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The first to 500: Princeton first to secure 500 Ivy League Championships By Alissa Selover Head Sports Editor
Princeton athletics has a niche for being the first. Princeton provided four out of the 14 men that competed in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. The Princeton football team played in the first collegiate football game, a milestone that was celebrated in 2019 with the 150th anniversary. The Princeton field hockey team made history in 2012 as the first Ivy League team to win the Division I NCAA Field Hockey Championship. Mary Moan ’97 won the first Ivy League individual title for women’s golf in 1997. Feb. 9, 2020 is going to be another day of history for Princeton athletics. On this day, Princeton became the first Ivy League to secure 500 Ivy League Championship titles. No. 16 Princeton wrestling paved the way for this monumental moment by defeating No. 17 Cornell, winning their first Ivy League championship since 1986. The Tigers broke Cornell’s 92-match winning streak that began in 2002 and defeated them for the first time since 1986. As of Feb. 9, the NCAA
ranked Princeton at No. 16 and Cornell at No. 17. InterMat wrestling had Princeton ranked at No. 9 and Cornell at No. 20. Sophomore Travis Stefanik’s match was the defining moment for Princeton wrestling, and videos of that final countdown show the excitement radiating from Jadwin Gymnasium here in Princeton. In a post-match interview with ESPN, Stefanik stated, “I just don’t know what else to say right now. I am just so happy.” Happiness is an understatement for how Princeton wrestling, and every other Princeton team and athlete must feel. Past and present athletes can come together to celebrate this moment and their achievements since the very beginning of Princeton athletics history. According to the official Princeton Athletics twitter account, over 14,000 student athletes have participated in achieving these championship numbers. The list below includes all league championships won by Princeton teams provided by GoPrincetonTigers.com.
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Princeton wresting holding the 500 Ivy League Championships banner after their Ivy League Championship against Cornell. STUDENT LIFE
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Hundreds gather USG appoints 3 class for Mawlid celebra- senators, 5 U-Councilors tion at U. chapel By Caitlin Limestahl
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Bilal Chisthy and the National Sufi Ensemble playing Qawwali.
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Hundreds gathered in the University Chapel on Friday, Feb. 7, to celebrate Mawlid, a Muslim holiday commemorating the birth and life of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The crowd included students, faculty, and residents of Princeton and surrounding areas. Now in its 11th year, the event brings Muslims and non-Muslims together for the biggest Muslim event
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on the University’s campus. The show was hosted by the University’s Muslim Life Program (MLP). This year’s show included recitations from the Q’uran, the Muslim holy book, along with performances of Qawwali, a form of spiritual music derived from South Asian traditions. According to MLP Coordinator and University Chaplain Imam Sohaib Sultan, coming together to celebrate the Prophet See MAWLID page 4
Columnist Julia Chaffers argues that the International Olympic Committee undermines its claim to values like equality by silencing athletes taking politically-motivated actions, while columnist Arman Badrei reflects on Mitt Romney’s speech and his decision to vote for impeachment.
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The office of the Undergraduate Student Government in Frist Campus Center.
ings since my freshman fall, and after doing that for so long for basically two years, I decided that I wanted to be part of the actual meetings,” Gerrish said. One aspect of USG Gerrish is hoping to improve is its standing with the student body. “Not a lot of students know what USG does or what goes on with it,” Gerrish said. “Going forward, we’re going to try to reemphasize transparency and talking with the students and making sure that they’re aware with what’s going on and also that they feel they have a greater voice in what USG does.” To that end, USG has adopt-
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ed a Q&A session at the beginning of every Sunday meeting. These sessions will be held from 7 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in Lewis Library 138. Gerrish is also interested in establishing a study abroad task force during his term. “Coming back from study abroad, I recognize that there are some difficulties with the study abroad system,” he said. “I just want to talk with OIP (Office of International Programs) and see if we can make it an easier process for students overall.” In response to this year’s low number of Senate applicants, Gerrish said, “If you want to See SENATOR page 3
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After an insufficient number of applicants during the regular election cycle, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) has appointed three Class Senators and five U-Councilors to its voting body. Jacob Gerrish ’21, Tom Salotti ’21, and Bradley Phelps ’22 were appointed Class Senators — Salotti after the Jan. 24 extension. Sarah Elkordy ’21, Julia Garaffa ’23, Sahil Jain ’23, Riley Martinez ’23, and Juan Nova ’23 were appointed as UCouncilors. USG President Chitra Parikh ’21 addressed the initial low application rate in an email to The Daily Princetonian. “Part of the reason this may have occurred is that there is a lack of clarity around the role of the class senators,” she wrote. “Another reason people may not run could be that serving on USG requires a significant time commitment. By junior year, many upperclassmen are busy with other responsibilities they have committed to, so it can be hard to join an organization mid-way through the year.” “While apathy towards student government could certainly have contributed to this, I sincerely hope that USG can work towards encouraging more participation both internally and externally this year,” she wrote. Appointed Senators: Gerrish, Salotti, & Phelps Previously, Jacob Gerrish covered USG Senate meetings for the ‘Prince.’ After his semester abroad, he decided to apply to be one of the senators he used to report on. “I’ve been at the USG meet-
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Five-point platform announced, budget approved at first USG Senate meeting under Parikh ’21 By Claire Silberman Head News Editor
In her inaugural President’s report at the first Undergraduate Student Government (USG) meeting of the year on Sunday, Chitra Parikh ’21 announced her plans for the new administration to execute the five-point platform she ran on, which focuses on mental health; Title IX and sexual misconduct; housing, dining, and transportation; sustainability; and accessibility of resources and information. Specifically, Parikh plans to work with CPS to expand resources, foster survivor-centered community for victims of sexual misconduct, ensure more wheelchair accessibility, integrate sustainability into the First Year Residential Experience (FYRE), and make USG support more available to student entrepreneurs and activists. “Not only should we be open and willing to receive student feedback and opinions, we should also be proactive in reaching out to people,” Parikh said. The USG Senate also approved one honor committee internal referendum, two clubs, five task forces, 18 appointments, and the
$228,412.03 spring semester budget during their meeting. Camille Moeckel ’20, Honor Committee Chair Emeritus, presented a referendum to add six words to the Honor Committee constitution, which would allow the clerk of the Honor Committee to sit in on selection of new members. While the clerk had previously been excluded from new member selection under referenda passed last spring, the motion passed unanimously. USG also approved two clubs previously vetted by the Student Group Recognition Committee. The Princeton South Asian Progressive Alliance aims “to promote and encourage amongst its members a spirit of free speech and social justice regarding events in South Asia,” while First Love provides “outreach opportunities to expose students to the compelling knowledge of Jesus Christ,” according to Lutfah Subair ’21, of the Student Group Recognition Committee (SGRC). Five task forces, workshopped at a USG retreat on Saturday, were officially confirmed: the Town Hall Task Force, the Mental Health Task Force, Study Abroad, Community Dining, and Transpar-
ency. The task forces will collect student feedback on their respective issues and attempt to implement reforms such as emergency mental health funding and stipends for FLI students to eat off campus with peers. Eighteen people were confirmed to USG appointed positions for the coming year. Two U-Councilors, Sarah Lee ’22 and Allen Liu ’22, were elected as CPUC Executive Committee representatives during the meeting, after 25 minutes of Senate deliberation in executive session. Finally, USG passed the budget, which funds all its initiatives from mental health week, to free fitness classes, to firstday-of-school bagels. Prepared by Treasurer Rachel Hazan ’21, the approved budget allocates $500 to each USG committee or project for general expenses, with additional funding granted on an ad hoc basis for special events. Revenue for the budget comes from students’ $42.50 activity fee. “My goal is to not put us in a deficit,” Hazan said. The meeting, held in Lewis 138, took place at 7 p.m. This represents a change in USG Senate meeting times; they were previously held at 8 p.m.
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Parikh ’21 with Sarah Lee ’22 and Allen Liu ’22, who were both appointed as representatives to the CPUC executive committee.
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better represent your fellow students and your friends and make sure everyone has the best experience they can on this campus and doesn’t get left behind in any respect, you should [run].” In an email to the ‘Prince,’ Tom Salotti wrote, “I decided to apply because I felt like I would be a good class senator — representing the interests of the Class of 2021 and working to make USG more responsive to student needs.” “While I am eager to forge my own path in making USG more transparent, efficient, and accountable, I am excited to work with Chitra and other elected members to prioritize: mental health; Title IX reform and sexual misconduct; housing, dining, and transportation; sustainability; and accessibility of resources and information,” he wrote. Salotti is one of two head sports editors for the ‘Prince.’ Bradley Phelps proposed the newly established Community Dining Task Force. Phelps explained that he has developed relationships with the city council and the mayor’s office through his position as Community Engagement Director for Whig-Clio. One idea he hopes to bring to USG is a collaboration with dining services to implement a program where students can use their meal cards on Nassau Street to “make community dining more accessible and increase equity among students.” Phelps echoed Gerrish’s
recognition that the student body’s apparent apathy toward USG could stem from an ignorance of the work they actually do. “I think USG does do a lot, and [their] biggest problem is marketing,” he said, lauding their achievement in ensuring access to menstrual products on campus. “Branding and marketing these accomplishments needs to be really front and center to USG’s mission, and making sure their work is known. I think that will increase the seriousness in which people take USG.” U-Councilors: Elkordy, Garaffa, Jain, Martinez, & Nova Sarah Elkordy says she was encouraged by Parikh to join USG after her involvement with Princeton Title IX reform last fall. “From there, I decided that I also wanted to be a representative for the FLI (first generation, low-income) community because I don’t think it generally has a lot of USG representation,” she said. “They tend to fly under the radar and not really be a concern for people on campus even though they are becoming a larger and larger group, so I thought it would be a great chance to have that dual-representation.” Elkordy plans to co-lead two task forces: the Community Dining Task Force with Phelps and the Sexual Misconduct Task Force with Parikh. Elkordy hopes her work with the Community Dining Task Force will further her goal of representing FLI students by ensuring they aren’t “alienated by their socioeconomic status” and have the freedom to eat off
campus with their University meal plan. Previously, Elkordy was not seriously involved with USG, “besides voting in elections.” She said she felt she never heard from USG, other than announcements of Garden Theater movies. “I think that’s generally why students have a negative opinion about USG,” she said. “Part of it is administrative silence and part of it is USG just hasn’t had a good reputation of talking about all the great work they are doing and a lot of them are long term goals and projects that only see fruition four to five years down the line, so to us, currently, it seems like there is nothing being done.” Elkordy hopes the new task forces will capture important student voices within USG. It was because of the apparent lack of transparency between USG and students that Julia Garaffa decided to become a U-Councilor. “I felt very disconnected from being able to impact change on campus in my first semester,” Garaffa said. “I felt like that led to a lot of apathy within me, so I encourage anyone to come to me with concerns and talk about it. I want to be as accessible as possible.” Garaffa intends to join the Mental Health Task Force because she is interested in facilitating campus-wide discussions that could destigmatize seeking treatment for mental health problems. She also wants to join the Transparency Task Force “to help people understand what USG does aside from movies
and Lawnparties and how they can get involved with USG to voice their own opinions,” Garaffa said. “I would like to use the connections I have with activist groups to have better dialogue between USG. I am also interested in speaking to the firstyear experience and how we can work to make the transition into Princeton easier,” she added. Sahil Jain hopes to create a centralized app or website that streamlines events that either the University or USG hosts to encourage participation and support from students. He noted the need for more transparency between students and USG. “Oftentimes we can get really preoccupied with our own work, and we don’t really see what’s happening behind the scenes,” he said. “USG is one of those forces which does so much more than what the student body sees, whether it’s creating policy or [managing] ReCal and Princeton Courses.” During his term in USG, Riley Martinez aims to increase representation of FLI students and use the skills he has gained as a Fields Fellow to bolster the work he will be doing as a UCouncilor. In an email to the ‘Prince,’ Martinez wrote, “I hope to bring these values to the table on USG by not only representing groups on campus of which I personally belong, but also being accessible and a non-intimidating medium for outreach to those who are underrepresented on campus.” With regard to the transparency goal expressed by many
others, he noted Parikh’s USG Instagram account will be a useful medium for facilitating communication with the student body. The account plans to post updates each Friday. Throughout his term, Juan Nova intends to contribute to the Mental Health Task Force and Transparency Task Force, and he proposed the newly established Town Hall Task Force. He hopes to be a voice for FLI students through his work with USG and as a Matriculate Fellow. Nova’s proposed Town Hall Task Force would be “a bit more formally organized” than Parikh’s Q&A sessions. The Task Force would potentially hold a monthly meeting where students can meet with a board of USG members and an administrator to present questions about proposed referenda or existing policies. Nova has opened times for appointment on WASE and encouraged students to reach out with any questions or concerns they would like to bring to his attention.
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Shafaq Khan ’21 and Cameron Khan ’23 led the evening as co-hosts. Many ............. of the night’s performanc(pbuh) also means “com- es outside of the main ing together to celebrate event were organized by the greatest potentialities students in the Universiwithin us” and reminds ty’s Muslim Students’ Asthe community of how sociation (MSA). people should aspire to “I am Pakistani Amerilive. can and so it was really ex“It’s a great symbolic act citing for me to co-host an that the most historically event on South Asian Sufi and culturally significant devotional music,” said space on this campus, for Khan ’21. “As I’ve grown one evening, becomes a up in a Punjabi household, place of Muslim devotion my parents have always reand Muslim contempla- ally appreciated Qawwali tion. It speaks volumes music and it was really about how Princeton Uni- insightful to listen and versity … has become in- appreciate that indepencreasingly multi-faith,” dently in college.” said Imam Sohaib on the Several community ROOYA RAHIN / THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN significance of holding members led prayers and Mawlid in the Chapel. performed music. For exBilal Chisthy and the National Sufi Ensemble playing Qawwali on stage. The Muslim holiday of ample, Shaykh MuhamMawlid is celebrated in Rabī ’ mad Adeyinka Mendes, al-Awwal, the 3rd month the Imam at the Muslim on the Islamic lunar calen- Center of Greater Princdar. Imam Sohaib noted, eton, shared an original however, that Muslims are song. always celebrating Mawlid “Imams can write songs and the Prophet (pbuh). too,” he said, with a laugh. While Mawlid is marked “The event was great, by an official date, accord- and the people on stage ing to Imam Sohaib, “the were amazing. It made me spirit of the Mawlid is cel- really happy,” said attendebrated throughout the ee Rena Kashari ’23. year.” Imam Sohaib also Alaa Ghoneim ’20 stated that by MLP tradi- agreed, saying she found tion, the University com- the event meaningful. munity marks Mawlid on “It was really wonderthe first Friday of each ful,” she said, noting that spring semester. while she has attended This year’s Mawlid event every Mawlid celebration brought Qawwali singer since her first year at the Bilal Chishty and the Na- University, she most entional Sufi Ensemble to joyed this year’s event and the University to perform performances. traditional songs. Afterwards, the per“Qawwali is a way of ac- formers and audience cessing the inner beauty members gathered at the of the human voice … it’s Chancellor Green Cafe about making sounds that for a potluck dinner. The are universal and using next day, the MLP hosted a those sounds to allow the workshop, taught by Bilal soul to roar,” Imam Sohaib Chishty, on Qawwali muROOYA RAHIN / THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN Yusuf Kocaman ’23 leads the adhan (call to prayer) at the end of the celsaid. sic. Continued from page 1
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Silenced on the biggest stage Julia Chaffers Columnist
“It is a fundamental principle that sport is neutral and must be separate from political, religious, or any other type of interference.” So said the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) as it announced the rules for protest at the upcoming summer Olympic Games. While athletes may express themselves freely in the media, they will not be allowed to take politically motivated actions during the events and medals ceremonies. By silencing athletes in their most visible opportunities to speak up, the Olympic committee undermines its claim to values such as equality worldwide. At Princeton, we value our athletes as fierce competitors, but more importantly as the roommates, friends, and classmates they are off the field. Yet increasingly the world has less appreciation for professional athletes; more and more we require them to be onedimensional — just players, rather than people with ideas to express. We remember some of our most celebrated athletes — Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos, to name a few — not in spite of but because of their out-
spoken advocacy for a better world. But though the two men are today admired for their courage and have since been named to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, Smith and Carlos’ now-iconic raised fists, which Smith described as a “cry for freedom and for human rights” both in the United States and globally, would not be permitted today. For example, after fencer Race Imboden knelt on the medal podium and hammer thrower Gwen Berry raised a fist during the national anthem at last summer’s Pan American games, both athletes were placed on probation for a year. In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Imboden invoked Ali, Smith, and Carlos as he explained his decision to kneel, in an echo of Colin Kaepernick’s protest against racial injustice. Berry shared similar reasoning, emphasizing that the previous day had marked five years since Michael Brown was killed in his hometown of Ferguson, Miss. The Olympic committee’s reasoning for the policy is that “the focus for the field of play and related ceremonies must be on celebrating athletes’ performance, and showcasing sport and its values.” In a media world where cries for civility rule the day and the presentation of objectivity is seemingly held above all else, it is unfortunately unsurprising that the Olympic committee places appearance over sub-
stance. But with this policy, they mistake neutrality for the absence of a stance, when supporting the status quo itself constitutes taking a position. They fail to recognize that forced unity is not true togetherness. What are these values that the I.O.C. wants to showcase through sport? Unity for its own sake? Silencing voices that may ruff le feathers, even if their substantive point is important? The I.O.C. does not clarify what it stands for, even as it commands athletes to fall in line behind its injunctions. Whether the Olympic committee acknowledges it or not, sports are political. Staying silent about a problem can say just as much as standing in support of it. The Olympic committee argues that the international stage is not the place to show dissent. But one of the most important aspects of an effective protest is its visibility. At the Olympics, you can attract the eyes of the world in a way not possible at any other time. People who would not otherwise pay attention to activists will listen to what their favorite athlete has to say. Smith and Carlos’ fists stand out in our memory because their action was a departure from business as usual; we celebrate them because of the risk they took. But this is the way of the world. Smith and Carlos face fierce backlash for their actions, including suspension from the Olympic team. Ali
was not universally celebrated in his day. People called him brash and too political when he refused to serve in Vietnam. He was stripped of his boxing license and nearly sent to prison. Now, the three are revered for their outspokenness. We are watching the same process in real time as Colin Kaepernick has gone from rising star to blackballed dissenter when he dared to use his stage to speak up. With his Nike campaign a testament to the reshaping of his image, one could argue that he is moving to the martyr status, as another wronged athlete who will ultimately be seen as right in the end. But if history will come around on athletes who protest, why should they face punishment in the moment? There is this incredible dissonance between the way we remember our heroes from the past and the way we treat our living icons. Athletes should not have to choose between their career and doing what is right; yet, we force them to. And the more we do so, the more careers that will be lost, and the more that other thoughtful voices will be silenced because they cannot afford to take the risk. And we are all worse off for that.
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It is in the hardest moments of life that truly test faith, and I lost nearly all of mine that remained in politics after President Trump’s State of the Union Address. No, it wasn’t because of the President’s message — regardless of whether his address was exaggerated, misleading, or wholly accurate. Even the disrespect that members of the Republican Party showed throughout the impeachment trial — a constitutional process — hadn’t made me a full-fledged pessimist. I was all but convinced that partisanship had fully supplanted the Constitution in priority when Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) defended his vote not to call witnesses in favor of maintaining some semblance of national unity. He claimed the prospect of unearthing new evidence “would just pour gasoline on cultural fires that are burning out there.” Similarly, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) argued that he both respected the impeachment process and condemned the actions of President Trump. Yet, he voted against the motion to subpoena witnesses and documents, as well as voting to acquit the President. Long gone, it seemed, were the days when legislators universally respected one paramount document before all else: the Constitution. But no, even the actions of these senators and others during the impeachment process hadn’t stripped me of all my optimism. What transpired on Feb. 4, however, withered my confidence and respect for our political processes to a pile of
In his speech, as well as in a hand-signed note that contained excerpts from the speech and was delivered to his Republican colleagues, Sen. Romney took a stand. And I was reminded why I haven’t become entirely exhausted and disgusted by politics. Sen. Romney declared a sentiment so fundamental yet so entirely missed by modern politicians: that he was dutybound — and more personally, faith-driven through his oath to God — to “exercise ‘impartial justice’” and to defend “the foundation of our Republic’s success,” the Constitution. After an emotional 10 second pause only a minute into his speech, Sen. Romney vocalized the internal dilemma he faced of being tasked with objectively examining a President of his own party and pronounced the decision “the most difficult I have ever faced.” In the ensuing minutes of his speech, Sen. Romney outlined his reasons with trepidation but also calm logic. He argued against the three points of the President’s defense, reaffirmed the nature of the impeachment process outlined by the founding fathers, and described the obfuscation that the President’s defense had created with this process. He discussed how his decision to convict would in all likelihood not remove the President from office, would almost certainly create anger within his party, and could influence his reelection bid. Toward the conclusion of his speech, Sen. Romney remarked, “We have come to different conclusions, fellow senators, but I trust we have all followed the dictates of our conscience.” I, however, do not believe the majority of Republican senators followed their individual consciences. They acted throughout much of the impeachment process in a partisan-first, power-hungry behav-
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Julia Chaffers is a sophomore from Wellesley, Mass. She can be reached at chaffers@princeton.edu.
Thank you, Mitt Romney: An appreciation for the rare value of integrity dust. Immediately after Trump finished his address, while the cameras were still rolling, I watched Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) tear apart four sections of a copy of Trump’s speech. At first, I laughed. I laughed the same way I had when Trump used to ridicule his political opponents at the Republican debates in 2016 and the same way I do when he makes a base-pleasing crude comment or espouses his signature political incorrectness. I laughed for a moment, and then felt the same way I did after each of such episodes: shameful of the actions our public servants conducted in an office that used to mean something. I neither admire nor support Pelosi’s decision. When asked why she ripped up the speech, Pelosi responded, “because it was the courteous thing to do considering the alternatives.” While I can acknowledge the frustration and anger she must feel toward Trump, it diminished my faith in Democratic leadership as a voter. In that moment, premeditated or not, Speaker Pelosi acted like the very person she’d been determined to remove from the American political scene. She stooped to the level of her enemy, and in turn, damaged the optics of the party to moderates and strengthened bitter partisanship in a conflict that seems to normalize unhealthy, unproductive dissent and tribalism more by the day. As with all things in life, though, the pendulum always swings to the other side. This time, the pendulum came in the form of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). I listened to Sen. Romney speak for eight minutes on why he would vote to convict President Trump on the charge of abuse of power, the only Republican to breach partisan walls.
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ior masqueraded as a desire to maintain stability in the U.S. and tackle other, more meaningful issues as opposed to this alleged waste of time. While I do admit that Democrats too are sometimes guilty of partisanship to the same degree, it was in this episode that the Republicans failed to rise above it. Through Sen. Romney’s outspoken defiance to his own party, he demonstrated a trait I had believed to be extinct in the brains and vocabularies of lawmakers until now: integrity. Sen. Romney earned my respect, but more importantly, he demonstrated nobility in the job of public service. He was governed by the single most important interest, the Constitution. Of course, it didn’t take long for critics to blast him for his utterly traitorous decision. Donald Trump, Jr. tweeted that Romney was simply “bitter that he will never be POTUS” and that he is “officially a member of the resistance & should be expelled from the @GOP,” while also calling him a p***y in an Instagram post. Regardless of your politics, Sen. Romney affirmed an ideal upon which every American can agree. His bravery — as painful as having to call something like this as “brave” when it in fact should be the norm — is both refreshing and hopeful. He has reminded me of what being a politician truly means, about the honor with which one should execute their job in the United States government, and about the sanctity of the Constitution and the processes it has established. As a Politics major at the University, I sincerely thank you, Mitt Romney. You have rightfully represented our nation. Arman Badrei is a sophomore from Houston, Tex. He can be reached at abadrei@princeton. edu.
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Year by year, every Ivy championship the Tigers have won 500
1978, 1979, 1980, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015
............. According to the website, any championships won prior to 1956 are not official Ivy League championships.
Men’s Fencing (16) 1959, 1960, 1966, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017
Baseball (19) 1941, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1965, 1974, 1985, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2016 *prior to 1993 EIBL decided Ivy champion
Women’s Fencing (10) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
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Men’s Basketball (33) 1922, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2017 *from 1902-55 the EIBL decided Ivy champion Women’s Basketball (14) 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019 Men’s Cross Country (21) 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1996*, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018 *if a non-Ivy League team won (e.g. Army, Navy), the Ivy title went to the top Ivy team Women’s Cross Country (9)
Field Hockey (25) 1981, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Football (12) 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2014, 2016, 2018 Men’s Golf (25) 1961, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2019 *prior to 1975 Easterns decided Ivy champion Women’s Golf (6) 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2018 Men’s Hockey (4) 1941, 1953, 1999, 2008 *Quadrangular Championship in 1941, Pentagonal Championship in 1953
Women’s Hockey (8) 1982, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2016, 2019 Men’s Lacrosse (27) 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 Women’s Lacrosse (15) 1993, 1994 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Men’s Heavyweight Rowing (5) 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2006 Men’s Lightweight Rowing (16) 1942, 1948, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2010 *championship decided on the winner of the V8 race at EARC Women’s Open Rowing (18) 1982, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Men’s Soccer (9) 1957, 1960, 1988, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2015, 2018 Women’s Soccer (10)
1982, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018
1993, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Softball (19) 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2017
Men’s Indoor Track & Field (22) 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Men’s Squash (18) 1957, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 Women’s Squash (6) 1989, 1991, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2013 Men’s Swimming & Diving (30) 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 Women’s Swimming & Diving (22) 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 Men’s Tennis (17) 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1988 Women’s Tennis (15) 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1990,
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field (9) 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2010, 2011 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (21) 1938, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991*, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 *if a non-Ivy League team won (e.g. Army, Navy), the Ivy title went to the top Ivy team Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (9) 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1998, 2009, 2011 Women’s Volleyball (17) 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017 Wrestling (12) 1956, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 2020
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Women’s tennis goes 2–1 at ITA Indoors as Shvets pulls off massive upset By Chris Murphy
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The 17th ranked women’s tennis team traveled to Chicago this weekend to participate in the ITA Indoor Nationals. With three wins already under their belt, expectations were high surrounding the team heading into the weekend against top competition. After a demoralizing 4–0 defeat to No. 7 NC State on Friday, the Tigers rallied to win their next eight matches, four against Arizona State and another four against No. 6 Pepperdine. Unquestionably, the moment of the weekend came Sunday morning, when sophomore Brianna Shvets — Princeton’s top singles player and the 34th ranked player in the nation — upset Ashley Lahey in straight sets, each by a score of 6–4. Heading into the match, Lahey was considered the top player in the nation. On the match point, Shvets dished out a high speed serve, then followed with an
impressive forehand across the court. When Lahey could not return the volley, Shvets raised her racket high in the air, and ran towards a mob of Tiger players swarming the court to congratulate their player. Shvets’ performance against Lahey was the highlight of the weekend, but it was not the only impressive victory registered by the women in orange and black. Against Pepperdine, firstyears Daria Frayman and Zoe Howard both defeated higherranked opponents in straight sets, with senior Clare McKee finishing off the sweep of singles matches for the Tigers against the sixth best school in the nation. Meanwhile, every Tiger achieved a victory in the match against the Sun Devils, beating their third PAC 12 school of the young spring season in the process. Perhaps more impressive was Princeton’s ability to exert its dominance over Arizona State and Pepperdine despite falling flat to
open the weekend. Against the Wolfpack on Friday, the doubles team of McKee and Howard registered the only victory of the day against the white and red; however, the higher ranked matchups were recorded in the scorebooks, leaving this victory largely an afterthought. McKee actually finished undefeated on
the weekend, as her only defeat came in a singles match against the Wolfpack that was left unfinished. Princeton now moves to 5–1 on the weekend, a record that includes three victories over Power 5 schools. With the win over No. 6 Pepperdine, the Tigers will most likely rise in next week’s NCAA Coaches
poll. The Tigers will next head home to the friendly confines of Jadwin Gym to take on Towson and Fairleigh Dickinson. These two matches on Saturday will be the final home matches before the Ivy League season, which begins in March.
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Sophomore Brianna Shvets during a match.
Women’s hockey remains unbeaten after facing Rensselaer and Union WOMEN’S HOCKEY
By Owen Tedford, Senior Staff Writer
This past weekend, the No. 6 women’s hockey team (19– 4–1, 14–3–1 ECAC) played its second to last home weekend of the regular season, hosting Rensselaer (0–29–1, 0–18–0) and Union (5–20–5, 5–10–3). Princeton swept both games by a combined score of 6–1, extending its win streak to five games, and its unbeaten streak in 2020. Against the Engineers on Friday, Princeton jumped out to a quick lead with a goal from sophomore forward Sarah Fillier less than 15 seconds after the game started. Fillier won the faceoff and got the puck back to freshman defender Kate Monihan, who passed to her partner, sophomore defender Mariah Keopple. The puck then found Fillier with a long pass up the ice, which Fillier buried. Just under three minutes later, sophomore forward Maggie Connors scored the Tigers’ second of the night, again off a faceoff win by Fillier. Fillier won the faceoff to herself and then passed in front of the net to Connors, who put the puck in its home. After a long scoreless stretch, Rensselaer scored to make it a one-goal game with a little over eight minutes left. Princeton took back control of the game with a goal from senior defender Claire Thompson on the 5-on-3 ad-
vantage. Fillier again won the faceoff leading to the goal, this time back to junior forward Sharon Frankel, who passed across to Thompson. Now with the puck, Thompson skated in and snapped a wrist shot that beat the Engineers’ goalie. Senior goalie Stephanie Neatby helped secure the win, making 17 saves on 18 shots, leaving her five behind Rachel Weber ’12 for fifth place on the career saves list. Saturday afternoon, Princeton shut out the Dutchwomen 3–0. The Tigers again jumped out quickly on top of their opponents with senior forward Carly Bullock scoring after freshman forward Daniella Calabrese found her with a pass across the goalie’s face. The Tigers were unable to get another goal in the first period, but less than six minutes into the second, Bullock got her second, after Fillier forced a turnover. Fillier led the break forward finding Connors who passed it back to Fillier and then across to Bullock who finished the breakaway opportunity. Then, approaching the end of the second period, Fillier herself went on the breakaway, collecting a pass from Bullock and scoring just off the inside of the post. Junior goalie Rachel McQuigge won the game for Princeton in the
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Carly Bullock ’20 shoots on goal.
net, making 13 saves — good for her third shutout in her last four games. With an eye on a few more records approaching, Fillier sits at 99 career points as she nears the end of her sophomore season. Meanwhile, Bullock, who achieved a three-point, two-goal weekend, moved two goals shy of sixth place all-time, with 85 career goals and one point shy
of tenth all-time, with 141 career points. Princeton has four games left in the regular season before the ECAC conference tournament. The Tigers have already guaranteed themselves a playoff position as one of the top eight teams, and need one more win to ensure a home quarterfinal. Their weekend sweep kept them alone in second place
and four points behind Cornell. Princeton is the only team that could catch the Big Red for the ECAC regular season title. The Tigers’ toughest remaining game is against No. 7 Clarkson next Saturday afternoon in Potsdam, N.Y. When these teams last met, Princeton won 2–1 in the Black Out Baker game.
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