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STUDENT LIFE

108 students self-isolate, China Bridge Year group relocates in response to coronavirus

By Albert Jiang Staff Writer

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The University’s McCosh Health Center houses Counseling and Psychological Services.

In response to the global 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, the University is requiring that all students, faculty, and staff who have traveled to mainland China within the last two weeks self-isolate for at least 14 days. The University has also banned all students, faculty, and staff from traveling to mainland China on University business or as part of University-sponsored programs.

On Friday, Jan. 31, the University sent a TigerAlert via email to the University community, asking all students, faculty, and staff who are currently in China or have returned from mainland China since Jan. 16 to complete a registration form.

As of Sunday, Feb. 2, 108 students — 94 graduate students and 14 undergraduates — submitted the form and are currently in self-isolation, according to Michael Hotchkiss,

deputy University spokesperson, in a statement to The Daily Princetonian. A “smaller number” of faculty, postdocs, and staff are self-isolating as well, though most have not requested assistance.

“Princeton is committed to ensuring the health and safety of all members of the University community,” said Hotchkiss. “Guided by that principle, we are responding to the novel coronavirus based on the latest information and recommendations from government and health officials.”

University Health Services (UHS) said they are currently working with municipal and county public health authorities, including the New Jersey Department of Health, to monitor the situation and coordinate efforts. Additionally, UHS is following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Irini Daskalaki, Global and Community Health Physician at

UHS, said that she is “available to coordinate the medical response to this type of situation” as a board-certified pediatric infectious disease specialist. “[UHS] is equipped and prepared to see patients with coronavirus at McCosh Health Center,” Daskalaki said. “McCosh Health Center has implemented its established protocols for infectious disease threats, which cover patient screening and treatment, precautions for health care workers, and communication with public health authorities.”

In the original TigerAlert, UHS issued several recommendations for students and employees, including washing hands often with soap and water; avoiding touching eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands; avoiding close contact with people who are sick; staying home when sick; covering coughs or sneezes; and cleaning and disinfecting frequently See CO-VIRUS page 2

STUDENT LIFE

After dwindling membership, Charter Club to reinstate Bicker in 2021 Assistant News Editor

After more than four decades as a sign-in club, the Princeton Charter Club will re-adopt Bicker in the spring of 2021, according to an internal email sent to Charter members on Jan. 15.

This reversal will be made as part of the winning Charter takeover proposal, recently accepted by the Charter Board of Governors. The proposal was written by 11 sophomores and undersigned by 88 other students who have either committed to or are considering joining.

The club began soliciting redesign proposals in November following a five-year period of steadily declining membership.

Among other changes in the accepted proposal are plans to restrict “Charter Fridays” to once

per month, host various community-building events, and renovate the Charter property.

The Charter Board of Governors received several other student-written proposals, including one widely-advertised plan to turn the eating club into a student-run co-op, but chose the winning plan based on several criteria.

“All the proposals we received were really well thought out, and meticulous,” said Justin Hamilton ’20, former president of Charter Club. “As a board, we felt that this one was the most promising, and aligned with our goals as a business, and as a club.”

The winning proposal group envisions Charter as a new space on the Street for students to gather. They hope the club will place less emphasis on afSee CHARTER page 3

U . A F FA I R S

Meet Ben Chang: diplomat, DJ, deputy vice president of communications

By Danielle Ranucci Contributor

Ben Chang, the University’s Deputy Vice President of Communications, carries two phones — one for work, one for personal use. One’s case is black and sleek. Emblazoned on the other one is a vibrant Piet Mondrian motif.

Chang is a strait-laced statesman. He’s also a DJ and a photographer. He’s a spokesperson for one of the nation’s oldest, most elite institutions. He’s also a first-generation American who sees himself as aiding and representing those whom

the establishment leaves behind. His professional and personal phones might be easy to separate. His professional and personal lives? Not so much.

Chang grew up in Washington, D.C. in a single-parent household. As a child, his mother had fled pre-Communist China; she wound her way to D.C. through San Francisco, Chicago, and Clarksburg, W.Va. A scholarship to St. Stephens, an all-boys prep school, opened the door for him to prestigious universities. At first, Chang shied away from his college counselor’s sugSee BEN CHANG page 1

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Charter Club, which will re-adopt Bicker in 2021 after over four decades as a sign-in club.

BEYOND THE BUBBLE

Class of 2018 honorary member Cory Booker suspends presidential campaign

By Zachary Shevin & Marie-Rose Sheinerman Head News Editor & Associate News and Features Editor

New Jersey Senator and 2018 Class Day speaker Cory Booker announced the suspension of his campaign for President of the United States via Twitter at 11 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 13.

“Today I am suspending my campaign for President with the same spirit with which it began. It is my faith in us, my faith in us

together as a nation, that we share common pain and common problems that can only be solved with a common purpose and a sense of common cause,” he said in a video attached to his announcement. The announcement came a day before the CNN/Des Moines Register debate in Des Moines, Iowa, for which the Senator did not qualify.

In an email to supporters, Booker wrote, “It was a difficult decision to make, but I got in this race to

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Editor-in-Chief Jon Ort introduces himself, and guest contributor Stav Bejerano encourages students to consider other options on the Street, in light of Charter Club’s re-adoption of Bicker.

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win, and I’ve always said I wouldn’t continue if there was no longer a path to victory.”

Booker also cited the fact that “the urgent business of impeachment will rightly be keeping” him in Washington as a reason it would be increasingly difficult for him to be on the campaign trail, raising funds and rallying support.

Prior to running for president, Booker served as mayor of Newark and a See BOOKER page 5

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touched objects and surfaces.

Furthermore, UHS has requested that all students returning from travel to mainland China who are exhibiting symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing to call ahead to McCosh at 609-258-3141.

Alex Luo ’23, a first-year selfisolating at home until Feb. 12, visited family members in Shanghai for Chinese New Year over intersession, but cut his visit short as the city went under partial lockdown.

Luo expressed concerns over the unenforceable nature of selfisolation. “It is completely up to the visitor to report, and I know many people returning from China could easily circumvent [the procedures],” he said.

Although he believes quarantine is the safest option for people who have been to China, Luo added that “there is no way to make all returning students isolate, or ensure wider campus health just in case.”

Undergraduates are receiving support from the Office of the Dean of the College or their respective Residential Colleges.

Graduate students are receiving similar assistance from the Graduate School staff. A team across the University is working to ensure academic, housing, and dining support to students who are self-isolating.

“We recognize that selfisolation is a very challenging situation for our students and are working to fully support them while following guidance

from government and health officials,” Hotchkiss told the ‘Prince.’ “These students are valued members of the University community, and we are committed to ensuring they are treated as such through this difficult time.”

“Each student’s needs are being evaluated on a case-by-case basis to ensure they receive appropriate assistance,” Hotchkiss explained.

Luo told the ‘Prince’ that he has been in contact with his professors and his director of studies and has also quit his oncampus job. “[My professors and director of studies] seem incredibly helpful in providing alternatives to attending classes and are accommodating with extensions,” he said. Even so, he is unsure whether the assistance will be sufficient, adding, “I’m still scared self-isolation will cause me to fall behind.”

“If there had been a systematic method to helping isolated students attend classes virtually, it would have been much more helpful,” he said. “Instead, I have to contact each professor individually.”

The self-isolation mandate follows the U.S. Department of State’s elevation of its travel advisory to Level 4, which cautions against all travel to China.

Furthermore, Secretary Alex Azar of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services temporarily banned entry into the United States for foreign nationals — other than immediate family of U.S. citizens and permanent residents — who have been to mainland China in the last 14 days.

The Office of International Programs (OIP) is currently in close contact with students currently in East Asia or considering programs there, offering support and updated information, according to Hotchkiss.

“Should students decide to leave their programs, we are prepared to assist them,” Hotchkiss said. “Our emergency assistance provider, International SOS, can also be a resource if that level of support is needed.”

The Novagratz Bridge Year group based in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province in China, were relocated to Taiwan over the weekend “out of an abundance of caution.” Students are expected to be able to continue their studies and further explore Chinese and Taiwanese culture and society.

“A decision on how long Bridge Year students and staff might stay in Taiwan will be made in the days ahead, as we continue to closely monitor the situation,” Hotchkiss said.

In addition, some students planning to study abroad in East Asia this spring have changed their plans and decided to remain on campus. OIP, Housing, and academic advisers are working with students to ensure housing and course enrollment.

Regarding International Internship Program (IIP) placements in China over the summer, the University has said that it will continue to assess the situation as it evolves.

The 2019-nCoV was first detected in Wuhan in Hubei Province, China on Dec. 31, 2019. According to WHO data, as of Feb. 2, there are 17,205 cases globally, 150 of which are confirmed in

23 other countries across Asian, Europe, North America, and Oceania. The death toll has purportedly exceeded 360, representing a mortality rate of just over two percent. The number of new cases in China exceeded 2,000 in the past 24 hours alone.

As of the evening of Sunday, Feb. 2, there are 11 confirmed cases across the United States.

On Jan. 23, New Jersey received a coronavirus scare. The patient — a woman in her 20s — was evaluated at Hackensack University Medical Center in Bergen County and declared to be 2019-nCoV-free by the New Jersey Department of Health.

As of Sunday, Feb. 2, there are no confirmed cases of 2019nCoV in New Jersey.

On Thursday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 EST, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an Emergency Committee meeting for the second time since the outbreak’s onset. Members and advisors acknowledged the leading role of the WHO, as well as the strong measures taken by the highest levels of the Chinese government.

At the end of the meeting, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the epidemic a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), which the Committee said was done “in the spirit of support and appreciation for China, its people, and the actions China has taken on the frontlines of this outbreak.” No travel or trade restrictions, however, were recommended.

The most recent Jan. 31 email follows a TigerAlert sent out a day earlier, in which the Uni-

versity did not prohibit individuals from attending classes, teaching or working in offices or laboratories, per CDC guidelines at the time. Instead, students, faculty and staff who visited “restricted areas of China,” including Wuhan, or who were in close contact with individuals diagnosed with the coronavirus were only asked to contact UHS. In light of global reports of discrimination and xenophobia, the Jan. 30 letter, which was co-signed by Aly KassamRemtulla, Vice Provost for International Affairs & Operations, Daskalaki, and Robin Izzo, Executive Director of Environmental Health and Safety noted, “We’re fortunate to be part of a diverse University community that attracts and supports students, faculty and staff from around the world.”

The letter continued, “In that spirit, it’s especially important that we be supportive and inclusive of those members of our community who have been affected by this crisis and that we create and maintain a living environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.”

Although the flu shot does not protect individuals against the coronavirus, UHS recommends that students and employees to receive a flu shot, which is available for free at McCosh.

The CDC estimates the influenza virus has affected 19 million individuals nationally this season, resulting in 180,000 hospitalizations and 10,000 deaths.

The University maintains an updated website about the 2019nCoV outbreak, with a FAQ for students, as well as for faculty and staff.

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ART 202/CLA 200/HLS 202 Greek Art and Archaeology (HA) Arrington MW 9:00–9:50 am

ART 214 Contemporary Art: 1950–2000 (LA) Small TTh 11:00–11:50 am

ART 220/LAS 230 Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art (SA) Small/Fajardo-Hill TTh 10:00–10:50 am

ART 228 Art and Power in the Middle Ages (LA) Barber MW 10:00–10:50 am

AAS 341/ART 375 Enter the New Negro: Black Atlantic Aesthetics (LA) Kesson MW 3:00–4:20 pm

ART 356 Landscape and the Visual Arts in China (LA) Wang MW 1:30–2:50 pm

ART 367/MED 367 Migration, Myth and the Making of Spain: Art & Architecture in Medieval Iberia (HA) Patton MW 11:00 am–12:20 pm

ART 401 Introduction to Archaeology (EC) Arrington W 1:30–4:20 pm

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filiations and prioritize accessibility.

“I think the main thing that we noticed was that there wasn’t a spot on the Street that fulfilled all our needs,” Makailyn Jones ’22, one of the sophomores who wrote the proposal, said.

“And one of those reasons was having a spot where you can just chill, be with people that you really enjoy being around, no matter what affiliation you might have, or who you might know.”

Charter has been a sign-in club since 1977, when it eliminated its selective Bicker process with the goal of attracting more members. The sophomores who authored the proposal have adopted the opposite philosophy in attempting to sustain Charter’s dwindling membership.

This switch will skew the ratio of sign-in to Bicker clubs on the Street from 5:6 to 4:7.

“I’d say, I agree with my grad board in ... putting something like that up for grabs,” Hamilton said. “So if Bicker and that kind of selection process is really what they’re into, which is the main focus of their proposal, then we are happy to support it.”

Jones and Jazmine Smith ’22, who also helped draft the proposal, were quick to clarify that they plan on implementing selective admission differently than other Bicker clubs.

“It’s not gonna be like normal Bicker where people are using their relationships to get in, but they actually get in for who they are,” Jones explained.

According to the proposal, Charter’s Bicker and recruitment process will be “unlike those of any club on the Street.”

Many aspects of the proposed process at Charter, however, resemble existing Bicker practices.

According to the proposal, bickerees will be evaluated by a variety of members through supervised group activities and two individual conversations.

Members will be required to note whether they know any potential members beyond meeting them at Charter events and will not be able to observe or interview any bickerees that they knew previously.

This precaution is common practice among bicker clubs, according to several individuals familiar with the process.

Still, “members who know the bickerees on a personal level will be allowed to speak” about them during deliberations.

Though required to “formally state how they know the bickeree,” Charter members could still theoretically push for their friends to be accepted under this system.

The resumption of Bicker is not the only major alteration proposed. Traditionally, Charter Club has been open to all University students every Friday night, with “Charter Fridays” becoming the club’s signature event. The proposal hopes to limit “Charter Fridays” to once each month, instead advocating for more themed nights, daytime parties, and for using funds to bring in live entertainment.

Smith and Jones indicated that this decision was made in order to prioritize the needs of members over the full student body and to “re-route” the funding that would typically be spent on beverages for the entire student body, instead spending it on members-only or other, more exclusive events.

“I know a lot of my friends who are sophomores are very hesitant about going to Charter, because for one, like, every Friday, they have Charter Fri-

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days, and I think the conception is that most of the people who go are freshmen,” prospective Charter member Debby Park ’22 said. “So I think this will definitely make the pool of people going there wider and just [create] more options in general for people to … go and have fun.”

The proposal also includes plans to increase the average financial aid grant for members to $1250, expand on the number of vegan and vegetarian options available at meals, and introduce a “monthly cultural night” in the dining hall.

It also lays out plans for minor renovations to the club interior and exterior, including the building of temporary DJ stage for nights out, the installation of an outdoor fire pit, and a “Charter neon sign that acts as an iconic photo spot.”

“Their backyard is like so, so beautiful,” Jones said. “There’s so much land, a beautiful patio, and we think that that would be a really nice place where people could hang out, especially when it’s really warm in the fall and spring — really make use of it.”

Hamilton and current Charter president Jaren McKinnie ’21 stated that this proposal succeeded in part due to its broad and diverse display of undergraduate support.

“The group coming in is a really diverse group in terms of backgrounds, like race, class, the different clubs they’re involved with on campus,” McKinnie said.

The proposal lists 50 students “considering joining Charter” and 49 who have “committed.”

Combined, the students hail from 23 states and 17 countries.

“I think what was so cool about this is that we’re starting something brand new and that like, there really aren’t specific qualities or there’s not a specific personality that Charter will have once everyone comes in, since we’re all so different,” Park said.

Hamilton indicated that he was unsure if all the changes outlined in the proposal would happen, and said he was “curious” to watch it unfold.

“It is a group of sophomores coming in, who haven’t been in an eating club before, so you have to think that the proposal was written from a slightly outside perspective,” Hamilton said. “But a fresh view can really add a lot, so I think it can be an overall positive thing. If they really settle into what they want the club in their community to look like, and create the environment that they’re going for, I think it can be super positive.”

It is unclear how the current members of Charter feel about the news.

According to Hamilton, Charter will have an all-club meeting on Sunday, Jan. 19, to “discuss everything,” but as both the old and new officer corps — “which actually makes up a pretty sizeable portion of the club at this point” — were involved in the process, the news is no surprise to most members.

“I realize this may come as a shock to you all, and I recognize your thoughts and opinions about Bicker,” outgoing Charter Vice President Brittany Grego ’20 wrote in the initial email sent out to club members, encouraging concerned members to reach out to club officers.

Interclub Council (ICC) president Meghan Slattery ’20, former president of the sign-in club Cloister Inn, said she is eager to see how the situation unfolds.

“It’s an unprecedented opportunity for a group of students to take a club to a whole new direction,” Slattery said. “That hasn’t been done before, so I’m personally very excited to see where it goes.”

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Monday, Feb. 3 4:30 p.m.

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Tuesday, Feb. 11 4:30 p.m.

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Conversations about Peace Lecture Series

“Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality” Ian S. Lustick will discuss his new book, “Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality,” with moderator Amb. Daniel C. Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies, Princeton University. Lustick is a Professor holding the Bess W. Heyman Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.

“Up to the Minute: The Iran-U.S. Crisis” PANELISTS: • Amb. Ryan C. Crocker MCF ’85, Diplomatin-Residence, Princeton University; Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Kuwait, and Lebanon • Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft • Barbara Slavin, Director, Future of Iran Initiative, Atlantic Council • Moderator: Amb. Daniel C. Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies, Princeton University; Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt

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gestion of Georgetown — he thought it a basketball school.

But his interest in foreign policy and some steady pressure from the counselor ultimately led him to apply and attend.

He graduated from Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service in 1994, and then spent 18 years with the Foreign Service Office’s State Department.

He traveled around the globe — for example, on a trip to El Salvador to meet with American visa applicants — then served as an assistant to both Secretary of State Madeleine Albright during the Clinton administration and Secretary of State Colin Powell during the Bush administration.

“There’s a core of public servants in government whose responsibility is to be non-partisan and to help drive the institutional ambitions of these bodies,” said Chang. “And seeing it up front and personal at the White House was an important process for me to be a part of.”

In 2001, Chang started a new assignment as a public affairs officer at the U.S. Mission in Paris. Up to that point, he’d kept his governmental and artistic ambitions as separate as his phones. He’d never disclosed to his colleagues that when he wasn’t serving the United States, he was rocking out as an amateur DJ. But after some time in Paris, he didn’t just start to share that information; he invited colleagues to his shows. He also dropped ‘amateur’ from his title, turning DJ-ing — under names like DJ MSG and DJ Hong Kong Hefner — into a serious pursuit.

By 2004, when he left Paris to serve as deputy spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations under Ambassadors John Danforth and John Bolton, his side hustle was out in the open.

“After two years or so, I was comfortable enough that I had established myself,” Chang said in a 2013 interview with Politico. “If someone was like ‘Ambassador, did you know that your assistant’s a DJ?’ …

It’s OK at that point.”

And then, his two lives started to collide. He DJ-ed Secretary Albright’s farewell event as Secretary of State, and, in 2015, he DJ-ed a summer party on the White House lawn. “[Chang] and I had talked earlier, a while back,” said President Obama in a video of the event. “We were talking about our mutual admiration for Jay-Z’s music, and he said he wanted music played from ‘The Black Album.’ I said, ‘As long as it’s the clean version. We’ve got children here.’”

The crowd laughed. Chang stood to the side, a sheepish grin on his face. That was, says Chang, his “favorite White House moment.” It also wasn’t the only time that his work as an artist and a government official went hand in hand.

Chang had been interested in photography since high school, when he spent hours in the darkroom developing pictures and listening to R.E.M.’s music cassettes as the newspaper and yearbook photographer. He never studied photography or sought it out as a career option.

But a chance encounter backstage at a D.C. concert with a producer for New York Fashion Week opened the door for him not only to bring his camera backstage at Fashion Week, but also to shoot for the producer’s production company for eight years.

As well as his stint as Deputy Spokesman and Director of Press and Communications for the National Security Council, Chang served as press officer for former National Security Adviser Susan Rice and Powell. In 2011, after Gaddafi’s fall, he traveled to Benghazi with American diplomats.

There, surrounded by

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crowds of cheering Libyans waving American flags and holding handwritten signs, Chang’s personal and professional worlds collided once again.

“I turned towards the street and I saw an image that to me captured the energy and exuberance, the atmosphere of that time,” Chang said in a 2014 TEDxAix talk.

He picked up his camera and shot a photo of the people around him; one held a sign that read, “Thank you Susan Rice.” The way Chang tells it, the image — absent from any corner of the internet save his own TedxAix talk — went viral, and became one of the defining images of the delegation’s visit.

In 2012, Chang left government to work in the private sector. In 2018, he became the University spokesperson and director of media relations, responsible for coordinating outreach to news media for coverage of the University and counseling University officials in shaping and executing media and messaging strategy.

“I wanted somebody in that role who could be and was a top-tier spokesperson in the government, someone who could have worked for a Fortune 500 company, someone who could have worked for a large not-for-profit,” said Brent Colburn, the Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs. “He, clearly, from his professional background, has those abilities.”

Chang has now spent two years as spokesperson. In that time, he’s watched his perception of the University and its societal role shift dramatically.

“For years and years, I thought of Princeton and other schools in a sort of wordcloud,” he said. “You wouldn’t think ‘first-generation.’ You wouldn’t think ‘a leader in financial aid and opportunity.’

You wouldn’t think ‘trying to drive a conversation nationwide about access and opportunity.’ What I realized coming into Princeton was that there was this great sense of opportunity and innovation — things unexpected to talk about at Princeton — but also, a challenge. There’s a perception gap to close. As a communicator, that’s exciting.”

Chang has worked to promote a vision of the University as a space for innovation in climate science, computer science, and immigration. President Christopher Eisgruber ’83’s co-written opinion piece in Time Magazine about DACA last November appeared largely thanks to Chang’s efforts.

But the past two years have brought with them challenges for Chang, as well — among them the misperception that the statements he issues reflect his personal beliefs.

“It’s my name and my words, but it’s not just me writing on the back of an envelope.

Those are well-considered and agreed-upon positions,” said Chang.

With Chang’s promotion to Deputy Vice President for Communications come a host of new responsibilities. As per the University’s statement, Chang will continue in his role as spokesperson, while overseeing the University’s media relations team, particularly its day-to-day presence on social media. He will work in tandem with David Burden, the University’s new Deputy Vice President for Content Strategy, to manage and direct the Communications Department.

In short: in Chang’s new position, he will need to be as much a leader as a spokesperson. It might seem an unlikely pairing. But to those close to DJ MSG, there’s little doubt that the role plays to his strengths.

“I have seen some of the best spokespeople in my years consist of individuals who are great leaders,” said Anthony Clark Arend, a former professor of Chang’s at Georgetown.

“Ben is one.”

Monday February 3, 2020

The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Princeton Atelier presents

The Toni Morrison Conversations ARTISTS REFLECT ON TONI MORRISON’S GIFTS TO LIFE, ART AND CULTURE

ANNA DEAVERE SMITH & MARLON JAMES

February 4, 2020 7:30 p.m.

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The University Center for Human Values is pleased to announce its

8th ANNUAL

SHORT MOVIE PRIZE

DEADLINE: Friday, March 6, 2020 The University Center for Human Values awards an annual Short Movie Prize of $1000. Honorable Mentions are made from time to time and these are awarded a prize of $250. In 2019-20, the jury will consider digital videos (or films transferred to digital form) of any theme. The deadline to submit entries is no later than Friday, March 6, 2020.

For more information and questions, please visit https://uchv.princeton.edu/fellowships-awards/short-movie-prize or contact Kimberly Murray (kemurray@princeton.edu).

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS •

The preferred length of the short movie is around 7 minutes, but there is no maximum or minimum length. Music to which rights have not been secured can be used as long as the film is not shown commercially;

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Students should upload their videos to a website–YouTube, Vimeo, or some other video sharing website–and provide the jury with a stable URL.

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Each submission must be accompanied by a short biography (no more than one paragraph) of the student who made the movie (if more than one student, submit a separate biography for each student);

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A supporting statement about the short movie (no more than one page, double spaced).

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Please submit your film at https://uchv.princeton.edu/smp

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member of the Newark City Council. He was first elected to the Senate in 2013, and his current term expires in 2021. He is a Stanford University graduate, a Yale Law School degree recipient, and a former Rhodes Scholar. He is also an honorary member of the University’s Class of 2018.

Eleven candidates are still vying for the nomination. With California Senator Kamala Harris dropping out in December, and Booker suspending his campaign, former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is the only remaining black candidate.

During the December televised Democratic debate, for which Booker did not qualify, entrepreneur Andrew Yang was the only candidate of color on the debate stage.

The following day’s debate stage would include six candidates — Massa-

chusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, former Mayor of South Bend, Ind., Pete Buttigieg, and billionaire and activist Tom Steyer — all of whom are white.

In his announcement, Booker said that campaigning over the past year has been “one of the most meaningful experiences of my life.” The end of his campaign, Booker said, will not be the end of his involvement in the race.

“I can’t wait to get back on the campaign trail and campaign as hard as I can for whoever is the eventual nominee and for candidates up and down the ballot,” he said.

Senator Booker’s press office did not respond to request for comment by The Daily Princetonian at the time of publication.

This story was initially published online on Jan. 13 and was updated on Feb. 2.

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Letter from the editor: Your story, our responsibility Jon Ort

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Thirty years ago this Friday, more than 600 students and University personnel gathered to demand that Tiger Inn and Ivy Club — the last two all-male eating clubs — allow women to become members. On the steps of Robertson Hall, class president Erica Fox ’91 declared, “The male-only admissions policies create a situation which, by preventing us from being whole people, hurts all of us.”

That July, the New Jersey Supreme Court mandated that Princeton’s vaunted eating clubs end discrimination on the basis of sex — the culmination of more than 10 years of student activism.

Three decades later, we still examine where we are; we still raise questions; we still express dissent. In this collective effort, The Daily Princetonian has a critical role to play. As Princeton’s paper of record, we have the extraordinary honor of elevating your story.

In our 144th year of publication, we will seek to render

visible a wide and diverse range of perspectives from our campus and community. Four core values — independence, accountability, accessibility, and representation — will guide us in this endeavor.

As an independent paper, we are beholden to telling the truth. The ‘Prince’ reports on, rather than to, the institutions that shape student life, such as Nassau Hall, the eating clubs, and the town of Princeton. We remain undaunted in investigating and uncovering facts that deserve disclosure.

In our pursuit of the truth, we are accountable to you, our reader. We owe you accurate, transparent, and fair coverage, whether of a sports game or an academic controversy, a dance performance or a student protest. If we fall short in this obligation, we pledge to acknowledge, rectify, and learn from our mistake.

To best serve our readers and the general public, we believe our content should be available to as wide an audience as possible. In every piece we publish, we aim to provide the context, analysis, and objective framing that distinguishes good journalism.

Finally, our work must represent our community. As jour-

nalists, documenting the lives of those around us is our highest responsibility. In that spirit, we will take particular heed of experiences, stories, and points of view that have been marginalized or neglected in the past.

This year, special issues and investigative projects will allow us to highlight a few of those perspectives. Furthermore, we will redouble our efforts to foster and sustain diversity within our newsroom.

Never before has independent, accountable, accessible, and representative journalism been so critical. In November, our country will hold presidential and Congressional elections of enormous consequence. In a time when self-professed experts spew disinformation and spurious publications spread rumor, newspapers, including our own, cannot succumb to cynicism and self-interest. Instead, we must pursue our work with renewed resolve and unfailing integrity.

To that end, we are prepared to challenge our own preconceived notions, to bolster campus discourse, to nurture the plurality of voices within our newsroom, and, above all, to listen to you. As a writer, an editor, and even a photographer, I am committed to examining

every angle as we calibrate our focus.

I invite you to join us in this vital collaboration, 144 years in the making. In the coming weeks, we’ll be recruiting reporters and photographers, business strategists and videographers, designers and columnists to our staff. Whatever your passion, we have room for it here.

Even if you don’t officially join the ‘Prince,’ your experiences can inform our work. If you feel we’ve missed an important story or want to share a lead with us, we ask that you contact our editors. Similarly, we encourage your feedback — and criticism — in our editorial pages and beyond.

At the University, where the annual rotation of students makes it difficult to appreciate, much less achieve, lasting change, the ‘Prince’ empowers us to chart this institution’s past, present, and future. In the coming year, we welcome the challenge and opportunity of telling that story.

Jonathan Ort is editor-in-chief of The Daily Princetonian. This letter represents the views of the editorin-chief only; he can be reached at eic@dailyprincetonian.com.

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Bicker: better options exist Stav Bejerano

Guest Contributor

We are the team of students responsible for the Charter Coop Eating Club proposal. While we were initially hesitant to address Charter’s decision to go Bicker publicly, many of our supporters have urged us to share our thoughts. We’d like to acknowledge that some of us personally know leaders of the winning proposal team and have nothing but love and respect for them as individuals.

However, we believe they and the Charter Board of Governors have made a mistake in replacing the club’s longstanding sign-in policy with bicker.

In late November, the Charter Board of Governors issued an open letter to the student body calling for proposals to take the club in a “bold new direction.”

Several proposals were submitted, and a few teams were invited to meet with the Board in New York City. On Jan. 15 the Board announced to members its plan to convert Charter into

a Bicker club in the spring of 2021.

Our proposal to shift Charter to a co-op eating club model was more than merely “bold” — it was a radically untraditional and unprecedented approach to making an eating club truly inclusive and financially accessible. Because of this, we knew from the start that we would have to put in extra work to show that our idea is both in high demand and genuinely feasible. We believe we achieved both.

We demonstrated extensive campus enthusiasm and support for our vision, including 120 sophomores and juniors who personally wanted to be a part of it in the coming year.

And using Charter Club’s public financial records (as well as extensive research into the operations of large-scale co-ops at Stanford and UC Berkeley), our model was able to lower the yearly cost to $2,350 per member. We then wrote a comprehensive 34-page proposal, detailing club identity, just transition, logistics, financials,

etc.

Our proposal was selected as one of the finalists, and we were invited to present it before the Board. However, less than two hours before our planned train ride to New York, we received a call. Without waiting to hear and further discuss our proposal in person, the Board had chosen another plan.

While we are of course disappointed that the Board did not choose our proposal for a truly inclusive and financially accessible co-op eating club, we are more disappointed by their decision to reinforce rituals of social partition and hurt on the Street.

The winning proposal purports to create a more inclusive and accessible space on the Street by converting Charter into a Bicker club, among other changes. We applaud the proposal’s goals of inclusivity and accessibility, but not its method. At the end of the day, Bicker will always be an exercise in judgement and exclusion, and a $9,000 price tag on community will always be an insurmount-

able barrier to entry for many students.

The Board’s decision is evidence that harmful institutions such as Bicker are not some passive status quo. They exist because the Princeton community reinforces them — either actively (as in the case of the Charter Board’s decision) or, in the case of the six other socially exclusive clubs, by a failure to act. We are not stuck with Bicker for a lack of better options. We’ve shown that better options exist, and that they are within our reach. We are stuck with Bicker because we, as a community and as individuals, continue to choose Bicker.

But this choice is by no means unanimous. Hundreds of students, both current and former, have expressed their enthusiasm and support for our cause, and many more have vented their discontent online over Charter’s decision to switch to Bicker. Students on this campus are becoming increasingly vocal: they are calling for a Princeton where students can find community and break bread

irrespective of wealth or social status.

If there’s one thing that this proposal process showed us, it is that the demand for truly affordable and inclusive dining communities on this campus is absolutely tremendous — and, considering that hundreds of students are currently on co-op waiting lists, that it far exceeds the number of such options currently available.

If the Street will not listen to the needs and desires of the student body, we hope that perhaps the University will. We call on the University to create new co-ops to meet the growing demand for truly inclusive and financially accessible dining spaces on this campus.

Better options than Bicker exist. It’s time for us to start prioritizing them.

You may contact Stav Bejerano ’22 at bejerano@princeton.edu or the Co-Op Eating Club Proposal Team at princetoncooperative@ gmail.com.

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Women’s basketball sweeps Darmouth and Harvard on weekend roadtrip

By Molly Milligan Staff Writer

Women’s basketball (15– 1, 3–0 Ivy League) posted wins over Dartmouth (7–10, 1–3 Ivy) and Harvard (11–6, 2–2 Ivy) over the weekend to sweep the team’s first Ivy League road trip of the season.

The Tigers came into Leede Arena in Hanover on Friday night having not played since their leagueopening win over the Pennsylvania Quakers on Jan. 11.

In the first quarter, Princeton struggled to shake off the cobwebs. Dartmouth converted six field goals in the first 10 minutes and held a 14–8 lead late in the period.

But the game’s momentum began to shift in Princeton’s favor by the end of the quarter. The Tigers scored the final five points of the first stanza, highlighted by sophomore guard Grace Stone’s buzzerbeating three-pointer that brought Princeton within one point of Dartmouth after 10 minutes of play.

The Tigers took their first lead of the game midway through the second quarter. Senior forward Bella Alarie scored five straight points and converted a three-pointer to put Princ-

eton in front, 21–19.

The rest of the way, Princeton played lock-down defense. In the final 3:58 of the first half, Dartmouth did not score a single point.

lying just 13 points in the second half.

The Tigers posted a 66– 34 win; Alarie led the way with 23 points and eight rebounds.

junior guard Carlie Littlefield each scored in double figures to pace the Tigers.

The trio led Princeton on a 10–0 run to close out the first quarter, giving the Ti-

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The team huddles during their game against Dartmouth.

The Tigers entered the break leading 31–21, and by the end of the third quarter, Princeton had extended its lead to 22 points. Dartmouth had little chance of a comeback, ultimately tal-

Princeton then traveled to Cambridge, Mass. for a Saturday night date with the Harvard Crimson at Lavietes Pavilion.

Alarie, sophomore guard Julia Cunningham, and

gers a 17–9 lead after the first ten minutes.

Princeton’s offense continued to fire on all cylinders. The lead ballooned to 14 points with three minutes to play in the first

half, but a three-pointer from Alarie was necessary to maintain the Tigers’ 10-point lead going into halftime.

In the second half, Princeton continued to work on both ends of the f loor. The Tigers out-rebounded the Crimson 38–23, and Littlefield contributed a teamhigh of four forced steals.

Early in the fourth quarter, Princeton used a 11–3 run to open up a 22–point advantage. The Tigers would take down the Crimson, 60–46.

Princeton is now riding an 11-game win streak. It is the fourth time in six years that the team has produced a streak of at least 10 games.

The team sits at 15–1 overall, with the only loss having come in an OT thriller at No.18 Iowa in November.

Princeton was also the top unranked vote-getter in the most recent AP Poll. However, the Tigers are currently ranked 19th by the NCAA’s RPI tool, which evaluates a team’s win/loss record and strength of schedule.

Princeton now sits atop the Ivy League standings, alongside Yale (14–3, 4–0 Ivy League). The Tigers will return to Jadwin Gymnasium on Friday night for a 6 p.m. tip-off against Cornell (9–7, 2–2 Ivy).

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Strong defensive effort boosts men’s basketball past Dartmouth

By Jack Graham Sports Editor Emeritus

Princeton men’s basketball’s (8—8, 3—0 Ivy League) most complete defensive outing of the season helped propel the Tigers to their third straight Ivy League win.

Princeton held Dartmouth (7—11, 0—3 Ivy) to 17 second-half points and 36.5 percent shooting from the field in a 66—44 win at Jadwin Gymnasium on Friday night.

The Tigers have now allowed just 52 points per game in their first three Ivy League contests of the season. That represents a stark improvement from the beginning of the season, in which the Tigers gave up nearly 80 points per game while falling to 1—7 in non-conference play.

“It wasn’t a pretty game, but we responded over time. Our defense is getting better and better,” head coach Mitch Henderson ’98 said. “[Dartmouth] is a really challenging team to guard, [and] I thought our guys were terrific. They closed out with hands up [and] just focused on what it takes to win.”

The perimeter defense was especially stout for Princeton, as the Tigers

didn’t allow Dartmouth to make a three-pointer in the second half and held the Big Green to 3—12 behind the arc in total.

Dartmouth guard James Foye, who entered the

drew the assignment of guarding Foye for much of the night. “It’s something I’ve worked really hard at.

I realized if I want to stay on the court, I’ve got to play really good defense.”

guard Ryan Schwieger followed by a three from senior guard Jose Morales kicked off a 9—3 Princeton rally which helped Princeton take a 32—27 lead into halftime.

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Senior center Richmond Aririguzoh had 13 points against the Big Green.

game shooting 48 percent from three, made just one of four three-point attempts.

“I knew his percentages, so I knew what he was trying to do,” said sophomore guard Ethan Wright, who

Dartmouth scored the first five points of the game, but the teams traded baskets throughout the first half, leaving the score tied at 20 with five minutes to play in the first half. A layup from junior

The Tigers were able to carry over some momentum from the end of the first half into a second half dominated entirely

by Princeton. They started on a 14—6 run spanning the first eight minutes of

the half, and Princeton’s defense held Dartmouth to 30.4 percent shooting from the field in the second half, preventing the Big Green from getting back into the game.

Senior center Richmond Aririguzoh led Princeton in scoring with 13 points, followed by Schwieger with 12. Princeton’s scoring, however, was distributed fairly evenly throughout the rotation.

Nine players scored, seven of whom scored at least five points.

“We’ve got the ability to go inside with multiple guys,” Henderson said. “You saw [first-year guard] Tosan [Evbuomwan]’s skill level is improving, [and] with Ethan and [sophomore forward] Drew [Friberg] on the f loor I think it balances the court out.

I think we have a really good group, and the guys are really looking for each other, which I love.”

Friday’s game was the first night of the first Ivy League back-to-back weekend of the season.

The Tigers will return to Jadwin with a game against Harvard (13—5, 2—1 Ivy) on Saturday, as the team looks to start 4—0 in Ivy play for the second straight season.

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