The Daily Princetonian: September 13, 2024

Judge declines motion to dismiss charges against pro- Palestine protesters

By Miriam Waldvogel Associate News Editor

The 15 students and University community members arrested during pro-Palestine protests last spring will not have their cases dismissed following a hearing on Tuesday.

Aymen Aboushi, an attorney representing the 12 students and one postdoc arrested for occupying Clio Hall, motioned to

dismiss the charges of defiant trespassing, which Judge John McCarthy III ’69 ultimately rejected. Citing body camera footage, he argued that the students at Clio Hall did not receive notice from the officers who arrested them that they were trespassing. Under New Jersey law, defiant trespassing occurs when someone enters a space after “knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so.”

Omar Qadeer, a lawyer representing the two students arrested in McCosh courtyard during the beginning of the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” also joined Aboushi in requesting a motion to dismiss.

McCarthy rejected the motion over concerns that the arguments raised by Aboushi would be best resolved at trial and would not be within the bounds of a motion to

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U. walks back protest ban on Nassau Hall lawn

By Olivia Sanchez Associate News Editor

On Sept. 5, the University retracted its decision to ban protests on the front lawn of Nassau Hall. Cannon Green and the Prospect House grounds remain off-limits locations to protest.

According to University spokesperson Jennifer Morrill, the change was made because the walkways in front of Nassau Hall “have long been an approved protest site.”

“Historically, we have recognized — and we continue to recognize — that protests legitimately spill onto the lawn. We have changed our language to reflect that,” she wrote in a statement to The Daily Princetonian.

Since the launch of the University’s new protest site a week ago, University officials have asserted that no policy changes occurred since the end of the last semester, which was marked by turmoil between the administration and protesters following the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.”

effectively removed the most significant update made to University policy. The FAQ page of the Protests and Free Expression website, which launched on Aug. 27, has been updated to reflect this change. Previously, the site read, “Are Nassau Hall’s front lawn, Cannon Green, or Prospect House grounds available for events, protests or demonstrations? No. Front campus (the lawn in front of Nassau Hall), Cannon Green, and Prospect House lawn and garden are reserved for officially sanctioned University events, and are not available for any other organized activities.”

A question regarding Nassau Hall is now separate from the section on Cannon Green and Prospect House.

“Is the Nassau Hall front lawn available for protests or demonstrations?” a new FAQ tab reads.

“Yes. The walkways in front of Nassau Hall are expressly recognized as legitimate protest sites, and the University has historically recognized and continues to recognize that protests may legitimately spill over onto the lawn.”

The first pro-Palestine protest of the semester  — held on Sept. 3 — targeted attacks towards the ban of protest activity on campus spaces.

CJL undergoes dining hall renovations

“You may be wondering whether Princeton’s policies relating to protests and demonstrations will change in light of last year’s activity. The short answer is: no,” a letter from top administrators — including Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun, Dean of the College Michael Gordin, and Dean of the Faculty Gene Jarrett — stated.

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By Caitlyn Tablada Staff News Writer

Students at Princeton’s Center for Jewish Life (CJL) are facing logistical barriers to accessing meals while the dining hall undergoes renovations, which are expected to be completed by early 2025.

According to an email sent to CJL members by Princeton Campus Dining, the renovations aim to provide “updated facilities” that “will be better equipped to meet the needs of our growing community, offering additional space and improved organization to enhance our operations.”

Despite the challenges that construction can present, Campus Dining has adjusted to the new circumstances. The department has hired addi-

tional staff, including an extra mashgiach — a person who ensures that food establishments are kosher. While the kitchen is under renovation, kosher meals will be prepared in an off-site kitchen and delivered to the CJL’s dining hall. The servery will serve exclusively kosher meat and vegetarian dishes and forgo dairy meals until the renovation is complete. Jewish food laws prohibit the mixing of meat and dairy.

The CJL has also transitioned to using compostable and disposable tableware because of limited dishwashing space.

Rabbi Gil Steinlauf ’91, the CJL Executive Director and Jewish Chaplain at Princeton, lauded the efforts of Campus Dining to soften the blow of

the renovations.

“The dining team has been extraordinarily caring, engaged, creative and helpful in working with us to ensure that meal preparation and service goes as smoothly as possible,” Steinlauf wrote to the ‘Prince.’

He added that “while the renovation presents some logistical challenges, it isn’t slowing down our Shabbat and holiday meals and experiences. We now offer multiple spaces around the building to get food at meals and to eat those meals to make up for some of the temporarily reduced seating in the dining hall.”

CJL member Eliana Bane ’27 agreed with Steinlauf’s assessment of Campus Dining’s work.

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“If somebody from the administration comes over and says, ‘here’s a little sheet of paper; you’re walking on the grass,’ I want you to go find [a protest

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In 1995, the unexpectedly large Class of 1999 made finding room for all students in Princeton’s residential colleges impossible. To create space for the first years, the University built temporary housing units resembling trailers on Poe Field, where 34 sophomores elected to live that year. The sophomores enjoyed various perks provided by the University in the trailers, while other residential colleges were expanded to allow all first-years to experience a residential college community.

RYLAND GRAHAM / THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN Protesters at Clio Hall celebrate as students exit after being arrested.

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been extraordinarily

caring, engaged, creative

crowded Shabbat and holiday meals,” Steinlauf wrote.

“The dining hall staff is working really hard to maintain a normalized meal schedule and is doing a good job of creating substitutes,” Bane wrote in an email to the ‘Prince.’ “Attendance this semester has also been incredible and all the seats on Friday nights are taken!”

As operations continue amid the renovations, community members are excited for new and improved space.

“There will be completely renovated meat and dairy kitchens, and an expanded servery that allows better flow of lines, particularly during

“The space will be beautiful, with large windows allowing lots of light, as well as an exciting arts wall with artistic contributions by our students to add connection and personal touches to the space,” he added.

“The renovations will give the CJL the look and feel of the other dining halls,” Margalit Ramirez ’28 — a member of the CJL who frequents its dining hall — said in an interview with the ‘Prince.’

“Right now, it’s smaller than all the other dining halls, and it does give [the CJL] a feel that it is only for Jewish students to eat at. I think the renovations will make the CJL feel like a

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helpful

comfortable and welcoming space for any student to eat at, regardless of religious affiliation,” she added.

With the renovations set to be complete by early January, students hope they will provide a welcoming environment to eat meals amidst the daily business of Princeton.

“CJL is such a strong and inclusive community,” Ramirez told the ‘Prince.’ “I’m excited for the renovations to transform the dining space into something that anyone can feel comfortable eating at with their friends.”

Caitlyn Tablada is a staff News writer from New York City who typically covers student life and academics.

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Students transition to new online course book provider for fall semester

By Ava Fonss Staff News Writer

Beginning this semester, students will purchase textbooks and other required course materials through the new eCampus Online Bookstore platform. Students have reported experiencing order delays from the new online bookstore and expressed concern over potential long processing times in the mailroom at Frist Campus Center.

In May, the University announced that local independent bookstore Labyrinth Books would no longer serve as the supplier of books for Princeton courses after 17 years of partnership.

According to Caitlin Donahue, Course Materials Manager at the McGraw Center for Teaching and

Learning, this change was a collective decision between Labyrinth and the University.

“Labyrinth now gets to fully focus on being a local bookstore that excels in scholarly materials as well,” Donahue said in an interview with The Daily Princetonian.

Donahue told the ‘Prince’ that the shift has brought “more awareness about things like the types of books that are being used, what courses need more material, what students are purchasing, and what faculty is requesting.”

Other features of the new platform include the ability to sell textbooks and to  price match a new, used, or rental textbook within seven days of purchase.

“I do believe that this provides students with a little more flexibility with the options they have,”

Donahue added.

Students may choose to ship their books to Frist Campus Center or to any non-campus address. While shipping is always free for orders sent to Frist, students must spend over $59 to ship items offcampus for free. Books that are available and ordered before 11 a.m. ET will have same-day shipping, and orders placed after 11 a.m. ET will ship the next business day.

According to an email sent to returning students by University Registrar Emily Shandley, students will be notified by Print and Mail Services via email when their orders are ready for pickup. Textbook deliveries sent to Frist Campus Center can be picked up via walk up service at the mail center or in a secure locker.

Some students using the new platform have experienced delays with their orders. “Every time I ordered from Labyrinth, [my books] would arrive in the store around two days after I placed the order,” Alex Picoult ’26 said in an interview with the ‘Prince.’ “I ordered a book about a week ago from the new system, and it hasn’t arrived yet. Nobody likes to feel unprepared.”

Vivian Loeffert ’27 is also concerned about the processing times at Frist. “I’ve had packages in Frist that take over a week to process,” she said in an interview with the ‘Prince’. “That can become an issue when course materials are needed for readings and other assignments early in the semester.”

Loeffert also enjoyed the experience of visiting a physical store

to retrieve course materials. “In an age where there are so few physical books anymore, I liked to have the satisfaction of going into a store. There is also now more packaging and shipping involved, which is bad for the environment,” she said.

Donahue, however, believes that the new online system will be beneficial overall. “I know that a lot of other schools have bookstores that are exclusively online, so I think it’s really great that Princeton is now doing an online bookstore. It allows for a lot more flexibility and accessibility, which is very exciting.”

Ava Fonss is a staff News writer for the ‘Prince.’

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marshal] and tell them, tell this guy to f--- off,” Aditi Rao GS, an organizer with Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divest (PIAD) told the crowd.

Although the protesters avoided stepping onto Cannon Green during their campus tour of protest sites from the Spring semester, during their stop at Nassau Hall, some stepped onto the lawn.

“We have tried to follow the University’s process, and they’ve shifted the goalposts … Today we played by the rules … [but] I would say we’re not deterred,” Urvi Kumbhat GS, another organizer, said.

A Sept. 3 email to the University community from Vice President for Student Life W. Rochelle Calhoun denied that the policies changed “in light of last year’s activity.”

Princeton University Postdocs and Scholars (PUPS), the union for postdoctoral researchers on campus who have frequently held protests in front of Nassau Hall,

wrote a statement to the ‘Prince’ in reaction to the rule reversal.

“The University’s ability to change these and other policies on a whim is why we’re fighting for a strong contract to protect workers’ rights to protest among many other things,” they said.

“We are glad that the University loosened this one restriction — but what this shows is not their reasonableness, but the untenability of their rules overall,” Anna Buretta ’27 and Liz Kunz ’27, co-coordinators of Sunrise Princeton, said. Sunrise is a protestoriented student organization dedicated to climate activism.

“We believe that it is important to continue pushing against the remaining draconian restrictions on protests. Princeton prides itself on free speech, and we must ensure that they do not enshrine protest as a lesser form of expression than speech in their official codes,” Buretta added.

Olivia Sanchez is an associate News editor for the ‘Prince.’ She is from New Jersey and often covers the graduate school and academic departments.

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dismiss in municipal court.

“We don’t decide a motion for summary judgment,” he said.

Municipal Prosecutor Christopher Koutsouris called Aboushi’s argument about trespassing communication a “poisonous oversimplification.”

The University indicated in August that it would not interfere in criminal proceedings. However, both Koutsouris and Aboushi noted during the trial that they each had extensive conversations with legal counsel representing the University.

“We continue to support an outcome that minimizes the impact of the legal process on our students while maintaining student accountability,” University spokesperson Jennifer Morrill wrote in a statement to The Daily Princetonian on Tuesday.

Rights, Rules, Responsibilities — the University’s policy handbook — outlines a position distancing the administration from legal proceedings, writing that the University cannot guarantee outcomes if “outside authorities” are called upon community members.

“Members of the University involved in such cases, when their conduct is in violation of the law, cannot be guaranteed im-

munity either from arrest or prosecution,” the section on “Campus Misconduct and the Law” reads.

Aditi Rao GS, one of the students arrested at Clio, told the ‘Prince’ that she was fine going to trial.

“I know that we have the law on our side,” Rao noted.

When the motion to dismiss was rejected, Aboushi proposed a “holding date” to prevent all of the defendants from going straight to trial. Aboushi and Koutsouris gestured towards plans to negotiate plea deals for some of the defendants, while an unspecified group would submit a notice to head to trial.

“I’m sure that some will accept [a plea deal],” said Rao, pointing to the fact that six of the defendants in the Clio Hall case have since graduated. She also emphasized the time involved in a potential trial.

“You don’t have time to get called into court for several hours on a random Tuesday,” she added. Rao noted that at least one version of the plea deal — of which the prosecutor said there are two — presented a guilty plea to a municipal noise ordinance.

Chase Hommeyer ’19, who was the alum arrested at a protest at Richardson Auditorium in May, became the first person to take such a deal at a separate proceeding on Tuesday. They had previously faced charges of defiant trespass and of obstructing a

government function and received a $200 fine.

Tuesday’s proceedings got off to a relatively late start after about 150 people joined the virtual hearing. Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divest (PIAD) encouraged their supporters to appear at the hearing and distributed a zoom link ahead of the start time. Around half of the attendees sported identical Zoom backgrounds reading “MERCER COUNTY: DROP THE CHARGES.” PIAD wrote in a statement to the ‘Prince’ that they hope the University will push to avoid a trial.

In the meantime, those who were students at the time of their arrest have received four years of disciplinary probation, according to a post on X from PIAD — the two other arrestees were a postdoctoral researcher and a student at the Princeton Theological Seminary. Disciplinary probation does not carry any immediate penalties, but “will be taken into account in judging the seriousness of any subsequent infraction even if the probationary period has expired.”

Ayboushi emphasized to the court that although the proceedings were in municipal court, the judge should view the case in a greater context, implicating the larger pro-Palestine cause.

“What’s at play here is significant to these students, the University, this country, and the world,” he noted.

Court cases for students arrested at proPalestine protests across the country continue to unfurl, although many charges have been dropped. Over the summer at Columbia, prosecutors dropped charges against protesters arrested for occupying Hamilton Hall, citing a lack of evidence. In late August, attorneys for protesters at Yale filed a motion to dismiss criminal trespass charges.

McCarthy, the judge, expressed that “civil disobedience has great consequences.”

“Martin Luther King: his letters from Birmingham Jail have great consequences. It would not have great consequences if they were written from his living room couch,” he said.

“Obviously we would all rather be sitting on a couch than in jail,” Rao told the ‘Prince.’ “I promise you, I am thinking in the spirit of liberation without going to jail.”

The protesters are due back in court on Oct. 1.

Miriam Waldvogel is an associate News editor and the investigations editor for the ‘Prince.’ She is from Stockton, Calif. and often covers campus activism and University accountability.

Head News Editor Annie Rupertus contributed reporting.

Thames transitions into role as ORL Dean, prioritizing connections across a growing campus

By Elisabeth Stewart Assistant News Editor

After eight years at the Office for Religious Life (ORL), incoming Dean Theresa Thames has developed a deep appreciation for the relationships she builds. It’s a gift, she says, to use her role to learn about students, her colleagues, and campus community members.

“A question that I often lead with is, ‘How is your heart?’ And when I ask that question, I absolutely mean it,” Thames said during an interview with The Daily Princetonian. “I want to know: how is your heart, outside of your grades, outside of [your] activities?”

In Thames’s time as Associate

Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel, cultivating meaningful relationships with students has one of her top priorities and will continue to be one as she replaces Dean Allison Boden as the ORL’s Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel. Boden retired at the end of July after 17 years in the position.

Thames joined Princeton in 2016. She received her B.A. from Howard University before receiving her Masters of Divinity from Duke Divinity School and completing her Doctor of Ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary. She then worked at several churches in the Washington D.C. area.

At Princeton, she has led interdenominational worship services, provided care during times of

grief, and has even led yoga meditation classes across campus.

Thames’s focus on relationshipbuilding was shared by her predecessor, Dean Boden, whose legacy she hopes to continue as she brings her own ideas to the role.

“I really have been handed a gift,” Thames said. “I’m following in [Boden’s] legacy of 17 years here at the University; being able to build on her legacy, but also having the depth and breadth and space to be creative in my work. My hope for this first year is to continue to build on the foundation that’s already in place, but also to explore new ways that I will embody this role.”

In her first year, Boden expanded the ORL’s chaplaincy program

to include positions for Muslim and Hindu chaplains. Dr. Vineet Chander became the first full-time Hindu chaplain at a U.S. university and Imam Sohaib Nazeer Sultan was one of the first University Muslim chaplains in the United States.

“We just had a greater number of Hindu and Muslim students who [were] looking around at the amazing resources for the Jewish community and for the Christian community and saying, ‘You know, these folks have chaplains, and they seem to do a lot for them. Let’s try that.’ And the answer was, ‘You’re right,’” Boden told the ‘Prince’ in an interview.

Additionally, Boden recognized Rabbi Eitan Webb as an official Chabad on Campus chaplain in 2008, building connections with Jewish life on campus.

“Learning about how [Boden] interacted with students [and] people across campus allowed me to really go beyond what might be thought of as ‘religious life’ and think about the intersections of meaning-making across campus,” Thames reflected.

As she looks to extend Boden’s legacy, Thames has turned her focus to securing the longevity of some of the newer programs established. For instance, Princeton established the Rose Castle Foundation in 2019. Rose Castle hosts group workshops on reconciliation, or “helping people hear one another” in Boden’s words. Since their first trip, students have attended workshops at the castle every fall break.

Beyond looking at the upkeep of

the ORL’s newest projects, Thames noted that she looks forward to continuing to adapt the office’s services to the evolving needs of Princeton’s students.

“I sometimes feel that there’s an idea that the adults on campus, we talk more than we listen, and I really want us to think about what it means to be active listeners and partners with our students,” Thames said.

Thames also considered how the ORL can accommodate an expanding campus, hoping to hold more activities in south campus to create more “campus-wide engagement.”

She also mentioned expanding programming past the ORL’s home in Murray Dodge Hall to other parts of campus.

“How can we use the spaces that we have available to really occupy them? Some spaces aren’t used all the time … How are labs used? … there are other ways that we can be in other buildings and do meditation or do small circle talks,” she remarked.

“The campus is expanding even more, so what are ways that our office can not only have a larger footprint but have deeper relationships [and] wider connections across the campus? I’m really looking forward to having deep conversations with people, hearing about what they’re interested in, and also learning more about what it means for Princeton to grow and expand our student population,” she said.

Elisabeth Stewart is an assistant News editor for the ‘Prince.’

Presidential candidates debate, Princetonians watch

By Vitus Larrieu Senior News Writer

While informal crowds of students huddled around various TV screens and laptops across campus to view Tuesday’s presidential debate, more than 200 students packed into multiple watch parties in Whig Hall — the traditional home of politics on campus — with friends, pizza, and snacks. The debate marks the first major event on campus concerning the 2024 Presidential election.

Whig Party Chair Sophia Burnston ’27 and Cliosophic Society Chair Jaden Stewart ’26 collaborated across the partisan divide to provide students with a nonpartisan venue to watch the debate, a choice that both chairs noted in interviews with The Daily Princetonian. Whig typically represents students who align themselves with the political left, while Clio represents the right.

“I think it’s very important that we come together for events like this to show that we are stronger when we have conversation, when

we are in discussion with one another,” Burnston said.

“A lot of current events have led to people not trusting each other, not having faith in each other, and it really ruins a lot of the relationships that I think are one of the best parts of college, and I think that this event was able to cut that in such a successful way,” Stewart said.

Whig-Clio Society President Daniel Shaw ’25 emphasized the importance of events like this in inspiring young people to vote.

He noted that Whig-Clio collaborated to put on the watch party with Vote100, a voter turnout effort sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS).

“I think that this is a perfect example of a civic exercise. People come together to learn about both of the candidates. Whig-Clio is nonpartisan, so of course, we’re not here supporting any one of the candidates,” he added. “Our role here is just to get people out, excited about the election, excited to vote after learning about their

choices.”

Students sat on pews, chairs, and the floor throughout the senate chamber’s two floors, with many doing homework as the debate played in the background. Others stared intently at the televisions displaying the debate, quietly taking in every policy position. While there was some side chatter, most onlookers remained relatively quiet, save for a few moments of collective reaction to particularly intense moments between the two candidates.

The experience downstairs was similar, though notably warmer in the more packed basement. As opposed to the neutral WhigClio watch party, the Princeton College Democrats event had a partisan flair. Bingo sheets with various anticipated events, including “Kamala laughs” and “Trump questions Harris’s race,” were passed around the room. The group erupted in cheers when the first box, Trump saying “I know nothing about Project 2025,” was checked off.

College Dems social chair

Quentin Colon Roosevelt ’27 told the ‘Prince,’ “We’ve seen so much more enthusiasm since Biden dropped out of the race and was replaced with Harris … We had tons of people out canvassing last weekend; we’ve just seen a massive enthusiasm. So, we were like, we have to keep it going, right?”

At one point during the debate, when Donald Trump claimed that Americans wanted abortion rights to return to the states, one crowd member asked the room, “Did you guys want it?” to which attendees responded with an emphatic “No!” Roosevelt commented on the energy in the room, which he likened to a football game.

“We have a team here, we have someone we’re backing, and we like it when she’s doing well,” Roosevelt said. “We’re a little squeamish when she says stuff that we think might be off, but yeah, I think it’s like essentially watching a sports event.”

Michelle Miao ’26, the president of College Dems, shared with the ‘Prince’ that she hoped to turn the

energy for the debate into future political action with the group.

“We’re going to encourage people to join our GroupMe and to sign up for some of our events, whether it’s our meetings during the week on campus or some student-organized events like canvassing on the weekends,” she said.

Miao is a News contributor for the ‘Prince.’

Whig-Clio also has ambitions of turning the enthusiasm surrounding the debate into future event turnout, Miao said.

“Whig-Clio really hopes to be the center of election programming on campus this semester,” she said, emphasizing a scheduled lineup of political speakers that leads up to election day.

“We want to make sure that there is space for political discourse from both sides, and we really want to make sure that all of Princeton is voting,” she added.

Vitus Larrieu is a senior News writer and head Podcast editor for the ‘Prince.’

Daya and NLE Choppa take center stage at sunny Lawnparties

By Megan Cameron Staff News Writer

For the second semester in a row, Princeton’s Lawnparties — held on Sunday — was greeted with sunshine, bright blue skies, and temperatures in the low to mid seventies. Students flocked outside of Robertson Hall to splash in the SPIA fountain, danced outside the eating clubs lining Prospect Ave., and assembled on Frist North Lawn in support of this year’s guest performers.

Unlike other Lawnparties, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Social Committee decided to invite two headliners this fall, singer-songwriter Daya and rapper NLE Choppa, rather than sticking to their usual lineup of a single headliner preceded by a student opener.

With this selection of two artists, USG intended to provide students with a diverse selection of music while staying within the budget, USG Social Chair Enzo Kho ’26 told The Daily Princetonian last month.

The student band Oh S*** Look Out was initially prepared to perform as an opener, but last Friday, USG and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS) connected them with the production company preparing the main stage to discuss “logistical challenges” the company had been facing. Kho said issues stemming from “delays in responses from some of the artists’ management [the headliners]” prevented them from being able to “accommodate another component.”

The student body had mixed feelings about this year’s format.

“I mean, I love Daya,” said Lily Gose ’25. “I think I’d barely heard of him [NLE Choppa] before and then I listened to some of his songs and I was like, cool. However, she noted that she preferred “laid back artists.”

“I really like how they appealed to multiple different music tastes,” said Samantha Handwerk ’26. “You have Daya, and you have NLE Choppa, so a wide variety where everyone gets a little something that they like.”

After Daya concluded her set, the audience was left waiting for NLE Choppa to come onstage. ODUS and USG planned to have the two headliners’ performances come to a hard stop at 4:50 p.m., but NLE Choppa did not come on stage until 4:17 p.m when he was originally scheduled to conclude his performance. This delay frustrated students and even led some to exit the lawn before he performed.

“It’s [Lawnparties] been good so far, except for this little pause,” Maaso Ortega ’26 told the ‘Prince’ around 4 p.m., rating the day a seven out of ten. “I’m going home to take a nap now,” he added.

For those who stayed, the concert’s enclosure ran out of water at approximately 4:10 p.m. before NLE Choppa

took the stage. Students were not permitted to bring their own liquids into the Frist North lawn venue.

Seven of Princeton’s 11 eating clubs hosted separate musical guests between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., offering students even more variety to the headliners. Cap and Gown Club hosted two bands, The Broken Vinyls and Arcy Drive, earlier in the day beginning at 12:15 p.m. Ivy Club, Colonial Club, Terrace Club, Tiger Inn, Tower Club, and Cottage Club were all also open for performances. Cannon Dial Elm Club remained open but did not host a performer.

Students told the ‘Prince’ they were pleasantly surprised by the artists Laundry Day, Bipolar Sunshine, and Tiffany Day, which performed respectively at Terrace, Tiger Inn, and Colonial. “I had never heard of them [Laundry Day] before and I ended up really loving their music,” said Sicile NaddeoGjergji ’26.

Naddeo-Gjergji said that she did not attend Lawnparties last spring as part of a pro-Palestine boycott. The spring’s festivities coincided with the 21-day “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” sit-in. “It’s nice to be back after a bit of an extended break and seeing everyone come together again,” she said. As an upperclassman, Naddeo-Gjergji also felt “a lot more relaxed because I know how to handle the Princeton workload and I’m letting myself have a bit of grace this year,” she said.

Looking ahead, students like Xaivian Lee ’26 gave the ‘Prince’ suggestions for future Lawnparties performers they would want to see grace the stage. “I’m gonna go against the grain here, I think they should get Dominic Fike for Lawnparties. I’m a big fan,” he said. “I think that would be a good ass vibe, especially when it’s nice outside … something you could experience either in the crowd or sitting further back on the lawn.”

Kho told the ‘Prince’ the USG Social Committee “was very pleased and happy with how smoothly most things went” throughout the day, adding that “while working with third parties and vendors brings its share of challenges, we handled them effectively.”

Megan Cameron is a staff News writer for the ‘Prince’ from New Windsor, N.Y.

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Rights, rules, and robust noise complaints

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University rips up lawns just in time for Lawnparties

By Spencer Bauman Head Humor Editor

The following content is purely satirical and entirely fictional.

With the first week of class coming to a close, many students are looking forward to one of the most quintessential Princeton events of the semester — Lawnparties. However, walking around campus for the first time since the spring semester has left many students wondering, “Where are all the lawns we’re supposed to party on?”

In an interview with the Daily PrintsAnything, Priya Medd ’28 expressed both excitement and worry for her first Lawnparties.

“I already picked out a nice white dress, but now I’m worried that it’ll just get covered in mud and dust,” Medd explained. “Where is all the grass in the pictures they showed me during orientation?”

The ‘Prints’ sent out a staffer to search for this “grass,” but accidentally got barricaded in by new fences brandishing the phrase “Princeton Builds Access.”

Some students expressed relief that the venue had changed to a muddy swamp. Regina 1901-Laughlin ’27 shared how they were happy that their shoes would be ready to take on the

new site.

“Last year, I went to Lawnparties with some new Sambas — they were covered in mud after,” she explained. “This year, I got some Golden Gooses to take on the soil — the perfect distressed shoes for this deeply distressed event.”

The Daily PrintsAnything also spoke with Lawnparties headliner Daya, who said that the University originally organized for her to perform in the Art Museum construction site on top of an excavator.

“I was confused because they sent me pictures of a dirt mound with the caption ‘Main Stage,’” she began. “They weren’t even planning on stopping construction during my performance.”

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) plans for this fall’s Lawnparties to be the last held outside in the marshes near the Art Museum construction site. USG Social Chair J.D. Walz ’26 explained that budget cuts will move the event inside in the spring.

“Princeton students will be excited to hear that this spring’s Lawnparties will be held in the Choi Dining Hall away from the elements,” Walz explained. “We applied for additional funds to expand the lawn near the Wawa to accommodate the event, but our Student Activities Funding Engine request has been pending for 18 months.”

According to the “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities” section on Lawnparties, the “party” does not technically have to occur on a “lawn,” but the “lawn” should at least either be in view or accessible for photos. We at the Daily PrintsAnything do not know why there would be a section in “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities” about Lawnparties, but we do know that it is poorly written and it took us a few hours to figure out what they were trying to say.

Spencer Bauman is a co-head Humor editor. He is still trying to contact facilities to help get that one staffer out of the construction site fence prison. He can be reached at sbauman[at]princeton.edu.

Constipated student shows off massive dookie on LinkedIn

By Michael Hwang Staff Humor Writer

The following content is purely satirical and entirely fictional.

On Monday, severely constipated first-year David Krappenschitz ’28 passed his first bowel movement in over a month, and like any other accomplished Princeton student, he posted about it on LinkedIn.

“I’m excited to announce that after five weeks of constipation, I made a dookie! Big thanks to my gastroenterologist for prescribing me suppositories, and the janitor for cleaning the blood off the toilet seat. I’m eagerly looking forward to the next one!” Krappenschitz wrote.

Krappenschitz’s post was accompanied by an image of the dookie in question. The post was met with praise from Krappenschitz’s 15,000 LinkedIn connections, who lauded its impressive girth and volume. “The resilience of your butthole is

truly inspiring. Great work, David!” commented fellow first-year John Pissenshart.

On the other hand, many of Krappenschitz’s competitive peers looked upon his excrement with envy. Seeking to emulate a fraction of his success, several have begun posting images of their most impressive bowel movements alongside minor career updates.

“In the past 24 hours, David has gained 46 connections from his post,” explained amateur shit-poster and professional LinkedIn stalker Benjamin Scatt ’26. “I can’t afford to fall behind.”

Krappenschitz is a prospective CBE major interested in mass transport and fluid mechanics.

Michael Hwang is a staff Humor writer. Connect with him at www.linkedin.com for daily life updates and inspirational dictator propaganda quotes.

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Princeton is more than prestige and aesthetics. The prefrosh experience must reflect that.

Sasha Malena Johnson Opinion Contributor

Based on the pre-frosh experience alone, Princeton would get Regina George on any Buzzfeed “Mean Girls” personality quiz. We are the ultimate ice queen: beautiful, popular — #1 on U.S. News for 13 years, in case you forgot — and can sometimes feel less than friendly. We have the cold part down, with a curt and succinct acceptance letter and a short and an arguably trivial admitted students day. Choosing Princeton is like choosing Regina as your best friend. You’re drawn toward undeniable prestige, unattainability, and lore, and you probably also have a masochistic streak.

But from the acceptance letter to Princeton Preview, perhaps Princeton is too removed in the way it treats its pre-frosh and too reliant on visuals and prestige during the period after Ivy Day. Princeton should prioritize efforts to connect with prospective students in written communication and work on making Princeton Preview more socially and intellectually engaging.

The first part of any pre-frosh journey is the acceptance letter. I opened my Princeton acceptance letter on a plane some 35,000 feet above ground, and I was thrilled. The tiger was static but incredible, yet the letter, coming in at 177 words, was short and dry. For reference, Yale sends out a 310word letter and Dartmouth a 365-word letter.

But Princeton misses something Sabrina Carpenter understands: If it’s short, I expect it to be sweet. This was the kindest line in Princeton’s let-

ter: “We truly enjoyed learning about you through your application, and we hope to see you on campus for one of the Preview programs AND as a member of the Great Class of 2028.” Other colleges brought the sugar. For instance, take a look at the Yale letter: “The Yale experience is shaped by the people who make up its community. It is a place of belonging, respect, and friendship, where diversity and fellowship reinforce each other. I know who your fellow students will be, and I am confident you will not find in one place a more compelling, talented, and aspiring company of peers.”

The next step for accepted students are admitted student days. When it comes to Princeton Preview, Princeton relies on its “pretty privilege.” Princeton is gorgeous, to a point where no other college can compete with its golden glow and its stunning architecture.  When The Daily Princetonian wrote about Princeton Preview, the title was “Preview students drawn to Princeton by aesthetics and camaraderie,” and the emphasis of the piece was on the aesthetics, with at least double the mentions compared to camaraderie. Pre-frosh in the article mention the beauty of the architecture, flooring, and the campus itself.

Maybe in the 15th century, when intellectuals and artists were obsessed with Neoplatonic thought — the idea that beauty can facilitate a transcendental and harmonious connection with God — Princeton’s aesthetic approach would work. But we’re living in the 21st century. Princeton needs to move beyond the visual and use concrete language and events to inspire students.

My issue with Princeton Pre -

view was not the fact that I had to take four modes of transportation to get there nor even our highly visible drawstrings, but rather that it was not set up to incorporate sufficient socialization or give us a true feeling of campus life. It was only one day, and that day was replete with endless panels. Everything was structured. Even our after-lunch break, when we were instructed to drink sodas outside of Forbes, left us with little independence. Someone remarked to me that it was so boring they would rather “find their mom.”

Are other Ivies doing it better? Yes. Yale and Harvard have overnight admitted student days where pre-frosh stay in dorms with current students.  Not only is this much more equitable, as parents don’t have to take days off (you can’t legally

reserve a hotel if you’re under 18 in N.J.), this brings a natural social element and allows prefrosh to go by themselves. Additionally, at other Ivies, students take sample classes and have evening events geared for conversation and genuine interaction. These activities give a glimpse of how it is to be a student and a person at one of these universities in a more laid-back environment. Princeton, stop distracting us with M&M’s (yes, they have Princeton emblems) and give the people what they want: Let prospective students stay the night in the Orange Bubble! Princeton can no longer be Regina George. Administration can’t predict how people will feel about new construction, or whether there will be an encampment on Cannon Green, or if, God forbid, U.S.

News gets it wrong. We can’t rely exclusively on our good looks, popularity, and historical charm. Princeton needs to approach pre-frosh less clinically and improve outreach between the time of acceptance and the decision deadline. This is the time to woo potential students with a genuine and sweet approach that highlights Princeton’s community, values, intellectual nature, and good spirit. The drawstring backpack worked on me, but it may not be enough to satisfy admitted students in years to come.

Sasha Malena Johnson is a first-year writer for the ‘Prince.’ She intends to study politics or philosophy and is from Southern California.

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This fall will be the first full semester of Opinion columnists, following the pilot last semester. This semester, we are proud to announce six columns, all continued from the spring. Each columnist will publish every other week or every three weeks.

As I wrote last semester when we introduced columns, reading an author’s column should be like getting a peek through their personal lens — consistent voices from different perspectives on similar issues. We hope that you will get to know these voices, as they write informative, timely, and interesting pieces, every few weeks.

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All regional studies are created equal: Expand South Asian studies

Rishi Subramanian Opinion Contributor

As an institution that values global service and cultural interconnectedness, the University must expand academic opportunities for students to study South Asia — a topical region for policy, economics, politics, and more. Although a South Asian Studies (SAS) minor exists, it is nowhere near as robust as other regional studies’ programs. Princeton must expand SAS into one that is at least comparative in scope to others, or even designate the program as a major of its own.

South Asia’s presence in the global limelight has rapidly expanded, but Princeton’s course offerings simply haven’t kept up. The region’s economies are some of the fastest growing in the world, and top economic journals have commended how India continues to “shape global technological, cultural, and economic trends.” Even within the United States, the significance of South Asia and its people is on a quick uptick. Our population is rising rapidly and we are increasingly attaining global representation, with even the 2024 Democratic Presidential nominee being of Indian descent. Foreign policy initiatives towards the region are gradually gaining relevance, too, in light of India’s strategic alliances with both the United States and Russia.

Yet, despite this all, the SAS program has minimal offerings compared to other regional studies. Take the number of course offerings for the 2024–25 fall semester: The SAS program only offers two. It’s the culmination of consecutive decreases in offerings over the past three years and the lowest number in the past four. In contrast, the East Asian Studies and Near Eastern Studies departments maintain well over 30 course options each. To be fair, these two departments offer majors, so they naturally provide an expanded range of offerings. Yet Latin American Studies and African Studies, which only award minors in a similar vein to SAS, are offering 29 and 13 courses respectively. There’s no good justification for this clear discrepancy in course offerings.

The shortage of courses is not for a lack of content; there is plenty of SAS content that Princeton should teach but doesn’t. For example, while the Language Requirement is a core part of A.B. students’ studies, the only South Asian languages that Princeton currently offers are Hindi and Urdu. Though these languages are not directly listed under the SAS curriculum, an expansion of the number of South Asian languages offered

would only support expanding the SAS program. There are plenty of other South Asian languages that are more widely spoken than some of Princeton’s other language offerings, like Korean, Hebrew, or Polish.

Princeton could teach Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, or Tamil, which are all among the top 20 most spoken languages in the world. Opportunities to study these languages could benefit students interested in a wide range of careers, such as business, politics, diplomacy, or non-profit work.

Princeton’s course offerings in South Asian history and religion similarly have room for growth. The South Asian peninsula’s history stretches back thousands of years, yet Princeton’s program mainly focuses on the colonial and post-colonial years. What about the “Indianization” of Southeast Asia? Or a closer look at the commodities that eventually fueled imperialism? And while religious studies have concerted focuses on major religions in the area, like Buddhism and Islam, there are notable gaps in the study of Hinduism (the world’s third largest religion), much less Sikhism, Jainism, or Zoroastrianism.

Beyond its evident practicality or the financial return that SAS knowledge might confer, the University should expand SAS opportunities for students pursuing intellectual enrichment for its own sake. During such a transformative period of their lives, students should have meaningful opportunities to engage their

ethnic and cultural identities. South Asian students make up a sizable sub-portion of the 34 percent Asian undergraduate population, and for many of us, the pure intellectual pursuit of South Asia is more than worthwhile. A more robust SAS program would enable us to explore our cultural identities — which vary enormously, even if our lineage traces back to the same peninsula — in an academic setting. However, the ability of students to undertake that exploration is primarily contingent on a broader variety of course offerings.

Research corroborates the importance of ethnic studies for students of the said ethnicity. In a 2011 study, CSU Monterey Bay Professor Emerita Christine Sleeter notes how ethnic studies that develop Black students’ racial identity bolstered their sense of agency, and “indigenous students responded well to a curriculum designed around their culture and language.” Across the world’s cultural tapestry, it’s intellectually stimulating and personally empowering to put your own culture under the microscope. An ostensible lack of interest in the program doesn’t mean South Asian students don’t want to examine their culture. Considering how South Asian extracurricular groups foster cultural community and identity, evidently, we are not disinterested in our culture. Rather, extending that community and identity into the classroom is the logical next step.

But the SAS program should and must be for all students. A more comprehensive program will foster intercultural dialogue and understanding. As my colleague Siyeon Lee suggested, “What better way is there to become more humanistic — and in turn, ‘serve humanity’ — than to deeply engage with both the joys and sufferings of communities that aren’t your own?” That, however, is contingent on a more robust program.

Furthermore, a comprehensive SAS program isn’t just an ideal; it’s a precedent set by peer institutions. UC Berkeley boasts a sweeping institute on South Asian Studies. Our fellow Ivies Harvard and Yale maintain an extensive department program and center, respectively. Though, certainly, the minor’s student enrollment is small, that alone is no reason to keep SAS offerings meager. In fact, it’s all the more reason to invest in growing the program. After all, a department or program’s popularity should not dictate its diversity of offerings. Consider majors like French and Italian, Slavic Languages and Literatures, or German (cultural studies in their own right), which altogether garnered 10 concentrators in the Class of 2024, but still exist as fully functional major departments with a slew of courses and opportunities. While these departments are primarily focused on language study and South Asian Studies functions as a more interdisciplinary program, the University has set

clear precedent for supporting expansive courses of study irrespective of student enrollment. It is inequitable that Princeton doesn’t give South Asian Studies the same treatment as these other programs. By increasing avenues for exploration of South Asia, Princeton can further help stimulate more interest among the student body. A vicious cycle of low student interest might stem from the program’s size and limited offerings. The power lies in the University’s hands to strengthen SAS and create a virtuous cycle, where funding the program encourages students to participate in it, stimulating further growth and funding. Reinforcing SAS at Princeton will be attainable, successful, and by extension, will garner more students’ interest.

Princeton must recognize the merits of a stronger South Asian Studies program — or better yet, a major— that is on par with the other regional studies that the University offers. Such a step both benefits SAS as a discipline and will challenge the University to re-evaluate opportunities that it provides to explore many more of the world’s regions and cultures.

Rishi Subramanian is a contributing opinion writer for the ‘Prince.’ He intends to study Electrical and Computer Engineering and is from Johns Creek, Ga.

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Princeton college consultants must prioritize accessibility and pedagogy, not profit

This summer, a new array of advertisements began to flood my Instagram feed. The ads promoted college consulting services offered by incoming students at elite schools like Princeton. SAT tutoring, essay editing, research project mentorship — these services span the entire college application, facilitated through platforms ranging from professional websites to Google Forms. But this help is often not entirely borne of generous spirits. These services, and the exploding college consulting industry at large, is often driven by profit obsession, understanding that some will pay a great deal of money to gain a coveted “elite” education.

As Princeton students, we are uniquely able to charge premium prices for any college counseling services we provide. Yet when we offer consulting services, profit should not be at the center of our philosophy. Rather, we must proactively prioritize cross-class accessibility and effective pedagogy.

In the last decade, the value of educational consulting as an industry has skyrocketed from $400 million to $2.9 billion. Similarly, membership of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), an international membership organization of educational consultants, has more than doubled. A top college consulting firm, Command Education, charges $120,000 for a year of consulting, and prices surge to $250,000 — nearly a typical fouryear college tuition — for just the two weeks’ worth of mentoring between early action decisions and regular decision deadlines in January. Consulting company IvyWise charges an average of $25,000 per student. Across the college consulting industry, the IECA reports an average hourly rate of $230 and an average comprehensive fee of $6,450 per student.

It is abundantly clear that wealthy applicants are the predominant recipients of this type of aid. At Princeton, according to the Class of 2027 Frosh Survey, half of all respondents earning over $500 thousand a year used

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private assistance in applications, as opposed to roughly 10 percent for those earning under $80 thousand. Even Command’s CEO Christopher Rim acknowledges the “unfair advantage” he offers to the upper class, but justifies it by claiming, “I’m not helping a wealthy client take the spot of a low-income student … [wealthy students are] competing against each other.”

But here, Rim also implicitly admits a reason why consulting companies may take certain wealthy clients beyond their wallets. Canh Oxelson, former admissions officer at the University of Pennsylvania, put it best: “The kid’s going to get in no matter what.” Command touts a 94 percent acceptance rate into students’ top three choices, while IvyWise showcases acceptance rates thrice the national average for a slew of universities — key marketing techniques that pass off the importance of wealth in admissions as their own consulting value. There’s a glaring irony to how the most elaborate, expensive services are offered to students who need them least.

While student consultants may charge much less than industry elites, their similar culture inevitably elicits the same pay-toplay notion of corporate consulting. There’s nothing wrong with talented and motivated students offering their help as tutors, of course. But they must distance themselves from the ethos of profit-obsessed giants like Command Education and instead offer services in a way that not only tutors, but also equalizes.

Many student consultants offer free 15 — 20 minute introduction calls, but I encourage them to do more. An unambiguous focus on providing services to any student regardless of financial need would be a necessary first step to ensuring the integrity of student-offered consulting services. One method is to directly remove the cost barrier. Matriculate, a national nonprofit, connects high-achieving, low-income high school students to trained undergraduate advisors. Getting involved with organizations like Matriculate’s Princeton chapter is just one way Princetonians can

start to chip away at the financial hurdles so ingrained in the multibillion-dollar college consulting industry.

Secondly, we need a reinvigorated focus on the mentee, not just the mentor. Every tutor advertises their personal credentials first and foremost — awards, research experience, test scores. This makes sense — tutors should be experts. But single-mindedly emphasizing these credentials only serves to enhance the attractiveness and profitability of the tutor and fails to indicate how these tutors will actually serve their mentees. Instead, emphasizing teaching-related qualifications like mentoring background and specific pedagogy would help students more effectively select tutors that work with their learning style. Teachers are hired for far more than subject matter expertise — they should be judged on their ability to teach it. This focus on effective pedagogical skills helps deconstruct misguided assumptions about the tutor’s merit, like that those with the best resumes are necessarily the best to learn from, when so many other factors — often out of students’ control — can influence their achievements and tutoring ability. Overall, deliberately shifting the emphasis from mentor achievement to educational expertise, and thus how mentors could uplift under-resourced mentees, would ensure both the efficacy and integrity of these consulting services college students offer. High school students aspiring to attend highly selective schools naturally seek the advice of those who are currently attending. Current students have not only successfully navigated the application, but are also close in age and cultural knowledge to these students. These students want our advice, and in a world where pressure to get into a “good college” is pervasive, they may be desperate for it. So, let’s not take advantage of them. College students should leverage our relatability and knowledge for good — not for profit.

Ava Chen is a first-year columnist intending to study English or psychology. She is from Wellesley, Mass.

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Oh

S*** Look Out: They might be coming to Lawnparties

USG doesn’t know, and we don’t know either. Still, we spoke to the band.

By Raphaela Gold & Bryan Zhang | Associate Features Efitor & Head Copy Editor

Two days away from Lawnparties, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) has yet to announce a student opener. A long-held tradition for the concert event, a student ensemble performs an opening act for the celebrity guest(s), bringing a slice of Princeton’s art scene to the star-studded affair.

While the rest of the student body was left in anticipation, The Daily Princetonian heard a rumor: Oh S*** Look Out, a student band created just last year, would take the stage on Sunday. The band confirmed to the ‘Prince’ they were set to perform. If that was the case, we wondered, why was their performance still being kept under wraps so close to Lawnparties?

Well, that’s because they may not be the opener.

According to the USG Social Committee, they are waiting to hear if their production vendor has the equipment the band requested. If the company cannot provide the equipment, it’s possible Oh S*** Look Out may no longer be the opener.

“There’s a possibility? That’s crazy!” said Samara Samad ’25, lead singer of the band. It turns out the ‘Prince’ was the one to break the news to the band.

While the USG figures out who will actually open Lawnparties, which they anticipate revealing by Saturday afternoon, the ‘Prince’ caught up with three of the band’s members before they played a gig at Terrace on Thursday night to kick off the academic year. The interview delves into who Oh S*** Look Out are — namely, a rock band taking the eating club scene by storm made up of a group of friends who love to jam.

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and concision.

The Daily Princetonian: Somebody from the USG was saying that there’s something happening with equipment that could make it difficult. So basically, the question I had for you guys is: did you request any weird or abnormal equipment?

Ashley Abramson ’25: Not at all. Just like drums and amps and microphones.

Samara Samad ’25: No funky stuff.

AA: Not any keys, not any winds. We are, like, the most basic, bare-bones band: two guitars, bass, drum, singers.

DP: What is everybody’s role in the band?

LS: Leah Shefferman [’27], drummer.

SS: Samara Samad, lead singer.

AA: Ashley Abramson, I play bass, and then Mason Hooks [’25] and Tait Oberg [’27] both play guitar.

DP: And the name of that band is?

AA: It’s Oh S*** Look Out. Shortened to OSLO.

SS: If you had to shorten it, or like, censor it …

AA: It could just be like, “Oh [letter] S” and stars. [Oh S***]

SS: OSLO is kind of lame.

DP: No, OSLO’s cool. So, what is the origin story of this band?

AA: So, we’re all in the Princeton University Rock Ensemble (PURE) here; Samara is the former president, and it’s a very successful rock group on campus. People audition with lots of different types of instruments. The goal of the group is to bring people together who play rock instruments for the purpose of forming these independent bands or just like, play music and have fun.

A lot of times bands kind of form from that. You meet people who you vibe with, and we said, hey, we want to play some shows at the eating clubs or wherever, or we just like to play music together. Yeah, that’s kind of the origin of the band. It’s very simple.

DP: Are a lot of the previous ones that have headlined lawnparties from PURE?

OSLO: Oh, yeah.

SS: Maybe not all members, but a lot of them.

LS: And we played some gigs together, the five of us, last semester.

SS: Yeah, at eating clubs. So we played enough gigs together that we said, “Hey, this group is really fun. And let’s submit one of the videos from the eating clubs that our friends took on their iPhones and see if we can play at Lawnparties.”

DP: Have you ever played anything this big before? As big as Lawnparties?

AA: Samara has.

SS: I was in another band, in the last band [to perform at Lawnparties].

DP: What band was that?

SS: Weather Boy.

DP: So, how are you feeling about this Lawnparties? Are you excited?

SS: I’m really excited.

AA: I’m a little bit nervous. I’ve never headlined anything like this, and I’ve actually applied to be the Lawnparties headliner a couple times before, and I never thought that I would. I’m a senior now, and I kind of thought that my time had passed for that. So this was a really, really exciting turn of events.

DP: Are you all seniors?

LS: I’m a sophomore. Tait is also a sophomore.

SS: We’re seniors. I’m a senior. It’s really fun to just play with friends and have this experience. Like, it’s wonderful to be opening for these headliners, but it’s also just so great to be having beautiful, fun times with your friends. That’s es-

sentially what it is. Regardless of crowds or what the setting is, it’s just, you know, making music and having fun.

DP: What kind of music do you usually do?

LS:  Rock-oriented. Rock and jazz depending on the setting.

DP: Do you play any originals or mostly covers?

SS: Not in this band. Weather Boy, we did some originals. But this year, it’s a quick turnaround. This will be all covers, but in the future, originals would be fun too.

DP: Do you have a specific band memory that you look back on with fondness, or a crazy thing that happened to you guys, a story?

SS: Something always goes wrong.

AA: We’re dealing with so much stuff, and being in front of a lot of people.

I would say we were playing a gig at Cannon. And it was packed. It was really hot, it was really loud, it was really fun, it was exciting, and the vibes were great. And the guitarist, Mason, was playing, he’s absolutely shredding. He broke two of his strings. It just snapped. We didn’t have a backup guitar. And so, Mason runs from Cannon all the way back to his dorm — which was close to the UStore, so across campus — to grab a second guitar and then ran all the way back.

He came back sweating, and we were just improv-ing; we had another guitar, so we played some songs that we could play with one guitar, and they still sounded great, and we kept the crowd going. It was stressful, but it was exciting.

DP: Sounds like you all have experienced rolling with the punches.

SS: Yeah, it teaches you to be scrappy. Like, find solutions on the spot. Not only are we the musicians playing, but we’re also our own roadies; we’re moving the equipment, promoting, we’re doing all this stuff.

DP: Do you have a favorite song to play together?

AA: I really like playing Ohio.

LS: I was gonna say Ohio!

AA: It starts off really slow — very slow intro for almost a minute, and then it just builds, builds, builds. And Samara has this amazing belt voice. I think it builds so beautifully, and it’s got a great guitar riff. The drums are really fun. And the bass, of course. I mean, I love when I get a good bass line.

[indiscernible Terrace Club mumbles]

DP: You like Mamma Mia?!

AA: Rock covers of pop songs are always really fun.

DP: Can you give me any sneak peek of what you might be playing?

SS: Let’s just say it goes from pop to ...

AA: Absolute metal.

SS: We’re really doing a fun, diverse set because as the opener, we don’t have a lot of time. We don’t get to play a lot of songs.

DP: How many do you get?

SS: We’re playing for about 20 minutes. Normally, we’re used to playing between an hour and two hours, and we want to play songs that the crowd may vibe with regardless of their music taste.

DP: Do you have anything else you want to add that you want the Princeton student body to know about OSLO or yourselves?

SS: We’re just ready for a rocking year.

Editor’s note: Oh S*** Look Out did not perform at Lawnparties and the USG did forgo a student opener for the Fall 2024 Lawnparties.

Raphaela Gold is an associate Features editor and head Archives editor at the ‘Prince.’

Bryan Zhang is a head Copy editor and senior Puzzle constructor for the ‘Prince.’ He avidly avoids writing, except for today.

DISPATCH: A Hollywood summer in the face of mounting uncertainty

By Tyler Wilson | Senior Prospect Writer

On June 3, I woke up to the news that my employer for the summer, Paramount, had been sold.

I was getting ready to drive to the Paramount Pictures studio lot, where summer intern orientation was scheduled to take place. I had just moved to Los Angeles a few days prior, and this was certainly an unexpected start to my first day on the job. It began with the expected corporate tasks: setting up my laptop and verifying my identity — menial beats that helped to distract me from the realization that I was in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people.

Of course, this is show business, so after a host of information sessions, the itinerary turned romantic. We set out on group tours of the iconic studio lot where guides waxed poetic words about the history beneath our feet. Paramount’s Melrose lot is a sun-drenched, outdoor compound that feels like a college campus. It’s abuzz with crew and steeped in Hollywood lore. We walked through the gate from “Sunset Boulevard,” sat on a bench from “Forrest Gump,” and stood where Jim Carrey rowed through inclement weather in “The Truman Show” — the parking lot can be transitioned into a massive water tank. To me, the Para -

mount Pictures lot is hallowed ground. It is quite literally where the term “movie star” was born. The Hollywood sign eyes you between sound stages. It’s movie magic incarnate; yet, it’s a reminder of the incessant change this relatively young industry has been pressed to endure. Once again, I recalled the news from that morning: the playing field had shifted — Paramount’s future was up in the air. I sauntered wide-eyed down Michael Bay Avenue as the industry took another cautious step into an uncertain future. If you haven’t spent your summer tracking the merger and acquisition trends of global media corporations, you’re cooler than me. But to summarize in the simplest terms possible, after months of speculation, headlines, and backsliding, Skydance Media

will merge with Paramount Global after the company’s founder, David Ellison, purchased a controlling stake in the century-old company.

I have worked this summer as an Unscripted Series Development Intern at Paramount. Essentially, I am a consultant on reality television shows — mostly on the next season of the Paramount+ original, “Ink Master.” I have come to really love and admire the long-running tattoo competition series that comprises the “current series” portion of my job. The development side of my responsibilities, meanwhile, involves tinkering with trends and genre-mechanisms to brainstorm ideas for new shows. It’s been an exciting, rewarding, and innovative experience which has played out in the eye of an industry hurricane.

I have met some of the most wonderful and impressive people during my time at Paramount. I adore my manager, who has taught me so much about the industry and life in Los Angeles. Moreover, it is invigorating to be surrounded by young, like-minded people, who have an equal passion for entertainment; however, it is as intimidating as it is exciting.

Conversing with young professionals, all comparing past experience and outlining future endeavors, is undeniably stressful — passion and concern have gone hand-in-hand. Every employee I spoke with is worried about layoffs. Job security is a privilege, especially in this current moment of financial belttightening. Uncertainty is the new norm, which is a decidedly difficult environment for young people to begin their career. Nevertheless, my fellow interns and I are eager to dive head-first into an

industry riddled by growing pains. I found myself experiencing similar growing pains. Moving to a new city was a far cry from suburban Connecticut. Additionally, living solo in a one-bedroom apartment and planning my career in an unstable industry are all frightening undertakings of adulthood. I was scared quite a bit this summer, but with every experience comes newfound confidence. I have leaned into uncertainty quite a few times in my ten weeks here. I tried stand-up comedy for the first time at a sparse open mic in North Hollywood — I delivered a few jokes in a bar attic, got some chuckles out of the seven-or-so people there, and went back home with a laundry list of kinks to improve upon. I am figuring out what works for me, and what doesn’t.

After ten weeks in Los Angeles, people keep asking me if I plan on relocating here permanently. I do not have an answer for them. At the very least, I can say that Los Angeles does not scare me the way it used to — its mystique has subsided. I now know how a life there would feel, but I am uncertain if it would be truly for me.

Despite all this unsureness, whether personal or professional, this summer has felt like the first step toward the rest of my life. Like the industry I’ve lept into, unpredictability comes with growth. I’ll just take both in stride — the magic I felt on that first day will keep me going. Isn’t that romantic?

Tyler Wilson is a senior writer for The Prospect and Humor at the ‘Prince.’

DISPATCH: One stitch at a time

By Chloe Lau | Staff Prospect Writer

Magic ring. Six stitches.

A typical summer day at Princeton is quite the opposite of a regular day during the academic year. It is six in the morning, but my alarm is off. There are no last-minute assignments, cram studies, or hurried trips to lectures. Instead, I am catching up on sleep.

The sun creeps higher into the sky as the day goes on, with no classes awaiting me. Instead of running from one place to another, I stroll past a grass-filled Poe Field uphill to Woolworth. My research takes place at the Music Cognition Lab, which has a bird’s eye view of the next-door Prospect Garden, full of greenery and in full bloom. I’ve counted three red cardinals, a brilliant flash of indigo (possibly a blue jay?), and many, many squirrels.

Lunchtime! The New College West/ Yeh dining hall has the same salad bars, pasta, fries, rice, plantains, and an occasional blondie, but there is finally breathing room. I catch up with my friends over leisurely meals in the dining hall, not confined by packed calendar schedules. Old friendships strengthened, and new ones began in the early days of June.

Single stitch. Repeat.

As the month progresses, each day falls into a new, laid-back routine: long walks along the towpath, to the public library, back and forth from the gym. It feels like retired life, I jest, but a sense of peace wafts in the humid afternoon air. Spying a bundle of yarn in the corner of my room, I pick up a hook. It’s been a while since I had time to crochet. The walks and hobbies are little things, but enough to make me realize that I’ve missed them. Chain stitches.

Sometimes, chitchat falls away to tumult with flashbacks of the hamster wheel: next steps, research projects, internships. In the mundane midsummer, my mind is still reeling with this phantom wheel, almost like muscle memory. They surface when I see high schoolers around campus or my peers traveling around the world, epitomes of renewal and grand destinations. My scurrying thoughts are grim company for my physicality, stuck in the same place that most people left behind. This geographical stagnation cast shadows of doubt over my personal growth. I don’t even know what I want to major in, let alone what to do for the rest of my life. “Am I supposed to?” I ask the mirror for the fifth time, with no answer. Frustrated, I try to focus on running my R research code. “Error. Please troubleshoot.”

Increasing stitches. I’ve never formally coded before, so weekdays have been filled with online tutorials, practice, trial and error, questions, and gradual progress. Data wrangling, analysis, and visualizations come to life, with more than 100 graph combinations of pink, yellow, and blue — like how I am learning new types of crochet techniques, from bobble stitches to half-double crochet stitches. As I refine, repeat, and keep on stitching, I get more familiar with the analysis methods and replicate them to other research datasets in my project.

Weekends became an itinerary of various spontaneous trips: New York City, Philadelphia, the Jersey Shore, and even Washington, D.C., exploring museums, thrift stores, and good food, of course. My friends and I take pride in having no plan but solely to get lost in these new places, which adds the “extra” to the “ordinary.” Somehow, our travels always end up

at a Hong Kong bakery, on an absentminded hunt for pineapple buns and egg tarts. Growing up, I used to get bored of the same meals, streets, and schedules — only after I left did I begin to miss them dearly.

Decreasing stitches.

It’s time to go. My Princeton summer ends today. I am excited and relieved at the same time, having stayed on campus since Reunions. The last two months have not been anything extraordinary nor life-changing, but instead enlightening. A crochet Kirby now sits in the lab. I got through a three-day Python beginner workshop, and I am sluggishly continuing online courses. Adobe Rush became my best partner for creating a summer research video. Still, my future is shrouded in even more confusion, as I try to grapple with all of my old and newfound interests. My idea of growth is constantly challenged by

balancing the mundane and adventure: why do I simultaneously long for nostalgia but fear staying the same?

Slip stitch and fasten off. Some things will stay the same, and some things will completely change in the coming years. The hustle and bustle will return in the fall. My temporary Princeton recluse has taught me that I have absolutely no idea what peace, chaos, or perhaps both are coming next. I will not be able to answer that question, but I will figure out a little more every day. One stitch at a time. Tapestry of my life.

Lau

Chloe

is a staff Prospect writer and a staff Features writer for the ‘Prince.’

The Prospect 11 Weekly Event Roundup

By Mackenzie Hollingsworth, Assistant Editor for the Prospect

“Radio Live” by Aurélie Charon & Amélie Bonnin

Lecture/Workshop with Chief Ayanda Clarke: The Relationship Between Music and Dance

Hearst Dance Theater, Lewis Arts complex

Sept. 16, 2:30–4:20 p.m.

Chief Ayanda Clarke leads a lecture/workshop as part of the fall dance course, “The American Experience and Dance Practices of the African Diaspora.” The event is open to Princeton students, faculty, and staff with no advanced registration required.

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Wallace Theater, Lewis Arts complex Sept. 20–21, 8 p.m.

Aurélie Charon and Amélie Bonnin work with cinematographer Mila Turajlić to engage people from all over the world in a shared dialogue. In this iteration of Radio Live, they will present an image of Sumeet Samos from New Delhi, India. The performance is in English. Tickets are free, but are required for entry.

Summer Music Series

Palmer Square Sept. 14, 12–2 p.m.

Whether you’re shopping, eating with friends, or just relaxing, you can be accompanied by a mix of music that represents Princeton! Ranging from rock, country, and jazz, the summer music series has music that anyone could enjoy!

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

Richardson Auditorium Sept. 14–15, 8 p.m.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra presents violinist Aubree Oliverson in performances of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto on a program with Gemma Peacocke’s “Manta” and Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 4. Tickets start at $40, though children receive a 50 percent discount.

Building for the Future

Princeton Theological Seminary Sept. 20, 7–8:30 p.m.

CEO of the International Future Living Institute Lindsay Baker leads a conversation about building a future that emphasizes balance, healing, and sustainability. The event is free and open to the public.

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Excited Delirium:

A Conversation on Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease Theatre Intime at Murray Dodge Hall

Sept. 19, 4:30–6 p.m.

Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates joins author and Princeton Professor of American Studies Aisha M. BelisoDe Jesús in conversation about race and police violence. The conversation is based around Beliso-De Jesús’ new book. Tickets are free, but are required for entry.

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“Chœur des amants” by Tiago Rodrigues

Hearst Dance Theater, Lewis Arts complex Sept. 14–15, 5 p.m.

“Chœur des amants” tells a story of two lovers grappling with a life and death reality in which oxygen is in short supply. The performance is in French. Tickets are free, but are required for entry.

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“Cahier d’un retour au pays natal”

by Aimé Césaire

Wallace Theater, Lewis Arts complex

Sept. 18, 8 p.m.

French-Senegalese actor Adama Diop presents a reading of Aimé Césaire’s “Cahier d’un retour au pays natal,” a mix of poetry and prose that revolutionized French Caribbean literature. The performance is in French. Tickets are free, but are required for entry.

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“Les paradoxes du comédien” by Laurence Marie

399 Ruehl Family Room, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building Sept. 14, 11 a.m.

Celebrating the book launch of “Les paradoxes du comé- dien,” the author Laurence Marie moderates a discussion with performers from the festival’s first weekend. The discussion is open to the public.

“L’Addition” by Tim Etchells

Wallace Theater, Lewis Arts complex

Sept. 14, 8 p.m.

Centering on two actors performing “the scene,” in which a customer orders a drink from a waiter, things go amiss, with “the scene” spin- ning out of control in a repeated back-and-forth between the partici- pants. With an interesting spin on theater, power dynamics are ques- tioned and audiences will be left with a wild ride! The performance will be in French with English supertitles. Tickets are free, but are required for entry.

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“Euphrate” by Nil Bosca

Class of 1970 Theater at Whitman College Sept. 20, 6 p.m.; Sept. 21, 5 p.m.

This performance follows Euphrate, a 17 year old girl trying to live up to her parents’ high expectations. Struggling because she cannot decide on a career or envision a future, she decides to visit a career counselor who encourages her to explore her Turkish heritage. The show is performed in French with English supertitles. Tickets are free, but are required for entry.

This Week in Photos

Lawnparties, in motion

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Ammaar Alam Staff Photographer

AMMAAR ALAM / THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN NLE Choppa descends from stage to sing with concertgoers.

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PSAFE officers move barricades to block off Prospect Ave., where Lawnparties attendees traversed to grab University-provided snacks and view eating club performances.

AMMAAR ALAM / THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN Students line up for Nomad Pizza, one of the several food offerings on Prospect Ave.

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Students walk on Goheen Walk through balloon arch with autumnal colors in line with Lawnparties’ “fall festival” theme.

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Students crowd against the barricade to view performances. The crowd was later asked to take a few steps back.

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Students dance and cheer while watching headliners.

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Students enjoy Domino’s Pizza on the Frist north lawn before headliners perform.

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Students gather at Colonial to watch Tiffany Day perform ahead of the Lawnparties headliners.

A voice for radio and feel for the game: Kareem Maddox goes to Paris

By Tate Hutchins Associate Sports Editor

Kareem Maddox ’11 last stood on the court of a televised American basketball game over a decade ago.

Long before his Princeton Tigers’ Cinderella run to the Sweet Sixteen in 2022, Maddox and the 2011 Tiger squad were in arms reach of a legendary March Madness upset of their own against the basketball powerhouse Kentucky Wildcats.

Tied at 57, future lottery pick Brandon Knight started to make a move for the Wildcats with less than ten seconds left. A Kentucky screen forced Maddox, the Ivy Defensive Player of the Year, in front of Knight with the game on the line. A quick crossover and drive to the basket let Knight float up a tough layup just inches out of reach for Maddox, and the game-winner glanced off of the backboard and went in as the waves of blue in Tampa erupted.

Now, 13 years, a few world tours, and a hosting gig on National Public Radio (NPR) later, America will once again see Maddox on the court for the inaugural Team USA 3-on-3 basketball team. After coming up inches short on college basketball’s biggest stage, the face of American 3-on-3 basketball will now have a chance for redemption on the world’s greatest athletic stage of all — the Summer Olympics.

A Different Game

It is no ordinary feat to make an Olympic debut for Team USA at 34 years old — but Maddox is no ordinary athlete, and the 3-on-3 is no ordinary event. It generally follows the wellknown rules of basketball, but with a few key differences that heavily affect the play style. Played in only the half court, to 21 points, and with a slightly smaller ball, traditional threes are worth two, and traditional twos are worth one. This rewards the quick, unselfish play style that Maddox and generations of Tigers have learned at Princeton.

“I think that sharing the ball and being a good teammate are all things that are really part of Princeton basketball,” Maddox told The Daily Princetonian. “There’s such a premium on sharing the ball, getting as much joy from an assist or a charge taken as a basket made. So those things apply to 3-on-3, especially when it’s a fast-paced game.”

The lightning-quick passing seen on the 3-on-3 half court has been reflected in the Orange and Black for decades. Last season, Princeton had the fourth-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the nation, and the Princeton offense pioneered by Hall of Fame coach Pete Carril in the 70s was the first quick, movement-based offense of the era — aspects of which are still applied by top offenses today.

With how well the Princeton play style integrates into 3-on-3 basketball, Maddox isn’t the only Princetonian to find success in this variant of the game. Current players have jumped into 3-on-3, with both rising junior Caden Pierce and rising sophomore Dalen Davis slated to represent Team USA in the U23 FIBA 3-on-3 League of Nations at the same time as the Olympics.

“Our guys take pride in moving the

ball and sharing the basketball, and it doesn’t matter who scores the points,” Pierce told the ‘Prince.’ “Intelligence is also a huge thing that Princeton basketball prides itself on, basketball-wise and academic-wise. Being an intelligent player in the 5v5 game definitely translates over to the 3v3 game as well.”

A mainstay of Princeton’s offense for many years has been quick back cuts and constant motion, both of which are key points in the 3-on-3 game. With much more of the court open, many easy buckets come from the movement and smart passing that is ingrained in Princeton’s players. In the 3-on-3 game, Princeton’s emphasis on positionless basketball has also come in handy as any player who lacks ball handling or shooting ability on a 3-on-3 team can handicap the offense.

John Rogers ’80, the “godfather of 3-on-3 basketball” and former Princeton basketball captain, has served as a pioneer for Princetonians and 3-on3. The variations of “Team Princeton” he’s coached have won USA Championships and FIBA tournaments internationally.

“All of these strengths have been thought of by John Rogers, who’s very much the architect of a lot of Princeton’s connection to 3-on-3,” Maddox said. Without a doubt, Princeton and 3-on-3 basketball are closely intertwined.

“It’s all an honor, a dream come true. Growing up I’ve watched all the great teams participate in the Olympics, London, Rio, Tokyo, and it’s the games you tune into,” Pierce said.

Pierce added that he hopes to one day have the opportunity Maddox is set to embark on this summer.

“To be able to win a gold medal with Team USA is the ultimate goal, and hopefully 3-on-3 is a pathway to that,” Pierce said. “I’m just thankful to wear Team USA across my chest.”

From Thesis to Talk Radio

But while the style of 3-on-3 is more elegant than traditional basketball, the road towards qualifying is anything but. Team USA’s regular team of big NBA names was just determined last month, and the road to qualifying in 3-on-3 is a grueling, worldwide tour. The quest to scrap for qualifying points sends players across FIBA worldwide tournaments, and unlike regular team play, the eventual Olympic roster plays the qualifying tournaments as well.

This leads to a long, tiring journey of worldwide games that turns away the vast majority of players — but not Maddox, who had stints playing the traditional game overseas in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands for one season each after graduating from Princeton.

The work ethic that has sustained Maddox through playing in multiple countries and two attempts at qualifying for the Olympics began at Old Nassau. Indeed, the work-hard culture of Princeton is one of the factors that led him to the school.

“I wouldn’t want to come to a place where my teammates are going out and raging every night, not caring about their schoolwork,” Maddox told the ‘Prince’ during his senior year at Princeton.

But there’s always been more out there for him than just basketball.

“I always see things in terms of the story,” Maddox said.

As an English major at Princeton, Maddox certainly learned his way with words, but it would ultimately be his voice that would shape his career.

Maddox began his post basketball career in audio journalism, working at KDRW in Los Angeles before becoming a producer at KUNC, the Northern Colorado affiliate of Colorado Public Radio. He would eventually get behind the mic for the first time as a host for Northern Colorado’s edition of All Things Considered, covering local news during the most listened-to afternoon news radio broadcast in the country.

“In general, I’ve always enjoyed getting into radio and listening to just great storytelling wherever I’ve worked,” Maddox added. Some of the stories Maddox has helped produce range from a tale of a Peloton for horses to a series on the Los Angeles Lakers.

Despite trading a basketball for a microphone, headset, and Audacy (formerly Radio.com), Maddox’s basketball career was far from over once he stepped out of FitzRandolph gates. Two hours south of the KUNC studios in Greeley, Colo. is the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, where Maddox would train to achieve his Olympic dreams.

After seven years in public radio and podcasting, Maddox left it all behind in 2020 to go all in on hopes of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Car packed, he began his trip down Interstate 25 to commit to his 3-on-3 journey, and never looked back.

The Face of the Game

Maddox’s success in 3-on-3 began even before he left his day job. He obtained a 3-on-3 Nationals title and MVP award at the facility in 2018. He followed this with an even more successful 2019 with FIBA World Cup and Pan-American Games 3-on-3 gold medals and a title defense at Nationals. His efforts pioneering American 3-on-3 would not go unnoticed for long and he would soon be named to Team USA for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

However, it wouldn’t be quite so

simple. In the freshly created Olympic event, the United States sat just outside of the auto-qualifying FIBA ranking spots, sending them to Austria to play their way into Tokyo through a qualifying tournament. The quick pace and short games of 3-on-3 make upsets more likely, and accordingly, the Netherlands would trounce the United States in the quarterfinals and eliminate them from contention for the Tokyo Olympics.

“I think my past self would be very pleased about the fact that I set my goals high and risked failure, and actually successfully achieved failure in the last qualifying round,” Maddox continued. “And working through that, kind of bouncing back, I think I would be very proud of if I knew that all the way back in 2011.”

While the loss was heartbreaking, that wasn’t the end of the road for the 3-on-3 specialist. After considering calling it quits, he came back with fresh faces and threw himself back into a gauntlet of FIBA Masters and Challengers tournaments from Mongolia to the Philippines, from Hungary to France.

“You get to have so many experiences having this crazy trip around the world. So, you find these gems and places I never would have heard of before,” Maddox said. “Like we go to Penang Island, Malaysia, which is famous for street foods and its influence of all these different cultures from the region. And it just all comes together and hits you hard on this former spice trading post while you’re walking down those streets on your way to play a basketball game.”

The grind of smaller international tournaments would pay off and in March of this year, Maddox’s Olympic dreams would become a reality when he was named to Team USA yet again, but this time with an auto-qualifying FIBA ranking for the Paris Olympics.

Wearing the Red, White, and Blue

There’s a certain expectation of winning associated with stepping out on a basketball court with the birthplace of the game on your chest, but Maddox is ready.

“I’m honestly just excited to play these games at night with a worldwide audience,” he said. “Being able to compete on that platform is going to be amazing.”

After coming up short in 2021, Team USA appears to be better equipped to make a run at gold in Paris. Maddox, along with Canyon Barry, son of NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry, now have three more years of experience around the 3-on-3 circuit since the Dutch upset. They’ve added the lethal shooting and big name of Jimmer Fredette, former college basketball Player of the Year, and are backed up by former Division II standout Dylan Travis.

The group has been building chemistry and playing together on the circuit for the past year, picking up a silver medal at the 2023 World Cup together. The Olympic gold medal hopes are high by virtue of being an American basketball team and ranking No. 2 globally, only behind the 2023 World Cup gold medalists, Serbia. Pressure will be high on the inaugural 3-on3 basketball team from the United States.

But while the expectation of a medal looms large, Maddox is more excited to write his Olympics story off the court.

“I’d say specifically, the opening ceremonies are what I’m most excited for,” he added. “I’m thrilled that it’s going to be different with the boats on the River Seine. It’s all a once-in-a-lifetime experience … but I’m just going to lock in for the moment.”

Maddox may not yet have the name recognition of NBA Hall of Famer Bill Bradley ’65, the last Princetonian to touch a basketball for Team USA at the Olympics, nor that of teammate Fredette, but he is the face of the USA in one of the fastest-growing Olympic events. 13 years after his last heartbreaking appearance in front of a national audience seemed to mark the end of his story, Kareem Maddox will get to add another page on the courts of Paris.

Tate Hutchins is an associate Sports editor, staff Audience creator, News contributor, and contributing Data writer for the ‘Prince.’

WOMEN’S SPORTS

Fall frenzy: What to expect from Princeton women’s sports this fall

By Hayk Yengibaryan & Joseph Uglialoro Associate Sports Editor & Staff Sports Writer

As the leaves turn and the air cools, the women’s sports teams are gearing up for another exciting season.

Last fall, the women’s soccer team and the cross country team advanced to postseason play. They turn to the new year with hopes to advance even further in 2024. Other teams, like field hockey and volleyball, will look to rebound from a disappointing campaign in 2023.

Will 2024 bring even more titles to Princeton? Here’s a preview of the action ahead.

Women’s Soccer

After an exciting season in which women’s soccer advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament, the Tigers look to build upon past success while making a push for the Ivy title. After falling to eventual Ivy champion Harvard in the first round of last year’s Ivy tournament, Princeton returns many contributors from the past season.

Already, the team is off to a strong start. Last week, they opened their season at home against Miami, hailing from the powerful ACC, with a 1–0 win. That game featured encouraging signs for the Tigers, with a pair of sophomores, forward Isabella Garces and midfielder Kayla Wong, combining for the lone goal. Contributions from them and the others expected to step into key roles will play a large part in defining the upcoming season.

The beginning of this season will be a difficult one for the Tigers, with junior superstar Pietra Tordin away representing the United States at the U-20 World Cup and sophomore defender Zoe Markesini playing for Canada. By the time the pair returns in late September, Princeton hopes their addition will serve as a boost to an already strong squad rather than act as a season-saving lifeline.

Field Hockey

Princeton field hockey went below .500 last season for the first time since 2014.

The good news, however, is that the program will welcome back junior midfielder Beth Yeager for the 2024 season. The Connecticut native took a gap year to train with the U.S. Olympic team in preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Yeager was a first-team All-American in her first two years with the program.

The Tigers are ranked No. 15 in the preseason coaches poll, but will face many of the teams ranked above them throughout the season. This weekend, the Tigers will travel south to face No. 2 ranked University of North Carolina and No. 7 Louisville. An even bigger challenge will come on Sept. 29 at Bedford Field, as the Tigers host preseason No. 1 Northwestern.

In the Ivy League preseason media poll, the Tigers are ranked second, behind reigning league champion Harvard. Other key returners will include sophomore defender Ottilie Sykes and junior forward Talia Schenck. Schenck started all 17 second games for the Tigers last season and was a secondteam All-Ivy selection. Sykes was the backbone of the 2023 team, playing every minute of every game and leading the team with 11 total points. Sykes was named the Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Year and was a first-team All-Ivy selection in 2023.

Women’s Volleyball

With much of the team returning for another season, women’s volleyball hopes to improve upon last year’s performance and win what is expected to be a tightly contested Ivy League. Last year’s Ivy League Rookie of the Year Sydney Draper returns for her sophomore season, looking to improve upon a year in which she led the Ivy League in assists and recorded ten double-doubles.

A storyline to watch this year is the addition of first-year athlete Sylvia Bunde, sister of junior defender Ella Bunde. The

sibling duo each specialize in the defensive side of the game and should share the court this year for the Tigers.

The women’s volleyball team was picked to finish second in the division, behind Yale, in this year’s preseason poll. Yale and Princeton also finished 1–2 in last year’s division standings before the Tigers dropped their opening tournament match against Brown. Outperforming last year’s finish will require continued dominance from Draper, as well as more of the same from junior Lucia Scalamandre — first-team All-Ivy — and contributions from 2024’s first-year class.

Women’s Cross Country

On the women’s side, cross country is looking to improve from last year’s sixth-place regional finish. In an Ivy field weaker than that on the men’s side, no team in the conference is ranked in the top 30 nationally, giving the Tigers a chance to take hold of a title. Princeton finished second behind Harvard in the Ivy League championship meet last year.

From last year’s team, only one All-Ivy finisher remains.

Senior Mena Scatchard was a second-team All-Ivy finisher last year, with fellow second-teamers Maggie Liebich and Tsion Yared graduating. If cross country is to succeed this year, they will likely need contributions from new faces — perhaps from their six-strong first-year class.

“We are a talented, yet inexperienced championship team,” head coach Brad Hunt told the Daily Princetonian. “We have a challenging road and home schedule designed to prepare the crew for the elite demands of Ivy League Championships and the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship come November.”

The women’s cross country schedule is similar to that of the men’s, with two regular season meets and the Ivy League championship held at Princeton. The women will also make two trips to Pennsylvania for meets at Penn State and Lehigh. For the women’s cross-country team, the key to overtaking Harvard and claiming the Ivy League title may run through home-field advantage.

“The Ivy League Cross Country Championships at Princeton attracts an outstanding crowd,” head coach Brad Hunt told the ‘Prince.’ “We look forward to training and racing on the new course throughout the fall to ensure we have a true home course advantage come November.”

Women’s Rugby

Women’s rugby returns to the field for its third season as a varsity program. With newly recruited talent coming in, this now marks the third consecutive season that the program has recruited players on the roster.

Despite a loss to Sacred Heart University — semifinalists from the 2023 National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) Championships — in their opening game of the season, the Tigers will seek to get their first win as a Division I program this season. Annie Huettel, Lindsey Mulligan, Raven Robinson, and Lila King highlight a strong recruiting class. Mulligan’s older sister is a sophomore on the team, recruited for the Class of 2027.

Strong upperclass student returners include juniors Amelia Clarke, Alayshja Bable, and Caroline Maguire, all of who were a part of the first recruiting class.

“We worked hard over pre-season to produce a successful scrimmage win featuring lots of new talent,” Maguire told the ‘Prince.’ “As we move into our third year as a varsity team, our goal is to continue developing and improving the program.”

Fans can catch Princeton rugby at their brand new state-ofthe-art facility — Rickerson Field at Haaga House — against Division III program Bowdoin College.

Hayk Yengibaryan is an associate Sports editor for the ‘Prince.’

Joseph Uglialoro is a staff Sports writer for the ‘Prince.’

MEN’S SPORTS

Roaring into Fall: What to expect from Princeton men’s sports this fall

By Hayk Yengibaryan & Joseph Uglialoro Associate Sports Editor & Staff Sports Writer

Princeton’s women’s sports are entering the fall ready to bring titles to the Orange Bubble — but how are the prospects of the men’s teams looking? Last year, the Tigers celebrated conference championships in men’s water polo and men’s cross country, while historically strong programs like football and men’s soccer struggled in the Ivy League. As the fall season begins, the Tigers look set for exciting seasons in football, men’s water polo, men’s soccer, and men’s cross country.

Will 2024 see more trophies go back to Old Nassau? Here’s a look at what the coming months hold for the Orange and Black.

Football

The Tigers start the 2024 season with a new offensive coordinator. Former quarterbacks coach Mark Rosenbaum was given the role after former offensive coordinator Mike Willis ’14 accepted a job at Marist for their head coaching role.

Rosenbaum will look to replace former left tackle Jalen Travis ’24 and quarterback Blake Stenstrom ’24 in this year’s offense. The Tigers currently have five quarterbacks on their roster. However, examining the previous season suggests two Tigers will fight for the starting position: senior Blaine McAllister and junior Blaine Hipa. The Tigers also return senior wide receivers Luke Colella and AJ Barber, who burst into the spotlight last season.

The biggest concern for the Tigers will be on the defensive end, where three key linebackers graduated in May. The Ivy League preseason poll has the Tigers slated at No. 4, receiving one first-place vote from the 16 media members that cover the league.

“You have a blank slate and it’s so much fun seeing the development of the players,” head coach Bob Surace ’90 told The Daily Princetonian.

Read a more detailed and full-length preview of the 2024 football season here.

Men’s Water Polo

One of last year’s most impressive Tiger squads, the men’s water polo team enters the 2024 season ranked fifth in the nation. In a sport traditionally dominated by California squads, the Tigers made the Final Four in the NCAA tournament for the first time in the expanded tournament era. Though they eventually fell to No. 1 ranked UCLA, the Tigers made a splash on the national scene and catapulted themselves into the sport’s elite.

This season’s squad features the return of Roko Pozaric, the first-team All-American who was named as one of three finalists for last year’s Cutino Award, given to the best player in collegiate water polo. Alongside Pozaric are two other All-American award recipients: senior defender Vladan Mitrovic and sophomore goalie Kristof Kovacs.

Princeton’s season will be defined by a crucial trip out west to California, where they will face UCLA, Cal, and USC, three of the top four squads in the nation. This trip, rounded out by bouts against No. 7 University of Pacific and No. 13 Pepperdine University as well as unranked Westcliff University, poses a massive test for the Tigers that should ready them for another postseason run.

“We have two weekends of tough games before we head out to California,” head coach Dustin Litvak told the ‘Prince.’ “As it is every year, we spend most of September figuring out ourselves before we can put much effort into scouting various opponents.”

Men’s Soccer

After sweeping the Ivy League in 2021 and qualifying for the NCAA tournament, the Tigers have had two subpar seasons. This year, the media seems to think the Tigers will be in for another disappointing season, ranking them sixth in the Ivy League preseason poll.

Major losses for the team include outgoing seniors Walker Gillespie ’24, Francis Akomeah ’24, and Whit Gamblin ’24. Akomeah was a leader on and off the field for the Tigers, anchoring the defense and providing stability in the back line for the Tigers.

Important returners for the squad include senior goalie Khamari Hadaway, sophomore midfielder Liam Beckwith, senior forward Nico Nee, junior for-

ward Daniel Ittycheria, and senior defender Issa Mudashiru. This year, the Ivy League schedule is slated to start earlier with the Tigers opening play at Roberts Stadium on September 28th against the Harvard Crimson.

“We gotta be able to build up momentum and confidence within our team in order to get where we want to be in the Ivy League,” Hadaway told the ‘Prince.’

“Our non-conference will prepare us well for the Ivy League season. We’re well versed and prepared to take these opponents on. The main goal right now is to set ourselves up well with our non-conference schedule and play to the best of our ability.”

Ittycheria made 14 starts for the Tigers up top last season, bagging nine goals throughout the season. His stellar performance earned him a first-team AllIvy nod. Hadaway was the starting goalie for the majority of the season and will be one of the three captains for the upcoming season.

Lastly, Mudashiru was a crucial part of the 2021 team that went undefeated in the Ivy League, earning a second-team All-Ivy in his first year. However, injuries in back-to-back seasons have led to limited time on the field. If he can stay healthy, the Tigers’ chances of climbing back to the top of the Ivy League will rise exponentially.

The Tigers lost their first match of the season on Friday to state rival Rutgers 3–1. Out of the six newly recruited first-year players, only one started the match. First-year defender Dash Papez started in head coach Jim Barlow’s backline while first-year forward Roka Tsunehara subbed in at halftime alongside Ittycheria.

“We’re looking at every non-conference game as an Ivy League Championship,” Hadaway added. “We’re looking to take that mentality into the Ivy League and hopefully into a strong postseason run.”

Men’s Cross Country

The Princeton men’s cross country team begins the 2024 campaign looking for their fourth straight Ivy League title. After narrowly defeating Harvard in the 2023 championship, the Tigers return first-team All-Ivy and All-American runner Nicholas Bendtsen and second-team All-Ivy runner Daniel O’Brien. Each runner is entering his senior year, looking to compensate for losing two more of last year’s All-Ivy finishers.

Last year, the Tigers finished 11th at nationals, with Bendtsen leading the pack in the 10K. In this year’s preseason poll, however, the Tigers sit at 18th in the nation, behind rivals Harvard. Despite the lower ranking, Princeton is still expected to pace the MidAtlantic regional ahead of competitor Villanova.

This year, Princeton will play host to not only two of the Tigers’ three regular-season meets but also the Ivy League championship meet. With a formidable squad and consistent home-field advantage, the Tigers hope to maintain their high standards and take home yet another title.

Hayk Yengibaryan is an associate Sports editor for the ‘Prince.’

Joseph Uglialoro is a staff Sports writer for the ‘Prince.’

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Women’s soccer started their 2024 season with wins over the University of Miami and Seton Hall.

Cross country shines at the New Jersey Jam: This week in Princeton athletics

By Cole Keller & Hayk Yengibaryan Head Sports Editor & Associate Sports Editor

This past week, women’s volleyball and men’s water polo got their fall campaigns underway on the road. Meanwhile, men’s and women’s cross country stayed in the Garden State, competing in the annual New Jersey Jam.

Field hockey headed south, competing against two teams ranked in the top eight, while men’s and women’s soccer also had matches.

The Daily Princetonian recapped every athletic event for the Orange and Black this past week.

Field Hockey

After a disappointing 2023 season, No. 15 Princeton field hockey (1–1 overall, 0–0 Ivy League) kicked off their season with a strong win versus No. 7 Louisville (2–2, 0–0 Atlantic Coast Conference) on Friday. Then, on Sunday afternoon, the Tigers fell to No. 2 University of North Carolina (4–0, 0–0 Atlantic Coast Conference).

In the win over Louisville, the Tigers rode a defensively stout performance to a surprise victory over a top-10 squad. Debuting six first-years in the match — midfielders Anna Faulstich and Clem Houlden, as well as the forward group of Lilly Wojcik, Pru Lindsay, and Izzy Morgan — the Tigers showcased their young talent from the Class of 2028. Still, it was senior midfielder Aimee Jungfer’s tally that served as the lone goal in the match. Then, on Sunday afternoon, the tables turned as the Tigers were shut-out themselves, falling to the North Carolina Tar Heels 2–0. Despite the loss, the weekend was a solid result for a young Princeton squad. Facing the back-to-back defending champions and holding the Tar Heels scoreless until the third is no easy feat, and one that can certainly be built upon as the Tigers move deeper into the regular season.

Men’s Water Polo

Beginning their season on a strong note, No. 5 Princeton (3–0 overall, 0–0 CWPA) swept a weekend of matches in dominating fashion at the Navy Classic. Starting out the weekend with a matchup with Biola University (1–3, 0–0 PacWest), Princeton dominated the pool with a 24–2 win. Following that performance

up, the Tigers disposed of Occidental College (2–2, 0–0 SCIAC) by a score of 31–7, and dismantled George Washington (3–1, 0–0 Atlantic 10) with a final score of 18–3.

These early matches against weaker non-conference opponents may not tell the story of Princeton’s season, but they are necessary building blocks for the Tigers as they shoot for the national title.

“I don’t think that’s our true test yet, I think that’s yet to come. I still think we performed well,” senior Roko Pozaric said to the ‘Prince.’

“We established that our goal is to compete and hopefully win the National Championship,” Pozaric continued. “With hard effort, as we have done so far, it could happen.”

Those national title efforts will really amp up in the coming weeks, with future October matchups against No. 1 University of California-Los Angeles, No. 4 University of Southern California, and No. 2 University of California-Berkeley on deck. Until then, the Tigers will continue to fine-tune their game with the Princeton Invitational this weekend and the MPSF Invitational tournament next weekend, which will feature the top teams in the nation.

Men’s Cross Country

At the annual New Jersey Jam, hosted for the first time at the new course at Meadows Campus in Princeton, the Princeton men’s cross country team showed why they are poised to build on last season’s 11th-place finish at the NCAA championship this fall. Coming in first among the competition this past weekend, Princeton’s lineup featured the top two runners, as well as nine of the top-11 finishes.

Racing in the main 5.6K event, sophomore Collin Boler took home first place with a time of 16:40.5, and Tigers junior Jackson Shorten was just behind him with a time of 16:40.8.

It was truly a dominant performance for the team in the first meet of the season, as the Tigers breezed past the field of five squads. Finishing with a score of 16, the Tigers beat the next closest competitor, Monmouth by a whopping 49-point difference. Rutgers (69 points), Penn (119 points), and Rider (122 points) rounded out the scoreboard for the event.

Women’s Cross Country

Also at the New Jersey Jam, the women’s cross-country team joined in on the winning fun, placing in first at the event. This

was a solid start to the season for many individual Tiger runners and the team as a whole, who are looking to best last season’s second-place Ivy League finish.

Second Team All-Ivy senior Mena Scatchard finished in first place individually with a time of 14:01.6 in the 4K. Meanwhile, coming in eight seconds behind Scatchard with a time of 14:09.1, sophomore Anna McNatt earned second place honors this weekend. Four more Tiger runners — sophomore Olivia Martin and the first-year trio of Margaret Thompson, Emma De Jong, and Meg Madison — finished inside the top-11 for the meet.

Princeton’s cumulative team score of 28 led the pack for the day, with Penn placing in second at 55 points. Similar to the men’s Jersey Jam, Monmouth (78 points), Rutgers (83 points), and Rider (124 points) filled out the rest of the scoresheet.

Women’s Volleyball

Women’s volleyball (2–1, 0–0 Ivy League) kicked off its 2024 season at the Villanova tournament with three matches, going 2–1.

The first game of the season was a fiveset thriller against Old Dominion (5–2, 0–0 Sun Belt Conference). After four sets, the Tigers found themselves tied at two sets a piece with the Monarchs, heading to a decisive fifth set.

Tied at eight in the fifth set, the Tigers went on a clutch 4–0 run to take a 12–8 lead and eventually win the set 15–12. Junior middle blocker Lucia Scalamandre was a catalyst during the run with back-to-back kills. Scalamandre, a two-time first-team All-Ivy selection, had a team-high 15 kills.

The second game of the tournament was on Saturday morning against Loyola University (1–5, 0–0 Patriot League). Much like their previous encounter, the match against the Greyhounds went to a decisive fifth set. This time, the Tigers found themselves trailing 9–6. Sophomore outside hitter Erin McNair, who led the team with 15 kills against the Greyhounds, helped the Tigers go on an impressive 7–0 run and ultimately win the set 15–12 once again.

“It’s really hard to win a 5th set after losing a 4th set, and that’s the position we found ourselves in twice this weekend,” junior outside hitter Valerie Nutakor wrote to the ‘Prince.’ “Additionally, our team chemistry this year seems to be something special, as we are constantly

building each other up while pushing each other to be the best teammates and players we can be.”

Unfortunately for the Tigers, they likely ran out of gas in their final game of the tournament when they played the host Villanova Wildcats. Despite battling in every set, the Tigers lost to the Wildcats in straight sets (25–21, 25–23, 25–20). McNair and fellow sophomore libero Sydney Bold were named to the all-tournament team on Sunday evening.

The Tigers return to action this weekend when they travel to Penn State for another tournament. Tournament play for the Orange and Black will get underway on Friday morning against the Duke Blue Devils (3–3, 0–0 Atlantic Coast Conference), as the team looks to keep improving as the season ramps up.

“If I had to pick one area we need to improve on, I would say blocking, which is something that can be practiced in live scrimmages in practice, as well as controlled drills,” Nutakor continued. “Overall, it’s still very early in the season, but by the time Ivy League season starts we will be ready for whatever it throws at us.”

Men’s Soccer

Men’s soccer (0–2, 0–0 Ivy League) returned to the pitch on Friday evening for their home opener against the New Hampshire Wildcats (2–1–1, 0–0 America East Conference). A high-scoring affair ultimately went in favor of the Wildcats, who won the match 3–2.

At the half, the match was tied 1–1 after each team had been whistled for a penalty and the opponent made them pay with a penalty kick goal. Shortly after halftime, the Wildcats were careless in the box once again and gave Princeton its second penalty of the night. Sophomore forward Daniel Ittycheria wasted no time converting from the spot to give the Tigers a 2–1 lead.

The Wildcats tied the match shortly after and with under five minutes remaining, it looked like a draw was playing out inside Roberts Stadium. However, a dangerous free kick conceded by Princeton allowed New Hampshire to play the ball into the box and head the ball into the back of the net, giving the Wildcats a 3–2 win.

The Tigers will take a short ride up to New York tomorrow where they will play St. Johns (2–1–2, 0–0 Big East) at 7 p.m. Last season, the Tigers defeated the Red Storm 3–2 in a game that saw Ittycheria score

two goals.

Women’s Soccer

On Thursday evening, women’s soccer (3–1, 0–0 Ivy League) hosted the No. 8 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions (5–1–1, 0–0 Big Ten) at Roberts Stadium. Despite a career game for Tiger senior goalkeeper Tyler McCamey, the Nittany Lions scored a 78th-minute winner courtesy of senior defender Mieke Schiemann and won the match 1–0.

Remarkably, Schiemann also scored two goals against the Tigers last season in a 3–0 win. McCamey tied her career high with nine saves against the Nittany Lions. Her performance earned her the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week award, the second time she has received the weekly honor this season.

On Sunday, Princeton went on the road for the first time this season, traveling to Virginia to face William & Mary (4–3, 0–0 Coastal Athletic Conference). The match was significant for the Orange and Black, as the Tribe are coached by Julie Shackford. Shackford coached the Tigers for 20 seasons from 1995 to 2014 and is the program’s most successful coach with 203 career wins.

The Tigers were able to leave the Commonwealth of Virginia with a 2–0 win. The win was highlighted by a second half goal from junior defender Pia Beaulieu, who scored her first career goal to seal the win for Princeton on the road.

“Our team mantra this year is get it done and during preseason and now entering the season, we have been focusing one day at a time to do exactly that,” Beaulieu told the ‘Prince.’ “Our performance as a team is so special because of the culture and community our team has. These past games we have shown the fight and grit to get the job done and compete with the best of the best.”

The Tigers will return home and host Drexel (1–3–1, 0–0 CAA) this Thursday at Roberts Stadium.

Cole Keller is a head editor for the Sports section at the ‘Prince.’

Hayk Yengibaryan is an associate Sports editor for the ‘Prince.’

The 34 members of the Class of 1998 who lived on Poe Field

By Raphaela Gold Head Archives Editor

When the Class of 1999, the largest class in the University’s history at 1,208 firstyears, arrived on campus in September 1995, they faced significant housing difficulties. The Daily Princetonian reported that Butler, Wilson (which was later named First in 2020), and Forbes College took on the brunt of the extra students, remodeling their buildings to make more space – but even with the expanded occupancy, there would still not be enough space.

The University’s temporary solution was to add 10 “modular housing units” between Butler, Wilson, and Poe Field. So as not to disrupt the first-year residential experience, the University marketed the trailer option to rising sophomores. Over the summer, 34 sophomores from Butler and Wilson colleges agreed to move into

the Poe Court makeshift dormitories. The ‘Prince’ noted that because New Jersey law prohibited the construction of permanent trailers, the University leased the units to students for just one year. Still, the University made the temporary units attractive by offering various incentives. For example, students who agreed to live in the trailers received a $1,000 reduction in tuition, representing a 3.7 percent decrease in 1995 tuition numbers. Additionally, each unit was equipped with air conditioning, one-anda-half bathrooms, a kitchen, a common room, two double-occupancy bedrooms, a refrigerator, and other furnishings free of charge.

Although the units soon became known as “the barracks,” sophomore residents interviewed by the ‘Prince’ all expressed praise for their living quarters. Cecile Carson ’98 lauded her kitchen, and Seamus Grooms ’98 said, “Everyone is jeal-

ous of it and everyone comes in here for the air-conditioning,” adding that it was an improvement from his room in a residential college the previous year.

Meanwhile, despite the unexpected extra 58 members of the Class of 1999, all first-years were able to move into residential housing. The Forbes assistant master’s apartments were turned into a six-person suite, and some common space and kitchen areas were also converted into dormitories. These additions allowed first-years to enjoy residential college communities like previous class years.

The experience brings to mind the Class of 2026, the largest class year in Princeton’s history with 1,500 students, which arrived on campus amid the ongoing construction of the new colleges. These colleges were expected to provide housing for the expanded class and future larger class years but were not yet complete in August 2022, which overlapped with when

the Class of 2026 arrived for orientation.

During that time, many students slated to move into Yeh College and New College West lived in temporary housing in the soon-to-be demolished First College. The students were able to move into their permanent new dormitories on Sept. 3, 2022. As for Poe Field, the area has gone through many iterations since its shortlived period as a trailer park in 1995.

During the first week of the 2024-25 academic school year, Poe Field reopened to the public after undergoing 15 months of construction. Throughout that time, the University implemented stormwater management and over 300 geo-exchange bores beneath the field. So, despite its lack of housing units today, the field continues to play an essential role in powering life on campus.

Raphaela Gold is an associate Features editor and head Archives editor for the ‘Prince.’