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Victory pyre warms freezing students By Michael Granovetter senior writer
On the first day of the semester with temperatures that failed to reach above freezing, students, faculty, staff and townspeople huddled for warmth around a bonfire on Cannon Green to celebrate the football team’s victory in the Big Three for the second year in a row. While the traditional effigies of the Harvard and Yale mascots were absent from the event, crumpled portraits of John Harvard littered the perimeter of the pyre and at least one paper airplane flew over the outside barrier. “Through blood, sweat and
tears, [the football team] delivered us not one, but two bonfires, plus an Ivy League championship,” Class of 2014 president Luchi Mmegwa said in his opening remarks to kick off the events. The football team lost 28-24 to Dartmouth on Saturday, although the Tigers clinched a share of their first Ivy League title since 2006 when they defeated Yale the previous weekend, 59-23. “A raw, cold November night like this puts me in the mood for a bonfire,” President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said to cheers from the crowd during his opening speech, acknowledging his respect for the foot-
ball team by adding, “There’s no team on this campus that can bring this University together the way that this team can bring the University together.” While students appeared to appreciate the warmth of the bonfire, which lit up Cannon Green at 7:40 p.m. and lasted for nearly an hour, this weekend’s weather conditions almost prompted a decision to postpone the event. Local fire marshals expressed their concern over the heavy wind conditions on campus Sunday, with gusts reaching at least 40 miles per hour at times, according to See BONFIRE page 3
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Before bonfire, a debate ignited By Andrew Steele staff writer
An online student petition asking the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students to include the football team’s captains in decisions regarding Sunday’s bonfire has received 430 signatures as of Sunday afternoon. The petition came after to the decision not to burn an effigy of John Harvard or a Yale bulldog in the celebration. The petition asks ODUS to “bring the football captains into the decision-making conversation about upholding the bonfire traditions,” with the goal of giving members of the football team a
say in the event and to “repay them for their hard work,” according to Taylor Dunstan ’15, who created and circulated the document on Thursday evening. “The football players aren’t really in a position to voice their opinions. They have a game this weekend to focus on,” Dunstan said. “I felt someone needed to step in and stand up for the guys who work hard on and off the field for their accomplishments, especially if they can’t really voice their opinions.” The Department of Athletics and a representative from the football team were included in planning the
bonfire, according to USG communications director Richard Lu ’16. Lu added that the fire will be lit by the captains of the football team and that no other members of the athletic program will be passing the torch. Due to a forecast of high winds throughout the day, the bonfire’s coordination team may postpone the event until Monday. A final determination as to the day of the bonfire will be made at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne announced in an email to the student body today. See EFFIGY page 3
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Nov. 25, 1981 The University celebrated its first bonfire in 15 years with a victory over Yale and a tie with Harvard. No effigy was mentioned. The event was sponsored by the Alumni Council.
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8th case of meningitis reported at U. By Emily Tseng Managing Editor
A female student was diagnosed with meningitis and hospitalized late on Thursday in the eighth case of the disease to strike the University community since March. The student developed symptoms of the disease on Wednesday night, when she went to University Health Services at McCosh Health Center. She was taken to a local hospital on Thursday, according to a health advisory emailed to all University students and their parents. Health personnel will conduct tests to determine whether her case is related to
the seven cases of the disease that have occurred at the University this year, all of which were caused by meningococcal bacteria serotype B. The latest case is not expected to change authorities’ response to the outbreak or their plans, announced in the past week, for a vaccination campaign, according to Alison Patti, a spokesperson for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She added that the CDC will not recommend that the vaccine be mandatory. The CDC has been working with state, local and University officials since the third case of the outbreak was reported in May. The University announced Mon-
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News & Notes students will be tabling in Frist Campus Center until the end of the semester to collect donations as part of ongoing relief efforts for Typhoon Haiyan. Students will be accepting donations near the Welcome Desk on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Dec. 13. T-shirts to benefit typhoon relief were also on sale during the bonfire, where student volunteers walked around with collection buckets for cash contributions. Proceeds will go to three studentrecommended charities, Oxfam International, Catholic Relief Services and Stiftung Solarenergie, according to Pace Center Communications Coordinator Gwen McNamara.
day that, pending final CDC approval, it would be sponsoring two rounds of Bexsero, a meningitis B vaccination not yet licensed in the United States, in an outbreak response planned since the summer. Bexsero will be made available free of charge to all undergraduates, all graduate students who live in dormitories and other University community members who have existing medical conditions predisposing them to meningococcal disease. In an email announcement on Nov. 18, the University said it hoped to make the first round of the vaccine available See OUTBREAK page 4
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Adam Mastroianni ’14 and Timothy McGinnis ’13 were selected as recipients of the U.S. Rhodes Scholarship on Saturday. The Rhodes Scholarship awards selected students the opportunity to study at University of Oxford. The program selects 83 recipients worldwide, including 32 from the United States. Mastroianni, a senior in the psychology department from Monroeville, Ohio, and a former co-president of improv comedy group Quipfire!, has conducted extensive research on the social psychology of humor. His research includes how the presence of others affects laughter and how laughter influences people’s perception of each other. Mastroianni summarized the results of his
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Major donor, former trustee Lewis ’55 dies By Chitra Marti staff writer
Peter Lewis ’55, former University trustee and donor, died Saturday afternoon at his home in Coconut Grove, Fla., at the age of 80. Lewis was the former CEO and chairman of auto insurance giant Progressive Insurance. Lewis donated over $233 million dollars to the University, more than anyone else in modern times, and also supported multiple progressive causes, including the legalization of marijuana. His donations changed the face of the University’s campus, leading to the construction of the Lewis Library, the current Lewis Center for the Arts and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. His most recent contribution, the new Lewis
English major Li ’14 wins Marshall Scholarship By Durva Trivedi staff writer
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Several campus organizations have had their events cancelled or seen reduced participation due to concerns by outside groups over the outbreak of bacterial meningitis at Princeton. The Big Sibs mentoring program by the Class of 2016 has had two events with its elementary
school mentees cancelled, and a Princeton Disabilities Awareness event this weekend saw much lower attendance than predicted. The cancellations reflect the wider communities’ concerns about interacting with members of the Princeton community amidst the outbreak — which has attracted widespread media attention — despite See EVENTS page 4
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Center for the Arts, is currently under construction. He joined the Board of Trustees in 1998. “He was a very fun, interesting, straightforward person,” Katie Hall ’80, current chair of the Board of Trustees, said. “He will be remembered by both his generosity to the University, certainly to the buildings that bear his name, but more than that, he gave so much of his time and effort to support Princeton,”
Hall added. The cause of death has not yet been released, although the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that Lewis died “apparently of natural causes.” Lewis spent Saturday morning with his grandchildren, who were visiting before Thanksgiving. Lewis was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His father, Joseph Lewis, was the cofounder of Progressive Insurance. Lewis graduated from Princeton in 1955 as a Wilson School major. The title of his senior thesis was “The Financially Irresponsible Motorist: A Problem in Practical Politics.” During his time at Princeton, both Lewis’ father and brother died, leaving him to take over the family business. After graduatSee TRUSTEE page 5
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research in a simple sentence: “Basically, it’s good to laugh.” Mastroianni is one of the first people to research this specific topic, according to psychology professor Susan See RHODES page 5
Dixon Li ’14, an English concentrator from Sandy, Utah, has been awarded the Marshall Scholarship for further study in the United Kingdom. He is the only University student or alumnus to receive the scholarship this year. Last year, two students received a Marshall Scholarship. The Marshall Scholarship provides American students unrestricted study-related funding for two years of graduate studies at a British university, according to the scholarship website. Li, who is also pursuing certificates in African American studies and American studies, plans to complete two year-long masters programs in Contemporary Writing and Culture at Queen Mary University of London and a Master of Philosophy program in English at the University of Cambridge. Li received the news the day after his Marshall interview, two minutes before he was scheduled to attend a lunch meeting. “I’m sure I was excited, but I was a little bit frazzled because I was jetlagged and I couldn’t be too excited, because I had to go to the lunch See MARSHALL page 4
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the National Weather Service. NWS warned that weather conditions were likely to induce the spread of wildfires. However, the winds were forecasted to die down at 6 p.m. On Saturday evening, USG social chair Carla Javier ’15 posted an announcement on the bonfire Facebook event, explaining that a final decision regarding the date of the bonfire would be made by ODUS the following morning. Early Sunday, Associate Dean of ODUS Thomas Dunne emailed the undergraduate body, stating that the bonfire preparations would continue as scheduled throughout the day, although a final determination would not be made until 5 p.m. Javier is also a senior writer for The Daily Princetonian. Late in the afternoon, Municipal Fire Marshal Bob Gregory, in coordination with University officials and other members of the fire department, made the final decision to allow the bonfire to take place. “The weather cooperated with us, and the wind stopped and was minimized,” Gregory explained. However, modifications were made to the construction of the bonfire to accommodate potentially windy conditions. According to Gregory, the pier, excluding the outhouse, was 6 feet tall, less than half the height from last year’s event. To compensate, the base of the pyre was wider at 18 feet, according to University Fire Marshall Scott Loh. While Princeton tradition has in the past featured effigies of mascots John Harvard and the Yale bulldog, the USG and ODUS decided last week that no effigies would be lit this year, citing student concerns. At the bonfire planning meeting held last week, football and athletics representatives decided with ODUS to allow other student-athlete leaders to participate in the ceremony
of lighting the bonfire. In response to these changes, Taylor Dunstan ’15 circulated a petition asking the student body “to bring the football captains into the decision-making conversation about upholding the bonfire tradition of effigies and preserving the torch traditions.” During his speech before the fire was lit, last year’s football captain Andrew Starks ’13 thanked the student body for their support to petition the changes and added his appreciation for the football team’s hard efforts this season, which he said has had an effect on the entire campus community. “They’ve broken records and
“The weather cooperated with us, and the wind stopped and was minimized.” Bob Gregory municipal fire marshal
changed the culture around here,” he said. Current captain Phillip Bhaya ’14 said in an interview that with the team’s preparations for the Dartmouth game, its members had not had the time to think about their opinions on the changes. However, he said he was still satisfied with the entire event. “It was a great way to go out for my whole class,” he said. While neither the effigy of John Harvard nor the stuffed bulldog were included, a Harvard flag was draped over the base of the pyre, and wooden cutouts of the letters “H” and “Y” were attached to the outhouse that stood at the top of the pier.
Students were also passing out pictures of John Harvard that they encouraged others to throw into the fire. The pictures were thrown into the perimeter in the form of crumpled balls and paper airplanes throughout the evening, although none reached the actual fire. And while effigies did not burn in the flames this year, cheers still erupted from the crowd when the structure of the outhouse began to collapse, as the Princeton University Marching Band finished their rendition of “Gangnam Style.” Eric Jones ’54, who came to celebrate on Sunday, said that while he was a student at the University he witnessed three consecutive bonfires. He noted that in the 1950s, the bonfires were much larger and had significantly less supervision from the local fire department. He added that effigies were burned on every occasion he attended as a student. “Of course we burned them,” he said. “We beat Harvard and Yale. They deserved it.” Some students were not satisfied with the changes made to this year’s event. Max Shackan ’15, who noted that he felt that last year’s bonfire was bigger and hotter, said he did not stay for the entire event, returning to his dorm room halfway through. Stephanie Marani ’16 also said that the ceremony was similar to the one she witnessed her freshman year, though she did not arrive at Campus Green until it was nearly over. “I’ve seen it all before,” she said. “But it was still just as exciting.”
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The bonfire is being organized through a collaboration between the class governments, USG, ODUS and the Princeton Fire Department, according to Carla Javier ’15, USG social chair. Javier is also a senior writer for The Daily Princetonian. The debate has raised a central question about the role of tradition on a campus as old as Princeton: If traditions, taken out of context, appear inappropriate, at what point do they deserve or not deserve to persist based on tradition alone? The decision to remove the mascot figures from the Cannon Green celebration was made after repeated conversations between various student representatives and members of the student body, according to Class of 2014 president Luchi Mmegwa. “Among the common refrains that we heard from people was that the burning of an effigy is a very loaded activity and image in the context of American history and world history,” Mmegwa said. “And some people thought it was inappropriate — some people even used the word ‘barbaric’ — for us to be conducting such activities on campus as part of a campus-wide celebration.” Dunstan — a member of the women’s water polo team — clarified that the petition is fundamentally about including the opinions of the football team leadership in the decision-making process. “I’m not making any sort of point about whether or not there should be effigies,” she said. “My petition is more directed at bringing the football players and their values
about tradition into [the discussion].” Dunstan said she had not been in contact with members of the football team prior to writing the petition. Leaders of the football team either declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment. In explaining the importance of various aspects of the bonfire, Dunstan highlighted the role of tradition. “Princeton is a school that is based on very rich and deep traditions,” she said, “especially when it comes to the University’s place in the history of American football. If it’s concerning an effigyscarecrow and a stuffed dog, I think the tradition is more about what those things represent than the effigies themselves.” The bonfire is “one of the most memorable — and sporadic — of all traditional Princeton ac t iv it ies,”P r i nceton i a n a, a section of the University website dedicated to chronicling University traditions, reads. The site explains, “Once a tall pyre was built on the center of Cannon Green, the final adornments usually included an outhouse and an effigy of John Harvard or a Yale Bulldog, or both.” Describing how bonfire tradition “has evolved through time,” Mmegwa said some past bonfires have not included effigies at all, while others have gone so far as to include effigies of individual Crimson and Bulldog football players. In 1957, the bonfire included “an upside-down effigy of a Yalie with its head in a toilet bowl.” Some students, while advocates of the bonfire, raised objections to John Harvard and Handsome Dan’s inclusion in the inferno. Olivia Adechi ’16, a selfdescribed fan who attended most of the home games last
year but hasn’t made it to as many this year, said the bonfire has the potential to create school spirit and solidarity but that burning effigies is not appropriate. “It’s a great place to get all the students involved,” she noted, adding that the bonfire is a good way to involve students in school tradition even if they are not avid football fans. “But at the same time, you think about the negative ritualistic connotations of destruction. As one of the most respected institutions in the country, it’s a bizarre thought to be burning representations of something, especially if it’s a human body. Obviously, John Harvard’s not alive, and we’re not trying to kill Harvard students. But if you think about it, there’s a dark aspect to it … you can’t find an intellectual or justifiable explanation behind it.” Mmegwa said that while no football player from the Class of 2014 has reached out to him yet about the decision, he has heard some arguments in favor of maintaining tradition, though he said the “vast majority” of people who had reached out to him were more concerned about than supportive of the practice of burning effigies. Mmegwa maintained that this year’s decision not to include the effigies was thoughtfully considered and based on inclusive discussion. “It seems there’s some sort of perception that this decision was made in a vacuum, that it was just class officers coming together or USG members coming together and making a decision without consulting a whole host of stakeholders,” he said. “And that was not the case. Moving forward, we’re more than happy to talk to any stakeholder who wants to reach out to us, as we have been doing on this issue.”
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meeting still,” Li said. He immediately called his mother and sent a mass text to his roommates, best friends and writers who sent in recommendation letters for his application. As excited as Li is now about his upcoming graduate studies, he said his advisers initially had to convince him to apply. “I just wasn’t sure what I wanted to do exactly after graduation, and my thesis adviser and a bunch of other people encouraged me to apply to the fellowships to the U.K.,” Li said. As a freshman, Li hoped to be a Wilson School major and had no
interest in academia, he noted. After briefly exploring the idea of majoring in comparative literature, Li said, he finally decided on English after realizing that there are, in fact, many people in academia studying the topics that interest him. Some of those intellectuals are currently in the U.K., where Li said he hopes to meet and learn from them in the near future. English professor Diana Fuss, one of Li’s junior paper advisers, said Li is “no ordinary student” and possesses a strikingly curious mind, as well as striking academic ability. “His reading is prodigious, and his analytical powers are quite sharp,” Fuss said. “He’s mastered the art of conversation, and I think he just soaks everything up. More
than writing and and even more than reading, conversing is intellectual for him. For him, every conversation about ideas is a joyful one.” Through independent work and some “quirky, weird research projects,” including topics like sexual and sacred space in Utah as well as Beyonce and the politics of bling, Li has gained a greater appreciation for academia over his four years at Princeton, he noted. Li is writing his senior thesis on race and the five senses. “It’s been really meaningful to feel like academic work is also satisfying like other intellectual or existential things that I’m interested in,” Li said. Li said he hopes to work in academia some day, but not until after fully exploring other opportunities
by possibly working in the arts sector or with international human rights organizations. Outside the classroom, he works with the LGBT Center, the Pace Center for Civic Engagement, the Writing Center, the Princeton University Art Museum and WPRB radio. Fuss said Li has proven himself to be a leader on campus and she can see him becoming a leading force in academia. “His ethical commitments are deep and genuine, and he’s mature in his approach to people and places around him,” Fuss said. “I trust him and his instincts, and I know he will have a genuine impact on the world ... what that will be, I don’t know, but I suspect he will be a combination of scholar, activist, leader and public intellectual.”
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health authorities’ approval for events to continue as scheduled. The first of eight cases of meningitis B at the University occurred in March. The series of cases was declared an “outbreak” by the New Jersey Department of Health after the fourth student fell ill in May. The outbreak gained nationwide attention on Nov. 15, following a decision to import a foreign vaccine for the disease that is not yet legal in the U.S. The Big Sibs program can-
celled an event originally planned for Saturday. The “little sibs,” students at the City Invincible Charter School in Camden who are matched with Princeton sophomores as mentors, had planned to visit campus. However, after the University announced an eighth case of meningitis on Friday, a representative from the school contacted Big Sibs Co-Chair Sofia Gomez ’16 amid growing requests from parents and families. “Concerns from little sibs’ parents and families encouraged them to postpone their visit,” Gomez said. “Princeton students were scheduled to
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visit Camden this coming Saturday, but that event will also be postponed due to the same concerns.” As of now, the little sibs’ visit to campus has yet to be rescheduled. Coordinators of the Princeton Disabilities Awareness carnival reported many fewer attendees than had originally registered for the conference. “It’s absolutely been affected [by the outbreak,]” Co-President Miryam Amsili ’14 said. “We had originally 81 families register. Over the past week, I had, say, 17 families call me and tell me they weren’t coming because of the meningitis outbreak.”
Many parents expressed fears that visiting campus could lead to increased risk of contracting the illness. Amsili brought these concerns to University Health Services, which provided a letter that was sent to all carnival participants. The letter reassured participants that the N.J. Department of Health had approved all on-campus events to proceed as scheduled. However, as of Sunday afternoon, only 32 of the original 81 families showed up for the day’s events. Amsili also noted that 120 volunteers were on hand to run the event.
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in December, with a booster round offered in February. Both doses will be necessary for full effectiveness. State law currently requires incoming college students to receive a licensed meningococcal vaccine, but the vaccines currently approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration only cover serogroups A, C, Y and W-135, not B. Bexsero was licensed in the European Union in January and in Australia in August, but it has not yet gained FDA approval. The use of the vaccine at Princeton is not expected to speed its progress through FDA approval procedures, according to experts. Starting with the third case in May, the University has issued health advisory emails to the student body with each new case of meningitis associated with Princeton. The advisories encourage students to pay close attention to personal hygiene and to avoid sharing drinking cups, eating utensils or smoking materials like cigarettes with other students. Students who experience a high fever are encouraged to report immediately to UHS. The first case involved a female student who developed symptoms after returning from spring break in March.
The second case involved a male visitor who was on campus from April 6 to 8. He developed symptoms at Princeton and received treatment in his home state. In the third case, Peter Carruth ’14 fell ill on May 7 just after spring Lawnparties. He reported to UHS with symptoms of the disease and was transferred to University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, where he received treatment. The fourth case involved a male student who fell ill May 20 while traveling to his home state at the end of the spring semester. In the fifth case, Michael Moorin ’16 was hospitalized abroad on June 30 with symptoms of the disease while in Greece on a University-run academic program. He was treated in Greece before being transferred to an American hospital in Paris. The sixth case involved a female student hospitalized for meningococcemia, a disease that occurs when the bacteria had entered her bloodstream, on Oct. 3. Meningococcal disease can be treated with antibiotics. The first six cases of the outbreak have recovered. The male student who fell ill in the seventh case, reported on Nov. 10, has been discharged from the hospital, according to New Jersey Department of Health Spokesperson Dawn Thomas.
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Fiske, who is advising him on his senior thesis and advised him on both of his junior papers. She noted that she was impressed by his persistence and mature attitude toward research. Mastroianni is a senior cartoonist for The Daily Princetonian. Mastroianni said he has been interested in the topic since high school, where he participated in stand-up comedy. His government teacher, who used to provide feedback on his practices after classes, didn’t laugh aloud at the puns even though he found them amusing, and Mastroianni took note of how audience members are not likely to laugh when they watch alone. Mastroianni plans to complete a Master of Philosophy in evidence-based social intervention at Oxford, focusing on how people’s behaviors are affected by other people’s behaviora. “What I’m working on, basically, is how can we structure interventions to help people live better lives, and one of the ways is to change their perception of what other people are doing,” Mastroianni said. “I don’t think I’ll be doing studies forcing people to listen to pun after pun anymore, which is sad, but it’s time to move on.” Mastroianni said he hopes to pursue a career in social psychology for the public good after Oxford. He plans to conduct research on how to understand human mind and behavior in order to make people’s lives better. “And I think humor always will play a large part in that,” Mastroianni added.
Among his peers, Mastroianni is known for his sense of humor. Alex Moss ’14, who is a co-coordinator of the Triangle Club’s writing team along with Mastroianni, said that Mastroianni actually made puns during his Rhodes interview, to the delight of the interviewers. David Drew ’14, a member of Quipfire!, said that he believes Mastroianni would be “either the most intelligent comedian or the funniest professor.” McGinnis, an anthropology concentrator who graduated summa cum laude in June, has special interests in the colonial and postcolonial history of medicine and health care systems. From 2009 to 2011 he took a two-year leave to attend Deep Springs College in California, a school with student body of 26 that focuses on students’ autonomy and independence. A school devoted to the idea of alternative education, Deep Springs requires that its students run the ranch and farm attached to the college. McGinnis said he became interested in medicine during his time at Deep Springs, where he was one of the two emergency medical technicians for the secluded school. “The school is in an isolated desert valley, and it’s over an hour away to the nearest hospital, so my classmate and I had to be trained for wilderness medicine,” McGinnis explained of his service as an EMT. He described the experience of attending Deep Springs as very influential on his personal outlook. “It has really shaped a lot of my beliefs about working with and for other people,” McGinnis said. “It’s developed an invaluable sense of appreciation for
both friendship and collective problem-solving.” McGinnis continued to work in health care during his time at Princeton, working as an EMT and volunteering at a clinic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over one summer. Since graduation, he has been working for the Wellbody Alliance, an organization that provides health care in rural Sierra Leone. Raphael Frankfurter ’13, executive director of Wellbody Alliance and long-time friend of McGinnis, commented that he was very excited about McGinnis’ achievement. “I think that what makes him unique is not only his commitment to being a moral person but also his humility and thoughtfulness, and the ability to make things happen,” Frankfurter said. Frankfurter and McGinnis have written for the ‘Prince’ as guest columnists. McGinnis is planning to pursue a Master of Science in the history of science, medicine and technology during his time at Oxford. Regarding his studies after Oxford, he said he is torn between pursuing a further degree in global health policy with a focus on health care system management and attending medical school to practice medicine himself. The Rhodes Trust selects a class of scholars from 14 regions, including Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica and the Commonwealth Caribbean, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Southern Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the United States. Scholars from the other districts will be announced in the coming weeks, and could include Princeton students.
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ing, Lewis joined Progressive as an underwriting trainee. In 1965, he and his mother completed a leveraged buyout, and Lewis became chief executive officer. In 2000, Lewis retired as CEO while remaining chairman of the Board. During his tenure, the company grew from 100 employees to over 25,000, becoming the third-largest auto insurance company in the United States. He also donated to other causes, including the legalization of marijuana. In 2000, he was arrested for drug possession in New Zealand, but he continued to work on promarijuana campaigns. In an interview with Forbes magazine in 2011, he called current marijuana laws “outdated, ineffective and stupid.” The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws estimates that Lewis has spent more than $40 million on the cause since the 1980s, includ-
ing several million dollars to the recent successful legalization campaign in the state of Washington, making Lewis the largest individual supporter of marijuana legalization. Lewis himself used the drug for pain relief following a partial leg amputation in 1997 that was caused by a congenital vascular infection. Lewis was also a patron of Los Angeles architect Frank Gehry, whom he asked to design the University’s Lewis Library and another library in his name at Case Western University Weatherhead School of Management in his hometown of Cleveland. For a time, Lewis stopped donating to Cleveland philanthropies, citing mismanagement and the lack of cooperation between civil leaders and the public. However, last year, he donated another $5 million to the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland. Lewis also donated to the Guggenheim Museum and served as chairman of its
board until 2005, when he left after a dispute with the director over the museum’s financial management. After leaving, he continued to expand the Guggenheim, opening branches of the museum internationally. Lewis often said he was “progressive by birth, by nature, by philosophy,” which inf luenced his contributions to the American Civil Liberties Union, America Coming Together, Media Matters, the Center for American Progress, Third Way, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and more. In 2012, Lewis joined The Giving Pledge, an initiative popularized by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates that encourages billionaire individuals to pledge at least half their fortunes to charity. Lewis married Toby Devan in 1955, five days after graduating. They had three children before divorcing in 1981. Last September, he married his longtime partner Janet Rosel. A funeral is planned for Tuesday in Cleveland.
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cannot tell you how many times I have heard the phrase, “College is the best four years of your life!” Seeing as I am only a little more than a quarter of the way through college, I can’t really vouch for the truth of this statement. But I can say, it has taken me only one year to realize that, much to my dismay, these “best four years” are generally considered so mostly because of the parties and pregames. This is particularly strange for me, because I had fairly low expectations for the party scene at Princeton. But with the University only a mere hour away from New York and an hour (or so) away from Philly, I was confident that my nightlife would be varied, my weekends full of spontaneous trips outside quaint suburbia. With family and friends in New York and Philly, I envisioned myself leaving campus often. Needless to say, classes and train tickets didn’t make these trips very feasible. Moreover, the nightlife on campus was actually decent. Any given Thursday or Saturday, there were a number of pregames and, after learning the system of eating clubs and passes, finding a club to settle into was easy enough. But it only took about three or so nights out to see how this Street culture establishes a repetitive cycle: Find passes, get dressed, pregame, go to the Street and make it to some final destination of your choosing. When I realized this, I grew worried that this monotony would constitute my entire Princeton experience. The year was barely underway, and my friends and I had already found ourselves in a rut. Whether this was a rut of my own doing, or the result of the pressure to not waste my four years here, I can’t say. But I knew If I wanted a change, I would have to create it myself. So I stepped out of that rut. I could drink tea and eat delicious cookies at Murray-Dodge and play Apples to Apples. I could stargaze on the dewy grass and not mind when sprinklers rained over my friends and me. We could stay up and talk about nothing or everything until three in the morning. And if I needed a complete change of scenery, those cities that had once been the home of my imagined social scene were still just a train ride away. New York beckoned with its shows and galleries, Philly with its history and cheesesteaks. But while I realized there were plenty of other adventures to be had outside of the Street, I also discovered that these adventures put off many people. I’d hear “You missed WHAT night at Cottage?” or “You should’ve totally been there for …”’ And to that I say, really? I love going “out” as much as the next person. I love the friends, the mindless dancing, the, ahem, libations. Still, do not ask me if I would rather go to Two Articles night at Cloister or see a show at the Met. I’m going to choose the latter. Because at the end of the day, I’m going to cherish the memory more. I’m going to remember that time I got lost in Union Square, asked four New Yorkers for directions before someone would help me and found out that this particular New Yorker was also heading to the same show. I’m going to remember making the walls of Webster Hall shake as we stomped to the beat of the bass. And I’m going to remember finding a hole-in-the-wall KFC, scarfing down potato wedges and sweet tea on the ride home, giggling with my friend as people gave us annoyed side glances. This is not to say I’ve given up the Street altogether. I’m sure I will continue to frequent it, especially when particular annual events occur. But under no circumstances will I go when I don’t want to. What’s more, there will be just as many nights during which I lounge in random fountains, start Netf lix marathons with friends, find shows to attend and, most of all, create those unforgettable memories I hear so much about. If these are to be the “best four years of my life” they cannot be defined by a lackluster cycle of clubs and parties. If there is one word I would use to describe what college should be, I would say adventure. And while one can’t determine what form adventure will arrive in, I can almost certainly say it won’t always rest on a tidy little street in Princeton, N.J. You must go out and find it. Lea Trusty is a sophomore from Saint Rose, La. She can reached at ltrusty@ princeton.edu.
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Jackson for president
ollowing last week’s ex post facto decision allowing Zach Ogle ’15 to run against incumbent Shawon Jackson ’15 for the office of USG president, the Editorial Board conducted interviews to determine our endorsement position in this upcoming election. After sitting down with both candidates, the Board believes that Shawon Jackson ’15 is the better choice for USG president. Both candidates whom we interviewed showed considerable promise, and this board is ultimately convinced that both are qualified for the position. Jackson, however, is set apart by his broad experience, comprehensive platform and his alreadyexisting relationships with key University decision-makers. In the past year of Jackson’s tenure, he has operated on a platform seeking in part to broaden the USG’s accessibility. This campaign promise has resulted in the introduction of regular “office hours,” a dedicated period for students to bring forth issues or suggestions to Jackson and USG vice president Carmina Mancenon ’14. Jackson has also substantively contributed to reforms within the USG, for instance, introducing “advisory groups,” a series of small teams charged with providing in-house feedback on USG projects. These reforms were complemented by enhanced individual contact between Jackson and other members of the USG, intended to continually assess internal effectiveness and promote a spirit of camaraderie. The Board recognizes that these advisory groups may have had less success than Jackson hoped. We hope that this program will be refined in the coming year so as to increase its efficacy. While Jackson admits that there was room for improvement in the past year of the USG’s operation, the Board believes that his experience will prove invaluable in a second term. His current platform centers on “moving forward,” a theme that encapsulates the importance of learning from past errors and successes and using that experience to improve future USG governance. This theme is a good indicator of what Jackson brings to the table with a year in office behind him. Indeed, Jackson’s reflections on past performance point to a willingness to look critically back upon his first term. The Board encourages this openness to criticism and commends Jackson’s dedication to continual improvement and introspection. In our discussion, Jackson emphasized three primary
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policy areas: reforms to the academic advising system, enrichment of interclass relations through a University-wide mentorship program and enhanced collaboration with student leaders at peer institutions. He has shown a strong existing commitment to this last proposition in particular, presently co-chairing this year’s Ivy Policy Conference Planning Team. We feel that these areas are important to the University community and deserving of USG attention. Jackson aims to further broaden efforts in reaching out to the student body, intending to introduce a new bimonthly newsletter communicating the USG’s activities throughout the year. He also maintains strong existing ties to University leadership, having developed these relationships over the course of his present term. The Board sees this quality as integral to a successful and productive second stay in office. In all, the Board is convinced that Jackson possesses ideas of greater substance and is equipped with superior means to accomplishing his mandate than his opponent. We feel that his year of experience and existing relationships will enable to be a more effective president than Ogle. We further believe that his platform is more comprehensive, detailed and concrete, which will facilitate effective action during the early days of the coming term. On the basis of these qualifications, we endorse him for USG president. Irrespective of outcome, however, the Board encourages the eventual victor to focus on small-scale and practically feasible
projects in their upcoming term, using his office to develop and promote policy changes that will tangibly and materially
impact the student experience. Ultimately, this election represents an ideal forum for meaningful discourse on the office of USG president and on the role of the USG in general. We strongly encourage students to use this election as a means of expressing their views and participating in campus dialogue concerning important issues. Zach Horton ‘15, Jillian Wilkowski ’15, Brandon Holt ’15, Cara Eckholm ’14, Daphna LeGall ’15, Sean Chen ’14, Dylan Ackerman ’14, Eve Levin ’14, Connor Mui ’14 and Varun Sharma ’15 recused, either due to conflicts of interest or because they could not attend interviews.
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n theory, the purpose of problems sets should be to reinforce students’ skills outside of class by application of what was taught in lecture. Problem sets in college do perhaps require more critical thinking than the rote homework problems given in high school, but the main purpose is still practice. Assessments, on the other hand, gauge a student’s progress, concretely measuring what they know and how accurately they apply it. Some classes confuse the distinction between these two concepts by implementing a strict “no collaboration” homework policy that prevents students from discussing problem sets together or checking over the answers. This confusion severely limits students from practicing their skills outside of class with accuracy because they may complete entire problem sets with the wrong knowledge, thus practicing mistaken methods until they become bad habits. In my Princeton experience so far, I’ve had five classes with “no collaboration” homework policies. In some instances, for example in computer science classes, I believe no collaboration is justified.
Assignments, which are the closest equivalent to problem sets in other classes, are distinguished by the fact that students can check if they were right in an assignment — either the program works or it doesn’t work. Students are much less likely to implement a wrong algorithm throughout the entire program and still come up with the right answer. Some classes and assignments even have a partner programming provision — students may work with one other person and bounce ideas off of one another, correcting each others’ mistakes. Because COS assignments can be self-checked, it is highly unlikely that students will learn and practice erroneous knowledge. On the other hand, in two economics classes I’ve taken so far, the “no collaboration” policy only caused confusion. To have “no collaboration” policies for paper-and-pencil problem sets meant that I had no idea if I had done all the problems incorrectly. For those classes, students wouldn’t even know if they were approaching problems the right way until the solutions came back. In particular, if the solutions were unclear or inadequately explained, then students were completely on their own about how the problem was solved. This ambiguity regarding concepts taught in class would extend all the way to exams. Only then would we realize if
we were learning things correctly — by the check marks or X’s on a midterm that was worth 30 percent of our entire course grade. In another econ class I took without a “no collaboration” policy, that was never the case. I was never unclear about the material we learned in class because I was able to check my methods with other students through problem sets. It wasn’t as if we simply copied off one another either — we argued over every problem, drawing conflicting diagrams and trying to understand what was right or wrong about each one, and then finally came to a conclusion through cooperative discussion. In that class, I felt that I understood the material much more than I did in the classes with no collaboration policies. I understand where professors are coming from — it’s not morally acceptable to have students copy straight off one another’s papers. However, that kind of blatant cheating is something that will definitely be caught on the midterm or the final, tests that are worth a significantly greater portion of the final grade than a few problem sets. The professor of one of the econ classes with a “no collaboration” policy also justified it this way: He said that he wanted to evaluate students’ individual performances without outside influence. That is a valid goal, but
one that is much better attained through testing, where professors can be 100-percent certain that students aren’t relying upon preceptors or the Internet or other students. He was essentially treating problem sets like exams; instead of allowing students to practice their skills, every problem set was a mini-exam. With “no collaboration” policies, it becomes much harder to learn the material, which should be the ultimate goal of the class. Time and time again, studies have shown that collaborative learning helps students retain information better than isolated study. In Virginia Tech’s Journal of Technology and Education, a study titled “Collaborative Learning Enhances Critical Thinking” argues that “group diversity in terms of knowledge and experience contributes positively to the learning process.” Problem sets are a valuable part of the learning process. They are practice for applying the concepts that will be tested on the midterm, on the final and perhaps even in real life on the job. A “no collaboration” policy on homework eliminates that benefit. Barbara Zhan is an Operations Research and Financial Engineering major from Plainsboro, N.J. She can be reached at barbaraz@princeton.edu.
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yard drive ended with a five-yard end-around sweep to senior wide receiver Roman Wilson, who made the score 21-7. Princeton’s defense then quickly forced a Dartmouth three-and-out fueled by junior linebacker Mike Zeuli’s seconddown sack. With 3:22 on the clock, the Tigers went back to work at their own 35-yard line. Junior quarterback Quinn Epperly, with help from two penalties called on Dartmouth, moved the ball to the Big Green’s 19-yard line. There, on third and goal, Epperly found junior wide receiver Seth DeValve on the one-yard line, setting up fourth and goal with the clock running. The Tigers rolled the dice for the third time of the half, but this time it paid off — Epperly ran the ball into the end zone, slashing the deficit to seven points with just 10 seconds to
go before halftime. Princeton continued to control the game early in the third quarter, when the offense engineered a 73-yard drive that produced the game-tying score. Draped with two Dartmouth defenders, junior wide receiver Matt Costello leapt up and came down with the Epperly’s 30-yard pass in the end zone despite defensive pass interference. An elated Tigers defensive unit forced a three-and-out on the ensuing drive, but the offense was unable to break the tie. Princeton’s third failed fourthand-short attempt, this time in its own territory, set up Williams’ second rushing touchdown of the day. By the start of the fourth quarter, the temperature had dropped to 31 degrees, and a light snow flurry was quickly becoming a full-fledged storm. Princeton trailed 28-21 for the majority of the quarter before back-to-back screen passes to DeValve combined for 33 yards
and put the Tigers deep in Dartmouth territory. Stingy defense on the goal line from the Big Green left Princeton facing a pivotal decision on fourth and goal at the six-yard line. Having suffered three turnovers on downs already, Princeton settled for the only field goal of the afternoon to make the score 28-24 with 6:36 remaining in the game. The Tigers forced another three-and-out, but were quickly forced to punt on a fourth and seven near midfield with just under four-and-a-half minutes to play. Dartmouth effectively sealed Princeton’s fate by pushing the ball to their 20-yard line before turning the ball over on downs. The Tigers took over with 45 seconds and no timeouts during the peak of the snowstorm. Epperly, who later said he could no longer see the offensive signals his coaches were giving from the sideline, threw a desperation heave that was intercepted
past midfield and allowed Dartmouth to kneel out the clock. Senior defensive lineman Caraun Reid racked up three of Princeton’s five sacks, and Epperly ran for 40 yards to complement his 242 through the air. Epperly finished the season with 43 touchdowns — 18 on the ground and 25 through the air. “The bus ride home was a little bit like a funeral,” senior defensive lineman Chris Pondo said. “Everyone was real sad about the way things ended, but it gave us time to look back at all the great times we had this year, to remember what an unbelievable season we had even though it ended in a disappointing fashion.” The Tigers did not win the Ivy League championship outright, but they set an all-time Ivy League record by scoring 437 points this season, won eight games and completed the turnaround of a team which was winless in the Ivy League just three years before. BEN KOGER :: FILE PHOTO
Princeton will play its next consecutive eight games away from home.
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forward Jack Berger. Six minutes later, senior forward Andrew Ammon threaded a pass through a crowd of defenders to find sophomore forward Mike Ambrosia, who was on one knee as he scored the tying goal. Just a minute later, Ammon completed the comeback he had helped engineer, intercepting a Quinnipiac pass and netting an unassisted goal with 2:24 to play. It was the sixth goal of the season for Ammon, who leads the Tigers in scoring.
Princeton was outshot 12-6 in the third period, but Phinney did not let the Bobcats back in the game. He recorded a career-high 32 saves in the victory, the first of his season. The win not only came after Princeton had lost to Quinnipiac once — it also came after the Tigers fell to No. 9 Yale and No. 16 UMass Lowell earlier in the season. The Bobcats are currently the highest-ranked team on their schedule. The Tigers will be back in action with another two-game series next weekend, when they head to East Lansing to take on Michigan State.
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Women’s basketball: Hoyas top Tigers with lastsecond heroics The Tigers fell to Georgetown 66-64 on a Hoya basket with three seconds left, bringing Princeton to 2-2 on the year despite a secondhalf comeback. After going into halftime down 30-25, the Tigers shot 46.9 percent in the second half. Senior forward Kristen Helmstetter led the team with 13 points and three three-pointers, while sophomore forward Alex Wheatley kept the Tigers close to the Hoyas with three blocks, two steals and eight rebounds. Swimming & diving: Men sweep Cornell and Penn, Boyce earns B-cut The men stormed to victory over two Ivy opponents this weekend as they began the defense of their league title. Junior Harrison Wagner won the 50-yard freestyle as he and the rest of the 200 medley relay team of junior Michael Strand, sophomore Jack Pohlmann and sophomore Teo D’Alessandro beat Penn by just .12 seconds. Freshman Sam Smiddy won the 1,000 free with a time
9:32.50 in his first Ivy meet. Meanwhile, the women lost by 12 points to Cornell but topped Penn 208-92. Senior Lisa Boyce won the 100 backstroke in 54.62, a good enough time to earn her an NCAA B-cut. Sophomore Sada Stewart was right behind her at 56.78, taking second place. Freshman diver Lisa Li showed promise, winning the three-meter event. Women’s hockey: Rough weekend for Tigers After battling to a tie with No. 5 Boston College last weekend, Princeton was blown out by No. 8 Clarkson and fell to St. Lawrence the next day. The losses dropped the Tigers (5-4-1 overall, 4-4 ECAC) down to .500 in their conference. Princeton scored just one goal all weekend — senior forward Olivia Mucha scored in the first period against St. Lawrence (6-7-1, 5-2-1), but the Saints held the Tigers scoreless while notching three more goals for the win. The night before, Clarkson (12-3-2, 5-2-1) unloaded on Princeton, scoring seven goals while blanking the Tigers.
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the 2006-07 season, in which the team opened the season on a 6-2 surge before dropping 15 of its final 20 games. That season, in which Princeton finished in last place with a 2-14 record in the Ivy League, also marked the last time the Tigers took on the Owls. Princeton defeated Rice 51-28 at Jadwin Gymnasium in its first game of the 2007 calendar year. Now, with Saturday’s victory, the Tigers hold a 3-1 alltime advantage over the Owls. Sophomore forward Hans Brase led Princeton with 15 points on the night. Brase also led the Tigers with three threepointers, making three of eight from beyond the line. In total, Princeton attempted 31 threepointers in the game, tying its season high. The Tigers sank 10 of the attempts, right in line with their average of 10.5 three-pointers per game. Rice finished six for 17 on shots from
three-point range, while no Rice player scored more than nine points. Three players tied to lead the Owls in scoring with nine points each. Although Princeton finished the night 25-55 from the field,
Senior guard T.J. Bray, back on the court for the first time this season, scored eight points. the team had issues finding the basket early in the contest. The Tigers opened the first half 0-6 from the field, allowing Rice to take the lead early on. Trailing by two points in the first half, Princeton went on an impressive 10-0 run to claim a 31-23
lead with 4:18 left in the period. Senior guard T.J. Bray, who was back on the court for the first time this season, ended the run with a three-pointer, his first basket of the 2013-14 campaign. Bray scored eight points in the game, trailing only Brase’s 15 and junior guard Ben Hazel’s 11. He also contributed four assists. Freshman forward Spencer Weisz continued a solid rookie season, notching eight points, six rebounds and two blocks. The Tigers will play one more game before Thanksgiving break, taking on George Mason at home on Tuesday evening. The Patriots (4-1) opened the season on a four-game winning streak, but suffered a tough 8973 road loss at Iona on Saturday afternoon. The 8 p.m. matchup will mark the first ever meeting between the two teams and will be the second game of a Princeton basketball doubleheader — the women’s team will take on St. Joseph’s at 5:30 p.m., also at Jadwin Gymnasium.
the Princeton Invitational, the season-opening tournament. In that game, Princeton had taken the lead early on and worked to preserve it for the rest of the game. This time was different. The two teams were tied 2-2 at the end of the first period, but Harvard pulled ahead 4-3 by the half. After keeping pace in the third, Princeton showed its resolve and staged a comeback in the final frame, scoring three goals and shutting down Harvard’s attack, to make the final score 9-7. Nelson and junior Drew Hoffenberg had three goals each, and Gow had 14 saves. Nelson also had four steals as the defense tightened up to secure the win. In the semifinals the Ti-
gers took on Navy (19-15, 2-6) for the fourth time this season. Princeton had won the first two games, but it was out for revenge after the Midshipmen defeated the Tigers 12-10 in the semifinals of the Southern Championships. At first it looked like Navy had the upper hand, as Princeton went down 0-2 in the first period, but the Tigers outscored the Midshipmen 4-2 in the second to tie the game up. It was still tied after the third, but in the fourth Princeton managed to outdo Navy with three goals to two, making the final score 9-8. Nelson scored with 4:30 remaining and just under two minutes left to put the Tigers ahead for good. Nelson had four goals in the win and Hoffenberg had three, while Gow had 10 saves in goal.
Princeton came out on top in two very close games, but were defeated in the finals by the defending champion St. Francis. The teams looked evenly-matched at first, but St. Francis scored five goals in the second quarter to take the lead and held onto it for the rest of the match. Princeton was within one by the end of the third, but St. Francis outscored the Tigers 3-2 in the fourth period to make the final score 11-9. Freshman utility Jovan Jeremic led the Tigers in scoring with three goals, while Nelson and fellow sophomore utility Jamie Kuprenas each scored two. Gow had 10 saves in goal. The Tigers’ season ended short of where they wanted it to be, as they will miss the NCAA tournament. The last time Princeton made the tournament was 2011.
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Princeton and Harvard split Ivy title
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The No. 18 men’s water polo team reached the finals of the CWPA Championship after wild wins over No. 17 Harvard and No. 16 Navy, but the Tigers’ (22-6 overall, 7-1 CWPA Southern) luck ran out in the championship match against No. 13 St. Francis. The Tigers opened play with a game against Iona, which they had previously beaten 11-6 and 13-9. Princeton took the lead in the first period 4-2 and held it for the rest of the game, outscoring Iona in each of the first three periods. Iona outscored the Tigers 5-3 in the fourth period, but by that time it was too late and the Tigers were comfortably ahead thanks to sophomore center Tommy Nelson’s six goals and junior center Kayj Shannon’s three. Sophomore goalie Alex Gow made 12 saves in goal to earn the win. Princeton then faced Ivy rival Harvard in the quarterfinals. The Tigers had previously defeated the Crimson (18-14, 11-1) 14-7 in See M. W-POLO page 9
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Princeton finished the season on Saturday with its 10th Ivy League title and broke the Ivy League scoring record.
The No. 19 football team’s Ivy League championship season came to a disappointing end on Saturday, when the Tigers suffered their only Ivy League defeat of the season. After trailing 21-0 to Dartmouth (6-4 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) in the second quarter — its largest deficit of the PRINCETON 24 season — Princeton DARTMOUTH 28 mounted a furious comeback in the snow to tie things up before eventually falling 28-24. Though the Tigers locked up a share of the 2013 Ivy League Championship last weekend, the loss brought their final record to 8-2 overall (6-1 Ivy League) and forced them to share the title with Harvard, which kept its one-loss conference tally alive with a 34-7 thrashing of Yale. “Obviously it was our intention to win every game in the Ivy League, but it’s a tough league. Despite finishing our year with a loss, we won an Ivy League title and that’s something my teammates and I will share forever,” senior center Joe Goss said. In front of a visiting Princeton crowd that looked like it outnumbered the home fans, the Tigers took the field in 36-degree weather with 8 m.p.h. winds.
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The Big Green struck early, when a 35-yard run by running back Dominick Pierre set up his own one-yard touchdown run two plays later. During Dartmouth’s next possession, an interception by sophomore defensive back Matt Arends sparked a Princeton drive that brought it inside Dartmouth territory for the first time. The Tigers’ run game took them to the 35-yard line before an incomplete pass caused a turnover on downs. The teams traded punts until a 56-yard strike from Dartmouth quarterback Dalyn Williams to receiver Bo Patterson gave the Big Green a 14-0 advantage just before the end of the first quarter. Princeton responded by orchestrating a 58-yard drive of its own, this time reaching the 17yard line. The Tigers opted not to kick a field goal and once again came away scoreless after another fourth-down incompletion. Dartmouth capitalized on the turnover immediately, when running back Kyle Bramble ripped off a 41-yard scamper on the next play and the Big Green scored shortly after. With a 21-0 deficit and 7:34 remaining in the first half, the Tigers began their largest comeback of the season. A 10-play, 75See FOOTBALL page 8
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Unranked Tigers upset No. 4 Quinnipiac on the road Princeton fries By Stephen Wood sports editor
With 10 minutes to go against No. 4 Quinnipiac, the men’s hockey team was about to face a long drive home from Hamden, Conn. The Tigers (3-8 overall, 2-6 ECAC) had lost to the Bobcats (12-2-1, 6-1-1) 3-0 at Baker Rink the day before, and they now were down 3-1. But Princeton came alive just in time. In just over seven minutes, the Tigers rallied to score three times and held on for a 4-3 win over one of the best teams on their schedule. It was the first loss of the season for the Bobcats, who had gone 13 straight games without a loss. The rally came a day after the Bobcats breezed to victory in the Garden State, scoring twice in the span of 30 seconds in the second period and tacking on another goal on a power play
in the third. Freshman goalie Colton Phinney made 31 saves, but his offense could get nothing going and was outshot 34-19. Saturday’s game looked to be headed in the same direction. The Bobcats outshot the Tigers 23-12 in the first two periods and went up 2-0 with quick goals early in the second. Princeton did not show signs of life until late in the middle period, when sophomore defenseman Kevin Liss got the puck to freshman forward Ryan Siiro, who found senior forward Eric Carlson in the slot. Carlson netted it for his first goal of the season. Quinnipiac’s Kellen Jones answered back early in the final period to keep the Bobcats comfortably ahead. Halfway through the period, however, Princeton took momentum back for good. Junior forward Aaron Kesselman won a faceoff, leading to a goal by senior See M. HOCKEY page 8
Rice in Houston By Mark Stein senior writer
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Princeton rallied on Saturday in the third period to score three goals in just over seven minutes to surge past Quinnipiac.
The men’s basketball team went on several long runs and showed off its three-point shooting ability to defeat Rice 70-56 in Houston on Saturday afternoon. Despite trailing 23-21 more than halfway PRINCETON 70 through the first half, Princeton (3-1) finished the RICE 56 period on a 15-2 run and entered halftime leading 36-25. The Owls (2-3) fought hard in the second half, eventually scoring 31 points to the Tigers’ 34, but Princeton pulled away quickly. The Tigers opened the second half on a 17-6 run and continued to produce offensively, widening their lead to 60-35 with eight minutes left to play. The victory, which was Princeton’s second straight, gave the Tigers their third of the season. Princeton is now 3-1 for the first time since See M. B-BALL page 9
SQUASH
No. 3 men upset by No. 7 F&M, No. 4 women sweep weekend opponents By Andrew Sun staff writer
The No. 3 men’s squash team opened up its season this weekend with an away game against No. 7 Franklin & Marshall on Saturday and No. 11 Williams College at home. The Tigers suffered some ups and downs, with an upset 2-7 loss against the Diplomats and a win against the Ephs 9-0. The F&M match was an important test for the Tigers to see how a new team and a new coach Sean Wilkinson would work together. Unfortunately, the squash team struggled against the Diplomats. Junior Tyler Osborne and sopho-
more Michael LeBlanc provided two wins for the Tigers at the second and seventh f lights. However, the Tigers had a significantly different outcome at home against Williams, sweeping all f lights 3-0 to win the match 9-0. “Each of us put it upon ourselves to make sure that we were prepared,” senior Dylan Ward said. “Today we really kept together and had a better sense of where we were.” The reigning Ivy League Champions have come into this year looking to rely on their returning talent. Ward has been a staple in the lineup in the past and has provided many crucial wins for the Tigers,
including the clinching win to upset Harvard last year. Junior Samuel Kang and classmate Osbourne will also be critical to winning matches: Kang was an All-American last year and ended his season ranked at No. 9 individually, while Osborne will continue to play in the top three. LeBlanc, sophomore Sam Ezratty, juniors David Hoffman and Taylor Tutrone and last year’s Ivy League Rookie of the Year Vivek Dinodia will round out the starting lineup. “We’re really trying to make sure each member of the team feels comfortable and is ready for the big matches that are coming up in January and February,” Ward said. On the women’s side, the No. 4
Tigers have started out strong. The reigning Ivy League champions swept both No. 15 F&M and No. 13 Williams College in 9-0 victories. Over the course of the weekend, Princeton swept all 27 individual games in each of their matches. Princeton’s success can be attributed to the combination of retuning talent and new faces. The Tigers have eight returning starters this year, as well as the top-ranked player in the U19 division, freshman Maria Elena Ubina. Senior captains Libby Eyre and Alex Sawin will help lead this team to another successful season, as both have had extremely important wins against Harvard and Yale
in the past, and Eyre earned AllAmerica honors last year. Furthermore, the junior trio of Nicole Bunyan, Alex Lunt and Hallie Dewey will also play important roles in the lineup, with Bunyan once again playing in the top three. Sophomores Tara Harrington and Rachel Leizman return to the squad with a year of experience under their belts and a pair of successful seasons: Leizman finished in the top 25 individually, and Harrington matched the team-high of 15 match wins. Next up for both the men and women is a road trip on Wednesday to nearby Philadelphia, where Princeton will face off against Drexel.
Tomorrow
Trivia
‘Spoiler: David Blaine is hiding in the outhouse #bonfire13’
The women’s basketball team faces off against St. Joseph’s in Jadwin Gymnasium at 5:30 p.m.
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