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STUDENT LIFE

BEYOND THE BUBBLE

Students launch petition for new co-op

By Jessica Li staff writer

More than 300 students have signed a petition since it was launched last week to open a new food co-op on campus, according to Vidushi Sharma ’17, co-organizer of the petition.

Sharma said that she and a few others launched the petition after seeing a shortage of accommodations for an overwhelming demand. Sharma and her team are working to circulate the petition through email listservs, she said.

Sharma, a member of 2D, explained that three of the four co-ops on campus— the 2 Dickinson Street Co-Op, the Brown Co-Op, the Real Food Co-Op and the International Food Co-Op – all have waitlists that exceed the co-op capacity itself.

2D, a vegetarian co-op which only accommodates 48 members, has 100 students on its waitlist, according to Sharma.

She noted that to become a member of a co-op, many students had to join the waitlist as underclassmen.

Sharma also said that the absence of separate housing for Brown and Real Food is detrimental to fostering a sense of community. Kitchens in the dormitory hallways are often overcrowded, she explained, which limits membership interaction.

“No student should be left unaccommodated, and no co-op should be struggling to operate in inadequately sized spaces,” Sharma said. “It’s disheartening to see that so much interest for co-ops on campus is stifled due to lack of accommodation. Co-ops also provide incredible communities of inclusive, diverse individuals.”

Sharma also explained that co-ops are very economical compared to other dining options on campus, noting that she pays around $1,200 per year for meals.

2D charges $550 and Brown and Real Food charge $650 per semester for its members, while meal plans typically cost See CO-OP page 1

COURTESY OF THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD

Tomas Lindahl, a former postdoctoral researcher at the University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday.

Former U. postdoc wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

By Jessica Li

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Tomas Lindahl, who worked on his postdoctoral research at the University, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for mapping how cells repair DNA. Lindahl is currently a researcher at the Francis Crick Institute and Clare Hall Laboratory in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. He won the award alongside Duke University School of Medicine professor Paul Modrich and University of Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Aziz Sancar.

While at the University in the mid1960s, Lindahl discovered that RNA, a macromolecule closely related to

DNA, is vulnerable to heat damage.

Lindahl conducted research under Jacques Fresco, the Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences Emeritus.

Lindahl received his doctoral degree from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden in 1967.

“It’s always nice at the end of your career to have recognition that what you have done is actually important,” Lindahl said in a press conference on Wednesday at the Francis Crick Institute. “It is very gratifying. We are doing basic research. We are not in it to make money. We do something constructive that we hope will really help mankind.”

Lindahl was not available for com-

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Princeton Public Schools to start homework-free periods

Public schools in the Princeton area announced they will be implementing homework-free periods during a school board meeting last week, The Times of Trenton reported.

The decision comes at a time when many other New Jersey schools are re-adjusting their homework requirements for students, through measures like homeworkfree weekends.

Specifically, the Princeton plan includes a homeworkfree weekend once a semester, while also preventing teachers from assigning projects or tests right after a break.

Princeton Superintendent Steve Cochrane ’81 explained that the homework-free periods would “provide our students with periods of time throughout the year when they can mentally step away from focusing on homework and projects and studying for tests.”

In West Windsor-Plainsboro, no-homework nights received positive feedback from families and elementary and middle school teachers after the 2014-15 academic year, according to the Times.

Cochrane also noted that the decision would hopefully “facilitate a district-wide discussion” about student homework load.

ment. The Royal Swedish Academy of Science did not respond to a request for comment.

A native of Sweden, Lindahl extensively researched the mechanisms of DNA repair that have profound implications for cancer treatment and aging. Before Lindahl’s research, the orthodox view among the scientific community held that DNA was a highly stable molecule. However, Lindahl showed that by itself, the DNA molecule would degrade so rapidly that it could not have sustained life on earth.

Lindahl subsequently became first to isolate a mammalian DNA ligase, a critical enzyme in bridging fragSee PRIZE page 2

COURTESY OF WALKABLE PRINCETON

Tickets for the NJ Transit trains departing from Princeton Station have increased since Oct. 1.

NJ Transit’s fare hike put into effect, draws criticism

By Nahrie Chung staff writer

New Jersey Transit has increased bus and rail fares across the state an average of 9 percent since Oct. 1, NJ Transit spokesperson Jim Smith said.

Smith said the fare hike, which is the first in five years, had been intended as a last resort, noting that the transit agency had to close a gap in its budget.

“Prior to going into the adjustment, we identified over $42 million in cost savings and efficiencies,” he said. “We had to resort to the fare ad-

justment.”

Some service lines, including the 655 bus from Princeton to the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, were discontinued altogether. In response, the University made the decision to add a Palmer Square stop on one of its TigerTransit lines that already included a stop at the hospital, Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert said.

TigerTransit buses exist for all members of the University community and offer rides for free.

While commending the University’s efforts to provide

an alternative, Lempert noted that public transportation is a responsibility of the state government.

“The state needs to step up and think about its priorities,” Lempert said. “Transportation and keeping up with transportation infrastructure is an essential service provided by the state government, especially in a place like New Jersey, where you have so many people who are going daily back and forth either to New York or Philadelphia, passing through the state.”

Lempert acknowledged See TRANSIT page 3

Wilson School professor Admiral Michael Mullen spoke on the values that the United States should have when interacting with other countries, whether for war or diplomacy, in a Thursday lecture.

Mullen, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and a veteran of the Vietnam War and the Gulf War, is a Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor at the Wilson School and is the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

“It’s a multi-polar world now, we’re much more interdependent than what we used to be. We can’t do it alone like we used to be able to,” he explained, referring to a “strategic narrative” that the United States needs for a future focused on prosperity and security.

He recommended these ideas to a Navy captain and a Marine Corps colonel, who later researched a strategy for the country in terms of its place on the world stage. The conclusive paper was later published by The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. The paper found that the United States, spearheading the international community, had to shift its political and economic focus from containment to sustainment, a transition that would be necessary in a world of mass demographic shifts and the destruction of

natural habitats, he noted.

“So how do we create a world that’s at seven billion people today … so that people actually can prosper?” he said.

Part of the solution, he explained, lies in a U.S. focus on education, a thriving economy and hope – citing that these qualities were lacking in countries with recent political turbulence.

“We have to hang our hats on our values … life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, equality, justice, freedom, human rights, democracy, etc.,” he said. “And I think in everything we do, we need to keep those values in mind.”

Mullen noted that part of the value discussion is also a discussion of principles that we care about, principles that are important, among them listening to the needs of other nations, listening to the concerns of the U.S. public and developing an appreciation of culture and history, which Mullen has seen prevalently abroad, but not within the United States.

“That’s not an American trait, but it is something that we, I think, owe [in interactions] with individuals from all over the world,” he added. “Another important principle … is a lack of respect for other people around the world. There’s no one I’ve ever met who doesn’t want to be respected. We have a tendency to overlook that too often as well.”

Mullen went on to discuss how the dynamic of political See LECTURE page 2

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between $3435 and $6240 a year, and eating clubs between $7800 and $9300 per year.

Sharma said that she and her team are working to obtain more student signatures. She explained that her team will then coordinate with the Office of Sustainability, University administration, and the Undergraduate Student Government to explore solutions, including procuring a house or a larger space for a new co-op.

Though in its early stages, the petition has garnered substantial support from the student population, Sharma said.

“I have seen overwhelming and unhesitant support from friends and strangers on campus regarding this campaign. We hope we can expand co-op offerings for Princeton students to make these communities accessible to everyone who is interested in them,” she noted.

Leora Haber ’16, who signed the petition, stated that there is a pressing need for a new co-op.

“I definitely support the petition,” she said. “All of our co-ops are over the maximum capacity with a long waitlist, and co-ops are some of the best dining options on campus when it comes to cost.”

Haber is the video editor for The Daily Princetonian.

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line, a petition signatory wrote that it’s important to increase non-eating club options as the eating clubs almost hold a monopoly on combined social and eating options. The signatory added that by expanding the choices, the University would be able to provide its students with the opportunity to pursue social endeavors how they want, unconstrained by pecuniary or social decisions.

University spokesperson Martin Mbugua explained that until the petition is received and reviewed, the University cannot comment on the possibility of establishing another co-op.

The last petition for a new vegetarian co-op was circulated in February 2014.

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leadership on the world stage must change, saying that it’s currently Pope Francis, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin who hold the

most power.

“Two of those three are not the ones I’d pick.” he said.

A Q&A session followed the lecture, in which Mullen addressed questions on U.S.China relations, encouraged a focus on Latin America and Africa and spoke generally on how the United States

should approach tensions and developments within the Middle East.

The lecture, titled, “I’m Confused: What is the Strategy of the U.S.?” was open to the public and took place in Dodds Auditorium of Robertson Hall on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

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John F. Sopko spoke about U.S. aid to Afghanistan at a public lecture in Dodds Auditorium on Thursday.

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mented DNA that can result from ultraviolet radiation damage. He later discovered other molecular factors in the DNA repair machinery and found that the absence of these factors results in immunodeficiency and/or malignancy.

“He was one of the first scientists to spot the process of DNA repair — something we now know plays a fundamental role in the development

of cancer,” Harpal Kumar, Cancer Research UK’s chief executive, said at the press conference. “His work led to a deeper understanding of why the disease develops and, crucially for patients, treatments that target cancer’s weak spots in DNA repair.”

At the same event, Sir Paul Nurse, Director of the Francis Crick Institute, said he is delighted that Lindahl was recognised for his work on DNA. “As director of the Clare Hall Laboratory of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund

and then Cancer Research UK from 1986 to 2005, Tomas has been an inspiration to his colleagues and peers for decades,” Nurse said.

“This honor is most richly deserved.”

Lindahl is the fourth recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry to have studied or taught at the University.

Among other experiences, Lindahl has been elected as a founding fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences and was awarded the Royal Society’s Royal Medal in 2007.

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that NJ Transit was in a difficult position but she also said that the state government was responsible.

“One of the major problems is that the Transportation Trust Fund is out of money and the legislature and the governor have not been able to get their act together to continue to fund it,” Lempert said.

Lempert said her greatest concern is that the hike and service cuts will hurt the very population public transportation is intended to serve.

“What’s awful about what happened is that they’re pushing their financial problem onto the residents who can least afford to pay for it and who are actually helping the economy and helping our environment and helping our air quality by taking Transit,” Lempert explained.

Lempert added that she

thinks the fare increase will prompt some commuters who own cars to start driving themselves, thinking that driving is more cost-effective.

Once that happens, Lempert said, ridership would decline, as would NJ Transit’s revenue, and NJ Transit would be once again forced into the position of having to either cut services or raise fares to deal with the declining ridership.

“It’s a race to the bottom, and they don’t seem to have a plan,” Lempert said.

The increased costs have invited concern among students as well.

Priscilla Yeung ’17, who takes the Northeast Corridor Line into New York City once or twice a month to visit friends or attend job-related recruiting events, said that the fare increase is problematic because there is no good alternative. Yeung said the only other option is Megabus, which costs her $12 to $14 but arrives every hour or hour and a half. A Megabus round trip

would save her $2 to $4, but she said she still opts for NJ Transit.

“The infrequency and unreliability [of Megabus] means I’d rather pay $2 to $4 more to know I’m going to get to New York on time,” Yeung said.

She said that she once submitted a recommendation to the Undergraduate Student Government suggesting it consider subsidizing students’ travel costs to New York, even if only to give a 20 percent discount on the first two tickets.

Seeing that students receive subsidized Broadway shows and free movies, Yeung said she thought it might be feasible for USG to help students cover Transit fares.

USG president Ella Cheng ’16 said it was a great idea for USG to subsidize travel costs. However, citing major expenses such as Lawnparties and other events, she explained that such subsidies remain outside budget possibilities.

Cheng is a former staff writer for the Daily Princetonian.

Even so, Cheng said the University should consider the suggestion because of its relationship with NJ Transit. The University would also have more power to execute such an agreement, she said.

Cheng, who is a New York native herself, noted that she makes trips every weekend and found the fare increase unexpected. What formerly cost her $13.50 is now almost $17, she noted.

“It does impact me quite a lot,” Cheng said. “I’m definitely not pleased about it.”

Lempert noted that Princeton’s proximity to New York City is important for both University students and resident members.

“I know for everybody in the Princeton community — but including students — one of the attractions of being in Princeton is access to New York City,” Lempert said. “If that becomes financially out of reach for more and more of us, it changes the experience of being here at Princeton.”

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The perils of Facebook Lea Trusty

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ecently, as I was scrolling through my News Feed on Facebook, I came across an extremely lengthy post. You all know the type of post I’m talking about — the long-winded one that talks about someone’s multistep journey, that details all his or her hard work along the way, that resulted in some amazing new opportunity for him or her. I could see the hundreds of likes begin to rack up, and as someone moderately interested in this person’s life — and therefore moderately happy about this person’s success — I too clicked on the small thumbs-up.

I continued to mindlessly scroll, until I suddenly realized the post I had just liked left me thoroughly annoyed. My first instinct was shame. There was no reason somebody else’s success should irritate me. But after thinking about it a little longer, I quickly found that it wasn’t really the content of the post that had frustrated me. Rather it was the post itself — the way it expressed this success — that made me close Facebook for the day.

It is weird to say I became jealous of how someone else “shared” his or her success.

Over-sharing every aspect of our lives is a common, current issue, hardly a groundbreaking one. A simple look at anyone’s smartphone apps easily demonstrates this.

If we’re not posting to Facebook, we’re tweeting. If we’re not tweeting, we’re changing the filter of a photo on Instagram. And if we don’t want the photo to last forever, we’ll Snapchat it. We are in the age of sharing — sharing particularly good meals, summer vacations and

It’s hard to remember that nothing on social media is real when people try so persistently to make it seem so. everything else one can imagine.

Yet despite all this over-sharing in almost every facet of our lives, my greatest issue with Facebook — and social media in general — is mostly the content we are sharing.

After I finished reading my Facebook friend’s post, one of my first thoughts was, just how long did it take her to write this?

Posting something as simple as a music video takes at least ten minutes for me. I cannot begin to fathom the amount of time required to craft such an eloquent post that you knew all of your friends would potentially see.

The same difficulty can be said for the group photo that my friends and I posted to Instagram, after deciding we looked just uncaring enough by the 27th picture we took.

Although I don’t have a Twitter, I imagine tweeting is even more challenging. With such little space, the perfect tweet is more evasive than the perfect selfie.

But at the same time, despite my gut reaction, I realized that everyone faces these same dilemmas. Everyone frets over how to depict his or her life in the most optimal way. Simply put, while on any social media, what you see is not what you get. Though this is less than groundbreaking, it gets to the crux of why I will constantly debate whether I want anything to do with Facebook.

It’s hard to remember that nothing on social media is real when people try so persistently to make it seem so. Thinking you know a person after reading what is virtually a novella on his or her Timeline is understandable. In their posts, they emanate the very best parts of themselves. But this is undoubtedly because the Internet is the one place you can emanate those parts of yourself without revealing others. Only on the Internet can you truly craft who you “are” to the rest of the world on your own terms.

Other forms of social media are no better. A satirical Instagram of Barbie, under @ socalitybarbie, mocks the disingenuous face of “authentic living” that many people tout of their pages, with photos of Barbie walking along the beach, artfully holding a leaf after a morning hike or writing a book titled “How to Live Authentic.”

I am not asking anyone to post the worst parts of his or her day, spill his or her deepest feelings or share unfiltered photos online. Social media has created the unspoken right of revealing exclusively the parts of ourselves we want the world to see, a world seen through rose-tinted filters. These bits and pieces are what we consider the best, so naturally things will be left out. But at the same time, we should be cognizant of the medium we are interacting with. And if there is anything to remember about social media, it is this.

Lea Trusty is a politics major from Saint Rose, La. She can be reached at ltrusty@princeton.edu.

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EDITORIAL

A more effective career services office

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niversity students are fortunate to have Career Services as a resource when searching for jobs and internships. The office does a praiseworthy job of matching academic interests to career interests, preparing students for interviews, attracting top employers and much more.

Nonetheless, the student body’s poor understanding of Career Services’ policies undermine Career Services’ mission to educate, engage and empower students.

The Board believes that Career Services should do more to address job offers that violate its on-campus recruiting policies, better communicate policies and events to students and increase the number of in-person appointments.

Career Services has a strict policy prohibiting exploding offers and bonuses, but these and other abusive recruiting practices remain a problem. When faced with an offer designed to incentivize signing before the official Nov. 23 deadline, individual students have little to no leverage to change the terms of the offer letter. Career Services, however, is ideally placed to prevent abusive recruiting practices and should better enforce its own policies through sanctions against employers that violate them. Career Services already helps students in these situations on a case by case basis, but in many cases, its assistance is not sought by students. To remedy this, Career Services should do more to publicize its offer policy for employers who participate in

on-campus recruiting. Career Services should also appoint a particular career counselor as the point of contact for all issues related to problematic offers. Additionally, students who are given questionable offers ought to be more proactive in seeking help from Career Services.

Further, Career Services ought to better communicate its systems and policies, especially as they relate to the new Handshake-powered HireTigers. HireTigers, for example, has a bug interfering with signups that has persisted despite Career Services’ efforts to fix it.

Despite Career Services mitigating the damage in individual cases, students have not been widely made aware of the bug. In order to reduce confusion and anxiety, Career Services should notify job applicants that interview signups may be delayed and take similar actions to alert students if another bug is found. Related to this, Career Services should be more transparent in regards to scheduling appointments; at the moment, it is unclear when during the week appointment slots are released for students to reserve.

Career Services should also work to improve its email communications with students. Student awareness of career-related events and workshops can be increased by classifying and decreasing the amount of information sent out by email. Currently, Career Services’ emails are often excessively lengthy and filled with information that only applies to certain students. Including advertising jobs for seniors in emails sent to

underclassmen, however, only causes younger students to dismiss important and unimportant emails from Career Services alike as irrelevant. In order to reduce the amount of text in each email and highlight relevant career opportunities, Career Services should compose class year-specific emails.

Finally, during peak times more students want to take advantage of the help of Career Services.

However, there are only a fixed number of counselors to talk to, even if walk-in hours are fully taken advantage of. Expanding the availability of appointments in these peak time periods does not require year-round expansion of Career Services’ staff. Instead, external staffing and services could be brought in on a seasonal basis. Tasks that are more easily outsourced such as resume review and basic administration could be temporarily assigned to seasonal assistance freeing up all of the trained career counselors to focus on advising.

Career Services provides invaluable aid to students, but it can be improved to be more effective.

The Board believes that more focus on addressing problematic job offers, better communication and seasonal hiring would enhance students’ experiences with Career Services.

The Editorial Board is an independent body and decides its opinions separately from the regular staff and editors of The Daily Princetonian. The Board answers only to its Chair, the Opinion Editor and the Editor-in-Chief.

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Controversial professor Marek Blazejak, M.D., M.B.A.

the United States and a historian, cases of anti-Semitism or even munity, permanently urge the wrote in response: “The author cases of murder of Jews by Poles. German politicians to act more went completely overboard and However, this absolutely does not effectively to forbid the nationalcrossed the line into the absurd. mean that the predominant at- istic right-wing National Demoan T. Gross, professor of hisDocumented instances of Polish titude of Poles was anti-Semitic cratic Party. Also, one needs to tory at the University, has alcollaboration with Nazi German and that the Polish people should address the question of why the ways been a controversial peroccupiers are a drop in the ocean be wrongfully perceived as mur- German pro-Nazi organization son in Poland. Some would say of compassion and practical aid derers who killed more Jews than National Socialist Underground this is because he confronts Poles provided to the persecuted. Those, Germans. On the contrary, there could kill for 10 years innocent with unpleasant facts of the Polish who violated the good name of are ample examples of the Poles foreign citizens. history. Other scholars, however, Poland and acted inhumanly, were reaching out and saving Jews.

In this context, Gross’s article do not regard him as a historian at punished accordingly. Sentences egota, Ż for example, was an under- unveils the use of simplistic logic all, but rather an opportunistic per- against collaborates were carried ground organization of Polish in an attempt to persuade Eastern former who uses secondary historiout by the Polish underground, resistance in German-occupied Europe to passively accept irracal sources and lacks professional and the August Law of 1944 man- Poland which saved the lives of tional German leadership. While methods of analysis. dated a death sentence to any col- about 50,000 Jews.egota’s Ż children undertaking this attempt, he igGross’s latest article tackling laborator, who contributed to the department head, Irena Sendler, nores the basic tools of the histothe issue of the present refugee death of a Polish citizen, includ- organized a shelter for 2,500 Jew- rian’s workshop. crisis sparked a chorus of outrage ing Jews. The longest list of people ish children from the Warsaw The tragic refugee crisis will in Poland. Originally disseminat- of goodwill and compassion (in Ghetto. There are plenty other most probably aggravate. What ed on the opinion website, “Proj- Yad Vashem) is that of the Polish Polish heroes like Witold Pilecki, happens, if the German chancelect Syndicate” (“Eastern Europe’s Righteous Among the Nations.”

Jan Karski, Eugeniuszazowski Ł or lor says: “We have so many probCrisis of Shame”) on Sept. 13, 2015 A reader who possesses a ba- Janabinski, Ż who risked their lives lems with the integration of the and subsequently reproduced in sic historical background quickly to save Jews. refugees in the society and the several other publications inter- recognizes that Gross’s article is a The article by Gross at the labor market due to the German nationally, the article portrayed manipulative attempt to stain the same time quickly praised the language that we need to erase Eastern Europeans, especially reputation of the Eastern Europe- role of Germany in solving the German and other national EuPoles, as murderers and anti-Sem- an countries and to weaken their refugee crisis and recommended ropean languages from the map ites who “killed more Jews than bargaining power in the Europe- that Eastern Europe should fol- of Europe and replace it with Germans during the war.” He also an Union. Gross’s essay is full of low German leadership. However, English?” The Eastern European accused Eastern Europe of being slogans, misinterpreted facts and four weeks after publication of countries will certainly reject the intolerant, xenophobic and in- insinuations devoid of reliable Gross’s article, most of the Ger- German leadership again. What capable of sharing with Western historical sources. His observa- man people, including leading then will Gross do? Write an opinEuropean countries, especially tions included, “In the immediate politicians and journalists, are ion article claiming that Hitler Germany, the burden of the mas- postwar years, Eastern European fed up with Merkel’s slogan of was just a Polish agent and that sive inf lux of refugees from Asia Jewish Holocaust survivors f led “wir schaffen das!” (yes, we can) the Nazi were Eastern European and Africa f looding Europe. from the murderous anti-Semi- and fiercely criticize her manage- soldiers in German uniforms?

The reactions from the Polish tism of their Polish, Hungarian, ment of the mass migration of The rescue efforts of Jews by intellectual circles did not take Slovak, or Romanian neighbors,” refugees.

Poles during the Second World long. Politicians and news media “Poland’s Catholics could find What is even more upsetting is War are fairly well-documented. called the Gross’s claims scan- little compassion for the fate of that, in contrast to Eastern Eu- Those interested just need to do a dalous. Professor Pawełpiewak, Ś Nazism’s ultimate victims (Jews)” rope, Gross has suggested that quick Google or Wikipedia search the head of the Jewish Historical and “Eastern Europe, by contrast Germany has “worked through” to learn about the heroic efforts Institute in Warsaw commented, (to Germany), has yet to come to its murderous past. The reality that many Poles took during the “Such grave and concurrently ac- terms with its murderous past.” however is not quite so. If Germa- war. ademically unwarranted accusaIndeed, one cannot deny that ny really worked through its past, tions are unacceptable.” Ryszard during the Second World War why must Charlotte Knobloch, Marek Blazejak, M.D., M.B.A. Schnepf, Polish ambassador to there were shameful, isolated the head of Munich’s Jewish ComHamburg, Germany guest contributor

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nents thus far, dropping a last-minute heartbreaker to Yale and beating Cornell (0-3, 0-1 Ivy League) 28-21 in previous weeks. Reflecting on this week’s opponent, Coach Bob Surace emphasized Colgate’s offensive capabilities.

“Colgate is a terrific team — they’re favored to win the Patriot League,” Surace said. “They have a really good offense, and their quarterback Jake Mellville is a dual threat, meaning he’s a really good passer and he can also run the ball very effectively, and we saw that last year. They dropped back and did more straight from the pocket drop backs against us than they had coming into our game, so we saw them beat us that way. And we saw them beat Cornell, getting out of the pocket and making unbelievable throws downfield.”

Princeton’s own offense has demonstrated power and explosiveness thus far, averaging 34 points per game, but it will meet a tough challenge in the Raider’s defense. Colgate suffo-

cated Cornell in a mighty goal line stand to win last week’s game and has allowed a scant 377 yards per game thus far.

Against this front, Surace noted that the Tigers would have to play with teamwork and focus. “[Colgate’s]… the kind of epitome of, at least when I played 25 years ago, big, strong, fast guys on defense,” Surace said. “They blitz a lot, so we’re going to have to be really good on our assignments and our communication and our attention to detail, because they’ve played really well on defense.”

However, Surace also spoke highly of Princeton’s offensive capabilities heading into the game.

“We’ve done really well [with] situational football,” Surace said. “I mean, last week [against Columbia] it was hard to throw, the weather wasn’t good, but our third downs had been really good on offense up to that point. Our red zone has been really good up to this point.”

Sophomore quarterback John Lovett also reflected energy and anticipation regarding this week’s opponent.

“Colgate has a great defense and we’re really excited for the challenge,” Lovett said. “We’ve been practicing hard and practicing well, and we’ll go out on Saturday and execute [our] game plan to the best of our abilities.”

With a win this weekend, the Tigers would move to 4-0, their best record since 2006. Lovett emphasized diligence and teamwork as key to the squad’s successes thus far.

“We’ve been really working hard as a team all season,” Lovett said. “We’ve had to deal with some adversity, and we’re really coming together as a team.”

When speaking about the strengths of this group, Surace also highlighted the cohesiveness of the unit as a whole.

“Our offense and defense have really complemented each other,” he noted. “When we’ve played in horrible weather conditions, our defense stepped up and we were able to win a lowscoring game. When we played [Lehigh] in beautiful conditions, our offense stepped up. All that’s part of being, hopefully, what will be a good team.”

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Despite a 0-3 start to open Ivy League play, this Tiger team can’t be counted out of the race yet.

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help us move forward from this difficult start.”

Despite the difficult week ahead, the Tigers are eager to face the challenge at home in front of a supportive home crowd. “Our team has had moments of brilliance, and we all believe that we can sustain that level of play throughout our matches,” King said. “We are excited to play this weekend and to prove that we are a better team than we have been performing.”

Last weekend, the Tigers

suffered two losses at the hands of Harvard and Dartmouth. The Crimson swept the Tigers in three sets and Big Green rallied past Princeton after the second set to win the game 3-1. While disheartening, the losses have only helped the Tigers identify weaknesses and find new strengths. Furthermore, the losses have instilled a sense of urgency in the Princeton team, providing the necessary motivation for the long season ahead.

Eleven games remain in the Ivy League Conference, which provides plenty of opportunities for Princeton to mitigate its poor start.

However, each game will be crucial for the No. 7 Tigers who look to upset the current frontrunner Yale for a spot in the NCAA Championships.

Wins this Friday and Saturday could provide Princeton with the momentum it needs to climb up the rankings.

“I’ll admit that especially as a senior I was bummed to start off the way we did,” Peterkin said. “But if I know anything about Ivy League Volleyball it’s that the title is up for grabs. Even after only playing three games we have seen things we never thought we’d see and we know that this is far from the end for our team.”

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A strong start will be critical for the Tigers — their last two games have featured goals in the opening minutes.

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other,” junior forward Tyler Lussi noted. “We always try to pick each other up [and] be super positive.”

Key to the Tigers’ comebacks has been sustained aggression, even after they’ve gotten themselves into a hole. Despite the early goal, the Tigers got more shots than Army in both halves of the game.

Lussi, however, noted the importance of not falling into those kinds of holes in the first place, especially as the Tigers get deeper into league play and every game becomes critical.

“We need to have high pressure. We need to have everybody stepping up and keeping them in their half,” Lussi explained. “Moving forward and key in these Ivy League games, we need to be direct, we need to go for it [and] take chances, early and often.”

An aggressive style of play certainly aided the Tigers in their matchup with the Bears back in 2014, where the Tigers won a 5-0 romper.

Lussi, who had a hat trick in that game, while excited for the chance to continue the

streak, seemed determined to treat this game like all their others.

“We just need to go into each game focused, confident and ready to go,” Lussi said.

Men’s Soccer The men’s soccer team rebounded against Seton Hall after a heartbreaking loss to its Ivy League rival Dartmouth. Now the Tigers hope to continue this trend as they travel to Providence in search of their first win in league play.

The Tigers (4-3-1 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) had opposite starts between their most recent loss and most recent win.

While they conceded an early goal to the Big Green, they scored in the fourth minute against Seton Hall — senior midfielder Nico Hurtado put it in off the assist from fellow senior midfielder Brendan McSherry. After the Pirates drew level, a penalty kick from sophomore midfielder Daniel Bowkett gave the Tigers the lead once more. As the Pirates fought back tooth and nail to tie it a second time, it took a go-ahead goal from senior forward Tom Sanner to ice the deal, giving the Tigers the 3-2 victory.

Nevertheless, as the Tigers

try to climb their way back into the league champs discussion, the early goals and strong starts can most likely be the difference makers.

“It’s really important, always, to come out with a lot of energy. It’s especially important in all Ivy League games,” McSherry said. “It’s in-conference, everyone’s really excited … It’s also important that we keep our heads about us and stay composed, and don’t let things get too hectic.”

The Bears (5-4, 1-0) have their own motivations, as they not only look to continue their winning ways in league play but also get revenge on the Tigers for the 2-1 loss they suffered at Roberts Stadium last season.

The importance of each Ivy League game from now on can’t be understated. Historically, teams with more than two losses haven’t held a share of the Ivy League crown once the season is over.

“Obviously, it’s important that we treat this a little bit differently, since we don’t have much room for error now,” McSherry said. “We shouldn’t change our game plan too much, but we should approach this a little differently.”

also last year’s second place finishers in the league, one game behind the Tigers in the final standings.

If victory is to be attained, the Tigers will have to continue the self less play and off-ball movement that has allowed them to achieve their recent success. “[Off-ball movement] definitely has been a big focus, just like working off the ball for our teammates, moving defenders to open up shots, [and] giving passing options that won’t really cause turnovers,” Benvenuti elaborated. “Also, staying fast on the ball, keeping a high tempo during the game so we can outrun our competitors and tire them out.”

Off-ball movement, Benvenuti said, “has been priority 1, 2, 3 and 4, probably.”

Certainly, the Tigers’

f lowing offense was on display in their most recent Ivy League contest, a 4-0 drubbing of the Yale Bulldogs. Of course, an integral part of high-octane scoring is effective team chemistry.

A question for the Tigers early this season was how having nine freshmen out of a team of just 23 might affect this team’s ability to come together as a cohesive unit.

The Tigers, however, say this aspect of their team has been as strong as ever this season. Along with the off-ball movement, a key tenet for this team has been “working off of each other,” junior midfielder Cat Caro explained. “Really just working on the team’s strengths.”

“Our team chemistry has been amazing,” Benvenuti said.

A strong sense of team unity will be beneficial for the Tigers as they’re tested

both this weekend and beyond. One could imagine that it’s daunting for the Tigers that, following Columbia, they must go for a four-game road trip to face some of the best teams in the nation.

Both Benvenuti and Caro, however, insisted the Tigers have their eyes set on little but the game in front of them.

“We don’t talk about who we’re playing next — we see them as faceless opponents,” Benvenuti explained. “We’re doing our own thing and not worry about who we’re playing.”

“We’re just taking it one game at a time, and just focus on the weekend that’s in front of us, and… keep the postseason and NCAA play in the back of our minds,” Caro said, “because that’s what we play towards, except we want to make sure that we get the most out of each weekend.”

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son pointed out that continuing this style of play will be crucial as postseason draws ever closer.

“You take a look at our scoring — I’ve scored a good amount, but it’s spread out across the entire team,” Nelson said. “A lot of the guys on the team are scoring a lot of goals.”

Certainly it will help as the team prepares to play a familiar rival in Bucknell. The Bisons (8-3, 1-1), having lost three close games to the Tigers last season,

will more than likely be ready for revenge. The fact that the game is on the Bisons’ turf certainly makes the game more daunting — the Bisons are currently on a five-game win streak in their own pool.

“We definitely know this team well. It’s always an exciting match playing against them, especially at their pool,” Nelson remarked. “The biggest thing is that we go in running our offense, and we’re going to stick to our plan … We’ll play our game, and adjust to whatever they’re doing.”

Indeed, sticking with their

game plan and playing the way they know how will be critical as the CWPA championships begin to come into full view for the Tigers. This rings all the more true for this team after last year’s heartbreaking loss to Brown in the game to secure the NCAA bid.

“We had a really good season, and it [was] really frustrating to play one of our worst games of the season right when it mattered most,” Nelson said. “Definitely it’s weighing heavily on our minds. … We felt like we should have won it last year, and we definitely want to get back on top.”

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Volleyball seeks first league win in Dillon Gym

By David Xin contributor

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Sophomore quarterback John Lovett and senior running back DiAndre Atwater will continue to be critical components to the Tigers’ success.

Football looks to continue winning ways against Colgate

By Nolan Liu contributor

The Princeton Tigers, 3-0 on the season after wins over Lafayette College, Lehigh University and Columbia, now face a determined foe as they take on Colgate University this Saturday.

The Tigers (3-0, 1-0 Ivy

League) topped Columbia (0-3, 0-1 Ivy League) this past Friday, 10-5, in a low-scoring contest marked by grueling weather conditions throughout. Princeton managed only one touchdown and surrendered a safety in the second half, but picks by junior linebacker Andrew Frisby and senior backs John Hill and Khamal Brown, cou-

pled with strong defensive play across the board, allowed the Tigers to emerge victorious.

As they look forward to Colgate (2-3, 1-0 Patriot League), Coach Bob Surace ’90 noted that the team would have to focus on fundamentals and execution.

“Attention to detail, at times, has hurt us,” Surace

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said. “We have not executed things that we’re prepared for quite as well, and I hope that we get better at that after the experience of seeing three good teams.”

In the Raiders, Princeton will face a stiff opponent.

Colgate has performed well against Ivy League oppoSee FOOTBALL page 5

After a disappointing weekend away at Harvard and Dartmouth, the women’s volleyball team will welcome Columbia (3-9 overall, 1-2 Ivy) and Cornell (4-9, 0-3) this Friday and Saturday at Dillon. The doubleheader will provide an opportune moment for the Tigers (57, 0-3) to end their threegame losing streak in the Ivy League Conference.

Despite their shaky start, the Tigers seem poised to claim victory. Indeed, the recent losses have only fueled the Princeton squad, who are in search for their first Ivy Conference win. “I think that because of the difficult start we’ve had, we are in the ‘we have nothing to lose’ mindset and are fired up and determined to play hard this weekend,” senior right-side hitter Kendall Peterkin stated.

Fortunately for Princeton, the Tigers have a record of success against their two opponents. Princeton has beaten Cornell in their last three encounters, and has won its last four games against Columbia. In addition, Big Red will be coming out of a five-game losing streak while the Lions have

lost in their last two appearances.

Still, both teams have managed to rally past opponents in close games throughout the season and pose a genuine threat to the Orange and Black. “In the past, Columbia and Cornell have been streaky teams.

These are the most dangerous,” Peterkin states. “On the one hand they have the ability to play very well against you, and on the other they force you to play a steady game and not sink down to their level.”

Indeed, the next two games may be as challenging mentally as they will be taxing physically for Princeton. The key for the Tigers will be to remain composed and focus on the details.

“The team is working on mental toughness and being aggressive in pressure situations,” head coach Sabrina King ‘01 said. “We have to trust in ourselves, our teammates and play with more confidence.”

“Naturally, we tend to look at the score after every point, which can definitely affect our mental game,” Peterkin states. “If we can just focus on the little things, maybe getting a perfect pass for example, then it should See VOLLEYBALL page 5

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Field hockey to host Columbia before heading on 4-game road trip

By Miles Hinson sports editor

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The Tigers have shown a well-balanced scoring attack so far — four have 20 goals or more this season.

As usual, it has been a roaring hot start to Ivy League play so far for the Princeton field hockey team. On Friday, the Tigers will have the chance to keep their success going as they host the Columbia Lions on Bedford Field.

The Tigers (5-4 overall, 2-0 Ivy League), wrapping up a three-game homestand, hope to close their time at Bedford with a bang before heading on a grueling road trip. It’s been a turnaround from their inauspicious start to the fall, where they dropped their

first two home games to the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia.

No doubt, disappointing the fans at home lit a fire in the Tigers’ bellies, a fire that continues to roar into Friday’s game.

“The beginning part of the season … was not how we wished to have started,” senior striker Teresa Benvenuti confirmed. “So we really focused on coming together as a team, and putting that behind us, and working towards the next game, and really showing all of our competitors that we are a team to be reckoned with and not to be taken

lightly.”

It’s certain that no squad within the Ivies can underestimate the Tigers and expect to tell the tale. Princeton earned its 10th straight trip to the NCAA last year and has been the team to be feared in the league during that span. Their work hasn’t gone without recognition — as of Oct. 6, they are 19th in the NCAA Division I field hockey rankings.

However, it is of note that their one loss last season was to Columbia (5-4, 1-1) during a tough road match in which the Tigers’ second half rally came just short as they fell 2-3. The Lions were See FIELD HOCKEY page 5

After weekend off, water polo returns to action against Bucknell on the road Both women’s and men’s soccer teams seek SOCCER

By Miles Hinson sports editor

The water polo team got a well-earned two weeks of resting up. Now, deep in the middle of its season, the men’s water polo team looks to push its winning streak to three as they hit the road to take on the Bucknell Bisons.

The Tigers (9-3 overall, 2-0 CWPA), currently holding the no. 11 ranking in the NCAA, are raring to go, eager to get another shot at the CWPA Championships after coming so close last season. They look in solid form after opening up league play

with wins against Johns Hopkins and George Washington two weeks ago.

While some might think that playing the weekend immediately after earning two straight victories could help keep the momentum, there seem to have been just as many benefits to having more time in DeNunzio Pool. According to senior center Thomas Nelson, the weekend off not only gave his team a wellearned break but also allowed them prepare better.

“We front-loaded our season with a bunch of games — people

get tired, people get sick. Having two weeks off gives … a little of time to recuperate,” Nelson explained. “At the same time, we’re able to practice a little bit harder knowing we wouldn’t have a game this past weekend.”

As the Tigers rest up, one thing they hope to maintain is their strong distribution of the workload on offense. The balance in scoring is certainly one reason to which they can attribute success — four different players this year have put in 20 or more goals on the season. NelSee WATER POLO page 5

victories in road games against Brown

By Miles Hinson sports editor

Women’s Soccer This weekend, the Tigers are on the road to Rhode Island, as they hope to remain perfect in league play against the Brown Bears.

This women’s soccer team (8-3 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) has found its groove, as it has responded to a 3-game losing streak early in the season by winning six straight games.

The Bears (3-5-2, 0-1-1) have their hands full — the Tigers are on their longest winning streak since the 2012 season, during which the Tigers won 12 games in a row.

The offense has been turbocharged since those early losses, averaging a shade above 3 goals per game during the win streak, compared to just .66 in the losing streak. However, particularly of note has been the Tigers’ ability to respond to letting

in early goals. In their two most recent games against Dartmouth in Hanover and against Army at home, the Tigers fell behind 0-1 early on but went on to earn victories. Against Army, they let in the goal within the first six minutes but thunderously responded by ripping off four straight goals. “[Army] was a great team win … When we are down, we are not negative toward each See SOCCER page 5

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