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CJL denies J Street space ON CAMPUS

By Sarah Hirschfield Senior writer

After the Center for Jewish Life denied J Street U Princeton access to space to host an Israeli antioccupation exhibition, J Street, a “Pro-Peace, ProIsrael, and Pro-Palestinian” political group, announced it will host its event at the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding.

The event, an exhibition created by Israeli NGO organization Breaking the Silence, will feature photos that “highlight the moral and strategic dilemmas that the occupation creates for Israel and for the Israel Defense Forces,” according to J Street’s Facebook post on Friday, written by J Street U Princeton President Dylan Mittag ‘20. The organization was established by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) veterans who wanted to share testimonials of serving in occupied territories.

According to the original post, J Street risked losing its affiliation status with the CJL for ignoring the CJL’s objections.

The relationship between the CJL and J Street is complicated by the CJL’s commitment to inclusivity and simultaneous status as a Hillel organization.

After meeting with Rabbi Julie Roth, the CJL’s Executive Director, Mittag stated that their “relationship is intact. J Street will remain a CJL organi-

zation.”

Roth expressed concerns of miscommunication between J Street and the CJL, according to Mittag, who added that he was concerned that the process by which speakers are chosen is “one-sided” and lacks an anti-occupation voice. All final decisions are made by the executive director, who discusses the decision with members of the community, members of the CJL Student Board, and donors, according to Mittag.

The CJL did not oppose J Street bringing the organization to speak on campus, wrote Rabbi Roth in an email to the Prince.

“However, given the sensitivities related to the timing of the event overlapping with Yom HaZakiron, the day commemorating Israeli soldiers killed in battle and in terrorist attacks, and Yom Ha’atzmaut, the celebration of Israel’s Independence Day, we did not want to host the program in the building,” she wrote.

Mittag clarified that the event is currently scheduled to overlap with Yom Ha’atzmaut, the Israeli Independence Day. Earlier this year, the CJL sponsored a group of students to attend the J Street national conference and arranged for them to meet with J Street’s national president, Jeremy Ben-Ami ‘84.

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NAACP President Cornell William Brooks spoke on activist unity and advocated for U. NAACP chapter.

NAACP president speaks at U.

By Claire Thornton staff writer

On April 29, NAACP president Cornell William Brooks gave the keynote address at the Princeton Prize Symposium on Race. Each year, as part of the conference, the Princeton Prize in Race Relations honors high school students from around the country whose work has had a positive effect on issues surrounding race in their hometown communities.

Titled “A Woke Democracy,” Brooks’ address was a stark and powerful rallying call aimed at younger generations in America.

Speaking to an audience of approximately 80 people, including the 21 high school award-winners, Brooks stressed that it is necessary

that Americans rise up to fight against racism, misogyny, Islamophobia, LGBTQ+ discrimination, voter suppression, injustice towards those with criminal records, anti-Semitism, and ableist and ageist systems that are crippling American democracy in 2017.

“We cannot underestimate what is happening in this country,” Brooks said. “You cannot be overly sensitive to the dehumanization of your fellow citizens.”

Brooks asked the audience to consider that in the most recent year of the FBI’s survey on hate crimes, hate crimes against African Americans increased by more than 5 percent, against Jews by more than 6 percent, and against Muslims by 67 percent. He

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also noted that since election day, over 1000 hate crimes have been committed in K-12 schools.

“This is a moment in our democracy where so many feel as though their skin is a sin.

So many feel that their orientation is an indictment, so many feel that their ethnicity is a curse because our fellow citizens have lost their hearts and their minds,” Brooks said.

Referencing Trump’s appointments of Steve Bannon and Jeff Sessions to his administration, and their racist legacies, Brooks said, “It is a moment where we have to call it for what it is, and it is wrong.”

One of the high school award-winners was Michael Brown, a junior from Lamar High School in Houston, Tex. See NAACP page 5

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USG discusses amendment Part Two: th HUM’s 25 of referendum policy Managing Editor

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Local organizations stationed tables at Communiversity Arts Fest on Sunday April 30.

TruckFest raises $28,000 for charity

By Claire Thornton staff writer

On Saturday, April 29, eating clubs hosted the fourth annual TruckFest food truck festival on Prospect Avenue. For the past three years, community service chairs of the 11 eating clubs have collaborated to put on the festival, which raises money for local charity organizations.

This year, TruckFest in-

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cluded 16 different food trucks, a greater number than in previous years.

Food options included past favorites such as the Feed Truck, Fork in the Road, and Maddalena’s Cheesecake. Most food and drink options cost visitors either two or three tickets, with tickets costing $2 each.

All proceeds of the event went to the Send Hunger See TRUCKFEST page 2

Martin Shkreli responds to Crystal Liu’s column condemning his recent visit to campus, Columnist Jessica Nyquist calls for greater intellectual inclusivity in campus debate, and The Editorial Board argues in favor of maintaining the standard penalty for Honor Code violations.. PAGE 6

This week’s meeting of the Undergraduate Student Government featured debate on a wide range of amendments, as USG worked to wrap up new business for the spring.

USG President Myesha Jemison ’18 opened with her report to the committee, which detailed upcoming meetings with administrators and student groups, as well as the interview process for the Honor Committee, which will commence tonight.

U-Councilor Pooja Patel ’18 presented the upcoming “Get Yourself Tested” initiative, a partnership between USG and Princeton Students for Reproductive Justice. Running from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, May 1, the event will inform students on how to schedule appointments to get tested for STIs and generally provide information about University Health Services and STI testing at Princeton.

Campus and Community Affairs Chair Christine Jeong ’19 spoke about Communiversity and Restaurant Week, noting that they had reached out to 44 restaurants and had finalized deals with five of them. Jeong noted that participation in Restaurant Week is often lower in the spring

but was confident that several other restaurants would agree to participate.

USLC Chair Tania Bore ’20 then introduced the return of “The Other Side of Me” photo campaign, tentatively scheduled for reading period. Vincent Po ’18 discussed the details of the previous campaign, and encouraged USG to participate in the new version, especially if they hadn’t participated in the last round.

Class Senator Andrew Ma ’19 once again introduced an amendment to the USG Senate Constitution, which would require a two-thirds majority vote for appointments to the Honor Committee and the Committee on Discipline. The amendment, which has been discussed at meetings for several weeks, was put to a final vote today to satisfy requirements for passage.

According to the constitution, amendments to the Senate Constitution require two separate votes at different weekly meetings. Since the amendment was approved at the last meeting, this vote served to solidify support for the amendment and put it into effect. The new rules will apply for upcoming appointees to the Honor Committee, who will be interviewed and selectSee USG page 4

Today on Campus 4 p.m.: “Organic Electronics and Energy,” a lecture by Jean-Luc Bredas, regents’ professor at Georgia Institute of Technology will take place in Maeder Hall — ­ Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.

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By Katie Petersen staff writer

Students in the second year of the HUM sequence are advised by 10 senior faculty members, all of whom not only lecture, but also precept, grade papers, and form relationships with the students.

“That’s a very rich thing to start your sophomore year with,” said Esther Schor, University professor of English and an inaugural Behrman Professor in the Council of the Humanities.

Yelena Baraz, an associate professor of classics at the University who has taught the HUM sequence since 2012, explained that the course enables students to approach the texts from both humanities and social sciences perspectives.

“I think for a lot of students it also clarifies not only what texts and ideas attract them, but also what kinds of approaches do,” Baraz explained. “I do also think that the interdisciplinary aspect of it is a big advantage, where you can see a philosopher, a literary scholar, and a historian engaging with the same types of ideas in very differSee HUM page 3

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TruckFest benefits Send Hunger Packing and Meals of Wheels

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The Communiversity Arts Festival took place on Sunday, April 30. Members of the Princeton community enjoyed booths with food and activites along Nassau street.

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Packing Initiative and to Meals on Wheels of Mercer County, the same organizations that received the proceeds in past years.

Alex Hanley ’18, one of two co-directors of TruckFest, said on Sunday night that she and the other codirector, Sabrina Fried ’18, are estimating that the event raised over $28,000 from tickets sales and other donations.

“We wanted to pick charities that had a local focus and combatted the issue of food insecurity,” Hanley said, explaining the decision to donate to Send Hunger Packing and

Meals on Wheels.

Many University students also volunteered at TruckFest. The community service chairs of the 11 different eating clubs divided into teams that were respectively responsible for beverages, the silent auction, getting supplies from building services, securing performances from campus performing arts groups, advertising on social media, and recruiting volunteers.

Morayo Odujinrin ’18, the community service chair of Terrace Club, was in charge of the beverage team.

“Everybody worked incredibly hard all semester to make this happen, but worked especially hard on

the day of,” said Odujinrin.

“Some people got there at 8 a.m. and didn’t leave until after 7 p.m.”

Jennifer Peng ’17, the former community service chair of Colonial Club, worked as the head of the communications team.

She was in charge of designing the logo for the event, sending out email blasts, putting up posters, and posting on social media. Publicity efforts reached out to other nearby campuses, with many students from Rutgers and The College of New Jersey coming to the University for the event.

In the past, Peng has worked on the Inter-Club Council’s other main community service initiative,

Trick-or-Feed, an effort to pair an October social event at the eating clubs with donations of food and essentials items.

“The eating clubs came together in the name of service; that’s the best part of TruckFest,” Peng said.

“I got to work with some great people in other clubs, whom I might not have met outside of the [Community Service Inter-Club Council],” Odujinrin said.

Many other students contributed to the event through student group performances. Performers at the event included the Nassoons, the Footnotes, the Tigressions, the Wildcats, the Tiger Tones, Shere Khan, Sensemaya, DJ Elias, Mas Flow, Raqs

Odalisque, and Sympoh.

Amy Hudson ’19 performed with her a capella group, the Tigerlillies, as part of TruckFest.

“They actually gave us some free tickets for performing, so we got to enjoy some of the food in addition to singing,” said Hudson. “I enjoyed that it wasn’t just Princeton students there. It was really nice to see all the families; everyone was having a good time.”

The TruckFest food truck festival took place along Prospect Avenue on Saturday, April 29 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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ent ways.”

Baraz added that although some students don’t continue the sequence in the second semester of their freshman year, it can still be a fulfilling class. For others, it’s much more formative, Baraz said.

For Nicolette D’Angelo ‘19, who took the course during her freshman year, the sequence informed everything she studies at the University. Now a classics major, D’Angelo often recalls the foundation that the HUM sequence gave her.

“This is a survey course that isn’t necessarily going to give you all the answers,” D’Angelo noted, “but will ask you a lot of really important questions... and hopefully you’ll want to pursue them.”

D’Angelo has pursued these interests all the way to Greece. In addition to cultural trips to New York City and other trips throughout the sequence’s duration, students have the opportunity to apply to international trips for the year after they complete the course.

D’Angelo went to Greece in 2016 with 11 other students and Ben Morrison, Director of the University’s Program in Classical Philosophy.

D’Angelo, who had never traveled outside of the country before, enjoyed the opportunity to visit places her class had read about, while operating entirely on the University’s dime. On the international trips, students were also able to pursue independent projects of their own design. D’Angelo said she studied the absence or presence of color in tragic costume.

“We have revised the image of tragedy to suit a pristine, white column,” she said. She will be presenting her findings at this spring’s Princeton Research Day on May 11.

D’Angelo’s HUM studies have followed her into her other classes as well.

“If I think back two years ago, I had never heard of ‘Paradise Lost,’” D’Angelo said.

She read it and loved it in HUM, and she has since read it “in some iteration every semester so far.”

D’Angelo is also part of the new mentorship program developed by Dr. Kathleen Crown, executive director of

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Levi Sanders speaks on liberal agenda

By Grace Rehaut Managing Editor

On Sunday, Levi Sanders, son of former United States presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, spoke to a crowded room of University students, staff, and community members about progressive values for New Jersey and the upcoming gubernatorial race in the state.

Sanders works as a senior analyst of social security disability insurance at Cambridge & Somerville Legal Services. He was on campus to speak on behalf of gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy, who is the leading candidate in the New Jersey Democratic primary and the likely favorite to win the party’s nomination in the Democratic primary on June 6.

When asked why he had endorsed Murphy instead of John Wisniewski, who ran Bernie Sanders’ campaign in New Jersey, Levi Sanders said that he thinks Murphy’s positions align with his own.

“Phil Murphy believes in a $15 minimum wage,” Sanders said.

“He’s a gutsy guy! He believes in the legalization of marijuana. He believes in criminal justice reform,” Sanders noted.

Sanders also spoke about the future of the Democratic Party.

He mentioned that Democrats will need to pursue a 50-state solution to win back the presidency in 2020, and he noted that Democrats will have to do more to include the voices of all Americans in future campaign platforms.

“The Democratic Party basically gave up on much of the country,” Sanders said about the 2016 election. He solicited responses from the audience about how the Democratic Party can work to become the party of working-class and middle-class voters.

Sanders closed by taking questions from audience members about the upcoming gubernatorial race and why he has chosen to support Murphy in the election. “[Murphy] believes in all of things that I believe,” Sanders mentioned. “He wants to give back,” he later noted.

The talk was sponsored by Princeton for Phil Murphy and took place in Frist 302 at 1 p.m. on April 30.

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the Humanities Council, the umbrella organization under which the HUM sequence f lourishes.

According to Schor, the program is constituted by “alums of the course who sponsor a variety of activities for the freshmen throughout the year: among them study breaks... [and] clinics the night before a paper is due.”

The alums of the sequence who serve as mentors are current University students themselves.

“They communicate directly with the students; they have enormous trust from the students, and I think admiration. They’re really role models for the students,” Schor said.

D’Angelo said that “no one really wanted that community to fall away after taking HUM.” The mentorship program is a way for alums to stay involved and is “an informal opportunity for people to talk about how they’re doing in the course, and how they should think about their studies after the HUM sequence.”

D’Angelo said that the HUM sequence will expand and continue to become even more interdisciplinary than

it already is.

“HUM is always going to be about the books and about the conversations,” D’Angelo said. “And I hope those conversations can expand to other disciplines.”

Schor agreed, saying she is looking for a more diverse student body in the course.

“I think opening up applications has encouraged students who might have selected out, knowing there was an application, who are now emboldened to sign up and come try it,” she said.

The 2016-17 school year was the first year the sequence was open to all students who signed up, with no application required.

The coordinators of the course are looking forward to teaching more students, Baraz said, “who wouldn’t normally think of themselves as humanities students.”

Ultimately, that diversity of background and interest makes the course a richer experience for all involved. It echoes the aim of the course, as one that connects literature from across ages and continents — and now, one that connects minds from across campus as well.

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Ma and Academics Chair Patrick Flanigan ’18 then reintroduced another proposed amendment to the constitution. This amendment would modify requirements for referendum submission and approval as outlined at last week’s meeting.

Flanigan opened the discussion of the proposal.

“The thing that just absolutely drives me crazy, and is a conundrum to me, is that the ‘no’ votes count towards making something count,” he said.

Currently, the constitution requires both that one third of the student body vote on the referendum and that a simple majority of those votes be for rather than against the proposal. The new policy requires that one sixth of the student body vote in favor of the proposal and maintains the majority requirement for passage. The change is intended to correct a mechanism where not voting could be more advantageous than voting against a proposal.

Several members expressed confusion about both the current and proposed mechanism for referendum voting, prompting vigorous discussion of both policies.

“You should think of it as two separate systems that the referendum has to pass,” Flanigan said in response to several questions about the proposal.

The senate then debated the second part of the amendment, which would change the signature requirement for referenda from 10 percent of the student body to a flat number of 200 students. Several members also noted that the sponsorship of eight members of the senate is sufficient to put a referendum on the ballot and questioned whether the current 10 percent requirement is too large a burden given this fact.

The first vote on this proposal, originally scheduled for this week, was postponed as discussion of the amendment took up much of the allotted meeting time. While Ma and Flanigan originally expressed

a willingness to entertain changes to the proposal, the group agreed that these issues should be resolved before the first opportunity for referenda in fall 2017.

“If you have other suggestions, you are welcome to draft your own amendments, or to give me and Patrick [Flanigan] feedback. I want this to be ready for the start of the fall semester,” Ma said.

Finally, a committee presented its final report on the eating club referendum passed last semester. The group, which previously announced the formation of a subcommittee to interact with the eating clubs, also explained that they would not be collecting demographics as proposed in the referendum, citing a conversation with Graduate InterClub Council Chair Tom Fleming ’69. Several members of the group expressed disappointment with this result, asking for details on the demographic collection process.

In notes provided to those in attendance, Fleming said that the clubs have not provided members’ demographic information and so they cannot provide this data.

“The University is unable to share personally identifiable information with us or the community,” Fleming said in the notes. “In addition, I gather [that] their practice is not to publicize aggregate demographic data for students involved in various activities.”

“To me, the two reasons don’t seem to me the most valid … is this firm now, that you’re not going to do it?” U-Councilor Michael Asparrin ’19 asked.

“We’re also extremely frustrated by this response,” UCouncilor Olivia Grah ’19, a member of the eating club referendum committee, responded.

Finally, Social Committee Chair Lavinia Liang ’18 presented updates for Lawnparties, discussing increased availability of food and coordination with eating clubs.

The meeting took place at 5 p.m. in Frist Multipurpose Room B.

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Brown won the prize for his creation of a diversity club that fights racism and citizen apathy and works to improve cultural competency.

Brown noted that the conference allowed him to experience different forms of activism that he wouldn’t have witnessed otherwise.

“Reflecting on the intersections of everyone’s work, we’re all doing this for the same reasons,” Brown said.

“This is not something that one person can do on their own,” Brown explained. “We have to collaborate together.”

According to Brooks, millennials have made tremendous progress in combatting the hate underlying America’s political and legal systems. He stated that young people have helped make gains in the areas of criminal justice reform, voting rights, and the fight against hate crimes. Brooks explained that in New Jersey, students from Rutgers and the University have played a crucial role in campaigns that led to an act that banned questions about criminal records from employment applications.

Brook also spoke about the current realities of racialized voter suppression efforts. He referenced an instance in Alabama in 2015 in which the state legislature passed a law requiring voters to present state-issued photo IDs, then closed almost all Department of Motor Vehicles offices in Alabama’s majority-black counties.

He also stressed to audience members that any attempt to repress any community’s right to vote because of race is also an attempt to repress young

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people’s right to vote.

Brooks told audience members that the NAACP is one of the largest organizations for young people in America. Outside of the church, there isn’t a larger organization for young people, he said. Brooks also said the NAACP is one of the largest organizations working to protect the environment, citing its critical role in responding to the water crisis in Flint, Mich.

In an interview after his address, Brooks highlighted the ways that University students can work to foster a more “woke” democracy on our own campus.

Again, he recounted how University students were pivotal in New Jersey criminal justice reforms of 2015, and he said that a University chapter of the NAACP could play an enormous role in helping University students enact future change. Brooks noted that the University does not currently have its own chapter of the NAACP, but he would want one to exist.

Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Brown, and Dartmouth all have their own student NAACP chapters.

Issues pertaining to diversity on campus, the New Jersey education system, and local police can all be challenged with the help of a University chapter of the NAACP, Brooks said.

“You start a chapter here, and Princeton priorities will be the focus of your work,” Brooks said.

Brooks gave the keynote address on April 29 at 11 a.m. in the Dodds Auditorium of Robertson Hall. The Princeton Prize in Race Relations has been awarded yearly since 2003.

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“We have engaged in a spirit of partnership with students involved with J Street U since before 2014, when the group became formally affiliated with the CJL,” wrote Roth in an email, adding that the CJL sponsored several J Street leaders on a trip to Israel and the West Bank to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

“Our relationship with the CJL is deeply important to us,” wrote Mittag, “We want to continue to be a part of this community.”

Mittag went on to criticize the CJL for sending “a clear message that there is no space for pro-Israel, anti-occupation voices within the Princeton Jewish community or for serious critical engagement about the Israeli-Palestinian conf lict.”

The CJL’s decision to deny J Street’s using the space is “inexplicable and inconsistent with their mission and their stated values and goals,” Mittag said. According to the CJL’s website, its mission is “to partner with students and other members of the Princeton community to sustain and grow a welcoming, caring, and multi-faceted Jewish community that is integrated into the fabric of campus life.”

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was “not intended to publically shame the CJL,” Mittag said in a phone interview.

The Center for Jewish Life is partnered with Hillel International, the largest Jewish campus organization. According to its Guidelines for Campus Israel Activities, Hillel will not partner with or host organizations, groups, or speakers that “deny the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish and democratic state with secure and recognized borders; Delegitimize, demonize, or apply a double standard to Israel; Support boycott of, divestment from, or sanctions [BDS] against...Israel; [or] exhibit a pattern of disruptive behavior towards campus events or guest speakers or foster an atmosphere of incivility.”

Hillel’s anti-BDS stance has attracted criticism from liberal groups. In 2014, Rabbi Roth faced criticism after her decision to promote a counterpetition in response to a pro-BDS petition.

The recent decision to deny J Street the ability to host Breaking Silence on CJL grounds “censors and excludes members of our campus community, and . . . silences Israeli advocates for peace and for human rights,” wrote Mittag.

The exhibition will take place on May 2 and 3 at the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding.

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A response to “Disinvite Shkreli (again)” Martin Shkreli

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t was with great interest that I read the “Disinvite Shkreli (again)” by Crystal Liu ’19 in The Daily Princetonian. Unfortunately, Liu’s uncareful analysis misses the mark.

While Liu may feel I am “disgraced” and “vitriolic,” in a brazen display of intellectual dishonesty she fails to mention my distinction as one of the most successful young entrepreneurs in the world.

By the time it normally

takes a student to defend a Ph.D. thesis, I had started two large pharmaceutical companies, received several U.S. patents for novel molecules I invented, put half a dozen new medicines for fatal illnesses in clinical development, and made the largest donation ever to my high school alma mater. It is no surprise that college students who are not significantly younger than I am would like to hear from me.

Liu contends I have sexually harassed a journalist on Twitter. This statement is false and de-

famatory. It is also as intellectually bankrupt as a Trump casino.

The article further confuses and conf lates my pharmaceutical drug pricing strategy as “unethical.” Perhaps attending my talk may clear up the matter — Daraprim is far underpriced relative to similar drugs in its class. Price and access to medicine are not as correlated as Liu may have assumed.

If access to Daraprim is limited, while its total lifetime patient cost is approximately $30,000, I wonder how anyone

gets access to drugs like Soliris and Naglazyme, which have the equivalent metric of $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. Maybe Liu has an answer.

Martin Shkreli is a businessman and investor.

Editor’s note: This Letter to the Editor does not ref lect the views of The Daily Princetonian. Shkreli makes several statements, such as the relative costs of prescription drugs like Daraprim and Soliris or his dismissal of harassment of a journalist, that are objectively false.

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Defending the Honor Code’s standard penalty

The Editorial Board is an independent body and decides its opinions separately from the regular staff and editors of The Daily Princetonian. The Board answers only to its Co-Chairs, the Opinion Editor, and the Editor-in-Chief. It can be reached at editorialboard@ dailyprincetonian.com.

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n recent weeks, there has been considerable debate in the opinion pages of The Daily Princetonian about the Honor Committee. Recent columns have touched on the very nature of the Honor Code itself, even opposing the current penalties for academic integrity violations during in-class exams. The Board supports the current standard penalty of a one-year suspension for Honor Code violations because this appropriately upholds community standards and provides opportunity for rehabilitation. We also believe the Honor Committee should better explain the rationale behind this penalty. The Board next proposes changes to how punishments are applied during the semester and recorded on transcripts. Specifically, students should not be able to erase their semester and fully withdraw from their courses after the ninth week of the semester except in extraordinary circumstances, and a new grade designation should be created that will indicate on the student’s transcript that an academic violation was committed in a course and the student received no course credit or a letter grade for that course.

The reputation and validity of the University’s academic community is maintained through its commitment to academic integrity. Academic integrity is critical for a community based on trust and the highest ideals of scholarship and academic achievement.

Cheating undermines the University’s core institutional values and makes students distrustful of each other. Thus, gaining an unfair advantage

on an in-class assessment is not only unfair, but also undermines values and a sense of community. To uphold this integrity, strict penalties must be placed on those who impugn it. The Honor Code is the contract between the students and faculty that serves to ensure this integrity while entrusting students with its execution.

The existing standard penalty for a violation under the Honor Committee is a one-year suspension from Princeton. This penalty is severe in the moment, while also providing an opportunity for future rehabilitation. Suspension is clearly an unenviable possibility, so it will suffice as a deterrent insofar as students can be deterred from cheating on exams. Furthermore, a year off provides an opportunity for students who commit Honor Code violations to reflect, process, and then rejoin the University’s academic community.

The Board also believes that the negative impacts of alternative penalties may in fact be greater than the negative effects of the standard penalty.

With a year gap in a student’s record, potential employers would not know the reason for the off-year unless they requested access to the student’s transcript, and students may be able to explain years off in more positive ways. By contrast, alternative penalties such as an automatic F in the course have effects that persist far down the line. An F could limit the ability of the student to get a job because of the significant impact this would have on GPA. As a GPA is often the first detail which employers ask of job applicants, the negative impact of an F on a person’s GPA would be inescapable. Thus, a one-year suspension not only upholds community standards and provides opportunities for rehabilitation, but is also the best way to minimize the longer term impacts of penalties for violations.

However, despite the rehabilitation benefits of the standard penalty of a year off and the harms alternative penalties may impose, many students deem the standard penalty as arbitrarily harsh. The Board disagrees with this popular sentiment, but we believe that this sentiment is based in lack of information about the pros and cons of different punishments. We thus believe it is important for the Honor Committee to explain why it assigns a standard penalty of a yearlong suspension and to make sure the campus community is informed about this reasoning.

This could be done as part of the committee’s discussion of academic integrity at Princeton, which already takes place during freshmen orientation each September. The more students understand and support the honor system, the more likely they will be to participate in their twofold responsibility of upholding academic integrity at Princeton: not cheating, and reporting others whom they witness cheating.

While the current standard penalty is the best policy, additional inequities exist in the Honor Committee system under the status quo. Whether a student is allowed to finish a semester or not depends on the point in the semester students are found responsible for a violation. Under the current system, students found responsible for a violation whose case is resolved before week nine of the semester must leave Princeton immediately. Their semester is voided, meaning none of the classes for that semester appear on their transcript. However, if the case is resolved and an appeal is rejected after week nine but before the end of week twelve of the semester, the student currently has the choice to stay and complete the semester and their courses for grade,s or to leave and have their semester voided. We believe this is unfair to the rest of the student body, which has no discretion

to drop a course after the week nine drop deadline. As part of the status quo, a case resolved after week twelve means that a student must stay and finish their semester.

The Board proposes that, out of fairness to all students in the University who may not drop courses after week nine, all students found responsible for Honor Code violations after week nine must complete their semester, except in extraordinary circumstances at the Dean of the College’s discretion. For example, this discretion might be exercised between weeks nine and twelve in case the violation was committed early in the semester but the Honor Committee and appeal process took longer than usual, for reasons out of the student’s control.

Finally, students should not be able to receive course credit for courses in which they are found responsible for an Honor Code violation, and this should be indicated on their transcript if a student finishes the semester. Currently, the Honor Committee can only recommend to the course instructor that a student receive a zero on the inclass assessment in question.

This is problematic because professors are under no obligation to follow this recommendation, creating the possibility of inconsistent punishments.

The Board instead proposes that students not receive credit for the course in question, eliminating the need for professors to choose a grade. On the student’s transcript, there should be a designation that makes it clear that a student committed an Honor Code violation in that course. Similar to a pass in a P/D/F course, this designation would not factor into the student’s GPA. This approach strikes a balance between ensuring that a student’s record is not unchanged if they cheat and limiting the disparate impacts of GPA effects. While students cannot hide the fact that they cheated,

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The Honor Code, like any other rule, must be enforced by penalties that are severe enough to deter infractions, while lenient enough to allow rehabilitation. The Board believes that under the current suspension policy, paired with new policies on course completion and grading, students would be sufficiently deterred from seeking an unfair advantage on examinations, but would be able to reenter the University community as productive members.

Carolyn Liziewski ’18 recused herself from the writing of this editorial.

Rachel Glenn ’19, Megan Armstrong ’19, Ashley Reed ’18, William Pugh ‘20, and Caden McLaughlin ‘20 abstained from the writing of this editorial.

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Continuing the push for inclusive debate Jessica Nyquist

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dvertisements for the lecture given by Ryan Anderson ‘04 about traditional marriage caused a lot of backlash on campus this month, particularly on the residential college listservs. Calls for open discourse were often met with disdain. On WilsonWire, for example, a student invited the listserv to “hear arguments for traditional marriage” and to attend a “lively” Q&A session with Anderson. The listserv responded by criticizing those who share Anderson’s views and even condemning the lecture’s existence.

Princeton’s Rights, Rules, Responsibilities claims that “the University’s fundamental commitment is to the principle that debate or deliberation may not be suppressed because the ideas put forth are thought by some or even by most members of the University community to be offensive, unwise, immoral, or wrong-headed.”

Moreover, Princeton’s ‘Many voices, one future’ initiative works “to make the University a place where everyone’s perspectives are welcomed and valued.” Some of the listserv responders championed these values and the importance of open discourse. One student reminded his peers that “the mere promotion (or existence) of this event does not merit absolute dismissal and can in no way be said to threaten discourse by promoting exclusion.”

But the overwhelming majority of student responses contradicted these University ideals, with these respondents fiercely criticizing and seeking to silence the minority views in support of Anderson. Beyond this specific incident, general campus culture at Princeton perpetuates a notion that conservative ideas are out of fashion. Popular rhetoric and discourse distinguishes an acceptable opinion from all other views.

I hesitate to contribute to conversations, academic and casual, when I feel my views differ from popular liberal opinions. My pause is not fueled by a fear of conflicting with friends or even inciting an argument. Instead, I resist sharing my perspective in fear of being classified as ethically and intellectually wrong – objectively immoral and ignorant. And I am not alone. In precept, I watched a peer awkwardly struggle with the topic of abortion. She tried to bring pro-life controversies to the discussion, but feared being associated with this perspective. Because she didn’t feel comfortable outlining this minority opinion (even though she did not hold the view personally), an entire way of thought was absent from our academic discussion.

The problem runs beyond precepts. The polarizing political climate in November 2016 highlighted the hypocrisy in campus rhetoric. While students lamented the prejudice and alienation fueled by our new president, many liberal students isolated and patronized their Trump-voting peers. ‘Prince’ contributor Haneul Ryoo ’20 warned in November 2016 to her fellow liberals, “[W]e are causing Trump supporters to feel unwelcome, just as Trump and his campaign have caused minority communities to feel unwelcome.”

But to the community’s credit, students quickly called for a change in rhetoric and perspective. In December 2016, contributor Ryan Born ’19 described liberals’ problematic “refusal to understand, and a willingness to blame” Trump voters, who have been caricatured as “ignorant racist sexist misanthropes who have a

passionate hatred for progress and rights.” He called for a changed attitude of progress and cooperation, rather than blame and anger. Contributor Matthew Martinez ’19 also called upon his peers “to converse with conservatives” rather than “simply label all Trump supporters as racists and expect things to get better.”

These students’ calls to action show that there is a lot to be proud of in terms of Princeton’s inclusivity and diversity of thought. We responded to confusing times with a teach-in at the Day of Action, rather than polarizing protests. A disappointing administrative decision regarding private prison investments was met with peaceful discussion. Even some students on WilsonWire who joined the conversation about Anderson’s talk championed free expression and respectful discourse.

Our campus is generally supportive of open dialogue between opposing views – especially in formal settings.

But in more casual discussion – precepts, dinners, banter between friends – our campus culture discourages peers from voicing conservative opinions. We still have room to improve to personify the University’s core values.

The pressure to adopt liberal opinions or to hide opposing views is rooted in subtler peer influence. Not only do liberal perspectives the boisterous majority on campus, but conservative opinions are also regularly ridiculed. With Trump’s election, it has become more acceptable to tease and to dismiss the conservative agenda. Trump is an easy target for ridicule and a difficult character to defend.

But in constantly belittling conservative perspectives in general, students discourage their peers from sharing personal opinions for fear of ridicule. Not only does this culture make students feel inferior or isolated, but it also deprives our academic environment from important discussions and debates.

Columnist Hayley Siegel ’20 describes her experiences falling into the liberal expectations on campus in her article “Don’t Tear Up the Tory.” She describes the “caveman logic” of “Trump is bad and Obama is good” that is ubiquitous on campus, and she calls upon students to be more conscious of their own personal opinions and motivations. Siegel also observes the tendency of students to express contempt for conservative ideals, almost by default. She notes that positive and supportive responses to controversy show that we can make inclusion our default instead.

While our campus is outwardly inclusive and open to diversity of thought, student rhetoric ridicules and belittles minority perspectives in less formal settings.

The listserv that criticized Anderson’s lecture should by no means be censored, just as the Anderson lecture should not be prohibited. This is not a recommendation that the administration regulate our discourse or work to create a “safe space” by actively protecting all minority perspectives from ridicule. This is not a call for preceptors to issue more disclaimers regarding controversial discussion etiquette. Our casual and academic rhetoric alike determine our campus’s potential for open and diverse discourse. As Princeton students, we have a choice: what kind of intellectual community do we want to create?

Jessica Nyquist is a computer science major from Houston, Texas. She can be reached at jnyquist@princeton.edu.

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{ www.dailyprincetonian.com } MEN’S TENNIS

Princeton recognizes seniors, edges out Quakers 4-3 to close season

By Miranda Hasty associate sports editor

The men’s tennis team concluded its regular spring season with a 4-3 victory against Penn on Saturday at the Lenz Tennis Center.

The Quakers clinched the doubles point to take the lead early in the competition. Penn defeated Princeton freshman Payton Holden and sophomore Jimmy Wasserman at second doubles, but seniors Alex Day and Tom Colautti took first doubles at 6-3 against Penn’s Gabriel Rapoport and Nicholai Westergaard. Junior Luke Gamble and senior Jonathan Carcione, however, fell in third doubles against Josh Pompan and Thomas Pratt, allowing the Quakers to put the first point on the scoreboard.

Day and Gamble fired back with wins at second and third singles against Penn’s Josh Pompan and Matt Nardella, bringing the tally to 2-1. Penn tied the score with a fifth singles win against freshman Davey Roberts and took the sixth singles match over Carcione, but junior Kial Kaiser and Colautti won their respective singles matches against Nicho-

lai Westergaard and Kyle Mautner to bring the final total to 4-3.

Colautti gave the win to the Tigers as the last Princeton competitor on the courts. He won the first set at first singles against Mautner, but fell 6-7 in the second.

He came back, however, with a 6-3 third-set win to take the singles match and the entire competition for the Tigers.

The home victory was a sweet one. Seniors Carcione, Colautti, Day, and Josh Yablon were also recognized before the competition started, adding an element of team spirit and community to these seniors’ final home match.

The Tigers now stand at 14-12 for the season and 4-3 in the Ivy League. The Tigers hosted 15 of these matches, 11 of which were victorious. This winning record has made the team five for five in overall winning records under its head coach Billy Pate.

The NCAA men’s tournament selections will be announced on Tuesday at 5 p.m. on NCAA. com, and singles and doubles selections will be released on Wednesday.

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The Tigers recognized four seniors: Tom Colautti, Alex Day, Josh Yablon, and Jonathan Carcione (pictured clockwise).

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Tigers win 4x800 at Penn, prepare for Ivy League Heptagonal Championships

By Claire Couglin associate sports editor

The largest track and field event in the nation occurred this weekend in Philadelphia, and it was an important one for Princeton women’s track and field. In the 4x800m relay, the Tigers recorded a time of 8:49.00, winning their race. This time was almost a full four seconds ahead of the rest of the field, with second-place Georgia Tech finishing with a time of 8:53.56.

The first leg of the relay was completed by senior Zoe Sims, who led the team with a time of 2:11.01 before handing off the baton to sophomore middle distance runner Anna Jurew. Jurew crossed the line with a time of 2:11.60 on the second leg before freshman Madeleine Sumner finished her race with a 2:13.19 split.

Sophomore Jackie Berardo closed out the winning race with an anchor time of 2:13.21.

While some of the team competed at Penn Relays, others traveled to a meet

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The Princeton team will travel to Yale to compete in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships next weekend.

close by at the campus of The College of New Jersey, in which the Orange and Black competed in two field events, the pole vault and the high jump.

Senior Allison Har-

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ris, who went to nationals in her indoor season, won the pole vault with a height of 4.03. She was the only vaulter over 3.80. Harris passed on the first eight heights, which

started with a 2.65, before taking her first launch when the bar was at 3.70. She cleared that height on the first attempt, then passed on 3.80 before clearing both 3.90 and 4.03

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“Hated Paul Pierce on the Celtics - threw too many 8:49:00 daggers at the Lakers - but you’ve gotta respect the Princeton’s 4x800 relay clocked a time man’s career.” of 8:49:00 nearly four seconds ahead Marcus Jenkins (@ CoachMJenks), basketball

of second place, Georgia Tech.

on her first attempts.

She then tried for a height of 4.13, but she was not able to clear it on three chances.

Harris’ personal best for this season is 4.03.

In the high jump event, freshman Hadley Wilhoite was the runner-up, as she matched the winner with a 1.65 on her final attempt. Wilhoite passed on with heights of 1.40 and 1.45 before she cleared over 1.50, 1.55, and 1.60 on her first three attempts at each. The 1.65 is Wilhoite’s collegiate best, and it also matches her personal best. Additionally, freshman Kayla Dobies finished off the event strong with a mark of 1.60.

Although this weekend was a big meet for the Tigers, next weekend will be even bigger, as Princeton will compete at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships at Yale. The last HEPS title the women’s team won was in 2011, while the team has won nine HEPS titles in total championship history.

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