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NSTX-U malfunctions, Over 90 students attend Muslim PPPL Director Resigns

By Sam Garfinkle staff writer

Astrophysics professor Stewart Prager stepped down as director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory on Sept. 26th, just before news broke of a malfunction at the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade fusion experimental facility.

Sources are conflicted over the connection between Prager’s resignation and the malfunction.

Nonetheless, the resulting maintenance will likely pose a significant setback not only to PPPL, but also to the international fusion community as a whole.

News of the malfunction appeared a day after Prager announced his decision to step down as PPPL director, raising questions regarding the impact that this incident had on his decision.

Physics Today reported that

two sources, both of whom declined to be identified, claimed Prager was asked to step down by the Department of Energy. One source reportedly said “This was a firing as much as anything else.”

Prager, however, denied that he was fired, telling Physics Today, “I never spoke to the Office of Science,” and added that he had been considering stepping down since January.

Prager will remain as an astrophysics professor at the University, though he will be on a leave for a year.

In PPPL’s press release, Prager addressed the situation’s impact on his decision.

“The recent technical setback in the NSTX-U facility unexpectedly and suddenly defines a moment that seems to me appropriate for that transition,” Prager said in the press release. “It is best for new, continuing leadership to shepherd the rebuilding of the facility

and the engineering changes that will be needed over the next year.”

The recent shutdown of the NSTX-U occurred in July, when one of the reactor’s 14 magnets shorted out, according to information obtained by Physics Today from Michael Zarnstoff, the PPPL deputy director for research.

Further inspection of the machine revealed that another, identical coil on the opposite end of the machine would also need to be replaced before operations could continue. Furthermore, according to Physics Today, another issue with a copper cooling tube was discovered while disassembling the machine.

The entire repair process could take up to one year, which is more than double the scheduled sixmonth maintenance period for which the project was nearly due.

When asked to comment, John Greenwald, a science editor See PPPL page 3

spirituality retreat

By Sirad Hassan contributor

This past weekend, the Muslim Life Program in the Office of Religious Life held its seventh annual Muslim spirituality retreat open to students from universities across the East Coast. Over ninety students from Rutgers, Harvard, Brown, and other universities attended the event.

The retreat was created in order to promote solidarity and reinvigorate Islamic faith among Muslim students at neighboring universities. The University first sponsored the program in 2009.

As stated in the event program, the retreat highlights the beauty in coming togeth-

er as a community to enjoy new experiences. During the day, students participated in activities such as canoeing, hiking, and various other sports. University Chaplain Sohaib Sultan and his wife Arshe Ahmed, executive director of the Medina Community Clinic, organized the retreat.

“Out in nature under the stars or under a shaded tree near the lake you can reflect by yourself and with others on where you’ve been and where you’re going in your spiritual journey,” said Sultan in an email to the attendants.

He added that students were encouraged to take advantage of all of the knowledge, wisdom and good See RETREAT page 2

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DPS recieves reports of sexual assault from Fall 2015

By Jessica Li head news editor

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The Department of Public Safety responded to two cases of sexual harassment on Prospect Avenue reported in late September. Both reports indicated that the incidents took place almost one year prior, in the fall of 2015, according to University spokesperson John Cramer.

On Sept. 20, 2016, Public Safety received a report from a Campus Security Authority that a forcible sexual assault occurred at an unknown eating club on Prospect Avenue sometime during the fall of 2015, Cramer noted. According to Public Safety’s crime log, the last reported incident on that account occurred on December 31, 2015.

The victim requested no further action and no other information was provided,” Cramer said. The case was subsequently designated as “closed.”

Three days later, on Sept. 23,

2016, Public Safety received a second report from a CSA that a sexual harassment incident occurred on Sept. 20, 2015. An unknown individual reported that a student tried to grab another student’s genitals during the Lawnparties of 2015 at the Quadrangle Club, located on 33 Prospect Avenue, according to Cramer.

Cramer also noted that no further information was provided by the CSA or the victim.

The case was similarly marked as “closed.”

Though incidents that occur on Prospect Avenue typically fall under the jurisdiction of the Princeton Police Department, a joint action is occasionally required for those involving University students.

“There has been no alteration of DPS’s jurisdiction boundaries. Prospect Street is in the jurisdiction of PPD, but DPS officers often respond based on requests from PPD to assist in a See CLERY page 3

While most eating clubs fall under University’s crime log coverage, many don’t fall under Clery Act map.

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Bringing back the lending circles: MacArthur Fellow José Quiñonez GS ’98 contributor

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On Sept. 22, José Quiñonez GS ’98, founder and CEO of microfinance nonprofit Mission Asset Fund, became one of the four University alumni named as a MacArthur Fellow.

The annually awarded fellowships, colloquially referred to as “genius grants,” entail a $625,000 cash prize paid over five years by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to between 20 and 30 Americans who have shown “extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.”

As head of the San Franciscobased Mission Asset Fund, Quiñonez, who received a master’s degree in public affairs from the

Woodrow Wilson School, seeks to solve the crisis of lack of access to financial services for low-income people, especially immigrants and minorities.

According to the Mission Asset Fund’s website, many lower-class citizens are “underbanked,” or not actively engaged in the financial system. Many people in this group have no bank accounts or credit history, cannot get car or home loans from banks, and are forced to rely on predatory payday lenders. At least 64 million Americans have no credit scores, and 17 million have no access to a bank account.

“When people don’t have access to the basic financial services, it’s virtually impossible for people to work themselves out of poverty. Checking accounts, saving accounts, and

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credit histories are basic pillars that you and I take for granted, and not having them is a huge barrier for poor families,” Quiñonez said.

The Mission Asset Fund seeks to improve this status quo through a modernized version of the practice of lending circles. Seen in cultures as disparate as Mexico, Africa, and the Philippines for hundreds of years, lending circles traditionally comprise a group of people who contribute a certain amount of money to the group pool every month, which goes to a certain group member each month. Group members rotate through receiving the money, thereby receiving zero-interest loans without relying on outside sources.

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this ancient process into the 21st century and seeks to solve the problem of lack of access to financial services by requiring lending circle members to have checking accounts and transfer funds to each other through banks. The organization manages the accounts and reports transactions to credit agencies to allow participants to build up the credit that is crucial for securing loans. Mission Asset Fund has been tremendously successful in accomplishing its goal of improving financial outcomes: according to independent audits of its programs by San Francisco State University and Yale University, the average debt reduction for participants is $1,000, and the average credit score growth is 168 points.

Quiñonez attributes his success with Mission Asset Fund in part to his graduate education at the University: “I went to get an MPA because I wanted the training that the Woodrow Wilson School provides, and to become a better policy analyst, and gain a better understanding of how government works. And that’s definitely what I got from that experience.”

Frederick Wherry GS ‘04, a professor of sociology at Yale University, was a participant in a sociology reading course that Quiñonez attended, and reflected positively on both Quiñonez and lending circles, a subject about which he is currently writing.

Wherry also believes that lending circles are a key tool in the fight against poverty. “Lending circles force us to rethink

our approach to solving problems like poverty and debt, by asking us to stop trying to fix people, and instead try to figure out what kinds of activities people are already engaged in, and then tailor services to fit current practices. We need a mix of approaches to solving poverty, and lending circles are an important tool from the informal sector,” said Wherry.

Quiñonez also cited University Professor Alejandro Portes, whose sociology reading course Quiñonez took, as influential to his development the Mission Asset Fund’s core principle of lending circles.

“He explained the concept of looking at informal economies as viable activity that supports a lot of people, and not as criminal or bad just because it’s outside of the regulatory structure,” said Quiñonez.

Portes did not respond to requests for comment.

“José [was] always very capable, but always very helpful. He would always be able to get people to roll up his or her sleeves and [accomplish a job together.]

He always had a sense of humility, and a dedication to doing things right,” said Wherry.

Ultimately, Quiñonez is optimistic that his MacArthur Fellowship will allow him to expand Mission Asset Fund’s work.

“It’s such an honor…with this platform and media exposure, I’m able to articulate a different vision. I’ll use the award to invest in lending circles across the country, to reach more families and communities, and help lowincome families develop their true economic potential,” said Quiñonez.

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company available to them during the short time of the retreat.

Over the course of the weekend, times were designated specifically for congregational prayers. Each of the five daily prayers was performed and after each, time was allotted for students to ask questions and learn more about Islamic history and tradition.

The program included time for sharing life stories in a session called Spiritual Autobiographies. Students were split into small, intimate groups where they spent time sharing their life stories.

Qur’an studies occurred in small sessions after prayers, and shared traditional Islamic stories by the campfire.

“I personally did not ask any questions, but it was great being able to listen to the other questions people

asked,” Rimsha Malik ’20 said.

Malik described the “Chat with Chaplains” session as the most memorable portion of the retreat. The “Chat with Chaplains” was an opportunity to ask questions about any topic regarding Islam to any of the four chaplains in attendance. The chaplains were Sultan, Omer Bajwa of Yale, Patricia Anton of the University of Pennsylvania, and Kaiser Aslam of Rutgers.

“The time we had at the retreat was short, but I am excited to sustain the new friendships that I made,” she continued.

In the evening, participants reconvened by the campfire to listen to original songs and anasheed, musical works that reference Islamic beliefs and history.

Students from the University produced performed an original song titled “Empty Hands.”

Amir Raja ’18, current president of the Princeton Mus-

lim Student Association, was a part of the student group that performed the song.

“Our inspiration for this was that we wanted to use this retreat to improve our spiritual hearts, and hopefully through our music improve the hearts of those who heard the song,” Raja said.

He explained the importance of renewing intentions in the heart and re-establishing what one truly considers valuable in this life. The retreat also included a storytelling of the life and character of the Prophet Muhammad.

“Princeton often becomes so monotonous — so essay-, [problem] set-, and numberoriented — that you can easily lose focus on the less tangible,” Raja said. “But for me, this retreat helped remind me that the most important aspect of life is faith.”

The event took place at the Princeton-Blairstown Center.

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Prager: Loss of experimental time a significant opportunity cost PPPL

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at PPPL, confirmed in an email that research that was expected to start in 2017 “will be delayed by 6 or more months.”

Given how much time will be lost during repairs, some researchers wondered if these problems might have been precluded during design or fabrication.

“The shutdown is a loss of experimental time that is significant,” Prager wrote in an email.

He wrote that though acquiring experimental results is delayed for roughly a year, planned research projects “will move forward but with that delay.”

Prager wrote in an emailed statement to the Daily Princetonian that the loss of experimental time “is a significant opportunity cost.” He said that though replacing the failed components “is not expected to require additional funds…. funds that would have been used for experimental operations will now be used for the repairs.”

According to Physics Today, Zarnstoff said that using copper for some parts was “an unwise choice,” and that they should have instead used stainless steel.

Additionally, Nature quoted a former Princeton researcher who said that the copper used may have been stronger than necessary, which might have caused problems during manufacturing.

“The failures were preventable and reflect insufficient rigor in the design process,” Prager wrote.

He also wrote that the repairs require “substantial disassembly” and time.

According to the PPPL website, research on magnetic fusion be-

gan at Princeton in 1951 under the code name Project Matterhorn.

Since then, Princeton has been at the forefront of plasma physics research, including the recordbreaking Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor , which operated from 1982 to 1997.

More recently, researchers have been studying plasma physics at the National Spherical Torus Experiment, which began operation in 1999. This approach proved successful enough that the Department of Energy in 2011 called for a $94 million upgrade of the facilities to equip them for future fusion research. This project, designated the NSTX-U, was completed in 2015, and began operating in December of that year, according to Physics Today.

Like its predecessors, NSTX-U uses strong magnetic fields to concentrate hydrogen plasma, which will fuse into helium given sufficient heat and pressure. This fusion releases massive amounts of energy, which could potentially serve as an alternative to other forms of power generation in the future. Public servants and figures such as Norman Augustine ’57 GS ’59 have long spoken of the benefits of fusion, which in theory could provide clean, CO2 emission free energy.

The greatest challenges in fusion often have to do with the sheer amount of energy required to start and maintain a fusion reaction, which is often just as great as the heat generated by fusion.

Other challenges arise from the way the plasma is contained and concentrated, which is essential not only to safety, but also to the creation of conditions that allow for fusion to occur. This second aspect is what sets the NSTX-U apart.

The NSTX-U instead produces plasma in the shape of a sphere with a hole through the center, which, according to the PPPL, allows for the confinement of a higher plasma pressure per unit of magnetic field strength. In other words, this change in shape could allow reactors to operate more efficiently and economically.

According to the PPPL, the recent upgrade allows the NSTX-U to test high performance plasma under extreme heat and pressure.

These conditions provide valuable data on their own, and could also influence the design of future reactors.

The Department of Energy and PPPL will investigate the incident over the course of repairs. Greenwald noted that “This is a complex device with a unique design and significant engineering challenges, so there is risk of failure.”

He also noted that “We have a goal to keep the repair costs within the current funding for NSTX-U. This will minimize the financial implications.”

Prager said that design changes to prevent a recurrence are “wellknown and well-understood.”

“There is very high confidence that such component failure will not recur,” Prager said. “In a facility as complex and one-of-a-kind as NSTX-U it is not uncommon for such component failures to occur, particularly at the onset of operations of a new facility. However, the consequence of the failures in NSTX-U is highly consequential because the components are situated in the facility in a highly inaccessible location.”

Media representatives at the Department of Energy did not respond to a request for comment.

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variety of matters,” Cramer said.

Under the Clery Act, Public Safety is obligated to report all Clery crimes that are on campus, on public property within or immediately adjacent to the campus, and in or on non-campus buildings or property that the institution owns or controls, explained Cramer.

Cramer added that all of the University’s eating clubs are on public property within or immediately adjacent to the campus, and hence fall under the University’s crime log coverage.

According to a map obtained by ‘the Prince’ in May, many of the eating clubs themselves do not fall under the University’s Clery Act map. This past July, Mercer County court judge Mary Jacobson ruled that the University can retain its jurisdiction map; however, the University must disclose a statement of

responsibilities between the its Department of Public Safety and the Princeton Police Department under the Open Public Records Act. Under current University policies, there is no time frame in which a student must report an incident of sexual misconduct, although Section 1.3.8 of Rights, Rules, Responsibilities encourages individuals to report those incidents as soon as possible. All cases will be handled under the same protocol regardless of the time lapse between the occurrence and the report.

However, if the perpetrator of sexual misconduct is no longer a student or faculty member of the University when the report is made, then the University may not be able to pursue disciplinary actions, but will still provide resources and support for the victim as well as take steps to end the prohibited behavior, prevent its recurrence, and address its effects in order to meet its Title IX obligations.

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Stop shaming those who won’t vote this November

hen I was about 12, my grandmother gave me a shirt from an off-price department store. The shirt proclaimed “VOTE” in red, white, and blue worn letters, meant to evoke a retro feeling that I wouldn’t understand until later. My grandmother bought me the shirt not only because she could see my passion for the political process, but also because she knew that one day I would cast my own vote in honor of the legacy left by so many people who fought for this right.

I can still wear the shirt, but it has a different meaning for me now. While I intend to participate as a voter this November, it is unlikely that I will wear the shirt ever again or implore anyone to vote who does not see their place in the electoral process.

I wasn’t always this way. When Barack Obama ran against John McCain in 2008, I hated the idea that there were people who could vote and failed to do so for whatever reason, while my pre-teen self had to sit on the sideline and dream about it. I acknowledged that the two-party system, among other things, is corrupt. However, I rationalized my continued loyalty to the voting process not due to any particular devotion to the Constitution, but because a few generations ago, many people who looked like me couldn’t vote at all.

In light of voter suppression ID laws, I knew that my right to vote and exercising that right was important to me and if any of my friends didn’t want to vote then, by golly, I was going to try and convince them. If you’d asked me a couple of years ago where I stood

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on my fellow black people who refuse to vote, I would proudly stand with many of my peers who consistently implore and simultaneously shame other folks into voting for the “lesser of two evils.”

However, college has got me thinking, as it has the tendency to do. I’ve been pondering about what the electoral process means, particularly for black people in this country.

Professor Paul Frymer has written about “electoral capture,” noting how it traps African-Americans into voting for a specific party (namely, the Democratic Party) as politicians attempt to distance themselves from black constituents, leaving us with few alternatives. I’ve been thinking about Professor Eddie Glaude, who has expressed his disdain for Hillary Clinton’s Democratic Party as a party that “repeatedly turns its back on the most vulnerable in this country.”

I’ve even been thinking about the glimmer in my parents’ eyes when President Obama was elected not once, but twice, and how frankly disappointed I’ve been that he has maintained a status quo for the AfricanAmerican community.

Not yet have I gotten to a point where I can “discard” my vote. As November sneaks up on us, I am less sure every day that Jill Stein as a third-party candidate is a reasonable alternative. What I am sure of is that, regarding the countless number of people who are disillusioned with the system or do not feel that Hillary Clinton’s neoliberal

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politics are worthy of their vote, I refuse to shame them any longer. On a personal level, I understand how fear may be playing a role in movements against Trump and mobilizing voters, and that it may be seen as a privilege to consider voting as an intellectual exercise rather than an attempt at survival. Donald Trump’s rhetoric makes his presidency unimaginable. However, a failure to vote out of fear — or better yet, to note that voting will not diminish the culture of racial and xenophobic antagonism that Trump has championed — should not be reason for ridiculing. Individuals hold a great deal of power within institutions, but in this election, too much emphasis has been placed on their role in making the nation better or worse. It is not those who choose not to vote or who vote for third-party candidates who should be blamed.

About a week ago, President Obama stated: “If you don’t vote, that’s a vote for Trump.”

I understand President Obama’s partisan obligations as a leader of the Democratic Party, but I must firmly acknowledge his obligations to the disillusioned electorate.

It is disturbing that so often we put onus on the victims of this two-party system instead of questioning and challenging the system itself. As for me, I will be voting this November, but with the full knowledge that my vote is my own and I cannot use my lingering democratic spirit to shame others for not doing the same.

Imani Thornton is a Politics major from Matteson, Ill. She can be contacted at it4@princeton.edu.

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Why isn’t my N-body working?

And other questions asked in rooms 121 and 122

s a freshman, I entered COS 126 with a healthy degree of apprehension. Having been forewarned that I could be called for a disciplinary hearing at any time for inadvertent plagiarism, I took great pains to lock myself into a room and bang out our first programming assignment. I soon realized that I didn’t have to figure out the intricacies of randomwalker.java or it’s more vexing version, randomwalkers.java, all by myself.

The course came with resources like Piazza, office hours, and best of all, lab teaching assistants who were at Lewis Library every evening helping hapless students debug their code. These undergraduate students who had taken the course in previous semesters regularly host help sessions, which are distinct from the office hours of the graduate student preceptors.

Personally, I ended up spending every Thursday or Friday night in Room 121 in Lewis Library because it was usually the only time I had to work on my code. Very quickly, however, I began to realize that not all lab TAs are created equal. Some of these TAs would blow my mind and help save my life, or at least a couple of hours of my life. The vast majority, however, would point to a bug that I wasn’t concerned about, help me fix it, and then float away onto the next person in the endless queue. I would put myself on the queue again and end up fixing my program in the span of time it took to get to my turn.

The TAs were a primary resource for me when I didn’t understand something in my code or when I

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didn’t understand certain syntax. Yet, what I didn’t realize is that the TAs are not supposed to function as tutors. While they are on the job, they are advised not to explain long-winded concepts to lost students with severe gaps in their knowledge. That is not to say that several TAs haven’t drawn a long diagram to help me understand my program. But that is not their primary job.

A lab TA is authorized to look at anyone’s code but not to explain code to the very people he or she is trying to help. One of my friends who is a lab TA explained the reason behind this: lab TAs are not trained to teach computer science and thereby cannot be affiliated with the computer science department at Princeton while teaching in any capacity. To me, that makes very little sense.

Can’t these students, who are at a higher level of understanding in terms of computer programming, help their fellow students on a conceptual level?

Maybe the TAs should be trained to tutor, or at least advised to help students in the best way they see fit.

Furthermore, the current system places such emphasis on preventing plagiarism that it likely contributes to the policy that prevents TAs from explicitly explaining concepts or actively helping students fix their code, which ultimately serves a counterproductive function. Part of the reason why

lab TAs cannot explain concepts along with code is the fear that they will somehow do the work for the student who needs help. However, when a lab TA points out some aspect of the code and takes time to explain it, the student often ends up understanding the concept better than if he or she had simply fiddled around with the code until stumbling upon the right solution.

In many other classes at Princeton, doing problem sets with friends is the norm. The culture of computer science, however, seems to revile the collaboration of students in writing code for the same class. That’s why lab TAs are such a great resource. They have just recently gone through the very classes that current students are struggling with, and have a wider scope of understanding when it comes to computer science in general. They can easily help us fix a minor bug in our application programming interface or trace the entirety of a recursive program. Already, many TAs help out in direct manners contrary to the roles they are authorized to perform; given this state of affairs, it might perhaps be better if they were authorized to help in this way to begin with. It would make the Room 121 experience all the more enlightening and give the TAs more leeway to help a fellow student out.

Bhaamati Borkhetaria is a sophomore from Jersey City, New Jersey. She can be reached at bhaamati@princeton.edu.

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Princeton, proved a more intimidating challenge, but the Tigers seized an early lead thanks to four goals from sophomore Ryan Wilson and another hat trick from the consistently dangerous Payne.

Taking a decisive 11-5 lead against Brown in the fourth quarter, the stalwart Tigers held on to take an important 11-7 victory over a conference rival and ranked squad.

The Tigers’ final matchups of the week were against MIT and perennial rival and conference contender Harvard. Harvard, ranked No. 8, would take advantage of a slow start from Princeton, jumping to a roaring 4-0 lead. Undaunted, the Tigers fought back;

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six Princeton players registered goals in a ferocious comeback that gave Princeton a 7-6 lead in the fourth quarter, as Harvard’s defense struggled to keep Princeton in check. Ultimately, however, it was the Crimson who prevailed, with Crimson junior Colin Chiapello scoring the winning goal for Harvard, delivering Princeton a crushing 8-7 loss. Princeton would come back, however, to dismantle MIT 13-7 later that afternoon, with sophomore Michael Swart leading the Tigers with 4 goals.

As the Tigers continue to gain maturity and experience in the pool, their national acclaim and ability to match up against tough opponents rise as well. Princeton will face the United States Naval Academy and George Washington University next Sunday in Denunzio.

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relentlessly attacking the Big Green and showing impressive resilience in the second half.

“I think that shows a ton of heart,”Barba said. “Playing 10 against 11 and dominating them in the second half … if we bring that intensity we are

“I think that shows a ton of heart...I think if we can do that we will play any team off the field.” patrick barba, senior captain

in great shape.”

The Tigers would indeed dominate in the second half, scoring twice in the next 15 minutes of play. Two Tigers — sophomore midfielder Sean

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McSherry and senior midfielder Brian Costa — each scored their first career goal en route to a tie game. From there the intensity grew and a back-and-forth effort ensued.

Senior goalie Josh Haberman was excellent, stopping a career high nine shots. However, the scariest moment came in the final two seconds, as Haberman could only watch as a Dartmouth shot rattled off the post and skirted away from the net.

The Tigers showed the entire Ivy League that they are resilient, tough, and will play for the entire 90 minutes and beyond. The rally gave the Tigers more than just a point; it gave them the confidence they can play — and win — no matter the circumstances.

“I think if we can do that we will play any team off the field,” Barba said.

The Tigers will have a few days off before their next game at Seton Hall. They then return home for their second Ivy League game of the season against Brown, who also tied in their conference opener against Columbia.

against Taylor Shukow of Penn State and took the match when her opponent retired due to injury.

Meanwhile on Day 2 of the tournament, Krems lost her Round of 16 match to Jessica Livianu of St. John’s and her consolation match against Da-

sha Sapogova of Penn State.

Wolff lost her first consolation match against Rima Asatrian of Columbia.

On Day 3, Krems and Vives grabbed wins to finish the tournament strong. Krems won in straight sets against Penn’s Luba Vazhenina, 6-2, 6-2. Vives, playing after taking all of her previous matches to a deciding tiebreak, enjoyed a straight-sets win against Sar-

ah Hall of the University of Delaware. Wolff and Goodwin lost tight consolation matches, each losing by three points in the tiebreak.

The other six players, who did not travel to the University of Pennsylvania, played at the North Carolina State Wolfpack Invitational last weekend.

Up next for the Tigers is the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Oct. 14–16.

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{ www.dailyprincetonian.com } SOCCER

Men’s soccer forces tie with Dartmouth

By Chris Murphy contributor

Playing on home turf at Roberts Stadium, Princeton came incredibly close to rallying for an amazing win, but ending the Ivy League opening game with a tie was almost a win in itself. Sophomore forward Jeremy Colvin’s shot flew just over the crossbar in the 95th minute in what would have been the game-winning goal for the Tigers. Instead, Princeton (43-1 overall, 0-0-1 Ivy) closed out the game even with Dartmouth (1-2-5, 0-0-1) to open Ivy League play with a draw.

It was their second draw in as many games and snapped a three-game winning streak at Roberts Stadium.

The situation looked bleak early in the game. The Big Green struck in the eighth minute as Noah Paravicini

scored off a feed from Justin Donawa. Dartmouth’s offense was relentless all game, riding the early goal momentum to 24 shots, 11 of which were on goal. However, Princeton looked to respond quickly, and had some great chances throughout the first half. Jeremy Colvin — who nearly won it in the 95th minute — was responsible for some of the best early chances for Princeton, including a shot knocked down by goalie James Hickok. Later in the half, senior defender Greg Seifert nearly scored off a shot saved by Hickok but not controlled by the Dartmouth defense. However, Princeton could not find the back of the net and the score remained 1-0.

Princeton then faced major adversity late in the first half when junior midfielder Daniel Bowkett was shown two

yellow cards in the span of a minute, forcing him off the pitch and forcing the Tigers to play with 10 men for the remainder of the game. Senior defender and captain Patrick Barba commented, “I think we need to do better with not getting in that situation in the first place.” However, the adversity seemed to fuel the Tigers as Barba almost found Colvin on a long shot to tie the game before the half.

Despite the goal deficit and man disadvantage, the Tigers looked poised to take control of the second half.

Then, less than 10 minutes into the second half, Tyler Dowse dealt what looked to be the dagger for the Tigers, scoring to give Dartmouth what seemed to be an insurmountable 2-0 lead. But like many other games this year, the Tigers continued to fight, See SOCCER page 5

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Men’s soccer defied the odds to secure a tie against Dartmouth.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Women’s tennis plays challenging tournament

By Berthy Feng staff writer

The Princeton women’s tennis team sent a delegation to University of Pennsylvania on Friday to compete at the Cissie Leary Invitational. Seniors Sivan Krems and Alanna Wolff, Junior Sara Goodwin, and sophomore Catalina Vives represented the Tigers during a weekend characterized by a combination of resounding wins and heartbreaking losses.

On the first day, Krems carried the team’s spirits with a singles win in the Flight A draw, defeating Temple University’s Galina Chernykh 6-4, 7-6(6). Wolff, Vives, and Goodwin fell in their singles firstround matches. Vives’ match was a close battle against freshman Renee Ren of Columbia. Vives took the first set 6-4,

lost the second 5-7, and lost the tiebreak by two points.

The doubles team of Goodwin and Vives, playing one-set matches, lost its first maindraw round to University of Pennsylvania and its consolation round to Penn State.

On Saturday, Vives, Goodwin, and Wolff began consolation play in singles. Vives, playing another close match, came out victorious after winning the tiebreak 10-5 against Ananya Dua of Cornell. Goodwin also emerged as the victor of a tight match, beating OJ Singh of Penn 10-4 in the tiebreak.

Both Vives and Goodwin carried the momentum into the consolation quarterfinals. The former defeated Irina Preotescu of St. John’s University, once again 10-5 in the tiebreak.

Goodwin won the first set See W. TENNIS page 5

COURTESY OF WOMEN’S TENNIS

The women’s tennis team played well at the Cassie Leary Invitational this past weekend.

Men’s water polo continues to perform against conference foes

M E N ’ S W AT E R P O L O

By Michael Gao staff writer

MEN’S WRESTLING

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Men’s water polo bolstered their national ranking this week.

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Ranked No. 14 in the national poll, the University’s men’s water polo team wasted no time in impressing observers, going 4-1 against fellow Collegiate Water Polo Association programs. Coming off a disappointing 1-3 stretch where the Tigers dropped narrow heartbreakers to the Air Force Academy, University of California,Davis, and University of California,Santa Barbara, Princeton quickly rebounded and regained its confidence.

Despite their losses, Princeton entered CWPA with an extremely talented and well-balanced roster this season. The exploits of junior Vojislav Mitrovic, an All-American goalie who recorded a stunning average of 15 saves per game in the Mountain West Invitational, had already earned national re-

nown. But perhaps an even more surprising hero was sophomore driver Matt Payne, who scored at least three goals in three of the four games during the invitational. Also integral to the powerful Princeton offense has been freshman Sean Duncan, who has been named a Northwest Water Polo Club Rookie of the Week for two weeks already.

The Tigers faced their first conference opponent in the pool on Wednesday, edging out an aggressive and spirited St. Francis College team 9-8. While Princeton led 6-4 at halftime and carried a two-point lead with only five minutes on the clock, the Terriers fought hard and tied the score at 8 with only a little over three minutes on the clock.

However, a well-timed goal by

Stat of the Day

No. 14 The men’s water polo team is currently ranked No. 14 in the nation.

junior attack Jordan Colina, who led the team with four goals, salvaged the match for the Tigers and earned them their first conference win. Payne continued his streak of success with three goals, while Mitrovic was once again stellar at the goal, recording a Princeton record of 20 saves.

The Tigers furthered their success in two consecutive conference matches against Iona College and Ivy League rival Brown. Against Iona, Colina once again led the team in goals by scoring a hat trick that played an essential role in the Tigers’ 12-7 victory; sophomore goalie Ryan Melosini ably filled the shoes of Mitrovic, registering eight saves. The Brown Bears, ranked No. 15 in the nation, just behind See M. WOPO page 5

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