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Misha Semenov ’15 was named the valedictorian and Neil Hannan ‘15 was named the salutatorian.

Today on Campus 5:00 p.m.: The Graduate Student Government will host an open forum for students to discuss the divestment referendum.

Semenov ’15, Hannan ’15 to speak at graduation

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April 28, 1983 A group of 21 professors revived a proposal of the Princeton Alliance to Reverse the Arms Race that encouraged the University to endorse a nuclear arms freeze.

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$24,000 The estimated amount of money that Truckfest raised on Saturday at its second annual event.

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Misha Semenov ’15 was named the valedictorian of the Class of 2015 on Monday, and Neil Hannan ’15 was named the Latin salutatorian.

The valedictorian and salutatorian were announced at the faculty meeting on Monday, when Dean of the College Valerie Smith announced that the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing had recommended Semenov and

Hannan for the respective honors.

Semenov, a native of San Francisco, is concentrating in architecture with certificates in urban studies and translation and intercultural communication.

For his senior thesis, advised by Dean Stanley Allen of the architecture department and history professor Alison Isenberg, Semenov studied housing projects designed to accommodate residents’ expansion, and examined how

more flexible, rule-based architecture can help fulfill larger social goals.

“Professor Isenberg describes him as the most talented undergraduate she has encountered in 20 years of teaching,” Smith said.

Hannan is a classics major pursuing a certificate in finance. For his senior thesis, advised by classics professor Dennis Feeney, Hannan studied a number of disabled or constrained literary characSee COMMENCEMENT page 2

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The eighth annual Princeton Prize Symposium in Race Relations honored 27 high school students representing 25 different regions across the United States.

The students were f lown into campus free of charge after winning the Princeton Prize in Race Relations, an award that recognizes and reinforces the commendable work of high school students who have promoted better race relations within their schools or communities.

The initiative was founded

by Henry Von Kohorn ’66 in the fall of 2003 and the symposium is sponsored by alumni from the Class of 1966.

All events, including conversations and workshops on race relations, took place at the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Understanding and Robertson Hall this past weekend.

“The winners every year are amazing, and this year in particular, I think, because nationally there was so much confrontation about race,” said Pavithra Vijayakumar ’15, a former Princeton Prize winner.

She added that this year’s prize winners all had enormous impacts in their communities as a whole.

Hannah Rosenthal ’15, a former Princeton Prize winner who attended her fifth symposium this past weekend, described the 2015 cohort of winners as exceptionally strong.

She noted that the award is meaningful particularly because was around before the recent national uproar regarding racial issues, including in Ferguson and on the University’s campus.

“Every single student was working on a project that stuck out to me,” said Debbie Scott Williams, the National Board Chair of the Princeton Prize in Race Relations.

Williams said it is very empowering to see these students bringing so much positive change to their communities.

“The prize-winners advocate for change, but most importantly, they advocate for interpersonal relationships with their classmates and with their community members,” Williams said.

She noted that the change started small through interactions from person to person, then spread throughout a school and even throughout a community.

“There were many projects that could be easily transferable here. It’d be really interesting for Princeton students and these high school See PRIZE page 3

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Graduate students to vote on divestment referendum

By Zoe Toledo staff writer

Less than a week after undergraduate students voted against a divestment referendum, graduate students will have the opportunity to vote on a similar referendum this week from Wednesday through Friday.

The referendum calls upon the trustees of the University and the Princeton University Investment Company to “divest from multinational corporations that maintain the infrastructure of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, fa-

cilitate Israel’s and Egypt’s collective punishment of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, or facilitate state repression against Palestinians by Israeli, Egyptian, and Palestinian Authority security forces, until these corporations cease such activities.”

Graduate Student Government president Akshay Mehra GS said that Kelly Roache GS first approached the GSG at the April 8 graduate student assembly proposing a divestment referendum for graduate students.

Roache said it is important for

graduate students to weigh in on meaningful issues of conscience.

“In one sense, [the GSG divestment referendum] was an act to ensure our full student community was included in the decisionmaking process,” she said.

Roache noted that the Resources Committee of the Council of the Princeton University Community has asked to see a consensus and sustained student interest regarding divestment.

The results of the upcoming GSG divestment referendum will be used by University planners, See REFERENDUM page 3

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Truckfest took place on Saturday. The event included 11 food trucks on Prospect Avenue and the proceeds were donated to charity.

TruckFest raises about $24,000 in ticket sales

LECTURE Changes to the undergraduate and graduate

By Nahrie Chung In its inaugural event last staff writer curriculum were proposed year, TruckFest raised over at the faculty meeting on $22,000 for the Send Hunger Monday.

Approximately 4,500 stu- Packing program and attracted On behalf of the Facdents and community mem- around 5,000 people. ulty Committee on the bers attended TruckFest this TruckFest has become the Course of Study, Smith past weekend. largest annual student-run reported curriculum

By Evan Washington phens said. He explained April, and is available in the While the organizing com- charitable fundraising event staff writer changes, in which some that the story Rolling Stone latest issue of Rolling Stone. mittee has not yet announced on campus, Lawrence Liu ’16, courses were added and published was not corroboThe report concluded final numbers, at least $24,000 outgoing community service others decommissioned, The mistakes in the con- rated by Jackie’s friends who that the Rolling Stone story from ticket sales has been chair of Tower Club, said.“[Last in the departments of Art troversial Rolling Stone ar- were quoted in the article, failed because it gave unraised so far, according to Kate year], all the funds from the and Archaeology, Astroticle, “A Rape on Campus,” the accused fraternity or due reverence to a single, Gardner ’16, co-chair of the event actually went directly to physical Sciences, Near were fundamental and any others involved in the uncorroborated source, and Community Service Interclub charity, which is what I think is Eastern Studies, Spanavoidable, Sheila Coronel, story. neglected to adequately Council. really special about this event,” ish and Portuguese Lanan author of the investigaThe story came into ques- check facts by finding the Every dollar spent on tickets Liu said. “All the overhead costs guages and Cultures, and tive report on the article, tion after the Washington accused. From writer to ediwas a dollar donated directly are covered through donations Religion. said at a conversation with Post interviewed the UVA tor to fact-checker, the failto TruckFest’s cause, accord- and grants … That’s why anyDean of the Graduate the report’s co-author, Steve students identified as Jack- ure of Rolling Stone was an ing to Stephanie Goldberg ’15, thing that we sell, ticket-wise, School Sanjeev Kulkarni Coll, on Monday night. ie’s friends, Stephens said, institutional and procedurco-chair of CSICC and another can go directly to our causes, reported new courses for Coll is the Dean of the Co- adding that people also al one. The report recomkey event organizer. Each par- and that’s something we aim to the departments of Archilumbia Graduate School of grew suspicious because of mended new policies, which ticipating food truck received do this year.” tecture and Quantitative Journalism and Coronel is the article’s loose threads.

Coll said he doubted Rolling a flat compensation of $500 Truckfest 2014’s participants and Computational Biolthe Academic Affairs Dean.

“It started unravelling Stone would accept. but donated all profits made had complained of long wait ogy on behalf of the CurThe November article by slowly, and then quicker “It was a collaborative that day. The total cost of this times for food, Goldberg said. riculum Subcommittee of Sabrina Rudin Erdely de- and more quickly, and with failure,” Coll said. “They did year’s event was approximated This year, the planning comthe Faculty Committee on scribed in what Coll called Rolling Stone’s reputation this together.” at $19,000. mittee asked vendors to pare the Graduate School. “molecular detail” the al- at risk, it did something Editors, fact checkers and Proceeds from the event down their menus to three to The faculty also apleged gruesome gang rape of that I think was wise — it Erdely were all at fault for benefit the Send Hunger Pack- four items, hoping to mitigate proved Misha Semenov ’15 the pseudonymous “Jackie” reached out to the Colum- the failure, Coll and Coronel ing initiative and the Meals on long lines and speed up the as the Class of 2015′ s valeat a University of Virginia bia School of Journalism,” said.

Wheels of Trenton/Ewing. ordering process, Goldberg exdictorian and Neil Hannan fraternity house party. The he said.

Coll said he and Coronel The Send Hunger Packing plained. Menus for each truck ’15 as the salutatorian. Both story called out the alleged For the report, Coronel wanted to puncture the Program provides supplemen- were released on the TruckFest students will speak at the systematic failure of UVA to and Coll spoke to nearly defense that Rolling Stone tal weekend meals to elementa- homepage the evening before, Commencement ceremony respond to Jackie’s case and everyone involved with the publicly offered, not to ry school students who qualify along with Saturday’s enteron June 2. other sexual assault cases.

Rolling Stone story, Coronel shame the publication, but for free or subsidized lunches. tainment schedule and map of The meeting concluded However, Rolling Stone said. rather to make the failure a Meals on Wheels of Trenton/ Prospect Avenue. with no unfinished or new relied only on Jackie’s acThe Columbia investi- teachable moment.

Ewing delivers hot meals to the The tickets were $2 each and business. count, moderator and jour- gative report on the arti“[Rolling Stone staff homebound, which includes were made available for earlier - Staff writer Kristin Qian nalism professor Joe Ste- cle was published in early See ROLLING STONE page 3 disabled and elderly recipients.

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Failures of Rolling Stone UVA article were institutional, authors of investigation say

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purchase on Friday and Saturday. On the day of the event, the Classes of 2016, 2017 and 2018 governments set up tables and distributed two free tickets to students in their classes.

TruckFest organizers also increased the number of entertainment acts from last year.

Free performances included the Black Arts Company, Jon Savage and the Classic Rockers, Sympoh, the Benchwarmers, BodyHype, DJ Carlos Hendricks and

a high school a cappella group throughout the afternoon. Face painters, magicians, jugglers and balloon-makers had booths in front of Robertson Hall.

While returning vendors included Tico’s Juice and Pura Vida, a non-profit vendor called The Feed Truck, which served fried egg sandwiches, also participated in TruckFest for the first time.

“Anywhere the community is gathering, that’s where we want to be,” Jessica Winderweedle, manager of The Feed Truck, said. “The campus has been very friendly and open to us being here … We know Princeton and

we consider it to be our own community. We love the University.”

Later in the day, organizers announced the recipients of the TruckFest People’s Choice Award, a new addition that had participants vote for their favorite food trucks. Undrgrnd Donuts won the “sweet” category, while El Lechon De Negron, featuring authentic Puerto Rican pig roast, was voted the winning favorite in the “savory” category.

Gardner said she was excited for TruckFest’s future, adding it was positive for both the University and the eating clubs.

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ters in the early Roman Empire who held positions of authority.

“Professor Feeney describes this work as one of the best theses he has seen in 15 years,” Smith said.

Smith read a statement by Professor Feeney saying Hannan has a sophisticated and nuanced conception of how power networks operate and is a highly gifted literary critic.

After Smith finished reporting the recommendations, the faculty voted and unanimously accepted the nominations.

“Outstanding students,” University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said. “It’s a pleasure to be able to recognize them.”

After graduating, Semenov will spend two weeks sketching architecture in Europe using an award from the William Feay Shellman Travel Fund at the School of Architecture, Semenov said, adding that he will then begin a dual master’s program in architecture and environmental management at the Yale School of Architecture and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Semenov is a member of the Chapel Choir and has been involved with Theatre Intime, the Princeton Opera Company, the Nassau Literary Review and the Princeton Birding Club.

He is a member of the Edwards Collective, a group of students interested in the creative arts and humanities who live together in Edwards Hall in Mathey College.

Throughout his undergraduate career, Semenov has also engaged with campus sustainability initiatives, serving as co-president of Greening

Princeton, chair of the Greening Dining Committee and member of the GreenLeaders forum. He also helped to implement the University’s new mixed recycling system.

“I am interested in tackling larger scale urban issues,” Semenov said. “I’ve always been fascinated by production of green cities and ways that we can be more efficient. I certainly believe that cities are part of the solution to the environmental crises we face.”

Semenov said that, when he first arrived at Princeton, he never thought he would be valedictorian.

“I came from an academic high school, but I definitely didn’t think that I could ever academically compete with the top students at Princeton,” Semenov said. “There are lots of people here who are much smarter than I am. Sure, I’m intelligent, but I think I’ve just put in a lot of work, really, without expecting to get where I did, but just because I’ve loved what I’ve been doing and I wanted to do well at it.”

Hannan shared the George B. Wood Legacy Junior Prize with Allison Kruk ’15, an award given to a member of the senior class in recognition of exceptional academic achievement during junior year. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and has twice received the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence. During the summer of 2013, he participated in the Princeton-sponsored Apulum Archaeological Excavation in Alba Iulia, Romania.

Hannan has also served as a research assistant to politics professor Melissa Lane. He is a peer academic adviser in Forbes College and has served as a tutor in introductory economics and statistics at the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. He was a portfolio manager on the Busi-

ness Today investment team and the community service chair of Charter Club. He is an undergraduate fellow for the Behrman Society of Undergraduate Fellows and the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.

Hannan said it is difficult to pick just one class when asked to choose his favorite class he’s taken at the University. He explained that the class that really made him consider classics as a major was a Latin course he took his freshman year with professor Andrew Feldherr about Ovid and his poetry and interacting with monuments in ancient Rome.

“The biggest single lesson that I’ve learned is realizing the value of academic discourse, broadly speaking, and the value of having conversations with other people about different issues,” Hannan said. “Even beyond whatever conclusion you get to, going into the discussion really helps your understanding of the issue, your ability to understand similar issues, and that sort of line of argument.”

After graduation, Hannan said he will work for Bridgewater, a hedge fund in Connecticut where he interned last summer.

“My long-term interest is to look at the drivers of economic behavior and economic relationships and what goals and what mindsets lead people to behave in certain ways in an economic sense,” Hannan said. “I’m very grateful for the experience of these last four years and having the community of the rest of my class and so far as I can use this opportunity to express that gratitude, I’m looking forward to it.”

Staff writer Kristin Qian contributed reporting.

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Graduate Student Government to host Students note Race Relations prize is discussion on referendum on Tuesday meaningful given recent national events REFERENDUM Continued from page 1

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mainly individuals on the Resources Committee, trustees and PRINCO, “to serve as a barometer for graduate student interest and opinions on divestment,” Roache said.

The referendum is nonbinding, Roache said, adding that it was never an option for the USG or GSG to bind the CPUC, PRINCO, or the trustees to act. Instead, the referendum will help collect information by documenting student opinions on divestment.

The graduate student community’s involvement with the divestment debate differs from that of undergraduates, Roache said. She explained that graduate students vary in age and lifestyle from undergraduates, and graduate students’ housing is geographically diffused compared to the central housing of undergraduates.

On a technical level, Roache noted that there is no referendum process in place for graduate students, while the USG has an established procedure for facilitating referenda.

Despite any challenges, Roache said graduate students are eager to play a significant role and take full part in the community.

One way graduate students are taking part in the University community is by actively seeking ways to ensure their voices are heard. Jonathan Frankle GS, who has yet to decide where he stands on divestment, sent an email last Thursday protesting that the GSG divestment forum had been sched-

uled to take place during the Israeli independence day barbeque.

“By holding the forum during the Israeli independence day barbecue, [GSG has] forced many of those who oppose divestment to choose between celebrating Israel and advocating for their point of view,” he wrote in the email. ”I accuse the GSG of deliberately choosing this time to minimize the number [of] anti-divestment advocates who might attend.”

Frankle said he sent the email out of frustration at how the debate has occurred so far. The accusations from both sides struck him as ugly.

“Everyone is acting like an amateur politician,” he said. ”Everybody is crafting their statements very carefully and trying to convince people with rhetoric rather than substance, and it hasn’t been pleasant to watch.”

As a graduate student, Frankle said he hoped to be able to avoid the worst of the debate, as he would prefer to stay away from the mess and instead learn about the issue.

“I think the email I sent captured the sheer frustration I was feeling with the entire process, and the fact that this was finally starting to affect me personally,” he explained.

Frankle said the rescheduled GSG divestment forum will be a great opportunity for him to access information, since both sides will be represented.

The forum will be held on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Frist Campus Center Room 302.

Mehra said representatives from both “No to Divest” and “Yes

to Divest” have agreed on the new date and time for the forum.

Alexander Berg GS, who supports the efforts of “Yes to Divest,” said the divestment referendums of GSG and USG will differ because the two student bodies are very different. He said more specifically, the Graduate School is more international and is perceived as being less connected to the campus than undergraduates.

“Getting [graduate students] engaged and interested as well as meeting people where they are in terms of their knowledge and level of commitments is going to be a bigger challenge and opportunity,” Berg said.

Berg added that he expected graduate students to engage differently in the divestment debate.

“With undergrad, it is often very theoretical. People went straight from high school to college and now they are having this question posed to them. With graduate students, it is often less theoretical,” he said. “For graduate students the question of divestment often bears very much on what they do on a daily basis in terms of military research, in terms of being an active public voice on issues of foreign policy and on issues of global injustice.”

Since graduate students are older, more knowledgeable and often experts in their own fields, they are more likely to be involved in a public way that might be absent from undergraduates, Berg said.

“Part of this campaign is a bit of an experiment in seeing how much grad students can be engaged in campus dialogue,” he said.

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Steve Coll discussed the Columbia Journalism School’s review of the Rolling Stone article on Monday.

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working on the article] took the position when the story fell apart that they had failed because they had been too sensitive to Jackie’s position as a survivor of a terrible assault,” he said.

But the authors of the report thought Rolling Stone’s sensitivity defense was no excuse for ignoring basic journalistic practices.

“If they had only done the basics of sound reporting practice at several stages, they would have encountered information that would cause them to turn

around and run in the opposite direction,” Coll said.

The conversation, entitled “A Rape on Campus: What Went Wrong with the Rolling Stone Story,” took place in a full Dodds Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Monday. The event was sponsored by the Wilson School and the University Press Club.

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students to interact,” Vijayakumar said.

The Class of 1966 hopes to get the student body more

involved next year, according to former Princeton Prize winner Brandon McGhee ’18.

“It is not usual where you can go to a space and instantly talk about race and prejudices, it’s a great experience,” said McGhee, “for

the students themselves it shows them that their work is important and it also shows you that you are not alone in the fight.”

He added that he was “extremely proud” of all of the winning students.

CORRECTION Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of the April 27 article, “USG discusses support system for students taking leave,” misstated the class year of Mallory Banks ‘16. The ‘Prince’ regrets the error.

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Bring Back TigerPAWW Nicholas Wu columnist

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mmortalized in everything from the Tiger Mag to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise, the Dinky is an important part of Princeton culture.

I have fond memories of riding into Princeton on the Dinky when I first came as on a tour as a high school sophomore. Yet, like any other culture, Princeton’s culture must change with the times. Dinky service and the campus’s transportation links to the outside world can be made better. But that does not mean that the culture has to be destroyed.

This past year, when the Dinky Station moved to its temporary location in a trailer, the introduction of the University’s TigerPaWW service showed us what a multimodal transit system could look like. I am a very strong believer in public transit, but I think that there is always room for improvement.

Transit companies like the state-owned NJ Transit can be very efficient but they also can be extremely risk-averse. Any changes must go through layers of bureaucracy and review that are designed to protect the company’s shareholders, the people, but also inadvertently prevent it from doing anything truly innovative.

TigerPaWW was a perfect example of the private sector (in this case the University) stepping in to fill the gaps in public service. Although the TigerPaWW bus ran concurrently with the Dinky, NJ Transit’s data showed that people overwhelmingly preferred to ride the bus over the Dinky. In fact, Dinky ridership dropped by an astounding 20 percent during the time period when the TigerPaWW bus was active. While a more superficial analysis might indicate that this decrease in Dinky ridership was due to the free nature of the buses, as opposed to the $2.75 ticket price of the Dinky, I think that the change was the result of the convenience and flexibility that the bus brought with it.

The bus ran more frequently and at different times than the Dinky did, which gave travelers greater flexibility. The bus, moreover, was able to better serve the residents of the town of Princeton when the Dinky station was moved further downhill.

The University originally introduced the TigerPaWW bus service because of the temporary disruptions to Dinky service. The lack of access to the dinky, vital to the community, caused much uproar. So much so that six lawsuits were filed against the University because of the moving of the Dinky.

Groups like Save the Dinky sprouted up in an effort to reverse what they viewed as an attempt to remove Princeton’s sole rail link.

The TigerPaWW bus was aimed at assuaging those concerns, as the bus’s College Road stop was closer to the original Dinky station.

The new Dinky station has opened, but residents are still upset by the Arts and Transit Project. Clearly a better solution to the area’s transit problems is needed.

One way to improve the current transit options at the Transit Plaza would be the introduction of a new bus service running between the Dinky Station and a location on Nassau Street, say Fitz-Randolph Gate or Palmer Square. While there have been some calls for the construction of a light rail line from the Dinky station to areas further up campus, it’s simply unfeasible given the cost of such a project and the size constraints imposed by the campus. A bus line, however, offers the access that a rail line extension would bring but at a lower cost. This new bus route would not only help downtown businesses, but also provide a public service for the residents of town by bridging the current gap in bus service between those locations.

Right now, there are buses like the Campus Circulator and the West Extension Line that stop at Princeton Station, but they circulate throughout other stops, which limits their usefulness for residents of the town of Princeton by increasing the overall travel time.

Another potential solution for the transit puzzle is Uber, which has quickly emerged as a competitor to not only the Dinky but also the local cab companies. An Uber ride from Princeton Station to Princeton Junction Station will cost roughly three times as much as a Dinky ticket, but that’s still significantly less than the amount charged by one of the black cabs. It can be easy to stereotype Uber as an unfair competitor in this transit market, but I welcome the rise of Uber. Uber has been a lifesaver for me many times when I either missed the Dinky through my own ineptitude at waking up on time or needed to catch a Princeton Junction train when the Dinky wasn’t running. Uber has found a corner of the market that they are able to exploit.

Public transit is meant for the public good, and it should be accordingly well supported.

However, the University, under both its contractual obligations as well as its role as a major player in Princeton, has an obligation to ensure good transit access. For the sake of convenience and improved town-gown relations, I hope that the University will advocate for some sort of better transit solution.

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

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Why body image campaigns get it right (and have room to progress) Kelly Hatfield columnist

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n April 23, Colter Smith argued that body image campaigns have frequently erred in their attempts to promote a healthier environment insofar as they only target the conception that one’s body isn’t beautiful, rather than unhealthy attributions of self-worth. He makes some interesting points, but I think he largely misinterprets not only the intent of the “As I Am” campaign on campus, but also many of the motives behind other movements aimed at fostering a more positive body image.

I agree that “we need to encourage students to focus on what causes them to ‘be’ great, rather than what makes them ‘look’ great.” Self-worth should never be derived from a singular thing, and instead should be assumed at a basic level and not based upon any arbitrary measurements. The issue here, however, is the mindset that Colter himself identifies in which self-worth is hinged largely upon appearance. In that case, it is not as simple as only finding other “loci of value” and celebrating that. This can and should happen; I would love to see a photo campaign in which students hold up signs answering the question “What do you believe makes you great?” In many cases, though, before students suffering

from any sort of body image issues can proceed, they must break free of the box in which they are trapped.

Inside this box, people may recognize that they are great or loved for characteristics independent of appearance, but there often exists a disconnect between that knowledge and one’s actual experiences. And so, for those struggling and for those struggling to understand, the focus can and should be upon celebrating bodies for what they are and honoring everyone’s unique experience. This is what I believe the “As I Am” campaign and body image campaigns in general seek to accomplish. In asking “What do you feel about your body and why?” it illuminates the pervasiveness of this issue and allows those suffering to honor the fact that there is no easy solution.

It’s not as simple as expecting to relearn a basis of self-worth by distracting from a deeply-ingrained mentality.

All of this attention does cast a high amount of attention on nutrition, exercise, and other matters pertaining to body image and eating disorders more specifically. Colter argues that this emphasis and attention “tell [him] that the people around [him] consider their appearance very important to them and that perhaps I should, too.”

However, the “As I Am” campaign, by allowing that thought to cross the mind of someone who has apparently never had issues with body image, at-

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tempts to create a sense of empathy on campus while offering resources for those who might be suffering and already locked in such a detrimental cycle of intense focus on one’s body and food.

I do believe, however, that campaigns in the future that seek to contribute to the conversation on body image on campus need to move past this general awareness and acceptance of experience; I don’t think, however, that a campaign fundamentally about body image can progress without speaking of the topic itself, as Colter seems to argue. Rather, the next in a line of questions posed to the student body can be “What does your body allow you to do?” By broaching the subject of a body’s beautiful capacity, internal dialogues can be shifted from the purely aesthetic value (which in itself is highly subjective) to the functional. And when one begins to think of all one’s body allows one to do, the natural progression can be towards what Colter urges — what does one’s mind allow one to do, and what can one do in general. There has to be a first link in this chain, however, and that is where I think body image campaigns get it right, but have room to grow.

Kelly Hatfield is a sophomore from Medford, Mass. She can be reached at kellych@ princeton.edu.

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he YouTube channel of Victoria Asbury, who goes by Victoria Shantrell on her channel, was an important part of my college application process. Her videos were inspirational to me because she talked about her being able to get accepted to Stanford, Princeton and other top schools despite the conditions in which she grew up.

Coming from a financially unstable, single-parent household, as discussed in her personal essays, which she was brave enough to share on YouTube, Asbury had a life that many thought would lead her into a future of mediocrity.

Despite these circumstances, however, her ambitions as a student allowed her to excel academically and to gain acceptances to these top-tier universities.

Listening to Asbury’s story as a senior in high school who was applying to college, I was able to gather up the courage to put myself out there and to apply to some top schools in the United States as well. Had I not encountered her videos, I probably would not have even considered applying to some of the schools that I did.

To many people who come from

privileged backgrounds, applying to top schools may be a natural step. With family, friends and teachers believing in and expecting them to be accepted to these schools, these students are brought up in an environment that fosters this idea of academic excellence.

However, students from underprivileged backgrounds, even if they are smart enough to be accepted, might still feel as though they are underqualified because they are made to believe that their socioeconomic status is a permanent boundary keeping them from a life of prosperity and success.

I believe it is very important for those of us who are now attending these top schools despite our adverse backgrounds to continue to act as a reminder of the possibilities one can achieve despite these backgrounds. These reminders can be as bold as sharing our stories to the public as Asbury did, or as simple as keeping in touch with some students from our old high schools via social media. However we choose to do so, it is important for us to share our stories so that we could continue to inspire those who come from similar environments as we did.

But the struggle does not automatically end the moment we are accepted. As discussed in another article I wrote, as well as an article

published by the Boston Globe, lowincome students continue to face struggles even when they are accepted to these top schools.

As student Soraya Morales Nuñez ’18 so eloquently stated on her photo for the Princeton Hidden Minority Council photo campaign: “Just because I’m a first-generation, lowincome student at Princeton doesn’t mean I don’t have problems at home anymore. The problems are still there — an acceptance letter doesn’t make them vanish. But I’m not running away from them. I’m preparing myself to confront them with a degree three years from now.” This quote encapsulates the struggles that come with being a low-income, first-generation student at a prestigious university. We, unlike many of our peers, do not have the luxury of being just a student. We also have to constantly worry about providing for our family back home.

The issues that low-income, firstgeneration students face demonstrate the need for graduates from these universities who come from similar backgrounds to help guide these students. At schools like Princeton, it is so easy to feel as if you are not good enough, especially when we are surrounded by students who have had resources to prepare them for such rigor as they grew up.

It is important to have people who

have been through college to act as inspirations for us throughout our time here.

That is why events such as those hosted by Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey, in which students get to have dinners with faculty who came from low-income backgrounds, are essential to the life of these students. We need to be reminded that the underprivileged lives to which we are accustomed are not what we will experience forever. And I feel that I have an implicit obligation after graduation to continue to keep in mind those who still are enduring the struggles that I am currently facing now. I do not want to be that person who forgets where they come from and those who could benefit from my help.

Nothing is more frustrating than learning that there are successful people who come from these underprivileged backgrounds who do nothing to contribute to communities similar to the ones in which they grew up. Something as simple as sharing how one transitions from poverty to success is extremely valuable and helps to inspire those who need help reminding themselves about their capabilities to succeed.

Matthew Choi Taitano is a freshman from Yigo, Guam. He can be reached at mtaitano@princeton.edu.

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better than the first day, but rivals Penn shot 16 strokes better on the second day for a total of 291. However, going down to the last day, the Tigers were still four shots ahead of Penn. On the women’s side, the Tigers did not improve on the second day, but their rivals Harvard and Columbia outshot the Tigers by 16 and seven strokes, respectively.

On the last day, the men’s team shot a respectable 292, which was their best round of the tournament, but a fantastic performance from Penn led to a 287 third round, which helped them nick the title by one stroke. Penn finished +21, and the Tigers finished +22 in one of the most tightly contested Ivy League Championships in recent history.

The women’s side also had their best day on the third round, shooting a +16 on the third day, but were simply outplayed by other foes Harvard,

Yale and Columbia, and the Tigers had to accept a fourth place finish. They finished seven strokes behind third place Columbia and 13 behind champions Harvard.

However, there was much more success on the individual side for both teams. Sophomore Quinn Prchal completed a fantastic tournament by winning in dominant fashion. Although Prchal started the first day with a 75, he bounced back in the second and third day of the tournaments, shooting 68 and then 67 to comfortably win the individual title by three shots over Penn’s Austin Powell. His last round score of 67 also tied an Ivy League record, and his three round score of 210 ties the Ivy League mark set by Creighton Page ’05.

The team as a whole performed extremely well, with Hedrick and Davis tied in fifth, shooting seven over par.

Freshman Eric Mitchell finished at 17 over par in 26th place and sophomore Alex Dombrowski finished in 31st

with 19 shots over par. With these finishes, Hedrick and Davis joined Prchal with firstteam All-Ivy League honors.

Although the women’s team had no individual winners, Wong finished tied for fourth with a final score of +14 after dropping two spots on the last day with a 78. Freshman Jordan Lippetz used a strong final round to jump seven spots and finish tied for eighth with a score of +15, while Ku finished in 11th with a score of +16. The Tigers’ two other competitors, freshmen Caroline Araskog and Tenley Shield finished in 26th and 34th, respectively. With their finishes, Wong, Lippetz and Ku all earned All-Ivy League honors.

Although neither team could capture the title this year, the future looks extremely bright for both teams, as all ten golfers on both the men’s and women’s team can return next year in the hopes of bringing the Ivy League Championship back to Princeton.

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from any single team. Kessel and sophomore middle blocker Junior Oboh earned

the honors. Kessel is second in the EIVA and third in the nation for kills per set at 4.3 a game. Oboh is second in the EIVA and 22nd in the nation for blocks per set at 1.05.

The Tigers also had representatives on the All-EIVA second team as well, as senior middle blocker Will Siroky and sophomore setter Chris Kennedy earned the honors.

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the Ivy League. While the varsity eight could not best the Bulldogs, the second varsity eight remained undefeated during the 2015 campaign, posting a 6:20.2 time.

Princeton’s third boat finished in second place, its fourth boat in third place, and its fifth boat in second place. Cornell won all three of these races.

The heavyweights will return home to Lake Carnegie for the Content Cup versus Brown next week before traveling to the all-

important Eastern Sprints in Worcester, Mass. on May 17.

Men’s Lightweight In the hotly contested Harvard-Princeton-Yale regatta in New Haven, Conn., the Princeton lightweights retained both The Goldthwait and Vogel Cups in an impressive team performance.

The Goldthwait Cup, awarded to the winner of the first varsity race, came down to the wire.

Locked in a showdown with sixthranked Yale for the homestretch, the third-ranked Tigers managed to hold off the Bulldogs to win 5:36.26 to 5:37.41. Fourth-ranked

Harvard finished in third, posting a time of 5:39.96.

The Tigers also took home the Vogel Cup, awarded to the best team performance across the first, second, third and fourth varsity boats. In addition to the first eight’s victory, Princeton’s third, fourth and fifth varsity boats also won their respective races.

The lightweight rowers will attempt to carry over the strong weekend performance and fourrace winning streak to Lake Carnegie next week as they host Mercyhurst, Columbia and Delaware in the final home races of the season.

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Tigers fall to George Mason in final match before postseason

By Miles Hinson sports editor

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The men’s volleyball will enter the postseason having split the last two of their four regular season games.

It was a tough weekend for the no. 27 ranked Princeton men’s volleyball team as they fell on the road against George Mason University to finish off their regular season.

The Tigers (11-12 overall, 6-6 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) took their lumps on Friday against a George Mason squad that has had their number all season. The Patriots (14-12, 7-5) swept the Tigers in three sets. These battles, however, were closer than the word “sweep” might have implied — the Tigers fell by slim margins in each one, 25-23, 29-27, and 25-22.

Moreover, the games did not feature many runs — these teams went tit for tat in every set played. In the first set, while the Tigers did manage to get out a 9-6 lead early on, George Mason would quickly clamp down on that gap. After 3 unanswered scores by the Patriots to tie the game, neither team would lead by more than one for nearly the remainder of the set. Unfortunately for the Tigers, after a long fought battle saw the score move to 23

apiece, George Mason broke this trend with two straight kills that ended the first contest.

The second set started fairly similarly to the first — George Mason led by three early on, only for Princeton to come roaring back to tie things up. This time, however, the Tigers were able to take a commanding lead, going up 21-17 and looking to tie this match back up.

George Mason, however, responded with vigor. Back to back kills by the Patriots’ Jack Wilson, followed by attack errors by senior outside hitter Cody Kessel, led to a set tied at 21.

This one went right down to the wire, heading past the 25 point mark as neither team was quite able to break away. George Mason, though, would break through yet again, as a kill

by Wilson and another attack error by Kessel sealed the deal.

The last set was more of a game of runs — Princeton came out strong early with a 6-2 lead, only for the Patriots to hit them with an 11-4 run to grab a 3 point lead.

For the third straight set, this margin of three would be reduced to none, as these teams could not break away from each other. Unfortu-

nately for the Tigers, when the score settled at 21-21, George Mason would put in 4 of the last 5 to finish off the Tigers’ regular season.

With the postseason so close, this game had incredibly important implications for the Tigers’ postseason position. These two teams were neck and neck even in the EIVA standings. Should the Tigers have beaten the Patriots, they would have earned a battle with Harvard in the EIVA Championship tournament. The Crimson (13-11, 7-5) have gone 1-1 with the Tigers this year, each team getting a 3-1 win over the other. The battle, it seems, would have been incredibly close.

With the loss, however, the Tigers have a worst-case scenario: battling the Penn State Nittany Lions (18-9, 120), who have won the EIVA Championship for 16 years straight. Penn State (ranked no. 6 in the NCAA) has had Princeton’s number this season, defeating the Tigers twice to the tune of 1-3 and 0-3.

This certainly isn’t to say that the Tigers lack the tools to pull off an upset.

Princeton had two players on the All-EIVA First team, the second most representatives See M. V-BALL page 5

GOLF

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Victories abound for crew teams in weekend races

By Mark Goldstein staff writer

Women’s Openweight The eighth-ranked women’s openweight rowers swept Ivy foes Dartmouth and Penn across six races on Saturday on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pa. to close out their Ivy League schedule and win the Class of 1984 Plaque.

In the first varsity eight race the Tigers cruised to a comfortable victory, posting a time (6:21.7) twelve seconds ahead of distant second place finishers Penn (6:33.7). Dartmouth brought up the rear in 6:36.5.

The Class of 1984 Plaque is awarded to the team with the best combined performances in the varsity eight, second varsity eight and varsity four races. With victories in all three contests, the women easily wrapped up the Plaque win.

The Tigers return to Lake Carnegie next Sunday to host USC. Women’s Lightweight In the previous 12 races between Georgetown’s and Princeton’s women lightweight rowers, the Tigers had never lost a race.

There was no great surprise on Saturday, as the second-ranked Tigers (6:23.7) easily dispatched the upset bid from the Hoyas (6:42.9) to win the Class of 2006

Cup by 19.2 seconds. Princeton’s second varsity eight almost beat Georgetown’s first boat, finishing in 6:43.3.

In the varsity four race, Georgetown’s lone boat beat both of Princeton’s handily, finishing in 7:09.3 — well ahead of the Tigers (7:36.5 and 7:44.9).

Following the Cup win, the Tigers set their sights on next weekend’s Eastern Sprints on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, N.J., searching for their first victory in the event since 2011. Defending champion Radcliffe will look to retain its title, but after Princeton won the last matchup between the teams — just a week ago — by a narrow one-second margin, it seems as though the race is up for grabs.

Men’s Heavyweight It was a day of firsts for men’s heavyweight crew at the Carnegie Cup on the Cayuga Inlet in Ithaca, N.Y. on Saturday. In an exciting, tight race Yale (6:09.1) managed to deal Princeton (6:10.6) its first loss of the year in the Tigers’ first away race of the season. The home-side Big Red finished in third place (6:16.3).

Third-ranked Princeton could not prevent fourth-ranked Yale from retaining its 2014 Carnegie Cup victory, and the Tigers fell to 7-1 on the season and 4-1 in See CREW page 5

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Despite putting up strong performances, men’s and women’s golf would take second and fourth place, respectively, in the league championships.

Golf teams conclude season at league championships

By Princetonian Student staff writer

The men’s and women’s golf teams finished their spring seasons this past weekend at the Ivy League Championships at the Saucon Valley Golf Club in Bethlehem, Pa. The men’s competition had all eight teams, while the women’s competition only included seven teams, as Cornell did not field a team. Although neither of Princeton’s teams could capture the team title,

the weekend belong to sophomore Quinn Prchal, who brought home Princeton’s 14th individual title since 1975 and the second in three years.

Both teams went into the Championships with high hopes after a solid regular season. The men’s team finished fourth last year, but looked to recapture the Ivy League title they won two years ago, whereas the women’s team has finished as the runnersup in back-to-back years, and hope to go one better this

time around.

Both teams had very positive opening rounds, with the men’s team placing first in the field of eight, whilst the women’s team was second in the field of seven. The men’s team had a comfortable lead of six shots after shooting a solid +13 in the first round, with Columbia and Penn trailing them. Especially impressive on the first day were freshmen Michael Davis, Marc Hedrick and Prchal who shot one, three and three strokes

over par, respectively.

The women’s team was tied with Yale for second place and trailing Columbia by five shots after the first eighteen holes. Junior Alex Wong and sophomore Hana Ku were tied for fifth after the first day, both shooting at six over.

However, over the next two days, neither teams could retain their standing on the table. The men’s team shot a combined 293 on the second day, which was eight strokes See GOLF page 5

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