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U. lobbies for BRIDGE Act, DACA

By Katie Petersen contributor

Recent developments in Washington, D.C., have prompted considerable reaction on the University’s campus over the past three months, from faculty panels to an Immigration Day of Action. The University has now expanded its efforts beyond Nassau Hall to the U.S. Capitol.

The University recently filed a quarterly report with the Senate disclosing that the University has, for the first time, lobbied on the issue of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

The lobbying report was filed in compliance with the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, which requires all federal lobbyists to register with the House of Representatives and the Senate in order to increase accountability. It outlines multiple lobbying actions that the University has taken in the past quarter, including a brief note about the BRIDGE Act. The BRIDGE Act, or Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy Act, is “A bill to provide provisional protected presence to qualified individuals who came to the United States as children,” according to the form.

Joyce Rechtschaffen, University Director of Government Affairs, stated that

the University had strongly supported DACA in the past.

The program was enacted by an executive order of President Barack Obama, and as such is subject to revision by an executive order or other change of President Donald Trump’s administration.

Rechtschaffen said that “once he was elected, the BRIDGE Act and our action were a direct result.” She also called the the act “wise, humane, and beneficial.”

The University is part of the American Association of Universities, through which it learned of the BRIDGE Act’s introduction. Lobbyists from the AAU were present at a meeting with the sponsors of the Act when it was first introduced, Rechtschaffen said. Since then, the University has been involved in educating lawmakers about the importance of the Act, has submitted a statement of support, and has been a part of “efforts to urge President Trump to preserve DACA,” Rechtschaffen said.

The University has taken a stance on immigration issues in other ways as well.

In the past few months, University President Christopher Eisgruber ‘83 released an amicus curiae, or ‘friend-of-thecourt,’ brief and discussed the importance of immigration for the health of the school in his annual “State of the University” letter.

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Heather Gerken, a member of the class of ’91, will be the first woman to serve as dean of Yale Law.

Gerken ’91 to become dean of Yale University Law School

By Audrey Spensley contributor

Heather Gerken ’91 has been selected as the next dean of Yale Law School, Yale University President Peter Salovey announced Feb. 21. Gerken will be the first woman to hold this position.

Gerken is a renowned professor who has taught at both Harvard and Yale, in addition to clerking for Justice David Souter of the United States Supreme Court and practicing law herself. She is also one of the country’s most prominent experts in the fields of constitutional and election law. Her academic work focuses on federalism and diversity.

“Professor Gerken brings a diverse practice experience to

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the deanship, having worked as an appellate lawyer in Washington, D.C.,” Salovey wrote in a message to the Yale community. He noted that Gerken also served as a senior advisor to Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012.

“At Yale she co-founded and is the faculty advisor to the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project, an innovative clinic partnering with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office to address local issues with a national impact,” Salovey wrote.

Gerken graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. degree in history before earning her J.D. from the University of Michigan. She currently serves as a trustee of the University.

In discussing the future she

envisions for Yale Law School, Gerken emphasized that her goals address the institution’s place in public discourse as well as individual student needs.

“Thanks to President Eisgruber, Princeton has led the way in talking about the values of university communities during these turbulent times,” Gerken wrote in an email. “I want Yale to do the same with regard to the rule of law. Rule-of-law values are nonpartisan, they run deep within the profession, and we must vigorously defend them in times like these.”

“I want to ensure that every student — including those who are the first in their family to go to college or law school — feels empowered to take advantage of the extraordinary opSee GERKEN page 2

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U. professor Truex ’07 discusses Five students awarded China’s ‘managed transition’ Liman fellowship

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China’s status-quo-promoting leadership transition system will prevent political reform there for the foreseeable future, said Rory Truex ’07.

Truex, assistant professor in the Department of Politics and the Wilson School, began his talk by explaining that his claim — that top-down political reform is unlikely to occur in China given its system of selecting leaders — was a work in progress.

He added that he would appreciate feedback on his argument from the experts on China in the audience, which included professors, a former American government official who worked with the Chinese government, and students.

“There’s a tendency for observers — particularly Western observers — to get optimistic when we see a leadership transition [in China],” said Truex.

However, he argued, in reality China will remain the same over the next five, ten, or fifteen years.

This, he said, is due to how new leaders come to power in China: leadership transition in China is an example of a “managed transition,” which tends to produce stable governments with consistent levels of repression.

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U. professor Truex ’07 argued that transitions of power in the Chinese govecnrment do not yield any fruitful changes in policy.

ple to succeed them who share their political views,” Truex said, so it seems unlikely that political reform will take place.

And even if someone “comes into power and has a change of heart” and tries to enact reform, he said, “China has very strong institutions that prevent mavericks from rising too far in the system.”

At the low levels of government, any official who displays an inclination towards reform

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or liberalization will be taken out of the political system, because allowing a bit of liberalization opens the door for suppressed grievances to burst and cause tumult, explained Truex.

The talk, titled “Why China Can’t Change: Leadership Selection and The Repressive Trap,” was held in the Louis A. Simpson International Building at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 and was sponsored by the Center on Contemporary China.

The University program in Law And Public Affairs has chosen five undergraduate students, Kabbas Azhar ’18, Joy Dartey ’18, Steven Gomez ’19, Alice Mar-Abe ’18, and Jessica Quinter ’18 as the 2017 Arthur Liman Fellows in Public Interest Law. The fellowship allows these five students to spend 8-10 weeks of the summer interning with a group that supports otherwise-unnoticed causes. The fellows will attend the Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Colloquium at Yale Law School on April 6 and 7. At this event, the five University fellows will be able to meet various individuals involved with law, as well as fellows from other schools also participating in the program. According to a LAPA press release, the fellowship is funded by the Liman Foundation, directed by Emily Liman ‘85.

Mar-Abe is concentrating in policits and is also pursuing a certificate in African American Studies. She is from Seattle, and is the co-president of Students for Prison Education and Reform.

“Well, I found out about [the fellowship] from a good

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friend who does the same extracurricular activity as me,” Mar-Abe said. “So, one of the former presidents of Students for Prison Education and Reform got this last year, and she recommended that I apply for it.”

When asked what she hoped to accomplish with her summer funding, she said, broadly, she hopes to “get experience at different kinds of workplaces.” Last summer, Mar-Abe interned at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in Newark.

“I’ve heard that the Liman Colloquium at Yale is a really exciting event to attend, so I’m really excited for that,” she said. However, she also said that she was excited to meet some people in the field she plans to go into. She added that keeping in touch with the contacts that she has made has been a rewarding experience.

Azhar is also majoring in politics and is also pursuing a certificate in Values and Public Life. From Belleville, N.J., Azhar also participates in SPEAR, the Global Development Network, and 2D, the vegetarian co-op. Some of his public service has included working at refugee camps in Greece and working with mentally handicapped See LIMAN page 5

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But this official lobbying goes one step farther, and University students appreciate it.

“I think that the direct support is something students wanted to see and [they] actually want to see more of in the future by the administration,” Ramzie Fathy ‘20 said.

Fathy is president of Muslim Advocates for Social Justice

and Individual Dignity on campus.

“I was really excited to see that they decided to actually stand up for the immigrant community of Princeton,” Fathy said.

However, some students want to see more.

“The University has taken necessary steps but still has a lot of ways to go,” said Samuel Santiago ’19, president of Princeton Latinos y Amigos. “We as well as different groups on campus call

the University and President Eisgruber to basically make Princeton University a sanctuary campus for undocumented students. We’ve been advocating for this after the election for three months now and we will continue to advocate for this, because we believe that it is important for the University to assure its undocumented students that they’ll be protected within the territory of our campus.”

Fathy shared this desire to see more action from the Uni-

versity.

“Usually when the University acts, it acts in the form of a statement,” he said. “Hopefully this is a sign that the University will continue to act more in the future.”

Rechtschaffen seemed optimistic that that would be the case.

“I think the University will continue to lobby very hard both as individuals and with colleagues,” she said.

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portunities Yale has to offer,” she added.

Gerken’s senior thesis at the University, which explored the experiences and popular depictions of women during World War II, was titled “Stepping Out of the Bounds of Womanhood.” Gerken has stepped out of bounds herself as the first woman to hold the position of Dean. She said the step is meaningful to her in part because she has a 14-year-old daughter.

“I’ve been so moved by how many of our female alumni have called or written during the last days,” Gerken wrote.

“But I’m quite aware that there were many ‘firsts’ before me.

Not just the many women who took jobs in factories and the military during World War II, who were the subject of my thesis, but Tracey Meares and Cristina Rodriguez (the first black and Latina women tenured at Yale) and all the firstgeneration lawyers who set foot in our classes every year. They have led the way, and my path is easier as a result.”

In 2009 Gerken published “The Democracy Index: Why Our Election System Is Failing and How to Fix It” with Princeton University Press. She proposed a data-based election evaluation system which would rank the performance of state and local election systems; the concept was adopted by The Pew Charitable Trusts in 2013, creating the nation’s first election performance index. Gerken spoke about the ways our elections should be reformed in the future.

“If I had a magic wand, I’d try to eliminate the pernicious effect of money on our politics.

It doesn’t just affect who gets heard in Washington, but is fundamentally reshaping basic political institutions, including the political parties themselves,” she wrote.

Gerken also addressed the important functions that law schools and the legal profession play in today’s political world.

“The last few months have reminded everyone how honorable a profession this is,” Gerken wrote. “Remember those images of lawyers in airports when the travel ban was released? Those lawyers were relying on a case Yale students helped win and using templates that Yale students wrote.”

Lawyers do more than enforce constitutional rights, Gerken said; they also represent the values of conviction and respect that are no longer present in politics.

“Because we train students to question their own arguments and to imagine the best argument for the other side, lawyers may be the only people able to go to war and then go out for drinks afterward,” Gerken wrote. “The ability to do battle and still respect the other side is something people desperately need in this polarized age.”

Gerken said that her experience at the University was important in shaping her career and her life, opening up opportunities that wouldn’t have been available to her otherwise.

“Princeton made all the difference in my life,” Gerken wrote. “I was the product of a small town and a regional public high school. [Princeton] didn’t just train me intellectually; it opened up professional vistas I would never have seen without it.”

“I just wanted to say how lucky you all are,” Gerken added. “No institution is perfect, but Princeton is a place unlike any other. It’s easy to take it for granted.”

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Calhoun revisited: The bigger picture Liam O’Connor

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AST WEEK, I defended the legacy of John C. Calhoun after Yale renamed its Calhoun College. But the twoterm vice president from South Carolina is only the latest target in a larger war waged on college campuses. From Columbia University to Georgetown University, from Clemson University to Winthrop University, and even right here at Princeton, students are protesting men on the “wrong” side of history — thereby threatening our historical empathy and, in turn, our education.

We must remember that the winners write history and cast themselves as the “good guys.” As a result, we blindly loathe the losers without reexamining the actions and characters of the victors.

Take a look at the debate surrounding Calhoun. We abhor him for his defense of slavery while celebrating Henry Clay and Daniel Webster — his rival senators in the “Great Triumvirate” — for their abolitionism. But while Clay and Webster are considered to be on the “right” side of history, they had imperfections too. Clay promoted the westward expansion that led to the genocide of the Native Americans; Webster was an elitist who cared little for the average citizen.

Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, is another example. For many years, he was considered to be on

the “right” side of history because of his progressive agenda. But as the Black Justice League correctly highlighted, he held racist views as well. Their protests showed exactly how our comprehension of history is warped by the victors.

The views of these leaders are unacceptable by today’s moral standards. But we need to understand why they did what they did. Those who fail to learn from history, after all, are doomed to repeat it. We could see the rise of white supremacists again in the future if we fail to learn from our history — and even be disgusted by it — on a daily basis.

We will not “correct” history by removing these leaders’ names from buildings. Instead, we should use these markers to teach the public everything about them: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Keeping their names does not have to mean that we are celebrating them, either, but merely shedding light on their complicated legacies. By frequently remembering the flawed people and periods of the past on both sides of history, we become ever more committed to preventing our society from relapsing.

Further, removing names from buildings has the potential to threaten a university’s funding.

Think of our Frist Campus Center, which is named for the philanthropic Frist family of Tennessee.

One prominent member of the family is Senator William Frist, Sr. ’74, who served as the Senate

majority leader from 2003 to 2007.

During his tenure, he fought for legislation that would have prohibited same-sex marriage.

According to Gallup polls, 55 percent of Americans believed that same-sex marriage “should not be valid” when these laws were first proposed in 2004. Thirteen years ago, there was a vigorous national debate about marriage equality. The pro-same-sex marriage faction eventually won with the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, and public support for same-sex marriage spiked. It will likely continue to rise in the coming decades. One day, LGBTQIA students may protest the Frist Center’s namesake for his views.

But demonizing Senator Frist and removing his family’s name — for being on what we will consider the “wrong” side of history — would have serious consequences. Private universities like Princeton and Yale depend upon affluent donors. Wealthy conservative alumni will shy away from donating to their alma mater if their names are not guaranteed to remain on buildings due to protests from the more liberal college students.

My critics may chastise universities for being at the mercy of the rich or construe my argument to claim that I value money over morals. But universities need donations to operate. Nearly everything at Princeton, from engineering research funds to the Center

for African American Studies, relies on large contributions from alumni.

Princeton needs money to maintain its high quality of education for students of all backgrounds, and it cannot afford to cherry pick its donations based upon the giver’s political affiliation. Neither Wilson nor Calhoun donated to their universities, but expunging their names sets a precedent that endangers higher education’s funding.

When evaluating our collective American history, we must realize that, as President Abraham Lincoln said, “There are few things wholly evil, or wholly good.” Both sides of history have their faults when we view them with our morals from the present.

Even the “right” side of history — whether that be the abolitionists or anti-war protesters — is rarely perfect.

We can learn from our imperfect history, but only if we understand it. Renaming buildings with morally contemptible namesakes will create the illusion that the histories of our school and country were perfect. We might never have known about Calhoun and Wilson’s racism had their names not been on college campuses. Our posterity must know about our nation’s dark past.

These names reveal it for all to see.

Liam O’Connor is a freshman from Wyoming, Del. He can be reached at lpo@princeton.edu.

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Shrek interrupted my Princeton tour

Op-Ed: No Co-Fees!

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to make it.

The solution is simple. Instead of having coffee cups and machines just inside the dining hall, they would be outside of it as well, perhaps in the common room at Rocky or in J Street at Wilson.

Students who want coffee would either bring their own cups or use the ones the dining hall provides.

The cost of coffee and cup-washing will be negligible compared to the cost of actual food.

Coffee with a friend — or a professor — is a great way to have a meeting, and charging the price of a meal is ludicrous. By providing courtesy coffee, the dining halls wouldn’t be losing money. It’s a common sense change that would only have positive effects.

Mason Cox is a freshman from Albany, Ore. He can be reached at mwcox@princeton.edu.

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RINCETON students rush to class with seconds to spare, finish papers in the darkest hours of the night, and cram last-minute for exams.

And with these Ivy League habits comes an addiction: coffee. College students, including myself, come to rely on it.

But to get one cup of coffee, the University requires students to swipe into a dining hall, charging them up to $18.00 for one cup of coffee. The University shouldn’t be doing this. Coffee should be free.

We love coffee for different reasons. Personally, I like its taste; the caffeine is simply a bonus. Reading, writing, studying, and even talking are better over a cup of coffee. But making students use a swipe for coffee is ridiculous. Students on block meal plans, with limited numbers of swipes, are hit the hardest. Meanwhile, independent students may either lack the money for coffee or the free time

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N FRIDAY, Feb. 17, I observed the most exciting college tour of my life. As a prospective Orange Key tour guide, I must observe several tours of campus — a dull requirement, for the most part. On this day, I expected a simple stroll through the typical route — until Shrek interrupted my Princeton tour.

Yes, it was Shrek. The large green ogre of a fraternity pledge ran out from behind Witherspoon Hall wearing nothing but body paint and a pair of boxer, and singing, or rather screaming, the entirety of Smash Mouth’s “All Star.”

The ogre didn’t know many of the words, and his improvisation, complete with mumbles and profanity, was horrific. The tour

guide didn’t know how to react. He asked, unsuccessfully, for the ogre to leave, then fell silent for the rest of the performance.

But the audience loved it: cameras in nearly everyone’s hands, embarrassed smiles on nearly everyone’s faces.

When the ogre finished, he departed confidently, letting the prospective students know that someday they’d make it to Princeton.

As a student, I found the performance hilarious.

Aside from pity for the tour guide, I was f looded with positive emotions. But for prospective students, this first impression of Princeton may discourage them from applying or enrolling.

What went through the prospective students’ heads?

What did their families think? Orange Key tours

stress that fraternities and sororities are not recognized on campus and that no more than 10 percent of students participate in Greek life.

Substandard first impressions — like rowdy students interrupting tours — can deter prospective students who value these claims.

Ultimately, Princeton is a university much like any other: Greek life exists. Pledging and hazing are bound to present themselves, but they should not be presented so forthrightly to prospective students and their families, who may leave thinking Princeton is an ogre’s swamp.

Jared Shulkin is a freshman from Weston, Fla. He can be reached at jshulkin@princeton.edu.

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children in Senegal through the University’s Bridge Year Program. Through the Petey Greene Program, he also tutored inmates at various correctional facilities, according to a LAPA press release.

Azhar was unavailable for comment at the time of publication.

Quinter is majoring in the Wilson School and is pursuing a certificate in Values and Public Life. She is the founder and president of Princeton Students for Reproductive Justice. She is also the executive director of Fuzzy Dice Improv Comedy and is a research assistant for both the Politics Department and the Princeton Baby Lab. “I’ve always been interested in social justice issues, particularly in reproductive justice, and I’m also really interested in going to law school and know I want to work in public interest law,” Quinter said. “It’s also hard to secure funding for those kinds of internships and jobs, which are often low paying. Any kind of network I can become a part of to keep my dream of working in public interest law going is great.”

Quinter said that while she’s not sure if she wants to work on the policy advocacy or litigation, she does know she wants to work for Planned Parenthood, the ACLU Repro-

ductive Freedom Project, or the Center for Reproductive Rights.

“Opportunities like this are often few and far between,” Quinter said. “These days, some of the top law schools like Harvard and Yale are trying to help students like us go into public interest law, but there are still huge barriers because a lot of people come out of law school and can’t afford to do public interest law.”

Another winner, Dartey, is majoring in sociology and pursuing certificates in both African Studies and African American Studies, according to a LAPA press release. She is from Philadelphia, and on campus, she works with the Scholars Institute Fellows Program and the Community Based-Learning Initiative.

She is also a Peer Career Adviser.

Dartey was unavailable for comment at the time of publication.

Fellowship winner Gomez is considering majoring in the history department and pursuing a certificate in Spanish Language and Culture. He is the treasurer of the Butler College Council, and is also a member of the Undergraduate Student Government Service Committee.

Before attending the University, Steven interned for the Civil Court of New York.

Gomez was unavailable for comment at the of publication.

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Seniors say farewell to Jadwin

By Chris Murphy Staff Writer

For four years, seniors Taylor Brown, Vanessa Smith, and Jackie Reyneke have made Jadwin Gymnasium their home.

On Saturday, they walked off the court for the final time at Jadwin, capping a wild and record-setting four years for the Class of 2017.

While the Tigers did not come away with a win Saturday night, the day was still full of emotion and celebration as the Tigers honored their three seniors for their amazing work over the past seasons. Including the weekend’s victory against Columbia and loss to Cornell, the seniors have amassed a combined 43-9 record in Jadwin over their four years on the team — a record better than the one posted by last year’s seniors.

“It meant a lot to all of the players on the court to have this night,” commented Smith. “It was emotional — especially for the seniors to have their families with them — and a special night for sure”.

The Tigers have relied on the play of their seniors to carry the young team through the season and work out the

growing pains in the process. During a tough stretch early in the season, Princeton looked to the seniors to turn things around and pump confidence and swagger back into this team. The seniors helped dispel early season struggles and led a team that started the season 0-4 to an 18-10 record and a shot at the Ivy League regular season title. During that stretch, the Tigers had an eight-game win streak in conference play and propelled themselves from seventh in league standings to second.

Captain Smith has been in the thick of lineup since she came to Princeton. She has appeared in all games for the Tigers since her sophomore year and has started in every game except one her junior year. This year, she and Brown took over as the captains of the team and looked to stabilize the transition from a team of veteran experience to a team of new talent. Smith has continued to shine as a starting guard this year, tallying 177 total points — the third highest on the team — 110 rebounds and 29 assists. She has emphasized the notion of playing physically and dominating the glass all season, something the Tigers have successfully achieved in

many of their games.

Right by Smith’s side is fellow captain Brown. Anchoring the other guard spot on the team, Brown has let Smith dominate the glass while controlling the pace of play for the team’s offense. This year, Brown has scored 166 points and dished out 53 assists, while making 37 steals on the defensive side. Smith and Brown together combine for one of the most balanced and potent backcourts in the Ivy League.

Senior forward Reyneke has battled adversity over her four years on the team. Injured in her first three seasons, Reyneke was never able to get into a groove. However, after appearing in only 13 games in her previous two seasons, Reyneke has appeared in 24 games this season and has been a force down low. Reyneke has grabbed 71 rebounds over the year and has blocked 15 shots, second on the team behind freshman Bella Alarie.

But beyond the stats and playmaking abilities of these seniors is something more.

They have carried with them all of the characteristics of a Princeton team: commitment to excellence, heart, a fiery spirit, and patience. Behind all of the accolades and records

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Seniors Taylor Brown, Vanessa Smith, and Jackie Reyneke played an emotional last game in Jadwin gymnasium on Saturday.

broken over these four years, the seniors leave something even greater. They have ingrained a sense of pride, leadership, and maturity into this young team. They have taught them the importance of having fun, loving your team above all else, and they have enriched the players and communities they have touched, from their off-court around campus to the Australia trip in the offseason.

The Tigers have two more weeks in the regular season, where they will look to win the

regular season title for the second time in three years. After that, it is on to the inaugural Ivy League tournament, as the Tigers clinched a bid in the field of four with Friday’s win over Columbia. There are still games to be played and firsts to be had in this wild season.

But as the seniors walk out of Jadwin for the final time, it is only fitting to recognize their excellence, both on and off the court, and give thanks to what they have brought to Princeton.

MEN’S HOCKEY

Men’s hockey secures home ice for playoffs

By John Graham Staff Writer

At the beginning of its season, the Princeton men’s ice hockey team set out with the goal of earning home ice for the first round of the ECAC playoffs. The team accomplished that this weekend by securing a seventh place finish in the conference with convincing home wins over Yale and Brown.

In Friday night’s game against Brown, the Tigers were more dominant than they had been all season, demolishing Brown. Princeton scored five unanswered goals in the first two peri-

ods and six total goals before Brown notched its first score. Ultimately, the Tigers would prevail, 7-2. The sophomore duo of Max Veronneau and Ryan Kuffner opened the scoring early with one goal each in the first period.

Sophomore defenseman Josh Teves scored an unassisted goal on a power play early in the second, and senior forward Ben Foster added another within three minutes, forcing a demoralized Brown team to replace their starting goalie. The decision would prove ineffective, as junior Eric Robinson scored a goal shortly thereafter with assists from junior

David Hallisley and freshman Derek Topatigh. Hallisley added a goal of his own on a power play 35 seconds into the third. After Brown scored midway to the third to avoid a shutout, freshman Joey Fallon tipped in his own rebound to notch his first career goal and make the score 7-1. Brown would score once more on senior goalie Colton Phinney, who saved a remarkable 32 of 34 shots, to bring the score to 7-2, where it would finish.

Thus, Princeton entered Saturday night’s game against Yale with the understanding that a win would secure home ice for the first

round of the playoffs. Undaunted by the pressure, Princeton started the game quickly, with Fallon’s second career goal coming 3:12 into the first period. Yale tied the game four minutes later on a power play goal, but the Yale offense would be shut down by the Princeton defense and Phinney, who saved 36 of 37 shots. The Tigers, however, would add three more goals, courtesy of Veronneau, Robinson, and Hallisley, to bring the final to 4-1 and igniting a celebration in front of the home fans.

For a Princeton team that ended up in the cellar of last year’s ECAC and began this

season with a record of 0-5-1 in conference play, finishing the season 13-13-3 and No. 7 (out of 12 teams) in the conference represents a remarkable accomplishment. However, the team has a strong desire to advance late into the ECAC tournament and will be tested in the first round by a Colgate team that has competed tightly with the Tigers this year. Princeton is 0-1-1 against Colgate, with a road loss early in the season and a home tie in January. The three-game series will take place in Baker Rink on Friday, Saturday, and, if necessary, Sunday.

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Tigers end season with 4th place finish at Heps

By Claire Coughlin Associate Sports Editor

This past weekend was certainly an important one for the Princeton track program. On Friday, the top runners on both the men’s and women’s teams traveled by bus to New York City to compete in the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships at the Armory Track and Field Center. Although the women’s team began Sunday’s events with the lead, its tie with Cornell for fourth place was filled with personal records and great performances.

The team’s 81 points were achieved by consistent efforts across all events, with an especially strong showing from the competing sophomores. Both Anna Jurew and Elisa Steele achieved lifetime personal bests in their events. Jurew achieved a lifetime personal best in the 800m with a time of 2:10.28 and a fifth place finish. Steele ran a

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1:12.96 time in the 500m, which is the third fastest time in University history, to get third place in her event. Alie Fordyce ran a 4:52.12 mile time to score with a sixth place finish. Ellie Randolph scored in the long jump with a distance one centimeter off the school record.

Allie Klimkiewicz ran a 16:36.06 5k to place fifth and score for her team.

Other personal bests came from freshman Heide Baron and junior Kennedy O’Dell.

Baron scored for the Tigers in the 400m finals with a time of 56.50, as did fellow freshman Ashley Willingham with a 57.06 finish. O’Dell achieved a personal best in the shot put with a throw of 14.14m. She earned a total of six points for the team over the course of the weekend.

Princeton also gained points from its performance in all three relays. In the distance-medley relay, consisting of freshman Madeleine Sumner, junior Maia

Craver, senior Lizzie Bird, and Fordyce, they took fourth place with time of 11:27.43. In the final event of the meet, the 4x400m relay, the team placed fourth once again. The major highlight of the weekend was the women’s 4x8 relay, where the team of sophomore Jackie Berardo, senior Zoe Sims, senior Katie Hanss, and Jurew achieved Princeton’s third fastest time in history and brought home a first place medal for the Tigers.

Berardo started the relay off with a 2:14.431 split, putting the Tigers at second place behind the Columbia Lions. Sims and Jurew followed Berardo’s lead off with respective 2:09.835 and 2:10.011, with Jurew gaining on Columbia and giving her team the lead. Hanss anchored the relay and closed out the event with a 2:09.178 to finish more than two seconds in front of the Penn Quakers, with a final time of 8:43.46.

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Princeton had a great showing at the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships last weekend, bringing in a total of 81 points.

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