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STUDENT LIFE
Princeton Mental Health Initiative hosts first “Mental Health Week” By Haleigh Gundy Contributor
A recent study from the American College Health Association found that 41.9 percent of undergraduates have “felt so depressed within the past twelve months that it was difficult to function.” The Princeton Mental Health Initiative has dedicated a week to raise awareness of their plight. The organization designated the week of Feb. 18 as “Mental Health Week,” inviting service dogs, producing theater productions, and hosting a mental health-focused exhibit. According to Princeton Mental Health Initiative board member Richard Yang ’22, Mental Health Week was created in an effort to “promote awareness about mental health issues.” “Because Princeton is academically rigorous and is a different social environment, many students are prone to [developing] mental illnesses without realizing, and more importantly, [without] seeking help,”
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“Mental Health Week” included an opportunity to meet service dogs, theater productions, and a mental health-focused exhibit.
Yang said. Some events — such as a therapy dog study break in Frist Campus Center — aimed to provide students with a non-academic outlet to relax and take time away from their work. Other events focused on raising awareness of depression, suicidality, and other mental health concerns. On Monday, Feb. 18, for example, the organization hosted the IN THEIR SHOES™ traveling exhibit by Attitudes In Reverse — a mental health advocacy group — in the Frist East TV Room. The exhibit consists of 269 pairs of shoes belonging to New Jersey children and young adults who had committed suicide.
According to the organization’s website, the exhibit “helps to increase understanding, empathy and kindness towards those who might be struggling in silence and encourage them to seek help.” Following the exhibit, Arch & Arrow Literary Magazine and Butler College cohosted an open-mic night on Wednesday, Feb. 20, where students shared prose, poetry, and music related to mental health. In one of the keynote events from the week, from Thursday, Feb. 21, to Saturday, Feb. 24, students staged performances of the “Me Too Monologues” for the fifth year in a row. Written and performed
by University students, the monologues shared personal experiences with topics such as sexual assault, suicide, and eating disorders. Each performance included a “talkback” after the show to encourage dialogue surrounding mental health on campus. Undergraduate Student Government president-emeritus Rachel Yee ’19 praised the Me Too Monologues as “incredible and powerful programming.” “[The Monologues] help us to take a step back and have some perspective, especially when the beginning of the semester can be hard,” she said. Yang echoed her sentiments. He believes that such
events can help discussion of mental illness to become more open. “Increasing the dialogue surrounding mental health will help destigmatize mental illnesses. I hope that people won’t be afraid to seek help when they need it. There is nothing to be ashamed about because balancing academics, activities, and life at Princeton is tough,” he said. Overall, Yang believes that demonstrations of solidarity and awareness will be beneficial for students experiencing mental health concerns. “Demonstrating that depression is a widespread issue across campus and at other universities will help people recognize that they can always seek help from their peers or advisors,” Yang said. “I hope that students realize that there are supportive students and staff to help them get through their mental health issues,“ he continued. Mental Health Week began on Monday, Feb. 18, and ended on Saturday, Feb. 24.
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Court adjourns hearing in Cannady ’19 case
30 seniors to run for Young Alumni Trustee position
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On Monday, Feb. 25, the Princeton Municipal Court granted men’s basketball standout Devin Cannady ’19 an adjournment for charges of simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and being under the inf luence without a prescription. Cannady did not immediately respond to request for comment. Cannady, who did not appear in court on Tuesday, was previously arrested on Jan. 18 after he allegedly threw a punch at a Department of Public Safety Officer in Wawa. Originally charged with
aggravated assault — an indictable charge — the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office had downgraded it to a disorderly persons offense and remanded the case to the Princeton Municipal Court. Kim A. Otis, Cannady’s attorney, requested an adjournment in order to have more time to review documents that were sent to him the day before by the prosecutor. Otis did not offer details on what the documents contained, but the prosecutor quickly agreed to the adjournment. At the time of publication, Otis did not respond to request for comment. Before agreeing to the adSee CANNADY page 3
By Rebecca Han Contributor
Thirty members of the Class of 2019 are running in the annual primary election for the Young Alumni Trustee (YAT) position on the University’s Board of Trustees. If elected, the candidate would replace Tumi Akinlawon ’15 — who is ending his term on Jun. 30 — and serve a four-year term alongside the three current YATs, Myesha Jemison ’18, Achille Tenkiang ’17, and Azza Cohen ’16.
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Cannady was arrested on Jan. 18 after he allegedly threw a punch at a Department of Public Safety officer in Wawa.
alphabetical order, are Tolulope (Tolu) Adetayo, Stefan (Amo) Amokwandoh, Owen Ayers, Belinda Azamati, Carly Bonnet, Marcia Brown, Emma Lee Bruce, Mim Buscher, Sena Meryem Cebeci, Zoe Chazen, Mikkey Clarke, Currie Engel, David Fan, Miriam Friedman, Alec Gewirtz, Matt Harrington, Micah Herskind, William Keiser, Paul Francis de Francis Kigawa, Maggie McCallister, Chidinma Nwachukwu, Simi Olofinboba, Justin See TRUSTEE page 3
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The YAT position was established in 1969 “to ensure that the Board would always include four members with recent experience as undergraduates,” according to a description on the Alumni Association webpage. YATs have the same rights and duties as other members of the Board, and their twofold responsibility is to serve the University and “provide a perspective” to the Board based on their recent experiences as students. The seniors running, in
In the side conference room of the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, visitors can find historical documents, pictures, and memorabilia since 1969, when the University first admitted women, displayed against a burgundy background. For the exhibit, “Redefining Old Nassau,” Mudd librarians collected historical letters, publications, and objects that span the half-century of women at the University. The exhibit highlights women’s accomplishments in academics, athletics, and advocacy. The exhibit also covers the accomplishments of women who studied at the University before coeducation was officially introduced. For instance, in 1961, Sa-
bra Follett Meservey *64 *66 became the first woman Ph.D. candidate admitted to the University’s graduate program. Three years later, T’sai-Ying Cheng *63 *64 became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. from the University. The exhibit also highlights the controversy that surrounded the introduction of women to the University. Letters from dissatisfied alumni, such as Frederic P. Moore ’39, are displayed prominently. “I fail to see where the acceptance of girls as undergraduates at Princeton is desirable or necessary,” Moore wrote. “The turn of events at Princeton is somewhat nauseating to me.” The exhibit also features an article published in The Daily Princetonian, in which thenUniversity president Robert Goheen ’4 0 *48 said that “coeducation is inevitable” in an
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interview he believed to have been off the record. “The first case [in the exhibit] is the overall what led to the decision to go co-ed,” said Assistant University Archivist for Public Services Sara Logue. “It’s a very powerful tool to see what the mindset was at that time.” Other sections of the exhibit are dedicated to the many accomplishments of women at the University post-coeducation. One section is devoted to the successes of women athletics, noting that tennis, squash, crew, and field hockey were “the first intercollegiate programs offered to women in 1971-72.” “I’m really glad we focused on that,” Logue said. “They are really successful and I think it’s important to draw that out.” See MUDD page 6
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Ramos, Cierra Robson, Jordan Salama, Feyisola Soetan, Christopher Umanzor, Sarah Varghese, Rachel Yee, and Anna Zabel. Brown is the former editor-in-chief of The Daily Princetonian. Umanzor is a former staff writer for the ‘Prince.’ In order to be placed on the ballot, seniors had to attend an information session in early February and submit a petition signed by 50 seniors. According to an email sent by Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss, 41 seniors took petitions and 30 returned their petitions. Following a primary election open only to seniors, the three candidates with the greatest number of votes will compete in the general election, which will be held from Apr. 30 to May 22 and open to all students. Online voting through the Election Services Corporation website began on Tuesday, Feb. 26 and ends on Thursday, Mar. 7, at 5 p.m.
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journment, the presiding judge, Honorable John McCarthy ’69, told both lawyers that even though he is a Uni-
versity alumnus, there was no reason to believe he could not act as a fair and impartial judge. McCarthy also added that he has had no prior interactions with Cannady. Following his Jan. 18 arrest,
Cannady was suspended from the men’s basketball team for violating team rules. After an investigation conducted by the University, he was reinstated, returning in time to play against Yale on Feb. 8. Last weekend, Cannady
missed two games for undisclosed personal reasons. Cannady is ranked fifth on Princeton’s all-time scoring list with 1515 points, averaging 14.6 points per game throughout his career and 18.2 points per game this
season. The men’s basketball team is currently in a twoway tie for second place in the Ivy League with a 7–3 record. Cannady is now set to appear in Princeton Municipal Court on March 4 at 1 p.m.
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Liberian labor: Confronting Firestone’s historical complexity Jon Ort
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arlier this month, the University finished the Firestone Library renovation, after more than a decade of work. The Library, stocked with chic crimson chairs and new fluorescent chandeliers, now meets the demands of the 21st century. Despite such superficial changes, the University has neglected the Library’s most prominent feature — its namesake. Harvey Firestone, the American magnate who financed the eponymous Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, owed much of his fortune to the natural wealth of Liberia, where the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company opened an enormous rubber plantation in 1926. For nearly 100 years, the Firestone plantation, which continues to face accusations of human rights abuses, has exacted a horrific human toll on Liberians. For decades, Firestone’s Liberian laborers, many of whom were forcibly relocated to the site, have tapped rubber without basic protections. I have written about the plantation’s sordid underside before, and I refer curious readers to my earlier work. In short, laborers, many of whom were forcibly relocated to the site, have faced devastating punishments for failing to collect enough
rubber. For many, Firestone is the only source of housing and medical care. Although working conditions remain opaque, a 2006 lawsuit alleged that employees face “the modern equivalent of slavery.” I write today not only to reiterate my previous points but also to encourage the University to take advantage of this moment, as 10 years of renovations come to fruition. I ask that the University challenge and investigate Firestone’s legacy on this campus and that it disclose historical and contemporary ties to the Firestone Company. A formal reckoning would accord with the renovation’s mission. According to the Library’s website, the project was “focused on creating a building that is well-suited to support modern library services and contemporary approaches to scholarship.” Our conception of history has evolved since Firestone made his donation. We now question assumptions that would have been unassailable to our predecessors. “Contemporary approaches to scholarship,” then, oblige us to examine Firestone. Furthermore, the library renovations have raised unresolved quandaries. Last year, retreating scaffolding revealed the newly restored Dulles Library of Diplomatic History, an opulent, octagonal chamber on Firestone’s first floor. The cavernous room originally housed the papers of diplomat John Foster Dulles, Class of 1908. As Secretary of State, Dulles furthered Firestone’s neo-imperialist interests in Liberia. In
1954, he drafted a confidential memorandum instructing the State Department to arrange for Liberian President William Tubman to visit the United States. Dulles acknowledged that his instructions came at the behest of Harvey Firestone, Jr., Class of 1920, who wished to host Tubman as “his guest” in Akron, the site of Firestone Company headquarters. In the same document, Dulles stressed the importance of appearing to support an independent Liberia, since the issue resonated with African American voters. He evidently knew that emancipated American slaves founded Liberia in 1816. Then-Ambassador to Liberia Jesse Locker went even further, arguing that the optics of Tubman’s visit would “no doubt tend to have our people [African Americans] return to the Republican Party.” Of course, Locker and Dulles never wanted an independent Liberia, as their strategic collusion with the Firestone Company should make clear. The hypocrisy of ignoring Dulles and Firestone’s past is patent. Since the Library was built, University officials have waxed poetic about its high intellectual aspirations. President Harold Dodds, Class of 1914, who laid the Library’s cornerstone in 1948, declared that within a library, “the miracle of imagination [is] kindled, prejudice thrown overboard, dogma rejected, conviction strengthened, perspective lengthened.” Those noble aims compel us to investigate the world around us, even if our inquiry impli-
cates their benefactor. To be sure, Firestone’s legacy is not monolithic. He donated a million dollars to build a worldclass research library, a gift that benefits all Princeton students. The Firestone Company supports, among other beneficial causes, the fight against Ebola. Our examination, then, should account for Firestone’s human complexity. In recent years, Woodrow Wilson’s lionized legacy has rightly come under scrutiny, given the racism he practiced as president. Our conception of who Wilson was, and how he ought to be remembered, has become more nuanced. Surely we can hold Firestone to the same level of intellectual and moral evaluation. To start, I suggest the University research and organize an exhibit about the Firestone plantation. It could be held in the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery, set to open on Firestone’s first floor next month. That step, however, should complement a more critical and longer-term evaluation of Firestone’s legacy. To paraphrase President Dodds, we now know that the pursuit of truth requires us to cast prejudice aside, to spurn dogma, to expand our perspective. If the University wishes to make good on its words, it must examine Firestone’s enduring presence on our campus. Jon Ort is a Managing Editor of The Daily Princetonian. This piece represents the views of the Managing Editor only. He can be reached at jaort@princeton.edu.
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Nuke the filibuster Zachariah Sippy
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t was not until December of 2018 that the Senate voted to make lynching a federal crime. Between 1882 and 1986, Congress attempted 200 times on this legislation to no avail. Why did it take so long? The filibuster. The Senate generously likes to characterize itself as the “the greatest deliberative body in the world.” And perhaps that’s the chief issue: it’s not a debate society for millionaire 60-yearolds; it’s a legislative body with over 320 million constituents. So long as 41 senators want debate to continue, the vote on a bill can be delayed indefinitely, effectively preventing its passage. The current rules of the Senate enable tyranny of the minority. This was not what the Framers intended. From its establishment in 1789 until 1806, the Senate required a simple majority to end debate and proceed to a vote. In Federalist 22, Alexander Hamilton explained that an over-powered minority would upset the “the regular deliberations and decisions of a respectable ma-
jority.” Hamilton was killed in 1804, and never lived to see the filibuster. It was his murderer who birthed it. Vice President Aaron Burr — a member of University’s Class of 1772 — convinced the body as President of the Senate in 1805 to remove the motion of “moving the previous question.” Without this motion, a loophole was formed: debate could hypothetically extend forever and prevent the Senate from conducting any other business. Today, this is known as the filibuster — a Dutch word meaning “pirate.” Historically, the filibuster was abused by white supremacists in the Senate to slow progress towards racial equality and narrow the scope of much-needed legislation (see: Fair Employment Practice Committee and its anti-lynching laws). The most famous of these was Strom Thurmond’s 2 4-h o u r-a n d- e i g h t e e nminute address against the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Because the filibuster is a tool for prolonging debate and thereby preserves the status quo, it has always been a more effective tool for reactionary, rather than progressive politics. From 1837 — when the first filibuster occurred — until the early 20th century, there was no mechanism for the Senate to end debate and proceed to a vote. The mere
threat of a filibuster could grind the Senate to a halt, for no other matters could be considered until debate had ceased on the motion at hand (this is no longer the case, however, because there is now a two-track system). In 1917, Senate Rule XXII was adopted, at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who graduated from the University in 1879 — this allowed for cloture (cessation of debate) to be invoked if two-thirds of the body consented (today, it is only three-fifths). In today’s hyper-partisan environment, the high threshold for cloture — 60 votes —is one of the central obstacles to the passage of major legislation. At only one time in the last 40 years has one party ever exercised a majority large enough to force cloture: the Democrats of the 111th Congress. Even then, they only had a filibuster-proof majority for fewer than seven months. While budget reconciliation allows for some legislation to be passed with a simple majority in the Senate, its scope is limited to fiscal matters, which is why Republicans passed their 2017 tax cuts without invoking cloture. But action on climate change, voting rights, gun control, health care, immigration, and criminal justice all require major leg-
islation that is not entirely fiscal in nature. As 2020 Democratic primary candidates outline their plans to tackle these issues, it is important to keep in mind that no ambitious course of action can be adopted — even with Democratic majorities in the House and Senate — if the filibuster remains. It must be abolished. The so called “nuclear option” must be invoked. Climate change, in particular, demands a swift and thorough response from the federal government. It will have an outsized impact on our generation and the ones that follow. Policies that combat the rise in global temperatures, like the Green New Deal, are widely popular with younger people because we recognize the pressing need for them. However, given the partisan composition of the Senate, any piece of legislation that would change the United States’ approach to carbon consumption will not earn the necessary 60 votes. The Green New Deal “will never happen while the filibuster lives,” says Ezra Levin, the executive director of the Indivisible Project. Popular, and much needed, policies promoted by 2020 presidential hopefuls like Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and universal child care will be
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dead on arrival in the Senate, so long as the filibuster is intact. It is disappointing that Senators Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Bernie Sanders, all 2020 hopefuls, who have endorsed both Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, support keeping the filibuster. Their paradoxical position does not stand up to reason: either they are delusional in thinking these policies will garner significant Republican support, or they are not invested in their passage. Those calling for the filibuster to be reconsidered (a group that ranges from President Trump to Senator Warren) are correct in their assessment that it is an undemocratic tradition whose time has passed. The Senate should not be held hostage by its minority. In Federalist 58, President James Madison, who graduated from the University in 1771, wrote against an over-empowered minority: “in all cases where justice or the general good might require new laws to be passed, or active measures to be pursued, the fundamental principle of free government would be reversed.” We should heed his call and nuke the filibuster. Zachariah Sippy is a firstyear from Lexington, Ky. He can be reached at zsippy@ princeton.edu.
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The Mudd Library’s annual exhibition for this year is “Redefining Old Nassau,” focusing on women’s many contributions to the University.
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Additional sections of the exhibit emphasize the intersections of race and sexuality in women’s experiences at the University and celebrate the advocacy efforts undertaken by University women. The exhibit also highlights
University women’s struggles and the push-back that sometimes inhibited progress. An additional glass case focusing on the Graduate College describes an issue in 1969 when women at the University became concerned about sexual assault in the parking lot and closed the lot as a result. One response letter featured in the exhibit dis-
missed the issue in its entirely, saying, “supposedly the purpose is to protect our nubile wenches from sexual assault ... it is doubtful such a danger exists.” The final section of the exhibit, on the south wall, highlights organizations founded by women at the University, namely the Women*s Center. A log from 1972 describes
the meeting in which the Women*s Center was formally named. “It’s neat to see how the organization has grown over time and what women have brought to campus not just in academics but also in their extracurricular organizations,” Logue said. According to Logue, the exhibition was launched in Oc-
tober of 2018 and is planned to run through Reunions. The exhibit is open to the public. Special Collections Assistant April C. Armstrong, who helped coordinate the creation of the exhibit, did not respond to request for comment. Director of the Women*s Center Amada Sandoval *00 had not commented by the time of publication.
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Women’s Swim and Dive finish third overall in Ivy League championships By Mark Dodici
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It was a weekend of ups and downs in DeNunzio Pool for the women’s swimming and diving team, as they finished third overall in an Ivy League championship meet that head coach Bret Lundgaard knew would be difficult to win from the onset. “It’ll be tough for us to move up from third,” he confessed after only the second of seven sessions. It was, perhaps, not a shocking assertion. In the opening relays on Wednesday night, the one-seed team in the 200yard medley relay was from Princeton, but they finished fourth in the event. The Tigers’ 800-free relay team was unable to flip the tale, as they held seed for a third-place finish. As a result, Lundgaard’s squad sat squarely in third after the first night, behind
the two teams who had given them the most trouble in their 8–4 (4–3 Ivy) regular season effort: Harvard and Yale. “We left some swims out there,” Lundgaard said when asked about the opening night. Nevertheless, the swims he saw on Thursday morning gave more cause for optimism. Four individual swimmers qualified in the top eight for their finals that night, and three divers made the cut in the 1-meter event. “We’ve got people in the A-final in all three events,” he said, looking forward to that evening’s races. “That will bring some energy to our team and to the environment. Tonight should be good.” While the first three events of the night saw only first-year Cathy Teng break seed, stepping up from eighth to sixth in the finals of the 50-yard freestyle, the diving event provided the excitement Lun-
dgaard had been expecting. Sophomore Sine Scribbick dove her way to Princeton’s first event win, edging out Yale’s Talbott Paulson by onetenth of a point in the 1-meter dive with a score of 282.10. She was joined on the podium by senior Carolyn MacFarlane, who placed third, and junior Mimi Lin, who finished seventh. After the event, MacFarlane was thrilled for her teammates. “It was really, really great,” she said on being on the podium with the two of them. “I think it’s been a long time coming for Sine, and Mimi just dove out of this world today, so I’m really, really excited for both of them.” Head coach Lundgaard had similar sentiments. “They’ve been working hard as a unit,” he said, commending their efforts and the energy that they brought to DeNunzio. The Friday morning pre-
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liminary session was another strong one for the Tigers, as nine swimmers made the Afinals for five of that night’s individual events. In a surprising fall-off from the previous night, Scribbick and MacFarlane missed the top eight in the 3-meter dive, but sophomore Sophia Peifer (3-seed) and junior Natasha MacManus (1-seed) filled in for them. They were slated to join Lin (6-seed) in the finals on Saturday night. The Tigers hardly needed to wait that long for more excitement, however, as the second event of Friday’s finals yielded the second orange-andblack-clad victor of the meet in sophomore Regan Barney. Her 4:13.30 in the 400-yard individual medley was enough to pace the field and give the home crowd reason to cheer. Unfortunately, it was to be the last such reason of the night, as no Tiger cracked the top three for the rest of the penultimate finals session. Saturday morning’s session did not bode well for an eventful end to the meet for Princeton, as only four of Lundgaard’s swimmers qualified for A-finals. However, notable among those four were Barney (3-seed in the 200-yard backstroke) and senior Joanna Curry, who was looking to close out her final Ivy League championships emphatically from the fourth seed in the 200-yard butterfly. Though Barney faltered to fifth in her Saturday night final, Curry truly brought the crowd to its feet. In a thrilling, wire-to-wire effort, she fell just short in her final race of the meet, finishing just .43 seconds behind Dartmouth’s Mia Leko. “It really meant a lot to my whole experience on this team,” Curry said on finishing in such a manner. When
asked how it felt to be so close, yet so far, in her final event, she appeared emotional. “I’m really pleased with it. To win would’ve been amazing, but I’m really proud of how I finished.” There was no break in excitement, as the focus turned to the diving well for the 3-meter event. Princeton’s Lin had a fantastic start, but was second by three points through four dives to Columbia’s Briget Rosendahl. Lin faltered on the fifth dive, falling to ten points back, but Rosendahl left the event in the Princeton diver’s hands after a below-average final dive. Lin took full advantage, overtaking Rosendahl at the death to complete a Princeton sweep from the boards. MacManus took fifth, and Peifer eked out a third place finish to smatter the podium with Tigers. Lin would be recognized after the competition as the diver with the most points throughout the meet. The championships closed on a scintillating note, in a 400-yard freestyle relay which saw Harvard out-touch Yale in a new DeNunzio pool record while Princeton snuck in ahead of Columbia for a fourth place finish. With the final points tallied, Princeton’s overall standing in third place was finalized. Above the Tigers, Harvard beat out Yale for the 2019 Ivy League crown. Lundgaard was not available after the meet for comment. Next weekend, the men’s team travels to Cambridge for their Ivy League Championships, as they look for the perfect ending to their nearly-perfect, 8–1 (5–1 Ivy) campaign. The meet begins Wednesday and will be broadcast on ESPN+.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Women’s basketball beats Columbia By Nancy Tran Contributor
On Saturday night, firstyear guard Grace Stone netted a personal best of 13 points, and junior forward Bella Alarie led her team in scoring. The two propelled Princeton women’s basketball (15–9, 7–2 Ivy) to a 65–59 victory over Columbia (7–16, 3–7) in a tight game. The Tigers started out the game strong, finishing the first quarter up 25–14. By the end of the second quarter, they had advanced to a whopping 45–24 lead. But after four quick points by Princeton in the beginning of the third period, the Lions embarked on a 14-point spree. With just six minutes left in the game, Columbia trailed Princeton by only three points. A layup from sophomore guard Carlie Littlefield stretched the Tigers’ advantage to six points — and from there, they didn’t look back. Free throws from senior forward Sydney Jordan, senior guard Gabrielle Rush, and Littlefield edged Princeton to its 65–59 victory. In her postgame interview, Coach Courtney Banghart said that, heading into the second half of the game, her team’s strong start would be difficult to surpass or maintain. “The only way to go is down, because of how we came out,” Banghart said she told her
team during halftime. “It’s about making sure that we’re taking care of what we need to take care of to be better. And I thought that that game got us better because we still have a lot of season left.” Alarie led the game with 14 points, five assists, seven rebounds, and a block. Littlefield added 13 points, two assists, eight rebounds, and four steals, followed by Stone with 13 points, eight rebounds, and two steals. When asked about teammate Stone, Littlefield
talked about the importance of everyone’s contributions. “Coach always says we all have to bring our own stripe to the streak,” Littlefield said. “I think it was huge that [Stone] came out and did that, because we all know Bella is going to get triple-teamed, so it’s just the next guy up and who’s going to step up.” Coach Courtney Banghart also praised her underclass players for their mature performance in the game. “It’s nice to have young
guys contribute,” Banghart said, “though Carlie feels like an older one to me because she started last year as well. She’s got a ton of experience on a very inexperienced team and she’s learning how to take command, which you usually don’t ask a sophomore to do. Grace is someone you really trust on the defensive end. She has to be more aggressive offensively and I thought today was a good step forward.” Saturday’s game against Columbia also celebrated breast
cancer survivors in a Pink Zone Game. Athletes from both teams wore pink socks, and many wore pink headbands in support of the cause. The Tigers will travel this Tuesday to face Ivy first-seed Penn at 7 p.m., followed by a home game on Friday against Dartmouth and on Saturday against Harvard in Jadwin Gymnasium. The game against Harvard at 5 p.m. will be the team’s Senior Night. All games will be streamed on ESPN+.
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Carlie Littlefield dribbles into the paint against Columbia.
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Men’s hockey team dominates St. Lawrence 5–3 in last home game By Jode la Bruyere
Assistant Sports Editor
To its players’ minds, the men’s ice hockey (8–16–3 overall, 6–12–2 ECAC) season so far has been a disappointing one. Second to last in the ECAC standings, the team had suffered a series of humiliating losses — not least of all its Feb. 1, 3–2 loss to last-place St. Lawrence (4–26–2, 2–16–2). But against St. Lawrence again on Saturday night, the team made a change. Playing the last home game of their careers, senior left wing Ryan Kuffner, senior center Alex Riche, and senior right wing Max Véronneau joined forces to earn seven points. They propelled Princeton to a 5–3 victory. The Tigers lost the first faceoff of the game, but that didn’t deter them. Thirty-eight seconds into the first, an assist from Riche set Véronneau up for a howitzer from the right faceoff spot. “It was a great start,” Véronneau said. “I just kind of got lucky; the puck was rolling and it was a tough one for the goalie to save.” Ten minutes later, St. Lawrence’s Dylan Woolf got two minutes for hooking. In its only power play goal of the game, Princeton capitalized. Kuffner, currently ranked No. 6 in the nation for scoring, put the biscuit in the basket. Junior center Jackson Cressey and Véronneau — who has made 22 assists, a team record
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Ryan Kuffner celebrates with teammates after his goal in the first period.
— assisted, bringing the score to 2–0 for the Tigers. But as the clock wound down, sophomore defenseman Matthew Thom got a twominute penalty of his own. St. Lawrence would start the second on a power play. It seemed unlikely that the Saints would pull off the conversion. But with just eight seconds remaining in Thom’s penalty, St. Lawrence’s forward Keenan Suthers made it happen on a breakaway. With 5:03 left in the second, Kuffner scored off of a faceoff win from Cressey — logging his 20th goal of the season in
the process. But only a minute later, a penalty on sophomore right wing Jake Paganelli gave St. Lawrence a five-on-four opportunity. The Tigers could not kill the power play; a slapshot from defenseman Bo Hanson narrowed Princeton’s lead to one. Then, two minutes later, Cressey redirected a missed shot from Thom. And just 36 seconds after that, Riche scored with assists from Kuffner and sophomore Mark Paolini. “The Riche goal was really indicative of what the line can do when they’re heavy on the puck,” head coach Ron Fogarty
said. St. Lawrence netted a shot early in the third. But despite Princeton’s nine shots on goal and two power-play opportunities, the Tigers couldn’t score. “We started playing soft on the puck,” Fogarty said. “That gave them life. We just have to stay heavy on the puck, and it creates a lot more opportunities when we play that way.” The game was over in terms of points. All that was left was for the team’s six seniors — Spencer Kryczka, Josh Teves, Austin Shaw, Kuffner, Riche, and Véronneau — to enjoy
their last 20 minutes on home ice. “The fans have been spoiled for four years with Max, Alex, Ryan, Josh, Spencer, and Austin,” Fogarty said. “It was a great way to go out, with a win and to have the ice to themselves.” In a particularly poignant moment, Fogarty put goalie Shaw on the ice for the last 43 seconds of the game. Since his first year, Shaw has not seen competitive ice time. “I was waiting, and I asked him if he wanted to go on,” Fogarty said. “I didn’t want to embarrass him. With 43 seconds left, some goalies would say ‘why?’ But he wanted to be out there with his classmates.” Next weekend, on the road, Princeton will play its last two games of the season: against Yale (13–11–3, 11–8–1) on Friday and against Brown (11–11–5, 8–7–5) on Saturday. Like every team in the league, Princeton is guaranteed a spot in the ECAC playoffs. Last year, Princeton finished seventh in the regular season — and then won the conference tournament. This year, the team is hoping to replicate that success. “We’re going to keep building off this and hopefully get two more wins next weekend,” Véronneau said. “We know last year [in the tournament] we made it really far. It would be sad to go home early this year. Hopefully we can keep on going and make another run at it.”
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
After two losses, women’s hockey to host St. Lawrence in ECAC Quarterfinals By Owen Tedford Senior Staff Writer
This past weekend, the No. 7 ranked women’s hockey team (18–6–5, 15–4–3 ECAC) ended the 2018–19 regular season on a tough note, losing both games against No. 5 Clarkson (25–7–2, 16–5–1) and Saint Lawrence (14–13–7, 9–7–6). These results left the Tigers, as the fourth seed in the ECAC tournament, in a three-way tie for second with Clarkson and No. 9 Colgate (21–8–5, 15–4–3). On Friday night, the Tigers lost 5–2 to the Golden Knights in a game that was 3–2 until the final minute and a half, when Clarkson scored two empty net goals. The Golden Knights came out fast, scoring two quick goals in the first minute and a half of the game. Clarkson scored again 30 seconds into the second period to take a commanding 3–0 lead. At this point, Princeton decided to change from sophomore goalie Rachel McQuigge to junior goalie Stephanie Neatby, who played well in her relief appearance, allowing zero goals in her time on the ice. The Tigers found a second gear and were able to get their first goal when
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junior forward Carly Bullock put in a rebound off a shot by first-year Mariah Keopple. Then, in a 5-on-3 advantage, Princeton scored again to narrow the Golden Knights’ lead to one with just under 14 minutes remaining in the fourth period. Unfortunately, the Tigers were never able to find the back of the net to tie the game. On Saturday against Saint Lawrence, the game entered the third period tied at zero. Based on both teams’ performances up until that point, it seemed the case that whoever broke the tie would win the game. Unfortunately, that goal came from the Saints, who took a 1–0 lead with about 14 minutes left in the game on a power play. Ultimately, Saint Lawrence would extend this to 2–0 with an empty-net goal in the last 30 seconds of the game. Princeton was unable to generate its normal offensive pressure, only getting 18 shots on goal over the course of the entire game for an offense that, up until this point in the season, has averaged nearly 40 per game in conference play. Neatby played the whole game in goal against the Saints and made 19 saves on 20 shots.
“Congrats to sophomore Ryan Schwieger for earning his first Ivy League Player of the Week honors! Ryan’s efforts led the way to a sweep of Cornell and Columbia this weekend, highlighted by his career-high 23 point performance on Friday against Cornell. #MakeShots” @Princeton_Hoops
Next weekend, the Tigers will host the Saints in the first round of the ECAC playoffs in a best-of-three series starting on Friday. Friday’s game will be played at 6 p.m., Saturday’s at 3 p.m., and Sunday’s (if necessary) also at 3 p.m. Both of the games this season against Saint Lawrence have been tight, with the other at Hobey Baker Rink being decided on an overtime goal from first-year forward Maggie Connors in the last four seconds. Princeton was also outshot in this game by the Saints and will likely be looking to step up their offensive pressure starting on Friday night. The other quarterfinal matchups have Cornell (1seed) hosting Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Colgate hosting Harvard, and Clarkson hosting Quinnipiac. For those unable to make the trip, the games will be streamed online on ESPN+. For those in the United States and for those abroad, there is a link on the GoPrincetonTigers.com website to access a stream. There will also be live updates available on the Princeton Women’s Hockey Twitter (@PWIH).
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Junior Carly Bullock scored Princeton’s first goal on Friday.
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Princeton Women’s Ice Hockey is currently ranked No. 7 in the nation.