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The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart surprises audience for Vote100 By Ivy Truong Associate News Editor
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Stewart joked about his appearance post-television series.
Students entered the comedy show Stand-Up & Vote on Sept. 12 already expecting a star-studded lineup. The Office of Undergraduate Studentssponsored event included host Mike Birbiglia, rapper and comedian Jean Grae, author John Hodgman, and “The Daily Show” correspondents Ronny Chieng and Roy Wood Jr. Then entered Jon Stewart. Stewart, the former and longtime host of “The Daily Show,” was a surprise guest for the night, after current “Daily Show” correspondent Hasan Minhaj canceled. “We thought, ‘Why don’t we go the other way with it and give a shot to somebody from New Jersey?’” Birbiglia said to the audience, according to an Instagram video he posted that night. Stewart is originally from Lawrenceville.
When Birbiglia welcomed Stewart to the stage, the filledto-capacity crowd rose to their feet. “When I saw Jon Stewart, I just thought, ‘Oh, my god. No way,’” Angela Yang ’21 said. “In my mind, I just pictured all the times I saw him on ‘The Daily Show.’ It was surreal.” Samarie Wilson ’21 recounted a particularly funny quip that Birbiglia made when he brought Stewart onto the stage. “Wow, that’s the Princeton experience when you expect a random comedian and end up with Jon Stewart,” she said. Amanda Morrison ’19, a student leader for Vote100, mentioned that neither the student leaders nor ODUS knew that Stewart would appear. “We were told there was going to be a surprise special guest, and we didn’t even know until he was called onto the stage,” she said. Stand-Up & Vote was the
kick-off event of the Vote100 initiative, a University student-led campaign that “embraces the challenge that every eligible undergraduate voter will cast a ballot in the 2018 midterm elections and will commit to voting in all future elections in which they are eligible,” according to the organization’s website. On its website, Vote100 cites a report from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement at Tufts University, which found that only 18 percent of college students and 12 percent of college students aged 18–21 years old voted in the 2014 U.S. midterm elections. For the show, Vote100 teamed up with the StandUp & Vote tour, which aims to promote voter registration through live comedy shows. After each event, students have the chance to register to vote with the help of volunSee VOTE page 2
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Leaked Department of Education Title IX proposal clashes with U. policy By Ben Ball Staff Writer
A leaked proposal from the Department of Education obtained by the New York Times included Title IX regulations and procedures that would contradict Princeton’s current Title IX policies under “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities.” Should the leaked proposal become federal guidelines and the University chooses to follow them, it would likely alter the University’s current Title IX policies. The leaked proposal would require that universities only adjudicate allegations of sexual misconduct that take place on campus or in campus-related programs. As an example, the Times wrote that this pro-
posal would not include incidents in off-campus parties. This policy differs from the one currently held by the University, which states that incidents associated with the University in areas near campus, such as the eating clubs, are still under the scope of its Title IX policy. “This policy applies to conduct that occurs on University property (i.e., on campus) and in the local vicinity,” “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities” states. The new rules would also limit the scope of the University’s responsibility in regard to the reports it receives, making it only legally responsible for complaints that are made to specific University officials.
“The new rules would require that institutions only be held legally responsible for investigating formal complaints and responding to reports that school officials have ‘actual knowledge’ of happening,” the New York Times wrote. “A formal complaint is one made to ‘an official who has the authority to institute corrective measures,’ not, for instance, a residential adviser in a dormitory.” Currently, even if no official report has been made, the University still has responsibility to respond to any information that would suggest a violation of Title IX policy. “Lack of a formal complaint does not diminish the University’s obligation See POLICY page 4
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After a two-year effort to introduce healthier peanut butter to the residential dining halls, Alice Wistar ’20 can finally enjoy the fruits — or legumes — of her labor. Starting this year, all residential dining halls will serve peanut butter from Nutty Novelties, a company located in Telford, Pa. that does not add sugar or oil to its peanut butter. “We are able to provide a really fresh product,” said Nutty Novelties owner Caleb Magnum. “The peanut butter in the dining hall now is no more than two weeks old.”
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“This product really fits the bill for us,” said Chris Lentz, associate director of marketing and community engagement at the University. When Wistar came to campus as a freshman, she was perplexed that the University, which values sustainability and healthy eating, served Skippy peanut butter in its dining halls. Skippy adds hydrogenated vegetable oil to prevent the peanut butter from separating. But the consumption of this oil can lead to a number of negative health effects. Research has shown that unprocessed peanut butter with fewer ingredients might be easier on the body to digest, See PEANUT BUTTER page 3
Managing editor Sam Parsons contests guest contributor Max Parsons’s rebuttal of Sam Parsons’s column on immigration reform, arguing against further restrictions on legal immigration. PAGE 6
By Ben Ball Staff Writer
Journalist David Remnick ’81 is at the center of a highprofile controversy concerning how the media should report on President Trump and his supporters. On Sept. 2, The New Yorker announced that political strategist Steve Bannon would participate in October’s New Yorker Festival, which features prominent public figures being interviewed in front of live audi-
ences who pay for seats. Bannon was scheduled to be interviewed by Remnick, the magazine’s editor. Remnick declined requests for comment from The Daily Princetonian. But within 12 hours of the announcement, Remnick withdrew the former White House Chief Strategist’s invitation. Remnick’s decision to disinvite Bannon came after a storm of criticism from colleagues and threats from celebrities scheduled to par-
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ticipate in the festival, which was first held in 1999. Journalists, including staff writers at The New Yorker, said Remnick’s decision would normalize and give a platform to the alt-right and white supremacy. Meanwhile, creatives Jim Carrey and Judd Apatow, who were scheduled to participate in the festival, both expressed on Twitter that they would not stand on the same stage as Bannon. Other scheduled particiSee ETHICS page 5
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teers. Morrison mentioned that the comedians who performed often incorporate political aspects in their comedy, although the content of their acts at Stand-Up & Vote was left entirely to their discretion. “Comedy kind of universally encourages political participation and engagement,” said Morrison. “It particularly seemed an effective tool for an undergraduate student body.”
“[The show] really reminded me to go vote,” said Yang. “Before, I was a little more politically apathetic. But after, I’m really behind the Vote100 group on campus.” Yang added that she even began filling out her absentee ballot form because of the show. The comedy show was held at 7:30 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Proceeds from the event will benefit three nonprofit, nonpartisan voting organizations: HeadCount, Rock The Vote, and Vote.org.
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according to Melissa Mirota, Campus Wellness Dietician. Mirota, who provides nutritional suggestions from the current guidelines and the most up-to-date research that comes from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, said that less-processed peanut butter had been on her wishlist since
coming to the University. Mirota got to know Wistar, who started working at a dining hall and became involved with Greening Dining, a student group that focuses on making food choices around campus more sustainable. There, Wistar met Lentz. “I brought peanut butter up as something that could potentially be updated,” explained Wistar. “They listened to me at first, but at Campus Dining, it’s
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hard to find a new product that quickly.” Serving less-processed, fewer-ingredient foods, it turned out, had been a hot button issue for awhile. “This process had been ongoing,” said Lentz. “The challenge that we’re trying to address shifts over time. It builds upon things. Years ago, probably a decade or more, we switched to all antibiotic-free chicken, so the peanut butter is another step in this evolution.” First, it was reducing added sugars from the peanut butter. Then, Campus Dining would look into reducing added oils. “Coming into my sophomore year, they brought in Skippy Natural,” said Wistar, adding that she was disappointed to see that it still had added oil. Wistar was persistent. She became co-president of Greening Dining. “I found different people in the administration of dining and asked how they dealt with the issue,” she said. Wistar talked to other colleges who served natural peanut butter and sent out a survey to the student body to assess how open they would be to trying a new product. Four hundred and fifty-six students responded, and 85 percent of students said they would be interested
in peanut butter without additives. She brought her findings back to Campus Dining. “We looked into every option you can think of,” said Lentz. “Anytime we introduce a new product, there are a lot of considerations.” Grinding loose nuts, for example, introduces risk for cross-contamination because it involves direct handling of the peanuts. “We have a commitment to reduce the exposure to various allergens,” Lentz explained. Ultimately, Campus Dining made a deal with Nutty Novelties, which has a tent at the farmer’s market on campus, where Campus Dining members built a relationship with the company. “The peanut butter meets Campus Dining standards on health, sustainability, and cross-contamination,” said Lentz, emphasizing that peanut butter is an important source of protein for a lot of people on campus, especially vegans. Wistar was delighted. “It’s awesome because it’s a local business, and we are supporting that,” she said. Mirota likewise sees the peanut butter change as a win, but explained that the alternative was still safe.
“Even though this switch of a new peanut butter has been a good stride in serving less processed foods,” she said, “as it stands, peanut butter, whether it is Skippy or Nutty Novelties, is still a very nutritionally dense food in that it has good source of unsaturated fat for an individual and a great source of protein, especially for a vegan population.” Lentz expressed gratitude that there are students like Wistar who share their concerns with Campus Dining and work to improve the food it serves. “We always want to hear what the students want. When there are ways that we can make good and satisfy what the community is looking for, we are open to looking at it and talking about it,” he said. “I think it’s awesome that there are so many health conscious consumers at the University,” said Magnum, who added that the students made the peanut butter change possible. Wistar is no longer on a meal plan, but she hopes that those who are will enjoy the new peanut butter. “I won’t be able to reap the benefits as much as a lot of other student will, but regardless, this is a big improvement,” she said.
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to respond to information suggestive of sex discrimination or sexual misconduct,” “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities” states. The leaked proposal is not officially proposed at this time and is still subject to change by the Department of Education. According to the Times report, the Department of Education said that the leaked information from the proposal is “premature and speculative.” Michele Minter, vice provost for institutional equity and diversity, wrote in an email to The Daily Princetonian that official detailed comment from the University on the new plan would likely not come until after the Department of Education’s plans had been made official. Given that the University is a private institution and that the proposed plans are still subject to change, the University made no predictions on what effect the plans could have on University policy, if any.
“At this stage, we are monitoring press reports but reserving judgment until OCR [Office for Civil Rights] releases the proposed regulations,” Minter wrote. “Even then, there will be a public comment period that could result in further changes before the final version of the regulations becomes official. As a result, it feels premature to comment in detail on the impact of potential changes.” Minter also added that any changes to University policy would require approval by the faculty and the Council of the Princeton University Community. This need for approval would provide the opportunity for community input and participation. According to a second article in the New York Times about the plan, the Department of Education estimates that the number of investigations by colleges and school districts into complaints of sexual harassment, assault, and rape would decrease substantially. “The department projected that colleges and universities currently conduct an
average of 1.18 sexual harassment investigations each per year, and that under the new rule, the figure would fall to 0.72 investigations per year, a decline of 39 percent,” the Times wrote. According to the University’s Sex Discrimination and Sexual Misconduct Discipline Report for 2017–18, 33 cases of violations of the University’s Sex Discrimination and Sexual Misconduct Policy were adjudicated over the 2017–18 school year. In 17 of those cases, the respondents were found responsible, 12 of which were students and five of which were employees. In the 2016–17 school year, 18 cases were adjudicated. In 13 of those cases the respondents were found responsible, 12 of which were students and one of which was a faculty member. According to the We Speak 2017 Survey, which 47 percent of the student body took, one in five undergraduate women who responded noted that they had experienced inappropriate sexual behavior during the past academic year.
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pants include journalist Malcolm Gladwell and actor Maggie Gyllenhaal. Bannon, a founding member of Breitbart News, said in 2016 that he wanted the organization to be “the platform for the alt-right.” He also worked on Trump’s travel ban, targeted at majority-Muslim countries, and backs nationalists movements in Europe, many of which are successfully campaigning on xenophobia, according to Reuters. In a statement for The New Yorker, Remnick wrote, “By conducting an interview with one of Trumpism’s leading creators and organizers, we are hardly pulling him out of obscurity … we’d be taking the opportunity to question someone who helped assemble Trumpism.” Remnick continued, saying a past media interview with Bannon was “valuable, as it revealed something about the nature of the speaker and the campaign he helped to lead.” He said that the point would be to interview Bannon rigorously in order to put pressure
on the views he purports. But Remnick soon reconsidered and changed his mind. “There is a better way to do this,” he wrote in the statement for The New Yorker. According to Remnick, that better way is to interview Bannon offstage for a more traditional radio news show. In the aftermath of Remnick’s disinvitation, journalists who specialize in covering race and white supremacy took to Twitter, sharing ideas about journalism ethics. Tanzina Vega, a former journalism professor at the University and the creator of a national beat on race and ethnicity at The New York Times, tweeted that journalists need to think more critically when deciding whether to cover people like Bannon. “The time for having substantive interviews about Bannon/Trump inf luence/ white supremacy was when he was running for office,” she tweeted on Sept. 4. “Want to do the interview? Fine. But why now? That’s a question that ALL journalists ask. What is the value in this interview? Bannon has been interviewed many, many times.”
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Closing the (loop)hole Sam Parsons
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Guest contributor Max Parsons (no relation) recently responded to a column I wrote outlining the U.S. government’s attacks on the legal immigration system and the consequences faced by international University students and skilled immigrants. I appreciate Parsons’s response, which seems a genuine attempt at constructive discourse with my “partisan diatribe.” But Parsons’s reply, which focuses on a loophole in the H-1B visa program and advocates for a “deservingness”based immigration system, ref lects a lack of engagement with several of the key points I made in the original column, and contains misinformed ideas about the history of legal immigration in America. Parsons correctly guesses I hold an F-1 visa, not an H-1B. But I don’t conf late the two: an F-1 student must transition to an H-1B visa if they wish to remain in the United States after graduation. This is why the U.S. government’s blunt “reforms” of the H-1B visa program are so damaging to the 12 percent of Princeton’s student body that is international. And this is why my original column focused on the H-1B, not the F-1. Parsons makes central a key question in his response: Who is deserving of becoming an American citizen? He f latters me by telling me I make the cut. But he condemns the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV Program) and thus implicitly endorses limiting immigration to those with “merit.” Behind this seemingly noble but poorly defined
sentiment of “deservingness” is a thinly veiled, self-righteous understanding of how most American families became U.S. citizens. “Deservingness” has never been a part of the picture. The vast majority of U.S. citizens can trace their ancestry back to immigrants, whether they be pilgrims or Puritans, indentured servants or slaves, Englishmen and Germans f leeing crop failure in the first and second waves of migration or Chinese and Japanese immigrants seeking economic opportunity in the third wave. What all of these immigrants have in common is that they were never singled out as “deserving.” There simply is no elite group of citizens whose ancestors were purebred, deserving Americans. Which means that neither Parsons, nor any citizen born in America, can arrogantly claim they “deserve” to be American by virtue of their birth. The use of “deservingness” as a justification for cutting legal immigration seems more like a politically correct attempt to empower prejudice and promote the old, white, Protestant America that the President wants to make great again. The top four H-1B visa recipient countries are India, China, the Philippines, and South Korea, with Indian immigrants receiving more visas than every other country combined. I hope that Parsons would still be a stickler for ‘deservingness’ if those countries were England, France, and my home country, Australia. Deservingness has never been a defining feature of American immigration, though let us assume for a moment that it is and should be. A system that promotes deservingness should not, surely, hinder the immigration of law-abiding, ambitious
students at America’s top universities. But, as I explained in thorough detail, this is exactly what has occurred in the wake of the Buy American, Hire American executive order and a swath of other directives over the past two years. Parsons advocates for deservingness-based immigration, but also defends the government’s recent policies, as though they have not disrupted, delayed, and threatened the immigration security of Princeton’s own international community. I cannot speak for (the other) Parsons, but the government’s goal appears to be to limit the number of immigrants that manage to stay in America, regardless of the consequences for “deserving” immigrants. And that was what motivated my original column—to defend Princeton’s 12 percent of undergraduate international students and our peers striving to immigrate lawfully to America as millions have before us. All that anyone can ask for is a fair, open, non-discriminatory immigration process. But the H-1B visa program, as it is, does have f laws that make it less than fair for both Americans and immigrants, and it is here that I see room for sensible agreement. Parsons brings up an important observation about loopholes in the H-1B visa system that can cause migrant workers to be underpaid in certain circumstances. No worker wants to be underpaid, especially considering that the H-1B visa currently does not allow a worker to respond to market cues and pursue other employment options if their current employer violates expectations like adhering to market-based wages. Ensuring the fair free market wage of every worker, especially if accompanied by the de-
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coupling of H-1B status with specific employers, is a reform international students would support, even if it meant a more competitive hiring environment for us. It is not the competition that foreign workers shy away from; it is the arbitrary rejection of our immigration applications. As I detailed in my last column, the government has not succeeded in passing any immigration reform, let alone fair reform. Instead, it has resorted to often absurd disrupt and delay tactics that make immigration needlessly difficult, unpredictable, and damaging for international students and others (in my case, my work authorization was delayed two months because my passport photos were “too dark”). These tactics certainly do not achieve the kind of bipartisan reforms that Parsons and I may agree on. It disappoints me to see that a fellow Princetonian would fail to empathize with his international peers, or at least to see the nonsense behind the U.S. government’s attempts at “improving” its immigration system. But I also thank him for his reasonable, diplomatic approach. Both (Max) Parsons and I advocate for an improved immigration system, though we disagree on what exactly that entails. Clearly my colleague is concerned for the welfare of American workers. I respect that. I only hope that before too much damage is done, he can see that legal immigration is not a threat to Americans. It is, in fact, a key part of America’s history and identity. Sam Parsons is a Wilson School major from Wangaratta, Australia. He is also a managing editor at The Daily Princetonian. He can be reached at samueljp@ princeton.edu.
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Women’s soccer falls to No. 10 Hoyas in battle between top 25 programs By Chris Murphy
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Facing their second team ranked in the top 25 of the United Coaches Poll, the No. 25-ranked Princeton Tigers fell to No. 10 Georgetown Hoyas 2–1 Thursday evening. The Tigers took the game to overtime following a second-half goal, but after a critical penalty in the first few minutes of overtime, the Hoyas converted, sending the Tigers to their second loss of the season. Heading into the game, one of the Tigers’ first challenges was to overcome a new playing surface. Due to the steady rain the past few days, the team had its game
moved from the conventional Myslik Field to nearby Sherrerd Field. It was the first time Princeton played on Sherrerd Field this season, and with the harder turf surface, it was bound to open up the passing attacks of both teams. Unsurprisingly, both teams were able to play in each other’s zones for much of the game. Facing a team whose offense ranked in the top 20 of the NCAA, the Tigers knew they would have to play sound defense to keep up with the Hoyas. Despite facing 20 shots, including 11 on goal, the Tigers executed that plan to near perfection, conceding only one regulation goal that came in the first half.
Taking a deep midfield pass, Hoya Caitlin Farrell got past junior goalkeeper Natalie Grossi for the easy score to put the Hoyas up 1–0. Grossi kept the score at 1–0 following a great save off of a shot by Kelly Livingstone of Georgetown. The Tigers would clear the ball out of their zone, playing at and around midfield for the rest of the half. Princeton came out in the second half much more aggressively, pushing the ball into the Hoya zone throughout the early part of the half. Finally, in the 67th minute, the effort paid off when freshman forward Gabi Juarez scored her third goal of the season off the cross from junior Sophia
Gulati. The Tigers then had a chance to take the lead at the end of the game, but a shot by junior forward Abby Givens was saved in the final minute. Tied 1–1, the game would ultimately be decided in overtime. Overtime produced a tough result for the Tigers, who were looking to come from behind for their first ranked victory of the season. After a foul deep in the Princeton zone, Hoya Kyra Carusa had a chance to ice the game with a penalty shot. Grossi went right, Carusa’s shot went left, and the Hoyas clinched the victory 2–1, handing the Tigers their second loss of the year. Despite the defeat, there were many positive take-
aways for the Tigers. Princeton competed defensively against one of the best attacking teams in the nation and was able to capitalize on some of the offensive chances it had. In a game that many may ref lect on, should the Tigers play their way into playoff competition, Princeton battled to the end with a team sure to win many important games throughout the season. Up next for Princeton is a home match against Drexel this weekend. The game will also be played on Sherrerd Field this Sunday, the day of Lawnparties. Following that, Princeton will open Ivy League play with a showdown in New Haven against Yale.
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Women’s tennis opens fall play this weekend with Princeton Invitational By Miranda Hasty
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The women’s tennis team gets set to defend its Ivy League title as it kicks off the fall 2018 season this weekend. The Tigers will host the Princeton Invitational at the Cordish Family Pavilion and Lenz Tennis Center throughout the weekend, where they will match up in both singles and doubles against Syracuse University, Temple University, and University of Pennsylvania. The Tigers kick things off on Friday against Penn in doubles play, then face Temple in singles play during the afternoon session. Scheduled for Saturday is doubles action against Tem-
ple and Syracuse, followed by singles play against Penn. To wrap up the tournament, the Tigers will compete against Syracuse in singles matches. The Tigers will be returning a strong class of players responsible for the title clinching efforts a year ago. Returning to the court are seniors Nicole Kalhorn and Catalina Vives; juniors Tiffany Chen, Clare McKee, and Gaby Pollner; and sophomores Nathalie Rodilosso and Stephanie Schrage. New to the 2018–19 squad are freshmen Grace Joyce and Brianna Shvets. This new roster looks to repeat last year’s success. Though they fell to Illinois at the NCAA Regionals last
spring to conclude their spring season, the Tigers clinched the Ivy League title with a perfect 7–0 record, a feat achieved only four times in program history. In addition to this eighth NCAA tournament appearance and 14th Ivy League title, the team was ranked 24th by the USTA and 47th by the ITA because of a 19–4 season which netted the second most wins in program history. Contributing to this exciting year were both Kalhorn and Schrage, who both received All-Ivy League honors last year, Kalhorn earning doubles accolades and Schrage earning singles. In addition, Schrage, alongside teammate McKee, led
the team in singles with 22 wins throughout the fall and spring seasons. Of the nine players, Kalhorn and Vives will be spearheading this year’s squad. “We want to carry our theme of unity from last year throughout this year as well,” Kalhorn explained. “We nicknamed ourselves the ‘Unit.’ Though we are indeed striving for another Ivy title and some opportunities at [the NCAA], the main goal is to keep our heads down and focus on the process.” The Tigers hope to follow up an impressive 2017 showing at last season’s Princeton Invitational. Princeton outperformed the other teams last season, closing
the tournament with a record of 15–5 in singles play and an even more impressive 10–1 tally in doubles play. With Penn and Temple returning to the Invitational this year, the Tigers hope to repeat the success they had last fall and start the season off with a successful tournament. “It is the first time in a while that we have all been healthy simultaneously, and so everyone is so excited to play alongside one another,” Kalhorn said, noting the pre-season jitters the team is experiencing before this weekend’s Invitational. “It is a new team, and so it is always exciting to play with the first years and watch them in their elements.”
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