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ICC closes all eating clubs to first-year students

By Claire Thornton and Sarah Warman Hirschfield Head News Editor and Associate News Editor

The Interclub Council announced Monday, Sept. 10, that first-year students would not be allowed into eating clubs until the start of the semester.

The ICC told The Daily Princetonian they decided to close the clubs so that firstyear students could focus on the Orientation process, which according to the University’s website, goes from Friday, Aug. 31, to Tuesday, Sept. 18.

The Department of Public Safety confirmed they brought the most students to Princeton Medical Center and McCosh Health Center Sunday night, compared to the rest of “frosh week,” with five students sent to PMC and six sent to McCosh.

In all, 28 students were brought by Public Safety to either PMC or McCosh between Friday and Monday night.

ICC President and Cloister Inn President Hannah Paynter ’19 told the ‘Prince’ Monday night, “the Interclub Council and the University are coordinating to ensure first-years have the tools and opportunities to adjust to life at Princeton.”

A Quadrangle Club officer told the ‘Prince’ on Tuesday that the ICC decision was motivated by the nature of the orientation schedule, arguing, “[first-years] are still going through all the orientation programs.”

The decision to close clubs came the night before the morning first-year students selected courses, beginning at 9 a.m.

“Orientation is an important time for members of the firstyear class to forge bonds with their classmates that will last through their time at Princeton and beyond,“ acting University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss told the ‘Prince’ in an email

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statement. “So we ask first-year students to focus on Orientation events during the period before the start of classes. We shared our view with the clubs

and asked for their cooperation in supporting these goals.”

According to the Quad officer, the decision was the result of ongoing ICC discussions re-

garding “best practices.”

“We started talking about frosh week last semester,” she added.

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Pizza was served to all first-years at Forbes College Monday night.

Hundreds of students gathered there, possibly in lieu of Prospect Avenue.

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Pre-read distributed to Cheat Codes to headline Lawnparties entire U. for first time

By Jonathan Lam Contributor

By Sarah Warman Hirschfield Associate News Editor

Through the Pre-read program, started by President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 five years ago, incoming freshmen receive a copy of a selected book that introduces students to the University’s intellec tual culture and encourages reflection and discussion. For the first time in the program’s history, this year’s Pre-read, “Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech,” will be distributed to all undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and interested staff.

“Speak Freely,” written by University politics professor Keith Whittington, defends a conception of free speech and its essential role on campuses. In addition to providing copies to the University community, Eisgruber and Whittington have compiled an annotat-

ed bibliography on free speech to introduce students to the scholarly debate. This month, Whittington, Eisgruber, and other faculty members will host an assembly and discussion on the book for the Class of 2022.

On Sept. 1, an email from Housing Operations on behalf of the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students informed sophomores, juniors, and seniors that Student Agencies would enter undergraduate dorms between Sept. 4 and Sept. 6 between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. to distribute copies of the Pre-read.

The official move-in day for sophomores and upperclassmen is Sept. 8.

“I didn’t think it was a huge deal,” said Ethan Sterenfeld ’20, who moved in early through a religious organization. “I could probably trust students not to steal stuff from rooms.”

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BEYOND THE BUBBLE

On Friday, Aug. 31, American electronic music trio Cheat Codes was announced by Princeton USG Social Committee as the headliner for Fall 2018 Lawnparties, which will take place on

Sunday, Sept. 16 along Prospect Avenue.

The Los Angeles-based group Cheat Codes is known for their singles “Sex” (2016) and “No Promises” (2017), the later of which was certified “platinum” by the Recording Industry Association of America.

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The electronic dance music group Cheat Codes will perform at Lawnparties.

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Students who spoke to The Daily Princetonian showed interest and excitement for the coming performance.

“Honestly I’m not that familiar with Cheat Codes but I like their music,” Lawrence Chiang ’21 said. He particularly enjoys their tracks “Feels Great,” “Only You,” and “No Promises”.

Chesley Chan ’21 also praised the group for putting out really good songs with American singer Demi Lovato and the British girl group Little Mix. “I’m really excited to see them live,” Chan added.

Both are satisfied with how the Princeton USG Social Committee has handled the selection of the headliner.

Dany Alkurdi ’21 especially appreciates the decision to invite DJs to the main stage, saying students will have an easier time dancing to electronic dance music or EDM. “DJs just seem like a real fun See CHEAT CODES page 6 U . A F FA I R S

UN finds Xiyue Wang’s Kognito gives students Princeton imprisonment unlawful bystander training ranked first in nation once again Head News Editor

The United Nations concluded last month that Xiyue Wang, the graduate student imprisoned in Tehran, should be released immediately. As of Sept. 10, 2018, Wang has been imprisoned for over two years.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions released the opinion on August 23 which concludes that the Iranian authorities’ August 2016 arrest of Wang had no legal basis, that Iran violated Wang’s right to a free trial in spring 2017, and that Wang’s “deprivation of liberty is arSee WANG page 5

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Class of 2022 enjoys Opening Exercises

By Benjamin Ball Staff Writer

First-year students experienced the full array of start-of-term traditions Sunday, participating in Opening Exercises, the Pre-Rade, subsequent barbecue, and “step sing” to kick off their first year at

the University.

Opening Exercises is an annual event marking the beginning of the academic career for the incoming first-years. The ceremony is held in the University Chapel on the Sunday prior to the beginning of fall semester and involves the welcomSee OPENING page 3

By Benjamin Ball Staff Writer

The University has officially implemented Kognito, an online program devoted to mental health awareness, and has made the program mandatory for all incoming first-years.

Kognito is a 35-minute bystander intervention training program meant to teach students how to recognize signs of mental health distress in their peers and effectively intervene.

The program uses avatars to lead students through certain roleplay situations, teaching them how to respond to the needs of their friends and effectively connect them to help.

Josh Gardner ’20, a member of Undergraduate Student Government who helped test the program, likened it to a video game in which the user has to choose different options for how their virtual avatar will behave or what they will say. According to Gardner, the program specifically focuses on training stu-

dents how to respond to friends in crises in ways that are encouraging and not overbearing or inconsiderate.

“It models situations that you could actually be in,” Gardner said. “It puts you through this complicated decision tree where you go through decision by decision.”

He also said Kognito “gives you feedback on whether or not you made an appropriate response.”

Gardner cited the psychology concept of learning from observing modeled behavior.

He said that by placing users in a modeled situation, Kognito could prove far more effective as an educational tool than other online orientation programs.

“The only way you could get better than that is by practicing with real people,” said Gardner.

USG president Rachel Yee ’19 said that although she’s usually somewhat skeptical of the effectiveness of online orientation programs, she believes the enSee KOGNITO page 7

In Opinion

Today on Campus

Guest contributor Arjuna Subramanian urges us to advocate for climate change reform, and managing editor Sam Parsons remarks on the anti-immigration movement. PAGE 8

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By Isabel Ting Assistant News Editor

The University was named the No. 1 national university for the eighth straight year by U.S. News & World Report, despite changes in the formula for the ranking process.

This year, the U.S. News rankings placed more emphasis on social mobility and less on exclusivity in admissions by dropping admission rates from the formula.

Instead, the rankings focus more on outcomes, such as graduation and retention rates, according to Robert Morse, chief data strategist at U.S. News.

Other factors that contributed to university rankings included faculty resources, See NO. 1 page 6

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Some first-year students who talked to the ‘Prince’ on Monday night claimed the decision was unfair.

“Just because there are a bunch of freshmen that don’t know their limits and get Mc-

Coshed, it’s not fair for the rest of us that aren’t as stupid and know how to handle ourselves,” Rayyan Sarker ’22 said.

She added that she had seen some students in need of medical help on Prospect Avenue, where the eating clubs are located, on Sunday night.

When speaking to the ‘Prince,’ the Quad officer said

she wanted to dispel rumors that someone broke their leg on Prospect Avenue Sunday night.

She confirmed someone fell on the Quad dance floor and had to leave in an ambulance.

But she said he is not injured.

Besides Quadrangle Club, Cloister Inn, Colonial Club, Charter Club, and Terrace

Club, were open Sunday night.

First-year students were quick to note the irony of the ICC’s choice to close the eating clubs when they did.

“When my OA leader told us, I said ‘Frosh week without frosh?! What?,’” Celia Buchband ’22 told the ‘Prince’ outside McCarter Theater Monday night.

“If this is frosh week, it should be for the frosh,” Frances Mangina ’22 said.

“I think it’s whack,” Codey Babineaux ’22 said.

Most first-years said they initially heard about the ICC decision through GroupMe, usually from their RCA. Tabitha Benshee ’20, an RCA in Wilson, was one of the first RCAs to learn of the ICC’s decision.

Belshee said Quad’s president “asked her to spread the word” of the discussion at 8:30 p.m. on Monday. Belshee then sent a message to an all-RCA group chat at 8:45 p.m. encouraging her fellow RCAs to tell their ’zees they couldn’t go to eating clubs that night.

Belshee clarified that RCAs often have discussions about being proactive in keeping first-years safe. She also referenced the important of the orientation experience.

She also said she supports the ICC’s decision.

“I trust that the ICC has a lot more access to information than I do,” said said.

According to the Quad officer, four RCAs approached her

after the ICC decision was announced to express their support for closing the clubs to first-years.

The annual Tiger Night dance performance took place Monday night, and members of dance groups expressed disappointment over the ICC decision.

Amanda Morrison ’19 said she thought first-years would be missing out.

“I’d definitely rather [the first-years] be out because it’s a fun way to meet each other and get excited for the new year,” she said.

Some first-year students didn’t mind the fact that the eating clubs were off-limits.

“I haven’t gone to the street,” Joshua Ku ’22 told the ‘Prince’ Monday night. “I wasn’t going in the first place so it was completely fine for me.”

“I don’t really go, so I don’t really care,” Daniel Ju ’22 told the ‘Prince.’

The ‘Prince’ talked to Johanna Linna ’22 after 10 p.m. on Monday night, right after she heard the news. She said she didn’t care about the decision to close the clubs, based on an experience on Prospect Avenue earlier in the week.

“I looked at one of the eating clubs but the line was so long that it wasn’t worth it,” she said.

She added that a friend had waited half an hour last night before being allowed to enter an eating club.

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On Sept. 6, Housing Operations sent another email to say that the book would no longer be delivered to individual dorms. Instead, the email said, it would be delivered to the residential colleges for sophomores and to academic departments for juniors and seniors.

“Distributing the Pre-reads through the residential colleges and academic departments turned out to be a more efficient and less complicated approach, so that’s the route we went,” explained Dan Day, assistant vice president for communications.

On Sept. 7, Eisgruber sent emails to sophomores, juniors, and seniors reminding them where they can pick up a copy of the Pre-read.

“The free exchange of ideas is an essential value of this University, and our faculty has adopted a strong Statement on Freedom of Expression contained in Rights, Rules, Responsibilities,” he wrote.

“In recent years, however, some pundits and politicians have been telling a bleak story about what is happening on college campuses across the nation. I believe that these caricatures do not reflect the values practiced on campuses like our own.”

Abbie Minard ’20, a peer academic advisor in Butler College received a copy in advance in order to lead an hour-long discussion of the book with freshmen. She said that the “Speak Freely” is a good academic introduction to the University.

“It’s going to get people talking,” she said. “It won’t be hard to engage them.”

She added that unlike her class’s Pre-read, “Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality,” this year’s Pre-read is about university life and the purpose of the university.

“It’s applicable to all students,” Minard said, adding that she is interested to see if people agree with the argument set forth in “Speak Freely.”

Sterenfeld is taking Whittington’s class, POL 423: Seminar in American Politics — Free Speech and the Law, this semester. The course focuses on the theory, law, and politics of freedom of speech within the context of the U.S. constitutional system.

“I’ll have to say that I’ve read his book,” he said.

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ing of the first-years by the University President, hymns and prayers, and the awarding of undergraduate prizes for the academic achievements of current students.

President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 began his speech by recognizing the religious history of the ceremony, recounting how past presidents of the University had given Christian sermons to remind the incoming classes of their ethical obligations.

Although he noted the ceremony changed to be secular and interfaith in nature, he emphasized that the importance of understanding the values and ethics of the University has not changed.

Eisgruber cited the year’s Preread, Keith Whittington’s “Speak Freely,” as a reminder of one of those important values: truth seeking.

“In the 21st-century United States, we have become so accustomed to the idea of a research University that we rarely think about how genuinely astonishing it is to have these strong, durable, truth seeking institutions in our society,” Eisgruber said. “The fearless, unbounded, persistent pursuit of truth threatens conventional wisdom.”

Eisgruber claimed students determine the quality of their own education.

“What you get out of this place depends on what you put into it,” he said. “You are makers, not consumers, of your education.”

Using the story of Alan Turing, who obtained his Ph.D. at the University, as an example, Eisgruber argued for the importance of pursuing broad, often impracticalseeming ideas and questions in order to truly change the world.

Eisgruber concluded his speech by charging the Class of 2022 with taking on the values of honor and respect and wishing them the best for their years to come at the University.

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The ceremony also included songs, readings, and prayers from a variety of faiths.

Several first-years were impressed by the interfaith aspect of the ceremony, many saying they did not expect to see so many beliefs represented.

“It was cool to see amalgamation of different traditions in one setting,” George Toumbas ’22 said. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

The ceremony also featured several academic awards. Dean of the College Jill Dolan awarded the Freshman First Honor Prize to Devon Wood-Thomas ’21, the George B. Wood Legacy Sophomore Prize to Marcos Markakis ’20 and Grace Sommers ’20, the George B. Wood Legacy Junior Prize to Annabel Barry ’19 and Trisha Datta ’19, and the Class of 1939 Princeton Scholar Award to Matthew Tyler ’19.

Opening Exercises were followed by the Pre-Rade, where the incoming class parades through FitzRandolph Gate.

Along with the diversity of religion at Opening Exercises, the diversity of ages of those gathered at the Pre-Rade caught a few first-years by surprise.

Many expressed feeling encouraged by the support of alumni and older generations.

The one consistent complaint among first-years was the weather.

While the Pre-Rade continued despite the weather, the barbecue that typically follows the Pre-Rade was moved to the individual residential colleges.

“It was a little anticlimactic, just walking through the arch in the rain,” Daelum Mawji ’22 said. “I was also a little disappointed the barbecue got rained out. It would’ve been fun to have everyone together.”

Overall, first-year reactions to the day of traditions were those of anticipation and excitement.

Deena Mainali ’22, said the day made her excited for the year to come.

“I thought it showed how dynamic Princeton’s atmosphere can be,” Mainali said.

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bitrary.”

The opinion was formed in response to a petition to the UN filed by Wang’s wife, Hua Qu, and his mother, on Jan. 11, 2018.

In their opinion, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions concluded that Wang was abiding by his right to obtain information for academic purposes in the form of historical records held by a public entity.

Furthermore, the UN opinion is significant because the Working Group performed a months-long independent investigation which allowed Iran to substantiate their claims against Wang, a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Iran came back to the UN with no evidence, further highlighting the injustice of Wang’s arrest, trial, and im-

prisonment.

Wang’s struggle with Iranian authorities has received significant attention because of its extremity.

Since Aug. 7, 2016, Wang has been held in Iran’s Evin prison in Tehran, serving a 10-year sentence for a conviction of espionage.

According to multiple sources, Wang has been mistreated and his health is deteriorating.

Wang has been in regular contact with his wife, his adviser Dr. Stephen Kotkin, and a few of his fellow graduate students, according to University Secretary and Vice President Robert Durkee.

The University, Wang’s academic advisors, and Wang himself attest that Wang was not involved with gathering any information other than that concerning the Qajar Dynasty, which ruled from 1785-1925, for his dissertation

on regional governments.

Iranian courts denied Wang’s appeal of his sentence.

The UN Working Group found that no trial of Wang should have taken place and that the courts that tried Wang and heard his appeal “do not meet the standards of an impartial and independent tribunal.”

“We don’t have any case file,” Hua Qu told the The Daily Princetonian on Friday, Sept. 7.

Robert Durkee told the ‘Prince’ he thinks the UN opinion has serious potential to inf luence how other countries view Iran’s actions, saying, “a judgement they make would have far more stature than other findings.”

It’s still unclear if Iranian authorities are willing to arrange for Wang’s secure release.

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Hua Qu’s formal response to the Aug. 23 opinion from the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions.

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idea,” he remarked.

Other students suggested USG should select headliners with more name recognition for future events.

Shannon Chen ’21 suggested USG present a list of artists within budget and allow students to vote on the headliner.

Chair of the USG Social Committee Liam Glass ’19 argued against this idea, citing issues of confidentiality and the possibility that negotiations might fall through before contracts are

signed. Because of this, voting for headliners has not gained traction, said Glass, whose approval would be required for any such decision.

Glass acknowledged that students may feel Lawnparties seems to get inferior acts compared to similar events at other schools. ut he said there are misperceptions about the differences between Princeton events and those of other schools.

“We want every single student to be able to go to the event without having to pay for a ticket or anything at all,” Glass explained. “Most other schools

will charge anywhere from thirty to forty dollars for any single student to be admitted to the show.”

Students from Brown University told the ‘Prince’ their Lawnparties equivalent costs $40 over the course of two days.

Jonathan Delgadillo, a student at University of Pennsylvania, said tickets for Penn’s “spring fling” usually cost “like fifty [dollars] each.”

Karin Nagano, from Yale University, reported she thinks tickets at her campus are free for Yale students.

As a result of covering Lawnparties expenses with only USG

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student academic credentials, and alumni giving.

This formula change shifted several university rank-

ings, such as those of Howard University and UC Riverside.

Howard climbed 21 places to No. 89, while UC Riverside rose 39 places on the list to No. 85.

However, the top 20 universities according to the new formula included many of the

same schools from previous years.

Harvard University ranked second on the national university list, while Columbia University, Yale University, the University of Chicago, and MIT all tied for third.

funding, the Social Committee tries to select acts they believe are “on the up and coming,” Glass said.

He referenced an article claiming Cheat Codes may be the biggest pop DJ/EDM group of the next five years. The hope is that after Lawnparties are over, students will be more familiar with the group and share the joy of watching them rise to greater heights, he commented.

Glass also noted that the Social Committee conducted a survey in the Fall of 2017 to collect responses on what artists or genres students would like to be featured at Lawnparties.

The results of that survey were primarily split between hip hop/rap and EDM genres with no clear winner.

Vince Staples, the headliner of Spring 2018 Lawnparties, and Cheat Codes, the announced headliner of the upcoming Fall 2018 Lawnparties, are hip hop and EDM artists, respectively.

“One thing I want everyone, particularly freshmen, to grasp is that while Lawnparties are happening on the Street and there are events at the eating clubs, we want this day to be a very equitable, open, and accessible event,” Glass said.

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gaging and immersive aspects of Kognito should prove beneficial.

“This is something I would personally recommend to my friends,” Yee said.

According to Dr. Calvin Chin, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, the program is meant to complement the other training programs first-years receive during orientation, such as AlcoholEdu and Not Anymore.

“One of the things that we noticed is that one area that wasn’t being covered was mental health distress,” Chin said.

Unlike the other orientation programs, first-years will complete the Kognito training in November instead of orientation week. According to Chin, this decision was made so that first-years could take the training after they had already met other students and felt more in tune with campus social life, making the training feel more relevant.

According to Yee, the three primary goals of the program are to educate students about mental health, fight stigma surrounding mental health, and to help create an environment where people feel comfortable enough to share their own experiences.

“As first-years, we all come from different backgrounds and a lot of people’s communities have never talked about mental health,” Yee said. “I think this is a good way to put it on people’s radars in a way that normalizes it.”

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Being a model advocate for climate change

Arjuna Subramanian Guest Contributor

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oday, the largest wildfire in California’s history is burning at over 459,000 acres and counting. The previous record holder raged only eight months before. Just as the world is being struck with harsher fires, stronger storms, more crop-eating pests, and other devastating consequences of climate change, we risk becoming cripplingly inured to these warning signs. It will fall to our generation to take the action against climate change that we sorely need.

There are plenty of plans to be executed and a multitude more to be created. Where better to do so than in an intellectually fertile community like ours, where future engineers, policy makers, scientists, economists, doctors, and writers can come together and learn from one another? We students are perfectly positioned to take effective action on climate change through both research and outreach.

Consider, for example, the New Jersey Climate Policy project organized by the Princeton Student Climate Initiative, an ongoing student-run effort to research a simple, effective, and politi-

cally practical climate policy called carbon fee and dividend. A carbon pollution fee, usually starting around $20 per metric ton of carbon dioxide and ramping upwards, converts the social costs of carbon pollution to a dollar price on fossil fuels. It makes it more expensive to pollute, incentivizing people and businesses to switch to competitive clean and energy-efficient options. The majority of fee revenue is returned to households as monthly checks in the mail, so they come out ahead on average. The remainder is invested in infrastructure and incentive programs to encourage clean technologies. Similar policies have been implemented around the world, including Canada, Ireland, and Denmark, slashing emissions without harming the economy. Crucially, pollution fee and dividend has bipartisan popular support in the United States, as high as 67 percent in recent polling.

It is challenging, but necessary, to turn this policy from proposal to practice. That’s where students come in. Model policy research requires seeking out all relevant stakeholders and hearing their priorities. That means looking again at the NJ Climate Policy blueprint, energy providers, environmental organizations, government officials,

and the business and labor players that face the up-front economic impacts of carbon pricing. While it’s tempting to dig into ideological trenches, political progress comes from building alliances and bringing all relevant parties to the table, especially in the face of disagreement or hostility.

That’s why PSCI is bringing over 40 stakeholders from the labor, business, government, and environment sectors to campus on Sept. 15 for the inaugural NJ Climate Policy Stakeholder Forum: to discuss policy priorities and find common ground for meeting New Jersey’s 2050 emissions targets.

Engagement is a hard process. It’s a prolonged process.

It can be intimidating at times. But it lays the foundation for politically sustainable solutions, as finding common ground with diverse groups now can preempt political battles later. It’s why, for example, after years of community engagement, Washington state is one ballot vote away from making carbon fee and dividend part of its clean energy plan.

Obviously, we won’t halt climate change with one bill in one state. But while we fight for effective and equitable climate policy in New Jersey, similar student groups are mobilizing all over the na-

tion. OurClimate is harnessing college student voices nationwide to call for carbon pricing as a just and sciencebased climate policy and is actively engaged in the ballot initiatives in New York and Washington state. Students for Carbon Dividends has united 30 young Democratic, Republican, and green groups, including PSCI and the Princeton College Democrats, to explore a national price on carbon.

If you’re ready to commit to the cause, remember that how you push for change matters just as much as your conviction that change is the right choice. Stay solution-focused.

Maintain scientific integrity.

Treat opponents as opportunities to teach, not enemies to demonize. Our generation didn’t start climate change, but we stand to suffer its worst impacts. It’s time for all of us to find our voices, come together, and stand up for carbon fee and dividend and other feasible policies that are proven to make a difference and protect the most vulnerable among us.

Arjuna Subramanian is a senior concentrating in chemistry from Denver, Colo. He is the writing director of the Princeton Student Climate Initiative and can be reached at arjunas@princeton. edu.

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Defending Princeton’s 12 percent: The unseen side of the anti-immigration movement

Sam Parsons

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welve percent of students in Princeton’s incoming Class of 2022 are not U.S. citizens, on par with the proportion in recent years. Instead they hail from 77 countries around the world, united by an educational pilgrimage to the United States to become Princetonians. In their four years of college, these students will make some of their strongest lifelong friendships.

They will build their professional networks, get their first jobs, fall in love with America, and, perhaps, with an American. They will be as much a part of Princeton as their American peers. But at some point in their four years they will be harshly reminded that no matter how much they love America, America does not love them back. At least not those who presently hold power.

Immigration has been at the forefront of the nation’s attention since President Donald Trump’s election in 2016. Progressive America’s awareness of the Trump administration’s xenophobic immigration policies has been fierce and consistent, igniting protests and Supreme Court cases that attempt to resist and reverse them. While commendable, this focus on immigration has been narrow and reactionary. The stories that have earned the left’s attention, including at Princeton, are the big, bitterly exciting abuses of power, from the original Muslim ban to the revelation of family separation. These actions do have serious consequences, and no energy spent campaigning against the prejudicial, inhumane treatment of would-be immigrants is wasted. But a broader attentiveness to the less sensational changes in immigration policy is needed if America’s immigration system is to endure the Trump presidency with a shred of openness and dignity.

While we have had our attention focused on the southern border, the Trump administration and Republican Party have launched waves of attacks on America’s mainstream legal immigration channels and have foreshadowed more actions to come. Many of these attacks have targeted the H-1B visa program, on which the majority of international students depend to remain in the United States after graduation. Other attacks have sought to slow and shrink the legal immigration system as a whole. These attacks are not in the news headlines, because they aren’t sensational. They’re boring, mundane. But they have dire consequences for much larger

numbers of people trying to immigrate lawfully. These assaults on the front door to America will, without resistance, make this country hostile and inaccessible to the German you sit next to in precept, the British girl you have a crush on, and the Nigerian with whom you do your p-sets.

These anti-immigration changes have not come from Congress. Immigration reform has for years been in immovable object in both parties’ legislative agendas, though not for a lack of trying. In June, the GOP, backed by the President, attempted to push two pieces of legislation through Congress that sought to limit legal immigration. Both were denied, the latter by a 301 to 121 vote. The rejection of these bills offers a false sense of security. They were rejected not because the majority disagreed with their anti-immigration sentiment, but in fact the opposite. They were rejected because a swath of Republicans felt they were not sufficiently harsh, despite the fact that this legislation would have removed many avenues for legal immigration and provided funding for Trump’s coveted border wall. The Congressional majority has no desire for new Americans.

So, at least until midterms, Congress is not the main threat to aspiring Americans. Aware of the limitations of the legislature, since 2016 the Trump-lead antiimmigration cohort has resorted to the tactics more often adopted by the defenders of progress: disrupt and delay. And have no doubt, your foreign friends are equally as threatened by these covert tactics.

Disruption and delay began in April 2017 when President Trump signed the Buy American and Hire American executive order in response to an immigration system that Trump called a “theft of American prosperity.”

The order called on federal agencies to propose and implement organizational changes that reflected the anti-immigration message baked into its name.

More specifically, it targeted the H-1B visa program on which skilled immigrants, including the University’s international students, depend. This executive order, probably accompanied by a myriad of informal directives, has led to a bureaucratic overhaul that is crippling the U.S. immigration process from the inside and slowing the processing of immigration requests to a dysfunctional level. The consequence? From the third to fourth quarter of 2017, the number of H-1B visa applications denied increased by 41 percent. And over the same period, the number “requests for evidence” issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service increased by over 300 percent, leading to massive delays that cripple the plans of thousands of people trying to work in the United States, and foreshadowing more denials to come.

Congress may not be able to pass legislation, but the delays that anti-immigration propo-

nents have created in the bureaucracy function just as well as a legislative obstacle to immigration. The consequences of these delays are real for students at the University and beyond, and regrettably I can attest to this from my own experience. I was unable to begin a New York-based internship this summer because USCIS took five-and-a-half months to process paperwork for which I was only permitted to apply 90 days in advance. By the time the work authorization arrived, the internship had already finished. No internship usually means no return offer for full-time work post-graduation, which for international students means no immigration security.

Without a post-grad job offer, international students cannot stay in the United States on postcompletion Optional Practical Training (OPT) or an eventual H-1B visa. USCIS’s bureaucratic delay tactics create a very real barrier to U.S. employment for many international students, and force students back into the hunt for a job or grad school where the cost of failure is deportation. It can be worse for others beyond our campus: Some lose their full-time job offers after waiting months to begin, and others are forced to seek alternative employment abroad due to the financial strain of being effectively unemployed while they wait. And for many, the delays ultimately lead to a denial of their immigration requests.

Delays aren’t the only tactic employed to shrink employment-based migration. Trump’s Department of Homeland Security issued a mandate to USCIS to drastically increase the administrative and legal obstacles that must be overcome for an H-1B visa to be extended to allow a non-citizen to continue working in the United States beyond the initial two-year term. This change decreases the likelihood of a person’s being able to remain in the United States and remain in their job, not only because they may be denied an extension, but because their employer is less likely to pursue the extension in the face of great hurdles.

There has also been talk of canceling H-1B visa extensions for people with pending green card applications who have been on an H-1B visa for six years. Canceling the extension while a green card is still pending leaves a person with no immigration security at all. This change would make employment a less viable pathway to permanent residency.

The tragic irony of the attack on employment-based migration is that it runs counter to their alleged goal of “merit-based” immigration. Trump detests immigration channels that give ordinary people a way of becoming American. He has repeatedly spoken of abolishing the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, which awards green cards to citizens of countries with lower immigration flows to the United States based on a lottery draw.

In February he tweeted “time to end the visa lottery,” and he has blamed the lottery (and indirect-

ly Chuck Schumer) for terrorism.

He has also attacked family — or “chain” — migration, and the number of family visas granted dropped by more than 25 percent in 2017.

The President is correct that neither a lottery-based system nor privileging families will maximize the “merit” of America’s immigration system. But if merit were really the concern, Trump would not target the H-1B visa program, which necessitates skill and only admits those who are sponsored by a U.S. company after a competitive hiring process. It is a myth that companies hire foreigners on H-1B visas to avoid paying higher wages to U.S. citizens: Regulation necessitates that H-1B visa holders be paid a higher wage than an American in the same position, and that is after the company has paid over $6,000 in legal fees for visa sponsorship. Intelligent reforms that prevent fraudulent hiring are welcomed, but they should not act as barriers against law-abiding applicants who do possess the required “merit.”

Even the most conservative merit-based immigration system should not close the immigration channels for international students at America’s top universities.

Attacking employment-based immigration makes no sense for a government that favors meritbased immigration, nor does it make any sense economically.

The United States has a lowerthan-normal 3.9 percent unemployment rate, and U.S. businesses are desperate for qualified workers to fill posts and give the country the human capital needed for continued economic growth. Even in high-unemployment environments, demand for skilled workers remains tight.

There is no epidemic of Americans being robbed of employment by skilled foreign workers.

And even if there were, barring the entry of foreign workers into the U.S. labor market is the equivalent of a quota on foreign imports to U.S. markets. It lowers competition and prevents U.S. companies from having access to the full market of talent, leading to lower global output and lower total market efficiency. Americans, particularly ambitious Princetonians with their eyes on working abroad, ought to hope that other nations don’t retaliate in the labor market in the way that Trump’s trade policies are forcing them to retaliate in export markets.

It is no doubt easy for American readers to feel disconnected from the issues I’m raising. But if you’re wondering why you should care about seemingly boring attacks on open immigration, reflect on your ancestry. On a recent recreational trip to Ellis Island, I read a fact that made me feel closer to my American peers: In 1910, 75 percent of Americans in major East Coast cities were immigrants or the children of immigrants. Even today, 27 percent of Americans are either immigrants or the children of immigrants. Unless you trace your family lineage to

a Native American tribe, collection of indentured servants, or abducted African community, your “Americanness” is likely the product of an open legal immigration system.

If the thought of people who are not yet American immigrating lawfully to the United States causes you a slight sense of anxiety, you may need to reflect on the arbitrariness of nationality and challenge your budding xenophobia. Many Americans are only American because at some point the Americans before them decided to let their ancestor, born overseas, become American. President Trump ought to appreciate this: He himself is the child of immigrants. His mother turned 18 during her migration to America from Scotland, and his father was the child of German immigrants. What’s more, Trump’s youngest son Barron was born to the First Lady, a Slovenian immigrant. And Melania Trump’s own parents were sworn in as U.S. citizens last week after benefiting from what Melania’s lawyer acknowledged was “chain migration,” the process that her husband rejects.

Trump’s intolerance of immigrants goes beyond hypocrisy to apparent self-loathing. And even if, like the President, you can’t help but hate the thought of foreign-born people like your mother and wife striving to become your countrymen, you need not be anxious: Contrary to the popular illusion that the United States is being inundated with immigrants, the percentage of Americans who are immigrants is actually relatively stable, even over the very long-term. Ten percent of people in America were immigrants in 1850, compared to 13.5 percent today.

Fortunately the majority of Americans, particularly in the Princeton community, have a much warmer, globalist philosophy on immigration. If that is you, and you have the ability to vote in the midterm elections this November, I implore you to pay attention to the fine details. The policies that matter, the policies that we must resist, are not only the policies that produce timely, blood-boiling news.

Regress, like progress, is made incrementally, so there must be opposition to each attack on legal immigration no matter how dull it may seem. If you believe in an open America, make immigration a key issue in your decision-making process. Hold your representatives accountable to your views. Few things affect one’s life more than the country in which they live, the people and culture with which they work, study, and play. Your vote, and your attentive political activism, is your proxy for welcoming a would-be American with open arms.

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.

This column was first published online on Aug. 13.

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Review: 2017–18 Princeton sports’ top moments

By Chris Murphy Sports Editor

This story was first published June 1.

5. Chad Kanoff begins his pro career, signing with the Arizona Cardinals Senior quarterback Chad Kanoff was one of the key pieces to the success of the Princeton football team in the past few seasons. At times, Kanoff looked like the best quarterback in Division I football and certainly showed the potential to make it on a pro roster.

Kanoff got the chance to prove what he’s made of earlier this year, when he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. Kanoff gets a chance to compete with other quarterbacks — including Sam Bradford, Mike Glennon, and the number 10 overall pick Josh Rosen — for a chance to make the 52-man roster this summer. Kanoff finished his senior year with a career best

73.2 percent completion percentage, 3,474 passing yards, 29 touchdowns, and only nine interceptions. His best performance this season came against Yale, with a season high 454 passing yards and four touchdowns, including a career long 88yard touchdown bomb. And while the team may not have had the season they would have liked this year, Kanoff certainly left his mark, and he will look to join former teammate Seth DeValve ’16 on an NFL roster.

4. Leslie Robinson becomes the 2nd Ivy League player to be drafted into the WNBA Women’s basketball makes its second appearance on this list, this time due to the individual performance of senior Leslie Robinson. A standout throughout her four years as a Tiger, Robinson will get to continue her career after being drafted 34th overall by the New York Liberty in the WNBA. In her final season, Robinson av-

eraged 10.2 points per game for the Tigers and finished with 129 assists, the sixth highest single season mark in school history. Perhaps her most important accomplishment, however, was the leadership she brought to the team throughout her four years as a Tiger. She helped lead the Tigers to three NCAA tournament appearances, and she has been critical to the development and growth of the current young crop of Tigers on the team. Leslie became just the second player in the history of the Ancient Eight to be drafted into the WNBA and the second Princeton player ever to play in the WNBA. 3.

Women’s lacrosse snatches Ivy League title, then downs Syracuse in same week Go, women’s lacrosse! As the year wound down and attention for many students turned toward reading period, the Tigers were still focused on unfinished business in the postseason.

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Sophomore forward Abby Given scores the game-winning goal in overtime to lift the Tigers over UNC and into the Elite Eight.

Tournament, the No. 1 Tigers looked to take care of business and secure their place in the NCAA Tournament. After easily handling Columbia, the Tigers won a back and forth showdown against Penn 13–10 to win the tournament. Hours later, they found out that they would be squaring off against No. 19 Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Having already lost an epic 17–16 dogfight at home, Princeton looked to exact revenge. The two teams played another classic, with the Tigers taking a six-goal lead midway through the first only to watch Syracuse tie it up in the second half. Senior Colby Chanenchuk, playing in her hometown in front of friends and family, would seal the Tiger victory in double overtime with a brilliant shot on the Syracuse goalkeeper. The goal sent the Tigers into a frenzy, and onto the next round of the NCAA tournament.

2. Men’s hockey shocks the ECAC, clinching a spot in the NCAA tournament Our Cinderella story of the year is without question the men’s hockey team.

The Tigers were uncertain of their ECAC playoff fate heading into the final game of the season, which they won 4–3 against St. Lawrence to clinch home ice and the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Expected to win a few games but fizzle out, the Tigers shocked the ECAC and the rest of the NCAA by winning six games in a row, punching their ticket to the NCAA Tournament in the process.

Not only did the Tigers not drop a single series in the ECAC playoffs, they didn’t drop a single game. And it was one storybook moment after another for the Tigers.

First up, Princeton defeated Union — a team it had not beaten in its last 20 attempts

— in back-to-back games to make the ECAC semifinals.

Then, the Tigers shocked the nation by thrashing the No. 2 Cornell Big Red 4–1 in the ECAC semifinals.

Already riding a Cinderella story, the Tigers took it a step further by winning the final game and getting to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in nine years.

On the same ice where the United States shocked Russia in the 1980 Olympics, the Tigers shocked No. 10 Clarkson when senior Max Becker roped a shot into the net 2:37 into overtime, sending the Tigers back to the biggest tournament in the sport. From No. 7 seed to ECAC champions, the men’s hockey team had a run that will never be forgotten.

1. Women’s soccer defeats UNC 2–1 in overtime to advance to the NCAA Elite 8 When you beat the best team in the nation, perhaps the best college program in the history of the sport, you are going to create the top moment of the year. The women’s soccer team took No. 2 UNC — holder of 21 national titles and the most wins of any NCAA school in history — and knocked them out of the tournament with a thrilling 2–1 victory in sudden death overtime.

Despite being outshot 24–8 for the game, Princeton did enough to send the Tar Heels home on their home field. It was Abby Givens — the sophomore forward who was one of the team’s catalysts all year — who scored the game-winning goal in overtime. Beating a defender, then redirecting the ball in midair, the hometown player sent the Tigers into the Elite 8 for only the second time in school history.

Givens and the Princeton women’s soccer team provide us our best moment of the 2017–18 year in sports.

Here’s to hoping for just as exciting a season in 2018–19.

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Water polo splits last day of Princeton Invitational, edges past Air Force, drops game to UCLA

By David Xin Head Sports Editor

The No. 13 men’s water polo team split the last day of the Princeton Invitational against Air Force and No. 1 UCLA. The Tigers defeated Air Force 15–13 in a tightly contested match before falling to UCLA 17–5. Princeton ended the invitational 3–2, with a second loss to No. 4 Stanford. The Tigers are now 6–2 overall for the season.

Princeton started the day with a match against Air Force. The Tigers jumped out to a strong start, scoring three of the first four goals. However, a rally initiated by Air Force’s Michael Miller tied the game at four apiece. In the second quarter, Princeton once again came out to a strong start, netting four consecutive goals. De-

spite the strong showing, the game remained tight with neither team building a definitive lead.

Seven different Tigers registered on the score sheet, with three players recording a hat trick. Senior Matt Payne, sophomore Casey Conrad, and senior Ryan Wilson led the Princeton offense with three goals each.

In their second match, Princeton faced off against the Bruins. However, this time it was UCLA that came out with a splash, scoring three straight goals to take a comfortable 4–1 lead. While the Tigers continued to fight, they could not close the gap.

A shutout in the third quarter put the game out of reach for the Tigers. UCLA, 2017 national champions, demonstrated their strength with an emphatic 17–5 win.

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With the loss, the Tigers fell to 6–2 in the regular season. In the 2017 season, Princeton held an impressive 22–6 record and equally noteworthy conference record of 8–2.

Princeton’s only two losses in the National Water Polo Conference last year were to Harvard.

The second loss was particularly disheartening, as Princeton fell 12–11 in double overtime in a championship game that would have sent them to the NCAA tournament. Princeton had started the game with a 5–1 run. The Crimson pushed back, however, and two late goals in the crucial moment of the game helped them tie and force overtime, where they edged out the Tigers by one goal.

The Tigers are undoubtedly looking to avenge a difficult loss this season as they

look for another successful campaign in the NWPC. For now, though, fans of the men’s water polo team will have to hold their excitement as the Tigers face

off against Wagner before officially starting conference play. The Tigers continue their season Sept. 19 in DeNunzio Pool.

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