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Tyron Porter remembered for his friendliness, love for members By Claire Lee staff writer
Tyrone Porter, who had served as a chef in Quadrangle Club for over 25 years, died unexpectedly on Feb. 19. Quad president Yekaterina Panskyy ’17 deferred comment to Matthew Floyd ’15, a former member of Quad. “For those of you who didn’t know him or knew him only sparingly, it is sad you weren’t able to experience the humor, generosity, kindness and strikingly good cooking that the man brought to Quad through multiple memberships and classes,” Floyd said in a statement. Floyd said that several people on Facebook claimed that Porter embodied the best of Quad. He added that Porter was “eccentrically quirky” and had a unique sense of humor. “He made an effort to share his experiences, get to know us personally and help us along our unique
paths. And through it all, he always accepted us for us. Unique, eccentric, accepting and kind. That was T. And that is Quad. Forever and always,” Floyd said in the statement. Floyd added that Porter played different roles in students’ lives. “To some, he was a bright spot of comic relief in a life full of stress and melancholy. To others, he was a true friend who did whatever he could to help you when you needed it,” he said in the statement. Floyd said at graduation, Porter met all the Quad members’ families and told them how much he had enjoyed getting to know the students. He added that once, when Quad was snowed in, Porter drove all the way to 33 Prospect Ave. because “y’all needed to eat.” “We are grateful to have known him,” Floyd said in the statement. “He was our friend. He was our brother. We shall never see his like again. And now his watch
is ended.” According to Floyd, Porter was always there to watch over Quad members and did not ask for much from them in return. “Quad wouldn’t be Quad without T,” Sarah Santucci ’17 , a current member of Quad, said. She added that his accent was comforting and that he often gave advice and told stories. “He was especially nice to people, even shy people, and he wanted to be everyone’s friend,” Santucci said. “The best example I have of him being T is that I would ask for tea as in tea leaves, and he would open his arms and do a little dance and say, ‘Here I am!’” Santucci said. Santucci noted that Porter loved both his real and his Quad families. “He was the most loving guy. He can’t be replaced. He was there forever,” Santucci said. Former member of Quad Ben Liu ’15 described Porter as “a funny, funny guy”
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Members of Quadrangle Club remember Tyrone Porter as a hardworking chef and a caring friend.
who “made everyone laugh and feel welcome.” He added that everyone in Quad is devastated by the news of Porter’s passing. “T was just a quintes-
sential part of Quad Club,” Andrea Mirabal ’08, former member of Quad, said. According to Mirabal, the club has always had a See CHEF page 2
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Doudna comments on bioethics, genetics By Samvida Venkatesh staff writer
Scientists working on gene editing need to talk about the responsible use of such techniques, geneticist Jennifer Doudna said in a lecture on Monday. Doudna, one of the key players behind the discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technique, said that in early 2014 a lab in China published a paper about their use of this technique in monkey embryos. In the study, researchers
Professors David Spergel and N. Jeremy Kasdin will lead the NASA space telescope project WFIRST.
U. professors to lead NASA telescope project
By Andrea Ayala staff writer
University professors David Spergel and N. Jeremy Kasdin will be leading the newest NASA space telescope project as adjutant scientists of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, which is estimated to be launched in 2024, according to the website for mechanical and aerospace engineering. WFIRST is a NASA observatory that makes use of a telescope roughly the size of the Hubble Space Telescope, which will perform wide-field imaging and surveys of the near-infrared sky. Several other members of the University, including professor Adam Burrows ’75, associate professor Jenny Greene, associate research scholar Tyler Groff and senior research scientist in
astrophysical sciences Robert Lupton, will be part of the investigation teams that include over 200 scientists from several institutions and will be responsible for ensuring that WFIRST meets the objectives of the worldwide scientific community. The NASA Program Scientist for the WFIRST project, Dr. Dominic Benford, explained that the WFIRST is a multipurpose project. The goal is to carry out cosmological surveys that study the distribution of dark matter in the millions of galaxies, which will be captured by the telescope, and to image the gas exoplanets with an additional coronagraph instrument. Spergel noted that the telescope had originally been built as a U.S. spy satellite as part of the National Reconnaissance Office that monitors earth.
When this project was canceled and the telescope was donated to NASA in 2012, Spergel and Kasdin were asked to determine how the telescope could be utilized for astronomical observations. “We realized that we could not only use it [the telescope] with the wide-field camera that I’m leading the science for, but also the coronagraph that Jeremy Kasdin and his lab had developed,” he said in a conference at the University to which members of the scientific, aerospace and engineering communities were invited. Although astronomers had identified WFIRST as the top priority for space missions in a 2010 survey of the decade, the program only became a full project on Feb. 19 and is a See NASA page 2
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Cruz ’92 attacks Trump in Republican debate By Annie Yang news editor
Businessman Donald Trump is not a credible Republican presidential candidate because he has donated to several Democrats’ campaigns in the past, Texas Senator Ted Cruz ’92 argued in the Republican debate on Thursday. Both Cruz and Florida Senator Marco Rubio also noted that Trump had employed illegal immigrants on his properties, pointing out as well that he had funded the “Gang of Eight,” which offers individuals a path to citizenship. They asserted that this contradicts Trump’s promise to deport all illegal immigrants and return jobs to American workers. “Marco is exactly right that a federal court found Donald guilty of being part of a conspiracy to hire people illegally and entered a $1 million judgment against him,” Cruz said. Trump retorted that Cruz is disliked by his colleagues in the Senate,
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adding that he has very little support from fellow lawmakers in Washington D.C. “You don’t have one Republican senator backing you,” Trump said. Cruz later argued that Trump would not be a feasible Republican presidential nominee because he refuses to release his tax statements, despite promising to do so earlier on. Trump said he couldn’t release the documents because he is currently the subject of an ongoing tax audit. Trump was criticized by fellow candidates for his position on Planned Parenthood. While he promised to defund the program, he also acknowledged that many women had benefited from the programs offered in the clinics. Cruz, on the other hand, took a strong stance against governmentfunded healthcare programs, arguing that President Barack Obama’s “Obamacare” program is a failed law that needs to be removed. “I will repeal every word of See DEBATE page 3
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implanted edited embryos in female monkeys. “It made me wonder how long it would be until we began to work on human embryos, so I was encouraged to step out of the lab and begin to talk about the prudent path forward for genomic engineering,” she said. In March 2015, Doudna and several other scientists published a paper titled “A prudent path forward for genomic engineering and germline gene See LECTURE page 3
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small membership, a fact that has both pros and cons. However, one of the things that has certainly been an asset, noted Mirabal, is that members of Quad develop very close relationships, not only with other members but also with the Club’s cleaning staff and the cooking crew.
“Everybody really came to adore him because he was just a gentleman who made the place feel like home.” Andrea Mirabal ‘08
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Mirabal said that Quad’s small membership created a familial atmosphere that Porter was a huge part of.
“T could always poke fun at people at the most appropriate times,” Mirabal said. “People would ask, ‘What’s up T?’ He was famous for saying: ‘Same sh*t!’ every time.” “Everybody really came to adore him because he was just a gentleman who made the place feel like home,” Mirabal said. Mirabal added that Porter would be the first to come to the members’ aid for anything — he went out of his way for people, and genuinely loved interacting with students at Quad, which made being in the Club that much more memorable and meaningful. “If you needed someone to make you laugh on a given day, T was there. If you needed someone to cook something special for you or save you a plate of food because you missed dinner, T was there. If you needed someone to talk to you and share experiences with in a fun and carefree way, T was there,” Floyd said in the statement.
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commitment priority for NASA, Spergel noted. Although the telescope is being re-purposed from an existing structure, Benford commented that the costs for the project have been projected to be $2-3 billion, as most of the technology will have to be refurbished or modified. Benford added that the telescope is currently in the design phase and that much of the hardware for the instrument itself still doesn’t exist, so the costs are still a rough estimate. Kasdin noted that plans for the initial WFIRST project were intended for a much smaller telescope. However, the new re-purposed telescope would include 2.4-meter mirrors, which could allow the addition of the coronagraph instrument and provide a wider field of view. Benford explained that this telescope would help analyze the distribution of dark matter by allowing scientists to measure the shapes of hundreds of millions of galaxies and then making careful computation techniques based on the slight
distortions in these shapes. He said the coronagraph helps in studying exoplanets by suppressing a star’s light by a factor of almost a billion, without affecting the light from the exoplanet. Benford added that the project would allow scientists to gain an understanding of the curvature of space and the acceleration of the universe by measuring the change in the light curves of type Ia supernovas as a function of distance, and then calculating the geometry of this supernova based on the given information. Compared to previous technology like the Hubble Telescope, WFIRST will produce images of the same quality but with an area that is 100 times greater, Benford noted. In about half a year, the WFIRST would be able to uncover information that would take the Hubble Telescope a century to discover. Lupton, one of the co-investigators who is part of the cosmology and Type Ia Supernova team, said the University has traditionally been connected with the strongest departments in the world in astrophysical theory. Over the last 15 years, the University has become a major
presence in survey astronomy partly due to the SDSS project, led by Professor Emeritus James E. Gunn, which revolutionized observational astronomy, he added. “WFIRST is the next big thing to happen in NASA for space astronomy and astrophysics and Princeton is well positioned to take advantage of it’s capabilities in the broad spectrums of science,” Burrow said. Burrow is part of the team that is working on coronagraphs. “There are going to be challenges down the road but if it succeeds technologically and is launched successfully it will be part of a new era in astronomy,” Burrows added. According to Spergel, the biggest budget item that NASA spends on is the space station. However apart from that, the James Webb Space Telescope will be launched in 2018, and then NASA’s efforts will be focused on the WFIRST. “It’s great that Princeton is so deeply involved and I anticipate the coming decade will involve a number of Princeton students, both graduates and undergraduates, in both aspects of the planning and when the mission is launched,” Spergel added.
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modification,” which led to the prompting of an International Summit on Human Gene Editing in Washington, DC in December 2015. This conference was attended by representatives from the United Kingdom, China and the United States, Doudna explained, and many emphasized the pressing need for discussions on genome editing. Doudna said that the CRISPR-Cas9 system was naturally found in bacterial cells to provide immunity against viruses. She explained that some bacterial genomes were found
to have highly repetitive sequences of DNA. These repetitive sequences were interrupted by unique segments that matched the DNA of viruses that infect the bacteria. This finding ultimately led to the discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 system. The protein that acts as this “molecular scalpel,” the Cas9 protein, has two pieces of RNA that guide its activity, one that recognizes the viral DNA sequence and another that helps the protein bind to the DNA helix, she added. Scientists then realized that this protein could be harnessed as a technology that could search for a specific sequence in the genome, bind to it and then
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expressed a desire to change their title. Additionally, their request has received the full support of President Drew Faust. “The desire to change this title has taken place over time and has been a thoughtful one, rooted in a broad effort to ensure that the College’s rhetoric, expectations and practices around our historically unique roles reflects and serves the 21st century needs of residential student life,” the letter read. There are currently 24 staff at Harvard formerly known as “house masters.”
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“When we started looking at these strange bits of DNA in bacteria, no one could have predicted we would end up here.” Jennifer doudna, geneticist
Because the protein exists in a natural system, it
has evolved to be capable of rapid, accurate DNA target recognition, making it ideal for gene editing, Doudna said. “The Cas9 protein is remarkably malleable, because it’s easy to deactivate it so that it only binds to a sequence instead of cutting. We can tag it with other protein activities and program it with multiple RNAs so that it can make multiple changes to the genome in a single shot,” she noted, highlighting the strengths of this technique. Doudna explained that this discovery, which has been labeled one of the three biggest revolutions in biology in the recent past, came out of mainly
curiosity-driven science with little funding. “When we started looking at these strange bits of DNA in bacteria, no one could have predicted we would end up here,” she said. Doudna, professor of chemistry, biophysics and structural biology at the University of California, Berkeley, added that the entire effort was highly collaborative, involv ing researchers and students from across the country and the world, from academic labs to commercial ones. The lecture, titled ‘The Science and Bioethics of Editing our Genes,” took place at 6 p.m. on Wednesday in McCosh 50.
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Obamacare,” Cruz said. Rubio said that Trump does not have the qualifications to become president. “If he hadn’t inherited $200 million, you know where Donald Trump would be right now? Selling watches in Manhattan,” Rubio said. Rubio continued to attack Trump, arguing that he does not provide any clear plans for the the country, but instead repeats the same few ideas. “He says five things: Everyone’s dumb, he’s going to make America great again. Win, win, win, he’s winning in the polls. And the lines around the states. Every night. Same thing,” he said. When asked about recent controversy over the government’s request
for Apple to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, Cruz argued that Apple should not be placed above the law. “Yes, Apple should be forced to comply with this court order,” Cruz said. Cruz argued that the court order is valid under the Fourth Amendment, and that this situation is different because unlocking a terrorist’s phone does not mean that every phone will therefore be unlocked. Neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Ohio Governor John Kasich were not as involved in the attacks against Trump. They focused on the qualities a strong president should have and noted that health care programs should be reformed. Carson urged debate-watchers to join hands with him in order to heal the nation. “Americans know that our nation
is heading off the abyss of destruction,” he said. Kasich was briefly criticized for his mixed record on gay rights, but he spoke out against business owners being able to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. After the debate, Cruz commended Rubio for his performance during the debate, adding that Rubio was not his enemy in the presidential race. “I’m glad for Marco, he did something new tonight — he stood up and attacked Donald Trump,” he said. The debate, which took place at 8:30 p.m. EST in Houston, Texas, was moderated by CNN political anchor Wolf Blitzer, along with CNN reporter Dana Bash, Telemundo’s María Celeste Arrarás and conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt. The debate was sponsored by CNN, Telemundo and Salem Communications.
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ecently, the University announced its intention to accept a small number of transfer students, starting as early as 2018, as part of a broader strategic planning framework intended to underscore Princeton’s commitment to continued leadership in education, inclusivity and diversity. Princeton has not offered admission to transfer students since 1990. In the past, President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 had hinted at the possibility of reversing the University’s transfer policy, arguing that such a move might afford students from community colleges and diverse economic backgrounds the opportunity to flourish at Princeton. The Editorial Board commends the University’s Board of Trustees for its decision. The Board has previously endorsed making this change in University policy. In the Fall of 2013, we argued the University should allow transfer student admission. We believed the pool of students for transfer admission would likely be as much if not more competitive than general admission to the University. We also argued that Princeton’s transfer admission policy should restrict transfer applicants to applying for a place in the sophomore class only. Transfer students
entering Princeton their junior year would face additional logistical challenges in the form of departmental independent work and overall graduation requirements that would be difficult to adjust to late in their academic career. The Board believes that, if done right, the admission of transfer students to Princeton would broaden the diversity of the University and improve the quality of each class. We also trust the University’s admissions committee to offer admission to applicants who are qualified for the challenge of a Princeton education. We note that many transfers have incredibly successful careers at peer institutions. Some alumni have argued that admitting transfers also has the potential to substantially improve the competitiveness of Princeton’s athletic teams. While the Board agrees that transfer athletes might contribute to Princeton’s athletic programs, we urge the University to apply the same standards for general undergraduate admission to transfer applicants. Transfer athletes should be considered similarly to athletes who apply for general admission; the transfer program should not become a funnel exclusively for recruiting athletic talent. The same factors that comprise the standard for general admission, including financial aid, diversity and personal
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talent, should be applied to all transfer applicants as well. To that end, the Board recommends the University increase its recruitment outreach in military preparatory schools, low-income geographic areas and high-achieving community colleges. While transfer admission to Princeton is likely to be highly competitive regardless of the extent of community outreach, the Board believes such steps are critical to choosing the most qualified transfer class possible. Such efforts would work to create the widest and most diverse class of transfer applicants possible and are particularly important to spreading awareness of the reversal of Princeton’s transfer admission policy. The admission of transfer applicants, though only a small number, is an important step for Princeton’s broader strategic development plan towards educational diversity and inclusivity. Admitting transfer students would also bring Princeton in line with the policies of its peer institutions. The Editorial Board is an independent body and decides its opinions separately from the regular staff and editors of The Daily Princetonian. The Board answers only to its Chair, the Opinion Editor and the Editor-In-Chief.
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rinceton has always had the ability to attract stirring speakers. In the past three years, I’ve listened to Toni Morrison, Arianna Huffington, Laverne Cox and the late Justice Antonin Scalia just to name a few. While their ideologies and fields of study vary, all of these visitors have sparked important dialogue on the state of campus, national and global affairs. As a politics concentrator with a certificate in Latin American Studies, I was particularly interested when I received notice that the former President of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, would be speaking at the Wilson School on Feb. 23. Uribe has been a critical figure in modern-day Colombian politics, and his administration is credited for significant economic growth and increased security of the state in the face of paramilitary actors. At the same time, it has been accused of human rights abuses, including civilian murders, collusion with paramilitary groups and political corruption.
It is crucial to have dialogue on the implications of his multifaceted, contested legacy. It is also important to consider the ramifications of his invitation, not only as a speaker, but also as a visiting lecturer in the upcoming academic year. Given how important discussion of contested political legacies has been on campus, I would expect similar dialogue to occur — if not within the student body at large, then with relevant faculty and scholars. Imagine my surprise, then, when my adviser said she was unaware of Uribe’s visit. I had asked to reschedule a meeting that was originally set for the same time as the event, and this was the only manner in which she had received word of the event. I thought this odd, considering that she is Colombian and a political scientist. If she had not known about the event, I was left wondering who else did not. On the day of our meeting, she showed me a letter written and signed off by professors and scholars at Princeton and beyond. The letter urged the University to consider “the less salubrious details” of the Uribe administration and the significance of inviting guests with
questionable legacies, especially in environments where these legacies are not genuinely open for debate. Equally important, the letter contested the limited, biased manner of the event’s publicization. I considered the fact that the only reason I had known about the event was because I am on the Wilson School listserv. I had to check old emails from the Latin American Studies listserv to see if that program had sent a notification about the event, but it had been in only one email and was at the very bottom of a weekly events page. This was the opposite of the Wilson School’s email announcement, which was dedicated solely to Uribe’s talk and contained a large event poster in the body. I find it odd that faculty that are from Latin America and/or studying the region were not consulted before Uribe was invited to speak, or at least asked to help format the event. I also find it strange that those who wished to hand out letters of protest or ask questions during the event were discouraged from doing so. If the past year of campus protest, sit-ins and deliberation has taught us anything, it is the importance of
dialogue. It is the power of students and supportive faculty demanding genuine dialogue that can engender change. I am not in agreement that the Wilson School requires a change in name. I do, however, think the discussions concerning his legacy as president of the University and of the United States have been crucial in discussing history, race and exclusion at Princeton. Throughout my time here, I have respected the open dialogue that the Princeton administration helps maintain — an environment in which debates about diverse opinions and perspectives are welcome. Deliberation like this is challenging when relevant actors are excluded. It is challenging when an event is opened with a request for only questions, as if comments and concerns are not equally significant when civilly challenging someone’s words and actions. It is challenging when the University decides to not consider all the ramifications of a leader, his or her legacy and place at Princeton. Lea Trusty is a politics major from Saint Rose, La. She can be reached at ltrusty@ princeton.edu.
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peat their success against Stanford on Friday before continuing down the stretch against harder foes. Harvard clearly seems to be the team to beat in the overall tournament: the Crimson (10-0, 7-0 Ivy) trounced Princeton in the teams’ regular season meeting, with only junior Gabriella Garr, Leizman and Keating winning a single game. Harvard is also ranked No.
1 nationally, with its closest games all season consisting of a 6-3 win over No. 2 Penn and a 7-2 victory over Trinity. The latter two teams will also be in the mix as possible opponents for Princeton over the weekend. The Tigers have already fallen to Penn by a score of 8-1. Princeton thus far has earned itself a place among the best; this weekend will determine just how high that place might be. Princeton will face Stanford this Friday, Feb. 26, in New Haven.
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same tournament at Bucknell. That game featured three goals from junior center Morgan Hallock, another standout performer at this early point in the season. Hallock currently has the third most goals on the team, with eight, and leads the way in both steals and
ejections drawn. A repeat of her performance from last season would go a long way toward ensuring a Princeton victory this time around as well. This weekend’s games will be another test for the young Tigers, still adjusting to their new roles, as they try to return to the NCAA tournament to defend their conference title.
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in the season, taking wins in 15 out of 19 events. They beat Harvard 224.5-126.5 and dominated Yale 253-98. Princeton’s other wins throughout the season have been similarly dominant. In addition, the Tigers have a veteran squad which has made a tradition of winning on the Ivies’ biggest stages. Last year, the Tigers assembled a triple-digit lead on the first day of competition and never looked back, racing toward the title while maintaining a healthy lead throughout. That year marked Princeton’s 30th Ivy League Crown and the sixth consecutive year the Tigers had won the championship when it was held at home. While they will not have
the luxury of a supportive home crowd, the Tigers’ performance this season has left no doubt that they are a championship caliber team. Still, strong Crimson and Bulldog squads will challenge the Tigers as they always have. Going into this year’s Ivy Championship, the Tigers should once again expect a strong start to the tournament. Last year, Princeton made a huge statement in the 200 IM on day one. Indeed, the Tigers placed into four out of the top five spots. This year, senior tri-captain Teo D’Alessandro will represent Princeton as the reigning champion in the event. He will be followed by fellow seniors Marco Bove and Byron Sanborn, who are returning after top-five finishes last year. The Tigers will also be strong in the backstroke this
year. During the regular season, the Princeton squad often went 1-2-4 in the 100m backstroke, while claiming the top three spots in the 200m backstroke. In addition, Princeton currently holds the best league times in both races. Princeton will look to maintain its dominance in the freestyle relays despite losing key swimmers to graduation. Still, the Princeton squad has plenty of firepower. The team retained two swimmers from the winning relay in 2015 while also having junior En-Wei Hu-Van Wright spearhead the sprint events. A perfect season is on the line for men’s swimming as they head to Providence, and fans of Princeton swimming can be sure that the Tigers have saved up the energy and momentum to match the occasion.
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MEN’S SWIMMING
Swimming competes in Ivy championships By David Xin asssociate sports editor
This Thursday, the men’s swimming and diving team headed to Providence in search of a storybook conclusion to what has been a phenomenal year of competition. The Tigers ended the regular season undefeated against their Ivy rivals. In addition to their perfect record, Princeton also picked up a Big Al victory and their first HYP win since 2012. However, most important to the Princeton squad is the final hurdle coming up: a win at the Ivy League Championship. As always, the meet
spans the course of three days and will pit the Tigers against their toughest Ivy foes. In particular, the Orange and Black will once again face off against Harvard, who broke Princeton’s five-year championship streak back in 2014. But the Tigers rebounded last year, at DeNunzio Pool, in front of an enthusiastic home crowd in order to retake the title. Although competition will undoubtedly be fierce, the Princeton squad has plenty to be confident about as they head into the title championship. Indeed, Princeton dominated the HYP meet earlier See M. SWIMMING page 5
JACQUELINE LI:: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The men’s swimming team will seek to continue its undefeated record at the Ivy League championships.
WOMEN’S SQUASH
Women’s squash prepares for nationals By Nolan Liu associate sports editor
After completing a strong 11-2 season and notching a 5-2 Ivy League record, the women’s squash team now faces their greatest challenge yet as they head to New Haven this weekend for the Howe Cup Championships. The Howe Cup serves as the national championship for women’s squash. Last year, the Tigers battled all the way to the tournament semifinals, dropping a 5-4 heartbreaker against eventual champion Harvard. However, they bounced back the next day and clinched third place nationally by defeating Ivy League champion Penn 5-4. This year, the team again has high hopes. Harvard defeated Trinity last year to win the title, and Princeton accomplished the same feat last week when they downed the Bantams (114 overall) in a thrilling 5-4
win. Princeton’s outstanding victory was largely driven by senior Rachel Leizman, who won a come-from-behind match 3-2 in order to clinch the win for the Tigers. Princeton’s first opponent of the tournament will be Stanford this Friday. The Cardinal have gone 11-4 in the season and fell to the Tigers by a score of 7-2 at the teams’ last meeting in January. However, the regular season matchup was closer than the score would indicate: Princeton only had to win two fivegame matches, including a 3-2 victory by sophomore Kira Keating and a similar thriller by senior Isabella Bersani, before consistent heavy-hitters such as Leizman, sophomore Olivia Fiechter and freshman star Samantha Chai put the game away. Since then, the Cardinal have not played another varsity match, while Princeton has won five straight — including three Ivy League blowouts over
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Women’s squash looks to face off against Stanford as part of the three-day Howe Cup national tournament.
Yale, Brown and Cornell. Princeton will look to a diverse cast for success against this team and those that will follow this weekend. Their weapons include Leizman, a
senior who clinched the Trinity game last week and has earned an All-America Honorable Mention, sophomore Olivia Fiechter and freshman Samantha Chai. Fiechter has
earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors, while Chai has won her last six individual matches. The Tigers will look to reSee W. SQUASH page 5
W O M E N ’ S W AT E R P O L O
Women’s squash to take on Wagner, VMI, Gannon By Alan Balson contributor
After two weeks with no competition, the Princeton women’s water polo team will return to action this weekend when they travel to Lewisburg, Pa. for the Bucknell Invitational. The No. 15 Tigers (4-0) will face Wagner College and the Virginia Military Institute on Saturday before taking on Gannon University on Sunday. Off to a great start to the season so far with an exciting four-win sweep of the Princeton Invitational, including a tight victory over No. 25 California Baptist University, Princeton will look to keep its momentum going against another group
of challenging opponents. No. 20 Wagner (7-7) should prove to be a real test for the Tigers despite their .500 record. Six of Wagner’s seven losses have come against ranked opponents, and the team has recorded impressive wins over No. 17 Long Beach State and No. 25 Bucknell. If the Tigers are to prevail, they will need to slow down centers Jess Lundgren and Lily Doerfler, who have combined for over half of the Seahawks goals this year. In contrast to Wagner, Princeton can have little idea of what to expect from the Keydets, who will be playing their first match of the season when they take on the Tigers. Princeton did face the team last season, beating
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them 16-5 in the midst of a 14game win streak. However, VMI will return with most of their roster from that previous encounter, unlike the Tigers, who graduated six seniors and lost star goalie Ashleigh Johnson to the U.S. Olympic squad. Nevertheless, Princeton will take encouragement that two of its leading scorers from last season’s game, sophomore utility Haley Wan and junior two-meter Hannah Lapkin, will be in the pool for Saturday’s game and are both off to strong starts so far this year. On Sunday, the Tigers will face a Gannon team (23) whom they also beat last year, prevailing 11-3 in the See W. WOPO page 5
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Women’s water polo will take on three opponents this weekend.
Stat of the Day
6 games The Princeton women’s squash team has won its last six regularseason games.
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