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McCollum ’15 passes away after car crash By Myrial Holbrook staff writer
COURTESY OF VETERANS FOR PRINCETON
According to the Veterans for Princeton, the Maxwell’s Field is a historic ground that needs to be preserved.
Cara McCollum ’15 passed away early Monday morning at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., a week after sustaining critical injuries in a crash last Monday on Route 55, according to NJ.com. Cooper University Hospital did not respond to request for comment. According to a post on the Facebook page titled “Prayers for Cara,” McCollum passed away Monday morning at 4:31 a.m., accompanied by her family in the operating room. Before she died, she made the decision to donate her organs to save other lives, the post said. “We’ve prayed constantly for a miracle, and we believe God has answered our prayers. Although it’s not the miracle that we first envisioned, it’s a miracle nonetheless,” the post read. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Please accept our sincerest thanks for your heartfelt prayers. We all will miss her
now that she’s gone.” University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan expressed condolences for McCollum’s passing. “We were very saddened to hear the tragic news about Cara’s passing. We extend our deepest sympathies to her family and friends,” Pullan wrote in a statement to the ‘Prince.’ McCollum graduated from the University with an A.B. in English. While at the University, she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta’s Epsilon Mu Chapter and Cottage Club. “Princeton Theta is incredibly sad to hear about Cara’s passing,” wrote Theta President Courtney Burke ’17 in a statement to the ‘Prince.’ “While I did not have the pleasure of knowing her myself, I’ve heard from those Thetas who knew her well about her contagious smile, passion for childhood literacy and impact on campus. Our thoughts and Theta love are with her family at this time,” Burke added. McCollum won the Miss New See MCCOLLUM page 2
Veterans for Princeton “Save the Dinky” rallies against construction appeal rejected LOCAL NEWS
By Jessica Li news editor
Over 70 veterans, historians and preservationists gathered at The Nassau Inn Monday morning to announce the creation of Veterans for Princeton, an organization dedicated to opposing the construction proposed by the Institute for Advanced Study. The construction plans involve building 15 faculty housing units on historic Maxwell’s Field. The event was timed to coincide with George Washington’s 284th birthday. Lieutenant General Richard Mills, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, stated during the ceremony that he sees Maxwell’s Field as
“sacred ground consecrated by those who fought there. Additionally, Mills expressed that the significance of the Battle of Princeton cannot be judged by its 20-minute duration. “For [those] who say the fight was short, they’ve never been in a battle… when there are people shooting at you, when you have incoming rounds, I don’t care if that battle lasts two minutes, that’s like a lifetime for the soldiers and marines on ground,” Mills said. According to Mills, the Battle of Princeton also saw the first casualty of the Marine Corps. O. James Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Trust and leader of Campaign 1776, a na-
tional organization dedicated to the preservation of important battle sites that has become involved in the Maxwell’s Field disputes, stated during the ceremony that the Maxwell’s Field is an important classroom for future generations. Mills expressed that preserving Maxwell’s Field has a particular significance at a time when fewer than one percent of Americans is in active service. “[The field is] a reminder of our predecessors’ sacrifices,” Mills said. Lighthizer further noted that the Trust acknowledges IAS’s property claims but remains dedicated to preserving the battle site. See VETERANS page 2
By Hannah Waxman staff writer
The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division rejected an appeal filed by “Save the Dinky,” a local organization comprised of Princeton residents who oppose the University’s decision to relocate the Dinky train station, last Wednesday, according to official court records provided by Peter McAleer, communications manager for New Jersey Courts. University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan said via email that the University was pleased with the decision made by the Appellate Division. In their complaint, “Save the
Dinky” challenged the NJ Transit’s decision to move the Dinky line branch station 460 feet south of the current site in order to develop an Arts and Transit center. “The people that got involved with this side of the case thought that there were some bad decisions being made from a historic structure standpoint [and] from a public transportation standpoint that were to the detriment of the traveling public and to the benefit of one large private real estate developer [the University],” said Philip Rosenbach, the attorney representing “Save the Dinky.” See DINKY page 3
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Zakaria discusses U.S. foreign policy, conflicts in the Middle East staff writer
Despite the tensions, wars and frustrations that dominate the global stage, Fareed Zakaria expressed Monday in a lecture titled “Global Trends and Hotspots: The Next Security Crisis” that he remains optimistic in his view of how conflicts, mainly those in the Middle East, should be addressed. Zakaria, a journalist and author who hosts CNN’s flagship international affairs program, “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” explained that, while growing up in India, he was exposed to an energetic and enthusiastic portrait of the United States. He noted that times have indeed changed in terms of his own as well as
general international and world views. “At the heart of it, I think there’s a sense that the world has become a much scarier place… and that comes out of the Middle East,” he said, referring to the political turmoil and violence that has occurred in the region for decades. Zakaria noted the cycle of violence that started with the fall of oppressive regimes in the Middle East and North Africa that has in turn revealed the fragility of many Middle Eastern states. A state, as defined by Zakaria, is an administrative and authoritative institution that can maintain political order. He added that the fall of any state thus brings the collapse of civic organizations and the nation it-
self, sending a region spiraling into chaos as vulnerable communities search for an ideology to latch on to. Zakaria noted that this effect has taken place in the Middle East. “There is very little sense of a country, and in that situation, when you have the reality of political chaos, social chaos… what tends to happen is people gravitate toward the thing that maybe will give them security and identity. And that tends to be the place where you feel you have your deepest connection, and that is not the nation,” he said, adding that Middle Eastern historic institutions are being taken over by the Islamic State’s successful appeal to citizens. “You have two things going See ZAKARIA page 3
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Journalist Fareed Zakaria delievered a lecture on Monday evening.
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Today on Campus
Columnist Azza Cohen draws attention to violations of free speech in India, and senior columnist Will Rivitz talks about the Wall’s relationship to American immigration. PAGE 4
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Jersey pageant in 2013, and was also a competitor in the 2014 Miss America pageant. McCollum joined SNJ Today as lead anchor last year. “The entire SNJ Today family extends its condolences to the many loyal viewers, colleagues, friends, and family of Cara McCollum,” Ken Pustizzi, president of SNJ Today, said in a statement acknowledging McCollum’s passing. “Whether you had the privilege of knowing her or if you enjoyed her newscasts during her all too brief time with us, you know that her smile determination and sincerity made her a beloved individual,” Pustizzi added. Pustizzi also wrote that McCollum showed warmth to everyone she met. “She was a part of our news team family and we are gratified to have worked with her — even for such a short time. We will miss her terribly. Our thoughts and prayers are es-
pecially with her parents Rick and Maureen McCollum, her brother Derick McCollum and her boyfriend, Keith Jones, during this difficult time,” he wrote. A tribute to McCollum was broadcast Monday night on Philadelphia’s WACP Channels 4 and 226 and on Channel 789, according to SNJ Today. The tribute will be archived on the SNJ Today website after Monday night. In a Twitter statement, Chris Christie, New Jersey governor and ex officio member of the University Board of Trustees, said that he is “very sad to learn of the passing of Miss NJ 2013 Cara McCollum.” “I love you dear Cara. Your loving smile and sense of humor touched everyone around you. Your laugh was contagious. When we first met, we would both joke that NY and NJ were really from the South (her growing up in Arkansas and myself in Oklahoma),” Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri, who gave lecture at the University last year, wrote in a Facebook post.
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“We believe it’s their ground, they own it, they have title to it, but we also believe that in this case, what happened in that ground 240 years ago belongs to America… and all we’re asking is to allow us to pay you a fair price and pay your 15 housing units somewhere else,” Lighthizer said. The trust will pay more than what the land is worth and give the site to the American people, he added. “The [IAS] is famous for saying ‘Albert Einstein is here.’ Well, I’ve got news for you. A long time before Einstein, with all due respect to that genius, George Washington was there… if George Washington and those troops hadn’t risked their lives and won that battle, I doubt whether Einstein would be here,” he said. According to Lighthizer, the Society of the Cincinnati, America’s oldest veteran’s organization, is also taking part in the campaign to oppose the construction. He said that the IAS continuously refused to participate in negotiation talks and recently rejected an appraisal from the Trust meant to cause a relocation of the housing site. The rejected appraisal, according to Lighthizer, was worth over $1 million. The proposed construction site rests on Maxwell’s Field, the location of a critical engagement in the 1777 Battle of Princeton that ultimately turned the course of the Revolutionary War, according to Mike Miller, historian for the Marine Corps History Division and a member of the leadership council for Veterans for Princeton. According to Miller, the US continental army suffered a series of major defeats in 1776, including the Battle of New York,
which resulted in significant casualties and attrition. By 1777, the Continental army, weakened in morale, was at most 2000 men in size. “If there were times that tried man’s souls, there were the times,” Miller said during the ceremony. When the Continental army scored a surprise victory against the British at Trenton, Washington made a strategically important but uneasy decision to recapture Princeton with very little ammunition and resources at hand. “Think about standing in line for battle all day in Trenton in 20 degrees weather, then you sleep on the frozen ground, get up at 2 a.m., march up 18 miles at night and get to Princeton by dawn. And then, that’s when the battle starts,” Miller noted. Alexandra Altman, communications associate for the IAS, noted earlier that that the housing project meets a critical need for the IAS and that remaining artifacts and 14 acres of the field would be preserved. In early February, the IAS alleged that trespassers had entered the property without permission. “The Institute for Advanced Study has filed a report with Princeton Township Police regarding an incident that took place on the Faculty housing building site on Sunday, February 7,”Altman wrote in a press statement. The incident involved individuals working on behalf of the Princeton Battlefield Society who took several soil samples from the site, she noted. “This activity was unauthorized and is illegal, and we are very surprised and disappointed that it took place,” she wrote in a press statement. Altman did not respond to a request for comment. Christine Ferrara, Director of Communications at IAS, declined to comment.
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz ’92 asked his communications director Rick Tyler to resign Monday after Tyler allegedly distributed a video on Facebook which falsely depicted Florida Senator Marco Rubio being dismissive of the Bible, according to an article from CNN. The controversy surfaced after The Daily Pennsylvanian, the student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania, uploaded a video of Rubio in which he said, “Got a good book there,” speaking to a staff member on Cruz’s campaign who was reading a book out-
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Cruz ’92 asks spokesman to resign after video post side a hotel in South Carolina. At this point, the audio in the video becomes hard to understand, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian. After the original reporter and multiple editors listened to the recording, the reporter transcribed the segment with subtitles, with the full line ultimately stating, “Got a good book there, not many answers in it.” According to a later update of the initial article containing the video, the staffer had been reading the Bible. Six hours later, Cruz Communications Director Rick Tyler tweeted a post which linked the video. “Watch Marco Rubio’s awkward remark about the book
a Cruz staffer was reading in the hotel lobby. What book was it?” Tyler’s post read. According to Yahoo News, following strong responses, Cruz investigated the situation on Monday morning and subsequently asked for Tyler’s resignation. Tyler posted a note of apology yesterday. “We are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate. Even if [the story] was true, our campaign should not have sent it,” Cruz said to Yahoo News. According to Yahoo News, during the exchange, Rubio had actually said, “Got a good book there. All the answers are in there.”
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on in the Middle East — one is this cataclysmic state-collapse and state-system collapse, but at the same time you have had the radicalization and globalization of political Islam that is now infecting much of the world,” he said. “The reality, of course, is that this is not all around us,” Zakaria noted, adding that the number of post-9/11 deaths in America from Islamic terrorism is up to 45, while the number of people in America who died from gun violence during the same period is around 150,000. He also noted that the dynamic economy of the United
States is growing at an unprecedented rate compared to other countries and that the US dominates sectors of the economy that will ultimately define the future, especially technology. “The United States takes more illegal immigrants in than the rest of the world put together…and that means that there is a chain of economic vitality that is impossible to replicate,” he said. “If someone is going to cross the border… so that they can come clean your dishes and build your house and pick your food and look after your kids so that you can go work — that person has drive,” he said. “If I were 18 years old and I was looking out into the world, and I said to myself, ‘What country I could go to where I could make
a home for myself?’… I’m pretty sure I would still say it’s the United States,” he added. A Q&A followed the lecture, with topics ranging from the Syrian refugee crisis and the recruitment of Western youth into Islamic radicalism to what cooperation between the US and Iran against the Islamic State would look like. Zakaria is a New York Times bestselling author, a contributing editor to The Atlantic and a columnist for The Washington Post. In 2010, Foreign Policy named him as one of the top 100 global thinkers. The lecture took place in McCosh 50 on Monday at 6 p.m. The lecture was part of the University Public Lectures series and was sponsored by the Edge Lecture Series.
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He added that moving the station further from the center of town made the move more inconvenient for travelers. Construction for the new station began in 2013 and the new dinky started operating in November 2014. According to court documents, the University, its Board of Trustees and New Jersey Transit were named as defendants in one case filed by “Save the Dinky.” A second case was filed as an appeal in conjunction with the Board of Directors of New Jersey Transit Corporation and the New Jersey Association for Railroad Passengers against the New Jersey Transit Corporation. They were both argued on Oct. 19, 2015 and decided on Feb. 17, 2016. In the case filed against the University, the plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment regarding the 1984 agreement in which the University purchased the Dinky station; they also sought for the move to be prohibited. In the second case, the plaintiffs — Save the Dinky and individuals who use the Princeton branch rail line — appealed the June 2013 NJ Transit resolution to relocate the Dinky. Rosenbach explained that there was widespread opposition and that there were many challenges to the University’s decision to move the station.
Previously, there were six court lawsuits to this proposed move, one of them before the state’s Historic Preservation Council, another two in the Chancery court of New Jersey, another direct appeal to NJ Transit and a final appeal before the Transportation Safety Board. Rosenbach noted that he believed all of these lawsuits to be decided, none in favor of opposing the move. The two appeals filed to the Chancery Divisions are dated June 20, 2013 and Dec. 23, 2013. According to Rosenbach, the Superior Court most recently rejected the Chancery court appeals and the direct challenge to NJ Transit. “The Superior Court action was, in the broadest sense, a challenge to an interpretation of a 1984 agreement that was later modified between NJ Transit and Princeton University that contemplated what eventually took place,” Rosenbach remarked. This agreement encompassed the University’s purchase of the Dinky station from NJ Transit. “Save the Dinky” challenged the interpretation of this agreement, which was ultimately decided in favor the University and NJ Transit. According to the NJ Transit website, NJ Transit still operates the dinky. Rosenbach added that in response to the rejection of their cases, the Save the Dinky group will be evaluating its options and decisions.
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Selective Solidarity Azza Cohen columnist
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S AMERICAN students, we are able to take much for granted. Especially in this year of cracking open our campuses through debates, we must appreciate that even when administrators or fellow students vehemently disagree with our values, we are still protected by the First Amendment. This is not so in all democracies. On February 12 , the Jawaharlal Nehru University student union president, Kanhaiya Kumar, was arrested on the JNU campus in Delhi, India. Kumar had spoken at a demonstration marking the third anniversary of the execution of Mohammed Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri man convicted of an attack on India’s parliament. A group of students identifying as the ABVP, the student arm of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party, filed a police complaint alleging Kumar’s speech as seditious. It would be unheard of in the United States for a student to be arrested on sedition charges, for speaking out against the government at a campus event as Kumar was. According to The Hindu, the demonstration was intended to show solidarity with the Kashmiri migrants on campus and, although it was a showcase of art, music and poetry,
it was not approved by the university administration. Section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code reads: “Whoever, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the Government established by law in India, shall be punished with imprisonment … or with fine.” Let us note that the law was originally written to prevent seditious speech against “Her Majesty or the Crown Representative” and was interpreted that way until 1948, the year after India’s independence from Britain. Kumar’s speech, available on YouTube, accuses the government and not-so-subtly implicates the Prime Minister of violence against the poor, against Muslims, against women and against Dalits, the outcasts in India’s social caste system. Rajnath Singh, the Home Minister, was featured in a video uploaded shortly after by the Bharatiya Janata Party titled: “Anyone who raises anti-India slogan/ challenges nation’s sovereignty & integrity will not be spared.” As hashtags fire across the United States to stand in solidarity with student protests at colleges around the country, we, as students in America, ought to learn about and support similar movements around the world. Students gathered — my-
self included — on Friday afternoon to submit a photograph of Princeton students holding signs that read “We Stand With JNU.” Our submission will be added to similar statements of solidarity coming from around India and the world to student organizers in Delhi. The student organizers are currently seeking additional students to support their statement of solidarity. “The university as an institution is in question — a fundamental, international question. This is not just a phase of Indian politics, but a phase of democracy,” said Ritwik Bhattacharyya GS ‘15, one of the organizers who recently completed his Ph.D. in comparative literature at the University. The last time that police were allowed on the JNU campus to conduct such raids was during the Emergency, a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977 when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi curbed civil liberties, suspended elections and jailed political opponents. Gyan Prakash, a professor in the history department, was a student at that time and believes there are both differences and frightening similarities between the two periods. He reflected in a piece for Scroll. in, “India has changed, and so has JNU… Being Left no longer means only class struggle but battles over a full range of issues – caste, class, gender, Kashmir, minority and civil rights. It is
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for this reason that the extraordinary attack on the university has met with broad-based and militant resistance both within and outside JNU. This is the only silver lining in what is otherwise dark and foreboding.” It is deeply alarming that in the world’s largest democracy, students speaking out against injustice — just like us — are in prison for such speech. Our campuses are certainly imperfect, but despite every problem we can fault to fellow students, faculty or administrators, we must admit that fundamentally we are guaranteed this freedom to voice our dissent. This is not to say that protesters in the United States are never arrested, but because we walk around a college campus, we are given both the privilege and responsibility of our student status, which protects our demonstrations. Bhattacharyya believes this could be a wake-up call for American students, who, of course, should be concerned with domestic issues, but might consider showing up to raise awareness about international issues as well. “It benefits everyone to have common values in Universities everywhere, so we hope that students here are inspired to take a stand,” said Bhattacharyya. Azza Cohen is a history major from Highland Park, Ill. She can be reached at accohen@princeton.edu.
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The other side of “The Wall” Will Rivitz
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OU MAY have heard of “The Wall,” an activist art display constructed by the Princeton Committee on Palestine and the Princeton DREAM Team near McCosh. It aims to draw attention to what those in support of the exhibition believe to be two grave injustices: one perpetrated against the Palestinian people by the Israeli government and the other by our government and border patrols against undocumented immigrants coming from Mexico. It’s inspired great quantities of debate, especially in this paper. Tigers For Israel questioned the “polemic” involved in the wall’s existence. The Princeton Committee on Palestine responded in the following day’s issue, attacking TFI’s “reactionary” activism. Arguments have been raging on Yik Yak, in the comments accompanying coverage of the wall, and in person all over cam-
pus. In short, “The Wall,” irrespective of the quality and tone of the discussions surrounding it, has gotten people talking. Which is to say, of course, that the dialogue prompted by the exhibition has focused almost exclusively on just one side — that of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. The other side, which highlights the apprehensions, deportations and deaths of Latin American immigrants searching for a better life in the United States, has been largely ignored. This is not surprising. People are more willing to discuss and orate when the topic at hand is more contentious and polarizing, so people are spending more time talking about the implications of the PCP’s side of the construction. If an activist group chooses to couple itself with another organization that focuses on a more widely and furiously debated issue, it will likely be overlooked. This editorial is not about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the recent discussion
regarding that issue must be mentioned in order to properly consider the impact of “The Wall” in its entirety, including the less-talked-about other side. It is a shame that the powerful presentation prepared by the Princeton DREAM Team has not generated the traction that it deserves. The problem of immigration reform is not only a national issue that must be resolved but a local issue with direct, tangible impacts on people both within the University community and the Princeton area at large. When people on campus propose we discuss what we can do to stop unnecessary deaths at the border and to prevent lives from being ruined and families from being torn apart, it is imperative that we follow through on their suggestion. Of course, there is, and should continue to be, a nuanced debate surrounding the exact policies and implementation of a progressive, effective immigration reform beneficial to all parties involved. How-
ever, death is not nuanced, especially when that death is at a level of hundreds of people each year. When the DREAM Team highlights the massive amount of destruction — of livelihoods, of interpersonal bonds, of bodies — occurring as a result of stringent border control restrictions, they do so in order to raise awareness of the horrors inflicted upon Latin American immigrants as well as prompting those who recoil in shock and disgust to act upon those feelings. A quote on the top left of the immigration side of “The Wall” loosely translates to English as such: “At what point does massacre become boring news for the people?” I don’t think the undue focus on the exhibition’s reverse side implies that the “massacre” has become rote and unexciting for members of the Princeton community, but I do believe that the systemic issues which have prompted the activism of the Princeton DREAM Team should be discussed on a far wider scale than they have
been over the past several days. This column is, I hope, a goodfaith attempt to further discussion on immigration reform and to remind people that it is yet possible to stand in solidarity with those both inside and outside our community who are fearful for their lives and the lives of those they love. Of course, we naturally are more passionate about some issues than others. This piece is not to say that we should not be fighting for the position in the Israel-Palestine debate in which we believe most fervently. However, if we are to ensure that all people see the justice they deserve, we must not spend all our time talking about just one side of “The Wall.” Let us not become complacent with death on this scale — let us continue the good work of those pushing for the rights of the disenfranchised within and at our borders. Will Rivitz is a sophomore from Brookline, Mass. He can be reached at wrivitz@princeton.edu.
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into the goal. With the score even at 3-3, the two teams eventually progressed onto overtime. However, neither force managed to reach the net in the extra time, handing Princeton its sixth tie of the season. With the tie, Princeton developed a sufficient scoring cushion against Union College, as the Tigers only needed a tie in order to secure home-rink advantage. Fortunately, the Tigers did even better. In a sense,
the victory was foreseeable, as the Tigers had only lost once in 25 prior meetings between the foes. When the Tigers faced Union earlier this year, Princeton shut out the Dutchwomen by a score of 5-0. The Dutchwomen also had not won a single game all season. Similar to their previous meeting against the Dutchwomen, the Tigers pounced early against Union. For the majority of the game, the Dutchwomen could not respond to frequent Orange and Black goals. By the third period, Princeton had accumulated a
4-0 lead. In the process, junior forward Audrey Potts, junior defender Kelsey Koelzer, sophomore defender Emily Achterkirch and freshman defender Kimiko Marinacci all edged in goals. In unconventional fashion, the majority of Princeton goals came from defenders. With the Saturday night victory, the Tigers finished their regular season atop the Ivy League, third in the ECAC and eighth in the nation, a feat for the history books. Yet, the battle continues as Princeton will host St. Lawrence for the ECAC quarterfinals this weekend.
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sweep by trumping Brown 8357. Despite the convincing final score, the Tigers struggled in the first quarter. Just three minutes into the game, the Bears scored 12 consecutive points. Interestingly, in the middle of the run, Princeton head coach Courtney Banghart subbed out three of her starters, Wheatley, Tarakchian and Miller, and put in senior forward Taylor Williams, sophomore forward Leslie Robinson and freshman guard Qalea Ismail. After a timeout with 4:17
remaining, the Tigers began to improve their play and slowly reduced their deficit to two points by the end of the quarter. The visitors continued to edge out the Bears, securing a three-point lead by halftime. An 8-2 run at the start of the third quarter helped Princeton gain steam and establish its dominance in the game. The Tigers scored 25 points to Brown’s 10. A continued strong offense helped Princeton claim the victory by a 26-point margin. All five starters scored in the double-figures. Seniors Michelle Miller and Alex Wheatley both scored 14 points. Berntsen continued her accurate shooting by scoring 13 points
in six of eight shots. Senior Annie Tarakchian put up 12 points and eight rebounds and junior guard Vanessa Smith added 11 points and eight rebounds. Entering the game, Brown had been holdings its opponents’ shooting to under 30 percent. Princeton broke the trend by scoring 57.7 percent from the floor while holding Brown to just 29.4 percent shooting. The Tigers blocked 13 shots and out-rebounded Brown 46-31. Saturday’s victory marked Coach Banghart’s 100th career Ivy League win and improved Princeton’s record to 19-4 overall and 8-1 in the Ivy League. The Tigers will face Columbia and Cornell this weekend.
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ing south again this weekend for the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic. Furthermore, had Princeton won this face-off against Rice, the team’s ninegame winning streak would have been the longest recorded since 1981. Yet, in spite of their recent loss the Tigers have much to be confident about from their past showings. While their game against Rice does disrupt the momentum from their string
of victories, the Tigers should have no difficulty picking back up this weekend. Last season, Princeton managed to upset two higher ranked opponents at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic. The Tigers routed both No. 30 Mississippi State and No. 35 Clemson to reach the final. However, the Tigers did drop their last game to No. 24 South Florida. With an impressive string of victories this season, the Tigers should return to full force as they head down to Montgomery, Ala. for what should be a series of exciting match-ups.
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Tuesday february 23, 2016
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{ www.dailyprincetonian.com } WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Women’s hockey soars into playoffs
By David Liu sports editor
The women’s hockey team (21-6-2 overall, 14-6-2 ECAC) secured a strong finish to their historic regular season this past weekend. The Tigers tied with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (10-15-7, 8-9-5) by a score of 3-3 on Friday and then defeated Union College (0-28-6, 0-19-3) in a 4-2 victory on Saturday. The clutch finish will earn the women’s hockey team home-rink advantage in this weekend’s ECAC quarterfinals. Needing two points to secure home-rink advantage, pressure was mounting for the Tigers on Friday night. When Princeton faced the Engineers in early January, the otherwise dominant Tigers had escaped with
a 3-2 victory; Friday’s match would be Rensselaer’s chance at redemption. Despite skating at home in Princeton’s Baker Rink, the Tigers skittered back and forth against Rensselaer. Unlike the previous meeting between the two, the foes exchanged goals until the final second of the game. Junior forward Fiona McKenna scored the first goal of the game in the final three minutes of the first period, giving Princeton the lead. The Illinois native commanded the puck across the rink before outmaneuvering Rensselaer’s goalie. Unfortunately, the Engineers controlled the second period with two goals from Shayna Tomlinson. The RPI lead placed the Tigers in a rare
deficit and jeopardized the Orange and Black’s chances of home-rink advantage in the ECAC playoffs. The RPI lead persisted into the final nine minutes of the match until sophomore forward Kiersten Falck surprised with a mid-range shot of her own. Unfortunately, the Engineers were quick in their response. Just a minute later, RPI responded to restore the Engineers’ lead. With time against them, the Tigers felt the imminent possibility of suffering just their third loss of the season. However, the Orange and Black accepted the challenge calmly. With just three minutes remaining in the game, freshman forward Karlie Lund powered the puck See W. HOCKEY page 5
JASPER GEBHARDT :: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Tigers tied with RPI 3-3 in overtime and defeated Union 4-2.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Women’s basketball handles Brown, Yale By Berthy Feng contributor
TIFFANY RICHARDSON :: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Despite a 12-0 Brown run, the Tigers regrouped and returned to defeat the Bears by 26 points.
Princeton won its 15th straight game against Yale (11-15 overall, 2-7 Ivy) last Friday, beating the Bulldogs relatively closely with a final score of 94-81. The game started out fairly even, but about five minutes into the first quarter, the Tigers scored six straight points to distance themselves by nine points from the Bulldogs. Yale continued to challenge its visitors, however, pushing the margin to just five points by the end of the first quarter. The Orange and Black amped up its offense in the second quarter to take a 22-point lead by halftime, thanks mostly to a 27-8 run. Their outstanding second quarter play increased the team’s shooting percentage in the first half to an impressive 64.3 percent. The hosting team was far from out of the game, despite scoring just eight points in the second
quarter. The Bulldogs went on a 9-0 run toward the beginning of the third quarter and reduced their deficit to 14 points by the end of the period. In the fourth quarter, Princeton could not manage to widen its lead, but thanks to consistent to offensive play eked out a win by 13 points. All four seniors on the starting squad scored in the double-digits. Senior guard Amanda Berntsen played exceptionally well, scoring 20 points on seven of 10 field goals. Senior guard Annie Tarakchian posted a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Senior guard Michelle Miller scored 16 points, while senior forward Alex Wheatley led the way with 22 points and four rebounds. Overall, Princeton shot 56.9 percent and 57.1 percent from beyond the arc. The team held Yale to just 39.4 percent shooting and out-rebounded the Bulldogs 42-28. The next day, the Tigers completed their Ivy League weekend See W. B-BALL page 5
MEN’S TENNIS
Men’s tennis falls to Rice, streak ends at eight By David Xin associate sports editor
All good things must come to an end. After winning eight straight games, Princeton’s longest winning streak since 1996, and claiming first place at the ECAC championships, a feat that the Tigers have not pulled off since 2001, men’s tennis (8-3 overall) dropped its first game since February to No. 49 Rice on the road. In their firstever meeting, the Owls topped Princeton 4-3 in a narrow victory. The Tigers knew heading into the match that Rice (9-2) would be a difficult opponent. Indeed, the Owls had faced off against three ranked opponents in their last five games, beating No. 30 Louisiana State University and No. 60 Cornell. Their one loss came from No. 21 Northwestern. Rice started the game on a high note by clinching the doubles point from the Tigers. The doubles combination of juniors Thomas Colautti and
Joshua Yablon claimed the sole Princeton doubles win in the third spot. However, the combination of Rice’s Adam Gustafsson and junior David Warren proved too much for the Tigers, allowing Rice to claim the first doubles win. Tommy Bennett and Jamie Malik followed, clinching Rice’s second doubles win and the vital double point. The doubles loss would prove costly, as the Owls would follow their impressive start with a strong initial singles performance. Rice claimed three out of the first four single matches, essentially sealing the match. However, the Princeton squad would soon rally to put themselves on the score sheet. Colautti, junior Alexander Day and sophomore Luke Gamble all claimed wins for the Orange and Black. However, this effort was not enough for the Tigers to overcome the Owls, as they fell 4-3. The loss came at a poor time for the Tigers, who are headSee M. TENNIS page 5
Tweet of the Day “You win with heart, competitiveness, & toughness. And by being relentless every minute on the practice & game floor.” Courtney Banghart (@CoachBanghart ), head coach, women’s basketball
YASH HUILGOL :: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Men’s tennis will ride the Rice loss into the upcoming Blue Gray National Tennis Classic.
Stat of the Day
56.9 percent Women’s basketball shot an untouchable 56.9 field-goal percentage against Yale.
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