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U. to archive records of activism By Jessica Li news editor
Princeton University Archives acquisitioned records from 15 different student organizations after a week-long campaign to collect documents on campus activism, said Jarrett Drake, a digital archivist at the University Archives. The initiative was spearheaded by Chase Hommeyer ’19, a student worker at the archives. Hommeyer explained that the project, which took place between April 7 and 15, was inspired by the notion that there is an absence of activism on campus. “I think there’s this perception that Princeton students don’t act. People from outside [the University] don’t perceive Princeton as active on any issues,” she said. However, Hommeyer noted that she felt the protests that occurred across campus last November were more in line with “Princetonian” values, such as being in the nation’s service. “I thought it was important that we don’t remain closed-mind when looking back and that we think about these protests with more respect,” she said. Last semester, the protests by the Black Justice League drew
a wide array of responses from students. The Daily Princetonian Editorial Board authored an op-ed arguing against renaming the Wilson school. Hommeyer further noted that traditionally, University archives have only preserved official documents, such as records pertinent to the Board of Trustees and the administration. However, recently, more forward-thinking archivists have observed the importance of documenting student events, an aspect previously neglected, she said. As a part of the campaign to garner student participation, Hommeyer wrote nine different emails delivered to listservs that drew attention to the history of campus activism in the last century. In one email, Hommeyer wrote that in April 1970, “2,500 Princeton students gathered in the Chapel to protest war escalation. [And] almost 200 students turned in their draft cards in protest.” Hommeyer worked with Drake to process the documents that were collected, she said. Drake explained that during the acquisition period, the archives received photographs, email exSee ARCHIVES page 3
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STUDENT LIFE
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Thousands of students gathered at TruckFest on Saturday, making it one of the most popular events of the year.
Annual TruckFest raises around $33,000 for charity By Hannah Waxman staff writer
Approximately 5,000 students and community members f locked to Prospect Avenue this past Saturday to attend TruckFest, an annual event hosted by University eating clubs and organized by the Community Service Inter-Club Council in conjunction with the Pace Center for Civic Engagement. CSICC co-chairs Cason Crane ’17 and Rachel Margulies ’16 noted that earnings from this year’s event came out to $9,000 more than the earnings from last year. Judging by ticket sales,
Margulies estimated that this year’s profit was around $33,000. Final calculations as to this year’s exact profit have not been completed as of press time. The proceeds from the event will go to Meals on Wheels of Mercer County and Send Hunger Packing Princeton, a collaboration between the Princeton Human Services Commission, the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank and Princeton Public Schools. This initiative works to provide meals for schoolchildren in the Princeton community over the weekends when students cannot receive food at
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school. The total income from ticket sales was $56,000, according to Crane. The revenue partly goes towards paying the food trucks and covering other costs for the Pace Center and the Princeton Prospect Foundation, Margulies explained. The approximate cost of the event is upward of $20,000, Crane said. This was the first year that the event also had University sponsorship, Crane noted. The University provided funding, allowing for 50 percent more trucks than had previously been invited See TRUCKFEST page 2 LECTURE
UMCPP, PHS sued for alleged Soyinka medical record breach discusses staff writer
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A woman campaigns for immigrant rights outside the Supreme Court.
U. affiliates file amicus brief supporting DAPA By Marcia Brown staff writer
Seven University faculty, alumni, and affiliates have filed amicus briefs in support of the plaintiffs in United States v. Texas, a Supreme Court case argued on Monday examining the constitutionality of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program. DAPA, a program announced by United States President Barack Obama in 2014, defers deportation or removal proceedings for undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States since 2010 and who have children who are American citizens or green-card holders. In December 2014, Texas, along with 25 other states challenged the constitutionality of DAPA in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, citing
states’ rights and limitations to the federal government’s scope. Subsequently, in February 2015, the presiding judge issued an injunction that prevented the program from going into effect. Douglas Massey GS ’78, the Henry G. Bryant professor of sociology and public affairs at the Wilson School, has joined 12 scholars at other institutions in filing an amicus brief in support of DAPA. In the brief, the authors noted that an increased number of authorized workers will bring multiple benefits, including a more leveled “playing field for law-abiding businesses,” increased Social Security and tax revenue and a growing GDP. “Work authorization for individuals granted deferred action pursuant to the DHS Memorandum would be unlikely to adversely imSee DAPA page 2
An HIV-infected hospital employee whose medical records were allegedly breached by a coworker recently sued the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro and its parent company Princeton Healthcare System for privacy violations and workplace discrimination. UMCPP provides medical services not available to University members at McCosh Health Center, such as alcohol detoxification and intensive care. UMCPP was formerly sponsored in part by the University. The plaintiff in the case, who has been employed as a housekeeping aide at the UMCPP since approximately 1988, filed the complaint in early April in Mercer County Superior Court, naming the UMCPP and its parent company PHS as defendants. According to the complaint, the plaintiff was hospitalized in May 2013 in PHS, during which time several documents were created with references to her HIV positive status. In April 2014, the plaintiff received a letter from a Compliance and Privacy Officer in PHS stating that one of her colleagues, who was unidentified in the correspondence, had ac-
cessed her medical records on August 2013, according to the complaint. The letter also referenced a subsequent investigation with “appropriate action” being taken against the colleague. The plaintiff’s complaint mentions that it is uncertain why PHS decided to notify the plaintiff of the breach months after the incident. The brief further stated that the plaintiff alleged that “upon learning of the accessing of her HIV-related records, the Plaintiff was caused to suffer severe emotional distress and embarrassment at work.” “The Plaintiff has seen and heard co-workers gossiping about her and her HIV status, and has been treated with hostility from her co-workers and superiors from the time she became aware of the unlawful disclosure to the present, inclusive of nitpicking and being forced to perform duties outside of her job description,” the brief alleged. This sequence of events constitutes a violation of the New Jersey AIDS Assistance Act, according to the brief. The plaintiff did not respond to requests for comment. Amy Stutzke, the plaintiff’s attorney, did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson at Princeton See HIV page 3
In Opinion
Today on Campus
Contributor Victoria Gruenberg reflects on overcommitment, and FIRE Director of Litigation Catherine Sevcenko claims the University’s speech policies threaten students’ rights. PAGE 4
5:30 p.m.: Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian playwright and Nobel laureate, will deliver the Toni Morrison Lecture titled “Sweet are the Uses of Diversity.” McCosh Hall, Room 10
trees as metaphor
By Catherine Wang contributor
Trees have played an intimate and even dynamic role in the development of human history, especially on the African continent, said Wole Soyinka in a lecture on Monday. Soyinka, who is from Nigeria, became the first African Nobel laureate when he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. His written work tells stories of democracy, government, religion and tensions around tradition and progress. Soyinka traced the significance of trees in human history, claiming that it is possible that it was under trees that our ancestors discovered a sense of security and community. The other possible option would have been caves. However, Soyinka claimed that caves are static and removed from the possibility of change. They have long been the residence of “some of the most vicious monsters in stories,” from antiquity to the See LECTURE page 3
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before. The Undergraduate Student Government class governments for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, as well as the eating clubs and the Graduate Student Government, handed out pre-sold tickets to students leading up to the event. The Class of 2017 had some extra tickets left, according to Crane, but all other classes ran out of these pre-sold tickets prior to the event. Tickets were sold at $2 each on the day and were pre-sold for $1.60 leading up to TruckFest. Each of the trucks takes a cut of their earnings from the event in order to contribute proceeds to charity, Jennifer Peng ’17, head of press for the CSICC, explained.
The CSICC awards its People’s Choice Award to the most popular truck at the event by tallying the tickets sold per vendor. This winner will be announced in the coming week, according to Peng. Peng added that the two
“[My friends and I] divided and conquered, so we all went in different lines, so it worked out really well for us.” julia jansen ’19,
University student
most popular trucks were probably Nina’s Waff les and
Ice Cream truck, as well as the My Four Suns Korean fusion truck. Peng added that the general consensus was that this was the most successful year for the event and that it went really smoothly with no outrageously long lines. However, not everyone was pleased with line lengths at the event. “[My friends and I] divided and conquered, so we all went in different lines, so it worked out really well for us because we all got our food at relatively the same time. But for people who just did one line at a time, I heard a lot of complaints,” Julia Jansen ’19 said. Swanee Golden ’19, who also attended the event, said that one possible improvement to the event could be the addition of tables for waiting consumers, given that the bouncers of the
various eating clubs did not allow non-members to sit on the front lawns of the clubs. In addition to food trucks,
“It’s too bad that there aren’t more service-oriented events organized by the eating clubs.” Cason Crane ’17, CSICC co-chair
the festival featured free performances from student groups Jon Savage, Sensemaya, Princeton University Wildcats and Charlie Baker. A silent auction with items donated by sponsors such as Lululemon Athletica, LUSH
Cosmetics and Pure Barre Princeton also helped to raise money. “I think TruckFest is a really important event and it’s too bad that there aren’t more service-oriented events organized by the eating clubs,” Crane said. Crane added that he and Margulies, as co-heads of CSICC, have been trying to promote more service events such as Trick-or-Feed during Princetoween. Crane said that he hopes that more people will begin to realize that TruckFest is an event sponsored by the eating clubs — rather than by another organization on campus, such as USG — in the hope that this will improve the reputation of these clubs on campus. By the number of attendees, this is the largest undergraduate-organized event held at the University, according to Crane.
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pact the earnings and employment of native-born workers,” the brief continues. Massey deferred comment to Professor of Sociology Patricia Fernández-Kelly, who is not a signatory of the amicus brief. “This is part of a long struggle, and this can take a long time,” Fernández-Kelly said. She continued, “What is most important to understand, as Professor Massey would tell you, is that we used to have clunky but working immigration system in which there were some allowances for unauthorized immigrants because they were here as workers, and there was demand for their labor.” After the Sept. 11 attacks, however, when immigration agencies were folded into the Department of Homeland Security, the government de facto changed its position with respect to immigration, she said.
“It went from labor management to security risk. Throughout the 21st century, what we have seen is an escalation of draconian policies against immigrants. You can see that reflected in the campaign of Donald J. Trump. The issue has been framed erroneously as ‘they’ against ‘us,’” she added. Fernández-Kelly further said that it’s not in the interest of any country to have 11 million unassimilated people within its borders. “That is a very good recipe for creating an underclass,” she explained. Even with Obama’s executive order in 2012, which granted legal status for undocumented youths, less than 400,000 out of potentially two million residents are currently protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, FernandezKelly explained. If the Supreme Court deems Obama’s executive order constitutional, the decision will enable up to four million unauthorized parents to obtain lawful status before the end of the Obama presidency, she added.
“It’s just tragic; now a whole generation of kids has grown up in the U.S. without papers,” she said. Additionally, three current Democratic members of Congress, John Sarbanes ’84 of Maryland, Terri Sewell ’86 of Alabama and Jared Polis ’96 of Colorado, as well as one Democratic member of the Senate, Jeffrey Merkley GS ’82 of Oregon, cosigned onto an amicus brief in support of DAPA. Former Congressman Jim Leach ’64 (D-IA) also cosigned a brief supporting DAPA. “Congress understands that the Executive is often better positioned to determine how to adjust quickly to changing circumstances… Congress therefore regularly gives the Executive broad discretion to determine how to enforce such statutes. Rarely has it done so more clearly than in the Nation’s immigration laws,” the brief reads. “U.S. v. Texas is an important case for American and Colorado families,” said Polis in a statement. “DAPA and DACA+ makes Americans safer, keeps families together, and is consistent with actions tak-
en by Democratic and Republican Presidents for decades.” Polis further noted that he personally attended a rally Monday morning at the Supreme Court to support DAPA and DACA+ programs. According to Michael Sparks, press secretary for Polis, prior to joining Congress Polis founded the New America School in 2004, an organization that provides education to immigrants, English-language learners and academically underserved students. Additionally, last congressional session, Polis introduced the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, an immigration reform bill that called for improvements to border security and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented individuals. “I’m confident the Supreme Court will ultimately reverse the
Fifth Circuit’s baseless decision so that… common sense enforcement priorities can take effect,” Polis said in the statement. What is this decision from the Fifth Circuit? The offices of Sewell and Merkley did not respond to requests for comment. Sarbanes’ office declined to comment. Trishka Cecil, an attorney representing the municipality of Princeton, was also a cosignatory on an amicus brief in support of DACA. Cecil deferred comment to Mayor of Princeton Liz Lempert. Lempert did not respond to requests for comment as of press time. According to current University admissions policies, the University does not ask for undergraduate applicants to indicate their legal status other than selecting whether they are foreign nationals. University admissions are also need-blind.
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changes and many other mediums that are currently being processed and filed digitally. According to Drake, the student organizations that submitted the records determine the time at which the records can be accessed by the public. While some records can be accessed immediately, others may not be available after some time, Drake said. All archived records will be accessible through the Mudd Library finding aid, Drake said. Though the official deadline for submission was last Friday, Drake said that her team will still accept student submissions, since they will not be processed until later this week. Drake also explained that more and more records created by campus organizations are being recorded digitally. Notably, the Class of 2017 student records are all being made digitally, Drake said. Briana Christophers ’17, who submitted documents from the Latinx Collective during the initiative, stated that she participated in the project “to preserve the work that many Latinx students have contributed in recent years toward
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Healthcare System deferred comment to a statement. “We take the privacy of our patients’ medical records very seriously and comply with all state and federal laws regarding patient privacy,” the statement read. According to the statement, every employee in PHS receives education on patient confidentiality during orientation and also participates in an annual education event about related issues. Furthermore, PHS also conducts regular audits of medical records to determine if there has been unauthorized access, the statement read. “If we suspect a breach of confidentiality, we conduct a thorough investigation. If we confirm that a breach has occurred, disciplinary action is implemented up to and including termination of employment,” the statement explained. In addition to the privacy violation, the plaintiff alleged that PHS failed to accommodate the plaintiff’s disability related to her adhesive capsulitis, which is a medical condition that affects her left shoulder and prevented her from performing activities including reaching above her head to dust shelves. The treatment constitutes discrimination, the original complaint alleged. According to the brief, after the plaintiff was allegedly placed on temporary leave due to physical constraints, she sought a medical examination and was recommended by a medical professional to be placed on “light duty” at work. After cleared by the medical professional and filing for restriction requests, however, the plaintiff was allegedly told by PHS that she could not return to work “unless she had approval from her doctor that she was able to work without restriction.” “Several insinuations to ‘retiring’ or ‘collecting disability’” were made to the plaintiff, the complaint read. The spokesperson for PHS did not provide additional comments about the alleged workplace discrimination.
making Princeton a more inclusive place.” “Many of us wished that records existed of previous Latinx student activism, such as the ethnic studies sit-in in 1995, and therefore I wanted to be proactive in preserving our own work for the future,” she said. The Latinx Collective is an unofficial student organization that was formed in the fall of 2015 to support Latinx students on campus, according to Christophers. “Included in the submission are some of our exchanges with administrators, in addition to the document that was released in November 2015 titled, ‘Latinx Students Calling for a Better Princeton,’” Christophers explained. Additionally, Christophers said that she provided the records with photos of the Latinx Town Hall that was held on Nov. 18, 2015. I believe it is crucial to preserve this information both in memory of current events but also to hold the University accountable for future initiatives,” she added. In the coming years, the archives will explore possibilities of initiating other acquisition projects with diverse themes, Drake said. Next year, there may be a collection project focused on cultural identities, for example, he added.
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present day, he said. Thus, human development must have begun under trees, not inside a cave. Soyinka said that we have integrated the tree into our social consciousness, citing film directors as common users of tree iconography. According to Soyinka, there are two extreme views towards a tree, particularly in the discussion about reforestation. At one extreme, there are bulldozers which see a tree as an obstacle. On the other side, Soyinka added, there are the fanatics who have to be restrained as they watch the destruction of trees which they claim have become an integral part of who they are. Soyinka said that slaves were able to escape from the terrors of dehumanization, but that their existence is almost comparable to that of trees. He cited “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, in which the main character has a permanent mark of a tree on her back. The mark of the tree can be seen as “a disfigurement,
not only of the body, but of the spirit, one that reminds us that we are … open to being scarred, abused and sown down at will,” Soyinka said. Soyinka argued that Morrison was able to turn that symbol of weakness into one of salvation. “That is what writers are good at: extracting meaning from incompatibility,” he said. Soyinka returned to two opposing views on trees. He called bulldozers seekers of an elusive paradise which dispose of the present. “What is our concern when one of us is felled, like a tree?” he asked. Soyinka discussed an iconic image of the 20th century, a woman who gave birth while stuck in a tree during the Mozambique f loods. The image, he said, is a perfect image of the possibility for a resurgence of humanism in the face of destruction in Africa. Soyinka, to close, explicitly discussed the meaning behind his lecture’s focus on trees. In Africa and outside of Africa, people have suffered because of Boko Haram, an Islamic terrorist group based in northeastern Nigeria. In April 2014, Boko Haram car-
ried out mass abductions, including the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from the Chibok village. Through methodical indoctrination and forceful conversion, the suppression of human will has taken place, he said. There is an existing and thriving slave market in Nigeria which primarily sells women. According to Soyinka, numerous “trees” have been embedded in the backs of women that cannot be removed with cosmetic surgery because they run deep within them. This series of lectures is a part of the Toni Morrison Lectures, a series sponsored by the Department of African American Studies and Princeton University Press. Titled “In Praise – and Dread – of Trees,” the lecture was the first of a series of three talks that Soyinka will be delivering. The first lecture took place in McCosh 50 at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Soyinka’s following two talks, “Sweet are the Uses of Diversity” and “As It Was in the Beginning,” will be delivered at the same times on April 19 and 20, respectively.
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The “how dare you” complex Victoria Gruenberg
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et’s talk about overcommitment. It goes a little like this: you’ve promised your energy, talent and/ or leadership to at least one, if not six, extracurriculars — in addition to a full course load. This is pretty much standard for Princeton students, but you’ve really done it this time. You work during your meals, eat during your classes and spend showers writing emails in your head. The days seem to end before you realize they’ve started, but at the same time a week feels like an eternity — probably because you’ve been awake for most of it. The major problem with this picture, as you see it, is that school should not be the thing suffering for your busy schedule. You didn’t come to Princeton for the extracurriculars, right? You came because you’re a “good student.” It’s part of your identity. Even if your Princeton work ethic is half what it was in high school, some part of you still feels that academics should be the first priority. Princeton classes are not easy by anyone’s standards, but I do believe that with a lot of self-control, a mature sense of time management and fewer extracurriculars, 90 percent of the students here could complete and probably excel in all assignments and exams given to them. Most of those in the other 10 percent have likely taken the road less traveled — seven classes a semester, graduate level seminars, etc. But that doesn’t mean that 90 percent of us are running on all cylinders to excel in class. In fact, perhaps a majority of us aren’t prioritizing academics at all. This article is not intended as a normative argument about the Princeton work ethic. I am not claiming that stu-
dents should focus on extracurriculars over academics — or vice versa, for that matter. Rather, I hope to illuminate a phenomenon I’ve observed in which students are increasingly dishonest with themselves about their priorities. I call it the “how dare you” complex. We return to the overcommitted student. He is not sleeping, eating or bathing at regular intervals. His psyche is in a bad state — but not just because he is constantly on the go. He is also nursing a righteous anger. All these student groups using his energy, talent and leadership are asking too much. All of his classes demanding assignments and Blackboard posts are treating him like a machine. He feels he has no control over his time. Here enters the “how dare you” complex. There will be a moment — maybe many — when this student will open a new Word document or head to another meeting patently enraged. He may marvel at the fact his fifth class can even think to exist this week. How dare they expect him to do everything he is already doing and show up prepared for a seminar! I have both witnessed and experienced this feeling countless times — averse reactions to full email inboxes, tirades about time wasted by a superior during quick breaks, and so on. Why do we make these commitments if they make us feel so spiteful? My opinion, for what it’s worth, is that we do so because sometimes we don’t care about our classes as much as we think we do — and vice versa with extracurriculars. Just because we’ve been good students or actors or leaders our whole lives does not mean those things define us now. The end of the story is that you make every commitment on this campus of your own volition. No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to pick a certain major, join a particular team or take an
empty leadership position. You make these choices. And as you make them, you turn them into priorities. You implicitly decide that being the president of this group is more important to you than definitely finishing your readings every night. So, I am tired of the mentality that extracurriculars or academics are getting in the way of each other — both in myself and in my peers. Neither of them are surprising obstacles. I came to this school knowing I would have to do homework, and I signed up for my commitments knowing they would demand my time. If anything, what’s getting in the way is my ego. This is not to say that someone who is stretched wire-thin should just shut up and take it. Absolutely not. Always communicate; always ask for help. Sometimes we do overextend ourselves and a simple change of mindset isn’t going to fix that. Very reasonable people fix that, the kinds who understand when we need to extend deadlines or miss meetings. Many of our professors, preceptors and peers are just those kinds of people. (At the same time, some of them are not, which speaks to the responsibility of our academic and extracurricular leaders to be sensitive to students’ time, but that’s a separate article.) When it feels like everything is out of your hands and when that righteous anger starts burning, that’s a teachable moment. The executive decision-maker when it comes to how you spend your time is you. This applies in and outside of class, as well as in and outside of this University. Perhaps, if we acknowledge that control, we might start spending our time more wisely rather than spreading it widely. Victoria Gruenberg is an English major from Winter Park, Fla. She can be reached at veg@ princeton.edu.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Eliminating protected speech is never the answer
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n his April 11 op-ed, Nicholas Wu mischaracterizes the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s determination that Princeton’s speech codes threaten students’ expressive rights. FIRE objects to section 1.2.1 of the conduct code —not “section 1.3.3” — because it allows Princeton to punish speech that “demeans, intimidates, threatens, or injures another.” This broad definition encompasses everyday speech like pointing out an error in a class discussion or trash-talking in an intramural sports game. It also arguably covers the Black Justice League’s statement discussed by Wu, which reads, in part: “[W]e are not beholden to working within the political frameworks dictated by the institution … we are committed to … broadly dismantling structural racism … on our own terms.” A sensitive reader could interpret that statement as
“intimidating” or “threatening” — and thus a violation of the speech code Wu defends. He may be correct that Princeton “is not on a path toward policestate levels of speech suppression,” but its broadly worded policy means it may go down that road whenever it wants. Wu misunderstands the purpose of free expression. It’s unfair to expect Wu, who is not an attorney, to know that “clear and present danger” is no longer the standard for assessing threatening speech, but he should realize the folly of allowing “the will of the campus community” to determine whether “to eliminate” offensive speech. The purpose of free expression is to protect minority voices whether they be righteous or “reprehensible.” Eliminating protected speech is never the answer. Catherine Sevcenko FIRE Director of Litigation
Response to FIRE’s letter to the editor Nicholas Wu columnist
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n their response to my column, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education continues their fight against straw men in the supposed battle over free speech in higher education. I acknowledge that I misstated in my previous column the section of “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities” that FIRE specifically objects to, but the fact remains that Princeton is not and will not be enforcing those speech policies in the way that FIRE believes it could. First, in practice, the University’s speech policies aren’t used as a way to restrict discussions during class or “trash-talking in an intramural sports game.” It’s patently ridiculous to claim that the University or students use the policies in that way. They don’t. With regard to FIRE’s hypothetical critique of the Black Justice League, section 2.5 of “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities” requires any disciplinary action by the University to go through an extensive, rigorous pro-
cess that calls for “clear and persuasive” evidence and offers the possibility of an appeal. Even if a student were to raise the issue of the BJL, it’s incredibly unlikely that this would pass the test of being “threatening” or “intimidating,” whereas a group of white supremacist Neo-Nazis is, well, just that. It remains that FIRE is an inflammatory group (pardon the pun) with extremist views. As the Daily Princetonian reported, they also object to the section of “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities” dealing with sexual harassment on the grounds that it restricts free speech. I’d argue that that the definition of sexual harassment and the particular tests that have to be passed to constitute sexual harassment are pretty noncontroversial. If FIRE’s ideal world is one in which every single piece of speech would be protected, even sexual harassment, then I ask: is this really a credible voice as the organization chases after straw men in this debate? Nicholas Wu is a Wilson School major from Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich. He can be reached at nmwu@ princeton.edu.
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sufficient. Junior pitcher Chad Powers commanded the mound for eight innings, receiving just six hits in the process. Given Penn’s established offensive power, the two defensive victories gave Princeton some relief by Saturday night. Arendt explained that “winning two games was tremendous for our confidence.” The cocaptain cited the coordination of the Tiger’s catchers and pitchers as a prime reason for Princeton’s success. A quick 5-1 victory Sunday afternoon handed the Tigers their third win of the weekend. For much of the game both teams struggled to earn hits against talented pitchers. Then in the fifth inning, Princeton sent three batters home, sufficient to close out the Quakers. By the fourth game, Princeton had exhausted its usual lineup of starting pitchers, so the Tigers played senior Chris Bodurian, freshman Joseph Flynn and junior Chris Giglio on the mound. Through the
first three innings, the two teams matched each other, with each earning two runs in the period. Then, from the fourth to seventh inning neither team could record a single run. During that time, the Tigers relied on Flynn as pitcher, who allowed just one hit over four innings. The Quakers eventually stole the game with a home run in the eighth inning, earning a 5-2 victory over the Tigers. Arendt explained the loss as a matter of endurance. After grinding out three victories over Penn, Arendt said that the Quakers “just had a little more in the tank.” The highly successful weekend and season overall for the Tiger have prompted many to wonder what has made the difference for the Orange and Black this season. To shed light on the issue, Arendt credited both the team’s tremendous senior leadership and health thus far. Looking ahead, Princeton will carry its top Ivy League standing into a game with Rider University on Wednesday afternoon and then a matchup with Columbia this weekend.
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scored a fourth goal to leave the Tigers at a two-goal deficit going into halftime. In the second half, the team shifted their offensive strategy by substituting in some different players. Sophomore midfielder Ellie McNulty said that this season, one of the greatest lessons these nail-biting victories have taught the team is “the importance of taking care of the ball at the end of the game and finishing out the game strong.” McNulty certainly proved this to be true as she notched two goals past Cornell’s goalie in the second
half of the game. Each one of McNulty’s goals was set up by freshman midfielder Kathryn Hallett, who was one of two underclassmen who stepped up to the plate in this tough game. Finally, 14 minutes into the second half, freshman attack player Allie Rogers scored to give the Tigers their first lead of the game with a score of 6-5. Princeton’s four-goal run was broken by a goal from Mattyasovszky, but the Tigers still fought and finished off the game with two goals in the last four minutes from Hompe and Cornell’s Taylor Reed to clutch the victory with a final score of 8-7. This was an extremely exciting and important game for the whole team, but especially for
junior goalie Ellie DeGarmo, who achieved a career-high record of 16 saves. Considering the fact that Cornell outshot Princeton, outperformed them on five of the draws and beat the Tigers by eight on ground balls, DeGarmo’s saves were definitely a critical factor in the team’s thrilling victory. The Tigers have a tough stretch of Ivy League games ahead of them, battling against Penn, Columbia and Brown in their next three games. Wednesday’s game against the Tigers’ long-time rivals, the Penn Quakers, will be at home at the Class of 1952 Stadium at 7 p.m. The game will be covered by ESPN 3 and the Ivy League Digital Network.
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ART 100 An Introduction to the History of Art: Meanings in the Visual Arts MW 10–10:50am ∙ Professor Anna Arabindan-Kesson Introduction to the history of art and to the discipline of art history. Not a comprehensive survey but a sampling of arts -- painting, sculpture, architecture, photography and prints -and artistic practices from diverse historical periods, regions, and cultures. The course balances consideration of historical developments with attention to individual works of art. Faculty members of the Department of Art and Archaeology lecture in their fields of expertise; all precepts are held in the Princeton University Art Museum to facilitate direct engagement with works of art. ART 228 / HLS 228 / MED 228 / HUM 228 Art and Power in the Middle Ages
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ART 233/ARC 233 Renaissance Art and Architecture TTh 9–9:50am ∙ Professor Carolina Mangone What was the Renaissance? This class explores the major artistic currents that swept northern and southern Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries in an attempt to answer that question. In addition to considering key themes such as the revival of antiquity, imitation and license, religious devotion, artistic style, and the art market, we will survey significant works by artists and architects including Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo, Jan van Eyck, Dürer, and Michelangelo. Precepts will focus on direct study of original objects, with visits to Princeton’s collections of paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, books and maps.
ART 325 An Introduction to Prints and Drawings M 1:30–4:20pm ∙ Professor Thomas D. Kaufmann This course will focus upon prints or drawings studied from original works of art. All periods of European art may be considered along with occasional Asian objects. Classes will be conducted in the Princeton University Art Museum, New York (museum and dealer and/or auction house), and possibly Washington D.C. (National Gallery of Art). For fall 2016 the course will study drawings from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.
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{ www.dailyprincetonian.com } WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Women’s lacrosse tops Ivy League with clutch 8-7 win over Cornell By Claire Coughlin staff writer
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The Tigers demonstrated what it means to play “a full 60 minutes” during the enduring match.
After dragging behind the Big Red for the first 45 minutes of Saturday’s game at Sherrerd Field in the Class of 1952 Stadium, the Princeton women’s lacrosse team (9-3 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) bounced back to claim the title for first in the Ivy League and to beat No. 20 Cornell 8-7 (10-2, 4-2). The team remains undefeated in their conference and is ranked No. 11 in the NCAA. Before the game, junior midfielder Olivia Hompe commented that the team’s goal was first and foremost to beat Cornell, but also to avoid the stress of a one-goal victory — which has been the ending result of five of their games already this season. The team’s objective was to compete consistently throughout
the entire game and, as Hompe said, “to play a full 60 minutes.” However, it seems as though the Tigers cannot escape this stressful pattern, as Saturday’s triumph was far from a steady game but rather a nail-biter until the very end. Cornell began the game strong with a goal from Olivia Mattyasovszky, who proved to be a force to be reckoned with as she scored once more about 15 minutes later and again at the end of the game. The Tigers were able to respond to this first goal almost immediately with a goal from sophomore midfielder Abby Finkelston, but this would be one of the Tigers’ only two goals in the first half. Cornell was able to score two more goals before junior defender Amanda Leavell netted her fourth goal of the week. The Big Red then See W. LAX page 5
BASEBALL
Baseball wins three of four against Penn By David Liu sports editor
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The Tigers are now just one of two teams with winning records in the Ivy League.
Senior co-captain infielder Billy Arendt explained that every week, Princeton baseball aims to win at least three of the weekend’s four games. After hosting Penn on Clarke Field in perfect weather, the Tigers (17-14 overall, 9-3 Ivy League) can claim to have reached their goal, stealing the first three of four games from the Quakers (14-18, 6-6). The wins extend Princeton’s lead in Ivy League baseball standings. Leading the league with nine Ivy wins, the Tigers are just one of two teams — the other being Yale — with a winning league record.
To be sure, Penn posed a significant threat to the Tigers heading into the weekend. The Quakers currently lead the Ivy League in both hits and home runs. Additionally, Princeton faced the loss of senior starting pitcher Luke Strieber in the game, due to sudden illness. Arendt described the weekend as “a fight from the beginning.” In the first game, Princeton’s offense jumped to a quick start with junior infielder Zack Belski and Arendt both batting in runs. The offense then lay dormant for two innings before the Tigers capitalized on a five-run fourth inning. With bases loaded, freshman outfielder Jesper Horsted batted
in two runs and Arendt followed with a three-run home run. Thereafter, neither team scored for the remaining of the game, allowing the Tigers to earn a 7-2 victory. Saturday’s second game proved to be a battle of defense, with both teams scoring only four runs combined. At the end of the day, Princeton emerged victorious with a narrow 3-1 win. Though the Quakers are known for hitting home runs, the Tigers pounced with two quick solo homers of their own from Arendt and fellow co-captain infielder Danny Hoy in the first inning. With Princeton’s impeccable pitching, these two quick runs proved See BASEBALL page 5
TRACK AND FIELD
Track and field claim top titles at Princeton Outdoor Invitational By Miranda Hasty staff writer
Tigers across all boards dominated at the Princeton Outdoor Invitational this weekend. One of the highlights was sophomore Maia Craver’s first place finish in the heptathlon, but the women won six other events and the team title with an overall total of 195 points on the second day of competition. 13 points came from sophomore Ashley Forte’s second place finish and freshman Anna Jurew’s third place finish in the 800m. Both claimed their titles with personal records. Senior Cecilia Barowski won the 400m, while junior Elisa Steele came in fifth in the same race. The pair’s performance contributed 12 points to the team total. Garnering an impressive 8 points, sophomore Christina Walter finished the 100m in second place with a personal record. Junior Katie Hanss and sophomore Melinda Renuart were the only two female athletes to complete the 3k in under ten minutes, easily earning themselves first and second place in the event. 19 of the 195 points came in the hurdles. Junior Allison Harris placed third in the high hurdles, where
freshman Ellie Randolph finished in fifth, followed shortly by senior Taylor Morgan in sixth place. Senior Meghan McMullin placed third in the 400m hurdles, while freshman Carly Bonnet came in fourth place. Harris and Morgan weren’t limited to the track, however. Harris cleared 4.10 in the pole vault, just shy of the current program record set at the 2004 NCAA Regionals by Chelo Canino ’04. Morgan also impressed by winning the shot put with a personal record and finishing third in the high jump. Sophomore Kennedy O’Dell and senior Brielle Rowe contributed an additional 16 points with impressive top five finishes in the discus and hammer. Senior Emily de La Bruyere check earned a first-place finish and broke a personal record in the steeplechase. Just as the women made their mark this past weekend, the men’s track team made their own mark as they won the Princeton Outdoor Invitational, collecting 245 points, 128.5 points ahead of the second-place team. Sophomore Carrington Akosa, freshman Charles Volker, freshman Josh Billington and sophomore Josh Freeman contributed 53 points alone in the 100m and 200m.
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Senior Dan McCord, freshman Cole Bransford and junior Bryant Switzer dominated the 400m with first-, third- and fourth-place finishes. 22 points came from the 800m as sophomore Noah Kauppila, senior Luke Brahm, sophomore Garrett O’Toole and sophomore Jared Lee finished first, second, fourth and fifth. Sophomore Zachary Albright, freshman Jeremy Spiezio and freshman Steven Sum earned consecutive third-, fourth- and fifth-place finishes in the 1500m, adding 18 points to the team total. Freshman Sebastian Silveira took fifth in the 110m hurdles, while senior Greg Caldwell won the entire event. 18 points were added after the 400m hurdles when junior Greg Leeper finished in second, followed by sophomore Spencer Long and freshman Christian Fryer-Davis, who took third and fifth respectively. Junior Xavier Bledsoe won the high jump, as sophomore Collin Reilly and freshman Andrew Diehl both cleared 1.94. Sophomore Mitchel Charles won the discus and was the only thrower to get beyond 50 meters. Junior Jared Bell came in second in discus, and junior Chris Cook took fourth.
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The women’s team claimed the heptathlon and six other events.
Stat of the Day
16 saves Junior goalie Ellie DeGarmo achieved a career-high of 16 saves.
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