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STUDENT LIFE

Zarnab Virk ’20 and Nate Lambert ’20 to contest USG run-off after 716–712 vote Senior Writer

Zarnab Virk ’20 and Nate Lambert ’20 will go into the Undergraduate Student Government presidential run-off election after a closely contested first round where Virk emerged with a four-vote lead over Lambert. Thirty-eight percent of undergraduate students participated in USG elections. On Friday, Dec. 7, USG announced in an email to the student body that the races for president and social chairperson will be decided in runoff elections next week with voting beginning on Monday, Dec. 10 at 12 p.m. All other races have been decided. USG required these two races to go into run-offs because no candidate in either race received a 50 percent majority of votes during the first election. Virk received only four more votes than Lambert, 716 to his 712. “Going into the runoff, I’m excited to continue highlighting the issues on campus most important to me, which are combatting sexual misconduct, tackling isolation and loneliness, and securing funds for free menstrual products (sic),” Lambert wrote in an email to The Daily Princetonian. “I feel honored for the support I’ve received thus far and am energized to

make the case to those undergraduates who did not vote for me in the first round that I am the most qualified candidate for the job.” Virk declined to comment on Friday, Dec. 7. Apart from the presidential run-off election, Ans Nawaz ’21 and Heavyn Jennings ’20 will contend in the run-off election for Social Chairperson. “I’m glad a lot of people supported me,” Jennings said. “Going into the runoff, I feel good. I’m just nervous about getting people to vote again.” Nawaz did not respond to request for comment. Current USG president Rachel Yee ’19 told the ‘Prince’ that a runoff in USG presidential races is not unusual. “It’s pretty hard to capture 51 percent of the vote outright in a three way race,” Yee said. All other USG races were decided Friday. Chitra Parikh ’21 won the election for Vice President, Brad Spicher ’20 for Treasurer, Olivia Ott ’20 for Academics Chairperson, Nico Gregory ’22 for Undergraduate Life Chairperson, and Caleb Visser ’20 for Campus and Community Affairs Chairperson. All of these elected candidates ran uncontested in their respective races. Yee noted that a large number See ELECTION page 5

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JON ORT :: PRINCETONIAN ASSOCIATE OPINION EDITOR

Chris Murphy ’20 has been elected The Daily Princetonian’s next editor-in-chief.

The Daily Princetonian elects Murphy ’20 as editor-in-chief By Benjamin Ball Senior Writer

After almost three hours of discussion, The Daily Princetonian elected head sports editor Chris Murphy ’20 as editor-in-chief of the 143rd Managing Board. Murphy ran unopposed and was elected unanimously. “I’m very excited and honored to have been elected,” Murphy said. “I want to thank the 142nd board before me for a fantastic job that they did in setting me up for what I think will be a successful tenure as editor-inchief.” A candidate must receive

PSAFE releases composite sketch of lewdness suspect By Claire Silberman Contributor

In a Tiger Alert on Friday, Dec. 7, the Department of Public Safety released a composite sketch of a suspect who is accused of peering into a window in graduate student housing at Lawrence Apartments on Nov.

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26. According to the statement, the suspect was described as a white male, approximately five feet, eight inches tall, had a “medium build,” and wore a “dark-colored hoodie.” The reporting person also said that the male’s genitals were exSee LEWDNESS page 2

Senior columnist Morgan Lucey nuances our understanding of Greek life at Harvard, and contributing columnist Kirsten Keels criticizes the prevailing measures of success on campus. PAGE 6

Murphy will succeed outgoing Editor-in-Chief Marcia Brown ’19.

BEYOND THE BUBBLE

Suspect suspended from Charter Club over destroyed menorah

Former ROTC cadet Milley ’80 nominated as next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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editor-in-chief elections. Previously, eligible voters had included those who have at least three bylines or who have worked on the ‘Prince’ for at least a semester with the exception of seniors. Murphy ran on a platform emphasizing collective editorial leadership and being a print-first organization. He also focused on bringing together writers and reporters of varying levels of journalistic experience, as well as broadening news coverage into Princeton Township.

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The suspect was described as a white male approximately five feet eight inches tall, medium build, and wearing a dark-colored hoodie.

a two-thirds majority of votes to win the election in the first round of voting. The election officially began at 10 a.m. with discussions on the role of the editor-in-chief of the ‘Prince’ and the ideal qualities of an editor-in-chief. Murphy then gave a speech outlining his platform, and a question-and-answer period immediately followed. The first and only round of voting began around 1 p.m. An amendment passed with a two-thirds majority gave seniors the right to vote in this election, and a second amendment passed to give seniors the right to vote in all subsequent

Charter Club president Conor O’Brien ’19 told The Daily Princetonian on Friday, Dec. 7 that the club suspended a member suspected of having destroyed the club’s menorah on Thursday, Dec. 6. The club’s internal investigation is still ongoing. The menorah had previously stood on a table in the club’s front atrium and was discovered broken in the great room fireplace. Officers think the incident occurred sometime after 2 a.m. Thursday morning. In an email to club members, which was anonymously forwarded to the ‘Prince,‘ O’Brien wrote, “we under no circumstances condone any sort of hate action, nor this absolute disrespect for a culture.” He also wrote, “this is not what Charter is, nor what it stands for, and I am frankly appalled that this could take place in our club.” O’Brien told the ‘Prince’ in an email statement that the decision to suspend the suspected perpetrator has the support of the club’s Graduate Board of Governors and that the incident has

been reported to University authorities and the Princeton Police Department. In concluding the email sent to listserv members, O’Brien wrote that “this is never an acceptable thing to happen, and it will be dealt with with the seriousness that this sort of action requires. It is not ok.” According to a statement O’Brien and Charter presidentelect Justin Hamilton ’20 sent to the ‘Prince,’ the officer corps has received a message from a Charter member implicating another Charter member in having committed the act. “However,” they wrote, “there was no physical/admissible evidence that proved any finding of guilt, which necessitates our ongoing investigation and efforts regarding this matter.” The accused member has been told not to attend Charter social events or have meals in the club while the investigation is ongoing. Charter officers have also reached out to the Princeton Police Department and have been in contact with Bryan R. Blount, assistant dean of undergraduate students and manager of strategic communications. See CHARTER page 3

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On Saturday, Dec. 6, President Donald Trump announced through a tweet that he is nominating Army General Mark A. Milley ’80 as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the highest-ranking uniformed officer position in the United States. Milley is a four-star general who has served as Army Chief of Staff since August 2015. He will succeed Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, whose term as Chairman of the JCS will end in 2019 fall. Milley has not responded to multiple requests for comment. Born in Winchester, Mass., Milley graduated from the University in 1980 with an A.B. in Politics. Milley was a cadet in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program at the University and was commissioned as an officer upon graduation. He then See MILEY page 4

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posed. “The Department of Public Safety searched the area, but the suspect was not located,” the statement said. A similar lewdness incident occurred in September, when a man wearing a white surgical mask exposed himself to a female jogger along the towpath. Last May, another lewdness incident occurred on the

towpath. Assistant Vice President for Communications Dan Day encouraged anyone who recognizes the person in the sketch to contact the University’s investigators. Anyone with additional information should contact Detective Michele Aversa with the Department of Public Safety at (609) 258-9703. This story is breaking and will be updated with additional information as it becomes available.

STUDENT LIFE

USG discusses Year-End assessment, committees By Jacob Gerrish Senior Writer

The Undergraduate Student Government discussed findings from the Year-End Assessment Survey about Diversity and Equity, updates concerning the Campus and Community Affairs and University Student Life Committees, and various budget requests during its weekly meeting on Dec. 9. Vice Provost for Institutional Research Jed Marsh talked about the Year-End Assessment Survey about Diversity and Equity. With roughly 70 percent of undergraduate students responding, the survey acts as an opportunity for students to provide confidential feedback on academic and co-curricular programming. Mental Health Initiative Co-Chairs Josh Gardner ’20 and Casey Kemper ’20 requested $1500 to bring the “In Their Shoes” exhibit to campus early February 2019. The exhibit consists of 296 pairs of shoes that represent individuals in New Jersey between the ages of 10 and 24 who committed suicide from 2013 to 2015. “This exhibit helps to increase understanding, empathy, and kindness towards those who might be struggling in silence and encourage them to seek help,” Kemper said. The Senate voted unanimously to approve the budget request. Campus and Community Affairs (CCA) Chair Caleb Visser ’20 asked the Senate to provide feedback on a draft of the updated CCA charter. Following Visser’s combing through the archives of The Daily Princetonian to see what activities CCA has sponsored in the past, the revised CCA charter now seeks to better represent the committee’s purview. In addition to defining the mission of the committee — for example, what “Community” refers to, as opposed to “Campus” — the updated charter will also treat CCA initiatives from more recent years, such as Restaurant Week and Vote100, in more

depth. University Student Life Committee Chair Tania Bore ’20 reported on progress within USLC of various projects. Current projects include enhancing diversity in ethnic cuisine in dining halls, increasing long-term enrollment in Campus Rec by raffling flex passes, and conducting Kognito training for non-freshmen during reading period. Bore also requested $500 to fund a giveaway of 25 bike Ulocks that would be administered in tandem with Public Safety’s “bait bike” project to combat bike theft on campus. In response to the budget request, some members of the Senate expressed concerns about the availability of the giveaway bike locks for firstgeneration, low-income students. “Have we considered giving [the 25 bike U-locks] out to students on financial aid first?” asked Academics Committee Chair Olivia Ott ’20. Following the Senate’s recommendations, Bore decided to follow up with a revised budget request later this week. Bore further introduced a request for $4570 for the printing and door-to-door distribution of 1000 copies of the Upperclassmen Eating Options Guides. The guides would serve as a comprehensive resource on different meal plan, eating club, co-op, and independent options available. However, Class of 2020 Senator Brad Spicher ’20, as the Treasurer-Elect, and on behalf of Treasurer Alison Shim ’19, declined to fund the printing of the guides and asked Bore to consider electronic circulation of the guides instead. Spicher is a photographer for the ‘Prince.’ The Senate agreed to reject the funding request. Bore lastly revealed that the process of updating the USLC charter would continue because the Graduate Student Government had rejected the previous modifications. U-Councilor Katya Vera ’20 also announced her resignation from her position.

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On the night of Thursday, Dec. 6, Charter held a club lighting of the repaired menorah. “Our only goal is to ensure the safety, comfort, and happiness of our membership, and so we intend to pursue this investigation with all the resources that are available to us,” O’Brien and Hamilton’s statement concluded. John Beers ’76, a member of Charter’s graduate board, said that there were never similar issues during his time at Charter. He said Charter is treating the issue “as an urgent matter.” “I told the president that we need to find out exactly what happened,” Beers said. “We need to do an immediate investigation, and we need to make sure that the club members know that this kind of conduct is not tolerated.” Beers did not say whether he thinks the University should get involved in the investigation. “This is a brand-new incident,” Beers said. “Haven’t gotten that far yet.” An anonymous Charter member told the ‘Prince’ that they were in shock and could not imagine who inside the club could have destroyed the menorah. “The events that occurred have been extremely unsettling,” they said. In a post submitted to Real Talk Princeton, a Tumblr blog on which University students can anonymously ask questions to a team of student contributors, another anonymous student stated that “The Charter menorah was destroyed and I don’t know what to do.” The student reported feeling “extremely uncomfortable that

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I’m in a club who has members who would do this.” “Regina” from RTP, who replied to the student’s question, told the ‘Prince’ that she was shocked by the incident. “Honestly, I think whoever committed it should be ousted from the club. I think it’s really disgraceful to do something like that,” Regina said. Additionally, Regina feels the perpetrator “should also have some ramifications from the school.” Rabbi Julie Roth, executive director of the University’s Center for Jewish Life, said that “part of the CJL’s role is to make sure Jewish students feel safe on campus.” She emphasized that the CJL is “committed to being part of a broad campus coalition that publicly celebrates differences.” “As we celebrate Hanukkah on campus with hundreds of students over the course of this week, each one of us needs to find a way to be a light in the darkness,” Roth wrote. Interclub Council chair Hannah Paynter ’19 deferred comment to O’Brien and Hamilton. University spokesperson Ben Chang wrote in a statement that the University has been made aware of the incident and is currently gathering information. “Princeton is committed to creating and maintaining an educational, working, and living environment that is free from discrimination and harassment for every member of our community,” Chang wrote. “We take this report very seriously and will pursue any violations of University policies.” This story is breaking and will be updated with additional information as it becomes available.

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went on to receive a M.A. in International Relations from Columbia University and a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. Milley gave the address and presented the Oath and the Commissioning Certificates to five members of the Class of 2018 who were commissioned as Second Lieutenants in June 2018. Prior to becoming the 39th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Milley has also served as the 21st Commander of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, N. C.. Milley has held positions in eight divisions, including Special Forces, and he has also undergone operational deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Egypt, and other locations. Milley has been awarded with the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Army Distinguished Service Medal, and the Bronze Star Medal, among other honors.

Due to an informal rotation between the branches of U.S. military, some officials from within the Department of Defense expected the next JCS Chairman to be selected from the U.S. Air Force. President Trump’s decision to name Milley as the successor to Dunford is in breaking with the informal rotation. The other top contender for the nomination was General David L. Goldfein, who is the current Air Force Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense James Mattis’ top choice for the nomination. Trump’s selection is at odds with Mattis’s opinion — one of several recent occasions in which a division between the two has become visible. Army ROTC cadet Michael Wang ’21 expressed his enthusiasm about Milley’s nomination. “Most Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff come from service academies,” Wang said. “It’s exciting to see someone who is not only an ROTC graduate but also actually graduated from Princeton, and it adds to the prestige and the history of our program here.”

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Gen. Mark A. Milley, Chief of Staff of the Army will succeed Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, whose term will end in 2019 fall.

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Monday December 9, 2018 STUDENT LIFE

Prospect House hosts first-ever kosher event

By Marie-Rose Sheinerman Contributors

On the night of Thursday, Dec. 6, Prospect House held its first-ever kosher event: Chabad’s Hanukkah Party. Dozens of Jewish students attended the event, which featured live music from a violinist, an assortment of food and desserts, and student-led candle-lighting. Although students on the Chabad Board began planning the specific event about a month and a half ago, the event has been in the works for much longer, according to Chabad’s Co-Holiday Chair Benji Freeman ’21. Director of the Chabad House Rabbi Eitan Webb explained that he has been working on trying to host a fully kosher Jewish event at Prospect House for “over a decade.” Webb said that the first time the question “piqued his interest” was fifteen years ago, when he was invited to an event at Prospect. “I was asked if I have any dietary restrictions. I said ‘Yes, Kosher,’ and they said they didn’t know if they could provide that. They ended up bringing a packaged meal from the CJL, which was very nice, but here everyone was eating this beautiful dinner and I had my packaged meal,” he said. Over the years, Webb continued to run into roadblocks with hosting kosher events at Prospect. For instance, when Jonathan Sacks, British Parliament Member and the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, came to speak at the University for the James Madison Scholars program, the reception for him at Prospect House could not be fully kosher. On a more personal note, Webb also spoke about how Prospect House couldn’t accommodate his daughter’s bat mitzvah. “We wanted to do it at Prospect House. They said you can, we would love to, but we can’t do kosher. I spoke with several people at the University about hosting it elsewhere but the spaces reserved for faculty private events are Prospect and Palmer House, neither of which could do kosher,” Webb said. Nonetheless, the Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 6 was fully kosher. Webb explained that

the event required the Chabad to think a “little bit creatively” and “understanding and working with their [the Prospect House] concerns.” President of Chabad Board Isaac Wolfe ’20 explained that Chabad held a Hanukkah event this year, unlike previous years, because Hanukkah occurred before winter break. Typically, Chabad hosts a large event for Purim, a Jewish holiday in the spring. This year, however, Purim falls during spring break. Because of this, Chabad decided to host their large event for Hanukkah and wanted to hold it in Prospect House. “I figured this [Prospect House] would be an awesome place to hold the event,” he said. Marina Finley ’19, social chair of the Chabad Board, echoed Wolfe’s sentiments, speaking highly of the warm “kinship” of the Chabad community at the University. “Prospect House represents the pinnacle of a Princeton social event. To be able to cross this bridge into full acceptance of Jewish community in this social space feels very meaningful,” she said. In his speech at the event, Webb also thanked the Center for Jewish Life (CJL) for providing the hot food, specifically the latkes, and everyone else who helped make the event happen. “[Princeton’s] already a university that is so friendly, warm, and hospitable to the Jewish community and to all minority communities. It’s to their credit that they never got frustrated with this process, that they kept working on it until we figured it out,” he said in an interview with the ‘Prince.’ Apart from the event at Prospect House, the CJL organized a variety of other events celebrating Hanukkah throughout the week. According to a statement from Rabbi Ira J. Dounn of the CJL, the events included “an extravaganza on Sunday, volunteering and the Latke-Hamantashen Debate with President Eisgruber on Monday, the Hebro Jewish Hip-Hop concert on Wednesday, candle-lighting, latkes, donuts, and joy all eight days.” Executive Director of the CJL Rabbi Julie Roth also hosted a candle-lighting and sushi event for students in her home on the last night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 9.

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Rabbi Eitan Webb spoke at the Hanukkah event at Prospect House on Thursday, Dec. 6.

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of uncontested races is fairly common in USG history. Meanwhile, in the races

for USG Senate, Andy Zheng ’20 and Tania Bore ’20 were elected for the Class of 2020, Elizabeth Bailey ’21 and Kevin Zheng ’21 for the Class of 2021, and Andres Larrieu ’22 and Jasman Singh ’22 for the Class

of 2022. Yee said that 2,018 members of the student body voted in the election. “In terms of turnout we were pleasantly surprised,” she said. “The turnout was

pretty stable in terms of what it’s been in previous years.” Voting in the run-off elections will open Monday, Dec. 10, at noon, and close Wednesday, Dec. 12, at noon. “It is very, possibly even

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more important you vote this time,” Yee said. “This is not only a USG responsibility. We should all be encouraging each other to be civically engaged.”

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Responding to #StandUpToHarvard Morgan Lucey

Senior Columnist

recent column, “On #StandUpToHarvard and club purpose,” addresses the recent lawsuit filed by Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma against Harvard, following the University’s ban on single-sex Greek organizations. The column argues that Greek organizations are failing to keep up with the progressive movements in gender and women’s empowerment, and thus need to rebrand themselves to maintain their places on university campuses. The author states, “Greek organizations will have to do better in defining their missions and objectives to the public eye and the schools around which they operate. Simply appealing to concepts of tradition, opportunity, and brother or sisterhood in a more critical and mindful world becomes less effective each day.” This column misjudges

Greek life on university campuses. I would argue, however, that these misconceptions are not the fault of the Greek organizations themselves, but the administrations of the universities in which they are embedded. I have written before about Greek life on Princeton, and I have always been open about my bias toward the entity. I participated in recruitment at the start of my sophomore year, loved the organization I joined — Kappa Alpha Theta — from the very beginning, and have since served in two officer positions. I am not writing from a neutral background. I have participated in both sides of recruitment, the week in which potential new members choose and are chosen by the campus sororities. After having helped to administer Kappa Alpha Theta throughout the year, I am confident that the organization maximizes opportunities to advocate for its benefits beyond simply advertising “traditions” or “sisterhood.” In fact, many important traditions are not spoken about outside of official sorority business because of regulations by Nationals, and are thus not

used as a means of advocacy. The aspect of a “sisterhood” is important, but it is not the lone aspect of the identity conveyed by Greek organizations as the column suggests. The other factors in sororities’ identity do — despite the author’s doubts — work hard to “remove the stereotypical image of little more than controversial Hellenistic funhouses.” During the University’s Theta recruitment, we spoke about members who have gone on to be Fulbright and Rhodes scholars, departmental highest honors recipients, philanthropic leaders, and powerful women in business and entrepreneurship. Though we do have events — ones that are in fact just for fun — many of our events in public spheres on campus center around philanthropy for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). Any member of Theta would talk about the networking opportunities, the supportive relationships, and inspiring fellow members that Theta provided. Indeed, the formals might be brought up as an afterthought. I argue that the misconception of Greek organizations only advertising for a “brother or sis-

terhood” shown by the author in this column is not the fault of the organizations themselves, but the fault of the University for refusing to recognize Greek organizations. It is difficult to obtain maximum participation for our philanthropic events when we cannot officially book a room on campus. Discussing the organization with any member of the University administration is seen as taboo, and we are often received with dismissal or an eye roll. If regular communication with the University administration were allowed, Greek organizations could effectively be rebranded to keep up with the “increasingly critical and mindful world.” This argument is not specific to Harvard. Increased communication between Greek life and the University would allow sororities and fraternities to exist in a way that benefits both parties, instead of the legal chaos that has ensued since the ban. Morgan Lucey is a senior neuroscience major from Scottsdale, Ariz. She can be reached at mslucey@princeton.edu.

What it means to live in Wilson Julia Chaffers

Contributing Columnist

few years ago, I was sitting in my high school journalism class, writing about the protests at the University and other schools challenging the legacies of historical figures on their campuses. At the time, I thought that if I ever had the privilege to attend the University, Harvard, or Yale, I too would be among the students fighting to establish a community welcoming to all of its students. Last summer, I received an email saying that I would be living in Wilson College. When I saw the name, I felt a mix of excitement for the coming adventures but also a discomfort with the name I would now be adopting as my home. This duality of feeling has continued to weigh on me throughout my first semester, but I had not fully confronted it until a couple weeks ago, when the renowned writer Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke on campus. In response to a question from an audience member, Coates unapologetically criticized the

University for its veneration of Woodrow Wilson. He recounted Wilson’s racist acts, noting that Wilson was racist even in the context of his time. He resegregated the federal government and screened “Birth of a Nation” in the White House, among other things. Considering this, Coates called the University’s choice to honor Wilson an “embarrassment” and a “shame.” He went so far as to say he did not know if he himself could attend a school that celebrated such a figure. While Coates spoke, I was wearing my Wilson College jacket. The dissonance was obvious. Here I was, listening to a man I admired saying things I absolutely agreed with, yet my actions went directly against what he and I believed. And herein lies the problem. The pervasiveness of Wilson’s legacy on campus forces me to associate myself with a legacy I wholeheartedly reject. Critics say that students criticizing the campus’s iconography are overly sensitive. A name can’t hurt you, they say. First off, the people saying these things probably have never found themselves in a situation when they are the outsider and their experience is being challenged. But it means something when you wear a T-shirt emblazoned with the name of a

man who would not want me at this school. Woodrow Wilson thought people such as myself were inferior and less deserving. Why celebrate that? Often, people say that naming something after a figure does not necessarily imply you endorse everything he or she did. But to suggest that you can name a policy school after Wilson, yet not wrestle with the racism of the very policies he implemented, is disingenuous. To name a residential college after Wilson, while ignoring the fact that he did not believe white and black people belonged on equal terms in the same spaces, is ridiculous. Naming a place after a person is by definition not selective or a half measure: it necessarily includes everything that person did. So we have to be honest about that. Symbols matter. Titles matter. They communicate a set of values tied to the man whom you are honoring. I do not think the University supports the uglier parts of Wilson’s legacy, but that is the very reason his name should not be elevated the way it is. When I see the name Wilson, I see the celebration of an ideology that put white people first, a worldview defined by prejudice. Wilson’s racism was not marginal or incidental to his life. It was a central, animating ideology that affected his

policymaking. What matters is everything Wilson did with the power he had. The progressivism he believed in excluded people of color. And any endorsement of him now does the same. As a student at the University, it is easy to get wrapped up in the tradition, in the stories we tell about this place. But it is important to take a step back and look at these narratives from the outside. Coates’ talk helped me do that, and his incredulity makes perfect sense given that he is not tied up in the University’s mythology of Wilson. When I say I live in Wilson and may concentrate in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, there is an inherent conflict. If I do study policy, it will be for the opposite goals and by the opposite ideology that Wilson had, and I hope that goes for most University students. The truth is Wilson did not reflect the values of the University, and would not have supported the diversity of the student body. We should not honor him as if he would have. Take a step outside the orange bubble, and this truth is crystal clear. Julia Chaffers is a first-year from Wellesley, Mass. She can be reached at chaffers@princeton.edu.

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Affirmations from an okay student Kirsten Keels

Contributing Columnist

am an okay student. Not exceptional. Not extraordinary. Just okay. While much of the university culture discourages this honesty through fueling a competitive spirit, I’m here to tell you it’s okay to be okay. This is not meant as a means of belittling myself or making an excuse for the grades I receive, but a way to come to terms with how I’m performing at the University. On our campus, it’s more worthy to brag about grades and use them as a measure of worth against others in the classroom over the value of personal growth and learning. We neglect the value in personal achievement when we measure success in this competitive environment. It’s also not a means of accepting mediocrity in classroom performance. An okay student can still be trying their very hardest only to not perform at the same level as their

peers. And this is OKAY. Was being okay easy to accept? HELL no. I crossed the line of trashing my value at the University many times. I questioned why the University chose me to be here. I hated myself for not being as good of a musician or student as my peers, and was jealous of the grades they seemed to achieve effortlessly while my grades seemed mediocre in comparison. I felt I was working as hard as I could, and still not amounting to much. Even at my intellectual breaking point, being brought to tears before a professor when I felt I had nowhere else to turn to, he simply said “You are not trying hard enough. Try harder.” It hurt. I expected to thrive here like I had in high school from the moment I arrived on campus. As I quickly discovered, I was a big fish in a small pond that was, well, yeeted into an ocean full of very big fish. It wasn’t until the second half of my freshman year that the true value of not being the

best hit me. I realized I was measuring my success against what the competitive culture on campus defines as success — GPA and classroom prowess. Success should be seen in growing into oneself and the process of growth that the university inspires, not what your grade is in comparison to your classmates. Comparison is toxic. To me, success is simply being at this university, and honoring those back home in promising to make the best of this opportunity. It’s a blessing. Like many others on campus, there are other things that bring me more joy than receiving the same grade as my peers. These feel worth my energy and effort, more so than stressing about how I am performing in comparison. At the end of the day, am I going to remember my time at the university in my GPA or in the many friends and memories I’ve made through being a part of various groups? There are many other things that play into academic success here. We should consid-

er that we’re all coming here with different levels of experience, each that comes with its share of privilege. High school course rigor, available resources, and financial stability all factor into how much adjustment to make for success at this university. We all have the opportunity to be successful here, but for some, it’s going to take a little longer to find academic stride. There are also people battling personal demons that only made themselves known through triggers the university fuels. That’s a struggle all in its own. Competitiveness in the classroom only adds to the weight of overcoming these, as it can seem impossible to focus on personal growth at this university. Again, I am speaking from experience. It mattered more to begin coping with mental health issues the campus culture amplified to the extreme than begin my sophomore year off with a spotless report card. I encourage you to focus on why you’re here, and what

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makes being here worth it. I’m sorry to say that if grades are your only answer, you are wasting a crucial period of growth (unless you’re pre-med or pre-law. I’m praying for y’all, truly, I am.) Better to say, I am not the best, and that’s okay. We’re all works in progress trying our best to do what we can. While I don’t get the best grades or say the most insightful things ever to come out of a college student’s mouth in precept, there is still value in my being here. There is value in being surrounded by those who are more than okay, and can help those around them learn. Your identity is so much more than your relative academic performance. You truly realize how amazing you are when you realize how you have succeeded, regardless of how that compares to anyone else. So take it from me. It’s okay being okay. Kirsten Keels is a sophomore from West Fork, Ark. She can be reached at kkeels@princeton.edu.

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Men’s basketball defeated by St. John’s at Madison Square Garden By Tom Salotti Sports Writer

Men’s basketball (4–4 overall, 0–0 Ivy) was defeated 89–74 by St. John’s University (9–0) on Sunday, Dec. 9 afternoon. The match took place at Madison Square Garden (MSG), in New York City, as part of the MSG Holiday Festival. The game was steadily competitive throughout the first half — the lead switched nine times. Down by just three points at the start of the second half, Princeton kept the game close for the first few minutes but as the game wound down the Red Storm slipped out of the Tigers’ reach. Princeton’s senior captain Devin Cannady was first to score, hitting a three-pointer 13 seconds into the game. Junior center Richmond Aririguzoh added to Princeton’s lead 30 seconds later by making the first of his two foul shots, bringing the score to 4–0. St. John’s responded with a seven-point run, taking the lead for the first time in the game. Freshman point-guard Jaelin Llewellyn, in his collegiate debut, stopped the Red Storm’s momentum with a good layup in the paint, bringing the score

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to 7–6 in St. John’s favor. Aririguzoh hit a subsequent layup to bring the Tigers back into the lead, 8–7. The lead would go back and forth between the two teams seven more times in the first half as a result of points from Llewellyn, Cannady, senior captain Myles Stephens, and junior guard Jose Morales. St. John’s star LJ Figueroa hit a layup in the 10th minute, regaining their lead over Princeton with a score of 24–22. The lead previously held by the Tigers would be their last of the game. St. John’s proceeded to go on a 10–2 run against the Tigers, gaining a 10-point lead with a score of 34–24. Princeton responded with a run of their own, going 14–4 with a hot streak of six straight points. Princeton’s sophomore guard Ryan Schwieger tied the game 38–38 with just over two minutes to go in the half, hitting a three pointer. The half ended with St. John’s up by three, 41–38. Devin Cannady had a whopping 15 points to himself in first half, followed by Llewellyn with eight in his first-ever half of college basketball. The Tigers started out the second half well with a strong layup by Aririguzoh, bringing Princ-

eton just one behind St. John’s, 41–40. The two teams remained close for the next few minutes — Llewellyn hit a solid three pointer in the sixteenth minute to keep the Tigers within one point, 49–48. His shot marked the last time the Tigers would

be so close in points to the Red Storm for the rest of the game. St. John’s began to pull away and increased their lead to 14 points over the next five minutes, going on a 10-point run against Princeton and bringing the score to 64–50. With eight

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The Tigers played their first game in Madison Square Garden since 2000, but were unable to snap St. Johns unbeaten streak, falling 89-74.

Weekend review

Men’s basketball vs. St John’s at Madison Square Garden, 74–89 The men’s basketball team faced St. John’s last Sunday, falling 74–89 to the Red Storm. Playing in MSG for the first time since 2000, the Tigers nonetheless had an impressive performance for the ten thousand spectators in attendance. While senior guard Devin Cannady scored 18 points, freshman guard Jaelin Llewellyn opened his collegiate career with 17 points. Junior center Richmond Aririguzoh and junior guard Jose Morales also earned double digits at 14 and 13 points, respectively.

minutes to go, the Red Storm’s lead had increased to 19 over the Tigers, the highest margin for the entire game. But Princeton didn’t give up. The team proceeded to go on a 10-point run, taking the score from 77–59 to 77–69 with six minutes to go. The team cut their deficit down to six after a three pointer from Morales in the third minute, bringing the score to 80–74. Morales’s shot earned Princeton’s last points of the game. St. John’s added a few more points to the board in the remaining minutes, and the game finished 89–74. “The moments got a little too big for us at times,” said Head Coach Mitch Henderson. “We were so careless with the ball and need to value the ball a lot more.” Devin Cannady was the team’s leading scorer with 18 points, followed closely by Llewellyn with 17. Aririguzoh put up 14 and Morales scored 13. “I love my team, I think we can be really good,” said Henderson. “But time’s ticking. We need to start getting good right now.” The Tigers have a tough schedule ahead, facing Iona College (2–6) next Saturday, followed by Duke University (9–1) the week after.

Performances of the week

Women’s basketball vs. Quinnipiac, 54–42 The Tigers overpowered Quinnipiac 54–42 at Jadwin Gymnasium last Saturday. The team was led by junior guard and forward Bella Alarie, the 2018 Ivy League Player of the Year, who made her return after an arm injury. The junior put 16 points on the scoreboard and contributed a career-high 19 rebounds, two blocks, two steals, and two assists. The team now stands at 3–7 for the season. Men’s hockey vs. Arizona State The men’s hockey team recorded two defeats in last weekend’s doubleheader against No. 19 Arizona State at Hobey Baker Rink. The Sun Devils took the first match 4–0, despite the Tigers outshooting them 21–8 in the second half. Princeton came out stronger on Saturday, equalizing the game at 2–2 in the second half with goals from senior forwards Ryan Kuffner and Max Veronneau. The two teams went into overtime, the Sun Devils coming out on top after a goal in the third minute to bring the score to 3–2.

Jaelin Llewellyn, Men’s basketball Freshman guard Jaelin Llewellyn made his collegiate debut to the tune of 17 points in a tough loss against St. John’s. This was also the first time the Tigers had played in MSG since 2000.

Women’s Hockey at Rensselaer and Union: W 5–2, W 4–0 No. 6 Princeton women’s hockey tied its program record for most consecutive unbeaten games at 12 this weekend with wins over RPI and Union. Friday night, Princeton beat RPI convincingly, winning 5–2 with four players recording two-point games. Saturday, junior goaltender Stephanie Neatby held Union scoreless in her first game of the season, a 4–0 win. Freshman forward Sarah Fillier and junior forward Carly Bullock each had a goal and an assist. Princeton is now 9–0–3 in its last 12 games and has the longest unbeaten streak in the nation. Wrestling at No. 14 Virginia Tech and Virginia: L 16–24 and W 28–15 In a weekend trip to Virginia, wrestling came away with a win and a loss. At Virginia Tech, Princeton lost 24–16 against a team with six ranked wrestlers, although fifth-ranked sophomore Patrick Brucki earned a win against No. 17-seeded Tom Sleigh from Virginia Tech, and freshman Virginia native Marshall Keller earned a win by technical fall. Princeton rebounded with a 28–15 win over Virginia the next day. Keller and Brucki both earned wins by fall, and No. 1-seeded junior Matthew Kolodzik stayed unbeaten on the season with a 12–1 major decision win.

Tweet of the Day

“#DC3 leads the way with 18 points while Jaelin Llewellyn had 17 in his collegiate debut as the Tigers wrap their first game at @TheGarden since 2000.” Princeton Basketball (@ Princeton_Hoops), basketball

Marshall Keller, Wrestling Competing in his home state, Keller won both of his matches this weekend in the 141-pound weight class, first earning a win by technical fall against Virginia Tech, then pinning his opponent against Virginia.

Stat of the Day

12 unbeaten streak The Tigers are unbeaten in 12 games going 9-0-3, matching their program record for longest unbeaten streak with a 4-0 victory over Union.

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