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Today on Campus 8 p.m.: NYU professor Diane Ravitch will give a lecture on public education. McCosh 50.
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Nov. 4, 1946 Two undergraduate students are arrested in Philadelphia for starting a riot in the University of Pennsylvania football stadium following Princeton’s victory.
By the Numbers
19
The number of points by which Christie currently leads Buono in the gubernatorial campaign.
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Singer Tasos Papaioannou performs Greek popular music and songs in McCosh 10. The peformance also featured the pianist-composer of music for Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis’ poems.
Joseph ’99 fired from National Security Council
White House staffer Jofi Joseph GS ’99 was fired from his position on the nuclear non-proliferation team of the National Security Council two weeks ago when he was discovered to be the author of numerous tweets critical of the Obama administration under the Twitter handle @natsecwonk. Joseph, who received his Master of Public Affairs degree from the Wilson School, worked closely with members of the State Department and was a key part of the White House team negotiating on Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Joseph declined to comment for this article. His tweets ranged from superficial commentary — “Who are the two blondes flanking [Chelsea Clinton in a photo]? And is it just me, or has she put on some weight?” — to more serious critiques. In one notable tweet reported in The Daily Beast, he suggested Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes had leaked classified information to the press regarding the Stuxnet virus. “It has been a privilege to serve in this Administration and I deeply regret violating the trust and confidence placed in me,” Joseph told POLITICO in an email. “What started out as an intended parody account of D.C. culture developed over time into a series of inappropriate and mean-spirited comments. I bear complete responsibility for this affair and I sincerely apologize to everyone I insulted,” he wrote. - Contributor Joseph Sheehan
RABBI JAMES DIAMOND Former director of the CJL
slaughter. Diamond, a Conservative rabbi, was a director at the CJL from 1995 to 2004. Maltz was allegedly driving a 2003 BMW at a high speed when he struck an unoccupied, parked Toyota Camry at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Prospect Avenue, about one mile away from campus. The Camry was pushed, hitSee DIAMOND page 2
BEYOND THE BUBBLE
LOCAL NEWS
Queer Nation protests Princeton Club event
U. contractor did not file for canopy demolition
By Anna Mazarakis staff writer
Members of Queer Nation disrupted a panel discussion led by Russian officials promoting investment in Moscow at the Princeton Club of New York on Monday morning. The New York-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group protested Russia’s history of laws discriminating against gays and lesbians, according to Queer Nation member Andrew Miller. The University and the Princeton Club of New York are separate entities, University
Spokesperson Martin Mbugua clarified. The Princeton Club coordinates the events that take place in its facilities. Representatives for the Princeton Club of New York did not respond to requests for comment. The Kremlin has been criticized by domestic and international advocacy groups in recent months for a law signed by President Vladimir V. Putin in June that bans the distribution of “propaganda on nontraditional sexual relationships” to minors but which has been widely interpreted as a legislative attempt to dampen the country’s emerging gay rights movement.
Three protesters who attended the forum were escorted out of the room by security guards after their outbursts, while a fourth videotaped the scene, Queer Nation protester Duncan Osborne said. According to Queer Nation protester Mark Milano, approximately 40 people were at the event. There were also protesters outside the event holding a 60-foot rainbow flag banner that read, “Support Russian Gays,” Miller said. Another banner read, “Stop Putin’s Lies,” Milano said. “We decided to pay them a visit,” Miller said, “because we don’t think that Russian See PANEL page 3
BEYOND THE BUBBLE
Dining hall manager runs for N.J. State Senate By Michael Granovetter & Corinne Lowe senior writer and staff writer
News & Notes
A Princeton man has been indicted for allegedly causing the death of former Executive Director of the Center for Jewish Life Rabbi James Diamond in March. Eric Maltz, 21, was indicted on charges of aggravated manslaughter, death by auto and assault by auto, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office announced Thursday. His lawyer, Robert Lytle, declined to comment on the case, saying only that it was “a tragic case on many levels” and that it is ultimately “up to the courts to decide” what is fair in this case. Maltz could face up to 30 years in state prison if convicted of first-degree aggravated man-
Senior Operations Manager for Butler/Wilson Dining Services Donald DeZarn’s bid for state senator will come to a close tomorrow when voters of the 14th Legislative District head to the polls. While his opponents have primarily focused their campaigns on economic issues, DeZarn has distinguished himself from the other candidates by making the legalization of medical marijuana a centerpiece of his platform. DeZarn was nominated as a third-party candidate at a statewide Libertarian convention last March. His name will appear on the ballot with incumbent Democratic Senator Linda Greenstein and former state senator Peter Inverso, who won the Republican nomination in the spring. Unlike Greenstein and Inverso, who have each had at least a dozen years of experience in political office, DeZarn is running
in his first political campaign after working for University Dining Services for 17 years and taking a year-long military leave in 2005 to serve in the Iraq War. While DeZarn’s name will appear on the ballot on Election Day, his campaign has been largely overshadowed by those of his two opponents, who have together spent nearly $2 million on campaign advertising, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. In September, DeZarn was not invited by the Mid-Jersey Chamber of Commerce to participate in the race’s only debate. DeZarn, who had hoped to engage in an open debate with his opponents, confronted Greenstein’s Chief of Staff Jim Hooker in a YouTube video uploaded by Assembly candidate Sean O’Connor, in which he asks to appear in a public debate with the senator. In another video, O’Connor appeals with the same request to a member of Inverso’s campaign staff. While Inverso noted that the campaign as a whole has been “devoid of debate,” he explained that he does not view DeZarn as See DEZARN page 3
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U. Dining Services manager Donald DeZarn will run as the Libertarian candidate for state senator of the 14th Legislative District.
By Patience Haggin news editor
The Turner Construction Company, the University’s contractor to develop the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, did not request a demolition permit from the town construction department to remove the canopy of the former Dinky station. Town officials issued Turner Construction a $2,000 fine — the maximum amount allowed under state law — after the infraction came to their attention when the canopy collapsed on Sept. 19. While the University did articulate its plan to remove the station canopy in its site plan for the development, town and University officials confirmed, the responsibility to request the demolition permit fell under the purview of the project executive, Edward Card of Turner Construction. Turner Construction has no intention of appealing the fine, University Director of Community and Regional Affairs Kristin Appelget confirmed. “Personally, I would have required — and did require — a building permit to remove it. It is my discretion,” town construction official John Pettenati said. He explained that Turner Construction had received the necessary approval from all other relevant departments, such as the zoning and planning boards, for the canopy’s removal. Christopher McFadden, vice president of communications for Turner Construction, did not respond to request for comment. See DINKY page 2
BEYOND THE BUBBLE
Incumbent Christie, State Sen. Buono to face off for governor on Nov. 5 By Hannah Schoen staff writer
In a race that has remained largely noncompe t it ive, Republican incumbent Chris Christie will face off against Democratic New Jersey State Senator Barbara Buono on Tuesday to become the state’s next governor. Christie currently leads Buono by 19 points, according to a poll taken between Oct. 24 and Oct. 30 by Fairleigh Dickinson. Though Buono’s campaign
CHRIS CHRISTIE Republican candidate
has worked to decrease the 40-point lead that Christie had in early February, Christie is widely expected to win the Nov. 5 general election, according to numerous media reports and polls. “I’m predicting him to win by a landslide,” Christie donor
BARBARA BUONO Democratic candidate
and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Deputy Director for Operations Adam Cohen said. Buono, who represents the state’s 18th Legislative District, said that while she is aware she faces tough competition, she remains committed to her campaign nonetheless.
“When people ask me, ‘Why are you running? It’s going to be a hard race,’ my response is always the same. I always say, ‘How can I not run?’ ” Buono told The Daily Princetonian in a Sept. 12 interview. A spokesman for Christie’s campaign said Christie was unavailable for comment. A spokesman for Buono’s campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this article. Candidates focus on economy Buono has expressed frustration with the Governor’s policies, particularly with regard
to their impact on the middle class, as part of her broader focus on economic issues. When asked by the ‘Prince’ what she saw as the biggest issue in the election, Buono pointed to “jobs and the economy,” explaining that New Jersey has a high unemployment rate and a low job-creation rate relative to other states. “People are suffering,” Buono explained. “This governor’s policies have hurt the middle class, and he’s turned his back on them, and they need somebody to go to bat for them, and I understand the struggles beSee ELECTION page 2
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cause I’ve lived them.” Buono said one of the biggest differences between herself and Christie is her greater concern for the middle class, which she explained she would shore up with an economic plan to promote well-paying jobs and families’ ability to send their children to college. She noted her support for marriage equality and public education as other differences between herself and the Republican incumbent. Many Christie supporters said they believe that he has successfully encouraged economic growth. “He’s overseen a period that’s sustained job growth, even as the country’s growth has been anemic,” David Will ’14, the president of College Republicans, said of Christie. He praised the Governor for his work on balancing the budget and making pension systems “more sustainable.” “He also has been rightly praised [on] both sides of the aisle for how he handled Hur-
ricane Sandy,” Will added. Will is also a columnist for The Daily Princetonian. Christie’s campaign has emphasized the Governor’s role during the state’s recovery from Sandy and his general willingness to work with both Republicans and Democrats as accomplishments that voters should keep in mind on Election Day. A campaign press release noted Christie’s bipartisan record has attracted a coalition of Democratic and Republican supporters, spanning female, independent, African American and Hispanic voting demographics. Democrats Versus Christiecrats Christie’s wide lead in the race has been attributed in part to the support he has received from Democrats, who outnumber Republicans as registered voters in the state by about 700,000, according to The New York Times. Cohen is one Democrat who gave $500 to Christie’s campaign in April. “I’m a lifelong Democrat,
but I see in Governor Christie someone who actually does the things that he says he’s going to do and pursue,” Cohen said, explaining why he decided to donate. “And while I don’t nec-
‘We think Governor Christie has been bad for schools. We think he has been bad for jobs.’ Will Mantell ’14,
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essarily agree with everything, I think he’s been a very good governor for the state, and I’d like to see him continue.” He said that he particularly admired the Governor’s response to Sandy and thought he would do a better job as governor than the Democratic candidate on the ballot. “I have no problem with Barbara Buono. I think she’s a fine
News & Notes Sotomayor ’76, Kagan ’81 featured in portrait
the first four female justices to serve on the Supreme Court are featured in a portrait on display at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery beginning Oct. 28. The painting features former justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who retired in 2006, and current justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor ’76 and Elena Kagan ’81. The four are painted in the interior of what looks like the Supreme Court Building. The portrait, completed in 2012 by artist Nelson Shanks, was commissioned by art collectors Ian and Annette Cumming to commemorate its subjects’ achievements. It will be on display at the Smithsonian for the next three years. “The scale of this painting speaks to the grand accomplishments made by these four women and the example they set for future generations,” museum director Kim Sajet said in a Smithsonian statement. “I imagine
this portrait will spark a conversation among young people, particularly young women, about breaking barriers.” Former U. Executive Vice President Burstein installed as Lawrence U. president Former University Executive Vice President Mark Burstein was formally installed as Lawrence University’s 16th president Saturday afternoon at the Lawrence University Memorial Chapel in Appleton, Wis. University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 participated in Friday’s inauguration panel discussions while former University President Shirley Tilghman delivered congratulatory remarks during the ceremony. According to a press release by Lawrence University, delegates from over 60 colleges including Princeton, MIT, Stanford and Yale were present at the ceremony. The inauguration ceremonies began Friday afternoon with panel dis-
cussions on incivility in public discourse and the role of a liberal arts education and continued through the night with performances by Lawrence University musicians, before concluding Saturday with the formal installation ceremony. Jill Dolan, director of the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University and a member of the Lawrence University Board of Trustees, moderated one of the panel discussions. Burstein graduated from Vassar College in 1984 and was appointed executive vice president of the University in August 2004, a position that he held for almost nine years. He was named the next president of Lawrence University in December 2012 and assumed the position on July 1, 2013. Princeton is currently searching for Burstein’s successor, while former Assistant Vice President for Safety and Administrative Planning Treby Williams ’84 occupies the role of acting vice president.
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candidate too,” he said. “But I think Christie would be better as governor.” Fifty-eight Democratic politicians have endorsed Christie, according to a Christie campaign press release. These Democrats have been dubbed “Christiecrats” by the Governor’s campaign. But some Democrats, unhappy with Christie’s first term, have resisted. “We think Governor Christie has been bad for schools. We think he’s been bad for jobs. And we think that Buono is the right candidate on those and a plethora of other issues,” Will Mantell ’14, the president of College Democrats, said. Others say they are concerned about Christie’s ambitions for advancement within the Republican Party and for the presidency. “I think [Buono] would be a much better governor [than Christie],” Laurie Kramer, a software developer for the Lewis-Sigler Institute who donated $600 to Buono in December, said. “She wouldn’t be campaigning for the presidency, as I think Christie’s going to do for
the next several years.” Other Democrats have pointed to Buono’s progressive positions to explain their support for her candidacy. “She’s got a stellar track record in terms of her experience in the legislature,” according to Dan Preston, the former president of Princeton Community Democratic Organization and the vice chair of the the Princeton Democratic Committee. “Her positions are just aligned with what any progressive Democrat would want to see.” The campaign continues Both Christie and Buono have extensively traveled the state during the general election campaign. On Oct. 29, Christie began a seven-day, 90-stop bus tour through 21 counties of New Jersey, according to a campaign press release. Neither candidate has visited Princeton for campaign purposes, but both Christie and Buono have personal and professional ties to the area. Meanwhile, Buono has appeared at variety of events, including a rally at the New Jersey
Education Association headquarters in Trenton and a rally in Jersey City with Mayor Cory Booker, who was elected to be New Jersey’s next senator in a special election on Oct. 16. Buono has described her campaign to the ‘Prince’ as a grassroots movement. “This is truly a grassroots campaign. We are building the Democratic Party and progressives across New Jersey from the ground up,” she said. Christie’s campaign has also been working on the ground. Its local campaign efforts have been supported by the College Republicans, Will said. He explained that the College Republicans have made phone calls and gone door-to-door on behalf of the Christie campaign at its offices in Hamilton and Flemington. While the College Democrats have not specifically campaigned for Buono, they have campaigned for some of the other Democratic candidates running in the general election, including candidate for the New Jersey General Assembly Marie Corfield, according to Mantell.
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ting a parked Toyota Prius that Diamond was preparing to enter. The Prius was pushed back as well and landed across the street, striking a tree. Rabbi Robert Freedman, a former cantor at the CJL, was in the driver’s seat of the Prius and sustained several injuries. Maltz also sustained injuries.
Diamond was pronounced dead at the scene. Maltz has a history of encounters with the Princeton Township police, Princeton Patch reported in May. Just a week before the March incident, Maltz’s father, Gary Maltz, called the police, who responded and entered the home to find Maltz’s room trashed. According to a police report obtained by Patch, Maltz mentioned having taken the drug Lamictal as a mood stabi-
lizer and the drug Zoloft as an antidepressant. In addition, Maltz had also had undisclosed run-ins with the police when he was a juvenile, Patch reported. Judith Diamond, Rabbi Diamond’s widow, and Freedman could not be reached for comment as of press time. Maltz is currently free after posting a $100,000 bail, the Prosecutor’s Office announcement said.
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Town administrator Robert Bruschi said that Turner Construction may have had grounds to appeal the fine, had it so chosen, in light of the fact it that its removal plans had been delivered to town authorities. “I don’t know that we would have been 100 percent successful if that ever came to any sort of discussion between the structure board of appeals … if they had fought it,” Bruschi said at a Tuesday meeting of the town council. At the meeting, council members renewed concerns over the safety of Turner Construction’s plan for the structure’s demolition. The collapse was the result of an intentional attempt to remove the structure that went awry, apparently due to an unforeseen internal weakness in the structure. Employees of Turner Construction and its subcontractor, LVI Demolition, cut a section of the canopy on
the afternoon of the accident, with plans to remove the canopy on a subsequent day. As they did not use any temporary supports to hold up the structure, the canopy collapsed onto the track bed about an hour after the cut was made. Council member Jenny Crumiller expressed concern that the approval process for demolition permits would not have required Turner Construction to alter its plans for the demolition, such as by requiring them to use temporary supports. Municipal engineer Robert Kiser confirmed that state law does not permit the town to decline a demolition permit on those grounds. “Is that company now going to go on and do that [again]? It seems like there should be some reinforcement mechanism or repercussions to prevent that company from doing that,” Crumiller said. Town officials confirmed that the local authority has no power to sanction plans at that level of detail or to impose any penalties for Turner Construction’s failure to use temporary supports. The
federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration may have the power to perform these offices, Kiser said. “It’s different in every situation … That’s why the state code can’t set forth specific criteria that our construction official has to apply,” town attorney Edwin Schmierer said, explaining that the safety approval process carried out by the local authority consists mostly of confirming the site’s safety. “A construction official will go out and check the site to make sure that it is safe for the public — usually meaning that fencing is up, that it’s an area that the public is kept away from when the demolition takes place,” he said. “So there’s no specific checklist.” Bruschi confirmed that the Dinky station site had been checked to determine that it posed no threat to the public that day. “This accident occurred. There is nothing we could do to have prevented that by being more proactive,” Schmierer explained.
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government officials should be able to come to New York City to solicit money and investments without being held accountable for their government’s anti-gay legislation and the atmosphere of oppression and violence that it engenders.” Osborne said that he and the other two speakers — Milano and Queer Nation protester John Weir — got their tickets for the forum a few weeks ago and planned what they were going to say beforehand via email and at a meeting. Osborne was the first to speak during the forum and asked the panelists about rule of law in Russia. Though the question was directed at the panelists, Osborne said that he also wanted the audience to pay attention. “We wanted to make them aware of issues and matters that might prevent them or might make them reconsider the prospects of investing in Russia,” Osborne said. “My comments were intended to speak to the absence of rule of law in Russia and corruption in Russia, which in fact are very serious issues, and any smart investor would at least consider those before they considered putting their money in Russia.” Milano, who spoke second, asked how people could invest in a country that is “actively oppressing gay people.” He said that “we” did not invest in South Africa during apartheid, so investors should not give money to Russia while LGBT people are being oppressed there. Finally, Weir said that social welfare is “booming” in Russia and wanted to know if the welfare of LGBT Russians, or Russians thought to be LGBT, was booming as well. He cited a straight couple that was arrested in Moscow over the summer
for appearing to be gay. “I certainly think the room heard us,” Milano said. “At least the issue was still in their face. They were aware of the issue, and maybe some will think twice about, ‘Is this the best place to invest my money?’” Though applause can be heard in the video of the event after Milano’s question, laughter and other comments — like “Gay culture should not be promoted” and “This is hilarious” — were also audible during the protest.
‘My comments were intended to speak to the absence of rule of law in Russia and corruption in Russia ... and any smart investor would at least consider those.’ Duncan osborne, protester
“Princeton should be aware that the Princeton Club, regardless of who is managing it, bears the Princeton name, and it reflects badly on Princeton when events like this are held there,” Milano said. “It’s shocking. I wish there had been some Princeton students there saying, ‘We don’t want the Princeton name affiliated with this.’” The protesters’ questions and the responses can now be found on YouTube. The three videos collectively received more than 1,400 views as of Tuesday morning.
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his primary opponent. “I view my race as against [Greenstein] rather than against [DeZarn],” he said. “Clearly the distinction should be between me and [Greenstein]. I don’t view [DeZarn] as a person that I am vying against, quite honestly.” Greenstein did not respond to multiple requests for comment, although she told The Daily Princetonian in March that DeZarn’s candidacy would have no impact on her campaign schedule. But DeZarn’s campaign nonetheless began to draw significant attention in the media when he was arrested in May for smoking marijuana at the Smoke Down Prohibition V rally in Philadelphia, an event which he attends every month. He was again arrested in late August, after delivering a speech and smoking marijuana at the People’s Plaza in front of Independence Mall, a designated free speech zone. DeZarn will respond to the charges of his most recent arrest in federal court in December, where he could be sentenced for up to one year in federal prison and fined $1,000 for possession of marijuana. Far from being worried about his case’s impact on the election, DeZarn stated that he will continue attending these rallies in the future even if elected and believes his arrests may have even helped promote his campaign’s message to a wider audience. “It’s a strong issue for me, especially the veteran’s issue with medical marijuana,” DeZarn said. “It is a very benign substance that has medical benefits.” DeZarn explained that in order to treat his post-traumatic stress disorder, he was prescribed “piles of synthetic pharmaceuticals” through the Department of Veteran Affairs. He noted that these drugs induced “suicidal thoughts [and] depression, things I’d never had before.” Inverso explained that his
campaign platform does not focus on marijuana legalization since he feels it is not a pressing issue among voters, although he added, “Decriminalization is something that we should certainly look at. Our prisons are overcrowded now, and the cost of keeping someone in prison is outrageous.” In addition to supporting the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes, DeZarn intends to focus his efforts on addressing New Jersey’s debt if elected, as the state’s spending and taxation policies were one of his key motivations for running for public office. “The thing that bothers me the most is that New Jersey is [...] in debt, and neither of my opponents are even addressing that. They’re just airing defamatory ads against each other’s characters,” DeZarn said. At the same time, the financial component of Inverso’s platform focuses on providing opportunities for younger residents. “The only way we’re going to encourage job growth is going to be by controlling taxes and [regulating] businesses that are burdensome and unnecessary, so young people can look to their future with more optimism than they can look now,” Inverso explained. When DeZarn first declared his candidacy, he told The Daily Princetonian that he was interested in reaching out to student groups at Princeton, although he has since found “there hasn’t been much support there.” He explained that he wished he had put more time into gauging student interest, as he had originally planned. On the other hand, DeZarn noted that the University has been “very accommodating” in allowing him to run his campaign without repercussions. Brad Ortega, operations chef manager of Butler/Wilson College Dining Hall, did not respond to a request for comment. “I’m sure I’ve done a lot of things and said things the University bristles at and doesn’t
agree with,” DeZarn said. “But I’m very extremely thankful to work for a place that allows their employees to go out on their own time and seek office.” In Tuesday’s election, DeZarn stated that his chances of winning are low and that the campaign has been “an uphill b a t -
tle.” “It would take literally a miracle to win.” DeZarn said. “I’ve been running like I want to win, [and] I’ve been out every night putting a tremendous amount of effort into it. But realistically, it’s more about advancing the issues that are important to me.”
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few weeks ago, I got a C. The letter, scrawled in the corner and circled for emphasis, burned into my retinas the moment I f lipped over the paper at the end of precept. A cocktail of emotions sizzled silently in the pit of my stomach as I packed my bag — frustration, anger, incredulity, insecurity — and I practically stomped out of the door like a two-year-old, mid-tantrum. Like most Princetonians, my self-worth remains a little too closely entwined with my GPA, despite my efforts to consciously pull the two apart. Receiving a bad grade still provokes a visceral response. As I left the building, I spotted my preceptor ahead of me on the side of the path, lighting up a cigarette. Still brimming with indignation, I thought it a good idea to march over there and give him a piece of my mind. I’m not proud of the possible, rather Shakespearian, conversation starters that ran through my head as I walked over, which ranged from the tersely outraged rant (how dare you disrespect me with this awful grade) to the guilt trip (I met with you before writing this paper and you told me I was on the right track; how could you stab me in the back like this). The preceptor looked up as I approached and said that I was surprised at my grade. He stumbled over his words slightly nervously when he began to reply, and I looked down to notice his hand shaking slightly behind the faint veil of cigarette smoke. The thought suddenly struck me that, though he was responsible for giving the grade, he didn’t deserve the unkindness I was about to unleash on him. Who knows what was going on his life — a life not all that many years ahead of my own — that had him smoking a cigarette at 10 a.m. Perhaps he’s stressed by his own work. Perhaps his dog just died, or his mother is sick. Perhaps, I realized, with a surge of sobering guilt, he is just a human being who didn’t deserve to take the full brunt of my irritation in that moment, even if he played some role in it. It can be far easier, but also less fair, to cast off unpleasant feelings onto others than to just let them go. Thankfully, this timely f lash of empathy quelled my self-righteous impulse to lash out at the preceptor. I took a breath and asked if we could meet to talk about the paper at a later date. We both smiled, and I walked away. As I felt a surge of companionship and kindness toward my clearly overly-stressed preceptor, as one human being to another, the indignation about the C quickly faded into perspective. That angry, small-minded and selfish student is not the person I want to be, regardless of whether or not the grade I received was strictly “fair.” The academic environment is, by nature, full of criticism. We criticize to challenge ourselves and others, to improve ideas and, ideally, to improve our ability to think and make the world a better place. As high-achieving students, most of us take our grades personally — probably more personally than is healthy — though it’s inevitable that the transcript we get will play some role in defining our future. But the pressures and expectations we feel don’t excuse us from behaving with basic empathy and kindness toward the professors and preceptors giving out those grades, the same way we would treat anyone else who is doing a job. In our everyday interactions and conversations among ourselves, as students, we tend to dehumanize our professors and preceptors. They hold power over us, so we adopt an “us versus them” mentality, inventing intentions or vendettas behind their assessments of our work that rarely exist. Far more common causes of unfair grades are human errors like tiredness or distraction; maybe, we actually deserved that grade because we could do better. I’ve been babysitting for a professor this semester, and seeing him at home playing joyfully with his kids simply drives home the point that, though he may stand at the lecture podium and dictate standards in the academic system, he’s just a person. We all may have frustrations with the academic system from time to time, perhaps rightly so. Perhaps we may have legitimate feelings of blame when we are judged unfairly, but genuine ill will on the part of a preceptor, which is not excusable, is far less common than we make it out to be. Anger and negative emotions only serve to alienate us from others, whether it’s our friends, family or professors. The student perspective is, and has to be, very self-centered. We’re rightly concerned about our grades, our future and our performance. But the reality is that the world isn’t only about us. Everyone has their own struggles in the classroom and in the wider world. Perhaps we can all try to step into other people’s shoes before we act, to remind us of the baseline of kindness and respect that we would hope to receive were our situations switched. Lauren Davis is a philosophy major from London, England. She can be reached at lhdavis@princeton.edu.
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n August, President Obama announced plans to rate colleges based on their value and affordability and to tie those ratings to the federal grants students receive when attending colleges. The plan would eventually function so that students at higher-rated institutions would receive larger grants and more affordable loans. Pell Grants, which the federal government uses to disburse federal aid for colleges, totaled $34.5 billion to 9.4 million students in 2012. Many Pell Grant recipients use the federal money to go to schools that have low graduation rates and do not meaningfully improve outcomes even for those students who do graduate. For example, while applicants 25 and older receive 44 percent of Pell Grant money, only 3 percent earn a bachelor’s degree. Given the considerable waste produced by the current Pell Grant system, the Board supports the principles of Obama’s plan. We believe that it will encourage students to attend high value-added schools. In so doing, it will lead poorly performing colleges to reform, dubious for-profit colleges to close and the government to spend more efficiently. At the same time, we worry that some students, who may be constrained in their college choices, would suffer as a result of this policy. In particular, students with constrained college choices may be hurt twice by this policy: Not only may they be compelled to attend poorly performing institutions because of a lack of meaningful choices, but they may now also receive lower funding because of their place of matriculation. Concerns also remain that the rankings system may give schools poor incentives when admitting students; if the ratings system ultimately incorporates graduation rates, it may incentivize schools to avoid admitting students that come from backgrounds that predict poor graduation rates. The rating system may also not be able to appropriately account for variation in backgrounds and experiences of students who attend different colleges, thus biasing its estimate of a college’s value-added. For example, it would be inappropriate to directly compare the graduation rates of schools that typically attract students whose parents attended
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college with students who are the first in their families to do so. Thus, while we believe Obama’s ratings plan would serve as an important informational source and would encourage students to attend effective schools, we urge caution in its application and stress that rating should never be mistaken for an absolute measure of value. Though flaws are probable and legitimate concerns exist, the bottom line is that the government does not have to create a perfect rating system to identify schools that serve as for-profit scams or do not produce value for their students. Based on Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s recent explanation and modification of Obama’s proposal, the ratings system seems to be developing on an appropriate track. He stated that his goal is to develop a ratings rather than ranking system that compares schools within categories; in other words, schools with similar missions or population sizes would be compared, but not those that have vastly different fundamental characteristics. Duncan further outlined the goals: “We’ll be looking at access, such as the percentage of students receiving Pell Grants. We’ll be looking at affordability, like average tuition, scholarships and loan debt. And we’ll be looking at outcomes, such as graduation and transfer rates, alumni satisfaction surveys, graduate earnings and the advanced degrees of college graduates.” Such a rating system would be a unique and beneficial contribution to the available higher education data, especially since the Department of Education would likely be able to gather more accurate data than private services. The Board believes this plan would represent a prudent step in encouraging reform among colleges, encouraging students to attend schools that will improve their lives and in disseminating information that will enable students to make informed choices when deciding where to matriculate. Currently, the higher education system in America is suffering from large cost increases and failures to give value to students. The Board thus welcomes this rating plan as an important measure to address these issues. ABSTAIN: Zach Horton
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Memoirs from the Virginian wilds Ye Eun Charlotte Chun It’s incredible how much they Senior columnist
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e said that he’d been the best Latin reciter in his Ghanaian village before he took to the streets in Maryland. “I used to be a high school English teacher!” he said, pounding his chest proudly. “I liked poetry very much, and foreign languages. I could read Shake-uh-speare with a loud and strong voice, clear as the autumn sky.” He had come to Maryland 10 years ago to teach English with his brother, then had been laid off during the financial crisis. Since then, he’d taken to sleeping in Chinatown alleyways, picking up Mandarin Chinese along the way. The day we met, I was on a metro from one end of Maryland to the other, trying to reach Virginia on a spur-of-themoment trip. When he first plopped down next to me, he said I looked pensive. Then he casually kicked up his legs and claimed that he rode the same train every day and saw many different people, even if they never saw anything more than a homeless man when they looked at him. But people are fascinating, he said.
miss by trying to just get from one place to another and not stopping to just revel in the feeling of existing. He then proceeded to pat me on the shoulder and quote Shelley before hopping off the train as suddenly as he’d gotten on. “After all, m’dear, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? Just take it one step at a time.” It was only then I realized I hadn’t even asked his name. Cliche movie moment, check. Before we move on, let me rewind. I’m an international student who has no close relatives in the United States and who, come fall break, realized the prospects of staying on campus seemed, quite honestly, miserable. I had been researching places to see autumn foliage for weeks and finally decided to board the first train to Virginia to solo-hike through Great Falls Park. It had started off as a trip to get away from the Orange Bubble and to see the glories of the Potomac; it ended up being a remarkable trip in every way more than just the destination. I boarded the 6 a.m. to Maryland, then took a metro from one end of the state to the other. Much to my dismay, I realized there were no cabs to take me to Great Falls Park from my stop in Virginia. After sitting hopelessly on
the ground for 10 minutes, despising AT&T for its subpar service, a hay-truck driver stopped and asked if I needed a ride. Of course, as all rational people who care about their safety behave, I agreed. I distinctly remember the driver telling me while I was putting on my seatbelt, “I’m no creep, honey, but I guess that’s what all creeps would say.” This time, I got the name of my fellow traveler. His name was Doug, and he had never left Virginia in his entire life. He left at 7 a.m. every day to move hay from his farm to a business partner whom he met at the metro station, and he went home on the same route at the same time, every single day. People think they always need change, he said, that they always have to get out of the country and see something new. But what do they ever see more than some of those “new compyootun things”? He looked at me through the rearview mirror as he said this. “There isn’t much to the world, honey, there really isn’t.” Doug then proceeded to talk about his farm. I’m guilty of zoning out during most of his speech (there’s only so much excitement to how hay swirls), but it was still fascinating to hear how different Doug’s point of view was from Metro Man’s and how antithetical
their lives were. One was always moving and traveling on paths unknown, and the other was always following the same route. However, both were equally happy with their lives and understood the world just as profoundly as the other. The Potomac itself was, of course, one of the most breathtaking views I’d seen. However, at the end of the day, I realized that travel isn’t so much about the place you intend to go or the place you leave behind, but returning home to see what you left behind in a completely new light. I learned more on this trip than books could ever teach me because I let my questionable judgment lead me to an experience beyond imagination. As Metro Man said, there are some pretty strange things that happen in the world; some things will thrill you and some will just freak you out (“like one of those Potato Head dolls”), but all you need to do is keep hopping off at stops that make you happy and jump right back on when you need to move on. Then, hopefully, there will be a cab awaiting you at the other end. Possibly. Ye Eun Charlotte Chun is a sophomore from Seoul, South Korea. She can be reached at ychun@princeton.edu.
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leading the Tigers into the locker room at halftime with a 29-13 lead. With his 18th passing touchdown of the season, he moved one ahead of 2006 Bushnell Cup recipient Jeff Terrell ’06 and into second place on Princeton’s alltime list. “Most of the plays have options for him,” head Coach Bob Surace ’90 said. “One of the things so amazing about him is that he’s just so efficient, such a great decision maker. He doesn’t get greedy.” Sophomore tailback Dre Nelson added to Epperly’s 69 rushing yards with 55 of his own. Freshman tailback Joe Rhattigan saw time and scored his first career
touchdown, and junior receiver Roman Wilson caught two Epperly passes for touchdowns. Epperly was not the quarterback expected to be on show during the game. The NFL scouts in Princeton Stadium Saturday were there to see the quarterback on the other side of the ball, Cornell’s Jeff Mathews, as well as Princeton’s senior defensive lineman Caraun Reid. Reid intercepted Mathews on the first drive of the day off a tip by freshman defensive back Dorian Williams, and the Tiger defense was able to hold the Big Red offense to just 292 total yards, well below the 376.4 yards they had been averaging this season. Mathews was sacked seven times. “I think we really got after them up front today, put on great pressure and made him uncom-
fortable,” senior defensive lineman Matt Landry said. Freshman defensive lineman Tyler Desire led the team with two sacks for 14 yards, while Landry and senior defensive back Elijah Mitchell added 1.5 sacks apiece. Sophomore defensive back Matt Arends led the defense with 10 tackles. Since they lost the first game of the season to Lehigh, the Tigers have scored over 40 points in every game except for the Brown game, in which they scored 39 points. The Tigers had not scored over 40 points in five games since 1907. The Tigers face Penn (4-3, 3-1) on Saturday at 12 p.m. in Philadelphia and now control their own destiny — winning out would guarantee them the Ivy League title.
equalized the score just two minutes later. The Big Green scored early in the second period to take the lead and held the Tigers scoreless in that period, taking the lead going into the third period. Princeton fought back hard, though, with Laing scoring just 40 seconds into the third period. The Tigers rode that momentum as freshman forward Hillary Lloyd scored the go-ahead goal in the eighth minute. The Tigers held their lead to make the final score 3-2. Sophomore goalie Kimberly Newell notched 28 saves. Each team had 30 shots on goal. Princeton did not fare as well against the seventhranked Crimson (3-1-0, 3-10). Harvard had jumped to a 2-0 lead by the end of the first period, scoring in the 10th and 19th minutes while Princeton failed to find the net. In the second period, the Tigers shot twice as much as the Crimson, 18-9, but were not able to convert. While Harvard goalie Emerance Maschmeyer saved all 18 shots, the Crimson added one goal. Maschmeyer finished the day with 44 saves. In the third period, Princeton outshot Harvard again, this time 12-7, but Harvard scored one more goal and held Princeton scoreless to complete the shutout. “The losses just show us where we need to improve. In the Harvard game, they scored three power-play goals on us, which showed us that we needed to tweak our penalty kill,” Laing said. She added that Tigers have since fixed that aspect of their game. “[Since then] our opponents didn’t score a single power-play goal, and that probably wouldn’t have happened if we didn’t get the
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lead that her team would not relinquish. Senior midfielder Julia Reinprecht took advantage of a foul outside the defensive circle and found an open Caro by the goal for her first assist of the season. Caro earned her sixth goal of the season after her efforts the previous weekend resulted in her first Ivy League Rookie of the Week honor. Sophomore keeper Anya Gersoff and her defensive line saw six shots with four on target in the first half. The Tigers stifled their opponent’s attack in the second period, racking up a 15-0 shot differential. In the 45th minute, senior back Kelsey Byrne earned her first goal and points of the season. Off a deflected shot by Reinprecht, senior striker Syd-
ney Kirby managed to find her classmate Byrne in front of the cage for a straight-on shot. Just short of the 49th minute, Cesan took another deflection off Horner’s pads just outside the goal for a tap-in and her seventh goal of the year. The final goal for Princeton came in the 61st minute after a flurry of shots — six in a fiveminute span — as Cesan found junior striker Allison Evans, who notched her eighth goal of the season. By the end of 70 minutes, Princeton had tallied a total of 26 shots to the Big Red’s six. The Rider Broncs (13-6, 5-1 MAAC) faced a travel time of less than 20 minutes from their Lawrenceville campus. In this series — dubbed by the official PUFieldHockey twitter (@ TigerFH) the Rt. 206 Megabowl — Princeton holds a 7-1-1 edge. However, neither side was able to capitalize on possession
in the first 35 minutes, though Princeton earned three penalty corners and tallied 10 shots. With 55 minutes elapsed, Caro broke through and scored her second goal of the weekend off the Tigers’ 11th attack penalty corner. Once more, the Tigers established a massive disparity in shots, striking 39 times at the opposing cage and only allowing six shots. Just as time expired, Rider earned its third penalty corner, which it managed to convert. The equalizer sent the game to a 15-minute overtime period, to be decided by sudden victory. Early in the extra period, senior back Amanda Bird assisted Cesan on the winning goal. The scoreboard read 2-1 in favor of Princeton with 75:31 elapsed in its final home match of the regular season. The program honored the
team’s six seniors on Sunday before the contest — Bird, Byrne, Cesan, Reinprecht, goalie Christina Maida and striker Allegra Mango have seen 57 wins and only 18 losses at Princeton. They have also played a part in a run of total league dominance, notching 26 wins and only one loss in the Ancient Eight. With NCAA appearances in their freshman and sophomore years, the six contributed to the program’s first national championship last year. The 4-0 shutout of Cornell guaranteed the Tigers a share of their ninth-straight Ivy League title. The team will travel to Philadelphia this Wednesday and attempt to earn the outright league title for the second consecutive year. Should Princeton secure a win in its final regular-season contest, it would earn a berth in the NCAA tournament.
opportunity to learn from the Harvard game.” The Cornell (5-0-1, 3-0-1) game looked to be going the same way, as the Big Red offense managed to score five goals — three of which came in an onslaught in the final two minutes — on just 11 shots in the first period. However, the Tigers bounced back in the second period, scoring four goals on eight shots and going on a run of their own when they netted three goals in a span of just 50 seconds. Sophomore forward Jaimie McDonnell, senior forward Olivia Mucha, senior defender Rose Alleva and junior defender Ali Pankowski all scored in the period. The Cornell defense proved too much in the third period, though, as Princeton managed 10 shots but was held scoreless to make the final tally 5-4. The Tigers kept up their high-paced offense in the next game against Colgate (2-8-0, 0-4-0) despite a slow start. Colgate jumped ahead with a goal halfway through the second period, after a scoreless first in which Princeton took just three shots on goal. The Tigers were unable to score in the second period but got their
offense moving better, taking seven shots in the period. Then, in the third period, Princeton’s offense exploded. Mucha and McDonnell scored within the first four minutes to grab the lead. Colgate equalized the score at 2-2, but Tucker and Pankowski each scored and Alleva helped the Tigers pull away with two unassisted goals to make the final score 6-2 and secure the victory for Princeton. Next weekend the Tigers continue ECAC play with away games at Ivy rivals Yale and Brown. “I think that we are putting in a huge team effort. Everyone is buying in; everyone is working their hardest, and it has made a big difference in games,” Laing said. “Goals are not just coming from a concentrated group of players; they’re coming from everyone. Additionally in almost all of the games we have had to fight back from being down goals.” “We are two and two on the season, and I am very happy with our efforts so far,” she added. “The team has done a lot of things right and is improving every game.”
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Tigers win big, top Ivy League standings By Hillary Dodyk senior writer
After being named the Sports Network FCS National Offensive Player of the Week and Ivy League OfCORNELL 20 f e n s i v e PRINCETON 53 Player of the Week following his record-breaking performance in Princeton’s triple-overtime 51-48 win over Harvard last weekend, junior quarterback Quinn Epperly continued to break records. Epperly completed 29 consecutive passes to start Princeton’s 53-20 victory
over Cornell on Saturday, setting a new FCS record. With this win and Penn’s loss to Brown, the Tigers (6-1 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) now stand alone atop the Ivy League standings. The previous record had been held by Richie Williams of Appalachian State, who threw 28 consecutive passes in 2004. Epperly completed a shovel pass to sophomore running back DiAndre Atwater to tie the record midway through the third quarter, and then he completed an eight-yard pass to junior receiver Seth DeValve on the next play to cement his name alone atop the
record books. When his streak was stopped four plays later with an incompletion to DeValve, he had completed 31 straight passes in total, including the final two from last week’s game at Harvard (6-1, 3-1). “I didn’t even know we didn’t have an incompletion, to be honest,” Epperly said. “And then they said it over the loudspeaker in the middle of a drive, and I was like, ‘All right, I can’t think about this; we got to get a score here.’ ” Epperly was a perfect 18 for 18 in the first half, with one passing touchdown and three rushing, See FOOTBALL page 7
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Junior quarterback Quinn Epperly broke an FCS record by completing his first 29 passes Saturday.
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Tigers clinch share of Ivy title
Tigers stay in Ivy League race with two to play
By Crissy Carano staff writer
The No. 9 women’s field hockey team took on Cornell and Rider this weekend. Two victories — a shutout of Cornell (9-7 overall, 3-3 Ivy League) that earned it a share of the Ivy title and an overtime triumph over Rider Sunday afternoon — extended the team’s win streak to six, with its last loss coming at the hands of top-ranked Maryland. Saturday saw Princeton (124, 6-0) continue its in-league
dominance, as it outmatched its opponents on the offensive and defensive ends. Cornell, traveling after a 3-2 OT loss to No. 2 Syracuse, looked to avenge last season’s 5-0 loss at home. The home offense tested Cornell keeper Carolyn Horner with three shots before five minutes had elapsed, two shots of which resulted from penalty corners inserted by senior striker Michelle Cesan. Just before the 23rd minute mark, freshman striker Cat Caro beat the keeper to earn a See F. HOCKEY page 7
By Stephen Wood sports editor
As the race for the Ivy League title heats up, the men’s soccer team kept itself in the hunt over fall break, stumbling against Harvard but rallying to defeat Cornell 2-1 Saturday. The win gave the Tigers (6-7-1 overall, 3-1-1 Ivy League) three muchneeded points, keeping them tied with Penn for second place in the Ivy League, just two points behind the Crimson (5-7-2, 4-1). Princeton, which came into fall break undefeated in the league, led for the majority of both games. Junior forward Cameron Porter found the net in each game, his first goal coming less than 10 minutes into the Harvard match. After he capitalized on a penalty kick, the Tigers led for over 60 minutes before a header by Harvard’s Philip Fleischman knotted the game at one. As the second half wore on, the Crimson consistently challenged the Tiger defense, earning four corner kicks in
the period — Princeton had just one all day. With eight minutes to go in the game, the Crimson got another shot past senior goalie Seth MacMillan and held on to win 2-1, outshooting the Tigers 11-7. After the tough defeat in Cambridge put Harvard on top of the league, Princeton turned around and salvaged its chance at a championship a week later against Cornell (6-5-4, 0-4-1). Again, the Tigers jumped out to an early lead, going up 1-0 on another Porter goal 16 minutes in. Sophomore midfielder Brendan McSherry was credited with the assist after Porter received his pass up the middle and managed to keep the ball away from a swarm of Big Red defenders in order to find the goal. Eleven minutes later, sophomore forward Nico Hurtado passed to senior defensive midfielder Patrick O’Neil, who got the ball on the right side and bounced the ball into the net off the far post to give the Tigers a two-point cushion. Porter’s goal put him in a tie for third-most in the Ivy League, while O’Neil’s was his first of the
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season. Cornell put up a good fight after that, outshooting Princeton 9-4 in the second half and earning four corner kicks. It was too little too late. By the time one of those corner kicks finally got them on the board, there were less than four minutes to play. The Big Red’s Conor Goepel nearly tied the game up in the final minute of play, but his shot was blocked. MacMillan had four saves on the day, giving the Tigers the edge despite being outshot 11-10 by the Big Red. With the win, the Tigers added three points to their Ivy League total, bringing them up to 10, just two behind league-leading Harvard. Princeton has two more Ivy games left, one against Penn (6-8-1, 3-1-1) and the finale against Yale. The Penn game will see one team emerge as a clear No. 2 in the Ancient Eight, but the Crimson currently controls its own destiny and will have to slip up if the Tigers hope to win at least a share of the championship.
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After Liberty Invitational win, tough start for Tigers By Raghav Gandotra staff writer
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Freshmen shine as Princeton wins two of four to open season By Saahil Madge staff writer
Over fall break, the women’s hockey team had a tough slate of ECAC opponents to officially open its season. The Tigers came out 2-2, with a win over Dartmouth, a loss to No. 7 Harvard, a one-goal loss in a very tough game against No. 3 Cornell and a win against Colgate. The team worked hard in the offsea-
son and was happy to finally get on the ice. “We focused on sticking to our four core values (tough, disciplined, competitive and grateful) and being conditioned,” senior forward Denna Laing said. “Working towards applying these values everyday has made for productive practices and translated into improved play in games.” Before officially starting the season, Princeton had an exhibition
game against McGill and a scrimmage against Brown. The team lost 4-1 to McGill (9-4 overall, 4-0 RSEQ ) but won 2-1 against Brown (1-2-1, 0-1-1 ECAC). The Tigers started the season with an away game at Dartmouth (1-4-0, 1-3-0) and kept their momentum from the game against Brown. Dartmouth opened up the game with a goal halfway through the first period, but freshman forward Cassidy Tucker See W. HOCKEY page 7
The men’s hockey team started its season with a bang in a 3-2 overtime win over Dartmouth in the Liberty Hockey Invitational on Oct. 25. Since then, the Tigers (1-3 overall, 0-2 ECAC) seem to have lost their way, losing to Yale in the Liberty Invitational, to Cornell in Ithaca and, most recently, to Colgate at Starr Rink in Hamilton, N.Y. on Nov. 2, leaving them with an uphill battle in the ECAC. Though these were all tightly contested affairs, the Tigers fell behind early and faced deficits of two or more goals in each of their last three games. Princeton had to play catch-up all game against Yale (2-1-1, 1-0-1), going down 2-0 early. They came within one goal twice, halving the Bulldogs’ lead on a goal from senior forward Andrew Ammon 19 minutes into the final period, but could never draw even. Ammon assisted junior forward Tyler Maugeri as Princeton attempted another third-period comeback against Cornell (3-1, 1-1), but the Big Red’s four points proved too much to overcome. “So far, the season has shown the team that the ECAC is a total dogfight and any team can win on any given night,” sophomore forward Michael Zajac said. “Every game is absolutely necessary to win, and we go into every tilt expecting to come out victorious. We have a very experienced, skilled squad, and we look for-
ward to making our mark on the Princeton hockey tradition this year by winning championships like the Ivy League Championship, ECAC Championship and the NCAA Championship.” Princeton held its own for two periods against Colgate (3-5-1, 1-10), and the match was scoreless going into the final frame. The Raiders came out firing, however, and scored twice in the first five minutes. A goal from freshman forward Ryan Siiro in the ninth minute put Princeton back in the game, but Cornell added another goal eight minutes later to seal the win. The Tigers’ season now gets into full swing with six games in the next 14 days. All six will be played at Baker Rink and will give the Tigers an opportunity to assert their home advantage as they try to reverse their fortunes. Princeton starts this series of games against Yale on Friday at 7 p.m. and will then play conference games against Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard and Quinnipiac. Zajac was confident his team would fare better in those matches. “We hold each other accountable every day in practice, meetings and in the classroom to bring our downright greatest effort in order to achieve our goals,” he said. “Anything less than that is unacceptable, and, as a team, we take great pride in what we do, paying close attention to our team culture and attitude.”
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