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LaTanya Buck to oversee identity centers, develop diversity vision By Caroline Lippman staff writer

Founding Director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Washington University in St. Louis LaTanya Buck will join the community as the University’s first Dean for Diversity and Inclusion in August. “I think that it is a very challenging, yet exciting, time to be at the institution. There is a lot of work to done,” Buck said, “and I believe that this new role can contribute to the many existing diversity efforts at the University.” Buck added that she is most looking forward to connecting with students and gaining perspective about their needs within the community. “Gaining first-hand perspective and personal narrative are important to me, along with data and best practices, as I work through assessing and addressing needs and expectations,” she said.

She said that in the next year, she hopes to work on a diversity and inclusion personal and professional development series, though the details of such a program will depend on the vision of Campus Life. She added that her first year will also involve learning more about the community to develop a future plan and strategy. Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun said that the Dean for Diversity and Inclusion will help the Office of Campus Life develop a vision for how to enhance its work around diversity and inclusion. Office of Campus Life is looking forward to having someone who has broad expertise on issues of inclusiveness, Calhoun said. Buck is a founding director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to that, she spent five years as the director of the Cross Cultural Center at Saint Louis Univer-

sity. Buck has also worked as the Assistant Director with a focus on minority student recruitment in the Office of Admissions of Maryville University and the Assistant Director of Multicultural Student Services at Missouri State University. The position was created in response to recommendations from the Council of the Princeton University Community task force on diversity, equity and inclusion, according to Calhoun. She said that the group included students, faculty and staff who discussed how to better foster diversity and inclusion across campus, and the creation of this role was among their recommendations to the President. “I think one of the things that was clear was that there were other parts of the University that had officers of diversity, and Campus Life was one that, while the staff was See DEAN page 7

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C-Store starts labeling products after long delay By Amber Park contributor

Before April 7 (left), more than 60 items in the C-Store, including all beverages, lacked price labels. The C-Store only recently started labeling prices for all items (right).

Until recently, more than 60 items sold at the C-Store lacked price labels. Before April 7, when stickers were put on the items, customers could only check the price of these items at the store’s checkout desk. Many refrigerated items, including all beverages and frozen foods, lacked stickers showing their prices. Other items, including packaged snacks, had price tags or prices printed directly on them. All school supplies and stationaries, which the C-Store purchases from the University Store in a departure from a previous noncompetition agreement, also had price labels. According to the New Jersey Consumer Rights Guide, all merchants in New Jersey who sell, attempt to sell or offer for sale any merchandise at retail

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must affix the total selling price to the merchandise. “This may be accomplished by plainly marking the item with a stamp, tag, label or sign clearly showing the total selling price may be located at the point where the merchandise is offered for sale,” the website reads. In an interview with the Daily Princetonian that took place before the store started labeling all products, University Media Relations specialist Min Pullan said the absence of appropriate labeling was due to logistic difficulties. “The C-Store carries close to two thousand items and we aim to have all those items priced and labeled. It is sometimes the case that items are missing labels for logistical reasons,” she said. Most items scanned properly at the checkout desk, Pullan said. Pullan noted that the CStore conducts regular checks

to make sure that the price labels are not absent for prolonged periods of time. “Items come in at different times and from different vendors, and we aim to have them all labeled,” Pullan said.“We work continuously to update the process for the products we offer.” However, some C-Store employees explained to The Daily Princetonian that some items in the C-Store have not had price labels for at least a year and that when they suggested to management that price labels be made for refrigerated items the suggestion was disregarded. They further noted that the labeling for beverages occurred only very recently, and they were not given prior notice that the labeling would take place. Senior Operations Manager at Campus Dining and Retail See C-STORE page 2

Fox News interviewer U. virtual campus tour attracts more asks U. students about than 6,000 visitors within first month “offensive” topics contributor

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“I was on my way to my microeconomics precept, and I made the mistake of making eye contact with Jesse Watters,” Jessica Wright ’19 said of her experience being featured in a recently aired segment, “Watters’ World: Princeton University Edition.” To kick off the segment, which aired as part of “The O’Reilly Factor,” Fox News host Bill O’Reilly observed that college students have recently been expressing distress at seeing the word “Trump” written on walls and posters.

This occurrence, according to O’Reilly, is evidence that “college students these days are very sensitive individuals.” In the show, O’Reilly said that, in order to find out more about this phenomenon, “We [The O’Reilly Factor] sent Jesse Waters to Princeton University in NJ to find out what’s going on.” Watters, an interviewer at Fox News who frequently appears on “The O’Reilly Factor,” visited Princeton on April 7 with the goal of jokingly engaging with students over the kinds of words and phrases they find offensive. See FOX page 5

Within 30 days of its launch, 6,494 people visited an interactive virtual tour of the University’s campus, according to Dena Stivella, Client Relationship Manager of YouVisit, the media company that helped create the tour. According to a University press release, the Office of Admission and the Office of Communications worked together with YouVisit to create the tour. YouVisit was founded in 2009 and has created virtual reality tours for Harvard University and Yale University, which launched in October 2014 and October 2011 respectively. The University’s tour, which includes 23 sites like iconic

buildings, academic centers and student and recreational facilities, was turned live by the University on Feb. 22 and put up on its website on Feb. 25, according to Stivella. The tour is currently available in English, Korean, Mandarin and Spanish. The four languages picked for the tour were based largely upon Princeton’s applicant pool according to Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye. Besides translating a few documents and publications into Spanish, this is the first time that Princeton has had a recruitment vehicle that is in foreign languages, Rapelye said. The tour includes the athletics complex, with an imposing interior shot of Jadwin Gymnasium and a 360-degree panorama of the Shea Rowing Center;

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the East Pyne Hall courtyard and its full interior view of the octagonal Chancellor Green Rotunda; the Engineering Quadrangle, which includes a 360-degree photo of the newly-opened Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment; and the Carl Icahn Laboratory and its two-story louvers that move with the sun. University students, several of whom are Orange Key tour guides on campus, are the virtual tour guides, according to Rapelye. The students picked were fluent in the languages they spoke on the tour, she added. The virtual tour experience varies slightly from typical Orange Key tours, according to Orange Key tour guide Solveig See TOUR page 4

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Service Anthony Procaccini, who oversees the C-Store and its management, did not respond to a request for comment. Executive Director of Campus Dining Smitha Haneef explained that the newly-taped sheets were a logistical matter and that the lack of labelling was more of a logistical gap. She said despite the lack of labels neither items nor their prices have fluctuated in the past. She declined to comment on how much time and effort were put into the recent labeling, and she added that in the Cstore, the University addresses logistics as things come up. Students noted that they have previously found the lack of pricing disturbing. “Not being able to see the prices of the drinks at the Cstore was annoying since I didn’t know how much I was spending ’till the cashier rang it up. I feel as a college student on a budget it’s important to know the prices of what we

desire to purchase so we can accurately gauge whether it is worth it to spend our precious funds,” Monica McGrath ’19 noted. Emily Hahn ’16 said that she thinks not having prices listed on the items is deceiving. “If something was more expensive than you had wanted to pay it would be awkward and maybe embarrassing for some to have to say you don’t want to buy it anymore because it’s too costly,” Hahn said. Tyisha Griffiths ’19 said that she welcomes the Campus Dining’s decision to label all items. “Now that I’m not shopping blindly, I can spend more efficiently,” she said. Sara Goodwin ’18 noted that she believes this is an important issue that needs to be addressed. “Especially as a college student, it is necessary to know the price of items before paying in order to be able to budget and make wise decisions as to how we spend,” she said. Pullan noted that the University’s C-Store serves as a goto provider for students and that it always has been and will continue to be so.

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Tour offered in foreign languages for the first time TOUR

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Gold ’17, who participated in making the virtual tour. “I had to stand in front of a green screen and read off of a teleprompter. It’s sort of like a regular Orange Key tour but it’s less personal — there are no anecdotes. It’s very matter-of-fact and to the point,” Gold said. Photos from the Office of Communications were used to supplement admissions material and the 360-degree photos that YouVisit took in October, according to the Assistant Vice President of Communications Daniel Day. “That was one of the beauties of the tour, that we could aggregate all of these materials to give people a deeper look at campus,” Day said. The project has been in the works for 18 months, according to Rapelye. Although photos for the tour were initially planned for August, the project was pushed back to October, so the virtual tour was not launched until Feb. 25. Rapelye said the switch to

October was ultimately a good decision. “The photographs exceeded our expectations in terms of how beautiful the campus could look. We were very pleased that our beautiful campus looked so stunning in the pictures,” she added. Stivella said that the tour has had approximately double the amount of visitors she would typically expect from a school within the first 30 days of launching their tour. The average amount of time spent per visit is 10 minutes, which compares to an average of six to eight minutes for other sites. In those first 34 days, the tour had visitors from all 50 states and Washington D.C. as well as 111 countries, noted Rapelye. Rapelye added the Office of Admission is still monitoring the virtual tour to decide whether to expand the tour into other languages. “Of course, any student that is thinking about coming to Princeton needs to speak English very well. We offer the tool for family members that might not speak the language as well as the applicant,” she said.

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In the segment, Watters asked Princeton students how they feel about Donald Trump, “Islamic terrorism,” “black crime” and “gay crime,” among other topics. “When someone says ‘ghetto,’ how do you feel about that?” Watters asked a student. “Isn’t it [white privilege] how you got into Princeton?” he asked another. Briana Payton ’17, one of the students interviewed, decided to walk away when asked about the word “ghetto.” Payton noted that when Watters asked her to do the interview, she expected to engage with him in a conversation about topics pertinent to the current University dialogue, such as the Woodrow Wilson debate. This expectation, she said, was soon disproved when Watters’ questions skewed exclusively to the joking probing of “offensive” topics. “That was really what I was interested in doing — having a conversation,” Payton said. “I walked away when I realized he wasn’t interested in having a substantive conversation and that he was just playing word games.” Payton said that she felt the interview was “stupid” because Watters was making jokes, not engaging students in substantive, productive dialogue. “He was trying to offend us by the things he was saying but what was more offensive was his stupidity and childishness and how he went about it,” Payton said. She noted that Watters was making light of issues that actually affect people’s livelihoods and was painting students who are aware of those issues as somehow overly sensitive. Payton noted that she does not have any significant qualms about the way other students responded and that she appreciated that students understood that the issues raised by Watters could be sensitive. “I just think that it’s sad that he was able to waste people’s time like that. It was nice to see that people didn’t take his side

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and agree that students are too easily offended,” Payton said. Wright noted that she didn’t know the interview would be aired on national television and said that if she knew it was going to be aired on Fox News, she would not have participated in the interview. Wright said that she felt she was being cornered into giving answers that Fox would have liked because she was asked multiple times to clarify her responses so they led in a certain direction. Wright also noted that her responses were cut short and edited in a way that made them seem shallow. “I talked about my belief that Islamic terrorism is an umbrella term, which he didn’t include as part of my response. The video included a short segment of my answer and not my reasoning behind it,” she said. Wright noted that although she was also asked the question about the word “ghetto,” in the final edited video, only the responses of those who are African American were included. Wright said that she believes those who were interviewed responded in an intellectual way that was representative of the student body. “Within four hours of the interview, I searched up Watters’ World and sent an email to rescind my permission to be in the video,” Wright said, “and, of course, I never received a response and was still in the video.” University students who watched the video questioned the integrity of the piece. “The objective of this piece was clearly to bait students into making statements that would make it seem that college students at top universities are oversensitive. Instead, the students who were interviewed kept their cool in the face of cringe-worthy jokes and dumb comments from Jesse Watters,” René Chalom ’17 said. Ced Moise ’19 said that the questions were asked in a way to elicit a specific response that may or may not be authentic. “The issues he brought up require such a deep conversation; it’s not something you can ask in a joking way. It was kind of a mental attack on all the people that were interviewed,” Moise said.

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attending to diversity and inclusion, there wasn’t one [person] who had that very specific title,” Calhoun said. She noted that in addition to bringing expertise and vision to the entire division of diversity and inclusion, the Dean will serve as a clear resource for students regarding such issues. In her role as Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Buck will oversee the Carl A. Fields Center, LGBT Center and the Women’s Center, according to Calhoun. “We moved that structure so that, again, we could focus and energize the collaborations that could help us have really good visions about what kind of campus life we want to have for students,” Calhoun said. Buck notes she appreciates the alignment of the Women’s Center, LGBT Center and the Fields Center. “I believe that there is tons of synergy amongst the three departments and their work. I see myself working with colleagues in these units, and others, to envision and develop comprehensive and intersectional approaches to engaging students, while also supporting and honoring the identities and foci of each department,” Buck noted. Director of the LGBT Center Judy Jarvis expressed, “I’m really, really excited to have a new position established, because I think this person is really well positioned both to be a champion of the identity centers and a collaborator with the identity centers, as well as to convene people across the University.” Jarvis, who met Buck during one of Buck’s interview sessions on her visit to campus as one of the three finalists for the position, said she believes Buck is an excellent fit for the job. “In general, in higher [education] and doing identity work, I always wish that I could be in more spaces, have even more connection with people across the University, and so I think in this position — especially this person, Dr. LaTanya Buck — I think will be excellent at being a conve-

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ner, and drawing together the different diversity and inclusion initiatives, so that we’re easier to find,” she said. Jarvis noted that while before the Centers were under the supervision of the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, she is excited to have the organization in place to specifically oversee the joint work of all three groups. “It seemed like she had a lot of experience working on difficult issues at her past institutions and doing them really well, making people feel heard, so I think she’s going to bring all of those skills and it’s really going to be a boon to LGBTQ work at Princeton,” she added. Director of the Carl A. Fields Center Tennille Haynes said in an emailed statement that she is very excited to have Buck join the University and looks forward to working with her on different campus initiatives. “She has terrific experience and will be a great asset to the Princeton community,” Haynes noted. In terms of the selection process, Calhoun explained that the search committee for the position included several of her colleagues as well as a few undergraduate and graduate students. After reading resumes, the committee selected nine finalists with whom to meet, and from this group of nine they selected three finalists to spend a day on campus and meet with different members of the University, including the directors of the Centers as well as current students. Calhoun noted that the students and the Center directors played very important roles in the selection process and that she came to a final decision after reviewing their feedback and the recommendations of the search committee. Buck will be coming to the CPUC meeting and reception on May 2, where she’ll be introduced to the community. Calhoun added that she is looking forward to welcoming her to the University. Buck attended the University of Central Missouri, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in public relations and her master’s in college student personnel administration.

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Questioning our right to access University funds

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e all understand that Princeton is an obscenely wealthy institution, steeped in the kind of riches that go back centuries, but after almost three years here, I still don’t understand what rights we as students have to access that money. Recently, columnist Marni Morse ’17 wrote an article suggesting that the University should subsidize student train tickets to New York. Initially, the article irritated me; asking for such a financial favor seemed extremely entitled. Do we deserve pleasure jaunts to New York whenever we like? Why should the University subsidize these trips, particularly when there are already so many opportunities for heavily subsidized trips to New York through the residential colleges? However, the fact of the matter is that Princeton has billions of dollars that it has been hoarding for years, like the dragon in a children’s story. Why shouldn’t Marni ask that they put that money toward financing additional trips to New York? While the investments in Princeton’s endowments keep the University running, we can certainly spend a little more without running out any-

time soon. In any case, Princeton certainly has exorbitant expenses, from free T-shirts to ridiculous quantities of food as incentives to attend various events. Even with this approach, I still did not support the proposed plan to subsidize train tickets. My real concern lay not in the money to be spent, but rather in the act of asking. I am deeply uncomfortable with the image of a Princeton student with one hand outstretched asking for more money on top of the enormous amount that is spent on each of us already. Shouldn’t we be grateful? The question I’m still struggling with is whether or not that expectation of gratitude is reasonable. Princetonians will inevitably become entitled once we are brought here, showered with gifts and attention and told over and over again how exceptional we are for making it here. The act of asking for subsidized train tickets is just the logical extension of this attitude. If we are so special and the University is so rich, why shouldn’t we ask them to pay for our every desire? This spoiled child isn’t an attractive selfportrait. The distinction between what is reasonable and what is obscene lies in the difference between what is freely offered

and what is asked for. I am grateful for the opportunities the University’s inconceivable wealth has bought for me, from the places to which I never could have traveled to the Broadway shows I never would have seen. But if I consume these opportunities so eagerly, why do I flinch when Marni takes it to another level by asking for a couple of bucks to go to New York, which is a drop in the ocean that is Princeton’s endowment? I guess I have yet to come to grips with what it means to be swimming in so much money. It can be argued that the University has chosen to give itself the role of providing for its students. It is also certainly true that the University has the resources to pay for our whims. However, I am concerned about the shock we’ll experience when we leave the Orange Bubble. We will already emerge as adults accustomed to the privileges and luxuries of being a Princeton student. I don’t think we need to add to that the burden of being the sort of adults who are used to the dispensation of cash on demand. Zeena Mubarak is a Near Eastern Studies major from Fairfax, Va. She can be reached at zmubarak@princeton.edu.

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¿Que bola, Cuba? Dan Sullivan columnist

n March 21, President Obama became the first sitting U.S. President to step foot in Cuba since Calvin Coolidge, nearly 88 years ago, and his trip came under intense fire from Republicans. Obama’s touchdown at Jose Martí International Airport ref lected a world of stark contrasts between the two societies that only Kurt Vonnegut — in his novellas “Cat’s Cradle” or “Breakfast of Champions” — could have mustered, contrasts that, ironically, largely lie as a result of the American embargo on the island nation. The visit saw the blending of generations only 90 miles apart, a juxtaposition between the apogee of global technology and 1960s-era development that continues to be Cuba’s most recent link to the modern world. Obama’s visit stands as a strong step on the road to solidification of American-Cuban ties, the lack of which remains a visage from the Cold War era with no place in the 21st century. The reestablishment of ties between the two nations began in December 2014 when Obama announced to the American people his intention of opening Cuba to American diplomacy. Both countries conducted a prisoner exchange as a declaration of intent. Slowly, travel and monetary restrictions have eased, culminating with the raising of the American f lag atop the newly-reopened Havana embassy. Some pundits have assailed his visit to the communist nation, citing the government’s poor human rights record and the lack of personal freedom available to Cuba’s citizenry. While such observations are perhaps astute, the hope is that the introduction of a free market in Cuba will both weaken President Castro’s dictatorial control over the island nation and increasingly democratize the

country — to an extent, at least. Isolation allows the conditions for such abuses to take place; the free market exchange, both of money and of ideas, inherently provides a system of checks by the nations of the world against regimes that withhold democratic principles. It is no surprise that the majority of the supreme egalitarian states also have very free economies. As proof, look to China. As the Communists’ control over the nation has weakened and as free trade begins to pervade their society, their human rights record has improved. A strong economy allows China’s ruling party to legitimize its rule through the mass prosperity it creates, rather than through deployment of an authoritative fist. One critique of Obama’s trip is that it implicitly acknowledges an authoritarian regime that violates basic protections stated in the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Here is an odd double standard, however, aptly pointed out by Castro. As The Guardian reports, he responds “to questions over human rights by pointing out US shortcomings that Obama himself agonizes over: on healthcare, gun violence, access to higher education, and women’s pay.” And to an extent, he’s right: there is gross inequity in the US, stemming from issues of income inequality to systemic racism and sexism. My belief is that the normalizing of relations between the two nations will lead to humanitarian improvements on both sides of the Straits of Florida, as the U.S. is encouraged to internally ref lect upon and improve its own humanitarian shortcomings while Cuba, through the now-accessible marketplace of ideas, is encouraged to democratize. Pundits also claim that, in visiting, Obama is implicitly accepting these wrongs by the Castro

regime with notably little strategic benefit to the United States. However, I believe it is the exact opposite: in attempting to open the nation to free trade, his visit implies a commitment to free enterprise and a transparency of human rights. “Here’s my message to the Cuban government and the Cuban people,” Obama said March 22 in a speech at the Havana Grand Theater, the same building where Calvin Coolidge spoke 88 years ago. “The ideals that are the starting point for every revolution… those ideals find their truest expression I believe in democracy.” Further encouraging a democratization of the nation’s governance, President Obama directly addressed the premier of Cuba: “and to President Castro… given your commitment to Cuba’s sovereignty and self-determination, I am also confident that you need not fear the different voices of the Cuban people and their capacity to speak and assemble and vote for their leaders. And in fact I am hopeful for the future because I trust the Cuban people will make the right decisions.” And I, for one, am hopeful for the future, as well, that Cuba will see a stable transition following the end of Castro’s rule, that the human rights record of Cuba will improve, and the island will serve as a model Caribbean nation amidst its struggling counterparts. The visit represents one crucial step on the long road to normalization, one that hopefully will see a transition to a free election following Raúl Castro’s presidency and mutual benefits to the economy and peoples of both nations. Dan Sullivan is a freshman from Southold, N.Y. He can be reached at dgs4@princeton.edu.

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event, defeating the Hoyas with a winning time of 6:23. The lightweight team holds a 13-0 record in the series. Meanwhile, their open counterparts will be facing Yale and USC in the Eisenberg Cup, to be held at Lake Carnegie this weekend. The team also saw success this past weekend, sweeping both Cornell and Harvard at the Class of 1975 Cup. Princeton dominated the competition, with its varsity team winning the three-way competition in a time of 6:23.5 — more than nine seconds ahead of the Crimson and a whopping 16 seconds before Cornell crossed the line. This weekend, the Tigers will face a tough competitor in Yale, whose openweight crew team is currently ranked fifth in the nation. USC, their third competitor, will be no mean opponent, either: the Trojans are currently ranked eleventh, only two spots behind No. 9-ranked Princeton. Needless to say, the weekend’s regatta will prove to be a huge

test for the team as it works its way deep into Ivy League competition. The Tigers have thus far topped conference rivals Harvard, Cornell and Columbia, falling only two(to?) third-ranked and Ivy League-leading Brown. This weekend’s matchup with Yale will go a long way to determine Princeton’s place in the continued race for the Ancient Eight crown. Freshman Charlotte Moss commented on the challenges presented by Princeton’s opponents. “Overall, Yale is a fast crew and have had good results this season, so we’re looking forward to square up against them,” she observed. “Since USC isn’t in the northeast, we don’t really race the same crews [so] it will be exciting to race them. We’re expecting a strong performance out of them. This is one of our most important races as it gives us an opportunity to see how we match up against a top-tier Ivy League school as well as a big NCAA school. We’re hoping to continue to improve our strength and duke it out with other crews.” The race is set for 9:00 a.m. EST on Saturday.

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Nonetheless, golfers bared the elements. Sophomores Michael Davis and Marc Hedrick, who both received firstteam All-Ivy recognition at the conclusion of last year’s season, led the Tigers following Saturday’s action. Davis stood at even par, tied for 10th in the overall individual field, while Hedrick was only a shot behind his teammate at +1, and tied for 16th overall. The Tigers finished the day as a team +8, and were one of five teams within only six shots of runner-up Columbia. Leader Duke was had first place in firm control, with its top three occupying the top of the leaderboard. Blue Devil Jake Shuman finished impressively at 6 under. On Sunday, the Tigers improved upon their efforts, finishing with a score of 286 collectively compared to their total of 292 Saturday, effectively jumping two spots in the team rankings. It was Hedrick who really showed up for the Tigers in Round 2, as the sophomore cut four strokes off his total of 72 in Round

1, to finish at 2 under overall and 6th on the individual leaderboard. Michael Davis, who was leading the Tiger contingent following Round 1, slipped slightly, scoring 75 in the second round to end up at 28th individually. Sophomore Eric Mitchell, last year’s MacDonald Cup champion at Yale, was a major contributor to the Tiger’s comeback, as he dropped two strokes of his Saturday total to end up 16th individually. Though the Blue Devils won by a hefty margin, the Ivy League schools had much to show for, taking four of the top 6 team spots. This was the Tigers last tournament before the Ivy League Championships begin at Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson, N.J. The Tigers were left heartbroken last year, after squandering a 4 shot lead over champion Penn heading into the final day’s action. The final tally of Penn’s 885 to Princeton’s 886 will be looming over the Tigers as they prepare over the next two weeks. Last year’s individual champion Quinn Prchal and this past weekend’s promising showing prove the Tigers have what it takes to capture their second title in four years.

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After successful weekends of competition, the lightweight and open women’s crew teams now look to further challenges as they prepare to compete in the Class of 2006 Cup against Georgetown and the Eisenberg Cup against Yale and University of Southern California. The lightweight crew team spent the past weekend at West Windsor, where they competed against a broad range of teams in at the Knecht Cup Regatta. There, one boat claimed a gold medal in the open fours challenge, while Princeton’s 4A boat also took home a bronze medal in the lightweight four event. The competition, which consisted primarily of small boat racing, proved

different to what the lightweight team had previously experienced, so Princeton coach Paul Rassam believed that the team’s strong performances boded well for the future. “The plan for this weekend was to do something different, to focus on small boat racing and the power and technical elements that small boat racing demands,” he noted. “The athletes performed really well and enjoyed themselves. All five fours battled hard, sometimes in very challenging conditions.” The Tigers will have an off weekend this week but return to competition when they take on Georgetown at the Class of 2006 Cup here at the University. Princeton won last year’s edition of the See W.CREW page 9

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The Princeton Men’s Golf team completed a strong performance over the weekend at the 30th annual Princeton Invitational this past weekend, tying for the third place position with 42nd ranked Georgia Tech and Yale. The Tigers, along with the Yellow Jackets and Bulldogs, finished the tournament at 10 over par, trailing eventual runnerup Harvard by only a shot. Though these teams fought hard, they were no match for the Duke Blue Devils, who dominated the tournament, finishing with a 34 shot lead over the runner up Harvard at 25 under par, en route to a very convincing victory. The Princeton Invitational took place at the Springdale Golf Club on Saturday and Sunday and was scheduled to

feature 54 holes overall, but was cut to 36 due to predictions of inclement weather on Thursday. Though the weather shortened overall play, the Tigers were fortunate to even host the tournament this year on their home course. Due to bad weather last year, the tournament was played at Aronimink Golf Club, about 20 miles outside Philadelphia, and at the Merion Club, a closer 10 miles to the city. A host of teams competed in the tournament, including all of the Ivy League schools with the exception of Dartmouth, as well as the No. 20 Blue Devils and No. 42 Yellow Jackets. With a strong field, first tee times were scheduled early at 8 am in what can best be described as unideal golfing weather—the high on Saturday was a mere 41 degrees and the morning was even chillier.

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In their first lacrosse game under new head coach, Matt Madalon, following the dismissal of former head coach Chris Bates, the Princeton men’s lacrosse team (0-3, 2-7), faced off against eighth ranked Stony Brook (2,1, 9-2) at home in the first of two consecutive non-Ivy League games. Despite beating Stony Brook in shots, ground balls and turnovers, the Tigers fell 13-10. The Tigers entered the fourth quarter down only two, 11-9, but found the back of the net only once during the period while Stony Brook scored twice. Junior attacker Gavin McBride paced the Tigers in scoring with 3 goals and an assist — his 24th consecutive game with a point. Sophomore Austin Sims got the scoring going by netting a goal less than five minutes into the game, giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead. However, the Tigers were unable to generate any momentum after the goal, as Stony Brook scored four goals in a

seven-minute period to take an early 4-1 lead. The Tigers would never tie or lead the game again after this run. McBride cut the lead to two with seven minutes left in the period, thanks to an assist from junior Zach Currier, his twelfth assist of the season. The first half of the second quarter was all Stony Brook as they scored three goals to jump out to a commanding 7-2 lead. The Tigers responded strongly, however, with three goals of their own to head into halftime with a manageable 7-5 deficit. Currier and senior Ryan Ambler each scored unassisted goals to bring the Tigers within three. McBride once again scored at the end of the quarter with 10 seconds remaining in the half thanks to an assist from Ambler. The third quarter began with Sims’ second goal of the game. This was Sims’ fourth straight multi-goal effort, bringing him to 17 goals for the season and the team lead in the category. However, Stony Brook responded twice to reopen a three-goal lead,

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9-6. At the halfway point, sophomore Riley Thompson got a goal to bring the score to 9-7 before Stony Brook scored twice more to increase its lead to 11-7. The Tigers continued their trend of scoring to end the quarter thanks to McBride’s third goal of the game and a goal from sophomore face-off man Sam Bonafede. Bonafede played arguably his best game of his career thanks to his second goal of the season and going 19-27 on face-offs — far above his season average. The Tigers came within one at the start of the fourth quarter with the second goal of the game from Currier. The Tigers were unable to bring the game back to a tie, however, as Stony Brook scored twice more to win 1310. The Tigers suffered four penalties in the game, including one that led to Stony Brook’s twelfth goal. Stony Brook did not have any penalty minutes. The Tigers played Lehigh University at home on Tuesday before they ended their season with three Ivy League games.

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