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SHARE and Womanspace partner for lantern project

By Katherine Wang staff writer

Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources & Education (SHARE) partnered with local nonprofit Womanspace to line Prospect Avenue and other streets around campus with luminarias, lanterns consisting of a candle set in a small paper bag weighted with sand, in a project known as Communities of Light.

Womanspace is a nonprofit agency in Mercer County, New Jersey, which provides services to individuals and families impacted by domestic and sexual violence and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for adults and families.

Their partnership with SHARE is part of a larger movement in central New Jersey to raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault and of services available to help victims in Mercer County.

During the winter solstice in December, Communities of Light candles line the streets of central New Jersey as a symbol of hope for women and children impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault in the community.

“I think it’s a great way to show support and that we are there for the victims and show people on campus that this is an important issue,” Angela Kim ’19 said.

“They’re really powerful symbols of solidarity and love — there’s something so incredible in seeing them light up the paths around you and in the reflection that they engender in those who do,” Kelly Hatfield ’17, Vice Presi-

dent of Communications for the SHARE peer program, said.

“SHARE has been partnering with Womanspace for this event for a number of years, and I think it’s really impactful working with a group that does so much to support victims and survivors in the broader Princeton area, and that has for thirty years now,” she added.

A similar event to raise mental health awareness and encourage solidarity amongst the student body was hosted by To Write Love on Her Arms, and took place outside of Frist Campus Center last week. To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide, according to its Facebook page.

Some students were reminded of that event as they walked along Prospect Avenue.

“I don’t totally know what they’re here for, and I didn’t get the chance to read all of the ones near Frist, but the candles do seem to be about embracing yourself,” Kevin Bradicich ’18 said.

In the future students hope to understand more about the causes behind awareness campaigns to enlighten them on what they see walking around campus.

“I noticed them, but I had no idea what they were for. If there were posters on the lampposts saying what the lights were about that would help me understand more of what this event was for,” Anne Haque ’17 said.

STUDENT LIFE

COURTESY OF VIDUSHI SHARMA

Vidushi Sharma ‘17 and Alex Herr ‘17 pose in a promotion for their “¿!¿! PSAFE Surprise !?!?” party

Students organize party for Public Safety Officers

By Samuel Garfinkle staff writer

Most partygoers wouldn’t think to call Department of Public Safety and file a noise complaint for the party they are currently attending. For a group of University students at the 2 Dickinson St. Co-op, however, that was exactly the right idea.

On Dec. 3, students as-

sembled at 2D for a party advertised on Facebook as “¿!¿!

PSAFE Surprise !?!?” The game plan, as outlined in a post to this event, was simple: “we will call psafe on ourselves. psafe will arrive. we will surprise psafe with a cake. we will then party.”

Officers arrived shortly after the noise complaint was filed, by their own accounts unaware of the students’

plans. The first two officers on scene were greeted with a cheer of “We love you, PSafe!” that Sergeant Stephen Solovey described as “very overwhelming, in a positive way.” Soon, the first officers to respond had joined the party, calling in additional officers as “backup.”

“We go off of each other’s voices on the radio sometime, See PARTY page 3

ACADEMICS

Three U. professors and four alumni win 2017 Breakthrough Prize

By Abhiram Karuppur senior writer

Three University professors and four University alumni have been named recipients of the 2017 Breakthrough Prize. The professors include visiting math professor Jean Bourgain and physics professors Simone Giombi and Frans Pretorius.

The Breakthrough Prize was started in 2012 by Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. They seek to honor “paradigm-shifting research in the fields of fundamental physics, life sciences, and mathematics,” and have awarded $200 million in prizes since 2012.

The alumni who won the Breakthrough Prize include Harvard physics professor Cumrun Vafa GS ’85, University of Oregon math professor Ben Elias ’05, California Institute of Technology physics professor Kip Thorne GS ’65, and MIT physics professor Rainer Weiss. Weiss completed his postdoctoral work See PRIZE page 2

NEWS & NOTES

Yale submits report to change residential college name associate news editor

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In Opinion

Assistant professor Dan-el Padilla Peralta discusses the need for stronger action in regards to the University’s statement on DACA, and columnist Iris Samuels reiterates the importance of participating in the USG elections. PAGE 4

Yale University released a report to its Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming after receiving demands to rename the residential college named after John C. Calhoun, a former U.S. Senator known for his support of slavery.

The report, a 24-page document outlining the principles that guide the decision-makers at the university in renaming campus architecture, will be sent to a three-person committee to present a recommendation on whether the university should rename the residential college.

The committee members will be named by Yale president Peter

Today on Campus

Salovey.

Last year, Princeton University saw a sit-in led by the Black Justice League, whose demands included cultural competency training for faculty, the creation of cultural spaces for black students, and public recognition from the University regarding former University and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s racist legacy. This included changing the name of Wilson College, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and the removal of the mural of Wilson in Wilcox dining hall.

Currently, the University is considering renaming West College and the atrium in the basement of Robertson Hall. Additionally, the University staged an exhibit

4:40 p.m.: The American Whig-Cliosophic Society will host a Women in Congress Panel Discussion with Nan Hayworth ‘81, Lindy Li ‘12, and Marjorie Margolies to discuss public policy issues, paths to political office, Congress and more. Whig Hall Senate Chamber. Free and open to the public.

that details Wilson’s influence in re-segregating federal agencies and opposing women’s education.

At Yale, supporters of the name change claim that renaming would better align the buildings with the core educational tenets of Yale. Those in opposition believe renaming Calhoun College would be harmful if the motive behind it is to hide and revise history.

According to Yale Alumni Magazine, current students and faculty are the strongest proponents of the residential college name change, while older alumni oppose the change.

A recommendation is expected to be filed by early 2017, and a decision will be made soon after.

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at the University from 1962 to 1964.

Bourgain is the IBM von Neumann Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, and was the sole recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. He was awarded the prize for “multiple transformative contributions to analysis, combinatorics, partial differential equations, high-dimensional geometry and number theory.”

Bourgain received an award of $3 million.

Giombi and Pretorius, who are both University physics professors, received the New Horizons in Physics Prize, which is awarded to earlycareer physics researchers who have produced important results in fundamental physics. Giombi’s research deals with string theory and quantum field theory, while Pretorius’ work focuses on gravitational wave physics.

Giombi received an award of $50,000, and Pretorius received $100,000.

Pretorius said that he is delighted and honored to receive the award, and that he plans to donate a portion of it to charity. He noted that the work that he is doing is especially exciting given the discovery of gravitational waves earlier this year, and he hopes that puzzles surrounding dark matter and Einstein’s classical theory of gravity will be solved by further advancements in the field.

“I think this is only the beginning of an entirely new field of astronomy where we’ll be able to ‘listen’ to many interesting phenomena in the universe that aren’t observable by other means,” Pretorius said. “My advice for students interested in physics is to dive in and go for it — we’re living in exciting times!”

He added that the University has offered a supportive and vibrant environment, and that the students are exceptional.

Vafa, who is the Donner Professor of Science at Harvard, received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, along with Joseph Polchinski of the University of California-Santa Barbara and Andrew Strominger of Harvard University. Vafa’s research involves string theory, and he is currently studying the geometry of extra dimensions and the extended objects in these dimensions to understand macroscopic physics in four dimensions.

Vafa received an award of $1 million, a portion of which he said would go to philanthropic causes.

“I am delighted to receive such a prize,” Vafa said. “More important than its monetary value, is the recognition of the work that my collaborators, over 150 physicists and mathematicians, and I have been involved with in the past 30 years.”

Vafa added that students should follow their true interests and not be swayed by current hot topics. He noted that he met his wife at the University, and recommended that students should explore fields outside of their concentration.

Institute of Advanced Study physics professor Edward Witten GS ’76, who advised Vafa, said that he was a remarkably creative student and that it was obvious that he would go on to accomplish great things. Witten received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2012.

Elias, who is an assistant professor in the Math Department at the University of Oregon, received the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize, which is awarded to earlycareer mathematicians who have produced important results in mathematics. Elias studies geometric representation theory, and for his senior thesis, he worked on a project in abstract algebra called “Minimally faithful group actions and p-groups.”

Elias received an award of $100,000.

University of Illinois-Chicago math professor Ramin Takloo-Bighash, who was a University professor and advised Elias on his senior thesis, said that Elias’ thesis dealt with Cayley’s Theorem in elementary group theory.

Takloo-Bighash said that he expected Elias to carry out explicit computations, but was surprised when Elias was able to formulate an algorithmic procedure within one week. He added that Elias’ work became the topic of a paper that he co-wrote with Elias and another professor.

“I have followed Ben’s mathematical career over the last few years and I have been continuously impressed with his work,” Takloo-Bighash said, noting that Elias published seven papers this year alone.

One of Elias’ most notable accomplishments was his proof of the 40-year-old Kazhdan-Lusztig Conjecture in 2014. Takloo-Bighash said that this was a major achievement for the field of representation theory.

“This is an extremely important area of modern mathematics which sits at the crossroads of several areas of mathematics with applications all over the place,” he said.

Thorne and Weiss received the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, which was awarded in May of this year, for their work on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, which they used to discover the existence of gravitational waves. Thorne and Weiss will share a $1 million prize with California Institute of Technology professor Ronald Drever, and the 1,012 people who worked on LIGO will split $2 million.

Previous recipients of the Breakthrough Prize include Institute for Advanced Study professors Nima ArkaniHamed, Juan Maldacena GS ’96, Nathan Seiberg, Richard Taylor GS ’88, and Witten, along with University professors B. Andrei Bernevig, Alexander Polyakov, and David Botstein. Nobel laureate Arthur McDonald, who received the Breakthrough Prize last year, completed his postdoctoral work at the University.

Alumni who have won the award include Eric Lander ’78, the Director of the Broad Institute at MIT, and Terence Tao GS ’96, a professor of mathematics at UCLA.

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and they [the other officers] definitely played into it,” Sergeant Jason Vacirca said.

Executive Director of Public Safety Paul Ominsky addressed the exceptional nature of the event, contextualizing the situation and talking about campus support for Public Safety.

“We do have people praise officers and give us very positive feedback … but this is, I think, the first time we’ve had a very big group praise the officers,” he said, adding “and provide cake.”

When asked about the cake they ate at the event, the officers had only admiration to express.

“Whoever the baker was definitely deserves an award,” Solovey said.

In addition to the food provided, officers also received a card filled with handwritten and grateful remarks, many of which had personal twists.

For example, one student wrote “Thank you for making Princeton a safe home. Also, thank you for not judging me when I locked myself out two days in a row.”

The party was organized primarily by Vidushi Sharma ’17 and Alexandria Herr ’17, both members of 2D and residents at the 2 Dickinson St. property that houses the Co-op.

Sharma and Herr said that they had been planning the party for weeks, ever since

Public Safety had responded to an actual noise complaint at 2D very courteously.

“We wanted to have a party where they wouldn’t just have to shut us down, but could actually take part in the party,” Herr said.

Sharma emphasized that they worked hard to keep the idea a secret, maintaining a sense of mystery in the hopes of getting more people to come.

Herr also emphasized the motivation for planning various parties at 2D in the first place, talking about her friends and more general ideas.

“Coming into the year, it was my goal to make 2D more of a social scene for independent students,” Herr said.

Other attendees offered further thoughts in support of the event.

“It was a great time. I’m glad we were able to make these people feel appreciated, especially since this warm sentiment is not exactly what they’re probably used to getting from most students,” Nabai Habtemariam ’18 said.

The officers in attendance also acknowledged students’ generosity in engaging with them.

“After we talked about everything with the students, they then went a step further and extended the invitation for us to come there anytime to have dinner with them, which is awesome,” Solovey said.

Both the Department of Public Safety and Princeton University Facebook pages published an account of the event.

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It’s time to demystify Princeton’s eating clubs Leila Clark

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even of every ten Princetonians will pay thousands of dollars to eat at a mansion on Prospect Avenue. The eating clubs are like Hogwarts houses, each with a unique culture and personality. Here’s the house for people who swim and row, we say; that’s the house for people who love to drink and dance, and there’s the house for those who want to run the country. That’s to be distinguished from the one for those who will own the country. And there are seven more.

Pick one carefully, young sophomore. It will be your second home forever.

Those are the charitable stereotypes. There are uncharitable, unprintable ones too. It’s time to move past all these stereotypes — time to demystify Prospect Avenue. The first, tentative step we can take is to track club demographics. If this referendum passes, USG will collect demographic data twice a year, after the fall and spring sign-in/bicker periods. It will publish them to the student body. Club members will be able to see the data and use it to inform their recruitment strategies. Sophomores will be able to see the data, and it will help them choose what club to join. And we will all be able to see the data, and see how we, as a school, are choosing to split ourselves up among the clubs.

Currently, the clubs guard their membership rosters fiercely.

We know that clubs have, over Princeton’s history, carefully watched how many Jewish students, or women, they allowed in. Here’s what a club officer said to a Jewish student in 1953, according to a Harvard Crimson report on Princeton’s eating clubs: “We’d like to take you, but our quota on you people is filled up.”

We’ve moved past that, I think. But how can we know, unless we have the numbers?

I have faith that the demo-

graphic data will, in the end, be fairly uncontroversial; that the clubs will be more diverse and representative of the student body than we think they are. That’s why I think there’s nothing to fear, and everything to gain, for us as a school to have this information.

And if the data is controversial? Some upperclassmen seem worried that releasing demographic data would hurt their club. But I think we ought to look at the data as Princetonians, not as club members. If there are groups on campus that cluster in one club, I don’t think that reflects poorly upon that club. Rather, it says that structural problems within Princeton have created a divide between two groups — problems that the entire student body would need to address.

We come to Princeton to experience a liberal arts education.

We move here so that we can live with and learn from students who are not like us. And, as a school, we claim to be “in the service of humanity.” Can we really say that, if we segregate ourselves by race, or gender, or major? The eating clubs ought to be places that enhance the liberal arts experience — not places for us to hide from it.

Finally, a personal appeal. For this referendum to even have a chance of passing, 1,750 of us — a third of the school — must vote. Last year, about 1,500 of us voted on the SPEAR divestment referendum. The referendum failed. In Fall of 2015, 1623 people voted for USG President.

There was no referendum that season, but if there had been, it also would have failed.

If you care, even a little, about this issue, please vote. It matters much more than you think it does. For if we don’t take the first step, then who will? If not now, then when?

Leila Clark is a computer science major from Tai Po, Hong Kong. She is sponsoring the demographics referendum and can be reached at lvclark@princeton. edu.

Our double standard Iris Samuels

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lection season is here, and I can hear your collective groan. We’re still recovering from the national trauma of a seemingly endless campaign season, and once again our doors, walls, and email accounts are plastered with posters demanding that we exercise our civic right (read: duty) to vote.

When I returned to my room late Sunday evening, I found notes from numerous candidates, telling me why they would be the best person for the job, or just reminding me that they have a name, they exist, and they really want to represent me. The notes went straight into my recycling bin, as I lamented another tree pointlessly wasted, envisioning thousands of Princeton students dismissing the notes in the same way. I briefly wondered why these candidates even bother running.

Aside from the weekly emails advertising free movies, does the student government really do anything?

The obvious answer is that yes, of course they do. The student government is our voice on issues ranging from gender-inclusive housing to potential changes in the academic calendar. The students we elect truly do make a difference in our Princeton experience and the experiences of future Princetonians.

Even if we only think of them as our guarantors to a decent Lawn Parties act, their role goes far beyond that.

A few moments later, I found myself pulling the candidates’ notes out of my bin and looking through their names. I went on the Undergraduate Student Government website and read through their personal statements. This year, unlike last, I’m actually going to vote.

I remembered the sense of urgency on campus during the weeks leading up to the national election. It may seem like eons ago, but it’s only been a month since the time when President-elect Trump was just The Donald. “I voted” stickers were ubiquitous.

If someone proclaimed that they hadn’t voted or weren’t planning to, this often elicited confusion, or even anger. However, I doubt any Princeton students will practice this same behavior regarding the upcoming USG elections.

Granted, the next USG president is not going to change our

lives. Some might argue that the role is merely symbolic. We are not choosing between a bigot and an experienced world leader, but rather between two well-meaning candidates whose platforms seem, at first glance, quite similar. The candidates for the different roles may be your teammates, your classmates, your OA snuggle buddies, or part of your zee group.

But these students are also our future representatives. The same disdain we hold for those who chose not to exercise their civic duty on Nov. 8 should be extended to those who choose not to vote in these elections. A civic duty is just that — a duty — regardless of the magnitude of its implications.

Princeton is an institution that prides itself on providing an education that goes beyond the classroom. Many Princeton students credit this place for teaching them how to be effective leaders.

By the same logic, Princeton must teach its community members how to choose their leaders. This is where we get used to reading platforms, engaging with candidates, and electing people not because they are our friends, but because they hold ideas that strike us as important and worth pursuing.

I was shocked to discover that almost half of eligible American voters don’t vote in national elections. But when I learned that less than one-third of Princeton’s undergraduate body voted in the last election for USG president, I shrugged.

In fact, I am one of the two-thirds of students who didn’t bother logging into the election website.

This is unacceptable. How can we, as Princeton students, demand of our country what we do not demand of ourselves?

Whether or not you know the candidates, I hope you will take the time to look at their platforms.

Vote for the students who plan to advocate for changes you hope to see on this campus. And if you’re not clear on what the candidates are planning to do, there is still time. You can ask them. Even if you’ve thrown away all the notes left on your doorstep, even if you don’t have a clue who’s running, even if the thought of democratic elections evokes PTSD symptoms from Nov. 8 — please, vote.

Iris Samuels is a sophomore from Zichron Yakov, Israel. She can be reached at isamuels@princeton.edu.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Now, more than ever, words matter Dan-el Padilla Peralta guest columnist

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ast Monday, President Eisgruber circulated a letter to the Princeton community in which he affirmed his and the University’s support of the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program and those members of our community currently protected under it. This support was hedged by the qualification “to the maximum extent that the law allows.” The letter cites scrupulous adherence to the rule of law as justification for why Princeton will not embrace the call to make the University a “sanctuary campus.”

Yesterday the ‘Prince’ published Jessica Sarriot’s criticism of the President’s letter. I am in full agreement with Jessica’s words and write now to express my conviction that the President’s letter simply does not rise to the challenges of the present moment. Not only is the letter ultimately complicit in the very rule of law problem it identifies; it represents a failure of moral imagination, for reasons I will set out in a moment.

Before doing so, I need to make my subject position crystal clear. In my previous incarnation as a Princeton undergraduate, I was an undocumented immigrant. On my journey to legal status, I was staggeringly fortunate to receive support from many members of the University community.

Rejoining Princeton as a member of the faculty this fall, I’ve had an opportunity to incur still more debts—all while my long-term immigration status hangs in the balance, despite everyone’s best efforts.

It is both this sense of indebtedness

and my belief in constructive criticism as the sincerest expression of gratitude that have emboldened me to write in response to President Eisgruber. While I find the letter concerning on a number of fronts, the single most disillusioning aspect is President Eisgruber’s appeal to the rule of law “in this uncertain and contentious time.” When it is very likely that the law and its machinery will be wielded as weapons against the most vulnerable, it is myopic if not craven to insist on dutiful obedience. Rigorous comportment with what one believes on the advice of legal experts to be the law will come as little consolation to those now in the sights of the incoming administration and its cadre of appointees — quite a few of whom have made on-the-record proposals to deploy the legal system against those already on the violent end of structural oppression.

To approach the targeting of the undocumented as merely a legal matter is to miss the point. I object in principle to the elevation of the rule of law above other values; it is a travesty of humanistic education to glorify the law over considerations of justice and mercy. The rule of law is not equivalent to or coterminous with “respect for the rights of others”; President Eisgruber is undoubtedly aware that laws can perpetrate gross forms of injustice. While I appreciate the concern that we “may even put our DACA students at greater risk” by “suggest[ing] that our campus is beyond the law’s reach,” those of us who are convinced that not all laws, but only just laws, are worth promoting and defending recognize that we will be called to perform acts that rise above — or transgress — narrowly legalistic commitments. In any event, the University community needs to

have a robust conversation about what it would mean to offer sanctuary. Even if the concept “has no basis in law,” Princeton’s designation as a “sanctuary” campus would be an exceptionally potent speech-act, rendered all the more potent by Princeton’s national and international profile. Now, more than ever, words matter: not the words carefully scripted so as to remain on the right side of the law, but words that, by espousing and championing a moral vision, will offer visible sustenance to those potentially or actually under assault.

Of course, soaring words will not do all the work; as students at Wesleyan recently stated in response to their president’s community message, “performative solidarity is not enough, nor has it ever been.” Last Monday’s letter was remarkable for its studied ambiguity. Beyond reiterating the University’s determination not to reveal private information to law enforcement officers except when presented with a subpoena or warrant, President Eisgruber’s letter offered little indication of the specific material support the University will provide to undocumented students.

If DACA is rescinded, will the University offer additional financial support to affected students? Legal representation?

This is all to say that the President’s letter, considered and heartfelt though it is, struck this reader as inadequate to the full range of values enshrined in the University’s mission. The spirit of the law, not the letter, is what gives life.

Dan-el Padilla Peralta is an assistant professor of Classics and a faculty affiliate of the Program in Latino Studies. He can be reached at dpadilla@ princeton.edu

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Hockey escapes with victory in overtime thriller against RPI

By Jack Graham contributor

Down 5-3 with less than 10 minutes left to play in the third period against RPI, the Princeton men’s hockey team (3-7-1 overall, 1-6-1 ECAC Hockey) was faced with the possibility of a downright disastrous weekend. Having been thrashed 7-3 the night before to skillful conference opponent Union College (10-3-2, 6-1-1), Princeton was at risk of dropping a game against an RPI squad residing at the bottom of the ECAC standings and lacking Princeton’s talent. However, Princeton refused to concede the game without a fight and ultimately emerged with an enthralling 6-5 overtime victory.

During Friday’s game against Union College, Princeton held a 2-1 lead through one period after goals from the dynamic sophomore duo of forwards Max Veronneau and Ryan Kuffner. However, Princeton suffered a defensive lapse in the second period, ceding five goals and putting themselves in too large a deficit to climb out of. Princeton would ultimately drop the game 7-3.

Princeton struggled throughout Saturday’s game to defend the power play, uncharacteristic for the team, which entered with one of the best penalty kills in the nation. RPI (3-14-1, 1-7-0) scored its first goal minutes into the game on a 5-on-3 power play, and scored another just 26 seconds later on a 5-on-4. Two additional power-play goals later, RPI had extended its lead to 4-1, with the lone Princeton goal coming off the stick of Veronneau on a Princeton power play. Minutes later, however, junior forward David Hallisey beat RPI goalie Cam Hackett, and Veronneau added another goal on a

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The men’s hockey team stormed back from a 2-goal deficit late in the thid period to defeat RPI in a classic overtime game.

powerful shot to cut the deficit to one. Both Princeton goals came on power plays, and so, remarkably, the first seven goals of the game were scored on the power play. Midway through the third, RPI notched a fifth goal, bringing the score to 5-3. The Tigers once again responded, as Hallisey scored his second goal at the 14:21 mark to pull the Tigers within one goal. With just 46 seconds remaining and the goalie pulled, Kuffner tied the game. In overtime, in yet another power play, freshman for-

ward Jackson Cressey tipped in a shot by sophomore defenseman Josh Teves to win the game, as the Princeton bench and home crowd erupted in celebration.

Though head coach Ron Fogarty expressed frustration at his team’s defensive performance this weekend, particularly on the penalty kill, he praised their focused mentality.

“We didn’t deviate,” he said.

“We created scoring chances and power-play opportunities by going hard to the net. The focus was

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(to play) a 60-minute game, no matter what the score was, and we played 64.”

The emergence of Veronneau, who scored his first goal of the season against Union and was awarded the ECAC Player of the Week honors for his seven-point, four-goal weekend, was another major storyline. “I just kept shooting, hoping that one would go in eventually,” Veronneau said concerning his mentality.

Princeton also benefitted during Saturday’s win from strong

Lovett named Ivy League Player of the Year

By Nolan Liu associate sports editor

Junior quarterback John Lovett was named the Ivy League player of the year earlier today, recieving the Asa S. Bushnell Cup to become the fourth Princetonian to recieve that honor over the past five years.

Lovett had a phenomenal sea-

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John Lovett accounted for 20 rushing touchdowns and 10 passing touchdowns in a phenomenal season.

Tweet of the Day “Annnd update: I spent 35min searching for it where I parked my car, then walk alll the way back to my rm..it’s right out side my door” ” Hannah Winner (@HannahisaWinner), senior goalkeeper, women’s soccer

play by Cressey, who, in addition to scoring the winning goal, won 18 of 29 face-offs.

The win was Princeton’s third in its past four games, and the first in conference play. Princeton will face Quinnipiac (11-5-2, 6-2-1), one of its toughest foes so far, in a home game next weekend. The team, however, is not intimidated. “We’ve got a tough matchup next week,” Veronneau said. “But I think we can hopefully win a couple games and keep going from there.”

son, playing the running back, quarterback, and wide reciever positions for the Tigers and amassing 411 rushingyards and a record 20 touchdowns. Furthermore, Lovett also went 51-for-77 over the year and tossed 10 passing touchdowns. His play proved crucial toward Princeton’s recent Ivy League title.

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John Lovett, who anchored Princeton’s offense throughout this eason, earned Ivy League Player of the Year honors today.

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411 rushing yards Ivy League Player of the Year John Lovett rushed fo 411 yards this past season.

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