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U. changes upperclassmen course selection, advising system By Andie Ayala staff writer
The University recently implemented the Department Academic Planning Form as the new system through which rising juniors and seniors across all departments select fall courses and meet with academic advisors, according to Christina Davis, faculty chair of the Wilson School’s Undergraduate Program. Davis explained that the DAPF system is currently being used in residential colleges by underclassman, but in April the system will be transferred to upperclassmen to replace the Course Enrollment Worksheet. The Course Enrollment Worksheet is the current system for academic planning that juniors and seniors use. Associate Dean of the College Rebekah Massengill, who oversees undergraduate curriculum and undergraduate announcement, declined to comment. According to Davis, the
DAPF system had already been in effect under the Wilson School for three years. The system was implemented when the Wilson School changed its selection process to allow open enrollment for anyone who wanted to major in the department. Davis explained that the system was initially designed for the Wilson School majors because of the the difficulty of keeping track of the distribution requirements. “It really made it easier for us to advise students about how they could meet their requirements given what was available each semester,” she said. Davis added that the Wilson School worked closely with the Office of the Registrar to design a selection process where students could select their courses and make appointments with their faculty advisor. “That process has worked very well for us and now it’s See DAPF page 5
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U. to potentially provide upholstered furniture By Amber Park contributor
All six Residential College Offices announced this week that the University has been investigating the possibility of providing upholstered furniture in student rooms in the future. Emails were sent out to the residential college listservs informing students of the furniture samples currently available for viewing at the Housing and Real Estate Services Office. Students who decided to go look at the samples were asked to fill out a short survey regarding
their opinions about the new furniture. “The furniture upgrade has been initiated by the Housing department. The residential colleges are helping this initiative by encouraging student input,” Laurie Hebditch, Wilson College administrator, said. Angela Hodgeman, manager of Undergraduate Housing, did not respond to request for comment. Michelle Brown, student housing coordinator, deferred comment to a press representative of the Housing department, who did not respond to
request for comment. Dorian Johnson, director of Housing, deferred comment to Daniel Day, assistant vice president at the Office of Communications. Day explained that a number of factors were behind the University’s decision to study the possibility of supplying upholstered furniture dorm rooms. These included improving the quality and equity of students’ living experiences — and eliminating purchasing and storage costs that students incur year to year See FURNITURE page 4
BEYOND THE BUBBLE
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Shapley briefly taught at the Univesity during the early 1950s.
Lloyd Shapley GS ’53 passes away at age of 92 By Amber Park contributor
Nobel Laureate and mathematician Lloyd Stowell Shapley GS ’53 passed away of natural causes on Saturday, March 12, at the age of 92 in Tucson, Arizona. Shapley, who resided in Pacific Palisades, served as emeritus professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was honored with a shared 2012 Nobel Prize in Economic Science for his work on market design and matching theory. Shapley’s legacy is found both in game theory, which attempts to explain the decisions that competitors make in situations of strate-
gic thinking, and the “Shapley value,” which shows the benefits of how cooperation can be proportionally divided among participants based on their relative contribution. Shapley brief ly taught at the University’s math department as a Fine Instructor in the 1950s and was greatly respected in the University community, according to Joseph Kohn GS ’56, professor in mathematics at the University, . Kohn explained that he remembers Shapley from his time as a graduate student at the University in the 1950s. “In the 1950s, one of the main features of graduate See SHAPELY page 2
Hunter Rawlings III GS ’70 was unanimously appointed the Acting President of Cornell University by the school’s Board of Trustees on Mar.24. Cornel l’s thirteenth President Elizabeth Garrett, the first woman to hold the position, passed away on Mar. 6 from colon cancer after eight months in office. Cornell has announced an international search for the university’s next president in the coming months, with Rawlings serving in interim capacity starting April 25 until that individual takes office. In accepting the position of Interim President, Rawlings stated in a press release that it was an honor to once again be called to help lead Cornell. “There is much momentum around [Elizabeth Garrett’s] vision, and I will work with [Provost Michael Kotlikoff], the leadership team, deans, faculty, students and staff across our campuses to continue building the university’s strengths around those priorities,” he added. Rawlings did not respond to request for comment.
Cornell Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harrison stated in a speech announcing Rawlings’ appointment that Cornell was fortunate that he had agreed to step forward once again to lead during a time of transition. “The Board’s unanimous vote is evidence of the respect for his leadership at Cornell and as one of the nation’s premier advocates for higher education,” he noted. John Carberry, senior director of Cornell’s Media Relations, declined to comment. At Princeton, Rawlings earned his doctorate in Classics. Michael Flower, director of Graduate Studies for the Classics Department, did not respond to a request for comment. Rawlings, professor emeritus of classics at Cornell, had previously served as the school’s tenth President from 1995 to 2003. In 2005-06, he served as interim president following the resignation of Cornell’s eleventh President Jeffrey Lehman. During his previous term as President, Rawlings was committed to “composing Cornell,” organizing the
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diverse pieces of Cornell to work more effectively together. This was primarily done through initiatives conducted to strengthen the undergraduate schools, including reforming Cornell’s need-blind admission policy to encourage student diversity, establishing North Campus as a residential and learning environment for freshmen, forming the new West Campus residential colleges and creating the Cornell Presidential Research Scholars program, which was named in his honor. Internationally, Rawlings strengthened school’s Weill Cornell Medical College, establishing a new branch in Qatar and helped establish an academic exchange with Tsinghua University and Peking University. He also helped to finalize constructing the Beijing portion of Cornell’s undergraduate major in China and Asia Pacific Studies. Rawlings had also served as the President of the University of Iowa from 1988-1995, President of the Association of American Universities since June 2011 and as chair of the Ivy Council of Presidents.
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study in mathematics at Princeton was the daily afternoon tea. This featured lively discussions of mathematical problems, theories and games,” he said, noting that Shapley was an impressive participant in these teas. “I was a graduate student at the time and learned a lot from him, both through these informal gatherings and a number of brilliant lectures. Unfortunately, I did not have much contact with him, but I recall his insight, geniality and good humor with great pleasure,” Kohn noted. Hale Trotter GS ’56, math professor emeritus at the University, remembered how while he was a graduate student at the University, how he and some of his fellow graduate students played a game that Shapley co-invented a few times. “I can testify that its design was brilliantly successful – though we never took it seriously enough to damage our friendship,” Trotter added. This game was called “So Long, Sucker,” which Shapley co-invented in 1950 alongside John Nash GS ’50, Mel Hausner GS ’51 and Martin Shubik GS ’53. Neither Shubik nor Hausner responded to requests for comment. “The game was designed so that the only way to win was through timely betrayal of others so that one had to first manage to persuade in order to cooperate,” Kohn remembered. Shapley was a mentor as well as close friend to Nash, a mathematician and Nobel Laureate who had schizophrenia. Journalist Sylvia Nasar have attributed that her 1998 biography of Mr. Nash, “A Beautiful Mind,” was inspired by a remark from Dr. Shapley. “He was obnoxious,” Nasar quoted Shapley of saying about Nash, in a New York Times article, “What redeemed him was a keen, beautiful, logical mind.”
Nasar declined to comment. Shapley, who was studied mathematics at Harvard, left to join the Army Air Corps when World War II began. In addition to his life as a scholar, Shapley earned a Bronze Star for deciphering a Soviet weather code while he was assigned to a weather station at a secret air base in Western China that also intercepted broadcasts. After the war, he earned a mathematics degree from Harvard and a doctorate from the University.
“I can testify that its design was brilliantly successful – though we never took it seriously enough to damage our friendship.” Hale Trotter GS ’56, University Math Professor Emeritus
Shapley worked at Rand Corporation, an American nonprofit global policy think tank originally formed by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces before he joined the University faculty from 1948-50 and again from 1954-81, after he left the University. He joined the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1981. “Dr. Shapley was one of the giants of game theory,” Gene Block, the chancellor of UCLA, said in a statement. Shapley was born on June 2, 1923 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was one of five children to Martha and Harlow Shapley, a noted astronomer at Harvard. Shapley is survived by his sons, Peter and Christopher, as well as two grandchildren. His family did not respond to request for comment.
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CORRECTION Due to an editing error, a photo of a flyer containing anti-semitic message published on March 28 did not properly credit Gabriel Fisher ‘17, who published the original photo online. The Daily Princetonian regrets this mistake.
CORRECTION Due to a reporting error, a March 29 article on CPUC meeting misstated the goal of the Campus-as-Lab initiative. The initiative seeks to solve sustainability problems on campus, not to change campus perceptions on sustainability. The Daily Princetonian regrets this mistake.
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News & Notes
Second candidate enters mayorial election Peter Marks, a native of the town of Princeton, has announced his intent to enter into the town’s mayoral election. According to an article on Planet Princeton, Marks has indicated that he will run in the GOP primary this June. He would be running against incumbent Mayor Liz Lempert, a Democrat. The general election will take place in November. As of yet, Lempert and Marks are the only two candidates in the race. In the article on Planet Princeton, Marks said that, win or lose, he “hopes
to bring important issues in town to people’s attention and spark discussion among residents.” Zoning, development and property taxes are the key topics that Marks has chosen to focus on and address in his campaign. A cornerstone of Marks’ campaign is his preference that Princeton stay small and not become a city. “The borough should remain recognizably the borough, with singlefamily neighborhoods, grass, trees, streets no wider than they currently are,” Marks noted in an interview with Planet Princeton.Marks also noted that there should be no more parking garages or increases in height allow-
ances for buildings. Other issues Marks raised were Princeton zoning decisions and processes, which he called selective and capricious. He noted that he believes zoning laws favor the privileged, like the University or favored businesses. Marks also said he believes that property taxes in the town burden longtime residents and have driven many longtime residents out of the town and that the town should seek long-term sustainability initiatives. He also noted he believes the town should be solving big problems instead of “piling ordinance on ordinance on ordinance in our little town.”
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and reducing damage to walls, floors and trim in buildings due to the annual moving in and moving out of personal furniture, he noted. He added that this initiative, if passed, could decrease the amount of furniture abandoned at the end of the academic year, which often ends up in landfills, helping with University sustainability efforts. “If the University decides to move ahead with this idea, upholstered furniture would eventually be provided to student rooms in all residential colleges and upperclass housing,” Day said, encouraging students to weigh in on the subject. However, Day noted that the idea is still under discussion, a rollout plan has not been formed and funding has not been arranged. With the University providing transparency in their initiatives to upgrade student housing, many students said they appreciate the school’s commitment to include student involvement as well as improving their living spaces. “I think that the University’s interest to upgrade student living spaces is a commitment to ensuring the best undergradu-
ate experience possible. There is a large variety in the quality of rooms on campus but I think this may help to equalize it a bit,” Wilson College Council Representative Kimberly Peterson ’19 said. “I think it’s also admirable that the University is really trying to get as much student input as possible before spending a ton of money on this upgrade.” “I really feel that this upgrade will make incoming students as well as returning students feel more comfortable and at home in our housing. While some people couldn’t chair less, I’m actually really excited for this upgrade and I can only see the positive outcomes in this decision,” Nicole Kalhorn ’19 said. However, some students noted that they feel that the changes are unnecessary. “I don’t feel that it would cause any harm, but I think the dorms are fine as they are. I think it could benefit the students, but I also think leaving the space open and allowing students to fill the space how they want would be more beneficial,” Butler College Council member Josephine Pinnock ’19 said. “It is definitely super important for the students to be a part of this decision. I have not personally seen the furniture myself so I cannot comment on that,” she added.
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great that the registrar’s office is doing something similar University-wide, in terms of helping students meet with their departmental representative to get advising on course enrollment,” Davis said. Monica Ruscil, the undergraduate program manager and director of Career Services, had sent the email to current junior class. The email explained that the DAPF allows students to view their degree progress by showing the departmental requirements that they have completed, in addition to student’s academic plans for the upcoming term. Ruscil deferred comment to Davis. Abby Jean-Baptiste ’18 noted that she had to complete the paper Course Enrollment Worksheet in her freshman year, which she said felt more like a final submission, whereas the online version seemed more conducive to changes during the add/drop period. Julia Selignan ’18 added that although the online version allows individuals to see more overlap between different courses students may want to take, it was not very “user friendly.” Stacey Park ’17 said that she thinks the paper version may be more efficient in facilitating an advisor response, be-
cause in her experience, there is a certain lag time that is added when communicating online. Park noted that for underclassmen the advisor approval is less of a necessity, because the advisors are assigned per residential college and may not align with the student’s interests, whereas upperclassmen are assigned advisors from their chosen departments and have to be more cautious of their departmental requirements. Katie Glockner ’16 added that she prefers a system where an advisor is more optional. She noted that they can be an important resource if students are unsure of what courses to take or requirements to fulfill, but for those who are certain of what they wanted to do, it was an added stress to meet with her advisor. “I feel like it saves time for you and your advisor if there’s no required in-person meeting,” she noted. Davis noted that the DAPF really helps advisors and college offices monitor student progress in completing course requirements. “Having all of this done online so that we can see it centralized in our undergraduate program office and registrar’s office allows more coordination across the different University offices to ensure that everyone is going forward on completing their different University requirements,” he said.
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efore John F. Kennedy was a candidate for President, he was an applicant to Princeton. His 1935 application essay was handwritten; it was all of five tepid sentences. Hoping to ramp up some enthusiasm at the end, he concluded, “To be a ‘Princeton Man’ is indeed an enviable distinction.” A “Princeton Man”: the phrase calls up countless black and white images of turn-of-the-century bros. They’re all white; they all look great tossing a football around in a three-piece suit. In their class photo, every young man has the broad-chested confidence of someone who stands an 82% chance of chairing his local chamber of commerce or taking over his father’s seat in the U.S. Senate. The reality was more complex, but from our current vantage point, to be that kind of “Princeton Man” meant being a member of a club bound together by race, wealth, and a vaguely defined set of WASP values. And, of course, not being women — because the leaders of tomorrow couldn’t possibly be female, right? In other words, the nostalgia stirred up by those sepia-toned “Princeton Men” is partly nostalgia for exclusion and privilege; it stands in the way of the equitable and inclusive future that we are striving to build today. More recently, another concept of the “Princeton Man” has been put forth by so-called “Princeton Mom” Susan Patton ’77. In a 2013 letter to the Prince, Patton infamously urged straight women enrolled at the U to lock down a hubbie before commencement. Princeton women would never again have such a wide pool of intellectual equals, she argued. Better get a ring by spring. The ensuing hubbub glossed over the fact that Patton’s idea of a “Princeton Man” wasn’t exactly a catch. As potential mates, the straight “Princeton Man” was painted as an attractive partners because of his “soaring intellect” and fine manners, but the whole premise of the piece was that men need to be tied down because they are inclined to wander off like testosterone-fueled zombies whenever a new hottie enters their visual field. Beneath the veneer of intelligence and class, Patton’s “Princeton Man” was, at his core, a caveman. He’d only enter into a relationship with a truly equal partner if she subtly coerced him into a commitment. Otherwise, he would float away in the “limitless universe of women” available for his selection. Is there anything to be salvaged in this term? Could the phrase “Princeton Man” call up anything more than the old boy’s club or the vapid horndog with major-league career prospects? We think so. We think that a “Princeton Man” could mean a man who is asking himself what those “masculine” values like courage, integrity and honor might mean in 2016. Maybe courage means standing up to your boys if they talk about women as if they are less than full human beings. Maybe it means finding out that you’re actually a feminist and saying so. Maybe courage means opening up a bit with friends about emotions that aren’t joy or anger (which pretty much define the spectrum of male emotion that won’t bring down a hailstorm of shame). Maybe it means allowing yourself to be a full and complex human being, to be more than a bro, bro. Integrity might mean taking responsibility for confronting our privilege. It might mean learning how to be an ally to the people with the least power in whatever room you’re in. It probably doesn’t mean protecting them; it might mean trying to see the situation through their eyes. Integrity might mean having uncomfortable conversations about gender, race and sexuality — and having them again, a little bit better. Integrity might mean admitting when we’re you’re wrong, or just ignorant — and to keep listening. Maybe having honor means asking if the communities we’re a part of reflect our values of inclusion and diversity, and doing something about it if they don’t. The WeSpeak survey told us that 1 in 4 undergraduate students and 1 in 9 graduate students experienced inappropriate sexual behavior last year. Maybe having honor means knowing how to intervene as a bystander when you see a situation that doesn’t look right. Maybe having honor means speaking up when you hear jokes that make rape or assault seem like part of the status quo. “Nah, bro — this is Princeton. We’re better than that.” Maybe in a hundred years, men in the class of 2116 will be looking back at pictures of this community — this fantastically diverse community — and think…I wonder what it was like to have a physical body, to be more than pure digital consciousness? What was it like to just “use” the internet, and not “be” the internet? We hope they’ll also look at the men in this community and see people of courage, integrity and honor who stepped up to help build a just and equal world. Maybe they’ll think of us as Princeton Men to look up to. Signed, Kurt Thiemann ‘17 JT Wu ‘16 Carl Adair GS The authors are members of Princeton’s MAVRIC Project (Men’s Allied Voices for a Respectful and Inclusive Community).
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here’s an unwritten rule about small talk as March tips into April: do not ask seniors about their theses. We retreat into Firestone in sleepless hibernation or hide away in our rooms to write. But I wondered — what happens to the seniors who, due to extenuating personal or familial circumstances, do not finish on time? As it turns out, you will not be exiled to the basement of Mudd Library or pulled off the proverbial graduation stage. I sat down with Senior Associate Dean of the College Claire Fowler to learn exactly how this process works. Every year, up to a dozen seniors may not finish their theses. There are different types of cases that administrators address — students who miss departmental deadlines, which vary, or students who miss the University deadline, which is the unequivocal May 2. When considering the case of a student nearing a deadline without the ability to finish, administrators will look at the big picture. Fowler insists that there is no case they haven’t seen before: students experience all sorts of physical and psychological stresses and all kinds of personal or family situations that are out of their control, and any of these issues may prohibit a student’s ability to complete the thesis. The first pathway is through the student’s advisor, who will know his or her department most intimately. The second pathway, if advisors are unresponsive or if a student feels less comfortable with his or her advisor, is through the residential college dean who will be able to mediate the communication process with an advisor. The dean will help the student work with the academic department to negotiate a new deadline that is before the May 2 University deadline and may also change the grading procedure to account for the late thesis. According to Fowler, at this stage, there is quite a lot of flexibility because each department is different. If a senior misses the University deadline, then it is out of the hands of the academic department. After May 2, Dean Fowler meets with the student’s residential college dean on a weekly basis to ascertain the progress of every student who is behind and try to help them finish up if possible. It is, of course, genuinely hard to evaluate the seriousness of a friend’s “thesis stress.” As Fowler points out, “Don’t forget that every se-
nior is stressed, and they don’t have time to take care of each other…Seek out the help you need.” Let’s be clear: neither this article, nor Fowler’s encouragement to seek help if needed, is intended to encourage any senior to miss the departmental thesis deadline. There is certainly a usefulness in deadlines (read: Dean’s Date). However, here at Princeton, where perfection is seen as the norm, it is important to clarify that if you find yourself in this situation, you are not alone. And here’s what to do. Let’s say you don’t turn in your thesis. What happens? If you pass your classes, but have not turned in your thesis, your transcript will be labeled as “Fail to Qualify.” It will, yes, be an “F” on your transcript, but then it is metered by the second grade you will get once you actually turn it in, albeit late. You get your degree officially when you finish your thesis, but even if it is not finished before Commencement, you still get to march and participate in the all of the graduation festivities. The only difference is that your name will not be in the program and you will get your diploma at a later date, when you complete all the graduation requirements — this is because the Trustees technically approve every single person who graduates, the “official conferring” of the degree, and you will get your diploma after they meet once again to approve the additional graduates. Rest assured, Princeton wants you to graduate. If you get a D in your last semester, that’s still a graduating grade. If you fail your comprehensive exams, you can retake them. The actual requirements for the Princeton degree are 31 courses, comprehensive exams or thesis defense, and a thesis. It is absolutely not the end if you fail any of these. Dean Fowler doesn’t want to make it hard for students. “It’s in everybody’s interest for them to clear the finish line. We want as many people on that lawn as possible.” Fowler has one last reminder for seniors: “It is not easy, it is really hard. But that’s why there is such a sense of accomplishment when you’ve done it. Seniors should be proud that they are engaging in this thing that is really hard, but it certainly doesn’t have to be perfect.” Azza Cohen is a history major from Highland Park, Ill. She can be reached at accohen@princeton. edu.
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The responsibility to vote extends beyond the Presidential election
t’s 2016, and that means there’s a presidential election happening in November. Even at Princeton, notorious for our lack of civic engagement compared to the other Ivy League institutions, the competition for the next President is apparent. On the Democratic side, there are student groups for both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. On the Republican side, there has been heated debate. There have been an inordinate number of Prince articles about Trump (I have to confess to writing one of them myself). Our own Ted Cruz ’92 has also generated a considerable amount of interest, with a few articles and recently a controversial poster campaign denouncing his candidacy. With all of this interest in the election, you would think that young people would be running to the polls, but data shows that this is not true. In 2012, with an incumbent who was widely considered to have huge youth popularity, only 38% of Americans aged 1824 voted. That number is small, but nothing compared to the 2014 election, a year without a presidential election. In 2014, only 15.9% of people under 24 voted. I could pontificate about how young people need to vote if we want to have any stake in the future of the country. I can complain
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about how I talk to people who are very involved with politics but don’t actually take the time to order an absentee ballot, but similar thoughts have been written over and over. My concern isn’t with the two-thirds of young people who don’t vote for the President, but with the majority of presidential voters who don’t consider other elections valuable. Despite its legal supremacy, the federal government has shockingly little impact on most people’s day-to-day lives. Education is managed on a state and local level. So are police, firefighters and infrastructure like roads, electricity and water. Most of the legal system’s activities are conducted at a state level. There are roughly 10 people held in state prisons or local jails for every one federal inmate. Even on the national level, the President is only a small part of the show. Senators are elected on a different cycle than the President. Representatives are elected every two years. If you care about politics, you can’t just vote every four years and think that’s sufficient to have a voice. One of the main reasons I think people don’t vote is the feeling of insignificance. With 130 million voters and an electoral col-
lege that heavily favors some states over others, it’s easy to give up, never mind that in one city in my home state of Massachusetts, Bernie beat Hillary by a single vote. The advantage of off-year or local elections is that one vote counts for a lot more. In a smaller, local election, a single vote can make the crucial difference. Go and learn about your local mayoral election, the town committee or however your local government is organized. That’s where the real possibility for change lies. Yes, young people need to go out in November and vote, but they also need to vote even when their favorite presidential candidate isn’t running. It’s not about the big, headline-grabbing elections, but the smaller ones that actually impact day-to-day life. It can seem almost impossible to try to change something in a country so large and so resistant to change as the United States, but trying to change the country isn’t always the answer. Change your city, and maybe that will change your county. Change your county, and maybe that will change your state. Change your state, and maybe the country will follow. Beni Snow is a freshman from Newton, Mass. He can be reached at bsnow@princeton.edu.
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Princeton to get back on its feet. The Tigers evened the score at four over the course of the quarter and briefly looked to take an early lead as they won a faceoff and put the ball into the hands of star junior midfielder Zack Currier. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs reasserted themselves, with senior Mark Glicini dealing Currier a massive check that forced a turnover and gave Yale a much-needed momentum shift — culminating in the home team retaking the lead with a goal to end the half up 5-4. However, Princeton came into the second half ready to play, and the third quarter proved to be an intensely competitive contest. The two teams combined for seven goals and two lead changes , with Sims pulling through for the Tigers as he scored twice more in Princeton’s first two possessions to earn himself a hat trick and his team the lead. After two more Bulldog
scores, junior attacker Gavin McBridge allowed Princeton to tie the score a second time as his goal moved the team to 7-7. However, perennial Yale star Reeves would score twice more for the Bulldogs, and Yale ended the third quarter still on top at 10-8. The Tigers continued to chip at Yale’s lead throughout the final period, but the Bulldogs matched Princeton goal for goal and maintained a one-goal advantage throughout. The Tigers’ final chance to even the score came in the form of a possession with thirty seconds to play, but Princeton was called offsides and had to watch as a second consecutive Ivy game just barely slipped through its fingers. Princeton can remain proud of its effort on both ends of the field: the Tigers fell by only one score despite being outshot by the Bulldogs 40-23, while their own score of 10 makes them the first team this season to reach double figures against the national powerhouse. Princeton will continue its season at Brown next Saturday.
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Wednesday march 30, 2016
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AROUND I V I E S We’re already well into the season for the baseball teams of the Ivy League. With league play just around the corner, we take a look at how teams across the Ancient 8 have positioned themselves so far in the standings.
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Cornell Big Red (6-7 overall): Despite coming off of their straight losses in their series against the University of Central Florida, the Big Red have started out the year strong, particularly in pitching. Averaging nearly nine strikeouts a game, they look far removed from the squad that has lurked near the bottom of the standings the last 3 seasons.
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Harvard Crimson (7-9): The Crimson have come out of the gate hitting well, holding first place in runs of the season. They certainly wouldn’t be where they are without the stellar hitting of John Fallon, who leads the Ivy League in both runs batted in and home runs on the season. His play will be crucial as the Crimson open Ivy League play against Cornell this weekend.
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Penn Quakers (7-10): Another team that has been solid offensively to start. Penn’s batting average and total runs rank second only to the Crimson so far. The Quakers’ season came to a heartbreaking end last year, as the men of Philadelphia fell in their divisional playoff match to Columbia. This year, as always, they look to topple their perennial rivals’ recent stretch of League domination. Princeton Tigers (6-10): Despite facing struggles in recent seasons, the Tigers look in solid form as they head into league play, having won in 4 of their last 7. They’ve been one of the better pitching squads this year among the Ancient 8, getting solid contributions from players such as junior Chris Giglio, and junior Chad Powers and senior Cameron Mingo, all pitchers.
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Brown Bears (4-10): Also having faced struggles in recent years, the Brown Bears are looking to turn things around in the 2016 season. Their offensive struggles, however, do not bode well for them so far – the Bears are posting the lowest batting average so far among the Ivies. Columbia Lions (5-13): Having represented the Ivies in the NCAA Tournament in the last three seasons, the Lions will have similar hopes come this year. Despite having lost last year’s co-Ivy League Player of the Year Gus Craig, the Lions retain talent such as reigning Rookie of the Year Will Savage. Despite a less than impressive record out of league play to start the year, you can’t count out a team that’s proven itself to be at the top of the league.
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Dartmouth Big Green (5-13): Just on the cusp of making the NCAA tournament last year, Dartmouth heads into Ivy League play looking to take their just missed opportunity. Their team has shown promise, going toe-to-toe with one of the top programs in the nation (University of Florida), and hope to start league play right against the Tigers this weekend on Princeton’s Clarke Field.
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Yale Bulldogs (4-14-1): A team that has consistently struggled to make itself a contender in the league, the Bulldogs did not open the year the way they wanted. Particularly troubling has been the pitching – the Bulldogs have given up the highest ERA across the Ivies so far this year. COURTESY OF GOPRINCETONTIGERS.COM
MEN’S LACROSSE
Men’s lacrosse falls to Yale in 11-10 heartbreaker By Nolan Liu
associate sports editors
The Princeton Tigers (2-5, 0-2 Ivy League) played like an entirely different team from the one that suffered a 20-10 drubbing at the hands of Penn. They nevertheless fell short against No. 3-ranked Yale by a heartbreaking score of 11-10.
The Tigers fell behind early in the game, with Yale piling in three goals in the game’s opening eight minutes, including one in their very first possession. Princeton responded quickly, notching a score to cut the Bulldog’s lead to two, but Yale freshman Joseph Sessa took a pass from sophomore Ben Reeves and ex-
tended the home team’s lead to three once more. However, the Tigers would get one more shot in before the first period, as sophomore Austin Sims found the back of the net to bring the score to 4-2 at the conclusion of the first. Sloppy play by the Bulldogs in the ensuing quarter allowed See M. LACROSSE page 7
COURTESY OF PRINCETON ATHLETICS
The men’s lacrosse team played their hearts out but finished just short against No. 3-ranked Yale.
Tweet of the Day “Believe that part of our mission in life is to find our bliss and follow it” dorian williams (@ DWilliamsPU), junior defensive back, football
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Women’s lacrosse comes out on top against Harvard By Claire Coughlin contributor
The Princeton Women’s Lacrosse team (5-2, 2-0 Ivy League) played in a thrilling match against Ivy League rival the Harvard Crimson (5-3, 1-1 Ivy League) in Cambridge, Mass on Saturday. For the first half of the game, both teams went back and forth responding to each other’s goals, but the Orange and Black never trailed. The Tigers came out strong right from the start, with a successful first attempt at goal by senior midfielder Anya Gersoff. Harvard midfielder Julia Glynn answered Gersoff’s just ten seconds later with a goal at 25:39. Princeton’s junior midfielder Olivia Hompe scored her first of four goals in the game, to which Harvard almost immediately retaliated with a free-position shot from Marisa Romeo to make the score 2-2. The Orange and Black scored two unanswered goals by Hompe and freshman midfielder Elizabeth George to give them a total of four goals at half. Harvard cut its twogoal deficit late in the first half when Nekele McCall scored off of a pass from Keeley MacAfee. McCall tried again with two seconds left, but junior goalie Ellie DeGarmo shut her down.
Stat of the Day
10 goals The men’s lacrosse team scored 10 goals against Yale, the most by any team this year.
After stopping a total of 15 goals last weekend, DeGarmo was honored as Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season on Monday. Just five minutes into the second half, the Crimson came out and tied the game at 4-4 with a goal from Alexis Nicolia. Hompe was eager to reciprocate and scored two in a row off of assists from freshman midfielder Kathryn Hallett and sophomore attack player Colby Chanenchuck. Maeve McMahon put another one on the board for the Crimson to make it a one-goal game at 6-5 with 10 minutes left. Julia Glynn scored what would have been the gametying goal at 50 seconds left, but the attempt was waved off because of an illegal stick. Princeton got possession and Harvard was forced to play one man down. Although Harvard forced a turnover that resulted in two shot attempts by freshman Megan Hennesey before the buzzer, both were stopped at the front of the cage. After a very successful weekend, the Orange and Black will travel down to Maryland to battle Loyola University Maryland. The No. 11 seeded Tigers are set to face off against the Greyhounds this Wednesday, March 30th at 7 p.m.
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