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By Marcia Brown head news editor

Princeton’s German Department accepts only about eight students each year to join its new graduate student cohort.

These students are among the finest minds in the country, and the very best graduate programs heavily compete for each scholar.

In the graduate school at large, only 38 percent of admitted graduate students in the 2014-2015 academic year were women. From the outside, the German Department hardly seems the first place to look for gender discrimination. By the numbers, Director of Graduate Studies Professor Devin Fore wrote in an email, women constitute around half of the German department’s graduate students, above the percentage at the University as a whole.

When they arrive on campus, however, many women find that the department is not quite so equal, according to interviews with 25 current and former students, professors, and administrators in the department.

Several women left the program last year, citing what they perceived as rampant genderbased discrimination. Those interviewed cited a pervasive academic culture that favors men to succeed, but puts obstacles in front of women.

Even a student, not in the department, who told of her initial excitement to take a class in the German department, found herself the center of “demor-

alizing,” “humiliating,” and “belittling” behavior from the professor – behavior that was overt enough that two other students in the class confirmed it in interviews. While it’s not clear that all such instances are gender-based, they indicate a culture that enables such behavior toward many students.

Nearly all of the female students interviewed said the culture of the department had led them to seek therapy.

“We used to joke that the women in our department all went to therapy to deal with the men in our department,” said one former graduate student who was in the department in the 2000s.

Still, those in charge say the department is ultimately a positive environment for women.

“At the University, our department is in some ways a haven [for women], but that doesn’t mean there aren’t residues of this,” explained Professor Michael Jennings of alleged gender-based discrimination in the German Department.

As current acting department chair and a former 13-year chair, Jennings expressed a past and present desire for continuous improvement.

Several current and former graduate students interviewed cried as they recounted their experiences and shared documents and recordings with the ‘Prince.’ Many were granted anonymity because they feared retaliation.

“It was a boys’ world and women were just allowed in,”

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said former graduate student Susan Bernofsky GS ‘98. Other former graduate students said they knew women who previously left the department citing gender-based discrimination.

Many current and former graduate students, some of whom came forward independently and others who were contacted by the ‘Prince,’ felt that their experiences were validated after the ‘Prince’ published an account of an allegedly discriminatory German Department.

Others even posted Facebook statuses detailing their experiences. These students often cited asymmetrical power relationships between students and faculty as part of the foundation of alleged gender-based discrimination and abuse. While not every professor was accused of alleged discrimination in interviews, students alleged that a “culture of permissiveness” pervaded the department even among faculty who weren’t active perpetrators.

“Historically and still, women don’t have the same amount of power in the [a graduate] de-

partment and even when they do they’re led to believe they don’t,” said K.A. Amienne, speaking broadly about graduate departments. Amienne serves as a consultant who helps academics with their research and writing, especially women recovering from bullying, conflict, and abuse in academia. Among faculty, women often struggle to reach the pinnacle of academic success: tenured full professorship. In this, the German department at the University is hardly unique, as professors from other schools confirm.

‘You’d never think it would happen here’ Princeton’s German Department is known for some of the most progressive graduate classes in media theory and philosophy at the University. Many of its graduate students identify as progressive, and a few are even Marxists. Its undergraduates are treated to individualized attention and department-sponsored trips to Europe. Even its list of readings for graduate general exams, called an erudition list, includes several liberal authors.

Students interviewed for this article often characterize the department as progressive from the outside, especially in its intellectual teachings. Faculty connections allow students opportunities throughout the academic world that can’t be quantified. Nearly every former graduate student acknowledged the department’s prestige; several said that the Princeton name was extremely instrumental in helping them get a job. Beyond reputation, the numbers speak for themselves: the department has the best job placement rate in the country for men and women, a distinction it’s had for nearly a decade.

Acting chair Jennings said Princeton and a few other universities compete for the best graduate students in the country. To convince them to attend the University, he tells them four things: the department is progressive and keeps “on the edge of the scholarly wave,” it is more critical than others and produces “real intellectuals,” it is serious about professionalizSee GERMAN page 4

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Visitors to Diagon Alley attraction show off PotterVerse attire.

First annual Diagon Alley in Newton, NJ, attracts ‘magical’ crowds contributor

On Saturday, 25,000 Harry Potter enthusiasts flooded Spring Street in Newton, N.J. — just about an hour from Princeton — to witness its transformation into Diagon Alley for the afternoon.

Following the Newton’s annual holiday parade, four shops known as the Spring Circle Merchants became magical storefronts from the famous fictional series.

The small town holds several community events

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throughout the year, such as its spring parade. This was its first Harry Potterthemed event. Ryan Stapel is the owner of ReCollectables, one of the four shops involved. He came up with the idea for this Diagon Alley event as a way to support the local businesses, many of which are located on Spring Street. The event also fell on national Small Business Day. Stapel’s inspiration was the proximity of the 20th anniversary of the first book in the Harry Potter See DIAGON page 3

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Compared to recent graduating years, the Class of 2021 contains a much higher number of students who are veterans — a number which will only increase in the following years, explained Tyler Eddy ’21, a former U.S. Marine and current first-year student.

According to Eddy, the potentially tough transition

to student life often makes the decision to apply to an elite university difficult for veterans. However, because of diversity efforts pursued

by President Eisgruber, the number of veterans has increased in recent years. Veteran alumnus requests to see a greater influx of veterans in future classes have also been an important driver, Eddy said.

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“As a former helicopter and airplane mechanic for the Marines, stationed in California, I wanted to major in astrophysics,” said Eddy. “But applying to an Ivy League institution isn’t something that is always particularly encouraged among veterans.”

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them to apply.

“I met with some admissions officers who came to my military base and promoted Princeton at a college symposium,” said Eddy. “That outreach has a positive effect on applicants.”

Eddy is one of five U.S. veterans in the first-year class that founded the Princeton Student Veterans Alliance.

The organization aims to establish a foundation for veterans in future classes, serving as a support group to ease veterans into the University’s student lifestyle.

According to Thaddeus Whelan ’21, another veteran, the University’s transfer program, which starts in fall 2018, will be closely associated with the admission of more veterans because it is part of the University’s goal to increase campus diversity.

“In almost every aspect, Princeton has supported all of us in our endeavors to become integrated into the class,” said Whelan, adding that even though the veterans admitted to the Class of 2021 were not part of the transfer program, transfer admissions will only encourage applications from future veterans and other students from nontraditional backgrounds.

Alongside the director of the University’s transfer program Keith Shaw and the University’s Office of Access and Inclusion, Whelan, as student life chief of the Princeton Student Veterans Alliance, hopes to help veterans.

“My goal is to understand the needs and wants of veterans, due to the sheer diversity of situations each veteran will have,” said Whelan. “Being the inaugural multiple-veteran class of the 21st century, we have both a unfathomable opportunity and an obligation to those coming after us.”

Eddy explained that the University has done a great job in making the transition from military to civilian life easier.

“All five of us American

veterans have joined the Scholars Institute Fellows Program,” said Eddy. “That’s been a great opportunity to meet other students whose backgrounds may make the transition into college life difficult.”

According to Eddy, the first-year veterans are also actively participating in the community through University extracurriculars such as rugby and rowing, which offer more opportunities to meet other students and enjoy student life.

Christopher Wilson ’21, another veteran, agreed that life at the University has been enjoyable so far.

“At first, I was fearful of my performance at an Ivy League school,” said Wilson. “Now, I’m not only doing a decent job in the classroom, but I’m also making new friends, seeing new things, experiencing new adventures, and loving my life.”

The student body also plays a significant role in improving the social life of veterans in the new class, who tend to be older than students who matriculate right after high school, according to 26-yearold Eddy.

“I was definitely a little nervous before coming to Princeton, due to the dramatic age gap between most students and me,” said Eddy. “But everyone at the University is a driven individual, and that gives them a level of maturity not commonly found in 18-year-olds.”

Wilson agrees that this high level of maturity makes it easy for veterans to connect with younger students.

“The transition from the military into civilian life can be very hard,” Wilson said.

“But I’m lucky to be among so many brilliant minds.”

Other veterans in the Class of 2021 include Brendan O’Hara and Jake Sawtelle, who are also founders and members of the Princeton Student Veteran Alliance. According to Eddy, in the coming years, the organization plans to reach out to international veterans and also to devise new ways to improve the lives of matriculating veterans.

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series. He said his street’s picturesque and eclectic charm reminded him of the alley in the stories.

Stapel’s store became Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, while nearby store Between the Bread was decorated as the Great Hall from Harry Potter. The Barrel House became The Leaky Cauldron and served Butterbeer to patrons clad in merchandise from the stories.

Charcoal Moons, the store decorated as Ollivanders, sold out of wands within half an hour of the start of the event.

“It was that many people, that excited, and that’s remarkable,” said attendee Jess Bolduc.

Locals and out-of-towners, children and adults alike attended.

Fans clad in Hogwarts House scarves explored the street with the help of scavenger hunts. Those dressed up as characters from the series entered the costume contest.

Charcoal Moons coowner Jacqueline Deleeuw said the event was bringing needed recognition to Spring Street.

“I think the motivation alone was to just keep getting people to come back,” said Deleeuw. “Just to make sure people know that Spring Street is awesome.

It has so much potential.”

Newton has been looking for ways to improve its image for some time, according to local residents Rosanne Olsher, Lisa Pickett, and Steven Pepchinski.

“I’m hoping that this will bring business back to Newton,” said Pepchinski.

“There’s a lot of storefronts that are closed.”

The volume of fans was somewhat overwhelming for the small street. Lines stretched down the street for Butterbeer at The Barrel House as it sent baristas to buy more food. Patrons inside had waited one to two hours to enter.

“We didn’t know what to expect until today,” Stapel said. He spent the afternoon standing in front of his store to communicate with patrons and other store owners and ensure the event was running smoothly. One complaint was about patrons’ cars being towed from the nearby mall parking lots where they had been parked for the Diagon Alley event.

Planning for the Diagon Alley event started three months prior, but the story went viral on Nov. 14. Stapel said that news broadcasts, including radio morning show host Elvis Duran, reported about the town in expectation of its Diagon Alley event. Before the boom in popularity, Stapel said the street had expected 300 to 400 visitors.

To cope with the increase in expected volume, Stapel communicated with the town and the office of Mayor Wayne Levante, which he said “were gracious enough to help us out.” Police officers directed traffic and pedestrians at the edge of the street, and the city provided facilities like portable toilets.

Store owners and visitors alike expressed interest in recreating Diagon Alley for future years. “[This is] going to become annual, because it was obviously such a hit.

But this was obviously our first year, it’ll be better next year,” Deleeuw said.

The crowds didn’t dampen the excitement for some.

“It’s been a magical day with magical people,” said Bolduc.

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ing its graduate students, and it has one of the best teaching instructors in the country, senior lecturer Jamie Rankin.

“You’d never think it would happen here,” said one student about the department’s alleged gender-based discrimination. But there were, and still are, whispers. Even though the course listings appear progressive, students attest to discriminatory behavior inside the classroom – and that behavior isn’t limited to male faculty, they said. Although Title IX reports provided to the ‘Prince’ were used only in the investigation previously reported on, the accounts also detailed instances of abuse from other professors.

For example, one account alleges that female professor told a female student to “not come up with fancy terms,” to “not talk in lectures,” and to “go home and read, lock yourself in a room and read until you’re smarter.”

The department faculty consists of 15 tenure and tenuretrack professors, five of whom are women. Of those five, two are visiting professors. One woman, Inka Mülder-Bach, is a permanent visiting professor and a full professor, meaning that while she is only on campus one of three semesters, she performs all of the same advising functions full time as another professor in the department. Of the 10 male faculty members, three are full professors, and none of these men are visiting or permanent visiting professors. Jennings said that among the most competitive graduate programs, Princeton’s German department was “decidedly mediocre” on gender balance, but it’s something they seek to improve.

One former graduate student said that he never personally felt any discrimination, even as an openly gay man. He acknowledged, however, that his identity as a white man may have protected him. He added that the department was actually “pretty inclusive” and his relationship with faculty and advisors was healthy. Some faculty members were even at his wed-

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“German has a reputation for being extremely rigorous especially at some place like Princeton,” he explained. “That’s why I opted into the Princeton department. It’s a tough department.”

Several people interviewed who have been in German studies departments at other public and private universities noted this sentiment. But they said that such challenges might be different for women, something Jennings acknowledged.

“Graduate school is, in general, a harder assignment for women,” said Jennings, adding that he believes “we live in a misogynistic society.”

In interviews, students often linked conduct to the department’s academic focus, which graduate students characterized as heavily male-focused and white. The supposedly progressive erudition list was called “too male” and “too white.”

Female graduate students described situations in seminar where they felt as if they were expected to be well-versed in the female authors for the class – and that they were supposed to educate the class on these female authors instead of just requiring the class to read the book. Besides classroom discrimination, students expressed disillusionment with a culture that heavily favored men who “could do no wrong.”

“There was the ‘Golden Children [Boys]’ phenomenon: men were getting it right but somehow what we were doing wasn’t right,” said one former graduate student of her experience.

The term ‘Golden Boys’, one that came up in multiple interviews, refers to students who conformed to the department’s male-centered focus, intellectually and in some cases, even culturally.

Yet, students said they struggle to reconcile this dichotomy of the German Department: one view that is intellectually progressive and academically distinguished versus one that is known for gender-based discrimination.

Moreover, undergraduates expressed admiration for a department that uses its small size to pay extra attention to them. The same professors criticized by graduate students were

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praised by undergraduates for their conduct and individualized attention to departmental concentrators.

One undergraduate student said that her choice to major in German was the “best decision” she’s made at the University.

“I would do it again,” she said.

“I don’t want people to miss out on the opportunities this department provides undergraduates.”

However, even some undergraduates sometimes notice hostility toward women that’s more familiar to graduate students. One undergraduate, for example, alleged that he saw a female classmate get “berated” by a male professor in front of the class.

“It’s men with prejudice who are being asked to police other men who have done these things and they don’t care so it’s just a cycle of people who are not caring,” said another undergraduate student.

‘Free me from this Ivy disappointment’ The department’s reputation for gender-based discrimination does not begin with the graduate students who called for reform in the faculty-student town hall in 2017 that the ‘Prince’ has reported on. Rather, it began not long after women faculty members and graduate students first filled the University’s Gothic structures at the start of coeducation.

“As for sexual harassment, I only heard the usual gossip,” wrote Ruth Klüger in correspondence with the ‘Prince.’

Klüger, who taught in the department from 1980 to 1986, wrote to the ‘Prince’ that the department was not friendly to women and hardly equitable.

Klüger, now a professor emerita at the University of California, Irvine, wrote that her experiences at Princeton eventually made her implore her former colleagues to take her back – to “just free me [her] from this Ivy disappointment.”

Acting chair Jennings, who has been in the department a decade more than any other faculty member, can attest to the department’s trajectory in its treatment of women, and acknowledged its heavily male atmosphere in the ’80s and ’90s.

“My experience had nothing to do [with] sexual misdeeds, but there was a pervading contempt for women and a clear resentment that we didn’t anymore occupy our previous subordinate positions,” Klüger wrote. As the first full female professor in and eventual chair of the German department, she wrote that even when in such positions, she had “reason to believe that grad[uate] students were discouraged to work with me.”

New York University professor Avital Ronell GS ’79 alluded to similar gender discrimination during her time in the department in her book “Fighting Theory.” She noted that she carried “wounded memories of graduate school” and that she was “probably the only woman in this department who was not completely self-effacing and intimidated,” pointing to an environment that was not easy for most women to work in. In an email, Ronell declined to comment for this article.

Such lore from decades ago is well-known. In interviews, several women explained that their advisors had passed these stories down. One graduate student said she had learned of Ronell’s book from another student who told her that the book helped her “get through her time” in the department.

These testimonies illustrate the department’s long history with alleged discrimination, which continues to the present day. Three women have left the department in the past year, the ‘Prince’ previously reported.

All three said in previous interviews that gender discrimination affecting their work and research was critical to their decision to leave the department.

Current and former graduate students, in the department, at Princeton, and even outside the University community, have alleged a classroom and departmental culture that prefers men. Women spoke of being cut off in the middle of their presentations after only minutes, while male graduate students were allowed to go on for an hour or more. Others noted that they never felt welcome to speak up in seminar, and were castigated or made to feel ignorant in front of their peers if they did.

“It took me a few sessions to realize that, because I’m also male, but I realized the female students don’t speak and if they did, it was made out to be ridiculous,” said one former graduate student in another department. “The male graduate students saw what was going on,” he added, “but there was nobody trying to intervene.”

Bernofsky, who now works at Columbia University, spoke of a biased environment during her time as a graduate student at Princeton from 1990 to 1998.

She alleges faculty didn’t see women as serious scholars. At departmental gatherings, she said, professors spoke to male students about academic and intellectual topics while making only small talk with female graduate students – a practice that continues today, other interviewees said. One graduate student described a conversation where a professor referred to her as “Salome,” a Biblical woman recognized for her erotic dancing. Another graduate student said she was hugged from behind by a male faculty member at a departmental event, according to her written Title IX account, as previously reported by the ‘Prince.’

“It was just like being in the boys’ locker room . . . and the girls were lucky to be there,” Bernofsky said, adding that when she was recruited, there was this pervasive sense that the faculty “took male students to be more serious.” The departmental environment was part of a culture where “the history of harassment” was prominent, she said.

“The vast majority of women who experienced inappropriate treatment never pushed back against it for fear of professional harm,” Bernofsky said.

Female graduate students first banded together to discuss their concerns in the 2000s.

They met with faculty and then with the department’s director of graduate studies. Much as in the spring 2017 town hall,

requests focused on clarity for departmental requirements and expectations for research and teaching. Without understanding the standards, female students alleged that they were frequently bullied for not meeting benchmarks.

“If you just say ‘I was sexually harassed’ then you kind of throw in the towel on reform,” said a graduate student who helped plan the first town hall.

“We would have never dared include the discrimination piece.”

Other former and current graduate student women in the department said that sexual harassment was an “open secret.”

While more than five people interviewed for this article alleged that there are or have been one or two more Title IX cases in the German Department in addition to the one previously reported, the ‘Prince’ cannot confirm the existence of these allegations.

Furthermore, due to the nature of Title IX confidentiality, the University would not confirm or deny these allegations.

‘You feel like you’re crazy’ Women now, and in decades past, describe trying to articulate their frustrations in the department. One woman who went to the Sexual Harassment/ Assault Advising, Resources, and Education (SHARE) office during the 2000s recounted an experience that left her no recourse.

“I met with a woman who said, ‘What you’re describing, we can’t really do anything about’ and explained what the consequences would be if I wanted to pursue something,” said the former graduate student.

“I don’t think I even knew there was a Title IX office,” said another former graduate of her time during the 2000s.

Female and male graduate students said that they often saw classroom gender-based discrimination, and even noticed it at departmental events or in advisor-advisee relationships, but rarely knew how to address it.

“It’s just like coming out of an abusive family and you just realized it was abusive and you thought it was your fault it was abusive,” said another graduate of the program. Several women described struggling to articulate just what about their experiences was so different from that of men in the department.

“As a woman, I think you feel like you’re crazy in a way, because so much of it is the perception of the effect that’s going on between you and this person but, ultimately, you just feel a certain sexual interest that’s very difficult to say exactly,” said one former student.

If students recognized sexual harassment, they didn’t know where to turn. And, according to the most recent WeSpeak survey conducted by the University, many graduate students do experience such harassment.

Eight percent of graduate women indicated that they experienced sexual harassment during the 2016-17 academic year, and of that number, 23 percent said that harassment “involved an employee/staff member, faculty member, or postdoc.”

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conduct and awareness on campus, indicated graduate students are less sure where to turn than undergraduates in cases of sexual misconduct and graduate women are much less likely to report cases of sexual misconduct than undergraduate women.

“I think female graduate students are subtly, insidiously silenced in the department,” said a former graduate student.

Several graduate students in other departments, such as Spanish and Portuguese, Comparative Literature, and the School of Architecture, who have taken classes in the German department said in interviews that they are not inclined to do so again.

The student who felt “belittled” in a graduate seminar by the professor’s behavior said that by the end of the semester, nearly everyone in the class had noticed her alleged mistreatment. Two other students in the same class corroborated this story in interviews with the ‘Prince.’

“It really broke me,” she said.

“I was very, very humiliated and kind of blindsided by the narrative I’d constructed for myself to cope in the class.”

She said that her experience in the class exacerbated her struggles with mental health.

This student’s experience was hardly singular, based on interviews with current and former graduate students.

Women in the department shared similar stories of struggles with mental health while at the University in the 2000s.

“We were all in therapy and all talking about how we felt like we didn’t belong here and that that feeling was reinforced by a lot of the behaviors and these classroom settings,” said a former graduate student.

“I’m very pro-therapy, but the gender split was pretty striking on that,” said another former graduate student.

‘These are our careers’ Women, in expressing their concerns about their time in the German department, frequently cried during interviews. They told stories of friends leaving for other departments, other graduate schools, or announcing that they would never again enter academe upon graduation.

“When people focus just on sexual harassment, they forget that the ship actually sinks because of the stuff beneath the water. Sexual harassment is just the tip of the iceberg,” one graduate student explained.

Even the subtlest discrimination, another woman said, could manifest itself glaringly in their research and academic work.

One graduate student said that departmental teaching expectations for women seemed to be higher than that for men, keeping women from their research. While a man was relieved of teaching duties because “he needed to work on his dissertation,” a pregnant woman who needed to work on her dissertation was required to teach, said a former graduate student.

“There’s a lack of acknowledgement that women also need time to write,” she said.

“Virginia Woolf wrote ‘A Room Of One’s Own’ and that’s just it: You need a room and you need the f**king time and you’re less likely to get it if you’re a woman in the department.”

This systemic problem doesn’t seem to be confined just to the University; Bernofsky said that the department’s problem of gender disparity was one found in German studies broadly. Now at Columbia, she said Columbia’s German department tenured and tenure-track faculty are also majority male.

And while at Johns Hopkins

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University, Bernofsky said she walked into the restroom to see an older female faculty member comforting a tearful younger female faculty member. Her advice to the younger faculty member: “just grin and bear it.”

Princeton’s department, Jennings said in an interview, wants to address the concerns brought up by this article.

“If a significant number of people experienced that [gender-based discrimination], then it should be and is a concern for the department,” he said. “Why they would experience it, or the specific mechanisms that led to that, I don’t know. It’s very hard to get a handle on it.”

Jennings was previously chair from 1999 to 2012, and said that during his time he sought to address such gender parity concerns.

“As long as I’ve been a department officer … the department never tolerated gender discrimination,” he said. “I can assure you that if acts of gender discrimination were reported, we would have taken it very seriously.”

During Jennings’ chairmanship, the department hired Brigid Doherty with tenure and promoted Sally Poor from as-

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sistant professor to associate professor with tenure.

“The trajectory in the department since 2000, while never uniform, is toward gender equity,” Jennings said.

At some universities, language departments have been merged into one modern languages department. Some students interviewed told the ‘Prince’ that they feared this outcome for German Studies, even those who alleged that their time in the department was filled with discrimination.

“The idea that these offenses [in the department] would drive a bastion of this type of humanities research under is very painful to me,” a former graduate student said.

Princeton’s department is tiny, and so is the discipline itself. Jobs in German studies are hard to come by, but having a department with a high ranking, prestige, and renowned scholarship helps graduate students find work.

“There are really good things the German Department has

done – good advising, good scholarships – that’s why I joined the department,” said one student. “And yet, there’s also this very real discrimination and I’ve seen it.”

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Sexual misconduct and the abuse of power

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.C. Berkeley’s former law school dean; two Stanford English professors; one Columbia history professor; three Dartmouth psychology professors; and at Princeton, one world-renowned engineering professor found guilty of sexual misconduct and an ongoing Title IX investigation into a professor from the German department.

In the midst of a national conversation on sexual misconduct and the abuses of power by national figures like Harvey Weinstein and others, it should hardly surprise us to learn (or perhaps, remember) that academia is home to perpetrators of sexual misconduct as well. A university’s hierarchical organization enables those in authority to exploit vulnerable individuals in the hierarchy, often without consequence.

The Editorial Board recognizes that graduate students are at the greatest risk of experiencing sexual misconduct related to the abuse of institutional power. According to recently released results from the annual WeSpeak Survey, 23% of graduate women who experienced sexual harassment said that the most serious incident involved Princeton faculty, postdocs, or employees, in comparison to less than 3% of undergraduate women.

Graduate students are also two to three times more likely than undergraduates to have experienced sexual harassment in an academic or work environment. And perhaps most telling, undergraduate and graduate students gave distinct sets of reasons for why they chose not to tell anyone about their harassment.

Among graduate students, the top two reasons given were: 1) they feared telling someone

would negatively impact their work relationships or damage their career prospects; and 2) they feared they would not be believed.

Following the 2016 WeSpeak Survey, the Faculty Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct made several recommendations for the University, focusing particularly on graduate students and faculty.

At the time, they had recommended further training for graduate students around “sexual harassment and professionalism in the workplace”; the results of the 2017 WeSpeak Survey, coupled with recent news across different academic institutions, including ours, bolsters the need for this training. The University’s 2016 campus climate survey indicated the degree to which graduate students are exposed to sexual harassment in the workplace.

We support the Committee’s recommendation of designing a workshop and/or training opportunity. In particular, training should be mandated through individual departmental meetings, as posited by the Committee.

Departments can play a unique role in mitigating sexual assault on campus by taking measures to clarify reporting procedures and disseminate information on the rights of both graduate and undergraduate students. For instance, they can provide new students with this information at an initial meeting, to supplement training. Additionally, each department can task an individual in its staff or faculty to serve in a capacity similar to that of the University-wide Title IX Coordinator, who would then be responsible for making necessary resources available to concentrators and faculty, facilitating trainings, and serving as another confiden-

tial resource for sexual assault/ misconduct on campus. This would, in turn, help increase transparency, accountability, and efficiency.

Furthermore, faculty training should be expanded with regards not only to professionalism in the workplace, but also to becoming more effective bystanders and intervening in situations of sexual misconduct and discrimination.

We recommend the University mandate competency training across all faculty around sexual misconduct on campus.

It is crucial that faculty across departments work together to protect the professional nature of academic relationships between students and professors, particularly the advisor-advisee bond that can span years.

As one electrical engineering professor pointed out, these relationships present the greatest potential for the abuse of trust, power, and authority.

While we recognize the increase in the percentage of students who are aware of campus-based and off-campus resources, we are nonetheless extremely concerned by the disparity between undergraduate and graduate students.

According to the 2017 WeSpeak survey results, only 46% of graduate students were at least “somewhat aware” of the Office of Graduate Student Life as a resource. Notably, 64% of undergraduates are either “very aware” or “extremely aware” of SHARE as a resource, compared to only 33% of graduate students.

Graduate students need to know where they can turn to for help. We emphasize the need for greater visibility of and access to — or rather, equality in access to — resources on campus. The Board commends SHARE (Sexual Harassment/ Assault Advising, Resources

and Education) for all the work they have done and continue to do with regards to mitigating sexual assault, supporting survivors, developing education and training opportunities, and increasing access to resources on campus. Nonetheless, just as first-year students receive mandatory SHARE training during orientation, SHARE should work with first-year graduate students in a similar capacity. Moreover, student groups regularly interface with SHARE in requesting and planning trainings; we ask SHARE to encourage this sort of working relationship with faculty and departments.

In 2015, in an essay for Princeton Alumni Weekly, President Eisgruber wrote that “the only acceptable number of rapes on a college campus is zero.”

We agree wholeheartedly, and would like to take this point even further. The University has a responsibility to protect all members of its community from discrimination, sexual harassment, and assault, especially those in vulnerable positions because of institutional hierarchy or historical and present discrimination. The only acceptable number of instances of discrimination and sexual misconduct on campus should be zero, and the University has a duty to make that known to all students and faculty.

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How Democrats failed the Menendez test Lou Chen

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or a while, the Democratic senator from New Jersey was in deep trouble.

No, not Cory Booker. I’m talking about the other senator, Robert Menendez.

Back in 2015, Menendez was indicted on charges of corruption and bribery for sharing a quid-pro-quo relationship with a wealthy Florida eye doctor by the name of Dr. Salomon Melgen. Beginning in 2006, Melgen flew Menendez on his private jets to luxury resorts around the world, free of charge, and made donations to Menendez’s legal defense and campaign funds. In return, Menendez allegedly acted as Melgen’s “personal senator,” providing services that ranged from the humdrum — pressuring the State Department to “intervene with the Dominican government to resolve [a business] dispute in Melgen’s favor” — to the delightfully sordid — helping three of Melgen’s foreign girlfriends obtain student or tourist visas to the U.S. Fortunately for Menendez, two Thursdays ago on Nov. 16, his corruption trial ended in a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. It wasn’t an acquittal, but it was certainly better than the alternative.

And although the Department of Justice may choose to retry the case, it’s not looking likely.

But, I’m not going to relitigate all of this. Instead, I want to point out something that might easily go unnoticed now that the trial is over: the disappointing failure of Democrats to use the Menendez trial itself — not the result — as an opportunity to scorn corruption.

During the trial, Democratic politicians did their best to avoid any discussion of Menendez. Asked if he would support Menendez if he were convicted, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) ignored the question. Confronted with the same query, Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) said, “I haven’t really been paying attention to the trial.”

These eyebrow-raising answers — or complete lack thereof — weren’t entirely unexpected, given what had been at stake for Democrats.

If Menendez had been convicted, he would’ve likely either resigned or been forcibly expelled by the Senate (which would’ve required at least 15 Democrats to vote with Republicans), in which case the current New Jersey governor would’ve appointed someone to replace him until the November 2018 elections rolled around.

Wait, who’s our governor again? Chris Christie?

That’s right: for one last time, Governor Christie might’ve been called on to rise from the depths of his beach chair like a primordial sea monster with a 15% approval rating. If Menendez had left his Senate seat

before Christie’s term expired on January 16, 2018, Christie would’ve appointed the Republican of his choice. Even worse, during the trial, he didn’t rule out the possibility of resigning the governorship and having his lieutenant appoint none other than himself as New Jersey’s newest senator — Senator Chris Christie.

Hold your loved ones close, and your Oreos even closer.

So yes, Democrats had a lot to fear, and thus for good reason, kept their mouths shut. New Jersey hasn’t elected a Republican to the Senate since 1972. And even if Christie’s interim appointee ended up holding the seat for less than a year, that brief window of time could’ve been all Republicans needed to push through major legislation on issues like tax reform, or even healthcare (because why beat a dead horse when you can take away its health insurance?). Had they lost Menendez before January 16, Democrats would’ve lost big.

We may never know for sure how Democrats would’ve responded to a Menendez conviction. But that didn’t prevent pundits from speculating during the trial. Sadly, almost all of the suggested outcomes — Democrats encouraging Menendez not to resign or delaying his expulsion vote — involved Democrats putting their integrity on hold.

Most tellingly, Vox’s Andrew Prokop suggested that they might “make a public

case that an expulsion vote wouldn’t really be about Menendez and corruption — it would be about preventing Republicans from getting the final vote to repeal Obamacare.”

All of this amounted to a classic “the ends justify the means” argument: allowing a corrupt senator to remain in office would’ve been morally acceptable if it meant blocking the Republican agenda at every turn. To a certain extent, I get that.

Under this current administration, so much hangs in balance. And with our president’s vices on full display, Democrats might’ve felt that they too deserved the chance to indulge in underhanded politicking.

But if there was ever a time for Democrats to take a hardline stance against corruption, it’s now. It’s not just that Washington, D.C. feels more corrupt than ever before, what with members of Congress being investigated for insider trading and Cabinet secretaries using taxpayer money to pay for private jets. It’s also that Democrats have spent so much of the past several months slamming this administration for its perpetual “swampiness.” For them to have sat and shrugged their shoulders while one of their own stood trial for bribery — now that’s pure hypocrisy.

The Democrats chickened out. It should’ve been easy for them to issue a simple if-then statement: if Menendez is found guilty

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of corruption, then we think he should resign. But they didn’t, because that would’ve been a lie. Their unspoken message was more along the lines of: if Menendez is found guilty, then we need him to hold tight until January 16.

But they must realize that being “principled” doesn’t mean that they get to choose where their principles guide them, even if it’s to politically inconvenient destinations. They failed this test. Let’s hope they don’t fail the next one — I doubt the Democrats’ moral grade can stand another hit.

Lou Chen is a music major from San Bernardino, Calif.

He can be reached at lychen@ princeton.edu.

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Improving Thanksgiving for students Samuel Aftel

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n the cultural imagination of many Americans, Thanksgiving conjures feelings of family togetherness, community, and gratitude. According to this mentality, Thanksgiving is a peaceful and reflective holiday that allows us to give thanks to the people who make our lives special and filled with love. For Princetonians, specifically, Thanksgiving evokes unfettered relaxation, Netflixbinging, and a general break from the intense pressures of academic life.

All this sounds beautiful. If only it were factually representative of most people’s Thanksgiving experiences. In reality, Thanksgiving can be quite a stressful holiday, especially for Princeton students (and college students more generally). The financial infeasibility of traveling, which forces students to remain on a somewhat empty campus during the break, and sustained academic obligation make the holiday far from idyllic for many Princetonians. However, the University can play a major role in fostering a more enjoyable and less stressful Thanksgiving for its

student body.

Recently, writer and academic Jennine Capó Crucet wrote an affecting op-ed in The New York Times about the financial and cultural struggles of first-generation college students during Thanksgiving break. The op-ed demonstrated how many first-generation students who must stay on campus during the holiday experience loneliness and isolation.

Hence, for many first-generation students, as well as other students who are forced to stay on campus or who do not observe Thanksgiving, the holiday can be emotionally gruesome and disorienting.

At Princeton, a campus that embodies a plethora of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, such a situation is all too prevalent. Although many Princeton students do go home for Thanksgiving, some do not, and Princeton, as a relatively quiet suburban campus, can be quite a lonely place when classes are not in session.

Even for the Princeton students who are privileged enough to go home for Thanksgiving, the break is far from ideal. Princeton does not initiate its Thanksgiving break until the end of classes on the Tuesday before the holiday,

which makes for a relatively short time off and increased travel difficulty for many students. Similarly, many classes retain their usual workloads for the following week after Thanksgiving, which forces Princeton students to attend to their academic obligations during a time that should be dedicated to family and selfcare.

All in all, the Thanksgiving breaks of many Princetonians are far from relaxing, and the University must reform its institutional procedures to improve the holiday experience for its student body. Last November, Mason Cox wrote a column in the ‘Prince’ in which he explained the struggles of low-income students during fall break. Cox highlighted how “for students who receive [financial] aid, only two round trips are covered.” Thus, “[students on financial aid] can go back [home] for winter recess and summer break — but not fall recess, Thanksgiving recess, spring recess, or intersession [assuming they elect to go home during winter and summer breaks].” (Also, under the 2017-18 financial aid award policy, the manner in which aid is distributed for travel somewhat differs between domestic

and non-domestic students.)

In the column, Cox proposes a change to financial aid policy that will enable low-income students to visit home more often. Such a change is tremendously necessary, as it will allow low-income students to spend Thanksgiving break, as well as other breaks potentially, with their families. It is profoundly inequitable for some students to be deprived of time with family and confined to solitude during Thanksgiving due to socioeconomic disadvantage. Princeton can and should rectify this as soon as possible.

Likewise, the University should expand Thanksgiving break by cancelling all classes on the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving to foster smoother traveling experiences for students, especially those who must take flights to their Thanksgiving destination. The University should also develop a program that allows students who plan to remain on campus, but still want to celebrate the holiday in a traditional, offcampus setting, to be invited to Thanksgiving dinners with caring families in the Princeton area. The program would be another important step in combating loneliness on cam-

pus during the break.

Finally, professors have a moral obligation to make Thanksgiving break more of an actual academic break for Princetonians by assigning a less sizable workload, if a workload must be assigned at all, during the holiday. No papers or problem sets should be due the Monday or Tuesday after the break, and no tests or quizzes should be scheduled for the entire week after the break.

Students deserve a Thanksgiving that is relatively free of academic stress; professors have the ability to ensure that this is the case.

Thanksgiving break for many Princeton students is far from festive and joyous. Financial hardship, isolation, and academic stress are all too common during this time a year for countless Princetonians.

Next Thanksgiving, therefore, the University should implement concrete policies that will make Thanksgiving an enjoyable and memorable holiday for its students. Anything less is unacceptable as all Princetonians deserve an improved Thanksgiving experience.

Samuel Aftel is a sophomore from East Northport, N.Y. He can be reached saftel@princeton.edu.

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Give thanks for Princeton

Ryan Born

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his holiday season, all of us should take a moment to be humble and give thanks for Princeton.

Princeton is an institution with many pros and many cons. Its perpetuation of inequalities, dark sides of history, and difficulties with change can be at times hard to swallow. But those are topics for other columns and other days.

For now, let us focus on the

positive; let us give thanks.

There are few other places on this earth where you can be surrounded by young people with such an abundance of resources and natural talents besides Princeton. Let us not take for granted the company we are exposed to every day, and the extraordinary people that study and walk around the same halls that we do. It is a blessing to be among some of the most educated young people the country. For us as individuals, this is a tremendous good that we have received.

Princeton itself, too, gives us much. From the socialized health care of University Health Services to the teachings of some of the most prestigious and talented academics, from beautiful stone architecture to the resplendent glass buildings. Princeton spoils us, nurtures us. Princeton helps us find jobs, pays for us to go to Europe, lets us drink beer on Prospect Avenue.

Should we not give thanks for such bountiful good?

Give thanks for being at this institution. Ac-

knowledge the sheer luck and privilege that all of us share in this place. Princeton, despite its difficulties, makes our lives far easier than they might have been at other institutions, in much more fundamental ways than the difficulty of our classes or the contents of our GPAs. The resources at Princeton, the prestige of the name on our résumés and CVs will carry us as far as the friendships we make here.

All I ask is for you to take the time to be thankful.

Reflect on what we have

here, and realize how incredibly fortunate we all are. I have my own stories of gratitude to tell, from my classmates who put up with my being that guy in precept, to the boys on the men’s lightweight crew team, to my editors at The Daily Princetonian. And of course, dear reader, thank you for reading.

Ryan Born is a junior in the philosophy department from Washington, Mich. He can be reached at rcborn@ princeton.edu.

Monday November 27, 2017

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Bruins take early lead, Princeton falls to UCLA in NCAA quarterfinals 3–1

By David Xin head sports editor

After a brilliant performance against the No. 2 North Carolina team, the women’s soccer team looked to recreate the magic against UCLA in the NCAA quarterfinals. Despite a strong performance, the Tigers were unable to pull off another upset as they lost to the Bruins, 3-1. The loss ended Princeton’s historic quarterfinal run — the best performance by a Princeton team since 2004, when the Orange and Black advanced to the semifinals.

The Bruins had a dream start to the match, bringing the home crowd into the game with two early goals in the 16th and 18th minutes. UCLA’s Hailie Mace started the scoring with a strong header in the box to put the Bruins on the board. This was quickly followed by tap-in from Oliva Athens to double the Bruin advantage. The goals were well deserved, as UCLA dominated the first half, outshooting the Princeton side 13-1. The Bruins also managed to draw six corners to Princeton’s zero.

However, the Tigers would come alive the in the second half of the game. Princeton cut the deficit in half in the 55th minute on the counterattack.

Sophomore forward Abby Givens slid past the defenders to receive a well-weighted pass from sophomore midfielder Courtney O’Brien. Unfortunately, the

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Despite a strong performance from the Tigers, UCLA ended the first half with a two-goal advantage that the Tigers never overcame.

Bruins would quickly respond as Mace found the back of the net again to complete a brace. UCLA would go on to win the game 3-1.

Sophomore goalkeeper Natalie Grossi finished the game with an impressive 10 saves.

Despite the loss, the Tigers have plenty to be proud of this season. This was the 12th time in program history the Tigers had qualified for the NCAA tourna-

ment and the third time in the last six years. This quarterfinal run was the best Princeton performance since 2004, when the Tigers made a semi-final appearance: they were knocked out by the Bruins that year as well. En route to their quarterfinal appearance, the Tigers outscored their opponents 44-11 and boasted a 16-3-1 record. This was the second most wins in program

Weekend review Women’s basketball: Win 63-57 @ Davidson The Tigers improved to 3-1 in the early portion of the season after defeating Davidson College’s Wildcats 63-57 at Belk Arena in Davidson, N.C. Princeton was led once again by an outstanding performance from sophomore Bella Alarie, who recorded her third straight double-double (21 points, 11 rebounds) for the Tigers. The Class of 2021 also had a big day on the court, as freshman teammates Carlie Littlefield and Abby Meyers each had a double-digit point outing. At one point in the game, the Tigers led by 15 points, but they saw their lead turn into a deficit midway into the third quarter when the Wildcats took a 37-34 advantage.

Heading into the fourth quarter, the game was tied at 48 apiece, but Alarie took control of the game with eight straight points to put the Tigers up 58-50 — a lead they would retain for the remainder of the game. The Tigers return home this week as they host Villanova on Wednesday and Delaware on Saturday. Princeton will look to extract revenge on Villanova in a rematch of last year’s National Invitation Tournament game, which saw the Tigers conclude their season with a 59-53 loss on their home court.

history.

The Princeton team earned an all-time high nine All-Ivy League honors. Senior midfielder Vanessa Gregoire won the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. Gregoire will end her career as the program’s all-time assist leader, with 27. Head Coach Sean Driscoll also earned recognition as Ivy League Coach of the Year.

The Tigers will undoubtedly

Performances of the week Abby Givens Sophomore forward Abby Givens scored the Tiger’s lone goal against No. 4 UCLA this past weekend.

Givens has proven herself a reliable offensive force throughout the season, finding the back of the net 12 times. She also scored the game-winner against the Tar Heels to help Princeton upset the University of North Carolina last week.

Men’s basketball: Win 83-76 @ Fairleigh Dickinson Princeton picked up their first road win of the season and improved to 2-3 on the year after their 83-76 victory over the Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights in Teaneck, N.J. The Tigers were able to overcome 17 turnovers in the game by shooting an outstanding 66 percent from the field. Junior guard Devin Cannady led the way for the Tigers with 22 points, making seven of his nine field goal attempts in the win. Also scoring over 20 points for Princeton was Cannady’s partner in the backcourt — junior Myles Stephens — who scored 21 points on 9/12 shooting. The Tigers also made sure to spread the ball, as their offense had 21 assists in the win. Princeton took over this game early with a 13-0 run over a span of four minutes in the first half and then another 7-0 scoring run later in the first half. With the score 49-27 in favor of Princeton, the game seemed to be squarely within the Tigers’ grasp. However, they had to first weather the storm of a Knights’ run that cut a 13-point deficit into four over the final five minutes. Up next for Princeton is a home game against Lehigh University on Wednesday.

Women’s soccer @ UCLA: Loss 1-3 Despite a strong performance the Tigers fell to UCLA 3-1 in the NCAA quarterfinals. The Bruins opened the match strong, scoring two goals early. The Tigers would manage to cut the deficit in half with a goal from sophomore Abby Givens. But this failed to spark a comeback as the UCLA responded quickly with another goal to keep their distance. This was the Princeton team’s third NCAA appearance in the past six years — each time advancing past the first round. The Tigers will end the season outscoring their opponents 44-11 and boasting a 16-3-1 record. The 16 wins represent the second highest win count in Princeton history.

Women’s hockey @ Merrimack College: Loss 1-4 The women’s hockey team (2-7-3) was quite busy this Thanksgiving break, traveling all the way to North Andover, Mass., to place in a two-game set against Merrimack College (6-10-3).

The Tigers played strong offensively, outshooting the Warriors in both matches at Lawler Rink, but still struggled to follow through and put themselves on the scoreboard. Orange and Black was completely shut out on Friday night’s game, which ended in a 1–0 loss. Junior Keiko DeClerck finally put the Tigers on the scoreboard for the first time in the series during the second period of the second game, but the Warriors still pulled out with a 4-1 win.

Tweet of the Day

“The @IvyLeague champion @PrincetonVolley women are Ames, Iowa-bound to take on #14 Iowa State Friday in the 1st round of the NCAA’s! #TigerUp” Princeton Tigers (@ PUTigers),

look to repeat their success next season, and it looks like they retain much of their firepower to do so. Princeton will retain some of its top scorers in Givens (12), junior forward Mimi Asom (10) and O’Brien (nine). Princeton will also retain Grossi, who managed a record 11 shutouts this season. The future looks bright for the Tigers as they look to build upon their strong performances.

Myles Stephens Junior guard Myles Stephens proved to be one of the catalysts for the Princeton offense in their impressive win over Fairleigh Dickinson University. Stephens shot 75 percent from the field and had 21 points in the victory. Stephens was a technician during this game as his efficiency rating of 29 was the highest in the game from any player.

Max Becker The men’s hockey team may have lost its game last Wednesday night, but that didn’t stop senior forward Max Becker from having a fantastic game.

Becker clutched his first career multiple-goal game, scoring two of Princeton’s three goals against Bemidji State University in the first match of a two-game series.

Stat of the Day

16–3–1 The women’s soccer team ended the season 16–3–1. The 16 wins was the second most in program history.

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