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Proposed changes to distribution requirements would add flexibility

By Marissa Michaels Staff Writer

The Committee on the Course of Study is set to propose the first major changes to the University’s general education requirements in 25 years at the next faculty meeting on April 29.

The three most prominent of the proposed changes, which would be introduced to the Class of 2024, are the addition of a Culture and Difference requirement, a rewriting of the distribution requirement descriptions, and the assignment of multiple distribution requirements to certain courses, allowing students to choose which distribution the course will fulfill.

Faculty members will have to approve the changes before they go into effect.

The proposed Culture and Difference distribution would require students to take a course that exposes them to diverse identities. It can be taken in conjunction with another requirement, meaning that students do not need to take more classes to fulfill their requirements.

The Committee also proposed that some courses fulfill two distribution requirements. Under this proposal, students could choose which distribution requirement they would prefer a course to fulfill when choosing classes, giving students more flexibility.

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The proposed Culture and Difference distribution would require students to take a course that exposes them to diverse identities.

a student could select to take this for Literature and the Arts or for Social Analysis, and, depending on what the student needed, the course would count in either category,” Dean of the College Dolan, who was the Head of the Committee on the Course of Study, explained.

Finally, the committee rewrote requirement descriptions to better aid students during course selection. According to Dolan, requirement descriptions should be a “good tool for students,” but they have not always previously performed that function.

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These changes come out of a charge that President Eisgruber wrote in 2015 to create a Task Force on General Education in order to ensure that the distribution requirements continue to support the University’s mission and respond to changes in the landscape of higher education.

The charge for the Task Force on General Education, which was also led by Dolan, noted that “the Gen Ed requirements are intended to ‘transcend the boundaries of specialization and provide all students with a common language and common skills,’” citing language

from the Undergraduate Announcement.

“What has to be changed?

How well are they working?

Should things be added?

Should there be a computer science requirement? Should there be an international requirement? Should there be some sort of diversity requirement? Are the number of requirements enough?” Dolan said, listing some of the questions that the task force wanted to answer.

To fulfill this charge, Dolan said that the task force needed to answer some pressing questions using voices from

students and faculty. The task force also analyzed secondary reading on higher education, as well as data from other institutions.

After meeting for about a year, the task force published their recommendations in October 2016. When Eisgruber approved the recommendations, they then went to the Committee on the Course of Study, which would discuss the potential implementation of the recommendations over a span of two years.

“A lot of the issues were complicated. We needed to hear from a lot of people, we needed to discuss things, we needed to discuss them again.

And that’s how we finally got to the point where we’re at right now. So, it was a long process, but it was a good process. And as a result, I feel very happy with what we’ve come up with here,” Dolan said.

In addition to the core faculty, students participated in the Committee’s discussions.

Though a student committee member declined to comment due to the group’s confidentiality, Dolan said that the committee “took their recommendations and concerns very seriously, and they are fully behind these recommendations as well.”

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BEYOND THE BUBBLE

Attorney General William Barr releases report by Special Counsel Mueller ’66

By Bill Huang Staff Writer

New USG officers elected, all four referenda passed

By Linh Nguyen Associate News Editor

In an email sent to the student body around 4 p.m. on Friday, April 19, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) announced the spring election results for U-Councilors and officers for the classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022. Additionally, all four referenda exceeded the minimum one-third turnout and were passed.

A total of 2,246 students voted in the 2019–2020 USG elections.

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ficers are Juston Forte ’20 as president, Alaa Ghoneim ’20 as treasurer, and Ben MusokeLubega ’20 as secretary. The offices for vice president and social chair remain vacant.

In an email to The Daily Princetonian, Forte explained that he not only hopes to make the class of 2020’s senior year enjoyable, but also aspires to implement long-lasting change within USG. “During my time, I hope to increase class unity by holding frequent social events, while actively leading CommenceSee ELECTION page 2

Contributing columnist Claire Wayner contests the generalization that Princeton students are indifferent to oncampus democracy, and contributing columnist Sebastian Quiroz espouses a defense of Princeton’s current liberal arts education model. PAGE 4

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Then-FBI director Robert Mueller ‘66 meets with former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden in the White House. the report. “If you get one of these independent counsels it ruins your presidency. It takes years and years and I won’t be able to do anything.”

Prior to the report’s release, Barr suggested that “the evidence does not establish that the president was involved in an underlying crime related to Russian election interference.” The report, however, clarifies that “the evidence does point to a range of other possible personal motives animating the president’s conduct.”

In addition, Barr quoted that “the special counsel … ultimately determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment.” Mueller’s report explains that this decision resulted from the Office of Legal Counsel’s determination that doing so would violate “the constitutional separation of powers.”

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Of the 400+ pages in the report, over 35 pages worth of material were redacted, mainly because of the “harm to ongoing matter” they posed. Members of the House have issued a subpoena requesting that the Justice Department release an unredacted version of the report to Congress.

Some notable excerpts from the report include former White House Counsel Donald McGahn’s recollection that Trump “had asked him to ‘do crazy [s***]’” and how White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon “regularly used his personal Blackberry and personal email for work-related communications ... and he took no steps to preserve these work communications.”

Mueller did not respond immediately to The Daily Princetonian’s request for comment.

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The elected officers for the class of 2021 were also elected last year, which was the first time since 2004 that all officers for a class were women.

After a lengthy investigation, Attorney General William Barr released a redacted version of the Mueller report on Thursday, April 18. Led by Special Counsel and ex-FBI director Robert Mueller ’66, the 448page document detailed the conclusions of a two-year investigation into allegations of obstruction of justice and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The report found that Russia made a concerted effort to interfere in the 2016 election but concluded that there was no criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia. The report, however, could not reach a conclusion as to whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice, although it did document several attempts

by Trump to influence the Special Counsel investigation.

Trump had asked multiple aides to commit actions that would have obstructed the investigation, according to the report. The aides, however, refused to follow these directions.

Mueller, who studied politics at the University, was appointed as Special Counsel almost two years ago on May 17, 2017, shortly after President Trump’s dismissal of former FBI director James Comey.

According to the report, President Trump responded to news of Mueller’s appointment with a mix of anger and despondency.

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ment planning so that our last year will be memorable,” Forte wrote. “Additionally, I intend to push for organizational changes within Class Government so that officers will be better prepared for the responsibilities expected of their elected positions.”

Representing the class of 2021 are Emma Parish ’21 as president, Sanjana Duggirala ’21 as vice president, Kavya Chaturvedi ’21 as treasurer, Arielle Mindel ’21 as secretary, and Phoebe Park ’21 as social chair.

Entering her second year as class of 2021 president, Parish noted that USG has “become a home for [her] on campus” and that she hopes to continue “building community through class events and gear.”

“I hope to work with the other officers to design and order more completely subsidized gear items, ranging from sweatshirts to portable chargers to stickers,” Parish wrote in an email to the ‘Prince.’ “For alumni relations, I am looking to launch both an alumni lecture series and a one-on-one alumni mentorship program.

In a similar vein to our pumpkin carving event with local refugee families, my goal is to create community service days for 2021 classmates to give back to Princeton and beyond.”

All five elected officers for the class of 2021 were also elected last year, when the class of 2021 became the first class in 14 years to elect all-female officers.

The elected class of 2022 officers are Santi Guiran ’22 as president, Gabe Lebeau ’22 as vice president, Mansi Totwani ’22 as treasurer, Mariah Crawford ’22 as secretary, and Anika Khakoo ’22 as social chair.

Guiran explained that he “was absolutely floored” to find out that he had been elected and that he is excited for all of the opportunities to come.

“Knowing that the people who inspire me every day resonated with my passion and conviction was an invaluable feeling,” Guiran wrote in an email to the ‘Prince.’ “In the coming year, I am hoping to really enhance our mentorship program with our grandparent class. I am also looking forward to serving in the Honor Committee and making information regarding upperclassmen dining options accessible, among other things.”

All class office candidates ran unopposed with the exception of the 2021 and 2022 presidential candidates, as well as the secretarial candidates for the class of 2022.

Of the 12 U-Councilor candidates who ran for office, 10 were elected: Matthew Bomparola ’21, Gabriel Duguay ’22, Isabella Faccone ’21, Rachel Hazan

’21, Sarah Lee ’22, Allen Liu ’22, JJ Lopez Haddad ’22, Ben Press ’20, Adhitya Raghavan ’20, and Claire Wayner ’22.

Bomparola, who has served as U-Councilor for the 2018–2019 school year, said that he was “super stoked to be re-elected” for the upcoming school year and to work with both new and old USG members.

“I hope to build upon much of the work that I participated in last year regarding making campus more accessible to students of faith,” Bomparola said.

“I really hope to make as much headway as possible on questions regarding fairer pricing and alternate options to Pequod packet printing services.”

This year’s four referenda — which concern reducing carbon emissions, eye safety and computer screens, Honor Code standard penalties, and Honor Committee appointments — passed with at least 83.8 percent of votes in favor of each respective referendum.

To be officially approved by the student body, the referenda needed to pass two criteria: 33 percent turnout and 75 percent approval. With at least 1,926 total votes on each referendum, the referenda narrowly exceeded the minimum turnout requirement with at least 36.6 percent, and at most 42.2 percent, of the total student body.

Wayner, a newly-elected UCouncilor as well as the sponsor for the carbon emissions

referendum, explained that the vote on the referendum “sends a clear message to the administration that the student body cares greatly about climate change and wants Princeton to take more decisive action towards reducing our emissions.”

“Our campaign team and the Princeton Student Climate Initiative are looking forward to working closely with the Office of Sustainability and other administrators to both ensure that the referendum is implemented and to collaborate on even more aggressive efforts to further reduce our carbon footprint,” Wayner wrote in an email to the ‘Prince.’ “We sincerely hope that the administration shares our belief in viewing this referendum as a call to action — Princeton has a responsibility to its students to decarbonize as quickly as possible for a sustainable future.”

AJ Sibley ’19 expressed his excitement as the eye safety referendum sponsor to see the future educational measures implemented by the University.

“This referendum is a call for action on the part of the University administration: to educate students on how to protect their eyes, and ensure their capacity for continued excellence,” Sibley wrote in an email to the ‘Prince.’ “I know that this university cares deeply for the well-being of its students, and I am confident that with this united stand by the stu-

dent body, [the] University will take the vital steps necessary to protect current and all future generations of Princetonians.”

Third-year Honor Committee member and Honor Committee referendum sponsor Chris Umanzor ’19 wrote in an email to the ‘Prince’ that he hoped the referendum would encourage the continuation of “smart, strategic reform in the name of decency and fairness.”

“The internal processes of the Honor Committee matter perhaps now more than ever, especially given that the next crop of members and leaders will play a vital role in establishing precedent, a tremendously important factor to consider when evaluating penalty for a student found ‘responsible’ by the Committee,” Umanzor wrote. “As long as this Committee is here, we need to ensure that it remains accountable and we need to continue to question whether its institution in its current form is truly a prudent one.”

Elizabeth Haile ’19, sponsor for the Honor Code standard penalties referendum, did not respond to request for comment by the time of publication.

The newly elected officers will take over their new roles at the beginning of the fall semester in September 2019, and the referenda will be implemented immediately.

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ence and technology requirement in 2010. Dolan hopes to see another review process sometime in the next 10 years.

Ultimately, Dolan said the Committee on the Course of Study hopes that the current proposed changes to the general education requirements will allow them to “be much more lively instead of a static document.”

Faculty and students alike agree that the proposals would make necessary changes to the distribution requirements.

After taking SOC 227: Race and Ethnicity last semester, Ariadni Kertsikof ’22 fully supports the proposed addition of a Cultural and Difference requirement.

“People going to this university and living in the world today can’t have a university education and not have a course on race and ethnicity and what role this plays in people’s lives and the role of the government and the role of policy to change things,” Kertsikof said.

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gram Carolyn Ureña ’08 said that she is “especially heartened by the new requirement in ‘Culture in Difference,’ which acknowledges that structures of power influence the ways we all inhabit the world.”

“I know this kind of encouraged experimentation is what eventually led me to major in Comparative Literature and become an interdisciplinary scholar working at the intersection of medicine and the humanities,” Ureña added.

Will Alvarado ’19 noted that he appreciates the added flexibility afforded by the ability to apply certain classes to one of two distribution requirements.

“Being able to have some options on the distribution label for a class would allow not only more students to take the course (as I know some students have been discouraged due to having already fulfilled that requirement)” he wrote in an email to The Daily Princetonian. “It would surely allow students to be able to focus on taking courses that contain content that interests them in a deeper way.”

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Are Princeton students apathetic?

Claire Wayner

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his past week, from Monday at noon to Wednesday at noon, I spent what felt like every waking moment texting, emailing, and reminding people in person to vote in the USG elections for Referendum Question No. 1, which I sponsored on behalf of the Princeton Student Climate Initiative. The week before voting opened, my group and I spent hours tabling in Frist Campus Center, posting flyers on lampposts, and folding table tents.

Throughout the campaign, several of my upperclassmen friends consistently warned that it would be difficult to get one-third of the student body (the minimum required threshold) to vote, citing past referenda which had failed due to too few votes. In discussing this challenge with them, I repeatedly heard the word “apathy” mentioned in association with Princeton students. Friends complained that “Princeton students are so apathetic” or that “it’s so tough to get anyone here to do anything.” As I urged people to submit their ballots, I too wondered why it was so difficult to get people to vote. Did they even care about the cause?

While some students at Princeton may indeed not care about the climate refer-

endum, it’s incorrect to call these individuals apathetic, as it implies that they are indifferent toward everything on campus. In reflecting on my first year here, however, I genuinely believe that every student here has to care about something, making them not apathetic by definition. Whether that be prison reform for members of SPEAR, dancing and theater for members of performing arts groups, or sports for varsity athletes, everyone here is doing something meaningful outside of their schoolwork (as many of us did in high school, too). Academics can also be a source of motivation, as can friendships and family. Thus, when we label someone as apathetic, we are disregarding the diverse set of interests unique to each person, implying that their apathy toward our particular area of interest extends to all issues on campus.

Let’s be careful not to generalize and stereotype, however. Just because someone strongly identifies with a particular student group or interest does not mean that they are completely apathetic to every other cause.

Musicians can still be passionate about politics, athletes about climate change, and so forth. The limiting factor in this equation is simply time. In the stressful academic environment that is Princeton, it’s impos-

sible to get actively involved in virtually everything, or even more than a couple of things.

Student groups on campus are often lamenting the lack of interest in their group or the apathy of Princeton students toward their area of focus. But calling students apathetic is insulting, incorrect, and even selfish. Constantly promoting one’s own interests denigrates the interests of others on campus.

Rather than continually recruiting for one’s groups, thus, I argue that student groups should start thinking about meeting other groups where their diverse interests lie and searching for common discussion points and intersectionalities.

Many groups already do this by co-hosting events; with regards to sustainability and climate action, the possibilities for interjecting these into campus dialogue are endless. There could be improv comedy nights and dance performances themed around nature, dialogues about environmental justice and equity at the Carl A. Fields Center, or outdoor prayer sessions with different religious groups on campus.

It’s equally critical, however, for us to sit in on other groups’ discussions and take the time to listen to their diverse perspectives,

leaving our own agendas behind. Morgan Lucey recently wrote an insightful opinion piece on how it’s vital to attend events that highlight different viewpoints from our own. On an overprogrammed campus like Princeton, with 10 different events taking place every afternoon and evening, instead of scheduling another gathering for your group, perhaps try attending other meetings and observing the passions of other students put into practice.

Despite all of the warnings that students wouldn’t vote, our climate referendum ended up passing with 42 percent of the campus voting and 95 percent voting in its favor. While 42 percent is not the greatest turnout, this still encourages me and makes me think that students here care, even if they don’t have the time to actively show it. Calling our peers apathetic assumes that everyone should dedicate all their energy to all of the problems facing this planet, an impossibility. If more of us learn to accept this reality and instead meet people where their interests lie, I think this campus can ultimately become a more cohesive, inclusive, and thoughtful space.

Claire Wayner is a first-year from Baltimore, MD. She can be reached at cwayner@princeton. edu.

In defense of our liberal arts education

Sebastian Quiroz

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n a recent column, Hunter Campbell argues against the current model of Princeton’s liberal arts education. He suggests that the current system of distribution requirements fails to accomplish its own goals, because it encourages students to take courses so far out of their comfort zone that they end up learning nothing from them. Campbell correctly claims that many students end up taking easier courses which, in combination with the pass/D/fail (PDF) option, provide no intellectual challenge.

That being said, it is not clear whether his model, which argues that students take a large number of classes beyond their concentration area, without restrictions on particular distribution areas, helps us solve this problem. Rather, his proposed model would inf late the problems with the current system and fail to achieve the goals of a liberal arts education.

First, Campbell overstates the problem in the first place. Students do look to take easier courses that they can PDF, but there are institutional limits on this practice. We are only permitted four PDF’s, barring PDF-only classes, throughout our time at Princeton.

AB students have to take ten courses to fulfill all of their distribution requirements. Although only three of those courses may be considered Science, Technology,

Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), there are still a decent number of courses that could fall outside of a student’s comfort zone and not available for PDF. For example, the arts student that Campbell uses as an example has to take a historical analysis (HA) and two social analysis (SA) courses that could still be out of their comfort zone.

Similarly, BSE students have to take seven courses to fulfill their distribution requirements. Even if they PDF the two literature and arts (LA) courses and the ethical thought and moral values (EM) course Campbell identifies (in addition to one other course), there are still areas in which they have to take courses that could lie outside of their comfort zones. It is not at all clear that students can completely get around taking courses outside of their comfort zones.

Further, I am not quite convinced that PDFing a course or taking an easier course makes it any less worthwhile than a challenging departmental. There is an inherent value, it seems to me, in exploring fields beyond your own academic department. It gives us the opportunity to see the world and our own studies from many different points of view.

But let’s assume that the problem is as significant as Campbell perceives. It’s not clear that his solution would solve the problem. Certainly, for his two archetypal students, his solution works.

But how would we even go about deciding which majors fall into which fields?

At first glance, for instance, the Politics Department falls within the social sciences. Does that not mean a political theorist can take many classes in the Philosophy Department? The Psychology Department offers courses that are currently classified as science and technology, epistemology and cognition, and social analysis. Which field would we put this department in?

What of the Woodrow Wilson School? Its multidisciplinary approach would make this degree devilishly hard to classify.

Certainly, we can try to fit it into the social sciences, but then, would the science policy students have an easier time fulfilling their requirements than the rest?

I’m sure that with further investigation we could find more departments with similar ambiguities.

One could argue that these practical considerations don’t have much bearing on the argument Campbell makes. This view, though, does not quite make sense — how we classify departments tremendously affects how the liberal arts model works.

The required courses could end up being largely within the comfort zone of some students. For instance, the political theorist I refer to above could simply take humanities courses that would align with their abilities. If we classify the Psychology Department as

a social science, many psychology majors could take neuroscience courses as distribution requirements.

Conversely, if we classify it as a STEM course, students could simply take courses in sociology. Many students would be able to take courses within their comfort zone, defeating the purpose of a liberal arts education.

One way for Campbell to respond would be to say that the University could mandate that each student needs to take a certain number of courses in each of the fields that are not their own. In other words, a student in the arts would have to take a given number of courses in each of the other fields. This solution, though, does not seem to solve the problem — it simply blurs the lines of the existing distribution requirements.

Critical and broad thinking can be effectively achieved by reaching beyond our comfort zones, and part of receiving a liberal arts education entails exploring unfamiliar fields.

I find that Campbell’s model fails to meet that goal. In order to encourage students to reach outside their comfort zones with little risk, the University rightly allows students to take certain courses that would be easier for them than the courses in their department. This policy helps to ensure that the liberal arts model works as intended.

Sebastian Quiroz is a junior from Apopka, FL. He can be reached at squiroz@princeton.edu.

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The 2019 season brought Princeton’s men’s volleyball team (17–12, 13–1 EIVA) a total of 1202 kills, 170 service aces, 674 digs, 1122 assists, 209 blocks, and a total of 2286 points, and they aren’t done yet. The Tigers hosted the 2019 EIVA championship tournament this past weekend, with George Mason (17–9, 10–4), Penn State (15–15, 10–4), and Saint Francis (15–14, 9–5) in attendance.

Princeton was the No. 1 ranked team in the tournament and faced Saint Francis, the No. 4 ranked team, on Thursday in the semifinals.

The Thursday evening game was a quick win for Princeton, who beat Saint Francis 3–0 (25–23, 25–21, 25–19), advancing the Tigers to their second straight EIVA championship game.

Throughout the course of the three sets played between the Tigers and the Red Flash, Saint Francis continually started out strong and with the lead, forcing the Tigers to come back to win it all.

Senior Kendall Ratter led the team with 11 kills and four aces with junior George Huhmann following with eight.

Sophomore Joe Kelly had 27 assists.

“I’m pleased with the guys’ resilience. I thought we started off shaky as Saint Francis came out on fire, but we responded well in the first set and battled back,” head coach Sam Shweisky said postgame.

Resilience is exactly the word that junior Parker Dixon said described this season the best.

“A lot of times this year we were down and had to fight back, and our team never gave up,” said Dixon.

Saturday night brought a thrilling five set match (28– 26, 22–25, 25–18, 20–25, 15–13) between Princeton and the Penn State Nittany Lions that gave the Tigers their first EIVA championship since 1998.

The first set was a preview for the excitement that was to come for the rest of the match as the Tigers defeated the Nittany Lions 28–26. Penn State was up 23–24 with set point in their hands before head coach Sam Shweisky called a timeout. After the time out, the set continued to be back and forth ties before Dixon and junior Greg Luck had back to back kills for the win.

The second set was a battle for the lead with neither team holding an advantage of more than two points until a Tiger attack error gave the Nittany Lions a 19–22 advantage. The Tigers fought for the comeback but a service error at set point gave Penn State the win, making the match a 1–1 tie.

Set three was hard fought for the first 25 points, giving the Tigers only a 13–12 advantage before they went on a 8-of-12 run to jump ahead 21–16 after a massive double block by senior Billy Andrew and Luck that lead to a Penn State timeout. After the timeout, Penn State tried to fight back but a service error put Princeton up 24–18 and Luck’s serve gave the Tigers the third set win.

With the chance to win it all in the fourth, the Tigers were beaten by their own service errors. After three straight Princeton service errors, Penn State carried a 3–5 lead. With the Tigers having the championship in mind, they came back to a 19–23 deficit, forcing a Penn State timeout. A Princeton service error and Penn State kill extended

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play to a fifth set.

Despite being down, the Tigers continued to cheer for their teammates after every point and every action.

“Our team’s philosophy is to cheer after every point, no matter what happens, and it serves a couple of purposes.

It helps us not get down on ourselves after a bad play, and it also takes away some of the momentum of the other team if they do something good.

A lot of times the other team looks confused when we are celebrating after they win a point, and anything we can do to get even the smallest bit of momentum is helpful,” Dixon explained.

The fifth and final set was just a thrilling as the rest of the game for both Princeton and Penn State fans. The set was consistently back and forth and was tied much of the time. A Huhmann kill put the Tigers up 3–2 until Penn State took their first lead at 5–6. A Dixon and Huhmann double block put the Tigers up 8–7 before they went on a run, with another block putting them at 11–9. A timeout from Penn State after the score had reached 13–11 brought a ton of excitement from inside Dillon Gym. A massive service ace from Ratter gave the Tigers set point.

“The final couple points I was just trying to focus on finishing the job. I was thinking about what could happen when we won, and I just focused on making that happen, without celebrating too early. Volleyball is a game that can change point by point, and it was important for us to keep our focus through the final point, which we did,” Dixon said.

The final point was a kill from none other than EIVA Player of the Year and EIVA

Tournament MVP, George Huhmann, to give the Tigers their first EIVA Championship since 1998.

“The accolades are great, but volleyball is a team sport and I wouldn’t have been able to have the success I’ve had without my teammates,“ Huhmann said. “I’m grateful to have received Player of the Year, but I’m always focused on getting better and looking forward to NCAAs.” Huhmann finished with 25 kills and six blocks, while Dixon had 15 kills. Ratter contributed eight kills and Luck added seven. Kelly had 51 assists during the five sets and senior Corry Short had seven digs in his last Dillon Gym appearance.

“I looked into the stands late in the fifth set and saw alumni, family and friends giving their wholehearted support for this team, and in that moment, I was immensely proud to wear Princeton on my jersey,” Short, the captain of this Princeton volleyball team, explained. “This team and the Princeton Volleyball program as a whole has been constantly refining itself over the last decade into becoming what it is today. This victory is the culmination of years of hard work and dedication, as well as the foundation built by the Princeton Volleyball players that have come before me, and I could not be more proud of this team.”

For the seniors, this championship season has been running through their minds for four years.

“In the time I’ve been here, we’ve always talked about the ’98 team winning the conference and making it to the final four like some sort of legend. It’s a pretty cool feeling to be up there with them now.

It is absolutely something I

will never forget,” Andrew said.

Billy Andrew took time off between his junior and senior years so coming back and being able to play with this team was, as he describes, unbelievable.

When asked about his favorite moment this season, he said, “ I would have to say our five-set loss to Cal State University Northridge earlier in the season. It was only my third match after rejoining the team after the first semester had finished and I was really excited to be back out on the court with everyone.”

“But I just remember realizing after the game that our team was pretty good, that we had a real shot to do something special this season. I think in my mind that’s when I knew that we would do something that no Princeton Volleyball team had done in 21 years … So the CSUN match was where it initially all clicked for me that this season was going to be one to remember,” Andrew said.

Saturday, April 20, was historic for the Tigers. Not because they hadn’t won before, but because this was the first time they had won the championship in Dillon Gym. “Winning this EIVA Championship on our home court — something that no other Princeton team has ever done — has been my favorite memory of my four years as a member of Princeton Volleyball, let alone this season,” Short said, reflecting on his time as a Tiger.

If Corry Short could describe this season in one word, it would be incredible.

Princeton will travel to Wilson, N.C. on Thursday, April 25, to take on Barton College for the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

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Women’s Tennis After defeating Brown 4–0 on Saturday and securing at least a share of the Ivy League title as well as the League’s bid in the NCAA tournament, the team made history on Sunday with a 4–0 win against Yale, taking full ownership of the conference title and winning their second back-to-back season without a single loss. Senior captain Nicole Kalhorn and first-year Brianna Shvets won their doubles match in both games. Sophomores Nathalie Rodilosso and Stephanie Schrage won their doubles match against Brown, and first-year Grace Joyce and junior Clare McKee won theirs against Yale. The team won every singles match with victories from Joyce, Kalhorn, McKee, Schrage, and Shvets.

Men’s Volleyball Men’s volleyball defeated Penn State 3–2 on Saturday, lifting the EIVA championship trophy for the first time since 1998. Princeton won the first set, lost the second, and won the third, only for Penn State to win the fourth and send the game to a tiebreaking fifth set. In order to win the deciding set, a team needs to attain 15 points. Princeton led 14–13 in the final minutes of the match when junior George Huhmann, recently named EIVA Player of the Year, had the kill of his career, handing the championship and NCAA berth to Princeton. He was subsequently named MVP of the tournament. Because the team was the regular season champion, they had home court advantage, hosting the tournament in Dillon Gym. Men’s Golf At Hidden Creek Golf Club in Egg Harbor, N.J., the men’s golf team clinched the Ivy League title by one point, hitting 875 strokes to Columbia’s 876. Junior Evan Quinn placed second with +4 overall. Sophomore Sam Clayman tied for third at +5; first-year Max Ting tied for seventh at +7; sophomore Jake Mayer tied for 22nd at +12; and sophomore Jack Roberts tied for 26th at +14 with one of five eagles at the tournament. As champions, the Tigers are automatically given a berth to the NCAA regionals.

George Huhmann, Men’s volleyball Huhmann was named EIVA Player of the Year earlier this week. The junior had the final kill of the EIVA championship, handing Princeton their first trophy since 1998 and earning himself MVP of the tournament.

Women’s Lacrosse Currently tied for first in the Ivy League, the team’s victory over Yale this weekend earned them a spot in the Ivy League Tournament with one regular season game to go. The Tigers defeated the Bulldogs 19–4 on Saturday, dominating Yale in the first half with 14 goals and finishing off the game strong. Sophomore attacker Kyla Sears broke the 100 career goal mark during the game — she had six goals and an assist. First-year middie Lillian Stout scored twice in her first multi-goal game of her career.

Men’s Lacrosse The Tigers’ playoff hopes are still alive after the team defeated Harvard 19–15 on Saturday.

The team went up 7–4 in first quarter and remained in the lead for the rest of the fast-paced game. Princeton and Harvard had a combined 95 shots and 94 ground balls. Junior attacker Michael Sowers had three goals and seven assists for a total of 10 points to tie the program’s career all-time points record at 247. If the team beats Cornell by at least three points this coming weekend, they are guaranteed a spot in the Ivy League Tournament.

Kyla Sears, Women’s lacrosse Sears had six goals and an assist in the game against Yale on Saturday, propelling the team to a strong victory.

The six goals put her over the 100 goal mark in her career at Princeton.

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On April 20, the fourth annual Princeton TruckFest brought together Princeton University students and the local Princeton community to help support local food insecurity organizations. A fleet of food trucks lined Prospect Avenue.

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