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of mistrust, I think making the Honor Committee look more like the undergraduate population is one way to do that,” Asparrin said. Liziewski responded that she welcomes any advice and feedback on how best to improve the diversity of the Honor Committee. The Senate voted to confirm all four appointments during executive session. Senator Brad Spicher ’20 proposed a resolution to amend the standing rules of the Senate. The resolution would require USG to publish how particular Senate members vote and would allow voting Senate members to submit brief individual or joint opinion statements regarding their votes. The Senate passed the resolution unanimously. Chief Elections Manager Laura Zecca ’20 and Parliamentarian Jonah Hyman ’20 advanced a proposed six-week schedule for both USG and class government elections and USG referenda. However, Liziewski raised concerns about sufficient publicity around the Senate’s discussions of the drafted referenda, alluding to the fall referenda on the Honor Code. “I would encourage that

[publicity] as a pre-emptive measure to prevent this sort of situation from the fall because, to me, it was quite frustrating,” said Liziewski, regarding the discussion of the referenda. Senator Elizabeth Bailey ’21 presented on discussions between the Women*s Center and the Women’s Leadership Task Force, a USG initiative. According to Bailey, the Women*s Center believes that USG does not advertise Women*s Center programming sufficiently and that the sponsorship of certain student groups by USG belongs under the umbrella of the Women*s Center. Bailey is a contributing copy editor for The Daily Princetonian. Projects Board Co-Chair Eliot Chen ’20 submitted two requests for projects requiring more than $1,000: Princeton’s Annual Dodgeball Tournament, hosted by the Colosseum Club, and Service in Style’s annual charity fashion show, Fashion Speaks. The Senate granted the requests. Community and Campus Affairs Chair Caleb Visser ’20 also suggested coordinating with the Pace Center for Civic Engagement to offer a onetime service event for the USG Senate members. Visser will propose a resolution on the topic at the next USG meeting on Mar. 11 at 4:30 p.m.

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said, explaining that the topics he selects are chosen to illuminate specific episodes of history that appeal to general audiences. “My books are not intended for an academic audience,” he added. Much of the talk focused on highlighting the characters in his book and their contributions to the war effort. “An academic book might not talk much about the characters and backgrounds of these people, but for me that’s really important,” Milton explained. “Who they are is part of the story.” The book itself tells the tale of the highly secretive special operations forces tasked with bringing down the Nazis through guerrilla warfare, a tactic that was relatively new at the time. “This had never been done before, it really was a completely new era of fighting a war,” Milton said.

According to Milton, in Britain there was a substantial amount of resistance to fighting a war in this fashion. Therefore, the country needed a secret group of men and women to conduct this “ungentlemanly” war, as Churchill put it. “The establishment in Britain thought that war was a bit like a game of cricket. There were rules, you fought by the rules, and you didn’t hit a man when he was down,” explained Milton. “And my little band of men said, ‘Hold on a minute … the rulebook has been torn up — let’s just go for it.’” Milton is the author of several narrative nonfiction books, including the popular “Nathaniel’s Nutmeg,” published in 1999. “Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” was a nominee for the 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Best History & Biography book. Milton also hosts the podcast “Unknown History.” The talk was held in the Princeton Public Library on Friday, March 2, at 6 p.m.

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“We must protect our country and our workers. Our steel industry is in bad shape. IF YOU DON’T HAVE STEEL, YOU DON’T HAVE A COUNTRY!” Trump tweeted. The last time Icahn actively traded any Manitowoc stock was January 2015. Icahn acted as Special Advisor to the President on Regulatory Reform un-

til Aug. 18, 2017. Although he currently serves no formal advising role, the two purportedly still talk. He is the founder and chairman of Icahn Enterprises, and is the namesake of Carl Icahn Laboratory on the University campus. The European Union has since threatened retaliation to Trump’s tariffs and has proposed instituting its own tariffs on products such as Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Kentucky Bourbon, and blue jeans.

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honest discussion about the mental health policies on campus and how they affect the atmosphere that students live, study, and breathe in,” Parikh said. “We’re hoping that by using the tools and insights they learn from the conference, delegates feel empowered to bring this to the administrations at their respective institutions.” Due to inclement weather, the conference got off to a delayed start, forcing the opening ceremony to be moved from Friday evening to Saturday morning. The ceremony included a variety of performing arts student groups on campus. “We thought that was a really exciting curation of things that had to do with mental health and also showcase the talent on campus,” said Susan Liu ’19, another of the conference’s co-directors. Afterwards, Sarah Sakha ’18 facilitated a panel with two USG representatives and an RCA for a policy discussion with many of the students from the other schools. Sakha said that the primary takeaways from the panel included a desire for online scheduling for counseling appointments, something the University already has implemented and students from other Ivies wished to implement as well. Sakha is the former editor-in-chief of The Daily Princetonian. “We’re actually ahead of the curve there,” Sakha said. According to Sakha, another main point from the panel was a desire to reduce wait times for appointments. Sakha mentioned that Harvard recently reduced their wait time for counseling appointments to a maximum of 48 business hours. “We are supposedly at a one to two week period, but it’s generally two to three weeks,” said Sakha. “Wait time is always an issue.” Other delegates echoed the sentiments shared by the panels: one of the primary policy changes many Ivies wished to implement was to make sure their respective student bodies were able to receive counseling as quickly as possible. “I think the most common problem [in our schools] has to do with ... the student to counselor ratio as well as wait time for an appointment,” said Treves. “That was something that varied between institutions, but most everyone was emphasizing that it could be better.” Along with discussions and panels about policy, the conference also hosted a number of workshops on specific ways to implement change and to support fellow students who struggle with mental health on a day-today basis. One of these workshops was taught by Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15, who focused on how mental health culture

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changed during his time at Princeton. “I really enjoyed the workshop by Zhan because he went into the struggle that is getting policy done in any Ivy,” said Treves. “He gave us some perspective as to what it takes to get an administration to enact change.” Another workshop, hosted by Counseling and Psychological Services Director Calvin Chin, focused on bystander intervention and Princeton Distress Awareness Response Training. The Ivy League Mental Health Conference began two years ago on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus. A year later it was hosted at Brown, before moving to the University this year. “It’s evolved over the past two years, first at Brown University and hopefully now here, from a conversation about de-stigmatization to policy and action,” said Liu. “The main goal of Brown’s conference was that transition between cultural change and environmental change on the part of the students working with the administration.” Yee, who was the University’s head delegate at Brown last year, agreed with Liu’s assessment that the conference has changed to focus on action. “Last year, the goal was to create institutional change. We had a lot of good discussions,” said Yee. “But there was no follow up, no mechanisms put in place to make sure that the work would actually happen, and that was our goal. I think we can do that better.” Coming away from the conference, Yee said that she felt optimistic about plans going forward. She and others are forming an Ivy League Mental Health Coalition and an action plan to go along with it, which they plan on publishing as soon as they have obtained their desired data concerning mental health. “I have a lot of cautious optimism,” said Yee. “I think it’s really hard to get students to do anything, even on campus in student groups, so having that across all the Ivy Leagues is difficult, but I don’t think it’s unrealistic, so I’m hopeful.” Yee, Parikh, and other delegates emphasized the importance of putting discussion into action. Yee also expressed her gratitude towards the delegates and all who made the conference possible, saying, “it was a team effort.” “I think sometimes mental health can be a buzzword; there’s a lot of talk around it, and sometimes I think the frustrating part is when there’s no action behind it,” said Yee. “It’s not a one person job, and it’s going to be difficult.” Parikh added, “At the heart of policy change is collaboration.” This is the first year the University has hosted the conference.

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by any of this,” Aciman explained, pointing to the film adaptation’s considerable success. “I’m working on another book and my anxieties and intellect go towards that book.” Aciman has remained grounded throughout the book’s evolution from one medium to another. He is nonetheless thrilled at the way the film has affected audiences. “The movie has an impact,” Aciman said. “You can’t ignore the fact that it’s there, that people stop you on the street and talk to you [because of it].” According to Aciman, “Call Me By Your Name” is unique because it was heralded by critics as a classic shortly after its release. Though his relationship with the book has stayed the same over the past decade, the movie has entirely changed how he views the world created in his book. “As a writer, I no longer have any recollection of what my characters looked like when I wrote them. I see Armie Hammer and I see Timothée Chalamet and I see Michael Stuhlbarg,” Aciman said, slightly chuckling. “Yeah, [the film] has colored my view of things…. That’s the price you pay for writing a book that’s made into a movie: You no longer remember what you wrote!” While the film stays mostly true to its source material, slight modifications to the text serve to elevate the work, explained Peter Spears, one of the film’s producers. According to Spears, the early stages of the script were much more faithful to Aciman’s original text. The end result, however, was tailored to the screen and even more powerful, Spears added. “By the time the movie that you see came out, you had something that was wholly a Luca Guadagnino movie …

with the spirit still of André’s work,” Spears said. “[The movie] really became a beautiful companion piece. Each piece stands on its own and complements the other, but without being a carbon copy of the other.” “I think that both [the book and movie] now will be forever linked in this sort of symbiotic way but more as fraternal twins perhaps as opposed to identical,” Spears added. Spears’s involvement with the film dates back to 2007, when he first encountered the book and immediately saw its potential for the screen. He recognized that the book was something that would speak to audiences far and wide, so he began the decade-long process of adapting it to the screen. “Being gay, being Jewish, having been the age of the characters at the time that the story takes place…. That experience was very relatable,” Spears said. “The internal monologue, Elio’s internal voice, felt just like someone had found a way to have been in my head at that age and have that experience.” It was not only Spears who felt a personal connection to the text. The “Call Me By Your Name” set, which boasted a crew that represented several countries and ethnicities, was unified by the message conveyed in Aciman’s text. “It really was this global effort to come tell this story,” Spears explained. “Everyone who came along to the relay race and picked up the baton came because they were moved by what André had created and that message that spoke to all of us.” However, this message, which speaks strongly to audiences, readers, and crew members, remains a mystery even to Aciman. “Every single time I ask people what is it that has moved you about this film, answers are basically nondescript, they are wordless. Nobody knows

why they are being moved, and yet they go back and back, and cry every single time,” Aciman explained. “So there’s something happening which nobody can explain, much less I. Because I’m trying to understand what aspect of the story has caught everybody in this kind of what I call a whirlwind of emotion that nobody can quite name.” On teaching, but never teaching a symbol In addition to being a prolific writer, Aciman has dedicated most of his career to teaching. His focus is primarily on 17th-century French literature, with special attention to the works of Marcel Proust. At Princeton, Aciman taught a slew of courses in the French and Italian departments as well as the comparative literature department. However, Aciman’s favorite instruction experience remains a freshman seminar he taught, which was centered on Proust. “Possibly the best course I’ve ever had in my life was with those freshmen,” he said. “That will remain in my memory for the rest of my life…. It left a mark on why I taught.” One of Aciman’s colleagues, Lionel Gossman, who is the M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Emeritus, recalled how their shared interests in 17th- and 18th-century literatures brought them together, even years after Aciman left the University. The pair would meet at a small café in New York once a year to catch up with each other. Gossman particularly admired the book “Call Me By Your Name” when it first came out, calling it “very poetic, and at the same time very real.” “He can write with both poetic flair and really concrete, realistic, vigor,” Gossman said. “I really thought very well of ‘Call Me By Your Name.’ I thought it was a really beautiful book, and I remember other people [at the University] felt

the same way.” The University’s creative writing program had not yet been formed during Aciman’s time here, so Gossman was excited for his colleague when he was given the opportunity to teach at Bard College. There, Aciman would be able to expand and explore his style of teaching. “When he went to Bard, I really was pleased because I thought he would be appreciated there for the kind of writer/scholar that he is,” Gossman said. His time at Bard later led to a post as Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at the City University of New York, where Aciman currently works. When asked about his teaching style, Aciman described how the way he constructs his classroom environment stems back to his experiences growing up and interacting with books. “I want people to go through what I experienced when I read all the great classics at a very, very young age. I think that by the time I was 20 I had read everything that was to be read,” Aciman explained. “Great books teach us not how to become better human beings but how to know ourselves better,” he explained. “[All the great writers] never told us anything we didn’t already know. What they do tell us, though, is something we knew and have never put into words before.” For this reason, Aciman is careful to never teach a symbol or theme in his courses, since he believes that defeats the point of reading. Therefore, he aims to teach his students how to engage in this dynamic between text and reader. Humility and Aciman’s legacy For a New York Times-bestselling author, Aciman has a striking, refreshing humility about him. When discussing his succes, especially the suc-

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cess “Call Me By Your Name” has enjoyed, Aciman is quick to express his gratitude that others have been moved by his words. He is also appreciative of how the film handled his text. Aciman trusts his words and the weight that they carry, so he did not feel compelled to get attached to the afterlife of his book. “I was totally detached,” Aciman explained, describing his involvement with the movie. “Even when we signed the initial option, I decided that I have written my book, I’ve said my piece, I’ve done my job. And now it’s up to somebody else to do their job.” Spears expressed how such strong faith in creative teams who adapt to the screen is rather uncommon among authors. Yet the strength of Aciman’s words acted as a guiding force for the entirety of the film, Spears explained. Everyone involved in the project was reliant upon the text from start to end, added Spears. “It was all there on the page. [The actors and directors] would always go back to what an amazing gift it was to be able to have that book to go back to…. They had a bible that they could go to,” he said. As a teacher and writer, Aciman’s reputation is already well-cemented, and the wide acceptance of the film and book confirms that his contributions to humanity are ongoing. Spears conveyed this sentiment when discussing the crew members of “Call Me By Your Name” and their deep attachment to the project. “Whatever it was, they expressed themselves artistically; they wanted to bring to the parade of being a part of this thing that all began when André sat down in his apartment on the Upper West Side of New York ten years ago, looked at a blank page, and wrote chapter one,” Spears explained. “It all starts there.”

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An American portrait

Kaveh Badrei Columnist

n Monday, Feb. 12, former U.S. President Barack Obama and artist Kehinde Wiley stood atop the stage at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, each grasping the ends of a black veil that covered the seven-foot tall canvas between them. With the unveiling of the portrait traditional and customary for every American president since the opening of the portrait gallery in 1968, the bounds and parameters of this sustained custom to commemorate each president with a unique portrait in the gallery were pushed, experimented with, and revolutionized while maintaining the respect, solidarity, and sanctity of the ceremony for the nation’s highest office. I would argue that — through its artistic uniqueness and heavy political undertones — this portrait is a decisive, ultimate, and monumental break from the past. Whereas previous presidential portraits remain celebratory and honorary in nature, Wiley’s portrait shines above all that came before it and raises the bar incredibly high for the new standard of presidential portraiture. Portraits of the past show us intensely sober, stately, and frankly boring looks at our presidents, but Obama’s portrait outshines and outmatches each and every one of these dull albeit regal representations. While the works that came before were merely

considered presidential portraits, Wiley’s piece declares itself a work of art first and foremost — living, breathing, and integrally connected to the world around it. Not another dry, repetitive, and traditionally unadventurous portrait, Wiley’s creation is full of life and dignity, full of matchlessness and beauty, full of immense respect and unconditional love for the 44th President of the United States. Wiley’s painting of President Obama immediately excites the eye. Painted against a backdrop of deep green shrubbery adorned with a variety of flowers that each represent aspects of Obama’s own life — chrysanthemums for Chicago, jasmines for Hawaii, and African blue lilies for his Kenyan heritage — the presidential figure dominates the center of the work. Seated strongly in a wooden chair, the President leans forward to us with his arms crossed, his feet planted, his shirt collar unbuttoned and without tie, and his eyes ever open and ever fixed on us — the people. It isn’t difficult to notice how this portrait stands unique against the typical depiction of all presidents before. Instead of the usual pose and bland palette of colors that depicts the President of the United States, Wiley’s creation plays with color, background, light, stature, and focus in ways that have never been painted for the presidential portraits of years past. It is a testament — an artistic one that will hang in the Smithsonian for generations and generations to come — to the 44th President of the United States, to the service, grace, respect, and honor of President Obama.

Wiley’s depiction takes on a political message and overture in addition to the direct reverence that it holds for President Obama. In Wiley’s own words, the “nature of the president’s pose is not swordwielding or swashbuckling. It’s contemplative. Humble. Open to the world in its possibilities. A man of the people.” These elements hearken back to the characteristics and the ideals of the Obama presidency, shining an illuminating light and painting them into history. Obama in this portrait is not a distant political figure. He isn’t a relic of history, and he isn’t immortalized as a deity in American history for the ages. In essence, he doesn’t stand above the people, looking down from the elevated nature of the highest office in the nation, the most powerful position in the United States and the free world. Paradoxically, the human who occupied arguably the most powerful position in the world looks at us as an equal. He leans in, looks in our eyes, embraces our presence, and invites us to engage. His eyes hold the weight of truth, the nature and need for hope in our life, and his stance is a reassuring one. In this creative depiction of the president, we feel something closer to him than anyone who came before him. His tie is off, and his shirt is unbuttoned. Here and now, he’s sitting with us, looking to us as a friend. It is in this grand overture that Wiley’s painting soars. In its transcendence of the pomp and circumstance of the office of the President of the United States, the portrait shines a light on the simple yet often forgettable fact of the political and social nature of the president. That man or

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woman, that citizen in the Oval Office, that individual in the highest office in the land is ultimately one of us. Even greater, that human should care about us, should listen to our struggles, should hope and dream and work for a better future for us all. Against the backdrop of a reality of lies, racism, misogyny, hatred, bigotry, discrimination, neglect, exclusion, and abandonment in the office of the current President of the United States, Wiley’s art and its depiction of President Obama stand as a testament not only to the legacy of Barack Obama in the consciousness of American history, but also to the ideals and aspirations that we — as the people — in the United States can only hope to witness again in the role of the President. It shows the intersectional power of art and politics, the hopes and idealistic optimism intrinsic in our American democracy. It is in this way that Wiley’s creation sets a new bar for this annual tradition. Rather than a conventional recreation year after year of the same subject and form, the institution of the presidential portrait has found a new stature, relevance, and significance with the work of Kehinde Wiley. He has reformed and implemented the very much political role that art can play in our society and used it to shine a light on the connections between art and politics. Wiley’s portrait stands in a glory of its own, completely separate and completely significant in its own light against the past of tradition and convention. Kaveh Badrei is a sophomore from Houston, Tex. He can be reached at kbadrei@princeton.

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Why mental health is a problem at Princeton: Perspective of a schizophrenic

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month ago at eight in the morning, I was in my dorm room on the phone, trying to set up an appointment to get my anti-psychotic medication. The person on the line figured I needed immediate help. Two Public Safety officers barged into my room, assaulted me, pinned me down to my bed, handcuffed me, and dragged me out to the ambulance waiting outside my dorm building. My hands were bleeding. My mind was in shock. This is how Princeton treats students with mental disability. This is why mental health is a problem. Paranoia, delusions, depression, repressive anxiety, mania, psychosis, hallucinations, and a million sights and sounds poking inside my head — that’s what it is like to live with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder. During my time at Princeton, I have been taken to the emergency room more times than I can recall, been an inpatient at a mental institution, and been on a partial hospitalization plan. I know more people in the psych ward than I know at Princeton, and it’s comforting in a way because at least people there understand. They don’t succumb to deliberate silence, try to slide the glaring problem under the rug, or work towards removing me from the University. The administration needs to work towards providing the re-

sources necessary to help students with mental illness cope with their disabilities, not pushing them towards withdrawing from the University. Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) not only suffers from overbooking and understaffing, but is entirely incapable of providing treatment when it comes to mental disorders. There are not enough psychiatrists; rather, students are forced to seek off-campus resources in order to get treatment. I was admitted at the University Health Center in December and stayed there for about a week. During my stay at McCosh, I wasn’t provided any medication but had cursory meetings with therapists rather than with a psychiatrist, who could have diagnosed me and prescribed medication. No treatment plan was communicated to me, even after one of my professors took me to McCosh and spoke with CPS Director Dr. Calvin R. Chin to transfer me to Princeton House inpatient so that I could be treated rightfully. This was not followed through, I was neglected, and my needs were disregarded throughout the entirety of my stay (medication was not delivered in a timely manner and they wouldn’t let me leave McCosh to get food). “You should take time off,” “Why are you at Princeton?” and “Mental health is not an extenuating circumstance,” are just some of the discriminatory remarks from members of the administration. On Dec. 11, 2017, I had a meeting with Dean of Undergraduate Stu-

dents Katherine Deignan to explain to her my schizoaffective disorder. During this conversation, I told her about my mental health history, my diagnosis, my previous inpatient stays, my medication requirement, and the fact that I didn’t know whom to contact in order to report and get help for my disability. Dean Deignan responded by saying that if you have a disability that prevents you from being a normal student, then you shouldn’t be at Princeton. Completely shocked, I immediately left the building and called Public Safety to report the incident. However, after discussing with the staff, the P-Safe officer told me that Public Safety dealt with criminal law rather than civil rights. After the meeting, I was taken back to University Health Services. I missed my fall examinations due to hospitalization, and one day following my discharge I had a meeting with the head of my residential college. The administration insisted that I take my exams the upcoming week. I argued that given my recent discharge, I would like five to seven days to recoup my health prior to taking exams. The daily six to seven hour time commitment of the partial hospitalization program and the intense workload of the given courses would be impossible for me to manage given the temporal proximity of the exams. Dr. Jonathan Pastor, a University medical professional, and my psychiatrist agreed with the assessment that I wasn’t men-

tally equipped to take the exams immediately. The administration is fully informed about my mental health condition and multiple hospitalizations. They are aware of my diagnoses following discharge. They are aware that I have to attend the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP). Yet for some reason, they fail to understand. Take the exams now, or you take the other option: a leave of absence. The University’s ultimate solution to all mental health problems: an involuntary leave of absence. My mental illness is a chronic disability that I have to live with for the rest of my life. Still better than to live as a Princeton University student, right? It is unjust that an institution forces me to take time off and prevents me from pursuing my academic interests because of a disability that is out of my control. I realize that there might be concerns relating to whether I am equipped to deal with the excessive pressure, which is precisely why I requested some time in a way that doesn’t involve the dissociation of me as a student. I have managed my mental health in the past, and I will continue to manage it in the future, but it is unfair that I be forced to put my academics at a halt because of a preexisting condition. I have the right to pursue my education, as does every student at Princeton, disabled or not. I have tried reaching out to Institutional Equity, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, and even the Of-

The United States of Humanity

Sabrina Sequeira

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hey crossed the border in search of refuge, and were welcomed and guided by the hands of the free and the brave. This is a reality someone might anticipate, based on the impression of our nation’s ideals. But for 28 undocumented single mothers and their children, who came from Central America, this was a fantasy. Upon entering Texas in 2015, these women and children were immediately deported without going before a judge. Although they petitioned for a proper hearing, a federal appeals court denied them this on the grounds that they were seized near the border. Stories like the one above reveal that the talk on immigration policies is a muchneeded conversation. With so many facets within this overarching topic, let us zoom into a specific point that will directly affect many undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. A law was passed that permitted the government to expediently deport undocumented immigrants. This deportation is done without the person going before a judge, on the grounds that they were not in the country for very long. The “expedited removal” process applies to undocumented immigrants that are found to have been in the country for less than two years. Though it has previously only been used for people who were here for under two weeks and who were found close to the border, the Trump administration in-

tends to utilize this process as a prime means of deportation, given that its procedure is time-effective and its impact pervasive. The Trump administration hopes to utilize the full potential of the law, specifically the two-year cut-off, lamenting the fact that the previous neglect or leniency in circumstance led to the accumulation of over 500,000 cases in immigration courts. In past years, the expedited removal process was not used extensively due to debates on its constitutionality under the due process clause. In accordance with this sentiment, the expedited removal process should be removed from law for its antihumanitarian implications and unconstitutionality. Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the American Civil Liberty Union Immigrants’ Rights Project, pointedly notes that a person who has been living for nearly two years amongst us in American society, in the northeast or otherwise, may be “swept off the street by an ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agent,” and not granted the decency of and right to a judge’s hearing. This is incredibly inhumane. During two years of residency, people have already settled into their lifestyles, established friends, and forged ties within their communities. Then, all of sudden, they are stripped of a home and, worse yet, stripped of their rights.

While some may argue that an undocumented immigrant should not be granted the privilege of a judge’s hearing, the U.S. Constitution says otherwise. The 14th Amendment expressly states that “any person” may not be

barred from “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,” not just “any citizen,” thus including undocumented immigrants. Moreover, the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution maintains that “no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury,” confirming that a court’s hearing is necessary. Some may argue that cases of immigration are related to administrative law rather than criminal law, and therefore the courts need not get involved in order to carry out deportation. However, if a person is here on illegal terms, this is considered a criminal offense, and therefore they should be guaran-

teed a hearing. Those who initially enter the United States legally, such as through a work or travel visa, and remain in the country past their restricted stay time are committing a civil rather than criminal violation. These cases rightfully earn immigration court proceedings. Such proceedings should be extended to those who enter the nation on undocumented terms. It is unfair to put a timeline on someone’s life. The twoyear term limit appears quite extensive, an umbrella over a great deal of people living in the United States. What makes a person living in the United States just one month short of two years any less credible and fit for U.S. residency than one who has lived

fice of the President, none of which have reciprocated in a meaningful way. This just goes to show that the stigma associated with mental health remains prevalent, and for obvious reasons: if one exposes their struggle with a mental disorder that can jeopardize their status as a student, and if they do not then they suffer in silence. The fact is that mental health is still not normalized, because our culture refuses to accept people who deflect from society’s rigid compartmentalization. And as long as Princeton doesn’t accept it, the University won’t be able to make radical changes. In the meantime, it is people like me who suffer. Three years ago, during my college interview, I was asked, “Why Princeton?” I spoke of people, of opportunities, of freedom, of future. But really I just needed an escape from the oppression, extremism, and terrorism I had lived in all my life. Little did I realize that I was leaving a toxic environment to enter into one even worse. So now, three years later, it is my turn to ask, Why, Princeton? Why do you neglect my mental health? Editor’s notes: The author of this column was granted anonymity due to the intensely personal nature of the events described. This letter reflects an account of the author’s private meetings with U. administration. The ‘Prince’ cannot verify any of the allegations of what occurred in these meetings.

here for a month beyond this threshold? The very fact that this law places time boundaries on one’s value in residency, yielding indecent treatment of the affected persons, reveals a fault line in legislation. A law that questions a person’s deservingness of due process is a law that defies our nation’s ideals. Not only is it unconstitutional, but the expedited removal process is one that does not reflect a decent, humanitarian approach to immigration, and should be removed in an effort to attain a more comprehensive immigration reform policy. Sabrina Sequeira is a firstyear from Springfield, N.J. She can be reached at sgs4@princeton.edu.

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Women’s basketball finish at top of Ivy League standings

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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The women’s basketball team celebrates its season Ivy League title win and tournament bid.

By Jack Graham Associate Sports Editor

Playing in its final games of the regular season, the team posted its first triple double in program history courtesy of senior forward Leslie Robinson, honored its seniors, and -- in the meantime -- won the regular season Ivy League conference title and qualified

for its second consecutive Ivy League tournament bid. They defeated Brown 79–44 Friday night and Yale 64–53 Saturday to finish alone atop the Ivy League standings with a 12–2 conference record. The story of the weekend for the Tigers was the performance of their three seniors, Robinson, guard Tia Weledji, and guard Kenya

Holland. Against Brown, Robinson dominated in every aspect of the game, recording the first triple double in Princeton women’s basketball history with the remarkable stat line of 10 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists. Against Yale, Holland knocked down five three-pointers, scoring fifteen points. “They became stars of

this team by playing their roles perfectly,” said Head Coach Courtney Banghart of the seniors. “I hope all the classes below them see what leadership is.” In Friday night’s game against Brown, Princeton dominated from start to finish. They led 23–7 after one quarter, 46–23 at halftime, and coasted in the second half to a 35-point victory. In addition to Robinson, the Tigers were led by freshman guard Abby Meyers, who scored 18 points off the bench, and sophomore forward Bella Alarie, who added 13. Having secured at least a tie for the best record in the Ivy League, the team cut down the nets in celebration after the game. Saturday night’s win against Yale did not come quite as easily for the Tigers. Perhaps hungover from the previous night’s crucial win and the emotional pregame Senior Day festivities, Princeton came out of the gates slowly. Yale cruised to a 19–14 lead after one quarter before Princeton fought back to tie the game at 30 going into halftime. From there, Alarie took over. She scored 14 of her 18 points in the second

half to propel Princeton to its 64–53 win. “Our guys had to gut that one out, and we did a good job doing that,” Banghart said. “We play together so well, and we trust each other so much that we still make it through those tough games,” Robinson said. Despite the magnitude of their accomplishments this season, the team still has work left to do. They will travel to Philadelphia next weekend for their second consecutive Ivy League tournament. “There’s a big one next,” said Banghart. “We’ll get into our prepare mode, and we’re looking forward to it.” The Tigers will look to improve on their performance in last year’s tournament, when they lost to Penn in the championship game. If the Tigers win the tournament, they will clinch a spot in the NCAA tournament for the third time in four years. They will play Yale in the semifinals of the tournament Saturday and, with a win, move into the championship game Sunday.

Men’s basketball loses to Yale in overtime in difficult end to season

MEN’S BASKETBALL

By Alissa Selover Staff Writer

With the season on the line, the men’s basketball team fell just short of qualifying for the Ivy League Tournament in a heartbreaking overtime loss to Yale. To qualify, the Tigers needed to win both games this weekend and for Harvard to defeat Columbia. While Princeton handily defeated Brown 78–63, the Orange and Black were narrowly outscored in OT with Yale, falling to the Bulldogs 90–94. Penn is the top seed followed by Harvard, Yale, and Cornell. Yale started the match strong, opening with a 7–0 run. Eight minutes into the game, Yale was up by 13, taking an 18–5 advantage. However, the Tigers would show their resilience, fight-

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The Tigers concluded their season at Yale, finishing at 13-6 overall.

ing back to end the game down by only four. Princeton had difficulty holding back Yale’s efficient offense. The Bulldogs shot 55 percent from the field, including 42 percent from beyond the arc in the first period. Despite the uphill battle, the Tigers managed to tie the game at 51 apiece

with 14 minutes remaining in regulation. However, Yale bounced back with five straight points to once again pull away. This trend would continue as the Bulldogs would respond to each Princeton run. A late burst from the Orange and Black helped them extend their season by minutes. Ju-

nior guard Myles Stephens helped the Tigers to an 8–0 run, scoring a clutch threepointer with just 24 seconds on the clock. This time Yale was unable to respond, and the match entered overtime. Princeton managed to grab an 81–79 edge off two early free throws from senior guard Amir Bell. The two teams would trade blow for blow with the game tied at 85. However, Yale would take over the period afterwards to grab the win. The Bulldogs dominated the paint, outscoring the Tigers 48–32 and out-rebounding Princeton 40–34. Although Princeton showed discipline with the ball, limiting itself to just six turnovers while forcing 10, it was not enough to overcome shooting difficulties. Princeton was outshot 52.3 to 42.6 percent over the course of

the game. Junior guard Devin Cannady drained four threepointers to place him in fourth place on Princeton’s career three-pointers list. His 1224 points puts him 14th in program history. Bell finished his career sixth on Princeton’s all-time assist list. This was undoubtedly a difficult loss for the Tigers, who fell out of contention for a spot in the Ivy League Tournament. Last year, Princeton was undefeated in the Ivy League, boasting a 19-game winning streak at some point in the season. While certainly a disappointing result, hopefully this will prove a learning experience for the Princeton squad, which shows plenty of potential as it looks to mount another Ivy League campaign next year.

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