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OPT changes to affect international STEM students

By Samvida Venkatesh staff writer

Under a new Department of Homeland Security rule, some international students at the University may be eligible to work and remain in the United States for a longer time post-graduation.

With the new regulation that will go into effect May 10, international students who have a degree in designated science, technology, engineering and math related fields may pursue a F1 Optional Practical Training visa for up to 24 months, Assistant Director for International Students at the Davis International Center MladenkaTomasevic said. This extends the current 17-month STEM OPT visa limit.

International students comprise around 12 percent of undergraduate student body and about 40 percent of the graduate student body.

In 2014 – 15 academic year, about 56 percent of the graduate students in engineering program and 41 percent in natural science programs came from abroad.

Tomasevic also noted that under the new rule, students will be responsible for supplying more documentation to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The regulation also increased the number of allowed unemployment days to an aggregate of 150 days. This number was previously 90 days, according to a USCIS press release.

Furthermore, employers are now required to devise training plans for OPT seekers at the time of application and provide follow-up evaluation reports regularly during the applicant’s employment, according to the Center’s website.

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The second We Speak survey will measure awareness and experiences of sexual misconduct at U.

We Speak survey released to students

By Claire Lee staff writer

The second We Speak survey on undergraduate and graduate students’ knowledge and experiences of sexual misconduct and awareness of University policies, procedures and resources, was distributed to all students via email on Tuesday.

The survey was put together last year and this year by a smaller working group that had some student involvement, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity, University Title IX Coordinator, and Co-Chair of the Faculty-Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct Michele Minter said. Administrators on the Faculty-Student Committee, including those who are experienced in survey design, and the SHARE office also participated in the process.

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eton students participated in the 2014-2015 We Speak survey, according to Vice Provost for Institutional Research Jed Marsh, who is responsible for running and administering the survey.

“I have my fingers crossed that we will get at least 52 percent participation again this year. We’re very hopeful that we’re gonna get there, but it would be better if we get more than that,” he said.

Marsh added that in this year’s survey, a new section was added that asked about student experiences a few hours before the sexual misconduct to understand what happens before the actual event occurs.

“The big question [we asked when designing the survey] was: ‘Is there a way that we can gather information in a way that we can help intervene early in that process and provide students with the

knowledge and skills to avoid the situations of sexual misconduct?’” Marsh said.

Marsh added that he hopes that information will help the University administration provide programs to equip students to get out of avoidable situations.

Marsh noted that many students helped refine the survey’s questions for this year, including USG student representatives on the FacultyStudent Committee on Sexual Misconduct who pretested the survey questionnaire.

“It is really, really important to hear from students on campus to make sure we have a clear understanding of students’ issues and experiences,” Marsh said.

Allison Fleming ’18, a student representative on the Faculty-Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct, said that she was able to bring See SURVEY page 2

David Lane discusses global hunger solutions U. researchers collect world’s oldest ice core from Antarctica ACADEMICS

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We will need to figure out how to feed 9-9.5 billion people more nutritious food with fewer inputs, less water and pesticides and in the face of climate change by 2050, U. S. Representative to United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture David Lane MPA ’88 said in a talk about global food security.

In order to accomplish this, the world must increase its food production by an estimated 60 percent, Lane said.

He noted that agriculture is a cornerstone for the development and transformation of economies, and that according to the World Bank, growth in the agricultural sector is 2.5 times more effective at reducing poverty than investment in any other sector.

The Green Movement of the 1950s, Lane said, transformed agriculture by developing new methods for seed hybridization, extended irrigation and use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, leading to a 250 percent increase in world grain

production. However, he noted that the success of this work may have led people to believe that work in agricultural improvement was over.

“It’s my belief that people rested on their laurels and moved on, and the result, however we arrived at it, was a collapse in the investment in agriculture, even in the areas where hunger and poverty were most widespread,” he explained.

He noted that in 2009, U. S. President Barack Obama initiated a G8 summit to address the issue of food security and poverty in developing nations.

The framework for President Obama’s approach, called Feed the Future, works in 19 countries to reduce the prevalence of poverty and stunted children, focus on smallholder farmers, especially women, and help increase farmers’ income by increasing efficiency.

He said that research shows if female farmers had the same access to inputs – such as technology, training, land and seeds ­– as their male counterparts, they could feed an additional See FOOD page 4

By Andie Ayala staff writer

A team of four University researchers and one member of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program traveled to Alan Hills, Antarctica as part of an expedition drill for the oldest ice core.

The team consisted of Assistant Professor of Geosciences John Higgins, Yuzhen Yan GS, research specialist Preston Kemeny ’15, postdoctoral researcher Sean Mackay and drill operator Mike Waszkiewicz of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program.

The purpose of the trip was to collect “old ice,” which constitutes ice that existed a million years ago, said Higgins, who led the trip. Higgins explained that compared to other formations such as rock or sand, ice provides geologists with an amazing window into the past because it is able to measure the composition of the atmosphere at different

points in the past, based on bubbles that were formed by gaps between snow. As such, he said that analyzing the ice would allow the team to determine the composition of the atmosphere a million years ago.

Higgins noted that he spent two field seasons in the same Alan Hills area of Antarctica in 2009-2011 trying to look for old ice in the area.

According to Higgins, the team was in Antarctica from Nov. 20 to Jan. 16, spending two weeks coordinating logistics and being trained on fieldwork and survival skills at the U.S. government’s McMurdo Station.

Through their expedition, sediments found in the deep sea have suggested that more than 800,000 years ago, the Earth’s climate had been a lot warmer, Higgins explained.

“We think that they were related probably to greenhouse gases but nobody has demonstrated yet that with

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measurements particularly from ice cores,” he added.

Kemeny added that the ice they were looking for was also of interest because for the last 800,000 years there has been a glacial cycle every 100,000 years. However, prior to this time period, the periodicity of ice ages was closer to every 40,000 years. Therefore, according to Higgins, understanding this transition may help us to understand what environmental feedbacks move the Earth between different climates.

A previous project by the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica, which operated from 1996-2006, had collected and documented ice cores 800,000 years old, but not older than that, Higgins noted.

Yan noted that this expedition was quite revolutionary in the field of geology as it was the first of its kind to succeed in collecting old ice.

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experience of actually taking the survey to the committee, as well as the experiences of her friends.

“I have experienced the social scene, while professors and administrators may only have second-hand understanding. Coming from a student perspective, I was also able to suggest ways to raise awareness of the survey,” Fleming said.

Fleming noted that this year’s survey asks questions about the time period that was missed after last year’s survey had been taken.

“Because that period includes Lawnparties and Reunions, we thought it was especially important that we capture any incidents that occurred,” Fleming said.

Marsh said that the Faculty-Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct and other campus partners will see the results of the survey and work them into their programs.

Those campus partners include the SHARE office, University Health Services, the graduate school and others, according to Marsh.

Last year’s survey results led to changes focused mostly on training and education, according to Minter. For example, there are now signs posted in all bathrooms detailing how students can access resources if they have had experiences with sexual misconduct. The posters that are currently taped up will be converted to permanent framed posters within the next few months.

Minter added that a training called “Not Anymore” will now become mandatory for graduate students, who previously did not receive this training. Another training called “Preventing Sexual Harassment” was required for all of the employees and faculty this year. This same training will be required for graduate students starting next year.

Minter said that the Faculty-Student Committee is also preparing a memo that is not

yet finalized with some additional suggestions about other areas worth exploring more deeply based on the results of last year’s survey.

“One category of that involves working more closely with the eating clubs on addressing the prevention of sexual misconduct,” Minter said.

She noted that a full set of recommendations for additional suggestions will be completed within a couple of months.

“We will look closely at the results of the survey and continue to make refinements.

The goal is that over time, we will see changes in the outcome of the survey data,” Minter said. “We will very much like to see that people are more aware of the resources and the policies.”

Minter said that the survey will be run for two more years, totaling a run of four years in a row. She added that this is unusual as universities usually run surveys on sexual misconduct every four years.

“We care a lot about doing everything we can to address these issues on our campus.

We are taking a particularly aggressive attitude toward it,” Minter said. “We really want people to understand that the data we collect really does help us to make recommendations.”

“It is really important that students take the survey so we can accurately compare the results to the results of last year’s survey. Additionally, we can only get an accurate representation of our campus if we have a large enough sample size,” Fleming added.

“Because the results have the capacity to inf luence policy, everyone should make sure their voice is heard.”

“Based on the results from last year’s survey, sexual misconduct affects a wide range of students on our campus.

We hope everyone can contribute to understanding what happens at Princeton and what we can do to make it better,” she said.

The results of the survey, which will run through midApril, will be released in the fall.

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reviewing and analyzing the implications of the change, Tomasevic said. She could not comment on whether the extension has tangible impacts on pursuing permanent residency. The Center will put together a website in mid-April with more information, she said.

Vibhaalakshmi Sivaraman ’17, a computer science major, said that as someone intending to apply to graduate school, her plans haven’t changed dramatically since the rule change.

However, she noted that the extension is a big plus, especially for international students intending to pursue summer internships. Sivaraman said that summer internships are currently factored into OPT extension, which shortens the potential employment time for students after graduation.

“It opens up more opportunities only in the sense that you can stay in the US for longer,” she said.

She added that she believes that the impact of this regulation change rests with employers.

Sivaraman noted that she also heard that the rule may have excluded certain majors that were previously designated as a STEM major. Additionally, the USCIS designation of STEM might pose logistical difficulties for some students, she said.

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while econ students going into Wall Street may have serious problems,” she said.

Sergiy Popovych GS, a second year Ph.D. student in the computer science department, explained that with the new rule, students have some increased f lexibility in pursuing employment.

An OPT status grants more benefits than the standard F1 visa, he said, adding that unlike the F1 visa, applicants can renew their OPT status while in the US. “The impact of the extension is not huge but it’s still nice,” he added.

According to Popovych, with the except of applicants from China and India, there is currently a lottery system for getting a H-1B work visa.

Having a longer OPT allows for an increased number of chances to apply for the lottery.

Tomasevic noted that some graduates have been able to transfer to a H-1B visa after exhausting their OPT stay. An H-1B visa is a prerequisite to applying for a work-based green card, according to USCIS. Popovych further noted that he believes limiting the extension to STEM graduates is the right thing to do.

“There are many more international students in STEM and America is fully qualified to have its own humanities students. For STEM students, America is perhaps a bit lacking,” he said.

USCIS did not respond to a request for comment.

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150 million people throughout the world each year.

Lane explained that there is also a funding gap in increasing agricultural productivity that needs to come from the private sector.

“There is no way that public sector investment alone is going to generate the productivity gains that are needed to feed 9 billion people,” he said.

He added that the contributions of the private sector may also lead to more innovation and sustainability.

“When I arrived in Rome in 2012, I had to say one in every eight people on the planet was food insecure,” he said.

Lane explained that he believes the government’s work has been effective.

“Today we say it’s one in every nine,” he added.

However, he also noted that there are many concerns for food security in the future, with climate change providing the greatest threat to food and agricultural productivity.

Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall and weather patterns mean agriculture must adapt to maintain or increase food security. Lane explained that the agriculture industry emits more greenhouse gases than cars, trains, planes combined and consumes many natural resources, making it a large contributor to climate change.

Lane also explained that humanitarian concerns play an important role.

“The need for humanitarian assistance in 2016 is truly unprecedented,” he said.

More than 60 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes, the highest recorded number in history, according to Lane. Food inse-

curity and the instability of countries are closely linked, he added. He noted that governmental instability may lead to a lack of food security, which in turn causes more instability.

Lane explained that 41 percent of the world’s poorest live in unstable or fragile states.

“Ending extreme poverty by 2030, which President Obama said is in our sights, or zero hunger by 2030: you can’t get there from here if you don’t make the decision to focus on these conflict-ridden states,” he said.

The lecture, titled “The U.S. and Global Food Security: Progress and Perils,” was held at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Robertson Hall. The talk was organized by the Wilson School Office of Public Affairs and Communications. Lane is visiting the Wilson School as a Joseph S. Nye ’58 International Lecturer.

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He said that the team was able to achieve this through unconventional means.

“Antarctica is terrifically beautiful and an extremely harsh place to live.”

Preston Kemeny ‘15, research specialist

In traditional research, the method has been to drill straight down from a glacier, a process that would require 10-15 years, tens and millions of dollars, a large international effort with many scientists and drilling into ice three kilometers thick, Higgins explained.

He noted that by drilling close to the remote Alan Hill mountain range, they were able to collect deep ice

outcrops that had been surfaced by the obstruction of the mountain. As such, Higgins said that their expedition only required five team members, drilling a core 200 meters and a funding of $700,000, withholding the logistical cost.

Yan noted that the National Science Foundation donated the funding for this expedition.

The team collected 330 meters and 4.5 tons of ice in total, Higgins said. He added that the cores just arrived in Los Angeles and will be put in a refrigeration unit to be driven up to Colorado, where they will be placed in the national ice core laboratory until the team visits it in May. He said that they hope to have some form of research completed by the summer.

“Antarctica is terrifically beautiful and an extremely harsh place to live. I’m very grateful that I had the opportunity to see a place so untouched by the humanity, especially in the interest of learning more about Earth’s climate,” Kemeny said.

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Cleaning Up Our Investments: The Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment

n May 2015, President Eisgruber and the Council of the Princeton University Community Resources Committee rejected the Princeton Sustainable Investment Initiative’s proposal for sustainable management of the Princeton endowment. Eisgruber wrote, “It would be a profound mistake to create an investment policy that took political stands regarding the business activities of energy companies.”

In this stance, Eisgruber has neglected to heed the University’s commitment to sustainability and environmental ethics. The financial support of companies involved in environmental destruction and climate change denial runs counter to the University’s values, as stated explicitly in the Princeton University Sustainability Plan and implicitly in the research of its scientists. Moreover, the University has taken political stands in the past, divesting from companies involved in apartheid in South Africa (in 1978) and violence in Darfur (in 2006), to varying degrees. A University committee recently endorsed a target for the University to be carbon neutral by 2046 — shouldn’t the University’s investment policies be consistent with its direct goals?

While Eisgruber may think Princeton’s responsibility ends at the FitzRandolph gate, major institutions worldwide are rethinking their ethical investment responsibilities. Universities such as Stanford, UMass and Georgetown have removed all their direct investments in coal. The University of California has sold off $200 million worth of holdings in coal and oil sands. Large noneducational institutions such as the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the United Church of Christ, major insurance company Allianz and Norway’s sovereign wealth fund — the world’s largest at $900 billion — have either made plans to sell off their stocks in all fossil fuels, or to sell their stocks in coal at the least.

In the face of increasing impacts from anthropogenic climate change, these institutions and universities are taking actions to reduce the contribution of their investments to the problem.

Last year’s rejected proposal to the CPUC Resources Committee did not call for immediate divestment, but rather, a series of steps to advance

more environmentally responsible investment practices such as signing the Carbon Disclosure Project, adopting the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (as Harvard has done), and creating a committee to oversee management and distribution of financial resources. The proposal was signed by over 1600 students, faculty, staff and alumni, but after receiving President Eisgruber’s letter and consulting with the Princeton University Investment Company, the CPUC Resources Committee rejected the proposal on all counts.

This year, PSII has developed a new proposal which demands that the University: 1. Immediately remove holdings in all coal extraction companies, and 2.

Commit to gradual divestment from all other fossil fuels. This proposal focuses specifically on coal, which is both the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel and the worst source of air pollution. Coal contributes approximately 40 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Air pollution from coal causes over 350,000 premature deaths in China alone each year and is estimated to inflict health costs of over 100 billion dollars per year in the United States, which neither coal companies nor their investors pay for. Moreover, the value of coal companies have decreased sharply – coal stocks fell by almost 50% in 2015.

Low-carbon investment funds that match the returns and risk profiles of existing benchmarks are emerging, and hedge fund managers and central banks alike are beginning to acknowledge the financial risks posed by fossil-fuel stocks and the likelihood that fossil fuel assets will become stranded.

In light of the fact that the ethical and financial cases for fossil fuel divestment continue to grow stronger, that more and more institutions are deciding to divest and that the University has committed itself to become carbon neutral, PSII believes it is time that the University’s endowment reflect its values on climate change and divest from coal.

The Princeton Sustainable Investment Initiative is a student-led organization that seeks to make the University practice more environmentally sustainable investment. They can be contacted at pusustainableinvestment@gmail.com.

Art and the Selfie

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was fortunate enough to do some traveling abroad over spring break, particularly spending time in art museums.

As I walked into the room of the Louvre that displays the Mona Lisa, perhaps one of the most famous pieces of artwork in the Western canon, I was struck first not by the painting’s beauty, nor by its famous smile, but instead by the sea of selfie sticks around the painting, all in spite of the Louvre’s ban on selfie sticks inside the museum.

In fact, even from a distance of five feet away, you can barely see the painting behind all of the selfie sticks. The throng of people attempting to take selfies with the painting made it nearly impossible to actually view the artwork before being jostled aside by someone trying to take a selfie.

It made me wonder, though, in the age of smartphone cameras and Instagram, what is the purpose of viewing art in person, other than to prove that you actually saw the painting? Why not just stay home and look at a picture of the painting on Wikipedia?

I do not claim to be an expert art critic, nor an expert on photography, but it is nearly impossible for your iPhone’s tiny front-facing camera to

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really be able to represent the full range of colors and textures that constitute a painting. The resulting grainy image simply will not do the real painting justice. From an entirely cynical standpoint, the entire experience becomes less about actually appreciating the art and instead about feeding our own narcissism on social media. It is as if to say, “the Mona Lisa is beautiful, but so is my face, so I’ll take a picture of both.”

And I believe that is the true tragedy of this technological advance. I am very much a proponent of the adoption of new technology, but I believe there should be a limit to all selfies, as narcissism can certainly play a role in this drive to over-share. Yet, our interactions with art should not be defined by the number of likes we expect to get on an Instagram post.

We should take more time to look at the art than the five seconds to take a selfie and then upload it to Facebook, Instagram or some other social media platform.

It is a common trope that our generation, the Millennials, is too self-absorbed and has attention

spans too short to enjoy such work as art. I would be inclined to disagree with that trope. An enjoyable interaction with art does not have to be on the deepest philosophical level, and the value of that interaction should be defined by something actually meaningful to oneself. And, if a selfie is what a person finds most valuable about the interaction, then that represents a meaningful interaction. After all, not everyone is an art history major.

However, we must strike a balance between the seeming need to share with the world and the portion of an experience that should be kept private, although it is not nearly the “powerful story of self-obsessions” that a recent alarmist column in the Guardian would suggest. There is certainly a time and place for selfies, but we should take the time to read the little placard describing the art as well. The experience you draw from looking at a piece of art could potentially stay with you for the rest of your life, but your Snapchat story will be gone in 24 hours.

Nicholas Wu is a sophomore from Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich. He can be reached at nmwu@princeton.edu.

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rinceton has one of the oldest, strongest and most connected alumni networks of the world’s higher education institutions, a pleasant reality that we are reminded of every year when we place the second largest annual beer order in the US for our Reunions celebrations. From the hectic and joyous party in June to a lifetime of loyalty and belonging, the status of a Princeton Tiger is a privilege and point of pride that we are endowed with for life. Yet recent circumstances beg the question: is it really a status for life?

We have an array of famous alumni to be proud of, from Schmidt to Nash, Fitzgerald to the First Lady. Despite this, not every graduate of Princeton is expected to make headlines and join the ranks of such figures. Many of us will go out into the world, playing our part whilst being proud of where we came from, and the University community may never consider us in depth again.

However, there is one prominent possibility for our future status as a Princetonian, one even worse than being forgotten. This alternative outcome is outright rejection. Some alumni are utterly repudiated by this community, or at least by a vocal student body.

These spurred alumni may hold views or act in ways that run contrary to present popular opinion on campus. In a country with a constitutional amendment uniquely dedicated to maintaining freedom of expression and speech, it does not seem unlikely that a wide spectrum of views would develop and that Princeton would produce thinkers who fall on both ends of it. Yet it appears that when one of our own falls out of line with the majority consensus, we enthusiastically denounce them.

One notable example comes from a recent article published in the Tab, “Ted Cruz ’92 is officially the worst Princeton alum of all time.” Now, if the results of the survey presented in the article are any indication, the majority of readers undoubtedly read that title with a certain degree of agreement. The fact that some may not agree, and that the article falsely portrays Princeton to have a homogenous collective viewpoint, is an important point that I will not get into here. Rather, I question the motivation behind and harm in publicly and enthusiastically denouncing a Princeton alumnus.

I am not a particular supporter of Cruz, or either of Republicans or Democrats. In fact, as a noncitizen, I’m far removed. But as a Princetonian, I see harm in the habit of shaming any alumni we are not proud of. In the face of being associated with controversial views, and accepting that we are a part of a community that produces a diversity of alumni, we simply push out those whom we disagree with, separating them from the University and thus dissociate ourselves from them.

It is weak to define Princetonians as only those who have views that coincide with the popular views of the campus at the time. We cannot have thousands of graduating students and then simply pick and choose in hindsight the ones whom we consider to be “true Tigers,” once we see how they turn out. We shy away from admitting that a person with Cruz’s views came through our University, without anyone or any factor having persuaded him out of the views that we deem unacceptable.

Of course, I am not suggesting that the student body ought to support or encourage Cruz’s views.

Rather, it is not a solution to simply censure the views of alums, to try and prune the unwanted branches of our alumni network. This avoids the reality of who we are as a university, and nothing we say will deny the fact that Cruz, and other controversial alumni, are Tigers as much as you and me. In focusing on censorship, we ignore a call to action.

As an intellectual community, we should take responsibility for having cultivated, or at least having fostered, such views. From there, we should be looking inwards, at the students and faculty who are currently at Princeton. If contentious views are found, the kind of views for which we would publicly denounce an alumnus or alumna, then we should seek to persuade and propagate the perspectives that we would be proud to have presented by our alumni, through campus discussion and debate. We are responsible, as a community, for all of the words and actions of Princetonians; if we see a point of disagreement, we must act to resolve it now rather than waiting until it is too late and then making fun of it.

Of course, not everyone maintains the views they have in college throughout the rest of their lives. Cruz may have been a different man at Princeton. To this I would suggest that the quality of campus discussion, the transparency and logic of the arguments that circulate this campus should be such that we are enlightened when we leave, and thus we will not fall into fields of rhetoric and politics that are apparently so detestable to students today.

If you disagree with Cruz’s politics, or with the views and actions of any alumnus, don’t take the easy route of merely condemning them and excluding them from our consideration of the notion of a “Princetonian.” Instead, consider whether or not we are allowing or propagating such views now on campus, and make your contribution to campus discussion to fix it. 450 people down-voted Cruz in the Tab’s survey, and doubtlessly a few up-voted him too. It is debate between these groups and any similar opposition that will ensure that we can be proud of all our alumni into the future.

Samuel Parsons is a freshman from Wangaratta, Australia.

He can be reached at samueljp@princeton.edu.

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The women’s basketball season came to an end last Friday when the Tigers fell to West Virginia University by a score of 65-74 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Princeton’s formidable performance against WVU likely reflects an entire season of underdog mentality. Coming off a perfect regular season last year, the Tigers regrouped and still managed to garner an impressive 23-5 record under coach Courtney Banghart.

To be sure, there were challenges In the regular season’s final game, the Tigers lost the Ivy League title to rival Penn. Yet, Princeton once again disproved history by earning the first non-automatic NCAA bid in conference history. Even the NCAA had to acknowledge the Orange and Black success.

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Thursday march 24, 2016

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Spring break travels, cold and warm ‘Unfamiliar Street’ is a travel column in which we take you around the world and introduce you to a cool STREET far from the well-trod gravel of Prospect Avenue. Over spring break, Street Editor HARRISON BLACKMAN visited an ‘Unfamiliar Street’ in a cold place and Staff Writer ANGELA WANG visited an ‘Unfamilar Street’ in a warm place. Incidentally, both places were part of the British Commonwealth.

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WEST GEORGIA STREET IN VANCOUVER, BC

AN UNNAMED STREET IN HAMILTON, BERMUDA ANGELA WANG

HARRISON BLACKMAN

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o enter and leave Vancouver, you have to pass through its heart. Crossing the Lions Gate Bridge over Vancouver’s harbor (the namesake of the Canadian film company Lionsgate Entertainment), you enter Stanley Park, a wooded landmark of walking paths, shores and a display of Totem Poles.

It’s there that you enter West Georgia Street, a major avenue that cuts through some of Vancouver’s major landmarks: The Fairmont Hotel, of the famous Canadian hotel brand based in Toronto; the Vancouver Art Gallery, a world-class museum inside a repurposed city hall; and Rogers Arena and BC Place, the home of the Vancouver Canucks NHL team and Whitecaps FC, respectively.

West Georgia Street is something akin to New York’s 5th Avenue, home to many high-end retail locations, such as the Vancouver outlet of Hudson’s Bay Company, the Canadian department store that got its start with fur trapping in 1670. It also hosts the public amenities such as Vancouver’s massive public library, and across the street, its post office. Closer to the sports arenas, West Georgia Street is defined by sports bars and pubs. West Georgia Street transitions into Prior Street when it intersects with Main Street, and its counterpart, East Georgia Street, is more residential.

As I walked along the puddles of Georgia Street over spring break, I marveled at a city so inviting, walkable and clean. It was the stuff that American urban planners’ dreams were made of.

How did it come to be?

Founded in 1867 as a logging town named the enticing-sounding “Gastown,” the settlement was renamed “Vancouver” after the Canadian transcontinental railroad was built. Today, Vancouver is the fourth most densely populated city in North America.

Vancouver is well-known for its strong urban planning. It even has a name for it: “Vancouverism.” Urban planners in the 1980s pursued a policy of high-rise residential developments along with mixed-use retail and resi-

dential uses. The result is a city ranked with the 5th highest quality of life in the world, (behind Vienna, Zurich, Auckland and Munich) and perhaps unsurprisingly it is the priciest city in Canada.

Vancouver’s hosting of the 2010 Olympic Games motivated its expansion of its subway and transit system, known as SkyTrain. Coming from my experience with the generally effective but notorious Washington, DC Metro, (the entire system was closed Wednesday last week for a decidedly non-routine, emergency safety inspection), I was impressed at the Vancouver system’s cleanliness and timeliness.

Vancouver is also as diverse and culturally vibrant as it is well-planned.

When the United Kingdom transferred governorship of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China in 1997, it led to a large migration of British Chinese to Canada, particularly Vancouver. Today, Vancouver’s population is about 20 percent Chinese, lending itself to a city with some of the best Chinese cuisine in North America. The demographics are also reflected in the Vancouver’s signage: many public signs are subtitled in Chinese, rather than Greater Canada’s more common emphasis on French.

Like its Pacific Northwest cousins, Seattle and Portland, Vancouver has the climate of a “temperate rainforest.”

That is to say, it rains a lot. Statistically, it rains every other day from November to March, so if seasonal affective disorder were a problem for you, it would be unwise to live there.

As for regional prominence, Vancouver places you close to nature and its associated recreation — the ski resort across the bay provides easy access to winter sports, while the famous Whistler Mountain is just a two hours’ drive away. A ferry in nearby Tsawwassen can take you to Vancouver Island and British Columbia’s capital of Victoria.

Vancouver truly lies in the heart of BC — and West Georgia Street is in the center of all of it.

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still don’t know the name of the street, but I fell in love with it on my first night in Bermuda.

I walked out of dinner with my friends around 8 p.m., and it was dark outside already. Feeling overly stuffed, we decided to walk around a lovely little town called Hamilton. Unlike New York City, there is no street light every five feet. The whole town is dim with staggering lights coming from the households uphill and f lickering candlelight from oceanside restaurants.

We took a turn, and suddenly we came across a little alley illuminated

by Christmas lights. Due to the unexpected brightness, I shut my eyes for a second and then opened them to what I now consider a wonderful surprise.

It felt like walking in the dark and suddenly discovering a new territory — a welcoming, gleaming one.

With the light, I could see the stairs clearly. Each step has a different color, and going up the stairs felt like going down a palette, or rather, a rainbow. Bermuda is an extremely colorful place, and driving from the airport, I did not see two houses next to each other with the same color. However, this unfamiliar little street outshone many others, with 30 steps and 30 distinct colors.

What made it even better was the writing on the stairs. The lower part of the stairs read: “There is magic at your fingertips, look closely and see it, unfolding from weary bones.”

Walking up the stairs and reading the lines step by step, these aphoristic comments warmed my heart on that slightly chilly night.

I wonder who painted them: One person? Multiple people? Children?

High schoolers? Artists on vacation?

A myriad of questions popped into my head, and there was no answer to be found. The mystery behind the creator made me love the street even more.

I went with two of my friends, and we were all taking it in silently. We met up at the top of the stairs around the same time. Needless to say, we

wanted a picture together. As we were wondering about who should take the photo, a cook named Bob from a restaurant by the stairs came out and offered to do us the favor. I thought he was just going take the picture and leave, but he ended up talking to us on the stairs for an hour.

He passionately told us stories about the history of Bermuda: how the settlement began — from the Northern corner down to the South. This is why the forts are in the north and the malls are in the south. He then told us it is still a British territory, which explains why they drive on the left and have portraits of Queen Elizabeth everywhere. He told us about schools: ten elementary schools, five middle schools, three high schools and one university. Everyone has to wear a uniform. He told us there were about 600 taxis in Bermuda, so we should never worry about not being able to get one. At one point, he ran back into his kitchen and came out with three sundaes in his hand. He talked. I listened. We laughed.

There is a Chinese proverb that goes: “The scenery is pretty, but the people make it prettier.” Indeed, that street left me with so many memories because of Bob, my honorary tour guide, and Bermy-pedia of the night.

It’s true, not just Bob, but basically everyone in Bermuda seems approachable. They want to help you; they want to make conversation with you; they want to get to know you. I was in New York City the night before, and it was such a contrast between New Yorkers and locals in Bermuda. I learned something new about someone every day, and they never failed to bring a smile on my face.

Three hours f lew by quickly, and we grudgingly said goodbye to the delightful street. It was a street full of lights, laughter and love. As the taxi was driving uphill, the brightness of the street became smaller and dimmer. It didn’t disappear, though — it’s still shining in my mind.

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Thursday march 24, 2016

Q&A OUTDOOR ACTION PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Interviewed by CATHERINE WANG Staff Writer

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t’s almost college decision day, which means Outdoor Action’s frosh trips are just around the corner. Caroline Stone ‘14 graduated with a degree in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and subsequently assumed the position of OA Program Coordinator. Staff Writer Catherine Wang contacted Stone to ask about Stone’s experience with OA, what she’s been working on as program coordinator and the big changes headed for OA this fall.

The Daily Princetonian: What was your experience with OA like, as an undergraduate and then as an OA leader?

Caroline Stone: I grew up spending a lot of time outside and have always been eager to try new things. I’d never been backpacking before coming to Princeton, but I was eager to go on OA. From singing silly songs to making pita pizza together, I knew by night three of my trip that I loved OA and wanted to become a leader. At the time, my decision was all about an opportunity to have fun and be outside; it was only later, after I went through leader training and took on other responsibilities with OA that I began to appreciate how much I learned and grew as a person from this experience. I’d held plenty of leader-

ship positions in high school, but leading an OA trip was the first time that I started to actually think about leadership and actively work towards improving. Through OA, I’ve learned to be intentional with everything I do and say. Something as simple as selecting a game to play along the trail can have a huge impact — either positive or negative — on a group’s dynamic. It’s my responsibility as a leader to be aware of that.

DP: What’s your favorite OA game/song?

CS: Definitely “Da Moose.”

DP: Were there any particularly memorable experiences?

CS: I have so many favorite OA memories! I love meeting new people and building new relationships with them. One of the most unforgettable experiences was leading a training trip down to the Shenandoahs during Fall Break a few years ago. We got a late start driving down, and ended up hiking in the dark for a few hours before making it to camp. While setting up camp, my co-leader and I discovered that we were missing half of our tent. Keep in mind that it is late October — it’s already in the low 40s and rain was predicted for the next few days, so it was very much not the kind of situation you’d want to be in without a tent. It was not our finest moment, but we eventually man-

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aged to improvise a shelter for the night that kept us all relatively warm. In the morning, the whole group talked through possible decisions and agreed on a plan to meet up with another group and share their tents; like most OA training events, we turned our mistake into a teachable moment. And the rest of the week was great!

DP: What is currently your role in organizing OA? CS: As program coordinator, I handle most of the day-to-day logistics with OA. I organize all of leader training, and work with our student instructors and coordinators to update lesson plans and gather teaching materials. In the summer, we start planning for Frosh Trip, and I work with our student coordinators who plan all of the routes and trip details.When you’re planning over 80 trips, every little detail — from identifying water sources to ordering dozens of cases of M&M’s — needs to be planned out ahead of time.

During Frosh Trip, I stay back on campus as part of Command Center, responding to new problems that arise and managing all of the behind-the-scenes logistics for evacs. I basically live in the basement of Butler for five days straight, eating a lot of take-out Mehek and sleeping on the floor — in order to always

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be available to the students out in the field. The highlight of my job is certainly whenever I get to lead training trips, spending time outside and really connecting with students. I’m able to reflect on my own experiences as an OA leader, but also am always picking up new things from my co-leaders and trainees.

DP: OA is having a lot of changes this year, with OA and CA becoming mandatory orientation programs. What does that mean for OA — have you guys had to include any major orga-

nizational changes?

CS: OA Frosh Trip is going to look pretty similar to the past few years. The biggest change, and the one we are most excited about, is that Leader Training is now free! The University is now covering all costs associated with leader training, including the five-day backcountry Leader Training Trip. OA has always strived to offer leadership development opportunities to all students, so it’s great knowing that there are no longer economic barriers preventing people from learning these skills.

Q&A FRENCH PROFESSOR, AUTHOR OF ‘THE OTHER

SERIOUS’ CHRISTY WAMPOLE

VICTORIA SCOTT Staff Writer

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ntil the Inst a g r a m - w o r t h y, ‘Va lencia’-f i ltered, joyful existence Millennials envision materializes, our generation could use all the advice thrown at us. Princeton French professor Christy Wampole wrote “The Other Serious,” a book of essays published in July 2015 that strives to give advice to young people on how they should live their lives. The essays in “The Other Serious” explore defining themes of the Millennial generation, including Millen-

nials’ contradicting existences online and in private, exaggerated lives on social media, and materialism. The essays focus on a single question: “What should you do when you know what to do?” Street Senior Writer Victoria Scott contacted Wampole to talk about her book, the challenges the millennial generation faces, and the writing process.

The Daily Princetonian: What inspired you to write “The Other Serious”?

Christy Wampole: Since I spend a lot of time with undergraduates and get so much

energy from their presence, I wanted to offer them an uncynical book, one that acknowledges that they’ve inherited a tangled mess from us (earlier generations like Gen-X and the Boomers) and that suggests that there are ways to refuse a lot of it. It is a book of essays, not a self-help book or a user’s manual for life, but I hope young people find in it various strategies for refusing the unacceptable aspects of what we’ve saddled them with.

DP: Did you have anything similar to “The Other Serious” growing up?

CW: No, not at all. I had to figure things out on my own, mostly from listening to depressive music, reading dystopian novels and watching cult movies.

DP: How did you begin the process of writing “The Other Serious”?

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CW: I wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times in 2012 called “How To Live Without Irony,” which generated a lot of interest. I took some ideas implicit in that piece and spun them out into longer essays to see where they would go. Once I could see that a book was coalescing, I took the liberty of adding other observations about cultural phenomena – awkwardness, distraction, seriousness, self-infantilization – and some weird close readings of things like the national anthem, Richard Linklater’s film “Slacker,” and the movie “Labyrinth” starring our dearly departed David Bowie. “The

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Other Serious” is an arbitrary collection of thoughts that imitates the scattered thinking of our age and is thus a product of it.

DP: In your opinion what is the greatest setback our generation faces?

CW: It will at some point be necessary to devise new codes for what is permissible in speech and behavior now that the [Internet] has changed everything. Your generation will be the ones to negotiate the differences between free speech and hate speech, between enemies and allies, between innocuous forms of expression and dangerous ones.

On our current trajectory, microcommunities with swift and changeable enmities will eventually pulverize any potential solidarities that could have formed. Hopefully, a new digital ethic will involve giving people the benefit of the doubt and being less quick to slaughter someone for some slip. Probably the idea of pa-

tiently considering the longer patterns of someone’s behaviors and speech will become necessary. Otherwise, everyone will eventually be seen as a hateful bigot by someone else.

This seems pretty obvious to us all, at least subconsciously, but it doesn’t seem clear yet how to put brakes on this wild machine. Self-righteousness will become unpopular. Dogmatism will probably give way to all sorts of new relativisms, ambiguities and fuzzinesses like it did in the 1990s. People will need to regain their composure without losing their political will.

DP: How did you overcome writer’s block, if you experienced it?

CW: I didn’t have writer’s block for this project, but in general when I do, I put the project aside and work on another one. Or I play my ukulele or walk in the woods for three hours. This cures any writer’s block, bad moods, sad days... basically anything.

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Thursday march 24, 2016

‘Annie & Rose’ Two Sides of the Same Coin?

CAROLYN BEARD Staff Writer

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he Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater’s “Annie & Rose” is a theatrical exploration of two musical theater staples. Through cutting, splicing and – at times – recreating, Katie Birenboim ’16 and Michaela Milgrom ’16 present complicated portraits of the two titular women.

“Annie & Rose” draws from two classics in musical theater, both with strong female leads.

“Annie Get Your Gun” spotlights vaudeville at its prime, focusing on the beginning of Annie Oakley’s career and her subsequent success and love life. “Gypsy,” in contrast, takes place when vaudeville is being

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phased out, focusing on the life and work of the overbearing stage mother Rose and her two daughters.

“Annie & Rose” follows the basic plot structure of each musical, alternating between the songs and scenes of “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Gypsy”.

With a few exceptions, the cast is shared between the two plots.

In terms of the roles themselves, “Annie & Rose” is perfectly suited for Birenboim and Milgrom. Birenboim pulls off the backwoods Annie convincingly, and Milgrom’s stellar voice excels in Rose’s many solos.

Other casting is a mixed bag. Jared Brendon Hopper ’18 gives a spotty performance in the role of Herbie, Rose’s love

interest and talent manager.

Despite Hopper’s excellent vocals and superb attention to detail in characterization, his performance does very little to materialize the complicated relationship between Rose and Herbie, who are both lovers and business associates. “Annie & Rose” does little justice to Robby Keown ’17, whose blocking and characterizations are clearly contrived and, though Ben Diamond ’19 gets laughs with his performance as the strip club manager Pastey, his other roles fall f lat.

One of the greatest shortcomings of “Annie & Rose” is the underuse of strong performers.

Kevin McElwee ’18, a newcomer to the Princeton theater scene, gave strong per-

formances in his admittedly limited roles. Melanie Berman ’18, though given a few good moments on stage, most of which are heightened sexual innuendos, lacks the opportunity to showcase her strong vocal capacity. Most notably, Alex Daniels ’17 and Emily Libresco ’17 are sorely underused in the production, nonetheless stealing the show with their ridiculous stripteases in “Gotta Get a Gimmick.”

Other performers are hardly challenged in the production.

Meagan Raker ’18 gives an excellent performance as June, Rose’s youngest daughter. Yet, her performance is nothing new, only a slight variation on the roles Raker has had in nearly every production she has been a part of at Princeton. “Annie & Rose,” as an educational exploration of two musicals, would have been the perfect opportunity for Raker to undertake a different and more challenging role.

And yet, though few and far between, some actors simply excel in their roles.

Sam Gravitte ’17 gives a stellar performance as Frank, Annie’s love interest and sharpshooting rival. Gravitte fulfills the vocal requirements of the role superbly and nails both the physical and personal characterization of the role.

Most astoundingly, Emma Watkins ’18 gives a stunning performance as Louise, Rose’s eldest and least talented daughter. Watkins pulls of the lanky, uncoordinated Young Louise very well and goes on to give an incredible if not baff ling performance in her impromptu strip tease.

Though featuring a number of the most popular songs

from each musical, the highlights of “Annie & Rose” are the unique song mixes, when actors sing different songs from the two musicals simultaneously. The mash-ups of “There’s No Business Like Show Business” with “Let Me Entertain You,” “Moonshine Lullaby” with “Little Lamb,” “Sun in the Morning” with “Together Wherever” and “Anything You Can Do” with “Gypsy Strip” reveal the astounding continuities between the two shows.

Perhaps this performance reveals a double-edged sword.

In splicing the musicals, Birenboim and Milgrom draw mostly parallels between the two shows. Indeed, the format of “Annie & Rose” reveals that the two musicals, renowned for their strong female leads, are formulaic in nature. In attempting to demonstrate that Annie and Rose are not “archaic,” Birenboim and Milgrom reveal something worse – that the women are just two sides to the same coin, women who use men to move up in their careers and ultimately find themselves trapped between men and career. While one chose man and the other career, the careers of the two women bear an uncanny resemblance to one another.

Both manipulated men to make it to the top and were ultimately more or less unable to make it there.

Though casting is largely a mixed bag, with actors missing the mark or lacking adequate challenge, the content of “Annie & Rose” and, in broad strokes, its performance explores the intersection of womanhood and show business, raising more questions that it seems to answer.

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Q&A eXpressions Assistant Artistic Director Esin Yunusoglu ‘19 TAYLOR KANG Contributor

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aybe you’ve been to The Frick Collection, maybe you’ve been to The Phillips Collection, but you’ve definitely yet to attend “The Collection,” that is, eXpressions Dance Company’s Spring 2016 show, “The Collection.” Street sat down with Esin Yunusoglu ‘19, the assistant artistic director of eXpressions to learn more about this upcoming artthemed dance performance. “The Collection,” will run Friday, April 1 at 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 2 at 6 and 9 p.m. Tickets are available at Frist and online.

The Daily Princetonian: For those who don’t know, what is eXpressions?

Esin Yunusoglu ’19: eXpressions is an all girls dance company, and it’s actually the first dance company at Princeton.

It was founded in 1979, and we mostly do contemporary but we’re very open to new styles and some other styles just like hip-hop fusion. We have two shows per year, one in the fall and one in the spring, and we also have two auditions per year.

We rehearse during the week, during the night, and the weekend.

DP: What can Princeton students expect from this upcoming eXpressions show?

EY: So we’re actually really excited, particularly about the theme of the show.

It’s called “The Collection,” and basically the theme is about getting inspired by a variety of images for each piece that we’re doing. Some of them are really famous artworks, like Persistence of Memory or some Jackson Pollock, and some of them

are very iconic photographs, some sculptures. But this time we actually tried to stick to the theme, and we’re trying to explore how those images are affecting our imagination. In some ways, very literally, and in some other pieces, they’re affected more abstractly. So we’re exploring some different themes with different artworks, different images. We’re excited about everyone’s interpretation, every choreographer’s take is very different towards each artwork or each image. I think it’ll be interesting to see the overlap between some different artworks for the audience because it’s interesting to explore how dance is a dynamic art form and can get inspired by a very still image or a very still art form and transform it into movement, so I’m very excited to show that to our audience.

DP: How did the Company decide on the theme, “The Collection”?

EY: We just realized that we have a lot of art history nerds in the company, and it was just one of the first themes we thought of, and it started as a joke, like, ‘Oh, let’s do the Ecstasy of St. Teresa, and we’ll call it Ecstasy — eXpressions presents Ecstasy!’ But then when we thought about it seriously — it just sounded like a good idea because it’s interesting to see the overlap of the art forms because I feel like a lot of the dancers are not only just interested in dance but they are people who are interested in a lot of forms of art, so why not just incorporate them? When the new officer board was elected, we really wanted the theme to actually be a part of the show and not just a name, so this was something that we could actually use because the previous theme — we had a lot of fun with it, but when you

call the show APEX it’s actually hard to implement it in some of the pieces because it’s maybe too abstract, we wanted [it] to be more concrete.

DP: Could you describe the upcoming show in more detail?

EY: I can talk about my piece that I’m choreographing as an example, which is Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí.

I’m trying to interpret it more abstractly, but I was also more inspired by the visuality of the piece. So you know it’s a melting clock — so at first I started off with the idea of movements that look like melting or look like you can’t control your body, but then I worked with some contrasts, how you can actually try to control it, and then I’m even just inspired by the name of the piece and the sense of time in movement, so in the piece I think you’ll be able to see similar moves done in different timings, so I was just using the concept of time that got me inspired from the artwork, but I know for some other pieces, someone’s using, you know the iconic image of the V-J Day image with the sailor [V-J Day in Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt].

And she’s inspired by the whole concept of war, but you know how the girl is leaning back, she’s just inspired by that pose and exploring that throughout the piece.

And someone’s using Gustav Klimt’s gold paintings — she’s using the piece Nothing Can Stay Gold and using it more at a costume level, so it’s a different way of getting inspired by the pieces.

Editor’s note: eXpressions President Claire Egan ‘17 was also contacted for an interview, but deferred comment to Yunusoglu due to scheduling conflicts.

This week, we discuss “hook up apps.”

There are a lot of preconceived notions about Tinder and Grindr, and similar “matchmaking” apps. With all the hype surrounding Tinder and Grindr, I’m interested in trying them out. I think I know how these apps all work, but have concerns about their impact on my sexual wellness. Do you have any tips before diving in?

— Looking for Someone

Dear Looking for Someone,

I’m happy that you’re reaching out before testing the waters of something you’re not completely confident about.

These applications are often known as “hook-up apps.” The term “hook-up” is ambiguous but can refer to a sexual encounter and entail a wide range of activities. That being said, the expectations of these apps might vary for each user.

Tinder, for example, is a matchmaking app that advertises “friends, dates, relationships and everything in between.” It uses your profile on Facebook and takes pictures and information to create a profile that other users can like (swipe right) or dislike (swipe left). This app pairs you up with another online profile if there is a match, allowing you or the other user to message one another. There are many other matchmaking apps (e.g., Grindr, Bumble, Tingle) that follow the

same sort of logic, but have variations on the services offered. Since many of these apps are intended for “hooking up”, I’m going to address them as one group, although there may be variations among them.

Before using any of these apps, there are actions you should take in preparation to protect your health and safety.

First, be clear about your intentions.

While some people use these apps to find a romantic dating partner, others are just looking for sexual relationships. So, communication with potential matches is key. Be clear with your match about your intentions — what you do and do not want to do — and be respectful of theirs. You should not feel obligated to do anything that makes you uncomfortable. Plus, being clear about what you want before doing anything can limit hurt feelings.

Second, focus on safety. Online profiles can be deceiving, so first and foremost, it is vital to always be cautious before meeting someone you don’t know, even if you share a mutual friend. If you choose to meet, try meeting in a public place, and always have an exit plan if you feel uncomfortable.

For safety purposes, it may also be a good idea to bring a friend with you so that you’re not alone, or you can let a friend know where you are going and who you are meeting.

Third, come prepared. If you choose

to be sexually active with another app user, protect yourself from risks such as sexually transmitted infections or pregnancy. Avoid making assumptions — you can’t tell whether or not someone has an STI just by looking at them. Take your sexual health into your own hands by bringing your own barriers (e.g., dental dams, internal condoms, external condoms). Using barrier methods during sexual activity can decrease your risk of contracting STIs through bodily fluids or skinto-skin contact. If you are concerned about pregnancy, make sure you are using a form of contraception such as a condom, an IUD, pill, patch, implant, etc. You can get any of these contraceptive methods at McCosh Health Center. Remember, only condoms protect against both STIs and pregnancy.

In the end, it’s your choice whether or not to use these apps, but considering and addressing the above issues could help ensure your health and wellness.

— The Sexpert

Interested in Sexual Health? The Sexpert is always looking for members of the community to join the team of sexual health educators who, along with fact-checking from University health professionals, help write these columns. Email sexpert@dailyprincetonian.com for more information and questions about sexual health.

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MASJID petition calls for U. trustees to denounce Christie’s endorsement of Trump

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Dave Coulier, famously known for his role as Joey Gladstone on “Full House” and now on “Fuller House” on Netflix, is coming to perform his standup comedy! On Tuesday, March 29 at 9:30 p.m. the event, hosted by Princeton Tonight, the University’s premiere broadcast television show, will take place in McCosh 50. Fuzzy Dice Improv Comedy will also perform, and tickets are free to those with PUID and available at the Frist Box Office.

DANCE MÁS FLOW DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS “A TELENOVELA” Frist Theater Thursday-Saturday, March 24-26, 8 p.m.

Princeton’s premiere Latin dance group, Más Flow, presents their Spring show, “A Telenovela!”

Get ready for a dramatic show with love, loss and passion! The performances are in Frist Theater on March 24-26 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at Frist for $8 for students and $10 for the general public.

POETRY ELLIPSES SLAM TEAM PRESENTS “MISSED CONNECTIONS” Theatre Intime Thursday-Saturday, March 24-26, 8 p.m.

The University’s first spoken word team, Ellipses, has their Spring show “Missed Connections” this Thursday to Saturday in Theatre Intime. The performances will take place at 8 p.m. and will make you ponder all the connections and relationships you could have had.

EVENT PRINCETON CARIBBEAN CONNECTION PRESENTS “A TASTE OF CARNIVAL” Carl A. Fields Center Friday, April 1, 6:00 p.m. (dinner and performances), 10:00 p.m. (after-party)

Next Friday, Princeton Caribbean Connection will be hosting a Taste of Carnival in Carl A. Fields. Free Caribbean food will be served and performance groups, such as DoroBucci, Princeton’s premiere African dance group, will perform. The dinner and performances will take place at 6 p.m., and an after-party with all soca and dancehall music starts at 10 p.m.

MUSIC PRINCETON PIANISTS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS “NIGHTFALL” Richardson Auditorium Saturday, April 2, 8 p.m.

Next Saturday, the Princeton Pianists Ensemble will present a concert focused on everything night, such as the stars, dreams, nightmares, etc. The show will have complete audiovisual effects and guest performers from La Vie en Cello (Princeton’s acclaimed cello ensemble) and Princeton University Ballet.

The concert will take place in Richardson Auditorium at 8 p.m., and tickets are $8 for students, $15 for the general public and available at Frist.