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Today on Campus 4:30 p.m.: Professor Susan Fiske and consultant Chris Malone will speak in a public talk entitled “Policy Implications of ‘the HUMAN Brand: How We Relate to People, Products, and Companies.” Robertson Hall, Room 016.

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News & Notes Meningitis B vaccine clinics to be held March 26-27

Both doses of the meningitis B vaccine will be offered to eligible undergraduate and graduate students on March 26 and 27 in the Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room, from 1 p.m to 7 p.m.

Approximately 91 percent of University students have already received the vaccine during the first distribution of the first dose. 4,404 students have received the second dose of the vaccine, with 305 students receiving the vaccine during the prior month, according to reports from the University.

The University has stressed that two vaccinations are necessary for full immunity against meningitis B. While the University has inoculated a majority of the eligible population with both doses of the vaccine, it remains unclear whether immunity also prevents asymptomatic carriers from transmitting the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a female student from Drexel University who died on March 10 died from the same meningitis strain present at the University.

Stephanie Ross was reportedly in close contact with a Princeton football player a week before her death. The football player had received both doses of the vaccine.

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Kluger ’56 reflects on career

By Chitna Marti staff writer

Richard Kluger ’56 is a Pulitzer Prize winner, a two-time National Book Award finalist and has previously worked at The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post and Forbes Magazine.

But one memory he especially treasures from his time as a journalist is a letter sent to him by Albert Einstein while Kluger was a sophomore reporter for The Daily Princetonian. He would go on to become the Chairman of the newspaper, a position roughly equivalent to the current position of Editor-in-Chief.

Kluger had sent a letter to Einstein asking him why scientists during the 1950s were invoking the Fifth Amendment in response to inquiries about their alleged communist ties.

“Dear Mr. Kluger, This answer to your letter of September 16th is not for publication for I have already expressed my opinion publicly.

As long as a person has not violated the “social contract” nobody has a right to inquire about his or her personal convictions. If this principle is not strictly followed free intellectual development is not possible and a state of uneasiness and hypocrisy unavoidable. You can observe this easily in our country at the present time.

Sincerely yours s/A Einstein Albert Einstein” “I was just trying to bait him, to see if he would sit down and talk to me,” Kluger said in an interview. “He responded the next day — it was like he had nothing else to do.

[The letter] does say a couple of things of some importance, which is why I think it’s a viable document … It does disclose what the libertarian response was to McCarthyism.”

Although he never did get to speak to Einstein, Kluger did speak to Princeton’s secSee JOURNALIST page 2

COURTESY OF RICHARD KLUGER ’56

Kluger ’56 and wife are pictured above. They met during his sophomore year at the University.

STUDENT LIFE

STUDENT LIFE

U. mentoring program to undergo restructuring

Few Reunions beds for groups

By Konadu Amoakuh

Some student groups have been allocated fewer beds for Reunions than expected this year. The Alumni Association said that beds for student interim housing have been allocated to all student groups who will be participating.

“It wasn’t really an issue we thought we had to worry about, so it’s pretty frustrating right now trying to work around it,” said Charlie Wu ’16, a member of the Princeton Roaring 20 a cappella group.

Mibs Southerland Mara ’62, the associate director for Reunions, said the University has to look at each group and care-

staff writer

The Princeton University Mentoring Program, a program aimed at supporting ethnic minorities, is in the process of transitioning from three branches of mentorship programs to one inclusive program for students who identify as students of color.

PUMP was originally split into the Latinos Unidos for Networking and Advising, the Black Student Union’s Leadership and Mentoring Program and the Asian American Mentoring Program.

While the mentors and mentees were paired within ethnic groups under the previous construction, director of the Fields Center Tennille Haynes said that under the new system freshmen can be paired with mentors of a different race if they wish. He explained that part of this change will be executed by including more detail on the mentee application by asking for the exact criteria that freshmen students look for in a mentor. Haynes added that mentors can also indicate how they want to be paired with mentees.

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By Sarah Kim contributor

fully consider the allocation of beds depending on the circumstances. She explained that this allotment can shift when there are additional groups that request housing or groups that need extra beds. The University cannot promise the same number of beds every year, she noted, as its priority is the alumni who are returning as well as the senior class.

“There are times when it depends on how many athletic teams are on campus and the size of the senior class,” Southerland Mara said. “Over the last 30 years the senior class has grown quite a bit.”

Southerland Mara noted that, of all the beds on campus, half is for Reunions workers

and entertainers, students who are receiving student interim housing, athletes and seniors.

The other half, she said, is for alumni who are returning to campus.

Students are assigned a task during Reunions in exchange for interim housing, and fewer beds will be assigned to a given student group the following year if a student in that group fails to complete the task.

Southerland Mara noted that the Alumni Association did not dock any of the student groups this year for this reason.

Southerland Mara said duplicate names in interim housing is one of the causes of bed shortages. She noted that stuSee REUNIONS page 3

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

LOCAL NEWS

COURTESY OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Fennell died on March 8 of double pneumonia. He leaves behind a wife and two sons.

U. mourns Dining Services employee

By DeVann Sago contributor

Eddie I. Fennell III, a Whitman College Dining Services employee, died of double pneumonia on March 8. He was 40.

Fennell had recently completed 15 years of service to the University, and he was

to be recognized for his years of service on March 27 at a Service Recognition Luncheon, the University’s Human Resources website said.

For students such as Jonathan Ma ’15, Fennell was a staple to their day.

“I met Eddie, I believe, my sophomore year because I

would eat at Whitman just like any underclassman would to get lunch occasionally,” Ma said. “I would ask him how his day was when I was getting food — he was a very positive, nice guy. We would talk a lot about sports … I learned this past year he coaches his son’s basketball See OBITUARY page 3

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The Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Princeton University hosted a lecture on nutrition and health over spring break.

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“I was just trying to bait [Einstein], to see if he would sit down and talk to me.”

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ond most famous resident: J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was director for the Institute of Advanced Study at the time and had recently lost his security clearance due to alleged contacts in the Communist Party whom he had met through his wife. “[Oppenheimer] lived a pretty secluded life,” Kluger said. “He didn’t want to talk, of course, about [losing his clearance], but he did talk about predicted peaceful uses of nuclear power, and other stuff ... I was delighted to get the interview.”

The golden age Kluger was Chairman of the ‘Prince’ from 1955 to 1956. He joined the newspaper during the fall semester of his freshman year.

Kluger said that his tenure at the ‘Prince’ was a golden age, when writing talent was abundant and writers were dedicated. Among other staff writers at the time were future New York Times reporter R.W. Apple Jr. ’57, whom Kluger described as the “best U.S. newspaperman never to win a Pulitzer,” and Robert A. Caro ’57, whose biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson have earned him two Pulitzer Prizes.

Apple became Chairman of the ‘Prince’ while Caro became the managing editor.

“They were each extraordinarily talented,” Kluger said, noting that Apple’s strengths lay in investigating and breaking stories, while Caro could write longer, analytical pieces, indicative of his current biographical work. “I think they fed off each other; they enjoyed the competition.”

Kluger said that Paul V. Firstenberg ’55, who served as Chairman the year before, was a major influence at the ‘Prince.’ Firstenberg, a Wil-

son School concentrator, had led the ‘Prince’ to cover world affairs from a local angle by interviewing University professors. An example of this method of covering world affairs was the coverage of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, which Kluger would later write about in his book, “Simple Justice.”

“Even though we were in our ivory tower, we started paying more attention,” Kluger said. “It gave the paper a little more of a sophisticated reach; it wasn’t just campus stuff at that point.”

John Doyle ’56, who served as managing editor under Kluger, attributed Kluger’s success both at the ‘Prince’ and as a journalist to four things: hard work, curiosity, ability to manage the abundant talent available and vision.

“When I say hard work, I mean obsessive hard work. He worked hard, we all did,” Doyle said. “So if we were successful … degree of effort would have to be number one.”

Doyle added that Kluger’s vision of covering more world events was all the more impactful given that the Princeton of the late 50s was a “juvenile, nursery school environment” in which change was difficult.

“The environment and therefore the opportunities for journalism were different then than they would be now. We had no women on the campus.

We had no Democrats as far as I can tell, except for maybe Dick and a few other people on the newspaper. It was extremely conservative,” Doyle said.

William Greider ’58 served on Kluger’s staff as well and said the newspaper business in the 1950s was transforming from a job that didn’t necessarily require a college degree to a career that even graduates of the University coveted. Most ‘Prince’ writers at the time did not necessarily plan to be journalists or writers, but many wound up in the journalism industry as a result of their

time at the ‘Prince.’

“The ‘Prince’ really was a refuge for a lot of us, because we’d be up late at night getting the paper out, having fun and being squirrelly and provocative in a good way,” Greider said. “It was fun in the sense that it was

“I think it’s a noble profession to become a journalist.”

Richard Kluger ’56

pulitzer prize winner

the authorities.”

Einstein died on April 18, 1955, a few months into Kluger’s term as Chairman of the ‘Prince,’ bringing Kluger full circle. The staff of the ‘Prince’ went into overdrive that day, publishing a special one-page extra by noon.

“Dr. Albert Einstein lived in our midst — right down the street, quite literally — yet lived a life so dramatic, so intense, so utterly inscrutable to most of us that his proper home was not Princeton, but the universe,” Kluger said in an editorial he wrote the following day.

Beyond the ‘Prince’

a relief from the heavy work of keeping up in class.”

Greider explained that, during his time at the ‘Prince,’ the newspaper took an aggressive stance toward the University.

For example, when the WhigCliosophic Society invited Alger Hiss, a former State Department official and convicted communist, to speak in a lecture on campus, the resulting controversy led to the firing of the University chaplain, Father Hugh Halton, for deriding the University as sympathetic to communists. Though the president of the University at the time, Robert F. Goheen ’40, asked them ahead of time to not break the story until the University made its announcement, Greider and Robert Sklar ’58, the managing editor and Chairman at the time, decided to the print the story anyway after Halton broke the news of his firing at weekly mass.

“For us, it was an easy call,” Greider said.

They called Goheen back and told him the story would run, Greider said, adding that Goheen’s reaction was not a concern for the ‘Prince’.

“Goheen was bitterly denouncing us, but I thought that was a stand-up moment,” Greider said. “That’s the role of a newspaper, right? To piss off

Kluger enrolled in Columbia’s Journalism School after graduating from the University in 1956 but dropped out, saying that he felt he had already developed the necessary skills to be a journalist while at the ‘Prince.’

“My four years at Princeton were really training for me,” Kluger said.

Kluger went on to work at the New York Post, and then Forbes, where he wrote critically about businesses. He then became the Herald Tribune’s Book Week editor.

Kluger eventually became the executive editor at the publishing house Simon & Schuster, where he brought numerous successful books to the firm, including Caro’s “The Power Broker.” However, when he sought a writer for an account of the Brown v.

Board of Education case he had first become familiar with under Firstenberg’s tutelage, he couldn’t find anyone for the job and ultimately decided to write it himself.

“Scholars didn’t want to do the legwork to do it, and journalists didn’t have the background in history or legal writing,” Kluger said. The project turned into “Simple Justice,” which would become a finalist for the National Book Award.

With some difficulty, he was able to obtain an interview with Thurgood Marshall, the lawyer who argued the case for the plaintiff before the Supreme Court and was later appointed Associate Justice to the Supreme Court, who had repeatedly declined to comment. Kluger said Marshall’s letter hangs next to Einstein’s in his office.

“It was a way to write about my country, participating not as an activist but as an observer and a commentator,” Kluger said of the book. “I’ve been kin-

“... showed American business at its most aggressive, its most successful and, in the case of the tobacco industry, its most dangerous.”

Richard Kluger da doing that ever since.”

Kluger, like many other journalists, including many of his former ‘Prince’ colleagues, made the natural transition from full-time journalist to full-time writer. He even co-authored several novels with his wife, Phyllis Susan Schlain, whom he met during his sophomore year at the University.

“Books are a most lasting avenue for writers, by the very nature of what a book is,” Kluger said.

Kluger’s arguably most famous project is an investigation of the tobacco industry in America — “Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris.” Although he had experience with getting unwilling sources to talk,

getting information from private corporations was another story. Kluger therefore had to strike deals with tobacco executives, promising them a fair — though not necessarily favorable — portrayal and a look at the book before it was published, although they weren’t allowed to change anything.

“I was looking for a subject that had social impact but that also showed American business at its most aggressive, its most successful and, in the case of the tobacco industry, its most dangerous,” Kluger said.

Kluger interviewed over 50 executives for the book, which he says is likely one of the reasons it won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction.

Kluger’s latest project is an exploration of the history of the free press in America, centered around the 18th century case of John Peter Zenger, publisher of the New York Weekly Journal. The landmark case established truth as a valid defense against charges of libel.

“The notion of, as a citizen, if you’re a whistleblower and steal papers ... should you go to jail if your purpose is to show that your government is doing terrible things? That’s the ongoing social issue that [Edward] Snowden has brought to a head. So in my mind, even though I’m writing about something that’s almost 300 years old, it’s still with us,” Kluger said of the project.

The project is the culmination of Kluger’s six-decade career as a journalist.

“I think it’s a noble profession to become a journalist.

Because the law needs them, it’s become very dangerous in many parts of the world, and it can be dangerous in this country too, because people don’t like to hear the messenger’s bad news,” Kluger said. “And yet we need messengers. The public needs messengers for the safety of the country, for the security of the country, for the freedom of the country.”

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team.”

Ma said that Fennell’s passing was a surprise for him, noting that the Whitman staff had told him Fennell had left to go to the hospital one day after com-

“‘ He was the best son any mother could ever have. He was my gentle giant because he was a little over 6-foot.’ ” Martha Robinson, Fennell’s Mother

ing to work with some chest pains and that, at the time, Fennell thought he just had a cold.

“I believe this was a Friday, and according to them he never came back,” Ma said.

“It was a cold that turned really bad. He was at a hospital for more than a month.

All of a sudden, a couple of weeks ago, we got the news that he passed away.”

Ma added that Fennell’s passing would presumably

be very hard for his family, especially his sons.

Fennell left behind a wife, Phylis, and two sons, Eddie IV and Philip.

Martha A. Robinson, Fennell’s mother, said she would miss her son very much and that she was appreciative of his colleagues for reaching out to his family, noting that many of his coworkers went to his funeral and wrote her letters.

“He was the best son any mother could ever have,” Robinson said. “He was my gentle giant because he was a little over 6-foot. He was very kind, and such a good father and a good husband.”

Rebecca Graves-Bayazitoglu, the dean of Whitman, said that although the entire University community will miss Fennell, his family at Whitman will especially miss him.

“Here at Whitman, it’s really a family atmosphere, and that includes all of the folks who work in Dining and Building Services,” she said. “Of course, it’s a great loss for our community when someone passes. Eddie was always a smiling face.

He made delicious food, was always a pleasure to talk to in the dining hall, and we all mourn his passing. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.”

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dents often do not realize they are on more than one group’s list.

“Student groups need to keep in mind that we will do our best to allocate additional beds as they become available,” she said. “Housing is a huge puzzle.

A lot of things shift, especially in the next few months as we enter Reunions.”

Like the Roaring 20, the Princeton Nassoons a cappella group are also facing a shortage of beds. Yacob Yonas ’15, the president of the a cappella group, noted that the Nassoons got six beds last year and five beds this year, even though they needed 12 both years.

“We’ll work it out, but it is a little tough, especially when your group has over 12 people and you have five beds,” Rachel Klebanov ’16, president of the Princeton University Wildcats a cappella group, said.

Klebanov is also an Intersections writer.

However, some groups, such as diSiac Dance Company, were allocated more beds than they were last year.

Allison Metts ’15, the president of diSiac, noted that the group was given six beds this year, four more than last year when they received two beds.

She added, however, that this number still does not accommodate all 40 dancers in the company.

“It’s a struggle because dancers don’t really want to stay on campus if they’re not going to have a place to sleep for sure.

It’s hard trying to convince people,” she said.

Metts is a former associate design editor for The Daily Princetonian.

Southerland Mara declined to disclose the total number of beds given last year and this year, but noted that the numbers are very similar.

Reunions will take place from May 29 to June 1.

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Man killed in N.J. Transit train accident A man was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train on Tuesday at the New Brunswick train station, The New York Daily News reported.

The man was apparently leaning into the path of the train when he was

struck.

Four people were hit by the man’s dislocated body parts and suffered minor injuries. Three of the injured individuals were taken away from the station on stretchers and were transported to a nearby hospital.

About 300 people were on the northbound train from Trenton

to New York City.

Train service was initially suspended, but was later restored with residual delays of approximately 30 minutes. The New Brunswick train station is located just a few minutes from the Princeton Junction station, which serves the town and the University.

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Margaret Wang ’14, the student coordinator for all of PUMP, said that PUMP hopes to recruit a diverse group of mentors this semester, which will then attract a diverse group of mentees.

The transition of PUMP will probably continue until the fall, Kevin Lopez ’16, co-coordinator of what was formerly LUNA, said, since the Class of 2018 will provide a new pool of mentees.

Part of the relevance of restructuring PUMP is that it relates to the dialogue about race that has been more present on campus with publications like The Daily Princetonian and Stripe Magazine, Wang said. “[Haynes] is one of the main people who brought this idea that [this transition] exemplifies this growing dialogue of race and how it’s something that’s actually being talked about on campus.” Wang explained. “Mentorship is a direct way for students to have a person to talk about these issues with as they navigate their campus life.”

Jay Wilson ’17, who was a mentee in LAMP this year, said his involvement in LAMP was fantastic and important in his ability to establish himself in the school.

“I’ve gotten a lot of questions answered that I probably wouldn’t have been comfortable asking otherwise,” Wilson said.

Haynes said this effect on stu-

dents is one of the reasons that mentorship for students of color is so important.

“There is numerous research that will show that mentorship for students of color helps them succeed,” Haynes said. “As [Princeton] is moving along, [PUMP] needs to change with it. The peer-to-peer mentorship that PUMP can provide for first year students entering college is really important.”

Wang said the broadening of PUMP relates to the USG initiative of a campus-wide mentorship program, though she said PUMP would not conflict with a University-wide mentorship program. USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 said he thought the restructuring of PUMP would be a nice change to the centralization of underrepresented students in one program, noting that the USG hopes to pilot its new membership program for the Class of 2018.

The idea to transition PUMP was brought up last year, not long after Haynes was brought in as the director of the Fields Center. Wang explained that she saw a demand for a mentoring program for students of color that included more than just three racial groups.

“For example, during the activities fair, where we were advertising about PUMP for new mentors, students of other ethnicities were interested in it,” Wang said.

Wang said Haynes introduced the idea of an overarching PUMP to Wang and the other PUMP

coordinator last year, and Lopez said that he, Haynes, Wang and the other coordinators of LAMP, LUNA and AAMP began debating how to go about the transition at the beginning of 2014.

One of the issues discussed was how to define a “student of color,” Wang explained.

“A lot of us don’t feel comfortable [defining a student of color] because it’s different for everybody, even if they don’t physically look like a student of color,” Wang said. “So we decided to make [the program centered toward] any student who identifies as a student of color.”

Wang said that the decision to adopt an overarching PUMP was overwhelmingly unanimous. Lopez, however, said that though everyone ultimately came to the same conclusion, not all of the coordinators agreed when the idea was first introduced.

“One of the biggest obstacles was, ‘Wouldn’t we be losing the principal idea of what PUMP is, to be divided by race?’ ” Lopez said. “But ultimately we started to realize that maybe it’s best to become PUMP as a whole and make it more accessible.”

Haynes said PUMP does not aim to be a campus-wide program.

“Our priority is to serve students of color and other underrepresented students. We do want to keep that, but we do also want to respect the multiple identities that students of color or other underrepresented students have,” Haynes said.

Opinion

Wednesday march 26, 2014 Shruthi Deivasigamani

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SAT facelift

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he College Board recently announced that the SAT is getting yet another facelift, the most drastic set of changes since the March 2005 exam debuted with an entirely new writing section. The rise of the ACT has done good things for the college admission process. Whether the ACT is better than the SAT or if it is any more ref lective of a student’s raw intelligence is beside the point. What’s important is that it has shattered the College Board’s monopoly of the college admission exam market and is spurring the company to enact changes.

Starting in 2016, the test will make the writing section optional, go back to the 1600 scale, no longer deduct points for incorrect answers, focus less on “obscure” vocabulary words and most importantly, begin to offer free test prep materials in conjunction with Khan Academy.

The overhaul is primarily intended to level the playing field across the socioeconomic gradient. Several of the changes are very important steps in the right direction. Hundred-point jumps in SAT scores are quite feasible with adequate and well-targeted test prep.

Private tutors and 12-week summer prep courses aim to do just this, but their sizeable price tags mean that the wealthy can have a considerable leg up. Offering free test prep — especially test prep from a reputable company such as Khan Academy — is a very important and commendable step to reducing the disparity.

The thing is, the root of College Board’s problem remains untouched.

The thing is, the root of College Board’s problem remains untouched. More than anything, the SAT measures an individual’s ability to take the SAT. Cramming and crash-courses wouldn’t make a significant difference on an IQ test; but for the SAT, they could result in a difference of 100 points. While these new measures will help more students perform better on the exam, colleges are still using a very tenuous measure of college potential to sort their applicants.

Over time, these changes should hopefully accumulate to make an altogether better test. It’s laudable that the College Board is trying to level the playing field; however, if the end goal is to design a test that will accurately ref lect a student’s future performance in a college setting, dropping the essay is a step in the wrong direction.

The essay — which has to be completed in 25 minutes — is arguably the most universally applicable portion of the entire exam. At the very least, more applicable than answering 12 multiple choice questions on the mating patterns of New England lobster populations during the rainy season in the critical reading section. The essay makes students hone their ability to argue. The essay prompts have never been terribly lofty — something strongly evidenced by the fact that the SAT that I took asked me to write about reality television.

Writing something cohesive that quickly will undoubtedly seem daunting to the average 16-year-old. But it’s a skill easily mastered and arguably the skill I found most useful from the SATs. So too is the ability to make up a cohesive thesis under a time crunch and find legitimate examples to back it up.

Having to formulate and support arguments quickly is a common theme in precept, for example. It’s also not a skill that requires much formal education. You don’t need to study obscure words or memorize arcane formulas to argue a point concisely, and thus for the old SAT, it’s the one section that carries little predisposition for the higher socioeconomic demographic.

As much emphasis as colleges put on building a well-rounded class by using a holistic admission process, it’s undeniable that the SATs are important in every case. The College Board is making important strides in leveling the playing field across socioeconomic disparity, but it is making a huge mistake by making the essay portion of the exam optional. Hopefully, the exam will keep evolving, and the ideal formula will come along sooner rather than later.

Shruthi Deivasigamani is a sophomore from Cresskill, N.J. She can be reached at shruthid@princeton.edu.

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Address sophomore dues

very spring, numerous articles about Bicker are written both in this paper and other sources. We discuss whether the system is fair, whether it is outdated and what happens to the people who do not get into or join a club. However, one thing often neglected in the coverage is what happens to those sophomores who join and find themselves responsible for dues that they will struggle to or cannot pay. The Board thinks this is an aspect of the eating club system that is underaddressed.

In recent years, the Interclub Council has improved transparency with regard to dues. Official club dues, including sophomore dues, are published online with the hope that this will allow students to better plan for how they will pay. However, despite these efforts, the Board thinks that for some sophomores, factors such as the fast pace of spring semester, an appropriate focus on academics and extracurriculars or the uncertainty of Bicker can make it difficult for lower-income students to get together the payment in advance.

Given this, the Board would like to offer a series of recommendations to the University and the eating clubs themselves that can help to make the eating club system more accessible, both for sophomores who join and struggle to pay and for those sophomores who cannot join

at all because of the financial burden.

First, we think that the University could look at expanding financial aid available for sophomores who join eating clubs. Upperclassmen receive an increase in aid that is based on the difference in the cost of joining a club and staying on the University meal plan. This increase is designed to make joining a club an option for those on financial aid. The sophomore year dues that usually cover social fees, a club fee and a deposit for the fall can cost up to and even more than $1,000 depending on the club — but there is no financial aid available to help cover this burdensome sum. Given that the meals that sophomores receive are exchanges with their own dining hall meal plans, these sophomore club dues do not heavily go toward food. The University currently does not subsidize social fees of the upperclassman club members, and there is rightfully a debate to be had on the matter. However, we would like to advocate that the University and individual clubs look into creating funds, perhaps maintained by alumni donations, to help make the sophomore year eating club experience accessible to all students regardless of background.

The Board suspects that there would be many alumni who would be willing to help current students have access to a system that is a large part of Princeton

life for many Princetonians. Ivy Club already has such a scholarship system.

We also think that the clubs could look at ways to offset these costs. We realize that given the clubs’ nonprofit statuses, there may be legal issues with clubs establishing formal scholarships, but we think that the ICC should continue to work with the University to look for ways to make a scholarship fund a reality. Additionally, we suggest that the clubs look to distribute some of the sophomore dues to junior and senior years. The Board feels that even though this would make it harder for students to pay in later years, the increase in financial aid and the ability to use spring semester and summer to plan for the cost of dues would make it easier for students to afford club membership.

While there are debates to be had over the eating club system, the fact is that it is a large part of the University experience for many of our students. As long as the system exists as is, we have the responsibility to strive to make it financially accessible to all Princeton students. A student’s family income should not impact his ability to join a club, and we hope that the University and the ICC continue to look for ways to remove the barriers that prevent students from being a part of the eating club system, financial or otherwise.

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A faculty statement on sexual assault

n light of statements made in a news article in this paper, we wish to inform the students on this campus that we do not believe that their manner of dress or drinking behavior makes them responsible for unwanted sexual contact. It is extremely important that individuals of all genders on a college campus feel comfortable reaching out for help. We, the undersigned faculty, stand behind victims of sexual assault and want them to know that our campus is a place where they have a voice, where they will not be made to feel responsible and where they can find support and justice. If you have been the victim of unwanted sexual contact, under any circumstances, we can help you find the support you need from the campus groups listed below. As academics and members of the Princeton University community, these are the values we embrace. We encourage others to stand with us, for the integrity, health and well-being of all our students.

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Editor’s note: The specific statement that motivated this letter is included in an abridged

version below. The full Q&A was published on March 11.

Daily Princetonian: You wrote: “Please spare me your ‘blaming the victim’ outrage,” saying that a provocatively dressed drunk woman “must bear accountability for what may happen.” Why does the woman hold the responsibility in the case of rape or sexual assault?

Susan Patton ’77: The reason is, she is the one most likely to be harmed, so she is the one that needs to take control of the situation. She is that one that needs to take responsibility for herself and for her own safety, and simply not allow herself to come to a point where she is no longer capable of protecting her physical self. The analogy that I would give you is: If you cross the street without looking both ways and a car jumps the light or isn’t paying attention, and you get hit by a car — as a woman or as anybody — and you say, ‘Well I had a green light,’ well yes you did have a green light but that wasn’t enough. So in the same way, a woman who is going to say, ‘Well the man should have recognized that I was drunk and not pushed me beyond the level at which I was happy to engage with him,’ well, you didn’t look both ways. I mean yes, you’re right, a man should act better, men should be more respectful of women, but in the absence of that, and regardless of whether they are or are not, women must take care of themselves.

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the 100 yard freestyle final.

It is often considered a mark of a great athlete that she is able to apply her skills to a variety of competitions. When asked how she made the adjustment, Boyce pointed to her underwaterpreferred style, which allows her to be competitive regardless of the particular stroke.

“A lot of my swimming is kicking underwater,” she explained. “I try to not ‘swim’ as much as possible, pretty much. So I’m able to translate that into a variety of races, which is helpful. Part of it also is that, mentally, I didn’t have a lot of expectations in that race because I didn’t really know what I could do there.”

With this season having concluded, Boyce has raced her last for Princeton. She commented on the emotional weight this has for her, looking back at a stupendous run.

“It was really weird to have that chapter come to an end,” she said. “It’s been such an important part of my life for the past four years that I’m not sure it’s completely set in yet. It did a little bit on Saturday and when I was traveling yesterday. Princeton swimming has meant the world to me, so it’s definitely kind of bittersweet to be done with that.”

When asked what achieving such success in her final year has meant, she responded, “This year I think was kind of different, considering it was in a brand new event for me. I kind of just went in without any expectations. Last year, I put a lot of pressure on myself to make it. But this year, I went in trying to do my best and have fun with it. With it being my last year, I was really focused on enjoying the moment and

enjoying my last collegiate meet.”

A further mark of athletic accomplishment is the ability to blur the line between performance in practice and in high-level competition.

Every coach or successful athlete will echo the refrain, “Practice like you play.”

Offering advice for her teammates who may compete at a national level, she began by saying, “Try not to overthink the race. Just stay in the moment. It’s important to take a step back and remember that this is the same thing we do in practice every day or in a dual meet.

It’s just a little more f lashy, I guess. It’s the same race every time.”

Boyce was not the lone Tiger to compete in Columbus over the weekend. Sophomore Nikki Larson had her first shot at the NCAA Championships, having qualified for the 100 and 200-yard butterf ly races.

Competing in the 200 f ly on Saturday, Larson posted an identical time of 1:58.73 to Virginia’s Alison Haulsee, tying her for 38th in the event. She also raced in Friday’s 100 f ly — she held the Princeton record in the event for a period last year — a number of heats before Boyce. In the shorter race on Friday she recorded a time of 53.91, good for 53rd.

Boyce highlighted the benefits of being able to compete alongside a fellow Tiger.

“It was great having Nikki there,” she said. “I think that helped me a lot, especially for my 100 f ly, because she was a couple of heats before me. So I got to stand behind the blocks and cheer for her.

She and I were talking about it, and it’s not something that you can tell someone about — your first NCAA experience. You just have to experience it for yourself and get all the nerves out. So I think she was very excited.

And it was really fun for me to be able to be there for her first one.”

What’s next for Boyce? The Princeton standout has competed as an individual amateur in a number of national competitions, including in Olympic trials.

“I’m gonna keep going, for a little bit,” she said of her future plans. “I’m not exactly sure where, yet. I haven’t exactly set up my summer training yet, but I’m completely committed to training through this summer. There are some selection meets for international teams, and then hopefully training for the next two years.”

In the midst of what has been an exceedingly busy stretch, Boyce concedes that her outlook will become more concrete after she finishes her thesis. Her concentration is English.

Sophomore Ayala gains experience as lone Tiger in NCAA Tournament Sophomore 197-pounder Abram Ayala was the lone representative for Princeton wrestling at the NCAA Championships, which took place from March 2022 in Oklahoma City. With a tough draw in his first match, Ayala took on fifthseeded Ky ven Gadson of Iowa State and fell by decision 6-1. In the first round of consolation matches, Ayala took down Marshall Haas of The Citadel in a tough 9-7 decision, but he ultimately lost in the second consolation round to Richard Perry of Bloomsburg. An upset in the championship draw sent Perry, the tournament’s sixth seed at 197 pounds, to the consolation bracket, where he defeated Ayala by major decision 14-6.

The past week ended a remarkable breakout season for Ayala, who went from

winning just six matches during his freshman campaign to 27 matches during his sophomore season. Despite a relatively short lifespan in the NCAA Tournament, Ayala found places of both strength and improvement to bolster his offseason training.

“The trip was both humbling and encouraging,” Ayala said. “On the one hand, NCAAs were humbling because I saw that there were so many other athletes who were competing at or above my level. I thought that I had finally ‘arrived,’ but I realized that there were still many chinks in my armor.”

“However, the trip was also encouraging. I now see that I am close to the top.

With a few more jumps, I can become the very best in the country. The jump I made between last year and this one was bigger than the jump I will have to make to win it all. If I stay hungry and continue to improve upon my strengths while eliminating my weaknesses, I’m optimistic that I’ll be able to do great things. I’m grateful to my coaches, training partners and family for supporting me on this season’s journey, and I’m hopeful that the coming years will be even more exciting.”

Indoor championship run bolsters Williams’ goals for outdoor season Despite the tough conditions and tougher competition, track senior Michael Williams hoped for a top eight showing at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

On Friday, March 14, he battled the high altitude environment and the nation’s top runners at the NCAA mile race in Albuquerque, N.M. He was the only athlete representing Princeton at this competition.

Placing sixth in his heat,

he unfortunately missed the NCAA mile run finals by a heartbreaking three seconds.

His time of 4:13.07 helped him to ultimately place 14th overall in a bittersweet conclusion.

“I ended up getting one more than I was ranked, which was pretty cool, but I was hoping to make allAmerica,” Williams said.

Although this race did not go quite as well as he would have liked, Williams is confident that the experience will help him going forward.

“I got to race against some of the best collegiate runners so that was a lot of fun,” he says.

“Running with those guys, I definitely can see where I could be as a runner.”

Williams considers breaking four minutes in the mile race at the Boston University Valentine Invitational to be the highlight of his indoor season. Not only was he only the fourth ever Princetonian to accomplish this incredible milestone, but in doing so, he also realized a personal dream. “[Breaking four] was a huge moment for me, especially since I had been having a rough season thus far,” he explained. “That was one of my lifetime goals.”

As the spring outdoor track season begins, Williams aims to beat the school mile record, win the Ivy League title and achieve all-America in the outdoor competition.

While he believes that reaching all of these goals will be difficult, he looks forward to the challenge. “After indoors, I definitely see my potential,” he said. “Instead of just being the best at meets, I want to be the best nationally.”

He also wants to enjoy his last season with the team. “I want to have a good inf luence on the younger guys,” he said. “It’s been cool to see them come along, and I think we all will do really well.”

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its enormous foe.

I love March Madness and, from the bottom of my heart, I love every low-ranked team that manages to claw its way into the later rounds of the tournament (University of Dayton, anyone?). But to be honest, I don’t love the David vs. Goliath framework through which we view many of the matches. Unlike the hulking Philistine of the Old Testament, teams we currently see as dominant have had their own battles to face in the past. Take Duke and Michigan, for example. The former had to go through five rebuilding years under Mike Krzyzewski himself before even getting a sniff at the NCAA tournament.

Michigan, currently a threat to win it all, underwent brutal seasons of scandal and defeat after an NCAA investigation in the ’90s. Only re-

... teams we currently see as dominant have had their own battles in the past. cently has it bounced back and become a powerhouse in arguably the nation’s toughest conference.

I’m not trying to sway anyone into rooting for the one and two seeds for the entire tournament. That’s boring.

And that’s not going to happen. I just wish to posit that great programs do not spring up out of nowhere. With exceedingly rare exceptions, every strong team has had its share of trials and tribulations in getting to where it is.

Not one springs up as a fullygrown monster ready to take the NCAA by storm.

Instead of David vs. Goliath, I think we see more of a younger brother vs. older brother kind of sparring in the tournament. Just as a younger brother tries to assert himself against his older, stronger sibling, teams and coaches more fresh to the experience of the spotlight have to assert themselves against those who have been there before, those who are expected to succeed.

In the end, we want underdogs to win because there always ought to be some shift in this power dynamic. These shifts make for better games, and as fans, there is not much more we can ask than that.

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gineering to history to classics.

We have a girl contemplating Woodrow Wilson or econ. We pull from a wide variety of girls on campus. We have a juggler: Skye Jerpback. She’s a sophomore and Forbesian.

Q: Could you describe your role on the softball team athletically and socially?

KB: I’m injured right now. I have a torn ACL, and I’m trying to play without it. So it’s wavered my role on the team.

I think that I’m a vocal leader on the field, supporting our pitchers and trying to keep everybody even keeled. And I try to also lead by example, trying to do everything I can without a leg. Socially, I think I have a very good relationship with almost everybody on the team.

And that helps, being a sophomore, because it creates a line from the 22-year old down to the 17-year old. So I feel very comfortable talking with or having lunch with anybody on the team.

Q: Your concentration is history, correct? Which historical figure would you choose to meet, and why?

KB: Yeah. And Thomas Jefferson. This is really embarrassing, but we had an on-site field trip when we were in mid-

dle school. Instead of going offcampus to a museum, you’d stay in the gym and they’d do some sort of historical thing.

So we all got assigned people to be. And I got assigned Thomas Jefferson. I came in a suit and a white wig. One thing I learned about him was that he wasn’t as outspoken as any of the other leaders. They’d say he’d use his pen over his mouth.

And it’s something that I think I need to learn from, because I’m very opposite. As an eighth grader, I was like, “You know what, Kayla? It might behoove you to not speak all the time.”

And he read a lot, which I also need to do.

Q: What’s your favorite part of softball and least favorite part?

KB: I think my favorite part is all the opportunities you have to be great. So it might not happen every game, it might not happen every inning, but there’s the opportunity. I think it’s also the worst thing, because you only have a very small window to do something. So it’s, I’d say, the hardest thing but also the best lesson I’ve learned.

Q: Do you or any of your teammates have any notable pregame rituals?

KB: I have an in-game ritual.

If I don’t get a hit my first atbat, I change my hairstyle. If your home girl strikes out, it’s

definitely going to be a ponytail, because it allows me to do my own thing in the corner. I also wear my belt upsides down.

baseball team came. They were yelling very crude things at our pitcher. That was not a good example. But in general it al-

Q: Any team rituals?

KB: We do the locomotive before every game. This is the first year we’ve been trying to do that.

But then we realize, “Wait, heroin, you’re not a miracle.”

Q: Could you describe the environment of a Princeton softball game?

KB: It’s pretty loose. (Sophomore) Danielle Allen usually dances prior to games. And our coaches are awesome in terms of keeping it fun and relaxed.

That’s how we play best, I’d say.

Loose. Maddie Cousens and Torie Roberts, our captains, do a great job trying to keep it even keeled. The thing about softball is that you can hear everything everybody says. So if you came to our game and said, “Kayla, you’re weird!” I could hear you. So it allows for the dynamics to be very interactive, and I think that’s the best part about it.

Q: On that note, could you talk a little bit about the role of heckling in games?

KB: Gosh. Heckling is very funny. But it also can be very mean. But I grew up with a brother, so, ergo, very funny.

I can tell you that I’ve seen it gone awry. We played at Coppen State last year, and their

Kayla Bose sophomore Infielder lows us to relax. Softball can be so uptight when you make an error. So hearing somebody heckle one of your friends can be funny. There’s a fine line, but I like it.

Q: What’s the best class you’ve taken at Princeton?

KB: Race, Drugs and Drug Policy in America with Keith Wailoo. I’m really interested in American history, but it also gave me a side of society which I’ve never really seen. For example, every drug comes into this lovely country, and we’re like, “It’s a miracle!” But then we realize, “Wait, heroin, you’re not a miracle.” And I wrote a really cool paper on birth control. I thought it was interesting.

Q: You took AST 205: Planets in the Universe last fall.

Based on that experience, who is your favorite member of the astrophysics department?

KB: Oh my gosh. Well, there’s professor Gaspar Bakos. But there’s also Brandon Hensley or Pete (Petchara Pattarakijwanich). Brandon and Pete were the best TAs. But Gaspar was the best because I had never met him, and I walked into his office and he greeted me (in a thick accent) “Kayla!” And I was like, “That’s my name.

I love you.” He’s so freaking smart that I feel like we all have it in us. And constellations are so much better because we had to look at them in 20 degree weather. I also would qualify myself as an astrophysicist after taking the class. One time I was in an interview, and I commented that I dabbled in astrophysics.

Q: If you could play a sport other than softball, what would it be?

KB: Basketball. I actually first tore my ACL playing basketball. I was a four, so I was a forward, slash post player. We ran a 4-1 when I was in high school. I’m a super physical player, so I always drove to the hoop and tried to draw fouls.

I also always guarded a girl a foot taller than me, so offensive fouls were my strong suit.

Q: What hidden talent do you have that most people

wouldn’t know about?

KB: I can paint. Oil paints. I took a class back at home and I have one enormous landscape to prove it. My grandfather was a painter, so growing up I always painted. Taking the class, I made the one really cool landscape and I was like, “That’s it!

Picasso! And I’m done!”

Q: If you could be one color on the oil paints pallet, which would it be?

KB: I think I’d just be green.

One, you use green a lot. Also, gender neutral. A boy might like green, a girl might like green. Accessible, too. You can easily make green from the primary colors yellow and blue.

Q: Would you rather give up pizza or not be able to differentiate between muffins and babies?

KB: First off, how often would you see a basket of babies?

Q: In this scenario, you wouldn’t know.

KB: Damn … I would give up the differentiating. Because I actually don’t eat muffins ever.

But I can crush a Papa John’s large. $7.99. That’s a Papa John’s plug right there.

Q: Anything else you’d like to add?

KB: Hey, my name’s Kayla.

I’m here to party. Also, occasionally hit bombs.

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ball twice.

The players and coaches will likely look back on this season and wonder what could have been. Preseason expectations were somewhat low: The team had lost its best player in 2013 Ivy League Player of the Year Ian Hummer ’13. Yet the Tigers charged out of the gates with Bray filling Hummer’s role and then some. Princeton looked like a team of destiny when it completed a miraculous 18-point comeback in five minutes en route to an 81-79 overtime win at Penn State. Six days later, they completed an eight-game win streak with the season’s most dominating performance, an 83-58 trouncing of Pacific in Las Vegas on Dec. 20. The Tigers sat at 9-1, one of the best starts in program history, and looked like a team that could compete with Harvard for the league title.

But, just like a runner who makes his move too early, the Tigers began to fade. They began a six-week stretch of sloppy play that left them 12-6 overall and 0-4 in conference. Three of those conference losses came in games where Princeton

was favored by at least seven points. Worse was the fact that they had a chance to win each game, yet failed to close as they had already done several times in non-conference play.

If only the Penn State comeback points could have been saved and redistributed among these games.

Henderson started using a different, younger lineup against Dartmouth and the team played a much different style. The Harvard and Penn games yielded over 150 points apiece, but the Dartmouth and Columbia games totaled 126 and 105 points, respectively.

Still, the outcomes were the same. Princeton improved over the next few games but was still far from the team it had been in December. On Feb. 22, Harvard made its biannual visit to Jadwin Gymnasium, where it had not won in a quarter-century. The Tigers held an early lead and fought valiantly throughout but simply could not score down the stretch and lost, 59-47. Their league record was 3-6, above only Dartmouth and Cornell in the standings.

But then a funny thing happened. Princeton started dominating teams like it had a few months before. The Tigers rattled off five straight wins in

11 days to end the conference schedule, including doubledigit victories over strong Yale and Columbia squads. They ended up tied with the Lions for third place in the league and a strong candidate for postseason play. A CBI bid followed and Princeton won its first postseason game in two years against Tulane.

Despite the unfortunate conference record and ending to the season, these Tigers have plenty to be proud of. Twentyone wins is the highest total in three years and exceeded expectations by a decent margin.

Bray had one of the best individual seasons in Princeton history and was a unanimous first team All-Ivy selection.

Freshman guard Spencer Weisz garnered Rookie of the Year honors. The program has a lot to look forward to despite the departure of seniors like Bray, Sherburne, forward Will Barrett and guard Chris Clement.

Brase, the leading rebounder, is back, as is junior forward Denton Koon, a 2013 honorable mention All-Ivy player whose season was cut short by injury.

Freshman forward Steven Cook and junior guard Clay Wilson both had four games in double digits and were huge contributors down the stretch.

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Highlights of Tigers in NCAA Action

By Andrew Steele, Jack Rogers, Katie Glockner sports editor, associate sports editor, contributor

All-America first-teamer senior Boyce and sophomore Larson represent Princeton at NCAA Championships

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After falling to the fifth seed, sophomore Abe Ayala won once before being eliminated from the NCAA tournament.

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In her third trip to the NCAA Women’s Swimming Championships, senior Lisa Boyce earned a first-team all-America selection in the 100 f ly to cap off what has been one of Princeton swimming’s bestever careers. The last two seasons have yielded for her Mid-Major allAmerica honors (2012) and an allAmerica honorable mention (2013).

While she holds the Ivy record in the 100 back (52.93) and has thrice won the event at the Ivy finals, Boyce’s ability to stand out in a variety of events makes her exemplary.

The 2014 Ivy League Championships saw her win her astounding ninth individual conference title, as she

staff writer and sports editor

Sophomore Kayla Bose, known for her boundless energy, occupied two infield corners and served as designated hitter in 31 games last season, 23 of which she started. Currently battling an ACL tear, she has appeared in 13 of her team’s 20 contests. The righty slugger sat down with the ‘Prince’ to discuss subjects ranging from seasoning to Thomas Jefferson to oil painting.

Q: Where are you from, and what’s it like there?

Kayla Bose: I’m from Saratoga, Calif., which is a part of Northern California.

It’s the best city. It’s right next to the Santa Cruz mountains, so it’s about 35 minutes away from the beach but not so close that I don’t have the “Valley Life” also.

Q: Could you describe NorCal’s advantages over SoCal? KB: I think Northern California is more diverse. San Francisco is greater than Los Angeles. I’m a big advocate. I think you come across a wider variety of people. It’s also not as hyper-focused on the beach. The Santa Cruz beaches, their atmosphere is a lot chiller. And we’ve got cool lingo.

Redefining the role of underdogs in March Madness

Q: Could you give us some nuggets of California lingo?

KB: There’s “hella,” which I get made fun of every day for. The problem is, being friends with Northern California people here permits me to say it very often. Then I’ll be in a group of New Englanders, and I’ll say “That’s hella funny!” And they’ll be like, “Hella?

Really Kayla?” There was also the “hyphy” (pronounced hy-fee) movement.

We put it in an email for the softball trip, and nobody understood what it meant. To get “super hyphy’d” … It’s like a rap culture with a little techno.

It’s just super elevated. But “hella” is my favorite.

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Q: Would you be salt, pepper or oregano? And why?

KB: I think I’d be pepper because not everybody likes pepper. So I’m the kind of thing that you have to try a couple of times, then you love it. You can’t eat eggs without pepper after a while.

Q: Could you describe the softball team’s role in the greater Princeton athletic community?

KB: I think that we are a very diverse team. We have almost every major on campus: from English to aerospace enSee ON TAP page 7

COURTESY OF KAYLA BOSE

Kayla Bose is a sophomore infielder on the softball team.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tigers fall on the road in final game against Fresno State

By Eddie Owens and Andrew Steele

associate sports editor and sports editor

Princeton saved its worst for last in a season-ending loss at Fresno State Monday night. The last 10 minutes saw the Tigers (21-9 overall, 8-6 Ivy League) make just three baskets on 16 tries, commit seven fouls, cough up five turnovers, allow 62.5 percent shooting and ultimately throw FRESNO ST 72 away their seaPRINCETON 56 son. The final score was 72-56, the largest margin of defeat during the season. Yet, Princeton trailed by just one at 4544 with 11:50 left.

The first half was mostly a trainwreck for the Tigers, who couldn’t seem to find any rhythm on offense. After taking a brief 7-5 lead, they let Fresno State (19-16 overall, 8-8 Mountain West) go on a 22-9 run during which the Bulldogs shot over 50 percent from the floor and held the Tigers to under 30 percent.

Not much went Princeton’s way, from a near turnover turned 30foot three pointer for guard Cezar Guerrero to missed fastbreak opportunities and costly turnovers.

Only senior guard and captain T.J. Bray’s last-second three kept the lead in single digits (33-25) going into the break. Bray was the only Tiger to shoot above 33 percent in the first half, scoring 12 points on 5-9 shooting. Princeton shot just 3-15 from beyond the arc, including a shocking 1-13 in between opening and closing treys from Bray.

The first two minutes of the second half represented the longest stretch of impressive play for Princeton in the entire game. Head coach Mitch Henderson ’98 must have lit a fire of some sort during the break because the Tigers came out with a noticeable change in intensity. They made four straight shots and rattled off a 9-0 run to take a 34-33 lead. The magic quickly wore off as Princeton reverted

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took the 100 freestyle final with a time of 48.92.

In spite of not often racing in the event, and never at the Ivy or NCAA championship competition, Boyce saved her best for last in last Friday’s 100 f ly finals. After posting a preliminary time of 51.57, good for fifth in the field, she came seventh in the final with a time of 51.66. Felicia Lee of Stanford, the event’s champion, posted a time of 50.89.

Boyce’s preliminary time equaled Yale grad Alex Forrester’s Ivy League record for the event. In addition to the butterf ly, she raced in last Thursday’s 50 free and Saturday’s 100 free. The first freestyle event saw the Illinois-native Boyce earn a 24th place finish with a time of 22.30, while she tied for 40th place in the longer race with a time of 49.22.

Worthy of note, California freshman and four-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin placed third in

back to sloppy play. To their credit, the Tigers hung around for a while before succumbing to the worst stretch of basketball they have played all year.

The game is most perfectly symbolized by a period of 90 seconds played when only four minutes remained. Princeton had cut the lead to eight (62-54) before three timeouts were called in rapid succession. The Bulldogs hit a pair of free throws to widen the lead to 10. Bray missed a jumper, but the Tigers rebounded. He then missed a layup, and Brase rebounded. He then missed the third and final shot of the possession. Guerrero drove uncontested for an easy two on the other end. At this point, it was clear Princeton was done. But senior guard Jimmy Sherburne added to the shambles with a missed layup of his own and failed putback, which, seemingly of course, led to a Fresno State layup. This period for the Tigers was characterized by

missed shots, poor defense and a demoralizing Fresno State run.

Princeton ended up shooting 31.7 percent for the game, its worst rate of the season. The Tigers decided to throw up 30 threes, their most since February 1, but converted just eight of them. Fresno State, meanwhile, shot 47.5 percent overall and 46.2 percent from downtown. Brase put up 15 of his 19 points in the second half and completed his first double double in four months with 10 rebounds. Bray, in his last game as a Tiger, scored 17 points but had to take 15 shots to get there, sinking just six of them. He pulled in six rebounds and had four assists.

Still, he did not provide his usual level of clutch performance, missing his last six field goal attempts.

Fresno State guard Tyler Johnson made his presence known all over the court, scoring 23 points, pulling in eight rebounds, dishing out four dimes and even stealing the See M. B-BALL page 7

o anyone unfamiliar with the cultural phenomenon that is March Madness, welcome. You get to see Americans in a sports craze unmatched at any other time in the year (save, perhaps, the Super Bowl). Prizes may be won, friendships may be lost and, most importantly, brackets shall be busted throughout the month of March.

Each and every person who makes a bracket has a deep individual stake in the outcome of the tournament. More intriguing, however, is the tale of the tournament underdog, a team from a relatively unknown athletic conference that manages to catch fire under the biggest stage in college sports. For a few weeks, they become America’s darling, the David in a pool teeming with Goliaths.

The question remains, however, on what really makes a team a Goliath? Ascribing such status to a team’s tournament seeding in a given year does not paint the whole picture. For example, this year’s tournament features two of the more “low-key” No. 1 seeds in recent memory: Wichita State and University of Virginia. Wichita State, even with its perfect record this season, was regarded by some as only the second best in its own state (behind perennial powerhouse Kansas University).

Goliaths are made from pedigrees. We as fans are conditioned to root against the Dukes and Kentuckys of the sports world: The teams that put up banners year after year after year. These are the teams that get the most money, receive the most media attention and attract the highest quality recruits, all of which help them to keep their place at the top of the heap.

Rooting for the underdog is a form of anarchy in a world prone to dictators. Though we acknowledge that some teams will dominate for extended periods of time, we never cease to place our hopes on the scrappers because we appreciate their struggle. As Brian Phillips of Grantland writes in a recent article, “The narrative logic that dwells in our very synapses insists that a win is only meaningful if it involved a struggle, the more hopeless the struggle the better.”

We appreciate the struggle of the underdog more than anything else. As Phillips also notes, we don’t make movies about the consistently dominant program full of NBA prospects that win yet another tournament.

We want to watch the more down-to-earth, more relatable ragtag team, the nobody who succeeds. The team becomes our David — scrawny yet somehow predestined to topple See NCAA page 6

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