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U. files brief with peer institutions against Trump EO

By Marcia Brown head news editor

In a press release yesterday, the University announced that it would be joining the court challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration through an amicus curiae brief.

The friend-of-the-court brief, filed jointly with 16 other universities, supports the civil action being pursued by the attorney general of New York, among others, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, according to the press release. The brief challenges President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending “most immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries for 90 days, suspending refugee admission to the United States for 120 days and suspending the admission of Syrian refugees indefinitely,” according to the press release.

An appeals federal court has stayed implementation of the order until the resolution of another case challenging it.

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 jointly initiated a letter cited in the amicus brief, which “they and 46 other college and university presi-

dents and chancellors sent to President Trump last week asking him to rectify or rescind the executive order,” according to the press release.

“I think it’s particularly powerful to see universities work together, so to see Penn’s president and Eisgruber write that letter together, to see higher learning institutions condemning the action because it hurts our faculty and students,” said Diego Negrón-Reichard ’18.

“It makes students feel more supported.”

Negrón-Reichard is the outreach chair of Princeton Advocates for Justice. The group is planning an Immigration Day of Action on Feb. 17, which hopes to facilitate students and other University community members calling their respective representatives to show opposition to Trump’s immigration executive actions.

The universities’ amicus brief makes particular note of the universities’ global missions and the benefits they receive from including members of the international community on their campuses.

According to the press release, the brief states, “The contributions of these individuals redound to the benefit not only of the other members of amici’s campus See BRIEF page 3

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Former Obama technology chief talks policy, advisory roles

By Norman Xiong staff writer

Technology will play an increasingly important role in the essential public policy areas of defense, transportation, and the economy, noted former Deputy United States Chief Technology Officer and University Computer Science Professor Ed Felten in a talk on Feb. 13.

Felten’s talk explored the many ways that new technologies, such as machine learning, self-driving vehicles, and workforce automation, will impact policy decisions and ultimately people’s lives in the future.

He drew on examples from his own 20-month experience working under United States Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith in Washington, D.C. “The team’s main job was to advise the President and his senior advisors on policy issues relating to technology,” Felten said.

He emphasized the differences between his role as a technology policy advisor and the roles of other White House workers in IT, social media outreach, and hardware usage.

“We were policy advisors, so our job was to make words, to give advice, and to be instigators,” he added.

Felten noted that he and his colleagues in the Office of Science and Technology Policy had three primary missions: to increase the presence of technology experts in government;to make sure public policy decisions were informed by technology experts, and to raise the capacity of the nation to build, use, and educate people on technology.

“Nowadays, many decisions that don’t seem to be about technology have an important technology angle,” he said.

Felten demonstrated this point by offering examples from transportation policy and military affairs. In one instance, he noted the case of self-driving cars, which have the potential to avert thousands of driver-related automobile-related accidents each year, and raised questions as to how technology policy can work to increase these cars’ prevalence.

“The policy question is not whether we want a fuSee FELTEN page 5

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Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch collaborated with U. Professor Robert George on a 2006 publication.

Trump Supreme Court pick worked on book with University professor

By Audrey Spensley staff writer

Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s nomination for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, collaborated on a book titled “The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia” with University Professor and McCormick Chair in Jurisprudence Robert George. The book was published by the Princeton University Press in 2006.

“I met Neil Gorsuch in the 1990s when he was a graduate student at Oxford University.

He was completing a doctorate in philosophy of law under Professor John Finnis, who had supervised my own doctoral studies at Oxford several years earlier,” George wrote in

an email to the ‘Prince.’ “I was struck by his intelligence and moral seriousness.”

When Gorsuch was seeking to publish his book, he submitted it to the Princeton University Press: New Forum Books, at George’s suggestion. “[The manuscript] went through the normal scholarly review process, earning praise from the anonymous outside reviewers who were commissioned by the Press to evaluate the manuscript, and was accepted for publication,” George wrote.

The text explored arguments surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide, examining ethical consideration on both sides of the debate and ultimately arguing against these

News & Notes

U. naming controversy A student participant in the 2015 Black Justice League demonstrations on the legacy of Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, sent University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 an email entitled “On Woodrow Wilson, Trump, and White Supremacy.” University trustees were copied on the message.

The student wrote the letter in light of Yale President Peter Salovey’s decision to change the name of Yale’s Calhoun College, in response to controversy surrounding the college’s name.

The letter recalls the BJLled sit-in of Eisgruber’s office in November, 2015 and the response of the University to the organization’s demands, one of which was “the removal of Woodrow Wilson iconography from Princeton University’s campus,” according to the letter.

Although the letter did not explicitly ask the University to reconsider Wilson’s legacy, it implied that the University’s decision last fall not to change Wilson’s representation on campus iconography was a missed chance to show progressive leadership.

Asked whether the University will reconsider the Wilson legacy decision, Director of Media Relations John Cramer issued a statement noting that “Wilson’s legacy has been fully addressed by the trustees and will not be reopened.”

The student author praised Eisgruber in the letter for standing up against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on immigration, noting that the nation is in a wave of activism. However, the letter notes that “though this activism is noteworthy, it is important to remember how we got here in the first place. White supremacy is far from dead, and our collective refusal to dismantle systems of white supremacy has allowed for individuals such as Trump to thrive and to do so at the highest level.”

The letter also notes that Salovey changed his stance on Calhoun College’s renaming drastically within the past year, just as the nation was experiencing “an increase in hate crimes and attacks towards Black people, Muslims, immigrants, and LGBTQ people and the ‘awakening’ of the Ku Klux Klan.” Subsequently the letter notes in bold, black type that “Americans have now come to recognize what members of the Black Justice League knew when they occupied President Eisgruber’s office: America is not, in fact, ‘post-racial.’”

In conclusion, the letter’s author argues that the University has always been a follower, not a leader, in the field of social justice and equality and that the Wilson Legacy Review Committee’s decision not See N&N page 3

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“Gorsuch chose the topic of assisted suicide and euthanasia because of its inherent interest and contemporary social and political significance,” George wrote.

While Gorsuch was at work on the book, the Supreme Court ruled on euthanasia in two cases, Washington v.

Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill, which both held that the Constitution does not grant the right to assisted suicide.

In 2015, George and Gorsuch also collaborated on a volume of essays, of which George was a co-editor and Gorsuch a contributor, entitled “Reason, Morality, and Law: the Philosophy of John Finnis.” The collection See GORSUCH page 2

LECTURE

Nick Schmidle disusses digging for the truth

By Sam Garfinkle staff writer

The evaluation of factual information is not only a qualitative exercise, but it is also a crucially qualitative judgement of both the information and its source, according to New Yorker staff writer Nicholas Schmidle.

Speaking to the Walter Lord Society of Mathey College, Schmidle outlined his entry into journalism and discussed the details of several pieces he has written over the years. Though he had a vague notion that he was interested in journalism and international work, Schmidle’s career began in earnest with freelance work written from abroad. While working towards a graduate degree at American University, he studied abroad in Iran for a summer, learning Persian intensively and solidifying his interest in foreign reporting.

He was slated to start a twoyear fellowship that would allow him to live in Iran and write about a topic of his choosing. However, the election of Mahmoud AhmadineSee LECTURE page 5

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was written in honor of Finnis, who was retiring at the time.

“Gorsuch’s essay rigorously explored questions of how legal systems handle the allocation of risk,” George wrote.

“Where an effort to achieve a socially desirable goal or set of goals unavoidably creates burdens of risk of loss or harm, how should the burdens be allocated?”

George and Gorsuch have also participated in academic conferences together, including one for the University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, of which George is the founding director.

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communities, but also to the United States, and the world, more generally.”

“From my perspective, I definitely think it’s a good first step,” Negrón-Reichard said. “I’d say that it’s definitely good seeing the university taking a legal route, especially since Eisgruber has been criticized for not making it a sanctuary campus.”

Co-president of Princeton Latinos y Amigos Samuel Santiago ’19 also thinks that the amicus brief is a positive University action.

“I definitely feel like this is a good step,” he said. “It shows that the University is committed to its students who come to Princeton who make it a more vibrant and diverse community.”

Negrón-Reichard said that he thinks the filing of the amicus brief is a step further than Eisgruber’s original letter to the community, which stated that the University would protect students to the best of its legal abilities but would not make the University a sanctuary campus. Additionally, following the issuing of the temporary immigration ban — popularly dubbed a “Muslim ban” — Eisgruber issued a statement detailing the support the University offers to undocumented students and other members of the international immigration.

In particular, he made note that the University supports “legislative efforts to assist non-citizens, including the BRIDGE Act that would extend protection for students covered by DACA (the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy).”

Santiago said that he thinks this is a positive step, but that more can be done.

“I know the University doesn’t want to call it a ‘sanctuary campus,’ but there’s symbolism behind words and that’s another step the university could take to make sure undocumented students feel more welcome,” Santiago said. He added that he thinks that the effect of the executive action on intersectional identities should remain an important consideration.

“We have to think about women and how they’ll be affected by this and we also have Muslim brothers and sisters who are being es-

pecially affected by these executive actions that are banning travel,” he said.

Santiago said that he thinks that this action is important, but that there should also be changes within the University, though these changes take a long time due to bureaucracy.

“I can totally see how this action should come first, but I do want to see it be combined the actions at the university level ... I know they’ll take more time, but it’s something we should start working on now so that we can have new policies to better support undocumented students on campus,” Santiago said.

Muslim Advocates for Social Justice and Individual Dignity president Ramzie Fathy ’20 agrees that the brief is a positive step for the University. He said that when student groups reach out to the University, the most common University response takes the form of a statement.

“This is the first time in a while they’ve gone above and beyond for that,” Fathy said.

“I think it’s definitely really important. I think this is probably one of the stronger actions we could take.”

Negrón-Reichard thinks that although the brief is a step in the right direction, the University could do more, particularly to help individuals outside of the community who are seeking immigration help. He said that PAJ has received anonymous requests for help and that he would like to be able to direct these individuals to University resources like the Davis International Center.

Fathy said that he thinks that the amicus brief is powerful, not just because of the number of institutions. “[Eisgruber is] a constitutional lawyer, so I think it’s good that he’s spearheading this,” Fathy said.

Santiago said there will always be room for improvement, however. He noted financial aid for undocumented students could be improved.

Fathy emphasized the continued need for student involvement, including on the upcoming Immigration Day of Action on Feb. 17.

“The biggest emphasis is that this doesn’t mean that we’re in the clear, this is just another avenue and students should still get involved. It’s not over yet,” Fathy said.

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to remove Wilson’s name from campus iconography continued that pattern.

In a statement to the ‘Prince,’ the University stated that it will not be reconsidering the legacy of Wilson on campus iconography after it was addressed by the trustees last year. The University currently honors Wilson in the name of one of its residential colleges and in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

“Princeton’s trustees issued a report that candidly acknowledged Wilson’s views and actions with regard to race, but also recognized Wilson’s many and transformative positive contributions to the University, the nation and the world.

Wilson’s legacy on our campus and beyond is very different from Calhoun’s legacy in this country and at Yale, and that

led to different outcomes in applying similar principles,” the press release states.

In response to last year’s campus activism, the University scrubbed the mural of Wilson from the dining hall of Wilson College and has also created an exhibit demonstrating a more nuanced perspective on Wilson’s legacy at Princeton.

The press release indicates that the University will continue to carry out recommendations of the Wilson committee such as the launching of a website last month to “seek input from Princeton students, alumni, faculty and staff.”

Furthermore, other committees will continue “to diversify campus iconography and to suggest names for campus spaces — beginning with the atrium at the Wilson School and West College — that express the University’s enhanced commitment to diversity and inclusion,” according to the press release.

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Princeton’s ugly history lives on in its investments Max Grear

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This column is the first part in a series focusing on a student campaign for private prison divestment as a lens for examining questions regarding historical and present injustice, institutional responsibility and accountability, and mechanisms of change. This series will reflect my personal involvement (not as a spokesperson) in the Princeton Private Prison Divest coalition (PPPD).

“Divestment from for-profit prison companies will help to repair historical entanglements from the slave economy, with which [Princeton] is deeply and directly implicated.”

In a panel last week organized

by Students for Education and Reform and Princeton Private Prison Divest on the privatization of prisons and immigration detention centers, Christopher Petrella offered the argument above as a reminder of the University’s historical legacy and consequent contemporary responsibility. Petrella, a lecturer at Bates College who focuses on race and criminalization, compellingly linked past iterations of institutionalized white supremacy to the modernday private prison industry. A clear line emerged between the slave holdings of the first eight University presidents and the institution’s current investments in private prison and detention centers.

The participants in “Incentivizing Incarceration: A Panel on Private Prisons” made a strong case for the troubling continuities between the slave economy of Princeton’s past and today’s investments in prison and detention corporations. As Carl Takei of the American Civil Liberties

Union has emphasized, the private prison industry today is concerned with the literal trafficking of disproportionately black and brown bodies. The comments of Takei, Petrella, and Judith Greene, director of the criminal justice research organization Justice Strategies, illustrated the degree to which private prisons and detention centers devastate communities of color while subjecting individuals to dangerous, isolating, and dehumanizing conditions.

The well-attended panel was a clear indication that many individuals within the Princeton community are paying attention to the issue of prison privatization and to the University’s financial links to this modern-day form of institutional violence against communities of color. The event served as another measure of campus consensus in support of divestment from private prison and detention corporations such as the GEO Group and the formerly-named Corrections Corporation of America. Despite the lack of transparency on investments made by the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), it remains imperative that the University divest from any and all holdings in eleven companies outlined by PPPD’s divestment proposal, including the CCA and the GEO Group.

As a part of the PPPD campaign, the panel built upon many months of organization. Following last spring’s overwhelmingly positive undergraduate referendum vote — despite changed referendum campaign rules limiting campaigning to only a week, 89 percent of respondents voted yes — PPPD has communicated with administrators and circulated a faculty petition that has garnered over 170 signatures. Later this month, graduate students

will vote on whether to support the call for divestment.

The parallels between Princeton’s ugly slave economy history and its investments in the private prison industry should make this issue difficult for community members to ignore. As Petrella pointed out, for example, many thousands of prisoners have been shipped out of their home states to private prisons around the country. By creating such distance between incarcerated individuals and their families and communities, policymakers and private prison operators together strip these people of contact with loved ones while greatly increasing the risk of recidivism. This situation disturbingly recalls an era when people of African descent could be bought and sold as slaves and shipped far from their family members and communities — a historical parallel which strikes especially close to home in Princeton.

In fact, as Petrella further noted, slaves were sold on Princeton’s own campus. Professor Martha A. Sandweiss writes that slaves owned by the University’s fifth president, Samuel Finley, were auctioned off by the President’s house near Nassau Hall. Today, the University’s involvement in institutionalized forms of human trafficking is more oblique, but undeniable nonetheless. As long as the University holds investments in the private prison and detention industry, it actively upholds a racialized system of mass incarceration — what Michelle Alexander calls the “New Jim Crow” — and continues the harm done by white supremacists like Woodrow Wilson. Although Wilson’s deeply reactionary and racist attitudes were brought to public attention by the Black Justice League, much remains to be

done by the University administration to materially address this legacy, particularly in terms of ending financial ties to the private prison industry.

Wilson was remarkable even for his time, not only because of his vehement anti-black racism, but also because of his intense xenophobia. As a result, Princeton has a particularly urgent responsibility to discontinue its complicity in institutionalized anti-immigrant violence. Petrella argued that divestment from corporations that run immigration detention centers would serve “as a powerful first step both symbolically and materially in pushing back against former President Wilson’s xenophobia and racism.”

Each year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants are detained indefinitely in harsh conditions and denied access to family and legal counsel. Meanwhile, twothirds of the detained immigrants are held in privately-run facilities.

President Eisgruber has recently signed a letter to the Trump administration denouncing his executive order on immigration. It remains to be seen, however, if the University will move beyond words, even as Trump’s policies threaten to greatly increase the numbers of incarcerated immigrants and broken families and communities.

Will our institution, we must ask, take material action to address its ugly history and divest from the private prison and detention industry? Will our community see institutional accountability at a political moment of such urgency?

Max Grear is a Spanish and Portuguese major from Wakefield, R.I. He can be reached at mgrear@princeton. edu.

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Dean’s Date causes unnecessary stress Bhaskar Roberts

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hen I have to write a paper, I like having as much time as possible. However, last semester, when my professor asked the class if we wanted our final paper to be due before winter break or on Dean’s Date, we chose the earlier deadline.

Professors should set earlier deadlines for their final projects. The stress before Dean’s Date occurs largely because many of us have several projects to work on at once. It’s so stressful that I chose to have less time to write my paper than to have another assignment due

on Dean’s Date. If the deadlines for those projects were staggered throughout the final month of the semester, we could avoid unnecessary Dean’s Date stress.

For the most recent Dean’s Date, I had two large problem sets and a short report, which is not a large workload, considering that some of my friends had multiple papers to write. I started working on the assignments during the last week of winter break, but the week before the deadline, I was stressed nevertheless.

Each assignment would soon be due, so each one demanded my attention. At any given moment, I worried about the two or three assignments I wasn’t working on. If I had only started sooner, I could

have focused on each assignment, one at a time.

Students have one-and-ahalf weeks during reading period to work on Dean’s Date assignments. We can also request extensions, and we have all of winter break to work as well. So with proper planning, we can spread out our workload, and all but the busiest students can avoid being stressed on Dean’s Date.

But this does not happen in practice. It is unreasonable to expect students to work through all of winter break because break is meant to give us respite from our schoolwork. Furthermore, many of us celebrate holidays over break. In my family, we reserve the week between Christmas and New Year’s

for spending time with each other. Professors are not always willing to grant extensions past Dean’s Date, and there are extra bureaucratic hurdles to requesting them.

It’s also hard to find motivation to work on a project when the deadline is far off (although that doesn’t excuse us when we procrastinate).

Regardless of who is to blame for our stress the week before Dean’s Date, professors and University administration can reduce it. Professors can stagger the due dates of their final projects, like my professor did, so that most students do not have several deadlines close together.

To coordinate deadlines among professors, the administration needs to set

guidelines. For example, all problem sets and lab reports could be due before winter break; all short papers could be due a week before Dean’s Date; and only longer papers could be due on Dean’s Date.

This way, students would have a week to focus on just their largest assignments.

Before the three deadlines, students would become busier and more stressed, but not as stressed as they are under the current system.

Deadlines will never be stress-free, but when Dean’s Date approaches, it need not loom so large.

Bhaskar Roberts is a sophomore from Buffalo, NY. He can be reached at bhaskarr@princeton.edu.

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Felten: How do we get to a future with self-driving cars?

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ture with self-driving cars, because we do,” Felten said.

“The question is how do we get there? How do we get to a future where self-driving cars are affordable, legal, and safer than human-driven cars? And how do we get there as soon as we can, because people are dying on the highways every day.”

According to Felten, similar policy issues which rely heavily on technological issues arise in military affairs, such as the use of drones.

“As automated weapons become technologically feasible, we need to figure out how to reconcile our goal of having an effective military,” he said, “a military that protects American interests and democratic

values, and how to reconcile that with our humanitarian obligations.”

In policy areas relying on related technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation, Felten noted that implementing new innovations will have far-reaching consequences for diverse groups, especially as automation becomes advanced enough to replace mental and non-standard labor roles.

However, Felten argued that the benefits of artificial intelligence and automation outweigh the costs, as automation raises productivity and our standard of living. He added further that the economy is relatively dynamic in terms of job replacement.

“Technology is driving a lot of the changes that are happening in our society, and it shows up in so many of our

most important policy challenges,” Felten added. “When important decisions are being made, when policy directions are being set, we need to have technical expertise in the room.”

Felten’s talk was attended by a full house of University students and listeners from the greater Princeton community. The talk was also recorded and livestreamed online via Media Central Live.

The lecture, entitled “West Wing, Veep, or House of Cards? Policy and Technology in the Obama White House,” was delivered on Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 104 of the Computer Science Building. It was sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Policy as part of the CITP Lecture Series.

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jad to the presidency soon after made this impossible, and he found himself without a place to go.

Quickly pivoting, Schmidle moved to Pakistan for two years, a trip which would eventually lead him to write his only book to date, titled “To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan.” He was eventually deported for reporting on Taliban activities, which he credits with helping to launch his career.

“Getting deported totally sucks, but it’s great for a launch pad or a little attention to spring you into your next career move,” Schmidle said.

After working for several media organizations, he started work on an article for the New Yorker about the only person to be sentenced to death on two separate occasions for the same crime. Just after the killing of Osama bin Laden in a military raid, however, Schmidle found himself uniquely positioned to tell the story of this operation in “meticulous detail.” His military

connections from time abroad in Pakistan proved to be invaluable sources.

“When you have an impeccable source, it makes everything else really easy. You’re essentially just fact-checking and trying to triangulate and corroborate,” Schmidle noted.

Though he noted that he was “spoiled” by the ease with which his first article was published, he also credited his editors with allowing him time to work on in-depth, difficult to piece together articles.

“There’s an expectation that, with time, you can go further,” Schmidle said.

This type of long form article, for which both Schmidle and the New Yorker are known, contributes what he sees as a vital type of communication, especially in the current political climate and the age of alternative facts.

“I am in the middle of the only D.C. story I have ever done… After the election, I thought ‘Okay, now I’m staying here, this is where I should be,’” Schmidle said.

Still, the new style of reporting presents challenges as well. In particular, the necessity of both breaking news quickly and of getting the facts straight presents a dif-

ficult trade-off that Schmidle summarized in his talk.

“Do you sort of ride this crazy wave of excitement and try to corral whatever reporting sources you might have … or do you just pick stories that go at a normal pace?” he wondered aloud.

And yet, according to Schmidle, the opportunity for journalists to affect policy has perhaps never been greater.

“Who knows if he [Trump] is going to pick up The New York Times, and he is going to take some action because he doesn’t like the way he’s being portrayed,” he said.

Schmidle fielded students’ questions, many of which pertained to the evaluation of facts and fake news. He also told stories about his own reporting experiences, and emphasized the importance of collecting enough information to fill out a piece.

The talk, titled “Digging: Investigative journalism in the era of alternative facts,” took place in the Mathey Private Dining Room at 7:00 p.m. on Feb. 13. The Walter Lord Society will continue to host journalism talks every few weeks for the rest of the semester, according to journalism professor Joe Stephenson.

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Women’s basketball recap: Tigers win 5th straight, continue to climb in standings

By Chris Murphy contributor

Women’s basketball knew that if they were going to have a shot at winning the regular season title, they would have to steal some wins on the road. This weekend proved that they had the talent and mindset to go into enemy territory and walk out with a win.

The women’s basketball team took to the road this Friday and Saturday and won both games — marking the first time this season they’ve won two consecutive road games. Facing Cornell and Columbia, the Tigers relied on stellar defense and reliable offense to pull out wins in front of hostile crowds.

In Friday’s contest against Cornell, Princeton outlasted the Big Red by holding them scoreless over the final 2:36 of the game.

The Tigers used a 14-0 run in the beginning of the second half to put themselves in position to play defense to win, despite trailing by as much as 12 in the second half. Key for Princeton late in the game was a 3-pointer by senior captain Taylor Brown, halting a Cornell run that was tearing Princeton’s lead down. The field goal was scored off of an offensive rebound by freshman Bella Alarie; the Tigers have put emphasis on of-

fensive boards throughout the season to make plays and generate energy.

Junior Leslie Robinson led the team with 12 rebounds as the team — for the first time on their win streak — did not outrebound its opponent (each team had 39 boards). Alarie and sophomore Gabrielle Rush led the team with 21 and 13 points respectively — the only double digit scorers for the Tigers this game. Princeton’s 58-54 win continues their recent domination over Cornell; the Tigers have now won 17 consecutive games against the Big Red, dating back to nearly nine years ago.

On Saturday, the Tigers traveled to Levien Gymnasium in New York City to take on Columbia, where they defeated the Lions 6252. Unlike Friday’s game, which featured only two double digit scorers for the Tigers, Saturday’s game saw four Tigers score in double digits: Robinson (14), Alarie (11), Brown (10), and Smith (10). The Tigers started strong, preventing Columbia from scoring for the first two minutes of the game and the final five minutes of the first half.

During these two runs, the Tigers outscored the Lions 22-0 as they took a 38-16 lead into the half.

Princeton, once again, was awesome on defense,

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The women’s basketball team will take on Yale and Brown in week to come.

outrebounding yet another opponent (42-39) and blocking seven shots. Perhaps the most notable aspect of its defense was holding the leading scorer of the Ivy League — Columbia’s Camille Zimmerman — to only five points and 2/10 shooting in the first half.

Despite scoring 24 points in the game, the Tigers prevented Zimmerman from

taking over, as she had done in many games prior.

With the two road wins, the Tigers jumped to a tie in second with Harvard at the close of Saturday’s action.

Currently, they are at 5-2 and trail Harvard, which won Sunday, by half of a game and undefeated Penn.

The Tigers will get another crack at both teams in the coming weeks.

Next weekend, the Tigers have another road trip, traveling this time to New England to take on the Yale Bulldogs on Feb. 17 and the Brown Bears on Feb. 18. The Tigers will look to sweep Yale this season and extract revenge against Brown, which defeated the Tigers 98-88 earlier this year.

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Men’s hockey victorious in critical weekend

By David Liu Contributor

Continuing a late-season surge, the men’s hockey team defeated conference foes St. Lawrence and Clarkson this weekend. The first marks just the next Princeton victory over a ranked opponent, while the second featured an overtime dagger from freshman defender Derek Topatigh.

With just two weekends remaining in the 2016-17 regular season, Princeton sits amidst a tightly-competitive ECAC conference.

Among the 12 teams in the conference, just three league points — those scored in conference games — separate the No. 8 Tigers from No. 6 Clarkson.

Wins over conference foes St. Lawrence and Clarkson will assist Princeton’s playoff hopes.

Similar to most games this season, the Tigers played as underdogs in both matches, despite holding home-rink advantage. Furthermore, just this past November, the Tigers had fallen to both teams – suffering a 0-4 shutout at the hands of St. Lawrence and then a 2-4 rout against Clarkson. Heading in, the Tigers knew the two ECAC opponents would put their late-season momentum to the test.

To be sure, the Tigers began the weekend in a defi-

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The men’s hockey team looks ahead to exciting games against Rensselaer and Union College.

cit against a formidable St. Lawrence squad. After falling into an early 1-0 hole, the Tigers managed to equalize the score before the end of the first, thanks to sophomore Alex Riche.

Princeton’s first goal came after a steam from sophomore forward Ryan Kuffner.

To put the icing on the cake, Princeton netted two

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more goals against the Saints before the end of the evening. The additional goals came from sophomore defender Josh Teves and junior forward Max Becker in the second and third periods.

The Tigers’ defensive efforts against the Saints dropped the former ECAC points leader to fourth

place in the conference.

Even more remarkably, the win on Friday snapped a 13-game Princeton losing streak against St. Lawrence.

In a f lashback to the prior evening, the Tigers also stooped to an early hole against Clarkson. While neither team reached the net in a close first period, the Golden Knights man-

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

aged to snag a 2-0 lead over the Orange and Black in the second period. It would be a strong third-period performance that rescued the Tigers, bringing the game into overtime. In the final period of regulation, both Teves, who had just scored the previous evening, and Kuffner, the team’s secondleading scorer, tallied goals for Princeton.

With Teves and Kuffner goals setting the stage, it would be freshman defender Derek Topatigh who would net the game’s most important goal. Just under two minutes into the overtime period, Topatigh, an unlikely hero, swung around the back of the goal before delivering the final dagger to the Golden Knights.

With the two wins this weekend, the Tigers have successfully won or tied their last six appearances, a streak that extends back to mid-January. Looking at the season, the Tigers have gone 11-5-2 since late November, a record that has featured numerous wins over NCAA-ranked opponents such as Bemidji State University and Quinnipiac.

Looking ahead, the Tigers will visit Rensselaer and top-ranked Union College this upcoming weekend.

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