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‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah, Microsoft president Brad Smith ’81 discuss technology By Linh Nguyen Associate News Editor
Hours before the Frist Campus Center ticket office opened on Tues., Sept. 24, a line of students surrounded by laptops, notebooks, and coffee cups began to form on the Frist first floor. By noon — the official beginning of ticket distribution — the line had extended to the third floor. Tickets were gone by 12:15 p.m. The event that caused such hustle and bustle in Frist was none other than the highlyanticipated conversation be-
tween “The Daily Show” host and comedian Trevor Noah and Microsoft president and University trustee Brad Smith ’81. The conversation oriented itself around Smith’s 2019 book, “Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age,” as well as Noah’s 2017 memoir, “Born a Crime.” At the event’s start, University president Christopher Eisgruber ’83 gave a brief introduction to the duo, praising their “shared interest in how technology is changing the world.” This shared interest, Eisgr-
uber explained, brought the two together, despite widely varying backgrounds and upbringings. “Each generation has been on a journey that the previous generation hadn’t been on,” Noah said about his South African family. “For me, I didn’t dream about [this future]. But I’m eternally grateful to my mother because she had the ability to think about what was possible at the time, and she lived in a state of thinking about what could be possible in the future,” Noah elaborated. “So, being someone
who thinks about the future is something that I inherited from my mother.” Noah and Smith focused a significant part of the conversation on discussing the digital divide that has affected “populism, income inequality, and immigration” throughout the world and within the United States. “People in rural America feel left behind because they are being left behind,” Smith asserted after discussing an eastern Washington community particularly affected by a lack of internet access. “If you can’t bring broadband to
these communities, you can’t bring jobs. And if you can’t bring jobs, you can’t bring hope.” On the topic of accessibility, Noah recounted his difficult experiences growing up in South African apartheid, particularly the ways in which systematic and systemic discrimination affected his family’s prospects at success and social acceptance. Noah used his personal story to explain the importance of standardizing opportunities and access for marginalized groups within See NOAH page 2
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Gilbert ’09 sentenced to life with possible parole for murdering his father
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USG reviews newly approved clubs, positions By Benjamin Ball Head News Editor
At their weekly meeting on Sunday, Sept. 29, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate gathered to review Monday’s Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) meeting, approve new positions, and discuss newly approved clubs. Allen Liu ’22 gave a fiveminute presentation sum-
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marizing the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) meeting on Monday, reviewing the implementation of calendar reform, the new dean of admissions, and CPUC requiring questions be submitted in advance of CPUC meetings. The USG Senate also confirmed a number of new positions. Those new positions were Graphic Designer Victoria Pan ’21, Movie Committees See USG page 3
Senior columnist Leora Eisenberg discusses the downsides of social groups on campus, and contributing columnist Anna McGee explains the importance of normalizing gender neutrality in restrooms. PAGE 3
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A jury of the New York State Supreme Court found Gilbert guilty of second-degree murder and related gun charges.
By David Veldran staff writer
In late June, a jury found Thomas Gilbert, Jr., ’09 guilty of second-degree murder and gun charges. A judge sentenced him on Friday to life in prison, with the possibility of parole after 30 years. According to The New York Times, Gilbert fatally shot his father with a semiautomatic pistol in his parents’ Midtown Manhattan apartment, in 2015. Several
hours before the murder, Gilbert’s father had reduced his son’s weekly allowance of $1,000 to $300. Gilbert attempted to stage the murder as a suicide by placing the gun in his father’s hand. The elder Thomas Gilbert, a wealthy Wall Street hedge-fund banker, graduated from the University in 1966. He died at the age of 70. His son had long struggled with mental illness.
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After graduating from the University with a degree in economics, he was unable to keep a steady job and relied on assistance from his parents. According to CNN, emails between Gilbert and his parents that were shown in court depicted a “tumultuous” relationship. Gilbert constantly asked for money, “sometimes forwarding past-due bills from an exclusive athletic and social club for thousands of dollars to his mother.” In 2015, a psychologist deemed the younger Gilbert fit to stand trial, finding no evidence of psychosis or any symptoms of “a mental disorder that would impact on his ability to proceed to trial.” During the trial, the jury rejected the insanity defense Gilbert’s lawyers put forth. Instead, they were swayed by the picture the prosecution painted of Gilbert as a calculating sociopath. Gilbert’s lawyers, as well as his own mother, unsuccessfully tried to reduce Gilbert’s sentence or commit him to a mental institution in lieu of prison.
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the technology industry. “Look at diversity through its lens,” Noah said. “Where power goes, abuse of power follows, so what we can do is ask the right questions.” Following the conversation, Smith and Noah responded to questions from the audience about their perspectives on the globalization of tech as well as racial biases within software. At the end of the event, Noah expressed his gratitude for the activism that has largely been led by students and other young people across the globe. “Young people are making their voices heard, and young people are existing in a place where they no longer abide by the rules,” Noah said. “These young people are growing up with this technology, and I think they’ll do things with it that we haven’t even begun to imagine.” Students expressed overwhelming approval and enjoyment following the conversation. Many also conveyed surprise at the impact that the conversation left on them. “I think the majority of the people went for Trevor Noah, given our age and interests, but I think both speakers were equally impactful in their own ways, and they definitely had shared interests which helped to facilitate the conversation,” Christina Xu ’21 said. “I definitely would say worth the hype especial-
ly since such a nice flowing conversation might not have been expected.” However, not all attendants who spoke to The Daily Princetonian were impressed by the level of intellectual discourse that took place during the event. “I think people’s response to the show largely depends on why they went,” Justin Curl ’22 said. “If you went for entertainment or because you love Trevor Noah, like me, then you were not disappointed,” Curl said. “If, however, you went for more technical reasons, like to learn about Microsoft’s future and how they hope to ‘keep the humanity in the technology,’ it’s certainly possible you were disappointed by the show.” Despite concerns that the conversation was not techoriented enough, because of Noah’s primary notoriety for his role as host for “The Daily Show,” numerous students also came away with a better understanding of Noah’s background in tech. “I didn’t expect a conversation between Trevor Noah and Brad Smith to be that insightful, but it definitely was,” Wendy Ho ’21 remarked. “I was surprised by how much Trevor Noah knew about technologies today and how much he thought about its impacts, since he’s not in tech.” “The Future of Technology and the Tale of Two Books: A Conversation with Microsoft’s Brad Smith and the Daily Show’s Trevor Noah” took place at 8 p.m. on Fri., Sept. 27 in Richardson Auditorium.
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Noah is widely known for serving as host of “The Daily Show.” Smith is President of Microsoft.
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Smith, a 1981 University graduate, currently serves as a Trustee.
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Noah spoke about the challenges he faced growing up in apartheid South Africa.
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Chair Jess Ma ’21, Newsletter Chair Mina Yu ’22, and TigerApps Chair Emre Cakir ’21. Cakir was present at the meeting and gave a brief description of his role, with a focus on ReCal and Princeton Courses and an attempt to bring back Princeton Pounce. Lutfah Subair ’21 presented on the new clubs approved by the Student Groups Recognition Committee (SCGC). Those clubs were the Latino Medical Students Association + Princeton University, Our Health Matters, and Hip-Hop Empowerment Conference Planning Committee. According to the meeting packet, the purpose of Latino Medical Students Association + Princeton University is to “acknowledge the health needs of the Latino community, as well as to promote the interests and support of those undergraduate premedical students who identify themselves as Latino students of Princeton University.” Our Health Matters focuses on promoting “healthy lifestyles” for members of the black community at the University. The meeting packet explains that the club is intended to be an “inclusive and welcoming space that willfully works to recognize and
destigmatize mental and professional health problems.” The Hip-Hop Empowerment Conference Planning Committee plans to execute a conference in the spring to “empower African American students through hip hop.” Projects Board co-chair Kavya Chaturvedi ’21 reviewed funding requests from the Muslim Students Association (MSA) and the American Whig-Cliosophic Society (Whig-Clio) for an annual Inter-MSA summit and an event hosting Ralph Nader ’55, respectively. This year’s theme for the Inter-MSA Summit will be “Joining the Heart and Limb: Inspiring Leadership through Faith” and will focus on faithled leadership and activism. Nader’s talk will focus on “his experiences in American politics, environmental advocacy, [and] consumer protection law” as well as political writing and authorship. USG President Zarnab Virk ’20 began the meeting with a brief “President’s Report” where she said that interviews for an open 2021 Senate seat would begin Tuesday. Vice President Chitra Parikh ’21 also added that the transportation council will be meeting on the 26th. The meeting was open to the public and took place at 8 p.m. in Lewis 138.
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Gender neutral bathrooms should be the norm, not the exception Anna McGee
Contributing Columnist
As I walked a first-year friend up the numerous flights of stairs to her dorm room at the top of 1937, she made an offhand comment about a relatively mild inconvenience that stuck with me. The dorm room assignment gods had not looked kindly upon her floor, and somehow my friend had been stuck on a hall where there were “seven-plus girls using one bathroom that only had one stall, one shower, and two sinks.” The designated “men’s” bathroom on the hall, on the other hand, was shared by just two boys. My friend shared that she and the other girls had pondered the idea of making the bathrooms “gender-neutral” to alleviate the problem of overcrowding in the “women’s” bathroom, but for some reason, after asking, they were shut down. Our conversation then returned, of course, back to the normal banter about Wilson’s sad lack of AC, cockroach invasions, and other residential college inconveniences. Going back and reflecting on her comment a little longer raised some questions for me: why would it be such an issue for cis-gendered people to convert the bathrooms on their hall into gender-neutral versions, or why would it feel like such an issue? Often, the push for genderneutral bathrooms remains labeled as an issue solely for the LGBTQ+ community and their
allies — particularly those who are genderqueer, non-binary, trans, or otherwise gender-nonconforming — which places the entire burden of their struggle to safely enter bathrooms that match their identities on actors who have already been systematically, societally disempowered and pushed aside. In reality, however, though gender binary bathrooms directly and aggressively harm members of the LGBTQ+ community, gender binary bathrooms often present a serious nuisance to cis-gendered people as well. These nuisances can range from mild inconveniences of overcrowding to more serious issues for both genders, and particularly for women. It is safe to say most everyone has, at least once, waited in a long line outside the binary bathroom their identity corresponds with, and due to major plumbing codes in the U.S. that result in more men’s facilities than women’s, this inconvenience disproportionately affects those who use the women’s room. For menstruating people who may need access to products or bins located all too often only in women’s bathrooms, long lines for the women’s bathroom can become pressing. Less serious issues for both genders present themselves even when there are single-stall, gendered bathrooms side by side. Problems arise, like when one side goes out of order or experiences other unforeseen issues. Social behavior such as adherence to rules, general awkwardness, or matters of identity stop certain people from
entering the opposite gender bathroom. More serious issues can then spawn out of this, like when a parent needs to help their child of a different gender in the restroom and there are no family or gender-neutral restrooms available. It is also important to note that Princeton University defines gender-neutral bathrooms as “single occupancy, lockable bathrooms” — notably not multi-stall — and there are no gender-neutral, multistall bathrooms on campus. Avant-garde attempts to convert multi-stalled bathrooms on campus into gender-neutral versions have been met with University disapproval, with nods to Title IX problems that could arise if the University are not the ones to instigate change. Only having single occupancy gender-neutral restrooms does nothing to prevent problems with lines and flows of people, and in many cases when such restrooms are present, that restroom is the only gender-neutral bathroom in the entire building. Arguments against genderneutral, multi-stalled bathrooms (exemplified by the anti-Hero ads back in 2016) often focus on safety concerns, especially for women. These arguments often use scare tactics, referencing things like male sex offenders being in the same spaces as small girls (like in this article by the Family Research Council). To counter this, and to be quite frank, one has to ask, where do you think these criminals were committing these crimes before? Horrible and
atrocious people have existed and will continue to exist, but the location of their crimes is not a key factor into whether or not the crime occurs, and making bathrooms gender-neutral does not make it easier for potential sex offenders who would commit the crime anyway. I am not saying that all bathrooms should be gender-neutral and multi-stalled. For those with religious concerns or who are uncomfortable in mixed gender situations, an option should still exist for them to find — whether that is a singleperson bathroom or whether that means keeping some gendered multi-stalled bathrooms about. But I believe these people will find themselves in a high minority. Gender-neutral bathrooms becoming the norm instead of the exception would be a tremendous stride for equality in the queer community, and the practical benefits of gender-neutral bathrooms for cis-gendered people reveal that inclusive bathrooms are really a good for the majority of people. When a careful implementation of gender-neutral, multistall bathrooms that still provides a separate space for those who may not be comfortable is taken into a consideration, the remaining arguments against inclusive bathrooms are left inherently queerphobic, misguided, and heteronormatively classist. Anna McGee is sophomore from Paducah, KY. She can be reached at amcgee@princeton.edu.
Friendships — the good, the bad, and the ugly Leora Eisenberg
Senior columnist
It was getting pretty annoying: a friend in a foreign country only ever texted me when she needed help with her English homework. She was important to me, so at first, I was happy to oblige. After the fifth or sixth time, I began getting annoyed. Then, when I visited the country, I invited her to grab dinner with me. She accepted — but later reneged and never followed up. It hurt, but it finally hit me: I was “useful” to her. I served a very specific purpose in her life, and that was to help her with English homework. In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle writes about three different kinds of friendship: friendships of virtue, friendships of pleasure, and friendships of
utility. The first kind is the most noble kind: it is a relationship of pure goodwill in which two friends love each other out of, well, sheer love, rather than out of any ulterior motive. The third kind, these friendships of utility, are entirely based on ulterior motives to the point that they’re not ulterior anymore: they are the obvious foundation of the relationship. The “friendship of utility” is, in some ways, the most painful. While we all benefit from these relationships — and all need help with our homework every once in a while — no one particularly likes being the “useful friend.” We all like thinking that we have value beyond the help we can offer in quantifiable ways. What hurt the most was that she didn’t value the other things I could bring into her life as a friend. She didn’t want to spend time with me — she wanted to use me for the benefits that I
could tangibly offer her and her grades. She didn’t want to share any of the laughter, community, or joy that friends often do. We all do this, especially, and inevitably in the academic environment of Princeton. We all need someone’s help with a class; many of us have wanted passes at some time or another. But none of us like being on the other end. The knowledge that someone keeps me in their life for the sake of their English grade is painful because that precludes them from keeping me in their life for the sake of their happiness and meaningful social life. As we enter the school year, it might be a good idea to reexamine our friendships and evaluate the purpose of each one. Are we friends with a particular person because of the joy they bring us or because they help our grades stay up? If it’s the latter, ask yourself how you would feel if that’s why someone main-
tained a friendship with you. Then imagine how your friend would feel if they knew that’s why you maintain a friendship with them. After yet another plea for help with my friend’s English homework, I told her that her behavior was hurting my feelings, and that she and I both deserve to have more meaningful friendships than the useful one we were maintaining. She was hurt to hear me say that — but she also realized the truth in what I had to say. Our friendship isn’t back to what it could have been, but she also changed her attitude toward my presence in her life. I look forward to hearing from her now that I know she’s actually looking forward to hearing from me, too — especially since she now only occasionally asks for help with her English homework. Leora Eisenberg is a senior from Eagan, M.N. She can be reached at leorae@princeton.edu.
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Princeton football beats Bucknell 56-23 in record-setting day By Jack Graham
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For three years, senior quarterback Kevin Davidson and senior receiver Andrew Griffin were stuck in backup roles for Princeton football. It’s taken just two games as starters for the pair to etch their names in the school record book. Davidson broke a Princeton single-game record with seven touchdown passes, and Griffin tied a Princeton record with four touchdown receptions, as No. 23 Princeton (2–0) routed Bucknell (0–4) 56–23 on the road. Bucknell entered Saturday winless in its first three games, but managed to score the first points of the game on a nine-yard touchdown pass. After that, Princeton’s offense started to dominate. Davidson threw his first touchdown pass to sophomore receiver Andre Iosivas with 2:36 remaining in the first quarter, and Princeton took a 14–7 lead on a 57-yard pass to Griffin two minutes
into the second. Bucknell evened the game in the second quarter with a one-yard touchdown rush after completing a 54-yard pass earlier in the drive, but Princeton responded with two more passing touchdowns late in the half. First, Davidson hit Griffin on a 27-yard pass for the pair’s second touchdown of the day. Then, after junior defensive back Sultaan Shabazz intercepted a Bucknell pass, Davidson found junior receiver Jacob Birmelin for a 12-yard touchdown with one minute remaining in the quarter, giving Princeton a 28–14 lead. Just 33 seconds into the third quarter, Davidson hit Griffin on a 59-yard bomb for the pair’s third touchdown connection on the day and Davidson’s fifth touchdown, and Princeton took a commanding 35–14 lead. Bucknell kicked a field goal later in the quarter, but Princeton continued to add points as Davidson racked up his sixth and seventh touchdowns of the day. With
7:33 remaining in the third quarter, Davidson threw his second touchdown pass to Iosivas. With 10:23 remaining in the fourth, Davidson threw a touchdown to Griffin for the fourth time, as
Davidson and Griffin broke and tied the school records for touchdown passes and touchdown receptions, respectively. Princeton’s eighth and final touchdown was the only
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one not coming from Davidson’s arm, as senior quarterback Zach Keller scored on a one-yard rush. Davidson finished 29 of 37 for 381 yards and seven touchdowns, and Griffin finished with nine receptions for 200 yards and four touchdowns. Junior running back Colin Eaddy and senior running back Ryan Quigley combined for 147 yards on 19 rushing attempts. While the Princeton offense stole the show with its historic production, the Princeton defense was stout for most of the game as well. They allowed 271 passing yards but intercepted two passes, with Shabazz and first-year defensive lineman James Stagg both recording their first career interceptions. Senior defensive back T.J. Floyd and junior linebacker James Johnson led Princeton in tackles with nine apiece. Princeton will return home Saturday for its Ivy League opener against Columbia.
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Football @ Bucknell: W 56–23 Princeton football travelled to Bucknell for its first road game of the season and came away with a 33-point lead and two new entries in the school record book. Senior quarterback Kevin Davidson broke the Princeton record for touchdown passes in a game with seven, and senior receiver Andrew Griffin tied the Princeton record for touchdown receptions in a game with four. Davidson completed 29 of 37 passes for 381 yards to go along with his touchdowns, and Griffin hauled in nine catches for 200 yards. On defense, junior defensive back Sultaan Shabazz and first-year defensive lineman James Stagg recorded their first career interceptions, and senior defensive back T.J. Floyd and junior linebacker James Johnson led Princeton with nine tackles each. Women’s soccer vs. Yale: L 1–0 In their first Ivy League game of the season, women’s soccer was defeated at home by Yale. The Tigers were unable to retaliate after Yale scored in the 17th minute. Despite outshooting Yale 14–13, Princeton just couldn’t get one past the Bulldogs’ keeper. Women’s soccer has been the Ivy League champion for the past two years, and each of those victories included one loss during Ivy League play. Two years ago it was against Columbia, last year it was against Brown, and this year it could be just against Yale. If the team loses another, however, they will be all but eliminated from a chance of a three-peat. The team takes on Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. this Saturday. Women’s volleyball vs. Penn: W 3–0 Princeton women’s volleyball started off Ivy League play with a big 3–0 sweep against Penn on Friday night. The first set was a battle between both teams, with neither gaining more than a two-point lead for the entire first half. A service ace by senior outside and right side hitter Devon Peterkin put the Tigers up three points against the Quakers. The Tigers eventually advanced their lead to five points, eventually taking a 25–20 win. Penn took a heavy lead against Princeton in the second with a 11–6 score. The Tigers battled back, scoring 9 of the 13 next points to put the teams at an even 15-all. The score was tied six more times before Princeton took the second set. The Tigers held a big lead against the Quakers for most of the third set, rallying off the final five points to finish out the sweep. Field hockey @ Dartmouth: W 4–0 In the Tigers’ first Ivy League matchup of the season, no. 10 field hockey put an end to its three-game losing streak with a commanding 4–0 victory against Dartmouth. Just six minutes in, junior striker Clara Roth turned a loose ball rebound into the game’s first goal. She didn’t look back, recording two assists and three more shots on goal before the clock wound down. First-year midfielder Sammy Popper also mounted an impressive performance with two goals and seven shots. Sophomore striker Ali McCarthy also scored for the Tigers and junior midfielder Julianna Tornetta recorded two assists. Princeton’s defense proved equally strong; during the entirety of the game, they only allowed four shots from the Big Green, compared to the Tigers’ whopping 24. Field hockey will venture south this Tuesday to take on No. 12 Delaware. Men’s water polo @ MPSF Invitational: L 14–6, L 15–13, W 12–10, L 8–5 No. 14 Princeton men’s water polo travelled to Los Angeles this weekend for four games at the MPSF Invitational. Their tournament started off with a lopsided loss against No. 5 USC on Friday, and on Saturday the team lost its second game of the tournament 15–13 to another ranked opponent, No. 13 Loyola Marymount. The Tigers earned their only win of the tournament against Air Force on Saturday afternoon. Princeton held off a late slew of shots from Air Force to secure a 12–10 win. Princeton dropped its final game on the West Coast 8–5 to Pomona-Pitzer. The Tigers start Northeast Water Polo Conference play next weekend with home games against Harvard, Brown, and MIT.
Sammy Popperfield hockey, (2023) The first-year recorded two goals on seven shots, as Princeton field hockey beat Dartmouth 4–0.
Kevin Davidson, football, (2020) In his third career start, Davidson broke the school record for touchdown passes in a game with seven. He completed 29 of 37 passes for 381 yards.
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Men’s Rugby celebrates win over Rutgers By Owen Tedford Senior Staff Writer
On Saturday, the men’s Princeton Rugby Football Club traveled to New Brunswick to take on Rutgers in a spirited local affair. Having not played for the last few years, the teams were looking to rekindle the local rivalry between these two teams, and the game lived up to the hype. The Scarlet Knights took an
early lead entering halftime up 14–0. The Tigers dominated much of the territory in the first half forcing Rutgers to play from deep in their half constantly. The Scarlet Knights were able to break out well with their outside center on the edges, creating problems for the Princeton defense. The Tigers had several opportunities to score that they were unable to convert. The second half saw Princ-
eton turning the pressure it applied in the first half into points. Off a Rutgers penalty, the Tigers began to run the ball in tight, pushing towards the Scarlet Knights’ goal line. A dive over the line from one meter out put Princeton on the board. The Tigers kept the pressure going and a break from senior openside flanker Benjamin Hildenbrand followed by a fantastic offload to sophomore outside center Bascombe Traywick saw the
sophomore cross the line and pull Princeton to a tie game. The Scarlet Knights scored next off a nice kick and chase to retake the lead, but a missed conversion left it at 17–12. In a move they had been working on just this week, Princeton had a pop from the base of its scrum to sophomore number eight Justice Chukwuma who danced and crashed his way through the Rutgers’ defense to tie the game before a conversion
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from junior wing Mike Hallee gave Princeton the lead. A try from senior blindside flanker Jamie Denham iced the game and gave the Tigers a 24–17 victory. Part of the inspiration for the two teams getting together this year was in honor of the 150th anniversary of the first “football” game between Rutgers and Princeton, won by the Scarlet Knights 6–4. The two teams played again a week later at Princeton where the Tigers won 8–0. The games played then largely resembled a more savage form of rugby as the players wore no padding, much like today’s rugby players. The true celebration of this anniversary will come when Princeton football takes on Dartmouth at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 9, but for these two teams, it was an experience that they will not forget, paying homage to the origins of football. Denham had the following to say on playing the game: “This was a game that we were looking forward to all summer. We also wore a new throwback striped uniform, with a gold ‘1869’ on our right chest to honor this historic moment. Like the original game 150 years ago, our match against Rutgers was hard-fought and closescoring, except this time Princeton came out on top. It was a tremendous reflection of effort and sportsmanship from both teams; I think both sides recognized the historic nature of this game.”
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