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CPS enables online session scheduling

By Annie Yang News Editor Emerita

Starting this semester, students can schedule appointments with the University’s Counseling and Psychological Services online, according to Director of CPS Calvin Chin.

Previously, students had the option to schedule appointments via phone or in-person.

“With online scheduling, students can schedule an appointment right away, during those moments when students are ready to reach out, instead of waiting until CPS is open again,” he said.

Chin explained that CPS explored ways to implement the online scheduling last year and used this past summer to refine the process. He added that the initiative was developed through student feedback that suggested online scheduling as an alternate and convenient means of scheduling an appointment with CPS. Chin noted that the desire to reduce barriers to seeking counseling with CPS was one of the primary considerations in developing this initiative. He said initial appointments were the

most important to make available through online scheduling, as it allows students to bypass the first telephone call, which might be intimidating to some.

“We’ve looked at studies nationally and there’s a clear consensus that the taking that initial step — making a first counseling appointment — presents the most difficulty for students, especially if a student is new to counseling,” he said.

At this point, follow-up appointments still need to be scheduled through telephone, email, or in-person, Chin noted, adding students typically schedule these appointments directly with their counselors at the end of each session. He added that students still have the option to reschedule appointments by emailing their counselors.

University Health Services Director John Kolligian Jr. did not respond to a request for comment.

Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15, former Undergraduate Student Government U-councilor and first chair of the Mental Health Initiative Board, said that during his term as MHIB chair, he recalled discussions between students and See CPS page 4

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Campus Compass shows future U. plans

By Stuti Mishra contributor

Sirad Hassan contributor

The results from January’s Campus Compass survey by the University presents some major outdoor changes affecting future students, faculty, staff, and community members. The new proposals include plans for redevelopment and growth, including replacing the Springdale golf course and adding a new residential college to the already well-established six colleges.

The official website for the 2026 Campus Plan describes the project as “the most comprehensive campus planning project ever undertaken.” The University addressed most of

the lands considered University property and considered two planning horizons: ”a ten-year horizon to provide guidance for near-term capital planning and a thirty-year horizon to establish a broader strategy for development of the Princeton campus over the next generation.”

Earlier this year, the University conducted and published a Campus Compass data summary in order to gauge how places on campus are utilized and appreciated by various members of the University community.

Based on 1,910 responses to survey questions such as “When and how do you spend your time on campus?” and “Which improvements would you suggest See COMPASS page 4

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ACADEMICS

Access Expanded: Spanish program stops using textbook with access code

By Maya Wesby Senior writer

Starting from this academic year, the University’s Spanish Language Program stopped using “Sol y viento,” a textbook published by McGraw-Hill that requires an access code.

Catalina Méndez Vallejo and Sylvia Zetterstrand, acting codirectors of the Program, described several issues that they were having with the textbook and its complementary online platform. “[Students were] paying so much for this textbook that costs so much, doesn’t arrive on time, comes in black and white, we have all these issues with the

website, and we weren’t really 100 percent happy with the kind of text that was in the textbook anyway. So all of that in combination drove us to creating our own thing,” Méndez Vallejo said.

The Spanish Language Program now uses aprendo.princeton.edu, a University-run site that has material for beginners through intermediate to advanced levels of language learning. Assigned work is now all online, and words that may be too advanced for students have hyperlinks that lead to photos or translation dictionaries, such as WordReference.com, so that students can more effectively learn new vocabulary and grammar

concepts.

This change is in line with a September 2016 report, “Access Denied,” which found that the access codes that come with textbooks are overpriced and unfair to students.

The report was written by the Student Public Interest Research Groups, a group of independent statewide student organizations that focus on social issues such as consumer and environmental protection and hunger and homelessness.

The report zeroes in on the high price and market of access codes, a one-time use serial number, and an often-manSee ACCESS page 2

LOCAL NEWS

IAS continues plan to build housing units on historic Maxwell’s Field

By Charles Min Associate News Editor

The Institute for Advanced Study is continuing to put out bids for construction of 15 units of facultyhousing on the historic Maxwell’s Field.

The Institute’s plans date back to earlier this year, when they rejected attempts at halting the construction projects.

A statement on the IAS’s website noted that the site of Maxwell’s Field is no longer valuable as an archaeological site. “The Berger Group’s report, produced in 2007, concluded that it is very unlikely that any concentrations of additional artifacts of the Battle of Princeton may be found on the building site,” it reads.

However, Kip Cherry, vice president of the Princeton Battlefield Society, said the Institute is ignoring the historic significance of remembering the Battle of Princeton.

Policy and communications director for the Civil War Trust, Jim Campi, said

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that the Trust attempted numerous times to acquire the property from IAS, offering to buy the 22-acre Maxwell’s Field tract for $3.3 million in November 2015.

He said that IAS rejected this offer and in December 2015, the Trust offered $4.5 million, a price nearly 40 percent higher than the land’s appraised value.

Campi added that this second request was also rejected.

Trust first learned about the threat to Maxwell’s Field through conversations with the National Park Service and the Princeton Battlefield Society, he said.

The Civil War Trust is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of America’s battlegrounds.

Cherry said that the Civil War Trust and the Battlefield Society started working together in 2014 in their endeavor to preserve the heart of the Princeton Battlefield.

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“We feel that it is very important to preserve that part of the battlefield.

We’ve been opposing the project since the very beginning,” Cherry said.

She explained that the IAS has taken a general stance that the Battle of Princeton is made up of general skirmishes and therefore lacks the value of a true historic site.

“This is a place where Washington used true strategy and leadership.

This is the place he operated as a true general and this is why he was such an important figure in the creation of our nation. This is not a small thing. This has national importance.”

The field still contains artifacts that have yet to be discovered, Cherry said.

Ten artifacts were discovered last year by The Ottery Group, a natural and cultural resource consulting firm based in Maryland.

“We haven’t been able to get the Institute to understand the significance,” Cherry added.

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datory component of grading for courses, which is relevant to many of the University’s language courses.

“The biggest finding that we came up with was that 32 percent of courses, across institutions and majors, included access codes among the required course material,” Ethan Senack, one of the authors of the report and the federal Higher Education Advocate for U.S. PIRG, said. “We’ve never been shy about calling the publishers out for their predatory tactics when it comes to college textbooks,” he added.

According to the report, private four-year institutions, like the University, hold courses where on average one-fifth of them require access codes. For public four-year institutions, the percentage rises to onefourth of courses, and for community colleges it is 37.5 percent.

The report notes that twothirds of students have skipped buying a textbook because of its cost, and half of students reported that textbook prices have impacted which and how many courses to take in a given semester.

“We wanted to get some solid information out there to paint a picture about the state of the textbook market, but then also to sound a consumer alert on behalf of students,” Senack added.

“Publishers are limiting student’s ability to reduce costs, to find no-cost or low-cost alternatives, and just keep their profits high. Unless somebody called them out, they’re going to look really good doing it,” he added, noting that while access codes are cheaper than most printed textbooks, the codes are ultimately worse for students.

He explained how students will often have alternative methods for obtaining books, such as borrowing from a friend, renting from library, or buying used copies.

“We’ve gotten to a place now where those alternatives have made the print textbook market

unsustainable,” he said.

Senack noted that publishers looked for, and found, a new business model through access codes.

According to the report, the average cost of buying an access code by itself, meaning not included with the textbook or any primary materials, is $100.24.

Less than one-third of college bookstores offer access codes in this unbundled form, forcing students to pay nearly double for both a new textbook and the access code.

Labyrinth Books co-owner Dorothea von Moltke said that only one University course, a Japanese language class, offers the option of buying the access code separately from the textbook.

Claire Meyer, who also works at Labyrinth Books, explained that the prices of textbooks and access codes are set by publishers and that it is rare for the retailers to price the items lower and go against the guidelines set by publishers. She added that access codes, as well as other materials such as books, spiral-bound workbooks, and iClickers, are eligible for the 30 percent student discount for all University students.

Most often, prices can be negotiated between publishers and University professors. Publishers may then choose to lower prices for a certain course textbook, and Labyrinth will then sell it at a lower cost.

Anthony Sgro ’18 and Rhoda Lynch ’19, who are both enrolled in the Spanish 107 course, said have been enjoying the free, online platform that the department provides.

“It’s actually all online, and there’s no textbook required, and it’s the best thing on the planet… Everything is free,” Sgro said, “You could just easily look up whatever unit you’re learning online and do it there.

[Using a code] was completely unnecessary to anything I learned in [Spanish 102] because I could have just easily looked it up.”

Lynch agreed. “$120 for a code to do exercises that you could

definitely do on a handout, or do online for free, that’s definitely a rip off,” she said.

When Lynch was taking the introductory Spanish class last year, she borrowed the required textbook from a friend and bought the access code separately. Sgro bought a new textbook that came with the code, but paid about a hundred dollars more than Lynch. He noted that he wished students knew they could buy the access code separately to cut down on costs, rather than buying the book with the code and spending more.

Kathleen Ma ’18, who also bought the book separately from the code to cut down on costs, noted that she had the means but no desire to purchase the code in the first place.

I found Connect [the online learning format for McGrawHill] extremely unuseful. I always forgot to do it, which is really bad because it brought down my Connect grade,” she said, “I think also because it was completion-only, a lot of times I would be doing Spanish at the end of the day and not really feel motivated to do Connect, so I would sort of just click on things randomly… I thought a lot of the questions were repetitive and I didn’t find it to be an interactive experience.”

Ma said she would have preferred taking Spanish under the department’s new format, as long as the online system also has a progressional flow similar to a textbook. She also added that students have succeeded in cutting down the costs of textbooks through borrowing or through Labyrinth’s buy-back policy, but that access codes block these options for students “Access codes are a way you can’t do that at all, and I think they know this. They want to do something where students can’t buy a cheaper version, ‘We’re just going to make them pay for this.’ And that makes me really sad,” she noted.

Alex Gumbs ’18 has also taken advanced Spanish courses in addition to introductory French courses, for which she had to

buy a textbook with access code.

She remembers buying her textbooks new, but regrets it because the codes weren’t really necessary.

“They just provide supplemental material and the professor rarely actually assigns anything from the online source,” she said, noting that it would be rare for a student to need supplementary material since classes at the University give plenty of work.

“You’re asking students to make this investment, that essentially has minimal return.

There are so many free resources on the Internet that professors can show students as opposed to making them pay these exorbitant prices for the same thing,” Gumbs said, explaining that the price of the codes is unjustified.

She added that the new system the Spanish department is using makes everything more accessible since you don’t have to decide between buying a used book, and then separately buying the code, or buying a new book and paying double the cost. She also added that, when she was shopping an introductory-level German course, they had a similar online format.

Zetterstand noted that there were other reasons behind the program’s decision to stop using the textbook with access code.

“Princeton students are really special, so we wanted to tailor the materials for the students,” Zetterstrand said, adding that the department wanted to create a curriculum that focused on the University’s reality and current events. These topics include discussions on race, immigration, inequality, NAFTA, and other topics that are being discussed on campus and nationwide. She said that her students have also worked with a passage from Sonia Sotomayor’s autobiography about how she felt when she was at the University. “It’s authentic, it’s real, and it connects directly with the Princeton student,” Zetterstrand said.

Another advantage to having a website of their own is its flexible nature, Zetterstrand added.

Professors can add or take away components of a unit as they please to align with student interests and current events. Students can connect with more interactive materials, such as in the more advanced classes where students can work with real census forms and poll data to sharpen critical thinking and analytical skills.

Méndez Vallejo also noted the convenience of using a University-based platform.

“Anytime you build a platform online, you know there are going to be issues… And it’s really comforting and reassuring to us to know that we have somebody on our campus that we can

just send a quick email and say, ‘This button doesn’t work’ and it gets fixed right away,” she said.

Thomas Levin, the departmental representative for the German department, deferred comment to James Rankin, senior lecturer in the German department who is in charge of all foreign language instruction at the University.

Rankin was unavailable for comment.

“When faculty take responsibility for the course material they teach, it’s incredibly impactful for students as learners,” Senack said regarding the Spanish program’s decision.

Since courses are embracing technology in the classroom, Senack noted that there is definitely room for access codes in higher education, “but what publishers are offering, aren’t for student consumers, and we wanted to call that out, plain and simple.”

Matt Busbridge, the executive director of Strategic Marketing for the McGraw-Hill Education publishing company, said that the goal of Connect, their online-learning format, is to help students be more productive when they study.

“Ultimately, what [Connect does] is help students succeed in a way a textbook never could… students who use platforms like these, generally perform significantly better than students who don’t,” he explained.

He noted that while the company sets the prices of their access codes and textbooks, it is up to the instructor on whether or not they should have an access code for their courses, as long as the professor believes that an online platform would help his or her students learn better.

He explained that for all students, the Connect system gives two weeks of complimentary access to its services, known as Courtesy Access.

“The reason why we do that is financial aid often comes later in the semester, so we want to make it easier and more accessible for students on financial aid to get a hold of Connect and be more successful in the course,” he said.

Busbridge added that, as long as the new format is still helping students learn and professors can get feedback on how well their students are learning, it’s a good thing. “Ultimately, the shift to digital, whether it’s through Princeton or ours, it’s a more powerful material for students, and ultimately helps them learn more and get a better grade.”

“There’s plenty of research out there that shows digital material versus textbooks lead to better results for students. And that’s what we’re all about,” he said.

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for facilities?”, the University aimed to gain insight from various community members regarding which areas on campus would be considered for renovation and expansion over the next ten years.

According to the data survey, suggested improvements include additional crosswalks, better bicycle network, and safer provisions on Washington Road over the next decade.

Cyndi Rottenberg-Walker, the University’s lead consultant for the 2026 Campus Plan, emphasized the significance of focusing more on traffic, transportation, housing, and environmental issues as opposed to focusing on the central campus of the University during a Sept.

19 meeting.

The majority of opinions regarding certain locations on campus were positively consistent. Findings from the survey pointed to favorite spots at the University, among which were

Frist Campus Center, Firestone Library, and Blair Arch. For the community members of the town of Princeton, avenues for art and leisure such as the University Art Museum, McCarter Theater, and Nassau Street were ranked as influential parts of the campus community.

Walker noted that these data results lead to the proposition of revamping the golf course right behind Forbes College.

While the lease of the golf course will expire in 10 years, it remains unclear as to how exactly that property will be put to use in the future. It is likely that new buildings will be constructed to accommodate the University’s mission of education.

Another mission of the University by the 2026 Campus Plan is the construction of a seventh residential college in order to meet the growing undergraduate population. The University expects the student body to grow by 10 percent, Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee ’69 said during the meeting.

While Durkee stated that the

motivation behind this expansion is in the best interest of the University, student opinions on this addition vary.

“I think it is a great idea to make our resources available to more students. At the same time, however, the University should consider how the availability of some resources might be affected by such an increase,” Minseung Choi ’17 said. “For example, courses that are currently overfilled might become even harder to take, and similar concerns apply to extracurricular or social contexts as well.”

However, Nergis Khan ’19 said that she is concerned the expansion of the University might force students from the outskirts of campus to take longer treks to go to class. She explained that pedestrian and bike routes might not be enough for students who would have to make significant walks to get to different points on campus.

“I think if they expand past Forbes they are definitely going to have to expand TigerTransit too,” she said.

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administration about online scheduling in early 2014.

“It’s always helpful to have more opportunities for students to contact CPS and schedule that appointment, because you might have students who are more comfortable calling or walking in, but if there’s a student who’s more comfortable filling out an online form, that should be available,” he said.

As an alum, Okuda-Lim said he was ecstatic to hear about how far the University has come in decreasing stigma around mental health and facilitating conversations about it. He added that the number of new initiatives and programs will only increase student awareness on campus.

“Another new initiative that was rolled out during freshman Orientation this year, one of the first main Orientation programs this year was about caring for oneself and looking out for one another, and it was organized with CPS, students, and others,” he said.

The Orientation program for the Class of 2020 featured a session on mental health that lasted one-and-a-half hours, the first time the University devoted a significant amount of time to a program about mental health, Okuda-Lim added.

He recalled participating in discussions two years ago that secured Chin only ten minutes to speak at the Orientation program for the Class of 2018.

Jennie Yang ’20 said the segment presented during the Orientation program held for the Class of 2020 opened her eyes to the reality of mental health on campus. Out of all of the programs presented to firstyear students that weekend, she added that this one was the most memorable.

“I was amazed to hear that nearly half of all students at Princeton had gone to CPS before, and I think that online scheduling will allow students who are intimidated by the thought of having to initiate contact feel more comfortable reaching out for help,” she said.

Chin said the online scheduling was developed independently of the session, but that these initiatives, including UMatter and programs on mindfulness, serve to increases accessibility to CPS for physical or emotional support and to decrease stigma around mental health.

“We are continuing to develop our Outreach programming to introduce CPS staff to students in more informal settings and to promote increased awareness around student mental health and well-being issues,” he said.

Aleksandra Czulak ’17, USG president, said she and other members of USG had held several conversations with Chin and students around campus to discuss online scheduling as a first point of contact for students.

“It’s been a topic that’s been in conversations for a very long time,” she said.

Czulak added that different programs within USG have been working on mental health related initiatives, and that much has changed over her years at Princeton. The Princeton Perspectives Project was able to present at the Orientation program alongside Chin, and MHIB, which hosts Mental Health Week, has advocated for online scheduling for years, she added.

“The culture has definitely changed for upperclassmen and sophomores, but will be a starting point for freshmen and our departing legacy, that they can now go online and make an appointment [with CPS],” she said.

Sarah Sakha ’18, MHIB cochair, said the group has had many priorities, from increasing transparency surrounding the University’s withdrawal and readmission policy and imple-

menting the online scheduling process. One of the group’s focuses is on destigmatizing mental health, which is what online scheduling does since it prevents students from feeling like they’re being interrogated.

“Just from talking to people and logically, it can be very difficult to call when you’re in the middle of an anxiety attack or breakdown, and you don’t really want to talk to anyone, but you know you have to reach out for help,” she said.

Sakha added although it is very effective at initiating the first point of contact, that one concern about the online scheduling was little flexibility in terms of urgency. Scheduling an appointment by phone or inperson allows students with urgent concerns to see a counselor sooner rather than later, something online schedules cannot do, she said.

One of the MHIB’s priorities will be to work on increasing accessibility of CPS resources, psychologists, and counselors for students in response to such high demand, she added.

“If you try to schedule [an appointment], it’s not exactly a short waiting time, and you have to wait anywhere from one to three weeks out, because it is in such high demand,” she said.

Sakha said an initiative that MHIB hopes to implement sometime this year is a peer nightline program, in which students seeking help can call trained student volunteers during late hours. She added that although Contact is available as a crisis hotline, the peer nightline would allow students to connect with other students who can better empathize because they have experienced similar situations before.

“You can text or call a peer, who is trained, to just talk through situations that are Princeton-specific; we hope that that will be implemented at some point, in collaboration with administration at CPS,” she said.

Sakha is an associate Opinion editor for The Daily Princetonian.

Ella Cheng ’16, former USG president, said the development of online scheduling for CPS appointments had been a key topic of discussion within the MHIB and a priority for her as president during her term.

“I was in conversation with [administration] by asking them what the obstacles were and getting updates about establishing it; they were definitely interested in it, but I think that the administration had to work out challenges with implementing the system,” she said.

Cheng added that she was excited to hear increased visibility and discussion around mental health. As a freshman student, she remembers hearing very few conversations about mental health until USG’s first Mental Health Week programming. She added that the administration has become more cognizant of mental health on campus through in changes to residential college adviser training and even the talk given during this year’s Orientation program.

“It is definitely one way to encourage students, and a very effective way to encourage students to book that first appointment, because I think oftentimes in terms of getting counseling and help, if you’re ever struggling, the hardest part is to reach out in the first place,” she said.

Cheng is a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian.

Students are still encouraged to call 609-258-3141 or walk-in during business hours to schedule an appointment with CPS. Students seeking counseling after hours are encouraged to contact the on-call counselor at 609-258-3139, or in urgent situations, to call the Department of Public Safety at 609-258-3333.

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ELCOME TO the Class of 2020 and another year of diversity on our campus, whether of race, religion, or socio-economic status. Yet despite all the rhetoric of inclusion and the toted values of diversity that we parade around the Orange Bubble, tasteless themed events organized by students are once again putting Old Nassau back into the news. Such events, which in the best light can be characterized as grossly culturally ignorant, and in the worst light blatantly racist, are sadly a recurring component of student life.

Most recently, on Monday, Sept. 14, Princeton students threw the inconspicuously named “MMMMMMF” party. The acronym stands for “Mandatory Makeout Mexican Mustache Monday Madness Fiesta.” The party flaunted negative stereotypes of Mexicans as its perverse theme in a party invite posted on Facebook. The lack of respect for and trivialization of an entire culture and people is clearly wrong, and it seems that the students hosting the event knew that. Why else obscure the 27th occurrence of this party with an acronym?

Instead of chancing the legitimate criticism they should face for hosting a racially themed party, the students intentionally posted ambiguous MMMMMMF signs around the Spelman Halls, hoping to fly under the radar. Sadly, that is what they were initially able to accomplish at least here on campus.

What is perhaps most alarming is that information about a blatantly inappropriate party was quicker to reach professional news outlets than the ears of many Princetonians. Even now, many students are likely unaware that this party occurred, and one can hope that this is the reason behind the astounding lack of repudiation among the general student population.

While MMMMMMF is outrageously dis-

respectful, the larger issue on Princeton’s campus is the regularity with which these types of incidents occur and the lack of response from both the student body at large and the administration of University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83. In the last two years alone, events ranging from the scandalous Urban Congo performance, to derogatory parties held during Cinco de Mayo last year, to the reactionary response against the Black Justice League protests that fell immediately into regressive comments and respectability politics, and now this “Mexican” party, give a clear indication of the accepted racially ignorant climate at Princeton. In response to the party last week, the recently appointed Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, LaTanya Buck, sent out an apologetic email after a small group of students reported complaints about MMMMMMF. The email was sent out to those subscribed to email announcement updates from the Princeton Women’s Center, reaching just a fraction of the student population. Her email states, “We do not condone cultural appropriation and disrespect to any individual’s and group’s racial, cultural, and ethnic identities.” But the nature of that statement does not come through as nearly strong enough in regards to either in rhetoric or effect. Her insufficient response attempts to meekly pacify those who make valid complaints. By not taking a stronger, more public stance against events like these or holding the students responsible accountable, the administration continues to disregard and excuse the pervasive culture of casual cultural ignorance and outright racism that permeates this campus.

There is a disturbing lack of information regarding the MMMMMMF incident – is Princeton trying to fly under the radar on this as well? As yet, there has been no clearly public statement on the part of the administration condemning racist themed

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events. This silence is about money and public perception. There is a vested monetary interest in portraying Princeton as an institution of higher learning that values diversity, and it is advantageous for the administration to develop an image of the school that pleases the alumni who will generously donate to their alma mater. However, if Princeton is to truly live up to its values as an institution, especially after the public statements of last year, Princeton needs to do better. As stated by the trustees, Princeton needs to full-heartedly commit to being “a university where people of all backgrounds and perspectives are welcomed, valued, and respected; where they learn with and from each other; and where all feel that the Princeton they attend is their Princeton.”

The current climate is not only bad for those of us here now, but also hinders others from accessing our campus in the future. By propagating our current culture, the University is limiting the ability to attract more students of color and continuing to undermine those already here. When our public face is unwilling to challenge issues of race on campus with a strong voice and action, what message does that send to the possible Class of 2021, 2022, and beyond? It’s tantamount to putting up a sign that says, “Don’t come here, you are not welcome – unless you want to quietly put up with the status quo.”

We as a community of students with the administration need to hold accountable those who disrespect and clearly disdain other students’ culture and heritage. We need to create an atmosphere that addresses the lack of perfect inclusion in the Orange Bubble with more than just lip service. We need to do better.

Ryan Chavez is a freshman from Arcadia, CA. He can be reached at rdchavez@princeton.edu.

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OR MANY, “back to school” means a return to routine.

Classes, books, papers, and problem sets will soon erase the fading wisps of summer freedom.

But for college students, Princetonians in particular, stepping back on campus can actually be a much needed release from a summer of drudgery. This is because most of us did not spend our summers catching crayfish in a creek or basking on a beach, but rather sitting in small offices and performing small, often menial tasks. In short, we interned.

Freshmen take note: “To intern” is one of those verbs your writing seminar won’t tell you about, the kind that is best served by the passive voice. The reality is that we did not intern, but rather that we were interned by some exploitive organization in search of cheap labor. Here, of course, “intern” (accent on the second syllable) means, “to confine within prescribed limits,” such as a cubicle (Webster’s). This alternate definition raises all sorts of interesting connotations, like the “internment camp” in Guantanamo.

Indeed, many returning Princetonians may feel as though they have just escaped from a razor wire-encircled tin shack in Cuba. Investment bankers perhaps suffer the most, toiling night and day (weekends too) in their highrise sweatshops. The paychecks look large, but on an hourly basis it probably equates to flipping burgers. Those of us in the nonprofit world at least have a measure of free time, which is good because we need to work a second job to pay the rent. And while we scrape together another dinner of Ramen Noodles, places like Goldman Sachs and the State Department get top quality labor at bargain prices.

Who needs to outsource to India when there’s a ready supply of overachievers right here in New Jersey?

The odd thing about these summer internment-ships, though, is that all the suffering and exploitation is voluntary. We applied for these positions (and competed with each other to get them), driven by two opposite but compatible impulses. Positively, we are

go-getters who want to do something exciting and productive with our free time. More cynically, we want to spend our summers building resumes, not sand castles. But regardless of whether our motivation was altruism or egoism (or a combination of the two), sitting around watching reruns was not an option.

And on balance, that is probably a good thing. Many of us contributed a lot through our summer experiences, and learned a lot in return. We gained practical skills, made contacts and explored potential careers. The few bad experiences — the kind of job where you sit in a corner and observe, trying to drag out your work as long as possible to avoid bothering the more productive people — are probably outweighed by the good. My own experience with summer internships has been nothing but positive, and I think many other students would agree.

And yet, it seems there should be a limit to the amount of learning and experience one can cram into a summer.

When I told a German coworker about my summer schedule, she was shocked by the lack of leisure time. “But when is your vacation?” she asked. “You’re looking at it,” I replied, grabbing a thick stack of reading out of the printer. “That’s crazy,” she said, looking at me with an expression somewhere between disbelief and pity. While cultural differences may account for some of this reaction (statistics show that Americans work the most in the industrialized world, Germans the least), on a more fundamental level, my coworker was, of course, correct. We may tend to forget it, but vacation is more than just an opportunity for extracurricular adventures. It is a rare moment of rest and recuperation that, like the negative space in a painting, compliments and enhances its opposite.

So while I immensely enjoyed my internship this summer, next year I hope to be thoroughly unproductive.

Provided I don’t have a job or some other burden, my plan is to bum around an interesting part of the world, sailing the winds of whim and chance wherever they lead. Interning or being interned, it’s all the same — work.

After a year at school, nothing beats a carefree, old-fashioned, do-nothing vacation.

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Men’s water polo starts off strong The men’s water polo team started the season on a high note, registering a four-game winning streak heading into the Princeton Invitational. The Tigers would suffer their first loss of the season at home to powerhouse No. 3 University of California, Berkeley.

However, the team quickly showed its resilience, returning to defeat the Air Force Academy, 13-3.

The Tigers would struggle at the Mountain Pacific Invitational, losing a couple close games including an 11-12 loss to No. 6 UC-Santa Barbara in overtime. The Tigers would return to the pool focused and improved, edging past St. Francis-Brooklyn, 9-8 to claim their first conference match.

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STUDENT GROUPS ON CAMPUS Looking for a club you can still join? Application and audition deadlines come and go, and two weeks into the start of classes it can feel like all extra-curricular opportunities are closed off and out of reach forever. In order to dispel this mindset, the Street has compiled blurbs of unique student groups that are engaged in a range of different compelling activities, and which promote open events or membership. All clubs were selected by writers themselves.

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La Vie en Cello : You’ve probably heard of the famed Princeton arch sings, but what about a cel lo arch? La Vie en Cel lo is Pr inceton’s on ly classica l cel lo en semble. Im agi ne : the sweet melody of cel los f i l l ing Blai r A rch, watch ing the su n set, as f i reworks emerge from the background (th is is not a cinematic d ream ; it actual ly happened) .

The talent of the group is obv ious, but the d iversit y of the the ensemble’s repertoi re is even more impressive. In the words of

DG K im ’18, the founder of the group, “ [La Vie] creates nontraditional music from traditional i n st r u ment s.” Cu r rent ly, t he group is work ing on an arrangement of Bohem ian R hapsody, so get ready to mark that cel lo arch dow n on you r calendars.

Pr inceton Universit y Band : Who are those people in those bold orange and black plaid jackets? The PUB is one of less than t welve “scramble” bands in the countr y, mean ing that instead of march ing like h igh school bands t y pical ly do, they ‘scramble’ into for mation. Entertain ing spectators since 1919, the band plays for footbal l games, basketbal l games, hockey matches, and many other sporting events, although their

biggest event each year is Princeton’s Reun ions. See them at the nex t footbal l game or just wait unti l the night before dean’s date, wh i le you’re busi ly work ing on a paper, they’l l prom ise to be making as much r uck us as possible.

R ise Up : Ever y Wed nesd ay n ight at 10 : 30 p.m. th is group of students gathers in the newly renovated Mu r ray Dodge Cafe, where there are a lways war m cook ies and coffee, to sing traditional folk songs, bal lads, and blues from the R ise Up Singing bible. Hold off on that 100 pages of read ing due tomor row (that you real ly shou ld have been doing yesterday) and d rop by for ten, f ifteen, si x t y m inutes to belt you r heart out.

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The Pr inceton Muse : Th in k of a restau rant menu. But now, in place tast y d ishes, there is a list of juicy conversation topics. Inspired by the Ox ford Muse Societ y, the Princeton Muse Societ y prov ides opportun ities for st rangers to interact, con nect, and make mean ingfu l conversation.

Pai rs are seated and given a menu of question s th at a re thought-provok ing and interesting, lean ing away from superf icial smal l-tal k and delv ing into deeper issues, so people can reveal more about themselves.

Pr i nceton Ca n ad ia n s : A s Princeton’s largest group of international students, the Princeton Canadian club celebrates its

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Pr inceton US - China Coa lition : Founded last spring, Princeton US-Ch ina Coalition prom ises an exciting futu re for its members, who join to learn more about the countr y and U.S.-Ch ina policy and relation s. The organ ization works to bring a holistic and infor med perspective to the d iscou rse by enabl ing st udents to con nect w ith Ch inese delegates at its con ferences, work w ith Ch inese NGOs, and even teach at a Ch inese un iversit y.

Eric Wang ’18, di rector of Operations, tel ls us of an “in novative cu ltu re” w ith in the organ ization, wherein members’ ideas are not on ly h igh ly va lued but also put into action th rough the “PUCC pitch.” Fol low ing such a st rong star t last year, the club continues to make con nection s and bring speakers onto campus.

Wang hopes PUCC w i l l help students “see perspectives of Ch inese cu ltu re, civ i l societ y, and education” that they seldom f ind in the classroom.

Princeton for Women in Politics : Even newer to campu s is Princeton for Women in Politics,

United World Col leges of Princeton : Inspired by the global branch of Un ited World Col leges, the organ ization aims to un ite cu ltu res and nations th rough the celebration of differences.

The focus of the club is to garner support for a global education movement of students as to faci litate international and intercu ltu ral understanding.

A nyone w ith an interest in sustainabi l it y, peace, compassion, and ser v ice can attend the tal ks w ith g uest speakers, com mun it y ser v ice activ ities, and mentoring sessions.

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cu ltu re th rough campus events, mov ie screen ings, barbecues, and tal ks.

The club strengthen s socia l ties bet ween the Canadian commun it y and other members of Princeton wh i le also discussing Canadian issues w ith in a broader North A merican contex t. It is a way for the club to share the Canad ian ex perience w ith others around campus.

a club founded th is year in order to ex pose the chal lenges women face in politics and help aspiring female candidates enter the f ield.

The club is not aff i l iated w ith a cer tain par t y and recogn izes the barriers to success across the spectr um. Moreover, the club encou rages students to join regardless of gender.

Co-President Jack Loh man n ’19 ex plained he felt gui lt y “tak ing part in institutions made up dispropor tionately of people who look like me” and f inds it rewarding to help “overtu rn those institutions” th rough h is involvement w ith the club. Members seek ing to join Princeton for Women in Politics have the un ique opportun it y to help shape its development.

Despite just starting, the club has speakers and role models lined up for th is year and hopes to make an impact on the com mun it y.

J Street U Princeton : With the 50th an n iversar y of the Israeli occupation of the Palestin ian territor y fast-approach ing, J Street U Princeton Co-President Iris Samuels ’17 remarks that it has become “more impor tant than ever” to keep the Israeli-Palestine con f lict relevant to the student body and the world in general.

J Street U Princeton is one of over si x t y political chapters dedicated to doing so, and its members hope that its efforts w i l l help bring about long-lasting peace in the Midd le East.

According to J Street, the key to peace lies in a t wo-state solution ; J Street works to achieve this solution th rough the educational activ ities and speakers it hosts oncampus and the an nual weekend con ference it attends off-campus.

Samuels hopes that the cu lm ination of J Street U Princeton’s efforts on campus w i l l dispel the “m isconception that any solution to the cu rrent con f lict must be solely pro-Israel or pro-Palestine” and f u l f i l l for e ver yone thei r “right to a dign if ied life.”

Women’s Political Caucus : Established last year, the Princeton Women’s Political Caucus encou rages the empowerment of women to leadersh ip roles both oncampus and in the public sphere.

A mong W PC’s upcom ing events is its newly created speaker series, entitled “Paths to Political Off ice ;” th is series is designed to prov ide W PC members w ith strong role models by inv iting female leaders to campus to speak about thei r various ex periences w ith political leadersh ip.

Though WPC is sti l l work ing to overcome the chal lenges that being a new organ ization on campus presents, President Jen ny El-Fak ir ’18 hopes that th is year’s election w i l l help open up new discussions about the implications for women in politics, especial ly regarding fema le representation and the

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Members of Princeton Equality photo pose for a photo at a student protest.

“empowerment of women leaders to the forefront.” One of the primar y goals of ex panding WPC’s presence on campus, she adds, is to help “ bring the female voice into Princeton political life.”

Pr inceton Equa lit y Project : Yet another activ ist g roup on campu s, the Princeton Equa l it y Project (PEP) was founded in 2010 to bring focus to LGBTQIA issues.

PEP’s work centers around social and political advocacy: PEP members engage in week ly d iscu ssions, workshops, and a variet y of student-led projects.

Cu r rent PEP projects include

the Gender-Neutral Housing In itiative, wh ich advocates the expansion of gender-neutral housing options on-campus.

Additional ly there is the LGBT Faith Project, wh ich ex plores the ex per iences of LGBT st udents w ith in various campus religious groups as wel l as the LGBT Youth Homelessness Project, wh ich raises awareness about and helps local organ ization s reduce homelessness among at-risk LGBT youth.

Th rough these projects and the d ia log ues they have beg u n, the group hopes that thei r effor ts w i l l help bring about “fu l l LGBT equalit y.”

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Envision: Have you ever wondered about how discovering extraterrestrial life could change life on earth? How virtual reality works?

Or what the dangers of nanotechnology are? Princeton’s resident futurist club invites you to join the discussion on cutting edge technologies and their ethical implications. Activities include campus lectures by eminent scholars, faculty, and professionals; discussions on nanotechnology; and a national conference in early December.

3D Printing Club: Between three different printers, for one of which they actually built some of the parts, the 3D Printing Club has a lot to offer. From open “Printing Parties” to collaborations with the Princeton Rocketry Club, students have several opportunities to witness the practical, and extraordinary, applications of the newest generative technology. Training for individual use of the printers is provided, and leadership opportunities are available.

Speak with Style: If you’re looking for some tips and tricks to dominate that afternoon precept

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or have some built-up oratory passion in you just waiting to be unleashed, you might want to consider Speak with Style: Princeton’s group dedicated to “exploring the art and science of effective communication.” You and your friends can practice better body language, develop effective cadence, and avoid the dreaded monotone voice.

Leadership for Change : According to Leadership for Change, leadership is not simply just having authority; it is a litmus test of character. The group holds lectures, inservices, and dinner discussions for students to fulfill their responsibilities of leadership, to grow with similarly positioned people, and to begin their journey towards acting in the nation’s service (and in the service of all humanity).

American Sign Language Club: The Princeton University American Sign Language Club seeks to promote a greater understanding and awareness for the Deaf community, here on campus and nationally. Events have included picnics, educational sessions, and ASL poetry. You’ll never have to wonder what to do with your hands during these social gatherings!the Deaf just ended, there is always more to come!

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Comic Club : Com ic club meets week ly to d iscu ss com ics and watch the CW’s superhero shows.

In October they w i l l organ ize a trip to New York Cit y Com ic Con, and in November they w i l l host an open ing n ight screen ing of the new Mar vel mov ie Doctor Strange.

Accord ing to co-fou nders Eitan Sapiro-Ghei ler ‘19 and Ch loe Coronado Win n ‘19, their favorite comics are Black Widow and Batgirl respectively. However, they u rge the Princeton com mu n it y to be aware that Com ics Club is not just for those who read com ics, but is open to anyone w ith an interest in com ic-related T V shows or mov ies.

Open ART: Open A RT aim s to create a suppor tive atmosphere for st udents who love to make a r t work and want to de velop their artistic potential outside of the formal art classes offered by Princeton. In prev ious years they have offered f ine metal scu lptu re workshops and open studio sessions in the Lew is Center Scu lptu re Studio.

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The Princeton American Sign Language group meets at Whitman University to promote greater awareness of the deaf community on campus.

Figure Draw ing Club : Sim i larly, Figu re Draw ing Club creates a casual env iron ment for students look ing to improve their d raw ing

skills.

The club was founded when President Hudson Cooke ‘19 noticed a lack of serious art clubs on campus and wanted to create a relaxed env iron ment for students to pu rsue f ig u re d raw ing.

1080Princeton : A name that refers to HD v ideo resolution, 1080P is a v isual jou rnalism club that aims to shed light on various issues on campus. For ex ample, last spring, the group released a v ideo entit led “Being Lesbian in PFA: Love the Sin ner, Hate the Sin,” wh ich received a lot of engagement from st udents. The v ideo ex plored the prejudices felt by a Princeton Faith and Action leader who was also lesbian.

Co-President Nick Sex ton ’17 said the f i lm, “ [felt] particu larly relevant in light of last year’s protests and conversations about what it means to be tr u ly inclusive.” Later th is fal l, 1080P w i l l host a publ ic screen ing par t y showcasing their new content. In a tal k to newcomers, Sex ton commented, “documentar y work can come off as especial ly intim idating, but [we are] a group that welcomes students who do not have prior ex perience w ith v ideo or photography.”

M agician’s Club : Magician’s Club is a space where members of

al l sk i l l levels can learn and practice magic. President Luis Cardenas-Osorio ’18 started practicing magic when he was eight years old, spark ing a cu riosit y and love for magic that lasted th rough Princeton. Cardenas-Osorio says of magic, “Magic is not just fun and games.

Magic is in itsel f an ar t. It wasn’t meant for just one person, the magician : it was meant [to give wonder to people] . It takes years of ref inement to perfect the craft, but in the end it pays off being able to inspire. The world is magical in itsel f, and we are merely in str u ments.” Magician’s Club hosts creative workshops and puts on a show at the end of the semester. The club’s f irst meeting is th is week and open to al l sk i l l levels.

Lobster Club : The f i rst noaud ition improv isation comedy group on campu s, Lobster Club hosts open workshops ever y Monday, from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. in the But ler In novation Space. In addition, they put on shows each semester such as their most recent performance, “Frosh out of Water.” They emphasize teach ing the sk i l l of improv so that new participants can learn wh i le more ex perienced perfor mers can develop their talent.

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Greening Dining: The mission of Greening Dining is to foster more sustainable practices in the campus dining halls. Since 2002, the organization has collaborated with Campus Dining to increase the amount of locally grown and organic food available.

Club president Shun Yamaya ‘19 commented, “What we say can very much inf luence what and how students are served.” There will be a Greening Dining study break later this semester.

Princeton Garden Project : Forbes College is home to the Princeton Garden Project, an organic garden run by students. The organization aims to teach people about sustainability and food poli-

tics in a welcoming environment.

Members learn about local crops and appreciate the resources and effort involved in gardening.

The key to the project is modeling sustainable food production through supporting local vendors, hosting a farmers’ market, having special dinners, and holding study breaks and student events.

Sustainable Software Initiative : A recently founded projectbased group, Sustainable Software Initiative (SSI) is committed to fostering sustainability practices through software based applications.

The club will hold workshops in the fall with tutorials on how to build web and mobile applications.

SSI aims to help students become more cognizant of their energyconsumption habits.

Graham Turk ‘17, SSI’s president,

said, “Software applications have a huge potential to help people visualize their energy consumption and to make this information readily available.”

Princeton Racing Electric : Princeton Racing Electric is a student-run organization focused on sustainability in automotive design. After the process of building an electric vehicle from idea to production, the club competes in activities such as the International Formula Hybrid competition, sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers.

A major part of the project is its interdisciplinary nature, involving students from a variety of fields.

With electric cars emerging as a crucial alternative-energy solution in the transportation industry, the club displays its creativity in the question of sustainable energy.

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Institute for Chocolate Studies: Located in the Princeton University Bake Shop, the Institute for Chocolate Studies is a haven for any student with a sweet tooth and/or a passion for chocolate and how it is made. ICS produces and sells an array of chocolate, holding sales throughout the year.

Located in the Princeton University Bake Shop, the Institute for Chocolate Studies is a haven for any student with a sweet tooth and/or a passion for chocolate and how it is made. ICS is “essentially a minicompany where we are able to support ourselves,” explained Kate Letai ’17, the president of ICS. “We are really proud of that as a club that we’ve been able to get this point,” Letai added when discussing how ICS is entirely self-sustaining. ICS is currently taking new members and asks that anyone interested

way,” through the practice of Kokikai Aikido, an “effective form of self-defense.”

email them.

Yoga Club: Whether you are a professional yogi or just want an excuse to wear comfortable clothes, Princeton Yoga Club caters to students of all abilities interested the practice of yoga. In order to promote the claim found on their website that “yoga contributes to a more diverse, healthy student body and community,” PYC hosts free yoga sessions and workshops open to students throughout the year.

Aikido Club: For those interested in learning self-defense while engaging both the mental and physical parts of the body, the Aikido Club has a spot for any student, faculty, or community member in their classes, which are held every Tuesday in Dillon Gymnasium from 7:30-9PM. According to the club’s website, Aikido works toward promoting “a different concept of strength which results when mind and body work together in a relaxed

Cheese and Bad Movies Club: A club whose activities are selfevident in its name, The Cheese and Bad Movies Club’s Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies description puts it best: “We eat cheese and watch bad movies. Seriously.” The group, which hosts monthly movie nights in Frist Campus Center, has its first event — a viewing of John Travolta’s Battlefield Earth — Saturday, Oct. 1 at 10 p.m. in Frist 302.

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Stella Art Club: Artistic interest rather than talent is all that is necessary to join Stella Art Club, a group aimed at “Strengthening the presence and support for the visual arts at Princeton,” explains their mission statement. Members are invited to demonstrate their artistic inclinations in way of a variety of activities, including art workshops, community service opportunities, and study breaks.

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Akwaaba — Princeton African Students Association (PASA): What does traditional African dance look like? And what does “diaspora” mean?

Or Akwaaba for that matter? Fortunately, PASA is a non-exclusive group that celebrates African culture and conversation, and which hosts many public events throughout the year. Follow what they are doing on Facebook or their webpage if you’re interested in joining or simply in learning more

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Seniors and Youth (SAY): SAY is a cross-generational language program that has become a global community.

It connects retired seniors in Korea with students who are learning Korean to become “language partners and cultural ambassadors.” During weekly Skype meetings the students have conversations with the Korean seniors, where they talk about culture and acquire a deeper understanding of the Korean language. If you are learning Korean then SAY is definitely some-

Princeton University Latinx Perspectives Organization: More than just a Latin cultural group, PULPO is a group that encourages discussions about discrimination, the differences of specific Latin-American cultures, and what it means to be Latinx. You don’t need to be Latinx to have this be a relevant topic in your life. In fact, you can join them this Thursday in a discussion with trans activist and model Carmen Carrera.

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PUZZLES: The name “PUZZLES” is a code itself, serving as an acronym for the “Princeton University Zealously Zany Logical Enigma Solvers.” Each year, the club holds a large puzzle hunt open to everyone on campus. Students submit their own puzzles to the competition or form teams to solve them. The club also sends riddles through email every few weeks. According to the club’s current president, Teresa Tang ‘18, “It’s an avenue through which people who are very mentally active can channel their energy.”

Video Game Society: Traditionally, the Video Game Society gathered to play video games, but more recently, the club has transitioned to creating them as well.

As a result, the Society has created a community centered upon game development. For example, they hold tutorials and workshops for beginners, and allow experienced developers more access to creative spaces. Meetings for the club oc-

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cur on Friday nights at 8 p.m. in the Butler College Gordon Wu Hall basement.

Poker Club : With a successful opening tournament this past weekend, the Poker Club looks forward to eight more poker tournaments this year, entitled the Princeton Series of Poker. The winners of each competition earn various prizes, and the tournaments are open to everyone. The president of the club, Bradley Snider ‘17, describes the atmosphere as being casual. As he states, “Even in competitions, poker is still a stress reliever and a good way to socialize and relax.” eSports : eSports does not involve exercise in the traditional sense, but rather combines the principles of planning, training, and teamwork in the arena of competitive computer gaming. Examples of games that the club plays include League of Legends, DOTA 2, Archstone, and Overwatch. The club meets on Fridays with “Bring Your Own Computer” events in the Butler College Seminar room. They also hold LAN parties every week in which other schools are invited

to compete.

Juggling Club : Walking past Cannon Green on Sundays, you may run into the Juggling Club, a welcoming group that is open to everyone in the Princeton community. Members have a range of juggling experience, and previous knowledge is not necessary.

The club provides equipment, and teaches unique skills such as juggling on a unicycle or tricks on a Chinese yoyo.

Cube Club: Although “cubing” is usually associated with the three-by-three Rubik’s cube, Cube Club provides a social atmosphere for playing with assorted puzzles.

Sam Cheng ‘18, the club’s president, noted, “People are most familiar with the standard cube, but more events include solving it one-handed, blindfolded, solving with your feet, four by four cubes, five by five cubes, and much more.” The club meets every other weekend at noon in the Whitman dining hall, and is open to all levels of experience and people outside of the University as well. In February, the club holds its f lagship cubing event sponsored by the World Cubing Association.

This week, we discuss prevention.

Dear Sexpert, I was hoping you could provide some clarity regarding reproductive health. Princeton is far from my hometown, so I don’t know how often I’ll be able to visit my gynecologist anymore… and I know I’m getting to the age where I should be getting things like pap smears and other screenings regularly.

Can I get these at Princeton? And can you explain what should be on my radar?

– Paranoid about Prevention Dear Paranoid about Prevention, First of all, you’re not paranoid – it’s great that you’re starting your college career being proactive about your sexual and reproductive health! Let’s begin by going over some of the most common forms of preventative screenings for women and when you should start them.

Pap smear: A Pap smear or a Pap test is the screening test for cervical cancer and is recommended for anyone with a cervix. It is done by your collecting a sample of cells from the cervix with a small brush. Pap comes from Dr. Georgios Papanicolaou who came up with the simple procedure. Guidelines suggest that Pap smears should be done every three years beginning at age 21, regardless of whether or not the individual is sexually active. At age 30, the frequency of screening can decrease to every 5 years with the addition of an HPV test.

Pelvic exam: A pelvic exam typically consists of 3 parts: an external exam, a speculum exam, and a bimanual exam.

During the external exam your clinician looks at the outside of the vulva which includes the clitoris, labia, vaginal opening, and anus. A speculum, which is an instrument made of plastic or metal, is then carefully inserted into the vagina to allow the clinician to examine the vaginal canal as well as the cervix.

The pap smear will take place during the speculum exam. After the speculum is removed, a bimanual exam is done. Your clinician will place one or two gloved fingers into the vagina and their other hand on your abdomen below your belly button to examine your uterus and ovaries. Most healthcare providers agree that the first pelvic exam should take place at age 21 or upon the appearance of symptoms (e.g., pelvic pain, abnormal discharge), but there are certainly other reasons for the exam to take place.

Well-woman exam: A well-woman exam is an annual exam which includes a breast exam, pelvic exam. Pap smears are usually done during this exam if it is time for your screening.

HPV: HPV stands for the human

papillomavirus. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection.

There are more than 100 types of HPV, and most are harmless. However, some types of HPV can lead to cervical or other cancers. While guidelines don’t recommend HPV tests before age 30, there is a way to protect yourself from the most dangerous strains of the virus.

The current HPV vaccine protects against 9 strains known to be associated with cervical cancers and genital warts. It is recommended to be given before becoming sexually active starting at around age 11 or 12, however, you can still get the vaccine if you have already started having sex.

STI screenings: It’s recommended that everyone between age 13 and 64 be tested at least once for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and that all sexually active people young than 25 years old be tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea annually. For individuals at increased risk, syphilis testing is also recommended.

Mammograms: A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast used to screen for breast cancer. In women at average risk of breast cancer, mammograms are not recommended until at least age 40, after which they should take place every 1-2 years. Women with a family history or who are at risk for a genetic mutation placing them at higher risk will need to begin mammogram screenings earlier and should talk about this with their clinician.

Preventative care guidelines like these enable you to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The Sexual Health and Wellness (SHAW) service on the first floor of UHS provides the well-woman exams and screening tests listed above. SHAW also offers accurate advice, information, and evaluations for any sexual health concerns of students of all gender identities and sexual orientations. Appointments at SHAW can be made online or by calling 609-258-3141.

I hope that helps!

Good luck and stay safe, The Sexpert Recommendations provided by the United States Preventative Services Task Force and the Center for Young Women’s Health (CYWH) at Boston Children’s Hospital. Information regarding HPV provided by Planned Parenthood.

Information on STI prevention and birth control methods, including nonhormonal methods: http://bedsider.org/ en/methods.

Interested in Sexual Health? The Sexpert is always looking for members of the community to join the team of sexual health educators who, along with fact-checking from University health professionals, help write these columns. Email sexpert@dailyprincetonian.com for more information and questions about sexual health. Don’t be shy!

UNFAMILIAR STREET Richie Highway: Annapolis to Baltimore NORMAN XIONG Contributor

‘Unfamiliar Street’ is a column series in which we take you around the world and introduce you to a cool STREET far from the well-trod gravel of Prospect Avenue.

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he Governor Ritchie Highway (informally known as Ritchie Highway) is just over the length of a marathon: a 27-mile long street encompassing all segments of America’s socioeconomic spectrum.

From the run-down row-houses of inner city Baltimore to the historic waterfront mansions of Annapolis, the piece of Route 2 located directly between Baltimore and Annapolis is truly an exercise in diversity of situation and lifestyle. It is an exercise I have completed numerous times during my years living in Maryland.

Our trip along Ritchie Highway commences at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the heart of the pre-Revolutionary city where Francis Scott Key birthed the legendary lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

From simply visiting the tourist mecca that is the Inner Harbor/Federal Hill area of Baltimore, you wouldn’t witness the abject poverty and high racial tensions that have come to define “Charm City” in recent years.

Behind the sparkling facades of historic power plants converted into Hard Rock Cafés, four-story Barnes & Nobles

book havens and the Peabody Conservatory, the self-proclaimed “Greatest City in America” is also now regionally known as the heroin capital of the US. Freddie Gray lost his life at the hands of police brutality in Baltimore last year; riots and protests still persist to this day.

In August, Bloomberg reported that the Baltimore City Police had been recently exposed for using a militarygrade spy plane to surveil the city’s streets in real time. The area immediately surrounding the city is essentially a flatland containing block after block, mile after mile of governmentsponsored, architecturally identical row-houses, most of them vacant, despite the city’s high rate of homelessness.

Exiting Baltimore’s south end along Ritchie Highway doesn’t yield much improvement, either, at least at first.

Immediately external to the gloomy industrial grasp of the city lies the small, unhealthy town of Glen Burnie.

Glen Burnie is home to one of Maryland’s few Motor Vehicle Administration locations, which is really all you need to know about it. Like Baltimore, crime is high and income is low. Many of those living in Glen Burnie are supported by food stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or other welfare programs.

If Baltimore and Glen Burnie are representative of the low end of America’s socioeconomic spectrum, however, then Severna Park and Arnold, Glen Burnie’s neighbors to the south, are the beginning of Ritchie Highway’s foray

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This photo depicts a segment of a neighborhood featuring Baltimore’s famous rowhouses which are located on the highway.

into the higher end of the spectrum.

Severna Park, the home of the Naval Academy’s former preparatory school (the Severn School), is everything one would expect a homogeneously uppermiddle-class, conservative town to be.

Half of its residents (including Pat Sajak!) live in neighborhoods situated along the Severn and Magothy Rivers. High schoolers who grew up on a diet of Maryland blue crab and Old Bay® spend their summers boarding and boating on the Chesapeake Bay. Sperrys® abound, as do Trump: Make America Great Again signs. Arnold is the same way.

This is where I ended up spending all of high school, my most formative years. Despite the vast ideological and racial differences between me and most Parkies, I really enjoyed it. It’s how I’ve come to know Ritchie Highway so well, and why I’ve come to love it so much.

All of this brings Ritchie Highway to its ultimate destination: Annapolis, the Maryland state capital. The city, nicknamed the “Sailing Capital

of America” (a title it dubiously shares with Newport, Rhode Island) is filled with colonial-era red brick mansions, purposeful cobblestone roads and maritime prep.

Situated on an inlet of the Chesapeake Bay, one of its most distinguishing characteristics is the myriad yachts and yacht clubs located in the downtown harbor. Strolling down Annapolis’ Main Street, you see affluent natives mingling inside of kitschy boutiques and quirky restaurants like Red Red Wine Bar or the all-day breakfast hub, Iron Rooster, where waffles and chicken in every combination can be found, from waffle chicken burgers to waffle bowl chicken salads.

In Annapolis, money and rustic grandeur fuse to produce a unique quasi-urban experience: the influence of wealth underlies the development of almost hipster small businesses instead of corporate offices.

St. John’s College, a school even older than Princeton, with its renowned Great Books of Western Civilization

curriculum, is located in Annapolis.

The United States Naval Academy is also situated in the downtown harbor area, so midshipmen in dress whites meandering up and down the city’s hilly paths are not an infrequent sight.

Annapolis’ recent claim to fame is that Taylor Swift was rumored to be purchasing a multi-million dollar mansion in one of its Bay-front neighborhoods (this turned to be an April Fools prank started by a small business for publicity, but it did land Annapolis in Facebook’s Trending bar).

If wealth disparity is a greater issue in American society than ever before, then Governor Ritchie Highway’s connection between the neighboring cities of Baltimore and Annapolis is a cutting ref lection of that divide.

From the impoverished projects of Baltimore to the old money of historic Annapolis, Ritchie Highway is both a journey through space and along America’s socioeconomic spectrum.

Thursday september 29, 2016

The Daily Princetonian

The Craft of the Contrarion

The sun slips languid ly over the tips of ou r al l-too-fam i liar goth ic towers, giv ing way to a fresh day of soft, cloud-checkered sk ies. It’s morn ing again in A merica, and for one Princeton man, there is work to be done.

CONNER JOHNSON Contributor

Editor’s Note: This piece is intended to be satir ical and does not represent the views of “ The Pr ince.”

A fter a hear t y bowl of nai ls sans lait for break fast, he slips on h is Nike™ sneakers and sets out to f ight the most loathsome, deplorable enemy of them al l: the establish ment. Sign in hand, he embarks on a quest to conquer and convert the col lege liberal, an elusive adversar y indeed.

A man after Reagan’s ow n heart, Nassau Street Political Man unabashed ly promu lgates and promotes what has become a rather u npopu lar pol itica l perspective in th is, the bastion of the liberal elite. Vol ley after vol ley of v itriol f lies in h is direction, but Nassau Street Political Man is stead fast in h is conv ictions. Un iron ical ly, he advocates for an open discou rse in the new, ever y th ing-is-suddenly-on-f i re atmosphere of A merican politics, where a sound by te becomes a t weet that becomes a trend and, inev itably, a break ing news head line on CNN. What cou ld one man, largely si lent un less prompted, do to become the subject of such an enraged Princeton popu lus? Has he r uth lessly conducted a Fire Safet y check unan nounced? Has he let h is entire sports team join h im in

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page s4 the m idd le of the al ready ridiculou s Wi lcox lu nch l ine? Su rely not. A fter a l l, shou ld it rea l ly come as a su r prise that the tow n su rrounding ou r famously (or notoriously, you r choice) conser vative institution touts an equal ly conser vative voting base?

I embarked on my ow n pi lgrimage to see the my th ical creatu re w ith my ow n eyes, though from afar. I l ie in wait, sipping my over-priced coffee from across the street, blissfu l ly distant from the active warzone that the FitzRandolph gates have become. As the sun beats dow n on ou r friend ly, neighborhood antagon ist’s peacefu l ly un fettered brow, I can’t help but wonder i f maybe we’re a l l caught in some elaborate r use.

Pictu re th is : a candidate who clai m s hand-to-hea r t that the “establish ment” is sabotaging h is presidentia l aspi ration s, whose suppor ters a re s ystem at ica l ly subjugated to abuse in front of the most established of establishments : an Iv y Leag ue Un iversit y.

Sudden ly, a candidate oft accused of serial carelessness becomes a master m ind in man ipu lation of the narrative.

The rea l ization sin ks l ike my stomach after one-too-many Caramel R ibbon Cr unch Frappucinos — my g ui lt y pleasu re. Is the sacred political process being man ipu lated?! I’ve ne ver heard of such a th ing in my authoritative

Q&A: 5 Seconds of Summer COCO CHOU Contributor

Kalina Tsolova, Class of 2020, from Bulgaria Q : What was the most memorable moment of you r sum mer?

Editor’s note : The contr ibutor picked f ive random people at Fr ist

Campus Center to a sk f ive random questions to about their summers.

w ithout tel l ing anyone. It was just ver y fun ny getting h is emai l that read, “Okay, wel l, it was great work ing w ith you guys, bye! ” And we were in the m idd le of the workday wondering where he was.

lish and German were sim i lar in str uctu re, so I ex pected people in Germany to speak English. I went [to a cafe] for a cup of morn ing.

A nd then they [the waiters] asked me, “Grouse or clean? ” A nd I replied, “I don’t k now, I don’t want a grouse coffee…” A nd I kept on ta l k ing at them, u nti l they f inal ly just gave me a cup of coffee.

Later, I realized that they meant “Big or smal l? ” It was so awk ward they just kept staring at me like I was a strange creatu re.

A: Me and my best friend went to Rome, as a present for prom.

We got to attend a concert, wh ich had th ree or fou r of ou r favorite band s, namely Night w ish, Epica, and Apocaly ptica, and it was amazing. The n ight was ver y lit.

A l l the people were singing, it was ver y wel l-organ ized, and the mu sic was per fect. It was ju st probably the best part of sum mer — those si x hou rs standing.

Q : How wou ld you descr ibe you r sum mer in th ree words?

Q : What was the craziest or si lliest th ing you did?

A: I read t wo books… “Ou r Declaration” *laughs* and “The Inv isible Man.”

A: One of my best friends had a part y, and we were in a forest hut he had rented. There was a sma l l stream nearby, and some of us decided that we wou ld go there in the dark to cool off in the cold water, but apparently there was some k ind of w i ld an imal — I don’t k now what [it was] and I’m just hoping it wasn’t a bear, [but] it roared in the dark. We basical ly just ran up the h i l l and left ou r water bott les at the stream. From personal ex perience : when you go to the forest at n ight, make su re at least you carr y a torch.

Q : How wou ld you descr ibe you r sum mer in th ree words?

A: Productive. Eventfu l. Bonding.

Katarzy na Kalinowska, Class of 2019, from NYC and Poland Q : What was the most memorable event of you r sum mer?

A: I got to v isit R ikers Island [a prison] in New York Cit y, as a part of my job, [where] I worked at a public defense f irm. At one point, I was in th is room where there was just a wh iteboard, on wh ich were w ritten t wo lists : the header of the f i rst list said Bloods, and the header of the second list said Crips. A nd I was just like, okay…?

Q : Did you travel any where?

A: I got to v isit my fam i ly in Poland. I usual ly do that ever y summer. [I went] at the end of my internsh ip for t wo weeks, and then I came back here for CA train ing.

Q : When d id you laugh the hardest?

A: Ha l f way th rough my i nternsh ip my super v isor just quit

A: Sweat y, eye-open ing, short.

A nd r ijana Bi lbija, Class of 2020, from Tennessee and Bosnia Q : What books did you read over the sum mer?

Q : Give me a one-sentence description for each book.

A: For “Our Declaration” I wou ld say, [it was] in formative... overly in formative… But sti l l, not bad.

“The Inv isible Man” I’d say was thought-provok ing, memorable, and def in itely makes you th in k about what’s right and w rong in societ y and what to change to make th ings better.

Q : How wou ld you descr ibe you r sum mer in th ree words?

A: Free, relax ing, gregarious.

My friend l ikes to describe the sum mer after sen ior year as the calm before the storm.

Safa Syed, Class of 2017, from Georgia Q : Did you travel over the summer? If so, where?

A: I started off in Mad rid w ith a couple friends as they were moving in for their internsh ip. Then I went to Italy – it was cheaper for me to go to Mad rid then to Italy.

Then I stayed in Rome for t wo months doing an IIP internsh ip ; it was w ith a rea l ly cool organ ization [cal led] Diversit y International, and I fel l in love w ith what they’re doing. On the weekends I traveled to various cities in Italy: I went to Florence, Naples, Capri, and some sma l ler cities nearby. Then I went to Ven ice, Mun ich, Prague, Vien na; then I f lew to southern Spain, Grenada, Cordoba, Barcelona; then I f inal ly ended in London.

Q : What was the most embarrassing th ing that happened?

A: There’re SO many embarrassing th ings! Especial ly when you can’t speak a language… When I was in Mun ich, I heard that Eng-

Q : What was the most memorable moment of you r sum mer?

A: Th is is going to sou nd so cheesy… But the moment when the im mensit y of my sum mer h it me was when I was in Florence.

There are a lot of th ings [to do] in th is tiny cit y, so you can go to a lot of different places in a short amount of time. I g uess I was mov ing around al l day, and my brain didn’t catch up. But in the even ing, I went to th is h i l l at the top of Florence, where you can overlook the entire cit y. I went at sunset... It was that moment when I thought to mysel f, “Woah, I’m in the m idd le of Italy, on top of a cit y, and I saw [the statue of] Dav id today…” It was crazy to th in k that I was so far away from home, spending th ree months in Eu rope.

Ralph Elsegood, Class of 2019, from the UK Q : What the most interesting dish you ate?

A: In a market in London, in Greenw ich GMT where the zerohou r line is, I went to a they had these giant oysters, wh ich was k ind of strange.

Q : A lmost palm-sized?

A: Yeah, bigger, it was huge.

Q : What was the most embarrassing th ing that happened?

A: Noth ing that bad real ly happened... I was intern ing, and my off ice has a casual Friday ever y Friday. A nd th ree weeks in a row I tota l ly forgot and showed up in my fu l l suit and tie. That was k ind of embarrassing because I just looked like an idiot. Ever yone was in jeans and T-sh irts and I was in a fu l l suit.

Q : When d id you laugh the hardest?

A: I watched Jim Jeffries ; he’s an Australian comedian. I watched a YouTube v ideo of him doing a sk it on A merican gun law, wh ich was prett y fun ny.

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20 years on th is planet! I want to shout to the masses, though my revelation has come too late. Sudden ly, Nassau Street Political Man has become the campu s’ wh ite whale, w ith student after student ine v itably engaging, becom ing upset, and e vent u a l ly arg u ing w ith ou r campus’ new found v irtuoso of controversy.

I want to shout at the steadi ly grow ing line of detractors.

“Run away, r un away! ” A las, st udent a fter st udent pi les up at h is feet, blue in the face from a d iscord gone sou r; a convert unconverted. Un like a susceptible frosh at the activ ities fair, he seems unphased by each student’s best efforts. It looks as though ou r Princeton adm ission letters rea l ly aren’t the golden ticket to ever y th ing we want in li fe.

The gen ius of it al l strikes me like a forgotten pset’s encroaching dead line. Nassau Street Political Man and h is candidate for ou r national chapter of the Government Club have no need for ou r pett y telev isions and computers to get their message out; a simple sign and a provocative world v iew w i l l do the trick.Music at Princeton is for anyone and ever yone, and the options are lim itless, literal ly, because anyone can create a new group on campu s at any time.