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DPS officers found no probable cause for arrest when they were called to Frist Campus Center.
Valerie Bell published this campaign literature for her run for senior class president.
TPUSA president alleges Q&A with Valerie Bell assault at Democratic Socialists ’77, first female, first of America meeting in Frist African-American By Benjamin Ball Head News Editor
The president of the University chapter of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a rightwing non-profit youth organization, has alleged assault at a meeting of the Central New Jersey chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in Frist Campus Center. Riley Heath ’20 claims he was assaulted on Jan. 19 when Matthew Golden, who is not a student at the University, allegedly rammed
his shoulder into Heath. Heath claims the collision caused him to hit his head on a nearby doorway and gave him a laceration on his forehead, for which he later received 10 stitches. Others in attendance denied that an assault took place when the Department of Public Safety was called to the scene, according to the police report obtained by The Daily Princetonian. In the report, DPS wrote that “there was no probable cause to execute an arrest” based on the findings
of the DPS officers at the scene. According to Deputy University Spokesperson Mike Hotchkiss, DPS has since concluded its investigation. Heath indicated that he wanted to file a criminal complaint against Golden and DPS advised him on how to do so. On Jan. 24, Heath filed a certification in support of probable cause to the Mercer County Municipal Court, attempting to charge Golden with assault See ASSAULT page 2
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president of USG By Paige Allen Contributor
When Valerie Bell ’77 was elected senior class president at the University, she became the first African American and the first female to hold that position in the University’s history. Bell ran with the campaign slogan “Unity growing from our diversity,” a motto that captures Bell’s personal outlook on life. She currently devotes herself pro bono as a Harvard-trained lawyer and civil volunteer to fighting
for educational equity, racial equality, and economic parity through local, regional, and national organizations, including as Chair of the Board of the St. Louis Public Schools Foundation. Recently, Bell spoke with The Daily Princetonian about her experiences breaking boundaries, bridging gaps, and becoming a leader. The conversation has been lightly edited for length and readability. The Daily Princetonian See STORY page 3
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Student journalist panel reflects Claire Gmachl to become on time spent reporting abroad new Head of Whitman
By Mina Lee Contributor
“Inside the Orange Bubble [of the University] is not necessarily the best place to cover international events,” said Joe Stephens, as he opened for the panelists during Session IX of the Mellon-Sawyer Journalism Seminar Series. Stephens, Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence and director of the Program in Journalism, explained that by offering journalism courses that travel outside of the University and outside of the
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United States, students are provided with the opportunity to serve as international correspondents in the field. The panelists were four University undergraduate students who spent time abroad reporting on the international refugee and migrant crisis. Two of the panelists participated in the 2018 summer program on the island of Lesbos, Greece, under the supervision of Professor Stephens. One was Karolen Eid ’21, who opened the panel discussion by reflecting on the process
Columnist Hunter Campbell argues for changes to the substance-free housing system, and contributing columnist Sebastian Quiroz calls for the construction of a new dining hall closer to the Engineering Quad.
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Walker Stamps Contributor
After eight years as the Head of Whitman College, Sandra Bermann will step down on July 1 and be replaced by Claire Gmachl, professor of electrical engineering. Gmachl intends to help make Whitman College feel like “a home for students to be comfortable.” She looks forward to serving the college and learning from the “perspectives of students”. “I want to be a good head.
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Q&A with Mark Hoppus, Blink-182 co-lead vocalist Emily Spalding Senior Writer
As the co-lead vocalist and bassist for Blink-182, Mark Hoppus has played an integral role in shaping the pop punk music genre with hit songs like “All the Small Things” and “What’s My Age Again?” Nearly three decades since its founding in 1992, Blink-182 has released seven studio albums, selling over 50 million records worldwide. With a new Blink-182 album coming out this summer in addition to releasing an EP on March 29 for his
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I want students to feel comfortable at their new home,” Gmachl said. “At college and universities [the] campus is the student’s new home and it should be both intellectually stimulating and still feel like a home.” In the new College Head House, Gmachl will host “small dinners and big dinners” and “have a place to meet for students and college fellows and special interests seeking a spot in Whitman.” In an email sent to Whit-
new duo with Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low called Simple Creatures, Hoppus sat down with The Daily Princetonian after giving a talk at Berlind Theatre on Monday night to discuss his career, musical inspirations, and rapid-fire impressions of his own work. The Daily Princetonian (DP): What are you listening to right now? Mark Hoppus (MH): I’ve just discovered this band called Bones. They’re from the UK and they sound like — there’s See HOPPUS page 2
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A panel of student journalists reflected on refugee reporting in Greece and Canada.
of finding balance between compassion and emotional detachment. Eid is a staff writer for The Daily Princetonian. “More important than developing these relationships is to tell these stories objectively,” Eid said. “That was our main priority. That is how we add our version of justice to this situation.” Matthew Miller ’19 followed by commenting on how the Turkey-Greece refugee crisis radically changed the sociopolitical landscape of Greek life. He recounted the ways that overcrowding in the Moria refugee camp has put pressure on the small town of Moria. Miller recalled that the students had to have an extensive conversation about the best ways to write about local tensions. They collaborated to try and find ways to accurately reflect the conflict. Following Miller and Eid, Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence Deborah Amos introduced her students from the shorter, eight-day journalism abroad program in Canada. Marcia Brown ’19 talked about her visit to a U.S.-Canada border called Emerson. From the kinds of crops she saw to the kind of political
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............. and disorderly persons offense. Golden and his attorney have yet to respond to multiple requests for comment at the time of publication. The Central New Jersey DSA declined to comment on the incident. According to Heath, he and fellow TPUSA officer Andrew Tufillaro ’22 attended the meeting “just to hear them out, listen and learn about them.” “We didn’t go to be disruptive,” Tufillaro said. “We just went to sit down, have a conversation.” The alleged assault was not the first moment of tension between Heath and other DSA members during the meeting. Heath claimed that earlier in the meeting, he pulled out his phone to take a photo on Snapchat of a DSA poster. The individual in charge told Heath that taking photos during
the meeting was not allowed, and Heath claimed he promptly put his phone down. When the meeting broke out into smaller groups, with one group leaving for the East Asian Library, Heath and Tufillaro attempted to join the group in the library, according to an audio recording taken by Heath and obtained by the ‘Prince.’ Members of the DSA attempted to persuade Heath to leave, saying he had violated their no-photo policy. According to the recording, Heath insisted that the DSA members could not prevent him from entering the library. He insisted he was not there to be provocative. “We haven’t been disruptive or anything,” Heath said on the recording. “I could be if you want me to but I’m not going to.” One of the members asked that they leave, allegedly touching Heath on the chest.
When Heath attempted to enter the library, Golden allegedly attempted to block the door. As Heath attempted to go around him through the door, Heath claimed Golden shouldered him into a corner of the doorway. According to the recording, after Heath made contact with the door, Golden immediately said that Heath “walked into that.” “You just assaulted the f*** out of me, dude,” Heath said in response. The recording is unclear as to whether or not Heath was pushed. When DPS officers responded at 12:27 p.m. after a student at the front desk phoned DPS, the incident was over, according to Hotchkiss. After speaking to multiple people who were at the scene, the officers decided against making any arrests. DPS officers transported Heath to McCosh Health Center and then to Princeton Medical Center after
the meeting, where he received 10 stitches for a sizable laceration on his forehead. Although the Central New Jersey DSA is not affiliated with the University, the meeting took place in Frist 309 at noon after President of Princeton Young Democratic Socialists of America Alec Israeli ’21 reserved the room, according to the schedule listed on the door that day. However, according to Heath and Tufillaro, primarily non-students attended the meeting. Israeli declined to comment on the incident. The group has also previously held meetings on campus. Since the alleged incident, Charlie Kirk, founder of TPUSA, posted a picture of Heath on his Twitter account, reiterating Heath’s claims and claiming the incident was “Another crime of violence against conservative Trump supporters.” Heath visited another meeting of the DSA near
campus on March 23 where he confronted Ayesha Mughal, co-chair of the Central New Jersey DSA. In a video of the incident, Heath repeatedly asks the DSA members why they “thought it was funny” he was injured. He also repeatedly compared the red armbands worn by DSA members to those worn by Nazis throughout the confrontation. Heath recorded the video, which he provided to the ‘Prince.’ Mughal has yet to respond to request for comment. According to Heath’s video, Mughal responded to Heath by leading him through the DSA’s policy points, such as Medicare for All. Heath expressed frustration with her, claiming she was not answering his question about his own alleged assault. Heath was later asked to leave the scene when members of the DSA called the police.
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two women in the band, and it sounds like if women took over Nine Inch Nails. It’s like rock music and leather jackets and dirty beats and shreddy guitar. It’s really cool. DP: Given that you grew up in California and Virginia surrounded by skateboarding and punk rock, what role did music play in your life growing up? MH: I don’t think that I really felt like myself until I started listening to music that I felt defined me. When I heard the Descendents, when I heard The Cure, when I heard Bad Religion, it was music that spoke to me and that I could relate to, and I didn’t really feel like myself until I heard music that felt like it was speaking to me. The first time that I heard “Silly Girl” by the Descendents, it changed my whole life. All the punk rock that I had heard before that was very political, very angry, very angsty, negative, kind of screamy, and then here was the Descendents, that sounded like punk rock Beach Boys and they were singing about girls and food and parents and school, weekends, and I was like, ‘Oh, my people.’ DP: Since its forming in 1992, Blink-182 has been a big influencer on the development of the pop punk genre. What was the inspiration for your original sound? How have you maintained that foundation over the years, and in what ways do you think Blink-182 has changed over time? MH: I think that we’ve always stuck true to our core, which is catchy songs, good hooks, great melodies. When we first started, all we wanted to do was play fast and loud, and I think that as we grew up we wanted to write songs that went to different places but still had the same heart. Even a song like “I Miss You” compared to a song like “Dammit,” I think that they both have the same heart to them even though they’re sonically very different. DP: A lot of Blink-182’s initial popularity in its first decade or so came about through platforms like TRL and MTV. Today, various online streaming services dominate music consumption. What do you think about the change in music accessibility? Has this affected you as an artist? MH: I love it. I think that the barrier of entry for music now is so low. I mean if you look at the rise of SoundCloud rap, it’s just people on their laptops, people on their iPads — you can make music so easily now that sounds very professional, so it really just comes back down to the great equalizer, which is great music. Great music is going to rise to the top. It’s just harder to break through, but it’s different. Back in the day, there were gatekeepers, there were barriers, there
were radio stations, there were music programmers, there were music journalists, A&R people, and they kind of were the gatekeepers. And now that’s all gone. There’s still like, obviously, influencers I guess, people that you look to or whatever. But now the barrier of entry to get a decent sounding recording is very low, and I think it makes for the democratization of music and I like it. DP: What do you think the legacy of Blink-182 is today? MH: I think Blink-182 is beginning to establish a legacy. We really don’t want to be thought of as a legacy band at this point, we want to keep on creating new music and new music and new music, and not be one of those bands that’s just like, ‘Oh, we’re going to play “Dammit” and “What’s My Age Again?” and “Rock Show” and call it good.’ We want to keep creating new music, but hopefully our legacy when we do finish is that I want people to look back and say, ‘I had a lot of fun listening to that band
and they really spoke to me and I loved going to the shows.’ DP: What has been the most challenging part of Blink-182? What has been the most rewarding? MH: I really don’t think of any challenging parts of Blink-182. The challenging part, I guess the worst is being gone from my family when I tour, but I’m doing exactly what I love and my family is very supportive and we have a very strong foundation as a family, and so when I’m gone we talk all the time. I don’t feel like there are a lot of challenges. But the reward is getting to play music and thinking that a song that I write sitting on a couch in my bedroom or my living room gets sung back to me at a show in Milan, Italy two years later is amazing. DP: You announced in January that you and Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low have been working together to create a new duo called Simple Creatures, whose EP Strange Love will be released on March 29. What is your vi-
sion for Simple Creatures? How would you describe its sound? MH: Simple Creatures we describe as trash pop, which I think is pretty apt. We have these big bombastic drum loops and samples over distorted synthesizers and ratty sounding guitars, but it is still really catchy. So we call it trash pop. And the whole idea was just to get in the studio, Alex and myself, and do something totally different, something that neither of us really felt comfortable with but really liked. That’s been the goal the whole time. DP: Let’s say you are stranded on a desert island and can only have three albums to listen to for the rest of your life. What are they? MH: The Beatles’ “White Album”, Descendents’ “I Don’t Want to Grow Up”, and Amon Tobin’s “Foley Room”. DP: What is the first thing that comes to mind for the following albums: “Cheshire Cat” (1995) MH: The first thing I think about is junior high school photos, because it’s kind of when you look
back and there’s things about it that embarrass you and there’s things about it that you love. DP: “Dude Ranch” (1997) MH: An auspicious beginning. I thought we were really beginning to find our legs there. DP: “Enema of the State” (1999) MH: Breakthrough, all your dreams come true. DP: “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket” (2001) MH: Introspective and us trying to re-center ourselves. DP: “Blink-182/The Untitled Album” (2003) MH: That’s our confident record. That’s when we really felt like we wanted to do something different and cool. DP: “Neighborhoods” (2011) MH: A stumbling reformation. DP: “California” (2016) MH: Exuberant, fun, us going back to our roots. DP: “Strange Love” (2019) MH: New and exciting. DP: The new Blink-182 album you are currently working on MH: This new Blink album is Blink in the future.
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Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus speaks with music professor Steven Mackey about the evolution of the band and their music.
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............. (DP): What was the AfricanAmerican community like at Princeton, and how did you become a leader in that community? Valerie Bell (VB): We were always there for each other. And I felt that some of the older African-American students took us under their wing when we got there and said, you know, “Hey, watch out for this professor. Watch out for this group of people. Be careful.” They were really very caring and thoughtful and sensitive in terms of how that helps school us as to the best way to try to get through Princeton and to handle any challenges that came up. So in that sense, the African-American community was like an anchor and a buoy and just, again, a lifeline for me because there were such incredible people there who were willing to be big brothers and big sisters and then eventually came along to be friends and colleagues. And similarly, as we got older and as my class aged up and we were older and the people at the top of the heap so to speak, I think it was very important for me to play that role for younger people coming in as well. So it was a very supportive community in which we had tons of fun — parties, a social life, and all those kinds of things. I was to learn that I was somehow perceived as a leader in my community and therefore by the administration. I don’t know [how I became a leader] except I just was myself and I was never hesitant to speak up about things or to express my opinions. I tried to be artful and diplomatic in raising some challenges, you know — you guys, we can improve this, this isn’t so good over here, whatever it was. I was very vocal, I guess you could say, on behalf of students of color
and on behalf of just generally, “Hey, we need diversity. We need unity around our diversity, etc.” So that was how I conducted myself from day one, and I guess as the months and years went on that was perceived as leadership. DP: What was your experience like running for president of the senior class? VB: When junior year came and they started talking about class office, I thought about it, and I said, you know, I feel I can provide the leadership to the senior class that would be needed at this time. I decided to conduct a door-to-door campaign, and I visited all of my classmates. Every single one, you know, that was available, home, or whatever. And it took me a few days, but I literally went door to door, handing out my literature and explaining why I was running. There were people who told me straight to my face, “I cannot vote for you because a woman cannot lead this class at commencement.” There were guys who said, “I would vote for you, Val, I really think highly of you, and I commend you for your effort, but a black person should not lead us to commencement.” There were some people who said — I mean, amazingly; I happen to be Roman Catholic — “You’re a black Catholic woman. That’s three bad things. I can’t do it.” And I said, “Oh my God.” I really couldn’t believe it. But then there were some people that said, “I’m on the fence because I just don’t know.” Because I was running against two guys, both of whom were from Cottage Club. And one of the guys was so cool — I would have voted for him myself, okay? I thought very, very highly of him. So it was, you know, it’s like people say, “it’s on,” you know, “we are on”? I was doing the most that I could to foster my candidacy. And then, the Board of
Trustees, leadership from the Board — I can’t remember specifically who, I think it might have been Student Life Committee Chair or something — reached out to have a meeting with me … But they said, “This is really serious because we are actually getting feedback that we’re going to lose money … People would stop making out contributions if you run and if you win. But we have looked at your record, we believe in what you are doing, and we are behind you. The Board of Trustees is behind you. You are right to run. And so, please, you should do what you’re going to do.” And I was laughing, like, I would not, I was not going to cancel my running if they didn’t like it; I was gonna still run. But it felt really great to know that the Board was endorsing my right to run. And so … I ran. I ran a good race. And I have to tell you, I was shocked when the Vice Chair of the USG came to me at midnight after the election and said, “It is my distinct privilege to tell you, you have been elected the first female and the first student of color as president of the senior class at Princeton.” And so I was like, I had to take it in, you know, big party, it was all great. But to know that I was knocking down those two categories, in the sense that in all those couple hundred years … that I would be the first female and the first black, African-American student to literally lead the class into commencement. It was just overwhelming to me. DP: While running for senior class president, your campaign slogan was “Unity growing from our diversity.” What did those words mean to you? VB: As I said, from those early high school years, I recognized that people come from all walks of life, they have all different perspectives, that none of us can essentially walk in the
other person’s shoes because we all have very, very unique experiences. Some people see that as a dividing point. I saw it always as a point around which people could coalesce. Because the notion is, you have certain strengths, some other people over here have other strengths, other people have other strengths, I have certain strengths. Given that those strengths have grown from our unique experiences, what a tremendous thing if we can take our diversity and we can bring it all to the table and create yet something new … And so that was what I wanted to capitalize on when I was running for senior class president. It wasn’t just a campaign slogan; it was my way of life. But it translated into a campaign slogan very well because it was who I was, who I had evolved to be from my elementary and high school situations, and the person who I am today. DP: How has your experience at Princeton continued to affect you today? VB: Everything that I work on to this day — education and equity in education, race relations, economic parity — every single thing I do today is the grown up version of everything I was at Princeton … What started out as something I did at Princeton as a student, I didn’t realize I was honing myself and preparing myself to bring all of that into the world that I’m in today. My path crosses with lots of different kinds of people — high-ups, the grassroots — doing all kinds of things, but me choosing to focus on education, race relations, and economic parity, and to a certain extent equal access to health care … there are a lot of inner connections. I think at one time I was sitting on 14 or 15 not-for-profit boards and cross-pollinating them … Fortunately, a lot of that has given rise to some good movement, some changes,
some positive accomplishments for the community. DP: What advice would you have for someone who is trying to change the perception of who can enter and succeed in certain spaces or trying to bridge communities that haven’t been in the past? VB: You have to prepare yourself to be uncomfortable sometimes. You have to roll with the punches. You have to educate yourself as much as you can, so that it’s not a situation where just because of lack of exposure or awareness, you step on toes. But if you happen to step on toes, you apologize. You give your best explanation of, “Hey, you know what, I don’t have that lens, and so I might have made a mistake with that. I really regret it. Please help me understand better.” And I think if you go in with that approach, it’s disarming and it enables people to feel a little bit comfortable, respected, willing to work with you and to help you bridge gaps. And it is much more encouraging to get on board with someone who comes with that kind of attitude. Sometimes people get, as Princeton students, as Princeton grads sometimes because we do know a lot, we have been greatly educated, the tendency is to come in and say we know everything and we have all the answers and all the solutions. What we have is an education. That is a tool that can enable us to really make a difference, but it’s very, very important that we seize leadership in many instances when people want us to be leaders but that we not step on toes to do that and not think we know everything and think we know best all the time. We use our education to gather as many resources and inf luences we can to make good decisions and to foster good relationships. Bridging gaps is as much learning as it is doing.
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man residents on Tuesday, March 26, Dean of Whitman College Alexis Andres informed students that Gmachl will be joining the Whitman staff as Head of the College starting July 1. The Whitman College office is enthusiastic that Gmachl will bring her “kindness and compassion” to the college. In an interview with The Daily Princetonian, Dean Andres said that she supported Gmachl’s work on campus helping students and her welcoming personality. She also remarked that it is interesting that Whitman “will have a fifty-fifty ratio of AB to BSE Heads of College”. “I asked her what she enjoys most in teaching and she says she loves teaching
for the freshman scholars institute,” Andres said. “[Gmachl says] that when students are just coming onto campus she has the ability to help them orient and learn about Princeton.” According to the email from the Whitman College Office, Gmachl currently teaches a first-year physics course as part of a new sequence of courses for first-year students in engineering that integrates foundational math and physics with modern engineering challenges. She also serves as the director of the Program in Materials Science and Engineering and is associated with the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials. As Head of College, Gmachl will make programming for orientation and creating the annual fall letter to families of Whitman-
ites. The email closed with a message from Dean of the College Jill Dolan, who asserted that Gmachl “will be a wonderful head of Whitman College.” “Her commitment to teaching — illustrated, among many other examples, by her engagement with the Freshman Scholars Institute, as well as her participation in reinventing the first-year engineering curriculum — points to her profound dedication to students’ intellectual, as well as co-curricular, experiences,” Dolan wrote. “Claire is known for her kindness, her clarity and her concern for others, all of which will grace the lives of students at Whitman and across our campus.” Outgoing Head of College Sandra Bermann could not be reached at the time of publication for a comment.
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Claire Gmachl is the associate chair of the electrical engineering department.
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The Whitman College office is enthusiastic that Gmachl will bring kindness and compassion.
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rhetoric she heard when people talked about migrants, she said the little town reminded her of Midwestern America. Brown is the former editorin-chief of the ‘Prince.’ Although Canadians have a reputation for being generally welcoming to refugees, Brown said that the UN refugee council claimed that this situation is completely different from where it was two years ago. Brown found in her interviews that anti-migrant sentiment continues to grow, especially in small towns like Emerson. Jack Allen ’21, whose final project in Amos’s class focused on Newcomer Kitchen, an NGO food and employment group, also recalled being able to see firsthand the growing
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response to the migrant crisis. Allen is a writer for the Prospect section of the ‘Prince.’ “We were in the midst of the protests, which was a really interesting thing to see,” Allen said. “It was very cool to see both the people who said ‘refugees welcome’ and the farright response to that as well.” Since their time abroad, the undergraduate student panelists have taken the opportunity to reflect on their experiences and the importance of journalism. “I realized that no issue is too big if you start to chip away at it and ask a lot of questions,” Eid said. “Never be intimidated by something that seems larger than what you see as your own abilities.” The panel took place in A71 Lewis A. Simpson International Building at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26.
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Improving substance-free housing Hunter Campbell Columnist
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cornerstone of the college experience is receiving a freshman housing assignment and learning to live with people you have never met in an entirely new location. Conversely, another key component of college is finally getting to make choices about with whom you are going to the room, where you are going to room, and, at this University, whether or not you would elect to live in substance-free housing. Yet our substance-free housing system is f lawed because it intersperses substance-free and substance-permitting rooms, negating nearly all of the benefits that substance-free housing is supposed to offer. The University should make certain secluded dormitories on campus entirely substance-free and make the majority of dormitories substance-permitting, especially considering that room draw is just one week away. To perform an effective evaluation of substancefree housing at the University, we must understand the reasons why one would even choose to live in substance-free in the first place. If it were just because a student did not want to use substances in their own
room, then the entire system would be ridiculous. They could live in any dorm on campus and choose to not have substances there. Additionally, Fire Safety only inspects rooms a couple of times a year, and even then, they may not see the substances. One of the most obvious reasons a student would want to live in a substancefree dorm is to avoid other students in substance-permitting dorms who may spend several nights a week drinking and being incredibly loud. This activity gets in the way of work, sleep, or relaxation – or possibly causes other forms of distress due to a substance addiction or religious aversions to substance use. The assumption behind living in substance-free housing is that the people surrounding you are also substance-free. But in our current system, substancefree areas are located too close to substance-permitting areas, which means students who live in many substance-free rooms can easily hear the noise from down the hall or down the stairwell from substancepermitting rooms. There is no use in being substancefree unless all the rooms near you are as well, including rooms in other dormitories in the nearby vicinity. I experienced this issue when living on the third f loor of Little Hall during the 2017–2018 school year. About half of the hallway consisted of substance-
free singles, and another half substance-permitting rooms. The second f loor was also substance-permitting, and the stairwell was right next to the substancefree singles. There were many weekends when the substance-free section was filled with the noise coming from the other areas, as well as many visits by public safety to the area. Substance-free students were visibly annoyed when going to the bathroom in which several other students had been vomiting post-partying. This game of “how long can we go before the sub-free kids call Psafe,” or phrased differently, “how many hours of screaming would we endure until I call PSafe,” could be entirely avoided if the University would implement several changes. The solution to this problem is twofold. The first step is to select a building, or multiple buildings, which are relatively secluded from other dormitories and designate them as substancefree. This would prevent any given room from being unfortunate enough to be the one right at the end of a row of substance-free rooms or next to a stairwell where the other f loors are substance-permitting. The solution would also prevent scenarios in which one building is entirely substance-free, but the next building over is not, and its occupants are being disruptive. This leads to the second solution: designating these
substance-free building as low-noise zones on campus. If the noise limit were lower in and around these buildings, and the rules were enforced to a greater degree, this would ensure that these living spaces were better at fitting the substance-free designation. This housing system would also benefit students who want to live in a substance-permitting dorm. Currently, with substancefree and substance-permitting housing interconnected, there is a clear conf lict between students, which can bring about tensions within a building, where several students who are more sensitive to noise or commotion would be ready and willing to call PSafe whenever they hear heightened noise levels. Allowing these groups to more effectively separate themselves would ensure that more students are able to spend their weekends how they please. The University clearly understands the benefits of having housing options for students who are okay with substance use and for students who are against it. The University should strive to better accomplish its aims by implementing both a relocation of substance-free housing on campus to a single location and by giving these dormitories heightened noise restrictions. Hunter Campbell is a junior from East Arlington, Vt. He can be reached at hunterc@ princeton.edu.
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We need a new unaffiliated dining hall Sebastian Quiroz
Contributing Columnist
At the beginning of every semester, we all attend new classes and have to figure out the routes and schedules that we will stick with for the following twelve weeks. An important and necessary part of making these decisions is determining meal times throughout one’s schedule. For many among the student body, this is not a difficult decision. For many other, however, the geographic nature of the various eating locales on campus can make this a difficult choice. An unaffiliated dining hall closer to the E-Quad could help resolve this problem. Many students who are pursuing one of the six BSE degrees find themselves in classes in the E-Quad throughout the day. For the students on the regular meal plan, finding a place to go to lunch can be frustrating. Many will go down to the Center for Jewish Life, or, if time permits, to Wu or Wilcox Hall. However, as any student who has eaten in either of these places can
attest, they are often filled to the brim around lunch time. Since the E-Quad is so far away from most of the dining halls, there is very little chance that students will have time to make it to either Rocky-Mathey or Whitman, much less Forbes. In light of these issues, I suggest the establishment of a non-affiliated dining hall in or near the E-Quad. Essentially, the dining hall would be unlike other dining halls on campus, wherein it would be a stand-alone hall and would not be associated with any particular residential college. Not only would it save many engineering students the walk to any of the other dining halls, it would also serve to reduce the load at both Wilcox and the CJL. This would create a more comfortable eating environment for both the students who have to eat and the dining hall staff who — proportionately speaking — have to deal with dozens of students during any given meal. Of course, the establishment of such a dining hall brings up some questions
that must be resolved prior to any further development. The first that would come up would be the location of such a building. Right now, there does not seem to be any obvious location for the dining hall to be built. However, there are some options. First, the E-Quad Café could be transformed into a dining hall. This could mean that there would be significant interruption of the day-to-day operations of the E-Quad while it is renovated and remodeled. Alternatively, the center of the E-Quad could be transformed into a remarkable indoor/outdoor dining hall that could be accessed from any of the four sides of the E-Quad. A third location could be an expanded Friend Center with an additional wing for the dining hall itself. Upon superficial analysis, there already seem to be three different locations for the E-Quad Dining Hall to be built, and a more thorough analysis could prove to discover more. The issue of student traffic could also prove to be complicated. Given how
busy Wilcox and the CJL already are, it might not make sense to create a new place that would just move everyone from these already separate locations to one unified location. However, it is not clear that this would be true. Many of the CJL patrons choose this location due to the fact that it provides kosher options and a space for the Jewish community. As such, it would be the dining hall of choice for many students, regardless of location. Wilcox also attracts students that are not coming from the E-Quad and would find the trek to the E-Quad only to have a meal less attractive. A dining hall in the E-Quad would be no busier than those in Wilcox and the CJL are, and these would likely see reduced traffic from the establishment of a third location. Admittedly, it is not completely clear that this would be worth the cost. For reference, Whitman College cost around $30 million to complete and the upcoming Perelman College is being largely funded by a $65 million donation. This sort of
investment seems to many of us to be very large and perhaps would be put to better use in other areas, such as expanding the financial aid program. I am not sure that that is necessarily true, though. First, it is not clear that the University could not do both. A full residential college comes out to less than 1% of our endowment; a single dining hall would come out to even less than that. Of course, staffing the dining hall is going to cost the University long term, but that still does not mean that other programs should be sacrificed. Second, the University also has a commitment to ensuring strong student life while on campus. This means that providing adequate spaces for eating would fall under the responsibilities the University is obligated to fulfill. While the undertaking of such a project would require much investigation and analysis by the University, it would be more than worth the investment. Sebastian Quiroz is a junior from Apopka, Fla. He can be reached at squiroz@princeton.
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Softball opens Ivy schedule with 8–0 victory, series win over Yale By Sam Lee
en while allowing only three posted a .333/.439/.333 slash to form if they are to improve of .289 and an OPS of .785. Led hits and two walks, stranding line this season. Donahey was on last year’s 8–13 conference by sophomore infielder Max four Yale runners on the bas- one of the key members of record, which saw them finish Ortega and junior outfielder Princeton softball (5–13, 2–1 es. Sunday’s game marked the last year’s team, batting .328 sixth in the Ivy League. Sommer Grzybek, who boast Ivy) opened the Ivy League continuation of a string of im- while earning All-Ivy League The Tigers will face Colum- a 1.220 and 1.405 OPS respecseason this weekend with pressive outings for Blanchard, honors along with sophomore bia in a three-game set this tively, the Lions have scored 91 a 2–1 series win against Yale who earned Ivy League Pitcher outfielder Mackenzie Meyer. weekend at Class of 1895 Field. runs in 20 games this season. (8–14, 3–3), a solid start for a and Rookie of the Week the Meyer, who batted .326 with The Lions, who have a 10–10 Following their series team that has already experi- week before. The first-year has seven home runs last season, overall record this season and against Columbia, the Tigers enced plenty of ups and downs shared the brunt of pitching has gotten off to a slow start are coming off of a three- will face Rider in a doublethroughout the early part of duties with Reynolds this sea- this year, posting a .175 batting game sweep of Dartmouth, header at home before returnthe season. The Tigers began son, posting a 5.35 ERA in 36 average with a .195 OBP. The Ti- boast a dangerous offense, ing to Ivy League play with a the series with a resounding innings ⅔ pitched. gers will need Meyer to return with a team batting average three-game set at Brown. 8–0 victory on Saturday, which The Tigers almost closed saw five players record multi- the weekend out with a series hit games, including a four sweep, taking a 1–0 lead into RBI performance from senior the seventh before giving up infielder Kaylee Grant. Sopho- four to the Bulldogs. Reynolds more pitcher Allie Reynolds pitched six shutout innings pitched five shutout innings, before surrendering three in giving up just three hits and the seventh, and Grant continstriking out three. Reynolds, ued her strong play, finishing who leads the Tigers in in- 3–3 for the game. nings pitched and is tied for Grant’s strong performances first in starts, figures to play have been a major key to the a major role for the team as it Tigers’ success throughout the begins the Ivy League season. season. The senior has posted a Last year, Reynolds threw 125 ⅓ .413/.471/.478 slash line in 46 atof the team’s 246 innings, ⅔ and bats this season, far and away her role will only increase this the best numbers on the team season as she has emerged as among regular starters. These the unequivocal leader of the statistics represent a marked pitching staff. improvement on her perforThe Tigers built on Satur- mance last season, in which day’s victory with a 2–0 win on she posted a .215/.381/.258 slash Sunday, followed by a 4–1 loss line in 93 at-bats. She has also to close out the series. First- put together a strong defenyear pitcher Ali Blanchard, sive season so far, with a .985 making her Class of 1895 Field fielding percentage and only debut, tossed a complete- one error. game shutout to help the TiSecond to Grant in batting COURTESY OF GOPRINCETONTIGERS.COM gers take the first game of the average is junior outfielder Kaylee Grant had 2 hits and 4 RBI’s against Yale. day. Blanchard struck out sev- Megan Donahey, who has Sports Staff Writer
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Men’s lacrosse defeats University of Denver 14–13 in competitive thriller By Tom Salotti
Associate Sports Editor
Men’s lacrosse (3–5, 0–2 Ivy) defeated University of Denver (5–3) 14–13 in a nail-biter on Tuesday evening. The Tigers pulled ahead early in the game at Sherrerd Field, fell behind, and came back to secure victory against the Pioneers. Denver’s head coach, Bill Tierney, won an impressive
six national championships while he was Princeton’s head men’s lacrosse coach from 1988–2009. Despite a pleasant ceremony before the first whistle, Tuesday night’s homecoming did not end well for Tierney’s new team. Princeton got off to a hot start with two goals in the first minute. Senior attacker Emmet Cordrey scored the Tigers’ first goal only 45 seconds into the game after the
team dominated possession in their offensive half. Firstyear midfielder Jake Stevens scored off of the resulting face-off, bringing Princeton two goals ahead of Denver. The Pioneers responded two minutes later with two goals in quick succession. They scored at 12:46 and converted quickly on the faceoff at 12:33, tying the game 2–2. They pulled ahead in the 10th minute with another
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goal and increased their lead with six minutes left in the first quarter after a defensive clear. Princeton’s sophomore attacker Chris Brown scored with less than two minutes to go and the quarter finished 4–3 in Denver’s favor. Denver opened the second quarter with a goal two and a half minutes after the starting whistle. Junior attacker Michael Sowers responded with his first goal of the game, although the Pioneers capitalized on the resulting face-off to bring the game to 6–4. Another goal by Sowers at 7:44 and Brown’s second of the game 20 seconds later brought the Tigers even with their opponents. Both teams scored once more before the half finished 7–7, although Denver had eight shots while the Tigers had one. Sophomore middie Jamie Atkinson was the first to score in the third quarter, giving Princeton its first lead since the opening minutes of the game. The two teams traded points for the remainder of the half. After Atkinson made it 8–7, Sowers scored with five minutes to go and assisted Brown and junior attacker Phillip Robertson in their goals. The third quarter finished 11–10 in the Tigers’ favor with no team completely dominating play. Robertson scored first in the fourth quarter, bring-
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ing Princeton two ahead. Although Denver responded with a minute later with a goal, first-year midfielder Beau Pederson scored with seven minutes to go, bringing the score to 13–11. Cordrey’s goal with three minutes remaining increased the Tigers’ point buffer, but two goals in the last minute from Denver brought everyone on edge. Princeton held out, and the game ended 14–13. “It was a great win for our guys. We’ve got a gritty group and a battle tested group,” said head coach Matt Madalon. “It’s our fashion this year, we’re able to get back into tight games. I’m really happy with the execution down the stretch. Some really impressive individual plays.” Still, there is room for improvement on offense, the coach noted. “We shot ourselves in the foot a few times. We’ve got to be poised with the ball, limit some mistakes.” On defense, “we’ve got to keep growing and learning on defense. There are a lot of good offensive coordinators out there and we defended one today.” The Tigers resume Ivy League play this Saturday when they will take on Brown University (3–5, 1–0 Ivy). “We absolutely are ready for Ivy play,” said Coach Madalon.
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