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In Opinion Yotam Sagiv questions the role that physical beauty plays in our daily lives, and Kelly Hatfield calls for a better way to handle mental health issues on campus. PAGE 7

In Street Staff writer Jennifer Shyue brings part one of a look at first-generation college students’ experiences at Princeton; staff writer Harrison Blackman discusses Lewis Library’s origins; senior writer Grace Lin promises spring is coming! PAGE S1-S4

Today on Campus 7:30 pm: Professor James Stoner leads a discussion on Catholicism and the Constitution. Robertson Hall, Bowl 001.

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News & Notes TFA founder Kopp ’89 defends finance-style recruitment

Wendy Kopp ’89, founder and CEO of Teach for America, discussed the importance of recruiting students in promoting education at a forum at Harvard University on Tuesday, the Harvard Crimson reported. Kopp addressed audience concerns about TFA’s recruiting methods by saying it was necessary for the organization to follow the recruiting techniques of consulting firms and investment banks that continue to attract recent college graduates. She added that TFA’s use of these recruiting techniques has enabled it compete with the law, finance and mediine industries for top graduates. Some audience members questioned the pace of growth of TFA, and Kopp said she was proud of the rapid growth of TFA. However, she added that maintaining the core values and culture of the organization is a lot more challenging amid the recent growth. Kopp said the success of TFA should be viewed in perspective, citing the positive effect of TFA’s presence in Oakland, Calif. as an example. She noted that this pattern is occurring across the country and added that she hoped it would continue in the future.

BEYOND THE BUBBLE

Patton ’77 responds to Letter to the Editor

LOCAL CRIME STATISTICS 2013 CASE DISPOSITIONS

Caucasian

Exceptionally Closed 9%

20%

Unfounded 6%

African-American 5%

Hispanic

70%

Other

UNIFIED CRIME REPORTING TOTALS Active/Closed 44% Cleared/Arrest 23%

By Chitra Marti staff writer

A letter to the editor of The Daily Princetonian that was signed by over 200 University faculty members has received national attention, including articles in the Huffington Post, Jezebel and New York Magazine. The letter, which was published on Wednesday, expressed disagreement with the statements Susan Patton ’77 made on date rape and responsibility in a recent Q&A about her recently published book on dating and marriage. Two hundred and fifteen faculty members across many departments and schools signed the letter, including Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80, Joyce Carol Oates and former University President Shirley Tilghman. “We do not believe that [women’s] manner of dress or drinking behavior makes them responsible for unwanted sexual contact,” the letter read, encouraging victims of sexual assault to find support from Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources & Education, and other campus and community resources. Patton said in an interview Wednesday that she was fully See LETTER page 2

SERVICE POPULATION

Cleared/Summons 18%

800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny MV Theft Totals 2011

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According to a report released by the Princeton Police Department, crime rates in town have decreased following consolidation in 2013. LOCAL NEWS

Post-Consolidation crime report released by police By Chitra Marti staff writer

Overall town crime rates went down in 2013, the first year following the consolidation of the former Princeton Township and the Borough, though police cautioned against reading too far into the numbers. The report said the Princeton crime index is 35 percent higher than the New Jersey average, but

that the New Jersey crime index is 27% lower than the National average. However, the violent crime rate is 72 percent lower than the state average, although its property crime rate is 50 percent higher. The 45-page report, written by the current acting chief of the Princeton Police Department, Captain Nick Sutter, contrasts data from both the Township and Borough from 2011 and 2012

with data from the consolidated town in 2013. In his opening letter, Sutter listed many of the department’s successes from 2013, including the standardization of operating procedures with the University’s Department of Public Safety and the completion of a community-wide survey of police expectations by the newly established Safe Neighborhood and Traffic Safety Bureau. “This report symbolizes the

commitment and efforts of the fine men and women of the department and the pride with which they serve the department and community,” Sutter wrote. Mayor Liz Lempert said the idea for the report came largely from Sutter himself. “The hope is that the community can better understand all the work that the police deSee CRIME page 3

STUDENT LIFE

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Hardy ’14 wins fellowship

U. professor and marketing strategist discuss consumer perception of companies

By Sheila Sisimit staff writer

Brittany Hardy ’14, a religion concentrator, has been awarded a Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship. The fellowship, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State and managed by the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center at Howard University, is awarded to 20 students across the nation who wish to join the Foreign Service. The fellowship finances two-year graduate programs, provides paid internships and aids in other professional development activities, according to its website. Hardy hasn’t decided where she will pursue her master’s degree yet, but she plans on obtaining a master’s degree in global policy studies or public diplomacy. After the two-year graduate program, she will serve as a Foreign Service Officer, representing the United States overseas.

She went to Washington D.C. on March 12 as one of 40 finalists for the interview round and received the news on March 14. “I was shocked at first,” Hardy said. “It was midterms week, and I didn’t celebrate my birthday because I was prepping for the interview.” Hardy said that she hadn’t heard about the program until she went to Greece last spring, where she volunteered with the Fulbright Foundation in Athens, Greece. While volunteering, she attended a meeting with an ambassador and heard of the different opportunities. She also became interested in serving her country because her parents were in the military. “I’ve always heard military stories about how they loved it,” she said. “[Serving your country] is an honor.” She said it is difficult to become a Foreign Service Officer without aid from this type of fellowship, adding that she is excited to travel the world and to be able to

communicate and network with people in other cultures. “I’ll make sure that in whatever country I’m in the locals understand U.S. interests and U.S. history, and that we facilitate a relationship between one another,” she said. “I’ll be like the PR person for the U.S.” Hardy added that she used her religion background as an asset when applying for the fellowship. “Many [people] probably don’t have that background or know how religion plays a role in foreign policy,” she explained. In addition to studying abroad in Greece, Hardy has interned at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Chicago, on campus at Campus Recreation and as a research assistant at the Offices of Academic Affairs and Diversity at the Graduate School. Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Diversity Karen Jackson-Weaver said she was thrilled to hear the news. See RANGEL page 4

By Sharon Deng contributor

Humans are “intent detectors,” and, as such, judge brands and companies based on the latter’s ability to project warmth and competence, Susan Fiske and Chris Malone argued in a joint presentation on Wednesday. Fiske is a professor in the psychology department and Malone is the founder of Fidelum Partners, a consulting firm for consumer marketing strategy. Malone explained that humans make judgments very quickly about others based on the degree of warmth in their intention, and their ability to carry out that intention. “We do this without thinking, almost like breathing,” Malone said. Fiske explained that humans

develop emotions — namely disgust, pride, pity and envy — in response to the judgment of others’ warmth and competence. She noted that homeless people are perceived as having little warmth and poor competence, and that this combination leads people to react with disgust. At direct opposite ends are the so-called “in-groups,” which are groups perceived as having good intentions and competence to act. Malone also said that warmth and confidence have guided brand loyalty as well. “Every human is a brand, and every brand is human,” he said. A survey of 45 companies shows that companies such as McDonalds, Burger King, Best Buy and Amazon are seen as warm and competent, while tobacco and oil companies are seen See BRANDS page 5

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Duke professor addresses minority matriculation to colleges By Paul Phillips associate news editor

It is generally dangerous to advise minorities against matriculating at elite colleges — which also tend to be historically white — because of the sense that increased competition can compromise their success, said Lee Baker, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and African and African American Studies at Duke University, at a lecture Wednesday. Baker analyzed several arguments of the recent mismatch

theory, which argues that affirmative action doesn’t actually help its intended beneficiaries because they may struggle academically at elite schools instead of enrolling at less competitive institutions where they might be able to excel. He noted that one argument put forward by mismatch theorists is the argument that affirmative action wastes large numbers of good students because many minority students who enroll at top universities end up switching their majors to sociology or anthropol-

ogy because they feel they are unable to compete in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. The mismatch theorists argue that minority students should pay more attention to colleges such as historically black colleges, which have been serving minorities well for many years, Baker explained, but he rebutted that historically white colleges have recently improved. When discussing affirmative action, Baker said the importance of institutional

yield should not be forgotten. He noted that black students who attend historically black colleges are much more likely to go into STEM fields, noting that while 10 percent of all African-American college students attend historically black colleges, 40 percent of the AfricanAmerican college population majoring in STEM fields attend these colleges. However, he also noted that African-American college students at elite universities such as Duke and Harvard are more likely to get postgraduate degrees in STEM

fields than African-American students who attended historically black colleges. Mismatch theorists have argued that affirmative action may result in students being put in classes where they are underprepared and can therefore start to feel helpless, Baker explained. He argued, however, that these theorists draw their data exclusively from science and business courses, and added that STEM students who decide to withdraw from their majors and choose more See MISMATCH page 6

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in support of the faculty letter and would have signed it herself. “The idea of anybody — male or female — being forced into a position of sexual assault against their wishes is awful, and I would have signed that faculty letter,” Patton said. “But what I was talking with the press about was not about sexual assault, but about later regret.” Patton had said in the original Q&A that “[the woman] is the 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.” Patton said that she had meant to draw a clearer distinction between rape and

what she calls “regrettable sex.” “First we have to be clear what we’re talking about. I said [in the Q&A] that rape is probably the most horrific crime I could imagine, with the exception, maybe, of child abduction,” Patton said. “And certainly if that’s what we’re talking about, it’s criminal, it’s awful in every possible way, and the perpetrator of any such crime should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” She said her position had been misrepresented in the editing and condensing process. In her book, Patton wrote that “if you are too drunk to speak, then you may be incapable of saying no or warding off unwanted advances. And then it’s all on you. Please spare me your ‘blaming the victim’ outrage.” Patton said that rape is often confused with “regrettable

sex,” adding that women cannot sidestep responsibility for having “regrettable sex” by claiming they were raped. “It can’t be sort of wake up the next morning after having too much to drink, or partying too much or too wildly and looking over at where you spent the night and thinking, ‘Oh what did I do?’ That’s not rape. That’s mistake sex, that’s regrettable sex,” Patton said. Patton added, however, that women must be careful when it comes to alcohol consumption. “Women have to be smart for themselves and not drink past the point that they can’t remain in control of themselves and in control of the situation,” Patton said. Assistant psychology professor Betsy Levy Paluck, a contact person who helped organize the letter published in the ‘Prince,’ declined to comment.

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Princeton safer than 37.9 percent of cities, according to crime report CRIME

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partment does, and that moving forward it will give both the department and the governing body a baseline to see trends and make sure that we are properly responding and adapting,” Lempert said. Under the Uniform Crime Reporting System, a nationwide system for collecting and distributing crime statistics, eight criminal offenses are reported and tracked. In 2011, there were 602 of these offenses, which include rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft. In 2012, 691 offenses were reported. However, in 2013, this number dropped to 351, with the biggest change being in the number of larcenies reported. The report also cautioned against taking these numbers at face value, saying that while UCR statistics can be useful, they “often do not present a full picture of crime in a community.” For example, the report noted that the University began reporting its own UCR statistics, so many burglaries and thefts reported on campus do not appear

in the town’s statistics anymore. Sutter said in an interview that once the University releases its UCR report, he would be able to form a clearer picture of what the difference in crime was, and he would be better able to assess the impact of the new reporting system. “We’ll know the exact number once [the University] reports for 2013,” Sutter said. In addition, the Princeton Borough experienced a string of residential and motor vehicle burglaries in 2012, which represented a large spike in crime, particularly in a smaller community such as Princeton. Thus, while UCR data appears to show a significant decrease in crime, many other factors influence crime statistics. In total, 444 arrests were made in 2013, the majority classified as “service of warrant,” for when a person fails to appear in court for a misdemeanor or traffic violation. The next four highest categories were for contempt of court, driving while intoxicated, controlled dangerous substance possession or influence, and shoplifting. In addition, 14 arrests were made for underage alcohol possession. The report also said the chance

of being a victim of a crime in Princeton is 1 in 32, while the chance of being a victim of violent crime in Princeton is 1 in 1,235. Princeton is safer than 37.9 percent of cities in the nation, according to the report. “The property crime rate doesn’t necessarily surprise me, given that Princeton is a very popular destination throughout the world.” Sutter said. “We definitely have proactive patrols out that look for that type of thing, and our community policing is responsible for those types of issues as well. Those types of crimes really ebb and flow. I’m pretty sure as time goes on, we’ll see them diminish.” Lempert said the higher property crime rate could likely be attributed to the fact that Princeton’s downtown is active. The department also initiated a Hispanic Community Outreach program last May to “identify the concerns, perceptions, and problems in the Hispanic Community,” spearheaded by two officers with assistance from the Safe Neighborhood Bureau. According to the report, the officers discovered certain obstacles in reaching out to the Hispanic community, including a general

mistrust of law enforcement, a generalization of local law enforcement with federal immigration agencies, and wage theft. In the Safe Neighborhood Bureau’s community survey, Sutter said, virtually no Hispanic residents responded, indicating a lack of participation by the community in taking advantage of community and municipal

“Our relationship has been tremendous, and we’ve worked on it regularly.” captain nick sutter

services. “We initiated a proactive approach to involving them in discussions and addressing things that are important to that community, and I think it’s been successful,” Sutter said. The program held six meetings last year at St. Paul’s Church

and John Witherspoon Middle School, including two Latinos en Progreso programs, providing general police-related information. “The police department has shown real commitment both in time and in resources in reaching out,” Lempert said, praising the department’s initiative in implementing the program. The report said that in the first four months of 2013, before the program was implemented, 32 calls for service were made by Hispanic residents. Following the program, this number increased to 114, or almost twice as many calls made a month. “We believe this is a direct result of our efforts in the community instilling trust in the department and building positive relationships,” the report read. The report also contained information about the Princeton Police Department’s demographics, stating that the goal of the department’s recruitment plan is to attract qualified individuals and achieve an “overall racial and gender composition of the department in comparison to the service population of Princeton.” African-Americans and Hispanics represent 10 percent of the service population, and to-

gether they comprise 21 percent of current sworn officers. Twenty percent of the service population is classified as “other” — not Caucasian, African-American or Hispanic. However, no sworn officers are classified as “other.” “While the diversity of the department exceeds that of our service area (community), we are committed to increasing the diversity in the department as we recruit and hire the most qualified people available,” the report read. The report also listed a number of future goals for the department, including increasing “critical incident training opportunities” with the University’s Department of Public Safety and continued community outreach to local schools and businesses. Sutter said the critical incident training was “definitely best practice,” and added that he hoped to maintain the good relationship the PPD has with DPS. “Our relationship has been tremendous, and we’ve worked on it regularly,” Sutter said. “We meet monthly and talk about it monthly; we share policies. It’s a very functional relationship.” The full report can be found on the town of Princeton’s website.

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“Brittany is such a grounded, bright and well-rounded individual,” Weaver said. “The courses she has taken here at Princeton, coupled with the myriad of international experiences she has experienced, made her such an ideal candidate for the fellowship.” As a research assistant, Hardy helped in the preparation of two courses — AAS 319: The African-American Prophetic Tradition and AMS 345: Women’s Leadership in Modern America. “Brittany was not the most talkative student, but she was

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Brittany Hardy ’14, recipient of the Rangel Fellowship, plans on becoming a Foreign Service Officer.

always very hard working, and she was one of those stu-

“Brittany is such a grounded, bright and well-rounded individual.” associate dean karen jackson-weaver dents who would ask to meet with me for help outside of the

class,” Alberto Bruzos Moro, senior lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, said. Bruzos Moro had taught Hardy as a freshman and sophomore in Spanish classes. “For me, it has been a pleasure to follow all her years of each time that we would talk. I could see her growth as a person and as a student.” As for Hardy’s future, Weaver said the sky is the limit for her. “I’m sure in a few years we will be reading about her again and the significant contributions she is making as a Princeton alum,” Weaver said.

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as cold and incompetent, Malone said. He added that brands such as Mercedes, Rolex, Gucci and Rolls Royce are perceived as competent but not warm, while government-sponsored agencies such as the United States Postal Service and Public Transport are seen as warm but low in competence. Malone explained that, before the Industrial Revolution, people judged each other based on facial expression and body language, but noted that transactions are no longer conducted face-to-face. “We don’t see the people that make our shoes anymore,”

Malone said. “We don’t even see the shoes when we buy them.” He advised companies to become more self-aware about their public image to change the way the business is conducted and to shift their priorities from shareholders to customers. Companies, he said, frequently judge their consumers without realizing that consumers are judging them as well. Fiske also presented their scientific findings on the American public’s perception of social classes, ethnic groups, animals, cooperation and even diseases. According to Fiske, research done at the University about mental illness shows that those with obsessive compulsive disorder and depression are seen as brilliant

and mad, cold and competent. An eating disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder fit in as normal, and people suffering from Down syndrome are seen as well-intentioned but not competent. Even animals are perceived as having human intent, Fiske said. For example, she said that leopards, tigers and bears are seen as cold but competent, while lizards are perceived as cold and incompetent. The lecture, entitled “Policy Implications of ‘The HUMAN Brand: How We Relate to People, Products, and Companies,” took place at 4:30 p.m. at Robertson Bowl 016 to an audience of students and local residents. A public reception and signing of their book followed afterward.

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News & Notes Mathematics professor awarded Abel Prize

Mathematics professor Yakov Sinai was awarded the 2014 Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters today for his more than 50-year career in mathematics, the Office of Communications reported. The Abel Prize was first awarded in 2003 and includes a $1 million prize. The academy described Sinai,

a member of the University faculty since 1993, as one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century, noting his work in mathematical physics and probability theory. They also noted that many mathematical processes and equations are named after Sinai, including Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy, Sinai’s billiards, Sinai’s random walk, Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen measures and Pirogov-Sinai theory.

At a departmental reception in his honor, Sinai credited his colleagues and the academic environment at the University for inspiring him to earn the award. Sinai was announced as the 2014 Abel Prize recipient in Oslo on Wednesday by the president of the Norwegian Academy of Science. He will accept the prize from the Crown Prince of Norway during a May 20 ceremony in Oslo.

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Duke professor and administrator Lee Baker spoke about how best to allow minority students to succeed in STEM fields during college.

humanistic disciplines should not be considered a loss. “At the heart of the liberal arts and sciences experience is exploring an array of different fields while exploring one’s intellectual passion,” he said. He added, however, that many minority students with less strong academic backgrounds may want to go to schools where they are able to feel competitive. Being perceived as a leader facilitates active engagement in learning, Baker said, adding that a discrepancy in preparation is especially significant in science and technology fields, where students must master the introductory coursework in order to progress to the more advanced subject matter. Baker compared college enrollment decisions to athletics, saying that students should ultimately decide to go where they feel most comfortable.

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“Is it better to sit on Coach K’s bench getting limited playing time and training with the best players and coaches in the country, or is it better to attend a less competitive school where your playing time during the first year is guaranteed and the student becomes a star?” he

“At the heart of the liberal arts ... [is] exploring one’s intellectual passion.” duke professor lee baker asked. “Again, it comes down to fit.” Baker’s lecture, titled “The Top 2%: Race, Identity and Science Education,” was at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Aaron Burr Hall.

Helping out with mental health Kelly Hatfield

contributing columnist

“Why can’t it just let go?” As her gaze traced the diamond pattern of the carpet, I pieced together the hints that had accumulated over the past months pointing to what she would soon articulate. I began to understand the meaning behind her use of the word “it” and what this amorphous concept had to do with the desperation and hopelessness echoing in her voice. “It” had a very clear clinical name, I realized; “it” was her depression. It’s too easy in conversations like this to not listen fully, to fall prey to the tendency of writing off a friend’s mood as a blip in an otherwise stable condition, something that he’ll “get over.” It’s true that in a high pressure, fast-paced environment such as Princeton, stress manifests itself in a variety of ways, and sometimes declarations of despair stem solely from more temporary conditions. But what happens if, as in my friend’s case, such anguish isn’t a fleeting occurrence? Mental illness isn’t uncommon here. According to the 2012 Committee on Background and Opportunity report conducted by the USG, 49.9 percent of Princeton women and 37.06 percent of men reported feeling depressed “sometimes or often.” And these are just the statistics pertaining to depression. The term “mental illness” covers a large swath of issues, too many for a person not to know someone affected by it personally. Furthermore, mental illness isn’t something that can be dismissed or ignored into oblivion. It is a pervasive condition that is all too often wrongly cast as something that detracts from the strength of the sufferer. Although much has been said on this topic, much still needs to be done, both in and out of the scope of the Orange Bubble. There’s no denying that the University invests quite a few resources in students’ well-being, and no one can question the qualifications and dedication of all the members of the team at McCosh Health Center or of Peer Health Advisers. But it’s not enough. My friend had long suffered from a wide range of mental health issues, but the most pressing when she spoke to me was her depression. Before Intersession, she took the step all of us urged her to take; namely, to seek help from a professional. We simply couldn’t pull her out of what she described as a vortex, and we hoped that a trained psychologist or psychiatrist could. In a time when it was increasingly difficult for her to engage with others and with her many passions, however, she was forced to wait a week and a half for a consultation. Once she received one, she spent an hour running through the major relationships in her life, her history of mental illness, her family’s history. The process, she said, was exhausting and demoralizing. She sought help and, instead, to use her words, had to go through a “laundry list” of her secrets. There are logical reasons behind all of this, of course. There are only so many hours in a day to care for the multitude of students seeking counseling; for the most effective treatment one has to understand context. There are also therapists on call should a student consider seriously harming himself. But my friend’s experience, I think, speaks to larger issues within the University’s interactions with mental illness. One obvious way in which the administration could help the situation would simply be to employ a greater number of professionals to expedite the process of getting that initial help, particularly for those like my friend, who occupy the gray area between complete panic or despair and a lesser, but no less real, degree of urgency. I acknowledge that wait times vary between individuals, but if even one student has to wait a length of time that could potentially be detrimental to his mental health, the system is not working as it should. As this solution of hiring more therapists is perhaps impractical, Counseling and Psychological Services could at least expedite the process for seeking help. There’s no way to replace the necessary iteration of one’s past, but part of what makes that part so unbearable is the fact that it comes after said waiting period. Why can students not complete a form with such questions prior to the first session? Simple measures could go a long way. Though the University must work to improve the system, I urge students to not leave all the reform up to Princeton. Perhaps members of various student groups on campus could work to spread awareness of hotlines specifically geared toward individuals such as my friend, for sometimes sufferers don’t want to “burden” those close to them and need that anonymous, objective third party to offer insight or compassion. The institution of PHAs likely stemmed from such a need, but they deal with such a wide range of issues for such a large volume of students, that a new group dedicated solely to mental health is in order. In any case, however, I implore you all to listen, to read beyond ambiguous “it”s and to help a friend overcome or cope with mental illness. Kelly Hatfield is a freshman from Medford, Mass. She can be reached at kellych@princeton.edu.

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You’re not beautiful, and there’s nothing wrong with that Yotam Sagiv

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e live We live in a society obsessed with physical beauty. It doesn’t take much effort to see this: the digital image manipulation that is now so commonplace in product marketing has repeatedly and publicly come under fire for setting unrealistic physical standards for young adults. Opponents of this approach to advertising have attacked it for various reasons, ranging from acidic accusations of amoral manipulations of children to mere unadulterated malevolence. One element, however, that unifies them all is the idea that the perfect way to combat this is to tell everyone in the world that they are beautiful. Indeed, The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, you-are-beautiful.com’s popular stickers and a whole bunch of anonymous Tiger Ad Mirers submissions staunchly proclaiming the beauty of the reader are united in their belief that remedying the social obsession with physical attraction requires reassuring people that they’re physically attractive. This is wrong. I’m not saying these campaigns are evil. Certainly, the ethical nature of these efforts is nearly impossible to criticize. They are, however, misguided. The true “enemy” — if it can be called that — here is not H&M’s advertising team. It’s not even Adobe Photoshop’s brush tool. The social conception of beauty is rooted in the fact that we have tied people’s sense of worth to their level of physical

attractiveness. Unfortunately, the feel-good response adopted by Dove and Tiger Ad Mirers doesn’t actually combat this. In fact, it reinforces it; by telling people that they should be happy because they’re beautiful regardless of what they actually look like, they’re simply supporting the idea that self-worth is grounded in the body. The counsel of Tiger Ad Mirers submission 5336 — “remember you are beautiful” — functions only as a semifunctional short-term solution that in fact exacerbates the issue by reinforcing the source of the disease it is attempting to cure. No, the solution isn’t to anonymously reassure strangers that there is someone out there who will find them attractive. The real approach is to devalue the role of beauty in determining personal value. We should stop saying “no matter what you look like, you are always gorgeous” and start saying “your beauty is not the be all and end all of you as a person.” Elevating the status of attractive intangible aspects will necessarily lead to the diminishment of the role beauty plays in establishing self-worth. Allow people to take pride in the hours they spend playing an instrument every day, in their incredible dance skills, in their ability to recite every movie Morgan Freeman has had a threeline-or-more part in, and the social obsession with beauty will fade. Arguably, we should be reaching for a point where the comment “(s)he looks better than you” carries the same emotional weight as “(s)he dances better than you do” — a point where subjective statements of

opinion do not have universal power to create depression and self-doubt. This is admittedly difficult. You can’t control whom you’re attracted to, so manually resetting these preferences will not be easy. It will take time. But it is better to stab at the heart of the beast in this way, by devaluing beauty, than by attacking one of its arms with feelgood campaigns — especially since these misguided retaliations actually help the monster grow. Being beautiful is not a bad thing. We should not demonize those who were born with a certain set of genetic combinations that conforms to some sort of ever-changing social understanding of what it means to be beautiful, nor those who work to achieve a place in that set. On the contrary, beauty is something to be celebrated. However, it is not to be lauded in place of everything else. Physical attractiveness should be appreciated just as much as a great sense of humor or a sparkling personality. By relegating it to a more normal role in our lives, our obsession with beauty will disappear. We will begin to treat people as actual human beings, rather than dehumanizing them by focusing solely on their looks; in equally accounting for the many, many aspects that truly comprise people, we also force ourselves to accept their humanity, a humanity that is more than just beautiful, but also funny, and talented, and poetic, and infinitely multidimensional. Yotam Sagiv is a freshman from Tel Aviv, Israel. He can be reached at ysagiv@princeton.edu.

vol. cxxxviii

Marcelo Rochabrun ’15 editor-in-chief

Nicholas Hu ’15

business manager

BOARD OF TRUSTEES president Richard W. Thaler, Jr. ’73 vice presidents John G. Horan ’74 Thomas E. Weber ’89 secretary Kathleen Kiely ’77 treasurer Michael E. Seger ’71 Craig Bloom ’88 Gregory L. Diskant ’70 Richard P. Dzina, Jr. ’85 William R. Elfers ’71 Stephen Fuzesi ‘00 Zachary A. Goldfarb ’05 John G. Horan ’74 Rick Klein ’98 James T. MacGregor ’66 Betsy J. Minkin ’77 Alexia Quadrani Jerry Raymond ’73 Annalyn Swan ’73 Douglas Widmann ’90

138TH BUSINESS BOARD business manager Nicholas Hu ’15 head of advertising Zoe Zhang ’16 director of national advertising Kevin Tang ’16 director of recruitment advertising Justine Mauro ’17 director of local advertising Mark Zhang ’17

Life reevaluation

director of online advertising Matteo Kruijssen ’16

Kai Song-Nichols ’15 ..................................

head of operations Daniel Kim ’17 head of finance Charles Zhou ’16 comptroller Denise Chan ’17 accounts receivable manager Eugene Cho ’17

NIGHT STAFF 3.26.14 news Lorenzo Quiogue ’17 Chitra Marti ’17 copy Elizabeth Bradley ’17 Caroline Congdon ’17 Elizabeth Dolan ’16 Jacob Donnelly ’17 Natalie Gasparowicz ’16 Lily Lesser ’17 Jennifer Shyue ’17 Sunny Zhang ’16 design Anne Lovett ’17 Helen Yao ’15 Sean Pan ’16 Jerry Lerena ’16

Letter to the Editor To the Editor: The Daily Princetonian’s recent coverage of the Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline and its editorial of March 23 were no doubt done with the best of intentions for the Princeton community, but they appear to be based on incomplete information from biased sources. I wish to correct the record on three points. First and foremost, the Editorial Board and others have suggested that the Committee on Discipline does not afford students the presumption of innocence. This is a weighty accusation—one that not only strikes at the heart of the Committee’s process, but also impugns the integrity of the students and faculty members who serve on it, and it is emphatically not true. Students and faculty members are selected by their peers for service on the Committee for their judiciousness, reasonableness and regard for the University’s standards and policies. They undertake rigorous training and engage in exhaustive analysis of each case. Their decisions are firmly grounded in Princeton’s standard of evidence: that is, no student is found responsible for violating a University policy without clear and persuasive evidence. To suggest that members of the Committee on Discipline play fast and loose with that standard is to imply that they do not appreciate the gravity of their decisions, and even to hint that they are morally deficient. The Princeton community should rest assured that nothing could be further from the truth. Second, the Board and others have concluded that the penalties imposed by the Committee for violations of the University’s academic integrity policies are “too harsh given the level of guidance afforded to students.” Both aspects of this conclusion warrant a response. The “harshness” of sanctions cannot be evalu-

ated in a vacuum, and it is worth reiterating that Rights, Rules, Responsibilities permits the Committee to regard careless errors and reasonable misunderstandings as lesser offenses and respond with warnings and short terms of disciplinary probations. The Committee reserves suspension for those cases in which students ought reasonably to have understood that their actions violated academic integrity rules—essentially, cases of academic fraud. These criteria reflect the University’s core values and are consonant with our venerable Honor System. At the same time, the disciplinary system provides students with a robust level of guidance, including the assistance of an adviser of their choosing, ample notice and clearly-written documentation, and virtually unlimited opportunities to engage with the Committee and its representatives. Finally, regarding concerns about transparency, it is important to note that the custodians of Committee records at the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School are as transparent as possible within the considerable constraints of University confidentiality policies and applicable laws. Those constraints categorically preclude commentary on any particular case or student, among other limitations. Therefore, mischaracterizations of cases must often go unanswered. (It is gratifying to note that even the Board concedes that its criticisms are undercut by the fact that it has no access to the full range of case materials and other evidence considered during a Committee hearing.) At the same time, we regularly publish statistics — always in the aggregate, to protect student confidentiality — and I have readily accepted the suggestion to augment those statistics in the way that the Board describes. Likewise, “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities,” which all Princeton students are

expected to read, provides a full description of Committee standards and procedures as well as clear guidance about what constitutes an academic infraction. On behalf of the Committee on Discipline, I welcome informed and conscientious feedback. Kathleen Deignan Chair, Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline Editor’s note: The Daily Princetonian received this letter from the Office of Communications.

Letter from the Editor The Daily Princetonian receives a number of letters to the editor from the University administration, usually in response to articles and editorials published in our paper. While we sincerely appreciate the feedback, commentary and dialogue, we are also concerned that a growing number of letters are not coming directly through their authors but are being sent to us via Princeton’s central Office of Communications. We believe that it is in the interest of our readers to know if public relations officials have seen content meant to run in the ‘Prince’ pre-publication. From now on, if we receive a letter through the Office of Communications, we will indicate this at the end of the letter in an Editor’s note. If, as a result of this new policy, we stop receiving letters through the Office of Communications, we will, of course, let you know later on. Marcelo Rochabrun Editor-in-Chief

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4-3 OVERALL

TEAM STATS

1-1 IVY LEAGUE

GOALS PER GAME

SHOT PERCENTAGE

SHOTS PER GAME

Princeton

33.8

Princeton: 38 Opponents: 34 Opponents

33.5

Princeton: 12.8 Opponents: 11.4

MEN’S

MAN UP PERCENTAGE Princeton

53.6

SHOT ON GOAL PERCENTAGE Opponents

LAX

Opponents

20.8

FACEOFF PERCENTAGE

64.9

Princeton

60.2

GROUND BALLS

CLEAR PERCENTAGE

Opponents

Princeton

52.8

87.7

Princeton

222

Opponents

211

Princeton

47.2

Opponents

81.9

Game-by-game breakdown of senior Tom Schreiber’s streak of 23 consectutive games with at least 3 points Assists

2012

Goals

Sophomore midfielder Jake Froccaro scored 10 goals at Yale last Saturday. His performance: Ties Princeton’s single game scoring record, set in 1951 Is Division I’s first double digit scoring game in 6 years

GAME/SEASON

Sets the Ivy League record for most goals scored in a single league game

2013

6 3 2

SUCCESSFUL SHOT LOCATIONS FROM FROCCARO’S 10-GOAL GAME*

9 5

2014

FROCCARO: 10-18 shooting 1

3 POINTS

REST OF TEAM: 5-27 shooting

6 *Based on highlight film, this shot chart is not official.

HANNAH MILLER :: SENIOR DESIGNER

Tweet of the Day

‘Track has become life again Results on the way’ Junior Dan McCord, sprinter on the track team, on Twitter (@DmcCordTrack)

Friday

Look for a preview of men’s volleyball’s rematch against Penn State. In February, Tigers won a thrilling five-setter.

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