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Keener ‘17, Osaka ‘17, Muir win Sachs

By Simone Downs staff writer

Becca Keener ‘17, Shannon Osaka ‘17, and Holly Muir were named the recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship. Keener and Osaka, current University seniors, will be using their scholarship to further their education abroad, while Muir, a recent Oxford graduate, will be spending a year as a graduate student at the University.

Keener expressed her excitement about the announcement.

“I got a text saying ‘Come to Café Viv tomorrow at 8:30.’

I got there, sat down and they were like well … ‘You won!’

That was really shocking, because they’re very sneaky about it, so I didn’t expect it.

It was a very exciting time,” she said.

Keener will be studying at the London School of Economics, where she will continue the research that she has been pursuing at the University as a religion major.

“My research is generally about the intersection of religion and law, looking at the effects of engagement with religion on foreign policy, particularly in Syria focusing on immigration, multiculturalism, minority rights and the policy of that,” Keener said.

“With this program, I’ll be able to try and understand the re-

sponses to it which have been quite violent.”

Keener expressed her gratitude for this scholarship in allowing her to attend graduate school as well as allowing her to spend more time in London. This scholarship, which aims to broaden its recipient’s world views via opportunities in international study, was made to commemorate Daniel Sachs ‘60, a University athlete and Rhodes Scholar. His death at age 28 ended his studies.

This scholarship aims to give young students with the same drive and ambition to benefit the public as Sachs a chance to further their studies in a setting abroad, according to the scholarship’s website.

Muir, having recently received an undergraduate degree in fine arts from Oxford University, thinks that this scholarship will help make her a better artist by making her work more accessible to the public world of art.

“I have a fascination with storytelling, and I’ve always loved literature so that’s what I’ll be studying at Princeton,” she said. “I began interpreting literature with my art and began telling my own stories, more socially and politically motivated pieces, but now I really want to explore the side of the narrative of my love of literature. And being informed See SACHS page 2

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Etskovitz ’17 awarded Marshall Scholarship

By Marcia Brown associate news editor

Joani Etskovitz ‘17 was awarded a 2017 Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in the United Kingdom.

“The Marshall is the impossible dream,” Eskovitz said.

“It has been my impossible dream.”

According to a University press release, in 2017 there will be 40 students who will join the program, up from the planned 32. Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a graduate degree at any

British university, according to the scholarship’s website.

The website also notes that “Marshall Scholarships strengthen the enduring relationship between British and American peoples, their governments, and their institutions.”

Etskovitz is concentrating in English with certificates in Humanistic Studies and European Cultural Studies.

She plans to pursue a Master of Studies in English Literature at the University of Oxford, and a Master of Studies in English Literature at King’s College London. Etskovitz said

that she has wanted to pursue two masters, emphasizing her desire to be at Oxford and to use the Bodleian Library there.

Etskovitz said that she had thought it very unlikely she’d be called back for an interview.

“I realized in the application process I would be throwing my hat into a very [large??] ring full of extraordinarily beautiful hats,” she said. Etskovitz said that it hadn’t been intentional, but she’s always loved libraries, literature, analysis, and writing.

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Referendum passed: What happens now?

By Audrey Spensley staff writer

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Low-cost carriers threat to legacy airlines

By Norman Xiong staff writer

Established airlines will be increasingly jeopardized by newer, low-cost carriers in 2017 and as time goes on, according to Air France Joint Venture Performance Director Omar Jeroudi in a lecture on the afternoon of Dec. 13.

Jeroudi emphasized the challenges that legacy carriers such as Delta, Air France, and United Airlines will and are currently

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facing from low-cost airlines such as Ryanair and easyJet in terms of profitability and sustainability.

Because the new low-cost airlines are able to provide similar air travel experiences and levels of service as older carriers, they cut into established airlines’ market shares and profit margins.

“This is the tipping point for our industry, the airline industry,” Jeroudi said. “When you See LECTURE page 3

Columnist Liam O’Connor observes ways that the University can reduce waste on a daily basis, and columnist Annie Dao suggests greater respect in campus traditions like the annual practice of streaking through introductory classes. PAGE 4

An Undergraduate Student Government referendum proposing the release of demographic information about the members of each eating club and bickerees to selective clubs, sponsored by Leila Clark ’18, passed during the USG 2016 Winter Elections, securing 68.9 percent of the vote.

The referendum directs the USG Senate to establish a standing committee which would work with the Interclub Council to release this information, including the race, gender, and academic major of club members and bickerees.

Although the referendum received a large amount of support from the student body, the measures it outlines are not mandatory for the ICC to carry out.

“Since the clubs are private, USG carries no authority over ICC. Information would only be released on a voluntary basis that would require the consent of each individual clubs’ membership, officers, management, and graduate board,” ICC and Colonial Club president Christopher Yu ‘17 wrote in an email to the Daily Princetonian.

Because of this separation, the referendum’s influence may only be symbolic.

“I think it’s a great way to gauge the University climate, whether or not the referendum is successful, in that the ICC can only do so much. Since the eating clubs are private institutions, this is going to be on a voluntary basis,” UCouncilor Lucas Ramos ’19 said. “Regardless of getting data, I think it shows that students are interested in racializing eating clubs.

They’re tapping a nerve that has always been thought but is being formed into actual words now.”

Nonetheless, the student body has expressed strong support for the referendum and its implications.

“It really became obvious to me how big a part of our lives eating clubs are. Even if you’re not in an eating club, it still affects you a lot because your friends are in eating clubs, and friend groups get split across eating clubs,” Clark said of her decision to sponsor the referendum. “I feel like we also don’t understand eatSee REFERENDUM page 3

Today on Campus 8:30 p.m.: Princeton Data Science (PDS) will host an Open House Study Break for students to learn about opportunities with PDS for the spring such as competitions. The open house will take place in Frist Campus Center Lecture Hall 302.

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PPPD emails divestment petition

By Hunter Campbell staff writer

Members of Princeton Private Prison Divest are asking University faculty members to sign a petition in support of divesting from private prisons, as well as from detention corporations.

The petition has been circulated via email to many University faculty members.

The student groups that make up PPPD include Students for Prison Education and Reform (SPEAR), the DREAM Team, the Muslim Advocates for Social Justice and Individual Dignity (MASJID), the Alliance for Jewish Progressives (AJP), the Black Justice League (BJL), the Princeton University Latinx Perspectives Organization (PULPO), and the Princeton College Democrats.

The petition states that signers “call upon the Council of the Princeton University Community [CPUC] and the Princeton University Investment Company [PRINCO] to dissociate and divest from corporations that draw profit from incarceration, drug control and immigrant deportation policies.”

It further notes that the specific divestments that the facSee DIVESTMENT page 4

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lucky, but I was also looking for this sort of opportunity.”

The Cotsen Children’s Library in Firestone Library was instrumental to her path at the University, she said, adding that is all happened by chance. She said that at the end of first semester of freshman year she was sitting in the library reflecting on her assignments.

“Fortuitously enough at that moment, I heard a child laughing and I was really curious as to where the laughter could be coming from,” she said. She followed the sound and discovered a cluster of strollers outside of the Cotsen library.

She said that children were everywhere there, enjoying the place, reading, and laughing.

Etskovitz said she wandered into the library office and met Dana Sheridan, the Cotsen Education and Outreach Coordinator. She told the director about her interest in volunteering at the library -- anything really, she said -- and walked away with a job offer an hour later.

“I’ve been working there ever since,” Etskovitz said.

“That’s one example of how something completely accidental had a big impact on my life.”

Etskovitz added that her activities and work at the University fit together well, though it was not as planned as it seems. Her focus on literature and children’s literature is reflected not just in her independent work and work abroad, but also in her pursuits outside of the classroom at the children’s library.

“It seems very neat and packaged,” she said. “It makes for a compelling plan for my life.”

English Professor Susan Wolfson, who advised Etskovitz on her fall term junior paper and will be her adviser

for Etskovitz’s senior thesis, said that her work on “Alice in Wonderland” is, in some ways, biographical.

“It embodies who she is,” Wolfson said. “Not only does she have this uncanny resemblance to Alice, but I think this is something she’s always felt for herself … In some ways, it was like discovering her biography, or at least the genealogy of her biology.”

“We’ve talked a lot about how the Alice books create curious readers with puzzles and wordplay,” Wolfson added.

Etskovitz’s junior paper was the beginning of what will become her senior thesis on “female curiosity in imaginative literature,” according to a release Wolfson plans to publish on the department’s website regarding Etskovitz’s scholarship.

Wolfson said that she knows Etskovitz wants to be a university professor.

“It’s ideal and I think she’s positioned to use her graduate studies to position her for success in getting hired into that world to which she’s aspired since she was young,” Wolfson said. “If I could make wishes for her, it would be success in academia and increasing the need for academia in the public sphere to be ever more involved.”

“Joani will be the perfect embodiment of what’s needed,” Wolfson added, noting that Oxford and Cambridge’s suburban proximity to London allows academia to be much more involved in the culture in the city. Wolfson said that academia has a much more routine and lively interface with the public sphere and that Etskovitz will “be sucked up immediately and invigorated by how the academic, public sphere and the humanities all circulate together.”

Wolfson said that Etskovitz is what is needed at a time when academic expertise can be regarded with stigma instead of appreciation.

“We need people to show the public sphere what is exciting about academia,” Wolfson said.

Etskovitz is a member of the University Glee Club, an assistant to Curator Andrea Immel and Sheridan at the Cotsen Children’s Library, a mentor to underclassmen in the year-long humanities sequence, and an English tutor for students and postdoctoral researchers learning English as a second language at the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning.

Etskovitz learned about her award during a Glee Club rehearsal, where she first told her friend Josh Collins ‘17. Collins said he first met Etskovitz at an area meet-up for University affiliates before their freshman year.

“I’ve known her since really early on, and I always kind of admired the way she seemed to be very genuinely passionate about her work,” Collins said. “She seemed to actually gain joy and pleasure from doing schoolwork and readings which is something that even at Princeton is really rare.”

“She always had that kind of flair and passion and joy for her work,” he added. “Her work ethic is insane.”

He added that beyond her academics, she has always been a great and more like an adult friend, he said.

“With Joani, it’s always ‘Let’s get a meal and have real conversations about our lives and how things are going,” he said, adding that she was the person who inspired him to join Glee Club.

“I’m really happy she got this,” he said. “I hope she becomes a professor one day.”

She also won a Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence in 2015, received a 2016 Beinecke Scholarship, and is a member of the Behrman Undergraduate Society of Fellows, according to the University statement.

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about that will make me a better artist and make my art a lot more useful.”

Muir is excited to be going back to the world of academia, especially overseas.

“I didn’t think I’d be able to go back to university so soon after finishing my first degree,” Muir said. “I so enjoyed my undergraduate [years], I felt as if I was just beginning to grasp my potential, and what I could do with my work. So it’s wonderful to go back into that.

And in a different country as well, the exchange students I met from America in Oxford were always the most enthusiastic, fascinating people, so I’m excited to be surrounded

by them and what I can learn from them as well.”

Osaka, an independent concentrator in the interdisciplinary subjects of environmental science and environmental studies, is also looking forward to furthering her work with this scholarship.

“My ultimate hope is to bring lessons from history and anthropology into the environmental sector, helping NGOs, nonprofits and governments integrate their work with local cultures and belief,” said Osaka in an email.

“Oxford has a Geography department which combines the sociocultural aspects of the environment with the scientific aspects, and I can’t wait to be embedded in this truly interdisciplinary department with like-minded students and faculty,” she wrote.

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ulty would like the CPUC and PRINCO to make are from “corporations that operate private prisons, jails, halfway houses and/or immigration detention facilities in the United States, such as the Corrections Corporation of America, the GEO Group and G4S,” as well as from “corporations that contract exclusively with such correctional facilities, including Global Tel Link, JPay, Securus, MHM Services, Correct Care Solutions, Corizon Health, Armor Correctional Health Services, and Providence Services Corporation.”

Spokesperson for the campaign, Micah Herskind ‘19, described the importance of the PPPD campaign on behalf of the group in an email interview.

“You don’t have to look very hard to find that private prison and detention corporations – as well as private companies that seek to profit from imprisonment – only perpetuate the civil rights crisis of mass incarceration and detention through extensive lobbying and horrifyingly inadequate treatment of those in their care,” Herskind wrote.

“Profit incentives have no place in shaping a system that entangles, and often ruins, people’s lives, and we likewise believe that Princeton’s endowment has no place in supporting such corporations financially,” Herskind added.

“While we don’t expect that this petition alone will lead to divestment, it is part of a comprehensive proposal for divestment that cannot and should not be ignored by the

University,” Herskind added in response to the campaign’s expected success.

The PPPD proposal further outlines the steps for University divestment from private prisons and detention corporations. Within the proposal, PPPD states that in a referendum on this topic held in April 2016 as a part of a USG election, approximately 89 percent of undergraduates who participated in the election supported divestment, but only 30 percent of the student body voted in this election.

The PPPD proposal also claims that no opposition formed in the one-week time span that was given to University students to form an opposition campaign after the original petition gained enough signatures to have the referendum. The proposal further states that “the absence of a counter movement is a clear demonstration of campus consensus that Princeton ought to divest from private carceral institutions.”

The proposal says that the University is not living up to its core values and its newly adopted informal motto of “Princeton in the nation’s service and the service of humanity.” Particularly, the proposal notes that investing in private prisons is against University core values because those investments are in “companies that operate carceral facilities to exploit this wholesale caging of bodies for economic gain.”

The proposal also states concerns over the response of private prisons and detention corporation to the election of Donald Trump, citing the increase in stock value for several of these organizations.

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............. ing clubs that well, and so I thought that we should have some way to understand them a little better.”

Clark emphasized that the voting results far surpassed the minimum threshold for a referendum to pass, which requires turnout from onethird of undergraduate students and a simple majority approval. Clark noted that of the people who voted, almost 70 percent voted for the referendum.

“I wasn’t expecting this high of an approval rate. It looks like most people really want this information. To put that number into perspective, 70 percent of upperclassmen are in clubs,” Clark said.

Yu reiterated the ICC’s belief that releasing demographic information would not be productive in furthering their goals of inclusion and diversity and would have adverse side effects on eating clubs’ memberships.

“I think that [the referendum] exacerbates the issue of social stratification,” Yu added.

“Let’s say a club has 70% or 60% of a demographic — whether it’s STEM majors, or anything else. You’ll find people who are similar to it, see the numbers, and join the club because of it.

Or they’ll see the numbers and they don’t like them and they decide not to join.

They join a club that they think on paper looks better for them, but the reality of the situation is people need to come into these clubs and see the communities that are actually here.”

Yu also outlined concerns that clubs with smaller memberships, in particular, wouldn’t want to release private demographic information, and that bicker clubs were apprehensive of students feeling as if they were token members.

“One of the bigger concerns of mine is that the U. community is kind of hypocritical,” Yu said. “We are finding that the number of people in bicker clubs is increasing and the number of people in sign-in clubs is decreasing. We still buy into this system — whether this system is exclusivity, or selectiveness, or wanting

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to be part of social groups that we find are similar to us.”

Clark felt that releasing demographic information on the clubs would improve students’ decisions about eating clubs rather than intensify current trends in social stratification.

“Some people were concerned that it would make people join clubs that are more similar to them, and that it would entrench the stereotypes. I don’t think that’s going to happen,” Clark added. “I just want people to be able to make more informed choices. It’s really hard to find a club that you feel like you belong to, that’s why so many people drop their club after junior year.”

Yu emphasized that the ICC’s attempts at increasing transparency of the eating clubs have often been met with a lack of interest from students. He cited an eating club panel that the ICC held last year as an example of how the University community can be hypocritical when it comes to advocating for eating club transparency. The presidents of all eleven clubs gathered to answer questions, but only five students attended the event. The ICC also held an event called Taste of Prospect, offering dinner at the clubs to all sophomores for a night, which was poorly attended.

“We are trying to make it easier for people to understand the clubs, but it’s not happening,” Yu said.

Both Yu and Clark addressed the next steps for the referendum if USG works to establish the committee.

“I think what the ICC will do is help get this information about the panels, about Taste of Prospect, about dining plan options, about joining a club — making these things more known to the community,” Yu said.

“We’ve tried, but I think we can partner with USG on making it easier.”

“Ideally, I think it would be great if we could get some data out before Intersession, so that sophomores have that for when they bicker or sign in,” Clark said. “I think it’s really important that we have some data so that we stop speculating and start talking about real things.”

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look at how things are evolving on transatlantic flow, and this is a flow where Air France-KLM is bargaining with Delta, we are at the stage where all the profits we have made so far are being really jeopardized by the entry and by the growth of these carriers.”

Even when one considers a domestic or purely continental market, these new low-cost carriers are beginning to take up significant portions of the air traffic market. Jeroudi pointed to the dominance of Ryanair over Alitalia in the Italian market for flights to illustrate this trend.

“The growth that these carriers are having in Europe is tremendous and is not allowing these legacy carriers — Lufthansa, British Airways, Air France-KLM — to take back the trump position in the market,” Jeroudi explained.

According to Jeroudi, there are only two foreseeable ways

to combat the encroaching presence of these new low-cost carriers. One is for airlines to launch their own low-cost carrier services. The other is to emulate the models of low-cost carriers through movements such as basic economy tickets.

“Basic economy is clearly a new trend that will sustain for the coming years, and again, this is great news for the end customers because you’re going to benefit from pretty good quality of service of a legacy carrier and still at a great rate.”

Jeroudi noted.

However, innovation in the flight industry is difficult, Jeroudi said. There are only so many additions a carrier can make to the flight experience, because unlike in other markets, the way consumers experience flights cannot be fundamentally altered.

“You’re going to see some kind of innovation,” Jeroudi said. “But innovation in our business, the airline business, is pretty hard. We cannot reinvent the wheel in our business.

We have a seat, of course you

can improve your product, put wifi on board, put some power plugs and do stuff like that, but at the end of the day our business is to bring passengers from point A to point B.” Regarding ways in which consumers can price gouge airline tickets for better deals, Jeroudi offered a range of advice used by frequent and savvy flyers. He discussed tips such as booking early, using automated search tools and price alerts, and avoiding browser cookies when looking at prices. Among the more esoteric strategies, Jeroudi also discussed buying extra connecting flights to reduce the overall ticket price, buying two individual tickets instead of connecting flights, and flying out of non-hub airports.

The talk was well-attended by a packed room of University students and faculty. Entitled “Airline Pricing Talk with Omar Jeroudi,” the lecture was held at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall Room 035. The talk was sponsored by the Princeton Aviation Association.

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Making Princeton greener Liam O’Connor

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n a mild night this past September, I remember watching stars as they pierced through the retreating clouds. Beneath my feet, the sidewalk was still wet from the recent rain. Everything was picturesque — until I noticed the sprinklers were watering the grass, only a few hours after a thunderstorm.

My encounter with these sprinklers was not an isolated event. They water the grass regardless of the weather — just one of many examples of the University using resources inefficiently. I urge Grounds and Building Maintenance to make the University more sustainable by improving the sprinkler system, upgrading light poles with LED lights, and installing automatic sinks and lights.

Surely, someone at Princeton — a student, a faculty member, or an alum — can update the

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sprinkler programming to account for the weather. If this is not possible, then a groundskeeper should turn the water off following a heavy rain. It may be an extra burden, but in the long run it will reduce the University’s water consumption and bills.

Grounds and Building Maintenance did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

We can also save water in the bathrooms. By simply turning off the faucet while brushing our teeth, we can each save 200 gallons per month. If our 5,391 undergraduate students all did this, we would save enough water to fill six Olympic-size swimming pools every semester.

Some students don’t follow this practice — but they would have to if the University installed automatic sinks, which reduce water usage and allow students to avoid the germs that grow on faucet handles.

While renovating bathrooms, the University should install automatic lighting. Some dorms already boast this feature, but it’s not standard across the University.

Furthermore, campus light poles should be equipped with energy-efficient LED lights. Currently, most of our light poles have highintensity discharge bulbs that rely upon technology first demonstrated in 1705. LED lamps are more than 200 years newer and produce twice the light per watt of electricity.

The University is already moving toward LED lights, but not quickly enough. A January 2015 lighting report

by Princeton University’s Outdoor Lighting Master — yes, we have one of those — noted that the University has successfully experimented with LEDs for its parking lots and structure-mounted lights.

But that was nearly two years ago. A full roll-out of LED lights is overdue.

As I walk around Princeton on these chilly nights, I notice that the sprinklers are turned off in preparation for the winter. While we will be conserving these water resources for the next few months, I still see waste.

The responsibility rests on each student to make Princeton a green campus.

During this holiday season, I hope that everyone gives back to the environment, whether it is by taking shorter showers, using cold water for the washing machines, or turning off the lights when not in use.

Saving the environment is a daunting task, but it is possible only if everyone makes a few sacrifices in their everyday lives.

Liam O’Connor is a freshman from Wyoming, DE. He can be reached at loo@princeton.edu.

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his holiday season, I’m reminded of how lively campus becomes, and how various festive celebrations and traditions will take place in the next couple of weeks. But I’m also reminded of one tradition in particular that might bring feelings other than holiday joy – the annual ECO 101 streak, where a couple of men run into the lecture, wearing only shoes and festive head/neck wear, and throw candy to the crowd of students.

While this is an event that some of us might think of as a relatively harmless prank, a funny occurrence that livens up the mood of a mundane day in lecture, there are others who find it offensive, disruptive, and insensible.

As a result of witnessing it, some of us experience feelings of revulsion and extreme discomfort, find it difficult to concentrate on class afterwards because we are disturbed by what happened, or feel helpless because there was no way to avoid this when it occurred in a public lecture.

We might be especially disturbed when we see people we know participating in the event.

Others of us hold it to be a wrongful action on the part of the participants and thus something that ought not to be continued. James Martin ‘GS mentions that by interrupting class, students are not “honoring the professor in his position.” Another friend who had witnessed the event last year was very disturbed by it and believed that the students participating were not respectful of the audience’s wishes.

Moreover, lewdness is a disorderly persons offense in New Jersey, and this occurrence satisfies all elements of a lewdness charge. Participating in this tradition is risky and symbolizes defiance for the law.

We as a campus pride ourselves in showing respect for all members of our community, especially towards those who might find certain controversial actions and behaviors offensive. We also pride ourselves on being a community that upholds the

law; to knowingly break it is not in line with our principles. Nor should we seek to escape responsibility by running away from the scene after having caused a disruption, as seems to have been the case with perpetrators of this offense in past years.

Thus, I’m asking whoever is planning to organize or be involved in the event this year to seriously consider respecting their fellow students and the law by not doing so. While I am not aware of the motivations of students who participate, the reasons I’m giving demonstrate that an event like this isn’t in line with the commitments and traditions of the University and its community, and thus it ought not to happen again.

May we continue to spread holiday joy while being respectful of those around us.

Annie Lu is a computer science major from Brandon, Miss. She can be reached at daol@princeton.edu.

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The results of the Tiger’s fall training showed in multiple best times.

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tered the school record in the 300m dash with a time of 39.91 seconds, a full 0.75 seconds ahead of the next finisher. She is the first Tiger to go under 40 seconds in the event, and bested the previous record by 0.44 seconds. After the race, Willingham said, “I was super excited about my performance today; I had not run the 300 meters too many times before, so I didn’t know what to expect. I just tried to follow Coach Jones’ race plan as closely as possible, and it paid off.”

She hopes to go sub-54 seconds in the 400m dash and sub-24 seconds this season.

Senior Julia Ratcliffe won the 20 lb. weight throw with a throw of 63-5, nearly five feet ahead of second place. It was her first home meet since 2015 due to a gap year. “It felt good to be in the home stadium wearing the P […] In terms of goals for the season, I’m gunning to wipe Harvard’s name from the Ivy League record book in the indoor weight,” Ratcliffe said.

Other victories included team captain senior Allison Harris in the pole vault, clearing a height of 12-7.50, and the Princeton 4x400 relay made up of junior Maia Craver, sophomore Mikaela Sawyer, freshman Hadley Wilhoite, and sophomore Frances Lodge coasting to a time of 3:59.69.

Other standout performances included team captain senior Elisa Steele taking second in the 500m dash with a personal

record time of 1:15.22, Craver taking second in the 60m hurdles with a personal record time of 8.73, and junior Kennedy O’Dell taking second in the shotput with a throw of 43-10 and fourth in the 20 lb. weight throw with a toss of 5404.75. The Tigers consistently cracked the top five and multiple athletes finished in the top spots in some events.

Looking forward, Steele was thrilled for things to come. “I am hugely impressed by the team’s performance so far this year; the huge number of PRs we’ve had this early in the season is indicative of big things to come this year. We are working with a brand new coaching staff, and I couldn’t be more happy with the training and guidance they have been providing and the vibes throughout the program right now,” Steele said. She added that they were right on track to win Indoor Heps. Individually, Steele was excited about her race because she hadn’t run the race since the 2014 indoor season, when she ran a considerable personal record. She hopes to run another personal record in the 400m this season and place top three at Indoor Heps in either the 400m dash or 500m dash as well as the 4x400 relay team.

Most of the distance runners have yet to debut, and will do so in January. The men will return to the track Jan. 6 in a home meet with Navy, while the women will next compete on Jan. 14 at the Great Dane Invitational.

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games or playoffs, it has no need for a tie-breaking heuristic. However, the first tiebreaker is always head-tohead record, which Princeton would hold, due to its 28-0 romping of Penn on Nov. 5.

Thus, although Princeton would win the tiebreaker in practically any other “normal” conference, this alone is not enough to declare that Princeton had an objectively better season than its co-champion.

Perhaps Penn simply performed atypically poorly during the head-to-head matchup and was more dominant than Princeton through the rest of its games. To examine this possibility, we can look at metrics such as non-conference record, point differential (particularly against common opponents), and strength of schedule.

In the realm of DI football, a popular method among pundits for comparing two teams with similar records to determine which one belongs in the playoffs is strength of schedule. However, since Princeton and Penn played essentially the same schedule, this metric is not particularly useful. For the record, Penn went 1-2 in non-conference play against foes with a combined record of 19-15, while Princeton went 2-1 against teams with a combined record of 14-20. On the other hand, Princeton and Penn’s similar schedules allow us to compare results against the same opponents. (See chart) While Princeton tallied a higher point differential in total against common opponents, several complicating factors prevent us from using this metric to objectively declare that Princeton had a more dominant season, such as the possibility of Penn being less interested in running

up lopsided scores or facing opponents that were in better form than they were against Princeton.

To delve further than wins and points, we can look at more specific stats, from yards-pergame to first downs allowed.

This is where Princeton begins to differentiate itself. It leads the Ivy League in crucial statistics such as yards, yards allowed, rushing yards, first downs, and turnovers forced.

It is important, however, to remember that Penn played a slightly more difficult nonconference schedule, making it more difficult for them to rack up impressive statistics.

Though it might be tempting to look at the evidence and claim that Princeton had a more successful season, it is impossible to do so without a great deal of speculation. In the end, the two teams were tied in the only statistic that truly matters, wins. (Conference wins, at least.) Perhaps,

A comparison of some key statistics between the Tigers and Quakers this past season.

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FOOTBALL

Who really won the Ivy League: A look at the numbers

By Jack Graham Staff writer

*Editor’s Note: The Princeton Sports Analytics generously supplied all statistical data used in this article.

After both teams emerged victorious in their season finales, the Princeton and Penn football teams were awarded the honor of Ivy League cochampions. While this obviously represents a major accomplishment for both teams, it also presents several conundrums. Does a team celebrate a tie for the conference championship with the same vigor as it would an outright win? Were players and fans even aware that a tie was a possibility, or did they make the same mistake as Donovan McNabb in 2008, who admit-

ted that he didn’t realize an NFL game could end in a tie? (“I hate to see what happens in the Super Bowl… you have to settle with a tie,” he remarked). Anyways, ties are no fun, so in this article, we will explore whether Princeton or Penn is the “true” Ivy League champion.

Most conferences, or at least in the ones that don’t have a conference championship game, will employ tiebreaker methods to determine a conference champion in the event of a tie. For these conferences, such a procedure is necessary for determining which teams should be sent to which bowl games or to the FCS playoffs. Since the Ivy League is far too superior to participate in events as plebeian as bowl See FOOTBALL page 5

A look at the point differentials between the Tigers and Quaker’s shared opponents this past season.

TRACK AND FIELD

Tigers impress at New Year’s Invitational

By Viraj Deokar Contributor

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Multiple Tigers performed personal bests--an auspicious start for the season.

Princeton Track and Field had a terrific day in their home opener this past Sunday, Dec. 11, in Jadwin Gymnasium, taking on University of Pennsylvania, Monmouth University, The College of New Jersey, and Rider University. It was the second meet of the season for the Tigers, and several standout performances kept the momentum going from last week’s season opener. Two school records highlighted the day, and several victories and personal records added to the excitement.

On the men’s side, junior Carrington Akosa tied the school record in the 60m dash with a winning time of 6.73 seconds, 0.09 seconds ahead of second place. It was a 0.07 second improvement from his previous best, and Akosa was in high spirits after the run.

“I was very ecstatic, and I still am. Coach Abdullah rang it in

my ears that I was going to run a 6.7-something, but I didn’t expect a 6.73,” Akosa said. He went on to say that he hopes to race at Indoor Nationals this season, a dream of his.

As a team, Akosa said, “as our captain Chris Cook mentioned, this might be the best team that we’ve ever had ever!

Team goals remain to win both Indoor and Outdoor Heps while also sending an envoy to nationals.”

Sophomore Charles Volker, who ran 6.73 seconds in the 60m last year, now shares the record with Akosa.

Other victories included junior Joshua Freeman taking the 300m dash with of 34.75 seconds, junior August Kiles clearing 17’3” in the pole vault for the win, sophomore Stefan Amokwandoh leaping past the field with a 50-10.25 in the triple jump, and sophomore Adam Kelly winning the 35 lb. weight throw with a throw of 70-08, all personal records. In addition,

the 4x400m relay consisting of Freeman, senior Jabari Johnson, and freshmen Mike Zupko and Connor Matthews took the win with a time of 3:19.43. The Tigers had a top five finisher in nearly every event, and in some, there were multiple athletes in the top five.

Head Coach of Men’s Track And Field Fred Samara was happy with the program’s success these past two weeks. “We are competing well as a team and at the highest level. The team put in a great fall training, and it shows in the fantastic results we have had thus far,” Samara said. He is also excited to see what the team can do when the season gets into full swing.“The main goal, as it always has been, is to stay healthy and do the right things both on and off the track. This can be a very special team if we put it all together.”

On the women’s side, freshman Ashley Willingham shatSee TRACK & FIELD page 5

O N TA P

On Tap interview with sprinter Carrington Akosa

By Miranda Hasty Staff Writer

Interview with junior sprinter Carrington Akosa on Track and Field and more.

A junior in the Woodrow Wilson School, Carrington Akosa is a sprinter on the men’s track and field team and the reigning indoor Ivy League champion in the 200-meter dash and outdoor champion in the 4x100 relay.

He was also selected to be the Ivy Heps Most Outstanding Field Performer for winter 2016. This year, Akosa has already made a statement in the first two meets of the 2016 indoor season with multiple wins and a school record in the 60m dash, but nonetheless took time to sit down with The Daily Princetonian to chat about life both on and off the track.

Daily Princetonian: What got you into track and field?

Carrington Akosa: A friend of mine back in high school took me to tryouts.

DP: What do you enjoy most about the sport?

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CA: When you run a personal best, you feel like you’re on top of the world and that pushes you to achieve more in track.

DP: What’s the best part of being on the team?

CA: The people. My teammates are an amazing group of guys. The coaches and the general atmosphere of the track are sensational.

DP: Is your student-athlete experience different from your teammates as an international student?

CA: I don’t really know, but I don’t think there’s any difference.

DP: If you weren’t a track runner, what sport would you have liked to play?

CA: Soccer, that’s for sure.

DP: If you could be any animal, which one would you be?

CA: I’d be a cheetah!

DP: Favorite book?

CA: It’s a Nigerian book for small kids called Chike and the River.

39.91s Freshman Ashley Willingham ran a 39.91 in the 300m dash to break the school record and become the first Tiger to run under 40.

DP: Favorite movie?

CA: I would say Evil Cult, a Jet Li movie from the 1990s.

DP: Who’s your role model?

CA: My role model in the track world would have to be this young United States athlete, Trayvon Bromell. But in anything, it has to be my dad.

DP: If you woke up with the ability to speak any language, which would you pick?

CA: Definitely Spanish.

DP: Do you have any career prospects at the moment?

CA: I would love to be the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

DP: Do you have any goals as a student or an athlete that you want to accomplish by the time you graduate?

CA: I would like to hopefully compete on the national and international stage. I would also like to hold Princeton track records as I graduate.

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