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Life after accusation

Inside Princeton’s Honor Code

By Marie-Rose Sheinerman and Claire Silberman head news editors emeritae

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our days before last Christmas, a firstyear student sat in a corner booth of the Mexican restaurant where his parents work, waiting to be admitted into a Zoom meeting that would stretch over seven hours.

The meeting would mark the end of what he would later call “the hardest four weeks of my life.”

The student, who spoke with The Daily

Princetonian on the condition of anonymity and will be referred to in this story as Leo, began his college career in the fall of 2020 as one of just around 300 undergraduates who met the University’s criteria for emergency on-campus housing. For the Latin American immigrant, whose family earns around a third of the University’s tuition cost in a year, the

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Morrison Hall, home of the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.

BEYOND THE BUBBLE

NOT SATIRE

Faculty protest Department of Justice’s China Initiative

Flushing masks down toilets has become a ‘critical issue’ on campus

By Izzy Jacobson

By Tess Weinreich

Contributor

One hundred and ninety eight Princeton faculty demanded a stop to the United States Department of Justice’s (DOJ) China Initiative in an open letter, sent on Oct. 18 to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. They claim that the policy disproportionately targets researchers of Asian and Chinese descent, creating a hostile environment that hampers the recruitment of students and postdoctoral scholars.

The China Initiative was formed under the Trump Ad-

ministration in order to counter the Chinese government’s stealing of American intellectual property. It specifically targets those at U.S. universities who are believed to be engaging in espionage for the Chinese government. The China Initiative website lists successful cases of jurisdiction under the initiative, starting in April 2018 and most recently in May 2021.

But according to politics professor Rory Truex ’07, one of the letter’s original drafters, the outcomes of these investigations have been limited.

“As far as 2018, when this initiative was announced ... the big

U. AFFAIRS

Reunions 2022 set to be in-person, on campus

By Katherine Dailey Assistant News Editor

After taking place virtually in both 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, Reunions 2022 is planned to take place in-person on campus from May 19–22, 2022.

Kate Bellin ’02, President of the Class of 2002, which will be celebrating its 20th reunion this coming year, told The Daily Princetonian, “The classes who were supposed to have their majors this year will have the tents as always, so the classes who missed out will obviously come ... but I don’t think they’ll get their own space.”

Bellin also added that she felt these Reunions might resemble “victory Reunions,” similar to those when soldiers returned from a war and attended Reunions for the first time.

Erika Knudson, Executive ​Direc-

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tor for Advancement Communications, deferred comment to the University Communications team.

Claire Silberman ’23, who is planning to work Reunions 2022 and previously worked as a member of the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) crew in 2019, expressed her hopes about COVID measures to be put in place, stating, “It would be great if they mandated vaccines and negative tests to enter.

We’ve done so well on campus this semester keeping cases low, and I hope we keep it up for reunions.”

Silberman is the Head Satire Editor at the ‘Prince.’

Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss confirmed this in an email to the ‘Prince,’ adding, “COVID safety measures are an important aspect of this planning, and Advancement is working closely with campus health officials and See REUNIONS page 4

narrative at the time was China’s using so-called non-traditional intelligence collectors, i.e. students, postdocs, faculty members, to steal technology from the United States,” Truex said in an interview with The Daily Princetonian.

“The FBI has had over two years now to prove that this is happening in a systematic way, and they have failed to do so,” he said.

The letter claims that the majority of offenses under the China Initiative do not pertain to espionage or intellectual property theft. Rather, most prosSee CHINA page 4

Contributor

In recent weeks, University facilities have responded to an unusually high number of clogged toilets in campus bathrooms, specifically caused by the flushing of face masks.

With the subject line “Critical Issue- Mask Flushing in Bathrooms,” a Nov. 11 email was sent out from Housing Operations to all undergraduate students currently living in on-campus dormitories, communicating the issue and detailing the additional strain it has put on facilities employees.

“Facilities is now averaging 10 calls per day for clogged toilets,” wrote Housing and Real Estate Services in the email. “In most every case the culprit of the back-up has been used face masks that were flushed down the toilets.”

In certain cases, backups from flushed masks have damaged toilets and caused more extensive clogging in main sewer lines leading from buildings.

“These calls often require the closure of bathrooms, hours of work to unclog the toilets and cleanup work by our staff,” said See MASKS page 4

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U. AFFAIRS

U. continues push to net-zero campus emissions

By Kalena Blake Assistant News Editor

Against the backdrop of sprawling construction projects on campus, the University is transitioning its energy systems to achieve net-zero carbon emissions on campus

by 2046. University staff and industry experts weighed in on how the plans will impact campus life and the energy industry as a whole.

To meet its carbon targets, the University is replacing its steam-generated heating with a system that will

be driven by electric heat pumps, thermal storage, and geo-exchange. According to the press release, the University will become one of the first institutions to do so at this scale.

According to the Univer-

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OPINION PAGE 13

Football looks to lock up the Ivy League title against Penn this weekend.

Our columnists weigh in on the University’s current masking guidence.

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The Prospect reviews Theatre Intime’s production of a Shakespeare classic.

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Prior to a summer at the University’s Freshman Scholars Institute, the highest level of math Leo had access to was precalculus. In the fall, he enrolled in an introductory math course. “I was doing okay in the class,” Leo said. “I was doing well on the problem sets.”

But in early December, his experience with the class took a turn. After the semester’s third exam, he received an email at around 5 p.m. from a member of the Honor Committee, informing him that he was under investigation and would be required to meet with the Committee that same night.

Six hours later, at 11 p.m., he had his first meeting with the student investigators and learned he had been accused by his professor of collaborating with other students.

In a Zoom breakout room, a Peer Representative — a student volunteer charged with helping accused students through the process — told Leo not to speak too much. Anything Leo said could be used against him in a future trial, the student explained.

“I was very nervous,” Leo said. “I was having a little bit of a panic attack.” After the initial meeting, he was told by the Honor Committee members that his case would be moving forward.

On a campus populated by only six percent of the student body and constrained by social distancing regulations, the remainder of Leo’s semester would be colored by feelings of isolation, hopelessness, and shame, he told the ‘Prince.’

“I spent a lot of time locked in my dorm — sleeping, trying to gather evidence, crying,” he said. Most of Leo’s days were spent pouring over his notes for the class, doing and re-doing the problems for which he was accused, and collecting screenshots that could help prove his innocence. “I was losing my appetite,” he said. “I was having a hard time engaging with people or talking to other people.”

With finals and paper deadlines around the corner, he was left with “really no energy or motivation.”

Throughout the entire affair, Leo felt he could not confide in anyone about the situation, least of all his parents.

“College was the one way to help my parents and my family,” he said. “So to tell my mom that I might be suspended and I might not be able to come back to the school that I worked so hard to get into — I couldn’t do it.”

With the constant fear of a suspension hanging over him, Leo said he began to have suicidal thoughts.

Those thoughts followed him home, nearly three weeks after the initial email, to that restaurant booth on Dec. 21. Leo’s parents, a cook and waitress who lived in a mobile home at the time, had asked their employer if their son could use a booth

and WiFi at the restaurant for an important meeting.

They wouldn’t know what the meeting was about until it was over at 11 p.m. that night, when Leo was found “not responsible.”

The accusation Leo faced was one that dozens of Princetonians face each year — a violation of the Honor Code. Established in 1893, the code is outlined by University’s Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities handbook as an agreement between faculty and students to preserve academic integrity.

In exchange for unproctored examinations, students pledge their honor to refrain from giving or receiving unfair advantages. Under the Honor Code, students are also bound to report any alleged violations to the Honor Committee. All reported academic integrity violations for inclass exams are adjudicated by 15 students, some elected to class government and others appointed to serve by existing members. Notably, the Honor Committee is distinct from the Committee on Discipline, which evaluates academic integrity violations committed outside of the classroom, like plagiarism on papers.

Although the Honor Code has impacted generations of students at Princeton, the number of cases tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to a typical year, according to Honor Committee Chair Wells Carson ’22. With the spike in cases came new challenges.

The impact of accusations on student well-being was amplified by the isolating nature of the pandemic

— and in the eyes of some students involved with the process, the Honor Code’s purported core principle of peer-to-peer responsibility was eroded by increased professor and administrator intervention.

According to Carson, all the incidents during the pandemic were reported by professors, marking a shift from the normal processes in which cases are primarily reported by fellow students.

Almost all the cases came from economics, mathematics, or computer science courses, he said.

Despite the Code’s farranging impact on the course of students’ academic careers, the process regulating it remains murky to the vast majority who have never experienced it firsthand.

The ‘Prince’ spoke to eight students who have been through the disciplinary process (five of whom were accused during the virtual semesters), as well as the previous and current Honor Committee chairs, the Committee student clerk, two faculty members, two administrators, six past or current Peer Representatives, four alumni, and other individuals involved with the process. The ‘Prince’ also reviewed emails and documents provided by the students.

Most of the accused students spoke to the ‘Prince’ anonymously, expressing fear of consequences and stigma around honor violations. Nearly all reported experiencing a system that they felt presumed their guilt, severely harmed their mental health, and created

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Co-Chair of PeerRepresentatives Isra Thange ’22.

long-lasting damage to their relationships with both the University and academia.

Asked about the impact of the Honor Code system on student well-being, Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Joyce Chen Shueh told the ‘Prince’ that the University takes care to connect students going through the process to mental health resources, including Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS), the Office of Religious Life, and their residential college staff. While the Honor Committee highlights University mental health resources in their initial email to students, Leo and others interviewed for this piece refrained from contacting CPS, due to lack familiarity with mental health supports and lack of trust in the University in the wake of their accusation.

Students “are expected to abide by our rules of conduct, both behavioral and academic,” Chen Shueh said See HONOR page 6

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Flushing has clogged, damaged numerous toilets MASKS

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A graphic sent by Housing and Real Estate Services urging students not to flush face masks down the toilet.

Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss in a written statement to the ‘Prince.’

Hotchkiss also called on students to dispose of their masks properly: “We ask everyone to be respectful of our community and dispose of masks appropriately — in the trash, not the toilet.”

Several of the University’s residential colleges issued reminders to students to put used face masks in the trash — and not flush them — through weekly newsletters and social media pages.

First-year student Kyrah Potter ’25 was made aware of the issue from the Real Estate and Housing email.

“It was really funny ... I didn’t know or even think people were doing that,” she said.

Potter noted that she found the situation particularly unexpected because it seems so easily avoidable.

“I can’t think of a circumstance where you would need to get rid of our mask specifically in a stall and flush it that couldn’t wait to be thrown out in the bathroom trash can,” Potter said. “It’s not really comparable to something like menstrual products that make sense to be discarded before leaving

the stall.”

Alan Gutiérrez ’25 echoed this sentiment.

“I think it’s so funny but at the same time it’s kinda like what the heck? Like I try to understand the flushing of masks by thinking maybe people think it’s like a hygiene product and should be flushed but even then,” he said. “[T]he trashcan is literally right there like it makes no sense to flush masks but it is funny in a like ‘who would really do that’ kind of way.”

Tess Weinreich is a news and features contributor for the ‘Prince.’

She can be reached at tw7353@ princeton.edu or at @TessWeinreich on Twitter.

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others across campus to ensure we are being responsive to campus, state, and national public health advisories. We hope to have details to share in early 2022.”

However, for alumni looking to return to campus for reunions, lodging arrangements may pose a challenge. According to its website, the Nassau Inn, located across from campus in Palmer Square, is completely booked for May 20 and 21, and is available for checkout only on May 19. For the same dates the Courtyard Marriott, the Hyatt Regency, and the Homewood Suites by Hilton, three of the closest hotels to Princeton’s campus, there are similarly no rooms available for a stay

between May 19–22.

Bellin speculated that this phenomenon has happened so early in advance of Reunions itself because of people pushing reservations from prior years that they had made before they were cancelled.

She also expressed her excitement for the event overall, stating, “There were so many people in my class who I didn’t know when I was there, and being an elected official within my class, I get to know all those people throughout the year, and I get to see them at Reunions.

But also, I’m really excited to see my friends in other classes.”

“I think the older you get, I’m discovering, the more fun it is to do the things that are not just year-related — like alumni-faculty forums are really cool,” she added.

Silberman echoed similar senti-

ments, writing, “I’m looking forward to all the alumni returning to campus after two years of virtual reunions. There’s going to be three times as many people trying to celebrate major reunions that they missed because of COVID, so I think there will be a lot of energy and excitement on campus.”

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Erika Knudson is a member of the Committee on Reunions. Knudson serves as the Executive ​Director for Advancement Communications, but is not a member of the Committee on Reunions.

Katherine Dailey is an assistant news editor who often covers University affairs and breaking news. She can be reached at kdailey@princeton.edu or on Twitter at @kmdailey7.

COURTESY OF MAE MILLER ’70

At the Class of 1970’s 45th Reunions, Princeton’s eight first surviving female graduates returned to Princeton for the first time since graduation and marched in the P-Rade. Left to right: Mary Yee, Agneta Riber, Lynn Nagasako, Mae Wong Miller, Priscilla Read, Susan Craig Scott, and Judith-Ann Corrente.

Truex: Relationships Borer: It’s a daunting task, but I are viewed as a liability think we’re up for it and excited CHINA

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ecutions are on account of other misconduct, like failure to disclose employee appointments or funding from other countries, which are not mentioned as the Initiative’s primary goals.

The letter describes a number of unsuccessfully litigated cases from the China Initiative that involved racial profiling, such as that of Anming Hu, a professor at University of Tennessee Knoxville, who was acquitted due to a lack of evidence tying him to the Chinese government.

The letter expressed that these unfounded accusations promote the singling out of Asian researchers, creating an academic environment rife with fear and mistrust. They assert prosecutions based on the China Initiative may damage researchers’ careers or personal lives.

The Department of Justice maintains that they are cognizant of these claims, and investigations are conducted on the basis of the individual’s actions, not their race or ethnicity, as explained on NPR in November 2021.

But Professor Yiguang Ju of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, another of the letter’s original drafters, expressed feeling monitored on the basis of his Chinese ethnicity. He said he received three calls from the University Office of the General Counsel (OGC) regarding alleged ties with the Chinese government.

“Personally I do not have any kind of position in China, I have been declined such things,” he said. “But even for me, the University OGC came to talk … with me to ask to look at my CV … because I came from China.”

The University claims it has never arranged a meeting with any faculty on the basis of their Chinese ethnicity.

“When OGC becomes involved in internal reviews concerning foreign funding and engagements, it is typically based on new information that a faculty member provides (e.g., in connection with the University’s conflict-of-interest disclosure process), an external complaint the University is obligated to investigate, or a government in-

quiry or subpoena,” University Spokesperson Ben Chang wrote in an email to the ‘Prince.’

In an interview with the ‘Prince,’ Ju also claimed that the OGC questioned the number of “Chinese names” listed as collaborators on his curriculum vitae.

“That’s ridiculous,” he said.

“I do have Chinese names and ... collaboration with others, because fundamental research is open science. It’s a tradition to collaborate with others.”

The University denied this assertion.

“No OGC attorney would ever ask a faculty member any question based on the apparent national or ethnic origin of the names of the authors on a paper,” Chang wrote.

He added, “The OGC has discussed the nature and scope of certain Chinese research collaborations with a number of faculty members; some of the professors have been Chinese or Chinese-American, and others have not.”

Ju is also a member of the Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering (AAASE) board of directors. It aims to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and empower Asian-identifying scientists in the academic space.

Those faculty who signed the letter worry that discouragement from collaboration severely limits the capacity for research in the United States.

Their biggest concern is that hostility or suspicion may deter “the best” Chinese students and postdocs from entering, and remaining in, the United States.

“Once upon a time, relationships with China were viewed as a good thing, because it was important for us to be learning from China and engaging with Chinese scientists,” Truex said.

“Now all of a sudden, those relationships are viewed as a liability.”

The University faculty’s letter supports similar concerns posed by faculty at Stanford University, The University of California, Berkeley, and Temple University.

Izzy Jacobson is a news and features contributor for the ‘Prince.’

She can be reached at ijacobson@ princeton.edu and @izzyjacobsonn on Instagram.

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sity’s Energy Plant manager Edward Borer, the University is currently in the process of implementing a district hot water system. They will put in place the TIGER-CUB (thermally-integrated geoexchange resource central utility building), which is a facility that will draw heat out of the ground and deliver it to a hot water system. Geoexchange is the process by which heat is extracted from buildings in the summer and stored in the ground to be used to reheat them in the winter.

In instances where renewable energy is insufficient for powering the campus, the University plans to purchase renewable energy from offshore wind power to be delivered through an electric grid.

But barring extreme temperatures, the new system will provide enough energy for the entire campus.

“It’s a daunting task, but I think we’re up for it and excited about it,” Borer said.

Borer, who said he’s never experienced such an intense building construction program in his 27-year-long tenure, attributed the increased action to the efforts of President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 to construct the appropriate infrastructure plans to help the University reach its carbon goals.

According to Borer, while the up-front investment in the construction of these buildings is high, it will use less energy in its lifetime, reducing the cost of powering campus in the future.

For the University’s existing infrastructure, there is an effort to increase energy efficiency through the improvement of doors, windows, and additional insulation.

Borer noted the importance of preserving certain parts of the University’s campus.

“We’re not going to remove Nassau Hall just because it’s more efficient,” he said. “We want to ask window by window, facade by facade, how do

we approach this in a way that maintains the integrity of the building while also making it more efficient?”

To support the growing energy infrastructure, there will also be new IT infrastructure, according to University Associate Chief Information Officer Donna Tatro.

“OIT [Office of Information Technology] is at work upgrading the campus network infrastructure to be highly secure, fast, and ready to support the increasing number of wireless devices on campus,” wrote Tatro in an email to The Daily Princetonian. “Facilities need this new network so they can manage the new campus geo-exchange heating, cooling, and power systems.”

Through the implementation of these systems of energy, administrators believe the University has become an industry leader when it comes to large-scale energy transitions.

“When you look at universities in the U.S., I see institutions like Princeton providing leadership and vision to a better environmental future,” said Robert Thornton, the president and CEO of the International District Energy Association (IDEA).

IDEA is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit industry association with 2,500 members worldwide.

They include institutions like Princeton, Harvard, MIT, UCLA, and Purdue that own and operate district energy systems. Members also include companies that design, manufacture, and distribute technologies.

“People really appreciate not only what Princeton’s doing but how they have been forthcoming about the analysis they did to arrive at the plan, their hypotheses, and what they’re experiencing,” Thornton said.

Borer also noted how the University’s plan constitutes a highly adaptable model.

However, other institutions may choose to adopt only some aspects depending on their environmental contexts.

While the plan may not have an impact on daily stu-

dent life, the implications of these energy systems are vast.

According to Borer, if the job is done correctly, students should not feel a direct impact from the changes. In fact, due to the University’s building standards, the campus will hopefully be more comfortable for students.

The University has historically attempted to involve more students in understanding their energy usage. One example is the Tiger Energy App, which allows students to see how much energy they’re using. Though it has existed for years, Borer noted how many students are not aware of this resource.

The local energy generation has implications not only for the University, but for the broader community as well.

Thornton noted how in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the resilience of the University’s microgrid enabled it to offer continuous energy to the greater Princeton community as well as members of the University.

“Local generation offers advantages that are important,” Thornton said. “As a society we’re encountering 500-year storms, extreme conditions, and weather aberrations. It’s useful for our members to be able to share how they’re managing, responding, and planning for a different climate future than what we’ve had.”

Thornton asked that critics of the University’s plan be patient given the requirements for reliability and the ongoing strains of the economy. While the transition to low-carbon infrastructure is measured in years, its value spans decades, according to Thornton.

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now,” he said, referencing an old proverb. “I think Princeton is really trying to not just talk about, but actually deliver on, a low-carbon infrastructure, and they’re going to be commended.”

Kalena Blake is an assistant news editor. She can be reached at kalenab@princeton.edu.

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By Julian Gottfried, Zoe Berman, Guanyi Cao, Mark Dodici, and Angel Kuo

Staff Photographers

Early in the second half of last Saturday’s home win against Yale, senior defensive back Christian Brown (28) celebrates with senior running back Trey Gray (20) after Grey’s touchdown increased Princeton’s lead to 28–17. The Tigers would go on to win 35–20, securing a bonfire on Cannon Green this weekend.

Students wait for the all-clear as stormy weather delayed the Princeton vs. Yale football game on Saturday.

Even as the holiday break nears, the rush of life at Princeton continues.

Students enjoy dipping apple cider donuts into Forbes’s chocolate fountain as a sweet autumn treat.

Sunlight shines through the trees in Firestone Plaza after a rainy weekend.

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in a lengthy statement. “While these are necessarily difficult conversations and processes, we strive to ensure that they are respectful, sensitive and fair.”

Chen Shueh claimed that violations looked different as a result of virtual learning, a trend many have pointed to across the country, given that “opportunities to seek help or input from others or to look at one’s notes or at internet resources (when not permitted) were available in ways they normally are not during an in-person exam.”

To handle the increase in cases, and in light of ongoing implementation of 2019 reforms, the honor system saw new protocols. Historically, two students have been assigned to investigate each case before the initial hearing. But according to Peer Representatives Co-Chair Isra Thange ’22, the University’s Office of the Dean of the College (ODOC) began relying on private investigators — trained legal professionals — to help lead the evidence-gathering process during the fall of 2020.

These private investigators could open students’ Canvas records and IT files, according to Grace Masback ’21, the former co-chair of the Peer Representatives. Chen Shueh confirmed that investigators can “request information from instructors or OIT [Office of Information Technology] about students’ use of Blackboard or Canvas,” but cannot

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believe that?” in response to her account of how she had studied for the exam. Eventually, she said she started “visibly showing signs of distress.” After having a panic attack, Jen left the meeting.

“It bothered me that they didn’t recognize those signs before it built up to this point where I couldn’t handle it anymore,” she said. “They kept pushing me further and further.”

Chen Shueh maintains that this account does not represent the way University investigators typically conduct interviews. While the investigators’ questions may feel adversarial, “it is necessary for the investigator to obtain a detailed account of the student’s responses to the questions and concerns, clarify any inconsistencies, and review the information they have provided.”

She added that throughout the process, students are provided breaks if needed and that “if students with disabilities ask for accommodations during the process,” her office works with the Office of Disability Services “to make reasonable accommodations.” (Jen said she did not reach out to ODS, nor did the Committee offer her the option of doing so in their initial communication.)

In the days that followed, Jen said she received a slew of emails — and then text messages — asking her to schedule another meeting. When she didn’t respond, she said she discovered her coach had been informed of the accusations against her. (Asked about this claim, Chen Shueh said

You’re scared of other people your age; you feel like they’re more powerful than you.

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access students’ “documents located on their laptops unless a student is present and agrees to access their documents.”

The majority of cases during the COVID-19 semesters, including Leo’s, involved either accusations of collaboration or “use of unallowed notes.” But the virtual year proved challenging for collecting hard evidence. Without student witnesses in the “exam room,” the Honor Committee relied heavily on professor testimony. According to Masback, who oversaw or personally served as Peer Representative for most cases, professor accusations were often grounded in a suspicion that answers were too similar to come from different students — even as students insisted that the similarity stemmed from them having studied together, a permissible and even encouraged practice.

‘Past my breaking point’ For two students — referred to as Jen and Sophie throughout this story — an accusation of collaboration from a professor would lead to a hotel room panic attack, a 3 a.m.

Zoom hearing, and what Jen would later call her “breaking point.”

Jen and Sophie are underclass students, friends, and varsity teammates. As first-years in the spring of 2021, the pair said they studied together for the final exam of their introductory economics course, using the same flashcards and quizzing each other as preparation. But shortly after finals, just as they were about to compete in a high-stakes athletic event, Jen and Sophie received word from an honor investigator that they had been accused of collaboration on the exam.

Jen, who told the ‘Prince’ she suffers from diagnosed anxiety, said she asked the investigators to postpone the initial meeting. After they refused, she said she joined a Zoom meeting with investigators in a hotel room between practices — and almost immediately felt that something was off.

At the meeting, the investigators repeatedly challenged her story, Jen said, recalling how they asked questions like “You really expect me to

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that “if a student is not responsive to a request to meet,” ODUS deans may reach out “to the coach to determine whether it is possible for the student to be available for the interview.”)

At the eventual hearing, Jen felt as though the investigators leveraged her mental health episode at the initial meeting as evidence of her guilt.

“They almost used the first meeting against me,” Jen said. “They said, like, ‘she couldn’t answer these questions, which is really suspect.’”

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, Sophie was video-conferencing into the same hearing from home — scheduled from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. in her time zone, despite her objections. Sophie was on a strict training schedule and would start a workout at 6:30 a.m later that same day.

“It was a bit of a nightmare for me,” she told the ‘Prince.’ “How do you literally sit here and defend your place at the University, when you know we didn’t do anything wrong — at three in the morning?”

Chen Shueh said that last year the Honor Committee “encountered challenges with scheduling hearings when participants were in multiple time zones,” but that accused students were allowed to indicate a “preferred time” and that the hearing “would not have proceeded if the student did not propose or agree to a particular time slot.”

Ultimately, Jen and Sophie, like Leo, were found not responsible.

And, according to Chen Shueh, “the overwhelming majority of students who are suspended as a result of academic integrity violations return to campus and successfully complete their studies.” But for Jen, Sophie, Leo, and the five other accused students the ‘Prince’ interviewed, the impact of their hearings lasted well beyond their final meetings with the Committee. Most reported that their experience permanently changed the way they approach their time at Princeton.

“I would definitely say it put kind of a stain on my view of here,” Jen said. “I was kind of stressed out to come back [to Princeton] just because I went through this agonizing time.”

Jen doesn’t study with teammates anymore, “which is sad, because I

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How do you literally sit here and defend your place at the University, when you know we didn’t do anything wrong — at three in the morning?

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want to study with people, because that’s how I learn best,” she said.

Similarly, Leo says he has “a lot of anxiety and fear” each time he turns in an assignment or an exam.

“It kind of soured my love of work and of school,” he told the ‘Prince’ around 10 months after the incident. “I’ve been in kind of an academic funk since then that I haven’t been able to break.” In part because he’s now “weary of the math department” and reluctant to take its courses, his trajectory at the University and plans for after graduation have changed.

‘I don’t feel at home here anymore’ Two students who returned this fall from an Honor Code suspension — referred to in this story as Nathan and Elena — likewise said their view of campus was warped by their experiences.

“I now entirely associate Princeton with the Honor Committee hearing,” Nathan told the ‘Prince.’

(Both Nathan and Elena maintain they were unjustly held responsible.)

“Even when I was away — even getting an email on my phone or seeing people post at Princeton, or literally just the word ‘Princeton’ — every single time, it brings me back to that and resurfaces that experience and that trauma for me,” he said. Like Leo, Nathan said the experience destroyed his love of learning and left him hypervigilant when completing assignments — more focused on “collecting evidence” in the case of a potential accusation than on the content of the material itself.

“I don’t feel at home here anymore,” Nathan said, months after the proceedings.

Elena said in an interview prior to the start of the term that she feared coming back to campus and the possibility of “going out and seeing someone who was on [her] Honor Committee panel” — tangible and persistent reminders of an experience that was “worldview changing.” As a student who had entered the Orange Bubble with joy and pride, she found it heartbreaking to feel herself “start hating Princeton.”

Leo said he feels it’s still taboo to speak publicly about violations.

The combination of campus social stigma with the student-run Committee “pitting students against each other” creates discomfort for the accused, he argued.

“You’re scared of other people your age; you feel like they’re more powerful than you,” he said of the Honor Committee members. “You might be scared to interact with them, or even look at them because like, you know, they’re on this committee that could get you suspended and taken away from the school. I think that power

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dynamic is really what makes it really hard to speak out.”

From Carson’s perspective, these sentiments make sense. At hearings, Carson said he often tells those found responsible, “If you need someone to blame, hate me. Hate me. Cuss me out all the time. Do anything you want.”

“It’s a really scary situation that is really awful and emotionally taxing, so I think it’s most likely probably triggering for them to see someone from the Honor Committee that was in their hearing,” Carson said of the students returning from suspensions. “I do my best to give them space. Like, I would never go talk to someone who’s come before the Committee.”

Honor Committee members frequently cry due to proceedings, Carson said, though they often discuss that “this is not our place” to process any difficult emotions involved.

“It’s a horrible process for everyone involved. We’re always looking for ways we can minimize that,” said Honor Committee Clerk Dylan Shapiro ’23, who plans to take over as chair next term. “But no one on the Committee kids themselves that it’s anything less than a deeply unpleasant process.”

Nathan said that the ongoing impacts of the experience extended beyond his relationship to academics and into the realm of his mental and physical health. In the three weeks surrounding the proceedings, Nathan lost 20 pounds.

“I did not sleep, my diet was irregular, I lost pretty much all of my hunger,” he said. “As a result of that, a few months after the hearing, I was diagnosed with severe depression, which I now receive medical treatment for,” he said. “I have to now regularly attend therapy in order to work through this trauma.”

Dr. Calvin Chin, the director of CPS, spoke with the ‘Prince’ about his experience counseling students in relation to the Honor Code. A lot of that job, as he put it, comes down to being a resource for students amid a process that “can feel really scary,” and discussing plans and management techniques for various potential outcomes of the hearing.

Violations of academic integrity, in his view, often come as “a cry for help.” Rarely does the violation come from malicious intent, Chin argued.

“It’s students who are feeling really overwhelmed by an assignment and they’re at their wit’s ends, and they’re really scared that they’re going to fail so they may impulsively decide to get help in a way that violates the Honor Code,” Chin said.

“Or someone has been depressed for a long period of time and just hasn’t been able to focus or hasn’t been able to go to class, and they’re feeling really bad about themselves. And

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No one on the Committee kids themselves that it’s anything less than a deeply unpleasant process Dylan Shapiro ’23 Honor Committee Clerk

they almost choose to take an action that’s self-destructive but in keeping with how badly they feel about themselves.”

Asked about the extent to which a student’s mental health ought to play a role in the Honor Committee’s proceedings, Chen Shueh wrote that “a student’s stated mental stress while taking an exam or writing a paper is not considered a mitigating factor in the Committee’s determinations or outcomes.”

“To do otherwise would require highly subjective judgments that would, inevitably, result in different outcomes for the same infraction,” she wrote. “The adjudicating bodies must rely on an objective interpretation of the evidence presented in reaching conclusions and applying sanctions.”

A history of slow and unsteady progress Stanley Katz, a Professor Emeritus who first came to Princeton in 1978, said that throughout his four decades at the school, he has come to see the Honor Code in a radically different light from administrators.

“We’re probably one of the earliest schools that adopted an Honor Code. And I think Princetonians who know about it tend to think it’s an admirable and distinctive part of the experience,” Katz said in an interview with the ‘Prince.’ “My own view is that those are students who haven’t thought about it very much.”

Katz, a decorated scholar of U.S. constitutional and legal history, said he believes the honor system is “overly punitive.” The iterative attempts at reform he’s witnessed, while at times reaching modest success, have ultimately left the structure in place.

At the Honor Code’s inception, the standard penalty for an academic integrity violation was expulsion. In 1921 came the first real attempt at reform, when leniency was introduced for “exceptional cases.” The next substantial revision would come five decades later, in 1974, when suspension was formally added as a disciplinary alternative.

Seven years later, in 1981, despite calls for change among the student body, the Honor Committee declined to hold an “open session” to hear suggestions for reforms, with one member telling the ‘Prince’ at the time the Committee had decided “not to seek to stir up more controversy right away.”

Two more efforts at reform similarly saw no results. In 1994, an Undergraduate Student Government (USG) referendum called for accused students to be given at least a sevenday period to prepare their defense.

Although it gained 57 percent of the student vote, it failed to meet the 75 percent threshold for adoption. And in 2003, four Honor Code referenda made the USG ballot, but only one passed — allowing accused violators to bring a representative with them to hearings, thus paving the way for the creation of Peer Representatives.

More recently in 2018, referenda passed by the student body were not implemented immediately and instead remanded to the Committee on Examinations and Standing for faculty input. Having met the criteria outlined in the Honor Constitution for referenda, student activists felt deflated by the University’s inaction.

“You’re always fighting an uphill battle,” Micah Herskind ’19 told the ‘Prince’ about his experience advocating for change at the University.

Throughout his Princeton career, Herskind protested, petitioned, and demonstrated on behalf of numerous activist causes. The 2018 attempts to reform the Honor Code were the only time in those four years where he felt the rules were on his side. When the referenda were

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remanded, he said, “They ended up throwing out that rule book.”

“There’s a process in place, we followed it to the tee, it was done, and even still, it didn’t matter,” Herskind said.

Yet some of the reforms he fought for later came to fruition. In response to the 2017 referenda, four committees convened and recommended adding alternate potential penalties — a reprimand and onesemester suspension — for certain violations.

Even so, the Committee is cautious in adjudicating with leniency.

Ultimately, the Honor Committee’s recommendation is non-binding, and the administration can overrule it. So, Carson said, “When we thought it would be accepted by the University, we tried our best to err on the side of disciplinary probation. But when we thought that it would not be accepted by the University, we assigned a one-semester suspension.”

The one recourse students found in violation are told they have is appealing the Committee’s decision through ODOC. But according to several Peer Representatives, successful appeals are incredibly rare. Bobo Stankovikj ’20, a former chair of the group, estimated that one case in every five years was overturned. Masback and Ethan Thai ’21, also former chairs, could not recall a case that had been won on appeal. (ODOC does not release statistics on appeals, and Chen Shueh did not respond explicitly to an inquiry on the number of students who appeal each year and the number of appeals that are granted.)

The preparation of an appeal is itself an arduous process. According to Nathan and Elena, both of whom experienced it firsthand, appeals require students to repeat the same exhaustive evidence documentation they performed for their hearings.

“You have a student who was just found responsible,” Stankovikj said.

“And you’re telling them that, by the way, try writing this type of document that you’ve never written before and that will also almost certainly get rejected. That’s weird.

That’s an absurd system.”

Disproportionate impact on FLI students One of the strongest criticisms leveraged against the Honor Code over the years points to how the system appears to put low-income students at a unique disadvantage.

Leo said that, in his own experience, it felt as though the system “disproportionately affects students of color and FLI students.”

“Latinx and FLI students I’ve spoken with who have been called before the Committee discussed the extensive anxiety induced by the Committee’s initial phone call,” Soraya Morales Nuñez ’18 wrote in 2017 in a guest opinion piece for the ‘Prince.’ “Others who have testified before this Committee told me about experiencing severe intimidation as well as unnecessary mental and emotional distress at the hands of peers that walk the same halls as us.”

Students receiving financial aid who are found responsible for an Honor Code violation also experience an added financial burden compared to students who pay full tuition.

“If you are required to repeat a semester for disciplinary reasons,” the University’s financial aid award terms state, “you will not be eligible for a University grant for the repeated term. Student loans may be requested to cover your need in this situation.”

Chen Shueh wrote that financial aid unused from the voided semester can carry over to the semester when a student re-enrolls, and that the “Financial Aid Office will work

with them to extend loans to cover any shortfall.”

But for students like Leo, a semester without aid could have had dire consequences. “My parents at the time made under $25,000 a year,” he said. “If I were to be found guilty, I wouldn’t be able to come back to Princeton.”

Sociology professor Patricia Fernández-Kelly, who is often called to defend students accused of Honor Code violations, has witnessed this dynamic play out since 1998, when she arrived at Princeton and first noticed the unique impacts of Honor Committee proceedings on FLI students.

“Those are the families and these are the students who will actually suffer the most from these kinds of interruptions in their education,” she said. “Banishing students for a period of one year, when they are 18, 19, or 20 years old, is enormously harmful.”

Another group that may face disproportionate harms in the Honor Code process is varsity athletes. In the case of Jen and Sophie, both felt that their status as teammates played a key role in the accusation against them.

“The majority of the case against us was based on the fact that we were teammates and could have done it together or texted each other or whatever — even though there was no evidence of this,” Sophie said.

Fernández-Kelly said she’s also noticed a systemic disadvantage for

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Co-Chair of Peer Representatives Claire Schmeller ’23.

the Peer Reps better and more involved within the honor system.”

On Nov . 7, the Honor Constitution was amended to add explicit language codifying Peer Representatives as a part of the system. After three iterations of Peer Representatives’ leadership — from Stankovikj in 2019 to the current chairs, Thange and Claire Schmeller ’23 — the group has progressively seen greater success in developing working relationships with the Honor Committee Chairs, though their overarching goal remains unchanged.

“My first and most important goal is making students feel like they have power,” Schmeller said.

But despite this goal and the progress to date, being “honor coded” on

I want people to have more grace with people who have been found in violation.

Dr. Calvin Chin Director of CPS

athletes. In some cases she’s witnessed, she said she felt athletes had been stereotyped or treated differently.

On a case involving varsity teammates last fall, “the fact that they were athletes living in the same location was seen by the professor or the preceptors as possible indications of the likelihood of malfeasance,” Fernández-Kelly said. According to her, the University’s criteria and standards “would be laughed out of court of law in the United States of America.”

‘I felt like I had a moral obligation to the accused students’ In a system obscured by a lack of transparency, a seldom-successful appeals process, and anxiety-inducing procedures, COVID-19 and the honor system’s evolving policies seem to have only amplified preexisting hardships for students who come before the Committee.

For those students, Peer Representatives felt like the only line of defense in helping them avoid suspension. For Peer Representative Abby Meyers ’22, that work is personal.

In the spring of 2018, when Meyers was a first-year, she received a disciplinary suspension following an incident in a data science class.

“I didn’t have a Peer Representative. I didn’t have any assistance, mentorship, or guidance,” Meyers said, looking back. Despite having “absolutely zero clue” how to build her defense, she wrote her opening and closing statements alone. “I felt like there was no justice, there was no rationality within the system,” she said.

Meyers first received a letter from the Committee on Discipline notifying her that she was being investigated for academic misconduct while on vacation with her family.

Left feeling ashamed and alone, she said she did not confide in her parents and attended the virtual meeting with the investigators at 5 a.m. her time, in secret.

By the end of the process, she faced a year-long suspension — and once back on campus, felt a renewed sense of purpose. “I thought, I need to help students who get accused,” Meyers said. “That’s kind of the motivation as to why I joined. And I’m happy I joined. I think we can make

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campus still carries with it a lasting stigma and sense of shame.

“I think the hardest part about it all was telling people,” Meyers said.

“When you go to Princeton, the #1 school in the world, you come in with expectation and some pride on your shoulders and a little ego. So when something like this happens to you, it’s a big weight you have to take off. So having to tell people so close to me, who admired me and what I did, that was very difficult.”

Chin, the CPS director, said he hopes the campus community can move away from a culture of shame around the issue and toward “a place where we could be more accepting of one another and less judgmental.”

Publicly acknowledging experiences with the honor system among the student body, he hopes, “maybe will help the next student who’s feeling that same level of pressure” get the support they need.

“I want people to have more grace with people who have been found in violation,” Chin said.

For now, Chin’s hopes for the student body remain just that — hopes.

Until change comes, whether on a campus culture level or on a University level, some students who have worked within the system continue to question whether it should exist at all.

“If you believe that students are not intrinsically bad, that most academic violations are a result of the massive stress that Princeton creates, and admittedly, some bad decision making by students,” Stankovikj said, “then perhaps the entire structure of the honor system doesn’t need to exist in the way that it does right now.”

Marie-Rose Sheinerman is a senior writer who has reported on COVID-19 policy, faculty controversy, sexual harassment allegations, major donors, campus protests, and more. She can be reached at ms78@princeton.edu or on Twitter at @rosesheinerman. She previously served as a news and feature editor and presently assists with content strategy.

Claire Silberman is a senior writer who has covered USG, student activism, and graduate student affairs. She can be reached at cbms@princeton.edu. She serves as Head Satire Editor and previously served as Head News Editor.

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hero, Little Artie Klein SPORTS Our Remembering Arthur Klein ’59 on World Pancreatic Cancer Day

By Megan Klein

Guest Contributor

To me, he was Grandpa. But to the 3,000 fans in Dillon Gymnasium on Jan. 18, 1957, he was a miracle. Or as The New York Post called him, “Princeton’s New Hero.”

Why? Little Artie Klein threw a 42foot, over-the-shoulder blind hook shot to defeat Dartmouth with one second left in overtime, placing Princeton first in the Ivy League.

The announcer said: “Klein over the ... SHOULDER. IT GOES IN! THAT WAS THE MOST FANTASTIC SHOT I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!” After my grandpa passed away in 2008 from pancreatic cancer, my dad gave my sister and I CDs of the commentary from the game, which is still ingrained in my memory. I can hear it when I close my eyes, followed by the static muffling of the entire gym erupting in cheers.

Growing up, Artie was the new fifth grader on the block after moving to Malverne, N.Y., but it didn’t take long for him to settle in.

When he wasn’t at school or at home, he could be found down School Street at the corner court, practicing his game. He always said foul shots were never to be wasted, something he would prove true a few years later.

In high school, he was “Malverne High’s ace play-maker” and made the local paper’s All-Star high school basketball team more than once. When it was time for college, he applied to every Ivy League school and got into all of them.

“I received numerous basketball scholarships, but someone from Princeton recruited me, and, as soon as I saw the school, I knew that was where I wanted to go,” my grandpa wrote in his eulogy before he passed. “Princeton didn’t give athletic scholarships, but my parents, who had modest income, supported my decision, and off I went.”

On May 10, 1955, he received a letter from Princeton’s Head Coach, F.C. Cappon, who wrote, “I assure you that you will never regret deciding to further

your education at Princeton.”

Fast forward to that January night in 1957, when a Tiger win would place them first in the Ivy League Conference, pushing the defending champion, Dartmouth, aside. With five minutes left in regulation and down by nine, Artie stepped onto the court, and Princeton came back.

Three minutes into overtime, he was given the chance to tie the game with two foul shots. It was like he was back at home in Malverne, shooting free throws at the corner court. He tied the game 59–59.

With about a second left on the clock, Princeton called a timeout to decide how to secure the win. The play didn’t involve Artie, but when the player who was supposed to get the ball was blocked, he was wide open and ready.

After being passed the ball, Artie whirled it over his shoulder without even looking. The miracle shot swished right through the basket, nothing but net. The buzzer sounded, and the game ended at 61–59. The last four points were Artie’s, and he was the hero of the night.

The crowd and his teammates immediately mobbed him, and he was lifted onto their shoulders and carried off the court. The screaming in the gym went on for five minutes.

I can still hear his voice from the CD, Long Island accent and all, “When the ball first went in, I just couldn’t believe my eyes. But of course, it’s my greatest thrill, and I’ll probably never have anything like it again either.”

Once he graduated, Artie went into the Army Reserves and got an MBA from Columbia before finding his place at Young & Rubicam, a global advertising agency. This is where he met Sandi, in his words a “young, cute girl with long brown hair.” They were married within seven months.

He wasn’t known to flaunt his Tiger stripes after college. He kept in touch with his teammates and would occasionally go to a football game, but the tales of his legendary accomplishments stayed in New Jersey.

“He didn’t live in the past, he lived in the present, mostly because that was his family,” his wife Sandi Klein said.

“But he did love Princeton and was very proud that he went there, that was an important part of his life.”

He was just innately humble.

Whether it was his athletic and academic achievements or business successes, he always left those at work, at school or on the court. “[Our] father used to say about him, ‘I’d love to be a fly on the wall to listen to him when he’s either talking or lecturing or doing business,’” Artie’s sister Roz recalled. “He never talked about that stuff. He was unassuming.

He never bragged. He never boasted.

He was just Arthur.”

One of my earliest memories of him was in the driveway of my dad’s childhood home. He taught my twin sister Alexis and me how to properly shoot a basketball with his “BEEF” technique: bend the knees, elbow in, eyes on the basket, follow through. He never got to see Alexis, who captained our high school basketball team, put BEEF to use in her nonchalant three pointers.

We were eight years old when our parents sat us down in the basement one August day to tell us Grandpa was sick. He went to the doctor with horrible back pain and left with a diagnosis of Stage Four Pancreatic Cancer.

It took time for me to understand what it meant to lose someone, especially to lose a grandfather. I don’t re-

member much from the funeral, but I do remember a group of men speaking.

His former Tiger classmates were now there for his other team, his family.

When Grandpa got sick, one of the Dartmouth players from that historic game decades before gave him a call when he heard of the news. He wanted Artie to know that after all these years, he still remembered his amazing buzzer beater shot.

Just how he never boasted of his accomplishments, Grandpa never complained much either. I remember him sitting on the edge of the pool the month of his diagnosis, wearing an orange polo (a switch-up from his usual muted yellow) and khaki shorts, legs dangling in the deep end while I swam around. I didn’t know the excruciating pain he was in. All he did was hunch over a bit and smile.

Five months later, he was gone.

The last time I saw my grandpa, I leaned over the couch he hadn’t left in weeks and whispered in his ear that I loved him.

Ever since then, I’ve done my best to make him proud.

Grandpa, you were once Princeton’s hero. But you’ll forever be mine.

Megan Klein is a senior at Boston University majoring in Journalism and minoring in Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies. She hopes to combine her love of sports and communications after graduation.

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Sarah Gemmell and Ava Milberg Staff Constructors

As Thanksgiving approached and turkey season came to an end, five colleagues, not strangers, but definitely not friends went to Allen’s party for a gleeful night out.

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An end to legacy admissions?

Princeton should follow Amherst College’s lead

BOARD OF TRUSTEES president Thomas E. Weber ’89 vice president Craig Bloom ’88 second vice president David Baumgarten ’06 secretary Chanakya A. Sethi ’07 treasurer Douglas Widmann ’90 assistant treasurer Kavita Saini ’09

trustees Francesca Barber Kathleen Crown Gabriel Debenedetti ’12 Stephen Fuzesi ’00 Zachary A. Goldfarb ’05 Michael Grabell ’03 John G. Horan ’74 Rick Klein ’98 James T. MacGregor ’66 Abigail Williams ’14 Tyler Woulfe ’07 trustees ex officio Emma Treadway ’22 Louis Aaron ’23

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ast month, Amherst College announced that it will end legacy admission preferences beginning next year. In doing so, Amherst joins a range of colleges from elite private schools including Johns Hopkins, Pomona, and MIT, alongside public universities including the University of California and the University of Texas. Ending legacy preferences is a significant commitment to expanding access and equity, and Princeton and other schools should follow suit.

The fundamental function of legacy admission preferences is to concentrate privilege. It grants an advantage to students for an attribute they have no control over, and did not earn.

College admissions is a notoriously opaque process. You’ve likely heard the term “holistic admissions” more times than you can count while on tours at various universities.

It’s true, there are countless characteristics that universities take into account when evaluating applicants, from test scores to family background to athletic achievements. But granting preference due to legacy status is fundamentally different from those other traits.

For one, legacy status is an unearned attribute.

You may disagree with preferences for recruited athletes, but athletes who are recruited have earned their place. There are disparities in access to elite training that makes some sports less diverse than others, but regardless, a given athlete applying to a school has earned their achievement and their skill is in part a reflection of their own effort. Legacy admissions is comparable to being recruited as a fencer solely because your mother fenced at Princeton. Being a legacy has no inherent correlation with a student’s actual academic ability or what kind of student they would be in this community. And while legacy is never the sole reason a student is admitted, no one should get an extra push over the

line because of who their parents are.

One could argue that a student’s racial background is also beyond their control, and thus affirmative action is equally unjust. But affirmative action does not reinforce privilege — it does the opposite. Affirmative action seeks to take into account historical disadvantages and the ways that having a more diverse student body will enhance the University community by exposing students to differing perspectives.

Princeton has as great a need to abandon legacy admissions as Amherst did. At Amherst, legacy students comprise about 11 percent of each class. In Princeton’s Class of 2025, 10 percent of students are legacies, a decline from the Class of 2024’s 11.3 percent.

That means more students in the Class of 2025 are legacies than are Black — eight percent are Black.

Take the Class of 2022’s admission cycle for example, for which there is more comprehensive data available. Of the 35,370 applicants, two percent were children of alumni. Nearly a third of those legacy students were admitted, compared with an overall admission rate of 5.5 percent.

14.3 percent of the resulting Class of 2022 are legacy students. The admission rate for students of color was 6.2 percent. Thus, the benefit granted to legacy students far outstrips any other toe on the scale for other student traits. It is a unique and unearned benefit.

A common argument for legacy admissions is that it strengthens the connection between alumni and the University, making alumni more likely to give back to the University.

These contributions, so the argument goes, are what makes it possible for Princeton to support students to the extent that it does.

But the University just announced that its endowment has grown to $37.7 billion, the thirdhighest in the Ivy League and the fourth-highest nationwide, just behind Stanford. Not only that, Princeton’s 46.9 percent year-over-year return was the second-highest of the Ivies and shows that the endowment is as strong as ever. It is hard to argue that the University relies

on comparatively small contributions from alumni to keep the doors open.

There’s even an argument to be made that Princeton does not need to charge students tuition at all.

We should all hope that our relationship with this university is more than just a transactional agreement that alumni donations will lead to a leg up in admissions. Princeton should earn our donations through the quality of our experiences here, not because of some hope of future benefit.

University spokesman Ben Chang recently defended Princeton’s legacy policy, telling the Wall Street Journal that “as our student body diversifies, our alumni body diversifies, and, in turn, the children of alumni diversify.”

But the fact remains that legacy students are more likely to be wealthy and white than other students, as analysis of Harvard’s admissions process shows. In Harvard’s Class of 2019, 70 percent of legacy admits were white, while 41 percent of legacy students had parents who earned more than $500,0000 per year (meaning nearly half of legacy students were part of the top one percent of US income). At Princeton, 73 percent of legacy students in the Class of 2023 are white.

It’s hard to argue a system like this advances diversity. The exclusive realities of legacy preferences far outweigh its potential for indirectly improving inclusivity in future generations. If Princeton wants to diversify its student body, there are far more direct and effective measures it can take.

I’m a legacy student, and I am glad to be a Princetonian. But, as Rachel Kennedy wrote in 2019, our path here should not be easier than anyone else’s just because our parents attended. All of us have a responsibility to reflect on the inequitable structures that shape our lives, and legacy preference, and the broader system of college admissions, is part of that.

Other schools are starting to take on this issue — can Princeton be next?

Julia Chaffers is a senior history concentrator from Wellesley, Mass. She can be reached at chaffers@princeton.edu.

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The ‘Princeton Plague’ goes national Braden Flax

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uch attention has been recently paid to the prevalence of unshakable illnesses among undergraduates.

The unforgiving academic environment of Princeton gives little room for recovery and facilitates the constant spread of unrelenting sickness. This phenomenon is hardly exclusive to our university community, though, which takes its cues from the national community.

The indifference, even hostility, of the wider society to the health of its population is especially demonstrated by recent discourse concerning paid family leave, an essential and basic provision that much of the world now takes for granted.

Without it, the United States will continue to suffer from a large-scale and everlasting version of the periodic “Princeton Plague.”

It is worth remembering that while the Republicans are most adamant about their opposition to paid family leave, the Democrats — not unlike Princeton — may claim to support those in need, but frequently fail to act on these claims.

At Princeton, we often wonder if our physical and mental struggles, along with how we choose to cope with and manage them, are “normal” or “legitimate.”

Consequently, we continue to attend classes even when

we shouldn’t from a medical or self-care perspective, endangering ourselves and those around us. As arduous as the academic environment may be, we do not make such choices out of necessity alone. In fact, strictly speaking, most things we choose to do, we don’t actually “have to” do.

Yet, environmental pressures still exist that discourage us from taking the time we need to care for ourselves.

If we do take this time, we feel guilty about having done so, assuming that those around us feel disrespected by our failure to always be our best selves. That is to say, we are convinced not only of the necessity of these unhealthy habits, but also of the moral, intellectual, and civic righteousness of the institutions and ideologies that put us through it. Operating with this mindset, it

seems that neither Princeton nor the outside world could conceivably be any different.

And if they were, it would be to our individual and collective peril — a blow to the rigor that makes us such great paragons of Western civilization. And too often, those around us feed these toxic notions, even when this isn’t their intention.

Some prominent public figures are more honest about their lack of commitment to the well-being of their constituents. When United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg temporarily took time for paternity leave, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) rebuked his personal choice savagely.

In doing so, she accomplished three negatives at once. First, she propagated the sexist trope that taking care of children is the near-

ly exclusive domain of the mother. Accompanying this internalized bigotry against her own sex, of course, was the gut-wrenchingly homophobic implication that people like Buttigieg and his husband are somehow inferior in their preparedness to raise children: after all, where is the mother?

Lastly, she attempted to invalidate the very necessary struggle for paid family leave across the board — not just for a privileged few — by preemptively belittling those countless citizens who would no doubt take advantage of it, and whose family lives would be the better for it.

Of course, Boebert’s onthe-nose animosity is not generally the way of Princeton, which more closely resembles her Democratic Party opponents, who use more sympathetic rhetoric

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than she does while simultaneously supporting the same system of brutal social alienation. Like Princeton, the Democrats claim to act as an empathetic and representative voice to the downtrodden and disadvantaged.

Princeton’s hollow recommendations to take care of ourselves while making it increasingly difficult to do so correspond distressingly to the Democratic claims to be on the side of the people despite their much more reliable failures to actually deliver on promises like paid family leave. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) are, of course, eager and convenient scapegoats, but the Democrats have never been compatible with the notion of true democracy.

Given the Democrats’ poor showing in the recent elections, it seems that voters recognize this contradiction (of course, the Republicans’ relative success should not be taken as evidence of their superior political priorities, but rather as a manifestation of more effective rhetorical ploys). The question is: when will we at Princeton develop a similar realization about our own school? The Democrats would have you believe that you’re a bad citizen if you don’t support them, in the same way that Princeton would see you rack yourself with guilt over a difficultto-avoid absence. Both are wrong, and we’ll all be better off once we rid ourselves of the self-defeating thinking they tend to instill.

Braden Flax is a senior from Merrick, N.Y. He can be reached at bflax@princeton.edu.

Pursue truth or fight cancel culture?

The University of Austin must choose.

Rohit Narayanan Columnist

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group of anticancel culture public intellectuals, including New York Times Opinion writer Bari Weiss and University classics professor Joshua Katz, recently announced their plans to start a new university — The University of Austin (UATX). The news seemed designed to generate Twitter outrage. But it’s worth spending some time analyzing the college they’re planning to create. While the idea isn’t as laughable as it might initially seem, the college’s single-minded focus on combating cancel culture is blinding it to the real tradeoffs that come with devoting a college to nothing but discourse.

Making fun of the new venture is easy. Its FAQ has some lines that elicit eyerolls (“Why Austin? If it’s good enough for Elon Musk and Joe Rogan, it’s good enough for us”), and some of its advisors seem to be more interested in waging partisan battles than actually making a point about academic freedom. But at the same time, elite higher education does struggle with stasis, and UATX has some genuinely good ideas. A universal, all-encompassing two-year core curriculum is innovative. Spending the next two years on a mix of research, internships, and experiential learning in a think-tank environment is fascinating. Cutting back on

bureaucratic bloat would be a positive trend.

Where UATX stumbles is its raison d’etre: cancel culture. Its battle against cancel culture in academia is ultimately the least interesting part of the college. Dorian Abbot’s disinvitation from MIT was legitimately outrageous. But there are plenty of universities — including the University of Chicago, where Abbot works, and Princeton, where he ultimately spoke — that genuinely do support academic freedom. It’s not clear what more UATX would add in this space.

To the founders, the answer seems to lie in what its plans are for students. UATX suggests that the real problem in education is that pursuit of truth among students has sagged and needs to be reinvigorated, that students these days don’t engage with hard ideas or participate in hard enough debates, thus never questioning their preconceptions. There’s a long philosophical tradition that puts the constant reexamination and debate of contentious issues at the heart of ensuring our beliefs are true. UATX’s founders would like us to, like 21st century incarnations of Descartes, overturn our apple baskets of ideas and methodically examine each apple. I agree that this is not happening enough, even at universities with a strong tradition of academic freedom, like Princeton.

Where I disagree is the cause. The founders would like to suggest that this is just an extension of cancel

culture in academia — that if we were less scared of societal ostracism, we would actually engage with ideas more thoroughly. This seems to me to be stretching the concept a little too far. No one would claim you could get cancelled for preferring capitalism over socialism or proposing deregulation. Yet we don’t have large debates about economic issues on campus any more than we have them about social issues. If all UATX’s founders want to accomplish is destigmatizing certain right-wing opinions, they’ll find very little will change in terms of the quality of classroom debate, though the tables may be turned, especially if the college attracts more conservative students.

The real causes of rhetorical stasis are far less fun to talk about. Discussion-based classes are too short. How close can you get to the truth (apparently UATX’s cornerstone) in a 50 minute precept or even a three hour seminar?

It takes time to get through the formalities of the class, establish common definitions, and then work your way through a text. So much has to be discussed in a single class period that we often rush through — even if we make enough time to analyze deeply, we very rarely devote enough time to an idea to truly take a debate to its conclusion. If UATX really wants to get to the pure truth through discussion, we’re going to have to give the discussion the same amount of time as Plato or Cicero did: full days devoted to a single idea.

Another problem: students have different interests. If you take a complex text, not everyone will want to engage in a spirited debate on the same topic. Even if it does happen, it’s never going to be a “fair fight” the way some of UATX’s conservative advisors would want it to be, simply because it’s rare to have a class split 50/50 on ideological leanings.

There are solutions to this problem — but UATX disavows all of them. The biggest one is affirmative action.

The class could be selected specifically to maximize ideological and experiential diversity, selecting students likely to disagree with each other vociferously. One of the most probing courses I’ve taken at Princeton has been FRS 137: The Intellectual Foundations of Modern Conservatism. That class only worked because the professor specifically chose students for their ideological leanings. Yet UATX specifically disavows affirmative action of all types — pandering to a conservative ideological belief rather than truly following its professed mission.

UATX could also develop a culture where students are expected to articulate positions they don’t believe for the sake of truth-seeking. Yet there’s no evidence that’s in the cards. “Our classrooms will be places where 1) every opinion will be heard and 2) every opinion must be supported by evidence,” one FAQ declares. These are the rules of a high school debate tournament, not an academic setting. Once again, it seems

like UATX is placing the right of conservative students to express their opinion over a genuine emphasis on truth seeking.

Perhaps we’re being a little unfair to UATX. After all, the incoming President comes straight from St. John’s College in Annapolis, a college that really does take truthseeking to its extreme, spending four years discussing the Western canon. But St. John’s, highly respected as it may be, is an institution with a very niche audience. The founders of UATX seem to have a much more expansive vision. Will they be willing to sacrifice full fields so that students can spend full days fixated on a single word or idea? That may be more than some of them bargained for.

UATX’s core task is going to be to prove that it’s more than a right-wing grievance machine. How UATX’s founders manage their undergraduate curriculum will be a key test.

Perhaps they will embrace a niche role as a more broadbased version of St. John’s.

Perhaps they’ll settle for academic freedom for the professors and run classes more traditionally. But if UATX classrooms simply create a conservative ideological bubble rather than a liberal one or become a dysfunctional cesspool of ungrounded debate, truth will be as lost there as it is anywhere else.

Rohit Narayanan is a sophomore electrical engineering major from McLean, Virginia.

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Reactions: Princeton may loosen the mask mandate ... after classes end After more than two months of masking in classrooms, the University announced in a Nov. 11 email that the mask mandate will be reconsidered and likely relaxed. But such changes will only come 10 days after Thanksgiving break at the earliest, at which point classes will have finished.

On campus there has been a consistently low COVID-19 case rate and nationally, cases have decreased since the Delta variant wave of the early fall, but COVID-19 continues to be a threat in parts of the country and around the world. We asked ‘Prince’ columnists for their Reactions to the University’s potential mask policy change.

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Princeton needs to be more transparent about its COVID-19 decision making Allen Liu

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hen the University announced a mask mandate in August, many students were taken aback; the announcement came days after Princeton had appeared to opt against a mandate, and many feared that tighter restrictions would follow. Just two weeks later, on Sept. 10, the University declared the mask mandate would be in place “until further notice.”

The reasons weren’t clear.

The recent announcement

that the mask policy might be relaxed after Thanksgiving break is similarly vague.

The University deserves immense credit for keeping cases near zero and making it possible to have an almost normal semester. However, lack of clarity about the criteria and timeline for decisions about the mask mandate has confused and frustrated students.

While masks may bear a minor inconvenience that most are willing to accept, they have a nontrivial impact on campus life: meetings and classes become more awkward and less ef-

fective; performing arts rehearsals are hindered; students may prefer to socialize in private rather than in public spaces that are conducive to spontaneous interactions.

Compliance with the mandate outside of classrooms is spotty. If the University has a rationale for continuing to enforce the mandate, making students aware of their decision making process will increase compliance with the mandate.

Allen Liu is a senior from Chattanooga, TN. He can be reached at afliu@princeton.edu.

Princeton punting on the mask mandate is cowardly Rohit Narayanan Columnist

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he University, which has gone a whole semester without significant on-campus transmission, announced that they will announce a new mask policy 10 days after Thanksgiving break. Why Thanksgiving? Let’s count the days, shall we? 10 days after the holiday break puts us at ... Dec. 8, the second day of reading period, after which no more classes will take place.

Wow, what a bold step!

The University mask strategy always seems to be more of a public rela-

tions exercise than a genuine engagement with public health. With multiple recent weeks of zero cases among undergraduates, it’s tough to understand why the mandate is in effect in the first place. The University wants to seem like it’s loosening the mask mandate without actually having to defend their decision.

The mandate has always been more of a formality than a reality. We eat unmasked in massive dining halls. There has been low mask compliance at some of the most highrisk events at the Eating Clubs. Not to mention, this semester every lecture and seminar has been punctu-

ated by a nearly nonstop chorus of coughing from every corner of the room (the notorious “Princeton Plague”), despite the masks. Despite all that, there has been almost no transmission of COVID-19 on campus.

All the mandate has done is needlessly annoy the more compliant of us.

The University should have been brave enough to embrace this fact and lift the mask mandate earlier.

Rohit Narayanan is a sophomore electrical and computer engineering major from McLean, VA. He can be reached at rohitan@princeton. edu.

We must start the spring with masks Audrey Chau

Contributing Columnist

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or the current semester, it’s time to lift the mask mandate. In dining halls, residential colleges, and eating clubs, students no longer take wearing masks seriously. Given that the undergraduate COVID-19 case count has remained at or near zero for several consecutive weeks, students’ masking conduct makes sense.

Yet, by timing the mask mandate to be lifted after a very safe semester has essentially finished, and before a much more precarious semester begins, the University has chosen the worst of all worlds. We cannot, by any means, let our guard down and indulge in the delusion that COVID-19 is a war of the past. The University must be prepared to reimplement the mask mandate for the spring semester.

The spring is going to present new challenges. Given the revised international travel guidelines and the upcoming weeks-long winter break, an increase in international travel is inevitable, including to countries like my own — Vietnam — where COVID is still a menace and vaccines remain inaccessible to many.

If we ditch masks entirely in the spring, we will put ourselves in a precarious position if there is a sudden outbreak with students returning from such highrisk regions. In the spirit of prioritizing the safety of our community, we should start with a mask mandate in the spring, not only as a tangible preventive measure but also as a reminder that COVID-19 remains a very real concern beyond the Orange Bubble.

Audrey Chau is a freshman from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She can be reached at audreychau@princeton.edu or Twitter @AudreyBChau.

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Facilities urges students to stop flushing copies of the ‘Prince’ Spencer Bauman Contributor

The following content is purely satirical and entirely fictional.

The Department of Facilities requested that students stop flushing copies of The Daily Princetonian down University toilets, in an email to the undergraduate student body last Friday. Facilities dubbed the phenomenon a “critical issue,” due to the extensive amount of calls related to this problem.

“Pipes are going to burst if another one of you shoves just a few more pages down,” wrote Facilities.

Roughly 50 percent of The Daily Princetonian’s printed issues each week will end up in a University toilet by Monday, and the other 50 percent by Thursday, according to an internal analytics report obtained from a despondent ‘Prince’ business staffer.

The Daily PrintsAnything sat down with ‘Prince’ Editor-in-Chief Emma Treadway to understand

her opinions on the issue.

“Well, if you don’t flush them, we’re gonna have to at the end of the week, anyway,” Treadway said.

If you must flush the ‘Prince,’ Housing and Real Estate Services recommends first ripping it into smaller, more manageable pieces. Or just throw it away like everyone else.

Spencer Bauman is a firstyear intended economics major from Boca Raton, Florida.

He is a contributing writer for the Satire section. He can be reached at sbauman@ princeton.edu.

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A campus toilet overflows with copies of the ‘Prince’ weekly print issue.

We can’t wait for student newspapers to fix themselves. So we’re starting a new one.

Zachary Shevin

Managing Editor

The following piece is purely satirical and entirely fictional.

So much is broken in student journalism. For years, campus publications at Princeton have upheld editorial standards, worked to improve their writers’ work, and published stories with intentionality.

This is absolutely unacceptable.

Inspired by the fearlessness of the University of Austin’s (UATX), we will chart our own path. I, along with a few colleagues at the ‘Prince,’ The Nassau Weekly, The Tory, The Prog, TigerMag, TigerTrends, and The Nassau Literary Review, are creating a new publication that will allow students to publish whatever word vomit they churn out, whenever they want, with absolutely no editorial oversight.

As it currently stands at the ‘Prince,’ free speech is in grave danger. Editors require that sentences have

both subjects AND verbs.

The tyranny of the inverted pyramid structure stifles stream-of-consciousness accounts of writers’ last scary dreams. Our cowardly Trustees say we can’t publish libel because we’ll “get sued.”

Our new journalistic venture may seem like a tall task, but we venture forward with a lean organizational structure. On principle, we will not employ any copy editors. For too long, English language writers on this campus have cowered to the Merriam-Webster-i mposed orthodoxy. Not anymore.

Our journalists will spell and punctuate however they please.

We will also be innovating how our content is distributed. Rather than passing out a print paper on campus, our publication will exist as a sub-page of bariweiss.substack.com.

If this all sounds interesting to you, look out for campus recruitment emails on HoagieMail. We are looking for students with a range of viewpoints, as long as they all explicitly

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agree that Cancel Culture is the biggest problem facing the modern world. We won’t be allowing writers to debate the importance of free speech, since it’s an obvious and settled fact that people should be able to say anything they want

without consequences. But other than that, the paper will be an open space for controversial views.

To send us any comments, inquiries, or hate mail, please postmark a letter to our P.O. box in Austin, TX.

Zachary Shevin is a senior in the economics department from Boca Raton, Fla. He works on the ‘Prince’ as a Managing Editor, serves on the Editorial Board, and can be reached at zshevin@ princeton.edu.

Student body will return to not giving a crap about sports for the next 364 days Liana Slomka

Assistant Satire Editor

The following piece is purely satirical and entirely fictional.

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With the bonfire scheduled for next Sunday, the student body will no longer pretend to know what two-point conversions are.

Following the Tigers’ defeat of both the Harvard Crimson and the Yale Bulldogs this season, and the resulting celebratory bonfire on Cannon Green this upcoming Sunday, the student body has unanimously decided to return to its usual strategy of not attending a single game unless there’s something in it for them. This attitude will persist until next year’s Harvard game.

“I’m super excited to burn a bulldog in effigy,” said Stu Deus ’24. “But once that’s over, I’ve got

some problem sets to do.”

Over the next year, Princeton’s varsity athletics teams will likely win a number of overtime thrillers and come away with multiple Ivy League Championships. However, absent an opportunity to commit legal arson, the student body probably won’t give a shit.

“It was fun following football for the last few weeks,” said Matt Diplo ’22. “But now I can get back to spending my Saturdays doing something actually meaningful for the world — Model UN.” Liana Slomka is an assistant satire editor from Atlanta, Ga. She can be reached at lslomka@ princeton.edu.

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‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’: A Frustratingly Surface-Level Novel

By Thia Bian | Contributing Writer

Is it okay, as the world falls apart around us, to focus on the inconsequential? Is it okay to be selfish and think about sex and love and other beautiful, temporary things, ignoring the way our society’s many problems are growing ever-larger?

Sally Rooney’s latest novel, “Beautiful World, Where Are You,” seeks to answer these questions.

It follows the lives of two women, Eileen and Alice, best friends struggling with pressures of work and relationships and their self-perceived selfishness of focusing on petty, inconsequential things instead of the world’s “real problems.” Alice, a successful author grappling with the unexpected success of her last two novels and a recent nervous breakdown, moves to a small coastal city and meets Felix, a local townie who works at a shipping warehouse. Meanwhile, Eileen, stuck working at a literary journal where she’s overworked and underpaid, is just coming out of a difficult breakup and starting to reconnect with a childhood friend, Simon. The main focus of the novel is the relationship between these two women and the respective men in their lives as they struggle to navigate being painfully human in a world that can often be unforgiving of mistakes.

Rooney’s writing style is very distinct; it focuses on every action of every character, painting a vivid picture of every scene. Although I can understand how this could quickly become annoying for some readers, I thought it strengthened the novel. Indeed, one of Rooney’s biggest strengths has always been her unmistakable voice. In this particular novel, however, Rooney tries some-

thing different with the narrative structure: The story is told in two distinct parts, one which employs more traditional prose and the other is presented as a series of emails between Alice and Eileen. However, I found this experimental structure lacking. It creates a disjoint between sections that Rooney wouldn’t have had otherwise. Where the narrative sections stand out, characterized

by Rooney’s striking prose, the email chains fall short; they read like the ramblings of someone in a philosophy class who hasn’t done the reading but is trying to pretend they did.

It also made it much more difficult to understand Rooney’s message in the novel. Through all of the rambling and tangential asides about politics and philosophy, Rooney ultimately comes to this answer: It’s okay to be selfish. You can focus on yourself — you can concentrate on the beautiful things the world has to offer and ignore the way that it’s crumbling. “If that means the human species is going to die out,” Eileen writes in an email, “isn’t it in a way a nice reason to die out, the nicest reason you can imagine?”

To some extent, I think this is true. Art and love and beauty are all incredibly important: foundationally, they’re what makes life worth living. But Rooney’s argument falls short because she fails to consider the privilege of her characters: Both are white, cisgender women who, on some levels, can afford to ignore some of the ways that the world is falling apart.

What was even more frustrating was that on some level, Rooney’s characters seem to be aware of their privilege, but it’s a very perfunctory sort of awareness. The divide between socioeconom-

ic classes, for example, is an issue that comes up frequently, as Alice is much more financially comfortable than Eileen following the success of the former’s books. Although Eileen mentions this multiple times, even calling Alice out for complaining about the fame that has followed her publications, we see very little come out of it. Beyond acknowledging that her financial security gives her privilege, Alice does little else to change her point of view. When it comes to these interrogations of privilege, our two main characters are disappointingly stagnant.

This is a recurring problem I’ve had with all three of Rooney’s novels: Rooney herself is a selfproclaimed Marxist, and yet, her characters felt like performative representations of her ideologies. Rooney could have done so much more.

Instead, it felt like she barely started to scratch the surface of these questions of privilege and selfishness before the novel was over, wrapped up in a neat little bow that brought no closure at all.

“Beautiful world, where are you?” Rooney asks from the beginning. And although her characters seem to find their answer, the book as a whole is irritatingly complacent. The answers that Rooney provides are by no means universal. Her “beautiful world” isn’t one that everyone can find, especially existing within a society structured like ours. Because of this, I walked away from the novel dissatisfied, with many of my initial questions left unresolved.

Thia Bian is a Contributing Writer for The Prospect at the ‘Prince.’ She can be reached at cynthiabian@ princeton.edu, or on Instagram at @cynthia.bian.

Princeton University Glee Club performs in third Hand in Hand concert

By Albert Lee | Staff Writer

The Princeton University Glee Club performed live for the first time in over a year on Oct. 29, singing alongside students from Harvard and Yale in the third Hand in Hand concert.

The free event, which took place in Richardson Auditorium, consisted of a performance from Princeton students and sets from the Harvard and Yale Glee Clubs. The concert was a collaborative effort between the three universities to raise money for the nonprofit Save the Music, which funds public school music programs in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Attendees could make optional donations to the organization during the concert. The performances were also live-streamed online.

As the live-stream began broadcasting from Yale’s Woolsey Hall, the audience fell silent.

Voices from Yale’s Glee Club filled the auditorium as they performed their opening piece, a dignified rendition of “Ave Maria,” composed by R. Nathaniel Dett. The chorus then performed two pieces, “Bogoróditse Djévo”

by Sergei Rachmaninoff and “Meditation,” composed by Joel Thompson for the 161st Yale Glee Club.

The songs were soon followed by the world premiere of “Because You Sang.” Composed for the Yale Glee Club by Arianne Abela, a Yale alumna, “Because You Sang” honors the 50th anniversary of coeducation at Yale College. After a few more pieces, Yale’s segment concluded with Yale’s “Football Medley,” complete with playful jabs at the school’s longtime rival Harvard.

After Yale Glee Club completed their final bows, Princeton University Glee Club, conducted by Gabriel Crouch, Director of Choral Activities and Senior Lecturer in Music at Princeton, climbed on stage to cheers from the audience in Richardson. The performance consisted of alternating pieces from two of the club’s subsections: Sea Shanty Choir, a maritime-themed group, and Alegría, which performs Latin American and Latinx choral music. Alegría, which means “glee” in Spanish, is conducted by Mariana Corichi Gómez ’21. Both groups were established this year.

The Sea Shanty Choir began Princeton’s

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segment with the serious “To be sung of a summer night on the water” by Frederick Delius. After a round of applause, Alegría took center stage with “En la noche entraremos,” an expressive, winding piece composed by M.E. Valverde that draws lyrics from the Pablo Neruda poem “La rama robada.” The performance featured soprano soloist Jacqueline Pothier ’22 and tenor soloist Rafael Collado ’24.

In a brief interview after the concert, Collado commented on the piece, emphasizing the richness of Neruda’s verses. “It’s a lot of beautiful imagery. There’s this line about ‘estrellas olorosas,’ which means fragrant stars. It’s like a sight-smelling sensory detail. It’s very wonderful poetry,” he noted.

Speaking about his experience as a member of Alegría, Collado also noted the connection between the group’s work and his cultural heritage. “As a Cuban American, I love singing songs in Spanish. Alegría is probably one of the highlights of Glee Club in general. I think I came at a good time because the theme really resonates with me,” said Collado.

“En la noche entraremos” was followed by the Sea Shanty Choir’s lively performance of “The Bermudas,” by Richard Rodney Bennett. The piece included solos from tenor Tim Amarell ’22 and baritone Nicholas Allen ’23. Afterward, there were two more songs from Alegría, “Fina Estampa”

by Chabuca Granda and “En los surcos del amor” by Carlos Guastavino, as well as another piece from the Sea Shanty Choir called “Tuuli tuudittele” by Jean Sibelius.

“Tuuli tuudittele” featured mezzo soprano Emily Cruz ’22 and bass singer Kevin Williams ’22 as soloists.

Similar to Yale’s concert, Princeton Glee Club’s segment ended with a medley of Princeton football songs. The singers slammed their binders on the floor, signaling that they knew the song by heart, and brought out Princeton gear they had concealed on stage. One student opened a black and orange umbrella as the song began.

The choir was accompanied by Brendan Tang ’23 and Cherry Ge ’24 on the piano and conducted by Hannah Bein ’22.

After a brief intermission, Harvard’s

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livestream, broadcasted from Sanders Theatre, began with the solemn “So Fades the Lovely, Blooming Flow’r,” composed by William Walker. Like the two groups before them, Harvard Glee Club’s repertoire included pieces from around the world, including “Lamento della Ninfa” by Claudio Monteverdi and the world premiere performance of “Iinkomo” by Bongani Magatyana.

Harvard Glee Club ended their segment with a series of football songs performed by Harvard Glee Club Lite, the choir’s acapella group, and “Fair Harvard,” a traditional Irish melody. A speech by the Harvard Glee Club president, which included digs at Princeton that were met with lighthearted boos in Richardson, concluded the event.

“It’s been a blast. Glee Club has been very fun, and I’m glad I found this community.

I’ll forever be grateful for that first concert. It was such a magical moment, especially after not being able to do live music for so long,” said Collado, following the performance.

Princeton University Glee Club’s next concert will be Duruflé’s Requiem on Nov. 22 in the University Chapel.

Speaking about his experience as a member of Alegría, Collado also noted the connection between the group’s work and his cultural heritage. “As a Cuban American, I love sing-

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ing songs in Spanish. Alegría is probably one of the highlights of Glee Club in general.

I think I came at a good time because the theme really resonates with me,” said Collado.

“En la noche entraremos” was followed by the Sea Shanty Choir’s lively performance of “The Bermudas,” by Richard Rodney Bennett. The piece included solos from tenor Tim Amarell ’22 and baritone Nicholas Allen ’23. Afterward, there were two more songs from Alegría, “Fina Estampa” by Chabuca Granda and “En los surcos del amor” by Carlos Guastavino, as well as another piece from the Sea Shanty Choir called “Tuuli tuudittele” by Jean Sibelius. “Tuuli tuudittele” featured mezzo soprano Emily Cruz ’22 and bass singer Kevin Williams ’22 as soloists.

Similar to Yale’s concert, Princeton Glee Club’s segment ended with a medley of Princeton football songs. The singers slammed their binders on the floor, signaling that they knew the song by heart, and brought out Princeton gear they had concealed on stage. One student opened a black and orange umbrella as the song began. The choir was accompanied by Brendan Tang ’23 and Cherry Ge ’24 on the piano and conducted by Hannah Bein ’22.

After a brief intermission, Harvard’s

livestream, broadcasted from Sanders Theatre, began with the solemn “So Fades the Lovely, Blooming Flow’r,” composed by William Walker. Like the two groups before them, Harvard Glee Club’s repertoire included pieces from around the world, including “Lamento della Ninfa” by Claudio Monteverdi and the world premiere performance of “Iinkomo” by Bongani Magatyana.

Harvard Glee Club ended their segment with a series of football songs performed by Harvard Glee Club Lite, the choir’s acapella group, and “Fair Harvard,” a traditional Irish melody. A speech by the Harvard Glee Club president, which included digs at Princeton that were met with lighthearted boos in Richardson, concluded the event.

“It’s been a blast. Glee Club has been very fun, and I’m glad I found this community.

I’ll forever be grateful for that first concert. It was such a magical moment, especially after not being able to do live music for so long,” said Collado, following the performance.

Princeton University Glee Club’s next concert will be Duruflé’s Requiem on Nov. 22 in the University Chapel.

Bert Lee is a Staff Writer for The Prospect who often covers music and artist profiles. He can be reached at alberthl@princeton.edu.

Theatre Intime’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’: A lovely middle ground

By Gabriel Robare Senior Writer

Sometimes, on a cold November evening, Shakespeare is just what you need.

Theatre Intime’s production of “Much Ado About Nothing,” the Bard of Avon’s silly enemies-to-lovers comedy, opened on Friday, Nov. 12 and will occur three more times this weekend.

Arriving at Hamilton Murray Theatre (Intime’s student-run venue), it felt, as so much of this semester does, like we’d beaten the coronavirus — almost. Buying my seat at the box office and settling in felt like going to the theatre in the before-times, except that I still had to give my information to the ticket worker for contact tracing.

I forgot all of the COVID-19 protocols, and all my other problems, when the show began.

I laughed and nearly cried. Some hundreds of years after writing, the jokes still land and the story strikes fresh.

As synopsis, the play, directed by Katie Bushman ’22, follows two marriages: between Claudio (Harit Raghunathan ’25) and Hero (Lauren Owens ’25), and Benedick (Solomon Bergquist ’24) and Beatrice (Cassy James ’23). The play begins with Claudio and Benedick returning from war. Claudio and Hero, who are long-time lovers, find their marriage nearly squandered by the tricks of Don John (Lana Gaige ’24), who hates Claudio. Benedick and Beatrice’s relationship, on the other hand, is all japes and caustic sarcasm. Over the last three acts Don Pedro (Alex Conboy ’25), Benedick’s friend, contrives a plot to have Benedick and Beatrice fall in love and marry.

Claudio and Hero’s relationship warms the heart. Raghunathan’s acting is precise and thoughtful. He has an actor’s face: strong bones, a mile-wide smile, and eyebrows that do work.

He’s a brilliant actor and even when he doesn’t have the line, he is always contributing to the scene.

A couple times in the play, Claudio is crushed when Hero nearly leaves him. Raghunathan’s weeping and screaming on stage is convincing and piercing. But he always seems shrewdly conscious that all of Claudio’s weeping is, indeed, much ado about nothing: Hero never actually intends to leave Claudio, and he only thinks this because of Don John’s tricks.

Owens’s Hero is nothing short of adorable, glowing with emotive feeling — her acting gives off a warmth I could feel ten rows deep in the audience.

It was perhaps in this performance that I most lost myself in the play. Not only because Hero’s performance was convincing — and it was — but it seemed like Owens had a love for the character that was genuine and thrilling to watch.

Claudio and Hero made me happy; Benedick and Beatrice made me laugh — a lot. They throw elevated jipes and smarmy claims at each other for three hours straight. Bergquist’s voice is unlike any I’ve heard before: it whines, yells, and whispers with a squirmy agility. His diction and power of voice is such that his white disposable mask kept slipping off his face.

He sometimes struggles to take his acting down a notch for the more emotional scenes. But his physical comedy, and his interactions with Beatrice, Claudio, and Don Pedro, were as funny as any Shakespeare comedy I’ve seen.

(Indeed Bergquist, along with about half the cast, wore a mask for the production. The masks blended in for the most part — at times they even could pass for tastefully matching accessories.

That being said, kiss scenes with masks made it

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The curtain call at Theatre Intime’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

difficult at times to suspend disbelief.)

James’s Beatrice stole the stage over and over again. Beatrice always seems to know a little more than she lets on; James has a way of smiling to the audience that lets us in on the joke. As a consequence of Beatrice’s character and James’s skill, she’s the center of attention in every scene she’s in, even during Claudio and Hero’s wedding. Elegant and resourceful, she quietly dominates the show.

The pairing of Don Pedro and Don John kept me thinking throughout the show. Brothers in the script, Conboy and Gaige rarely speak to each other on stage but are always foiling each other’s plans. Both actors have a mastery of Shakespearean prose. It takes skill to take the stilts off of Shakespeare’s English without resorting to kitsch or excessive modernization.

Conboy achieves it through a businesslike, authoritative tone: I was always ready to follow what she had to say. Gaige reveled in a furious performance of Don John, hunching the wide shoulders of a green army jacket and shouting to a variety of attendants and lieges. She seemed to relish being angry, which made the bard’s lines rip off the page.

Big-band jazz jingled through the speakers in the theatre before the show began. The play — originally taking place in sixteenth-century Messina, a city in Sicily — was set shortly after the First World War, seemingly in America.

This was a misstep in the show’s production.

There are, indeed, themes in Shakespeare’s script that reflect those of the interwar period in America: women’s liberation, modernist cheek, and skepticism about marriage, to name a few. (One of the many meanings of the title is “Much Ado About an O-Thing,” a euphemism for the vagina: there’s opportunity for comment on women’s rights.)

But these themes aren’t overtly (or even covertly) drawn out in the direction. Shakespeare plays can handle being set anywhere — in the last five years, productions of “Much Ado” have been set in contemporary Mexico, Sicily, and Georgia. But

here the setting feels, for the most part, like an excuse to dress the characters in flowery dresses and trim suits.

That said, though it’s capricious, the setting is pleasant to watch and executed well. The costume design by Allison Silldorf ’25 is clean and efficient and sets us quickly in the intended time. The set is simple but effective: a plantingbox stage left, a flowery trellis stage right, a park bench, and a small gazebo is all that’s necessary for the actors to depict a variety of locations.

The play, in general, is about the fuss we’ll go to over perceived attacks on our love. The title is a pun on “Much Ado About Noting”: characters note — say obviously in hopes someone will overhear — to each other about love interests and chaos ensues. (“Nothing” and “noting” were near-homophones in Elizabethan English.)

There’s about a two-hour stretch in the middle of the play where nothing actually happens on stage: people just talk about the romances, and try to force Benedick and Beatrice together.

You’re thrust into the world, giggling along with the story. It’s gossip, chatter, talk — it’s nothing, and you can’t get enough.

Great art makes us less lonely — it connects us to something or someone outside ourselves, if we’re empathetic, generous, and unironically enthusiastic. Sometimes we fancy ourselves individual creatures, floating with individual problems, leading individual lives. Great art, again, pulls us from that lonely vista. It doesn’t exactly pull us to its time and place, nor does it force itself into our modern day; we meet it in a middle place between then and now. I’ve rarely felt less lonely, in that middle place, than while watching Intime’s “Much Ado.” Gabriel Robare is a Senior Writer for The Prospect, co-Head Editor of the Puzzles section, and a Contributing News Writer at the ‘Prince,’ who often covers literature and the self. He can be reached at grobare@ princeton.edu, and on Instagram and Twitter at @gabrielrobare. He previously served as an Associate Sports Editor.

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James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship An America’s Founding and Future Lecture

Robert E. ̃A Life ̃ Thursday December 2, 2021 4:30 p.m.

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Penn for their last game of the season on Saturday. The last time the two teams met in 2019, Princeton defeated Penn 28–7. Although the Tigers will be looking to do it again, they are not taking anything for granted.

“The last game is always a very emotional game and Penn is always a tough opponent,” Surace said.

“Even though their record isn’t quite what I think they would have foreseen, they’ve played everybody tough. Their Harvard game was about as evenly played as possible. They played Yale to the wire. They’re playing really good football. They’re a physical team and it’s gonna be a great last test for us.”

Although the Tigers showed a tremendous effort on Saturday, the game was still an intense, high-scor-

ing showdown between the two offenses while Princeton’s defensive efforts were not enough to stop Yale from scoring. At the moment, Princeton averages about 33.33 points per game, while their defense has allowed an average of 17.78. This has been relatively consistent for the Tigers throughout the season.

“I want to continue correcting some of the errors we had in the last game,” Surace said. “Some of those things were very uncharacteristic for us, and we have to go back to the fundamentals to see why and where we’re making those mistakes. Having to gain 15 yards to get a first down is tough sledding against the really good defenses that Penn has. So that’s going to be as important as anything.”

“And we struggled to contain the quarterback in the Yale game. Penn’s quarter-

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the Tigers’ only win of the day after pulling out a comefrom-behind 3-set victory against Pierce Gilheany of the University of Delaware, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2.

Astreinidis fell to Jake Fishkin of Navy and Mahoney suffered two losses by the day’s end.

“Personally, this weekend I’ve felt as if I’ve played well and competed my absolute best, but my inexperience really showed in a lot of crucial moments throughout some of my matches this weekend.,” Mahoney said.

On the last day of the tournament, Mahoney wrapped up with a 6–2, 6–2 victory over Navy’s Eric Liu. Astreinidis also earned a singles win after his opponent retired. Duo lost his last singles match of the tournament against Roko Horvat of Columbia, 4–6, 4–6. Duo and Astreinidis finished with a 1–2 doubles record on the day, with their sole victory coming over Navy, 6–4.

With the end of the Navy Invitational, the Tigers have concluded their fall season play.

“It was good to end the fall season with more competitive opportunities,” said Head Coach Billy Pate, reflecting on the tournament.

“Though we were a bit up and down on the weekend there were certainly many posi-

tives and it was good to see the freshmen continue to get some much-needed matches.”

The fall has been all about growth for the freshman players.

“As a freshman and a walkon to the team, my expectations for the rest of the season are personally to continue gaining experience at this level and improving my game,” Mahoney said.

With five experienced seniors who are all returning starters, the first-year players have less pressure on themselves and have the opportunity to learn from the upperclassmen, according to Pate.

Prior to the tennis season being halted in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19, the Tigers were No. 18 in the country and positioning themselves to have a strong shot at the Ivy League title and advancement into the NCAA tournament. The men’s tennis team is promising similar expectations for the rest of the 2021-22 season.

“Despite not competing last year, our players took it upon themselves to train and compete together while continuing to prepare themselves for a return to competition at Princeton,” Pate said. “We’re excited about what is in store for us this spring.”

Arav Jagroop is a contributor to the ‘Prince’ sports section.

He can be reached at jagroop@ princeton.edu.

back is very similar. Both of them are very good athletes and elusive, and we’re gonna have to do a much better job this week in that area.”

With every game that goes by, the championship gets closer and closer. But, as always, Surace and his team only want to think about the controllables.

“You know, I played on a team that was too worried about things that happened the week before,” Surace said, “We had a great team but we were so busy celebrating the win that we didn’t practice well enough for the next game and it showed in our last game.”

“For us, the biggest key is to stay in the present,” he said. “The only thing we’re thinking about is Penn.”

Sreesha Ghosh is an Associate Sports Editor at the ‘Prince’. She can be reached at sreeshag@princeton.edu or on Twitter at @sreeshaghosh.

The Tigers responded with an eight-point run that built off their momentum from the last set.

Luoma, Schner, Montgomery, Avery, and Dames all made big plays that were pivotal to the team’s run early in the set.

“We executed our game really well: we passed well, we set well, we served really well, so they couldn’t hit well,” Luoma said.

Despite exchanging points evenly with Columbia during the second half of the set, the Tigers’ lead was too strong to overcome, ending with a final score of 25–14 again.

Luoma led the team with a total of 11 kills throughout the match, made possible by Columbia’s defense.

“The Columbia block [left] the right side open, so actually Avery got to have way more swings than she’s been able to without a block-up which is very rare,” Mahood said. “I was happy to kind of play like her decoy tonight.”

In addition to the Tigers’ strong chemistry with one another, the team’s overall seamless dynamic was evident through the match.

“The whole game came together really perfectly for us and allowed all of us to play well, not just myself,” Luoma said.

Indeed, the Tigers dominant, well-rounded victory was the result of contributions from multiple players throughout the three sets. Luoma’s excellent offensive was supported by 13 digs from Dames, five blocks by Schner, and 29 assists from junior setter Lindsey Kelly.

Schner echoed sentiments about the team’s well-roundedness.

“Honestly, I can’t do it without them. I take the third touch, so

it takes two other people before me to really do anything, so I can’t take really any credit for that alone,” she said. “We played really well together as a team, as a whole. I think we went into this game with a lot of confidence and [...] I think we pulled it off.”

The team then made it 2–0 over the weekend by beating Cornell (7–15, 3–11) on Saturday on senior night. The Tigers swept the Big Red in 3 sets (25–15, 25–22, 25–20) for their second sweep of the weekend.

The win marked the final game for the team’s two seniors, Schner and senior outside hitter Grace Klepetka.

“It’s definitely bittersweet. It’s been a really, really fun season coming back from a long break with COVID. I think our team is very new and very young, [so] it was fun to see how we were able to develop such a really strong team culture in just three months,” Schner said. “[It’s] sad for it to be ending, but I think we set it up for a really strong next few years.”

Klepetka shared this sentiment: “I mean the season, it wasn’t exactly how we wanted it to go, but being back on campus with things returning to normal, we’ve kind of done the best that we can.”

“I’m so grateful for Princeton volley,” she continued. “It’s given me a family I didn’t know I could have so I’m just very grateful for the coaches and the team and everything.”

Ben Burns is an Associate Sports Editor at the ‘Prince.’ He can be reached at bwburns@princeton.edu.

Caronline Ji is a Contributing Sports writer at the ‘Prince.’ She can be reached at cj1042@princeton.edu.

Erin Lee is a Contributing Sports writer at the ‘Prince.’ She can be reached at erinlee@princeton.edu.

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Men’s tennis wraps up fall Football looks to season at Navy invitational clinch Ivy title

By Arav Jagroop Contributor

The men’s tennis team finished off their season at the Navy Fall Invitational this past weekend. Only three teammates played at the tournament in Annapolis, Maryland: senior Bill Duo and freshmen Aidan Mahoney and Filippos Astreinidis. The Tigers have not played in the Navy Invitational since 2017.

On the first day of the

tournament, each Tiger split their two singles matches.

Aidan Mahoney was defeated by Alessandro D’Anna of Long Island University, 2–6, 1–6. Mahoney bounced back in his next game with a 6–1, 6–2 win over The Naval Academy’s Cy McLeod.

Filippos Astreinidis, after a solid performance last week at the Wake Forest Invitational, began the weekend with a 6–3, 7–5 win over Finn Garner of Navy. Astreinidis then lost a tough match, 4–6,

6–7, against another Navy athlete, Dimitri Bezborodov.

Bill Duo kicked off his final fall tournament with a win over Monmouth University’s Niels Van Noord, 6–2, 6–3. In his next game, however, he fell to Navy’s Derrick Thompson, 5–7, 2–6.

Duo and Astreinidis also notched a doubles win on the first day, beating out William Pak and Sasha Panyan of Navy, 6–2.

On Saturday, Duo secured

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Senior Bill Duo went 2–2 at the tournament in Annapolis.

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Players celebrate their huge win against Yale last Saturday.

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Associate Sports Editor

VOLLEYBALL

Women’s volleyball sweeps Ivy foes to close out season

By Ben Burns, Caroline Ji, and Erin Lee Associate Sports Editor and Contributors

The Princeton University women’s volleyball (16–6, 10–4) team swept Columbia (5–19, 2–12) in a dominant three-set victory (25–12, 25–14, 25–14) on Nov. 12 in a match dedicated to celebrating Pride Night. Pride Night promotes and celebrates the inclusiveness of the LGBTQ+ community in sports. Despite having lost the conference title to Brown, the Tigers were motivated to end the season on a strong note.

The Tigers opened the set with three consecutive points that were jump-started by a service error from Columbia’s Emily Teehan. They continued with a four-point run made possible by three kills from Princeton junior right-side hitter Avery Luoma.

Both teams served well to force multiple attack errors from the other side of the court. The Tigers, however, pulled away towards the end of the set with an-

other four-point run that ended with a strong kill by junior outside hitter Melina Mahood. The Tigers ended the first set with a clear lead, 25–12.

The Lions and Tigers played evenly at the start of the second set, with Columbia even taking the lead halfway through the set.

Their lead was short lived, as the Tigers ended the set with a dominant nine-point run started by a kill from senior middle blocker Julia Schner and excellent serving by junior libero Cameron Dames.

“We wanted to serve tough.

Our ability to serve tough put the other team out of its system, so I think that was one of the keys to that run,” head coach Sabrina King told The Daily Princetonian. The Tigers closed out the set with a final tally of 25–14.

The third set started with an attack error by junior outside hitter Elena Montgomery, who, coming into the game, ranked second in the Ivy League in points per set and kills per set.

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The Tigers managed to keep their dream of the championship alive as they beat out the Yale Bulldogs 35–20 last Saturday.

With this win, their record advances to 8–1 (5–1 Ivy League), tying them with Dartmouth for the number one seat in the conference.

Both teams will seek to secure their spot at the top as they move into their final games for the season. Both Princeton and Dartmouth are heavily favored in their final matchups, facing off against Penn and Brown, respectively. Penn and Brown sit at the bottom of the league table, with identical records of 2–7 overall and 1–5 Ivy League. If either Princeton or Dartmouth loses their final games, they lose the championship. If both win, they will share the title.

Last Saturday, the Tigers secured their second bonfire since 2013. The bonfire, which traditionally occurs when Princeton football defeats Harvard and Yale in the same season, last took place in 2018. 2019 saw Princeton fall to Yale 51–14, but this year, the Tigers flipped the script, even after the game was delayed by 90 minutes due to lightning.

When asked about the game, Head Coach Bob Surace ’90 said, “We were counting on it to be a tremendous game. You know, I’ve been around football my entire life and I’ve never experienced a lightning delay. And although it was out of our control, I thought our guys were terrific. We

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stayed relaxed. We knew at some point that the lightning would clear and we’d be allowed to go back out on the field.”

He added, “There were some things we struggled with. Penalties that we haven’t had all year long, containing their quarterback, being more precise in our pass rush lanes, avoiding special teams errors, things we’re gonna need some practice with. But on the whole, it was a really good effort and I was really pleased with the majority of the things we did.”

The victory was meaningful for more than one reason, though. On the last home game of the season, senior players — along with their families — were honored for their career achievements in a celebration known as Senior Day. “The season goes by so fast,” said Surace. “We just had Senior Day and this year, we’ve had to say goodbye to a huge group of seniors who’ve given so much to the program and to Princeton.”

When asked how he was feeling about the end of the season, Surace said, “As coaches, we’re always in routine and the routine doesn’t change. Whether it’s the first or last game, it’s still Sunday, dark out, and 5:30 in the morning. I’m asking [the players] to stay in the present but I’m trying to stay in routine too. And I think when you do that, it does help with some of the emotions because you wind up relying on habits instead.”

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Staff Writer

XC and women’s soccer advance, as basketball starts strong

Cross country runners qualify for nationals

an individual spot and will be competing in Tallahassee.

NCAA tournament, playing No. 8 TCU on Nov. 19.

The men’s team finished first out of 26 teams with four runners finishing in the top 10. Senior Jakob Kintzele led the Tigers, finishing fifth in the 10K course with a time of 30:20.5. Senior Ed Trippas came in sixth (30:23.1), sophomore Matt Farrel in eighth (30:25.1), and sophomore Anthony Monte in 10th (30:28.6).

The team automatically qualified for NCAA nationals and will be traveling to Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday, Nov. 20 to compete.

The women’s team finished fourth out of 27 teams, with sophomore Fiona Max finishing in sixth place in the 6K course (20:28.7). While the team did not qualify for NCAA nationals, Max earned

Women’s soccer defeats Vermont, advances to round of 32

Women’s basketball wins first three games

On Friday evening, the women’s soccer team earned a 2–0 shutout against University of Vermont in their first postseason game. Senior forward Tatum Gee scored twice for the Tigers in the first half, securing a two-goal lead that the Tigers would defend for the remainder of the game.

Her first goal was assisted by first-year forward Heather MacNab and sophomore forward Alexis Hiltunen. Gee’s second goal came off a free kick straight into the net just six minutes after her first.

The Tigers will be moving to the second round of the

Following their opening against Vilanova, women’s basketball team won 76–56 against the University of Delaware Blue Hens on the road last week. Junior guard Julia Cunningham led in scoring with 26 points for the Tigers.

Senior guard Abby Meyers added 16 points to the total, and junior guard Grace Stone added 15. The team was 14–18 in their free throw attempts, 27–53 in field goals, and 8–13 in three-pointers.

In their home opener Sunday afternoon, the Tigers dominated the court with a 69–40 win against Boston University. The team scored 31

points off of turnovers. Again, Cunningham led the team in scoring with 20 points; Meyers followed with 15 and Stone with 13.

The team will be on the road against University of Rhode Island on Saturday, Nov. 20.

Men’s basketball defeats South Carolina, falls to Minnesota The men’s basketball team notched a 66–62 win against the University of South Carolina on Friday evening at the Asheville Championship. The teams were evenly matched throughout the majority of the game, but the Tigers held out and won by a margin of four points. Senior guard Jaelin Llewellyn led the team in scoring with 16 points, followed by junior guard Ryan

Langborg with 13, and junior forward Tosan Evbuomwan with 12.

On Sunday, the Tigers lost 87–80 in double overtime to the University of Minnesota.

Again, Llewellyn led the team in scoring, adding 19 points to the scoreboard. Evbuomwan followed with 16 points of his own and senior guard Ethan Wright with 14. Despite the strong effort from the Tigers, the Gophers held onto the lead and won.

On Wednesday, the Tigers then defeated the Marist Red Foxes 80–61. They will be on the road in their next game against Oregon State.

Julia Nguyen is a staff writer for the Sports section at the ‘Prince.’ She can be reached at trucn@princeton.edu or on Instagram at @jt.nguyen.