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Mayor Lempert looks to U.

By Emily Spalding staff writer

In ref lecting upon her first term and goals for her second, Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert emphasized the importance of maintaining the strong relationship between the municipality of Princeton and the University in order to create a more environmentally concerned, historically aware, and civically engaged community.

“The relationship right now between the town and the University is the best and most productive that it’s been in many, many years,” Lempert explained.

Lempert credits this relationship as a contributing source to many of her proudest accomplishments in her first term.

“We’re working together on shared goals, such as better transportation,” she said. As a result of these

mutual goals, various systems have been implemented in order to move the community towards a more sustainable future.

Among said systems is the presence of Zagster bikes in Princeton. In describing the Zagster bike system on the University campus and in the town, Lempert noted how “the University did the first step” in placing Zagster stations around campus, and the town responded with a station at the Princeton Shopping Center. She added that the town recently received a grant to expand the program throughout the town, and that those plans are slated to launch this spring.

Lempert spoke to another one of her favorite achievements in her first term: the creation of a historical district in the WitherspoonJackson neighborhood, Princeton’s historically

African-American neighborhood. She explained how the University’s dialogue on Woodrow Wilson’s legacy helped the town understand the importance of this district.

“It was good education for the community, too … It came around the same time the University was having the conversation about Woodrow Wilson, and it’s important as a community that we all know our history and know the impacts of the history on how our communities are set up today,” Lempert noted.

She also spoke to the opportunities that University students have to get involved with the town. The town is “working with the Tiger Challenge and with professors throughout the University in terms of engaging students in projects that the municipality is working on,” she said.

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News & Notes Yale University decided to change the name of the controversial Calhoun College after a report was published from Yale’s Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming, and after years of debate and protest on its campus, according to a press release from Yale. The college name will now honor Grace Murray Hopper, who earned her M.A. from Yale in 1930 and her Ph.D. from Yale in 1934.

Yale President Peter Salovey made the announcement after meeting with the university’s board of trustees, which is known as the Yale Corporation. The decision contradicts Salovey’s announcement in April that he did not want to change Calhoun College’s name. He said in the recent press release that he was “committed to confronting, not erasing, our history,” but that he thinks there are a set of principles now in place to address these concerns.

Salovey commissioned the Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming in order to discuss renaming buildings on Yale’s campus that might draw on heritage of the university that is seen

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as controversial. The committee outlines four principles “that should guide any consideration of renaming: (1) whether the namesake’s principal legacy fundamentally conf licts with the university’s mission; (2) whether that principal legacy was contested during the namesake’s lifetime; (3) the reasons the university honored that person; and (4) whether the building so named plays a substantial role in forming community at Yale,” according to the press release.

Calhoun, who served as vice president, secretary of state, secretary of war, and a South Carolina U.S. senator, was also known as a strong advocate for slavery and white supremacy. The committee therefore found that these principles justified renaming the college.

Hopper, the new honoree, was a mathematician, teacher, and computer scientist.

She enlisted in the U.S. Navy and contributed her mathematical skills to help the effort in World War II. She was also a naval reservist for two decades and was even “recalled to active service at the age of 60.” She eventually retired as a rear admi-

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ral at age 79. She received Yale’s Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the National Medal of Technology and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The names of buildings on university campuses have been the subject of much debate over the past few years.

Universities have come under fire for their affiliations with slavery and the slave trade, such as Georgetown University whose sale of 272 slaves enabled the institution to stay af loat in 1838.

Princeton University experienced its own protests in 2015 when the Black Justice League staged a sit-in in the office of University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 to protest the name of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, among other demands.

Wilson, while known for his vision of international diplomacy, was also known for his re-segregation of federal agencies such as the U.S. Postal Service and his support of segregationists by appointing them to his cabinet.

The college is one of Yale’s 12 residential colleges.

537 sophomores join selective eating clubs

By Emily Spalding staff writer

Constituting 77 percent of the Class of 2019, 1,018 sophomores participated in the Spring 2017 eating club admissions process, according to a press release from the Interclub Council of the Eating Clubs of Princeton University (ICC). This turnout is three percent less than last year’s sophomore participation of 80 percent.

Of the Class of 2019, 698 members or 69 percent applied for admission to the six selective eating clubs in the process known as bicker. This participation rate was one percent higher than last year’s bicker, which had 68 percent of the sophomore class opting to bicker a selective club, the ICC press release explains.

The ICC did not release the juniors’ admissions numbers.

“Since the number of juniors participating in the spring admissions process varies a lot year over year, and since the number is often very small, the ICC is not publishing these figures as they are not particularly meaningful/helpful,” ICC President Christopher Yu ’17 wrote in an email.

Between 2016 and 2017, the admission rate for sophomores

into selective clubs stayed the same, with 77 percent of sophomores, 537 students, being accepted, the press release states.

For the first time, all six selective clubs took part in multi-club bicker this year.

According to the release, 46 percent of sophomores elected to simultaneously bicker two clubs. Previously, only 36 percent of sophomores doublebickered in 2016.

The number of students joining eating clubs will continue to increase, with students able to join an open club until the ICC website closes on Feb. 18. So far, 916 sophomores, or 69 percent of the class, have joined an eating club. As the ICC statement describes, this participation is four percent lower than last year’s sophomore class, which saw 73 percent of the class join eating clubs at the end of bicker.

According to the ICC website, students may still elect to sign-in to a non-selective club until noon on Feb. 18. The total number for overall club participation may therefore change.

The six selective eating clubs have not yet responded to requests regarding individual bicker admissions processes at the time of publication.

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Human locomotion uses energy-optimality model under many conditions

By Samvida Venkatesh staff writer

In a lecture given on Friday, Feb. 10 titled “Human Locomotion: How Humans Move Efficiently and Stably,” Dr. Manoj Srinivasan, Associate Professor in Ohio State University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, described experiments on how humans optimize their locomotion behavior under different conditions. Srinivasan also offered explanations of

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the computational methods used to design robotic prostheses and walking exoskeletons.

New scientific models can qualitatively predict human locomotion under perturbation, but simulating an exact quantitative match is an open problem in the field, Srinivasan said. He added that, even when people are made to walk in manners that they are not habituated to, such as walkSee LOCOMOTION page 2

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ing sideways, they optimize their speed in a manner that conserves the most energy.

While the energy-optimality hypothesis says people usually walk at 1.3 m/s to maximize their energy conservation is an old one, new experiments have shown that the hypothesis holds even under perturbations or deviations, he explained.

Though most studies have been done on constant-speed straight-line locomotion, Srinivasan said there are two that described the optimal human locomotion under different conditions. One study showed that the energy cost for speeding up and slowing down was high. When walking short distances, people tended to walk slower to try to maintain constant speed.

The second experiment was done on people walking in complicated curved paths and showed that people tend to slow down when making tight turns because of a stop-twiststop motion, he added.

Srinivasan, who is also a visiting associate professor at MIT, explained that his lab had validated and modeled the energy-optimality hypothesis under different straight-line conditions, such as slowly increasing treadmill speeds, which forced people to get from point A to point B in limited time. This forced a walkrun mixture, even when the subjects were wearing robotic prosthetics.

He said that, in an effort to model these walks using the metabolic energy-optimizing hypothesis, a new model that has “legs” made of seven rigid segments that move about their joints and 16 muscles (compared to the 40-50 muscles in the actual human leg), was constructed.

When given the right constraints, no matter what the initial conditions, the model eventually simulates a walk very similar to the human walk, he explained. Furthermore, the model simulated the muscle forces that an actual human uses, and if the forces were “wild,” the model could be made to behave wildly by walking on tip-toes, etc. he explained.

A recipient of the NSF Career Award, Srinivasan stressed that there were still many open questions in the field of human locomotion and assistive robotics, primarily to develop a single model that quantitatively fits real human locomotion data under all kinds of perturbations and deviations.

“Why did astronauts choose to skip on the moon rather than walk or run, when they could have done any of them?” he asked, adding that it was exactly such questions that a model would hope to answer.

Srinivasan hypothesized that the answer might lie somewhere other than energy-optimal solutions, saying that the energy minimum was rather f lat, with little penalty for imperfect optimization.

Walks could be calculated to optimize stability, avoid injury and pain, maximize performance such as speed, or any of a number of other criteria, he explained.

The seminar, which was sponsored by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Maeder Hall, was attended by about 40 people.

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Lempert views the current political climate as an incentive for students to be even more engaged in government, especially at the municipal level.

“I find that this is a really exciting time to be in local government, in part because there’s so much dysfunction at the federal level and the state level, unfortunately, here in New Jersey,” she said. “That, for students who are looking to work on a project and get engaged and actually accomplish and do something, doing something on the municipal level is a great option and the projects also have the advantage of being at a more manageable scale.”

She added that such collaborations are mutually beneficial, with students gaining valuable skills as the town grows in response.

“We’re working to try to engage more students, more professors. There’s a lot of really smart people on campus, and we’d like to have those collaborations to help the town do a better job,” Lempert explained.

Outside of continuing to build the relationship with the University, Lempert looks forward to establishing firmer connections with other establishments in town in her second term.

“We’re positioned now, I think, to do more collaborations with other institutions in town,” she said.

One of these institutions is the school district.

“One of our goals this year is to look at our relationship with the school district and see are there cost savings there in terms of things like facilities, what can we be doing together with the library,” she said.

Despite growing up in California, Lempert has a special connection with Princeton, touching on several of her favorite characteristics of the town.

“It’s an amazing place. It’s my favorite place I’ve ever lived,” said Lempert. “And there’s a real sense of community and giving back . . . The expertise of people willing to volunteer their time is pretty amazing.”

For Lempert, the University affords tremendous op-

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portunities for the town.

“The University makes this town what it is, and I think provides so many amazing cultural resources … in a lot of ways [Princeton] has a lot of the amenities of a city, but it’s a small town,” she explained.

With this attractive quality in mind, Lempert explained what she sees as one of the biggest challenges facing the town.

“How do we maintain that relationship with the University where the University in particular has incredible growth needs and development needs, but they’re situated in small town?” she said.

Ultimately, Lempert sees the town as a “really special, unique place to live,” and with this she believes comes a great responsibility for its inhabitants.

“I encourage, to the degree that students are interested, that they find some ways to engage,” she said.

“There’s an opportunity I think because there is a higher level of interest in — not just with students, I mean we’re finding this with other residents, too — of people wanting to get engaged, wanting to know what’s happening, realizing that in democracy we all have a responsibility to take an active role in shaping the kind of community we want to live in,” Lempert said.

She also stressed the importance of maintaining the essence of the town while adapting to growth pressures.

“There can be a lot of assumptions that outsiders have about Princeton University,” Lempert said. “I think being a place where all of the students are people of incredible privilege, and, you know, we know that’s not true. And same is true for the town. There’s a lot of diversity here, there’s a lot of exciting stuff going on.”

Lempert also said that she hopes more students will become more involved in town affairs.

“We try as a government to be innovative, to be leaders in the governing world, and we encourage students who are interested to get involved and to find out what’s going on,” Lempert said.

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From fortnightly to daily: the history of the ‘Prince’ Maha Al Fahim

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irst appearing on June 14, 1876, as a fortnightly paper, The Princetonian existed before the College of New Jersey became Princeton University, before academic departments and precepts, before eating clubs and coeducation. It has witnessed the transformation of Princeton and captured the changing campus atmosphere.

These transformations have not left the ‘Prince’ untouched.

In its first editorial, the ‘Prince’ declared its purpose: “[The Prince] comes into existence, first of all, in answer to a need among us for a larger and more direct medium of discussion on the internal workings of the college… It will be our college chronicle, and will devote itself especially to domestic news and interests. Its columns will be open to the discussion of all questions of importance to our college community that from time to time arise.”

This purpose — to serve as a platform for discussion, a chronicle for campus events and an insight on the college’s internal workings — perseveres to this day. But the content, style, and voice of the ‘Prince’ have transformed with the University.

Each board of editors attempted to steer the ‘Prince’ in distinct directions. Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, who served as managing editor, encouraged coverage of athletics and extracurricular activities.

He also unsuccessfully used the ‘Prince’ to promote his campaign for Valedictorian.

Henry B. Fine, Class of 1880, who later became Dean of Sciences, and for whom Fine Hall was named, favored science and mathematics coverage. The ‘Prince’ reflected the interests not only of its changing editors, but also of its changing audience. In the 1890s, Princeton increasingly became a playground for the sons of the rich and famous, who saw the college as a country club and its lectures, according to historian Virginia Kays Creesy, as “an intrusion to an otherwise delightful four-year vacation.” The

‘Prince’ reflected this sentiment with its formula of 60 percent advertisements, 30 percent sports coverage, and 10 percent news, most of which was about extracurricular activities.

Growing in popularity and advertisement revenues, the fortnightly ‘Prince’ became a weekly, then a tri-weekly paper.

Then, on April 11, 1892, it became The Daily Princetonian.

This made it the second oldest daily college newspaper in America, after Yale News. The ‘Prince’ soon became the main source of communication on campus, serving also as a bulletin board for campus events.

Faculty and club announcements and exam schedules were published in the University Notices section. For instance, on March 20, 1906, a University Notice reminded, “Baseball Practice — Will be held in the cage to-morrow afternoon at 2.30.” Even the president of Princeton had to communicate through the ‘Prince’ to reach all the students at once.

With increasing exposure, the ‘Prince’ became more professional in its format and content. In 1893, it printed its first photograph: the football team after its 6-0 victory against Yale. The ‘Prince’ soon attracted and served as the training ground for writers of enormous talent, who would later become prominent journalists and leaders. Among them were Deputy Secretary of Defense James H. Douglas, Class of 1920; Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, Class of 1920; numerous U.S. ambassadors; Time magazine co-founder John S. Martin ’23; New York Times editor John B. Oakes ’34; Donald Oberdorfer ’52 of The Washington Post; Pulitzer Prize winner Robert A. Caro ’57; Frank Deford ’61 of Sports Illustrated; and Jose M. Ferrer III ’61 of Time and founder of Neustro, to name just a few.

With the advent of coeducation in 1969 and greater admission of minorities at Princeton, the voice of the ‘Prince’ changed further. For example, in 1965, reporters of the entirely male ‘Prince’ board had published a paperback titled, “Where The Girls Are: A Social Guide to Women’s Colleges in the

East.” This field-manual-like book suggested the best locations to find college women, and information on nearby restaurants and bars, and transportation. Selling not only at Princeton but also at 25 other predominantly male colleges, it was featured on the front page of the New York Times in Oct. 19, 1969. But when women joined the ‘Prince’ board, such old-boy publications became a relic of the past.

The ‘Prince’ did not merely reflect and report on the transformation of Princeton. At times, it led this progressive change.

During the Great Depression, it called on eating clubs to tone down their lavish Houseparties.

When banks nationwide closed in 1933, the ‘Prince’ sold and successfully redeemed scripts, which local retailers accepted.

And it persistently protested against compulsory Chapel until the practice was fully abolished in 1964: “Princeton is no longer a church school; it has become a religiously heterogeneous academic community” — March 16, 1959.

It also sympathized with the underdogs, urging benevolence towards freshmen, rebuking the five students who dropped Princeton out of a refusal to share class with black auditors, and welcoming the move towards coeducation: “If a modern university is to keep apace of modern education it must educate women and that if modern women are to keep space of modern life they must be educated. Coeducation is as much Princeton’s responsibility as it is her salvation” — June 21, 1969.

Along the way, the ‘Prince’ carried perks for its writers. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Class of 1917 wrote in “This Side of Paradise,” “Amory found that writing for the Nassau Literary Magazine would get him nothing, but that being on the board of The Daily Princetonian would get any one a great deal.”

Frederic E. Fox ’39 describes how writing for the ‘Prince’ allows one to see the word through a new pair of eyes: “You begin to see a story in every person, in every building, in every day. You go around the campus with your eyes open, all of your senses on the alert.

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n an era of unified Republican control of government, where the main levers of power are manned exclusively by factions of Ayn Rand conservatives and authoritarian populists, there is certainly much cause for wallowing in defeat. Constitutionally and procedurally, this defeatism is rational — aside from filibustering major legislation and Supreme Court nominations, there truly is little liberals in and out of government can do to stop the privatization of public education under the baff lingly incompetent Betsy DeVos, the almost-certain rollback of civil rights enforcement under the once-too-racist (for a federal judgeship)but-now-apparently-not Jeff Sessions, or the unabashed and admitted “destruction of the state” under “alt” white supremacist Steve Bannon.

The visceral anger and sense of defeat resulting from this reality can be seen in the massive,

diverse, and sustained protest movement that has erupted since Jan. 20.

The Women’s March on Washington and associated marches in almost every major city and on all seven continents marked the largest single day of protest in American history, eclipsing the civil rights movement or the anti-Vietnam War protests.

When President Trump’s probably illegal (under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965) and surely unconscionable executive order (temporarily) banning all refugees as well as citizens of various Muslim-majority countries went into effect, leading to dozens of leading doctors, knighted Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah, and a two-year-old Iranian girl in need of a heart transplant being barred from our shores, protests at airports were not just concentrated in large liberal cities like New York, Boston, and San Francisco. Protests were truly national, reaching deep into the heartland as Americans of all creeds, parties, and backgrounds recognized that this truly was a fundamental be-

trayal of who we are as a people, and the governing values that once made us the greatest country on earth. Indeed, Sabrina Sidiqqui of The Guardian recently said that “protest is the new brunch,” as people who never before saw themselves as activists or protesters were stirred to action by the morally bankrupt actions of this bungling administration.

However, one criticism of this sustained protest movement is that it will not actually translate into real change, that it’s an outlet for frustration and sadness, but not an actual mechanism for inf luence.

While it’s true that, from a governing perspective, there is almost no room for progressives to inf luence policy under the Trump administration, recent evidence has shown that grassroots citizen activism still can make a difference.

Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, for example, specifically credited the overwhelming deluge of calls opposing Betsy DeVos’s nomination as Secretary of Education as the critical reason they ultimately decided

Not in a tiresome way like some police officer straining to see each offence. More like an artist seeing beauty (or ugliness) and meaning in the world.”

Writers also enjoyed the privilege of interviewing deans and other authority figures on a basis of near-equality. One student recalled, “I remember how jealous I was of the reporter who interviewed Einstein for the Prince. What a privilege! What a privilege to interview any living person, to look into the real innards. What an enriching experience this can be. It can help a reporter develop a lifelong appreciation and understanding for all humanity. What’s more valuable than that?”

Other benefits included the sense of camaraderie and competition, the late-night gatherings in the newsroom, the annual banquets, and, of course, the waffle-maker.

Behind this very daily are decades of history. What we see as news today is part of a longer story, and what we view as our daily newspaper will be to future students a living artifact, transporting them back to the campus life at our time. To give you a sense of this, allow me to share a sentence from a Sep. 22, 1876 article: “there had been one hundred and sixty applications for admission this year – a larger number than ever before.” And here is the news from Feb. 4, 2016: “The Office of Admission has received and processed a record applicant pool of 29,313 applicants for the Class of 2020, the highest in the University’s history.” One can only wonder what future pages of the ‘Prince’ will hold.

Editor’s note: If you would like to help write the next chapter of this paper’s 141-year history, please send an email to my address, opinion@ dailyprincetonian.com. We are accepting applications for the spring semester through Friday, Feb. 17.

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to vote against DeVos’s confirmation. Efforts to privatize Medicare and public lands have stalled, and Republicans are now speaking of “repairing” Obamacare rather than repealing it. Thousands of women who participated in the Marches have since signed up to run for office, especially in local and state elections where much of day-to-day governance is actually done.

The message of these past weeks is that yes, you are relatively powerless through formal channels of governance. But also yes, you can still make a difference. Calls and inperson visits to congressional town-halls can in fact pressure members on the fence to f lip their votes.

Organizing and protesting, using public opinion and civil disobedience as leverage, can in fact translate to real policy change, if only on the margins. So get involved yourself; yes, you personally. Donate to organizations like the International Rescue Committee and the ACLU (and their local equivalents far more in need of cash recently).

Go to a march. Go to your

congressman’s town hall on healthcare when you’re home, and make a fuss that will get coverage on the local news. Even if we won’t win every fight, or even win that many, we will win some, and we will at least make them fight before taking away fundamental rights, benefits, and values that make us who we are. Political capital is a finite resource, and every ounce of it they have to spend defending a wannabe Muslim ban is an ounce they can’t spend repealing Obamacare, voting for Betsy DeVos, or shredding the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Losing 60-40, as opposed to 80-20, matters, and we should make them fight for it, tooth and nail, at every turn where debates over policy turn into debates over our national character.

Ryan Dukeman is a Wilson School major from Westwood, Mass. He can be reached at rdukeman@princeton.edu.

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Men’s Volleyball splits week with tight matches against St. Francis and Penn State

By David Xin contributor

The men’s volleyball team opened EIVA conference play with a pair of strong performances. On Feb. 10, the Tigers upset last year EIVA-finalist Saint Francis University in a thrilling five-set match. The team then returned to Dillon Gym the following day, and almost pulled off a even bigger stunner by forcing No. 14-ranked Penn State to five sets. While the Nittany Lions eventually rallied, the weekend showed that the Princeton squad would be a strong contender in the playoff race.

The weekend showdown started on Feb. 10 as the Orange and Black faced a strong Saint Francis team.

The Tigers had lost both their appearances against the Red Flash last season, being edged out in close sets, and for a while it seemed the same would happen this match-up as well.

Saint Francis grabbed the first set — narrowly beating the Princeton squad 25-22.

The team quickly showed their resilience by grabbing the next two sets. Saint Francis would respond by winning the next set, forcing a fifth.

Despite being a young team, the Tigers showed their strength in big moments. The Princeton team only fell behind once in the last set, and eventually managed to claim their EIVA opener with a 16-14 victory.

Junior outside hitter Kendall Ratter spearheaded the offense with a career high of 26 kills. He also added four digs, one block, and one service ace to the Princeton effort. However, in addition to the spectacular individual effort from Ratter, the Tigers also showed off their depth in this match-up. Freshmen outside hitters Parker Dixon and Greg Luck posted eight and 19 kills respectively. Furthermore, senior Jonah May guided the offense with 56 assists.

However, the Tigers would get little time to rest as they faced nationally ranked Penn State the next day, Feb. 11.

Perhaps carrying their momentum from the previous day’s upset, the Tigers rallied to a quick 2-0 lead over the Nittany Lions. Indeed, the Princeton team notched eight service aces early in the game. The Lions would come back, however. Penn State snatched the third set and narrowly edged out the Tigers in the

fourth to come back and tie the game at two sets apiece. The Lions would ride that momentum to fend off the Tigers in the final set of the match.

While the Princeton team was unable to get the win, the Tigers showed their perseverance and skill in the face of tough opponents. Ratter once again had a career night, topping his previous performance against Saint Francis by recording 27 kills, four aces, four blocks, and three digs. The freshmen duo of Dixon and Luck added nine and seven kills in the Tiger’s loss, and fellow classmate George Huhmann contributed another nine kills.

The Tigers returned from a disappointing performance last season and showed remarkable promise in their opening games. If this thrilling week has shown anything, it is that fans of Princeton volleyball will have plenty to look forward to for the rest of the season.

The Princeton team will stay at home this coming week for two more league matches against NJIT and George Mason University, on Feb. 14 and 18 respectively.

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Men and Women’s Fencing teams achieve Ivy League championship titles for second year running

By Claire Coughlin contributor

For the second year in succession, both the Princeton Men and Women’s Fencing Teams came home with the Ivy League Championship Title. This year’s Ivy League Round-Robins were hosted by the Penn Quakers at the Tse Ping-Cheng Cheung Ling Sports Center in Philadelphia.

This victory marks the seventh women’s title in the past eight years. With a 6-0

record at the end of the weekend, the team went undefeated against all six other Ivy League schools in the tournament. The hardest match came last against the Columbia Lions, with both opposing teams going into it with 5-0 records. One of the major challenges of this match was maintaining the energy and drive with which the team began the day. Junior sabre fencer and captain Allison Lee remarked, “Columbia was definitely the most chal-

lenging and was also the last match of the tournament, so we had to stay focused and driven the entire weekend.”

Lee remarked, “I’m so proud of this team, throughout this season, and especially this weekend, we always fight until the end and never give up. Our confidence in each other and support for each other are what truly pushes us towards victory.”

Senior épée fencer and 2016 Olympian Katharine Holmes played a major role in the

women’s victory. Holmes won all 18 of her matches, clinching her last one against Columbia to give her team the title. She was the only fencer, among both males and females, to go undefeated in every match.

The men’s team tied the Penn Quakers and the Columbia Lions for first place, all teams ending the weekend with a 4-1 record. The men achieved an 18-9 win against Penn on Sunday, but they lost to Columbia 15-12

later on in the day.

Other notable performances came from sabreists Edward Chin and Maia Chamberlain, and épéeists Wesley Johnson and Alex House, who went as All-Ivy Leaguers for the weekend.

W O M E N ’ S W AT E R P O L O

Women’s Water Polo dominates weekend play

By Miranda Hasty Contributor

The Princeton Women’s Water Polo team advanced its winning streak to 6-0 with victories over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, St. Francis-Brooklyn, and George Washington University in the Bison Invitational this past weekend, Feb. 11 and 12, at the Kinney Natatorium.

The Tigers first kicked off the dominating weekend against the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas, finishing the match at a staggering 12-2.

Freshman driver Amy Castellano had the most impressive performance of the game with the first hat trick of her collegiate career. Junior driver Chelsea Johnson, sophomore driver Eliza Britt, and sophomore utility Charlotte Valentine each scored two goals, while junior utility Haley Wan, sopho-

more utility Lindsey Kelleher, and senior center defense Morgan Hallock each contributed one goal to bring the score to 12. Britt, Wan, Castellano, and Kelleher also provided eight collective assists, four of which came from Britt. The Tigers also stole 15 passes, blocked one shot, and drew eight ejections.

Senior goalie Ashleigh Johnson anchored the defense with five saves and passed on the reins to freshman Kasey Bersh, who finished the match with two saves.

Princeton went on to earn another win later in the day against St. Francis Brooklyn with a final score of 12-5. Hallock scored four of the 12 goals, the remaining coming from A. Johnson, C. Johnson, Wan, junior defense Cheong, freshman driver Tatum Turetzky, freshman utility Maddy Damato, freshman utility Abbey Blake, and Kelleher. In this second match of the tourna-

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ment, the Tigers stole 18 passes, drew eight ejections, and blocked two shots. Bersh also started her first match in her collegiate career, saving nine shots from the Terriers.

The team faced off against George Washington on Sunday, wrapping up the tournament with a 14-4 victory. Hallock, C. Johnson, and Castellano each scored a hat trick, while Wan knocked in two goals. Turetzky, Britt, and Blake contributed the remaining three. To seal the victory, A. Johnson had 11 saves, and the team stole 11 passes, drew eight ejections, and blocked one shot.

Coming off from the greatest start to a season since 2014, No. 11 Princeton is scheduled to play No. 21 Harvard at the Denunzio Pool on Feb. 25.

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Women’s Water Polo continues with incredible start to season.

Stat of the Day

139 meetings The Tigers and Bulldogs will clash for the 139th time this Saturday as they fight to keep their season hopes alive.

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