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CHVRCHES to headline Lawnparties

By Hannah Waxman staff writer

The musical group CHVRCHES will be headlining the spring 2016 Lawnparties, Undergraduate Student Government President Aleksandra Czulak ’17 announced in the Lawnparties website Thursday.

USG Social Committee Chair Rachel Park ’18 noted that the Social Committee has not yet determined the performer for the opening act, and she added that the committee plans to determine the opening act performer within the next few days.

CHVRCHES is a Scottish electronic band that was formed in 2011 by lead singer Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty. Their most recent album, “Every Open Eye,” was released on

Sept. 25, 2015. The group will be headlining at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Governors Ball Music Festival and Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival this spring and summer.

The Glasgow-based band received fifth place in the BBC Sound of 2013 list of promising new talent and was recently nominated as the British Breakthrough Act of the 2015 Brit Awards.

Cook and Doherty attended University of Strathclyde together, and both have been involved in film and music before. Mayberry received an undergraduate law degree and a Masters in Journalism from the University of Strathclyde. She was a member of two local bands prior to joining the group.

Mayberry has spoken out against misogynist See CHVRCHES page 2

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CHVRCHES, an electronic band from Scotland, will be headlining spring Lawnparties on May 1.

U N I V E R S I T Y A F FA I R S

U. community shares its reactions to Wilson report

By Andie Ayala staff writer

Princeton Clay Project to assist Syrian youth

By Kevin Agostinelli staff writer

Avigail Gilad ’19 and Mariachiara Ficarelli ’19 recently co-founded the Princeton Clay Project, a fundraising and awareness initiative dedicated to sending Syrian refugee youth to Al Albayt University in Jordan through the Amal Scholarship Fund.

The group has so far raised upwards of $3,000, according to Ficarelli and Gilad.

Ficarelli is an associate photo editor for the Daily Princetonian.

The Amal Scholarship Fund was started by Julie Whittaker GS of the Wilson School, who also co-founded the Princeton Refugee Project. The Amal Scholarship Fund was named for “amal,” the Arabic word for hope, and offers needy students four-year university scholarships to study at Al Albayt, a public Jordanian university located ten minutes away from Za’atari Refugee Camp, according to the Amal Scholarship Fund website. The website notes that the cost of a four-year bachelor’s degree in Jordan – including tuition, books and living stipend – is $19,000.

The Clay Project is work-

ing in close conjunction with the Princeton Refugee Project, the Nassau Presbyterian Church and the Social Justice Committee of the Center for Jewish Life, with the goal of raising $10,000 – enough to support two years of study at Al Albayt University for one student. The groups are continuing to seek partners to be able to provide matching funds of $10,000 to be able to support the final two years of higher-level education for Syrian students, according to Gilad.

Whittaker said that her work at the Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan inspired her to found the Amal Foundation and then the Princeton Refugee Project at the graduate college.

“I met so many talented and ambitious youth who had interrupted university educations… In the camp, these youth were truly community leaders, organizing service initiatives, cultural activities and awareness events,” she said.

Students granted scholarships by the scholarship fund are able to attend Al Albayt University, but are expected to also have the time to lead communitySee CLAY page 2

ciding to shut the door on renaming any of the buildings on campus was a huge step in the wrong direction, she added.

Payton said she felt as though the report downplayed the egregious moral failures of Wilson. That’s not to say that anyone who has had moral failures shouldn’t be honored, but we should be more honest about the positive and negative legacies of the people that statues and buildings in the University are named after, she added.

She said that this might be done practically by including accurate narratives about these figures in college tours or in plaques around See WILSON page 5

ACADEMICS

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The Integrated Approach: Studying Science without Borders

By Kristin Qian staff writer

Since its formation, Integrated Science Curriculum has undergone several subtle changes, the most notable being the elimination of the two-year sequence and the addition of two 300-level courses for upperclassmen, according to Professor of Physics Joshua Shaevitz.

ISC Curriculum Changes The change in curriculum largely came about in response to student comments, Shaevitz said.

The original two-year sequence consisted of an intensive double course in physics and chemistry in the first year with a bit of biology motivation, and then a single, less intensive course in the second year covering molecular biology, biochemistry and organic chemistry, using tools developed in the first year, he explained.

For the students who completed the two-year track, it was very successful, he said. However, the main complaint from students for many

years was that the first year did not seem very integrated, because there was essentially no biology until the second year.

Additionally, a two-year track was not very compatible with some majors, he added. It locked in students in the AB program and was also difficult to schedule for engineers.

Given this feedback, for the 20142015 school year, the biology component was incorporated into the freshman year courses, Shaevitz said. This was in part challenging, he noted, since the curriculum now became four semesters worth instead of six, and the material had to be even more compressed than before.

As of last year, students who take both semesters of the freshman year courses — ISC 231/232 in the fall and ISC 233/234 in the spring — will receive credit for two semesters of introductory chemistry, two semesters of physics, one semester of molecular biology and one semester of computer science.

This new curriculum is now more engineer-friendly and the ad-

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dition of biology into the first year has overall been a positive change, Shaevitz said.

To that end, starting in the fall of 2015, the sophomore courses in the sequence were also removed and instead replaced by two semesters of 300-level ISC courses, ISC 335/ CHM 335: Organic Chemistry of Metabolism in the Fall and ISC 326: The Past, Present, and Future of the Human Genome in the Spring.

These courses are not limited to sophomores or students who have taken ISC previously, he added.

ISC 326 is co-taught by Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics Peter Andolfatto, Professor of Computer Science Mona Singh and Assistant Professor of EEB and the LewisSigler Institute Julien Ayroles.

Andolfatto and Singh did not respond to requests for comment.

“I love the idea of ISC classes.

This is my field — I’m a quantitative geneticist, so the integrated approach is how my field works; See ISC page 6

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MARIACHIARA FICARELLI :: ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

Avigail Gilad ‘19 and Mariachiara Ficarelli ‘19 pose with their mugs.

Following Monday’s release of the Wilson Legacy Committee’s report, many members of the University community expressed that the decisions of the University Board of Trustees, especially the decision to keep the name of Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, on the Wilson School and the Wilson College, were not a surprise.

Anchal Padukone ’16 said she thought it was necessary to have a conversation about Wilson’s legacy and what we encourage when we honor figures by naming a building or program after them.

“While there were some

people who were vocal about the importance of the name change, there were many others who were indifferent,” she said.

Briana Payton ’16, a previous board member and a current senior advisor of the Black Student Union, said that she was disappointed, but not surprised, by the recommendations in the report.

“I think it would have been amazingly progressive and noble to rename the [Wilson] School; it would have been a huge symbolic victory,” Payton said.

She said she understands why the University cannot feasibly rename every building that was named after a historic figure. However, de-

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building initiatives in the Za’atari Refugee Camp.

“Imagine the power that these refugees will have if we invest in them now. What if we take all these young people who are in refugee camps and teach them the skills they will need in the future to recreate or rebuild their homes? This is the time to act,” Gilad said.

Ficarelli and Gilad said that the word “clay” carries both symbolic and literal meanings which motivated their decision to name their work the Princeton Clay Project.

Clay represents stability, which Syrian refugees could use at this moment, they said.

The co-founders launched their project on March 26 with a four-hour mug-making marathon at the Wilson Ceramic Studio, where around 70 students created more than 100 total ceramic mugs, bowls and vases.

After the items were glazed, the members of the project intend to sell the finished products, with all proceeds going toward the Amal Scholarship Fund. The items will be sold at Labyrinth Books and Rise Power Yoga, as well as around campus, Ficarelli and Gilad noted.

According to Ficarelli and Gilad, the exact price of the mugs has not been determined yet but will not exceed $10.

Although Ficarelli and Gilad said they were very proud of the results so far, they added that there is much more work to be done.

“It is a moral imperative — we can’t just stay here in an ivory tower and do our own thing and shut ourselves off from the world,” Ficarelli said. “If we really want to live up to the motto of being in the service of humanity, we need to make a difference.”

With the help of Susan Jennings, a leader in refugee resettlement efforts at Nassau Presbyterian Church, the Clay Project conducted a 2.5mile walk along Washington Road and Nassau Street on April 2. Ficarelli explained that the distance of the walk

was meant to resemble the 2.5-mile journey taken by so many Syrian refugees crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Kos. The Clay Project collected donations of around $300 from the families and friends of those who participated in the walk, and some individuals held signs which broadcasted the number of refugees displaced or the number of Syrians who have died in the sea while crossing to Greece, Ficarelli noted.

“If we really want to live up to the motto of being in the service of humanity, we need to make a difference.”

Mariachiara ficarelli,

co-founder, Princeton Clay Project

“Our congregation was so pleased to learn of the students’ engagement,” Jennings said. “Concern for refugees is consistent with this country’s values as a democracy, and from our congregation’s point of view, it is consistent with our faith.”

According to Jennings, Nassau Presbyterian — which has been actively involved in refugee resettlement for nearly five decades — is due to receive a family from Syria sometime in the next six to eight weeks.

Jennings said that the Clay Project and the Princeton Refugee Project, among others, are “performing a valuable service by educating the campus about these issues.”

Gilad said that on Wednesday night in McCosh 50, the Clay Project also hosted a screening of “Salam Neighbor,” a documentary made by two American filmmakers about the Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan, which is home to about 10,000 young people aged 18-24.

Gilad said she hoped that students watching this movie would be more motivated to take action on this pressing issue. She added that she hoped students would not only feel sympathy for the refugees but would also be moved to be more active in the Princeton community as a result.

“I think there is a general acceptance of our cause [at the University], but we are really trying to push past the boundary of, ‘Oh yeah, this is a thing and I’m going to continue my life parallel to it,’” Gilad added. “We want students to really see how they engage with this issue.”

The Clay Project, with the help of the Princeton Refugee Project, will also be hosting an Arts Gala on April 28 at Chancellor Green, featuring drawings, paintings and photographs that Syrian refugees from the Zaatari Refugee Camp have contributed, according to Gilad. The artwork — much of which was produced by Syrian youth — will be auctioned off, with all profits going directly back to the refugee artists, Gilad noted.

“People who come to the Arts Gala are going to that see these paintings were physically made by a Syrian refugee,” Gilad said. “It’s that visceral reaction that someone across the world who is undergoing so much adversity really made this art.”

Whittaker asked all members of the Princeton community to come together in order to help allow Syrian refugees to achieve the same benefits of higher education that students receive at the University.

“We hope that together, as a Princeton community, we can do our part to address this crisis and respond to the call for help that so many Syrian refugee students have made,” Whittaker added.

The members of Clay Project have worked and plan to continue working with the Social Justice Committee of the Center for Jewish Life, the Princeton Refugee Project, the Muslim Students Association and the Office of Religious Life, according to Ficarelli and Gilad.

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messages she has received online, emphasizing that women should not acquiesce to objectification.

While past main act performers have been mostly hip hop and pop artists, the Social Committee wanted to focus on another genre of music, Park explained.

Social Committee solicited ideas from students through tabling at Frist about what genres of artists they wanted to see at Lawnparties, Czulak and Park explained. This feedback also helped inform their decision.

“We wanted to change things up, [and] we were definitely looking for a female artist. I don’t think we’ve really done something electronic in the past,” Park said. “This was something different that was feasible for us to do, so we just took the chance.”

Czulak noted that the committee then decided to hire CHVRCHES sometime in the fall, although she added that there was no exact date, given the nature of the negotiations.

“We wanted to change things up, [and] we were definitely looking for a female artist. I don’t think we’ve really done something

electronic in the past,” Park said. “This was something different that was feasible for us to do, so we just took the chance.”

Park and Czulak declined to comment on other candidates that were placed on the short list for the performance.

Park noted Lawnparties will be a longer day this year. Usually the event begins around 3 or 4 p.m., but as the group is f lying in from a concert the night before, CHVRCHES will begin their performance at 5 p.m.

Because of the schedule change, there will be more food vendors and activities at the event, she explained.

There will be also be merchandise available for pre-order, Park said.

This year’s spring Lawnparties will focus on student participation, Park added, noting that a battle of the bands student competition eligible for student DJs, rappers, singers and bands will select a student opener for the main act, in addition to an opening act performer.

Park said that the battle of the bands will be judged by a panel consisting of past Social Committee members.

There will also be a poster competition for students to submit their designs, she noted.

“CHVRCHES is really into student art, and they wanted to see if there are any students that would want to make a poster using their logos for Lawnparties’ advertising poster,” Park said.

The group will look at the final selections made by the Social Committee and will pick a winning selection to be signed and endorsed by the band, according to Park.

“I think overall CHVRCHES puts on a really good live show for everyone,” Park said. “We really wanted them, and they trumped everyone else that we were looking at.” She added that she found the band to be the most relevant and up-and-coming of Lawnparties’ groups in the recent past.

“This is one of the biggest bands we’ve had come before, just over the last few years and especially during my time here,” Czulak said.

Mayberry will also be returning to campus to give a talk at a later date, Park said, adding the date for the talk has not been determined yet.

Czulak noted that the overall budget for spring 2016 Lawnparties is $82,000, including food vendors.

Lawnparties will take place on May 1, 2016.

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The Princeton Clay Project has organized various events including a mug-making marathon and a march in order to raise funds and awareness to help Syrian refugee youth.

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the campus.

“I felt that the recommendations were superficial and not enough to say anything substantial,” Adalberto Rosado ’19 said. “For instance, using the phrase ‘encourage and support diversity’ doesn’t translate to tangible action.”

Rosado said he believes the report neglected to explain the reasons why the University was evaluating Wilson’s legacy in the first place. The report also did not mention the full demands of the BJL issued during the protests they held in November, he noted.

Rosado said that when it comes to ‘encouraging diversity,’ he would have liked to have seen more concrete initiatives, such as the number of diverse faculty that the University would like to hire, or a goal for more majors that would focus on topics of diversity and inclusion.

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ber that the names on buildings, or awards, or professorships are just one part of the broader conversation on diversity and inclusion on campus, and the issues facing students.”

Zhan Okuda-Lim ‘15 Andra Turner ’19 said she wasn’t surprised by the report, because to change the name of the Wilson School would have been a big change for the school at this point in time. She added that she thinks it is possible that such changes will occur in the future. As other universities and institutions across the United States experience similar movements for inclusivity, she believes there will be more of a push for the University to do the same.

“I think that a lot of students thought that the decision [not to rename the Wilson School] was expected,” Josh Freeman ’18, co-founder of the Princeton Open Campus Coalition, said.

Freeman said that the contents of the report were unexpected in that they recognized that the University should be more diverse and inclusive. He added that we should confront and discuss Woodrow Wilson’s legacy and the history of the University.

Due to the precedent that was set in this report, he said looking forward that he didn’t think that changing the names of buildings, as a whole, would be successful. He added that doing so would probably not be feasible except in the cases of evident manifestations of hypocrisy, such as the situation of the Center for African American Studies being housed in Stanhope Hall.

In 1915, the Trustees of the University named Stanhope Hall in honor of Samuel Stanhope Smith. Smith was the seventh president of the University, who in his Essay on the Causes of Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species Stanhope postulated that bile infections led certain skin colors to have a yellowish appearance, which became black in tropical climates.

Wendy Belcher, associate professor of Compara-

tive Literature and African American Studies, said the decision to retain the name was a missed opportunity to contextualize the contributions of people of color to the University.

“How wonderful it would have been if the college had been renamed for Toni Morrison, a[n African-American] Princeton professor who won the Nobel Prize for Literature and is one of the great voices of the 20th century,” she said.

In addition to considering the legacy of Wilson, under the subheader ‘Further Actions,’ the report recommended that the University establish a high-profile pipeline program to encourage more students from underrepresented groups to pursue doctoral degrees, modify its informal motto and make a concerted effort to diversify campus art and iconography.

In response, Freeman noted that while he fully supports a pipeline program that would allow students to move to the next level in their academic career, he feels like the program would have less of an impact when it comes to changing student culture.

He added that any change in student culture regarding issues of diversity and inclusion would have to come from cooperation within the student body themselves and not the administration.

Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15, an alumnus of the Wilson School, noted that in 2013 the Trustee Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity identified the pipeline program as a solution for addressing diversity among graduate students school and faculty.

“It’s been three years since the Ad Hoc committee, and we see the trustees bringing up this issue again. I’d like to know to what extent the University has or has not moved on some of these proposals that were brought up three years ago. And if this is being rehashed now in 2016, where is the University going to from here?” OkudaLim said.

Rosado said that he thought that the change of the unofficial motto from “Princeton in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations” to “Princeton in the nation’s service and the service of humanity” was irrelevant to the conversation about diversity and inclusion, especially since it is the University’s “informal” motto.

“We should remember that the names on buildings, or awards, or professorships are just one part of the broader conversation on diversity and inclusion on campus, and the issues facing students. So while symbolism is important, it is not the only important issue we should be concerned about,” okuda-Lim said.

Payton commented that she preferred the term “nations” in the motto.

“When I hear humanity, I hear neutrality, and I know that neutrality always becomes defaulted to concepts like white, straight, male,” she said.

Okuda-Lim noted that he has heard a wide variety of reactions from fellow alumni and current students, some who are happy about it, some who are upset.

“I just hope that everybody who is invested in this will use their freedom of expression to share their opinions with one another and realize that at an academic community there is a responsibility to examine our own biases and to discuss the biases that others bring to these conversations,” he said.

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there’s no other way to do it. You have to be a very good statistician, you have to have a good bit of math, some genetics, some biology,” said Ayroles.

To have a curriculum that feeds on this principle is very exciting, he added.

Since it is Ayroles’s first semester teaching at Princeton, he said that his view of everything is still very fresh and naïve. He said he could not tell from talking to his students during his lectures who took freshman ISC or not, and his classes are quite interactive.

He noted that there might be a correlation between those who previously took ISC and those who are more quantitative, having a good grasp of statistical and mathematical concepts. Overall, a heterogeneous group of people can bring in different perspectives and backgrounds, so as an instructor, it is an interesting challenge, he added.

Ayroles said that he thinks more courses on campus should be integrated.

“I’m advocating very strongly for such a curriculum to be developed in EEB, because I think this is the way science should be taught now instead of a divide between fields,” he said.

Mallika Viswanath ’17 said she took ISC 326: Human Genomics because it satisfied one of the EEB department requirements and counted towards the Global Health and Health Policy certificate program.

Viswanath said that from talking with ISC freshmen, she was under the impression that they were very stressed and the material went over their head. However, ISC 326 is really not like that, she said.

“It’s easier than I thought it would be; having said that, a lot of the concepts we learn are really hard… it’s not as crazy as I thought

it would be, given that it’s an ISC class,” Viswanath noted.

ISC 326 is co-taught by three professors from various departments.

“I think the topic itself warrants different professors, because it is computer science and biology — I don’t think it’s because it’s an ISC class; I think it’s because that’s how research is being done these days,” Viswanath said.

She said she feels that all the students are on equal footing, regardless of ISC background.

“It’s a really cool class. I’m really glad I wasn’t scared away by the ISC title, and I’m glad I’m taking it,” she said.

Lessons Learned in SecondYear ISC Students who took the second year of ISC were given credit for two Molecular Biology departmentals, MOL 342: Genetics and MOL 345: Biochemistry, and the first course in the neuroscience program prerequisite.

“For me, it was really nice because I could go through a lot of the required courses in this alternative curriculum, which… offered a much more varied and math-based introduction to all the different fields,” said David Mazumder ’17 , a molecular biology major.

He noted that the second-year course was especially beneficial for him, because it was a nice way for him to complete a couple of MOL departmental courses in a fun and satisfying way.

“I think that the character of the ISC program is extremely important for science,” Mazumder said.

ISC trains students in quantitative approaches to studying science, he added. It is for students who want to study biological problems with an emphasis on the solid understanding of the physical sciences and rigorous mathematical processes behind the biology, he added.

“The math that I learned there was very applicable to many

things,” Ben Lee ’16, a student in the Electrical Engineering Department, said.

“I think that the ISC program is really, really important and I think the faculty who are involved with the ISC program believe that as well. I think it will stay around for a while,” Mazumder said.

Mazumder was in the last class that went through the two-year sequence format of ISC. “It’s such a dynamic program and this revision of the sophomore year sequence is just one more example of that,” Mazumder said.

Vishank Jain-Sharma ’18 was one of the students who took only the freshman-year ISC courses last year, and he is now enrolled in ISC 326.

“I have had an excellent experience in ISC 326 so far. The course stands very well on its own as an introduction to the numerous, novel methods and algorithms geneticists use to analyze the human genome, methods which also generalize to all other organisms,” Jain-Sharma said.

Jain-Sharma remarked that the material learned and efforts spent in freshman year ISC have benefited him this semester, especially in coding projects, running simulations and performing computations.

ISC as a Vision for the Sciences The Integrated Science Program was established in 2004 by professor emeritus David Botstein, then director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, and now chief scientific officer at Google’s Calico Labs.

Botstein was not available for comment.

“The vision has always been to provide an introduction to the sciences that doesn’t focus on the boundaries between disciplines, that instead more focuses on what’s common to all the different sciences and how they’re related to each other,” Shaevitz explained.

What we call “physics,” “chemistry” or “biology” is largely historical, he said, adding that the division between these fields has more to do with tradition than anything intellectual.

The purpose and motivation of ISC was to create a course that allowed students to see that there are no boundaries, Shaevitz explained. He noted that ISC gives students the freedom and curiosity to explore outside of the traditional framework of science education.

“When you learn about these sciences in separate buildings, in separate classes, with separate terminology and language, you lose track of the commonalities between the different fields, how they relate to each other and how you can use information and techniques from one field to study another field,” Shaevitz said.

A lot of modern, cutting-edge research comes from the boundaries between these different disciplines, he said.

“Another motivation for the program was getting students involved in research and providing them with experiences throughout the course that are much more like real science,” Shaevitz said.

ISC strives to provide a more inquiry-based education system, he said. The labs resemble much more like what one would do in a real research lab, with students analyzing data with MATLAB, writing up scientific reports and generating graphs, he added.

Shaevitz said that the program values the fact that it generates both biology-minded majors who have a much more quantitative background than their peers, and that students who are naturally more quantitative and interested in physics or chemistry are given foundation in the life sciences. This is reflected in the research that ISC students end up performing, in biophysics, neuroscience or somewhere in the boundaries, he said.

“No one teaches a course like

this,” Shaevitz said.

Shaevitz said that he has a very broad view of science, and that having the opportunity to teach ISC courses was one the reasons why he came to Princeton.

Major Changes The majority of students in the ISC program have selected majors related to biology, though there are also students who study physics and computer science, Shaevitz said. Sometimes, ISC ends up switching students’ minds about their majors, he added.

From 2004 to 2013, 25 out of 292 students, or 8.6 percent, were enrolled in non-science, math or engineering majors, according to Shaevitz. These majors include Anthropology, Politics, Woodrow Wilson School, Philosophy, Independent Concentration, Slavic Languages and Culture, Religion, English and Economics.

Between 2009 and 2014, 41 out of 190 ISC students, or 21.6 percent, declared as Molecular Biology majors. Every year, the majority of ISC students chose to major in MOL, with the exception of the 2011-2012 school year, in which 10 out of 36 students declared majors in Computer Science and only 3 students declared as MOL majors.

The most students who finished the first year was in 2010, with 46 students, and the lowest being this 2015-2016 academic year with 16 students completing the sequence. In 2014-2015, there were 30 students in ISC, with 29 students in 2013-2014 and 36 students in 2012-2013.

Overall, Shaevitz said that he thinks the ISC program has been a big success.

“For students who are willing to put in the time, there’s a huge amount of gain,” Shaevitz said.

Associate Professor of Physics Thomas Gregor was not available for comment.

Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology Eric Wieschaus did not respond to a request for comment.

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Create start-up grants for incoming freshmen

AST WEEK, Harvard College announced the creation of a $2,000 “start-up” grant for incoming members of the Class of 2020 from low-income households. The grant, which will augment Harvard’s typical financial aid package, is meant to help students “fully engage in what Harvard has to offer” irrespective of their financial circumstances by offering them assistance with the costs related to college matriculation. One member of Harvard’s Undergraduate Council aptly noted that, despite Harvard’s need blind policy for admission, few resources and other opportunities on campus are likewise need blind.

The Board recognizes and lauds Princeton’s generous financial aid program, and we recognize the significant steps the University has taken to make the undergraduate experience more financially inclusive; however, we call on the University to implement a start-up program similar to that implemented at Harvard. This program should cover exclusively high costs faced by lowincome students as they transition from high school to college, such as travel costs during move-in for a parent or guardian, dorm furnishings and rain and snow gear.

Princeton has long been a pioneer of financial aid policy among Ivy League universities, implementing a guarantee to loan-free, grant-funded financial aid in 2001. Currently, approximately 60 percent of undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid. The average aid package for the Class of 2019 awarded students approximately $46,000 in grant aid each, not including work study,

which covers the entire cost of Princeton tuition. Families with incomes up to $250,000 typically receive at least some aid. Additionally, the financial aid budget for all juniors and seniors increases the board allowance to $8,350 per year in order to allow students, including those from low-income backgrounds, to join eating clubs, making them far more financially inclusive for undergraduates.

Despite the University’s guarantee to cover the full cost of a Princeton education including room and board for undergraduates from families with incomes under $65,000 per year, the Board recognizes that certain financial barriers to a Princeton education still exist. Costs incurred by incoming students as they move from home to the University often include travel expenses, expenses associated with furnishing and outfitting a dorm room, academics-related expenses such as a laptop and textbooks and cold-weather gear for New Jersey winters. While the University’s student budget includes allocations for travel, textbooks and miscellaneous expenses, many incoming students are unaware of the option to transfer funds from a student account to an external bank account. Consequently, these students may be compelled to take out personal loans to cover start-up expenses.

The Board proposes a $2,000 start-up grant, issued in the summer before a student’s freshman year. This grant would be available to students from families with annual incomes below $100,000, or students whose aid awards cover full tuition and half of room and board expenses. This is meant to ensure that students from higher-income

earning families who still face unique financial challenges such as large family sizes will receive much-needed grants. The first allotment of the grant would be issued by mid-July to allow students sufficient time to make travel plans and necessary purchases. Generously assuming that 40 percent of incoming students would receive the grant, the total cost of the grant would be just over $1 million per year.

Given the size of the University’s endowment, this additional yearly expenditure is incredibly reasonable. The Board advocates for the grant to be drawn from the endowment or an alternate donation pool rather than from an increase in tuition.

The University’s implementation of meaningful measures to make a Princeton education a financial reality for all admitted students has not gone unnoticed; however, the addition of a start-up grant for first-year students would allow them to feel more welcomed and included at Princeton. The grant, which would help to cover travel costs for a parent or guardian to help a student move in or whelp a student contribute to common room furnishings instead of telling his or her roommates that he or she cannot afford to do so, is an additional step the University may take to accommodate the financial needs of all undergraduates. As such, the Board strongly advocates for its creation.

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A case for banning hate speech on campus Marni Morse columnist

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HE EDITORIAL Board “reaffirmed” its support for nearly unlimited freedom of expression last week following the appearance of anti-Semitic flyers streaming from printers across campus, the contents of which the Board unequivocally denounced. They justified this position by highlighting that the purpose of a college is to be a “place for open discussion of arguments and ideas.”

The reality is that hateful free speech can silence people in targeted groups. If “free speech” is used to oppress or silence some students because of some aspect of their identity, be it religion, race, sexuality, etc., Princeton cannot and will not truly be a “place for open discussion of arguments and ideas.”

Therefore, it is crucial that the University work towards ensuring that our campus is a safe space for all to participate equally, even if it means doing what it can to prevent these anonymous printer attacks and other forms of hate speech.

The Board is correct in its argument about the purpose

of a University, but in forming this argument, it ignores the fact that some speech actually is antithetical to the free exchange of ideas. These antiSemitic attacks might alienate Jewish students (and in turn, encourage them to withhold their voices), just as racist commentary can silence students of color. It is easy to say that, in theory, such speech shouldn’t silence their targets, and hate speech might not have such a strong impact on all those who identify with a certain group.

However, that does not mean that these group epithets don’t have a chilling impact on some individuals’ willingness to share their own ideas and their willingness to participate in campus conversations. Our words have effects, and it’s naive to suggest otherwise.

Considering these competing values in terms of our Constitution can be illuminating. On the one hand, the First Amendment upholds the notion of free speech and expression. On the other hand, the Fourteenth Amendment argues for equal protection under state and

federal laws. If in practice one person’s freedom of expression blocks that of someone else, then that is problematic under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Having all of these freedoms is only beneficial if everyone can enjoy them equally. If it is largely white, cisgender, straight, Christian men who feel as though they have this full freedom of speech, while others, regardless of the official rules, are quieted in practice because they are targets of hate speech, then the freedom of expression loses much of its value.

Moreover, a campus environment is not just a center of learning. It is also our home for four years, as Princeton likes to self-advertise. And in the case of Princeton, it’s our private home and not a fully public space. I will admit that I’m a lot more sympathetic to the issue of hate speech as free speech on the national level. I believe that the consequence of limiting speech is more dangerous on that scale, especially because lines can admittedly be difficult to draw at times. But I do think that the University has a

clear commitment to providing an environment where all students equally feel as though they can safely learn and live.

While “engaging with controversial ideas” is great, it is only so if everyone feels safe to do so.

Some argue that we are too sheltered in the Orange Bubble from the challenges of the real world. They reason that by providing a buffer from the hatred that exists in the real world, the University does us no favor. But this is also University students’ home. Surely, we are allowed to feel safe in our own home.

Editorial Board Chair Cydney Kim ’17 highlighted this core issue in her editorial dissent.

As she explains “even if these posters are allowed in society at large, the University should uphold a higher standard of acceptable speech since it has a unique mandate to provide ‘an educational, working, and living environment free from discrimination and harassment based on a protected characteristic’… due to this commitment to providing an environment free from harassment, the University should ensure

that academic discussion and debate remains respectful.”

That the University is concerned about respect for others is a boon, not a detriment. If concerns like this are why the University is getting “a red light rating” from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, I applaud the University for that. I for one have no problem that University policy means “students must refrain from ‘transmitting to others in any location inappropriate images, sounds or messages that are clearly threatening, hostile, or harassing.’” In fact, when you consider that about half the schools failed the FIRE rating, it might be time to recalibrate that standard. I for one would much rather see the university striving to create an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity to safely learn and challenge themselves and others rather than just providing that space to a few.

Marni Morse is a politics major from Washington, DC. She can be reached at mlmorse@princeton.edu.

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Women’s tennis to continue Ivy success Photos courtesy of Princeton Athletic Communications The women’s tennis team (10-8 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) will look to continue its successes in the Ancient Eight as they take on Harvard and Dartmouth at home this weekend. The Tigers are coming off of a split weekend, having fallen 3-4 to Brown last Friday before notching a 5-2 win over Yale. Senior Amanda Muliawan, sophomore Katrine Steffensen, junior Sivan Krems, junior Caroline Joyce and freshman Nicole Kalhorn have all proved strong contributors for Princeton thus far, winning their five singles matches to clinch the Tigers’ latest win.

This victory leaves Princeton only one game behind the Columbia Lions (12-5, 3-0) in the conference standings.

Tweet of the Day “Honored to be voted as one of the Captains for the 2016 football season. I’m looking forward to my final hunt” dorian williams (@ dwilliamspu), junior defensive back, football

Stat of the Day

4 games The top four singles players on the women’s tennis team allowed no more than four games per set in Princeton’s 5-2 victory.

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