not respond to requests for comment, and Simon declined to comment. See ZWICKER page 4

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Emergency funds available USG discusses elections issues, mental to students in many forms health concerns during senate meeting staff writer

Every year, approximately 15 to 25 students utilize the Dean’s emergency fund, which is reserved for emergencies in which a student’s family would be burdened financially, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Michael Olin said. Olin explained that the fund could be used in all kinds of situations, noting that the fund could provide financial assistance for a student to travel home in the event of a health or family emergency, or assist a

student in paying medical bills for a health emergency. “There’s really no one type of situation; it runs the gamut,” Olin added. Olin noted that the emergency fund has previously been able to provide some students with coats in the event of urgent situations, such as a lost or stolen coat in the middle of the winter. The Dean’s fund has received several more requests for coats in the past couple of years, Olin said. He noted that the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate See FUNDS page 3

By Katherine Oh staff writer

The Undergraduate Student Government senate discussed the upcoming elections timeline during its weekly meeting on Sunday. Chief elections manager Sung Won Chang ’18 announced in an email on Thursday that the USG president, vice president, treasurer, class senators and committee chairs are among the positions to be elected at this time. Chang said that while for-

mer chief elections manager Grant Golub ’17 had been working on revising the elections handbook, the existing rules will continue to apply for this election cycle. Chang said that he wants to increase candidate participation as well as voter turnout, noting that the traditional turnout has been around 40 to 50 percent. He noted that he would be in touch with the Women’s Center, the LGBT center and the Davis International Center to encourage students in those organizations to con-

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Guest columnist Trevor Klee ‘15 argues that Princeton is not really as undergraduate-focused as people say, and columnist Reva Abrol ‘18 reflects upon the divide between university and community support of athletes on campus. PAGE 6

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sider running for office. “There are traditionally underrepresented groups, we can definitely encourage them to run,” Chang said. U-Councilor Ethan Marcus ’18 said that having someone tabling in Frist Campus Center is probably the best way to get people to vote, because Frist is easily accessible. Chang also said he might plan an elections speaker series in which current or past members of USG could talk about what kind of See USG page 2

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changes were implemented while they were in office to give those interested students a better idea of the work they would be doing if they were to be elected. Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne said that he is concerned that USG elections currently take too long. “When you get into a runoff, it’s a third of an academic semester that you’re campaigning, which is a lot to juggle,” Dunne said. Campus and community affairs chair Michael Cox ’17 said that Restaurant Week is starting on Monday, and noted that he felt that there was great turnout in terms of the number of restaurants that participated. Twenty restaurants are offering discounted rates or prix fixe meals to students with their PUID until Friday. USG president Ella Cheng ’16 said she is concerned with how long people have to wait to get Counseling and Psy-

chological Services appointments, especially in light of the alleged attempted hanging in Scully on Oct. 30. Cheng is a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian. Mental Health Initiative Board co-chair and U-Council chair Naimah Hakim ’16 said that the board will continue to discuss the difficulty of obtaining CPS appointments, noting Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun’s email about mental health concerns with regard to this incident. The Senate brief ly discussed the new UMatter bus system that started running the week before fall break. Vice president Aleksandra Czulak ’17 said that it would be useful to have set stops so that students could take full advantage of the buses to and from Prospect Avenue. When asked how the UMatter buses were different from existing transit options, Cheng explained that this bus was distinct because previously existing buses did not go to Prospect Avenue.

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Students decided to grant the increased number of requests for coats last year. However, ODUS will return to using the fund only for emergencies this year, he noted. “We added a little more specificity in the description because we were getting a lot of requests for coats starting a year or two ago,” Olin said. “And it was never really the intention of that fund, because it’s a fund that’s really restricted to emergencies.” Olin said that there is no application process to access the dean’s fund. Students are advised to reach out to his office, and then he assesses their situation. The requests to utilize the fund are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. He noted that while there is no predetermined amount, the funds are not limitless, and grants are usually up to $500. Princeton Hidden Minority Council co-chair Dallas Nan ’16 said that he made use of the emergency fund during his freshman year, when he needed to travel home to visit his mother after she had undergone heart surgery. “With the help of this emergency fund, I was able to be flown back to Boise to be with my mom, and thankfully she made a full recovery,” he said. “But in that moment, I could not exist at Princeton, and I’m so thankful that this fund was in place and that Princeton was able to provide me with the resources to go back home and be with my mom.” However, Nan also noted students’ lack of knowledge about such opportunities. “The fact that so many very valuable resources exist on this campus and hardly anyone knows about them is a travesty, because resources should exist to support and provide what is necessary,” he said, “The advertisement of the resources and their existence in general is pretty much unknown to a lot of students.” He also said students have been confused about existence of such resources in residential colleges, noting that many stu-

dents have believed that each residential college had an emergency fund for students. “There was this discourse about the fact that this did exist, and people would be asking for them and then the residential college staff would say, ‘Oh, that doesn’t exist,’ or ‘We’ll see if we can use the emergency fund,’ but it never actually could be used,” Nan said. Director of Student Life for Mathey College Matthew Frawley and Director of Student Life for Whitman College Momo Wolapaye deferred comment to Olin, but added that residential colleges do not have emergency funds of their own. The directors of student life for Rockefeller College, Butler College, Forbes College and Wilson College did not respond to a request for comment. Olin explained that students are often referred to him through Directors of Student Life or staff from University Health Services or Counseling and Psychological Services. He noted that information regarding the emergency fund is available on the ODUS website, but that students may not necessarily visit this website. He noted that there might be a misperception that residential colleges have funds that students can tap into for unexpected personal expenses, but added that this is not the case as far as he knows. “The DSLs are always directing students to me for any sort of emergency expense,” he said. “We certainly want it to be utilized; we don’t want to hide it. If a student has an emergency, and we can help out if it’s going to be a burden for them, we definitely want to help out as much as we can.” Nan said the University should better advertise such resources, suggesting a publication describing the various options available to be distributed upon students’ arrival on campus. He noted that the PHMC shares information about resources on their website. “This needs to be an institutional effort. So, students cannot be expected to clarify this information for their peers,” he said. “I think if the University puts the onus on us to spread

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word about these, they’re doing a disservice to all of their students.” The University offers other financial resources to students in addition to the dean’s emergency fund, Olin noted. He explained that UHS has a fund for non-emergency medical-related issues that can help students afford medical care if it would be a financial burden, and that CPS offers no-interest loans to help students afford ongoing mental health treatment. According to the UHS website, the mental health loan program allows students to apply for up to $1,250 in loans per semester to cover outside mental health costs, and these loans do not draw interest while the student attends the University. Nan also said that medical assistance funds exist to help

students cover the costs of their deductibles for medical care. Olin said that the Financial Aid Office is another resource for students confronted with financial burdens on campus. “Financial aid builds into the financial aid package some funds for personal items, and also travel for those students for whom it would be a financial burden,” Olin said. According to Director of Undergraduate Financial Aid Robin Moscato, each student’s financial aid budget includes approximately $3,500 to cover books and personal expenses. “Students are always welcome to come in and speak with a financial aid counselor,” she said. “It can be very helpful as they’re trying to figure out how their aid package works, where money is supposed to come from, and

so forth.” The Undergraduate Student Government is working to clarify the availability of emergency funds and resources for students, University Student Life Committee chair Kathy Chow ’17 said. Chow said that the USLC is interested in investigating what sorts of funds are available for students, adding that she thinks there is general confusion around the policies for using college funds. She explained that the Committee’s recent coat giveaway reflects the group’s interest in student access to on-campus financial resources, noting that a member of the committee who needed a coat attempted to receive funding from the University last year and was unable to do so.

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Fraternity denies charges of racism concerning party The Signma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Yale allegedly hosted a “White Girls Only” party on Oct. 30, the Yale Daily News reported. According to the Yale Daily News, allegations of racism surfaced after Yale students

began sharing their peer Neema Githere’s Facebook post on Oct. 31 about how SAE did not allow a group of women of color to enter the party on the basis of race. While Githere was not at the Oct. 30 party, she added that she had experienced similar discrimination the previous year.

An anonymous student that attended the party said that one friend who is a woman of color heard a brother say “White girls only” to another woman of color who was trying to enter. The brothers of the fraternity, including its president Grant Mueller, have since denied the allegations.

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Zwicker said that, if elected, he would be the first Democrat in history to have represented the 16th district of New Jersey. He added that it would also mean that the Democratic Party would gain four new states in the assembly, allowing them to secure 52 seats out of 80, two seats shy of a two-thirds majority. The 16th District includes Mercer, Somerset, Hunterdon and part of Middlesex County. Princeton is in Mercer County. Princeton had previously been in the 15th District before redistricting occurred in 2011. While the Democrats already have control of the State Senate, Zwicker said that attaining the two-thirds majority of the assembly would be crucial, since it would allow them to override the governor’s vote on bills. Zwicker said most people didn’t expect that he would be a competitive candidate in the 16th district, considering its history as a predominantly Republican area. He noted that when deciding to run for general assembly he took into account that the district had been redistricted in 2011 to include Princeton and Brunswick to balance the number of Democrat and Republican voters. He also explained that there was a large number of unaffiliated voters who didn’t identify with either the Democratic or Republican parties, and he was able to tell that the district was behind for a Democrat to win by looking at the number of registered voters prior to the elections. Zwicker added that people all along the spectrum of political inclination were willing to have conversations about his approach to politics. “Regardless of the issue, as a scientist I will not be driven by

ideology. I will be driven by evidence,” he said. He said that his background as a physicist has heavily influenced this perspective on politics, but that his decision to run for general assembly was also largely shaped by his interactions within the Princeton community. “You realize that you can solve, or you can try to solve, any problem if you can get people together and look for big really long-term solutions,” he said. ”I mean that’s what Princeton does — tries to solve long-term solutions. It’s really inspiring. And if you do that for enough time you get a certain level of confidence that I can recreate that outside of Princeton.” Zwicker noted that the Princeton College Democrats helped him knock on people’s doors and call their houses two to three weeks before the elections. He noted that when the election comes down to 29 votes, every single door knocked and every phone call counted. “Although I do believe that Andrew Zwicker will be the first Democrat to represent this district, I hope that he won’t be the last,” Campaign Chair of Princeton College Democrats Samuel Russell ’18 said. Zwicker had previously run for New Jersey’s congressional seat for the 12th district. Zwicker and Vella won an overwhelming majority of votes in Princeton, with 153 and 150 votes respectively, compared with 36 for Simon and 34 for Ciattarelli. Incumbent city councilors Arden “Lance” Liverman and Heather Howard won reelection to the City Council with 139 votes each, compared with 56 for Lynn Lu Irving and 40 for Kelly DiTosto. The final tally of the votes will come out Monday at the earliest, and Simon can officially demand a full recount at any time until Nov. 14.

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statement that the University will not provide more information about the nature of the medical emergency for privacy reasons. Department of Public Safety officers and the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad responded to the medical emergency at about 3:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, Mbugua said. DPS deferred comment to Mbugua. Princeton First Aid and

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said. Interclub Council president Jean-Carlos Arenas ’16 said that the success of the initiative was contingent on the student perspective toward community service. “The success of Trick-or-Feed came not only in the money that we raised and the donations of the non-perishables, but also in the awareness we were able to raise for the charity and the fact that we were able to engage the entire campus community in the service of others,” Arenas said. Arenas is a former chief copy editor and staff writer for The Daily Princetonian. Crane said that the CSICC would absolutely consider making Trickor-Feed an annual event, and Margulies said that she hopes subsequent leadership boards would continue doing Trick-or-Feed. “The success of Trick-or-Feed is another great example of Princeton students being ready to act in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations,” Arenas said.

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Rescue Squad did not respond to request for comment. One fire truck and four ambulances were parked outside the western side of Scully and along Pardee Field around 4 p.m on Oct. 30. The ambulances were marked as mobile intensive care unit and left the scene at around 4:17 p.m that day. There was a black-haired male, wearing an orange and black shirt, lying on the gurney inside one of the ambulance. The emergency workers performed CPR at the scene.

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EDITORIAL

Trevor Klee

Trevor Klee is a 2015 graduate of the University. He can be contacted at klevertree@gmail.com.

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lmost everyone is told, when we apply to Princeton, that this University distinguishes itself in large part because of its undergraduate focus. Yes, the argument went, Harvard and Yale might have bigger names and they certainly have more money, but that doesn’t matter. If you go to those universities, you will be a second-class citizen, a mere serf compared to the graduate and the postdoctoral students. Princeton, on the other hand, will treat you as a priority. Well, it’s been almost six months since I graduated, and I can conclusively say that argument is bullshit. Princeton University has worldfamous professors, bucketloads of money and some of the finest resources of any university in the world. However, the vast majority of it is not meant for the undergraduate student. The professors are meant for research. The money is meant for paying the legions of administrative staff. The resources are meant to cement Princeton’s place as the god-king of the US News and World Report rankings. This may have risen the hackles of some of you, so let’s go one by one, shall we? Professors spend the majority of their time and intellectual energy on research. This is unsurprising, as it is research that can make or break a professor’s career (especially if they do not have tenure), rather than teaching or advising. Most graduate students and postdocs face the same issue. Therefore, professors, graduate students and postdocs are incentivized to spend more of their time researching than focusing on undergraduate learning. Even worse, through the tenure process, professors who focus too much on undergraduate learning and not enough on padding their resumes will be forced to leave. The tenured professors who remain will be those who are less interested in undergraduate learning. That said, it is possible for a professor to be both an excellent teacher and researcher, of course. I am forever grateful to those who have chosen to be. However, it is up to a professor’s conscience whether or not they decide to be an excellent teacher, and too many refuse. With regards to money, a lot of money has been spent on students at Princeton. That is undeniable. However, it is also undeniable that a lot of money has been spent, period. Princeton spends $1.7 billion dollars each year, of which over $200 million is for non-academic staff (possibly way more than $200 million, but it’s hard to tell from the public data). That includes the 25 administrators under ODUS, the roughly 30 administrators scattered across the colleges and the 130 administrators and staff under the Wilson School. It is unclear to me whether or not anyone has seriously considered the necessity of all of these administrators, especially considering as the growth in their numbers has followed the national trend of rapidly outpacing the growth in students or faculty. Nationally, growth in administrators has been more than double growth in students since 1987. This makes sense, as positions like the “Production Specialist, Innovations for Successful Societies” simply did not exist in 1987, while positions like the “Executive Assistant to the Dean”, the “Dean’s Office Assistant”, and the “Special Assistant to the Dean” used to be one position. If it has really benefited the university for the Dean to have three assistants when before the Dean only had one, then so be it, but I don’t think that’s the case. Finally, there are the resources. We have rooms upon rooms, two gyms, multiple libraries, more top-of-the-line computers than undergraduates and the most expensive laboratory equipment money can buy. Now, I have seen how underused all these resources are by the students, even as we continue to build and buy more. I’m also aware that most of these resources have been greatly expanded in the past 30 years or so, coincidentally along with the explosion in the endowment and the tuition price. It may not be the administration’s responsibility to make sure students use the resources available, but it is the administration’s responsibility to make sure they are spending money for resources that people actually want. Otherwise, we are wasting a lot of money. To paraphrase Eisenhower, every touchscreen computer that is installed in the top of Campus Club is stealing money from somewhere where that money could actually be used. None of this is to say that Princeton University pays no attention to undergraduates. However, the fact of the matter is that Princeton’s initiatives over the past few decades have been focused on expanding the size and prestige of Princeton University above all else, including the undergraduate experience. It can be hard for a university to compare itself to yesteryear, as the population of a university radically changes every year. However, if we can all agree that Princeton has not become a better place to be an undergraduate than it was even 20 years ago, despite all the expansion and money spent since then, we must ask ourselves why this is the case, and what we can do to change it.

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Improve campus walkways and sidewalks

his Monday marks the start of the second half of the fall semester. For many students, the weeks between fall break and winter break are associated with paper deadlines and winter formals on Prospect Avenue. Deadlines and festivities aside, the entire Princeton community will experience increasingly cold and wet weather in the coming weeks. Poor drainage on campus exacerbates the effects of rain and snow on the experiences of students and faculty, alike. The Editorial Board recommends that the University take action to decrease flooding on or near high-traffic sidewalks and walkways on campus. Poor walkway drainage poses a number of problems for the many members of the Princeton community. First, flooded walkways slow foot traffic, thereby increasing the time needed to traverse campus. Second, large puddles can damage nonwaterproof footwear and introduce additional expenses that disproportionately affect students who are unable to purchase expensive winter gear. Third, collections of water can freeze during the winter and create dangerous, slippery surfaces for unsuspecting pedestrians and bikers. Thus, addressing this issue is more than a matter of convenience. It is critical for student, faculty and visitor safety. The University is already taking steps to improve the physical features of campus with the 2026 campus plan. The Board encourages the Campus Planning Steering Committee to prioritize walkway and sidewalk improvements so that all popular sidewalks and walkways become safer sooner, rather than later. Last year’s Campus Mapping Survey, which asked students to provide data about popular destinations and paths used on

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campus, should provide critical information to administrators for prioritizing which sidewalks and walkways should be fixed. While efforts to improve walkability in the east and west ends of campus are admirable, the University should pay special attention to the most visited areas of campus. The pavements on each side of Prospect Avenue, for example, are walked on by thousands of students each week. Nonetheless, they end up flooded or frozen over whenever it rains or snows. Additionally, the Board encourages students to take an active role in campus design and maintenance. The University has created an interactive blog to disseminate information and solicit input for the 2026 Campus Plan. Students concerned about flooded walkways and other infrastructurerelated problems should alert the administration by voicing their opinions in the comments section of the blog. Improving Princeton’s campus requires contributions from all parties that stand to benefit from the 2026 Campus Plan. Administrators are aware of the most obvious problems, but students need to advocate for themselves and future Princetonians. While the 2026 Campus Plan introduces goals that are placed on either a 10- or 30-year time horizon, the University should not wait to make immediate improvements to campus walkways and sidewalks. Repaving and redesigning pathways this summer would shorten commute times and decrease the number of wet shoes and sprained ankles on campus. The Editorial Board is an independent body and decides its opinions separately from the regular staff and editors of The Daily Princetonian. The Board answers only to its Chair, the Opinion Editor and the Editor-in-Chief.

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My professor doesn’t respect my athletic commitments at all,” a studentathlete ranted to me during a study session sometime last week, referring to a specific incident in which her professor had responded with frustration when she informed him of an athletic conflict three days before a quiz. I remained sympathetic, but when another friend later revisited the conversation with me, she dismissed it entirely: “I mean, it’s not really fair for athletes to get special treatment anyways.” The perception by non-athletes that athletes receive special treatment is a common one: the Princeton University Student-Athlete Handbook states: “Missed classes due to travel for University sanctioned competition are excused absences.” Meanwhile, under University guidelines for Academic Standing and Regulations that supposedly apply to non-athletes and athletes alike, “Students are expected to attend all scheduled course meetings and exercises and to be present promptly at the start of instruction, unless prevented from doing so by illness or another compelling cause.” The concept of a University-sanctioned absence is often unique to the realm of athletics. I doubt the University would ever sanction student activism such as 7×9, the 23-hour performance art protest held by Students for Prison Education and Reform (although arguably because that’s the nature of protest). A friend of mine, a youth delegate at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris (where an international agreement on lowering carbon emissions will likely be reached), was denied University-sanctioned approval to attend the conference and was thus required to request individual permission from each of her professors. Although this is not necessarily true for all cases of absence due to non-athletic commitments, non-athletes may

take these examples as opportunities to decry University protection of student-athletes, feeling that the student-athlete is an insufficient representation of the interests or aspirations of the student body. They may question how the University can justify the protection of athletes when it does not always recognize in the same way the important commitments of non-athletes. My case is not to argue that Princeton athletics are unimportant or that athletes should be left to confront demanding practice and competition schedules without supportive academic policy — Princeton University, as a member of the Ivy League, has its roots in the athletic tradition (whether or not some believe that to be an archaism). Instead, I seek to question why there might exist such a tension between non-athletes and their varsity counterparts. The problem of having a perceivably slanted academic policy arises when the justification for that policy is insufficient. A gross dissonance exists between academic support for athletes and the lack of actual promotion of athletic events, a lack of the spirit of the game on this campus. Non-athletes need to be convinced that the athletic tradition still matters and that thus, academic policy supporting it is a necessary institution, and it is not the duty of non-athletes to exercise that persuasion on themselves. Some may argue that this is the nature of Princeton — that non-athletes, consumed by their own academic priorities and personal extracurricular commitments, are predisposed to remain unconcerned with respect to traditions of football games, basketball tournaments, tennis matches and the like, and that advertising athletic events to non-athletes will fall on deaf ears. Although this description may apply to some, it is a wrongful generalization. Students here are motivated to be passionate individuals with gritty fighting spirit (at least, that’s what being surrounded by perspicacious minds and drowned in work should ideally do to us), so why can’t our passions be

directed towards fostering support for the national champions and record-breakers among us whose successes are capable of representing an integral part of the greatness of our student body? The real apathy towards athletics here is hugely a factor of tension between an academic policy that supports athletes and an administrative attitude that almost dismisses them as a minority presence and as an archaism that falsely preserves some historical tradition. Between 2014 and 2015, the University only expended 2 percent of its total operating budget on athletics. While non-athletes breathe a sigh of relief, the nostalgia for the athletic tradition sputters out its last dying breath. Non-athletes thus may be forced into a state of confusion as to why their fellow student-athletes receive benefits, such as excused absences for University-sanctioned competitions, that devotees to other extracurricular activities do not, especially if the University limits its financial and celebratory support of athletics. An argument for greater financial support for athletics might be a source of contention among many, but that does not mean the athletic tradition is destined for a fate of extinction. If the University cannot take a step towards increasing support for athletics, then it is up to athletes to remedy the tension between academic policy supporting athletes and the dearth of community support for athletics. Just as dance companies and a capella groups on campus gain greater popularity and solidarity through self-promotion, teams could garner support for the athletic tradition by sending out more information about upcoming athletic events to the general student body. Whether or not such efforts actually prove fruitful in attracting non-athletic crowds, I think the general sentiment is the same: I’d at least like to know about the game before I decide whether or not I care enough to go see it. Reva Abrol is a sophomore from Syosset, N.Y. She can be reached at rabrol@princeton.edu.

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shock, however, when stepping into Dillon Gym. The Tigers came out of the gate on fire, taking the opening set to the tune of 25-16. They would only continue to put the pressure on the Bulldogs as the second set was even more lopsided. The Tigers pushed their advantage out to 2-0 as they downed the Bulldogs 25-14. Watching the Tigers take the second set over the opponents, one could see such a palpable energy coming from the team. Heading into the third set, the Tigers seemed far more at ease on the court than their grim-faced opponents. The time, it seemed, had come for the Tigers to exact their revenge. The Bulldogs did not go down without a fight, taking a nail-biter of a set 25-23 to bring themselves within striking distance of tying things up. The Tigers, however, did not let their golden opportunity slip away, finishing off Yale 25-20 in the final set for the 3-1 victory. Riding off a decisive victory, the Tigers had little time

to rest as they played again the next night against the Brown Bears (10-14, 4-8). A victory would hold extra significance for the Tigers on the night as they honored their senior players: libero Annie Ferlmann, libero Sarah Daschbach, right side hitter Kendall Peterkin and middle blocker Stephanie Marani. The Tigers certainly made their final home game an enjoyable one by taking down the Bears 3-0, winning the sets 25-20, 25-18 and 25-23. With another phenomenal weekend, the Tigers have only Cornell and Columbia to face before the regular season comes to a close. However, in terms of their chances of making the tournament, they will need some good fortune in order to extend their season. With league-leading Harvard at 9-3 and Tigers at 8-4, a spot in the tournament isn’t guaranteed for the Tigers even if they win both games next weekend. Nevertheless, with the Dartmouth Big Green at 8-4 as well in league play going into the final weekend, there certainly won’t be a shortage of excitement in the last leg of the battle for the Ivy League crown.

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score, putting the Tigers up 1-0 and giving McSherry his sixth goal of the season. Senior forward Thomas Sanner would follow up just three minutes later, taking the assist from senior de-

fender Josh Miller and finding the back of the net to double the Tigers’ lead. On the day, the Tigers certainly appeared the aggressors, getting 20 shots off against Penn goalie Max Polkinhorne. Junior goalie Josh Haberman, making his fourth start on the season, saw just eight come his way, making

four saves on the game. With the victory over Penn in the books, the Tigers now look toward their season finale, as they take on the Yale Bulldogs back at home. The Orange and Black will look to keep the Bulldogs’ woes going, as they have yet to find a win in Ivy League play this season.

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Women’s soccer earns tie, men win against Quakers By Miles Hinson sports editor

Women’s soccer It’s only fitting that the women’s soccer team end their regular season with a defensive struggle. The Tigers (13-3-1 overall, 6-0-1 Ivy League) played their final game before the NCAA Tournament in Philadelphia, Pa., before a crowd of supporters for the Penn Quakers (6-4-6, 1-2-4). They tied 0-0 on the day, coming just short of the hope for a perfect season in league play, but still giving themselves their best league performance since the 2012 season. The tie, moreover, brings a halt to the 11-game winning streak the Tigers were riding going into this contest. After coming into this season with zero doubts about offensive talent but questions around their defense, the Tigers have shut down their opponents this season, particularly during the end of the season. Including the game against Penn, they’ve given up just three goals over their last seven games. With this final regular season game in the

books, the Ivy League champion Tigers now turn their sights toward the tournament. Their opponent for the first round will be determined on Monday, Nov. 9 at 4:30 p.m.. In their previous appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2012, the Tigers took down the University of West Virginia in the first round, only to fall to Marquette in the second. Men’s soccer Traveling to Philadelphia, Pa., for the penultimate game of the season, the Tigers were able to pick up their second Ivy League victory this year, downing the Penn Quakers 2-0 this past Saturday. Princeton (9-5-2 overall, 2-3-1 Ivy League) has now won four of their last five contests, as they kept a clean sheet for the second straight game — they defeated another Philadelphia foe, Drexel, 4-0 at Roberts Stadium last week. Princeton’s two scores on the day came in quick success in the middle of the first half. In the 24th minute, senior midfielder Brendan McSherry took it himself in for the See SOCCER page 7

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The men’s soccer team picked up their second Ivy League win of the season.

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Rowing teams finish fall season with strong showings in Princeton Chase By Tom Pham associate sports editor

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With the wins, the Tigers keep the Ivy League title within reach.

Volleyball crushes Ivy League foes By Miles Hinson sports editor

For women’s volleyball, Ivy League play lasts 14 games, each one a critical opportunity to help push the team toward an NCAA tournament appearance. Through their first seven showings, however, there seemed far more questions than answers. At 3-4, their odds of making the tournament seemed iffy at best. The Tigers, however, apparently had no plans to continue that trend, and are within reach of the Ivy League title. With a convincing victory over defending league champion Yale and a 3-0 sweep of

the Brown Bears, the Tigers (13-8 overall, 8-4 Ivy League) have pushed their winning streak up to five, and are just a game behind Harvard for first place in the Ancient Eight. As Yale (12-9, 7-5) came to visit Princeton on Friday, the defending champions had reason to be confident going in. The last time these two teams met, in New Haven, Conn., the Bulldogs defeated the Tigers in three sets, albeit close ones. Indeed, Yale victories over Princeton have been commonplace for much of recent memory — going into this match, the Tigers had not beaten the Bulldogs since the fall of 2011. They were in for a severe See W. V-BALL page 7

The fall season for the men’s and women’s heavyweight and lightweight rowing teams came to a victorious close as the Tigers hosted the annual Princeton Chase at Lake Carnegie. Competing against some of the nation’s top teams, the Princeton boats impressed in all weight classes. The men’s heavyweight eight was extremely impressive as they placed three boats in the top seven, including the winning boat. With a raw time of 12:57.261, the Princeton varsity eight was five seconds faster than the runners-up Yale A. The Princeton B boat came in fifth with a time of 13:13.279 and the Princeton C boat came in two spots behind with a time of 13:18.516, placing above many of the other schools’ A boats, including great teams such as California, Dartmouth, Navy and Wisconsin. The B and C boats were the best of their class, with the second best B boat of Boston University coming in 12th and the second best C boat of Wisconsin coming in 21st. The men’s varsity lightweight eight also impressed, finishing second to only Cornell with a

teams, beating Boston University’s lightweight boat by an impressive eight seconds, which was a 22-second swing from the last time the two teams faced off at the Head of the Charles, where Boston University’s boat defeated the Tigers’ lightweight boat by 14 seconds. The two women’s varsity four boats even more impressive than their eight counterparts, as they took a 1-2 finish. However, the B boat finished in front of the A boat, and in dominant fashion as well. The Princeton B boat claimed first place with an immensely impressive time of 16:46.217, which was a full 26 seconds ahead of second place and the Tigers’ A boat, which finished with a time of 17:12.024, still a full four seconds ahead of third-place finishers Boston College. The Tigers’ C and D boats also had a reversed finish, as the D boat finished in sixth, six seconds ahead of the C boat, which finished in seventh. With impressive performances all around, the Tigers will hope to build on these performances as they prepare for the spring season, which will begin in late March for both the men’s heavyweight and lightweight teams and early April for the women’s teams.

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With the Princeton Chase and Head of the Charles completed, rowing won’t hit the water again until late March.

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time of 13:39.419, only one-anda-half seconds behind Cornell. Once again, the second varsity boat for the Tigers was better than the rest of the competition as the Princeton B boat finished in sixth place and beat out Harvard, Delaware and Dartmouth’s A boats. The Princeton C boat also impressed, coming in 16th place, and were only behind Yale’s C boat. The varsity men’s heavyweight four boats were also extremely impressive, with the Princeton A boat finishing in third behind Boston University and Cornell with a time of 15:03.740 and the B and C boats finishing only a few seconds behind, with the B boat finishing in fifth with a time of 15:07.429 and the C boat only one second and one place behind with a time of 15:08.676. The open women’s varsity eight also impressed in the races, as the Princeton A boat finished in fourth place with a time of 14:54.281, 15 seconds behind winners Virginia. The Tigers’ open B boat finished in 15th and the C boat finished in 26th, one place above the Tigers’ lightweight A Boat. The lightweight team, which competed in the open field, earned the the best result among the lightweight

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