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Alumni discuss U. influence on life

By Abhiram Karuppur associate news editor

Boston Celtics Managing Partner and CEO Wycliffe “Wyc” Grousbeck ‘83 and Berkshire Partners Managing Director Kevin Callaghan ‘83 discussed how their experience at the University shaped their careers and helped them understand the meaning of life.

Grousbeck is also the Chairman of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, a hospital specializing in blindness and deafness research. He is on the board of Formula E Holdings, an electric powered auto racing championship being held around the world. The Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), which manages the University’s endowment, invests in Callaghan’s company, Berkshire Partners.

Grousbeck and Callaghan first discussed how they arrived at the University. Callaghan explained that he was the second person in his extended family to go away to college, and that the University’s financial aid policy enabled him to do so. He explained that on his first day, he realized the University’s personal touch when he was chatting with Kirk Unruh ‘70, an admissions officer who

knew everything about Callaghan’s background and high school experience. “[His memory] was encyclopedic, and all of a sudden Princeton felt family-like,” Callaghan said.

Grousbeck explained that he grew up in Boston and was very interested in Boston sports from an early age. He then asked if anyone in the audience was a fan of the New York Knicks, and proceeded to needle the Knicks supporters.

“I want to make sure that [the Knicks fans] have a chance to see an NBA Championship ring,” Grousbeck said, pulling out his 2008 championship ring. “It’s a once-inyour-life showing.”

During his time at the University, Grousbeck noted that he really loved his teammates on the rowing team and enjoyed being on the water, and said that a highlight was winning a gold medal in the 1983 lightweight college championships.

Grousbeck and Callaghan then discussed how they chose their different career paths. Callaghan explained that he majored in engineering, but after a few summer internships in the engineering field, he decided that he didn’t want to

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Wycliffe Grousbeck ’83 and Kevin Callaghan ’83 discuss their time at the University

pursue this career path.

After graduating, Callaghan worked at Lehman Brothers in New York City, but after a few years he decided he didn’t want to pursue this path either.

Grousbeck asked him if he felt embarrassed that he didn’t know what he wanted to do, and Callaghan responded that he saw this as a learning experience.

“I felt like I was learning enough and that I could be proficient enough to understand those worlds,” Callaghan said. “I call

them ‘nuggets,’ people you meet, things you learn, and that helps shape your worldview a little bit.”

Callaghan decided to pursue an MBA degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he coincidentally met Grousbeck again. He discovered that he really loved being an investor, and wanted to become more involved with a private equity company. He joined Berkshire Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, because he re-

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Judge Anthony Trenga ’71 upholds Trump travel ban, cites lack of religious language in text of order

ally liked the people and thought he could learn a lot there, and he has been there ever since.

“I just tried to figure out where I could learn the most each time from people I really respected,” Callaghan said, referencing his career path over the years.

Grousbeck explained that he initially went to the University of Michigan Law School, and worked in a law firm for a few years in Silicon Valley practicSee ALUMNI page 7

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Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Muldoon reads from work at Labyrinth

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Students protest outside of Westminster Choir College

Westminster Choir College to be sold

By Marcia Brown and Catherine Benedict

Head news editor and contributor

Westminster Choir College, whose parent school is Rider University, will be sold to a buyer in order to keep the college open and on its campus in Princeton, Rider announced today.

Westminster community members protested a potential move to Rider’s Lawrenceville campus rather than being sold to another University on Tuesday morning at a committee meeting where the decision was made.

According in NJ.com, Rider had an 11-member committee study if Westminster would remain at Rider’s main campus. This was part of Rid-

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er’s “efforts to boost enrollment and close a potential $13.1 million budget shortfall by 2019.”

In an emailed statement to the Daily Princetonian, Westminster junior Lydia Stepanoff said that the protest outside the Rider University committee meeting at Rider’s Lawrenceville campus took place this March 28 at 8 a.m. She wrote in the email that Rider’s administration announced in December they were considering a one-campus model for the choir college with its Princeton campus.

Stepanoff wrote that she believes moving Westminster “would be a mistake because Westminster’s camSee WESTMINSTER page 2

Jacquelyn Thorbjornson attacks liberal media bias, Chang Che discusses giving back, Bhaamati Borkhetaria redefines personal space, Leora Eisenberg asks us to address sleep-related mental health issues, and Kip Cherry urges Princeton University to take over Westminster Choir College. PAGE 4-5

On March 24, Judge Anthony Trenga ‘71 of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in favor of President Trump’s executive order that restricts travel from six Muslim-majority countries, making him the first federal judge to do so.

Trenga’s ruling, which stands in contrast to federal court rulings against the ban in Hawaii and Maryland, increases the likelihood that the Supreme Court will take up the case.

The case, Sarsour v.

Trump, was filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights organization. The case brought in a number of witnesses who testified that they were harmed by the travel ban, which prevented many from seeing their families.

Among the plaintiffs was Linda Sarsour, a Palestinian-American political activist and former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York.

The plaintiffs argued

that the executive order violated the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause, and they sought a ruling that the ban was discriminatory and unconstitutional.

Trenga rejected these arguments, finding that Trump’s revised order, Executive Order 13780, which replaced the more sweeping Executive Order 13769 signed in January, was within the administration’s power to make decisions concerning immigration and national security.

Furthermore, Trenga found that there was no mention of religion in the text of the order, leading him to reject the notion of a discriminatory “Muslim ban.”

CAIR plans to appeal the decision to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to “ultimately decide whether the Constitution protects the rights of Muslim Americans,” according to Lena Masri, the group’s national litigation director.

Trenga was nominated

by President George W. Bush on July 17, 2008 and has served as federal judge since then.

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Students and members of the town gathered at Labyrinth Books to attend a poetry reading with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Muldoon on Tuesday.

Described by The Times Literary as “the most significant English-language poet born since the second World War,” Muldoon is an Irish author of 12 books of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning “Moy Sand and Gravel.” He is the Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities at Princeton.

“Paul Muldoon is my favorite living poet,” fellow poet and University professor Michael Dickman said, as he introduced his colleague to the audience.

Dickman noted that he first heard Muldoon’s voice through a cassette tape in which living authors read the work of non-living authors. Dickman said he felt Muldoon’s voice had an intriguing mysterious quality to it.

As soon as Muldoon stepped up to the podium after Dickman’s introduction, he leaned close to the See MULDOON page 3

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Students show off signs demanding that Westminster Choir College keep its doors open.

pus is a historic place and a center for the musical world.”

She wrote that “part of our protest was silent because we believe that silence is strong and it showed the Board of Trustees how they would be silencing our voices if they did not keep us where we are.” She said that protesters also sang Peter Lutkin’s “The Lord Bless You and Keep You,” which is also Westminster’s anthem, among other songs. She said protesters sang the piece as Rider President Gregory Dell’Omo walked to the meeting.

Westminster sophomore Jillian Corn, who attended the protest as well, said that the turnout was impressive.

“When you go to a school with only 500 people, it says something when the majority of the school shows up at 8 a.m. to stand in solidarity with their friends,” Corn said. “I think we made a big statement to the board members walking in.”

Westminster masters student Thomas Heidenreich said that while he was not at the protest, hearing about and seeing through Facebook videos the support from alumni, students, and faculty protesting a possible move was heartening.

“We’re all very grateful for what we have, and this situation has shown the sense of solidarity and community on campus,” Heidenreich said. “We want to show to the world through our music and our craft that art does mean something and can change people.”

Corn explained that part of the frustration Westminster community members expressed with the events leading up to this committee meeting stemmed from a lack of transparency. She said that Westminster wasn’t made aware of Rider’s enormous debt until recently.

“It all goes back to the lack of communication,” Corn said. “While it is frustrating that Rider’s debts are affecting Westminster, we understand that we are in fact part of a larger university.”

Heidenreich expressed optimism about the future of Westminster, noting that most thought Rider would decide to sell Westminster’s Princeton campus and move the choir college to the Lawrenceville campus.

Corn said she thought the bestcase scenario would be for Westminster to be bought by another school with a large endowment – ideally being able to remain on its Princeton campus. She added that she also thought it was necessary to be open-minded if another university purchases Westminster.

Corn expressed thanks for Rider while acknowledging it has been a trying few months.

“In the last couple of months it’s been a very frustrating process, with students and faculty feeling as though we have not been included in the decision-making process,” Corn said. “While today did feel like a victory, we still have a way to go before we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief. The potential that a new school might purchase us and respect how we do it here and help us all to excel and be the best musicians we can be is exciting.”

“There is no resentment for the budget problems in the first place, it’s a national trend for less well-endowed liberal arts colleges,” Heidenreich said. “The resentment would lie in the lack of communication and transparency in the process.”

Heidenreich and Corn both expressed their desire to stay on at Westminster’s Princeton campus.

“It’s one thing to talk about the facilities we have, it’s another thing to sing in the same room that Leonard Bernstein conducted in years ago,” Heidenreich said. “That sense of place is very special, and the small communal nature of the school – everyone knows everyone – is important.”

“I don’t think there is any place quite like Westminster,” Corn said.

“At least for one hour every day, our entire class is together singing together.”

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microphone, slowly reading one of his poems with dramatic effect.

After this small excerpt, Muldoon greeted and thanked the audience for attending his reading and spoke a bit about his family.

“My mother was a school teacher, so myself, my brother and my sister went to school,” Muldoon said, drawing a laugh from the crowd.

He proceeded to read several of his works from “Selected Poems 1968-2014,” which contains 46 years of work drawn from 12 of his individual collections.

“You can sing along if you wish,” he said before reading a poem about a “wall of plaster stiffened with horse hair.”

As he read the poem, he paused every once so often to let members of the audience finish a line with the last word.

Muldoon then introduced

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another of his poems titled “At Least They Weren’t Speaking French,” which is drawn from a personal collection of his father’s two brothers. He said one of them died as a baby due to hypothermia while the other died in his twenties due to a lack of effective antibiotics.

To transition to “something a little more lighthearted,” Muldoon proceeded to read another poem that drew frequent laughter from the audience.

“Let me read a few more,” Muldoon said after he finished. “What do you say?”

“Read the whole book!” one audience member said amidst cheering from the audience.

After the conclusion of the poetry reading, over a dozen people lined up to personally greet Muldoon and get their books signed by the author.

Another poetry event will take place at Labyrinth Books on April 26 featuring writer and professor of English at William Paterson University Brad Gooch in conversation with Muldoon.

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Outrage Jacquelyn Thorbjornson senior columnist

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ast week, while the nation was focused on the healthcare debate, a 14-year-old girl was brutally raped in a bathroom stall at her high school in Rockville, Maryland. The two alleged rapists, ages 18 and 17, freshmen at Rockville High School, are undocumented immigrants. Their immigration status has thrust the case into the midst of a heated national debate about immigration policy and reform.

It is noteworthy that this case went virtually unreported by major networks like CNN and MSNBC. Admittedly, networks cannot report on each of the hundreds to thousands of headlines that break daily. However, that networks naturally exercise some level of discretion in selecting those stories that will be reported on opens up the opportunity for bias to persist. Indeed, you would be hard pressed to find someone unwilling to admit that networks like CNN and Fox News rarely offer balanced, bipartisan, reports. Anyone who does not believe major networks are imposing their own political views through their reports is uninformed - yet so are those who understand the role partisanship plays in shaping news coverage. The bias that pervades networks’ presentation of issues also directly influences the headlines they choose to report, in turn shaping viewers’ knowledge and perceptions of rel-

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eral networks have treated this case according to its implications on their political agenda – whether that means spinning it in their favor or ignoring it completely. CNN did eventually report the story a few days after it broke.

The CNN report opened with comments from the suspects’ defense attorney, who denied that nothing had occurred in the high school bathroom that wasn’t “pre-planned, consensual, and non-forcible.” Princeton, a university that claims to be committed to preventing on-campus sexual assault and offering support and protection for victims, should be especially disgusted with the nature of news networks’ responses (and lack thereof) to this case.

Despite individual networks’ motivations for reporting or failing to report on the issue, the fact remains that a 14-year-old girl was raped in a bathroom stall, at her high school – a place that arguably should be the safest place in a town. To ignore this reprehensible crime by not reporting on it is to value one’s position in the immigration debate over the deplorable actions that have devastated a young girl. Moreover, for CNN’s sole report of the case to open with statements that call into question the validity of the accusation is antithetical to the Princeton community’s professed values of respecting and reporting (as opposed to suspecting and doubting) victims’ claims about sexual assault.

It is unconscionable that some of the largest media

outlets ignored this issue. Fox News is correct – we should be outraged. We should be outraged that a rape case – a rape case concerning a 14-year-old victim in her high school – has been trivialized by the mainstream media. We should be outraged that the CNN report poked holes in the allegation before it condemned it. We should be outraged by the inconsistency in liberal media’s reporting on cases of sexual assault and the hypocrisy it reveals. We should be outraged. SHARE peers should be outraged. Anyone who has been the victim of sexual assault should be outraged. Americans should be outraged.

News networks exist to inform the public, and Americans need to know that crimes like the Maryland rape case occur. Americans need to know as much as possible about the state of our country, and that is critical to the preservation of democracy. Networks like CNN and MSNBC squelching nationally relevant stories because they don’t want to address the political implications is not only harmful to the American people, but is also harmful to democracy.

For a democracy to be successful, its people must be informed. The lack of coverage in the Maryland case is un-American, un-democratic, and, frankly, un-Princetonian. Princetonians should be outraged.

Jacquelyn Thorbjornson is a sophomore from South Thomaston, Maine. She can be reached at jot@princeton.edu.

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evant national issues.

The Rockville rape case is, unfortunately, yet another example of the bias that plagues media outlets. Conservative networks like Fox News have spun the case to further their support for President Trump’s immigration policies and to criticize other networks for the lack of “outrage” at the heinous crime. Meanwhile, major liberal networks have largely ignored the case. Even the New York Times called out networks by name – CNN and MSNBC, specifically – for failing to cover the Maryland rape case.

The Times article, in a moment of atypical agreement with Fox News, noted that the case went “virtually uncovered on most networks.”

This lack of coverage arguably stemmed from a desire to minimize the potential effects of portraying undocumented immigrants in such a negative light. Certainly it was not the nature of the crime – a brutal act of sexual assault – that dissuaded liberal media outlets from reporting the case, considering the amount of outrage that erupted over the Brock Turner case last summer. The Maryland rape case is no less concerning than the atrocity that Turner committed less than one year ago. The only significant difference between the two cases is the immigration status of the alleged attackers.

The case’s implication on the immigration debate, then, is the only possible explanation for liberal networks’ unwillingness to report the story.

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ast summer, Canadian writer Malcolm Gladwell argued that donating to Princeton was a “moral crime.” When people decide to donate their money to a cause, he noted, they must also consider where that money is not going.

He assumes that people donate to improve the lives of others, and, therefore, that they are wrong to donate to the school with the largest per capita endowment in the world, where the impact of their donation is minimal.

If you choose to donate to Princeton primarily to improve lives, then Gladwell is right. But my guess is that many people do not consider philanthropy as their primary reason for donating. I believe, instead, that there is another justifiable reason to donate.

To hammer in Gladwell’s point, consider a thought exercise inspired by Peter Singer’s book “Ethics in the Real World.” Suppose that

you donate $10,000 dollars to the construction of a new philosophy building at Princeton. Let’s also suppose that you know about the Against Malaria Foundation, which distributes long-lasting, insecticidetreated mosquito nets to developing countries.

If you wanted your money to have the biggest impact on the lives of those affected by it, where should your money go?

Mosquito nets cost $2.50, so your $10,000 would buy 4,000 nets. Each net protects two people, on average, so those nets would protect 8,000 people from malaria. However, since only 0.2 percent of those infected with malaria will die, your money could save the lives of about 16 people.

Suppose, on the other hand, that the philosophy building will cost $100 million to construct. In its 100-year life span, it will foster the intellect of 1,000 students each year, for a total of 100,000 students. Because you would contribute 1/10,000th of the cost, you could claim credit for the intellectual

experiences of 10 students.

How does this compare to the lives of 16 people?

Gladwell may now have a convincing point. In this scenario, most would value donating to the Against Malaria Foundation over donating to their alma mater. Insofar as you wanted to improve the lives of others, donating to Princeton is certainly irrational. But to what degree is it a “moral crime? ” When it comes time to donate to Princeton, many of us may give for reasons that Gladwell doesn’t expect. More than improving the lives of others, donating is a way of participating in a community that has shaped part of our lives. It is a recognition of the institution’s role in making us who we are now, and it connects us to the community of people that share our experience.

Though priv ileging one’s in-group is immoral, we do it all the time. We give financial help to our friends and family before we think about donating it to the homeless. We buy our friends coffee instead

of providing four people with mosquito nets.

In these cases, we give not because of the impact of the marginal dollar, but the symbolic investment in the livelihoods and relationships that matter to us. Some of us have a similar relation with Princeton and, therefore, the choice to donate to our school should be considered by the same ethical standards: as an obligation to one’s own community.

If you are donating primarily because you want to make an impact on people’s lives, Gladwell is clearly right: there are much better places to put your money.

But if you donate because of the social ties between you and your community, then your decision to give to Princeton may not be so different from privileging friends over strangers.

Chang Che is a comparative literature major from Ann Arbor, Mich. He can be reached at changc@princeton.edu.

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Why Not Touch Each Other?

Bhaamati Borkhetaria senior columnist

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e all follow implicit rules that dictate when and how to touch other people. It’s something we rarely talk about, and even the phrase “touch people” is something of a perversion or a corny spiritual platitude.

But the fact is, touch is an integral part of human interaction. When to touch someone and when not to touch someone is far more complex than the simple debate over unwanted physical contact.

There is no universal guidebook that can tell you when it’s acceptable to touch another human being. The rules change according to cultures, ages, group dynamics, and individual preferences. The easiest option to navigate this complicated socialization is to go about life giving people handshakes or cursory hugs. But then we miss out on the nonromantic intimacies that our friends and acquaintances can offer.

What I want to say is that human beings were made to touch other human beings. In fact, children who are deprived of sympathetic touch of-

ten develop anxiety disorders. Touch pressure receptors in the brain increase hormones like oxytocin and reduce the stress hormone cortisol.

Furthermore, physically touching your friends while interacting with them also makes you feel more connected on an elemental level. It affirms the physical presence of the other human being in front of you and establishes a closeness that could physiologically make you happier.

We as a culture are far too stingy with our physical shows of affection.

Physical affection has mostly been relegated to the sphere of sexual or romantic relationships.

There is always the fear that touch will be misconstrued in some unintended way.

Take for example, Hilary Duff’s Instagram picture in which she kisses her four-year-old’s lips.

Certain Instagram users interpreted this innocent gesture as a perversion. This is because we are used to associating certain types of touching with romantic relationships. Think of “Pretty Woman” and its emphasis on the association of romantic feeling with a kiss on the lips. A kiss on the mouth certainly can elevate a romantic relationship, but there is no

hard and fast biological rule that dictates that a kiss on the lips needs to be romantic.

There are subtler types of touch that can also be interpreted as bizarre or odd if not in the context of a relationship. Holding hands is always a tricky one for most people. I have often held hands with my girlfriends in a platonic, caring context.

As a heterosexual female, I feel that it is easier for me to do this without any anxiety that my touch will be misunderstood. When it comes to holding hands with my platonic, male friends, it becomes slightly more complicated, depending on how close I am with this friend and whether he interprets it the same way I do. The situation also matters. For example, holding hands to comfort someone in a time of grief is socially acceptable, but casually holding hands without some sort of irony might prompt a romantic interpretation of the relationship.

Cultural context is also a factor. To use my own example, I am IndianAmerican and my parents raised me with the belief that women should not touch men unless they are relatives or significant others. If this notion weren’t tempered

Sleep-shaming Leora Eisenberg columnist

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t’s late,” I say. “I try to be in bed by midnight.”

“Of course, you little humanities major, you,” she chuckles patronizingly. “If you can go to bed this early, you clearly don’t have a lot of work to do.”

Such interactions have become disturbingly common. Friends regularly tell me that I “sleep a lot,” when I actually sleep seven to eight hours a night with an occasional 30-minute nap during the day. They tell me that my schedule must be incredibly light, that I must be taking easy classes, and that I must not have much of a social life. I have relatively few problem sets, but I do have a full course load, a busy extracurricular schedule, and a lively social calendar.

However, I value my mental health and cognitive function above all — and in order to do all that I do, I make it a priority to get enough sleep every night. For my friends, that has become a point of ridicule, but since when has it become acceptable to chastise someone for maintaining their mental health?

Since our campuswide Mental Health Week, students have become more aware of mental illnesses and stressors than ever before. We were taught what resources there are for our inevitable mental health crises, we were introduced to Counseling and Psychological Services,

and we took part in stress-reducing study breaks. All of this is undeniably important — but once Mental Health Week is over, most of us reverted to our prior habits. The basic things we need to do maintain our mental health were thrown to the wayside once the promotion ended. Students went back to priding themselves on sleeping only a few hours a night while taunting those who make sure to give their bodies and minds the rest that they need.

Adults, in general, need about eight hours of sleep to function adequately, and those who get four or six hours of sleep a night show signs of cognitive decline. Those who regularly sleep less than seven hours a night are at higher risk for obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. Furthermore, researchers have found that the United States economy loses somewhere between $280 and $411 billion because of the unproductivity caused by sleep deprivation. When we sleep, our brains form and prune synapses, allowing us to remember the information we learned the day before. Getting seven to eight hours of sleep is an unequivocal benefit to our bodies, minds, and grades, but why do so many of us shame those who prioritize it?

Many of us dismiss sleep as unproductive — after all, we don’t do anything when we sleep. Instead, many boast about what they’ve managed to accomplish during the hours when we should

be sleeping. I’ve walked into class numerous times to find classmates competing in the “underslept Olympics,” all trying to best each other with their claims of who slept less. It’s generally those who spent their night sleeping who are ashamed to admit that they didn’t let their minds and bodies rest.

As Jessenia Class recently wrote in the Harvard Crimson, not getting enough sleep “shouldn’t be a badge of honor.” And neither should be getting enough sleep. It’s something that you should do for your own health and wellness. If someone gets enough sleep, it’s as if they eat healthfully or go to the gym.

It’s something that they do to ensure that they function at their best.

Suggesting that they sleep because they don’t have enough to do is a badge of dishonor you pin on yourself instead.

Mental Health Week should be every week when you take care of yourself and create a positive environment for others. Just because CPS and the Mental Health Advisory Board aren’t hanging f lyers in Frist doesn’t mean that efforts to stay healthy both in body and mind are no longer relevant.

By the same token, it doesn’t mean that we now have license to shame those who make sure to get enough sleep at night.

Leora Eisenberg is a freshman from Eagan, Minn. She can be reached at leorae@princeton.edu.

by American culture, I would feel more uncomfortable with initiating physical contact with people of the opposite gender. That said, some part of my Indian upbringing inf luences the way that I interpret physical contact with men. I might not be as quick to be physically comfortable with someone as I would be if I were socialized to regard touch with the opposite sex as merely a part of any human relationship.

In our American society, men grow up in a binary between homosexual and homosocial (non-sexual relationship between two men). Either you touch other men in a sexual manner or you don’t touch other men at all. In reality, this binary is not nearly this black and white. Men touch each other, whether in the form of handshakes, pats on the back, claps on the shoulder, or even a hug. Yet, many men fear a homophobic backlash if the touch is intimate – like a platonic kiss on the lips or holding hands.

This type of binary isn’t nearly so clear in different cultures. In India, it is not uncommon to see two men, entirely secure in their heterosexuality, walking in public with linked fingers.

When men talk among

themselves, they often hold the other’s hand or arm and are not afraid to lean into the other’s personal space. Clearly, the conception of what kind of touch is acceptable is malleable. What is platonic in one culture is romantic in another culture.

Personally, I believe that the more touch, the more human connection.

We should all learn to be more comfortable in our bodies so initiating touch becomes second nature rather than a complicated social formula.

Two people who care for each other should feel comfortable initiating physical contact, regardless of the social context.

Most humans have a desire to connect with other human beings, whether through technology, stories, or physical encounters. Meaningful conversations make me feel connected.

Touching another person makes me feel connected. And I think that we all should feel comfortable touching a whole lot more than our culture allows.

As Kurt Vonnegut’s Bokonon would say, let’s boko-maru?

Bhaamati Borkhetaria is a sophomore from Jersey City, NJ. She can be reached at bhaamati@princeton.

There is a way to save Westminister Choir College Kip Cherry

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hy can’t some kind of jointlyoperated music school be developed with Princeton University? Why not a newly-contoured school where students are chosen for admission based on their musical abilities, where the degrees they receive come from either Rider or Princeton, depending on where they matriculate? Westminster Choir College is too wonderful a place to let slip down the drain. It is the crown jewel of choral music schools and of our community.

There is at least one precedent for a shared university institution, where participating institutions specifically grant degrees.

Indiana University and Purdue University jointly operate Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), which has its own campus in Indianapolis.

IUPUI is led by a chancellor, currently Chancellor Nasser H. Paydar. IUPUI was formed in 1968 after then-Mayor Richard Lugar called for establishing a single

state university in Indianapolis, with both Indiana and Purdue operating in Indianapolis.

From this premise, Indiana and Purdue, each commanding their strengths, established a new, bifurcated institution.

My husband was once an adjunct professor at IUPUI teaching Classical Studies.

When we were there, degrees granted in the humanities carried the name of Indiana University on its diplomas. Faculty in the humanities received paychecks from Indiana University.

Conversely, on the science side, diplomas and paychecks bore the name of Purdue.

Twenty years ago, at least, this division of mutual respect comfortably remained as IUPUI continued to evolve.

So, let’s look at Westminster Choir College with new eyes and a new creative solution that can enhance the choral offerings and prestige of several institutions.

Kip Cherry is a resident of Princeton, NJ. Kip can be reached at kcherry10@gmail.com.

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ing venture capital and securities law. Describing himself as a “recovering lawyer,” Grousbeck noted that his father’s background as an entrepreneur and his time working with businesses in Silicon Valley reminded him of the enjoyment of being in a startup. After graduating from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Grousbeck planned on entering the business field, but his plans changed after the birth of his son Campbell.

He explained that Campbell was born blind, and he had to put his business and career on the back burner. Grousbeck said that his overarching goal was to make sure that his son would be happy, and so he moved his family back to Boston so his son could attend the Perkins School for the Blind.

In 2002, Campbell was doing very well in school, and Grousbeck noted that he finally felt the freedom to do what he wanted with his life.

“At that moment, I thought of getting back to the feeling that I first found at Princeton, which was going for a championship,” he said. “Buying control of the Celtics was never about money, but it was ‘what if I could take control of the Celtics and win a championship?’”

After buying the team, Grousbeck explained that he had to make several tough decisions if he wanted to ultimately win a championship. He started by firing the entire coaching staff, the PR firm, and the team doctor within the first year. He noted that the Celtics hadn’t won a championship since 1986, so he undertook four steps to transform the team, which were: setting the goal high and aiming for the most desired goal, figuring out exactly what it takes to achieve that goal, achieving the goal no matter how painful it is, and enduring whatever misery may arise. He noted that these steps weren’t easy, but he truly wanted to win a championship.

“You see how easy it is to take an easier road,” he said.

After hiring some Harvard and MIT data scientists to analyze the composition of championship teams, Grousbeck managed to structure a team that eventually went on to win the NBA Championship in 2008.

Finally, Grousbeck and Callaghan tackled the “meaning of life.” Callaghan explained that people should pursue what they are passionate about, and that he has been lucky in that he loves what he does for work.

“I would do it for far less or even nothing, and I would probably enjoy it,” he said.

He added that receiving guidance from great mentors is also important, and that he enjoys being able to interact on a personal level with young people and help shape them. He noted that he sees this as the purpose of existence, along with being involved with the community and charities.

Grousbeck agreed, and added that the meaning of life can be explained with banners. He noted that he got to raise a banner after the Celtics won the NBA Championships in 2008, and that he sees banners as a symbol of accomplishment.

“Everybody in this room, just to get here to this amazing institution, are all champions,” he said. “You all have the power and the capability to raise a banner.”

Referencing his involvement with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, he added that he is now working on raising two new banners: one reading “We Beat Blindness,” and the other reading “We Beat Deafness.”

“What kind of banners will you hang, because the world needs you to do that? ” Grousbeck asked the audience. “We need champions, we need to make the world a better place, and I look forward to celebrating your banners with you.”

The event was part of the G.S. Beckwith Gilbert ‘63 Lectures in Finance and was sponsored by the Keller Center for Entrepreneurship, the Bendheim Center for Finance, and the Athletics department.

The event took place at 4:30 p.m. in the Friend Center Convocation Room.

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On tap with Steven Cook:

An inside interview with the senior forward

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We caught up with senior basketball player Steven Cook, fresh off an Ivy League title win and NCAA Tournament game. He ended his Princeton career 15th on the program’s alltime scoring list with 1,148 points and tied for ninth with 156 career three-pointers.

Cook was recently recognized for his contributions on and off the court by receiving membership to the Allstate NABC Good Works Team, an award only 10 student-athletes receive in the entire NCAA, including Divisions I, II, III, and the

NAIA. Cook will be travelling to the Final Four games with the Allstate NABC Good Works Team to take part in special events.

Daily Princetonian: What do you enjoy most about basketball?

Steven Cook: The team aspect. The people on the team and the connections you make with coaches and others through the sport.

DP: What’s your favorite move?

SC: A fake jab step.

I like to call it a “Kobe shake.”

DP: Any pregame rituals?

SC: I’m not a very superstitious person. I like to listen to hip hop

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and rap before games. I always wear my jersey in warmups instead of sweats because it’s more comfortable.

DP: How do you celebrate a big win?

SC: Witherspoon Grill with the parents.

DP: How do you stay calm during big situations?

SC: I don’t really get too nervous. I just tell myself to have fun.

DP: What made this season so special?

SC: Senior leadership.

We just had guys who have been through it before, and the experience paid off. The seniors also stepped up when we had a few players injured.

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DP: What is your favorite basketball moment?

SC: The moment after we won the Ivy League Title game and seeing the fans, players, and coaches storm the court.

DP: Who is your role model?

SC: The players who’ve come before me.

DP: What will you miss most about Princeton?

SC: Everything Princeton has to offer. The basketball, the academics, the social life. It’s amazing how you can develop many different

Stat of the Day

1,241 points Senior basketball player Spencer Weisz ended his career with 1,241 points, earning Ivy League Player of the Year honors and Associated Press All-America honors.

aspects about yourself here.

DP: If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

SC: The ability to teleport.

DP: What’s your favorite movie?

SC: “City of God.” DP: If you could be any animal, what would you be?

SC: A golden retriever in an aff luent household. He must have the best life.

DP: Who do you think will win the NCAA tournament?

SC: UNC.

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