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AAS banner missing for Declaration Day

By Kevin Agostinelli contributor

The Declaration Day, which was held in McCosh Courtyard on Tuesday, did not contain a banner for African American Studies.

The African American studies department originated from the Program of African American studies created in the fall of 1969. In 2006, this was replaced by the Center for African Amer-

ican Studies, which has offered courses and an interdisciplinary AAS certificate program.

In 2015, the U. Board of Trustees officially approved a first-ever concentration in African American studies, allowing members of the Class of 2018 to be the first students in University history to major in African American studies.

The Declaration Day celebration was first organized

last year as a collaborative project between the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and the class of 2017, according to Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne.

Elena Tsemberis ’18, one of the seven declared concentrators in African American studies, said the absence of an AAS banner at the Declaration Day event came as a complete surprise to her.

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During Declaration Day, sophomores took photos in front of their departmental banners.

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Contained Lakeside fire temporarily removes students apartments

By Jessica Li

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A fire that resulted from a cooking accident was reported at Lakeside Apartments last night.

It was contained before the arrival of emergency service units, according to University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan.

Lakeside Apartments is a new residential unit for graduate students that opened in December of 2015.

Pullan said that following a referral around 9:54 p.m.

Tuesday night, the Princeton Fire Department was dispatched to 600 Hibben Magie Road.

According to Kyle Rendall, deputy chief of the Princeton Fire Department, the apartment where the fire occurred is a five-story non-combustible building.

“Public Safety received a call from a resident advising that there was a ‘cooking fire,’” Pullan explained, “the resident was heating oil in a pan which became too hot.”

“The first arriving engine crew performed their initial investigation and reported a

small grease fire in a pan on the stove in unit #213 and that the fire was extinguished by the tenant prior to our arrival,” Rendall said.

Every residential unit in Lakeside has its own kitchen.

Pullan confirmed that when the Department of Public Safety arrived at the scene, the fire was already out. However, a smoke condition was present, she added.

Crews subsequently checked to verify that the fire did not spread to areas around the stove. The housing unit was also ventilated to expel the smoke and odor, Rendall explained.

There was no significant reported damage to the building and no individuals have been harmed, according to Pullan.

Director of Public Safety Paul Ominsky deferred comment to Pullan.

Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad and Princeton Plasma Physics Lab also responded to the scene, according to Rendall.

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Whig-Clio debates on Glenn Ivey ’83, former MD marijuana legalization prosecutor, runs for seat in House staff writer

Over 70 students, including over 15 admitted students, participated in an American Whig-Cliosophic Society debate examining the question of marijuana legalization on Wednesday.

The resolution that “this house would legalize marijuana” passed by a vote of 19-7.

Bruno Schaffa ’18, the first pro-resolution speaker, said there are many public misconceptions and falsehoods surrounding marijuana use.

Particularly, Schaffa said that the answer is not so “clear-cut” when debates arise about the physical detriments of marijuana use. Schaff explained that not only have tetrahydrocannabinol extracts from marijuana been used to ease the discomfort of AIDS/HIV patients, but that “responsible, low doses are described as relaxing [and] anxietyreducing.”

Schaffa further challenged the notion that marijuana is addictive, claiming that in a 2007 study, only nine percent of frequent marijuana users in the United States showed dependence on the substance. “[Users] are not physically incapacitated without.

And the withdrawal symptoms are barely noticeable in most users who quit,” he said.

Joseph Carlstein ’18, a

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speaker arguing against the motion, countered that because marijuana remains an illegal substance, it has not been examined as thoroughly as other addictive substances have been.

Marijuana use has been shown to cause lung and mental ailments on an individual level, he said. Moreover, there are escalating societal costs associated with marijuana legalization, such as a potential growing need of rehabilitation centers.

In his closing statement, Carlstein further noted that a significant difference exists between decriminalizing the substance and legalizing it.

Making minor adjustments such as decriminalizing stands up as an economic argument, Carlstein said. However, he added that legalization sends a positive message.

To legalize the substance is to make an endorsement of marijuana, he said. This can lead to an increase in its use, which is not ideal for societies.

These glaring problems disqualify marijuana from the inf lux in positive association that will result from its legalization, Carlstein said.

In addition, Carlstein said that there is no comparison between marijuana and alcohol or tobacco. Unlike tobacco, which does not incur addiction as easily if used in See DEBATE page 4

Columnist Nicholas Wu asserts that we should not forget the humanity behind politics and discourse, and Columnist Ryan Dukeman argues for expanded study abroad opportunities through the Woodrow Wilson School. PAGE 6

By Abhiram Karuppur staff writer

Raised in segregated North Carolina, Glenn Ivey ’83 is currently running as a Democrat to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives for Maryland’s 4th District.

The 4th District includes Prince George’s County and Anne Arundel County, which contain suburbs surrounding Washington DC and Maryland seat Annapolis suburbs.

The district is known for its racial diversity, as Prince

George’s County is predominantly African American and Anne Arundel County is predominantly white. The seat is currently held by Donna Edwards (D-MD), the first African American woman to represent Maryland in Congress.

“I had seen how the Civil Rights movement, LBJ and the War on Poverty impacted the country and my life,” Ivey said. “The walls of segregation to some extent came down, and I wanted to be one of the people involved in making that happen.”

Prior to his candidacy, Ivey acted as Prince George’s County Attorney and tackled issues of drug violence.

He noted that the proximity of Prince George’s County to Northeast Washington, DC resulted in a spillover of drugs on the county border, despite the county’s suburban features.

He added that gun violence was increasing in the County.

“It was insane what people were getting shot for,” Ivey said. “We had to try to tamp the violence down.”

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He explained that he used the same strategy that Eric Holder pioneered in Washington, DC, in which he vigorously prosecuted violent offenders, introduced intervention and prevention efforts and worked against mass incarceration of lowlevel offenders.

Deni Taveras GS ’03, Prince George’s County council member, said that the issues of mass incarceration and the re-entry of ex-offenders are very important in Prince George’s County, and that Ivey’s record addressing these issues at the state and federal level qualifies him as a congressional candidate.

“We didn’t just show up when the body hit the ground, put a case together and then leave until the next shooting occurred,” Ivey said. “We went into the community and we stayed there, and we tried to win the people over as partners in reducing crime.”

Ivey had reached out to exoffenders, and worked with them to reduce gang violence and retaliation. Ivey said he had helped them re-integrate into society and find jobs, and did domestic violence outreach by working with local pastors and congregations.

Ivey added that there was also a large undocumented immigrant population in the County, which created internal tensions.

He explained that he had worked to limit organized gang violence against undocumented immigrants, and reached out to the immigrant community for assistance in prosecuting these gangs. He earned the community’s trust by working to prevent mass deportations and helped some acquire legal status and created an infrastructure for many Latinos to run for public office, he said.

Casa de Maryland, a proimmigrant service organization in Maryland, did not

respond to a request for comment.

Robert Doar ’83, who has known Ivey since freshman year at the University, said that Ivey cares about others and his community.

“Glenn is one of those great people who you meet when you’re a freshman and is a friend for life,” Doar said.

“He’s such a generous, decent, loving and good guy.”

Ivey attended Gar-Field High School and was interested in basketball. He noted that the University appealed to him because of future U.S. Senator Bill Bradley GS ’83, who played for the New York Knicks and was inducted into the NBA’s Hall of Fame, and Pete Carril, who was the University’s head basketball coach.

On campus, Ivey joined the basketball team, but quit after a few months. Ivey explained that his teammates were much more talented than he was and included the likes of future basketball stars Craig Robinson ’83, David Blatt ’81 and John Rogers ’83.

Ivey also joined the Undergraduate Student Government. He wrote his senior thesis on creating a 501(c)(4) organization that could do political lobbying and advocating for the public.

He graduated from the University in 1983, and from Harvard Law School in 1986, before joining the law firm Gordon-Feinblatt in Baltimore.

He later applied for positions on Capitol Hill and was hired to work with U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr. He noted that the staff of a U.S. Congressman was pretty small back then, so he worked on a variety of issues including making voter registration easier and helping small minority businesses get federal government contracts.

“It was a phenomenal experience,” Ivey said.

In the 1990s, Ivey joined the Justice Department as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, DC.

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“As a lawyer, you get more trial experience and it’s a bigger office than most attorney’s office,” Ivey said.

He spent four years with the Justice Department and noted that during the early 1990s, the murder rate in Washington DC was almost four times higher than what it is today. Ivey handled several violent crime cases and explained that the pace of the trials was very hectic.

“I would be preparing for one trial while doing the closing argument for the next,” he said. “It was a baptism by fire, but it was interesting work.”

Ivey believed that the incarceration of low-level drug offenders wasn’t effective and advocated for change. In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Eric Holder as the U.S. Attorney in Washington, DC, and Ivey noted that the role of the office shifted to figuring out ways to prevent crime and work with the local community.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony McLeod Kennedy, who presided over many of the felony cases that Ivey disputed, said that only the best assistant attorneys are assigned to these kinds of cases.

“He did everything you would want an Assistant U.S. Attorney to do,” Kennedy said. “He was a person of integrity, and he demonstrated his appreciation for being a fair player.”

“It’s possible to disagree but not be disagreeable,” Kennedy said. “Glenn always kept sight of that, and always was able to get along with his counterpart on the other side and the judge.”

Ivey left the Justice Department in 1994 to serve as the majority counsel to U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Donald Riegle, where he worked on the Whitewater investigations.

He investigated President Clinton’s involvement with a savings and loan company that had gone under during the savings and loan crisis.

“They were looking for someone who knew both

worlds and could help them out with this,” Ivey said.

In 1995, Senator Riegle retired and Ivey became counsel to Senator Paul Sarbanes ’54 (D-MD).

In 1997, after the Whitewater investigation was complete, Ivey became chief counsel to then Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle.

He worked on campaign finance issues, education issues and pension reform. Ivey helped Senator Daschle pass bills raising the minimum wage, increasing healthcare coverage to children and the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill.

“Working for those three guys was just a great opportunity to see different types of leadership and how they made policy decisions,” Ivey said. “It was a great training for being State’s Attorney further down the road.”

In 1998, Ivey said that he became tired of the Whitewater investigations and the Monica Lewinsky scandal, since there was very little policy being implemented in the midst of scandal.

In 2000, the State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County decided to run for County Executive, and Ivey decided that he wanted to run for the State’s Attorney position.

Yet, he took a brief break in 2000 to counsel Al Gore’s campaign in Florida during the recount controversy during the election of 2000. In 2002, Ivey campaigned for the State’s Attorney position.

He was elected, and subsequently re-elected in 2006.

Senator Sarbanes noted that Ivey’s experience as State’s Attorney makes him well-suited to serve in Congress, since he had to make tough decisions and did a good job.

“He has taken a keen interest in civic affairs in his community,” Sarbanes said.

“He’s been a very highly responsible citizen.”

In 2011, Ivey returned to private practice and in 2012 joined Leftwich & Ludaway, which is one of the dominant African-American owned law

firms in the country. Currently, Ivey is a partner and works on litigation for clients such as the NAACP, the National Association of Black Journalists, small businesses and individuals.

Looking ahead to Congress, Ivey said he would work to end the divisiveness between the Republican and Democratic parties. He noted that if the Republican party continues to shift in the direction of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz ’92, he would fight many of the divisive and destructive policies that they advocate.

However, he explained that he would be willing to work with members of the Republican and Democratic parties who want to address real issues, such as Obamacare.

“Obamacare’s not perfect,” Ivey said. “There are a lot of things that need to be improved about it, but right now the Republicans have had 62 votes to repeal it but no votes to improve it or tweak it.”

He added that he hopes Congress becomes a place where the people’s business gets done.

Additionally, Ivey noted that in his home district, he plans to improve the education system and work on criminal justice reform and cybersecurity, which are issues that he believes have bipartisan support. He added that he would try to find common ground with representatives who may disagree with him; however, he would stand his ground against some proposals, such as patrolling Muslim neighborhoods.

Doar, who noted that he is a Republican, said that despite his ideological differences with Ivey, he thinks that Ivey is the best person to represent the 4th District in Congress.

“On many issues we don’t agree, but he has the leadership and human qualities that will be helpful in Congress,” Doar said. “I’m very enthusiastic about his campaign.”

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moderation, a single dosage of marijuana may cause the user to “get high” and may lead to addiction.

Alexander Singleton ’17, however, noted in his closing statement that the mere possession of marijuana shouldn’t be inherently criminal.

Marijuana should be legalized as an equivalent to alcohol, Singleton said. Just because someone has alcohol at hand doesn’t mean they have committed a crime, and the same should hold for marijuana, he added.

“We should have to right to choose what to do with [our] own bodies,” he said.

Singleton further argued that the real social cost lies in the current system where money is expended to contain the proliferation of the drug.

Marijuana is incredibly easy to get a hold of almost every where, including in high school, Singleton said.

However, billions of dollars are still being poured to prevent the drug proliferation, he added.

In a rational way, billions of dollars can instead be generated through sales taxes on marijuana, and the industry would also create jobs, Singleton said. At the same time, the government can devote money to more effective endeavors, such as improving existing public service, he added.

During the audience participation phase, a participant noted that the criminalization disproportionately affects people of color and provides ripe ground for discrimination.

Maya Aronoff ’19, who stood in opposition of the resolution, argued that though it is true that racial profiling may occur in drug arrests, the problem is much more widespread. Merely decriminalizing marijuana does little to tackle the problem at large, she countered.

People from all backgrounds have used marijuana, among them include Bill Gates, Michael Phelps and even president Barack Obama, Schaffa said.

“Does it make sense that great people should be considered criminals just for smoking marijuana? ” Singleton asked.

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Tsemberis said that when the event initially began, several other banners had not yet arrived – including banners for Spanish and Portuguese, Psychology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Neuroscience, which became a concentration for the first time in 2015. When a box of the remaining banners arrived, the AAS banner was nowhere to be found.

“Racial issues run rampant on our campus today and run deep in our University’s history.”

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She added that she and the fellow future AAS concentrators asked Chance Fletcher ’18, Class of 2018 president, about the banner’s absence.

According to Tsemberis, Fletcher explained that he had contacted the AAS department and had been informed that, because it was a new concentration, the ODUS had not yet had time to purchase a banner.

Fletcher deferred comment to ODUS, but noted in an email that ODUS is in charge of the banners and that the class government was confused about the absence of an AAS banner as well.

“I thought that was a valid response, but I know that myself and other students were upset because the fact that this department took from 1968 until now to be created and solidified was a reason that we could not have our declaration represented

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in the same way as the other students,” Tsemberis explained.

According Dunne, last year, ODUS had ordered banners representing departmental majors in early April for the event held on April 24th. However, the African American Studies not was announced as an academic department until June 3r, 2015.

Dunne further noted that last week, the class of 2018 revisited the major declaration event idea his office subsequently retrieved the banners from storage, and it was then realized that an AAS banner was missing.

“None of us realized we hadn’t ordered an AAS banner in June until all the banners were being unpacked.

It’s a terrible oversight on my part; I’ve been in touch with the African American Studies faculty and we’re having a banner sent to us now,” Dunne said, adding that he’ll also be in touch with the AAS majors to give apologies and explanations.

Dunne further noted that he hopes to plan an event next week when AAS students can take their pictures with the banner.

Professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr., current Chair of Departmental Chair of African American studies, did not respond to requests for comment.

Tsemberis stated that it is critical for the African American studies concentration to exist at the University.

“Racial issues run rampant on our campus today and run deep in our University’s history,” Tsemberis stated.

Understanding this presence not only on Princeton’s campus but also across the country is necessary to step forward toward racial equality, Tsemberis said.

“Students might be surprised to know that the University’s faculty had an inf luential presence in the Confederate States of America, an involvement in the American Colonization Society, and had slaves living and working on campus for centuries,” she added.

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residential unit, displaced six individuals who are currently settled in residential units across campus.

During that instance, according to fire chief Dan Tomalin, when his team first arrived, they detected smoke from the right of the dwelling around a window in between the first and the second floors.

Crews quickly found the fire in the walls between the first and second floors, and the fire was contained to the wall, Tomalin said. The crew had to remove several walls in order to access the fire, he explained.

In addition to the walls that were torn down, there was smoke and water damage

to the first and second floor, which rendered the unit uninhabitable. There were no reported injuries to fire personnel or residents, Tomalin said.

According to the fire safety policies established by Housing and Real Estate Services, current University policies prohibit cooking in dormitory and annex rooms in compliance with the New Jersey Hotels and Multiple Dwelling Act. “Student-owned microwaves are not permitted anywhere in dormitories or annexes. If discovered, unauthorized appliances will be confiscated,� current policies read.

Cooking appliances found in dorms will subject owners to a fine of $50 for first offense and $100 for second offense.

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few weeks ago, Jesse Watters of Fox News stoked the embers of the “offensive speech” debate with largely inflammatory interviews of Princeton students on campus.

Watters asked students how they felt about certain trigger words, among them “ghetto,” “white privilege,” “black crime” and “Islamic terrorism.” The video aired on The O’Reilly Factor and was preceded by a brief description of how “sensitive” college students are to “offensive words.”

The video failed on almost all fronts. It wasn’t funny and it didn’t serve the purpose of highlighting college students’ heightened sensitivity. It was offensive, but not because of its language. It was offensive because of its intention.

The entire video was less of an interview or investigation than it was a deliberate provocation of student values. The intention of the questions was not to evoke a meaningful discussion about campus issues regarding these trigger words, but rather to elicit a specific response from the students — a response which would be immediately criticized as sensitive and overdramatic.

I think Fox News, and maybe even Jesse Watters, has a case in its accusation of college students’ sensitivity to offensive words.

Why is it that we are so quick to cover our ears when someone says the word ghetto?

Why do we feel threatened by the word extremist? Why do we immediately assume that the worst, most bigoted, insensitive use of the word is the only use of the word?

We underestimate (or ignore) the power

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of context. In the dictionary, a word is restricted to its definition, but in our practical use of words, they are more fluid than what Merriam-Webster defines them to be.

Language is made beautiful by the ability of words to function differently in different settings. A word is a representation of an idea, thought or feeling, intended to be communicated to others. A word has a definition, of course, but it is incomplete without its context. It is the nature of the idea, the thought, the feeling that gives the word meaning and sometimes power.

Here is the gap in the conversation about offensive speech. Those on both sides of the argument — those like O’Reilly and Watters who accuse college students of being overly sensitive to “just words” and those who would rather see speech restricted than see groups harmed by these words — seem to ignore the role context plays. Context cannot and should not be left out of the conversation.

The sentence a word is in sheds more light on the intended use of the word than the word alone. The paragraph the sentence is in makes that light even brighter. The piece that the paragraph is in is illuminating. The more context one can evaluate, the better one can understand. Just as we harp about media sources taking quotes and clips out of context to send a specifically narrowed message, so should we feel cheated when

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certain words are reviled without consideration of their context — an element vital to their function.

In determining whether a word is offensive or not, I argue that we must look to its context, and look thoroughly, before we made a judgment. The problem with offensive speech is not the words being used, but the ideas, thoughts and feelings being represented by the words. We cannot change the latter by eliminating the former. The intentions of the use of words are where we should take offense, not with the words themselves.

The video was offensive. The video was offensive because its intention was to edit and manipulate clips in order to make student responses appear overly sensitive and senseless. The purpose of the video was to inflame rather than discuss issues that permeate Princeton’s campus and other campuses across the country through harassing tactics.

The video was offensive because it, too, ignored the thoughts, feelings and ideas that motivate words — ignored the possibility that these words ever could be offensive — and so minimized discourse to a labeling of all college students as “sensitive.”

Words are not inherently offensive, but often they serve an offensive purpose. We would be wise to recognize this distinction.

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ast week, I was able to attend a lecture by Jose Antonio Vargas, an immigration rights activist and journalist. Despite the casual air of the event and the enthusiasm of the crowd, the event came with a powerful message: No human being is illegal. Vargas’s point was indicative of a larger problem in American politics about the human ramifications of policy decisions, and the lack thereof in most reporting about immigration.

Vargas was only a child when he came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant, leaving behind his mother in the Philippines to live with his grandparents in the United States. To this day, he is unable to go back to the Philippines to see his mother because if he were to leave the United States, he would be unable to reenter. It was truly heartening to be able to hear his story, and it meant a lot to me as third generation Chinese American. My family emigrated from China two generations ago to escape the Communist government, having been caught on the wrong side of the Chinese Civil War, and to further their education in the United States, so I very much sympathize with the plight of modern-day immigrants. Vargas’ lecture made me think, “what if my family had been deemed ‘illegal?’”

As a person who loves learning about American politics and policy, I believe that it can be far too easy to divorce the human impact from discussions about politics. To use a contemporary example, oral arguments for the Supreme Court case regarding President Obama’s deferred action program began this week. Throughout the news coverage and discourse around this issue, it is very easy to talk in abstract terms about “illegal immigrants,” using derisive terms for people as the American media is wont to do. It transforms a term that would otherwise make Americans uncomfortable with this policy into something devoid of meaning, a hollow shell of a word. Fewer news media outlets are discussing the huge impact on families and children that nullifying President Obama’s immigration policies would

have.

Indeed, to use terms like “illegal” masks the true impact of immigration policies. With a single piece of legislative action, the lives of people can be irreversibly changed. George Orwell famously wrote that obfuscatory political language is meant “to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” It is far easier to talk about causing “illegals” to “selfdeport,” as Mitt Romney infamously did in 2012, than outright saying that people would be forced to leave the country.

One can build a wall to keep out “illegals,” but the thought of building a wall to keep out “people” is much less palatable.

Policies have real ramifications that are often far too easy to forget from within the Orange Bubble.

That’s why language matters in politics. When was the last time that you saw a positive news story about “illegal immigrants?” The state of a human being cannot be illegal just because they lack proper documentation. A gentler, more neutral term like “undocumented immigrants” is preferable to the usage of an adjective like “illegal” that “otherizes” and politicizes an entire group of people. What seems to have emerged is a narrative of racial threat, allowing demagogues like Donald Trump to capitalize on people’s nativist fears.

Research by Daniel Hopkins, a University of Pennsylvania professor, indicates that it is highly politicized rhetoric in the news media coupled with a sudden change in the demographics of a region that leads to xenophobic backlash.

We can work to avoid that backlash and limit the spread of xenophobia by introducing greater balance and respect in news media coverage of immigration, lest the “otherizing” of undocumented immigrants continue. It’s simply immoral to call another human being illegal. It devalues their worth as people and members of the American society. Surely we can strive for more equitable reporting.

Nicholas Wu is a Wilson School major from Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich. He can be reached at nmwu@ princeton.edu.

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he Woodrow Wilson School prides itself on being an internationally renowned and globally-oriented public policy school, one that aims to train its students to bring a “global perspective” to its curriculum. International affairs are clearly a core component of the Wilson School’s identity, whether in the areas of expertise of its faculty, the research centers it endows, the courses it offers, or its undergraduate concentration areas.

Yet somehow our vaunted international relations major, one of the only such programs at Princeton, and certainly the only social science or humanities major, that severely restricts the opportunities its concentrators have to study abroad.

Each year, Woody Woo majors are given a choice of just four or five study abroad options per semester, during which they take a full course load at the host university as well as the standard Wilson School policy task force seminar in which they write one of their two JPs. These study abroad options, while rated favorably by those who have participated in them, remain woefully lacking in the breadth of countries or universities it allows students to travel to. Instead of requiring students to take their task force with them if they go abroad, and thereby limiting them to the four or five schools each semester that host a Wilson School Task Force, the University should instead require students going abroad to take their Task Force in the semester they are on campus, and allow them to write an independent JP abroad in lieu of their Research Seminar JP on campus (as the politics department currently does).

The restriction to such a small set of study abroad options is intrinsically at odds with the goal of the Wilson School in preparing students for leadership on public policy issues in the United States and around the world. Students should be allowed to experience the culture and academic environment of whichever country their personal and policy interests align with (within reason), and restricting students’ exposure to a set of just seven to ten

countries creates a set of alumni less suited for the full breadth of international policy issues that the program purports to prepare them for.

Additionally, the way these foreign Task Forces are designed further restricts students’ options, by tying a particular policy topic and particular study abroad program together. While there are unquestionably topics that logically fit together with the places in which they are held (e.g. Queen’s University Belfast being home to a Task Force relating to terrorism and border violence). However, for students who want to write their independent work on a different topic but still wish to go to a given university, this policy actively dissuades them from doing so, by forcing them to devote their research and independent work to a topic outside of their main academic passion in order to study abroad where they choose. If the University allowed study-abroad students to write an independent paper as a substitute for the Research Seminar JP, rather than a Task Force report, a student writing on terrorism could still get the location-based research benefits and resources of studying in Belfast. It would, however, also expand the benefits to students studying arts and cultural policy, integration, immigration or British foreign affairs. Rather than having to write a JP only on a specific, non-negotiable topic that may not otherwise be in their interest area in order to study in a particular country, then, students could write an independent JP on a topic that was more meaningful to them, while still benefiting from the experience of studying abroad.

The Wilson School would better serve its own mission, as well as its students, by allowing students to study abroad at nearly any approved university they choose, as nearly all other University departments do. Students with particular language interests, niche areas of policy focus, or simply a strong preference to study in a specific country would all be better served by the standard practice of a wide diversity of study abroad options.

Ryan Dukeman is a Wilson School Major from Westwood, Mass. He can be reached at rdukeman@princeton.edu.

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by Tiffany Richardson :: Staff Photographer Just last year, the Princeton Baseball team finished the entire regular season with four Ivy League wins. This past weekend alone, the Tigers earned three over Penn in a four-game home series. Additionally, Princeton stole another game from local rival Rider University Wednesday night with a 7-2 victory. In all four wins, Princeton held strong defensively, keeping opponents to one and a half runs, on average. Senior pitching captains Luke Strieber and Cameron Mingo have been primary forces behind said defense, leading one of the deepest pitching squads in the league. Moving forward, two four-game series against rivals Columbia and Cornell will put the rising Tigers to the test.

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156 runs Princeton baseball currently leads the Ivy League with 156 season runs.

Penn and Harvard trail closely.

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Rocky-Mathey Dining Services Every day, the dining services staff of the residential colleges is hard at work feeding a vast proportion of the campus’ student population. This week in ‘Street,’ Senior Writer ANDIE AYALA interviews three members of the dining hall staff at Rockefeller-Mathey College Dining Hall, with an interest in their work, their lives and passions. (Editor’s Note: This article is abridged from the complete piece, which can be found on Street’s page of The Daily Princetonian online.)

Heather Parker Mathey Card-Swiper What has your work been in the university?

I’ve always worked as a card checker. When I started, I just worked the nights. Over the year as people retired and different people retired and different hours became available I started to work lunch. Saturday night I work on the floor.

Where were you working before you came to Princeton?

I’ve always done counter jobs.

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Howard Sutphin

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Chef (Omelet Station) What do you like about working at the university?

I love young people. That’s why I’m really here. It keeps me young. And I love it. It’s like the first day. Because when you guys come in it’s all new to you. And every year when you all come in, we get to know each other.

And I lead the way, because I feel like I’m older, I have people gravitate towards me.

How did you first start working at the university?

I started in 1996. I’ve been in the same building for 20 years. Before I got here I was working at PJ’s, I was making omelets there. That’s why I was hired. I’ve been to a few other places — Butler, Wilson, Forbes; I was filling down there. But this is my home. I love it. We’ve got the best food on campus.

When I came I was persistent. I put sixteen applications in. When I got here, I came to a job fair. The way my applications got here — students would come over to PJ’s, and I would ask them to bring an application from whatever unit they came from. That’s how they used to do it back then. And that’s how I got hired here.

How has the dining hall changed since you’ve been here?

Listen, when I first came, it was about forty of us. And there’s only about four of us left from that generation.

The way that you lose your job here — people pass, you know what I mean? They die. When people come here, they don’t leave. The pay is good. You meet a lot of people.

Have you been involved with university activities?

Since I’ve been here I’ve been in two plays, I’ve won four

I started out when I was your age, working the front desk of hotels. I used to work the front desk at New York airport that was at a Holiday Inn. After working at Holiday Inn I ended up working in Atlantic City.

What’s your favorite theme night at the residential college?

Certainly you see me on Halloween right? Since being at the university, I started dressing up over the past few years. And I have fun with it.

I think the students have fun with it. I know that management comes by and looks at

awards. I won one award, the Dick Spies Award [for Excellence]. They gave me $2,000 dollars. They gave me a glass trophy, put my name in it. That was wonderful. They told me I could only talk for two minutes.

My niece told me, you love to talk. So I had papers that I taped up, and it rolled out, and it touched the floor.

And my boss said, “Howard — you’ve only got two minutes.” And I said, “I know, my niece told me I’ve got to get all this said in two minutes.”

But the best thing that happened to me was when I graduated with the class of 2012. Yup. I was an honorary class member. They gave me a jacket and everything.

What have been your favorite moments with students?

Every year, I go to a basketball game with students and I act as the overseer. I give them their tickets and talk to them. I love that, and we’ve been doing that for five years now. Every year we go see a NBA basketball game, and there be like 20 students with us.

What have you heard about the food in the eating clubs compared to Rocky/Mathey?

You know, sometimes I ask people that. They say that sometimes the food in eating clubs is better than what we do. Maybe it’s the cooks or the chefs they have. But when it comes to the omelets — nothing’s happening. They’re here.

I’m quick too. Because I got to be quick. It takes me about 7 minutes to cook for about 5-10 people — on grill.

But like today, out in the dining hall, you got these little pans, and you can only put so much in them.

Larry Foreman Chef When did you first start working in Princeton?

“I started working in Princeton when I was 19 years old. I worked in Campus Club, Terrace [Club], Colonial [Club], Quad [Quadrangle Club].

I worked in all these eating clubs in the 80s. And then I worked at Howard Johnson’s restaurants.

I gained a lot of experience there. After I was in the eating clubs, I started working with a chef who does catering. His name was Larry Frazer. I learned a lot from him, worked for him a total of six years. But after a while he pushed me out.

He told me, you’re ready to work on your own. So I applied for a cook’s job in a nursery home. After six months I became the head cook. I was making charts when planning meals, you know, how they have all those dietary restrictions. I stayed there for six years. But it bored me, you know? I needed more adventure. I was working with the elderly who had Alzheimer’s, dementia and diabetes.

What was school like for you?

I’ve been around; I’ve been around for a long time.

I had never graduated from high school. I was three credits short. And it was demotivating for me to continue. But I always loved to learn, I taught myself a lot. I met my wife when I was 23, we got married when I was 26. We’ve had three children, all of them went to college. And I supported them cooking. Just cooking. Who

me. It just gives me a chance, you know, like you guys — to pretend and be someone else.

Have you ever tried working in a different position in the dining hall?

I like where I am. I think I’m a good hostess. I like to pretend I’m a hostess at the door, because you get to know what’s going on. Although you know how Howard does his Saturday night special — what some people call ‘pigs in a blanket?’ A couple of Saturday nights ago, I wound up making banana dogs — I took bananas and wound them up in bread and would have thought?

One day my daughter, she asked me, ‘Dad, when are you going back to school?

You’re the smartest guy I know.’

So one day I went to the Mercer [County] Community College and the woman there told me to take the pretest to see where I was at before I came in. So I took the test and afterward she called me into her office.

She sat me down and told me. Do you know what you did? And I said — what do you mean? And she said, you haven’t been in school for 35 years, but you’re testing is already at college level. Because I had educated myself, you know? I just love to learn.

So I got my GED, I was elected to the class council, and was valedictorian.

I got to speak in front of the whole school, there was something like 3,000 people there, it was pretty nerve-racking. My father got to see me finish high school. I was 49 years old, I did it, my family was proud.

How did you start cooking?

After that, I got a culinary certificate to cook in the State of New Jersey, and then I came here.

You know, you don’t just get hired in Princeton, it’s pretty rigid. There’s a standard. I’ve been work-

served them with chocolate syrup and whipped cream. I hope that they ate them, they all told me they thought it was good, so I enjoyed that.

I understood the ‘food love’ that chefs get, because students are really nice, they’ll say, ‘oh, this was really good.’ And it just made me smile, you know? It’s like — yeah, they’re eating something that I made and they’re happy. You’re feeling the love because the kids enjoy what you make for them.

And that’s what Howard gets when he makes his hot dogs, because they can’t get enough of them.

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ing here for five years, it’s been pretty rewarding. There’s some people here I knew from way back when. I knew Howard back in high school.

It’s true what people say about him. Howard was an amazing athlete, he’s a real nice guy.

You mentioned that your father got to see you graduate; did you look up to him? What was he like?

My father was a pastor of the Morning Star Church of God, back when it was in Princeton. He came from Northern Virginia and got married when he was 20.

He passed after his 80th birthday. He always taught me to be a gentleman. To treat people as I would myself. He used to tell me, before I got angry, or upset, or resentful towards someone, to imagine that I was in the other person’s shoes. Have a little more empathy. If most people did that there wouldn’t be so many problems in the world.

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Q&A FELLOWSHIPS ADVISER DEIRDRE MOLONEY Interviewed by CATHERINE WANG Senior Writer

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rinceton University has a long history of success with postgraduate fellowships.

As Director of Fellowship Advising, Dr. Deirdre Moloney has an integral hand in guiding students through the process.

Street Staff Writer Catherine Wang sat down with Dr. Moloney to learn more about the fellowship advising process.

The Daily Princetonian: What is your role in the process of helping students apply for scholarships?

Deirdre Moloney: We have traditional info sessions, but we also have a lot of workshops. We have a full-day U.K. Boot Camp for people who are applying to U.K. fellowships – about things like how to brainstorm your essay, how to feel more confident giving a presentation, how to ask for letters of recommendation in an effective way. We also have workshops for Fulbright that are very hands-on,

like how to get an institutional letter of affiliation from a university professor in Brazil for example, or an art museum you might want to work with in Tokyo. We also have a lot of more informal mix and meet in the residential colleges over meals and things like that. We meet regularly in a one-to-one, and I have a questionnaire and I ask people to bring their resumes so I can get an idea of what languages they already have, what their outside pursuits are, what internships they’ve had, so that I can advise them more effectively and make the fellowships work for their interests rather than try and fit a student into a fellowship.

DP: How has the process of fellowship advising evolved either since you were appointed in your position at Princeton?

DM: Though a lot of the fellowships that are for senior year to do postgraduate projects and degrees such as the Marshall,

the Rhodes, the Gates, the Schwarzman and many others, Hanna Lee and myself in my office are encouraging students to think about fellowships earlier.

but they do need to have a lot of conversations with people on campus like Ryan Low [‘16], Duncan Hosie [‘16] or Evan Soltas [‘16], who have recently [gotten] awards.

When I came on board in 2010, I thought that it was very important to not only start putting it on students radar before they even set foot on campus as an enrolled student, but say for the Rhodes, Marshall, Gates, Fulbright, we really start working with students intensely in the spring of their junior year.

We know students who are applying earlier than that because some of them have already done a Critical Language Scholarship. We’re having a lot of success these days for the Truman, and that’s for juniors. In many cases if a student hasn’t decided to apply for those because it’s not a right fit, then they start working with me intensely as juniors at the beginning of February. I don’t want to suggest that it’s like another course,

We don’t want students to have to worry about the logistics, but we want them to know that they should be thinking about how to think about their futures and how maybe fellowships might intersect with those goals. I think a lot of students in the past did not think about fellowships, or they thought about them very late in their college career, so we want and we have many more people interested in fellowships. We often work with students, well for example, in the Freshman Summer Institute before they actually start their freshman year. We talk to people at a big open house that we have the first week of class, and there are a few things that people can apply for as early as their freshman year like the

Critical Language Scholarship or the U.K. Summer Institute, and that positions them to have gone through the application process and to have thought about why a fellowship might be in their future.

DP: Do students often apply for multiple scholarships?

DM: I encourage that, I don’t want anyone to think that with 32 Rhodes Scholarships for the entire country, that the Rhodes is the only thing that people should be thinking about.

I think that encourag[ing] people to apply for the Sachs, which can give them a two year degree at Oxford, but also to widen the net. I think that students should think about applying for a mix of U.K. and other global fellowships, and some of them might also be independent projects in the US. DP: Could you talk about some of the students who have received fellowships this year?

DM: In a way, each student has a memorable experience, and I’m often there to share it with them. The students I think, are very very diverse in terms of their coming from all ages.

We have a broader representation of regions of the country.

They’re really doing incredible things whether it’s working on prison reform through SPEAR or the Petey Greene Program, Soltas has an economics blog that he started in high school, another student was part of the Fung Forum in Dublin about global health, Ella Cheng [‘16] was the USG president. A lot of students have huge languages under their belts. For example, Gates Scholar Yung In Chae [‘15], who’s originally from South Korea, is now in France, and she has seven languages under her belt. They’re rockstar students, and what’s really interesting is students who apply don’t always see how incredible they are, and I have to basically encourage them to remember that they’re incredible people and they can follow in the steps of Sonia Sotomayor [‘76], Elena Kagan [‘81] or Meg Whitman [‘77].

DP: Do you still keep in contact with the Princeton alumni who receive these scholarships?

DM: Yes, they are so excited about peer mentoring, that from the time that they get the award, to about 30 years of age, they are eager to do things like have coffee with students, Skype with students if they’re in say Cambridge or somewhere else, contribute to a profile or a blog, advise students about the interview process and serve as panel members if there’s an interview for the Rhodes, the Gates...They come back to campus and are really eager to promote the program to current students. What’s really cool is we have a reunions reception that’s really well attended by fellowships alumni up to age 70 or so, as well as students, faculty and other people.

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Audrey Berghdal-Baldwin ‘16, a fellowships mentor and future Marshall Scholar .

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Q&A THE TEAM BEHIND ’PRINCETON TONIGHT’ Interviewed by TAYLOR KANG

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hey’re the Princetonians who made McCosh 50 just a little fuller with a visit from comedian Dave Coulier of “Full House” fame … “The Street” brings you a Q&A with the students behind “Princeton Tonight,” Princeton University’s first TV show, Host and Show Runner Jordan Salama ’19, Executive Producer Ryan Ozminkowski ‘19 and Director Benjamin Jacobson ‘19.

The Daily Princetonian: How did “Princeton Tonight” begin?

Jordan Salama ‘19: It was the beginning of the year, and Ryan and I had met up and seen the Princeton University Broadcast Center, which is in the basement of Lewis Library, and it’s a fully professional TV center that is used to interview professors when they have big accomplishments. But students had never used the studio, so what we had conceived this idea for a TV show where students get involved with real world TV production in the style of a talk show, so Ryan and I created a pilot, and we brought it up for funding, we formed a partnership with Princeton Film Productions, and then we brought Ben on board and a lot of great other student workers.

Ryan Ozminkowski ’19: Basically, Jordan and I met after watching some Princeton Film Productions footage from last year, and we were like, “Hey, you like TV?” And he was like, “I like TV. You like TV?” So we decided to make some TV together. So we shot a little pilot with Charlie Baker [‘17], he’s a student here, and that went well. And we decided we needed a bigger team behind it, we needed someone who knew how to direct, which is when we brought in Ben, and

we needed someone who knew how to write so we brought in Rami [Farran ‘19]. And so we worked to bring out another pilot, and since then it’s just been working to keep building on that, whether it’s newer guests, bigger guests, different kinds, more interaction with the campus community, just trying to gradually build since then.

DP: What’s the process behind inviting guests like Dave Coulier?

JS: Well if you want contacting people, that’s primarily what I do. I reach out to agents, through connections to the University, basically any lead I can find, either people who might be interested in coming to Princeton or people that are already coming to Princeton. Primarily it has been people who we are bringing to Princeton, but when we contact them, we always try to give them the option of hosting an event that will serve the larger community. So we’re having them on our show, but maybe they’re having a master class or a concert or some sort of fun event that students and faculty members can come to enjoy. So that’s the process of bringing the guests here.

RO: It can be as casual as, like, a Facebook message, or a, “Hey, I saw you this summer and I liked you. Want to come to Princeton?”

JS: And it works, and you’d be surprised at how many people are already willing and able to come to Princeton and get publicity on our show. People are honored to be on “Princeton Tonight” and it’s a great feeling.

DP: What are some other aspects of the show, aside from star power, that you’d like people to know about?

RO: We really want to make sure our show appeals to people outside of Princeton, but we really

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want to make sure that the organization of “Princeton Tonight” enhances everyone’s experience of Princeton here. So like we were saying, every time we bring the guests, we want to do something big with the community here.

We really want to make it very interactive and get a lot of people involved. Also, just for the team itself, we try to work some stuff, whether it’s more writers’ meetings to make them better writers, just learning to edit, put together video footage or direct or any of that stuff.

Benjamin Jacobson ‘19: Yeah, there are definitely other aspects. We do sketches and stuff, we do comedy. We have a writers’ room for that. So that’s a lot of fun, and that’s something we think has a wider appeal, because it’s not just Princetonspecific comedy or anything like that. It’s just stuff that we think

people enjoy. And then we’re always looking for new ideas and stuff. We definitely don’t want it to be just about bringing celebrities to campus, but what we do we definitely want to do it outreach. I think with every guest we’ve done something – a show or performance or something for everybody – so it’s not just interviewing.

JS: And I think something important to note is that we want to make Princeton a more filmand television-oriented campus, and we want to try and use the show as a centerpiece for that.

Historically, Princeton has had a lot of opportunities, but those opportunities were not to the extent of other schools’ in film and television, so by providing people with real world television production experience in a professional TV studio, networking with professionals in the TV in-

dustry. So I think that’s a big aspect that’s underrated right now about “Princeton Tonight,” but we hope to bring that to the forefront, along with the show that we’re making.

RO: So hopefully we can make Princeton a film campus. I mean, how awesome would that be? You know, where it’s not just like little, small groups that are trying to start up, trying to force it to happen, but a campus where everybody knows about it, everybody’s involved, everybody’s actively engaged, whether they like watching movies or making movies – that’d be awesome. You know, some little senior in high school is going, “I don’t know which school to go to, but I like film and Princeton has a film and TV culture.” We just want to try to change the entire culture here.

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“Singin’ in the Rain” as Revived Classic CAROLYN BEARD

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ene Kelly, tap dancing and a lamppost.” In his program note, actor William Cohen ’16 lists what most people associate with “Singin’ in the Rain.”

Made famous by Gene Kelly’s iconic performance in the titular number in the 1952 film, a musical theater classic about Hollywood’s shift from silent film to talkies.

The Lewis Center for the Arts’ recent production, directed and co-choreographed by Adin Walker ’16, does something different. As Cohen continues, “With this production, I wanted to play homage but also reinvent. I wanted to play Don Lockwood, not Gene Kelly.”

The Lewis Center’s production does exactly that: pay homage and reinvent.

In other words, the production successfully breathes new life into the classic.

The primary vehicle through which the production reinvents is the music.

Some songs are performed tradition-

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ally, but most songs are performed almost as acoustic covers of the originals. These acoustic covers include “Fit as a Fiddle,” the vaudeville number Don Lockwood (Billy Cohen ’16) and Cosmo Brown (Allen Hernandez ’16) perform and “You Were Meant for Me,” the ballad Lockwood sings for his love interest Kathy Selden (Madeline Reese ’16). Just as the Golden Age music of the original “Singin’ in the Rain” score was trendy for a 1950s public, so are these acoustic covers “hip” for Princeton’s 2016 audience.

A number of songs are performed traditionally, with an excellent rendition of “Good Morning” and an iffy if not explicit version of “Make ‘Em Laugh.” But more interesting are the songs that fully swerve off of their traditional rendering, some being more successful than others. “Beautiful Girls,” traditionally performed as a big ensemble number while being filmed for the movie, is here performed as a more intimate piece between Jared Hopper ’18 and Kamber Hart ’16. As the doll-like subject of Hopper’s heart in this pseudodream sequence, Hart fills the dancing and acting requirements of the role with aplomb.

Hopper and Hart’s duet elicits themes of unrealistic expectations in beauty, abusive relationships and structural

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misogyny found in American musical theater.

Less successful is the production’s reinvention of “All I Do is Dream of You.” In a more traditional performance, Selden, working as a party entertainer, jumps out of a fake pastel pink cake and performs with fellow pink-clad dancing girls. This production keeps the cake, but changes the costumes; instead of scantily-clad entertainers, the production features dancers wearing, playing and dancing with balloons. Not only does the change make the details inconsistent, but the balloons become a logistical nightmare: hand-offs are sloppy and balloons wander around the stage — the aesthetic hardly works. Surely there would be a more effective way to contemporize the party scene.

All in all, props are excellent — including umbrellas and musical instruments make frequent appearances — most especially in Alexander Quetell’s ’17 performance on a saxophone in “Moses Supposes.” The use of flower petals as stunt devices provides an aesthetic and low-maintenance stage effect when used to recreate the pie-throwing scene and when used as a continuation of a dancer’s movement.

Occasionally, clever props are not implemented to their full potential.

The titular song falls flat when mirrors — an atypical but brilliant prop choice for the number — are incorporated too late to be effectively used.

There are many brilliant performances, especially including Cohen ’16, Reese ’16, Hernandez ’16, Stanley Mathabane ’17, Ross Barron ’17, Hopper ’18, Hart ’16 and Quetell ’17. But most impressive is the new, contemporary life brought to the production by Walker ’16, a revitalization that would surely “Save Lockwood and Lamont.”

ASK THE SEXPERT This week, we discuss “sustainable periods.”

Dear Sexpert,

I am tired of creating so much waste when I’m on my period! Are there any environmentally safe options for dealing with my period that aren’t too scary?

— The Fertile Conservationist

Dear Conservationist, There are many alternative options to the disposable pads and plastic applicator tampons that are commonly sold in a grocery store or pharmacy, which create a lot less waste. Before reviewing these alternatives, I want to first address your worry that these products might be “scary.”

Menstruation, or shedding of the lining of the uterus, is a natural process that occurs in all women, and should not be gross or scary. It is a part of life! For many women, menstruation typically lasts only 3-7 days each month and results in shedding more than 20-60 mL of blood over the course of that time. If you ever feel like your period is abnormally long or heavy, discuss this with a physician at home, or with one of the clinicians at UHS. Additionally, some forms of birth control can interrupt your regular cycle or extend time between periods. Like with anything else, trying something new for the first time can be scary.

Knowing your options and finding what is the best fit for you can help

ease your concerns.

There are generally two types of products that you can use while on your period: external and internal protectors. When picking which products you would like to use in the future, keep in mind to only use what you feel comfortable and safe using. These products aren’t supposed to cause you pain or discomfort. They should make having your period more comfortable and manageable. One of the external options are cloth or reusable pads. While you wear them like you would a regular pad (in the crotch of your panties for the same length of time), instead of throwing them away after each use, you wash them so that they can be used repeatedly. Additionally, some companies sell “pad panties” which allow you to just wear these special undergarments that come in varying absorbencies so that you don’t have to wear a pad or tampon at all.

These undergarments can be washed like you would regular panties.

For internal use, there are also a variety of options outside of cotton or rayon tampons with plastic or cardboard applicators. Some companies make tampons from organic cotton without applicators, which produce less waste. There is also the menstrual cup, which is a small cup made of silicone or rubber that you insert into your vagina, and it catches the blood

before it ever leaves your body. After a few hours, you remove the cup, empty it, rinse it with clean water and then can reuse it. There are also sponges, man-made or dead sea sponges that you can insert into the vagina. The sea sponges can be used more than once after cleaning for up to 6 months.

Conversely some types of synthetic sponges are meant for single use only, so be sure to review the recommended use. Finally, there are just simple reusable, washable tampons that are made from cotton, and can be as absorbent as regular disposable tampons.

If any of these alternatives sound appealing to you, I strongly encourage you to make an appointment with Sexual Health and Wellness at UHS to discuss which method would be the best fit for you. The clinicians can discuss the options and teach you how to use these products properly to achieve the best protection. Remember, a healthy and comfortable period is a happy one!

Interested in Sexual Health? The Sexpert is always looking for members of the community to join the team of sexual health educators who, along with fact-checking from University health professionals, help write these columns. Email sexpert@dailyprincetonian.com for more information and questions about sexual health.

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CAMPUS PICKS DANCE BAC DANCE PRESENTS SUMMER DAZE Frist Performance Theatre Thursday, April 21 - 8 p.m.

Friday, April 22 - 6:30 and 9 p.m.

Saturday, April 23 - 6:30 and 9 p.m.

This weekend, BAC is presenting its spring show, SUMMER DAZE. The tickets act as a 10% off coupon at Bent Spoon, and there are many promos and giveaways for this show, which has its own snapchat filter! Tickets are $8 with PUID and Student Events eligible.

THEATER PRINCETON SHAKESPEARE COMPANY PRESENTS “THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)” Wilson Black Box Theater Thursday, April 21 - 8 p.m.

Friday, April 22 - 11:59 p.m.

Saturday, April 23 - 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 24 - 2 p.m.

Jackie Thorbjornson ’19 is directing PSC’s next show! A performance of Shakespeare’s works (abridged) will take place this weekend in the Wilson Black Box Theater.

Tickets are $8 and available at the door.

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POETRY: SONGLINE SLAM POETRY PRESENTS “INSOMNIA” Wilson Black Box Theater Thursday, April 21 and Saturday, April 23 at 10:30 p.m.

Check out Songline’s free spring shows this Thursday and Saturday! At 10:30PM in Wilson Black Box Theater, the Thursday show will feature Más Flow Dance Company and Natalie Diaz, a poet and the 2015-16 Hodder Fellow of the Lewis Center.

MUSIC: LADIES’ NIGHT PRESENTS WILDCATS, TIGRESSIONS AND TIGERLILIES McCormick 101 Saturday, April 23 - 9 p.m.

This Saturday, Princeton’s all-female a Capella groups are coming together for a ladies’ night performance. Hosted by Quipfire! in McCormick 101, come out to see these three powerful female groups! Tickets are available in Frist. Tickets are $8 with PUID, and proceeds go to Womanspace.