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Director and lecturer in theater Tim Vasen died in an accident at his home last week at age 51.

Vasen, 51, was ‘irreplaceable’ in U. theater program

By Zaynab Zaman senior writer

Tim Vasen, Director and Lecturer in Theater at the University, died in an accident at home on Monday in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was 51.

Vasen, who was appointed director of the University’s theatre program in 2012, began working at the University in 1993, directing plays and teaching classes in the Program in Theater.

At the University, Vasen directed the world premieres of unproduced Soviet-era pieces

by Alexander Pushkin.

Alongside Lewis Center Chair Michael Cadden and the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, he facilitated interactions between University students and Greek theater artists by developing the recurring course “Re: Staging The Greeks,” which launched in 2008. He was scheduled to teach two sections of the class in spring 2016.

A California native, Vasen graduated from Yale in 1987 with a summa cum laude Bachelor of Arts in American Studies. He then attended the Yale School of Drama to earn a Master of Fine Arts in Direct-

STUDENT LIFE

POCC members named a top-10 influencer in higher education

By Caroline Lippman staff writer

Eleven University affiliates were named by the National Association of Scholars in two categories of the top ten influencers in higher education in 2015.

The list appeared in an article titled “Roses and Thorns: NAS’s Top 10 List for 2015.” Acknowledgement went to University of California, Los Angeles political science graduate student Michael LaCour, who was offered a position as assistant professor in the Wilson School, and members of the Princeton Open Campus Coali-

tion, including Josh Freeman ’18, Allie Burton ’17, Evan Draim ’16, Sofia Gallo ’17, Solveig Gold ’17, Andy Loo ’16, Sebastian Marotta ’16, Devon Naftzger ’16, Beni Snow ’19 and Josh Zuckerman ’16.

Snow is a columnist, Naftzger is a contributing columnist and Draim is a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian.

The NAS is a non-profit organization that promotes academic freedom, institutional integrity and principled citizenship in American higher education.

NAS Executive Director See NAS page 2

ing in 1993 before starting at the University.

Cadden said that Vasen had been his first hire, and explained that he and Vasen had co-taught on a number of occasions and taken classes to Greece three times. He noted that Vasen left to pursue other directing work at various companies, such as the director of Center Stage of Baltimore, but decided to return to the University as a teacher in 2003.

“That’s about twenty-three years of experience,” Cadden said. “In the last decade, See VASEN page 2

Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Simon Levin will receive a National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony in January.

The National Medal of Science is the highest presidential honor bestowed upon individuals in science and engineering who have contributed to knowledge in the fields of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, behavioral and social sciences, and engineering.

Chair of the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science Judith Kimble could not be reached for comment.

Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Daniel Rubenstein said that Levin’s work involves trying to understand patterns in nature and how they come to be. Rubenstein explained that he has worked with Levin to research patterns in herds and f locks and the application of these patterns on a larger scale, adding that he has extended this work to problems associated with exchange, including how decisions about sharing and cooperating will

shape an entire governance system and the resultant feedbacks of the landscape.

Levin said that his research centers on the advancement of basic science and the environment, noting that he is always seeking a partnership between basic and applied work.

What truly sets Levin’s research apart, however, is its multidisciplinary character, said Ramanan Laxminarayan, senior research scholar and lecturer at the University, as well as director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy.

Laxminarayan said he has worked with Levin on problems of managing the commons — technology that concerns how the actions of the few affect the welfare of the many — including antibiotic effectiveness as a shared resource and immunity as a public good.

“He works with the widest range of people that I can think of. It’s very unusual for an academic, and particularly an ecologist, to think that broadly, and that’s what makes his work so impactful,” Laxminarayan added.

Levin explained that he has See LEVIN page 2

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Public schools adopt code of rights for transgender, gender non-conforming students senior writer

The Princeton Joint Unified School District adopted a uniform code outlining the rights of transgender and gender nonconforming students after a unanimous vote by the Board of Education last week, Vice President of the Board of Education Patrick Sullivan said.

The code has taken immediate

effect after the board’s vote, and will affect approximately 3,500 students from four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school.

Sullivan noted that the new policy establishes a unified protocol for staff members and students that allows choice in pronoun preference and use of bathroom, locker room and other public facilities. Staff members are also forbidden from reveal-

ing a student’s gender identity unless given permission by the student, he added.

President of the Board of Eduction Andrea Spalla declined to comment.

Sullivan explained that impetus for change first originated at a board meeting when members of the Gay Straight Alliance, a student advocacy group at Princeton High School, delivered compelling testimonies and sugges-

tions regarding these policies.

Several suggestions were then reviewed and recommended by the board’s Policy Committee, he noted.

PHS Principal Gary Snyder declined to comment.

Sullivan noted that there may have been past instances of ambiguity when it came to accommodating gender non-conforming students. Individual schools and administrators previously

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had discretion in setting schoolwide policies.

“Our policy wasn’t very clear, and we were handling these instances on a case-by-case basis, mainly at the high school,” Sullivan said. “We wanted to codify practices that we had in place and also to make sure they weren’t just ad hoc, but part of the policy.”

Nonetheless, the policy See POLICY page 2

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minarayan said.

“He truly is one of these very warm individuals who undoubtedly leaves an impact,” Laxminarayan added.

Levin cited the University

partnerships, he said.

“The ability to do research and to mentor at the same time and to be mentored by my students has been wonderful, and Princeton has supported that,” Levin said.

He represents the 21st faculty member to have received the award. The last winner in 2012 was psychology professor emerita Anne Treisman.

The White House will also recognize two University alumni for their achievements. Michael Artin ’55, professor emeritus of mathematics at MIT, will receive a National Medal of Science, and Cato Laurencin ’80, professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Connecticut, will receive a National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Artin did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Laurencin declined to comment.

Professor Simon Levin will receive the National Medal of Science this month.

never limited his thinking to disciplinary boundaries.

“I like to try to bring methods from whatever disciplines are appropriate to those problems, whether it be mathematics, or ecology, or evolutionary biology, or epidemiology, or economics and the social sciences,” he said.

Rubenstein said that Levin’s incisive mind and probing questions make him a wonderful collaborator, and that Levin has a way of organizing thinking in groups so that precise predictions emerge from the concepts and ideas that are discussed.

As a scholar and a teacher, Levin is genuine, generous and encouraging, but also immensely productive, Lax-

List included ‘roses,’ ‘thorns’ from past year

Vasen remembered as ‘exceptional’ professor with an ‘amazing energy’

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Ashley Thorne, who wrote the top 10 list, said that she collaborated with other members of the NAS staff to compile the complete list, which comments on diverse issues in higher education, including environmentalism, gender and sexual assault, science and history.

The Princeton Open Campus Coalition delivered a letter to University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 on Nov. 23 opposing the demands and techniques of the Black Justice League protesters. Civil dialogue was necessary because students were afraid to speak out against the recent BJL protests, the letter stated.

Freeman said that he is pleased with the recognition, especially since the POCC was only founded in late November and he did not expect the group to be nationally recognized so soon.

Thorne said that the POCC is significant because it shows the presence of students who, even if they agree with the complaints of the protesters, care about the method in which those concerns are voiced and respect the leaders of the school. “[These students] are standing up for key principles that higher education is supposed to be about,” she said. “That kind of level-headedness is really needed on college campuses, and so it’s encouraging to see that, it’s important to remember those students exist, and I think that the protesters and people who are on their side should listen to them.”

Joshua Zuckerman ’16, another member of the POCC, said that he believes that the POCC’s greatest accomplishment has been fostering a discussion that includes many perspectives, noting that no one at other campuses had stood up to oppose demands made by groups like the BJL and to link them to detrimental effects on free speech.

Thorne added that the mission of the POCC to listen in a respectful way and have a two-way conversation aligns with the goals and values of the NAS. “Our mission is to have more debate. We are not a political organization, but we want to strengthen higher education, and one key way to do that is for academic freedom and civil dialogue to flourish, and that’s what we hope to see,” she explained.

Zuckerman said that students at a few other top-tier colleges are in conversation with the POCC about how to start their own campus coalitions. He added that he could

not share the names of the other schools, as students there have asked that the POCC not publicize the details at this stage.

“We would love to see what we have done spread across other colleges, hopefully nationwide, to make sure that what we’re defending is being defended not just at Princeton, but at colleges across the country,” Freeman said.

LaCour co-authored a study with Columbia political science professor Donald Green for Science Magazine in December 2014 about how conversations with gay canvassers influence a voter’s stance on gay marriage. According to Science Magazine, the magazine retracted the study in May after investigation of irregularities in LaCour’s work revealed that the results of his survey could not be independently confirmed or reproduced, and that he misrepresented the incentives he offered to the survey’s participants and sources

“[These students] are standing up for key principles that higher education is supposed to be about.”

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of funding.

LaCour had been offered a position as assistant professor in the Wilson School, but the University revoked its offer in June in the wake of the controversy.

Both LaCour and Green did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Thorne noted that scientific integrity was a big issue in the decisions made for this year’s list, and that replication of scientific research is an important but difficult task.

“We’re trying to draw attention to the need for the public to be able to trust what scientists are doing and to have transparency in their methods,” Thorne said.

She added that the controversy surrounding LaCour’s retracted study has made an impact on higher education institutions by teaching a lesson about scientific integrity.

“With LaCour, I think he stands as a warning to scientists that it is important to be honest in your research and to publish real findings based on real surveys,” Thorne said. “Every time something like this happens, it decreases the public’s confidence in the quality of science and social science.”

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certainly, he’s been an almost daily presence in my life and in the lives of those at the Lewis Center.”

Cadden said that numerous moving notes and Facebook comments by former students provided a way for Vasen’s memory to live on. He noted that the students spoke about the extraordinary vitality that Vasen showed, particularly the way he could push people farther than they thought they could go. Vasen also challenged long-standing interpretations of what theater could be or should be, Cadden said.

“A number of people talk about how even one course with him has been life-changing,” Cadden said.

Administrative director Marion Young also praised Vasen’s commitment to students, and how he built relationships throughout campus with individuals and departments. She said that he cared about introducing his students to theater and to the arts, and asked them to work on shows that truly inf luenced them rather than shows he wanted to direct.

Vasen’s focus on the intersection of fields across campus proved high-impact, Young added. She noted that Vasen co-taught with the Slavic languages department, was involved in the Hellenic Studies Department and the Music Department and served as an advisor in Whitman College.

“In some ways he brought the Lewis Center out to the rest of the campus, and

“He truly is one of these very warm individuals who undoubtedly leaves an impact.”

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as a major influence in his works and success. One of his primary reasons for joining the University faculty was the immense opportunity for

brought the rest of campus to the Lewis Center,” she said.

Michelle Goldman ’18 explained that Vasen was an exceptional professor who took time to get to know his students outside of the classroom. Goldman is pursuing a certificate in theater with a focus on directing. She had initially wanted to enroll in Vasen’s directing class, but he advised her to take his THR 201: “Beginning Studies in

“A number of people talk about how even one course with him has been life-changing.”

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Acting: Scene Study” class in order to gain the basic understanding of acting necessary to become a director.

“I came into the class super terrified of acting, and he definitely helped me think way more critically about things and step out of my shell a little bit more,” Goldman explained.

She noted that he made students feel comfortable, and that everyone in his class had been very close.

Goldman explained that Vasen had a vast amount of knowledge, often speaking at length about one part of a scene that a student had just performed. She said that sometimes she would come early to class because she had time to kill and would chat

with Vasen, and so she felt like she got to know him quite well even after only one semester.

She noted that once his class had access to the tea supply in McCarter Theater, and they began a conversation about tea and coffee.

Goldman and a friend have a tea blog, so Vasen offered to come do a small segment on coffee for the blog.

“He was just a lot of fun to be around in and outside of the classroom,” Goldman said.

Cadden explained that Vasen had no hidden agenda in his approach to teaching.

For Vasen, the most important thing about theater was the people in the room together, Cadden said. “‘First we’re in a room together as artists, and later we’re going to be in a room together with audiences.

What do we want to do?

What do we want to say?

What do we want to show?’”

Cadden said, quoting Vasen.

Young said that as the Lewis Center begins to process its loss both emotionally and logistically, it is becoming clear how absolutely irreplaceable Vasen was.

“For me, the thing I keep thinking about is that he had such an amazing energy, and it’s very, very difficult to think of that energy as no longer with us, so I’d like to believe it still is in some way,” Young said.

Vasen is survived by his wife Leslie Brauman and two children, Sam and Rosie. A memorial service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater on 185 Nassau Street.

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change does not alter any existing practices regarding gender non-conforming students, according to Sullivan.

“I don’t think there will be too much of an immediate impact on a day-to-day basis,” Sullivan said. “It shouldn’t change any practice in individual schools.”

Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, a staff attorney with Lambda Legal, a national advocacy organization

for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, explained that the new policy makes explicit what Title IX and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination already require — that transgender students be treated in accordance with their gender identity when it comes to singlesex classes, activities and facilities.

He explained that the adoption reflects a national trend by school districts to establish antidiscrimination practices with regards to transgender students.

“The policy sends a powerful message that all students are welcome and will be treated with dignity and respect, no matter their gender identity, and that discrimination will not be tolerated,” GonzalezPagan said.

Gonzalez-Pagan noted that by adopting a very clear and comprehensive policy, the Princeton School Board is leading on issues of acceptance and diversity and that his organization hopes this will serve as a model for the country.

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Fewer deferrals and more decisions

n Dec. 16, the University offered early action admission to 785 students. Of the 4,229 students who applied, the vast majority were deferred for reconsideration during the regular decision process. Last year, columnist Marni Morse wrote about Princeton’s extraordinarily high deferral rate compared to peer institutions. During the 2014 Early Action round, 78.9 percent of applicants were deferred, while only 1.3 percent were rejected. High deferral rates not only confuse candidates, but also prolongs the stress of the admissions process.

The Editorial Board calls on the Office of Admissions to reduce the number of deferrals and give out more definite decisions to its early admit pool.

The Board acknowledges that deferrals give the Admissions Office more flexibility in admitting candidates. Without knowing the caliber of the regular decision applicants, it makes sense that the University would defer students who have a reasonable chance of being accepted. However, in 2014 the University deferred 78.9 percent of Early Action applicants. This suggests that in addition to deferring candidates with reasonable prospects for admission, the University also deferred a number of candidates who did not meet the University’s admissions criteria. By comparison, in the 2015

round of early applications, Stanford deferred 8.9 percent and Yale deferred 53 percent of candidates. Thus, the Board believes that even if the University adopted a slightly lower deferral rate, it would still have sufficient flexibility in the regular application process.

In addition, a lower deferral rate provides applicants with better information. Many students make decisions to update their Princeton applications or to apply to other schools based on the outcome of their early action applications. An incredibly high deferral rate sheds no light on students’ prospects for admission or the University’s assessment of students’ applications. If deferral rates are lower, deferred students will understand better than they do now that they are considered to be qualified applicants with a chance for admission to the University. Consequently, some will be motivated to submit extra letters, materials, and updated transcripts. Conversely, rejected students will gain a better understanding of the University’s assessment of their applications.

While rejection at Princeton does not necessarily predict rejection at peer institutions, a clear rejection motivates applicants to invest wholeheartedly into the application processes for other universities.

Finally, the Office of Admissions acknowledged to the Board that “reducing the number

of deferred candidates would require less work for the staff because [they] would not read those files again.” When the University defers a large number of students, they are required to re-examine each of those files during the regular decision round. As a result, a lower deferral rate not only helps the Office of Admissions, but also benefits regular decision and deferred applicants since admissions officers will have more time to thoroughly review this smaller pool of applications.

Deferral leaves many students in limbo because they have no idea what their prospects are for admission. Many students apply early in hopes that an early decision will reduce the stress of further applications during senior year. For students without reasonable prospects for admission, a deferral unnecessarily prolongs their stress. The Board believes that a lower deferral rate benefits both deferred and rejected applicants.

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

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The future of Career Services?

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he conventional wisdom that Ivy Leaguers are vacuumed up by finance and consulting firms at the expense of “non-traditional” careers has been so thoroughly discussed by students and pundits that “financeand-consulting” may as well be a single word. David Brooks blames the “brain drain” on students with a “blinkered view of their options,” Bill Deresiwicz blames “entitled little shits” with a “stunted sense of purpose.” Whatever the cause, it bespeaks a bewildering lack of initiative that so few careers are open to us — or, more accurately, that we are open to so few careers.

Based on his background, Pulin Sanghvi hardly seems the man to change that. As the new Executive Director of Princeton Career Services two years ago, the Stanford MBA and former McKinsey analyst crafted a business school mad-lib of a mission statement: “We help our students define a unique career and life vision, and then connect them in multi-dimensional, personalized ways to the resources, people, organizations and opportunities that will enable them to make their visions a reality.”

Masked by that MBA-speak, though, is a fundamental shift in Career Services’ role. Rather than focusing on the symptoms of the “brain drain,” (our first placement) Sanghvi is focused on the cause — our vision, or lack thereof, for postgrad life. The first job shouldn’t be the first rung on a ladder, but, like classes and undergraduate internships, an experiment in a “laboratory for life” — a way to test a “hypothesis” of what’s fulfilling, and to gain experience for a meaningful vocation. The flag-

ship of this approach is the Career and Life Vision workshop, an hourslong session for introspection and self-exploration. Sanghvi has also expanded the visibility of “alternative” options through “non-traditional” career fairs (which seemingly means anything besides finance and consulting), and restructured Princeton’s job-posting site HireTigers to partner with smaller recruiters.

After attending a CLV workshop, I was curious how Career Services’ pivot was working two years in. I spoke with students and alumni to understand the weaknesses of Career Services pre- and post-Sanghvi, and whether the ex-consultant’s prescriptions could fix them.

The discussions and exercises Sanghvi led at the CLV workshop focused on codifying our values and thinking of ways to “invest” in building skills for careers which fulfilled those values. The self-exploration was hardly groundbreaking — I “discovered” that my values and skills align with science, education and journalism. A pre-med friend learned that she valued health care. Another, an historian with no firm post-grad plans, was inspired to think deeper about her long-term vision, but was underwhelmed by “too much consulting and finance” and not enough visibility of other options.

Given his pedigree, it’s unsurprising that Sanghvi would talk up consulting. More surprising, when I asked him about students who the philosophy of Career and Life Vision had led down well-thoughtout or unconventional paths, Sanghvi directed me to Laura Du ’14, who graduated straight into an analyst position at McKinsey. It’s a sensible path: post-baccalaureate analysts at firms like McKinsey have clients

from many industries, allowing them to test numerous hypotheses about what their vocation should be (and the salary and prestige certainly help). Du discovered through her thesis a passion for K-12 education, but told me, “it’s definitely been tougher to find education work” at McKinsey. Most of her assignments at McKinsey have been in retail, finance and marketing.

Since consulting firms decide which cases analysts work on, it’s hard to follow Sanghvi’s advice and test “hypotheses” without bias.

Princeton’s network, too, privileges some some hypotheses, some paths, over others. Consider Dylan Tatz ’06 and R. W. Enoch ’09. Princeton’s network has helped Tatz constantly. Entering business school, he connected with and got advice from a Goldman Sachs vice president simply by emailing the Princeton MBA listserv.

Afterwards, he received a cold call from Irene Scully —the namesake of Scully Hall — who asked him to direct a music education non-profit her foundation supports; she found Tatz by asking Career Services for MBAs with music experience.

Unlike Tatz, Enoch’s success as a freelance musician and front-man of the jazz/hip-hop band Urban Renewal Project comes despite Career Services efforts. Unable to aid his plan to move to Los Angeles to perform, Career Services suggested he pursue an only-tangentially-related fellowship in Switzerland. Both at Princeton and afterwards, Enoch has found few Princetonians with the experience or interests to mentor or collaborate with him.

“I don’t think it should be a compromise to go to Princeton,” he told me.

Well, some compromise is inevitable: Princeton can’t be the best at

everything. But students shouldn’t have to fight against Princeton’s culture and practices to follow their dreams.

Enoch knew what he wanted to do; for students without a vision, the “blinkered” view Princeton provides is even worse. Christina Farah ’09 only found her career once leaving the Princeton bubble. At Princeton, she told me, “I didn’t know what was out there, so I thought ‘It’s time to go do some more school!’ ” Only by searching “language” on her grad school’s and third-party job sites did she find her current position — project management for a translation company.

“It’s something I’d never thought of as existing, but it played to all my strengths,” says the “super-organized” Farah, who graduated with certificates in two different languages.

Sanghvi told me he’ll diversify the options visible to students like Farah and Enoch by revamping HireTigers and creating a “big-data” matchmaking service to connect students with mentors. But with a homogeneous alumni base like ours, that may be less than effective.

A search for “language” on HireTigers shows 16 jobs — a few, yes, in the “non-traditional” teaching path, but more in finance and consulting, and none along Farah’s path. Princeton’s message: we learn languages to invest in and consult for the people who use them! And with Sanghvi’s example, early recruiting through internships, and a homogeneous alumni network, it’s hard to imagine this changing soon.

Perhaps, with enough effort to include the full spectrum of Princeton alumni, we can make progress. But it’s not just alumni. Enoch and others I spoke with said they found their pro-

fessors (perhaps Princeton’s greatest resource) far more helpful than Career Services. As Sanghvi builds a clearinghouse for mentorship rather than a launch-pad for jobs, he will need to co-operate closely with the rest of the university: alumni, professors, parents, staff and even unaffiliated recruiters. Otherwise, too many students will find themselves like Kaya Zelazny ’11, who told me, four years after graduating, “I still don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing with my life,” partially because “I just keep encountering careers I had no idea existed!”

As too many of my classmates know, it’s hard enough to decide how to start our lives even without other senior year pressures. Starting the discernment process earlier will help somewhat — Sanghvi hopes to expose students to CLV starting frosh week. But too often, what Zelazny called the pressure “to have a perfect, great career coming out of Princeton” will lead students to sign

by Thanksgiving rather than explore all our options. It is down to Career Services, and the students it serves, to destigmatize the risk of moving into truly non-traditional careers — otherwise exploration will continue to lead to students “investing in the skills” we gain from a few specific industries. It’s a shame to waste a Princeton education, but it seems to me it’s more wasteful to be pressured into a safe path than to have a rocky start to an ultimately more meaningful career. Sanghvi is moving in the right direction, but it’s a long path to go. For now, Princeton is a laboratory for life — let’s experiment.

Bennett McIntosh is a chemistry major from Littleton, Colo. He can be reached at bam2@princeton.edu.

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bench; we have some fun out there.”

The Buckeyes mark just the first of many dominant opponents for the Tigers, who are set to face both NCAA finalists Loyola Chicago and Lewis later in the season. Yet, the team treats the challenge as an exciting opportunity for growth.

“We do have a really tough schedule. Those games are games that give us the clear opportunity to be the underdog on paper,” Buxton explained. “It gives us a lot to fight for. We are focusing on us being better. We’re not going to get any better without more practice.”

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“We do have a really tough scehdule. Those games are games that give us the clear opportunity to try to be the underdogs on paper.

It gives us a lot to fight for. We are focusing on us being better.” sean buxton

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Tuesday’s opener against Ohio State will be one of three men’s volleyball games held in Dillon Gymnasium this month.

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Women’s basketball will begin Ivy League matchups this Saturday.

performances of the season against Princeton and would go on to defeat No. 6 Maryland on Saturday. The Buckeyes are now 10-3 and ranked No. 9.

Two days after playing in Columbus, the Tigers challenged the University of Dayton. Despite a noble effort by Princeton, Dayton took the game 85-81.

The Tigers trailed for much of the game and found themselves in a 32-47 hole by the end of the first half.

Despite stronger play in the second half, Princeton could not recover its lost ground. The Tigers opened the third quarter with an 11-2 run, but the Flyers would respond by pushing the lead back out to double digits, ending the quarter up by 11.

Princeton saw a glimmer of hope in the fourth quarter. An 11-0 run with 6:34 to go helped tie up the game at 71 apiece, but Dayton’s Jenna Burdette stopped the streak with a layup. With Dayton up 80-75 under the one-minute mark, senior guard Amanda Berntsen scored a three and Miller netted a jumper to

creep up on Dayton, but freshman Ashleigh Parkinson nailed three of her four free throws to put the game out of reach for the Orange and Black.

Senior forward Annie Tarakchian scored a game-high 23 points on 50 percent shooting and claimed eight rebounds. Senior forward Alex Wheatley scored 15 points while Miller and Berntsen each scored 14 points. Burdette led the Dayton side with 22 points.

Princeton was held to 40 percent shooting overall but grabbed 46 rebounds. Dayton did slightly better with 44.1 percent shooting but trailed Princeton by six rebounds.

On December 29, Marist gave Princeton a respite from its challenge in Ohio. Princeton earned a 7744 win against the New York team.

The Tigers ended the first quarter on a 7-0 run and secured a 41-25 lead by halftime. A 13-4 run at the start of the third quarter helped solidify Princeton’s lead.

Miller and junior guard Vanessa Smith led the charge with 16 and 15 points, respectively, as well as eight rebounds apiece. Wheatley also reached double digits with 13 points, converting six of eight field goal at-

tempts. The team shot 44.8 percent from the floor while holding Marist to just 25 percent shooting. Tori Jarosz led the Dayton effort with 15 points. The Tigers outrebounded Marist 54-24, earning a season-high 31 rebounds in the second half.

This past Sunday, the women’s basketball team returned home for the new year to face Hampton.

Princeton started strong on a 13-2 run and held its lead throughout the game. The Tigers continue to be undefeated at home after beating the Pirates 79-55.

Miller posted a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Princeton held Hampton to just 30.4 percent shooting from the field and out-rebounded its opponent 47-29.

Wheatley also chipped in with 14 points, connecting on 7-of-13 fieldgoal attempts, and Berntsen contributed a game-high five assists.

Hampton’s junior guard Malia Tate-DeFreitas scored a game-high 20 points but converted just 8-of-26 field-goal attempts.

Princeton is now 11-3 overall after an exciting non-conference schedule. The Tigers will begin their Ivy League matchups at Penn on Saturday, Jan. 9.

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AROUND I V I E S With the non-conference schedule drawing to a close, the most important part of the season is set to begin as the men’s basketball teams in the Ivy League begin their quest for a league title and an NCAA Tournament berth. With the start of conference play less than a week away, we take a look at how the teams have fared so far this season:

1.

Princeton (7-4 overall): The Tigers went 1-2 over the holiday period, but will take encouragement both from a convincing win over Bucknell and two competitive losses against No. 6 Maryland and No. 13 Miami. In their toughest contest of the season so far, Princeton only trailed Maryland by four at halftime before the Terrapins pulled away in the second half. The Tigers followed up that loss with a 89-77 win over Bucknell behind 17 points from co-Ivy League rookie of the week Devin Cannady and a doubledouble from junior guard Spencer Weisz. Princeton was then tied with Miami with as little as six minutes left in the game before the Hurricanes went on a run to win the game. The Tigers will enter the conference season as a real threat to win the league, with the best non-conference winning percentage of the Ivy League teams so far despite one of the toughest schedules.

2.

Columbia (9-6): The Lions have had the league’s top offense so far this season, averaging over 76 points per game. Led by the league’s leading three-point shooter in Luke Petrasek and fourth leading scorer in Maodo Lo, Columbia looks to be in good position to improve on last years 5th place finish in the league and challenge for the title.

3.

Yale (7-5): The preseason favorites to win the league, the Bulldogs have enjoyed a strong start to the season as well, with all seven of their wins coming by 12 points or more. With forward Justin Sears, the reigning league MVP, and sophomore guard Makai Mason leading the way on offense and both averaging over 16 points per game, last year’s second-place finishers will again be a force to be reckoned with in conference play.

4.

Harvard (6-7): After losing star guard Siyani Chambers before the season, the four-time defending Ivy League champions face a tough task in trying to keep their streak alive. In an up-and-down start to the season highlighted by strong wins over BYU and Auburn and a surprisingly competitive lost against No. 4 Kansas, Harvard has allowed the second fewest points per game of any Ivy League team. Despite the loss of Chambers, junior center Zena Edosomwan, the league’s leading rebounder, and the rest of the Crimson aren’t a team that anyone else in the league will take lightly as they look to continue their recent dominance of the conference.

5.

Cornell (6-7): Picked before the season to finish dead last in the league, the Big Red will look to exceed those low expectations behind the play of the league’s leading scorer, junior guard Robert Hatter. Despite his offensive prowess, however, Cornell will need to improve on defense, where it’s currently allowing just above 77 points per game, if it wants to join the ranks of title challengers this season.

6.

Penn (6-7): Last season’s bottom dwellers, the Quakers started the season strong before losing six of their last eight games. Penn plays a balanced game on offense, with four players averaging between 10 and 13 points per game, and will hope this depth translates into a much-improved league performance this season.

7.

8.

Dartmouth (4-7): In spite of a relatively easy non-conference schedule, Dartmouth has struggled so far this year, especially on offense where they average a league worst 66.5 points per game. However, the Big Green will take encouragement from the play of freshman forward Evan Boudreaux, who currently is in the top 10 in the league for both points and rebounds per game.

Brown (4-9): Behind a shaky defense that has allowed over 80 points in five of their 13 games, the Bears have endured a rough start to their season. Offense hasn’t been a problem, owing much to the impressive play of senior forward Cedric Kuakumensah. Nevertheless, Brown will have to clamp down on the other end of the court if they want to improve on last year’s disappointing seventh-place finish in the league.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Men’s volleyball prepares Tigers split for season opener against games during No. 6-ranked Ohio State winter break

By David Liu staff writer

On Tuesday night, the men’s volleyball team will leap into the 2016 season, facing non-conference challenger Ohio State in Princeton’s own Dillon Gymnasium.

The Tigers will enter Tuesday’s match without three of last year’s starters: All-American Cody Kessel, All-EIVA Second Teamer Will Siroky and Tony Ensbury. The trio led Princeton to the EIVA playoffs for four consecutive years, starting since their freshman years.

Princeton will look to some of their incoming rookies to help bolster the roster: opposite/outside hitter Jack Burgi, opposite Matthew Nicholas, outside hitter Corry Short and middle blocker Sean Buxton.

Adding to Princeton’s

challenge, Ohio State finished sixth in the preseason American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, a standard benchmark for Division I and II collegiate volleyball. In the same poll, the Tigers peaked at No. 13 early last season but finished below the top 15.

Notable players on the Buckeyes’ roster include Miles Johnson, who earned an All-MIVA Second Team honor last season, and Nicolas Szerszen, who won the MIVA freshman of the year award and placed on the AllMIVA First Team.

As the majority of students just return to campus, leaving the comforts of winter break, the men’s volleyball team has been practicing hard for Tuesday’s game.

Even so, Ohio State may still have an edge over the Tigers as they have been practicing since Dec. 26, due to an earlier schedule. In fact, Ohio

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State began its season this past Saturday with a loss to McMaster University, a topranked Canadian team.

However, when asked about the Buckeye’s impressive roster and preparation, Buxton explained that the team is only focused on looking internally, and not worrying about the strength and previous results of their opponents as it tries to improve.

“We’re focused on us,” Buxton said. “It’s all about us. We’re going to make ourselves the best we can.”

Buxton also provided perspective into expectations set for the rookie Tigers, especially on a team suffering from the loss of three stellar seniors.

“I’m really excited to be a part of the bench atmosphere,” Buxton said. “A lot of people underestimate the See M. V-BALL page 5

By Berthy Feng contributor

This winter break, the Princeton women’s basketball team hit a speed bump in Ohio before regaining ground with two leisurely wins against Marist and Hampton.

On Friday, Dec. 18, a formidable Ohio State team defeated Princeton 90-70. In their first away game since a four-game home stand, the Tigers were unable to extend their sevengame win streak.

Led by the duo of Ameryst Alston and Kelsey Mitchell, the Buckeyes held the edge throughout the game. The only time Princeton gained a lead was at 10-9, halfway into the first quarter. In a resounding response, the Buckeyes finished the quarter on a 15-2 run. After suffering from a 23-5 Ohio State run, Princeton crept to within 10 points in the second quarter, but another 18-6 OSU run at the end of the first half locked the Tigers out of their rhythm for the rest of the game.

In an impressive offensive performance, the Buckeyes shot 57.6

Stat of the Day

25 percent The Women’s basketball team held Marist to just 25 percent shooting in a dominant 77-44 victory.

percent from the field. Alston and Mitchell led the charge with 27 and 25 points, respectively. Far from being the lone shooters, Alston and Mitchell together racked up nine assists.

Senior guard Michelle Miller led the Tigers with 21 points and five rebounds. However, the Buckeye defense limited the Tigers to just under 40 percent from the field, even though they had entered the game with a 45.4 percent shooting average.

Another statistic that deviated from Princeton’s season average was total rebounds. The Tigers had claimed 46.2 rebounds per game compared to Ohio State’s 37.9, but Princeton and Ohio State each grabbed just 33 rebounds.

Although the Tigers’ loss to Ohio State dealt them a setback, playing a Big Ten team gave them a chance to test their wits against a powerful, athletic team — an opportunity unmatched by previous non-conference games this season.

Ohio State put on one of its best See W. B-BALL page 5

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