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The Archives

March 11, 1999 Dean of Student Life Janina Montero threatens to punish any future Nude Olympians with a one-year suspension.

On the Blog Richard Daker criticizes the statement that students come to college to make friends as ridiculous.

On the Blog Check out James Corran’s review of the new My Bloody Valentine album, “m b v.”

STUDENT LIFE

SHAB raises tobacco concerns

CHAMPIONS

By Ronan O’Brien contributor

Following the efforts of other universities to address smoking-related concerns, Princeton students, in collaboration with the Pace Center, have formed the Princeton Tobacco Control Policy Group to raise awareness about secondhand smoking. “The overall goal is to have a healthier campus for students and faculty … and to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco,” president and founder of PTCPG Judy Hou ’16 said. Hou, who was involved in tobacco prevention activities in high school, said she formed the group because she felt that Ivy League schools have not done enough to address the health effects of secondhand smoking. “This is a topic that hasn’t been approached as much at Ivy League schools … People don’t think it’s really something that affects them directly, but I think a lot of state schools have seen that it’s a bigger issue,” Hou added. “I talked to a lot of my peers, and I did hear people with complaints about having to breathe in smoke, especially walking to class or See TOBACCO page 3

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The men’s distance medley relay team won the DMR NCAA Championships with a time of 9:33.01 on Friday. See page 8 for details. BEYOND THE BUBBLE

CEO argues for stable dollar By Monica Chon senior writer

Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine and CEO of Forbes, Inc. Steve Forbes ’70 argued for a stable dollar and simplification of the tax code as keys to recovering from the 2008 economic crisis and ensuring a prosperous American economy in the future in a lecture on Sunday afternoon. Forbes, who founded the magazine Business Today as an undergraduate at the University, campaigned for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1996 and 2000 on a platform of flat income tax and served on the University Board of Trustees from 1992 to 2002. Forbes pre-

viously visited campus for Forbes residential college’s 25th anniversary in 2010. Forbes spoke about the United States’ role in maintaining the stability and prosperity of the world. “We are the guarantor of free trade, peace and safety in this world,” Forbes said. “Without the U.S., this world would be much more violent, more unstable, less prosperous and have less prospects for the future.” He contrasted the 1980s and the present day, arguing that the ’80s were a period of positive change in which democracy came back into fashion, Silicon Valley was starting to boom, the Berlin Wall fell and Soviet communism collapsed. “From the early 1980s to 2007, when this financial crisis started … we went through

STUDENT LIFE

ACADEMICS

U. researchers publish model that predicts parasite survival

PRINCETON By the Numbers

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The number of additional minutes Murray-Dodge is operating every week.

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News & Notes

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Republicans filibuster D.C. circuit court nominee Halligan ’88

Senate Republicans filibustered a vote to nominate general counsel to the Manhattan district attorney’s office Caitlin Halligan ’88 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on March 6, The Washington Post reported. The Senate’s vote to end floor debate was 51 to 41, nine short of the supermajority necessary to proceed with the vote on Halligan’s nomination. The Republicans who blocked the vote on Halligan’s nomination cited concerns that Obama’s nominations were a form of judicial activism. “As we all know, judges who sit on the D.C. Circuit are frequently considered for the Supreme Court,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told The Washington Post. “This is a court where we can least afford to confirm an activist judge.” Halligan, who served as New York State’s solicitor general from 2001 to 2007, is the second well-known appellate court nominee to be filibustered by Republicans in recent years. Obama nominee Goodwin Liu withdrew his name from consideration for a seat on the bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2011 after facing a prolonged Republican filibuster.

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one of the most amazing periods in human history,” Forbes said. “Never before have so many people, in so many parts of the world, advanced so quickly.” Since the 2008 economic crisis, however, the pace of historical progress has slowed and the U.S. economy has gone stagnant, Forbes argued. This decline has been difficult for the United States to shake off and is perceived by the outside world as a “fundamental flaw of free market capitalism,” he said. According to Forbes, however, the American decline stems from fundamental policy errors in two areas: money and taxes. “The reason we are not doing well today is See MONEY page 2

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Student helper at Murray-Dodge Leea Driskell ’16 makes a fresh batch of cookies. The Cafe is open for extended hours.

Murray-Dodge to open afternoons

By Seth Merkin Morokoff contributor

Murray-Dodge Cafe has expanded its hours to open Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to

6 p.m. as part of a trial program to gauge student interest in permanently adding afternoon hours to the schedule. The new afternoon hours began on March 3. The Office of Religious

Life, which provides the funding for the cafe, will cover the overhead costs of the expansion. Popularity will be the deciding factor in determining whether the cafe will remain open in the

daytime, according to Dean of Religious Life Alison Boden. “It’s not about money. We want [the cafe] to thrive,” Boden explained. “If the See COOKIES page 3

BEYOND THE BUBBLE

Congressman Holt discusses federal budget By Daniel Johnson staff writer

New Jersey Rep. Rush Holt, a Democrat who represents New Jersey’s 12th congressional district, held a questionand-answer discussion before approximately 50 members of the University community on Friday evening at Terrace Club. Holt responded to ques-

tions on subjects ranging from the federal budget to his legislative priorities. “What has taken hold in Washington, in at least the House of Representatives, is the idea that we are a poor debtor nation and might as well face it,” Holt explained. “We can’t invest in education; we can’t invest in research; we can’t do anything except

pass legislation to reduce the deficit.” Expressing his frustration with this “misguided” view held by some House Republicans, Holt pointed out that the United States has carried debt since the 18th century. Holt explained that despite our debt obligations, we invested in the country and “out-educated, out-innovated,

the rest of the world.” “That is what has made us successful, I think,” he explained. “It has made us more equal and equitable but also more prosperous.” With deep national spending cuts, or sequestration, in effect as of March 1 and the possibility of a government shutdown later this month, See TERRACE page 2

A new study published in Ecology Letters by postdoctoral researcher Peter Molnar and ecology and evolutionary biology professor Andrew Dobson outlines a model predicting the survival of parasites in certain regions of the globe as climate change progresses. While scientists 20 years ago predicted climate change would cause parasitic disease to increase overall, Molnar said his model quantifies the idea that this picture is too simplistic. “To sum these complications up, it basically depends on what parasite you’re looking at, its life history parameters and where in the world you’re looking,” Molnar explained. Instead of a universal expansion of parasite populations, Molnar’s model predicts that under the influence of climate change, the future survival of parasites will depend on their thermal niche, or the range of temperatures in which a parasite can survive. Parasites at the low end of their temperature niche will be able to establish novel populations, while mortality will increase in parasites that are living at the high end of their possible temperature range. Unlike previous models that were limited to analyzing data for a single parasite species, this theory can be applied to any species, Molnar explained. “If you basically consider that there are 300,000 or more parasites of vertebrates, it will basically be impossible to ever gather enough data to understand climate change in each taxa separately,” Molnar said, referring to the data-gathering limitations on previous models. Molnar’s theory generalizes parameters for the life cycle of any parasite species based on the metabolic theory of ecology, which establishes the relationship between an organism’s body mass, temperature and metabolic rate. This can be used to determine how the life cycle of a parasite changes with temperature. See SCIENCE page 2

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the federal budget remains at the top of the policy agenda in Washington. Recently, the House passed a measure that would avert a government shutdown but that solidifies the unpopular sequestration process. The measure awaits action in the Senate. “I hope and pray it does not pass the Senate,” Holt said. One area in which Holt does see room for cuts is defense spending. Holt is the only Quaker — a religion known for non-violence — in Congress. “We are spending as much as the rest of the world combined, friend and foe,” Holt noted, referring to military spending. “We shouldn’t be known for the efficiency of our killing. We should be known for the humanity of our ideals.” The congressman said he supports shifting money away from the defense department, favoring other agencies that he says would

use the funds more efficiently. “For example, DOD research — yes, they gave us the Internet and other things, but I think NIH funding is more productive,” he explained. Holt also discussed his disagreement with the active U.S. drone program. “Armed drone assassinations clearly set us back in the eyes of the world without gaining in terms of security,” he said. Holt explained that he sent a note of support to Republican Sen. Rand Paul from Kentucky after Paul conducted a 13-hour filibuster last week questioning the Obama administration’s use of drones. Holt said he has a number of priorities in Congress, working on “several things at once,” he explained. “I keep a lot of irons in the fire. You never know when circumstances may permit you to move on one.” Holt cited gun control and immigration as issues on which potential legislation looks possible. “There are rays of hope in this Congress,” he said.

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EINSTEIN DOPPELGANGER

CHRISTINE HILDRETH :: CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Contestants of all ages participated in an Einstein Look-A-Like Contest at the Princeton Public Library in an early celebration of Pi Day.

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Scientists can then calculate parasite fitness and determine where species will live as the climate changes. The team’s model has potential implications for health policy because it can be used to study host-parasite interactions, including parasites with human hosts, associate professor of veterinary medicine Susan Kutz explained. “It allows us to step back, take a broader prospective and make some broader predictions where health policy can then target their research and mitigation measures,” she said. The research was conducted

in collaboration with Kutz and Ph.D. candidate Bryanne Hoar of the University of Calgary. Kutz and Molnar focused their fieldwork on Arctic nematodes

It allows us to step back, take a broader prospective and make some broader predictions. Susan Kutz,

associate professor

with warm-blooded hosts, such as musk oxen. They also analyzed data from 13 other species to show that the postulated activation energy from their model matches the relationship between mortality and development patterns in these species. The Arctic is a relatively simple system to which the theory can be applied because of the limited biodiversity of the region, Molnar said. Additionally, Kutz explained that this ecosystem will be markedly disrupted by climate change because it is warming faster than any other region, and Arctic hosts have historically had limited exposure to parasites. Dobson was traveling and unavailable for comment.

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because money is not being invested the way it should — taking a chance in the future,” he said. He also warned about the distortions and blockages in the economy that could result from mistakes made by the Federal Reserve, which could then be replicated by other central banks. “Monetary policy can never productively stimulate an economy,” he said, explaining that using monetary policy to affect the currency’s value misdirects the economy and explains why United States has yet to emerge from the 2008 recession. Instead, Forbes said, the dollar ought to become linked to the value of gold within five to seven years, because gold is “the one thing in the world that keeps its intrinsic value better than anything else.” Ensuring the stability of the dollar in this way would make transactions “infinitely easier [and] more productive,” Forbes noted.

In addition to discussing monetary policy and the necessity of a stable dollar, Forbes argued that taxes are not just a means of raising revenue for the government but are also a burden on taxpayers. “All this talk about raising taxes — absolutely counterproductive,” Forbes said, citing numerous countries around the world in addition to the United States that have faltering economies and are raising taxes today, such as Greece, Italy, Portugal, Britain, France and Japan. While the United States is able to use its states as laboratories for testing the effect of tax policy, Forbes said, research has shown that states without high income taxes do far better over time than those that do. Referring to New Jersey’s high income tax, Forbes, who is a resident of New Jersey, said that after the state implemented its income tax, “our [state] economy is a shadow, proportionally, of what it was 20, 30 years ago.” Forbes further argued that the federal income tax code, as well

as the rules and regulations that go with the code, are excessively wordy and confusing. “Nobody knows what’s in it,” noted Forbes. “You don’t have to go the Amazon; there are exotic creatures right there in the code.” Forbes said he believed American tax policy should be based on the simple flat tax and involve no federal income tax for the first $46,000 of income, no tax on savings and no “death tax” on inherited estates. “No taxation without respiration,” Forbes said, eliciting laughter from the audience. Forbes also said that the economy has far-reaching effects and could profoundly affect politics, security and people’s views of the world. Forbes’ talk, titled “Why the Tax and Monetary Sins of the West Now Threaten Civilization,” was delivered in McCosh 50. It was sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions as part of its “An America’s Founding and Future” lecture series.

REBECCA TERRETT :: CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

CEO of Forbes, Inc. Steve Forbes ’70 discussed fiscal policy and the American economy on Sunday.

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outside Frist.” Hou said she contacted similar groups at Harvard University and Yale University. Harvard’s Tobacco Control Policy Group, which has been active since 2010, found that 10 percent of students who responded to a survey identified as current smokers. Although no similar data is available for Princeton, Hou said that she thinks the percentage is roughly the same. Though the group plans to study the frequency of smoking on campus and its potential side effects, it has not yet indicated that it will produce policy recommendations on the basis of its findings, PTCPG member Farrah Bui ’14 said. “There’s a reason why secondhand smoke and smoking in general is unhealthy, but I think the reason why we haven’t taken a stance in terms of a specific policy is that we want to be sensitive,” Bui said. “We do have a large body of international students where smoking is integrated into their culture.” Bui said that other colleges have adopted regulations to address smoking-related health concerns. “I think there’s been a really large net of colleges who have been interested in getting their campuses to be smokefree, and, if not, at least some kind of regulation like, ‘You can only be so many feet away from a building [when smoking],’” she said. “It’s very interesting that one of the leading institutions isn’t on this, but it’s something that is catching on.” She added that any policy “should be framed around what students want.” While several members of PTCPG are also members of the Student Health Advisory Board, the control group was founded separately by Hou.

SHAB launched an initiative to discourage smoking around frequented campus buildings this past fall, SHAB communications chair Taylor Dunstan ’15 said. “SHAB’s main goal with this project was to alleviate the concerns of secondhand smoking,” SHAB treasurer Stephen Cognetta ’15 said. “Maybe it doesn’t affect everyone … [but] secondhand smoking is definitely a legitimate concern.”

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student staff tells us not enough people come to make this worth our time, we will listen to them. It’s really going to be their call.” Event Coordinator for the Office of Religious Life Joanne Sismondo said that the cost of operating the cafe for three days a week in the afternoon would be small, though she added that she would like to see the cafe open its doors every afternoon. The ORL currently spends about $13,000 annually to supply Murray-Dodge Cafe with baking ingredients and drinks, Boden said. The office covers all of the cafe’s costs except for student wages, which are split between the University and the

federal government as part of the Federal Work-Study Program, according to Sismondo. The student staff of the cafe has not yet decided if it will hire more workers to handle the increased hours, according to Dan Velasco ’13, one of the three student supervisors of the cafe. “There’s a good chance that our current team will be able to carry this pretty easily,” comanager Dylan Ackerman ’14 said. Ackerman is also a member of The Daily Princetonian’s editorial board. Sismondo originally suggested the idea of opening the cafe in the afternoons, Velasco explained. “The plan is to give students an additional space where they can just hang out, study, relax and enjoy some tea,” Velasco added.

The afternoon environment has been quieter than the typical night shift, Ackerman said, based on the two shifts he had worked during the new hours. “During the day, it’s much more focused on reading and doing homework,” he said. “I think it’s a good combo to have it open as a study spot with cookies in the afternoon and as a social spot at night.” About 15 students filled the basement cafe of MurrayDodge last Wednesday afternoon — most studying or quietly chatting. “If I was in the mood that I needed to work somewhere quiet, it probably wouldn’t be ideal, but there’s less chatter than there is on weekends or at nighttime,” Damaris Miller ’15 said. Murray-Dodge Cafe offers gluten-free cookies and vegan cookies on Sunday and

Wednesday nights, respectively. Whether these options will extend into the afternoon remains unclear, Velasco said. “Unfortunately, we can’t make a batch of gluten-free cookies and only have two of them eaten in an afternoon. You can only save cookie dough for so long,” Ackerman explained. “From that angle, we have to make sure we are not going to be wasting anything.” The decision on whether Murray-Dodge Cafe will permanently expand its hours to include all afternoons, maintain its current afternoon schedule or revert to offering only night shifts will come in the next two weeks, according to Velasco. “We’ll give it a couple of weeks, but I don’t anticipate there being any problem with keeping it open,” Sismondo said.

Judy Hou ’16 Founder of PTCPG

Dunstan said that the initiative was not as successful as SHAB had hoped, in part because of what she called a “culture of smoking” that exists among grad students. She explained that SHAB is not continuing the smoking initiative this semester and is allowing Hou’s group to assume primary responsibility for addressing the issue of smoking on campus. SHAB recently sent emails to the residential colleges asking students about their opinions on the issue of secondhand smoke and received 40-50 responses from students who “thought it was an issue that should have been addressed,” Dunstan said. Many of these responses were complaints about secondhand smoke on campus, though others were from smokers who offered advice on the issue, she added. PTCPG has held one meeting so far this semester and will determine more concrete objectives at later meetings, Hou said.

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Barbara Zhan columnist

Doing what you love?

he question I most hate answering is, “What major are you thinking about?” It’s not that I don’t have one in mind — it’s the judgment I know I’m inevitably going to receive in response. I intend to be an ORFE engineer, and almost nobody thinks I have “proper reasons” to justify my decision. The general attitude toward people pursuing pre-professional majors has taken an increasingly negative turn. Any academic focus with a pre-professional bent — pre-med, pre-law, economics, public policy, engineering — seems to automatically raise suspicion. People pursuing lucrative majors or career paths are seen as mercenary, competitive, narrow-minded, ambitious and greedy. “Pre-meds?” people scoff. They’re onetrack-minded vultures frenetically cramming for orgo, hunting down a stable six-figure salary and social status. Economics majors? They’re just in it for the famed Wall Street bonuses, a huge percentage of the base salary. The obvious way to go is to study a subject you love and then, by the excellence of your work and the strength of your undying passion, magically fall into a career that’s tangentially related to your major, or, even better, find a dream job that directly relates to your interests.

The general attitude toward people pursuing pre-professional majors has taken an increasingly negative turn. The problem with that philosophy is that it doesn’t usually work out so perfectly. There are some people who pursue majors with no predefined career path — take English, for example — and end up in the same Wall Street jobs as economics majors or even end up as successful writers. But that’s not the case for most people. Most people can’t use an English degree as a springboard for a job as an accountant — those employers ask for prerequisites a major like that can’t fulfill. And even fewer people make it as successful authors or writers. There are only so many books that become best sellers, only so many newspapers and magazines to write for. So many people want so few dream jobs; success in those fields is usually contingent on circumstance and pure luck. Some people love pre-med classes the way writers love to write. But for those who don’t, there are still reasons to choose a pre-professional major other than pure passion. Choosing a practical major is just a realistic option for those of us who aren’t stellar writers or who can’t find jobs as philosophy or comparative literature majors. Personally, part of the reason I chose my major is that I know there are career opportunities in engineering. But that’s compounded by the fact that I find the challenge of engineering rewarding. I can’t say I love all of the required classes, and I can’t say I love doing math problems enough to consider it a hobby I would pursue in my free time. But I don’t see why it’s such a bad thing to have a stable career path in mind and to be willing to work hard toward it. This isn’t to say that you should select a major or a job you hate, and the good thing about most of these pre-professional paths is that they’re self-selective. Most likely, someone who resolutely hates biology or chemistry isn’t going to make it through the whole 10year process to become a doctor. Someone who hates finance or public policy probably won’t tolerate four or more years of it. There has to be an intrinsic interest in the subject for it to work out, but interest doesn’t have to be the only reason. I don’t have to love every minute of every class in order to justify why I chose my major. I know the job I’m headed toward at the end of the road, and it’s a job that I’m happy to do. It’s idealistic to believe the only proper reason to choose a major is out of pure love for the subject. There are so many other factors to consider — inherent talent, financial security, job opportunities. Every student has manifold reasons for choosing his or her major, and if those reasons are partially tied to a future career path, then so be it. Sanctimonious statements about the “right reasons” to choose a major or the “right way” to learn in college are presumptuous and, ultimately, unnecessary. Barbara Zhan is a freshman from Plainsboro, N.J. She can be reached at barbaraz@princeton.edu.

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Sexual assault awareness

n 2008, several University offices conducted a survey on the sexual experiences of Princeton undergraduates from the Classes of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, with the goal of quantifying the prevalence of sexual assault on campus. Among various other findings, the results indicated that more than one in six female students experience non-consensual vaginal penetration during their time at the University. However, Princeton chose to refrain from publishing this data, and the survey remained hidden from the public eye until The Daily Princetonian uncovered the report this past Monday. In the article, one administrator claimed that the University did not want to draw unwanted attention to the findings, which are slightly lower than the national estimate that one in five women are raped during their college careers. The University’s failure to publish the data set is highly irresponsible: The Princeton community deserves and needs to know about the prevalence of sexual assault on campus. Most importantly, publicizing this uncomfortable information both empowers survivors to speak out and increases the efficacy of prevention programs. We are happy to note that many resources exist on campus to promote sexual well-being and awareness: The Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources, and Education program works with a number of other campus groups to prevent sexual violence and provide supports for survivors. Partly as a result of their efforts, Princeton is consistently rated a “sexually healthy” school. Moreover, with the aim of increasing bystander awareness and intervention, SHARE is now undertaking a campaign to inform the community that one in eight Princeton students are survivors of “power-based personal violence.” Despite these laudable efforts, discussion of sexual violence remains taboo. Princeton is certainly exceptional in a number of ways, making it is easy to assume a problem like sexual assault “does not happen here.” Yet even in our ivory tower, sexual assault occurs. It is important to acknowledge that Princeton is part of and contributes to the national figures. We are no exception. Publishing the survey calls attention to and meaningfully increases campus discourse on the sensitive topic of sexual assault. Indeed, the ‘Prince’ article uncovering the

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survey has received over 200 comments since its publication last Monday. Increased consciousness of sexual assault as a problem at Princeton has a number of meaningful benefits. First and foremost, figures like these may help survivors come to terms with the traumatic experience of sexual assault. Many studies find that survivors of sexual assault typically report feelings of shock, fear, embarrassment or even guilt that prevent them from reaching out for help or contacting authorities. The public release of these figures indicates to survivors that they are not alone, increasing the probability that they will seek assistance from one of the campus groups that are trained to provide support. Moreover, by making bystanders more aware of the scope of the sexual assault problem, publicly releasing the data may contribute to an atmosphere in which bystanders intervene to prevent sexual assault. Releasing the numbers also empowers survivors to step forward to authorities. Currently, no records are kept of the number of sexual misconduct cases brought before the Committee on Discipline. But we do know that between 2006 and 2009 — the years the survey was conducted — the COD only ruled on four of such cases. This low figure suggests that most students who are sexually assaulted are not pursuing the issue with the University administration. By monitoring and publicly releasing data on sexual assaults at Princeton, members of the administration would be signaling that the issue concerns them and that they are taking steps to improve sexual safety on campus. Knowledge of such an institutional commitment would likely make survivors more willing to bring their case before University authorities. While selection biases and polling imprecision make it difficult to obtain a precise estimate of the prevalence of sexual assault on campus, the fact that one in six female students reported experiencing non-consensual vaginal penetration at the University suggests that sexual assault and harassment are significant problems on our campus. The Princeton community has a right to know this sort of information, and, in the future, the University should demonstrate a commitment to survivor safety first and reputation second. Zach Horton ’15 abstained from voting, and Brandon Holt ’15 recused himself from the writing of this editorial.

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The problem with gay marriage Luke Massa

Senior columnist

ays and straights alike often bring up the topic of gay marriage with me — they want to rejoice in this judicial victory or poke fun at that idiotic Republican for his archaic views on marriage, and, as a leftleaning gay person, I am expected to join in. Usually I quietly nod and awkwardly try to change the subject, but sometimes they persist, so I am forced to say that I am not exactly sure if I support gay marriage or, at the very least, the way gay marriage is debated in this country. Their reactions range from stunned silence to a look that says, “Ah, you must be one of those selfhating conservative gays.” I try to explain why my views on this subject are far from black-and-white and why I am not a traitor to my sexual or political identity. Allow me to do so now. First of all, let’s distinguish being pro-gay — a position I consider myself to hold — which for me is championing the sexual liberation that came out of the gay movement and offering support to those struggling with their own sexuality, and being pro-gay marriage, a particular political position. Since it is so often seen as simply and unacceptably homophobic to be against gay marriage, it is impossible to get past this political position to the real issues. Though many people are against gay marriage simply because they are anti-gay, I believe there are valid, liberal

arguments against gay marriage that are completely consistent with being pro-gay. It seems clear from every poll and political observation that universal gay marriage will be a reality in the near future. There are clearly many gay people who want to get married, and there is increasing support in the straight community. What we should really be talking about, though, is whether it is good for gays that they can get married. This argument is not a form of paternalism — I am not saying that I know better than every gay couple what is good for them. Rather, put another way, in our rush to make gay marriage legal across the country, we have not stopped to consider an important question: Will gay marriage liberalize marriage, or will it conservatize gayness? Take former traditional marriage advocate David Blankenhorn’s recent statement in support of gay marriage. He and other conservatives ground their support of gay marriage in their support of marriage. They reach out to the rest of the country by saying that gay people just want to live their lives in an upstanding, married way and we should not be fighting them but instead bringing them under one roof. Though many of these politicians are simply going where the wind is blowing, they make support of gay marriage seem like a true conservative value, and there’s a reason that this line of argument is not difficult. Indeed, there has been a recent flurry of op-eds and articles written by gay people

who find faults in gay marriage because of their conservative, often religious, backgrounds. But as a liberal person, I want the lessons of gay liberation not to be forgotten but embraced by gays and straights. If the gay movement taught us anything, it’s that what the Greeks call eros, agape and philia (something like erotic love, romantic love and love between friends) don’t always line up so neatly, that we are not sinners or pathological if we don’t experience them all at the same time and for the same person. This beautiful and liberating idea should be celebrated and shared with the straight community, not further squashed by the standardization of gay love. As a gay man, if what feels most natural and works best for me is to live with a straight woman and date men but leave the important medical decisions up to that woman, why can’t this be an option? Why should I give up all of that and do things the “straight” way — having only one meaningful sexual, romantic and platonic relationship at a time? I am not saying that the conservative view of what marriage should be has no merit — in fact, that’s my point. Personally, I don’t believe that a nuclear family with a white picket fence and 1.8 kids (with straight or gay parents) is the only way to raise our children. Yet claiming that married, straight Americans are merely homophobic for wanting a stake in changes to this institution is not helpful. Society needs to move forward together, and if a proper debate on what marriage is and should be is consistently stifled by

claims of homophobia and the paralyzing assumption that minorities are always right, traditional marriage will remain unquestioned as the bedrock of our society, just with slightly more awkward bachelor parties. Maybe the solution is civil unions (gay and straight) alongside marriage, like they have in France, or maybe that will create some sort of hierarchy of partnerships — I don’t know. The point here is to question the idea that change is always progressive and to understand the gay experience as a constitutive part of our society, as opposed to as a problem that needs to be solved. This is the part in the conversation where some defenders of gay marriage, if they’re still listening at all, begin to warm to the idea that there is a legitimate liberal argument against gay marriage, whereas others counter by explaining why gay marriage is something we should strive for. But this is good, since we’ve moved past the empty accusations of homophobia and onto the real debate: our visions of how a society can best structure its personal, legal and social relations. I would like to credit Michael Warner’s brilliant and prescient book “The Trouble with Normal” for helping me organize my thoughts on this issue, as well as Cornel West’s “Race Matters” for an extremely useful theory of minority politics. Luke Massa is a philosophy major from Ridley Park, Pa. He can be reached at lmassa@ princeton.edu.

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to Mike and said, ‘Be ready to keep possession.’ Unfortunately, we didn’t get possession again after my last goal. We felt good, but it was disconcerting when, in the final minute or so, we didn’t have possession,” Schreiber said. With its hard-fought win, UNC now possesses a slight 8-7 edge in the all-time series. Every time the Tigers and Tar Heels butt heads, it is always a difficult battle, as eight of the 15 games have been won by one-goal differentials. “[In preparation for this game over the past week], Coach Raymond, who is our defensive coordinator, did a good job of showing us what UNC likes to run offensively,” Schreiber said.

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“Unfortunately, they were able to put in a lot of goals in the first half in transition. Offensively, going in, our plan was to be aggressive. We got some good matchups on that side, and we were able to score some goals. We did a great job even though we didn’t have the ball that much throughout the game. We didn’t execute when the ball was unsettled and they had the transition. That was the difference in the game, when our guys were not getting back on defense or off the field. We definitely settled down [in the] second half. We can be proud of the performance.” “It was absolutely a long bus ride home,” Schreiber added. “The distance gave us a while to think about [the game]. It was definitely silent for the first few hours. Guys were thinking and tak-

ing it all in. Coach Bates said after the game, ‘Keep your heads up, and keep rolling.’ We lost a very tight game to a very good team. We played the best opponent in terms of offense that we’ll likely play all year. Now we’re looking forward to Manhattan on Tuesday and then getting into the Ivy League schedule. We can’t stay focused on the loss. We know that we have to keep moving. Coach was disappointed, but he didn’t come down on us at all. It was more of a ‘Let’s forget and move on.’ It’s tough to swallow a loss like that when you were in the lead with a minute left.” The collective, respectable effort on Saturday has proven that Princeton will be a force to be reckoned with on Tuesday at home against Manhattan, as well as for the

Cornell forward Christian Hilbrich scored on a pass from Ryan to extend the Big Red lead to 3-0. Princeton played strong offense and led 12-5 in shots during the final period, but junior goalie Andy Iles kept making saves to keep the Tigers scoreless. With just under two minutes left in the third, Princeton pulled out Condon for an extra attacker. The attempt would prove unsuccessful, and the Big Red got past the Princeton offense once again and scored on the empty net for a final score of 4-0. On Saturday, the Tigers hoped to bounce back from their loss to force a third game. The Tigers started strong, scoring the first and only goal of the first period

when MacDonald scored on the power play with assists from junior forward Andrew Calof and freshman forward Michael Ambrosia. However, the Big Red once again took charge in the second period, as it outshot the Tigers 18-6. In the second, the Big Red put up its first goal, which came from Ferlin as he received a pass from behind the net by Wilcox. Cornell then took the lead 1:32 into the third period with a goal from defenseman Nick D’Agostino. He then put up another goal on the power play less than five minutes later. The officials reviewed the play to see if the puck was kicked in, but they determined that it was not. With the score at 3-1, the Tigers fought hard to prolong their season. With 9:27 left in the third, Princeton junior defenseman Alec Rush would have cut Cor-

nell’s lead to one, but the officials waived the goal due to a high-stick call. With 1:30 left in the game, Princeton pulled Condon for an extra attacker. The strategy worked better than it did the night before, as Calof scored off a one-timer from junior defenseman Matt Farris with 45 seconds left in the game. Princeton kept the extra attacker, looking to push the game into overtime, but once again, Cornell got past the Tigers to score an empty-netter, ending the game at 4-2. In the end, the Big Red outshot the Tigers 33-22 to win the second game and sweep the series. Cornell will go on to play either No. 1 Quinnipiac or No. 2 Rensselaer depending on the results of the Harvard/Dartmouth game, while Princeton will now have to prepare for next season.

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on the 1,200m leg, junior Michael Williams knew that he just had to perform like usual. “I wanted to treat it like another meet — I knew that I could do the job that I did the week before,” Williams said. “On the 1,200m leg, I had to just get out there, be smooth and not do anything crazy — just stay with everyone else so that we had a shot.” Breaking off the starting line, Williams went straight to the back of the pack where he ran relaxedly and under control. The pace was honest as Penn State’s 3:59-miler, Brannon Kidder, strung out the field through the opening laps. “I just went out there and got into lane one. Guys would try to move up, and when they did I would just take their spot,” Williams said. “With about 400 meters left I had to go for it and started passing people to try to hang on to that lead pack.” Kicking hard over the last 200m, Williams did exactly what he needed to do to keep Princeton in the race. Splitting 2:56.66, Williams handed off in sixth place but just 1.49 seconds back from the lead. Grabbing the baton from Williams in the crush at the exchange zone, Hollimon maneuvered out of trouble and got out hard in pursuit of the front runners. “This was not like last week,” Hollimon said. “Last week we had a lot of space, and I’m a long guy. I’m six feet, four inches, and five feet of that are my legs. This was tight with the turns and bunched.” Navigating the track’s tight turns, Hollimon’s huge strides ate up ground as he closed on fifth place. Catching fifth and passing fourth as well, Hollimon proved his mettle as an Olympic Trials 400m hurdler as he recorded the fastest split

of the field, covering his leg in 46.35 seconds and leaving the Tigers just 1.29 seconds back from the lead. “The 400 leg became a strategic race for me,” Hollimon said. “I had to get the baton from Michael Williams and make the best move I could. In order for us to win the title, we all had to execute, and I had to win my leg.” Taking over for Hollimon, senior 800m man Russell Dinkins ran the leg that put the Tigers into excellent position. As Penn State’s Za’von Watkins raced out from the line with an almost 10-meter lead, Dinkins resisted blasting after him. “Coach Vig[ilante] didn’t want me to sprint out to make up ground quickly and burn out the tank,” Dinkins said. “I ended up tucking in behind [Minnesota’s] Harun Abda, who is one of the best 800-meter runners in the country. All I had to do was just ride on his shoulder, get into my stride and let him bring me through the first 600 meters.” Working with Abda, Dinkins steadily gained ground on Watkins. Going into the final 200 meters, Abda and Dinkins had closed the gap on Watkins, and Dinkins made a move to bring the Tigers even. Digging deep over the last lap of his leg, Dinkins maintained his position with Penn State and Minnesota, as he handed off to Callahan in third, just 0.66 seconds back from Minnesota, and another 0.03 back from Penn State. Dinkins’ 1:48.92 was the second-fastest 800m split of the race. “I had so much faith in those first three legs. I couldn’t have imagined a better place where I would have wanted to get the baton,” Callahan said. “I was right with the lead pack, right off the shoulder of the guy in second. When I got the baton, I just really wanted to do the first three legs justice.” Opting for a tactical race, Penn State’s Creese let the pace lag, as he led Princeton and

Minnesota through a slow opening 800m in 2:05. Callahan was content to tuck in and be patient. “The one concern I had with the slow pace is that the lead you have kind of collapses,“ Callahan said. “The guys behind started to creep up and close in. I just really wanted to stay out of trouble and make sure that I always had a clean shot at the leaders.” The race continued to dawdle, and by the time the pack came through 1,200m in 3:07 the whole field was back in it. As the runners jammed up, Callahan had to protect his space and prevent himself from becoming boxed in. After narrowly avoiding a collision with Villanova’s anchor, Callahan finally moved out into the second lane and freed himself from the crowd. “You forget that track is a physical sport sometimes. Everyone wants to be in a good position, but that’s not always possible,” Callahan said. “The most important thing is not to let that jostling affect your rhythm.” As the bell lap neared, Callahan decided that it was time to let loose. Putting his head down, Callahan surprised the leaders as he kicked into high gear and powered away over the final 200 meters to lead the Tigers to victory. “As they were about to start their last lap I was thinking, ‘Oh, man, it’s happening here,’” Williams said. “Everything sort of hit me right there — this was the national championship; this was what we worked for, and it was the most awesome feeling. When he crossed the line, I couldn’t keep from just jumping around, smiling and shouting.” Callahan’s killer kick, however, wasn’t a complete surprise to those who know him well. “To be honest, I thought we were going to win. We had prepped too much, [and] we

had done too much work, for it to not go right,” Hollimon said. “When it bunched up, you just knew that the ‘Callahan kick’ is better than these other guys’ kicks. I wasn’t even worried; I was just waiting for the race to end so I could give him a big hug. For now, this is the best moment of our Princeton track careers.” While Callahan’s blazing last lap sealed the deal for the Tigers, it was truly the hardfought effort by all four legs that brought the crown back to Princeton. “Each man before Peter did his job perfectly. I wouldn’t say that one guy outperformed the other. When their moments came, they all stepped up and did a great job,” Vigilante said. “It was so nice that it could all come together; it was one of those nights that, regardless of all the little ins and outs that could happen, we were fortunate enough to have everything go our way.” After the DMR, the weekend wasn’t over for the Tigers. On Saturday afternoon, junior triple jumper Damon McLean leapt 50 feet, eight inches to finish 14th overall. McLean made his first appearance at the indoor meet after finishing eighth at last spring’s outdoor championships. Building off the success of the indoor season, the Tigers are moving outdoors with high aspirations and expectations. For Princeton, the winter is just a building block for the spring. “The goal for a long time has been to do as best we could in the DMR. To win is just a huge confidence boost for us,” Callahan said. “We’re trusting in our coaches and each other, and it really sets us up nicely to stay on course and get back to training before making a big push in the outdoor season. We keep getting better every week. We have to keep the mentality that we’re a team that can compete with anyone.”

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tory guarantees Princeton (21-6 overall, 12-1 Ivy League) an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament. Though the stakes of the game were high, the Tigers walked onto the court knowing they would walk away with at least a share of the Ivy League trophy after beating Yale 77-46 on Friday. Brown (9-19, 3-11) broke ahead and held an early lead at the beginning of the game after senior guard Niveen Rasheed was fouled and made the first basket. Brown held the lead until 9:43 was left in the first half, when Princeton finally pulled ahead by one point. The lead changed eight times in the first half, and the score differential between the two teams remained close. The Tigers held a tight lead of 33-32 as they left the court at the half. Despite the lead, Princeton’s passing and shooting games were not at their best — the team made 38.7 percent of its shots, while the Bears made nearly 50 percent from downtown. Everything turned around in the second half. Though Brown scored early after the break,

Princeton pulled ahead 44-34, and the visiting team was never able to bounce back. “Offensively, it was a little stagnant at times, and I think, for us, the defense has to be our anchor,” senior forward Kate Miller said. “What really helped in the second half was just being able to pick up our defensive energy, get some steals, get some easy baskets and transitions. Playing well on defense really transitioned into a better offense, too.” The second half showed none of the back and forth exhibited in the first half — the Tigers were able to hold onto and build upon their solid lead within the first five minutes of play. With 12 minutes left in the game, Rasheed was fouled on a fast-break attempt and was pulled out of the game to see a trainer rather than take the free throw. Though she sat out for more than six minutes of play, she came back in with a bang, making two quick baskets. Princeton made nearly 47 percent of the 39 shots in the second half, and Brown made just over 36 percent. “The preparation and the daily work that goes into a championship like that is profound, so it’s exciting when it all comes together,” Banghart said. “To win four straight champion-

ships at any sport at any level is rare, and it’s because it’s so hard to do. [The members of the senior class] deserve all the credit in the world for what they have sustained over a four-year period.” Since Saturday was also the last home game of the season, the game celebrated the four senior players — center Megan Bowen, guard Lauren Polansky, Miller and Rasheed — who have now ended every season at Princeton with an Ivy League title. The seniors had a successful final game on Carril Court — Rasheed tallied 14 points and 9 rebounds, Miller tallied 12 points, Bowen had 11 points and Polansky had six rebounds. Though the title is no longer up for grabs, Princeton will head to Philadelphia on Tuesday to face Penn for its last game of Ivy League play. The Tigers will find out how they are seeded and when their first NCAA game will be on Monday, March 18. “We’ve been there three times now, and last year left a bad taste in all of our mouths,” Rasheed said. “We’ve had a perfect career here so far, but the one thing missing is a tournament, so hopefully we can translate that and make that happen this year.”

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were ahead, Harvard would have done something terribly wrong,” Strand said. “We were expecting a tough competition, but day one was sort of just ‘stay close,’ and then days two and three were moving day and winning day.” Harvard won three of Thursday’s six events and finished the day on top with 467 points. Still, Princeton accumulated points early to ensure that moving day and winning day remained possible. Sophomore Harrison Wagner beat out three Crimson swimmers with a time of 19.61 in the 50m freestyle for his first individual Ivy title and, most likely, a qualifying time for

nationals. Senior Stevie Vines finished second in the one-meter dive at 348.3 points behind Harvard’s Michael Mosca in a repeat of the 2012 championships. Five Tiger swimmers — all freshmen — placed in the top 10 in the 200m individual medley. Among them was D’Alessandro, who finished second overall and set a new Princeton record with a time of 1:45.47. On the second day, Strand and the 200m relay helped the Tigers make their move, as did a surprise victory in the 800m freestyle relay by D’Alessandro, Maher, freshman Jeremy Wong and Bole in 6:26.87. Columbia also edged Harvard in that event. “On paper, we were the favorites for the 800 free relay,” Wagner said. “But I don’t think

anybody was too sure that we would win that relay, just based on the strength of the Harvard squad and the fact that it was four guys who had never swam the relay before.” After that victory, Wagner said, the Tigers knew they could pull it off. Going with the theme of the weekend, he gave credit to the freshmen. “We really leaned on them, and they were able to support us,” he said. He added that the freshmen had reinvigorated this team, which was accustomed to Ivy meets and Ivy dominance. The excitement the rookies have brought is palpable, and the accomplishments racked up over the weekend have given them a lot to look forward to in years to come.

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control of the second meeting of the year. In fact, they led the entire game, going up by as many as 14 points for one stretch in the first half. Still, it was not a blowout. Junior guard T.J. Bray and junior forward Will Barrett kept the Tigers close with 17 and 16 points, respectively, and senior forward Ian Hummer tied his career high with seven assists and had no turnovers all game. With a little over three minutes to go in the game, Princeton came back to within one point after a Hummer jump shot. In the final two minutes, however, the Bulldogs added to their lead with foul shots, and they were up 71-66 when the buzzer sounded. With the loss, the Tigers knew they faced an uphill battle. “It was not what we expected to happen,” Bray said. After the loss, the Tigers entered Saturday’s game against Brown (13-15, 7-7) knowing that they would most likely need a win to keep pace with Harvard and force a one-game playoff. “We were all pretty confident going in,” Bray said. “We thought we had a good game plan.” The game started off well for the Tigers, as they scored the only four points of the first minute. Brown quickly found its groove, however, holding the Tigers scoreless over the next six minutes as it went on a 10-0 run. The Bears also out-rebounded the Tigers 8-2 during that stretch. Rebounds were important for the game, with Princeton being out-rebounded 43-29 on the night. The Bears kept playing well in the first half, shooting over 54 percent from the field, to reach their largest lead of the first half at 22-12 with just over eight minutes remaining. The Tigers then went on a 10-0 run of their own to tie the game back up. The run included four points from senior center Brendan Connolly, who finished the game with seven total. Brown responded, however, to take a seven-point lead near the end of the half, thanks in large part to seven points from Sean McGonagill, who would finish with a game-high 24 points. Sophomore forward Denton Koon made sure Princeton would get the last points of the half, though, when he stole the ball from Cedric Kuakumensah and raced down the field to score a long-range threepointer from just inside half court, making the halftime

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score 33-29 in favor of the Bears. Points off of turnovers were the one area the Tigers performed well in during the second half, with 12 compared to the Bears’ three. The Bears would continue their strong play in the second half, scoring 10 of the

On Saturday, Princeton came crashing back to earth. half’s first 12 points to increase their lead to 12. The two teams would then go back and forth for the majority of the half, with Princeton eventually cutting the Bears’ lead down to five with about one minute left in the

game. The Tigers missed all five of their three-pointers in the last minute, however, and Brown scored the final eight points of the game to down the Tigers 80-67. “They just played their game, and we really couldn’t stop them,” said Bray. “We really kind of struggled all weekend. It’s hard to pinpoint one thing they did.” The loss, coupled with Harvard’s win over Columbia, eliminated the Tigers from Ivy League title contention after they were the favorites going into the weekend. Though an Ivy League title is no longer within reach for the Tigers, they will attempt to finish off their season on a high note when they travel to the Palestra to take on rival Penn in their season finale. “We’re just going to try to regroup and play the good basketball we’ve been playing all year,” Bray said. “Can’t let one weekend get us down.”

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For the fifth straight season, the men’s swimming and diving team has brought an Ivy League championship to Princeton. The Tigers, as dominant as they have been in years past, did not win effortlessly — it took a full team effort over a full three days to overcome a great showing and an especially impressive first day from Harvard. A year after the phenomenal Class of 2012 won its fourth and final title, it was 2016 that led the way. “2012 gave all of our classes — sophomores, juniors and seniors — a good idea of

what leadership and swimming fast was,” sophomore Michael Strand said. “And we hopefully gave that to the freshmen this year.” Strand won the 100m back and was a part of the 4x200 medley relay team, which also took first place after beating Harvard by more than a second. Freshmen Sandy Bole and Teo D’Alessandro won swim-offs to squeeze their way into “A” finals on a weekend when every point counted. They ended up turning in points that would turn Princeton’s narrow 23-point lead over Harvard going into the final day into a sizeable margin that left no doubt as to who was the best

team in the Ancient Eight. Sophomore Connor Maher helped shore up that lead, improving on last year’s second-place finish by winning the 200 backstroke in one minute, 43.76 seconds. Another freshman, En-Wei Hu-Van Wright, took third in the event, while Harvard’s best finisher placed fifth. These successes came late in the threeday meet after Harvard jumped out to an early lead. Down by 44 points after the first day, the Tigers, young though they were, remained calm — this was part of the game plan. “We were expecting to be down. If we See SWIMMING page 7

“We believe in Pete,” senior sprinter Austin Hollimon thought as he and his fellow distance medley relay teammates watched senior co-captain and anchor Peter Callahan move into the last laps of the NCAA National Championship race Friday night. Sprinting on Arkansas’ tight, 200m banked track in Fayetteville, Callahan did not disappoint. After a relatively slow and tactical beginning half of the closing 1,600m leg, the race shaped up to favor Callahan and his devastating kick. As the star-studded field of sub-four-minute miler anchors began to bunch up going into the final lap, Callahan burst into first place and immediately cracked the race wide open. Easily blowing past Penn State’s leading three-minute, 57-second miler, Robby Creese, Callahan never looked back. Burning the final 200 meters in 26 seconds, he stopped the clock at 9:33.01, giving Princeton its first indoor relay title since 1975. “It was an incredible feel-

ing to cross the line and win,” Callahan said. “Being here with the guys on the team, you’re racing for more than yourself. You’re racing for the other three legs, the team and everyone back at school. It was something we’re really proud of, something unbelievable.” If there had been doubts before, Princeton’s win solidified its reputation as one of the nation’s best distance programs. Having won both the 4xMile and the DMR at last spring’s Penn Relays, the Tigers have won each of the NCAA’s major distance relay titles. With the victory of Donn Cabral ’12 in the 3,000m steeplechase last spring, Princeton has won an individual title at the past two national meets. “I thought we could win last October,” men’s distance coach Jason Vigilante said. “I don’t say that with arrogance or cockiness; I say that because this group is really special. They’re phenomenally talented and laser-focused. It was evident to me that we could put this thing together back in the fall.” Leading off for Princeton See TRACK page 6

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The men’s lacrosse team (31) faced the choice between going big or going home on Saturday afternoon. After a stunning PRINCETON 15 threeUNC 16 part season opener against Hofstra, Villanova and long-standing rival Johns Hopkins, the stakes were high for the Tigers as they entered a road game against then-No. 9 North Carolina (3-2). The Tigers just barely relinquished their chance at a fourth straight victory to start the season, but the Tar Heels sent them home nonetheless. Up until the very last seconds of a 16-15 game, a crowd of 4,362 witnessed no clear victor before them. At halftime, UNC had taken a slight 10-7 lead, but this season’s Tigers had already rallied from a three-goal deficit before. By the end of the third frame, Princeton had narrowed the gap to a mere one goal (11-10) disadvantage. When Carolina’s Chad Tutton scored on freshman goalie Matt O’Connor in the final three seconds of the game, the Orange and Black left the field shortly thereafter with a lot to feel both proud and somewhat frustrated about. In stunning fashion, the two opponents jointly posted 31 goals and 99 shots. Though not unprecedented, the Tigers rarely fail to finish games with a win when scoring 15 goals or more. The last time they did so was in a 16-15 loss to Rutgers in 1979.

Moreover, since head coach Chris Bates took the helm in 2009, the team maintains a 19-2 record in 10-plus goal games. Strangely enough, those two losses occurred at UNC, both in 2013 and three years ago in a 12-11 victory for the Tar Heels. Perhaps more impressively, each team had three players who scored at least three goals apiece. On Princeton’s end, sophomore attack Mike MacDonald, senior midfielder Jeff Froccaro and junior offensive middie Tom Schreiber all joined the overthree-goals club. MacDonald procured a career-high five goals and added two assists to the stat columns for another career-high seven points in a single game. Froccaro scored four goals and prevailed once against in the face-off category, winning six of 12. Equally spectacularly, Schreiber reaped four goals and two assists, including the final two for the Tigers. He has now tied Froccaro for second-most points earned by a player thus far in the season (15), just behind first place MacDonald’s 16 points. Schreiber scored when the Tigers needed him most, twice in a row. Princeton trailed 14-13 in the final minutes of the final quarter, when Schreiber scored consecutive goals less than a minute apart, the second with 1:41 remaining in the game to give the Tigers a 1514 advantage. “I was concerned with how much time was left on the scoreboard when we brought it to the 15-14 lead. I turned See M. LAX page 5

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After its defeat of Harvard two weekends ago, the men’s basketball team seemed to be PRINCETON 66 on its way to an Ivy YALE 71 League PRINCETON 67 title. AfBROWN 80 ter an upand-down season, they had taken down Harvard and, after the Crimson’s fortuitous loss to Penn, climbed to first place in the league. On Saturday, the Tigers (16-11 overall, 9-4 Ivy League) came crashing back to earth. After Yale swept its season series with Princeton, Brown got the better of the Orange and Black in Providence, R.I., and news of Harvard’s two wins confirmed that the Tigers were out of first place for good. After beating the Tigers at Jadwin Gymnasium earlier this season, the Bulldogs (1417, 8-6) looked thoroughly in See M. B-BALL page 7

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With Saturday’s win over Brown, women’s basketball coach Courtney Banghart led the cagers to their fourth consecutive Ivy League title.

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Cornell sweeps Princeton in first round of ECAC playoffs By Andrew Sun contributor

The men’s hockey season came to an end this weekend as Cornell won the first two games of a CORNELL 4 best-of-three series PRINCETON 0 to beat Princeton in CORNELL 4 the first round of PRINCETON 2 the ECAC playoffs. The first game of the series on Friday night ended in a 4-0 loss for the Tigers, but the game was hard fought on both sides. The

first period ended scoreless, as both teams struggled to take control of the puck and get clear shots on goal. At the end of the period, the number of shots taken by each team was close, with the Tigers holding a slim advantage at 11-10. However, the game took a clear turn against Princeton in the second period. Changing the trend of the first period, Cornell led in shots with 13 compared to a mere three for the Tigers. The first goal of the game came 8:51 into the second period by Cornell defender Joakim

WEEKEND SCOREBOARD As winter seasons wrapped up this weekend, spring teams saw plenty of action. Here’s how they did:

Women’s basketball head coach Courtney Banghart came to Princeton in 2007 and finished her first season with a reYALE 46 7-23 cord. Six PRINCETON 77 years later, BROWN 51 B a n g h a r t PRINCETON 80 has turned the program around and led it to its fourth Ivy League championship in a row. “In order to be successful, you have to surround yourself with the right people. I did that in the staff that I hired, and I did that with the kids that I recruited,” Banghart said. “We just played it day by day and thought about doing things the right way and required that of our kids, and they bought into it.” The work has surely paid off. The women’s basketball team was awarded its fourth-straight Ivy League title on Saturday after defeating Brown 80-51 at Jadwin Gymnasium. The vic-

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Ryan on a pass through the crease from forward Brian Ferlin. The Tigers played strong defense, even during on a penalty kill after a slashing call on senior forward Will MacDonald. However, with only 27 seconds left in the second period, Cornell scored once again when forward John Esposito and defenseman Reece Wilcox beat the Tigers on a breakout pass and scored on Princeton senior goalie Mike Condon. Six minutes into the third period, See HOCKEY page 5

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