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U. releases Sustainability Action Plan, aims to reduce emissions to net zero by 2046
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The second of its kind, the 2019 plan reflects on the initial 2008 Sustainability Action Plan and plots a course to furthering the University’s commitment to environmentalism.
By Mallory Williamson Senior Writer
On Monday, April 22 — Earth Day — the University announced its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2046 through its 2019 Sustainability Action Plan, which outlines a framework for increasing conservation efforts on campus through and beyond the year
2026. The second of its kind, the 2019 plan reflects on the initial 2008 Sustainability Action Plan and plots a course to furthering the University’s commitment to environmentalism. For the next nine years, the plan highlights seven key “action areas.” Apart from reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2046, the University also aims to reduce
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campus-wide and per-person water usage, enhance stormwater management through reducing runoff and increasing surface water quality, develop integrative designs for future campus buildings, cultivate healthier ecosystems and habitats across campus, nearly double the number of commuters using transportation other than single-occupancy vehicles by mid-century, and
reduce waste while purchasing more sustainably. The plan also offers specific numeric targets for 2026 and 2046 for each action area, and gives retrospective data on the University’s progress in each respect since 2008. In all areas except campus water usage — where 30 more million gallons of water were used around campus in 2018 than in 2008 — the University has made af-
firmative progress toward its articulated targets. According to Director of the Office of Sustainability Shana Weber, each of the issues outlined has the potential to impact other objectives laid out by the plan. “If you save energy in one place, you might save water in another place. And so they’re See EMISSIONS page 3
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Man with knife arrested during Easter service at University Chapel Senior Writer
Around 9 p.m. on Sunday evening during a Catholic Easter service, a man was arrested at the University Chapel after entering the building holding a 4-inch knife. The man was considered non-threatening, and he was charged with disorderly conduct and released on Sunday. “No one was threatened or injured, though others at the Chapel were concerned,” said Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss. The 20-year-old man is not a University student, and his identity is not being disclosed at this time. According to Sergeant Frederick Williams, the Princeton Police Department responded to the incident out of an “abundance of caution.”
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Maya Mishra ’22 was passing the Chapel, where she saw patrons outside singing for the service, at the time of the arrest. “I just looked over and this guy was being escorted out of the chapel in handcuffs by two policemen,” Mishra said. “There were cop cars everywhere.” Mishra said that the scene was calm and that the man did not appear to be resisting police. Although the incident happened on campus, no TigerAlert was issued. According to Hotchkiss, the Department of Public Safety issues timely warnings when there is a “continuing threat to members of the University community.” “In this situation, the suspect was apprehended, and there was no continuing threat,” Hotchkiss said.
Guest contributor Anna Grace McGee describes how her survival of sexual violence has made her reevaluate #MeToo and our culture’s impulse to “cancel” accused men, and guest contributor Juan José López Haddad argues that student protestors are wrong to criticize U.S. intervention in Venezuela. PAGE 4
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Two young men entered Tower Friday morning and stole a member’s wallet.
Theft occurs in Tower Friday morning By Rebecca Han Staff Writer
On Friday, April 19, Tower Club president Aliya Somani ’20 emailed club members to inform them that a theft had taken place inside the club ear-
lier that morning. According to the Princeton Police Department (PPD), two unidentified young men in their twenties, one white and one black, entered Tower through an unsecured back door and stole a wallet from a
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member’s bag. Before entering, they had tried to enter the club through multiple exits before finding a backdoor that had been propped open. The PPD explained in a Facebook message to The Daily See TOWER page 2
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Princetonian that several witnesses claimed they had observed the two men in the club prior to the theft. In addition, the PPD wrote that the police were called after a victim reported that her wallet had been taken. “The matter remains under investigation,” the PPD contin-
ued in their message. Somani said to the ‘Prince’ that the club has been cooperating with police in their investigation. In an email to members, she said that the club will be implementing new safety measures, including adding code locks on other commonly used doors and additional officer protocols to secure the club after dark. In another email, she said that staff will check
that the kitchen exit and other exits are locked as they leave the club. “I also don’t want to identify the member whose cash was stolen, but we’ve talked to her. She’s very much in the loop, and she understands that we’re dealing with this as best we can,” she said in an interview with the ‘Prince.’ The University deferred comment to the PPD.
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really designed to be intertwined, and not really thought of in silos,” Weber said. The plan also places a focus on community buy-in, drawing on community members’ experiences to help face sustainability challenges. “The students, staff, and faculty who shape the academic, physical, and social character of the campus are critical leaders and ambassadors for realizing the culture and sustainability outcomes we seek,” she explained. In addition to setting new goals, the Sustainability Action Plan reflects on progress made since the first plan was published eleven years ago. Since 2008, the University has purchased 50 percent less paper and 63 percent more local food. However, in that same time frame, the consumer re-
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cycling rate on campus has decreased 23 percent, and campus water usage has increased 15 percent. Claire Wayner ’22, who was one of the students consulted on the plan during the Princeton Sustainability Committee’s monthly lunches with students, faculty, and administrators, believes that by publicizing the plan the University “is saying, yes, sustainability is a priority for the University.” Wayner is a contributing columnist for The Daily Princetonian. Wayner, however, believes that the plan could have gone farther, drawing upon her experience sponsoring the Princeton Student Climate Initiative’s ballot referendum on carbon emissions in this year’s Undergraduate Student Government spring elections. “Maybe the carbon neutrality goal could be more aggressive, which is what a lot of students told us while we were
doing the referendum campaigning process,” she said. While a proponent of the plan, Wayner also felt that a wider range of voices could have been incorporated into the plan’s structuring. “Only a select few students gave feedback on [the plan],” Wayner said. “The one thing about the plan that I’m disappointed about is that there wasn’t more widespread engagement of students and community members to give feedback.” Weber believes that student involvement will indeed increase over time as the plan is implemented. “What we need students to do is help us think about how those strategies evolve over time, because they will have to evolve,“ she said. “We need to set aggressive targets for ourselves, but the work is the path getting there, and that’s where students can really make a big difference.”
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Stepping back from cancel culture Anna McGee
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ife here at Princeton, during my first year, runs quickly. Like many people, I feel like I’m constantly looking ahead — to the next assignment, the next tutoring shift, the next club meeting. Times to reflect are few and far between. Some of my friends complain about this, and I understand their complaints. But I don’t really miss the free time. I’m grateful for how Princeton keeps my mind busy. When I have too much time on my hands, no matter how hard I try to avoid it, my thoughts tend to gravitate towards the one thing I don’t want to think about. As a sexual abuse survivor, moments of quiet can mean moments of reliving memories no one deserves to have. Hurt doesn’t bury itself, and it doesn’t easily fade away. I know it will get better one day, but for now, conversations that are buzzwords for others such as the #MeToo movement resonate in a distinct place for me, a complicated one. Certainly, the #MeToo movement overall has been a blessing to me over and over again. It’s taught me to learn to love myself again and to
move past the ingrained selfblame and the helpless loneliness that used to come over me in waves. Sometimes, however, parts of the media portrayal of #MeToo sit with me the wrong way, even when I don’t want to admit it. I firmly believe that rapists are monsters. I believe my rapist was a monster. But I think there’s a fine line inherent in our current framework of viewing abusers that sometimes, not all times, can be tripped over. Labeling someone and then calling them “cancelled” feels so permanent. Maybe not all people deserve that. Maybe people can change. Maybe even the boy who raped me. He apologized to me, once. I had hoped for so long that one day he might — that if any part of him had cared, ever, he would come up to me a changed person and admit what had happened. But he didn’t use the word. Rape. Instead he just slid a short message in my DMs saying he was sorry for some of the hurt he had caused and the person who had done that “wasn’t really him.” I knew then he hadn’t changed. This boy sat next to me in multiple classes every day at school. If he wasn’t the same person he had been, he could have said something to me in person,
and he would have used the word. I thought the act of forgiveness would take some of the weight off me, and I desperately wanted someone to forgive. But he wasn’t deserving of it. He hadn’t changed — not yet. This being said, what should I do if he does change? What would him “changing” even really mean? So much was taken from me by this boy. My health. My self-esteem. My belief in God. After it first happened, I wanted so badly for people to hate him like I did. It was so hard to see mutual friends stand by him. I spent so many hours crying — at home, at school, in therapy. I was too afraid to talk about what happened to other people in explicit terms, but at the same time, I needed to be heard. I needed for someone to hear me and for someone to believe me. I wished I was brave enough to tell someone, and for that someone (anyone, really) to cancel him. Upon reflection, I’m not sure if I was really in a position back then when I received his initial apology to forgive him for what he had done and for what I had lost. I wanted to be strong, stand up for myself, and yell. I wanted to somehow be able to take back what had been taken from me. But maybe I can’t do that. I
can’t go back to who I was. I’m not the same person anymore. Recognizing how much I have changed, how could I think that he would just remain the same person forever? Everyone is human. Everyone can grow, can learn, and can become a new and better person. What if the bravest thing I can do right now is realize that one day, I might hear that he has really changed? If I heard that, maybe I could take a step back. I could be proud of that new person, whoever he might be, if he ever might be. I could leave my anger to who had been. If who had been was ever really “cancelled,” and he leaves that self behind and grows, he could become someone very different. He could become someone new. I’m saying this as a survivor. Cancelling someone doesn’t need to last forever. I’d hate to say that we couldn’t ever move past our pasts. I believe, somewhere deep down, that all people have the potential to change, to grow, and to develop. Let’s make sure that we are giving the people who are willing to admit their mistakes and take responsibility that chance. Anna McGee is a first year from Paducah, KY. She can be reached at amcgee@princeton. edu.
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The grave misconception about Venezuela Juan José López Haddad Guest Contributor
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hen I received a notification for a Facebook event a month ago, I found myself feeling something that I never thought I would feel prompted by a student event: frustration and despair. The event in question was a “vigil” to protest against “war in Venezuela” hosted by the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA). When I saw this, I couldn’t help but feel angry, misunderstood, and disregarded. I thought the world was finally listening to the voice of the people of Venezuela, but I saw in that event a grave misconception that risks robbing Venezuela of the support that we need to attain freedom. Such support has to come in the form of foreign intervention. I grew up in Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. I saw the gradual decline brought upon by the pseudo-socialist government of Hugo Chávez and his cronies. Furthermore, I witnessed how the international community kept turning a blind eye with every corrupt action that he and his successor, Nicolás Maduro, orchestrated to consolidate their power. I saw how once-vibrant neighborhoods turned into poverty-ridden slums and how supermarkets and stores dwindled in supplies and closed as prices skyrocketed. I saw how people resorted to obtain water from contaminated sewers, and food from the garbage outside restaurants and wealthier homes. Less than a year ago, I was living without the ability to go out to the streets whenever I wanted to, at risk of being murdered because of rampant crime. Water and electrical supply to my house weren’t guaranteed, inflation was going up, and people grew poorer and more conformist. All hope for change seemed to be lost, until now. On Jan. 23 of this year,
Juan Guaidó, the President of the National Assembly, assumed the office of Acting President of Venezuela in accordance with article 233 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which establishes that in case of a permanent vacancy of the executive, the President of the National Assembly will take charge for 30 days before new elections are organized. The move by Guaidó has been wrongly labeled as a “self-proclamation” by various media outlets, some have even compared the action to a coup, which is, invariably an incorrect interpretation. Nicolás Maduro has effectively been an illegitimate president since his term expired on January 10th of this year, since the presidential elections held last year were fraudulent. I remember witnessing the lack of participation as I drove by polling sites on the day of the election and reading about the scandals of tampering made public by Smartmatic, the company who used to provide our electronic voting system. Election fraud had been a frequent card used by Maduro’s regime, but this was the most blatant and outrageous case ever seen by the people of Venezuela. Venezuela now needs to shift to a transitional government and call for new elections, but Maduro, backed by a corrupt military, refuses to abide by the constitution and leave his post. The Venezuelan people and the opposition have tried every democratic way available to them to no avail, and now, more than ever, we need help. The popular sentiment is very clear on this subject: the majority of Venezuelans want direct intervention by the United States or any other foreign power to remove Maduro from office. I recognize this is a controversial idea, especially with the United States’s catastrophic history of regime change operations, particularly in the Middle East, but the case
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of Venezuela is completely different to those of Iraq and Iran. Before elaborating any further, I feel the need to clarify that I have never supported Donald Trump’s administration nor the Republican Party. There’s a reason I didn’t write this for the Tory. But military intervention in Venezuela would not result in war. The Venezuelan army has absolutely no capacity to deal with a foreign invasion by a superior military power, let alone the United States. I remember driving by army and air force bases and seeing the deteriorated facilities, crumbling fighter jets, and inexperienced recruits that populated them. However, the Venezuelan armed forces are well equipped and trained to repress their own people, which is why popular rebellion isn’t an option. If the people of Venezuela decided to take it upon themselves and topple Maduro by force, it would result in a massive bloodbath. If the United States stationed a fleet upon Venezuelan waters, surrender would come before any man stepped foot on land. Many argue that many will die if the
United States intervenes, but thousands have already died, and people will continue to perish while inaction reigns. It was disheartening how some of the signs at the vigil called for the end of sanctions, as some students and local residents talked about a “diplomatic solution” to the issue. The fact is that without extreme pressure, a government of proven criminals, drug-traffickers, terrorists and mobsters such as the Maduro regime will not be toppled. How can protesters expect these foul and corrupt individuals to honor their word in a negotiation? How can they not see that this will only lead to another stalemate? Indifference by the international community, that for years helped criminals rob Venezuela of its resources and livelihood, is finally coming to an end. The United States doesn’t seek to instate a puppet government or to exploit Venezuela’s oil since, to this day, it is already Venezuela’s biggest consumer; it intends to help a man designated by the only democratically elected body in the country to take the lead during our country’s most
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pressing crisis. I believe in civil expression, peace, and liberal principles of non-intervention, but these are not absolute and should not be preached blindly, and that is what the protesters are doing. Just because Trump, a very polarizing figure, showed support for the measure, people instantly scrambled for reasons to oppose it. One Princeton resident said that the United States has no right to tell Venezuela what to do, but little does that person know that the will of the Venezuelan people and the declarations of the United States are aligned. Sovereignty can’t be used to mask the abuses of the people and sovereignty can’t be invoked by a government who doesn’t represent the people. In the words of Saint Augustine: “In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?” The people of Venezuela need freedom, and only an intervention will deliver it. Juan José López Haddad is a first-year from Caracas, Venezuela. He can be reached at jhaddad@princeton.edu.
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Men’s lacrosse defeats Harvard 19—15, Sowers ties all-time points record By Tom Salotti
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Men’s lacrosse (7—6, 2—3 Ivy) defeated Harvard University (5—7, 1—4) 19—15 on Saturday afternoon at Sherrerd Field, keeping their playoff hopes alive. Junior attacker and captain Michael Sowers had 10 points — three goals and seven assists — which brings his career total to 247, tying all-time point record holder Kevin Lowe ’94. The Tigers were first to score, with senior midfielder Mike Morean hitting the back of the net at 12:11 in the first quarter. Sowers was next, scoring his 28th goal of the season in the ninth minute. Freshman midfielder Jake Stevens made it 3—0 for the Tigers before Harvard went on the offensive and tied the game 3—3 in the seventh minute. Princeton responded by scoring four more and allowing only one more Crimson goal before the quarter ended 7—4. In the second quarter, Harvard got within one in the 10th minute after Kyle Anderson scored on a man-up play to make it 7—6 in the Tigers favor. Both teams scored six
goals in the second quarter, leaving the score at halftime 13—10. The third quarter was also close with three goals from each team. Sowers scored with four minutes to go in the final quarter, putting the nail on the coffin for Harvard. Princeton won 19—15. Princeton and Harvard had a combined 95 shots and 94 ground balls, reflecting the intensity of the game. The win wasn’t an easy one for the Tigers. “We had lots of broken plays, some undisciplined pushes, opportunities to get out of those and widen the gap,” said head coach Matt Madalon. “We’ve got a lot of work to do, there were some undisciplined moments today.” Sowers called his recordtying game “truly an honor.” When asked how he did it, he humbly credited his coaches and teammates for supporting him all the way. “It’s a growth mindset — I approach every every with what can I do to get better, what can I do to help the team,” Sowers said. “[My teammates] make my job really easy.” The win on Saturday leaves the Tigers a chance to advance
to the playoffs, otherwise known as the Ivy League Tournament (ILT). Princeton must defeat Cornell in their final regular season game this coming weekend in order to even have a chance to qualify for the ILT. If they lose, they’ll automatically be out of the running. The top four ranked teams in the Ivy League qualify for the ILT. Cornell is currently 3—2 in the Ivy League and in third place. Princeton and Brown are both 2—3 and tied for fourth place. Should Princeton beat Cornell and Brown lose their game to Dartmouth this weekend, the Tigers will head to the playoffs. If Princeton beats Cornell and Brown wins their game, all three teams will be tied for third place and the tiebreaker gets complicated. Since all three teams are 2—0 against Harvard and Dartmouth, 0—2 against Penn and Yale, and 1—1 against each other, the tiebreaker comes down to head-to-head goal differential. Princeton lost to Brown by four points, so consider them —4 right now. Since Brown beat Princeton by 4 but lost to Cornell by 3, they are +1. As it stands, Cornell is at +3, Brown is at +1, and Princeton is at —4.
The winner of this headto-head goal differential will earn the third place spot in the Ivy League and the fourth place spot will be determined by whoever won the season matchup between the remaining two teams. So basically: Princeton must beat Cornell by at least three points to push Brown into the lead on goal differential, giving the Bears the third place spot. Then, since Princeton would beat Cornell in their head-to-
head game, they would earn the fourth place spot. If Princeton beats Cornell by at least six goals, the Tigers would take third in the Ivy League due to goal differential and Cornell would earn the head-to-head fourth place spot because they beat Brown in the regular season. All of this means Saturday’s game is going to be intense, to say the least. “We’re gonna throw everything at them,” Madalon said.
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Men’s golf wins Ivy League title, women finish fourth GOLF
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This past weekend, the men’s and women’s golf teams both competed in their respective Ivy League Championships. The men’s team, an underdog team coming in to the tournament, won the event leading from start to finish its first title since 2013 and its 30th in program history. Princeton had two top three finishers with junior captain Evan Quinn finishing in second place by two strokes behind Yale’s James Nicholas and sophomore Sam Clayman finishing one more shot back in a three-way tie for third place. The women finished fourth, getting better over the course of the tournament. Junior Maya Walton, who finished tied for fifth five shots off the
lead, led the Tigers. For the men, they kicked off the tournament with the second best combined round in the fielding, shooting 288. They were led by Quinn and Clayman, who shot three and two under, respectively. After this first day lead, Quinn and Clayman sat in first and second individually heading in to the second day, helping the Tigers build an eight-stroke lead over Yale. After another strong round on Saturday, Princeton had three top-three players with Clayman and Quinn joined by freshman Max Ting. The Bulldogs had narrowed the Tigers’ lead to two strokes by the end of the day on Saturday. On Sunday, Columbia made a huge charge shooting the low round of the tournament at 283, but Princeton was able to
fight off this comeback and win by one stroke over the Lions. Yale, the favorite coming in to the tournament, finished third, two shots behind the Tigers making this the closest three-team finish in the 45year history of the Ivy League Golf Championship. Quinn commented, “Winning Ivies was an amazing feeling because it was such a team effort. Everyone did exactly what they needed to do for us to win. We are a very young team, with fourthfifths of the players at Ivies being underclassmen. Playing with the lead is a lot of pressure, and it felt incredible to be able to overcome that and squeak out the win.” “It’s safe to say that we were not the favorites coming into the Ivy League Championships. Yale beat us by 34 shots
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at our home tournament just two weeks ago, which was disheartening,“ Quinn added on beating Yale. “We knew we didn’t play anywhere near our best, but it was hard to stay positive after losing that badly. For us, we saw Ivies as an opportunity to leave the rest of the Spring season behind us. We peaked at the right time, and winning makes up for the struggles we had earlier in the year.” One key shot for Princeton was sophomore Jack Roberts’ eagle on the 17th hole where he found himself behind a clump of trees 220 yards out. Roberts pulled out his 8 iron and went under one tree and over another, putting the ball 20 feet away from the cup on the green where he then rolled the putt in for one of five eagles in the entire tournament. “I had checked the scores going into the hole, and we were losing, so I knew as a team we needed to make up some shots. I pushed my tee shot right and was in the trees, which I had done the previous two rounds as well,“ Roberts said of his decision to play aggressive. “When I got to the ball, I only had two options. Either I punch out backwards, and pretty much eliminate the possibility of a birdie, or take a chance by hitting an iron shot through the trees and over another set of trees. After talking with Coach Green, we decided to take a chance on hitting through the trees,“ Roberts added. In the women’s tournament, Walton led Princeton the entire time, finishing tied for fourth after the first two rounds and tied for fifth af-
ter the last round. The Tigers faced a course with extremely tough conditions and struggled to break out of the middle of the pack, sitting in fourth after the first round, fifth after the second, and finishing in fourth at the end of the tournament. Freshman Sophie Siminoff was also a top ten finisher for the Tigers at 13 over. Harvard won the tournament by six strokes over Dartmouth and 12 over third place finisher Columbia. The Crimson was driven by a strong final round, shooting the low round of the tournament at 290. “The team has had an amazing year with 3 tournament wins, and while we did not manage to bring our best to the Ivy Championship, there is still a lot to be proud of. As a senior, I have seen so much improvement in the women’s team throughout the years. I am certain that this past weekend’s loss will only fuel the team to come back next year even hungrier. Though my final season as a Tiger didn’t end ideally, I walk away from it with many great memories and friends. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the golf program in the coming years,“ senior co-captain Tiana Lau remarked, reflecting on her time at Princeton. The men’s season will continue by gaining the Ivy League’s automatic berth to the NCAA Regionals. They will find out which regional they are going to next Wednesday, May 1, at 9 p.m. on the Golf Channel. Regionals will take place from May 12 to May 15 at six courses across the country.
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