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In Opinion Bennett McIntosh supports Congressional candidate and Princeton professor Dr. Zwicker, and Marni Morse argues for more robust financial aid in light of recent events. PAGE 4

Today on Campus East Carolina University anthropology professor Charles Ewen gives a lecture titled “X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy” based on his book of the same name.

McCormick Hall Lecture Hall 101 at 4:30 p.m.

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News & Notes Dartmouth rape case not guilty

Parker Gilbert, a sophomore at Dartmouth College accused of rape by a female classmate last May, was found not guilty by 12 jurors of five counts of sexual assault and a misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge last Thursday, according to Valley News.

Gilbert allegedly entered the female student’s unlocked dorm room the night of May 1last year and had sex with her while she was asleep. After Gilbert left the room, the female went to sleep without locking the door or alerting a residence hall adviser living on the same floor.

Gilbert allegedly sent an apology email to her for his drunkenness two days later. Rick Roger, one of the 12 jurors, stated in a phone interview with Valley News that he thought the accuser’s sexual encounter was consensual.

Peggy O’Neil, the director of WISE, a victim advocacy group, said that the outcome of the trial reinforces concerns that women have for reporting an alleged sexual assault and pointed out that the trial focused almost entirely on the victim.

Police find error in dispatch system The Princeton Police Department discovered a flaw in its 9-1-1 system last week when a call could not be directed to a dispatcher, Planet Princeton See NEWS & NOTES page 2

STUDENT LIFE

USG talks on changes to Career Services

ALL-NIGHTER WITH DAVID DREW

By Durva Trivedi staff writer

The USG heard a presentation from Career Services Director Pulin Sanghvi at the Sunday night Senate meeting, during which the Senate moved into a brief executive committee session to speak privately with Sanghvi.

During the public session, Sanghvi spoke about his vision for change within Career Services.

“There is a strong alignment to drive change quickly within our organization,” he said.

By deemphasizing career fairs in favor of smaller, more targeted and meaningful programming, Sanghvi said he hopes Career Services can evolve to be more responsive to students. He said two points of emphasis include presenting career and life vision curriculum to students in all years and developing a more f luid, year-long recruiting calendar.

Sanghvi also said Career Services is working on some “interesting partnerships” with the private sector.

U-Council Chair Elan Kugelmass ’14 motioned to move into executive committee session “so Mr. Sanghvi can elaborate.” His motion was seconded and the Senate brief ly met privately with Sanghvi.

Additionally, U-CouncilSee USG page 2

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Theater professor Brian Herrera was the guest on All-Nighter with David Drew ’14, a talk show hosted in Frist Performance Theatre.

STUDENT LIFE

Students organize informal overnight hosting system

By Do-Hyeong Myeong staff writer

In response to the University’s decision to shorten the Princeton Preview program, a group of students is trying to organize an informal hosting system for admitted students.

The students created a Facebook group called Informal Hosting for Prospective Princeton Students on Thurs-

day evening, shortly after the University announced that the program for prospective students would be shortened to one day.

As of 2:30 p.m. on March 30, 40 students had signed up to host a prospective student, and 13 prospective students had signed up to request a host.

Lorena Grundy ’17, who first came up with the idea, said she started the group

because she was upset that some of the prospective students would not be able to attend the program if they could not stay on campus overnight.

“If Preview was just one day without the option to stay overnight, I don’t know if I would have been able to come,” Grundy said, reflecting on her own Preview experience. “Especially the people from West Coast and farther

away, a lot of [prospective students] wouldn’t be able to come at all.”

Erika Davidoff ’17, an administrator of the group, said she is concerned that prospective students who booked their flights months ago, such as early admits, might find it difficult to change their travel schedules. She added that she just wanted to help those who are See HOSTING page 2

U N I V E R S I T Y A F FA I R S

U. sued by student for alleged discrimination

By Chitra Marti staff writer

The student previously alleged to have been forced to withdraw from the University following a suicide attempt is now suing the University for disability discrimination in federal court, according to documents filed last Tuesday.

The student had originally filed a discrimination claim with the The Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Education. The claim was initially dismissed in January 2013 but the DoE has since partially reopened the case.

The suit was filed by the student on March 25. The student is currently a sophomore and had been diagnosed with

Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder, Type II. In a brief, the plaintiff, identified by a pseudonym, requested that he be allowed to proceed in the case anonymously to avoid public stigma and emotional distress over the potential publication of his medical records.

“As a direct result of [Princeton University’s] actions he has experienced extreme embarrassment, continuing stress and mental anguish, as well as out-of-pocket expenses, foregone wages, and reputational injury,” the complaint reads.

The student filed the suit pro se, meaning that he will be representing himself rather than through a lawyer. The

STUDENT LIFE

HackPrinceton attracts over 600 participants

By Jasmine Wang staff writer

The winners of this weekend’s HackPrinceton were Derrick Dominic ’15 in the software category and Chen Ye, a student at Brown University, in the hardware category.

Hansen Qian ’16, who helped organize the event, said that EchoCast, the culmination of Dominic’s work, is an application which allows individuals to send information wirelessly over high-frequency sound waves.

Ye’s hardware, AirBike, involves a wireless electronic lock and an iPhone application to allow individuals to rent and borrow bikes from each other. With AirBike, Qian explained, renters

would find bikes nearby, unlock them electronically and simply relock the bike with the application in a different location once they are done using it.

Dominic and Ye could not be reached for comment as of press time.

HackPrinceton took place between March 28 and March 30 and provided an opportunity for students from the University and other colleges to build, create and hack using either software or hardware. The first prize in software was $1000, a Wacom tablet, and Nvidia Shields – a gaming system -, and the hardware prize was $1000 and Bose headphones.

Adam Yabroudi ’15, who See HACKATHON page 3

student had been represented by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a legal organization specializing in mental disability cases, in his DoE complaint.

Lawyers at the Bazelon Center did not respond to requests for comment over the weekend. It remains unclear whether the Center is advising the student in any capacity in this suit. The student could not be reached for comment.

In addition to the University as a whole, seven administrators were named as defendants in the case: Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Cole Crittenden, Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan, Associate

Dean Michael Olin and President Emerita Shirley Tilghman, in addition to Executive Director of University Health Services John Kolligian, Jr. and former Director of Counseling and Psychological Services Anita McLean.

The document includes 21 relevant statutory schemes and 10 causes of action pertinent to the case, listing components of the Fair Housing Amendments Act, the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act which the student believes were violated. In addition, a legal brief accompanying the complaint alleges “unlawful disclosure, distortion, and misuse of plaintiff’s confidential medical records detailing

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matters he discussed with various mental health professionals.”

The student requests, in addition to appropriate compensatory and punitive damages, “injunctive relief” that would prevent the defendants from discriminating on the basis of disability against the student or anyone else.

The document also lists 59 allegations against the University arguing that the student was in fact fully qualified to function as a student because he met the essential eligibility requirements.

University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua declined to comment on on the case, saying the University does not See SUIT page 3 STUDENT LIFE

DataFest sees competing data analysis

By Ray Mennin contributor

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Princeton Student Events Committee hosts a thesis study break.

Students competed in teams to present the most informative and sophisticated data analysis at DataFest, the University’s first data analysis competition that was held March 28-30.

The competition had 46 participants, and although 13 teams had signed up for the event, only seven participated.

Duke and UCLA have had similar competitions in the past and for this competition, See DATA page 3

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unable to change their flight schedules and don’t have a place to stay.

The group wants the informal hosting to be a way for the prospective students to come to campus and enjoy the official Preview program, Grundy explained.

“This isn’t like we’re going around the administration’s decision to shorten …

Preview and plan our own Preview.” Grundy said, “I just want people to still be able to come to the Preview, so this is just a way for them to fly in the night before, stay on someone’s couch and be able to go to events of Preview.”

Grundy added that she personally believes a campus visit is very important to prospective students in deciding

which college to attend, and that this initiative would allow them to gain a better understanding of the University experience.

University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said that

“[M]eningitis is a really serious concern.”

Lorena Grundy ’17, IHPPS founder

many of the undergraduate students have been very responsive to the University’s messages urging them to take the necessary precautions to halt the spread of the illness

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PROJECT DOWNTOWN

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“We urge [the hosts] to continue to support those efforts, by taking precautions and not creating situations that could potentially put the participants at increased risk.” Mbugua said.

Davidoff, Grundy and Mohamed Shalan’17 all said that they are concerned about the spread of meningitis.

“Princeton had a really good reason for cancelling the long Preview, and meningitis is a really serious concern.” Grundy said, “We really want everyone to be safe.”

“I want them [the hosts and the guests] to be responsible, both, in all manners of the ways,” said Shalan, explaining that the group plans to advise the students and the guests to act responsibly and refrain from activities that might increase the risk of meningitis infection.

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or and project leader Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15 presented a recap of Mental Health Week, which took place the week before midterms. Members of the Senate had largely positive reactions to the programming, and expressed a desire to ensure that mental health initiatives reach many students despite the stigma surrounding participation in such events in the future.

Presenting an update on the Committee on Background and Opportunity IV Report, U-Councilor Jameil Brown ’16 said the release date goal of the upcoming report is April 10. After that release, Brown said the report will be presented at the May 5 Council of the Princeton University Community meeting as well as to the community at

large.

“We want to make our data more accessible,” Brown said.

U-Councilor Sol Taubin ’16 presented a plan and timeline for a collaborative project with the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students

“[We hope to] lower the barriers of entry to programming that already exists.”

Sol Taubin ’16, U-Councilor

entitled “Conversations.” The goal of this project is to increase dialogue surrounding questions about identity and its impact on experiences.

Taubin said she hopes to “lower the barriers of entry to programming that already exists” by bringing together different centers on campus that engage with identity issues, such as the Women’s Center, the LGBT Center, ODUS, Sustained Dialogue, the Fields Center and the Office of Religious Life.

For the upcoming Communiversity event scheduled for April 27, Campus and Community Affairs Committee Chair Paul Riley ’15 made a $7,600 funding request, which the Senate unanimously approved.

Academics Committee Chair James Baase also presented nominations for four existing members and five new members of the Academics Committee. These nominations were also unanimously approved by the 21 present voting members of the Senate.

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Project Downtown makes lunches for underfunded school districts in Trenton in Campus Club.

News & Notes reported. A town resident dialed 9-1-1 when he observed a man allegedly breaking into his neighbor’s car, and his cellular call was transferred to a disconnected number.

When the man called again, he was connected to a dispatcher, but the burglar escaped before police arrived, according to the caller.

PPD acting chief Capt. Nick

Sutter said that the cell tower had directed the call to the Hamilton Police Department, which transferred the call to the old Princeton Borough police number, because the state Office of Emergency Communications had not removed the old number from all state registries. The old Princeton Borough and Princeton Townships consolidated

in 2013.

Sutter explained that a cell tower in Hamilton may have picked up the original call because closer towers were too busy to handle an additional call. Sutter contacted the office, local police departments and Verizon about the problem and said no similar problems had been reported before or since.

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COURT FILING

Front page of a lawsuit filed by a student against the University and seven of its administrators.

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discuss pending litigation.

However, he noted that members of the University community work together with students and families in issues of health and wellbeing.

The student “impulsively ingested” about 20 tablets of Trazodone, on Feb. 25, 2012, the document read, but waited less than one minute before seeking assistance from the health center. He was then taken to a hospital, where he stayed for several nights.

As he prepared to leave, the document says, his mother received a voicemail from Olin saying he had been barred from campus and therefore from attending classes.

“If he did not ‘voluntarily’ withdraw, he would be involuntarily withdrawn in approximately three weeks for failing to attend the classes from which he had been banned,” the student alleges in the document, saying the University should have known that because the forced withdrawal would produce emotional distress, it was therefore against the student’s best interests and would likely exacerbate his condition.

“Instead, Princeton sought to protect itself from adverse publicity or liability,” the document reads.

The student met off-campus later that day with his psychiatrist to organize a partial hospitalization program at Princeton House, a health facility two miles from the town. He also met with McLean and a staff psychiatrist to evaluate his mental state. He alleges that they encouraged him to speak freely, which led him to falsely believe that the content, though not necessarily the conclusion, of his communications was confidential.

He met with Olin and Crittenden immediately after-

wards, where he was allegedly told that voluntary withdrawal from the University was the “universal outcome” in cases such as these.

McLean allegedly said at the meeting with Olin and Crittenden that she could not clear him to return to student life while he pursued outpatient treatment, adding that he could not be readmitted until he had demonstrated stability for a period of no fewer than six to nine months. In the process of this discussion she disclosed what the student had previously believed to be confidential details from his records and their earlier conversation.

The University went on to cast aside several solutions proposed by the student and his mother, the document alleges, contending that they would be fundamental alterations of “the Princeton experience.”

The student’s parents also met with Cherrey, Deignan and Kolligian to appeal on his behalf and submitted a plan for permitting the student to remain in school, which the administrators allegedly did not read.

The student was sent a letter by Deignan the next day informing him that he was believed to have an “extremely high risk of having another dangerous episode” and that the intensive inpatient treatment programs were incompatible with the full-time enrollment required of students.

The student also alleges that many of the details from his CPS records included in the letter were inaccurate and, furthermore, initially believed to be confidential.

Kolligian contacted the student’s personal psychiatrist, who recommended that the student be allowed to continue in his studies and live in a residential college. A few days later, the student allegedly received a letter saying that if he did not voluntarily withdraw

in four days, Cherry would order mandatory withdrawal — the same “universal outcome” Olin had discussed a month earlier.

The student alleges that there was a “denial of any meaningful interactive pro-

“[There was] a denial of any meaningful interactive process with respect to accomodations ...” court document

cess with respect to accommodations and a further reflection of the lack of any policy requiring such a process.”

He did eventually withdraw after four weeks of unsuccessful attempts to appeal the University’s decision, in an “emotionally depleted and fearful state and in recognition of the futility of his position.” He completed courses at another university, and even lived in its dorm for a semester.

The document explains that he was given a list of requirements to satisfy before applying for readmission including evidence of improvement in his mental state and undergoing a psychological evaluation that was allegedly not generally required.

The student is now back on campus, but he alleges in the document that his transcript will always have “an awkward, one-year gap. He will always be a year behind his friends in classes, housing placements, and entering the workforce.”

The document says that he will always be afraid to get help from mental health professionals, and that this fear of getting help could be disastrous.

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worked with Qian to organize the event, explained that a major change in this HackPrinceton was the effort the team made to reach out to more University departments in order to increase campus involvement and build awareness.

“It’s not just smart people or even COS people,” Qian said. “It’s anybody who’s interested and wants to try something new and have a really fun weekend.”

HackPrinceton has grown in popularity since its first run roughly five years ago, Yabroudi said. Qian explained that although HackPrinceton was one of the first hackathons to take place in a university when it started, hackathons are now growing more popular. While November’s HackPrinceton event had over 500 participants, this HackPrinceton had over 600.

Yabroudi explained that the organizers of HackPrinceton hoped to encourage Princeton

students and complement their theoretical education, particularly in the science departments, with practical, hard skills.

“These students are immersed in real problems, making real solutions, totally up to their own creativity,” he said. “We give them the platform, the tools and the opportunity to jump in the deep end.”

Computer science major Saahil Madge ’16 explained that HackPrinceton provided valuable and interesting resources for participants to experiment with in addition to the hacking experience.

“They had a bunch of fancy toys and motion control for the computer that you normally have to pay a decent amount of money for,” he said.

The event also included events with invited speakers such as Stephen Wolfram, founder and CEO of Wolfram research, and Ariel Hsing ’17, the youngest national table tennis champion in history and a participant in the 2012 Olympics.

The talent and ambition that

student participants demonstrate throughout the weekend was “incredibly energizing,” computer science and public affairs professor Ed Felten said.

Felten, a speaker and a spectator last weekend, was a judge in a previous HackPrinceton event.

MIT teammates Ankush Gupta, Jin Pan and Katie Siegel said that HackPrinceton appealed to them because of its convenient location, considering that some hackathons are as far as California.

“You get to make cool stuff and get that sense of instant satisfaction.” Siegel said with a smile.

“Got to throw in at least one allnighter to shorten my lifespan right?”

The Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Associate Director of Athletics/Event Operations Karen Malec, the electrical engineering department, the Keller Center, the computer science department and the School of Engineering and Applied Science were the biggest contributors throughout the planning process, Yabroudi and Qian said.

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and Duke provided the common data set that all the teams were required to analyze.

The competition was sponsored by the Operations Research & Financial Engineering department, along with the Princeton Statistics Laboratory, the Computational Stochastic Optimization and Learning Department of Operations Research, RJMetrics, and the IBM Academic Initiative. It was organized by assistant professor Han Liu, professor Deborah Nolan and professor Philippe Rigollet of the ORFE department and was held in Sherrerd Hall.

Rigollet noted that this year’s problem and data set — information regarding energy usage from over 100 buildings — was provided by Gridpoint, an energy management company that places smart meters in medium to large businesses. Teams took different approaches to using the data, mostly by studying the effects of energy consumption.

On Sunday each team was given four minutes to present their analysis of the data to a panel of judges from Google, PSE&G, RJMetrics, IBM and

the University faculty. Each team was allowed three slides to provide visual aid for their presentations and submitted a one-page report of their work. A $50 cash prize was awarded to the winning teams in each category.

Throughout the duration of the competition, one-hour technical sessions were given to the competitors on topics such as nonlinear modeling and machine learning to aid the competitors in their analyses of the data set. Teams were also able to consult with mentors.

“The participants were really fun to be around,” Rigollet said. “Some students put in 50 hours of work, but it was still pretty laid back.”

Liu, the primary organizer of the event, said he was pleased with the turnout of the competition and the diversity of the competitors.

Fewer than 20 students were from the ORFE department, Rigollet noted.

“A lot of students attend from different departments of the University, and everyone was happy,” he said. “I think this is a great event for the University to provide the students the opportunities to touch, actually touch, and explore, and analyze very complex data sets. I saw a lot of

enthusiasm, so this is a very successful event.”

Student participants also remarked that the competition was a rewarding experi-

“The participants were really fun to be around. Some students put in 50 hours of work ...”

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ence.

“I think it was a great learning experience. My team consisted entirely of freshmen, so we had to pick up new skills and analytical methods on the spot,” Lydia Liu ’17, a member of one of the winning teams, said. “The best part of the competition was that we had a lot of help from the graduate students, the professors and industry experts. I’ll definitely consider doing it again next year.”

Rigollet said that the department plans to hold the event again next year.

Opinion

OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE Bennett McIntosh

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Endorsing Dr. Andrew Zwicker

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ast month, Rep. Rush Holt shocked the 12th congressional district of New Jersey with his announcement that he would not seek reelection. His decisions saddened many in the district, as he has worked for his 15year tenure as a tireless advocate for reason and rationality in policymaking. In a district which has for years favored the Democratic incumbent by heavy margins, Holt’s announcement threw the congressional race wide open, as four Democrats and one Republican rushed to fill his seat.

Because the district votes so heavily Democrat, the upcoming Democratic primary on June 3 will be just as if not more important than the general election between the primary winner and Republican candidate Alieta Eck. Among the Democratic candidates are Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula, Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, State Senator Linda Greenstein and Dr. Andrew Zwicker, a research physicist and science educator from the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

Though each of these candidates has a strong record of leadership, Dr. Zwicker stands out as a successor loyal to the leadership this district has seen in Holt. Beyond the obvious similarities in the two researchers’ backgrounds, Dr. Zwicker has shown himself to be a tireless advocate for science and education in particular, and more broadly, a rational and questioning approach to policy. Such a representative is just what Princeton, the 12th congressional district and the nation need.

I met Dr. Zwicker a mere week before Rep. Holt’s announcement, when he was the keynote speaker at the launch party for Innovation Magazine, a student-led research review for which I also write.

There, he spoke passionately of the urgent need for scientists to communicate their research not only among themselves, but with society.

As people grow closer to and more dependent on their technology and as human society faces potential existential crises from climate change to bombardment by extraterrestrial rocks, scientists must increasingly bring their knowledge to bear in the political realm. Unfortunately, the government, in the US particularly but not uniquely, is increasingly filled by those who, as Zwicker phrases it, “replace facts with values.”

In his time as a scientist and educator, Dr. Zwicker has done much to counter this trend. He realized the extent to which American highschoolers’ lives could be changed by STEM education while working with a high school summer student when he was fresh out of grad school. “I changed her life and she changed mine,” he says of his former student, now an educator in her own right.

Since then, and since moving into the science education of PPPL’s work, he has pushed heavily for STEM education in schools throughout the Trenton/Philadelphia area, training hundreds of students in technological skills and, more importantly, scientific thinking and communication. In the process, he has had a hand in national policy on everything from energy efficiency in buildings to STEM training for teachers. Through it all, he has been dedicated to the local community, focusing his efforts and the millions of dollars in federal funding he has raised on schools from elementary to postsecondary throughout the 12th District.

When I spoke to him, Dr. Zwicker was realistic about the odds he faces going into the primary.

Assemblywoman Watson Coleman and State Senator Greenstein come into the race with the support of their home counties (Mercer and Middlesex, respectively), and were endorsed by their respective counties’ Democratic Committees mere days after Holt announced his candidacy, and before all the candidates for the district had entered the race. Since then, the race has turned into something of a slugging match between the two women and their supporters, with tensions running high and accusations flying between the two camps. The race has come to be characterized as a “Middlesex versus Mercer/Union” battle between the county parties for influence and advancement of their chosen candidates.

Though I agree with the policy positions of Watson Coleman and Greenstein, this represents precisely the sort of status quo that Dr. Zwicker is driven to change. In our conversations, the times he spoke most freely and passionately were regarding his hopes for his time in Washington, saying that how like Newton “stood on the shoulders of giants,” he could build off Rush Holt, “prov[ing] it can be done” to lead Congress in replacing a “value-laden policy with facts.”

To overcome the odds against him, Zwicker and his campaign are running an aggressive get out the vote campaign, encouraging local college students (who rarely participate in local electoral politics) to vote in the primary. I urge Princeton students, especially those who have not registered but also those who have considered moving their registration, to register in the 12th district and support Dr. Zwicker. I urge members of the University community to support this outstanding and passionate individual in his quest to uphold the 12th congressional district’s pride in being represented by a scientist. And I urge residents of the 12th congressional district, from Trenton to Franklin Twp., to support this educator who has staunchly supported the communities of the 12th congressional district. Democrats of the 12th congressional district, this June 3, vote for a scientist again.

Bennett McIntosh is a sophomore from Littleton, Colo. He can be reached at bam2@princeton.edu.

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In support of a community against sexual assault

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n a Q&A published in The Daily Princetonian on March 11, Susan Patton ’77 argued that women who receive unwanted sexual contact after drinking excessively bear a degree of “responsibility” for their victimization. Patton’s remarks came in defense of claims in her recent book, “Marry Smart”, that a woman who dresses provocatively or who impairs herself by consuming alcohol assumes “accountability for what may happen.” In response to Patton’s comments, 215 University faculty members signed a letter to the editor of the ‘Prince’, published on March 26, stating “we do not believe that their [students’] manner of dress or drinking behavior makes them responsible for unwanted sexual contact” and encouraging students to reach out for help if necessary.

The Board endorses these faculty members’ position: the Board not only rejects Patton’s claims on face, but believes that the sentiments they embody are counterproductive to serious, ongoing efforts to combat the issue of sexual assault and sexual harassment within the Princeton community.

Regardless of the circumstances, the Board believes that sexual assault and sexual harassment represent significant violations of a person for which only perpetrators and accomplices bear responsibility. Though excessive drinking often carries severe consequences in itself, these should not be used to divert accountability for unwanted sexual contact away from those who choose to impose it. Moreover, Patton’s statement that a woman should “simply not allow herself to come to a point where she is no longer capable of protecting her physical self” presents a narrow and inconsiderate view of the issue of sexual assault: such acts are frequently violent in nature and leave victims with little opportunity to resist. Whether or not a victim is able to

defend himself or herself against aggression or manipulation is no barometer for accountability. In addition, Patton ignores the fact that sexual assault is often premeditated, motivated by the desire to exercise power and carried out by someone whom the victim knows; in these cases, what an individual happens to be wearing has little or nothing to do with the perpetrator’s decision to deliver unwanted sexual contact.

More specifically, comments such as Patton’s threaten the University’s community values and efforts to curb incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment on Princeton’s campus. According to the Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources & Education office, each year one in nine University undergraduates experiences some form of “power-based personal violence,” a category which encompasses sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking and dating or domestic violence.

The false impression that victims of unwanted sexual contact somehow deserved it discourages victims from reporting their cases or from seeking the resources available to them, further burdening them with unwarranted feelings of shame and embarrassment. Furthermore, such beliefs undercut the community’s sense of responsibility in standing up for one another. By making recipients of unwanted sexual contact seem more like accomplices than victims in the violations and acts of violence perpetrated against them, we rationalize the actions of perpetrators and find a convenient excuse not to intervene or to defend one another when we are in dangerous situations. Patton’s language contributes to a world in which perpetrators are not held accountable for their actions, incidents of sexual violence become more frequent and the experiences of victims are obscured and met with shame.

The Board strongly believes that the University should be a place where victims

and survivors feel supported by their community and where individuals can feel safe from sexual assault or sexual harassment. Remarks such as Patton’s are not only mistaken, but belong to an intellectual vacuum that threatens to impede very serious, very real efforts to educate students on ways of thinking about and of dealing with unwanted sexual contact.

Dissent The Board’s position is itself “counterproductive” to fighting the serious problem of sexual assault. What better way to “make very serious, very real efforts to educate students” about how to combat this grave issue than to provide common sense advice on how to prevent the problem if possible? While we do not endorse Patton’s every turn of phrase, we recognize the wisdom at the core of her comments: act responsibly and avoid dangerous situations as best you can.

We do not condone an uncompassionate, victim-incriminating community.

That said, we must also uphold the importance of individual prudence. It is simply common sense that inebriation and immodest dress render a woman more susceptible to sexual crime at the hands of morally depraved (and perhaps similarly inebriated) men. This does not — in any way — condone such men and the criminality of their behavior. But the practical ramifications of this sad reality are that women must be especially prudent in avoiding such situations.

The Board’s singular focus on the community’s responsibility unhelpfully deemphasizes individual precaution. It is astonishing that the Board should relegate Patton’s practical wisdom, albeit sensationally-worded, to “an intellectual vacuum” when its own advice is itself vacuous.

Signed by Zach Horton ’15 and Sergio Leos ’17

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The Duke porn star and demonstrated need Marni Morse Columnist

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hen the rumors erupted about a Duke freshman moonlighting as a porn star, the student in question, Belle Knox (her professional name), further fueled the fire when she was interviewed in Duke’s student paper, The Chronicle. After that article and a second article, in which she explained why she found performing in pornography empowering, debate propagated nationwide on college campuses and beyond. As Knox was interviewed on CNN and elsewhere, people were discussing whether or not her stance on porn and empowerment was completely aligned with feminist goals. And while this is an important conversation to have, it seems foolish to ignore the reason why Knox, a women’s studies and sociology double major who aspires to be a lawyer, decided to join this controversial industry to begin with: college tuition.

In every article and interview, Knox explains that she entered the porn industry because she needed money to pay for her Duke education. Though she received some financial aid, it was not enough to make attending Duke a reality. As The Chronicle highlights, “at a

private, top-10 university like Duke where the full cost of attendance is steadily creeping to $60,000 a year, [Knox] said she turns to the adult film industry to help supplement her financial aid.” In her column in xoJane.com, Knox explained she turned to porn because her family “has undergone significant financial burdens,” and she saw a way to graduate from her dream school free of debt, doing something she “absolutely love[s].” Most people take notice of the last clause, that she loves performing in pornography.

But it is that first part that worries me.

I grew up in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. and attended an International Baccalaureate program that has a great record of getting students into top schools around the country and the world. Despite their success in admissions, 65 of 128 students who reported to our student newspaper where they were attending college the next year said they were going to one of the two campuses of our state university, the University of Maryland. That is over 50 percent of our college-bound class, and it does not include those attending other in-state schools that charge a relatively low in-state tuition.

Many of these students turned down schools like Brown, the University of Chicago, NYU, McGill and Vanderbilt purely due to financial restrictions.

Universities, including Duke and Princeton, like to brag that they “meet all demonstrated need.” But schools base this on what they believe is required to make attending their school feasible.

Many students and families believe they need more than what they are offered in order to make attending certain schools possible and worthwhile. Colleges with high tuitions must do more to make enrollment among low-income and middleincome students reasonably feasible.

The University must ensure that its financial policies are entirely, rather than just partially, aligned with the goal of increasing enrollment among lowerincome and first-generation students.

Given its per-student endowment, there is no excuse for the University not to offer more aid in the “demonstrated need” category and lower the expected family contribution, as well as recruit more low-income students and provide greater assistance for expenses like eating club initiation fees for sophomores. Princeton should be prioritizing financial aid even more if it truly wants to achieve the diversity it claims to strive for and if it wants its yield to reflect the diversity of its acceptances.

According to Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye, the University does indeed aim to attract more low-income students. When the Class of 2018 admis-

sion statistics were released, Rapelye said: “We are hoping we’ll have more low-income students. We took the research that [economist] Caroline Hoxby did quite seriously. We have admitted more students who participated in the LEDA program and who participated in QuestBridge.” Although the admissions announcement in March does not provide specific statistics regarding the yield of low-income students (unlike the September announcement for the Class of 2017), it would not surprise me if there was a significant difference among lower- and middle-income students accepted versus actually attending Princeton and its peer institutions.

As I watch my younger friends struggle with the same tough decisions this month, I urge the University to consult with the students being offered financial aid packages (and even those who aren’t) and reconsider what they establish to be “demonstrated need.”

With all the money the University has, potential students shouldn’t feel compelled to attend a different school due to finances. And they certainly shouldn’t have to consider turning to pornography just for the sake of paying tuition.

Marni Morse is a freshman from Washington, D.C. She can be reached at mlmorse@princeton. edu.

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When asked about the ranked players he will face in the coming weeks, McCourt replied, “I know if I show up and play my best I can beat anybody. Rankings don’t mean anything. I’m performance, not outcome, oriented.”

Freshman Alex Day and Davies could not figure out their respective Quakers at four and five. They only managed seven games apiece in two set losses. Bloom had a chance to make it a match in the sixth position when he forced a third set. It was the first match in three weeks for the veteran, and he couldn’t quite pull out the win, falling 6-4 in the final set to Penn’s Marshall Sharp.

Penn clinched the meeting before Coulatti and Yablon could finish their matches at two and three. Coulatti was up 4-3 in the final set and Yablon was tied at 5-5 in the second after losing the first. The Tigers are hoping the sun shines down upon them literally and figuratively and that they can vanquish No. 68 Yale when the Bulldogs visit Lenz Tennis Center next Saturday.

“This loss might be a blessing in disguise,” said McCourt. “If we adopt Penn’s attitude, we can hopefully beat teams that we usually wouldn’t be able to beat.

There are lessons to be learned, but in no way does this jeopardize our goals.”

Women open league play

with convincing 5-2 victory over Penn Princeton extended a pair of win streaks with its victory over Penn at Jadwin Gymnasium this Saturday.

The Tigers (12-5 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) have now won four straight matches this season and six straight over the Quakers (7-5, 0-1). The No. 66 team in the country has lost just two of its last 11 contests and has the second best record in the league.

“We knew it would be a tough match and that Penn would come out firing,” junior Lindsay Graff said.

“We brought more energy and had a big breakthrough in genuine support of each other. Caroline [Joyce] won her singles match and got everyone going.”

The women, like the men, have struggled recently in doubles. Penn easily took the first and third slots to drop Princeton to 2-4 in doubles over the last three weeks.

The women, however, have been able to fall back on a strong singles lineup that has won nearly two thirds of its matches this season.

That dominance was on full display Saturday as four Tigers dispatched their foes in straight sets. A particularly impressive performance was turned in by freshman Alanna Wolff, No. 84 in the latest ITA rankings. Playing in the fourth position despite being Princeton’s only ranked player, Wolff laid a 6-1, 6-1 beating on Penn’s Jaime Yapp-Shing. She has played back in the lineup all season, usually at number three, and has compiled a 7-2 record,

losing only in tiebreakers.

This was also Wolff’s first match in a month after overcoming a back injury.

Sonya Latycheva gave the Quakers their only point with a 7-6, 6-2 win over sophomore Emily Hahn. Graff won the marathon match of the meeting, outlasting Sol Eskenazi 11-9 in the third set and avenging the tiebreak loss she suffered in the second set. Graff has put together a sterling 12-4 record, even playing at the top position. However, she has only beaten unranked opponents this season and, accordingly, has not been rewarded with an ITA ranking.

The team’s performance has been remarkably correlated to that of its number one slot. Princeton has lost every time Graff has lost and has won all but one of the times she has won. All of its losses have come to ranked opponents and all of its wins have come against unranked opponents. While consistency is generally a good quality, the Tigers will have to show that they can beat the best teams if they are to compete in a conference with three other top 75 squads. A huge test awaits in New Haven next Saturday when Princeton visits No. 52 Yale.

“We know those teams will be formidable, but we’re taking it one match at a time” said Graff. “We try not to worry about what they’re doing and how they’re playing. It’s a different level of play in the Ivy League season, but we rose to a new level yesterday.”

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Waddell had 24 assists.

With the loss, Princeton’s chances of hosting the EIVA Championships at the end of April are all but gone. Penn State and Harvard are two games better than Princeton, and the Tigers would lose a tiebreaker amongst the trio if it came to that. However, the earlier win over Penn State, in addition to two close losses to Harvard, show that the Tigers can compete with any team in the conference.

The Tigers completed their final full road weekend of league competition on a high note, however, as they knocked off St. Francis 25-20, 20-25, 25-20, 31-29 to complete a season sweep of the Red Flash (9-12, 4-5).

After exchanging the first

three sets, St. Francis made a strong push to force a decisive fifth set, rallying from a 24-21 deficit to force extra play. Fighting off four set balls from the Red Flash, the Tigers weathered the storm and regained the lead at 3029. Oboh would put the final nail in the coffin, as he blocked St. Francis’ Mike Marshman for the match winner.

The team’s senior tri-captains led the team’s effort in a major way on Saturday, as Schwagler tallied 14 kills and four blocks for a teamleading 18 points. Waddell remained steady throughout the match, as the California native racked up 41 assists. Finally, outside hitter Jeff Stapleton came off the bench to add seven kills and six digs. Other noteworthy performances came from Kessell and junior libero

Tony Ensbury. Kessel led the squad with 18 kills, including three straight to fight off set balls in the fourth.

Ensbury led the defense with 10 digs.

The coming weeks of competition will be vital in shaping Princeton’s place in the EIVA postseason picture, as only the conference’s top four teams get to compete.

The Tigers currently stand in third place, and a win over St. Francis was vital in keeping the fifth place Red Flash at bay. George Mason currently holds the same number of losses as St. Francis, but sits ahead of them with the fourth spot in the conference standings.

The Tigers will return to EIVA competition this Friday, as they travel to Newark for an evening match against NJIT. Match time is set for 7:00 p.m.

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While certainly not favored to win every game, the aggregate talent on the Tigers’ roster was expected to produce a squad firmly situated near the top of the Ivy League.

Speaking of talent, senior midfielder Tom Schreiber, whom Inside Lacrosse recently listed on their midseason All-America first team, recorded his usual four points on three goals and an assist. To be clear, this level of output — the captain has tallied three or more points in 24 consecutive games, which is unmatched nationally — should not be con-

“We understand that we pretty much have to win out if we want to achieve the goals we set in the preseason.”

Derick Raabe senior long stick midfielder sidered common. Alongside Schreiber, senior midfielder Kip Orban and junior attackman Mike MacDonald have tallied a point in 23 straight contests. On Saturday, Orban notched an unassisted goal while MacDonald converted two assists from his fellow Ontario native, freshman midfielder Zach Currier.

However, it has become clear that Princeton will need more than firepower to succeed at the level to which they aspire.

A bevy of injuries cut

down severely on last year’s roster. One of the first impactful injuries on this year’s squad has come in the form of a concussion to junior faceoff specialist Justin Murphy. In his absence, Princeton has been out-faced in 38 of 58 battles, a devastating margin.

“Without him, we’ve definitely struggled at the X. And we’ve tried a few different guys. I think Jake [Froccaro] has been pretty successful. But we also need him on offense so we don’t like to have him carry too much of the load. It’s not just the faceoff guy. It’s really a three-man unit. So I think everybody has to do a better job moving forward of communicating and executing.

But hopefully when we get Justin back, we’ll win more going forward.”

In addition to Brown’s edge on faceoffs, Raabe pointed to inopportune clearing failures and a general lack of timeliness from his squad as reasons why the hosts were able to dominate almost throughout.

“We didn’t clear the ball at the beginning,” he explained. “When we were able to generate stops and saves, we would give it right back to them with failed clears.”

While not many Division I defenses can consistently keep high-caliber opponents to within single digit goals, Raabe spoke of his team’s need to reduce opponents’ totals. While one might point to the youth of the unit — starting close defensemen Will Reynolds and Bear Goldstein are freshmen, while linemate Mark Strabo is a sophomore — as cause for the inconsistency, the senior captain suggested that a full team effort will be required to right the ship.

“We definitely don’t go into a game hoping to give up 10 goals,” he began. “We’d want that number to be low-

er. I think we need to keep growing as a unit and having better communication with everyone being on the same page. At this point, we have a few young guys.

But that’s more of an excuse.

And it sort of falls on older

“It sort of falls on older players like myself and Jack Strabo to get the unit firing on all cylinders.”

Derick Raabe

senior long stick midfielder

players like myself and Jack Strabo to get the unit firing on all cylinders.”

At this point in the season, it remains a Herculean if not impossible task for Princeton to reach the top of the Ivy table and thus earn home field advantage in the league tournament. Beyond this, it will be an uphill battle to even earn a place in the place in the league’s top four and thus earn a tournament bid.

Raabe acknowledged that his team must display urgency in every upcoming contest, but spoke with confidence about his team’s prospects.

“We understand that we pretty much have to win out if we want to achieve the goals we set in the preseason,” he said. “And I think our team can do it. We need to make some changes.

I think that the opportunity is still there. We need to take each game one at a time and treat every game as if it were our last if we want to make the postseason.”

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{ www.dailyprincetonian.com } WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Overtime home win makes it five straight for women’s lacrosse

By Mark Stein senior writer

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Senior Sarah Lloyd notched two goals and an assist against Cornell. Her 14 ground balls leads the team.

The women’s lacrosse team staved off Cornell in overtime Saturday afternoon, firing three quick goals within the six-minute overtime period to pull ahead of the Big Red 10-7 at 1952 Stadium. With the victory, Princeton (6-3 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) extended its current win streak to five consecutive games, while Cornell (4-5, 1-2) dropped its fourth straight match.

Worthy of note, this victory marks the program’s 400th win.

The Tigers, who came into the match on a four-game win streak including three impressive road victories, have PRINCETON 10 dominated the historical CORNELL 7 series with Cornell. Saturday afternoon proved no different, as Princeton, which now holds a 32-4 record all-time against the Big Red, received goals from six different players en route to the decisive victory. Junior attacker Erin McMunn led the way in scoring for the Tigers, tallying four goals in seven shots on the afternoon. Freshman midfielder Olivia Hompe led the Tigers in points, racking up five assists as well as an important overtime goal.

The winning goal for Princeton came fewer than three minutes into overtime, when freshman midfielder Anna Doherty collected a pass from sophomore attacker Alexandra Bruno and fired high. Her shot beat Cornell goalkeeper Renee Poullott to the net, lifting the Tigers to an 8-7 lead just before the teams switched sides for the remainder of the period. McMunn followed up with another goal just 14 seconds later, and Hompe put the nail in the coffin with just six

seconds left in the overtime period, giving Princeton the 10-7 lead that would stand.

But the contest was not always so lopsided, as the Tigers and the Big Red traded goals for most of the game. Cornell led four different times, including a 5-3 lead, its biggest of the night, following a three-goal tear in the first half. Before taking the lead in overtime, Princeton led just twice in the game, with the first coming after McMunn gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead less than two minutes in. Still, Princeton fought back every time. Senior midfielder Sarah Lloyd tied the game at 7-7 with nine minutes left on the clock, her second goal of the day.

Now, the Tigers will look to maintain their momentum going forward with important home matchups against Ivy League rival Yale (next Saturday and No. 2 Maryland on Wednesday. The Bulldogs (7-3, 1-2) are currently riding a two-game win streak, and the Terrapins (13-0, 4-0 ACC) have not lost this season. But Princeton has a chip on its shoulder after falling from the NCAA Top 20 several weeks ago.

Since then the Tigers have received votes each week, and riding five straight victories, the squad will certainly approach these two home matchups with something to prove. Princeton has defeated Yale in every contest between the squads since 2007, whereas Princeton has fallen to Maryland in every game since a 9-8 victory over the Terrapins in 2006.

This season, the freshman class has provided depth and a number of stellar performances. Hompe’s six points equal the five-goal and one-assist effort by classmate and fellow midfielder Doherty. Madeline Rodriguez has started on defense in all eight of her team’s games.

MEN’S LACROSSE

TENNIS

Close Brown loss necessitates urgency

Women top Penn, men fall on road

By Andrew Steele Sports Editor

Skies were grey as rain and fog settled over Providence, R.I., while the men’s lacrosse team(4-4 overall, 1-2 Ivy League) traveled to take on league rivals Brown (6-3, BROWN 11 1-1). The Bears, having dropped the last five of PRINCETON 10 these meetings by a combined 25 goals, pulled off an 11-10 upset over the No. 15 Tigers. To find the previous Princeton loss in the rivalry, you would have to go back to 2008, when Brown pulled off a 6-5 home win.

This loss weighs heavily on the Princeton side, which has now dropped consecutive one-goal contests to Ivy League opponents.

Senior captain and long stick midfielder Derick Raabe commented that his team needed to have put forward a comprehensively bet-

ter effort in order to have won.

“I think yesterday, across the board, we weren’t really strong,” he said. “Offense, defense, faceoffs were all below average.

We need to do better in practice this week.

I think that will start with getting after it every day and being competitive in practice.

That’s where it all starts.”

The Bears established a 2-0 lead through a low-scoring first quarter. This particular series, in which Princeton has the overall lead 31-22, is noteworthy for its low-scoring propensity. According to GoPrincetonTigers.com, the winner, prior to Saturday, has scored on average 9.5 per game with the loser scoring 5.2 per game over the last ten times. This mean the score line falls well short of the typical Ivy League contest.

Dominating the pace of play for almost the entire contest, the home side kept the visitors to just five goals through three

quarters of play. Based on prior final scores, the Tigers would have been expected to approach double digits by the onset of the fourth period. Additionally, the first period saw Princeton uncharacteristically outshot by a 15-4 margin.

The largest lead of the afternoon came for the Bears 46 seconds into the final quarter.

Facing at 10-5 disadvantage, the Tigers had to scramble to stay competitive. It took until the 6:22 mark in the final frame for Princeton to cut into their opponents’ lead. Senior midfielder Tucker Shanley scored on an assist from sophomore midfielder Jake Froccaro which started a 3-0 Princeton run which took under 60 seconds. Through the final 15 minutes, the visitors held a 5-2 advantage.

Expectations have been high for this Princeton squad, but results have fallen, on the whole, short of the perceived potential.

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MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Penn State gets revenge over men’s volleyball in straight sets

By Jack Rogers

Associate Sports Editor

With a striking 8-1 March record heading into this past weekend, the men’s volleyball team suffered its second loss since February 21st and picked up its ninth win to close out the month. The Tigers (13-8 overall, 8-3 EIVA) fell on PENN STATE 3 the road PRINCETON 0 F r i d a y evening ST. FRANCIS 1 to 15-time PRINCETON 3 d e f e n d ing EIVA champion Penn State, but bounced back with a win on Saturday in a heated battle against St. Francis.

After taking down Penn State (17-6, 8-1) in February in a five-set war on the f loor of Dillon Gymnasium,

Princeton could not stave off the domineering game play that the Nittany Lions’ opponents have so often experienced this season. In a matchup where the Tigers struggled to push the pace, the Nittany Lions picked up their 11th shutout victory of the season as they took the game in straight sets 25-19, 25-13, 25-20. Friday’s showdown saw the Tigers muster just a .112 hitting percentage, in which the Tigers only garnered 20 points in their best set. Junior outside hitter Cody Kessel had a teamhigh eight kills, and senior outside hitter Pat Schwagler added seven. Freshman middle blocker Junior Oboh added five kills, while senior tri-captain and setter Davis See M. V-BALL page 5

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Princeton’s hitters were unable to keep pace with Penn State’s Nittany Lions.

By Eddie Owens Associate Sports Editor

Men lose first match to Penn since 2007 Princeton travelled to Penn this weekend hoping to snag an easy victory in its Ivy League opener against the only league team not ranked in the ITA top 75. What the Tigers (10-8 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) encountered was an inspired group of Quakers (5-9, 1-0) fighting for every point. When the dust settled, it was No. 56 PrincePENN 4 ton on the receiving end PRINCETON 1 of a 4-1 smackdown.

“Penn played an inPRINCETON 5 spired match and I credit PENN 2 them for playing well,” said head coach Billy Pate. “It was a disappointing outcome for us but we simply played not to lose. We’ll learn from this and I expect we’ll have a sense of urgency to get back on the courts this week and right the ship against Yale and Brown.”

The match started out poorly for Princeton, losing the doubles points after 8-5 and 8-6 losses at positions one and two. The team’s doubles play recently has mirrored its overall results: The Tigers have taken one doubles point in the last five matches and won just one of those contests. Seniors Augie Bloom and Dan Davies started out 8-2 in doubles but have lost four straight. Only the freshman duo of Joshua Yablon and Thomas Coulatti have stayed hot with a 10-5 record this dual match season.

Junior Zack McCourt ended a four-match losing streak with his three-set victory over Penn’s Nikola Kocovic in the first slot. McCourt had an impressive run prior to that in which he defeated two ranked players, including No. 52 Florian Lakat of Mississippi State. He obtained a ranking of 108, before losing it after a tough match against Penn State’s No. 50 Leonard Stakhovsky.

“It’s my first win in nearly a month, but as bad as that sounds on paper, it hasn’t felt so bad,” said McCourt. “The losses have been mostly three setters and it was a brutal academic stretch for me. I really wanted to win this league opener and end the streak.”

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