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USG releases COMBO V survey to U.

By Kristin Qian staff writer

The Undergraduate Student Government released a Committee on Background and Opportunity V Survey on the last week of February to examine current campus climate and improve student life, according to USG president Aleksandra Czulak ’17.

“COMBO is basically a way to gauge how students’ backgrounds and identities impact their experiences on campus, the opportunities that they have here, and their perceived access to resources on campus,” said Natasha Madorsky ’17, project leader for COMBO and member of the USG Diversity and Equity Committee.

COMBO V surveys a large range of experiences, she said.

The survey is broken into six sections: Demographics, Affiliations & Social Life, Academics, Summer Experiences & Post-Graduate Plans, Mental Health, and Campus Climate.

“We wanted to gather some more direct data on how students feel about campus climate, and about some of the issues surrounding race and identity that have come up in the last year or so,” Madorsky explained.

The survey is an ongoing effort under the USG’s Committee on Diversity and Equity Committee, she added.

Though only three previous COMBO surveys have been released, COMBO V is a revamped version of previous surveys, according to Mador-

sky.

Czulak said COMBO IV, the previous version, was conducted under former USG president Shawon Jackson ’15. Data included survey responses from students in the Classes of 2016 and above.

According to Madorsky, data from COMBO IV was never compiled and released to the student body because the analysis was unreadable and incoherent throughout. Czulak said that it is unfortunate that the results from COMBO IV could not be released, but the data would not be relevant given the time that has passed since it was conducted.

Madorsky explained that it is not worth redoing the entire analysis of old data that does not include the majority of students on campus currently. Therefore, it is important to conduct a survey now, in order to make sure that it is a true reflection of the immediate campus climate, Madorsky said.

According to Czulak, administration-run surveys sometimes ask the same kinds of questions as USG surveys, but only release very limited data, so students and campus groups cannot use the data to figure out how to cater their activities and their priorities towards student needs.

“The more students we can get to fill it out, the more data we have that can be released back to the student body, to the USG, and to student organizations that seek to create a See SURVEY page 3

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In a panel and a lecture, activists and scholars discussed queer identity in Middle East and North Africa.

Panel talks intersectionality, LGBT rights in Middle East

By Kevin Agostinelli contributor

Among the many questions raised concerning intersectionality and human rights in Egypt and Lebanon, none revolved around where to draw the line with sexual and gender oppression. That line has already been crossed, and with great detriment to the victims, multiple panelists noted at a lecture series this past weekend.

The lecture series included one panel on Friday centered on the framework of intersectionality in Lebanon, followed by a panel and dinner conversation on Saturday focusing on LGBT rights activism in Egypt. Ahmad El Hady, a Princeton Neuroscience Institute researcher and queer rights activist at the University, acted as the moderator.

The first panel featured Beirut-based academic and femi-

nist Ghiwa Sayegh as well as Rasha Moumneh, a Ph.D. student in Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University.

Sayegh gave a simple definition of intersectionality as “groups of people coming together at certain points in time, ” before expanding upon this concept as the key to connecting all social justice movements with one another.

Sayegh illustrated the grim realities of the “hierarchy of importance” that often prevent the feminist movement from springing into mainstream public discourse. While Sayegh recognized the many problems that currently face Lebanon, she emphasized that “the struggles of women are constantly relegated to the sidelines.”

Yet in spite of these challenges, Sayegh affirmed her belief in the feminist movement as a means of paving the way

for other social transformations to take hold in Lebanon, saying “articulating our positionality is not only a moral duty, but allows us to express solidarity by giving space to other movements that are not ours to claim.”

Moumneh presented a modern perspective on the plight of the transgender and homosexual community in Lebanon.

Moumneh demonstrated the strong correlation between the discrimination against these LGBT groups and the alleged resentment towards Syrian refugees perpetuated by the Lebanese government. According to Moumneh, the fact that one out of every four people in Lebanon is a refugee has offered a “convenient scapegoat” for the other troubles faced by the nation.

Moumneh elaborated with one specific incident in which See PANEL page 3

STUDENT LIFE

USG discusses mental health initiatives, calendar survey senior writer

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The weather was clear for the most part during the weekend; a bird is flying alone across the clear, blue March sky.

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate discussed mental health programming and the calendar survey during their weekly meeting on Mar. 6.

The Mental Health Initiatives Board is working on a number of projects this semester, including the Peer Nightline, according to cochair Nathan Yoo ’17.

Yoo explained that the Nightline would be a phone line for students to access when they need someone to talk to, especially if they want anonymity or if they do not feel comfortable speaking to their advisers or family.

“We’ve laid some of the groundwork for that already,” Yoo explained.

Co-chair Sarah Sakha ’18 said that the MHIB is also pushing for reforms in mental health policies on campus.

Sakha is an Associate Opinion Editor for the

‘Prince’.

“Although we don’t have specific recommendations yet, some of the hopes we have include reducing Counseling and Psychological Services wait times, which will include looking at the budget,” Sakha said.

Sakha explained that members of the MHIB had met with Calvin Chin, Director of CPS, to review the appointments system at CPS and that Chin had expressed an interest in making changes.

Yoo said that one of the concerns of CPS staff in creating an online schedule is that a formal schedule might discourage some students from seeking appointments, since the calendar for a particular day might appear full online. CPS is committed to making time for individual appointments, Yoo said.

Sakha added that the Board will work toward reducing stigma associated with accessing services at CPS, noting that the group will analyze how different

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populations on campus — athletes, non-athletes, different races etc. — have been utilizing the resources.

In addition, the MHIB will work on programming for the next Mental Health Week.

“We’ve looked at Mental Health week this year, and how much attention it garnered,” Sakha said, explaining that the board will start planning for events in April in order to get a head start.

USG president Aleksandra Czulak ’17 said that in addition to the MHIB’s work, UMatter staff are collaborating to provide the wellness information shared in Czulak’s weekly emails to the student body.

Academics committee chair Shanon Osaka ’17 said that the calendar change survey, which went live on Mar. 1, has received many responses so far. As of the morning of Mar. 6, 1,861 undergraduates, 568 graduate students and 300 faculty had submitted responses. The See USG page PB

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the police arrested a refugee of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and determined that he was gay simply by going through his phone, charging him with engaging in sex contrary to nature.

In another raid, Moumneh continued, a local mayor justified the arrests of five Syrians – four homosexual men and one transgender woman – “as a way of preserving the moral character” of the region.

Moumneh acknowledged that she is not in a position to decide if intersectionality is the right framework for unifying the LGBT rights cause with other movements in the Middle East. She commented that while civil liberties and gay male rights groups were able to find a solid voice amid the government raids, women’s groups in Lebanon struggled to come together to speak out against the sexualization that accompanied ethnic purges.

Nevertheless, both concluded that there is room for optimism in Lebanon. Sayegh, also the editor-in-chief of Kohl, the first queer and feminist theory research journal in the Middle East and North Africa, commended the rise in student activism at Lebanese universities. Joking that she already feels “older than the feminist generation,” Sayegh expressed her pride in these young groups for their increased promotion of human rights.

Scott Long, the founder and former executive director of the LGBT Rights Program at Human Rights Watch, was the headline speaker for the second panel of the weekend. Professor John Borneman, a Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University and current Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Anthropology, moderated Long’s talk.

Long described the situation faced by LGBT and human rights organizations in Egypt under the current government led by former military commanderin-chief President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi. The American-born activist condemned the Egyptian military for inflicting violence upon the members of the LGBT community, with transgender women and more “effeminate” men being the primary targets.

According to Long, who has worked in Egypt for more than

a decade and lived there since 2012, the Sisi administration’s obsession with exploiting public fears of dissonance is a particularly egregious and underreported part of the crisis.

Long made sure to chastise the foreign policy of the United States government of refraining from publicly speaking out against the myriad arrests of queer people in Egypt, saying that the U.S. “has happily stood back and let the Egyptian government destroy every trace of a leftist movement, except for the independent workers’ movement, which now survives almost entirely underground.”

Long simultaneously criticized major human rights and LGBT groups for both their lack of pressure on the Obama administration and their increased involvement with politics and power as opposed to working with social movements on the ground. Long stressed that human rights are what many people in Egypt have given their lives for, and that they are not well-treated by organizations that aim to be supportive of these movements.

Despite the great number of human rights violations that have occurred, Long has seen an increased awareness of the gender and sexuality movement among the general public.

“When we produced our first report on crackdowns against LGBT people in Egypt back in 2004 … it had about 80,000 hits on our website in the Arabic version in the first two years, which made it something of a best seller in the country,” he noted.

When asked about his own personal obligations in Egypt, Long stated that he has worked to rediscover his voice through writing and to give spaces to those whom he has interviewed who may lack a strong enough voice on their own. After more than 20 years spent working for human rights organizations, he concluded that every civil rights worker has a vital responsibility to assist victims of human rights violations in any way possible.

The lecture series, titled “Walking a Fine Line: Queer Identities in the Middle East and North Africa,” was co-sponsored

by Home Away from Home, Intersecting Queer Identities, the LGBT Center, the Mamdouha Bobst Center, the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies and the Queer Graduate Caucus.

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more inclusive campus community that really responds dynamically to the needs of students,” Czulak said.

Other surveys that the University sends to the student body include the WeSpeak survey, which did release all of the data last year, and the Enrolled Student Survey and the Senior Survey, Czulak noted.

Previous COMBO surveys have been analyzed by undergraduate students, but this time, graduate students will perform the analysis, she added.

USG wants to make the data from COMBO as accessible as possible, Czulak said.

“Because it’s a student-written, student-administered survey, and it’s the only one of its kind to do this, we’re able to aggregate and release all of the data that we get,” Madorsky said.

Madorsky, Sol Alvarez-Taubin ’16 and their team undertook a semester-long process involving substantial faculty feedback and input to revamp the entire survey. Madorsky said she worked with the Stuart professor of psychology and dean of Butler College Nicole Shelton, as well as professors in the sociology department and the Wilson school, to re-organize the survey format. Questions were taken out, new, more direct questions were added in and others were revised.

“We wanted to make sure that it was so legitimate that when we presented it to the University, they would have to say, ‘oh okay, these results are really meaningful,’” Madorsky explained.

At the bottom of the survey in the Campus Climate section, students can provide their opinions regarding proposed policy change statements, as well as write any other changes they would like to suggest to the Univer-

sity. There have been many responses so far, as well as candid thoughts about what the University could do better, Madorsky said.

“As excited as I am to collect all this information, I’m even more excited to send it to the groups who can actually make a difference with it,” Czulak said, referring to, in particular, the University Centers, student cultural groups, identity groups and eating clubs.

There is a wide range of institutions and groups on campus that the survey asks about, including the McCosh Health Center and Counseling and Psychological Services, Madorsky said.

“This data is going to go to every group on campus that has a potential to improve what they’re doing,” Madorsky added.

The last COMBO report was published in 2012, which is why the USG felt that another survey needed to be conducted this year.

“It’s 2016, and so much has changed,” Madorsky said.

There has been a very intense campus conversation happening on issues of diversity, equity, opportunity and students’ experiences on campus, she noted.

She added that these diverse student opinions will play a large role in creating a safer, more comfortable, and more inclusive campus that is effective for all students on this campus.

The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, according to Madorsky, and there are many variables and elements of experience that will contribute to valuable data for analysis, she said.

As of now, students in the Classes of 2017, 2018 and 2019 have not yet taken a COMBO survey, so the information from COMBO V will be helpful for future initiatives as well, Czulak said.

The survey will close on March 12 at 11:59 p.m.

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Opinion

Monday march 7, 2016

Princeton Preview: still too short Marni Morse columnist

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veryone I know was thrilled to hear that Princeton Preview, a chance for prospective students to get a taste of the Princeton experience, was once again going to include an overnight stay. For the past two years, the overnight portion has been cancelled in light of a meningitis outbreak in 2014.

And while, perhaps, we seem overjoyed that this provides high school seniors a better view of Princeton, most are actually excited because this change means student clubs can host more events to specifically entice prospective students to join them.

But my initial excitement diminished quickly, as it soon became clear that a return to “overnight” Preview isn’t actually a return to the way Preview was before the meningitis scare. Preview this year isn’t three days and two nights, as it used to be three years ago. Instead, it lasts just about 24 hours. This year, students will check in on the first day between 8 and 11 a.m. and leave by 11 a.m. the next day – essentially 24 hours. Yes, that’s practically double the time it was last year, and some pre-frosh will indeed sleep here overnight. However, calling it a return to what Preview used to be is simply misguided.

This caveat seems to have gone unnoticed by most. The Prince’s coverage of the change failed to mention it. The difference wasn’t officially highlighted by anyone else. The Prince piece opened with “Princeton Preview will once again be an overnight event this spring for the first time in three years, according to Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye.” To a passive reader, one would get the impression that Preview was returning to how it was before.

Administrators depict the change as providing an abundance of new opportunities for prospective students to experience extracurricular life at Princeton. Dean Dunne said, “One of the things that’s been missing that we’re really happy to have return is an opportunity for students to get a better window into the full life of Princeton students.” It mentions that “there is now freedom to program a myriad of new possibilities for Preview’s scheduling.”

Yes, compared to the past two years, there are more opportunities for student groups to host events and for prospective students to experience that side of Princeton, albeit in a sort of superficial manner.

But the full opportunity that used to exist with the three-day, two-night period is not returning. The situation that has existed for the past few years, with students being rushed from classes to other official events, will likely still take up the majority of those 24 hours.

With every club trying to host events in the couple of hours that provide students with free time, prospective students likely still won’t be able to experience everything they want to. They still won’t get as full of an experience as I was afforded as a prospective student, one that allowed me to evaluate how well of a fit Princeton might be. On the plus side, TSOP will be less condensed, allowing prefrosh to have a real dinner before rushing to the show and then being escorted away immediately after.

Still, that seems to be a benefit of limited worth when compared to the deficits that still exist.

The shortened Preview has not hurt Princeton’s yield, contrary to what some predicted, perhaps due to the ever-increasing competitiveness of college admissions.

Nevertheless, given that many of our peer institutions have longer previews, this shortened program might still have implications for those choosing among many colleges. It is definitely a concern that should continue to be monitored to make sure that Preview is not putting Princeton at a disadvantage in this regard.

Granted, there are a lot of reasons for the University to make the decision it did.

There are financial costs, safety concerns, parents who travel along and other factors to be considered. Perhaps in the grand scheme of Preview, this 24-hour format is the ideal compromise between the 12-hour format of the past few years and the twonight design that existed before, but no one should be deluded into believing that this is a return to how the event was before the meningitis outbreak.

Marni Morse is a politics major from Washington, D.C. She can be reached at mlmorse@princeton.edu.

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Take the Academic Calendar Survey

he General Education Task Force was established in the fall of 2015 to review the University’s undergraduate curriculum and to make recommendations about distribution requirements, independent work and other aspects of academics at Princeton. The academic calendar determines how these components fit together. A new survey which asks students for feedback regarding potential changes to the academic calendar has been created by the Task Force in conjunction with the Dean of the College, the USG Academics Committee and members of the Graduate Student Government. The survey explores the following three proposals: 1) moving the fall term exams before winter recess, 2) expanding the teaching semester from 12 to 13 weeks and 3) increasing intersession from 1 to 2 weeks. These are important issues about which the Board has written before; consequently, we call on all students to participate in the brief survey.

As the Board has stated before, moving Princeton’s fall term final exams to before winter recess would benefit students in several ways. First, students would complete exams on material they have been studying all semester without the three-week gap in learning that exists in the current calendar.

Students often complain that the winter recess distances them from the course material, making studying for exams in January much more difficult. Second, completing work before the break frees time over recess for activities unconnected to coursework. Students might choose to spend more restful time with their families, work on internship or job applications, travel abroad, volunteer or explore other personal interests. Of course, moving the exams to before the break implies other logistical changes. The shift might mean starting the fall term earlier in the year, and a decision would have to be made regarding the deadlines for junior independent work.

The survey accounts for these issues and gives students the option to opine on how to best address these smaller changes.

One new proposal included in the new survey asks students whether they would prefer extending the teaching semester from the current length of 12 weeks to 13. While this modification could theoretically leave more time for additional material or for covering current material more in depth, the proposed

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change comes at a loss to the time allotted to either reading period or finals. We believe this is a detrimental and uneven exchange, given the particular importance of the work carried out during the reading period and final exam time. Reading period is a time when students focus intensely on reviewing the semester’s material and stitching together their ideas for final papers; this work of personally engaging the semester’s material is when much of the semester’s learning is cemented, so weakening that time would be detrimental. The reduced time at semester’s end to finish all this important work would also increase stress during those already hectic days. It would be in the interest of students’ mental health to keep that time as relaxed as possible.

The new survey considers many other details, including how long to make intersession break if finals are moved to before the recess, whether it would be better to start the year earlier or end later and whether it would be better to shorten reading period or finals if a 13-week semester were necessary. These are all presented to students in a brief and clear survey, and we encourage students to reflect on their experiences and share their thoughts about the proposed changes through the easy survey.

Princeton considered revising the academic calendar in 2008, but was unable to reach a conclusion because of a lack of any clear student preference on a survey that was then administered. The current survey is a new opportunity to improve the academic experience at Princeton for current and future students, and all that students have to do is follow the personalized link to the survey that all students received from Dean Dolan via email.

Regardless of whether you consider changing the academic calendar to be harmful or beneficial, all students should take the tenminute survey and have their view positively contribute to this momentous discussion.

Connor Pfeiffer ‘18 recused himself from the writing of this editorial.

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If my thesis could talk

t would ask me questions, it would give me answers and it would forgive me for procrastinating.

If my thesis could talk, it would be proud of me, of you, of us. It would be give me a high-five and say, “Yes, you’ve got pages to go – but think about how many you’ve written.” It would be delighted that we, as seniors, have made it this far.

Since it’s a history thesis, it would talk about dates. It would remind me of May 14, 2015, when I landed in London to start my research. It would remind me of October, when I wrote the absolutely brilliant first word of my thesis (“When”).

It would remind me of May 20, 2015. I was flipping through Pakistani newspaper clippings at the British Library in London when the elderly woman sitting next to me elegantly adjusted her hijab. She asked me why I was reading that particular news clip, why I was interested in Pakistani history. She told me that she had survived the violence in Lahore; in fact, she had been there when the violence broke out. Suddenly, the lights of the Asian and African Reading Room felt immensely bright, and Sahiba, 68 years later and thousands of miles away from home, was telling me her story – the story I was reading in the yellowed newspaper clipping I held in my hands.

My thesis would ask me why I wanted to

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study history in the first place. It would factcheck me: Did you really, truly read that book, or just the introduction? Are you sure about that date? Is that the correct translation? It would encourage me to use spell-check.

It would tell me not to carry around books all day that I’m not going to read and that I should actually use my thesis locker.

It would offer a lot of opinions. It would tell me to treat the current number of pages as the Thesis-Half-Full, instead of the ThesisHalf-Empty. (It would also demand me to be honest and admit that it’s really more like the Thesis-Third-Full.)

It would talk about other theses with reverence and curiosity. Though biased towards the discipline of history, it would advise me to tell my friends, the authors of those other theses, that regardless of discipline, their work is important.

My thesis would remind me that this really isn’t so bad, and it’s pretty cool to be writing a book with an editor who is an expert in his field. It would remind me that I am one of over 1,000 seniors, all in the same boat. It would point out, as another source of comfort, how thousands more alumni somehow finished their theses. My thesis would insist that it is, and isn’t, the capstone project of the “Princ-

eton experience.” It would argue that yes, we are lucky to have been given time and an advisor and libraries and the Writing Center, and it would also say that there’s nothing wrong with writing a less-than-Pulitzer-winning conclusion. And that yes, I’ll probably have a typo or two, and that’s okay. Michelle Obama did too.

It would remind me that the best lesson I’ve learned at Princeton is to not be ashamed when asking for help, to not be shy, to know that all the best thinkers and leaders stood on the shoulders of giants before them and achieved greatness with the help of giants around them.

My thesis would want to be read, of course, and to occupy a prominent place on my shelf.

But what my thesis would want, most of all, is for us to know the Secret of the thesis – that which we might, or might not, learn when the thesis is bound and done and sealed in leather – the Secret of the thesis is that you can do it. That writing a whole thesis as a twenty-something is actually an amazing accomplishment, that you read and stress and collect data and interview and write because it is a manifestation of what you, one single person, can do.

Azza Cohen is a history major from Highland Park, Ill. She can be reached at accohen@princeton.edu.

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Tigers cede Ivy Title to Bulldogs despite strong performances M.B-BALL

to get the Tigers to within three points. Steeves, however, was there yet again, dropping in two threepointers about 90 seconds apart to push Harvard’s lead to four (at 65-61) and keep the visitors at bay.

The Tigers would still have a push left in them.

As the game wound down, within the two minute mark, the Tigers were down just two points. Cook, yet again, would come through – standing well behind the arc, he dropped in a bomb from downtown to give the Tigers a 69-68 lead with just 95 seconds to go. Despite this, Harvard answered Princeton’s challenge, as the Crimson’s Zena Edosomwan got the entry pass down low to complete with just 41 seconds to go, putting his team back up by two.

Princeton, looking to stay alive in the Ivy League race, had a last push in them.

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20 minutes.

Coming into the second, Princeton came ready to play. While Harvard pushed the lead up to 10 to start out, the Tigers responded with vigor, putting up 11 straight points (five of which came from junior guard Steven Cook) to take the lead. It was here, though, that the aforementioned Steeves would begin to shine. Normally putting up 9.1 points a game, Steeves scored nine straight points in the span of four minutes to quell the Tiger run, and would lead his team to a five point edge, with just under 10 to go.

Nevertheless, the Tigers didn’t become shellshocked. Cook remained hot, scoring from the paint and from the line seemingly at will. One of the highlights of the game was Cook’s penetration and gorgeous spin move around his defender

the layup with just 34 seconds to go, putting the game back up level. But who else would keep the Crimson going but Steeves, drawing a foul with just seven seconds to go and getting two free throw shots, sinking both both for the lead, 73-71.

With one opportunity remaining to keep their dream of a tournament berth alive, the Tigers headed down frantically, with Cannady dishing the ball to freshman forward Myles Stephens for the layup down low. Stephens looked like he had the shot, but Steeves saved the day once again for the Crimson with the timely block.

Cook corralled the rebound for one final chance, but his layup attempt rolled off the rim, to the Tiger fans’ dismay. Coming so close to forcing overtime, the Tigers were forced to walk away from the battle truly empty handed, without a win and without a chance to become league champions.

Despite the disappoint-

ing result, the Tigers had to keep their heads high for the final road match of the season. The Big Green (10-17, 4-9) had not been the most threatening foe in league play so far, but could still look to upset the Tigers, like Harvard had the night before. It would not be the case – the Tigers jumped all over the Big Green from the getgo, holding a 14 point edge before 10 minutes had expired in the first half. Cook was in excellent form, scoring seemingly at will as he went 6-8 from downtown in this one, for a career-high matching 27 points on the game.

As a whole, the Tigers could do little wrong on either offense or defense.

They shot 55.6% from the field in the first and held Dartmouth to just 38.5%, en route to a 21-point lead, when the first half had concluded. They had also completely demolished the Big Green in getting points on the fast break – the Tigers

held a 19-6 edge over Dartmouth in terms of points off of turnovers.

The second half was hardly better – the Tigers would remain sizzling and push their lead to as high as 30 points. The Big Green would never come to within striking distance, as the Tigers cruised along to an 84-65 victory. Along with Cook’s outburst, Caruso, junior forward Pete Miller, and sophomore guard Amir Bell would score in the double digits to lead the Tigers to one of their most efficient offensive performances this season.

Despite ceding the league title to Yale, the Tigers have the opportunity to finish up strong as they play their final game of the season, at home against nearby rival Penn Quakers. No matter the result, the Tigers have already guaranteed a second place finish, their best showing in the Ivy League since the 2012-2013 season.

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The seniors won their 97th game by defeating Dartmouth, 68-42. The Tigers quickly separated themselves from their opponents in the first quarter by grabbing a 15-point edge with a 19-2 run. The solid play continued throughout the game with consistent scoring by the Orange and Black.

Princeton shot 50 percent from the f loor overall and 58.3 percent in the second half. The Tigers held the

Big Green to 29.4 percent shooting and out-rebounded them, 45-24.

Miller scored 13 points and guard Berntsen added 12 points. Forward Williams posted 10 points on fiveof-seven shooting and five rebounds. Tarakchian recorded an impressive 11 rebounds.

The visiting team struggled to get baskets, as no player scored more than six points, despite a lot of time on the court. Dartmouth’s starting five combined spent more time on court than Princeton’s starting squad,

but each of its players was held to below 30 percent shooting.

With another successful Ivy League weekend, Princeton women’s basketball will challenge Penn on Tuesday for the Ivy title and a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

Penn is currently enjoying a fantastic season, having just won a program-record 23rd game in a season. The game will be at Jadwin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and every Princeton fan should be there to cheer on the Tigers.

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Tigers sweep weekend, face Penn for title

By Berthy Feng Contributor

This weekend, the Princeton women’s basketball team secured a chance to play for the Ivy League title, improving its conference record to 12-1 with wins over Harvard (14-12 overall, 9-4 Ivy) and Dartmouth (12-18, 7-7).

On Friday at Jadwin Gym, the Tigers led Harvard, 7969. The hosts started with five straight points, but quickly fell behind in the first quarter. The Crimson stole the lead with a 14-2 run before the Orange and Black reclaimed the lead with 1:16 left in the period. The Tigers held onto their lead for the rest of the game, but continually felt the pressure from Harvard. It was in the fourth quarter that Princeton definitively separated itself from the visiting team.

The Tigers scored a 12-0 run to take their leading margin into double digits and led by

as many as 20 points.

It was another impressive showing by the starting seniors. Senior forward Annie Tarakchian posted her 19th career double-double, recording 11 rebounds and a career-high 24 points. Senior guard Michelle Miller contributed 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting, as well as six assists and four rebounds. Senior forward Alex Wheatley scored 12 points on five-ofsix shooting. Senior guard Amanda Berntsen, while less impactful on the scoreboard, played a key offensive role with four assists.

Princeton shot 47.5 percent overall while holding Harvard to 36.9 percent and outrebounded its opponent, 45-33. On the Crimson side, senior guard Kit Metoyer scored 24 points and senior forward AnnMarie Healy posted 21 points and seven rebounds.

The next day was Senior Night for women’s basket-

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Two crucial wins puts Princeton at the top of the Ivy League with Penn. The two teams will face off for the Ivy Title.

ball, as the program honored its commendable group of seniors: Amanda Berntsen,

Michelle Miller, Annie Tarakchian, Alex Wheatley and Taylor Williams. Together,

the seniors have an overall record of 97-21 and are 50-5 in the Ivy League.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Princeton lose to Harvard in Thriller, Rout Dartmouth

By Miles Hinson sports Editor Emeritus

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While a disappointing loss, the Tigers secured second in the Ivies.

It’s been a year full of amazing highs for the Tigers, but they were dealt a critical blow this weekend.

As they looked to remain contenders for the NCAA tournament berth, the Tigers (21-6, overall, 11-2 Ivy) knew that the only way to guarantee a share of the league title with the Yale Bulldogs (22-6, 13-1) was to win their final three games.

However, by splitting their games this weekend – a loss to the Harvard Crimson on Friday, a win against the Dartmouth Big Green on Saturday – the Tigers fell out of contention for the league title. Yale’s victories

over Columbia and Cornell to finish their season put them at 13-1 in Ivy League, and earned them the chance to represent the Ivies in the postseason.

Traveling to the Lavietes Pavilion to do battle with the Crimson (14-16, 6-8), the Tigers came in looking to keep step-for-step with the Bulldogs in the standings.

Their chances seemed high after they had demolished Harvard, 83-62, when these teams had met in Princeton back in February. The Crimson, looking to play the role of spoiler, were determined to come back after their defeat, as they opened up going toe-to-toe with the Tigers. Princeton’s offense had balanced contributions

from the starting lineup.

In particular, hot shooting from junior guard Spencer Weisz to start and strong play around the rim from junior forward Henry Caruso were key in the Tigers’ start.

Despite this, the Crimson were successful in separating themselves near the end of the first. With the teams neck-and-neck at 3129, the Crimson would outscore their visitors 12- 6 (punctuated with a late 3 pointer from reserve Patrick Steeves) to enter the second half with an eightpoint edge. They had spent the entire half punishing the Tigers down low, having outscored Princeton 26-14 in the paint through the first See M.B-BALL page 5

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball falls to McKendree and George Mason

By David Xin Associate Sports Editor

This Friday and Saturday, the men’s volleyball team hosted a double-header against McKendree and Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) rivals, George Mason. Princeton lost both matches at home, 0-3.

The Princeton squad played without senior outside hitter Devin Stearns in their match against McKendree. This loss proved to be crucial, as the Tigers hotly contested McKendree in all three sets, narrowly falling short in each one.

In spite of the loss, the match was much closer than the score would indicate. In the first set, the Princeton squad tied with the Bobcats 12 times and experienced four lead changes. On the Princeton squad, junior setter Kurt Thiemann led the team with ten kills. Other contributions came from freshmen outside hitter Corry Short and sophomore outside hitter Kendall Ratter, who each added six kills. The Bobcats won the game 25-22, 25-20, 25-21.

Following there close loss, the Tigers faced another tough opponent in George Mason.

Prior to the match, the Tigers ranked right above George Mason in conference play, making this face-off a crucial one for both teams. If Princeton won, they would improve their record in the EIVA, while a loss would tie them with George Mason.

The Patriots came out with a strong win in the first set, taking the lead with a 25-17 victory. However, the Tigers would show their resilience and resolve in the second set, fighting tooth and nail against George Mason. Indeed, Princeton held the lead 9-6 early in the set. Three straight points for the Patriots would tie the game and see George Mason take the lead, 11-10. Yet, Princeton would hang on to grab the lead again, 17-16 and 18-17. Over the course of the match, Princeton tied George Mason 15 times and had five lead changes.

Stearns led the offense on the Princeton side with six kills. Fellow senior Zach Shaw added five blocks and five

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digs to the Tiger effort. Junior Chris Kennedy had 18 assists and five blocks, while Thiemann made four kills and two blocks.

However, the Patriots would hang on to beat the Tigers in a heart-breaking win, 25-23. The momentum from this second set would give George Mason the confidence they needed to wrap up the game in the third and final match. They handily closed the deal with a 25-10 victory.

While the loss is undoubtedly a setback, the Tigers still have plenty of matches ahead of them as they look to qualify for the EIVA semi-finals. The Tigers have qualified for the semi-finals each year since 2012 and are undoubtedly looking to continue the streak this season.

Princeton will take a break from conference play during the next two weeks, but it will face two tough opponents in the form of Lewis and LoyolaChicago. Both teams qualified for the NCAA tournament last season and will hopefully push the Tigers back into winning form.

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Men’s Volleyball will look to rebound after two tough losses.

Stat of the Day

45 rebounds The women’s basketball team outrebounded both Harvard and Dartmouth by grabbing 45 a game.

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