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New room app attracts over 1,900 students

By Rachel Glenn contributor

Over 1,900 students have used the “Student Room Guide,” an upgraded version of a TigerApp released by the Undergraduate Student Government in early April to ease confusions in the room draw process, according to USG Housing Project member Pooja Patel ’18.

Patel is a former staff writer for the Daily Princetonian.

The upgraded app serves as a tool to help students when choosing rooms for the 2017-2018 academic year. The room guide offers a map and list of all of the available rooms in a more user-friendly interface.

According to USG IT committee co-chair Benjamin Parks ’17, the new app improved upon some of the issues of the old app, including the interface design and aesthetics. Additionally, the design was changed in order to make it easier to find certain features, such as the floor plan display, of the app. The information contained in the app about the rooms was updated for the first

time in almost eight years, which was necessary to account for layout changes that have happened in some of the dorms since then, Park noted, adding the entire app is, in fact, an entirely rewritten program.

Aleksandra Czulak ’17, USG president, said the inspiration for the app came from Parks and Maxim Zaslavsky ’17, the other cochair of the IT committee. The two saw room for improvement in the room draw process.

“The old app had very out-ofdate information for its rooms list, which was our first priority to fix,” Parks explained. “In the new app, one of the top priorities was making an easier way to find and navigate floor plans.”

According to Parks, the app was intended to work on all devices, but was particularly designed for use on laptops, since the smaller screens on phones limit the number of rooms an individual can see.

Patel explained that the USG Senate had decided that improving the room draw experience See DRAW page 3

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Referendum calls for reform of disciplinary processes

By Kiara Rodriguez Gallego

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Over 60 groups participate in Communiversity

Justin Ziegler ’16, an Honor Committee member for three years, submitted a referendum calling for the creation of a task force to reform the disciplinary processes currently administered by the Honor Committee and the Committee on Discipline.

The referendum enumerates the following three objectives for the Task Force: that it should review the current standard of punishment, determine the possibility of finer gradations of punishment and consider the role of mental health when adjudicating cases.

Despite the objectives, the referendum itself, according

to Ziegler, does not advocate for any specific changes, but rather asks the administration, in a neutral manner, to re-evaluate the current ways in which the disciplinary system works on campus.

Ali Hayat ’16, Chair of the Peer Representatives, noted that though it is “absolutely necessary” that the University has an honor code, some of the penalties are too high and there should be more varied formed of punishment.

Hayat is a former columnist for the Daily Princetonian.

As the referendum states, currently the standard penalty for the first violation of academic integrity is suspension for two semesters and the standard penalty for the second violation is expulsion.

Ziegler said the Committee on Discipline finds that there is an academic violation in close to 70 percent of the cases brought before the group.

Nicholas Horvath ’17, former Clerk of the Honor Committee, also noted that currently, neither committee is allowed to consider the role of intent in an alleged violation. In other words, the disciplinary system does not factor in whether or not the student knew that the action was an an academic integrity violation or not.

Furthermore, Ziegler noted that the Committee of Discipline does not factor in mental health at all, and, recently, the Honor Code Committee has been following that trajectory as well.

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By Samvida Venkatesh staff writer

Over sixty different student groups and local artists performed on Sunday at the 46th annual Communiversity ArtsFest organized by the Arts Council of Princeton, which connects students from the University to the town of Princeton along Nassau Street.

“Communiversity is a wonderful partnership between the municipality, the University, and the Arts Council. The festival is a great opportunity to find out about all the various nonprofits in the area and learn about how to get involved in the work they’re doing,” said mayor of Princeton Liz Lempert.

Student-run organizations, including Princeton Chinese Theater and the Institute for Chocolate Studies, set up booths in front of Nassau Hall to display their work. All along Nassau Street, vendors from the town, artisans and craftsmen, food and beverage merchants and non-profit and charity orga-

nizations set up stalls to showcase their merchandise and activities.

“Arts and food are both great vehicles for bringing people together,” Lempert said.

Another major attraction that drew several onlookers was the International Parade of Flags, led by the Davis International Center. Over forty international students and staff members of the University marched down Nassau Street with flags and took a group photo at Nassau Hall.

The University Band kicked off the Communiversity attractions on the Town-Gown Stage in front of the FitzRandolph Gate, while other student groups performed on four of the six stages set up across campus and town, including diSiac on Washington Road, Triangle Club on the Stanhope Stage and Valley Academy on Chambers Street. Artists and performance groups from outside the University also showcased their skill at Palmer Square and Witherspoon See ARTSFEST page 2

By Katherine Oh senior writer

The Undergraduate Student Government senate discussed the Tiger Chef Challenge and the Princeton Perspectives Project at its weekly meeting on Apr. 17.

Ella Cheng ’16, former USG president, said that the inaugural Tiger Chef Challenge will take place under the tents in front of Alexander Hall on Apr. 22.

“Essentially, it’s Princeton’s own version of Iron Chef,” Cheng said.

According to Cheng, she had founded a campus dining student advisory board last semester to allow the student body to communicate with campus dining more efficiently.

“The hope is that this will be an annual tradition, to take the place of Cane Spree,” Cheng explained.

In honor of Earth Day, the challenge will also feature sus-

tainable greens as ingredients, Cheng added.

Cheng said that while she is still the chair of the project group, USG president Aleksandra Czulak ’17 will be taking over in May. Pooja Patel ’18, a U-Councilor, said that the Sexual Misconduct Task Force has heard from SHARE peers and athletes regarding what these groups have been doing to facilitate conversations about the sexual misconduct policy on campus.

Patel is a former staff writer for the Daily Princetonian.

Terrace Club and Ivy Club recently had students sign an agreement upon successfully signing-in or bickering, respectively, stating that their membership will be revoked if found guilty of sexual misconduct, Patel noted.

Patel added that the task force will reach out to other eating clubs and create an infographic on sexual misconduct policy with less legal jargon

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that is easier for students to understand.

In addition to the Sexual Misconduct Task Force, there are also the Sororities/Fraternities Task Forces, as well as a Student Group Support Task Force.

“I think these task forces could be a really good launching pads for projects for the next semester,” U-Councilor Dallas Nan ’16 said.

Shannon Osaka ’17, Academics Committee chair, said the calendar survey results will be discussed in further detail at the USG meeting next Sunday.

“At long last, I have received the calendar survey data,” she said.

Osaka said that the Academics Committee is also working to make Peer Academic Advisers more accessible for students. Making sure that students can find a PAA across different residential colleges in the discipline that they are See USG page 3

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“Severe mental health conditions that might inf luence [one’s] decision to do something that might appear as cheating, or is cheating, should be taken into account in deciding whether the person is responsible and if he/ she is, how severe the punishment should be,” Ziegler said.

Just because the University has resources to help people cope with mental health conditions does not mean that mental health does not inf luence academic violations, said Ziegler.

Ziegler added that both Dean of the College Jill Dolan and Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan were very cooperative and

spent a lot of time with him to discuss the problems he had with the system.

Nonetheless, Ziegler said he thought it was very important to make any reform as democratic as possible.

“I worked with administrators and with other people in the Honor Committee that think differently from me,” said Ziegler.

Joseph Obiajulu ’17, a former member of the Honor Committee, said that though these concerns have been considered by the committee before, there is currently no standardized way of addressing them, which is an element crucial to upholding the fairness of the process.

According to Sung Won Chang ’18, Undergraduate Student Government Chief Elections Manager, there is no of-

ficial opposition party to this referendum question.

“I hope that the referendum gets people talking,” said Hayat. “People who do know about it are generally students who have been affected by it, but don’t really want to talk about it. We should start having a conversation about it. That the student body knows that this is a part of Princeton that needs some work.”

Horvath further noted that he hopes the resultant system would “take a more compassionate, peer-oriented and constructive approach, rather than the status quo wherein justice is a binary.”

The referendum will be voted on by the student body on Monday. In order to pass, a majority vote with a turnout of at least a third of undergraduate students is required.

Street.

Several student a capella groups, including Umqombothi and Tarana, performed throughout the day near East Pyne.

Julia Marie Schorn ’17, an audience at various student performances at Communiversity, saw the event as a bonding experience for the community.

“I think [this event] important because it brings families, students, and the New Jersey community at large together and showcases the broad scope of Princeton’s many student talent groups as well as benefitting local businesses,” she said, “it was also a great chance to get out of the work grind and enjoy the sunshine, and our amazing community, a little.”

Eric Fung ’18, who helped staff a booth for the Chinese Student Association during the event, said that the CSA held a calligraphy demonstration station for visitors.

“We participated because

CSA’s goal as a cultural group is to share Chinese culture with the rest of the community. And what a better way to do it than at Communiversity?” He said.

Oishi Goswami, a sophomore at West-Windsor Plainsboro North High School, noted that the event is a meaningful occasion for her to interact with University students.

“It’s a very sharing experience. People who you usually wouldn’t interact with, you have that chance to learn more about.

When you’re in a long line waiting for food, you start talking to those around you,” she said.

She also explained that the festival offered a rich diversity of cultural foods not typically found on Nassau Street.

Running the length of Nassau Street and the boundaries of the University, Communiversity celebrations ran from Firestone Library and the Garden Theater to Chambers Street. Performances were from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m., while other stalls were set up and running from earlier in the day.

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should be one of its major projects for the year.

The team included other members including Shobhit Kumar ’18, Jeremy Burton ’18, and Andrew Ma ’19.

“The new app has made a trove of information that was previously stored on dozens of different webpages available in a single, beautiful, user-friendly interface.

You don’t have to go back and forth between webpages anymore,” Kumar said.

Jack Whelan ’19 said he used the app to select his room in Mathey College this past week and noted that the app was overall very easy to navigate, user-friendly and

saved him time.

The app was helpful in choosing a room because the app contains the college buildings and floor plans all in the same place, where the user can view the categories at the top of his or her computer screen, Whelan said.

The app also allows users to toggle back and forth between the main map of Princeton, the floor plans of a specific dormitory and the list of all available rooms, he added.

Caleb South ‘19 said that although it was sometimes difficult to get back to the main menu from the floor plans tab, the app was overall much easier to use than the Princeton One Stop Housing website.

“Everything was just a click or two away,” South said.

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interested in is one of the Committee’s priorities.

Mary Heath Manning ’17, Princeton Perspective Project chair, said her committee is working to continue the “Behind the Smiles” conversation series. PPP will

“We’re trying to make it easier to integrate new apps from other users so that TigerApps can keep growing and be sustainable.”

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also discuss the challenges that female leaders on campus face.

In addition, Manning noted that there will be an event during Reunions “to loop in another group of people.” Current students and alumni will have an opportunity to share stories of struggles and obstacles.

“There has been some discontinuity between ad-hoc

committees and USG in general, and I would like to spend the last few weeks on campus to bridge that gap,” Manning said.

She encouraged USG members to attend the Student Advisory Board meetings. PPP meets on Monday evenings at 9 p.m. in the USG office.

Benjamin Parks ’17, IT Committee co-chair, said that ReCal had seen a spike in users in the days leading up to course registration. Parks also said that the RoomsApp, released less than 30 days ago, has over 2,000 unique users.

Parks explained that the IT committee is working to set up new infrastructure for TigerApps to allow for easier updates.

“We’re trying to make it easier to integrate new apps from other users so that TigerApps can keep growing and be sustainable,” Parks said.

He noted that he has been in communication with students in the COS 333: Advanced Programming Techniques class as well to look for helpful projects.

In the long run, he hopes to work with students majoring in COS who are completing independent work.

“The apps that Ben and Maxim have been working on this semester haven’t been touched in a year, or even two years,” Czulak noted. “There’s a lot of maintenance work.”

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South said it did not take him longer than a few seconds to figure out how to use the app for his particular residential college and, because of the simplicity of the new app, there was no need for him to use Princeton One Stop Housing, except to actually select his room.

Katherine Trout ’19, however, said that she was dissatisfied that the new app deleted student reviews contained in the old app.

These reviews, submitted by former inhabitants of dormitory rooms, provided information the floor plans alone could not offer, she added. Information included whether or not the room has carpet or hardwood floors, what the view from the room looked like, and other information about the amenities and living conditions

of the room, she said.

“Pictures and reviews would have been really helpful,” South said. “Even after looking at the floor plan, we weren’t totally sure about some important details of the suite we were considering, like whether the room count included bathrooms and whether it actually has a kitchen. The suite I’m in now doesn’t have a kitchen, but the floor plan says it does.”

Going forward, Patel said that she wants to make the drawing process simpler and easier to understand.

“I hope that we can look towards improvements in the app, such as including reviews as mentioned, and making it more sustainable so this is something future members of the IT committee and senate can add to and expand,” she said.

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University Gave Inadequate Justification for Termination of Sprint Football

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ollowing in the footsteps of dozens of other major publications over the past year or two, Aeon Magazine has just published a critique of student protesters on campuses nationwide. Titled (shockingly!) “How University Students Infantilise Themselves,” the piece denounces the “childlike position” many of these activists take in calling for administrative solutions to deeply-ingrained problems of oppression which manifest at countless universities here in the U.S. It argues that effective protest movements wrest control of situations out of the parties in power and distribute it to the people protesting, and concludes that students should be making the change they wish to see, instead of petitioning a higher authority to do it for them.

I’m largely going to ignore the arguments made herein, because they’re not the interesting part of the article. The only thing that’s striking about this opinion piece, really, is that it says absolutely nothing new. It’s retreading ground covered by the Atlantic eight months ago, it’s rehashing arguments made in an entire print book called “Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity,” and it’s regurgitating points made in a David Brooks New York Times oped — which itself regurgitated points from other, more keenly tuned-in writers.

In other words, this Aeon op-ed is beating a dead horse. There’s no other way to characterize something which falls so cleanly and concretely into a mold carved out by probably hundreds of other (and better) arguments before it. It’s a waste of a thousand words. It will reaffirm the beliefs of those who agreed with it already, and it will look pretty dumb to those who didn’t, without providing any new grist for the argumentative mill. It serves absolutely no purpose — it argues nothing new, less than nearly any other piece of the same family which also argues nothing new; it’s written with an impersonality that suggests the author had no real contact with campus protesters before sitting down in his office to crank out the piece; its milquetoast alternative solution — holding teach-ins — is utterly pointless.

A proposal: let’s stop rehashing old arguments. If we’re going to weigh in so publicly on an issue as supposedly pressing as modern campus activism, let’s try to say something we believe hasn’t been addressed yet by the opposing side, instead of using terms from an Atlantic cover. More importantly, let’s actually take the time to listen to the other side before crafting our own arguments. Probably the most frustrating thing about this op-ed is that its total disengagement with boots-on-theground protesters and rhetoricians makes for an anti-protest piece which, like so many other anti-protest pieces before it, engages more with a vague, hand-wavey conception of the activism, rather than the actual activism itself. The author here is a professor — he, of all people, should understand that such a disingenuous takedown is academically weak.

Finally, and most importantly, let’s write these op-eds in the same universe about which they’re arguing. The methods suggested as alternatives — teach-ins, as mentioned before, and “protests outside dormitories and fraternity houses, reminding everyone what goes on inside of them” (in this case, sexual assault) — aren’t particularly effective. We know this because, contrary to the assertions in this editorial, these things do happen — look at last year’s SPEAR teach-in or Emma Sulkowicz’s “mattress performance” at Columbia.

Willfully ignoring what is in fact going on is irresponsible, a failure to consider properly the evidence before writing on that subject.

If a writer wants to make a clear, coherent argument against the “infantilization” of university students, all the power to them. But in order to make that argument worthwhile, the author must engage properly with the world around them, crafting their argument around holes in the cases of the activists, instead of holes in the case of straw men who don’t really exist. Moreover, the author should bring something new to the table, creating a new point of conflict, instead of repeating one which has merited a strong response many times before. It’s one thing to keep dialogue between protesters and antiprotesters alive and well; this is something which will always help keep the protests focused, effective and widely accessible.

It’s another thing entirely to ignore the previous groundwork and blunder into a discussion where nothing you say is relevant or worthwhile anymore — and, in that case, you might as well not say anything at all.

Will Rivitz is a sophomore from Brookline, Mass. He can be reached at wrivitz@princeton.edu.

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ast Monday, the University announced that it would discontinue its sprint football program. Having existed on campus for 82 years, sprint football is an alternative version of football for players weighing under 172 pounds with a minimum of five-percent body fat. There are currently nine remaining schools in the country that field sprint football teams, including Cornell, Penn and West Point. The Board believes that the University should have been more transparent in its decision-making process and that its justification for ending the program is inadequate. Lack of communication with members of the sprint football team and the greater Princeton community regarding the details of the decision has also led to confusion and speculation concerning the reasons for the program’s termination.

As a result, we call on the University to release the statistics and safety concerns used to justify its decision to end the sprint football program.

In terminating the program, the University cited safety concerns, arguing that sprint football players sustain the most injuries of any varsity athletes at Princeton. These statistics have not been made public, so their transparency is of immediate concern. Furthermore, the sprint football team and head coach Sean Morey have emphasized the primacy of player safety. Morey, a former NFL Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion, was named co-chair of the NFL Players Association’s Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Committee in 2009. He has long been an activist for player safety and consistently sides with caution in reporting the injuries of his players. The Board believes Morey has gone against tradition in football and put player safety at the forefront of his coaching philosophy, which may also explain sprint football’s higher reporting of injury rates.

The University has failed to release any comparative report of injuries sustained between sprint football and heavyweight football. The move to end sprint football, seemingly based in large part on injury rates alone, is also a dangerous precedent for the University to set, since it incentivizes Princeton’s other athletic programs to hide or underreport injuries for fear of similar punishment. Sprint football players are also aware they may sustain injury while playing and consent to such risk.

The University allows other athletes to make this same judgement, so it is unclear why injury rates constitute a sufficient reason for ending the program.

The University cited a lack of competitiveness as additional justification for ending sprint football.

While it is true that Princeton’s sprint football team has not won a game in

17 years, it is also the only program in the Collegiate Sprint Football League that is not afforded recruiting spots by its institution’s admissions office or athletics department. According to current members of the sprint football team and its alumni association, Friends of Princeton sprint football, as few as two to three recruits per year would substantially aid the team’s competitiveness. They note that the team’s losing streak is better explained by its small size and the fatigue incurred by walk-on athletes playing both defense and offense for sixty minutes of every game of the regular season. Supplying these recruiting spots would likely not be zero sum or substantially affect the University’s other athletic programs, many of which are supplied with dozens of slots each year. Furthermore, since President Eisgruber has already announced plans to substantially expand the student body, the University could add recruitment slots without increasing the percentage of varsity athletes. Neither the University nor its Athletic Director responded to requests for comment on Princeton’s athletic recruiting quotas.

It is further worth noting that some of Princeton’s opponents in the Collegiate Sprint Football League do not field heavyweight football teams, giving them a larger pools of athletes from which they may draw recruits.

Despite such challenges, Coach Morey, in just his second season as head coach, almost ended sprint football’s 106 game losing streak in the final match of the season against Chestnut Hill. It is clear the sprint football team has potential to be competitive. The University should fix its shortcomings, not abrogate the program entirely.

Finally, regardless of whether sprint football should continue to be played at Princeton, the process through which the University terminated it left much to be desired. Prior to President Eisgruber’s meeting with the team Monday, members of sprint football were only aware of the University’s ambiguous statement that it had been “exploring the future of the program,” giving them little indication it might be ended altogether. According to Vice President of Communications, Daniel Day, no current members of sprint football were consulted on the decision to terminate the program.

The University’s treatment of its decision to end sprint football therefore blindsided current players, alumni and students unnecessarily.

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ly fine, it’s why we have the tournament in the first place — so it’s about being as competitive as you can, but also about having fun while you can. We knew it was going to happen, and we were ready for it; it mostly comes down to making sure it’s on a respectful level.

DP: Can you name any specific instances?

JP: I would say the only specific incident would be between varsity [men’s] basketball and sprint football — it was very competitive and that’s perfectly fine, but when you get games that large, it becomes kind of hard for us to manage. It was very highprofile in that there were a lot of spectators surrounding the court, which was nice. It did get a little heated, but nothing bad happened whatsoever, and they were both very respectable about it after the game was over.

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sive 11-3 lead by the beginning of a second half. Ultimately, Princeton would triumph over Brown with a convincing 13-6 win. In addition to Wan and Kelleher, junior 2-meter Hannah Lapkin, junior center defender Morgan Hallock also scored multiple goals, while the defensive end was headed by sophomore 2-meter Chelsea Johnson’s ten saves and seven steals from the versatile Wan. The Tigers didn’t have much time to rest on their laurels, as they got into the pool just four hours later to take on George Washington.

Princeton has dominated its recent matchups against fellow CWPA member GWU, entering the game on a 44game winning streak. From the very beginning, the Tigers played aggressively, jumping out to an 11-2 by halftime. At the goal, Johnson did not concede a single goal in the second half, enabling Princeton to ultimately snag a crushing 15-2

rout of the Colonials. Multiple Tigers contributed to Princeton’s burgeoning offensive: Hallock led Princeton with four points, with Wan and departing senior Temple each contributing three. Temple and Wan also led Princeton in assists, with three each.

Princeton’s Sunday matchups are against Bucknell and Hartiwck College. Continuing in dominant fashion, the Tigers pulled out another victory in their match against Hartwick. In a hotly contested match Princeton managed to hold onto their lead to claim a crucial victory. The Tigers then faced stiff opposition from the Bucknell Bisons. The game proved to be the thriller as the Tigers continually cut the deficit to one. However, in the end, Princeton never managed to score the equalizer, losing the match 9-10.

The Tigers hope to further their success this season a week later at Harvard, where they will play in the CWPA championships in hope of an NCAA berth. Their success so far makes them a dangerous and powerful oppo-

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Men’s and women’s track won numerous events this weekend.

Both the men’s and women’s track teams performed impressively on day one of the Sam Howell Invitational held in Weaver Stadium this past Saturday and Sunday.

Senior Kathryn Fluehr finished in first place in the 10k with a personal record of 34:29.59. Senior Brett Kelly finished with a time of 30:48.07 and took 8th. Junior Jack Leahey placed 11th with 30:50.55.

Junior Zoe Sims placed third in the 800m at 2:11.44, followed by Jackie Berardo in fifth with a personal record of 2:13.45 and freshman Anna Jurew at 2:14.76.

At a personal record time of 4:33.29, junior Katie Hanss finished in third in the 1500m behind two unattached runners. Freshman Steven Sum took fifth for the men.

Junior Ally Markovich was also the top collegiate athlete behind two unattached runners in the steeplechase. Markovich achieved a personal record with a time of 10:42.14.

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Men’s volleyball suffers loss to George Mason in three tough sets

By David Xin

associate sports editor

This Saturday, the men’s volleyball team traveled to Fairfax, Va., to face EIVA conference rivals George Mason.

Despite a strong effort from the Princeton squad, the Tigers fell to the George Mason Patriots in three sets.

The Tigers knew heading into the match that they would be facing an uphill battle. Indeed, the Patriots, who have been experiencing a recent boost in form, had won their last four games before defeating the Tigers.

This is the longest winning streak under their current head coach, Jay Hosack.

Sophomore outside hitter Kendall Ratter started the Princeton effort on the right foot with a kill to take the first point. However, George Mason quickly returned the favor, and the two teams battled it out, point for point.

The momentum would shift toward the Tigers later in the game as they opened their biggest lead of the night, 1712, forcing a Patriot timeout.

Princeton managed to maintain a one-point advantage, 25-24, heading into the end of the match. But two Princeton errors gave the match to the Patriots, who won the set 27-25.

This loss would be the Tigers’ best opportunity to claim a set against George Mason. The Patriots started the second set with three straight points and opened a seven-point lead, 18-11, during the middle of the match.

Yet, the Tigers would continue fighting, starting a 5-2 run. However, Mason’s Paco Velez would ice the set for the Patriots with crucial kills down the stretch.

The Princeton squad would once again fight tooth-andnail in the third set. While Mason maintained the lead throughout the match, the Tigers placed heavy pressure on the Patriots, cutting the Mason lead to one point.

Led by senior outside hitter Devin Stearns, who led all players with 15 kills, the Tigers forced themselves back into the game.

However, the Mason squad remained composed and weathered the storm to open a five-point lead. Although the Tigers would bring the game back to within two, the Patriots would get the last laugh by winning the set and the game with a 25-21 victory.

The Tigers, who have struggled as of late, will end the regular season with two road games next Friday and Saturday. The Princeton squad will undoubtedly be looking to snap their recent losing streak and end the season with a much-needed win.

Their next road match against Harvard would be an opportune moment for the Tigers to seize a game against their only Ivy rival in the EIVA. Their next game against the Crimson also provides the Tigers with the perfect opportunity to take revenge after losing at home to Harvard during their first encounter. Princeton will then travel to Connecticut to close the season against Sacred Heart.

While it has not always been the season the Tigers envisioned, these last two game should provide plenty of excitement as Princeton looks to end their season on a high note.

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eton, unattached competitor Megan Curham won the 5k at 16:14.85. Senior Kathryn Little finished at 17:23.01, the best time for the Tigers. Senior Sam Berger came in 12th place with a time of 14:38.06.

The Tigers also claimed the first and second place titles in the hammer throw after sophomore Kennedy O’Dell threw to 51.77m (169-10) on her final throw and senior Brielle Rowe reached 50.75m (166-6) on her third throw. O’Dell and Rowe were the only female athletes to surpass the 50-meter mark.

On the men’s side, freshman Adam Kelly took first place at 66.37m.

Rowe and O’Dell also earned the second and fourth place titles, respectively, in the discus.

While Rowe reached 44.68m (146-7) on her fourth attempt, O’Dell threw to 41.20m (135-2) on her final throw. Sophomore Mitchel Charles came in first in this event at 51.71m (169-8) on his final attempt. Junior Jared Bell came in second at 50.92. Charles and Bell were the only two athletes to surpass 50 meters.

Junior Ariel Becker finished

in fifth place in the javelin toss at 36.80m (120-9) on her final throw.

Senior Adam Bragg came in first in the pole vault at 5.40m (17-8.50). Sophomore August Kiles finished in second at 5.15m after his first attempt.

The men went on to win all five events they entered on day two.

Freshman Josh Billington won the 100m at 11.05 and was followed shortly by junior Brent Albertson to 11.14 in second place.

The Tigers also took the first and second place titles in the 400m hurdles with sophomore Spencer Long’s finish at 56.11 and junior Greg Leeper’s finish at 56.43.

Finishing with a time of 50.51, sophomore Josh Freeman won the 400m. Freshman Cole Bransford clocked at 50.86 to come in second. The pair was shortly followed by sophomore Brennan O’Connor in fourth and senior Travis McHugh in fifth.

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Crew teams see successful weekend of competition

By Alan Balson contributor

All four Princeton crew teams had successful outings this weekend, with both men’s squads and women’s openweight scoring dual meet victories while women’s lightweight competed at the Knecht Cup Regatta in a series of over four races. Braving winter-like conditions on various bodies of water in New Jersey and New York, the teams overcame both the weather and their competitors in what was, perhaps, their best collective performance of the season so far. With only a few weeks remaining in the dual-meet season, all four teams are hitting their stride at the right time as the championships approach.

In a race that was moved forward to Friday in anticipation of inclement weather, the No. 9 overall openweight women’s team put on an impressive display in upstate New York against rivals Cornell and Harvard to keep the Class of 1975 Cup. The Tigers outpaced the No. 17 Crimson by over nine seconds, with the Big Red coming in third behind them. The win over Harvard will be especially encouraging for Princeton, as the Crimson will be one of Princeton’s stiffest competitors at the Ivy League Championships, along with Yale and reigning champions Brown.

In addition to victory in the top boat, the team also exhibited excellent depth, with the Second Varsity Eight, Varsity Four and Varsity Four B all

winning their races as well.

On Saturday, fourth-ranked men’s lightweight faced off against Dartmouth and Delaware on Lake Carnegie in their first home race of the season.

The Tigers took care of business against both teams, narrowly edging out the Blue Hens by a three-second margin, with the Big Green crossing the line six seconds later.

Princeton was also able to win in the second, third, fourth and fifth boats, sweeping the field in what was a triumphant day overall. With defending national champions Columbia coming to Lake Carnegie next weekend, Princeton will be glad to have avoided being upset this weekend as they look to assert themselves into the nation’s elite.

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Men’s crew scored a string of victories against various Ivy League teams over this past weekend.

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3 seconds Men’s lightweight crew defeated Deleware by three seconds in their race on Saturday.

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