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Eisgruber to discuss annual letter at town hall meeting By Rose Gilbert senior writer

Next Monday, President Eisgruber will hold this year’s annual Town Hall meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community. The meeting will be based on President Eisgruber’s second annual President’s Letter to the community, a tradition the President began last February. The annual letter provides the University community with a regular update on how the University has changed over the course of the year, and it includes goals set for the future. In this year’s letter, President Eisgruber began by listing the recent series of “festive ribbon-cuttings” for three new facilities on campus. He then discussed pressing issues that will directly impact the University community. These issues include Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, higher education reform, and increasing political tension on campus and across the

nation, and they will likely dominate discussion in next week’s meeting. Eisgruber said that the University and allies fought aspects of the tax bill, signed into law late last December, which places a new 1.4 percent tax on the University’s net investment income. Eisgruber noted that unfortunately, some of the most damaging parts of the bill would have changed parts of the University’s tax-exempt status and taxed graduate student’s tuition waivers, making graduate student education completely unaffordable for most students. Eisgruber also noted the polarized political opinions on higher education that accompanied the tax bill, as well as the debate over trade-offs between free speech and inclusivity that has been rocking campuses across the nation. While discussing inclusivity, the President also detailed the steps he and the University have taken to advocate for DACA students over the past year, includSee EISGRUBER page 1

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Numbers show that U. students tend to move to cities post-graduation By Kevin McElwee contributor

For seniors who may be stressed about where they’ll end up after their time at the University, know that if the Class of 2018 is anything like the Class of 2012, it’s very likely that recent graduates will call New York or California home. Each year, the University enrolls around five or six students from Kansas, four or five from Kentucky, and three or four from Idaho. However, five years after graduation, no one from the Class of 2012 has returned to any of those states. Nearly a quarter of the Class of 2012 is living in New York City. The University can be a ticket out of small towns, especially for those from the South and Midwest. The decision to leave home is easier for some more than others. “Zero. No. Zilch. Not a chance,” said Rachel Macaulay ’19 when asked

what kind of jobs would be available to her in her hometown of Cloquet, Minn. Macaulay is an enthusiastic and friendly chemistry concentrator, but when asked her thoughts on returning to Minnesota, she turns grim. “Especially being a chemistry major, there’s no opportunity for me there,” Macaulay said. Cloquet has a median household income of $45,000, 16 percent lower than the national median. Macaulay explained that, other than the local hospital and some law jobs, Walmart would be the next best option for her. She added that even if she could find a worthwhile opportunity in Cloquet, there’d be little else to keep herself occupied. “There’s not much to do. There was a bowling alley, but that closed down,” Macaulay said. What makes her town unique? Frank Lloyd

Wright, a prominent U.S. architect of the 20th century, designed one of the town’s gas stations. She’s not interested in returning to Minnesota either. “I guess in the Twin Cities [of Minneapolis and St. Paul] there’s some things, but I just don’t really see myself going back,” she said. Comparing the origins of the current four classes to where the Class of 2012 now resides reveals a pull toward the coasts, especially to New York and California. Even magnets like Texas and Florida do not regain the number of students they send to the University. In fact, the only states that don’t lose any Princetonians are New York, California, Massachusetts, Washington, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. What may be less surprising, however, is the University’s keen ability to pull from rural and suburban areas and place See MIGRATION page 5

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Lewis Center reading series features acclaimed writers Alaa Al Aswany and Linda Gregerson Sam Arnesen ‘20 debates in the final round at the World Universities Debating Championships.

U. students place at world debating championship By Audrey Spensley news editor

Sinan Ozbay ’19 and Sam Arnesen ’20 were named runners-up at the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC), held in Mexico City, Mexico, from Dec. 27, 2017, to Jan. 4, 2018. In a tournament featuring over 300 teams from roughly 90 countries, the pair surpassed predicted frontrunners such as Yale University, Oxford University, and Tel Aviv University to secure the secondplace title and advance further than any prior University team.

The record was previously held by Ted Cruz ’92 and David Panton ’92, who reached the semifinals of the World Championships in 1995. “When we got to semifinals, that was far enough that we didn’t feel the pressure anymore,” said Ozbay, who also serves as president of Princeton Debate Panel. “That didn’t mean we weren’t nervous between rounds, waiting for decisions.” Ozbay is a contributing columnist for the Daily Princetonian. Unlike typical debate tournaments, which are See WUDC page 2

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Acclaimed Egyptian novelist and activist Alaa Al Aswany and American poet Linda Gregerson read selections from their work on Feb. 7 as part of the 2017-2018 Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series sponsored by the Program in Creative Writing. Aswany was introduced by Professor of Creative Writing Jhumpa Lahiri, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Gregerson was introduced by Lecturer in Creative Writing Monica Youn ‘93. Aswany began the reading with a translated excerpt from his 2002 novel The Yacoubian Building. Most of the text focused on Zaki Bey el Dessouki, an elderly and welleducated man as well as a self-declared expert in pursuing women. The book has been translated into 22 languages. It was the best-selling Arabic novel from 2002 to 2003 and was adapted into the highest-grossing Egyp-

tian film of all time. Gregerson read several poems including “Sleeping Bear.” After the reading, Gregerson remarked that she enjoyed coming to the University, noting that it has “greatly changed” since her last visit. “I come every once in a while, but I also lived here one year while I was at the Institute for Advanced Study,” she said in an interview at the event. She had good things to say about the new Lewis Center Complex, calling it “spectacular” and “really handsome.” The reading was wellattended by both University students and outside guests. “I think the contrast between his novel and her poems was interesting”, said Pam McGowen ‘20, who was encouraged to attend this event by the Program in Creative Writing. “They both dealt with different topics, and it was great to compare them to each other, and I appreciated

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4:30 p.m.: Cornell professor Rebecca Harris-Warrick presents “The End Is My Beginning — Or Not: A Talk on the Aesthetic and Ideological Implications of Music and Choreography in Opera During the Ancien Régime” in Woolworth 102.

both.” “I’m writing my senior thesis on disappearance in Patagonia, and I admire the way [Gregerson] describes nature and humans and the way they interact,” said Kyle Berlin ‘18. “I found her writing and delivery quite beautiful. I come to a lot of readings, and I really admired the content and was also impressed by the turnout tonight.” After the event, everyone was invited for food and an opportunity to talk with the invitees and have their book copies signed. As with this event, all future readings will be free and open to the public. The next reading in the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series will feature Osama Alomar and Luc Sante on March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lewis Arts Complex.

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for five, Ozbay explained. As the pair advanced from round to round, spectators accumulated. “Some people react positively to having crowds,”

added Ozbay. “I find that it helps me to do better.” In the final round, judges delivered a 5-4 win to the Harvard University team after two hours of

deliberation. According to Arnesen and Ozbay, a split decision is rare. “They ideally want to make the decision as clear as possible,” explained Arnesen. “They don’t want a 5-4.” “Usually the judges will get to a unanimous decision,” Ozbay said. Pragya Malik ‘19, who advanced to the elimination rounds as 41st seed in the world last year with partner Jaewon Kim ‘18, said that Ozbay and Arnesen’s record-breaking finish solidifies the rise in the University debate team’s presence on the international and U.S. circuit. “The team has certainly grown in size,” noted Malik. “We currently have sixty members total, and thirty active members who consistently compete.” Malik and Kim’s high ranking last year allowed the University to send four teams to the championships, one more partnership than the previous year. “One of the things that’s definitely helped is focusing on team culture,” explained Malik. “Having events other than debate,

whether that’s getting meals together, hosting certain social events, or just fostering a good team dynamic and team culture.” “The officers have worked really hard to encourage people to continue,” she added. While the team has formal meetings two times a week, members often practice on their own, particularly if they are part of an established partnership, Ozbay and Arnesen explained. “In the start of December, Sam and I ramped up our practice,” said Ozbay. “We would meet pretty much every night for probably two hours, and then once we were away for break we would Skype every night for two to three hours.” At WUDC, American debaters have to adapt to the British Parliamentary Style, in which two partnerships face off against two other partnerships. Debaters compete not only against the opposing side, but against the partnership arguing along with them. “The strategy for winning is very different than it is at [American] tournaments,” said Ozbay. “Winning does not just mean winning the debate, but making better points than those arguing your position.” “Sinan and Sam saw more of their strengths mirrored in the British Parliament style,” noted Malik. “They worked to tailor to that style, to the strategic elements and kinds of topics that are good for them.” Despite listening to lectures on topics like economics and philosophy, watching recordings of previous debates, and rehearsing potential topics, there is little the debaters can do to prepare for the competition itself. “You get the topic ten to fifteen minutes before the round,” explained Arnesen. “You don’t know what it will be until then.” In the WUDC finals, debaters were asked to argue either for saving the life of a child with malaria or extending the lives of five adults in the developing world by ten years each. “I personally really liked [the topic],” said Arenson. “A lot of people disagree.” The final rounds will often be topical to the area the tournament is being held in,” said Ozbay. “We were in Mexico City, so we were expecting something about Latin America generally or Mexico City specifically.” For members of the debate team, the season is virtually year-round. Although the international circuit has ended with the close of the international academic year, the North American circuit will continue into the coming months. Most recently, the team competed at Rutgers University. The North American Debating Championships were held Jan. 26-28 in Toronto, Canada. Ozbay and Arnesen finished in the top four, and Malik and Kim finished in the top sixteen. “Nationals are coming up in April,” added Malik. “Two [University] teams last year went undefeated in the preliminary rounds. I’d love to see something like that again.” Arnesen and Ozbay will continue to debate together and look forward to returning to the WUDC in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2019. “We’re going back next year,” said Ozbay. “We’re going to try to seal the deal.”

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partnering with Microsoft and an undergraduate to sue the federal government on behalf of DACA beneficiaries, helping found the Presidents’ Alliance On Higher Education and Immigration, and writing to representatives and the White House urging them

to preserve DACA. Eisgruber said that the University’s ability to address these key priorities depends on its fundraising efforts, and he concluded by thanking the community for advancing the University’s mission. The Town Hall meeting of CPUC will take place next Monday, Feb. 12, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in 101 Friend Center.

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young graduates into cities, whether they return to their home states or not. The numbers are quite stark. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, TigerNet, and the Residential College Facebook show that before Princeton, the typical domestic student hails from a town with a median population of 45,000 people. The typical U.S. graduate from Princeton’s Class of 2012, on the other hand, now lives in a city with a median population of 584,000, about the size of Las Vegas. Nearly all graduates originally from towns of less than 50,000 people end up moving to larger cities. Throughout the country, a number of social shifts have contributed to the steady inf lux of young Americans into cities. Urban crime rates have fallen dramatically. In 2017, New York City finished the year with the lowest murder rate on record. Millennials are also waiting longer to start families. The CDC published that from 2000 to 2014, the median age of first-time mothers leapt nearly 1.5 years, to 26.3 years old. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal recently highlighted how the opioid epidemic and an aging workforce have made less-populated areas unwelcoming, even dangerous. People are leaving. Rural counties are seeing negative population growth for the first time in recent history, as opposed to a steady 0.7 percent growth in metropolitan counties. University professor of economics Alan Blinder ’67 explained the detriment that this brain drain may have on a community. “It erodes the tax bases of the areas losing the talent. They lose the talent, and the population di-

minishes. Jobs get harder to find,” said Blinder. “As the process goes on, the tax base of the state — and especially the locality — dwindles. With that their ability to provide public services dwindles. And that makes the location even less attractive than it was before. It becomes a death spiral, and you can get a ghost town. But even if it doesn’t go to that extreme, you get a serious hollowing out.” Kirsten Keels ’21, a firstgeneration, low-income student from West Fork, Ark., which has a population of about 2,500, is less certain about leaving her hometown for good. “I want to change things,” said Keels. “I want to say ‘I got out, I’m here. I’ve got this amazing education and these amazing opportunities. You can do it too!’” However, her commitment to returning isn’t the easiest decision, especially considering her treatment as a person of color growing up in West Fork. She says that racial discrimination was common in her town and that she was called the N-word frequently. When Keels came home crying after continued harassment at school, her mother offered to move the family. Keels said no. “I couldn’t leave, that would be giving into them,” said Keels. “They wouldn’t chase this little black girl off.” She carries that same attitude today. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, she is one of exactly six people identifying as Black or African American in her town. She’s under the impression that her absence would only make the community’s racism worse. Keels remains conf licted about whether or not to return to West Fork immediately after graduation. “I want to see what the world has to offer,” she explained. “That can’t be done from West Fork.”

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The problem with bad sex Dora Zhou

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ast month, the feminist website Babe ran an article recounting the traumatizing sexual experience that a 23-year-old photographer, writing under the pseudonym “Grace,” had with comedian Aziz Ansari. While this comes during a time when sexual assault awareness has hit a record high with the rise of #MeToo, many are quick to dismiss the victim’s allegations as an unviable part of the movement.

New York Times columnist Bari Weiss refers to the incident as “arguably the worst thing that has happened to the #MeToo movement since it began in October.” Her argument is that Grace’s experience is merely one of bad sex, not sexual assault. She trivializes Grace’s experience by claiming that it was just bad sex, that “it sucks,” and that Grace should move on. The prevalence of what some refer to as “just bad sex” is emblematic of our society’s toxic attitudes towards sex, to which we are all guilty of contributing. Rather than slotting “bad sex” as unavoidable, we need to take it as a symbol of how society has stigmatized female sexuality. Blanket advice, telling women to better use verbal cues and just say stop, is not the solution. It unfairly places all the blame on the victim. If we want to address sexual assault, we need to start by examining our society’s toxic sexual culture and the role we play in upholding it.

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here is something sacred about eating, about the basic act of breaking bread with another. It is one of the rituals of human history, the sharing of a table. It sits alongside other sacred rituals of humanity — passing time together, praying together, mourning together — that are all, at their heart, forms of togetherness. But not all rituals, despite their sacredness, are good or bring people together. At Princeton, another year has come and gone, and with it the cycle of all our peculiar rituals. This week, a significant portion of the junior and senior classes gather in big mansions behind locked doors — they’re locked; I’ve checked — to cast judgment on a significant portion of the sophomore class. They will display the sophomore’s names and photos, hear the case for and against the social merits of each, and then, one by one, vote on whether or not to admit the sophomore in question into their mansion. On Friday, many sophomores will be admitted into the mansion of their choice, the doors unlocked, victors in a strange social game that often begins long before arrival at Princeton. They will likely feel some semblance of satisfaction and join the drunken and ecstatic revelers who will let out primal cries, jump up and down, and link arms in quivering masses under 1879 Arch, trying to keep out the en-

When reading Grace’s story, our gut reaction is to question her actions, to ask why she didn’t just say no and walk away. In Weiss’s words, “if he pressures you to do something you don’t want to do, use a four-letter word, stand up on your two legs and walk out his door.” While this suggestion certainly has a naïve appeal, it brings an unwarranted patronizing shame onto the victim. Saying no is not easy, certainly not as easy as Weiss has made it out to be. One salient reason is the omnipresent threat of violent retaliation against women. Bonnie Currie was pushed onto subway tracks after shoving away a man groping her. Andrea Farrington was shot three times in the back by a man she had turned down. In 2014, Elliot Rodger went on a shooting rampage in the UC Santa Barbara partially motivated by his desire to punish “hot girls” who had denied him. From a young age, women are socialized to be nice, to please, to not fight back. There is an obvious stigma surrounding those who resist these conceptions, drawing up gendered insults like “such a nasty woman.” When we reach this gray area — this feeling of uncertainty in an escalating sexual encounter — it becomes easier, almost expected, to acquiesce. Instead of potentially hurting the other person’s feelings, we learn to play along and face our regrets later. So, when our reaction is to

blame Grace for not simply telling Ansari to “stop,” we unfairly put the burden of responsibility onto her without considering the extenuating societal circumstances. Rather than place the fault onto victims, we have to focus on examining the normalization of “bad sex.” Discounting its legitimacy as a serious issue only feeds into the problem. Stories of uncomfortable sexual encounters are relatable for many women. We were reminded of this fact when the short story “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian went viral. “Cat Person” details the awkward sexual encounter that the protagonist Margot has during a date. Even though she does not want to, Margot feels the need to have sex with her date because the situation had progressed too far for her to say no. Female readers find themselves mirrored in Margot and in Grace. There is a vast, confusing area between consent and nonconsent. For the many women who have experienced it, the encounter ends with a feeling of indescribable guilt that is hard to justify. Dismissing these as expected and merely “bad sex” reaffirms the association between discomfort and sex. We are taught to think that since it does not qualify as sexual assault, it must be considered acceptable. So shame becomes indelibly linked to sex. Women learn to expect the niggling sense of uncertainty and deal with the bad sex that inevitably comes in the wake of being sexual-

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croaching cold. Many other sophomores will not be admitted into their mansion of choice. Their Friday will look very different. They will likely feel disappointed and sad and hurt and may wish to retreat from campus for the weekend — or, in some cases, the semester. Their minds will race wondering where it was that they went wrong. Their phones will buzz with apologetic messages from friends within the mansions, who will say it’s not about them, per se — and while this is true, it says much more (as usual) about the judgers than the judged. But this fact will not make them feel much better. They are still left out in the cold. This is merely a description of what happens at Princeton University in the year of 2018, when we professed to be a place that values inclusion and, for example, mental health. I could fill pages with many more descriptions: of the strange — and too-often violent — sexual politics engendered by the clubs; of the classed, racialized, and gendered discriminations of the clubs; of their homogenizing and dividing impact on the social life of the entire University; and of countless tales of students who have come to me to speak of their anxiety or despair surrounding the clubs. But there is no room here. I wrote a piece last year called “Ritualized Hurt,” criticizing the cruelties (small and large) we inf lict upon each other on this campus under the guise of ritual; this year the ritualized hurt continues, ex-

pectedly unchanged, and I wonder what it is that will finally bring it toppling down. For make no mistake, it will come toppling down, sooner or later: History will not look kindly upon the time when Princeton, professing to be a place of campus cohesion and inclusion, saw its own students divide and exclude each other from eating together. There is a particular, historical meanness to the refusal of this simple human ritual. Call it the ritualistic refusal of the ritual of eating together. This meanness is amplified when the refusal comes from peers and friends. But we all know this already. So many — even and especially my dear friends in the exclusive mansions — know this meanness is true, bemoan the system, and wish it were otherwise. And yet the ritual continues. Why? In large part, I think, because ritual makes it seem like things have always been done this way and always will be done this way. But, in fact, for the majority of Princeton’s history, “bicker” has not been something that we do to each other — it was in place by 1914, whereas the University was founded over a century before, in 1746. In other words, it doesn’t have to be this way; it is not even “normal” for it to be this way. I am confident, then, that for the majority of our future as a campus it will not be something that we do to each other. So what are we waiting for to change it? It seems to me that now — when inclusivity and diversity are

ly active. In doing so, we are contributing to and upholding the same toxic culture that hurt us to begin with. A good place to begin is within our sexual education system. Unlearning our attitudes toward sex will be difficult, but it is a necessary first step. The current approach towards sexual education emphasizes rote mechanics and scientific terms. It deals with sexuality in conceptual terms only, not even touching on the idea of sex as a pleasurable activity for both parties. Learning about STIs and contraception is clearly important, but it is not the only component needed to have a healthy sex life. A greater educational emphasis on pleasure-focused sexual education would help erase the ingrained belief that, as women, we should expect to feel uncomfortable during sex. Setting “good sex,” or sex that is consensual and pleasurable, as the norm creates a better culture which places equal value on the experiences of both partners. While education is not the panacea for our problems, it is key in starting to unpack this negative association we have between sex and discomfort. We can and should work towards a sexual culture in which “stop” is an easy fourletter word to say, and bad sex is no longer accepted as a norm. Dora Zhao is a first-year student from Newtown, Pa. She can be reached at dorothyzhao@ princeton.edu.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES president Thomas E. Weber ’89 vice president Craig Bloom ’88 secretary Betsy L. Minkin ’77 treasurer Douglas J. Widmann ’90 Kathleen Crown William R. Elfers ’71 Stephen Fuzesi ’00 Zachary A. Goldfarb ’05 John Horan ’74 Joshua Katz Kathleen Kiely ’77 Rick Klein ’98 James T. MacGregor ’66 Alexia Quadrani Marcelo Rochabrun ’15 Richard W. Thaler, Jr. ’73 Lisa Belkin ‘82 Francesca Barber trustees emeriti Gregory L. Diskant ’70 Jerry Raymond ’73 Michael E. Seger ’71 Annalyn Swan ’73

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among our chief professed values as an institution; when levels of anxiety and alienation and loneliness on campus seem to ooze at all-time highs; when our campus and country seem more and more divided, the Orange Bubble splintering into more and more bubbles, personal and privatized, at once smaller and taking up more space — now is as good a time as any to make our choice for a shared rather than a fractured future. Now is the time to reclaim ritual. It’s true, at the end of the day, that the eating clubs are silly. And the seriousness of this whole thing is silly. But the clubs also matter a great deal to this campus and have serious reverberations in the lives of the people who pass through it. Bicker clubs: you will not collapse if you go signin overnight. A process of self-selection will naturally occur. (And if need be, in case of interest beyond capacity, a much fairer and less hurtful lottery system can be implemented — but I think this will be less necessary than many may imagine.) In other words, Ivy Club doesn’t have to worry about suddenly being inundated by the likes of me. I know that so much of the allure of places like these is the exclusivity itself. But there is such a thing as re-invention. And my (radical?) proposition is that, in fact, almost everyone — including members of exclusive clubs — would feel much better if the exclusive clubs re-invented themselves such that their worth weren’t dependent

associate opinion editors Samuel Parsons ’19 Jon Ort ’21 head sports editors David Xin ’19 Chris Murphy ’20 associate sports editors Miranda Hasty ’19 Jack Graham ’20 head street editor Jianing Zhao ’20 associate street editors Danielle Hoffman ’20 Lyric Perot ’20 digital operations managerSarah Bowen ’20 associate chief copy editors Marina Latif ’19 Arthur Mateos ’19 head design editor Samantha Goerger ’20 associate design editor Rachel Brill ’19 cartoons editor Tashi Treadway ’19 head photo editor Risa Gelles-Watnick ’21

upon their exclusion. As a group of club members wrote, “We are tired of Bicker itself. We no longer want to wade ankle-deep in its hypocrisy and kneedeep in its bathos. Bicker is tiresome. It is trite. It is unnecessary. It should be abolished.” The year? 1966. More than five decades ago. I know change is slow at Princeton; the institution has inertia. But let’s get cooking — and let’s finally set the table with enough places for everyone. Kyle Berlin is a senior from Arroyo Grande, Calif. studying Spanish and Portuguese. He is protesting Princeton’s newest, most exclusive eating club, St. Archibald’s League, this Thursday at 9 p.m. at 5 Prospect Avenue.

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Photo Recap: Tigers physically challenged in 82-65 loss to Penn

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Junior forward Myles Stephens (#12) gets ready to grab a board off a Penn athlete’s free throw.

Amir Bell (#5) finishes off the and-one opportunity to cut into the Quaker lead.

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First-year forward Jerome Desrosiers (#22) sinks the free throw; he finished 3/4 at the line for the game.

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The Tigers had a tough night, collecting twenty team fouls.

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Head Coach Mitch Henderson ‘98 regroups his team after an early Penn run.

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19 seconds Princeton men’s basketball led for only 19 seconds in their 82-65 loss to Penn.

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