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Students gather in Frist Campus Center to hear the headliners of Lawnparties being announced.

Grammy-nominated rapper Big Sean will headline spring Lawnparties, Undergraduate Student Government social committee chair Simon Wu ’17 announced in Frist Campus Center Food Gallery on Tuesday night. Hip-hop singer Luke Christopher and pop singer Alus from Montville, N.J., will provide the opening acts, he added. Big Sean’s most recent album, “Dark Sky Paradise,” topped the Billboard 200 chart earlier in March. He signed with Kanye West’s GOOD music in 2007 and has collaborated with multiple artists including Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Justin

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U. offers admission to record-low 6.99 percent By Do-Hyeong Myeong

News & Notes U. has third-lowest admissions rate among Ivy League schools

Only two Ivy League universities’ admission rates were lower than that of the University’s as of Tuesday night, although Harvard’s admission rate had not yet been released, Business Insider reported. Columbia accepted only 6.1 percent of its applicants to the Class of 2019, and Yale accepted only 6.49 percent. The University accepted 6.99 percent. The University’s admission rate was a decrease from 7.28 percent for the Class of 2018, while Yale’s rose from 6.26 percent. Columbia’s declined from 6.94 percent last year. Brown stayed roughly constant from last year at around 8.5 percent, and the University of Pennsylvania stayed constant at 9.9 percent. Dartmouth accepted 10.3 percent, a decline from 11.5 percent last year. Cornell University’s admission rate was the highest reported so far at 14.9 percent, up from 14 percent last year. Cornell also saw the highest number of applications at 41,907. Dartmouth received the fewest at 20,504, followed by the University at 27,290. However, the number of applications to the University was the highest in the University’s history.

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The University has offered admission to 1,908 students, or 6.99 percent, of the 27,290 applicants for the Class of 2019. This makes it the most selective admission year the University has seen to date. The number of applicants for this year was also the largest, breaking the record number of 27,189 set by the Class of 2015. The increase in selectivity is partly because of the larger applicant pool, and partly because the University offered admission to more applicants

from early action round than last year, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said. The Office of Admission’s effort to reach out to prospective applicants might have influenced in the increase in applicant pool, Rapelye added. The University’s generous financial aid and the Office of Admission reaching out to more first-generation students earlier in their high school careers might have influenced more qualified first-generation college students to apply to the University, she explained, noting that her office is working with more than 300 programs and community-based organi-

zations such as Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America and QuestBridge. Of the 1,908 admitted students, 767 were admitted through the early action applications in December. The number of students admitted from regular admission was 1,141, and the acceptance rate for the regular admission applicants, including students who were deferred in early action, was around 4.9 percent, Rapelye said. The number of early applicants wsa 3,830. The class size is expected to be 1,310 students for the Class of 2019, similar to last See ADMISSIONS page 5

Bieber. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Rap Song category in 2013 for “Mercy.” Luke Christopher, a Los Angeles native, debuted in 2012 with his mixtape “Tmrw Tmrw” and has since released another, “Tmrw Tmrw Pt. II.” Alus declined a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in 2012 and signed with Water Music Publishing. Her debut album, “Alustrious,” was released in 2014, and she recently released a hip-hop single, “Ordinary Girl.” The two opening act artists came as a part of the package offered by Big Sean’s agent. “[Big Sean was selected] See LAWNPARTIES page 4

U. removed statement following concerns of Wi-Fi radiation safety By Catherine Offord contributor

The Office of Environmental Health and Safety removed a statement from its website about the safety of radiation from Wi-Fi in June 2014 in response to activist pressure. The statement, which reflected the University’s position on the hazards of exposure to wireless radiation and authored in 2007, disappeared from the website after the University deemed it to be out of date. The move took place against a backdrop of activist concern about Wi-Fi safety

in schools across the country and in Europe and was triggered by a series of emails from individuals outside the University who had viewed the University’s statement on radiation safety. The process began with an email in February 2014 from a woman concerned about WiFi safety who had two young children, Sue Dupre, the University’s Assistant Director of Environmental Health and Safety, said. The woman was not affiliated with the University. “She contacted us and everybody in our office, See WI-FI page 3

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Miss America 2014 discusses personal journey, cultural standards By Shriya Sekhsaria staff writer

As the first Indian-American to win the Miss America crown in 2014, Nina Davuluri said at a lecture on Tuesday that the Miss America Organization is often misunderstood. “It felt so timely for this organization to finally reach out to a new demographic of young women that’s representative of what America is today,” Davuluri said. “I grew up watching Miss America on TV, really legitimately feeling like I could never be in this role because I didn’t fit that stereotype. I didn’t fit the stereotypical blond hair,

blue-eyed girl. I didn’t have a normal talent.” She explained that as the only Indian girl in her classes at school, she constantly found herself correcting stereotypes about her background. She became the first person to perform a Bollywood dance at the pageant, she said, noting that she chose to do so because the dance represented a huge part of her identity and culture. “I remember having tears in my eyes at the last bit of my performance because I felt like that was my crowning moment, for me to showcase who Nina was,” she said. Her diversity-centered

platform was a project she had been working on officially for seven years, she said, adding that she invested so much time in the Miss America organization because she believed that someone ethnic would soon win the competition. Davuluri said that while there was a lot of backlash on social media when she won, there was also a lot of support from the younger generation. “I can honestly say that for every one negative comment, tweet or post I received hundreds, if not thousands, of words of positive encouragement and support See LECTURE page 4

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Miss America 2014 Nina Davaluri spoke about culture and identity.

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Q&A: Miss America 2014 Nina Davaluri talks gender, ideal lifestyle By Skriya Sekhsaria staff writer

Miss America 2014 Nina Davaluri spoke about her journey to the crown in a lecture entitled, “Celebrating Diversity Through Cultural Competency” on Tuesday. Following the lecture, The Daily Princetonian sat down with Davaluri to discuss gender stereotypes, the ideal lifestyle and her journey so far.

The Daily Princetonian: What would you say sets Nina Davaluri apart from everyone else? Nina Davaluri: I have to be honest, I haven’t been asked that question. And I can say what I hope sets me apart is that I really think that people really resonate with my story and my message. And that’s why I’m here today … to share that, be-

cause even today, there are so many people who connect and have very similar stories to mine. And to be able to share that and advocate for cultural competency and my stories of assimilation and growing up Asian American and second generation and what all of that means is really something that’s been incredible for me to spread. So I hope that people view me as a

symbol and an inspiration to embrace their culture and their heritage and be proud of it. DP: What according to you is the ideal lifestyle for a woman, especially in terms of eating habits and fitness regime? ND : There is no ideal lifestyle for anyone in terms of fitness and all of that because what I always told

the young girls, especially even on my own journey to health and fitness, is that people really have to learn to be balanced. Not only physically, but I mentioned mentally, emotionally and socially and spiritually. And there are going to be days where you’re going to, you know, where you want to have the cheesecake. And that’s okay … because See Q&A page 2

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you can’t live life depriving yourself. And I think that you just have to maintain a healthy lifestyle overall and make decisions that are personal to you because health and fitness is a very personal aspect of life as well. DP: What was the most meaningful experience in your journey so far? ND: One of the things that I was able to experience this year was serving as the National Goodwill Ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. And there was actually an event called Celebration and we spent ten days in Disney World and then we do a D.C. tour and end at the White House. And Children’s Miracle Network brings one child from every state and calls them champion children, and their families as well, get to come on this excursion and a trip where they’re able to take their minds off of their treatments that they’re going through. Some of these children are still undergo-

ing treatments and they are cared for on these trips as well. So it’s really incredible to see these children and families interact and feel like kids again, really. And I became very close with one champion child from Texas … The night before the Miss America pageant I found out that he had passed away. And one of the most touching things that I received afterwards is that we have a tribute as the farewell for the outgoing Miss America. And so my farewell was this year and I had put a picture of him in my farewell of me and him hanging out in Disney World. And his mom called me and said thank you for that tribute … It’s things like that that’s really what this job is about … It was a life changing experience. DP: Have you ever felt like the pressure to appear perfect at all times has been overwhelming? ND: Of course I’ve felt that. When you’re in a role like this where you’re scrutinized, you know, from your hair to your make-up to your shoes to your earrings … I think that at some point, you have to embrace who you are

… I have found most power in my voice. And from the second I walk into a room to always present myself from an educational standpoint, from a business standpoint, and be taken seriously is what I really strive for … I think that being smart is cool, and it will take you a lot further than what you’re wearing, or what your hair looks like. DP: How important have your friends and family been in your journey so far? ND: Extremely important. I would not be here without them. I think that they are the only ones who single-handedly really know what this entire year and beyond has been like. And so I’m very lucky to have a wonderful group of college friends, and to meet wonderful women in the Miss America organization, and my sister, who is forever my best friend … and my mom definitely. DP: Given that your job requires you to travel a lot, what are three things you cannot travel without? ND : Makeup remover, cleanser and moisturizer. I actually never wear makeup

unless I’m at an event or an appearance, I suppose … And my neck pillow — can’t live without that. DP: What advice would you give to other women out there who wish to compete in the Miss America pageant, or are striving for perfection in general? ND : Don’t strive for perfection because I don’t think that that will ever be achieved and I don’t think that that should be a goal. I think you should try to be the best person that you want to be and you can find that. And in terms of competing for Miss America, you have to be yourself because so many young women come into this organization thinking that they have to look a certain way, act a certain way, do what Nina did, do what so-andso did, but you have to do what you do … My 10-year involvement has certainly helped mold me into who I am today, but it’s not all that I am today. And you should be able to distinguish that and be proud of who you are and bring something different to the table.

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including more senior people in University management, expressing concern about our position statement and saying that there were other important, recent studies we needed to look at,” Dupre said. “In June, she decided we weren’t acting quickly enough and sent another round of emails.” The woman who sent the emails was granted anonymity to talk freely about her concerns. She said she was threatened with losing her job after a previous media appearance regarding another university’s Wi-Fi safety. The woman said she has been following scientific research on wireless radiation and has been concerned for some time about the potential risk of WiFi networks in public places. “When I was trying to advocate for safe technology at my kids’ school, I was being told that ‘Princeton says it’s safe,’ ” she said. “I talked to other people across the U.S., and other people had the same situation. I thought, I’ve got to contact Princeton about this.” The National Association of Independent Schools, for example, published a review of Wi-Fi safety on June 26, 2014, using the University’s position statement as one of its references to assure parents of Wi-Fi

safety. Reading the University’s position statement, the woman added, raised new concerns. “I looked at Princeton’s site and said, ‘Well, this is completely outdated and it needs to come down,’ ” she said. However, the original position statement, which can still be found as an archived webpage, spent over 1,000 words summarizing scientific research on the safety of wireless radiation, concluding that emissions from Wi-Fi networks “do not present a hazard” to people on campus. It also contained the results of a 2007 survey carried out at Firestone Library showing negligible levels of radiation, with the greatest measurement still over 1,000 times smaller than the state’s allowable limits. The original statement was never intended for use by people outside of the University, Robin Izzo, the director of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, said. “We wrote this statement because we were getting some questions internally from staff about this type of radiation and whether it could be harmful,” Izzo said. “The original statement was written and posted on our website to make it easier for people to find that information out internally.” She added that she was unaware that other organizations

around the country were referring to this statement as evidence for Wi-Fi network safety. The issue of radiation safety has made the news in a number of countries in the last few years, with recent legislation passed in France to limit exposure to wireless network radiation in schools for young children. Websites advocating for the reduction or removal of wireless networks have also been making headway in Canada, where at least 12 middle and elementary schools banned Wi-Fi in 2013. After reading the woman’s comments and emails from several other individuals expressing similar concerns in June 2014, the University made the decision to remove the statement, Dupre said. “We couldn’t dispute that our position statement didn’t refer to the latest literature and reviews,” she said. “So we did take the position statement down.” The removal of the statement has been somewhat diversely interpreted, with a handful of activist websites reporting the action as an admission by the University of the dangers of Wi-Fi radiation. Izzo, on the other hand, emphasized that the statement’s removal had nothing to do with the University’s attitude toward wireless safety. “Our level of concern has not changed at all,” she said. “If we

do post a new statement, we will reference some of the new studies, but we probably won’t be as detailed. Our new statement is likely to say that we will monitor the literature and the scientific consensus.” The identification of scientific consensus is precisely where the debate about wireless radiation becomes so convoluted, Emilie van Deventer, head of the World Health Organization’s International Electromagnetic Field Project, said. Established by the WHO nearly 20 years ago, the project aims to assess the health effects of low-level radiation, like the radiation emitted by the Wi-Fi base stations around campus. Although the project has repeatedly concluded that wireless network routers and base stations have no measurable health effects, the volume of information on both sides of the argument has maintained the debate this long, van Deventer said. “The data is gray. It’s not black and white,” van Deventer said of research on these health effects. “There is no consensus, it’s true. There’s a big group and a little group, but it’s still two groups. I can’t tell you that there’s one group that is completely correct.” Devra Davis, president of the Environmental Health Trust and one of the most well-known advocates for what van Deventer calls the “little

group,” argues that there are enough studies demonstrating health risks associated with wireless radiation that state and national regulations should be made far stricter. “We are dealing now with a massive, uncontrolled experiment,” she said, adding that the radiation emitted by wireless base stations is already listed by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer as a class 2B carcinogen, which means it it “potentially carcinogenic.” However, van Deventer said she believes that this sort of reasoning is misleading and that the WHO classifications of potential human carcinogens, along with the overwhelming volume of medical research on the topic, can be at odds with the public understanding of risk. “The public, the media and to some extent the ministries of health want to know: Is it black or white?” she said. “Is it dangerous or is it safe? Our kind of classification does not answer this question so clearly.” The classifications ignore other factors such as the dose — or in the case of Wi-Fi, the power — that people are exposed to, that become important when making health assessments, van Deventer added. The work of Davis and others have helped to convince the

woman who sent the emails that the safety of her children depend on a more cautionary approach to wireless technologies. Noting that she was speaking as a parent and not as a medical expert, the woman who sent the emails said parents and students need to know the risks involved in a way that makes sense to them. “The question that needs to be asked is ‘What is the proof of safety?’ ” she said, adding she hopes all students will take the time to consider the evidence carefully. To her, however, it makes sense to err on the side of caution. “When it comes to my kids, they mean everything to me,” she said. “Why would I risk their future health? That’s my stance.” The Environmental Health and Safety Office will try to avoid becoming directly involved in any future debate on this topic, Izzo said. “If we were conducting research in this, it would make sense,” she said, “but given that we are just adding our interpretation of research that other people have done, I don’t think we need to have a public position on this.” As to whether the University is considering modifying its Wi-Fi service, Izzo said she doesn’t anticipate a change anytime soon.

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from specifically people our age,” she said. Davuluri said she learned the value of perseverance when she was initially waitlisted at the University of Michigan, but was eventually able to transfer there from Michigan State University in her freshman spring. “There are so many things that the first time you do it, it might not be the way that you wanted it to happen, but there’s different ways to get to the goal that you want,” she said. ”And it could be through the back door, it could be through many different ways.” Throughout college, Davuluri said she had an eating disorder. She added that it was difficult to talk to her parents about it as she did not feel understood. “I think that mental health has such a stigma surrounding it globally that I hope will dissipate as more people talk about it,” she said. Davuluri added that her family had always pushed her towards the medical field, and that her parents did not tell anyone about her decision to compete for the title of Miss New York until she won it in 2013. Of her sixteen cousins, only one came

to watch her compete at the Miss America pageant. Davuluri also recalled having several aunts who said that she would have been prettier if she were fairer. Davuluri said that the hardest part of the national competition was the swimsuit session, even though it only took up 15 percent of the scoring. She said that she spent the most time preparing for this event, and was proud of being able to maintain her body afterward. The crown brings a significant amount of pressure because there is always a question of how she wants to be perceived, Davuluri said. “I feel like every time I come to an event or I do anything, there’s an expectation of who Miss America is going to be, what’s she going to look like, what’s she going to wear, and that’s kind of something in people’s minds that I have to keep in mind as well,” she said. Davuluri said that the Miss America pageant stands on the four pillars of service, scholarship, style and success. She has earned upwards of $92,000 in scholarship funding since she began competing, she said, noting that one reason she entered the pageant was for the scholarship money. Her work has involved an exhausting schedule that in-

cluded traveling more than 250,000 miles and a year of service, she said. “I will always say everyone wants to win Miss America, not everyone wants the job of Miss America,” she said. Davuluri added that it was important to reach out to young girls and show them that they did not have to fit a stereotype or a certain role to become Miss America. “That is essentially the spirit and the beauty of the American Dream — that regardless of your race, your religion, your socioeconomic status, anyone can come and work hard and pursue their dreams,” she said. Titled “Celebrating Diversity Through Cultural Competency,” the event was sponsored by the Pace Center for Civic Engagement, Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Understanding, the Princeton Women’s Mentorship Program, the Princeton Perspective Project, American Studies Program, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Committee, Butler College, Whig-Clio, the Women’s Center, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Princeton Hindu Satsangam and the Hindu Life Program as part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The lecture took place on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in McCosh 10.

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as a response to campus sentiment for more famous acts in addition to [acts of] high quality,” USG president Ella Cheng ’16 said. Students on the whole were excited by the announcement. “This is the best thing,” Wilglory Tanjong ’18 said, noting that a lot of people of various backgrounds on campus listen to Big Sean. ”Given the response — some people were screaming and really happy — I think it’s a good option.” Christian Perry ’16 said he thought the announcement of Big Sean was especially exciting since Big Sean had just released a new album. “I wasn’t really that big of a Big Sean fan before that album,” he said. “I heard that, I started getting more hooked to Big Sean … I’m going to write my entire [junior paper] tonight just so I can have the rest of the time to prepare for Lawnparties.” Tomi Johnson ’16 said Big Sean’s music was relevant because he was in his prime and his music is widely played on the radio and used in dance groups. “After five Lawnparties where we’ve kind of been a

little disappointed, I think this is the best thing that could happen,” she said. “I don’t have to text my friends who are coming to visit and be like, ‘Never mind.’ ” Kayla Moffett ’18 said she doesn’t listen to Big Sean’s music but was excited by Lawnparties in general. Through a post-event survey conducted last year, the USG social committee learned that students showed little preference for the performances’ genre but great demand for the artists’ fame, she said. “People had high expectations and it’s hard, sometimes, to convey the limitations,” she said. Despite getting a big name this year, USG’s budget is limited compared to other schools, Wu said. “The process of looking for an artist involved going back and forth with agents and picking availability and price,” he said. The committee originally had a budget of $65,000 for the spring Lawnparties, $50,000 of which will be devoted to the main act, compared to Yale’s $180,000 budget for its equivalent function, Cheng noted. Though Big Sean would normally be infeasible by USG budget, his agent offered a reduced price be-

cause Big Sean will be performing in the area around the time of Lawnparties, Wu said. Nonetheless, inviting Big Sean stretched normal expenditures, necessitating a $15,000 addition to the Lawnparties budget. This increase was offset by USG budget surpluses left from past semesters, Cheng explained. Cheng had asked for a $79,000 budget request for spring Lawnparties, according to a Feb. 8 article in The Daily Princetonian. The selection of artists is not guided by personal taste, Wu noted, adding that the social committee talked to a diverse group of agents. To make Lawnparties more convenient for students, dining halls will offer brunch beginning at 10 a.m. on the day of Lawnparties rather than the usual 11 a.m., Cheng said. In addition to the guest artists, the winner of this year’s “Battle of the Bands” will also be featured as an opening act to kick off the performances. The competition will feature performances by 11 student bands and will take place on April 17. News editor Jacob Donnelly contributed reporting.

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year’s estimate of 1,308 and enrollment of 1,314. Of the students offered admission, 52 percent are men and 48 percent are women, and 49 percent have identified themselves as people of color. Of those, 10 percent are African-American, 12 percent are Hispanic, less then one percent are Native American or Alaskan Native and 23 percent are Asian. The percentages of males and females admitted were about the same as last year. “We have no quotas,” Rapelye said. “There is no formula for how we do this. There’s nothing mechanistic about it. It’s a holistic review.” Students accepted to the Class of 2019 come from 49 states in addition to Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico. The only state not represented is Nebraska. Applicants last year represented 48 states. Legacy students account

for 10 percent of the admitted class. Sixty-one percent of the admitted students are from public schools, the same number as last year. Fifteen percent will be the first in their family to attend college, an increase from last year’s 13.8 percent. This is the largest admitted group for first-generation college students, Rapelye noted. Of the admitted students, 23 percent specified an interest in studying engineering. Although the number decreased slightly from last year’s 25.3 percent, a record percentage of 44 percent are women. “We’ve been working very hard to make sure that we have a gender balance in the School of Engineering to the extent that we can find and admit the top female engineering candidates, and we’re delighted that we made some progress this year,” Rapelye said. International students make up 13 percent of the accepted students, representing 66 countries that include Ethio-

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pia, Georgia, Romania and Trinidad and Tobago. This is an increase from last year’s 11.4 percent. This year’s applicant pool also included students from more than 9,500 high schools, a large increase from last year’s 8,900, Rapelye noted. More countries were represented than last year, she said. “One of the things we are always trying to do is to make sure we have a broader and deep applicant pool,” she said. “We are delighted that we have so many students applying from all over the world.” 1,207 students were offered a spot on the wait list this year, a 5.8 percent increase from last year. Although the admission committee hopes to be able to take some students in from the wait list, it is difficult to predict how many students from the wait list will be offered admission, Rapelye said. The number of students offered admissions off the waitlist fluctuated from 0 to 165 in the past 5 years, she noted.

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ast week, out of the hundreds of surveys for senior theses and university-sponsored initiatives that flooded my inbox (already filled with 1,915 unread messages and counting), I chose to complete the Pace Center Survey. Having participated in a student organization under the Pace Center for Civic Engagement last semester, I felt some small inclination to voice my grievances regarding the systematic lack of organization and general communal apathy toward strengthening Pace programs. Upon confronting the empty response boxes, I conjured up some banal phrases on the meaning of service in my life and hit Submit. There was little I could do to change what seemed to me an institutionalized indifference toward civic engagement on campus, and besides, I needed to finish my lab report. Weaknesses in Pace-sponsored service-oriented programs stem from a pervasive attitude on campus borne out of contrast to the administration’s emphasis on academic and professional success — that civic engagement just isn’t as important as everything else. In his 2014 article, Drew Stelljes, Assistant Vice President of The College of William and Mary, decries the failures of American universities in touting civic engagement centers to attract prospective donors without really teaching core civic skills. He urges universities to “linger in the hard work of community development, where engagement means, over the long-term graduating students who, by their example, help to fix the system that created our national conundrum.” Emphasis on community development, however, often takes the weakest roots in elite universities such as Princeton. The culture is set up so that teamwork inherently comes secondary to self-discipline. Academic policies such as the Honor Code, in making students accountable for themselves and for one another, unfortunately serve as deterrents to even good-spirited collaboration. Many departments discourage or even forbid group work, and in some departments, remnants of grade deflation policies persist, ultimately facilitating selfinterested academic decision-making that often extends into the realm of social conduct. That is not to say that civic engagement does not exist at Princeton. Student organizations such as Engineers Without Borders and the GROW internship program under GlobeMed offer opportunities for students to aid in hands-on community development, and many students on campus regularly work on innovative social enterprises and start-ups with their peers, searching to channel their products or services toward community betterment. However, within institutionalized settings, collaborative energies are almost non-existent. As a result, the value we place on traditional forms of university-sponsored volunteer service, such as tutoring or hands-on service projects, seemingly diminishes. Part of the apathy toward strengthening community-centered programs then comes from the fact that members of student-run organizations under the Pace Center simply don’t have time. The overachiever culture at the University produces overextended students, who will logically allocate the little free time they have toward the activities they find most valuable. When the University fails to stress the importance of community development, it is up to the individual to decide what he or she most values, and since our market-driven culture often commends selfish decisions, he or she will likely choose something that furthers his or her own goals without much collateral benefit. Thankfully, there exist students on this campus who perform community service with altruistic intent and enable the survival of traditional volunteering projects. Still, social pressures to undertake activities that advance some academic or professional goal result in the further overextension of students. At the University, service is rarely ever the sole dedication of a student because making it so risks a weak and uncompetitive resume. Thus, a student who truly wants to engage civically is pushed to expand his or her extracurricular involvements to demonstrate a range of skill sets, and he or she becomes not only a volunteer for the Prison Teaching Initiative, but also a member of the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club, President of the Princeton Nassoons and Copy Editor of the Princeton Journal of East Asian Studies. To undertake volunteer service at the University among other extracurricular activities that do not carry traditional prestige requires some form of sincerity and commitment to the activity itself and not just to the image. Yet, when students in a prestige-driven university supplement such community service with more “impressive” extracurricular activities, leadership and member commitment to service-oriented programs degrades and the system of civic engagement is driven into decay. Such degradation triggers a vicious cycle, in which students participating in Pace programs become disillusioned by weak, uncommitted leadership and quit, leading programs into further degeneration. Civic involvement is often seen as secondary to everything else in creating the final package of a student and while it does serve as an enhancing factor, it is almost never the key factor itself. It is branded the flying buttress of Princeton architecture: beautiful and functional in some capacity, but rarely ever foundational. For institutionalized civic engagement opportunities to truly flourish, the administration must begin by encouraging a change in peer attitudes toward service from the top-down.

Opinion

Wednesday april 1, 2015

Imani Thorton

contributing columnist

ach time I am faced with a roadblock, I feel barraged with this sentiment: “Well at least you go to Princeton.” On the surface level, this remark alone sounds rather extraordinary, especially this week, as high school students around the world learn if they’ve been accepted to Princeton. Striding the same halls that world leaders (and Ted Cruz ’92) walked years ago, we too have obtained the chance to do remarkable things — and that is an incredible privilege. It is a humbling experience, and the first 83 times I was reminded of this privilege, it stuck with me as something to keep in mind during periods of academic struggle. But after the 84th time, I started wondering why I should take such pride in every aspect of the University — even things that seemed completely isolated from my own merit and achievements. As proud as I am to call the beautifully sculptured palaces dormitories and classrooms, I find it difficult to relate this honor with my own self-worth. Princeton accepted its students due to their merit, but should this knowledge alone alleviate the feelings of ineptitude that come with receiving a poor grade or failing an exam?

In times like these, YikYak is a great place to turn for some consolation. Surprisingly, YikYak can do a rather quality job in uplifting spirits. Many times the humor alone — entirely unrelated to inspiration — is helpful. However, sometimes when the days are particularly rough, Yaks about squirrels just aren’t enough to get me pumped up again. In search of insight and wisdom, I eventually come across Yaks that resemble encouragement and inspiration or “Encouragement Yaks,” as I like to call them. Some “Encouragement Yaks” are meant to inspire a sense of caring and community, in the form of “There are people who love and care about you.” However, other Yaks attempt to encourage by reminding us of this: “If all else fails, just remember that we all got into Princeton!” This sentiment is expressed in a variety of forms and surely, these Yaks are not written solely for the purpose of other students. However, while I think it is helpful to remind ourselves of our place here, the general theme can quickly become rather suffocating. On several occasions, I have seen anonymous Yakkers express their discontent for campus, including how disappointed they are in the policies of the University and the attitudes of their peers. Instead of offering supportive advice or constructive comments, these expressions of “encouragement” are used to shut down conversa-

tion: “If you don’t like it, then leave”. While it is impossible to meet the needs of all students and many of the rigors of Princeton exist for good reason, I find it unsettling that those whom have less than positive things to say about Princeton are often bombarded with high levels of countenances. I applaud such school spirit; however, I think there is a rather fine line between Princeton pride and zealotry. As aforementioned, Princeton is probably one of the best things that has, is, and will ever happen to me, and I realize that. But if I ever happen to express aloud that I don’t like how the trees are shaped or how the administration operates, the default response should not be: “But at least you got into Princeton!” Instead, I hope to see an increased advocacy for combating the real and expressed issues that students face, either offline or online. These solutions will not come easily but that does not mean they should be nudged aside with sentiments suggesting one should be thankful just to be here. We should not mistake loyalty for blind acceptance of Princeton’s problems. Princeton is a great place, but it is far from perfect. If it ever has a chance of being a utopian bliss, pretending that it already is will never get us there.

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The decision to vote for divestment

n the recent Israeli elections, hope for productive negotiations with Palestinians was dealt a serious blow. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came out definitively against the two-state solution as a means to solidify his support on the Israeli right wing, then rode his public insistence on an indefinite military occupation of the West Bank to victory. Despite two-faced attempts to recover the Obama administration’s confidence, the re-elected Prime Minister’s stance has been made clear: he is in no way committed to achieving a peaceful end to the illegal military occupation. Netanyahu’s credibility to negotiate in good faith was further eroded by racialized remarks warning that Arab voters were going to the polls “in droves,” aimed at stoking fear — and electoral turnout — among his base. In view of this bleak political reality, additional measures to get Israelis and Palestinians to the table are required. Last fall, over 700 members of the university community signed a statement calling on the University to divest from all multinational corporations that contribute to or profit from the illegal military occupation of the Palestinian territories. Pointing to the halfcentury of international law violations, the globally condemned onslaughts against the blockaded Gaza Strip, the continued expansion of West Bank settlements in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the military occupation’s ongoing egregious human and civil rights violations, this Princeton coalition rallied around the idea that our university endowment should not finance corporations that abet these injustices. We previously laid out the case for divestment as a

necessary and effective tool to achieve a lasting peace in the region, without which the peace process will only continue to flounder. Following elections, the cause of divestment is more urgent than ever. Absent our demanding as a global citizenry that international humanitarian law be upheld, Netanyahu’s campaign decree opposing the creation of a Palestinian state will be realized. To actualize our commitments to basic principles of human rights, a diverse alliance of students and organizations have come together as the Princeton Divests Coalition to bring a divestment referendum before the entire undergraduate body. Our referendum calls on the University to divest from multinational corporations that maintain the illegal infrastructure of the occupation, facilitate Israel’s and Egypt’s collective punishment of civilians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip or facilitate state repression against civilians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip by Israeli, Egyptian or Palestinian Authority security forces. To name but a few examples, Caterpillar supplies bulldozers that demolish Palestinian homes and olive orchards to make way for segregated settlements. Combined Systems, Inc., makes the tear gas used to repress peaceful demonstrators in the West Bank (and Ferguson and Tahrir Square), sometimes causing deaths and abortions from exposure. Hewlett Packard produces the identification cards restricting Palestinians’ freedom of movement based on their race and religion, plus the biometric scanning technology tracking these civilians through military checkpoints between home, work and school. Divestment from human rightsabusing corporations should not be

controversial. The endowment is as much a part of the University as our campus itself, and we are as ethically responsible for its stewardship as we are for our health facilities and laboratories. Maintaining the status quo, in which the University financially supports an illegal military occupation, is not a position of neutrality. Rather, we currently facilitate collective punishment against a civilian population and enable disregard for a lawful international order when our endowment could instead be constructively invested elsewhere. It is incumbent upon the University to link its mission as an educational institution — fostering both students’ intellectual and moral development — to the ethics of its own conduct, on campus and off. To dismiss the question of divestment as “political” constitutes a grave failure in preparing Princetonians to act in the service of all nations beyond the Orange Bubble. Divestment is the most direct and effective lever at the University’s disposal to bring positive change on the ground. Other universities nationwide, recently including Northwestern and Stanford, have passed resolutions to divest from corporations complicit in human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories, and more are on the way. Princeton could be the first Ivy League university to endorse divestment, galvanizing the larger movement to halt the illegal military occupation. In this respect, we can choose between acting now as a leading example for our peer institutions, or waiting to become followers. We as members of the Princeton University community are committed to ensuring our endowment does not prolong an illegal military occu-

pation responsible for systematic human rights violations since 1967 and to doing what we can to promote peace and justice around the world. While we do not necessarily profess to speak for these organizations as a whole, our respective affiliations inform a common commitment to democracy and freedom for all. Divestment is an important step in that direction. We urge the Princeton undergraduate student body to call for integrity and consistency between our words and actions, and when that time comes, for the University to heed our appeal. Signed, Achille Tenkiang ’17, Black Leadership Coalition Clarissa Kimmey ’16, Students for Prison Education and Reform Courtney Perales Reyes ’17, Princeton DREAM Team Daniel Teehan ’17, The Princeton Progressive Dayton Martindale ’15, Princeton Animal Welfare Society Farah Amjad ’16, Muslim Advocates for Social Justice Frances Steere ’16, Guarding Liberties Against the Security State Isaac Lederman ’15, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment Joshua Leifer ’17, the Alliance of Jewish Progressives Mason Herson-Hord ’15, Princeton Committee on Palestine Maya Rosen ’17, the Alliance of Jewish Progressives Tucker Jones ’16, Princeton College Democrats Will Johnson ’18, Princeton Pride Alliance Yasin Hegazy ’15, MASJID

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Island while living there. MR: It isn’t a thing besides to people outside of Long Island. DP: What’s the funniest or most embarrassing thing that’s happened to one of you guys or a teammate while on the field? MR: I don’t know if you know [sophomore midfielder] Bryan Windsor but he’s one of the smaller kids on our team and whenever you’re with him on the field, if you were to close your eyes, you would think there was a 50-year-old man yelling at you just by his voice. JH: Non-stop. Complet e l y non-stop and he’s always calling for the ball no matter where he is, even if he’s guarded by like 10 people and there will be an extremely deep, “AY!” and you would never think it was him. DP: How would you describe each other’s roles on the team, athletically and socially? MR: Athletically, I think Josh is one of the lower people of our team. Just kidding. [Laughing] Josh plays a different sport because he

plays goalie. Which requires less athleticism. JH: Mark is an enforcer — I may have better feet than him. But because of his strength he is able to push people off the ball and hopefully keep it out of my territory. MR: That was nicer than I was going. DP: Describe the other’s ideal date. JH: So Mr. Romo over here has himself a new girlfriend. MR: Dude, you’re putting that in the paper? JH: Yeah, I am. And I never thought he was the dating type. But the other day one of our dear friends, [sophomore defender] Patrick Barba, was walking on Nassau Street and decided to stop by Mezzaluna when he saw Romo over here with his girlfriend on their first date. And so his perfect date? Mezzaluna. It was very cute. [Turning to Mark] This should be interesting. MR: Knowing Haberman, I think he might start off with a two-person party bus into the city. They’re going to a nice dinner at a sushi restaurant, and buy purely vegetarian sushi rolls— JH: [interrupting] What? What does that even mean?

MR: I take that back. Just so many options I shouldn’t say in the interview. All right start over. His ideal date. First, take his girlfriend to the beach. On the beach, he will take his guitar and serenade her with his sweet, sweet voice. After that, they’ll go to Sushi Palace. JH: This sounds pretty good to me so far. MR: I know, it’s your ideal date, that’s why it’s good, you’re welcome. After that, they’re going to Charter Friday, where the date will probably leave him for someone else. And he returns home to Forbes, but first stops at Wawa. The end. You’re welcome. DP: What would be the titles of each other’s autobiographies? MR: Pillsbury. A Day in the Life of Pillsbury. JH: The Struggles of a Closeted Teddy Bear. DP: What are each other’s spirit animals? MR: I’m going to give you a sloth. JH: Huh. I’m going to return to the teddy bear. I mean, for someone who tries to act tough all the time, he wishes he had any mean bones in his body. He’s a soft teddy bear.

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Teammates and long-time friends Josh Haberman and Mark Romanowski talk about embarrassing moments on the soccer pitch, people to take to a deserted island and each other’s spirit animals.

DP: You’re on a deserted island and can take three things, what are they? MR: I need Bear Grylls, the guy on Discovery Channel, because he’s going to help me survive. Two, we need some protection. We need Anne Hathaway as cat woman because she was pretty badass in that movie. What’s our third thing? Are we going together?

DP: Whatever you want. JH: Should we take Wonder Woman too? MR: No, I want someone to make some food. Or do we want Gronk and just party with him? We’ll take Gronk because he likes to party. JH: Bobby Flay. I’ll take Alex Morgan, for sure, so we can play soccer w ith her. And then, uh, what’s the crocodile man? The

late Steven Irw in for adventures. MR: Dude, if we’re doing this together, you should take a genie lamp. Why not take a genie lamp? We would have three wishes. JH: Yeah, I’ll take a genie lamp. Three wishes. I can wish to come home. MR: He would wish to stay there and build a mansion on the island.

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year, winning by a margin of 1.4 seconds. Women’s Rowing Both the women’s lightweight and open teams posted solid results in their races over the weekend. The lightweight team placed third in a field of five, while the open team earned second as it faced Brown and Michigan. Traveling to San Diego, Calif., the lightweight team put some of the top-ranked

teams in the nation to the test. The Tigers came behind powerhouses Boston University and Stanford, finishing three seconds behind BU and seven seconds behind Stanford. However, the Tigers proved themselves to be in a different class skillwise from the remaining two competitors: they outpaced fourth place Villanova by just over nine seconds, and placed in front of MIT by a jaw-dropping margin of almost 28 seconds. The open team, remaining on Lake Carnegie, earned second as it fell behind

Brown and defeated a strong Michigan team. The Tigers, however, have every reason to believe they can defeat the Bears in future matches — they topped Brown to win the Ivy League championships in 2014. Overall, a strong finish against two of the nation’s best teams should have the open team feeling good as it takes on Columbia on Saturday morning at Overpeck, N.J. The lightweight team will have a well-earned rest this weekend before competing in the Knecht Cup next Saturday.

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Tigers open Ivy League play versus Yale, Brown By Tom Pham associate sports editor

The men’s baseball team (4-17 overall, 1-3 Ivy League) began its Ivy League season by hosting Brown and Yale at Clarke Field in consecutive doubleheaders on Sunday and Monday as it hoped to get its Ivy League season off to a good start after some recent encouraging performances against the US Naval Academy during Spring Break. In its first series of the weekend, the baseball team split its doubleheader against Brown. The Tigers were defeated 4-3 in the opener, before bouncing back to claim an 8-2 victory in the second game. The Tigers were the first to strike in the first game of the doubleheader, scoring once each in the second and third inning. Sophomore Danny Baer drove home on a groundout to third by junior Blake Thomsen after Baer walked to open the inning. Junior Billy Arendt scored the second run of the game after a RBI double from senior Peter Owens. However, the Tigers could not hold on to the lead and gain a win for their starting pitcher, sophomore Chad Powers. In an error-filled seventh inning, Brown scored four unearned runs

to take the lead and go on to win. Powers pitched well during the game, going six strong innings and allowing only three hits and three walks, but gave up four unearned runs. The Tigers’ offense was strong, getting seven hits and three walks, and sophomore Danny Hoy went 2-3 with a home run and a single. The second game proved much more successful for the Tigers as they easily dispatched Brown with eight runs, five of which came in the first two innings. The Tigers took advantage of poor pitching from Brown to plate a total of eight runs off of nine hits and five walks. Impressive on the day was Arendt who went 2-4 with three runs and senior catcher Tyler Servais, who went 3-4 with a home run in the fifth inning. Freshman starter Nick Brady also had a great game, throwing six innings and giving up only two runs on five hits. He also struck out four batters in the game. The Tigers could not repeat this success against Yale as they fell in both games of their doubleheader, losing in a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat in the first game before losing 8-3 in the second game. Despite scoring in the

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Despite some great hitting and leading in both games, the Tigers could not beat Yale and fell to 1-3 in Ivy League games this weekend.

first on an Owens RBI single, the Tigers could not cling on as they once again fell in the late innings, with Yale scoring a run in each of the last two innings. The Yale pitcher shut down the Tigers’ hitters, with Princeton only managing a meager five hits, with Hoy going 2-3 for the day. Although he

had to take the loss, sophomore starter Keelan Smithers pitched a strong 6.2 innings, allowing two runs from seven hits and striking out five batters. Hoping to bounce back against Yale in the second game of the doubleheader, the Tigers took a 1-0 lead via a sacrifice f ly from sopho-

more Zack Belski in the third inning after three consecutive errors by Yale. However, a five run eighth from five hits from Yale saw them ease to victory and improve to 2-2 in Ivy League play. Although the Tigers lost, their offense was clicking with nine hits in the game, with Arendt going 2-4, sophomore left

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fielder Paul Tupper going 2-4 and Servais going 3-4. The Tigers continue their Ivy League play this weekend, as they travel to Harvard for a doubleheader on Saturday in Cambridge, Mass. before traveling to Hanover, N.H. to face Dartmouth in a doubleheader on Sunday.

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On Tap with Josh Haberman and Mark Romanowski By Sydney Mandelbaum associate sports editor

The Princeton men’s soccer team completed an excellent season this past fall, tying for first in the Ivy League. We invited sophomore goalie Josh Haberman and sophomore defender Mark Romanowski to sit down with the Daily Princetonian, as they went on to talk about Long Island, their ideal dates and teddy bears.

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The men’s and women’s rowing teams faced off against tough opponents this weekend and show positive signs for the rest of the season.

Men’s and women’s rowing teams have successful weekend, encouraging signs for the spring season By Miles Hinson sports editor

Men’s Rowing Both the men’s lightweight and heavyweight crew teams started their spring season off with a bang. The men’s heavyweight team placed first in its race against Georgetown on Lake Carnegie, with a time of 6:15.4, while the lightweight team achieved the same result over the same school, with a time of 6:34.9.

The early victories are encouraging to both teams as they look to build off of solid performances at the end of last year. Last year ended for both teams with a trip to the IRA National Championships, where both teams had to compete in a very talented field. The heavyweight team won fourth place in the competition to end its season, just a little over 1.5 seconds behind from grabbing a spot in the top 3. The lightweight team finished fifth in its

race, outside of the top 3 spots by a margin of a little more than 5.5 seconds. Indeed, the victory for the men’s lightweight team is a continuation of a strong performance from earlier this year. Back in October, the Tigers placed first in the Head of the Charles race in Cambridge, Mass., a feat they also achieved in the 2013 season. With the weekend’s victories now behind them, both the lightweight and

heavyweight teams now have familiar foes in their next races. The lightweight team will travel to Annapolis, Md. to take on Navy and Columbia. The Tigers hope to avenge the heartbreaking loss of last year, where they came in second to Columbia by a mere tenth of a second. The heavyweight team will remain on Lake Carnegie, also to battle Navy. Just like its lightweight counterpart, the Tigers defeated Navy last See ROWING page 7

The Daily Princetonian: Where are you from and what’s the best part about being from there? Mark Romanowski: I’m from Rockville Center, N.Y. It’s on Long Island and the best part about it is being close to the city. Josh Haberman: I’m also from Long Island and it’s nice to be in the suburbs and being close to the city has been amazing as well… My grandma and both my siblings live in the city. DP: Did you guys ever play against each other in high school? MR: Oh my god, um, we were actually on the same club team for our senior year of high school, for a year and a half. Funny story: this kid playing in the game one day, playing in upstate New York — I’m the center back and the captain of the team — he is a goal-

ie and it’s one of his first games. I play a back pass to him and this kid does what you’re not supposed to do as a goalie and he clears the ball right into the back of my head, gives me a concussion. I have to sit out for the game, and my coach spends the rest of the game just basically saying “Haberman, I’m going to kill you.” JH: Our coach was a good guy but he was completely nuts, so it was hard to play the rest of the game with my coach literally non-stop screaming at me the rest of the game. MR: You deserved it, you gave me a concussion. JH: And actually the funny thing is in practice about a week ago, the exact same thing happened. I guess I didn’t learn from my mistake. It was literally déjà vu and I was cracking up for the rest of practice because he wanted to kill me. DP: And how do you feel about the term Strong Island? MR: The strongest of islands? JH: Very neutral. I mean I can’t be happy about it. MR: I’m not a fan but so many people will say Strong Island that I’ve come to embrace it. JH: But I’ve also come to hate it because everyone else gives it so much heat. I never really called it Strong See ON TAP page 7

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