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Feb. 9, 1996 A group of University students gathered to recognize the National Day of Student Unrest in Support of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a man on death row petitioning for re-trial citing racial bias and inadequate legal representation.

News & Notes Harvard receives recordbreaking number of applications for Class of 2019 Harvard received 37,305 applications for its undergraduate Class of 2019, 3,010 more than for the Class of 2018, according to The Harvard Crimson. The Harvard College Connection, a new program geared toward reaching out to low-income students, may have contributed to the increase in applicants this year, explained William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions. Fitzsimmons also said that Kenneth Griffin’s contribution of at least $125 million to financial aid last year was a possible factor for the increase in applications. According to Fitzsimmons, nearly 75 percent of applicants expressed interest in obtaining financial aid from Harvard, which also marked an increase from previous years. Currently, 977 students of the Class of 2019 have already gained acceptance to Harvard from the restrictive early action program, to which a total of 5,919 students originally applied. This year’s early action acceptance rate of 16.5 percent has been the lowest thus far since the program was re-established in 2011. Yale has received 30,227 undergraduate applications this year, Dartmouth received nearly 20,500 applications and Brown received 30,360 applications. The University received 26,993 applications to its Class of 2019.

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Cap, Cannon most bickered clubs By Annie Yang staff writer

Cannon Dial Elm Club was significantly more popular among students this year, with 200 students bickering, up from 143 Bickerees last year for an increase of almost 40 percent, according to Cannon president Connor Kelley ’15. Cannon accepted 105 students in total, up from last year’s 98 accepted students. The accepted members consist of 99 sophomores, five juniors and one senior. “We’re happy with the amount of people that came out to bicker Cannon,

which is more than we’ve ever had,” Kelley said. Although the club is the newest on Prospect Avenue, efforts to welcome students in the past few years have encouraged many to consider bickering Cannon. This year’s 53 percent acceptance rate marked a significant decrease from the 69 percent acceptance rate last year. “One more year established on the Street has really helped the club develop, and people from different groups got to know Cannon a little bit more,” Kelley said. Cap and Gown Club once again had

the lowest acceptance rate for the third year in a row, accepting about 44 percent of all Bickerees, according to Cap president Bo Peard ’15, down from last year’s 46 percent. Cap accepted 100 of its 227 Bickerees this year, with 97 sophomores and three juniors. “We are enthusiastic about having been able to take five more members than last year,” Peard said. At least 558 students were accepted into one of the six Bicker clubs this year, down slightly from 563 students last year. The Bicker clubs received at least 921 applications in total this year, which marked an increase from 884 ap-

plications last year. The overall Bicker acceptance rate was down from 63.7 percent last year to 60.6 percent this year. Of Tiger Inn’s 101 Bickerees, 52 were women and 49 were men, TI graduate board president Hap Cooper ’82 said. TI was the second-most inclusive club with a 78 percent acceptance rate. Out of the Bickerees, TI accepted 40 women and 39 men for a total of 79. Of those, 30 women and 35 men joined TI, resulting in 65 new members in total. Cooper said that gender parity in the club has greatly improved from the See BICKER page 3

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OBITUARY

Terrace most popular sign-in eating club for third year

Professor Emeritus, Nobel laureate Fitch dies By Pooja Patel staff writer

By Annie Yang staff writer

While Terrace Club filled after its first round of signins, new members will still be accepted at Charter Club, Cloister Inn, Colonial Club and Quadrangle Club until the end of the sign-in period on Feb. 14. Acceptance numbers are not final as sign-ins are ongoing, but they represent the conclusion of the second round of open club sign-ins. At least 405 students joined Charter, Cloister and Colonial. Quad declined to provide the number of its acceptances

this year until third-round sign-ins have concluded at the end of the week. At least 477 students joined a sign-in club by this point last year, which includes acceptance numbers from Quad. Terrace accepted 145 members during the first round of sign-ins this year and closed applications afterwards, proving to be the most popular sign-in club for the third year in a row. All of the new members are sophomores. “I’m very happy that so many sophomores want to find a home in Terrace, and I am especially happy that we are able to take all the soph-

omores who signed in firstround,” Terrace president Lucia Perasso ’16 said. Colonial has accepted about 80 new members so far, which is about a 28 percent decrease from the 115 new members who joined last year. New members consist of primarily sophomores but also include a few juniors and seniors. “Generally in years past, we’ve accepted people through the next week, so we’re hoping for a few more,” Colonial president Swetha Doppalapudi ’16 said. Charter accepted 77 new members in total, with 75 See SIGN-IN page 3

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Peltz ’15, O’Neil ’15 named ReachOut Fellows By Paul Phillips senior writer

Bina Peltz ’15 and Cody O’Neil ’15 were awarded the 2015 fellowships from ReachOut 56-81-06, which each includes a $30,000 stipend funded by alumni that supports year-long public service projects after graduation. Peltz, a politics concentrator from Bala Cynwyd, Pa.,

and recipient of the ReachOut Domestic Fellowship, will be working with the Harlem Community Justice Center in New York. O’Neil, the recipient of the ReachOut International Fellowship and a German major from West Kelowna, Canada, will be working with the National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation in Winnipeg, Canada, to look into the effectiveness of rec-

onciliation between Canadian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. Applicants for the fellowship must submit a five- to 10-page proposal and budget for their project. Fellowship founder and committee cochair James Freund ’56 explained that the committee evaluates both the projects, which must be innovative, See FELLOWSHIP page 4

University Professor Emeritus and Nobel laureate Val Logsdon Fitch died on Feb. 5 in Princeton after a distinguished career in the natural sciences. He was 91. Throughout his life, Fitch worked on the Manhattan Project, won the Nobel Prize in Physics and was a member of numerous science organizations and a mentor to many younger scientists. “He chose his experiments very well and would always try to explain or discover something which was important,” said U. physics Professor Emeritus Pierre Piroue, who noted that Fitch was recognized by scientists all around the world as a top physicist who had made an “astounding discovery.” From Nebraska to Princeton Fitch was born on March 10, 1923, in Merriman, Neb., on a cattle ranch where his father raised purebred Herefords and his mother was a schoolteacher. The family eventually moved to Gordon, Neb., where Fitch graduated as valedictorian of his high school in 1940. Fitch attended Chadron State College for two and a half years before he was drafted and entered the U.S. Army in March 1943. He was sent to Los Alamos

National Laboratory to work on the Manhattan Project where he assisted in the development of the atomic bomb. Fitch received his undergraduate degree from McGill and earned his doctorate in physics from Columbia in 1954. Fitch arrived at Princeton in 1954. He began working on experiments using Brookhaven National Laboratory’s high-energy particle collider, where he met James Cronin, a colleague who later became a faculty member at the University’s Department of Physics from 1958 to 1971. “Early in his career, Val Fitch made some beautiful measurements on the decay of Kmesons, which were very important in putting out some mysteries of the time when we were just beginning to learn about particle physics,” said Cronin, who is now a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, adding that Fitch himself was a mild-mannered and thoughtful person who was a pleasure to work with. From Princeton to the Nobel Prize In 1976, Fitch was named the Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics and in 1987, he became the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics. He served as See OBITUARY page 5

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USG holds meeting with new officers By Katherine Oh staff writer

The Undergraduate Student Government discussed what it has done so far, appointed a number of non-voting and voting members and discussed communications efforts during its first meeting of the year on Sunday. USG president Ella Cheng ’16 began the meeting with the president’s report, which was a brief overview of what USG has been working on so far. She announced that the funding request of $79,000 for the “main act, supporting act and operational costs [and] food” at spring Lawnparties passed unanimously. Cheng said the hot chocolate and bagels giveaway USG conducted on Feb. 2 was a success. In addition, USG discussed the referendum on the length of winter break, which passed with 2,015 votes. Academics committee chair Ramie Fathy ’16 said the goal is to make sure the length of winter break is not shortened again in the future, and Cheng said having the faculty vote on the winter break issue was a possibility. The University has previously stated it does not have enough time to change winter break for the 2015-16 calendar year, but the faculty committee responsible for the academic calendar could still potentially alter it. The senate also approved the appointment of four voting and 10 non-voting members. The newly appointed voting members were treasurer Hunter Dong ’17, campus and community affairs chair Andrew Sun ’17 and the 2016 class senators Kristen Coke and Deana Davoudiasl. The non-voting members were appointed to the communications and information technology committees. The communications committee has been expanded for this year to include two more members than in past years. The group now

has another chief designer and another public engagement chair. Director of communications Nick Horvath ’17 said he wants the additional members of the communications committee to lead “face-to-face interaction with students” and serve as another outlet for direct relations between the student body and USG. The IT committee will oversee TigerApps, as well as the general USG website. Both IT chairs have previous experience working with web design and computer programming. Zachary Liu ’18 designed the Wintersession page, and Akash Levy ’18 was part of the winning team at HackPrinceton. Cheng said the goal is to make the USG website “visually presenting” and to get “more students to see it as a resource.” The senate also approved Grant Golub ’17 as the chief elections manager. Golub is also a staff writer for The Daily Princetonian. The mental health initiative board and the diversity and equity committee were both re-established. Cheng said that USG hopes to have provisions that would make these groups standing committees, so that they would no longer have to be re-approved each year. U-Council chair Zhan OkudaLim ’15 explained that while the core committees of USG, such as the academics or social committees, do not expire year after year, the ad hoc committees must be renewed at the first Senate meeting each academic year. Cheng said that USG hopes the diversity and equity committee will distinguish itself from other diversity-oriented campus groups, including the new Council for the Princeton University Community Task Force. The function of the committee would be to explore how USG can help bring together groups working on these issues on campus, she explained.

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past. He noted that while some women declined the offer to join TI, it was primarily due to athletic team affiliations. “Gender balance has been a prime focus of the club over the past several months,” he said. Cooper added that the graduate board and the number of Bickerees accepted are bal-

anced and expects the undergraduate officer positions to be balanced for the first time following the upcoming elections. Tower Club accepted 120 out of 151 Bickerees this year for an acceptance rate of 79.5 percent, Tower president George Papademetriou ’16 said, which is comparable to last year’s acceptance of 76.8 percent. The new members consist of 115 sophomores and five juniors. “This is what we had in

mind, and it was very similar to last year, so it was a good season and we’re looking forward to a great year,” Papademetriou said. Ivy Club accepted 69 students out of 102 Bickerees, Ivy president Nick Martin ’15 said, leading to an acceptance rate of 67.6 percent. This marked a slight increase in acceptance from last year’s 63 percent. The new members consist of 66 sophomores and three juniors.

“We have very similar numbers from last year, and I didn’t really try to anticipate whether we’d get more or less,” Martin said. Cottage Club accepted 85 out of about 140 students this year for a 60.7 percent acceptance rate, according to sources within the club. The acceptance rate marks a decline from last year’s 66.2 percent. Cottage president Will Hicks ’15 did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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sophomores, one junior and one senior, a slight decrease from the 90 students who joined last year. Charter president Jean-Carlos Arenas ’16 noted that it is

“I’m very happy that so many sophomores want to find a home in Terrace, and I am especially happy that we are able to take all the sophomores who signed in firstround.” difficult to pinpoint the reasons for the decline because there are many variables involved. However, he said he is excited about the new members and encourages other stu-

dents to join. Arenas is a former chief copy editor and staff writer for The Daily Princetonian. “We are still accepting new members throughout the rest of sign-in, and we are more than happy to accept anyone who’s interested in becoming a member of Charter,” he said. Cloister has accepted 77 sign-ins so far, which is a slight decrease from last year’s 92 sign-ins. “The number of sign-ins at this point is less than last year, but similar to the year before,” Cloister president Ed Walker ’16 said. Quad accepted 26 students who signed-in first-round but declined to give further enrollment numbers until the conclusion of the third round of sign-ins. Last year, 50 students had signed in at this time. “Historically, members continue to join in the weeks following, invalidating any previously reported numbers,” Quad president Mitch Shellman ’16 said.

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useful, feasible and able to be continued after the year is up, and the applicants, whose evaluation includes the amount of time they have devoted to public service causes and the passion they are able to demonstrate. He noted that the applicants themselves come up with the projects. Peltz explained that she will use her fellowship to implement the Youth Peacemaking Project and the Harlem Youth Community Action Project. The Youth Peacemaking Project will use Native American peacemaking techniques, where the victims, offenders and those affected come together informally to resolve crimes, including low-level offenses. The Youth Community Action Project has youth from the community take leadership positions in service projects where participants include other youth assigned community service work by

the justice system. “Just like negative peer influences lead to crime, by putting [youth] with positive peers and reinforcing ties to the community, the idea is to focus on what their strengths can be through the justice system rather than their deficiencies,” she said. Peltz said that she was influenced in her pursuit of this project by the nine-week internship she did with the Harlem Community Justice Center. She noted that her academic work has looked at how alternate forms or conceptions of justice can interact with traditional forms of justice, such as Sharia law, and that she is interested in how courts can act to recognize unique communities. After the fellowship is over, Peltz said, she plans to attend law school where she will study public interest law. O’Neil explained that the National Research Centre opens in June, after the closing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which had been gathering informa-

tion on the Aboriginal residential school system that ran from 1867 to 1996. T h e school system took CODY O’NEIL ’15 Aboriginal kids away from their parents and forced them to attend boarding schools where they could not speak their native languages. He noted that while the report will not give an answer right away, it will provide the Centre with a sustainable tool to recognize if reconciliation is being achieved. “The historical injustice was inter-generational, and so the reconciliation process will be as well,” he said. O’Neil said his interest in the relationship between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals came from a Canadian literature class he took, which made him aware of the residential school system. He added that he was surprised that even

though he grew up in Canada he had never heard of this school system before. Freund noted that BINA PELTZ ’15 the major difference between the international fellowship and the domestic fellowship is that domestic fellowship applicants, unlike international fellowship applicants, must have a specific organization with which they intend to work. Other than that, he said, there is no real difference in how the candidates are judged. Freund said that although the fellowships had a great applicant pool this year, Peltz and O’Neil distinguished themselves through the unique passion they were able to show. “They differentiated themselves through their interviews, where they made us realize they were the ones we wanted to have,” he said.

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chair of the physics department from 1976 to 1981. In 2000, he was awarded an honorary degree at the University’s Commencement ceremony. Fitch was the president of the American Physical Society from

“...my father touched all of these people in a very personal way also and was a role model not just as a scientist but as a human being.” Alan Fitch,

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Val Fitch, a Nobel Prize laureate, physicist and mentor to many, died last week. He was 91.

1988 to 1989. From 1970 to 1973 he was a member of the President’s Science Advisory Committee, and from 1980 to 1983, he was a member of the physics advisory committee to the National Science Foundation. In 1980, Fitch and Cronin were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for an experiment they had conducted in 1964. The

Nobel Prize describes his prize motivation as “the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons.” “The effect that he discovered showed that there really was a significant difference in the behavior of matter and anti-matter,” said A.J. Stewart Smith, vice president of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and University physics professor. “His experiment with Cronin which measured CP [charge parity] violation is a major discovery. People were flabbergasted that this happened,” Piroue said. In a 2009 interview with Nobelprize.org, Fitch described his discovery of CP violation as an idea that was “a great stumbling block for physicists to accept.” “This symmetry violation has led us to understand in principle how a matter-dominated universe could evolve from the Big Bang,” said Cronin. A man who touched science and souls Fitch was regarded by many as not only a scientist but also a kind individual and mentor. He earned many honors and awards throughout his career aside from the Nobel Prize, including the E. O. Lawrence Award from the U.S. Depart-

ment of Energy in 1968, the John Price Wetherill Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1976 and the National Medal of Science in 1993. Fitch was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He was also a Sloan Fellow, a Fairchild Scholar at the California Institute of Technology and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. Cronin described Fitch’s contributions to physics as being “really quite extraordinary.” “He was a very strong mentor of mine,” said Smith. “His experimental discoveries would certainly be in the top 10 in particle physics of the 20th century.” “He has this long list of students that have gone on to great careers and his scientific legacy is pretty clear,” said Alan Fitch, Val Fitch’s son. “Reading all the emails I’ve been getting, it’s clear that my father touched all of these people in a very personal way also and was a role model not just as a scientist but as a human being.” He is survived by his wife of 39 years Daisy Harper Fitch, his son Alan Fitch, his half-sister Judi Fitch Singleton, his stepdaughters E. Mackenzie Sharp and Locke Harvey, his stepson Douglas Wilkinson and his eight grandchildren.

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Why we should all study abroad Lea Trusty

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hoosing to study abroad in Barcelona was one of the best decisions I could have made while at Princeton and for a number of different reasons. One, I was able to gain a greater sense of self-confidence and autonomy as I navigated a new city. Being able to take a respite from the unending hustle and bustle of Princeton had many perks: I was also able to seriously consider my post-graduate future without stressing about the present. Additionally, it allowed me to truly enjoy all the new things I was able to learn without the pressure of grading. Perhaps the best and most significant part of studying abroad was being a part of a new culture and seeing how it fit with my studies. Although I missed my friends and many parts of campus life, I realized it was an experience I would have never gotten if I had stayed inside of FitzRandolph Gate. Studying in Barcelona, where the Wilson School holds a task force for its students abroad, I took a course titled “Annexations and Secessions in Europe and Catalonia/ Spain.” The class focused on the gradually growing tensions between the Spanish government, Catalonia, the autonomous state in which Barcelona is located, and the latter’s increasingly loud calls for total independence from Spain. I am sure that such a topic would have been interesting had I studied it at Princeton. The story of Catalonia and its relationship with Spain is both an interesting and tumultuous one. Dating back to the War of the Spanish Succession, their history is filled with cultural repression and resistance, which culminated during the dark period of Francoist Spain. Yet, I didn’t truly understand the importance of being in the thick of the issue until I shared stories of my time in Barcelona with family and friends on my return back home. It was my first day there when I recognized just how important Catalan culture and the Catalan language were to the people of the region. I was in the Barcelona-El Prat airport when I saw the signage had three languages, typically with Catalan first, English second and Spanish (or rather, Castellano) third. These small details were the foundation for my junior paper on the linguistic relationship between Catalan and Castellano. From there, simply participating in the festivals and traditions of Catalonia made the tension between it and the national government a palpable one. I could see it as I stood amongst thousands waving their Catalan f lags — with a blue star symbolizing support for independence — on La Diada, a day commemorating Catalonia’s fall to Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession. Sitting in the awe-inspiring stadium of Camp Nou and hearing the crowd shout the FC Barcelona anthem — no doubt in Catalan —made clear how connected the club and the region are. Catalan pride was particularly great on one of my university’s campuses as I would pass up graffitied walls with a “V” emblem, declaring all students vote; it was made even more clear as going to class was sometimes impossible with student protests and marches. Needless to say, I would not have had a clear idea of the level of movement in Catalonia had I remained burrowed beneath Firestone Library simply reading about recall votes or independence movements. While reading is extremely valuable, I never would have known the true, unadulterated opinions of the regions’ politicians if our seminar hadn’t visited Catalan politicians in class or traveled to Madrid to interview members of the Cortes Generales, the legislature of Spain. Experiencing — rather than reading — about these issues not only made these issues truly unforgettable, but also helped contextualize their importance to me. Of course, it is not always feasible for people to immerse themselves in a new place like this, for financial reasons, issues of time or both, but there are instances when it is realistic. Fortunately, we have the resources and support of a university like Princeton, which can allow virtually any student with the desire and willingness to study abroad to do so. Studying abroad is not only critical for one’s own personal experiences. It is essential for us to remember that what we study in this sometimes far-removed university is more than an assignment or academic research — it is someone’s narrative. Sharing and examining this narrative as closely and fairly as possible is our responsibility not only for our own understanding, but also as academics. Physically going to the heart of the narrative will always render the best retelling of it. Lea Trusty is a Wilson School major from Saint Rose, La. She can reached at ltrusty@princeton.edu.

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Providing gender-neutral bathrooms

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der binary to inconvenient bathroom codes, Princeton’s bathroom system has long been criticized by students. In comparison to some of our peer institutions, the University fails to provide inclusive facilities for students who do not necessarily identify as a certain gender. In addition to issues of gender inclusivity, many students have found issue with codes on female bathrooms. In order to address these issues, the Editorial Board believes the University should increase the number of gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. First, many of our peer institutions have adopted gender-neutral bathrooms to address inclusivity and equity. For example, Brown has many gender-inclusive bathrooms in buildings around campus, which are listed online for students. Currently, the University’s LGBT Center publishes an online map of all gender-neutral and single-stall bathrooms on campus. However, many of the bathrooms shown on this map are single-stall bathrooms marked either as Men’s or Women’s. By supporting this gender binary, Princeton forces students to choose between a men and women’s bathroom and does not accommodate students who identify outside of this binary. The Board feels that these bathrooms are not truly inclusive and welcoming, and urges the University to increase the genderneutral options that are available in residential spaces. The availability of gender-neutral options ensures that there are facilities available to all students regardless of their gender. For example, if a gender nonconforming or transgender person uses a bathroom that does not correspond with the gender people mark them as, they can feel generally unsafe and unwelcome in these gendered spaces. This not only questions their gender identity and experiences, but also does not allow for the safety and inclusivity of all students. In an effort to increase inclusivity, the Board recommends that the University designate at least one gender-neutral bathroom in every building when it is feasible and legally possible. We recognize, for instance, that this is not possible in the few buildings that only have a small number of male and female bathrooms. Thus, in buildings with multiple bathrooms, we recommend

that the University convert an existing gendered bathroom into a gender-neutral one if a gender-neutral bathroom is not already present. This would ensure a gendered bathroom in each building and a gender-neutral bathroom in most. The Board is also supportive of single-stall bathrooms, but recognizes that construction and renovation costs may be an initial barrier. Secondly, gender-neutral bathrooms in dorm buildings would help solve the issue of convenience. Women who do not know the bathroom code could simply use the gender-neutral bathroom. The Board recognizes that many female students on campus are supportive of a bathroom code for security and other reasons. However, genderneutral bathrooms are not meant to be coercive. Should female students feel uncomfortable using them, they can simply continue to use coded bathrooms. Taking this into account, the Board further recommends that if a building were to have an equal number of male and female bathrooms, one male bathroom should be converted into a gender-neutral one. This would ensure that there is no decrease in the number of coded female bathrooms. Furthermore, if safety breaches prove to be a big concern, the University could look into installing locked doors for showers, which would be an improvement from the curtains currently installed. Gender-neutral bathrooms are not meant to be coercive, and the Board recognizes that many female students who use coded restrooms feel most safe in that environment. Taking this as well as New Jersey state laws that mandate the number of women’s bathrooms in a building into account, the Board recommends that if a building were to have an equal number of male and female bathrooms, one male bathroom should be converted into a genderneutral one. This would ensure that there is no decrease in the number of coded female bathrooms. The Board further recognizes that male students may prefer to use gendered bathrooms and may feel inconvenienced by the gender-neutral option. But because the University’s room draw process allows students to consider their proximity to their restroom of choice when selecting rooms, this perceived inconvenience could be avoided. Gender-neutral bathrooms are not

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meant to be coercive or restrictive. Instead, the Board believes that they will give the student body more choice and flexibility. Students who wish to continue using gendered and coded bathrooms can continue to do so. However, the increase of genderneutral bathrooms would offer a safe and inclusive space both for students no matter their gender.

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Dissent We disagree for three reasons: (1) The Board’s proposal is not something most students want; (2) there is a better, less controversial solution to the bathroom inconveniences and (3) designating multi-person gender-neutral bathrooms sends a problematic message. The student body does not consider gender-neutral bathrooms the requisite solution to the problem of bathroom code inconvenience. According to the poll mentioned by the Board, 54.7 percent of 1,635 students voted to abolish bathroom codes; however, on the USG’s allourideas.org polling site, the proposal that there be “more unisex bathrooms” ranked 125th in popularity out of 130 University policy suggestions. A better solution is to add singlestall bathrooms wherever feasible. Comfortably usable by anyone, they inconvenience no one and provide safe, private environments. If accommodating bathroom choices is truly so critical an issue, why not face the costs? The Board’s proposal comes with a price-tag as well, especially if showers need to be retrofitted with locking doors for safety reasons. Finally, sponsoring the proliferation of gender-neutral bathrooms (besides ordinary single-stalls) sends the troubling message that sexual distinctions are unimportant and that gender confusion is better accommodated than addressed. Gender dysphoria is a serious problem and a source of real anguish; gender-neutral bathrooms would exacerbate rather than help resolve gender confusion. For these reasons, we respectfully dissent. Signed by Zach Horton, Sergio Leos and James Haynes

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Date rape is not a “learning experience”: The members of Princeton’s Class of 1978 speak out Guest Contributor

e are members of Princeton’s Class of 1978 who feel it necessary to speak up about sexual assault and rape in response to the undue repeated attention the media has given to the selfproclaimed “Princeton Mom.” We believe we speak for the great majority of Princeton moms and dads, as well as alumni who do not have children, in saying rape in general — and date rape in particular — is inexcusable, rape survivors deserve our help and support and anyone who sexually assaults another person should be prosecuted legally. Unfortunately, the Princeton name continues to be associated with the “Princeton Mom’s” views. In a recent CNN interview, she belittled accusations of rape as merely the aftermath of a “clumsy hookup” and called sexual assault a “learning experience” for young women who drink too much alcohol or who don’t fend off their attackers by explicitly telling them to “stop and leave.” To fail to challenge such views damages decades of efforts to help women come forward after being sexually assaulted. It suggests to college women — indeed to all women — that it is really their fault that they were raped. Rape and sexual assault are

violent crimes against persons of any gender. It is particularly disturbing when college students violate the trust of people they know. The mix of social pressure, alcohol and drugs, misguided beliefs about entitlement and power, and unclear messages from peers about what constitutes appropriate approval for sex all contribute to this phenomenon. Rape survivors may have years of posttraumatic stress disorder, lack of trust in others, depression and anxiety; long-term effects can be exacerbated when the rape is committed by a date or an acquaintance. We know this first-hand — some of us from personal experience at Princeton and elsewhere and others from the experiences of our children and friends. And while we know that Princeton, like many other colleges and universities, has been struggling to find the right balance between the rights of the accused and protections for the victims, we believe that for far too long the attitudes of the so-called “Princeton Mom” have pervaded many campuses, even if not spoken as loudly. Fortunately, we are hardly alone in our opinions. In March 2014, The Daily Princetonian quoted the “Princeton Mom” as comparing a woman who gets raped to someone who doesn’t look both ways before crossing the street and gets hit by a car. Over 200 faculty members signed an open letter to the paper deriding these comments and expressing their support for survivors of sexual

assault on campus. Numerous groups, including the University’s Men Against Violence Resources and Intervention Project and the Editorial Board of the ‘Prince’, also spoke out. In response to her latest comments, U.S. News & World Report asked why CNN “allow[ed] the ‘Princeton Mom’ to air her insulting views on rape?” Yet the wider world continues to see this woman dressed in orange and black associating her out-of-touch personal beliefs with our alma mater. We — along with many other alumni — see these views as outrageous and unworthy of being associated with Princeton. We ask the Princeton administration to continue its efforts to create a campus climate where all accusations of sexual assault are treated with the seriousness they deserve, and we invite those who share our views to raise their voices to join ours. Signed, Julie List, David Abromowitz, Amelia Wood Silver, Ann Daniel, Elaine Abrams, David Addams, Seth Akabas, Karen Ali, Cory Alperstein, Ron Arons, Robert Baron, Sarah Bell, Robbie Berg, Nancy Bleemer, Lynn Vanacore Bloom, David Bonbright, Marsha Bonner, Ann Broderick, Cary Helme Bruestle Ann Bunnell, Catherine Caldicott, Camilla Carpenter, Stephen Chanock, Lizette Harper Chanock, Michael Colopy, Keith Corbett, Nicole Sage Cormen, Tom Cormen, Charles Dale, Tina De Varon, Michael Devlin, David Dieck, Linda Fan, Lachlan Farrow,

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the first of his two overtime victories on the day, as he scored against Harvard’s Colby Knight on a takedown in the first sudden victory period of their 149-pound match. Perez’s win was the beginning of a streak for Princeton in which the Tigers won four of the next five bouts to build an insurmountable 21-6 lead with two bouts to go in the match. Two Harvard victories to conclude the match finalized the Tigers’ 24-12 victory, and the Crimson boarded their bus and headed to Philadelphia to take on Penn, where they fell 26-13. Coming off a 26-9 loss against Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon, Brown then switched places with Harvard, as they drove into the Garden State for a 6 p.m. showdown against the Tigers. The Bears built an early 6-0 lead through the first two bouts, but sophomore 141-pounder Jordan Laster posted a strong 11-4 decision, followed by Perez’s second overtime victory of the day over Brown’s Steven Galiardo. Freshman 165-pounder Jonathan Schleifer posted his second strong performance of the day, with a

major decision that gave the Tigers a 10-9 advantage with four bouts to go. A win at 174 pounds gave Brown a 13-10 lead, but sophomore 184-pounder Brett Harner put the Tigers back in the match with the biggest win on the day, and arguably the biggest win of Harner’s collegiate career thus far. Facing a returning All-American in Ophir Bernstein, Harner battled through a scoreless first period. But a key takedown in the second period gave Harner a 2-1 advantage going into the third period, where he again took down Bernstein and secured a strong 5-1 victory. With the match tied at 13 apiece, No. 10 junior Abram Ayala came through with a 12-4 major decision which gave the Tigers a four-point advantage going into the final bout at heavyweight, where the Bears only managed a decision and fell to the Tigers by a team score of 17-16. “Yesterday was a huge day for the program in many ways,” Harner said. “It’s always nice to beat Harvard — in any context — but to take them out in our own gym with a ton of alumni there was really something special. Our program would cease to exist if it weren’t for our strong alumni support,

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respectively, against the Tigers. Princeton on the other hand could not emulate the things that brought them a success on Friday night. Many parts of Princeton’s performance were complete opposites from the strong exhibition they had shown against Columbia. Just a day after shooting that scorching 54.2 percent, the Tigers ended up shooting a mere 32.7 percent from the f loor. Moreover, Brase and Weisz, two of the key contributors from the previous game, had far less of an impact. Brase went 0-of7 from the field, and Weisz shot 2-of-5 for six points on the day. Despite the rough shooting, the Tigers managed to keep the game close, ultimately falling 60 — 68. The Tigers still hold third place in the conference and

and I’m glad we were able to put on a show for them.” Despite the closeness of the Brown dual, Harner was pleased with the team’s performance. The sophomore captain was also excited about his win over Bernstein, which was monumental for both himself and the entire team. “The Brown dual was a little too close for comfort, and we certainly would have liked to be more dominant,” Harner said. “Overall, it was a drastic improvement on last last week’s performance. We had a phenomenal two weeks of training leading up to this weekend and I think that really came to fruition in the two duals. Despite how sore and tired I felt from that training, I found myself feeling better than ever, ready to push the pace for seven minutes. I think that’s what really made the difference in my match against Bernstein. I stopped thinking so much, had some faith in our coaches’ plans for our training, and just wrestled.” The Tigers will travelthis weekend to New York on Friday evening for a 6 p.m. meeting with conference rival Columbia. The grapplers will then battle in-state rival Rutgers on Saturday afternoon for a 2 p.m. showdown in New Brunswick, N.J.

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will get a prime chance to move up the ladder next weekend. In their homestand next weekend, they’ll take on first-place Yale (167, 5-1), and a victory over

Just a day after shooting a scorching 54.2 percent, the Tigers ended up shooting a mere 32.7 percent from the floor [against Cornell]. ... The Tigers managed to keep the game close, ultimately falling 68 - 60 the Bulldogs could have the Tigers sniffing that second-place spot, and inching ever closer to the top spot in the Iv y League.

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It’s perhaps fitting that this record-setting performance helped break a three-year streak of losses versus the Lions. In the 200 freestyle, Larson topped the field with a time of 1:50.74. The third-year swimmer continues to impress in a variety of strokes and will be vital for the realization of Princeton’s championships aspirations. Sophomores Rebecca Fleming and Isabel Shipman placed first and second in the 1000 freestyle, finishing just .32 seconds apart in a Princeton-dominated race. Later in the day, Shipman took first in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:01.03. Despite being ultimately outmatched, the men boasted some strong performances from upperclassmen. Senior Connor Maher earned a

victory in the final regular season meet of his career, but it did not come easy. His time of 50.57 in the 100 backstroke just outpaced Columbia’s Michael Fox-Moles mark of 50.58. Junior Teo D’Alessandro, Ivy League champion in the 200 freestyle last season, dominated the 400 individual medley. His time of 3:54.80 set a Columbia pool record. Princeton’s two other wins in the pool came courtesy of freshman Liam Karas in the 200 individual medley and junior Byron Sanborn in the 100 breaststroke. The 1-meter dive of senior Michael Manhard provided an additional Princeton win. Ivy League Championships — the women will compete in Cambridge, Mass., while the men host their tournament — await the Tigers. Harvard swimmers took home both titles in 2014. Beginning Feb. 19, Princeton’s women will engage their seven conference

opponents in a three-day gauntlet. The following weekend, the Princeton men will attempt to reestab-

Harvard Swimmers took home [men’s and women’s] titles in 2014. ... Both [Princeton] teams will face tough tests in their conference championships. lish Ivy dominance after seeing a five-year title streak broken by the Crimson. Both teams will face tough tests in their conference championships. Harvard’s men are a perfect 9-0 against all competition and 25th in the national rankings. The Crimson’s women swimmers have lost only to the Duke Blue Devils.

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Men’s basketball splits games in Empire State By Miles Hinson sports editor

Lions and Tigers and Red, oh my! Alas, the Princeton Tig e r s CORNELL 68 ( 1 0 - 1 1 PRINCETON 60 o v e r a l l , 3-2 Iv y COLUMBIA 62 L e a g u e ) PRINCETON 74 r e c e i v e d no easy stroll down the yellow brick road but rather two games this weekend in hostile environments, travelling through the state of New York to face Columbia (11-9, 3-3) and Cornell (11-11, 3-3). Princeton came into this weekend climbing to the top of the Iv y League standings, ranked third in the conference and beginning to nip at the heels of Harvard and Yale, the leaders in the Iv y League. In their pursuit of the number one spot in the league, the Tigers’ weekend could not have started out better. They took down the Lions in a tightly contested match, as the teams were going neck and neck until around 12 minutes left in the 2nd half, when the Tigers began to pull away. The win must have been especially gratifying for junior center/forward

Hans Brase, who recovered from his off performance last weekend and hit Columbia for 15 points (including 3-of-4 from behind the arc) and nine rebounds. While Brase’s performance was the most notable of the game, fans cannot overlook the strong play of the rest of Princeton’s starting lineup. Sophomore wing Spencer Weisz and freshman guard Amir Bell added 10 and 11 points, respectively, to the Tiger victory. Moreover, senior wing Ben Hazel had a huge impact in the game, coming off the bench to score 13 points on an efficient 5-of-9 shooting. Hazel’s own efficiency was indeed a microcosm for the entire team’s performance. The most remarkable aspect of the Tigers’ win on Friday was their efficiency. They totally outshot the Lions, with a field goal percentage of 54.2 percent, their highest against an Iv y League foe so far in the season. Columbia, shooting at a paltry 41.7 percent, didn’t stand much of a chance, and ended up with a double-figure loss, 74 — 62. Coming off this win, the Tigers had every reason to feel confident going into

their battle against Cornell, as a win would push them into clear second place in the conference standings. Cornell, however, had other plans on the day, establishing a strong presence on the inside and forcing Princeton into difficult shots. The Big Red’s intimidation factor in the paint is apparent from the scoreboard, as they outrebounded the Tigers 36-29 on the game. In addition, they had eight blocks on the game compared to the Tigers’ two, suggesting that Cornell’s big men had a better time this game of pushing the Tigers away from the paint. As one looks at the individual performances for the Big Red in this game, it stands out that the offensive load didn’t rest solely upon the shoulders of one player (as it did in the game against Columbia) but rather on the entire starting lineup. Cornell’s star forward Shonn Miller had yet another solid game in his excellent season, tallying 15 points and six boards. However, he was heavily aided by the play of starting guards Galal Cancer and Devin Cherry, who scored 17 and 13 points,

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Just as with last weekend, the Tigers split both their games as they battled Columbia and Cornell.

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Women’s basketball continues to roll By Sydney Mandelbaum associate sports editor

This weekend, the Princeton women’s basketball team matched a program best with 21 consecutive wins this season. The Tigers (21-0 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) took down Columbia 83-44 on Friday night, continuing on to beat the Big Red 75-47 on Saturday. After the first jumper by junior guard Michelle Miller, the Tigers maintained a lead over the Lions for the entirety of the game. Senior guard Blake Dietrick then netted a three-pointer a minute later before Columbia’s Carolyn Gallagher managed to break through with a layup to put Columbia on the board. Miller then went on to score another jumper before junior guard Amanda Berntsen scored on a steal and Miller netted a layup. With 14 minutes left in the half, Berntsen scored a layup and two free throw shots before the Lions attempted to rally with two layups and a jumper to come within 11 points of the Tigers. The Tigers responded, and junior forward Alex Wheatley scored two layups to widen the point margin to 15 points. The Tigers took off from there, shooting 56.7 percent during the first half to finish the period with a 20-point lead. The second half saw quick layups from Dietrick and junior forward Taylor Williams to put the Tigers up by 24, and the Tigers continued to play impeccably, with

their lead hitting 29 points with 13 minutes left on the clock. After a three-pointer from Columbia’s Camille Zimmerman and a layup from teammate Tori Oliver, the Tigers allowed the Lions no field goals for just over CORNELL 47 12 minPRINCETON 75 utes until ZimCOLUMBIA 44 m e r m a n PRINCETON 83 f i n a l l y m a n aged one layup in the final 20 seconds of the game. Two Tigers scored in the double digits during the game against Columbia, with Miller scoring 16 points and Wheatley scoring 10. Mariah Smith scored nine points during the game, while Dietrick and Williams each managed to score eight points. In the game against Cornell, three players scored in the double digits, with Miller posting a doubledouble on 14 points and 11 rebounds. Wheatley also netted 14 points but with eight rebounds, while Williams scored 10 points and Berntsen scored nine points. Again, after a game-opening layup from Wheatley, the Tigers maintained a lead for the entirety of the game. The Tigers scored the first eight points of the game, with layups from Dietrick, Berntsen and sophomore guard Vanessa Smith accounting for the rest of the opening streak. Cornell’s first points of the game came from Nia Marshall on a layup, after which the Big Red pushed

Wrestlers defend home in weekend matches By Jack Rogers senior writer

Just a month away from postseason competition, the wrestling team (8-5 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) started off the month of February on a hot streak, as the Tigers took out Ivy opponents Harvard and Brown on Saturday. While the Tigers took out both teams on the road last year, the wins were even sweeter this year, as head coach Chris Ayres’s squad was able to win before a packed Dillon Gym-

nasium in front of a number of Princeton wrestling alumni as the team honored its “Celebration of Princeton Wrestling.” The last time Harvard visited Dillon, the Crimson came away with a decisive 27-6 victory. But the Tigers refused to let history repeat itself, as freshman 133-pounder Jordan Reich got Princeton going with a strong 10-3 decision over Harvard’s Ryan Osleeb. Junior Chris Perez provided additional momentum in See WRESTLING page 7

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Women stand at top of the league, men less successful as season draws to a close By Andrew Steele senior writer CONOR DUBE :: SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Women’s basketball has yet to drop a game this entire season.

back to keep the point differential around 5 points before the Tigers responded with a 14-2 run to push the difference up to 17 points. Up by 18 points at halftime, the Tigers came back and continued to push through, reaching a 27-point lead halfway through the period after holding the Big Red from scoring any field goals for over five minutes. The

Tigers led by as much as 32 points with 4:23 left on the clock after a jumper from Miller, finishing the game with a 28-point lead. The Tigers held the Big Red to shooting 34.9 percent during the game while shooting 55.9 percent themselves. The Tigers will continue Ivy League play this weekend with games at home against Brown and Yale.

Princeton swimming and diving concluded its regular season schedule this past weekend at Columbia. A narrow 151-149 win for the women over the Lions meant that the Tigers (7-2-1 overall, 6-0-1 Ivy League) earn a share of the regular season conference crown, a title they share with Harvard. The men (7-4, 5-2) did not enjoy the same success and dropped their second straight meet by a score of 168-132 during their trip to the Big Apple. The women’s day kicked off

with a first- and second-place performance by sophomore divers Caitlin Chambers and Lisa Li. Chambers bested all competition with a score of 318.31, remaining undefeated against conference opponents following her 2014 3-meter individual title. Among Princeton’s standout performers were juniors Mallory Remnick, Elizabeth McDonald and Nikki Larson along with freshman Madelyn Veith, who earned vital points with a win in the 400 freestyle relay. Their time of 4:24.91 was the best-ever recorded at Columbia’s Uris Pool. See SWIMMING page 7

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