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James Diamond, 74, died Thursday in an accident near the intersection of Riverside Drive and Prospect Avenue. He was a former director of the Center for Jewish Life.

U N I V E R S I T Y A F FA I R S

U. accepts 7.29 percent overall to Class of 2017

By Sarah Cen staff writer

1,931 students — or 7.29 percent — of 26,498 applicants were offered admission to the University’s Class of 2017. The regular admission rate, 5.44 percent, fell from 5.9 percent last year. This year’s early admissions rate of 18.3 percent also fell from 21.1 percent last year.

Due to the over-enrollment of 49 students for the Class of 2016, the Office of Admission lowered the target size of the Class of 2017 to 1,290, representing an estimated yield of 66.8 percent.

Though the target class size for the Class of 2016 had been 1,308, almost 1,400 of the 2,095 admitted

News & Notes Reopening of Quaker Road delayed due to weather

the reopening of Quaker Road has been delayed again until April 10, Mercer County officials confirmed to Planet Princeton.

The road provides an alternative access to Route 1 for those entering or exiting Princeton.

Its closure has coincided with the implementation of traffic changes in an attempt to alleviate congestion on Route 1.

Workers closed the section of Quaker Road between Province Line Road and Mercer Road on Aug. 20 to replace the bridge over Stony Brook. The construction was scheduled to be completed in four to six months but was delayed due to Hurricane Sandy. The road was then slated to reopen in late March but was again delayed due to inclement weather.

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students initially accepted the University’s offer of admission last year. The target class size for the Classes of 2018 and 2019 will be 1,290 as well.

In the second year of its reinstated early action program, the University admitted 679 of the 3,810 single-choice early action applicants in December.

The University had discontinued its early decision program in 2006. These applicants are included in the total admission rate.

“I saw that the first word was ‘Congratulations,’ and I just went screaming with joy, ran to my parents, read the rest of the letter,” Princeton High School senior Idir Aitsahalia said. “It was a great experience.”

Despite a growing applicant pool, the total

number of students admitted — 1,931 — is the lowest it has been since 2008. This resulted from an effort to be very conservative with the number of acceptances, according to Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye.

“We were quite deliberate in keeping the number in a certain range,” she said. “We are hoping very much to go to the wait list this year. Almost the only way to get the right class size is to aim a little lower.”

1,395 students were placed on the wait list. Waitlisted applicants will receive offers of admission on a rolling basis through May and June. Last year, no students were admitted from the wait list.

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BEYOND THE BUBBLE

Whig-Clio awards medal to activist Chen Guangcheng

By Ronan O’Brien contributor

Jarron McAllister gives a summary of and explains his fondness for the Miyazaki animated film “Spirited Away.”

Former director of the Center for Jewish Life Rabbi James Diamond died Thursday morning in a triple-car accident, according to the Princeton Police. He was 74.

The accident occurred close to the intersection of Riverside Drive and Prospect Avenue, about one mile away from Princeton Charter Club.

Diamond was in the process of getting into a Toyota Prius, police said, when he was struck by a parked and unoccupied Toyota Camry that had been hit by a BMW driven by Eric Maltz, 20, of Princeton.

At about 9:42 a.m. Maltz was driving southbound on Riverside Drive when he crashed into the Camry that was parked on the other side of the road against the

curb, police explained. The Camry was pushed backward, where it hit Diamond and the Prius.

Princeton Police Sergeant Mike Cifelli explained that Maltz was speeding at the time of the collision. There are “no indications” at this time that alcohol or drugs were involved.

Diamond, who was entering the passenger side of the Prius at the time, was thrown from the accident area due to the impact. Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad and the Princeton Fire Department arrived at the scene of the accident.

Diamond was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Prius, Rabbi Robert Freedman, 63, also of Princeton, was inside the car and sustained injuries following the triple crash, as did Maltz.

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Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng was presented with the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service on Thursday afternoon. Typically given annually, it is the highest distinction awarded by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society.

Chen, a blind, self-taught lawyer who has worked extensively to expose his country’s human rights violations, became the center of a diplomatic crisis between the United States and China after he escaped from house arrest and took refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing for six days in April 2012. Soon after U.S.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton conducted talks with the Chinese leadership, Chinese officials agreed to let Chen travel to the United States in May to study at an American university, but it is not clear whether he will be allowed to return.

Before his escape, Chen had been placed under house arrest after serving a prison sentence for organizing a class-action lawsuit against Chinese provincial authorities for an inappropriate enforcement of the one-child policy, and he was allegedly beaten by his guards.

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Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese human rights activist, received an award Thursday evening.

U N I V E R S I T Y A F FA I R S

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Non-profit “101” provides scholarships to local students

Community Walks fosters student involvement in local community

By Loullyana Saney

By Seth Merkin Morokoff

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The nonprofit and volunteer-run organization known as “101” provides need-based scholarships to graduates of Princeton High School. While the organization is independent of the University, it maintains close ties: Six University officials serve on its 13-member advisory board, and it receives assistance from the University’s Financial Aid Office during the applicant review process.

The Financial Aid Office receives approximately 30 applications from PHS seniors through 101 and reviews each applicant’s complete tax and income data, Undergraduate Financial Aid Deputy Director Betty Ashwood explained.

“We just apply the Princeton need analysis formula and look at the applications to give an estimate of financial aid need,” Ashwood said. She noted that the students who receive aid from the 101 organization typically do not attend the University.

The 101 fund, which was founded over 40 years ago by a secretary at PHS, gives scholarships in varying amounts of up to a maximum fouryear total of $10,000 to assist students in paying tuition at four- or two-year colleges or vocational schools.

Riva Levy, president of 101, explained that many PHS students do not have the means to go to college and are often the first generation in their families to attend college. Levy explained that scholarships granted See SENIOR page 2

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The Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and the Pace Center have cosponsored Community Walks, a new initiative designed to foster student involvement in the local community by introducing students, alumni and their families to various organizations in the town of Princeton through student-led walking tours.

The concept originated in the spring of 2012 after four students formed a Pace Center working group to research projects sponsored by the civic engagement centers at peer universities, according to Shirley Gao ’13, one of the four members of the group and a member of the Community Walks Executive Board.

“I had noticed this gap in Princeton

University programming; I noticed that we didn’t really have anything to push people beyond Nassau Street and explore the local town,” Gao explained.

The team of students and administrative advisers developing the initiative hopes to familiarize students with the town and encourage them to participate in the local community on the basis of the awareness gained from the walk, according to Associate Dean Maria FloresMills, the ODUS member affiliated with the project.

“I think it’s very much in concert with the University’s unofficial service motto,” Flores-Mills added. “I’m oftentimes just astounded by the number of things that are a stone’s throw from campus that students don’t know about or have never heard of or experienced.”

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Rabbi James Diamond died in a triple-car collision about a mile from Charter Club on Thursday morning.

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transported to the Trauma Center at the Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, according to Cifelli.

A representative of Capital Health was unable to give an update on Freedman’s or Maltz’s conditions Thursday afternoon.

According to a report in the Times of Trenton published Thursday, Freedman and Maltz

sustained “serious injuries.”

Diamond, a Conservative rabbi, was the first full-time director of the CJL for nine years between 1995 and 2004.

He also taught classes at the University, including fall 2003 course NES 214/JDS 214: Masterworks of Hebrew Literature in Translation.

In a statement Thursday afternoon, the CJL called the accident “tragic.”

“A Conservative Rabbi, he was admired by students and faculty for his kindness,

his teaching and his efforts to bring different Jewish denominations together,” the statement read.

Current CJL director Rabbi Julie Roth could not be immediately reached for further comments.

Cifelli noted this is still an open investigation, and no charges have been pressed at this time. The investigation is being conducted by the Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.

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by the 101 fund make a difference for students who otherwise could not have attended college, especially those going to Mercer Community College who could not afford college without these scholarships.

Levy explained that applicants to the 101 fund who attend Mercer College receive the full $10,000 scholarship.

“Princeton students would be surprised if they realized the full economic spectrum that is represented by students from Princeton High School,” Princeton University Investment Company President and 101 advisory board member Andrew Golden said.

Golden explained that the scholarships provided by 101 truly make a difference for students who attend two-year col-

leges and even those who attend four-year colleges with smaller endowments than Princeton’s.

Golden became involved in 101 because his wife was a former co-president of the organization.

Golden said his involvement in the fund was an effort to become involved both in the community and in the organization, which he described as a “family project.”

He explained that what is most “amazing” about the organization is that “every dollar that is donated actually goes to the program.”

Earlier this month, Cannon Club hosted 101’s big annual fundraiser, in which the organization was able to raise approximately $32,000, according to Levy.

Cannon Club president Connor Clegg ’14 explained that because Marion McLusky, secretary of their graduate board, is on the board of trustees of 101, the club became involved in

hosting the fundraiser for the organization.

Levy explained that the grants provided by 101 are made possible largely through private donations, but also through fundraising events such as the one held earlier this month at Cannon. The organization also coordinates a direct mailing campaign each year, which raises between $14,000 and $15,000 annually and holds a talent show at the high school, which brings in a smaller amount of donations.

Other members of the advisory board affiliated with the University are Princeton University Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee ’69, Manager of Information Technology Systems at the Wilson School Ellen Kemp, economics professor Burton Malkiel GS ’64, professor of sociology and public affairs Sara McLanahan and President Shirley Tilghman.

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However, in previous years, anywhere from zero to 150 wait-listed applicants have been offered admission.

Rapelye said that approximately half of the students placed on the wait list withdraw their applications by May 1. She said it follows that the yield for wait-list applicants is ordinarily above the general yield.

Princeton is generally the top choice for the students remaining on the wait list, normally resulting in a higher yield for wait-list applicants, she said.

Rapelye said that the University’s vision for the Class of 2017 was one that displayed a diversity of talents, cultures, backgrounds and interests. She emphasized that the Office of Admission does not adhere to quotas.

“We go into each year with a fresh perspective,” she said. “We’re not necessarily looking for differences, but each person who comes to Princeton ends up bringing a different perspective and background.”

Helen Gao, a senior at Dulaney High School in Baltimore County, Md., called her acceptance one of “the best moments of my life.” Gao was admitted after being deferred early action and will attend Princeton Preview before making her decision.

She said she plans on majoring in biology.

Admitted students may choose to attend one of the two Princeton Previews, which will be held Thursday, April 11 to Saturday, April 13 and Monday, April 22 to Wednesday, April 24. Both visits span three days, during which undergraduate hosts will house prospective students. The Office of Admission modified the dates this year so that the second preview will not overlap with the weekend.

According to Rapelye, the Office of Admission changed the dates of Princeton Preview to allow prospective students the opportunity to attend classes that are held early in the week.

“The goal is to allow the admitted students to go to class so that they can get a sense of the academic tenor,

to understand the relationships students have with professors and the rigor of our classes,” she said.

The Office of Admission expects up to 35 of the admitted students to attend the Bridge Year Program, during which students postpone their freshman year to perform service work abroad for nine months. These students would then join the Class of 2018.

Addressing applicants who did not receive admission, Rapelye said that this has been the most selective admissions decision by the University to date and added not feel discouraged.

“Almost the only way to get the right class size is to aim a little lower.”

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“They’re excellent students,” she said. “They should not take this decision as a comment on their selfworth. We had an applicant pool that was so strong that we simply could not offer them all acceptances.”

Applicants were able to access their decisions on Thursday at 5 p.m., and admitted students must respond to the offer of admission by May 1.

Yale College accepted 1,991 out of 29,610 applicants, with an admission rate of 6.72 percent. Harvard College accepted 2,029 out of 35,023 applicants, with an admission rate of 5.8 percent. Cornell College accepted 6,026 out of 40,006 applicants, with an admission rate of 15.2 percent. Brown University accepted 2, 649 out of 28, 919, with an admission rate of 9.16 percent. Columbia University accepted 2,311 out of 33,531, with an admission rate of 6.89 percent. The University of Pennsylvania accepted 3,785 of 31,280 for an admission rate of 12.1 percent. Dartmouth College accepted 2,252 students of 22,400 for an admission rate of 10 percent.

By Ronan M. O’Brien staff writer

Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese human rights activist, was awarded the James Madison Award For Distinguished Public Service by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society on Thursday. He granted the ‘Prince’ a brief interview following the ceremony. He spoke through an interpreter, Ross Donovan ’16.

The Daily Princetonian: What are your plans in the United States? Do you plan to return to China if possible?

RD: It’s certain that he’ll go back to China in the future.

It’s expected that there will be some changes in China, so he’s waiting to see. Right now, he will continue to work hard toward improving human rights in the world.

DP: What do you believe is the greatest barrier for democracy in China?

RD: The biggest obstacle to democracy in China is the Communist Party itself. They want to control and maintain power over the citizens and keep their special authority.

DP: Are young people activists in China? Do you believe they’ll

have success?

RD: He thinks that there’s a good chance for the youth in China, but, of course, a lot of youth in China, after going through schooling, end up becoming kind of brainwashed from the education system, but we’ve already seen some very successful youth who have stood up for human rights.

DP: Do you believe the new administration of Xi Jinping will lead to change in China?

RD: He doesn’t believe that there will be much change with Xi Jinping. In fact, he thinks that Xi Jinping, rather than

bringing about change, will just change his methods of control in the government, rather than actually bringing about reform. He feels it’s more the power of the people that can cause reform.

DP: How has your disability influenced your work as an activist?

RD: He, as a person with disability, has to put forth so much more effort, and it’s not as easy as with a completely able-bodied person or a sighted person. So he has to put forth a lot more effort in doing these projects.

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Clio president Matthew Saunders ’15 said. He explained how he and other Whig-Clio officers had worked to bring Chen to campus to receive the award.

Chen, who is in the process of writing a memoir, spoke through interpreter Jing Wang, who provided consecutive translation of his acceptance speech and responses to questions.

Chen emphasized that the Chinese people had been “awakened about human rights” and explained how those who are especially involved in activism suffer repression. He referenced a saying that “you just do the good thing, and don’t ask about your future.”

As an example, Chen said that Christian Bale had tried to visit him in 2011 in a show of support, but their meeting was violently prevented by the Chinese Communist Party. As a consequence, the government also stopped promoting Bale’s movie in China, but Internet users organized groups to go see the movie and some people even went to the movie every day, he noted.

“The kind Chinese common people, after learning what was happening … bravely stood out and supported him,” Chen said.

Chen explained how, in the past, the Chinese government was able to prevent the interference of other nations in its internal affairs, “but now the Chinese public will ask the government themselves: They will say, ‘It’s not domestic matters;

it’s domestic viciousness.’”

“Of course the U.S. government can do something!” Chen said in response to a question about what the United States can do for human rights. “Every individual, every organization, every government in this world has responsibility.”

He said that Americans should stay informed about the state of human rights in China through the Internet.

“Activities to fight for human rights depend a lot on the development of Internet and the interactions on the Internet,” Chen said.

When asked whether his separation from China would hinder his activism, Chen said that modern technology means that distance is not a problem.

Chen drew a comparison between the capacity of individ-

ual organizations and government to make moral choices.

“As long as you do the right thing, you will win respect,” he said.

Chen warned that if the human rights situation in China does not change, China will not be able to grow as a country. He said that this must change because the government must ultimately respond to the demands of the people, even if one administration is unwilling to hand over authority.

“Put simply, my confidence in humanity and people’s goodness allowed me to escape,” Chen said of the motivation he drew upon to escape from house arrest.

“If after reading my book you get angry, just be angry, because we need to fight against injustice,” he added.

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Tour guides will lead students through the town while identifying sites in four broad categories: historic landmarks; nonprofit organizations focused on civic engagement, such as teen health resource center HiTops; cultural or community institutions, such as the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts; and practical stops including the post office, Gao said.

The Community Walks Executive Board plans to use unpaid student volunteers as tour guides and has created a comprehensive directory of possible stops along each walk modeled after the system used by Orange Key,

according to Gao. “Each tour guide will pick and choose two or three stops within each of those categories to make their own tour,” Gao explained.

The group hopes to pilot their routes during Princeton Preview by offering tours for both parents and prospective students; however, their signature event would be a large-scale Community Walk for freshmen during orientation week. The executive board plans to continue to offer tours throughout the regular academic year and during Reunions weekend, according to Gao. “I would feel secure if we could get between 30 to 40 guides trained by the end of this year, so they’re ready to go by orientation,” Gao noted. “Each tour guide would

take a group of about 10 or 15 freshmen out on their walk, and each walk is supposed to take 45 minutes to one hour.”

Although the pilot segment of the program will focus on undergraduates, the organization also hopes to eventually engage graduate students and faculty as well, according to the Pace Center’s Student Program Coordinator Keira Wilson.

“This could be that first entry point for a lot of people to highlight those different access points, for either students or even faculty and staff to make service opportunities a bit more visible,” Wilson explained. “We’re not always just functioning on campus as Princeton University or Princeton students; we are also a part of Princeton, the town.”

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New student initiative Community Walks organizes student-led tours of the town of Princeton.

The tours follow a directory of possible stops after the model used by Orange Key campus tours.

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wo weeks ago, I was sprawled over a horribly uncomfortable black chair in some terminal of Newark Liberty International Airport, ignoring the malevolent glances of travelers stepping over my legs and waiting for the harassed United Airlines desk attendant to tell me just how delayed my flight was going to be. There is an almost religious solemnity to being in transit, a solitary passage between worlds so familiar it starts to feel ritualistic. Perhaps the feeling of calm, surreal ceremony comes from my absolute certainty as to what lies at the end of the next several hours. I don’t know what time I will land, but I know that when I do, home is just a phone call and a 15-minute drive away.

“Where are you going for break?”

“I’m going home.” The second sentence is formulaic. It rolls off mechanically in response to the earlier question, a sign of how deeply it is engrained in our psyche: home. The word reverberates with profound, unshakeable security. Home is where we left our family, our pets, our real bed.

But this past break, I found myself slipping uncertainly on the word. Instead of respecting the sacrosanct nature of “home” as a term relating to the house and neighborhood I grew up in, I used it repeatedly and inadvertently to designate my college dorm room. Every time I told a story about campus life, “home” took on the automat-

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College students are in limbo; they do not quite belong to their parents’ house anymore, but their campus abode is not permanent or real enough to merit a transfer of home identification.

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Certificates in the Wilson School

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ver the past few years, the Wilson School has undergone dramatic changes in its undergraduate program. These changes have included the discontinuation of selective admissions, the emphasis on specific policy tracks and the discontinuation of the certificate program.

With this in mind, the Board, while recognizing that the previous certificate program posed numerous problems, recommends that the Wilson School create a new certificate program that would aid in the school’s aim to further collaboration between policymakers and those in other disciplines and departments. We believe that the School should offer certificates in specialized policy areas, such as security or health care policy, instead of offering a general certificate.

The former certificate program offered students from various departments the opportunity to study policymaking within the Wilson School. The certificate had required that students partake in two task forces during their junior year — producing two junior papers — alongside their home department’s independent work, as well as nearly as many classes required of students concentrating within the Wilson School. This led many to deem the certificate as essentially a “double major.”

While this concern about workload and requirements was a legitimate reason for terminating the Wilson School general certificate, the Board believes that the School now has an opportunity to create new certificate opportunities that will further the aim of expanding collaboration between policymakers and those in other disciplines, such as the sciences. In contrast with the previous certificate program, the Board believes that certificates in specialized policy areas would reduce the need to replicate the core concentration

requirements of a Wilson School major; instead, it would require fewer total classes, but those classes would be directly related to a specialized policy area.

The University has already implemented a few certificate programs that can lend themselves as perfect examples: The Program in Information Technology and Society and the Program in Global Health and Health Policy represent a cross collaboration of policy and other disciplines — in this case computer and medical sciences. Within the Wilson School’s graduate programs, the School offers MPA/MPP students a choice of certificates that focus on particular policy areas: Urban Policy and Planning; Science, Technology and Environmental Policy; and Health and Health Policy. This focus on specificity for students of policy is now being transferred to the undergraduate program, as new concentrators will be required to select a track within the Wilson School major. But we believe it is time to extend this opportunity to pursue a specialized aspect of public policy to students of other concentrations. While future policymakers are being educated on the importance of information technology and the environment, future computer and environmental scientists should have the chance to learn how policy affects their own disciplines. Creating specialized certificates would offer such students this opportunity.

This cross collaboration would strengthen not only the Wilson School and various other departments, but also the University’s commitment to being in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations. By educating students about specific realms of public policy that may pertain to their concentration, the University would be acting to ensure that its students enter the workforce with an interdisciplinary perspective that increases their ability to contribute to their fields.

Tehila Wenger is a sophomore from Columbus, Ohio. She can be reached at twenger@princeton. edu.

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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ic default of Holder Hall. When I began to describe my post-break workload to my parents, I was jolted out of my train of thought by my own first words: “When I get home…”

The definition of home changes throughout our lives. This is natural and healthy.

A 40-year-old who still identifies his parents’ house as home is probably not in a good place financially or psychologically.

On the other hand, I haven’t exclusively shifted my sense of belonging from one residence to another. Instead I’m torn in two, oscillating between a college community where I spend most of my year and the Midwestern town where I’ve spent most of my life. When I fill out forms and paperwork, the line asking for my address now demands careful evaluation of the form’s purpose and the strength of my attachment to each respective place of residence.

Home has become an ambiguous word.

Today, it means change and renovation just as much as it means refuge and familiarity. Home is the setting of our childhood, a house full of memories we can return to at various points throughout the year, but it is also a squashed campus dorm room that we possess for fewer than 12 months, leaving no other mark on it than whatever small-scale vandalism we choose to inflict on the scarred wood of the doorframe.

Our relationship with home is another puzzle piece to that iconic enigma that our society likes to call the “college experience.”

College students are in limbo; they do not quite belong to their parents’ house anymore, but their campus abode is not permanent or real enough to merit a transfer of home identification. My latest flight from college to Columbus was as monotonous as all the other long, wasteful swaths of time I’ve spent in transit over the last two years, but this time I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had no real sense of where I was heading or coming from. I left home to go home.

College often feels surreal and out of touch with the rest of the world — Princeton perhaps more than most. The consciousness of having two homes grows on most students as they go through college, and it somehow diminishes the certainty of having either. At some point or another, most of us will undergo the unpleasant experience of being psychologically homeless. When the strangeness hits, the best treatment is a significant amount of downtime with your closest friends — the ones whose friendship will last longer than your current home address.

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Advice for the young women of Princeton: the daughters I never had Forget about having it all, or not having it all, leaning in or leaning out — here’s what you really need to know that nobody is telling you.

For years (decades, really) we have been bombarded with advice on professional advancement, breaking through that glass ceiling and achieving work-life balance.

We can figure that out — we are Princeton women. If anyone can overcome professional obstacles, it will be our brilliant, resourceful, very well-educated selves.

A few weeks ago, I attended the Women and Leadership conference on campus that featured a conversation between President Shirley Tilghman and Wilson School professor Anne-Marie Slaughter, and I participated in the breakout session afterward that allowed current undergraduate women to speak informally with older and presumably wiser alumnae. I

attended the event with my best friend since our freshman year in 1973. You girls glazed over at preliminary comments about our professional accomplishments and the importance of networking. Then the conversation shifted in tone and interest level when one of you asked how have Kendall and I sustained a friendship for 40 years.

You asked if we were ever jealous of each other. You asked about the value of our friendship, about our husbands and children. Clearly, you don’t want any more career advice. At your core, you know that there are other things that you need that nobody is addressing.

A lifelong friend is one of them.

Finding the right man to marry is another.

When I was an undergraduate in the mid-seventies, the 200 pioneer women in my class would talk about navigating the virile plains of Princeton as a precursor to professional success. Never being one to shy away from expressing an unpopular opinion, I said that I wanted to get married and have children. It was seen as heresy.

For most of you, the cornerstone

of your future and happiness will be inextricably linked to the man you marry, and you will never again have this concentration of men who are worthy of you.

Here’s what nobody is telling you: Find a husband on campus before you graduate. Yes, I went there.

I am the mother of two sons who are both Princetonians. My older son had the good judgment and great fortune to marry a classmate of his, but he could have married anyone. My younger son is a junior and the universe of women he can marry is limitless. Men regularly marry women who are younger, less intelligent, less educated. It’s amazing how forgiving men can be about a woman’s lack of erudition, if she is exceptionally pretty. Smart women can’t (shouldn’t) marry men who aren’t at least their intellectual equal. As Princeton women, we have almost priced ourselves out of the market. Simply put, there is a very limited population of men who are as smart or smarter than we are. And I say again — you will never again be surrounded by this concentration of men who are worthy of

you.

Of course, once you graduate, you will meet men who are your intellectual equal — just not that many of them. And, you could choose to marry a man who has other things to recommend him besides a soaring intellect. But ultimately, it will frustrate you to be with a man who just isn’t as smart as you.

Here is another truth that you know, but nobody is talking about.

As freshman women, you have four classes of men to choose from. Every year, you lose the men in the senior class, and you become older than the class of incoming freshman men. So, by the time you are a senior, you basically have only the men in your own class to choose from, and frankly, they now have four classes of women to choose from. Maybe you should have been a little nicer to these guys when you were freshmen?

If I had daughters, this is what I would be telling them.

Susan A. Patton ’77 President of the Class of 1977 New York, N.Y.

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weeks and trying to be a part of things,” Kessel said. “I was swinging lefty and just trying to stay a part of it so that made it easy to transition back to playing.”

Kessel’s return will be key to Princeton’s bid to beat Penn State; Friday night’s matchup will mark an important moment in collegiate volleyball. The Princeton-Penn State rivalry runs deep. The Nittany Lions lead the series 46-2 and have won

every EIVA championship since 1998, when Princeton won its only conference title

“It feels awesome.

It’s so good to be back out with the guys.”

Cody Kessel

in program history. Penn State has dominated the

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EIVA since then, but this year, its winning streak has faltered. Earlier this season, Harvard handed the Nittany Lions their first loss in 51 matches. Princeton in turn beat Harvard 3-1 earlier this month, meaning it can be anyone’s match on Friday.

“We played some crisp volleyball today, and we’re excited to bring that into tomorrow,” Ensbury said.

“We’re going to be bringing a lot of fire, a lot of energy. A big crowd will bring a great environment.”

The match will begin at 7 p.m. in Dillon Gymnasium.

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13 strikeouts (Hermans and Fagan are first and second with 23 and 14, respectively). Bradley said that he hopes to use Mingo as a reliever who can put in multiple innings of work, but there seems to be the possibility that Mingo will break into the starting rotation at some point this season. Hermans noted that Mingo has remarkable maturity.

“He’s got one of the best fastballs on this roster, and he’s being really effective with his off-speed pitches and limiting walks,” Hermans said. “He pitches more like an upperclassman.”

Another rookie to watch is infielder Danny Hoy. Hoy leads the team with a .358 batting average and is likely to settle into the number two spot this season while senior infielder Alec Keller, second on the team with a .319 average, will lead off.

The Tigers will have to work to finish games as strongly as

they start them, something that has given them trouble in recent weeks and in seasons past.

“We’ve found all kinds of ways to lose ball games up to this point,” Bradley said.

While the bullpen will be saddled with keeping the Tigers safe in late innings, stringing hits together has been a bit of a problem as well.

“It’s gonna be a dogfight.”

Zak Hermans Even when the Tigers have managed to do that so far this season, they have not had luck on their side. Bradley said that the team could easily have a much better record. He cited a game played against Elon in which Ford hit what looked like a possible grand-slam until he passed junior infielder Jona-

than York, who was tagging up, on the base path, turning what should have been four RBI into what the rules stipulated was a three-run single. As has been the case eight times this season, the Tigers lost by one.

Bradley hopes that finally playing at home will tip the balance Princeton’s way in close games, and he emphasized the importance of being able to hit last. It will also help that Brown and Yale have had many of the same experiences that Princeton has had so far this season. The Bulldogs have lost their last 10 games and are having a very hard time getting runs across. Likewise, the Bears have scored the fewest runs of any team in the Ivy League despite a great start by outfielder Daniel Massey, whose .396 batting average is the third-best in the league.

Princeton will face Yale in a double-header on Saturday and Brown in a double-header on Sunday. On both days, the first game begins at noon, and the second is set to begin at 2:30 p.m.

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Freshman goalie Matt O’Connor will anchor the Tigers’ young defense as they host No. 20 Brown Saturday.

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Princeton is off to a stellar start thanks largely to senior pitcher Alex Peyton, who is hitting .343 with 18 RBI and is just as good on the mound, with a 2.45 ERA. The Tigers (14-8) begin Ivy League play Saturday.

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Princeton to open Ivy play at Clarke Field

By Stephen Wood sports editor

After a less than pleasant start to the spring, the baseball team will open Ivy League play within the friendly confines of Clarke Field this weekend. The Tigers (2-16) are hoping to improve not only on their record, but also on last season’s second-place finish in the Gehrig Division as they take on Yale (1-13) and Brown (2-11).

“It’s gonna be a dogfight,” senior starting pitcher Zak

Hermans said of this year’s Ivy League title race.

Princeton has fallen victim to a number of walk-off hits and close losses so far this season, and the bullpen may be its primary area of concern.

Hermans, the number one pitcher in the starting rotation, and fellow senior Kevin Link, along with junior Mike Ford, have looked sharp so far, but other than this trio, the Tigers can boast only two pitchers with ERAs under 5.00. Junior Michael Fagan will take the mound as the fourth start-

er, likely in the second game of the weekend. Fagan has not gotten off to a great start, but head coach Scott Bradley has faith in him.

“He’s still a little inconsistent, but he’s had a couple of other games where he’s been dominant,” Bradley said.

One of the most pleasant surprises of the season so far has been freshman pitcher Cameron Mingo, who saw plenty of action at the beginning of the season and is currently third on the team with See BASEBALL page 7

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Junior infielder Alec Keller is hitting .319 and will likely be at the top of the Tigers’ lineup this weekend.

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Tigers win easily, await Penn State

By Victoria Majcnrzak associate sports editor

The last time the men’s volleyball team (10-6 overall, 8-2 EIVA) played St. Francis (8-14, 5-6) on Feb. 22, Princeton won 3-1 on the Red Flash’s home court in Loretto, Pa. The 25-18, 25-17, 19-25, 25-18 victory was a breakout performance for freshman outside hitter Devin Stearns, who posted 17 kills and hit .516 for the match. The next day, hoping to ride that momentum, the Tigers traveled to State College, Pa. to face Penn State in an effort to avenge last year’s heartbreaking 3-2 loss to the Nittany Lions (15-6, 9-1), but fell 25-23, 19-25, 25-22, 27-25, keeping Penn State atop the conference standings despite eight Princeton match balls in a 27-25 fourth set.

This week’s games against St. Francis and No. 13 Penn State, however, mean much more than last month’s split weekend. On Thursday night, the Tigers returned to Dillon Gymnasium after a three-game road stint to play the Red Flash in an ef-

fort to clinch a spot in the EVIA playoffs.

In a dominating performance, Princeton won 3-0 to secure its place in the postseason. Junior outside hitter Pat Schwagler, last week’s EIVA Offensive Player of the Week, led the team with 11 kills in the 25-16, 25-20, 2522 victory. Stearns followed with nine (with no errors), and senior middle blocker Michael Dye added eight.

Dye hit an impressive .700 for the match, only making one error in 10 swings. Fellow middle blocker sophomore Will Siroky had a team-high seven blocks, three coming at key moments in the third set, as well as seven kills.

Junior setter Davis Waddell and sophomore libero Tony Ensbury had five digs each, and Waddell recorded 38 assists.

“The last two games, our middles have been outstanding,” Waddell said.

It was the return of sophomore outside hitter and reigning EIVA Newcomer of the Year Cody Kessel, however, that was most exciting for the team, especially

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The Tigers downed St. Francis Thursday night and are hopeful going into their rematch with No. 13 Penn State on Friday in Dillon Gymnasium.

on the eve of a crucial game against Penn State. Kessel last played in the Feb. 23 game against Penn State before sustaining an injury to his right hand. Kessel, who hit .417 for six kills and also had four digs against St.

Francis on Thursday night, is excited to be back and cannot believe the timing of his return.

“It feels awesome. It’s so good to be back out with the guys. We’ve gotten so much better, and it’s good to see

MEN’S CLUB RUGBY

Tigers host NJ teams to aid pancreatic cancer research

By Stephen Wood sports editor

On Saturday, the Princeton men’s club rugby team will host the 7th Annual Rickerson Cup. The tournament is a collaboration between New Jersey college rugby and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and is an opportunity for each to reach a larger audience.

Directed by Elaine Bigelow ’10, who lost her father to pancreatic cancer when she was still in high school, the Rickerson Cup is named for rugby alumnus and pancreatic cancer survivor Stu Rickerson ’71.

“He’s the best rugby alumnus we have,” senior fly-half Phil Halsey said of Rickerson.

“He loves the team and loves the school.”

The tournament will put the Tigers in competition with Drew University, Montclair State University, Rowan Uni-

versity, Rutgers University, Seton Hall University, The College of New Jersey and William Patterson University. Of those schools, most programs are relatively new, but Rutgers is expected to give Princeton a run for its money. The Tigers defeated the Scarlet Knights earlier this year, but a potential meeting between the two could be very close this time around, as Princeton will likely be resting starters in anticipation of the Ivy tournament.

Halsey said that the Tigers feel good going into the tournament but have to be careful.

“We’re pretty confident, but our biggest game is next week against Dartmouth in the Ivy League semifinals,” he said.

“It’s a balance between winning the tournament ... and making sure we don’t get any injuries. If we were playing full strength, we would definitely be the favorites.”

Though Princeton is eager to defend its New Jersey state title, the focus of the day will be on spreading the word about college rugby and, even more importantly, about pancreatic cancer.

“This disease is an ‘equal opportunity’ destroyer of families: It strikes women and men; the famous and the obscure; the fortunate and the disadvantaged; the healthy and the infirm; those in the prime of their lives and retirees; athletes and non-athletes; and all racial and ethnic groups in America,” Rickerson said in a press release. “Until more research is funded, no one is safe.”

According to the tournament’s supporters, pancreatic cancer is poised to become the second-most deadly type of cancer in the United States by 2015, but research on it receives relatively small amounts of funding compared to research

on other types of cancer.

“You don’t need to study biostatistics to conclude that the more research funding deadly cancers get, the fewer deaths result,” Bigelow said in the same press release. “Tragically, the opposite is also true: Pancreatic cancer is near the bottom of both private and federal research funding, receiving far less than other less lethal cancers. Much more needs to be done.”

The action kicks off at 10 a.m. on the Rickerson Fields at the West Windsor Campus, with the finals scheduled to start around 3 p.m. The Tigers, who lost 10-5 to the Cayman Islands national team over spring break, will return to preparing for their trip to Dartmouth in the first round of Ivy League championship competition next weekend after the New Jersey state champion has been crowned.

them working hard,” Kessel said.“It’s too good to be true.

I got cleared on Wednesday and they said, ‘You’re good to go’ so it’s perfect.”

He added that coming back from an injury is oftentimes more about re-

turning mentally prepared than physically, which is something that he has kept in mind while he has been sidelined.

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The Tigers are perfect in the league but have yet to win an away game as they travel to Ithaca to face Cornell on Saturday.

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