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By Anna Windemuth staff writer

Today on Campus

Professor Emeritus Richard Falk spoke to a packed audience on Tuesday about the Arab-Israeli conflict, encouraging the Palestinian people to use “soft power” in its resistance to Israeli occupation.

Palestinians should continue to pursue self-empowerment, legal justice and peaceful resistance in their ongoing territorial conflict with Israel, international law professor emeritus Richard Falk said during the 11th annual Edward W. Said ’57 Memorial Lecture.

Falk, a two-time United Nations appointee on Palestinian territory issues who is stepping down this year, is a controversial figure in the United States, not only for his views on the territorial dispute, but also because of allegations that he condemned the 9/11 terrorist attacks as an internal conspiracy.

“I never made such a statement,” he responded when asked about the incident by an audience member. “What I have said is there are unanswered questions that the American people deserve answers about. I do not pretend to have the knowledge to either refute or support the official version of what happened on 9/11.”

Falk was a close friend of Said, who was both a renowned literary scholar and a leading voice on Middle East-

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Wilson School to offer new program in Israel

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4:30 p.m.: National Editor of The Washington Post Rajiv Chandrasekaran will speak about the legacy of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in a talk at Robertson Hall Bowl 1.

The Archives

Feb. 19, 1987 Eating club officials from various clubs weighed the possibility of excluding freshmen and possibly sophomores from eating club parties.

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The number of people who have received the second meningitis dose so far this week.

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“It turns out Israeli proposals are routinely praised in the West as generous and courageous, although they encroach in major ways on minimal Palestinian expectations.”

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ern conflicts. Falk’s lecture focused primarily on Palestine’s role in the territorial conflict and its ideological evolution.

Order was called in the packed lecture hall when an audience member criticized Falk’s comparison of engaged citizenship between Said and Noam Chomsky, whom the audience member said denied the Cambodian holocaust.

Falk responded that opinions are often misinterpreted when taken out of context and that those who voice these criticisms usually do not reject the “Henry Kissingers” and “George Bushes” of this world.

Although Palestine rejected the U.N.’s 1947 proposition to accept 45 percent of the disputed land, it made a proposal in 1988 to take less than half of the U.N.’s originally suggested territory, Falk explained.

“These terms should have been acceptable to Israel and certainly offered a promising basis for negotiations, and yet neither Israel nor the United States, nor even the United Nations responded,” Falk said.

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Individuals who received the meningococcal disease vaccine were not originally eligible to donate blood because of the vaccine’s unlicensed status in the United States. However, individuals are now eligible to donate blood, officials at the American Red Cross said.

During the first round of the vaccination campaign, the University did not notify students that receiving the vaccination would prevent them from participating in blood drives. University spokesperson Martin Mbugua said that the eligibility concern surrounding blood donations was not a concern at the time.

“No, [the statement regarding blood donation prevention] was not included in the consent form because the question had not come up at that time,” Mbugua said. “It came up during a recent blood drive and, since then, the University worked with the Red Cross leading up to the deci-

sion week.”

The decision to allow students who have received the vaccine to donate blood came at approximately 1 p.m. on Feb. 17.

Peter Johnsen, the director of medical services at University Health Services, deferred comment to the Red Cross.

Previous regulation by the Food and Drug Administration prevented students from participating in blood drives because the American Association of Blood Banks requires a 12-month deferral for donors who have received an unlicensed vaccine or a vaccine not approved by the FDA. However, the Red Cross successfully filed a Transmittal Authority document preventing the deferral and allowing students who got the meningitis vaccine to donate blood. The document was filed just in time for a blood drive that took place on campus Monday and Tuesday in Whig Hall.

Though it is now clear that students are allowed to give blood, the Red Cross was previSee MENINGITIS page 2

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By Warren Crandall The Wilson School has partnered with the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, to offer Wilson School students the chance to study abroad while completing a mandatory task force. The subject of the task force offered in Herzliya will not be decided until later in the spring, Associate Dean for Public and External Affairs Elisabeth Donahue said.

The American Studies Organization, an organization that groups U.S. universities offering courses in American Studies, controversially attempted to boycott Israel universities last December. Princeton, a member of the organization, spoke against the boycott.

Wilson School students studying at Herzliya will be hosted by the Lauder School of Government, which is one of the largest schools within the Interdisciplinary Center; nearly onesixth of the students enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Center are enrolled in the Lauder School.

Donahue added that, although the partnership between the Interdisciplinary Center and the Wilson School has been finalized, the actual content of the program has not yet been decided.

Donahue said that the Herzliya program is an extension of the Wilson School’s continued efforts to give policy students interested in the Middle East a chance to live and study there.

The Wilson School has previSee WWS page 3

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Weldon ’16 named Class Biographer discusses Wilson’s personal views of 2016 Social Chair

By Corinne Lowe staff writer

By Anna Mazarakis news editor

James Weldon ’16 will serve as the new Class of 2016 social chair, the 2016 class council announced in an email to the sophomore class on Tuesday.

Molly Stoneman ’16 vacated the position after she won her bid for USG vice president in the November elections.

Weldon was chosen out of approximately 20 applicants, Class of 2016 presi-

dent Justin Ziegler ’16 said.

Ziegler noted that, of the large number of students who submitted an application, six were asked to interview for the position, and Weldon was chosen after the second round of interviews.

“He really stood out both in terms of his commitment and dedication, prior experience and the ideas that he had for the class,” Ziegler said. “He had some really great ideas, and it was See 2016 page 2

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University trustee A. Scott Berg ’71 gave a lecture on Tuesday on the life of Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, depicting Wilson as a president deeply influenced by his regional and religious background and reluctant to take a stand against racism and women’s suffrage.

Berg’s Woodrow Wilson biography, published in the fall of 2013, is a New York Times best seller whose rights were recently been purchased by Leonardo Di-

Caprio’s production company. However, Berg made only brief mention of the hype surrounding his biography, noting instead how Wilson’s policies were largely shaped by his identity as a southerner and the son of a Presbyterian minister.

“I believe Woodrow Wilson was the most religious president we ever had,” Berg said, explaining that Wilson’s personal, religious and moral convictions factored heavily into his political life throughout his presidency.

Berg also described the racist undertones of Wil-

son’s presidency, saying that most of Wilson’s cabinet was composed of southern racists and that Wilson, despite believing that the United States should eventually become desegregated, was unwilling to make any progress toward that goal.

“No matter what Wilson’s views were on race, and I believe they were evolving, he knew his southern brethren weren’t ready for integration,” Berg said, explaining why Wilson ultimately refused to address propositions for desegregation in the Treasury DepartSee PRESIDENT page 2

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ously unsure about whether or not the vaccine would prevent students from donating blood.

“We have a document enforced by the FDA that says that our medical doctor cannot approve [the blood donation],” Carol Field, account executive, said of the previous regulation. “We have another document enforced that basically counteracts what that document says, and it stipulates that a medical doctor can make a decision regarding this vaccine.”

The document filed by the Red Cross was approved on Monday and mediates the two previously contradictory FDA documents with the University’s blood donation program, Field said.

The delay in the approval of University student blood donations was not due to potential biological concerns with the vaccine, Field noted. Because

“I’m glad that the first meningitis vaccine didn’t interfere with me giving blood this time.”

Jake Kramer ’17,

the American Red Cross is regulated by the FDA for collection activities and donation eligibilities, the Transmittal Authority document was necessary to

allow medical officials to make the proper determination.

Jake Kramer ’17 was told on Monday at the blood drive that he could donate blood as long as the first dose of the vaccination was administered at least eight weeks ago.

“I was happy that I was able to give blood. I regularly give blood as frequently as I can, and I’m glad that the first meningitis vaccine didn’t interfere with me giving blood this time,” Kramer said.

The entire undergraduate population, as well as members of the University community with certain medical conditions and graduate students living in undergraduate dorms and the Graduate College, can receive the first and second doses of the meningococcal disease vaccination for free from noon to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday of this week.

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shown that he really thought a lot about the position and what he wanted to do as social chair.”

Weldon noted that, although he had not run for an elected position in the past, he applied for this position because he thought it “was a unique opportunity … to serve.”

Prior to applying to be social chair, Weldon worked with Business Today on campus planning its international conference. Ziegler said that Weldon’s experience planning the conference set him apart from the other candidates because it showed that he could handle the logistics of a large-scale event.

Looking toward future events, Weldon said he thought the cruise and winter formal that the class council planned last year

had been pretty successful, so he is considering other events like those in the future.

“One of the things that the class government stresses is to be representative of the class,” Weldon said. “So I’m always looking to hear from other students, hear from my peers what they think that I can do, and really shape it off of how I can best serve my classmates and how I can make events and various class activities as fun and as interesting for my peers as possible.”

Though Weldon noted he wants to keep his finger on the pulse with regard to hearing what kinds of events students want, he said he is thinking about planning a carnival for the class.

Weldon also said he is interested in organizing more events between alumni and the students of the sophomore class.

The 2016 class council has

already offered a series of “Dinners with Ten T16ers,” and Weldon said he would like to continue events of that sort while also offering more events that put students in direct contact with alumni.

“I am viewing this opportunity as kind of a class government experiment,” Weldon said. “I am always looking to meet new people, make new relationships, so anytime anyone wants to talk to me, I am of course available. Talk to me, say hi. I want to get to know as much of our class as possible and get as many ideas as possible from them.”

Though Stoneman was not involved in the decision to appoint Weldon, she said she is very excited that he will be serving as the new social chair. She noted that he has been involved in class council events in the past and added that she thinks he has the experience and commitment to do well.

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ment and the Post Office.

Furthermore, the lecture touched upon Wilson’s motivations to enter World War I. Although Berg noted that Wilson was reluctant to enter a war he considered unnecessary and initially insisted that the United States remain neutral, he added that Wilson ultimately realized “German belligerence” was only getting worse and that the United States had no choice but to go to war.

“The world must be made safe for democracy,” Berg said, quoting Wilson’s famous declaration.

Berg noted that this maxim has guided U.S. foreign policy ever since the Wilson presidency, dictating the decision to intervene in Vietnam, Iraq and the United States’s current stance to-

ward Syria.

In response to an audience question about Wilson’s questionable stance on women’s suffrage, Berg said that Wilson was undeniably slow on this issue but quickly converted to the cause of women’s rights when World War I began and women started to occupy a much larger public role. Berg said that, at this point, Wilson began lobbying Congress to address the gender inequality in the United States, eventually resulting in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

Another question brought up Wilson’s reenactment of the Alien and Sedition Act, which Berg calls the “low point of Wilson’s presidency.” He noted Wilson’s sense of duty to the soldiers he sent overseas, but also noted that even after the danger of the war had passed, Wilson still refused to release Socialist leader Eugene Debs from

prison.

Throughout the lecture, Berg made several references to Wilson’s personal life, which he describes as the emphasis of his biography. Berg discussed Wilson’s relationship with his two wives, Ellen Axson Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, as well as Wilson’s failing health toward the end of his life.

“I felt no one had ever written a humanizing biography of Woodrow Wilson,” Berg said.

However, it wasn’t until the end of the lecture that an audience member brought up Wilson’s alleged affair with Mary Peck, to which Berg responded that this affair was most likely not a sexual affair but merely an emotional and “postal” affair.

The lecture was held in Dodds Auditorium at 4:30 p.m. on Tues. and was attended largely by community members.

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on minimal Palestinian expectations,” he added.

Falk said that Israeli proposals have all included territorial claims that go beyond the “green line,” the pre 1967 border between Israel and its neighbors, and do not acknowledge Palestinian rights under international law, which condemns the construction of the West Bank barrier in the Palestinian-populated territory.

He also said that instead of responding with a conciliatory attitude, the Israeli government responded with numerous armed settlements, an elaborate and expensive network of settlers and the West Bank barrier. This, Falk argued, sent a clear message to the Palestinian people: if they ever wanted peace, they would have to accept a compromise with less than 22 percent of land ownership and a range of military demands that would

drastically increase their vulnerability.

This turn of events, combined with repeated military defeats and growing Israeli support from the United States, Falk explained, led the Palestinian people to become severely disenchanted and consider the impossibility of peace. Falk said he agreed with Said that it is too late for a viable two-state solution, and it seems far too early for a one-state solution in which the conflicting parties would merge as one land.

Instead, Falk said that Palestinians should adopt a legitimacy war strategy analogous to the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa.

Although he noted that the conflict between Israel and Palestine is not the same scenario, he agreed with Said that Palestine can adopt a similar solution by considering the soft power of economic motivators.

Just as the South African government suffered from in-

ternational alienation, several countries, including countries that have historically supported Israel such as Germany and the Netherlands, are breaking off business transactions with Israel until it complies with international law.

Although Said had a “lovehate relationship” with the University according to Falk, who often invited him to speak at his graduate lectures, he embodied the intellectual ideal of standing for a controversial moral cause regardless of popular disagreement.

“In Said’s words, there’s only one way to anchor oneself, and that is by affiliation with cause and political movement,” he explained.

Falk’s annual report to the U.N. Human Rights Council was published online on the same Tuesday, providing his assessment of the conflict as an “independent witness.”

Falk thanked the lecture’s sponsors for being “brave enough” to invite him despite campus criticism.

News & Notes Holt chooses not to seek reelection U.S. Rep. Rush D. Holt of New Jersey, who has represented the 12th congressional district — including Princeton — in the U.S. House of Representatives for the last 16 years, announced that he will not seek reelection to Congress.

Science long defined Holt’s career; prior to his engagement

in politics, he worked as assistant director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory from 1989 until 1998. After winning a close election in 1998, Holt went on to become Congress’s chief advocate for scientific research. He continuously urged Congress to spend more money on scientific research and learning, making him a widely support-

ed figure in and around the University.

Holt ran in the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat of the late N.J. Senator Frank Lautenberg. Despite constituent support — including from some University employees — Holt lost in the primary election to then-Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who ultimately won the position.

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ously offered programs in Egypt, Jordan and Israel.

The Wilson School started discussions with the Interdisciplinary Center regarding a potential partnership in the fall of 2013, Donahue said. She explained that the strength of the Interdisciplinary Center’s faculty was perhaps the most important factor in determining which organization would partner with the Wilson School’s study abroad program, and added that the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel stood out to administrators in the Wilson School as the first private, nonprofit higher education

institute in Israel.

The Interdisciplinary Center, founded in 1994, has consistently been rated toward the top of all Israeli universities and colleges, according to the Wilson School website advertising the program.

The website also noted that the Interdisciplinary Center is a heavily international school, with 25 percent of the student body coming from abroad, predominantly from the United States and Europe.

Additionally, the Interdisciplinary Center is connected to many of the top research institutions within Israel, including the Institute for Policy and Strategy, which specializes in Middle Eastern politics and policy issues. The Institute for Policy and Strategy

and the Interdisciplinary Center jointly hold the annual Herzliya Conference, which is a summit of many of the most influential Israeli and international leaders.

Herzliya, the city in which the Interdisciplinary Center is based, is located about six miles north of Tel Aviv on the central coast of Israel and has a population of 87,000 residents. The city is one of the most affluent in Israel; a 2008 quality of life survey ranked it as the second highest among Israel’s 15 largest cities.

Wilson School students interested in applying to the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya in the fall will be able to submit their applications this coming March.

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wo weeks ago, famed Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman — known for his roles in major films like Capote, The Ides of March and The Hunger Games — was found dead in his apartment of apparent heroin overdose.

The 46-year-old actor, lauded by The New York Times as “perhaps the most ambitious and widely admired American actor of his generation,” had a history of drug abuse during college. Although he remained clean for more than 20 years, last year he fell off the wagon, checking himself into rehab.

In light of this, his sudden death was a sobering and shocking surprise; many had thought he was completely clean.

However, despite the loss of an amazing actor, many are conflating his cinematic talents with the acceptability of hard drugs like heroin.

In the United States, there is a strong culture against hard drugs, with 86 percent opposing legalization of heroin in a recent Huffington Post/YouGov poll. Only the day before his death, NPR put out a piece on how 22 people in Pennsylvania overdosed the week and a half before because of a tainted batch of heroin. The public reaction was much less sympathetic. One commenter, writing before the news of Hoffman’s death was public, wrote: “I am not sympathetic to the plight of the addicts. Everyone knows it can and will eventually kill you. So when I hear about the ODs, my only regret is that we end up paying for their medical costs or funerals.”

Another commented, “That’s one way to reduce the number of users.” Yet, in the case of Philip Seymour Hoffman, there were no chides against him or his activities, simply shock and sadness.

I’m not saying that his death is not a tragic loss. It undoubtedly is. However, we need to realize the double standards we are perpetuating.

Drug abuse is a growing national problem. For example, from 2002-12 alone, the number of heroin users in the United States jumped from around 400,000 to 700,000, and those numbers don’t even consider all of the other types of drugs that are abused. Yet, we continually think that most people who participate are not worthy of our help, let alone our sympathy. At the same time, on campus, drugs definitely are present.

From the well-known story of former Illinois Governor Mitch Daniels, who was caught with “enough marijuana in his room to fill two size-12 shoe boxes,” LSD and prescription pills, to the several student arrests in the past school year alone, those who are found with drugs rarely face serious punishment. In Daniels’ case, he was charged a $350 fine for “maintaining a common nuisance.”

I’ll admit that marijuana is no way even close to heroin in terms of its potency and danger. Yet, while Princeton students are getting a slap on the wrist, according to American journalist Eric Schlosser (best known for Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal), some people are “getting life without parole for a joint or for less than a joint.” As he notes, “by and large, the poor and working class people” are the ones who are getting imprisoned.

In a period of great national divisions, evident with the rise of groups such as the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street, it is easy to see why people are getting into a fuss.

How are we, as a nation, supposed to move forward when we hold the well-educated, rich and famous to completely different standards than the poor and working class, who make up most of the population?

By turning a blind eye to abuse and lawbreaking from those at the top, we cement the idea in the head of the privileged who get away that their special treatment is not only acceptable, but also the norm. This not only makes most drug laws fail completely as a deterrent but also solidifies an elitist mindset.

Once again, I’m not saying that Philip Seymour Hoffman should not be mourned.

But when we dismiss his drug abuse in light of his other accomplishments, while continuing to deride thousands of ordinary Americans who deal with similar issues, we are only exacerbating the problem and creating more division.

There are obviously numerous ways that one might potentially resolve this, from decriminalization to legalization or even stricter punishments. Regardless, it is clear that holding different parts of society to different standards of justice is the wrong answer. Hoffman will be remembered as a terrific actor and a lovable person, but even the greatest of men have flaws. We shouldn’t let his success or status blind us. All men are created equal should mean more to us than just a catchy slogan.

Benjamin Dinovelli is a sophomore from Mystic, Conn. He can be reached at bjd5@princeton.edu.

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ne in nine people are victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking, defined by Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising Resources & Education as Power-Based Personal Violence, each year. The Board believes that in order to prevent PBPV on campus, assault prevention programs must emphasize “bystander intervention” to overcome the bystander effect. The bystander effect is the phenomenon of individuals not offering help to a victim when others are present. In fact, the probability of help is inversely related to the number of bystanders.

Bystander intervention training aims to combat the bystander effect by giving students specific tools to act and prevent potential and occurring instances of sexual assault. In addition to being particularly useful in combating PBPV, bystander intervention training can also involve students, such as males, who have previously resisted involvement in PBPV issues on campus due to the perception that they are not potential victims. Since “bystander intervention” opens up the conversation to all students, the Board supports and encourages the presence of “bystander intervention” programs on campus.

Beginning this past fall, freshmen were required to complete “Unless There’s Consent,” an online training module which promotes a shared understanding about unhealthy interactions and PBPV. “Unless There’s Consent” aims to give incoming students the tools to recognize

potential cases of PBPV but has less of an emphasis on bystander intervention. SHARE believes RCAs are better equipped to provide guidance to help student victims and survivors in this domain. The Board recommends an increased “bystander intervention” component to the current online training module as well as preparing and requiring all RCAs to lead interactive bystander intervention trainings to their freshman advisees.

Current intervention efforts are typically targeted at women. The “bystander intervention” approach, however, recognizes the importance of involving men in the effort. It is easier for an outsider (bystander) than a victim to stop potential or occurring assault, so it is important to ensure that every Princeton student has the training to know how and when to intervene. Because of the sense of shared responsibility this approach encourages, the Board believes this is the most effective avenue for combating PBPV on campus.

One of SHARE’s efforts in increasing bystander intervention awareness is “Agent of Change,” a pilot online bystander intervention training program endorsed by the Graduate Inter-Club Council. The optional onehour training was sent to all eating club members and strongly recommended by SHARE and Eating Club Officers. According to SHARE director Jacqueline Deitch-Stackhouse, the program encourages students to use bystander intervention tools to prevent acts of PBPV. The program

was directly targeted at current upperclassmen to expand upon the limited training they received during freshman orientation. SHARE found that students who choose to participate in the program (as opposed to participating out of obligation) are more inclined to use what they learn, suggesting that a compulsory online training program is not the solution.

In addition to “Agent of Change,” SHARE offers a small bystander intervention program “StandUP,” which provides workshops to various student groups on campus, including eating clubs and athletic teams to promote and teach bystander intervention methods. The Board supports the efforts of “Agent of Change” and “StandUp,” but believes that the reach of bystander intervention efforts should be augmented. Potential approaches include an awareness week specific to bystander intervention, modeled off of the current VIP week and expanding “StandUP” to providing more accessible and regular student-guided workshops. While the Board agrees that compulsory training is not the most effective way to prevent sexual assault, the Board recommends using a portion of the SHARE funding recommend by the 2014 Priority Committee to expand the bystander intervention component of the already compulsory freshman training, increasing bystander awareness on campus and continuing the expansion of the availability of bystander intervention training.

Brandon Holt is recused due to his position as a SHARE peer.

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Nonprofit career fair should be an alternative, not an afterthought Anna Nilles

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ach fall, hundreds of students venture over to the career fairs in Dillon Gymnasium, and this year, for the first time, I was among them. I spoke with some interesting representatives about interesting jobs, but the majority of the options presented there were not in line with my interests in arts, environmental advocacy and education reform. Many of the programs that were related to my interests were either Princeton programs (Princeton in Asia, Princeton in Africa, Project 55) or founded by Princeton alums (Teach for America). These are wonderful programs, with inspiring missions, and they offer opportunities to do great work. But it would be interesting to hear from organizations without this special connection to campus. After the career fair I attended, I started asking around and searching online, and I learned that a nonprofit career fair would be held separately, which perhaps explained the relative lack of diversity represented at the fall career fair. Unfortunately, the nonprofit career fair is held in February.

By February, countless deadlines have passed, and seniors are getting anxious about next year, not to mention impending thesis deadlines.

Granted, there are plenty of other ways to hear about interesting

organizations and apply to jobs outside of Princeton-sponsored career fairs. Plus, the application deadlines for nonprofit jobs are often later, while recruiting for finance and consulting jobs happens early in the fall. Still, if Career Services is going to put in the effort of offering a nonprofit career fair, it should be presented as an alternative, not an afterthought. Or maybe, nonprofit careers should be better represented at the general career fairs, which would not necessitate a separate event.

Last Friday, I went to check out the nonprofit career fair, which was held simultaneously with the summer internship fair. The Career Services website speaks of the two fairs in the plural, to indicate that these are separate events (which just happen to occur in the same place, at the same time). As soon as I set foot in the gym, a friend muttered to me ironically, “I wonder which side is which.” At the nonprofit side to our right, there were rows of tables covered in plastic tablecloths, each with a paper sign marking the organization situated there. Several of them were unoccupied, with signs but no representatives, perhaps because of the lousy weather. Students were milling about and talking with representatives or reading colorful pamphlets, while some of the representatives were eating lunch or observing the scene.

To our left, the internship fair

was a buzzing hive of activity.

Students in dark suits, with resume folders and firm handshakes were intently engaged in conversation or else waiting in line for their turn.

Tables were piled high with awesome freebies: T-shirts, travel mugs, candy, pens. Behind the tables were tall, flashy posters with bold logos.

I couldn’t read the names of some of the companies because there were so many students crowded around the tables. The free gear on the internship side of the room seemed to say, “At these jobs you will be rewarded, in material and tangible ways.” The allure is irresistible. The free gear also creates a visible imbalance between the two events.

Presenting internships and nonprofit careers side-by-side sends a message: Working at a nonprofit, like interning at a corporation, is a step on the way to something more legitimate, and probably higher paying. The implication is that nonprofit and civic service jobs, like internships, are not long-term options. The nonprofit fair also confirmed my fear that February is too late. I spoke at length with the representative for an environmental fellowship program, only to learn that its application deadline was that very day.

People often imagine nonprofits as disorganized, bureaucratic and inefficient. This may be true for some small nonprofits, just as it can

be true for any small company, but there are also brilliant, effective nonprofits of varying scales, from local to international. Some of them have no affiliation with Princeton but might be thrilled to hire talented and enthusiastic Princeton graduates.

I want to see more representation from major aid organizations, advocacy groups and NGOs, like Oxfam International or Partners in Health, especially when the world leaders in technology, finance and consulting are so well-represented at these campus events. If the nonprofit career fair is going to continue as a separate event from the general career fair, it deserves its own time and place and should include an array of organizations with the influence and effectiveness that Princeton students look for in future employers.

I’m not the first person to make remarks like these. Just last month, Azza Cohen ’16 and Kemy Lin ’15 wrote an interesting opinion piece in the ‘Prince’ about the dearth of opportunities advertised on campus for careers in the arts. Career Services can do better. Though perhaps an oversimplification, it is easy to see the career fairs as manifestations of Princeton’s priorities. Certainly there are other areas for change, but the career fairs are a good place to start.

Anna Nilles is an art and archaeology major from Wellesley, Mass. She can be reached at anilles@princeton.edu.

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weekends and we are undefeated so far,” Lapkin said.

“It’s really exciting being a freshman and getting to play in big games.”

All this offensive power rests on the heels of Johnson. It’s hard to imagine that the goalie would outdo her standout rookie season when she broke Princeton’s single-game saves record in her college debut against the then-No. 4 team in the na-

“Our goal is to go for the three-peat in the Eastern Championships and make it back to the NCAA tournament.”

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tion. This year, however, she did it again. In the season opener, Johnson broke her own single-game Princeton saves record, setting the new bar at 20. She holds 10 steals to her name as well.

The 2014 Tigers’ biggest test will be their spring break trip to California, where they will play the top teams in the country — the ones that have dominated the NCAA Championships for over a decade.

Should Princeton continue its winning ways, the Tigers can keep that non-California dream alive.

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Women’s water polo ranks first among East Coast teams

By Victoria Majchrzak senior writer

Since the beginning of the NCAA women’s water polo championship 13 years ago, one team is crowned as the best in the nation every May. Number one is a coveted spot. Players dream of it during the preseason and the offseason, and they dream of it in early morning practices. But for teams that don’t come from California, that dream has never become a reality.

Since the first NCAA championship was played in 2001, no school outside of the Sunshine State has ever won the title. No school has ever won the consolation game either, meaning it has ever even played in a championship match. No squad not from California has ever moved past fourth place.

Princeton, however, has different plans this year. The No. 8 team is the only women’s water polo on the East Coast ranked in the nation’s Top 15. The Tigers have rallied behind sophomore sensation Ashleigh Johnson’s goaltending talent to kick their season off to a perfect 7-0 start.

“We’re coming off of a great year last year and hope to have similar success this year,” sophomore utility Pippa Temple said.

“We’ve started the season off well and look forward to even more great games later in the season, especially over spring break in California. Our goal is to go for the threepeat in Eastern Championships and make it back to the NCAA tournament this year.”

The seven wins that the Tigers have secured this year have almost all been easy ones, including a shutdown of top-20

Michigan on Feb. 16. Princeton’s toughest test so far was against No. 13 UCSD at the Princeton Invitational. The Tigers, down 6-7 going into the final quarter, made a last-minute rally on the experienced arm of senior utility Molly McBee to take the game in a 9-8 thriller.

McBee’s classmate Katie Rigler has proven to be one of Princeton’s biggest offensive threats this year. The utility is tied for first in goals scored with 12 on the season. She shares the spot with junior utility Ashley Hatcher, who also has 12 goals so far, in addition to six assists.

“This past weekend was a testament to our potential this year in terms of beating top-ranked teams. Although we earned a high ranking from our success last year, it meant a lot to earn that spot throughout wins this season as well,” Rigler said. “This past weekend also gave us a lot of confidence going into the rest of the season. We know we are capable of much more, and we are excited to prove ourselves in California and hopefully in NCAAs again.”

Juniors Taylor Dunstan and Jesse Holechek are key to Princeton’s success in the offensive waters. Dunstan has scored six goals, and Holechek has found the back of the net 10 times so far. Sophomore Diana Murphy, who put 31 goals in last season, already has seven this year. Freshman Hannah Lapkin adds even further depth to the Princeton lineup. The rookie two-meter is shooting .500, with five goals and three steals to boot.

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Sophomore goaltender Ashleigh Johnson was awarded last season’s Southern Division Rookie of the Year honors while tallying 366 a 28-6 record. She also is a member of the U.S. Junior National Team.

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AROUND I V I E S Halfway through the gauntlet that is Ivy League regular season men’s basketball, Harvard and Yale stand at the top of a competitive table. As teams start to find their identity — for better or for worse — here is how the Ancient Eight rank:

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Harvard (20-4 overall, 7-1 Ivy League): First team all-Ivy League swingman Wesley Saunders alongside point guard Siyani Chambers feature in a talented offensive backcourt that can more or less enforce its will upon the rest of the league. The Crimson has the second hottest offense in the league, averaging almost 73 points per game. Cambridge has been a citadel, save for the upset home loss to Yale.

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Yale (13-9, 7-1): The Bulldogs sit a close second in this ranking. A 74-67 win at Harvard two weekends back and a tight 66-65 overtime win over Princeton showed this team’s resiliency and ability to execute. Offensive rebounding appears to be the strength of this team, with forward Justin Sears ranking third in the league with 7.0 boards per game. They will host the Crimson two weekends from now in a game that could decide the league’s champion.

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Brown (13-9, 5-3): Freshman forward Leland King provided 15 points in just 20 minutes in a losing effort against Princeton. His weekend performances won him league Rookie of the Week honors. The backcourt is solidified by Sean McGonagill, who ranks just behind Princeton’s senior point guard TJ Bray in points per game with 17.8. Strong forward play makes Brown one of the best rebounding teams in the league. Additionally, the Bears keep their opponents to the lowest shooting percentage in the league.

Columbia (15-10, 4-4): 34 points from Co-Player of the Week and forward Alex Rosenberg helped push the league-leading Crimson to two overtime periods. The Lions could not pull off the home upset, however.

Their offensive and defensive shot percentages are around the league averages, so it’s not surprising that this team sits at .500.

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Penn (6-15, 3-4): The Quakers are unable to shake opposing three-point shooters, as opponents have converted 50 of 134 attempts from beyond the arc. That equates to a league-worst 37.3 three-point percentage by their opponents. On the positive side, 6’ 11” center Darien Nelson-Henry ranks fifth in the league in rebounds per game and first in shooting percentage, though he only plays 20 minutes per game in conference.

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Princeton (14-7, 2-5): An inability to consistently boxout and secure rebounds has been a fairly constant problem for the Tigers. Additionally, a decidedly unremarkable record in close games this season may come down to either bad luck or late-game nerves. TJ Bray ranks first in assists and points per game, and he limits turnovers to 1.8 per game. In any case, the highly-touted Tigers are seeing their championship hopes slip away.

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Dartmouth (9-13, 2-6): The Dartmouth men have slipped severely of late. After an impressive 2-2 start, including a home overtime win over Princeton, the Big Green has dropped four consecutive matchups. A wild comeback at Cornell failed to result in a victory. Despite its best efforts, this squad will not be competing seriously in a competitive league.

Cornell (2-20, 1-7): In 25 consecutive games against Division I opponents, Cornell’s squad has lost 25. All that changed when the Big Red managed to put up a 15-point lead on Dartmouth at home and hold on to win 70-67. Sophomore guard Noah Cressler managed 17 points against both Dartmouth and Harvard

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